Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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The Future of Inner-City Farming: Through the Urbanization of the Central Experimental Farm
(2024-04-09)The Central Experimental Farm, a 988-acre plot of farmland for agriculture research, is located within the suburbs of Ottawa. The city is evolving but the farm is living in the past. Land developers will start looking to ... -
Future oriented decision-making in childhood.
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The Future-Proof Institution: Adaptive Re-Use of the Abandoned St. Patrick's Alexandra into a Community-Led Institution
(2023-04-12)Institutions that have singular programs (like schools providing Education) end up closing due to their inability to adapt to changes in their communities. One such institution is St. Patrick’s Alexandra, a former K-9 ... -
A FUZZY LOGIC CLUSTER FORMATION PROTOCOL FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS
(2011-12-20)Wireless sensor nodes are resource constrained and have limited amount of energy. Therefore, designing protocols that conserve energy is an important area of research. Researchers have investigated architectures and ... -
Fuzzy system applications for short-term electric load forecasting.
(Dalhousie University, 2001) -
A FUZZY-LOGIC APPROACH FOR DEVELOPING A UNIVERSAL PERFORMANCE-BASED RATING SYSTEM FOR EVALUATION OF CONCRETE BRIDGES VIA VISUAL INSPECTION
(2024-02-28)Visual inspection-based rating systems are widely used for bridge condition assessment due to cost-effectiveness. However, they offer qualitative ratings, making it difficult to quantify load capacity objectively. To address ... -
G. J. Rheticus and the Authorship of the Anonymous Epistola de terrae motu
(2013-08-08)This thesis considers the anonymously published Epistola de terrae motu and the question of its authorship. The authorship of this treatise was attributed to G. J. Rheticus by Reijer Hooykaas in a publication released in ... -
Gambian Compounds: Their Role, Significance and Influence on Planning
(1997)Peri-urban compounds were examined in order to gain an understanding of the potential role, significance and influence this group of settlement units, might have on planning in The Gambia, West Africa. Solutions to planning ... -
GAME OF TONES: A TWAIL-ANALYSIS OF THE EVOLUTION AND IMPACTS OF THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER REGIME IN AFRICA.
(2018-08-30)The 1992 Rio Outcome articulates what is arguably, to date, the most ambitious North–South environmentally sound technology (EST) transfer aspirations. Yet, 26 years post-Rio, Africa remains at the lowest rung of the global ... -
GAME-BASED SECOND LANGUAGE VOCABULARY TRAINING: IMPLICATIONS FOR LEARNING OUTCOMES AND BRAIN FUNCTION
(2015)This study sought to investigate the influence of training strategy on adult second language vocabulary learning and the development and integration of second language semantic networks in the brain. English speaking ... -
Gap Junction Formation in Heart Valves in Response to Mechanical Loading
(2013-08-27)Valvular interstitial cells (VICs) are responsible for the maintenance of heart valve leaflet structure, however their responses to mechanical loading are not fully understood. Further characterization of VIC responses ... -
Gas mixing and flow dynamics in circulating fluidized beds with secondary air injection.
(Dalhousie University, 2001) -
A gas tension method for air-water gas exchange studies.
(Dalhousie University, 1993) -
Gas-phase luminescence of aromatic carbonyl compounds and the design and use of a gas chromatographic detector.
(Dalhousie University, 1998) -
Gaseous nitrogen and odour emissions following manure application under grassland and cultivated systems.
(Dalhousie University, 2007) -
Gasification of rice husk in a fluidized bed reactor.
(Dalhousie University, 1998) -
Gastêr, Nêdys, and Thauma: Feminine Sources of Deception and Generation in Hesiod’s Theogony
(2015)Through his characterization of Gaia, Metis, Athena, and Pandora, Hesiod attributes the potential for generation and deception to feminine sources and describes how the masculine characters, such as Ouranos, Kronos, Zeus ... -
Gates, GAVI and Giving: Philanthropic Foundations, Public-Private Partnerships and the Governing of Government
(2011-05-02)International development has become an increasingly fragmented and complex undertaking, with private wealth assuming an increasingly important role. At the forefront of this group sits the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, ... -
Gateway to the Northern Isles: Growing Tourism in Shetland Through the Lenses of Landscape
(2018-04-06)This thesis identifies and seeks to utilize the inherent potential in the Shetland Islands for sustainably growing the tourism industry. It proposes the development of an architecture for observation as a means of reshaping ... -
Gather, Bridge, Weave, Dream: A Two Eyed Seeing Approach to Architecture and Design
(2021-04-08)This thesis emerges out of my belief that any tangible effort towards a future more sustainable than our present reality requires the integration and amplification of Indigenous perspectives. This thesis aims to unite the ...
