Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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The Other and Self through the Mirror: Exploring Historical Understandings of the Chinese Medical Concept of 气(Qi) through the Western Vision
(2021-09-07)This study explored how 气- (qi), one of the most fundamental tenets in traditional Chinese medical praxis, has been historically annotated into a“hermeneutic situation” at different historical periods. Spirit(s) and qi, ... -
“Our boys have upheld the honor of their town in the Hockey rink…” The Culture of Amateur Hockey in the Maritime Provinces, c. 1900-1925.
(2020-12-15)From 1900 to 1925, amateur hockey in Maritime communities filled local newspapers and drew thousands of fans to the stadiums. The Acadian, The Union Advocate, The Advertiser, The Weekly Report and Western Annapolis Sentinel, ... -
"Out of Many Kindreds and Tongues": Racial Identity and Rights Activism in Vancouver, 1919-1939
(2011-05-02)This dissertation examines “race” politics in Vancouver during the interwar period as one origin of human rights activism. Race-based rights activism is a fundamental element of the modern human rights movement and human ... -
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Shifting Perceptions on Sanitation Through the Urban Integration of Wastewater Infrastructure
(2016-04-08)The decentralization and sanitization of industrial processes essential to the operation of our cities has contributed to the creation of sprawling waste-landscapes and a diminished connection, and perception of accountability, ... -
Out of Site, Out of Mind: Reading the Ground as Architectural Language in Waste Landscapes
(2023-08-27)The wastescape is a type of de-industrialized and contaminated landscape. Bound by water and unseen in urban areas, they often remain outside of our consciousness. Current remediation practices involve intensive operations ... -
Out of the ruts of Nova Scotia education: Mi'kmaw doors of education emerge.
(Dalhousie University, 2000) -
Out of the Same Waters: Contemporary Relations between Mi'kmaq and Settler Fishers
(2013-12-09)This thesis investigates the current relationships between Mi’kmaq and Settler fishers given the post-Marshall decision context. It considers how years of fishing in the same waters has affected contemporary relationships ... -
OUT-OF-PLANE STRENGTH AND BEHAVIOUR OF MASONRY INFILL WALLS
(2018-10-29)It has been shown in previous studies that masonry infills with rigid supports through boundary frames display greater out-of-plane strength than their flexural wall counterparts. This increase in strength is due to a ... -
Outbreak dynamics of the green sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis O. F. Muller.
(Dalhousie University, 1990) -
Outlining Healthcare Utilization in Order to Develop Evidence Based Data Collection Tools for Prospective Evaluation of the Economic Burden Due to Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD) in Canada
(2013-04-04)Defining health and economic burden of Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD) in Canada is critical to inform Public Health Policy around immunization programs. A comprehensive literature review was conducted to assess ... -
Overall Knee Joint Loading Exposure And Clinical Progression Of Knee Osteoarthritis
(2018-08-28)Objective: Mechanical loading has been implicated in osteoarthritis but the relationships between the many components of joint loading in vivo and clinical progression of knee osteoarthritis has not been fully explored. ... -
Overexpressing Fragments of CREB-Binding Protein (CBP) to Block Transcriptional Dysregulation and Toxicity in Huntington's Disease
(2012-08-16)Huntington’s disease (HD) is caused by expression of the huntingtin gene containing an expanded CAG repeat. N-terminal mutant huntingtin protein (N-mHtt) accumulates in the nucleus and impairs transcription of a subset of ... -
Overshadowing and stimulus control.
(Dalhousie University, 1972) -
Overview of Redundancy Analysis and Partial Linear Squares and Their Extension to the Frequency Domain
(2011-04-08)Applied statisticians are often faced with the problem of dealing with high dimensional data sets when attempting to describe the variability of a single set of variables, or trying to predict the variation of one set of ... -
OVERWINTER MORTALITY OF YOUNG-OF-THE-YEAR STRIPED BASS (Morone saxatilis) IN FRESHWATER PONDS IN NOVA SCOTIA
(2019-12-06)Commercial fishing for striped bass (Morone saxatilis) is very limited in Canada, therefore there is potential for pond-based aquaculture to fill the consumer market. One impediment to culture is high overwinter mortality ... -
The owl and the plagiarist: Academic misrepresentation in contemporary education.
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An OWL Ontology for Modeling HL-7 Compliant Electronic Patient Records for Chronic Disease Management
(2012-12-17)The management process of chronic diseases is longitudinal in nature. Patient records in electronic format provide information at the point of care and support decision-making processes. In our research, we analyzed the ... -
OWNING FOOD: THE IMPACT OF LIVING IN MALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS ON WOMEN’S FOOD SECURITY – A CASE STUDY OF THE KUMBUNGU DISTRICT IN NORTHERN GHANA
(2017-08-31)In 2012, the WFP conducted a food vulnerability survey in districts of northern Ghana. The report identified female-headed households in the region as the most vulnerable in terms of food insecurity - 38% of households ... -
Oxygen Dynamics and Carbon Removal in Municipal Waste Stabilization Ponds in Arctic Regions
(2016-04-05)Abstract Waste Stabilization Ponds (WSPs) are commonly used for municipal wastewater management in Canadian Arctic communities. However, there has been limited research on WSP performance in these regions, and how ... -
The oxysterol binding protein gene family: Protein interactions and functional characterization.
(Dalhousie University, 2003)