Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Fatty Acids as Dietary Tracers at the Base of Benthic Food Webs
(2011-08-23)Fatty acid (FA) analysis is a powerful ecological tool for examining trophic relationships among marine organisms. Its application in benthic food webs may be limited because many benthic organisms consume a highly mixed ... -
Fault Ride-Through Capability of Doubly-Fed Induction Generators Based Wind Turbines
(2013-03-18)Due to growing concerns over climate change, more and more countries are looking to renewable energy sources to generate electricity. Therefore, wind turbines are increasing in popularity, along with doubly-fed induction ... -
Fear Not the Language of the World: Red Reading Literacy in The Book of Margery Kempe
(2023-12-12)My doctoral project, “Fear Not the Language of the World: Red Reading Literacy in The Book of Margery Kempe,” integrates Métis, Mi’kmaq, Cherokee, Coast Salish, and Nisga’a teachings with Western scholarship on story, ... -
The Feasibility and Impact of a Yoga Intervention on Cognitive and Physical Performance among People Living with HIV
(2021-05-05)This dissertation consists of three main projects. Project 1: Cognitive impairment is common among people living with HIV (PLWH). Physical activity has emerged as a potential management strategy for cognitive impairment. ... -
The feasibility of separating concurrent sources in cardiac magnetic field and body surface potential maps.
(Dalhousie University, 1994) -
Feasibility Study of Using Cement Kiln Dust as a Chemical Conditioner in the Treatment of Acidic Mine Effluent
(2010-08-17)Water contaminated due to mining activities is often acidic and can contain high concentrations of dissolved metals. Cement kiln dust (CKD) is a fine-grained, alkaline material that is generated as a by-product of cement ... -
Feature based adaptive motion model for better localization
(2014-05-13)In the 21st century, we are moving ahead in making robots a ubiquitous part of our everyday life. The need for a robot to interact with the environment has become a necessity. The interaction with the world requires a sense ... -
Feature-Based Mesh Simplification With Quadric Error Metric Using A Line Simplification Algorithm
(2010-09-13)Mesh simplification is an important task in Computer Graphics due to the ever increasing complexity of polygonal geometric models. Specifically in real-time rendering, there is a necessity that these models, which can be ... -
Features of apatite in kimberlite from Ekati Diamond Mine and Snap Lake: modelling kimberlite composition
(2017-12-14)Magmatic volatiles (H2O, CO2, F, Cl) and the timing of fluid exsolution have implications for kimberlite melt composition, eruption and preservation of diamonds. Apatite, Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH), is a common groundmass mineral ... -
Federal influence on adult education: The Adult Occupational Training Act (1967) in Nova Scotia.
(Dalhousie University, 1991) -
The Federal Task Force on Housing and Urban Development and the Limits of Participatory Democracy, 1968-1969
(2017-07-17)The 1969 Report of Task Force on Housing and Urban Development marks a point of intersection between Canadian housing policy and the participatory democracy movement of the 1960s. While the Task Force was announced during ... -
FEEDING BEHAVIOUR OF FOLSOMIA CANDIDA AS INFLUENCED BY DIET-SWITCHING IN THE PRESENCE OF LIVE MAIZE ROOTS
(2013-11-22)ABSTRACT Collembola are known to feed on soil fungi, mycorrhizae and plant derived products. A recent study revealed that one species of Collembola, Protaphorura fimata, completely switched from decomposer to herbivore ... -
FEEDING BEHAVIOUR, DISPERSAL, AND COMMUNITY DYNAMICS OF CARABIDAE FOUND IN NOVA SCOTIA LOWBUSH BLUEBERRY FIELDS
(2018-08-31)Carabidae can be important pest control agents in many agricultural systems, and research on lowbush blueberry carabid communities is underdeveloped. In laboratory no-choice test experiments, I showed that Pterostichus ... -
FEEDING MICROSTRUCTURE APPROACHING CESSATION IN LARVAL MANDUCA SEXTA: EFFECTS OF SATIATION, IMMUNE CHALLENGE, MOLTING, AND PREDATOR STRESS.
(2018-10-12)As animals approach satiation, their motivation to feed decreases. However, there are a variety of factors other than satiation that can affect feeding motivation. The tobacco hornworm caterpillar, Manduca sexta, is an ... -
Feeding physiology of suspension-feeding bivalves: Inter- and intraspecific plasticity
(2022-08-03)Suspension-feeding bivalves play important ecological roles in many marine environments, functioning as links between pelagic and benthic ecosystems, and providing habitat and food for invertebrates and juvenile fish. ... -
Feeling the Pull of Gravity: Reconnecting Recreation, Nature, and Community through Public Outdoor Recreation Facilities in Revelstoke, British Columbia
(2012-08-10)This thesis suggests that architectural interventions can aid in reintegrating an ethos of interconnectedness between recreationists and nature, as well as between recreationists and community, by emphasizing and intertwining ... -
The female character and the theme of identity a study in the fiction of Nadine Gordimer and Bessie Head.
(Dalhousie University, 1984) -
Female Students with Acquired Brain Injury: Experiences in University
(2013-08-20)Brain injury has become a more topical issue over the past decade, however limited research has been done on experiences of university students and few are specific to female students. The research question became: “How ... -
Femininity and the Factory: Women’s Labouring Bodies in the Moir’s Candy Plant, 1949-1970
(2012-08-21)In post-war Canada, married women’s labour force participation rose dramatically. Labour historians have studied this trend with a primary focus on married women’s disadvantaged position in the labour market. This thesis ...