Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Indicium ex Machina: Unstructured Sentencing and Disparate Outcomes in Canada
(2023-08-21)Recent advancements in artificial intelligence have caused a wave of technological normality. As expected, the criminal justice system, and more increasingly, criminal sentencing is seeing a trend of “technosolutionism” ... -
An Indigenist Perspective on the health/wellbeing and masculinities of Mi'kmaq men Tet-Pagi-Tel-Sit: Perceiving himself to be a strong balanced spiritual man
(2013-08-27)Introduction: The lifespan of Mi’kmaq First Nations men continues to be eight years less than that of other Canadian men. Therefore, this study examined the intersecting relationships between the social determinants of ... -
Indigenous Cultural Resurgence Through Two-Spirit Teaching and Learning Practices
(2021-09-01)Historically, Indigenous people who embodied diverse genders and sexualities (Two-Spirit) occupied sacred and integrated roles within their communities. A devastating impact of colonization is the attempted erasure of ... -
The Indigenous—White Earnings Gap and Labour Market Discrimination in Canada
(2019-12-17)Indigenous people represent four percent of the total population in Canada and are the youngest and fastest growing minority population in the country. Colonialism left Indigenous people disadvantaged in terms of education, ... -
The indirect aerosol effect and the modelling of aerosol-cloud interactions.
(Dalhousie University, 2004) -
Individual enterprise and enterprising individuals: African entrepreneurship in Blantyre and Limbe, 1907-1953.
(Dalhousie University, 1990) -
Individual, Social and Environmental Correlates of Youth Smoking Cessation
(2012-08-28)This cross-sectional study examines data from the 2008-2009 Youth Smoking Survey among never, current and former smoking grade 9-12 students using logistic regression. Path analysis examining correlates of former from ... -
The individual-society connection: Action and change in the lives of Matthews, Mandela and Biko.
(Dalhousie University, 1993) -
AN INDOOR GEO-FENCING BASED ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS
(2013-08-07)Use of wireless network information for indoor positioning has been an area of interest since wireless networks became very popular. On the other hand, the market started to grow in variety and production volumes leading ... -
Inducing and Characterizing Structural Changes in RuO2•xH2O
(2012-11-20)RuO2/carbon composites have attracted a lot of attention for use as supercapacitor electrodes due to their high power and energy capabilities. Methods for loading the RuO2 into the carbon include impregnation and electrochemical ... -
Industrial Commemoration: A Grain Elevator Prototype for Economic Development in Rural Manitoba
(2015-04-02)This thesis is inspired by Manitoba’s rural industrial heritage that identifies with the iconic, traditional, prairie grain elevator. The evolution of the globalized agricultural industry is made visible through the ... -
Industrial Island - African-Caribbean Migration to Cape Breton Canada, 1900-1930
(2018-05-03)The late 19th and early 20th centuries evidenced extreme changes in industry and urbanization which fueled the movement of people worldwide. Included in this movement was an African Diaspora migration up and out of the ... -
Industrial Organicism: A New Organic Architecture to Grow the Post-Industrial Prairie Landscape
(2017-08-31)Building from the legacy and theoretical frameworks of organicism, this thesis is an investigation towards the development of true living architecture, a constructed biology existing as a function of its dynamic environment ... -
INDUSTRIAL ORGANICISM: Evolving the Cultural Landscape of the Minas Basin, Nova Scotia through Community Owned Renewable Energy
(2016-04-07)My thesis explores the evolution and ongoing cultural relevance of the unique Minas Basin landscape located along the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia. The tides of the Bay of Fundy, the highest in the world with a twice daily ... -
Industrial Processing of an Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Powder Metallurgy Alloy
(2017-12-01)The industrial processing of a commercial 7xxx series aluminum powder metallurgy (PM) alloy was studied in this work. Key aspects considered included direct comparisons of laboratory and industrially processed specimens ... -
Industry, work and community in the Cumberland coalfields, 1848-1927.
(Dalhousie University, 1983) -
INEQUITY IN ACCESS TO COLORECTAL CANCER SERVICES ALONG THE CONTINUUM OF CARE IN NOVA SCOTIA
(2010-06-28)Introduction: Despite the public and policy attention on ensuring access to health care for all Canadians, research continues to identify inequities in access to cancer care services. The objectives of this thesis are to ... -
THE INFANT FEEDING EXPERIENCES OF MI'KMAW WOMEN: A FEMINIST PHENOMENOLOGICAL INQUIRY
(2014-04-03)Although breastfeeding rates among Mi'kmaw women are rising (38%), they remain lower than those of other Nova Scotia women (76%). Increasing the rates of breastfeeding could potentially impact the health of this population ... -
INFERENCE AND INVESTIGATION OF MARINE MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES IN THE GLOBAL OCEANS
(2016-08-31)Marine microbial communities are complex, and represent a serious analytical challenge. The Bayesian model for inference of microbial community structure (BioMiCo) was used to characterize microbial populations using 16S ... -
INFERENCE OF GENE COEVOLUTION BASED ON PHYLOGENETIC PROFILES
(2022-11-17)Phylogenetic profiles, which summarize the presence and absence patterns of genes in a set of genomes, can be used to identify genes that have correlated evolutionary histories. However, comparative analysis of phylogenetic ...