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The Association of Traditional, Non-Traditional, HIV, and Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy-Related Risk Factors and Dyslipidemia Among People who are Living with HIV in Nova Scotia: A Longitudinal Cohort Study
(2010-12-06)The present study investigated the longitudinal relationships between traditional, non-traditional, HIV and HAART-related risk factors and dyslipidemia in people who are living with HIV living in Nova Scotia. A total of ... -
ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN CARE PROVIDED IN THE HOME AND HOME DEATH
(2015)Context: It is projected that the number of annual deaths in Canada will increase from 259,000 in 2011 to 425,000 by 2036. Most Canadians prefer to die at home. Currently, the proportion of individuals receiving formal and ... -
Associations Between the Presence or Absence of a Lifetime History of Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Current Mental Health Issues in a Sample of Canadian Men: A Secondary Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
(2021-05-05)The present study examined the prevalence of lifetime history of prostate cancer (PCa) in a cross-sectional sample of Canadian men (N = 25, 183) and investigated the contribution of presence or absence of history of a PCa ... -
Associations of cardiovascular function and structure with feed efficiency in beef cattle
(2017-09-15)Heart rate as a feed efficiency proxy could aid in the reduction of beef cattle feed costs. Applicable heart rate assessments remain to be developed and the basis of the association between heart rate and feed efficiency ... -
Associations of Perceived Risk of Regular Cannabis use With Cannabis-Related Driving and Passenger Behaviours Among Canadian High School Students
(2021-01-07)Objective: Employing a sample of 33,915 high school students, the present study aimed to examine the association of perceived risk of regular cannabis use with driving under the influence of cannabis (DUIC) and riding with ... -
Associations of Social Capital and Rurality with Adolescent Mental Health, Substance Use, and Help-Seeking in Atlantic Canada
(2016-08-18)Mental health disorders are common among adolescents, yet only a small proportion of students perceive a need for help, or receive help or use any related services. Social scientists hypothesize that social capital may ... -
An Astonishing Symphony of Voices: Birdsong in the Poetry of Don McKay
(2011-09-06)Numerous scholars have observed that Don McKay’s poetry is profoundly musical and particularly attentive to the sounds of birds. However, it has not been examined how musicology can illuminate McKay’s use of birdsong. This ... -
Astrocytic Plasticity and Inhibitory Transmission in Orexin Neurons Following Acute Sleep Deprivation
(2023-08-29)Sleep and wakefulness are regulated by numerous neuronal populations throughout the brain, including the wake-promoting orexin (ORX) and sleep-promoting melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) neurons in the lateral hypothalamus. ... -
Asymmetric Systematic Risk and Risk Premiums Under a Regime-Switching Model
(2022-04-14)The purpose of this thesis is to identify asymmetry in stocks’ systematic risk and market risk premiums under different financial market regimes. It is assumed that there are two unobserved regimes, bull and bear markets, ... -
Asymmetric Two-Handed Input for Mode Selection on Touchscreens
(2016-05-04)Away from computers, most manual activities make use of both hands together. Consider how you chop vegetables, stir a pot, hammer a nail, or play a musical instrument; even in writing, the “off” hand plays a role in holding ... -
The asymptotic behaviour of cosmological models containing matter and scalar fields.
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ASYMPTOTIC MULTIPLE-SCALES ANALYSIS OF HYDRAULIC TRANSIENTS IN ELASTIC AND VISCOELASTIC PRESSURIZED CONDUITS
(2017-08-24)The hydraulic transient phenomenon known as water hammer has a long history [35]. To date, only relatively simple cases have been studied analytically among the numerous publications. In this research, a formal asymptotic ... -
An Asymptotically Optimal Path Planning Method with Cubic Bézier Spline
(2023-07-28)This dissertation introduces a novel path planning algorithm for robotics, known as Informed SRRT#. Our algorithm integrates a local planner from SRRT, accommodating both external and internal constraints. We introduce two ... -
At-sea biology and movements of leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, in the northwest Atlantic.
(Dalhousie University, 2005) -
Athletes' Village: The Adaptive Reuse of Rexall Place
(2012-04-03)Currently very few retired venues are reused and most are torn down to make room for new development. Of the venues that are reused, they are either converted into housing projects or mixed use commercial buildings. My ... -
THE ATLANTIC BULGE: THE ROLE OF LOW-INCOME STATUS IN EXPLAINING REGIONAL VARIATION OF ADOLESCENT WEIGHT IN CANADA
(2013-08-21)Childhood obesity has become an increasingly important public health concern in Canada. This paper provides an econometric analysis of the role of income and other explanatory factors on adolescent overweight and obese ... -
Atlantic Canadian High School Students and Alcohol-Related Harms: Are There Differences Across Sex, Sexual Orientation and Psychosocial Indicators?
(2016-08-31)Alcohol is responsible for the greatest burden of acute harms in youth aged 15-24, with one fifth reporting at least one form of harm (physical, social, legal) in the past 12 months. This study sought to determine which ... -
Atlantic Canadians’ Attitudes Toward Cultural Difference
(2017-09-01)Atlantic Canadians are often stereotyped as being unwelcoming to people who “come from away,” being too traditional, and being closed minded. However, this reputation is rarely backed up with evidence. Little scholarship ... -
Atlantic Culture In The Pacific World: Maritime Whaling Voyages, 1827-1848
(2016-08-08)Between 1827 and 1850, whale ships from Halifax (Nova Scotia) and Saint John (New Brunswick) joined the hunt for whales in the Pacific Ocean. Using the extant records from these ships, this thesis explores the boundaries ... -
Atmospheric processing of aerosols at a site in rural Canada.
(Dalhousie University, 2006)