Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Achieving Lithium-Ion Cells with Improved Performance and Lifetime
(2023-12-15)For commercial use, among many other requirements, lithium-ion batteries must deliver sufficient calendar- and cycle-life. Increased lifetime can enable the adoption of advanced battery materials with higher energy density ... -
Aciniform Spider Silk Proteins: Investigating Solution-State Assembly and the Potential of Silk Nanoparticles as a Drug Delivery Vehicle
(2021-02-01)Spider and silkworm silks form a wide variety of biomaterials with desirable mechanical properties and biocompatibility. The process of fibrillogenesis from silk solution is not fully understood, but may be dependent on ... -
Acoustic Backscatter from Phytoplankton
(2019-04-08)Methods for the detection and monitoring of phytoplankton are often limited by low temporal and spatial resolution. The use of a high-frequency broadband acoustic system could provide improvements both temporally and ... -
Acoustic Monitoring of Scotian Shelf Northern Bottlenose Whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus)
(2012-08-15)An important step for protecting Endangered species is the identification of critical habitat. This can be especially challenging for deep ocean species. Northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus) are deep-diving ... -
Across 110th Street: Breathing Life into Harlem's Decaying Street Culture
(2012-04-04)This thesis looks to expand on the ways in which urban design can influence and foster the development of street culture. Gentrification has resulted in the deterioration of many cities that were well known for their rich ... -
Activating the Edge: Revitalizing the Downtown through the Adaptive Reuse of Front Street Parkade in New Westminster, British Columbia
(2016-04-06)This architectural thesis seeks to examine how the adaptive reuse of an inactive parkade through the creation of a hub for an active lifestyle can facilitate the revitalization of downtown New Westminster, BC. The proposal ... -
Activating the Vertical City: Catalyzing Ascent + Connectivity within the Delaminated Domains
(2017-05-01)Responding to isolation and the repetitive nature that high-rise buildings typically evoke, Activating the Vertical City seeks to respond to the lost sense of place that exists within vertical environments. It proposes ... -
Activating Traces: Reconnecting Tidal Flows and Past Landscapes Through the Reuse of a Post-Industrial Textile Mill
(2019-08-22)This thesis investigates an adaptive reuse of a former textile mill, a post-industrial ruin built in 1884 in the town of Windsor, Nova Scotia. Natural tidal waters once acted as a means of distribution for the town and ... -
The activation of endogenous neural precursors in the adult rodent eye.
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ACTIVATION OF THE PGE2 RECEPTOR EP4 PROTECTS AGAINST OXIDANT-INDUCED APOPTOSIS IN AIRWAY EPITHELIAL CELLS
(2012-08-29)Heme oxygenase (HO)-1 expression is induced in pulmonary diseases characterized by oxidative stress, including CF, and is cytoprotective in nature. Prostaglanin (PG) E2 can protect against oxidant-induced apoptosis via ... -
Active Learning with Visualization
(2017-01-30)Labeled datasets are limited even though data nowadays are produced with an incredible speed. This affects automatic machine learning methods, especially supervised learning, which requires labels to generate valuable ... -
Active Mach-Zehnder interferometers with feedback.
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Active Neural Learners for Text with Dual Supervision
(2019-03-04)Dual supervision for text classification and information retrieval, which involves training the machine with class labels augmented with text annotations that are indicative of the class, has been shown to provide significant ... -
Active River Area (ARA) Framework Refinement: Developing Frameworks for Terrace and Meander Belt Delineation and Defining Optimal Digital Elevation Model for Future ARA Delineation
(2020-08-27)The Active River Area (ARA) is a spatial approach for identifying the extent of functional riparian areas, with five components (floodplains, terraces, riparian wetlands, meander belts, material contribution zones). Given ... -
Active security-constrained optimal power flow using modified Hopfield neural network.
(Dalhousie University, 2002) -
Active Transit as Urban Infrastructure: The Vehicle for Promoting Public Health through Architecture
(2015-04-06)This thesis studies ways that architecture and urban infrastructure can encourage the citizens of a sprawling city to engage with their environment and thereby improve their physical and mental health. This is done by ... -
AN ACTIVE-SET EVOLUTION STRATEGY FOR MIXED-INTEGER BLACK-BOX OPTIMIZATION WITH EXPLICIT CONSTRAINTS
(2023-04-21)Many real-world applications involve the optimization of both continuous and discrete variables simultaneously. Evolution Strategies are stochastic black-box optimization techniques that are most commonly used for continuous ... -
Activities of Daily Living Detection Using Markov Models
(2011-12-20)The healthcare systems are experiencing heavy workload and high cost caused by ageing population. The assisted monitoring systems for the elderly persons, and persons with chronic diseases, promises great potential to ... -
ACTIVITY AND MECHANISM OF ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM EXTRACT INDUCED SALINITY TOLERANCE IN TOMATO
(2014-07-15)Salinity affects crop production worldwide. Ascophyllum nodosum, a brown marine alga, has been used for decades as a bio-stimulant to promote plant growth and impart tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses. However, the ...