Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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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.
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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 ... -
"Feminism Lives in the Body": The Healing Experiences of Feminism and Yoga for Women Survivors of Sexualized Violence
(2016-12-14)Research exploring the intersection of feminism and yoga with women survivors of sexualized violence in scant. It has been shown that sexualized violence survivors have experienced significant healing through feminist ... -
Fermentability of Canadian Two-Row Barley Malt: Wort Turbidity, Density, and Sugar Content as Measures of Fermentation Potential
(2013-08-22)The primary goal of this study was to investigate and compare the fermentation performance of malt produced from eleven Canadian two-row barley varieties grown during the 2007 and 2008 crop seasons. Common malting varieties ... -
A Few Square Meters: Blurring Boundaries and Designing for Urban Density in Hong Kong
(2022-04-13)A few square meters. This is the amount of space most Hong Kong residents can call their own in one of the most densely populated cities in the world. This thesis will aim to re-imagine these ‘few square meters’, in the ... -
Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBG) for Force Sensing in Biomechanics Applications
(2019-08-28)Fiber Optic (FO) sensors are robust, cheap, immune to electromagnetic interference (EMI) and compact, resulting in their high usability in harsh environments. Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) based sensors have emerged as a popular ... -
Fibre optic applications for dissolved carbon dioxide monitoring of marine geologic sequestration sites.
(2016-06-06)Abstract Marine-based Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) has the potential to reduce the rate at which CO2 is added to the atmosphere thereby contributing to the mitigation potential for anthropogenic climate ... -
Field adsorption of hydrogen on metal surfaces.
(Dalhousie University, 1992) -
Field adsorption, desorption and evaporation.
(Dalhousie University, 1992) -
Field Guide to an Urban Nature: Designing for ecological democracy on McNabs Island
(2017-05-12)In the middle of the city and on the edge of the ocean, McNabs and Lawlor Islands Provincial Park is an expansive protected area in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada’s largest metropolitan area. Given its location at ... -
Field to Furnace - A Social Cost-Benefit Analysis of Growing Switchgrass on Inactive and Underused Farmland in Nova Scotia for the Residential Heating Market
(2012-08-28)Energy crops may present an opportunity to reduce Nova Scotia’s Greenhouse Gas emissions by offsetting fossil fuel use and provide economic benefits for farmers. They have also received government policy support. To ... -
Field-edge planting to deter white-tailed deer and attract carabid beetles in soybean fields
(2014-09-02)In many cropping systems, farmers have to contend with invertebrate and vertebrate pests, but there have been few attempts to employ Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies and tactics that simultaneously manage these ... -
Field-Scale Evaluation of Drinking Water Biofiltration
(2017-04-06)Natural organic matter (NOM) is a complex mixture of organic material ubiquitous in natural waters. NOM can affect nearly all aspects of drinking water treatment. It can exert a demand on treatment chemicals, promote ... -
Fields and Flows: Harmonizing Township Development with Riverine Health Through the Local Industrial Use and Cycling of Sedimentary Materials
(2022-12-16)As hydrosocial creatures, rivers and streams are intimately connected to our existence and are strongly influenced by fragmentation and flow disruption. Across the globe, waterways are depleting at alarming rates; since ... -
‘FIGHTING IN THE DARK’: CHARLES FREDERICK FRASER AND THE HALIFAX ASYLUM FOR THE BLIND, 1850 - 1915
(2011-08-19)The Halifax Asylum for the Blind, the first residential school for blind children in Canada, opened its doors in 1872 as a charitable institution with educational goals. This work explores the foundation of the Asylum in ...