Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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FIND A SPOT: USING HEAT MAP TO REPRESENT INDOOR SPACE AVAILABILITY
(2016-08-08)People find it challenging to locate unoccupied spots during peak hours in public places such as shopping mall food courts, libraries and airports. Users spend extra energy and time trying to locate these unoccupied spots. ... -
Find and Play: Fostering Creative Agency Through Making with Found Objects
(2023-08-02)This thesis is about our relationship to the objects around us: the things we make, use, and waste. It posits the need to take ownership over anthropic material through the act of making with found objects to reassign value ... -
FINDING BALANCE: IDENTIFYING WAYS TO IMPROVE THE DELIVERY OF SURGICAL CARE TO CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER
(2020-08-07)Children with autism spectrum disorder (hereafter, autism) interact with healthcare services more often than their peers, yet have poorer healthcare experiences and more unmet healthcare needs. Systematic research-based ... -
Finding Common Ground: The Monuments of Ramesses the Great and Urban Transformations
(2015)This thesis explores the potential of an urban transformation that negotiates between heritage and urban development. The subjects of this study are the monuments of Ramesses II in Abu Simbel, Egypt, which underwent an ... -
Finding Expert Users in Community Question Answering Services Using Topic Models
(2012-04-03)Community Question Answering (CQA) websites provide a rapidly growing source of information in many areas. In most CQA implementations there is little effort in directing new questions to the right group of experts. This ... -
Finding Order in Chaos: Accounting for Variation in Estimates of Suicidality Among Transgender Adults
(2015)This study, which uses a mixed methods design, within the framework of methodological triangulated design, examined the impact of 5 research variables (ethnicity, gender identity/sex at birth, education, suicidality ... -
Finding Peace and Reconciliation: Healing and Public Identity for the Black Nova Scotian Community in Halifax
(2021-07-13)Nova Scotia has a rich history that outlines the journey and contribution of the Black community from the founding of the province and, certainly, the country of Canada. Yet, the Black community in Nova Scotia has been ... -
FINDING STRUCTURE IN THE PHYLOGENY SEARCH SPACE
(2015)A phylogenetic tree is a graphical representation of inferred evolutionary relationships between a set of species or taxa. Phylogenetic trees play an important role in diverse research fields, including molecular biology, ... -
Finding the Lost Sheep: Analyzing the Disconnect between International Tax Cooperation and Its Ought-to-be Goals and How to Fix It
(2024-07-23)countries (LMICs) in the international tax regime (ITR). It argues that the fundamental challenge for LMICs is the disconnection of the ITR from the broader mandate of the League of Nations, which is the enabling institution ... -
FINDING THE COMMUNITY IN COMMUNITY-BASE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: THE CASE OF NDUMO GAME RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA
(2010-09-22)In South Africa Community-based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) has recently gained popularity as the dominant approach to conservation due to its perceived environmental and social benefits ... -
The fine structure of normal and regressing polypides of the fouling bryozoan Cryptosula pallasiana (Moll).
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Fine-scale distribution, habitat use, and movements of sperm whales
(2013-09-04)Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) are nomadic species typically studied across broad (>100km) spatial scales. In this study, I model fine-scale (or submesocale) habitat preferences, determine how organization into ... -
FINGER TRACKING FOR HUMAN COMPUTER INTERFACE USING MULTIPLE SENSOR DATA FUSION
(2023-04-11)As human-computer interface advances from two to three dimensions, new input devices are required to allow low-cost learning and increased human involvement in virtual reality contexts. In this study, we offer a small, ... -
FINITE ELEMENT AND RELIABILITY STUDY OF IN-PLANE BEHAVIOUR OF CONCRETE MASONRY INFILLED RC FRAMES
(2020-08-24)This research provides a finite element and reliability study of the in-plane behaviour of masonry infilled reinforced concrete frames. In the first phase of the research, a reliability analysis was conducted to advance ... -
Finite Element Simulation of the Compaction and Springback of an Aluminum Powder Metallurgy Alloy
(2012-04-09)A new finite element model was developed to predict the density distribution in an Alumix 321 powder metallurgy compact. The model can predict the density distribution results of single-action compaction from 100 to 500 ... -
Finite Element Study of Unstiffened Extended Single Plate Shear Connections
(2014-04-30)Steel shear tabs are commonly used in beam-to-girder and beam-to-column connections where a vertical plate is welded to the column or girder web, and bolt connected to the web of the in-framing beam. The extended shear tab ... -
"Fire of Unknown Origin": Patti Smith, Androgyny, and the New York Underground
(2018-04-06)Patti Smith’s androgynous gender performance is often cited as one of her defining performance characteristics. This thesis aims to determine whether Smith’s androgyny might be conceptualized as a subversive tactic to ... -
Firm Digitalization and Corporate Performance: The Moderating Effects of Organizational Capital
(2023-12-07)This thesis examines the interplay between digital transformation and corporate performance with a special emphasis on the moderating effect of organizational capital. Utilizing textual analysis of 10-K reports, a Digital ...