Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Identifying benefits and relative effectiveness of two early-life enrichment strategies for American mink (Neogale vison)
(2023-11-08)The husbandry and housing of captive American mink (Neogale vison) farmed for their fur have been adapted in recent decades to better facilitate the expression of motivated, species-specific behaviours and promote improved ... -
IDENTIFYING BROAD-SCALE ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC HABITAT CHARACTERISTICS OF ANEMONE AMERICANA, CONOPHOLIS AMERICANA AND GOODYERA PUBESCENS IN NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA
(2021-04-08)The forest understory is the most biodiverse vegetation layer in temperate forests and it plays a major role in nutrient cycles, energy flow and succession following disturbance. It is often marginalized in research in ... -
Identifying Changes in Demand for Perishable Products Using Statistical Process Control and Forecasting
(2021-12-17)Fast and accurate identification of changes in demand is crucial in the management of blood products. Canadian Blood Services is planning a pilot project to apply pathogen reduction technology (PRT) to platelet production. ... -
Identifying Environments Associated with Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour in Older Colorectal Cancer Survivors
(2014-12-15)Colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors experience a reduction in their quality of life (QOL), even after completing treatment. Physical activity (PA) can improve QOL, but most CRC survivors are not active enough to receive ... -
Identifying Factors Influencing Electronic Gaming Machine Player Behavior Using Interpretable AI and Mimicking Player Behavior Using Reinforcement Learning
(2022-12-06)People in venues like casinos play games on Electronic Gaming Machines (EGMs). These machines do not record information about players, such as their playing experience. The gaming industry is keen on learning about the ... -
Identifying Fishing Activities from AIS Data with Conditional Random Fields
(2016-12-13)Fishing activity detection is important for fishery management to maintain abundant oceans. The rising demand for fish and advanced fishing technologies has led to overfishing, species endangerment and marine habitat ... -
IDENTIFYING FRAILTY IN CANCER SURVIVORS: PATTERNS OF CANCER FOLLOW-UP CARE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PERSONALIZED SURVIVORSHIP MODELS
(2023-01-26)Improved cancer care has increased the number of survivors, straining Canada’s cancer care system. As survivors age, they may become frail, resulting in complex needs better addressed through alternative care models. No ... -
Identifying lake water quality trends and effective monitoring strategies in a rapidly urbanizing region
(2022-12-08)Water quality degradation in freshwater lakes is widely observed and largely attributed to human activities, particularly in urban regions. The city of Halifax, NS, is among the fastest growing urban centers in Canada, ... -
IDENTIFYING MIGRATION FATE AND FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO MORTALITY OF ATLANTIC SALMON SMOLTS
(2021-12-15)Atlantic Salmon populations are in decline throughout their native distribution largely due to poor estuarine and marine survival. Predation is a significant source of salmon smolt mortality during migration from freshwater ... -
Identifying Novel Effectors of Breast Cancer Stem Cell Population Equilibrium and Survival
(2020-08-07)Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients face poor survival outcomes possibly due to the presence of a small, yet aggressive population of cells termed cancer stem cells (CSCs). In breast cancer, CSCs are defined ... -
Identifying psychological barriers to diabetes self-care: Scale development and validation.
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Identifying RING-type E3s involved in nutrient stress responses in Arabidopsis thaliana
(2024-03-26)The Ubiquitin Proteasome System (UPS) is a eukaryotic protein degradation system that regulates nutrient uptake and translocation through mediating the degradation of enzymes, transporters, signalling proteins, transcription ... -
IDENTIFYING SEASONAL ENVIRONMENTAL TRIGGER EVENTS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON SOIL MICROBIAL RESPIRATION AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN A NOVA SCOTIA AGRICULTURAL SOIL
(2020-04-13)N2O is released from agricultural soils as a result of nitrification and denitrification. These microbial processes are affected by environmental conditions. This study developed a method of predicting trigger environmental ... -
Identity and Access: The Capital Library
(2013-08-02)As a capital city, Ottawa is a national and international icon. On one hand, its inhabitants are players in a larger spectacle of national identity. On the other hand, they still have the requirements of an everyday life, ... -
Identity Erosion: Adaptive Architecture for the Evolving Coastline of Fortune, Newfoundland
(2019-08-13)Newfoundland’s cultural identity is derived from a historical relationship with the sea. Situated to ensure access to fishing grounds, outports’ dependence on the fertile waters of the Atlantic guided the settlement patterns ... -
Identity quest: The emergence of North American adult education (1945-1970).
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IDIOTS AND EGOISTS: AN EXPLORATION OF MORAL GROWTH AND RESPONSIBILITY AMONG CHILDREN, THE CHILDISH, AND THE CHILD-LIKE IN THE WORKS OF GEORGE ELIOT AND CHARLES DICKENS
(2010-12-20)This thesis explores these attitudes towards sympathy and moral growth as illustrated in several novels by Charles Dickens and George Eliot. The issue of moral growth is what definitively separates Dickens and Eliot in ... -
IDLE, ABLE-BODIED AND UNDESERVING: THE PERSISTENCE OF UNDESERT IN WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT
(2018-08-31)This essay argues against the idea that desert of a good life must be contingent on work. To do so, I document the increasing preeminence, over time, of conceptions of desert based solely in the work ethic. The idea that ... -
“If Only I Had A Girlfriend!”: Towards A Queer Reading Of The Diary Of A Young Girl
(2016-09-01)In the January 6, 1944 entry of The Diary of A Young Girl, Anne Frank confesses her queer desire. This thesis will explore why this confession has received so little attention from scholars, despite its potential to undermine ... -
If These Walls Could Talk: Exploring Architecture as a Narrative Medium through the Rehabilitation of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
(2012-08-07)This thesis explores how architecture, like literature and fi lm, uses narrative techniques to tell a story. The museum exemplifies this concept of architecture as a narrative medium, as its social mandate is to articulate ...