Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Validation of a Commercial Three-Dimensional Whole-Body Laser Scanner for the Collection of Obesity-Related Measurements
(2014-09-03)This study aimed to develop a systematic method of comparing manual and digital anthropometric measurements and validate a commercial three-dimensional laser scanner, for measurements related to obesity. Firstly, novel ... -
VALIDATION OF THE PATIENT ACTIVATION MEASURE (PAM-13) AMONG ADULTS WITH CARDIAC CONDITIONS IN SINGAPORE: A MIXED METHODS STUDY
The purpose of this study was to validate the Patient Activation Measure (PAM-13) among English-speaking cardiac patients in Singapore. A concurrent mixed methods design was utilized. The quantitative approach was conducted ... -
The Value and Ownership of Art in a Digital Age
This thesis examines three key research questions, including: How are artists making art and making a living? How do they use the Internet in their artistic practice? How do they use and understand copyright? These questions ... -
VALUE OF INFORMATION IN CONDITION BASED MAINTENANCE USING PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS: A COMPARISON OF MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES
In this study, a comparison of equipment maintenance strategies’ cost behaviour is performed under different assumptions regarding equipment failure behaviour, availability of condition monitoring data, and its accuracy. ... -
Vancouver's Indigenous Identity: Representing a Narrative
As an estranged site that defines a gap along the recreational and accessible water’s edge in Vancouver, it is odd to fi find prime real estate left desolate. With research, the issue of the site was evidently much grander ... -
Variable Rate Fertilization in Wild Blueberry Fields to Improve Crop Productivity and Reduce Environmental Impacts
(2012-04-10)Two wild blueberry fields were selected to evaluate the impact of variable rate (VR) fertilization on crop productivity, surface and subsurface water quality. Management zones were delineated based on slope variability, ... -
Variation in the behavior of humpback whales: A study of individuals.
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Variation in the prey field of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) in Roseway Basin
(2012-08-15)‘Critical Habitat’ is the habitat required to close the life history of an endangered species and is a fundamental requirement for species recovery for two reasons; the role of habitat in population limitation and viability ... -
Variations in the abundance and distribution of mesopelagic fishes in the Slope Sea off Atlantic Canada.
(Dalhousie University, 1996) -
VARIATIONS IN TRAJECTORY: MARCUS GARVEY IN THREE MOVEMENTS, 1914-1922
(2011-04-04)Marcus Mosiah Garvey was the leader of the largest and most populous Black Nationalist movement of the early twentieth century. The movement began in Colonial Jamaica in 1914 but became a transnational phenomenon having ... -
Vector-valued inverse programming.
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Venezuela's Medical Revolution: Can the Cuban Medical Model be Applied in Other Countries?
(2013-12-10)This thesis analyzes the Cuban medical adaptation in Venezuela called Misión Barrio Adentro (MBA) and seeks to answer the question of whether MBA shows promise as a health system that improves medical accessibility for ... -
Verb Fast Mapping and Imitation in Children with Down Syndrome
Fast mapping is the ability to learn a new word after one or a few exposures. Research on verb fast mapping in children with Down syndrome (DS) has found mixed results. Imitation aids fast mapping of nouns (Schwartz & ... -
Verbal Working Memory and Discourse Comprehension in Older Adults
This study addresses the following question: How do different types of linguistic working memory relate to discourse comprehension among older adults? Community-dwelling participants (n = 34, mean age = 67.5 years) completed ... -
VERIFICATION OF SNP MARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH AFTER-COOKING DARKENING IN POTATOES
(2012-04-12)After-cooking darkening (ACD), a gray-black discoloration, is one of the key quality defects of the potato. Previous work using a diploid population 13610 identified 14 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers, located ... -
Vers une classification sémantique fine des noms d’agent en français
(2011-12-13)This thesis proposes a fine-grained semantic classification of what is traditionally named agent nouns in French; it is thus a study of semantic derivation. Our classification was elaborated starting from 1573 agent nouns ... -
Vertical distribution and transport processes of marine particles.
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THE VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF COPEPODS IN BEDFORD BASIN AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH PHYSICAL VARIABLES WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON SMALL-SCALE TURBULENCE
(2012-12-17)In the autumn of 2010 a novel free-falling profiler was deployed in attempt to measure, quantify and understand the vertical distribution of copepods in Bedford Basin, with particular emphasis on the effects of small-scale ... -
Vertical Regionalism: A Pilgrimage in Canada’s Western Mountains
(2011-08-25)Wilderness is defined as being "a wild or uncultivated region or tract of land, uninhabited, or inhabited only by wild animals" (Oxford English Dictionary 1989). But just how natural is the concept of wilderness? the idea ... -
THE VIA AFFIRMATIVA IN THE LETTERS OF DENYS
Denys’ four treatises (CH, EH, DN, MT) describe the logic of conversion of how the soul achieves a contemplative union with the One beyond-being and beyond-knowing through an informed and deliberate unknowing, by means of ...
