Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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A LEAP TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, EFFICIENT, AND STABLE PEROVSKITE PHOTODETECTORS
(2024-03-05)Metal halide perovskite (ABX3) is a material with the potential to revolutionize the photodetector industry because of its low cost, easy fabrication, and excellent optoelectronic properties. However, its toxicity, ... -
Learning Adaptive Deep Representations for Few-to-Medium Shot Image Classification
(2021-02-22)In real-world applications, the environment in which a machine learning system is deployed tends to change due to many factors, such as sample selection bias, prior probability mismatch, and domain shift. This makes it ... -
Learning dynamic stereotypes for effective autonomous agents.
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Learning Embeddings for Text and Images from Structure of the Data
(2019-06-25)In the big data era, most of the data generated every day are high dimensional such as text and image data. Learning compact representations from the input data can help in dealing with the high dimensionality and visualization ... -
Learning from Eelgrass: A Transformative Spa Experience to Restore Balance Between Humans and Nature
(2023-08-15)While the use of natural materials has proven to reduce embodied carbon emissions, the success of sustainable interventions ultimately depends on shifting the environmental ethos of humans. Here lies an important role for ... -
Learning from Land: Interweaving Traditions of Making along the Blue Nile
(2023-07-16)In Sudan, practices of agroforestry once created closed-loop cycles of production that harmoniously linked landscape, agriculture, craft, and architecture. However, these practices have largely been wiped out by past ... -
LEARNING FROM NATURE: AN ECO-INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVED FOOD AND ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN THE PROVINCE OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA
(2013-11-20)Recently, one of the more significant measures on the part of the Cuban government to enhance resiliency of the existing economy was the announcement of a series of economic and social policy proposals referred to as ... -
Learning in Non-Stationary Environments
(2013-08-26)Real-world decision making is challenging due, in part, to changes in the underlying reward structure: the best option last week may be less rewarding today. Determining the best response is even more challenging when ... -
LEARNING LESSONS THROUGH EXPERIENCES WITH DISASTERS: Exploring Institutional Memory-Building and the Informing of Disaster Relief in Nova Scotia and Beyond
(2020-12-16)This thesis explores the central research question: how are lessons learned from experiences with disasters? Based on three case studies detailing Nova Scotia Emergency Management Office’s experiences responding to the ... -
Learning Optical Flow with Auxiliary Cost Aggregation
(2023-11-30)Optical flow represents motions for each pixel between two adjacent frames in a video sequence. Deep learning-based estimation approaches for optical flow have overshadowed the variational approaches over the past few ... -
Learning Stochastic Weight Masking to Resist Adversarial Attacks
(2019-12-02)Adding small perturbations to test images can drastically change the classification accuracy of machine learning models. These perturbed examples are called adversarial examples (Szegedy et al., 2013). Studying these ... -
Learning-Model Action Observation: An Investigation in Long-Term Motor Learning Outcomes
(2022-08-26)Early motor learning is driven by error commission and feedback during physical practice (PP). Motor learning can also be facilitated by action observation (AO), which classically involves observing a skilled model flawlessly ... -
LED OUT INTO A LARGER PLACE: REV. ERNEST CROSSLEY HUNTER AND THE PREACHING OF JEWISH~CHRISTIAN BROTHERHOOD INTO CANADA, 1928-1939
(2020-08-28)This thesis explores the preached theology of Rev. Ernest Crossley Hunter between 1928 and 1939 as a significant contribution to The United Church of Canada's efforts to respond to Canada's barring of Jewish refugees from ... -
LEEB HARDNESS TEST FOR ROCK JOINT WALL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH EVALUATION
(2021-07-20)The Joint Wall Compressive Strength (JCS) parameter introduced by Nick Barton significantly influences predictions of rock discontinuity shear strength but current methods in obtaining this parameter are insufficient. A ... -
The Legal Response to Women Co-offenders: Recognizing Intimate Partner Violence and Coercive Control in Violent Co-offending Cases Involving Women and their Intimate Partners
(2023-07-05)The purpose of this research was to explore the personal characteristics of the women co-accused in cases involving intimate partnership dynamics (i.e., IPV/coercive control). Secondly, the study aimed to explore the ... -
The Legionella pneumophila chaperonin: An investigation of virulence-related roles in a yeast model.
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Legitimizing Informality: A Self-Built Path to Self-Reliance in Mombasa
(2022-04-13)Today, over half the world’s population lives in cities. As a result of urban migration, cities in the developing world are currently experiencing an unprecedented surge of informal settlements. Such is the case in Mombasa, ... -
LES TROIS ROIS MAGES CHEZ GUILLAUME POSTEL (1510-1581), SUIVI DE L’ÉDITION SAVANTE DE LA PROGNOSTICATION DE SUS PARIS […] EXTRAICTE DES SECRETS […] DES TROYS ROYS MAGES
(2015-04-06)La Prognostication de sus Paris (1568) is one of many manuscripts by Guillaume Postel (1510-1581), written during his incarceration at Saint-Martin-des-Champs (1563-1581). In this text Postel reworks a prophecy relating ... -
Less “Determined in His Purpose” than “Sincere in His Wishes”: Amelioration at Henry Goulburn’s Amity Hall Estate, Jamaica, 1825-1833
(2021-07-08)Scholars have debated the effects of amelioration on plantation management and the lives of the enslaved. This thesis is a case study of Henry Goulburn’s Amity Hall estate in Vere parish, Jamaica, spanning 1825-1833 set ... -
LEST LAW FORGET: Locke's Toleration and Religious Freedom
(2018-12-14)The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees every person in Canada freedom of conscience and religion. I contend that the concept of religious freedom was born out of a history of religious suffering and originally ...