Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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An Intuitionist Model of Sport Motivation
(2016-08-09)Despite it’s increasingly established benefits, youth sport participation in Canada has declined. Researchers, practitioners, policy and decision makers have all highlighted the need to address declining participation, and ... -
Inuit Agency in the Arctic
(2021-12-20)Global warming is shortening the winter in the Canadian Arctic so that non-renewable resources are becoming more accessible, and the Northwest Passage will soon become a viable shipping route, attracting the interest of ... -
INUIT GIRLS MAKE MEDIA: RESISTING STEREOTYPES THROUGH PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH
(2019-04-05)Historically, entertainment media have reproduced inaccurate and stereotypical media representations of Indigenous peoples. In this thesis, I draw on concepts such as Stuart Hall’s theory of media influence, Pierre Bourdieu’s ... -
Invariant Information Spike Sorting
(2024-04-05)Spike sorting is the process of identifying and classifying voltage recordings from the brain or nervous system into discrete labelled waveform events. The core difficulty lies in unsupervised classification - one does not ... -
Inventing the cure: Tuberculosis in twentieth century Nova Scotia.
(Dalhousie University, 1990) -
Inventing the Past: Regional Myth in Michael Crummey’s Galore and Richard Flanagan’s Gould’s Book of Fish
(2014-12-15)This thesis seeks to investigate the ways in which a novel from Newfoundland and a novel from Tasmania use history and myth to reimagine their colonial beginnings in light of recent debates about finding and defining ... -
Invertebrate predation and the seasonal dynamics of microcrustacea in the littoral zone of Jack Lake, Nova Scotia.
(Dalhousie University, 1991) -
Investigate the Chemistry and Agricultural Efficacy of Hydrothermal Carbonization Processed Liquid Extracted from Willow (Salix babylonica) Branches, Seafood Compost, and Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) Green Foliage
(2021-04-07)Hydrothermal Carbonization Processed Liquid (HTCPL) has been regarded as a by-product in the HTC process. This study focused on analyzing and comparing the composition and properties of HTCPL derived from willow (Salix ... -
INVESTIGATING A BEHAVIOUR ANALYSIS-BASED EARLY WARNING SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY BOTNETS USING MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS
(2016-10-13)Botnets represent one of the more aggressive threats against cyber security and botnet traffic analysis is one of the main approaches to study and investigate such threats. Botnets employ different techniques (e.g. fluxing ... -
INVESTIGATING A RESPONSIVE INTERACTION TECHNIQUE FOR JOINT ATTENTION IN CHILDREN (8-12) WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER: A PILOT EYE-TRACKING STUDY
(2020-08-07)Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) demonstrate difficulty with joint attention (JA). A scoping review showed that methods of cueing for and measuring JA used in research influence JA, with methodologies emphasizing ... -
Investigating anthocyanin profile, localization, and transport in Aponogeton madagascariensis
(2020-09-02)Lace plant (Aponogeton madagascariensis) forms perforations throughout its leaves via developmental programmed cell death (PCD). Newly emerged ‘pre-perforated’ lace plant leaves are filled with anthocyanin pigmentation, ... -
Investigating Aspects of Visual Clustering in the Organization of Personal Digital Document Collections
(2013-03-26)Organizing personal collections of digital documents can be frustrating for two main reasons. First, the effort required to work with the folder system on personal computers and the possible misplacement and loss of ... -
Investigating Bacterial Community Structure over Temporal and Spatial Scales in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean
(2017-04-03)Bacteria are important members of every marine ecosystem and the composition of their communities has implications for global biogeochemical cycling. The Northwest Atlantic Ocean is an ecologically and economically significant ... -
Investigating Bibliometrics tools for article screening in a Cochrane systematic review
(2024-04-14)This research applies bibliometric methods to a case study Cochrane review, to describe attributes of the groups of articles that were eligible for inclusion, included, and excluded for research integrity concerns. The ... -
INVESTIGATING BIOLOGICAL ROOT CAUSES OF HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE CHALLENGES IN DRINKING WATER BIOFILTERS
(2020-12-01)United Nations SDG6 defines that providing safe drinking water to all (goal 6) and SDG12 mandates employing sustainable approaches for all. Utilizing indigenous microbial communities (IMC) to remove water contaminants ... -
Investigating biologically-relevant small molecules using new approaches in mass spectrometry.
(Dalhousie University, 2006) -
INVESTIGATING CHURN DETECTION IN DYNAMIC NETWORKS
(2015)Retaining users and customers is one of the most important challenges for the service industry from mobile communications to online gaming. As the users of these services form dynamic networks that grow in size, predicting ... -
INVESTIGATING CLUSTER ENSEMBLE METHODS TO DEVELOP PHYSICIAN PHENOTYPES BASED ON PATHOLOGY TEST ORDERING PATTERNS
(2021-04-16)Pathology laboratory testing is central to medical practice as most diagnostic and therapeutic decisions are guided by the patient’s bloodwork results. Pathology laboratory tests are ordered by clinicians, and it has been ... -
Investigating diet as a confounder to asparaginase treatment of acute lymphoblast leukemia
(2023-08-22)Pegaspargase (P-ASP) is an integral part of the treatment of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. P-ASP works by depleting serum asparagine (Asn), killing leukemic but not healthy cells. Whether confounding sources of Asn, for ... -
Investigating Different Map Views for Exploring Neighbourhoods
(2014-04-07)Mobile wayfinding and guide applications have become indispensable tools for navigating unfamiliar urban spaces. Such applications address locations targeted, “just-in-time” queries, This thesis reports on research examining ...