Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Pioneers, Virgins, and Whores: (Anti-)Feminist Tropes in the Feminist Reclamation of Aphra Behn and Katherine Philips
(2018-10-15)This thesis identifies and interrogates the two most prevalent tropes assigned to Aphra Behn and Katherine Philips as feminist scholars reclaimed and canonized the poets. I ask what perceptions of women have informed our ... -
PIP: A (Privacy) Injection Pattern for Inserting Privacy Patterns and Services in Software
(2015)Sensitive data may be leaked in many ways, and misuse of personal data from information systems is very common. It is challenging to implement privacy services in existing applications without affecting other modules. We ... -
Pipeline Implementation of AES Algorithm for Improved Resource Management and Higher Throughput
(2023-05-31)This thesis is focused on a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) based implementation of Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cryptography. The objective is to effectively implement the AES algorithm with less resource ... -
Piperine Modulates B cell Activation and Function
(2011-12-02)Piperine, the major alkaloid derived from black pepper corns, has played an important role in traditional medicine worldwide. Current research has demonstrated piperine to have several anti-inflammatory properties, however, ... -
Pirate Economics: The Economic Causes and Consequences of Contemporary Maritime Piracy in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2012-08-30)The past 20 years have witnessed a resurgence of maritime piracy, especially along the East and West coasts of Africa. Much scholarly research has been undertaken on this issue; however a consensus on the primary economic ... -
A Place for Healing: Architecture as Intermediary Between Nature and the Healing Child
(2012-08-22)This thesis investigates the difficult reality of children faced with illness, necessitating prolonged hospitalization. It takes a critical position with regard to the current approach to health care in Canada within the ... -
The Place of Culture in Architecture
(2001)The Southern African country of Botswana is relatively young, having gained its independence from the British in 1966. The capital city, Gaborone, is relatively new, designed after the garden city models in 1963. A proud ... -
Place of Protest: Designing for Discourse in Public Space
(2023-07-13)The act of protest exists publicly as a demonstration of opposition to an idea, judgement, or subject. Within the city, these demonstrations occupy public space and disrupt the prescribed event of a given environment to ... -
A Place To Call Home: Intellectual Disabilities And Residential Services In Nova Scotia
(2011-08-23)Despite broader trends toward the deinstitutionalization of people with intellectual disabilities and evidence that they have a higher quality of life in the community, many in Nova Scotia remain segregated in institutional ... -
PLACEMAKERS: Activating the Food System Through Urban Agricultural and Community Spaces for Newcomers in East Calgary
(2019-04-05)The suburban neighbourhoods of East Calgary have experienced tremendous growth in population over the last fifteen years due to recent immigration trends to the city. Sense of identity and overall well-being of resident ... -
Plague Discourse: Political, Religious, and Medical Publications in England, 1603–1666
(2022-04-13)Throughout the seventeenth century, printed texts in England increased in quantity, popularity, and accessibility. England also faced multiple outbreaks of plague during this time and the result was an influx of texts ... -
Planning a SEA change: designing a robust framework for strategic environmental assessment in Nova Scotia
(2014-08-15)Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) provides governments, and other organizations, a method to formally incorporate environmental dimensions into strategic planning and policy evaluation exercises. Nova Scotia is ... -
PLANNING FOR EMERGENCE: AN INFORMAL INTERVENTION ON THE OKANAGAN LAKE
(2010-12-17)Entering the informal domain may be considered contrary to a formal understanding of architecture yet it is within this context that many architectural strategies are being resolved. Unbound by law and tradition, ... -
Planning Sequential Eye Movements
(2018-12-14)Studies have shown that future actions in a sequence have an effect on both the mechanics and timing of arm movements. In saccadic eye movements, future saccades in a sequence have been shown to impact the reaction time ... -
Planning, control and management of multicellular manufacturing systems by production authorization cards (PAC) system.
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Planting Old-Growth Cities: A Dynamic Approach to a Modern Paradigm
(2023-07-20)This thesis proposes a groundbreaking modular, metabolistic architecture framework near Halifax’s waterfront in Nova Scotia, Canada. It addresses the crisis of commodified housing by challenging conventional ownership ... -
Planting Seeds for Healthy Youth: Exploring Parents' Perceptions of a Community-Based Program in Halifax, Nova Scotia
(2017-04-07)There is relatively little research focusing on how social programs influence multiple dimensions of youth’s health. This study explored one community-based program aimed at inner-city youth in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The ... -
Planting Urban Health - Integrating Architecture and Productive Urban Greenspace into an Educational Health Facility
(2012-04-04)Chronic health conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes are on the rise in Canada, and particularly in Nova Scotia. Lifestyle-related factors including stress level, exercise, and a healthy diet are ... -
THE PLASMINOGEN RECEPTOR S100A10: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION STUDIES
(2021-02-24)The critical role of the fibrinolytic system is the maintenance of vascular patency. Dysregulation ultimately leads to death; an inappropriate activation that causes excessive bleeding, or an inability to clear blood clots, ... -
Plasmon Dispersion at a Superconductor-Dielectric Interface
(2019-08-29)Dispersion of the plasmon behaviour at an interface between a dielectric and a superconducting material is studied and numerically analyzed considering the electron gas is moving along the interface at a temperature of 44 ...
