Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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The Beginning of the AI-Enabled Preventative PAP Therapy Era
(2023-08-30)Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) therapy is the most common and efficacious treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). However, it suffers from poor patient adherence due to discomfort and may not fully alleviate all ... -
THE BEHAVIOR AND MIGRATORY FATE OF SELECT HEAVY METALS DURING THE DEWATERMENT OF AN EFFLUENT DERIVED SEDIMENT
(2019-08-16)Geotextile filtration has proven to be an effective method of both retaining and dewatering dredged sediments. This option has been considered as a method for the remediation of a contaminated marine sediment in Nova Scotia, ... -
Behavior and Strength of Masonry Prisms Loaded in Compression
(2013-08-07)The compressive strength of masonry is the most important material property for the design of structural masonry. The behavior and strength of masonry prisms under compressive loading has been a fundamental research topic. ... -
Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Masonry Walls Subjected to Combined Axial Loading and Out-of-Plane Bending
(2005-09)An experimental program was designed and conducted to study the strength and behavior of masonry load-bearing walls. Ten reinforced large-scale wall specimens with pinned support conditions were tested under eccentric ... -
BEHAVIOR OF SOLID WALL AND SANDWICH FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER LINERS USED FOR REHABILITATION OF BURIED PIPES
(2020-05-14)This research was focused on studying the behavior of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) liners that could be bonded inside deteriorated buried pipes, as an effective rehabilitation system to increase strength and stiffness. ... -
Behavioral, anatomical and physiological studies of the geniculo-suprachiasmatic tract in the golden hamster.
(Dalhousie University, 1986) -
Behaviour and Strength of Steel Twin Girder Systems with Torsional Braces
(2014-08-21)This study is motivated to investigate the behaviour and strength of beams with only discrete torsional bracing. The experimental program of a scaled twin-girder system with different arrangements of lateral and torsional ... -
The behaviour of neurologic water during axonal and synaptic neurotransmission: An in silico study.
(2011-08-23)Water is known to take on highly organized structures to influence the reactivity of chemical and biological systems; despite this, water is often only implicitly or approximately included in theoretical studies of biochemical ... -
BEHAVIOUR OF SHORT-SPAN CONCRETE-FILLED COMPOSITE TUBES WITH ±55◦ FIBER ORIENTATION UNDER BENDING AND SHEAR
(2021-12-14)Concrete-filled fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) tubes (CFFTs), an alternative to conventional systems, emerged as innovative and sustainable infrastructure systems for various structural applications. This research aimed ... -
The behaviour of steel-free concrete bridge deck slabs under static loading conditions.
(Dalhousie University, 1997) -
Behavioural Change Techniques For Chronic Low Back Pain: A Physiotherapy Practice Study
(2011-09-06)Chronic non-specific low back pain (CNSLBP) is prevalent in the Canadian Forces. Physiotherapists use behavioural change techniques (BCT) to challenge maladaptive cognitions and behaviours in the treatment of CNSLBP. The ... -
The Behavioural Expression of Empathy to Others' Pain versus Others' Sadness in Young Children
(2010-06-11)Empathy for others’ pain is an important human capacity. Despite this, little is known about how children develop or express their empathy for another individual’s pain. Thus, this dissertation aimed to accomplish two ... -
Behavioural Inhibition as a Risk Factor for Mood and Anxiety Disorders
(2020-08-28)Mood and anxiety disorders are leading causes of disability worldwide. Thus, early intervention strategies are needed. Behavioural inhibition (BI) has been proposed as a risk factor for these disorders, however, the strength ... -
BEHAVIOURAL, ANATOMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS OF CRAB HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS
(2022-08-31)The main objective of this thesis was to study crab host-parasite interactions though the examination of changes in behaviour, anatomy and physiological processes. Atlantic rock crabs (Cancer irroratus) infected with ... -
Behind Closed Doors: Aboriginal Women's Experiences with Intimate Partner Violence
(2010-12-20)This study provides a critical analysis of Aboriginal women's experiences with intimate partner violence, and how this experience is affected by their lives on a reserve and their access to resources while there. By taking ... -
Being a Man in Canada: The Gendered Impacts of Resettlement Programs on Syrian Male Immigrants in Halifax
(2022-08-29)Using a phenomenological approach, this thesis examined the ways in which Syrian men experience changes in the culture of gender relations in Canada. This study aimed to understand how Syrian men perceive Canadian ... -
Being Aquifex aeolicus: Untangling a hyperthermophile's Checkered Past
(2012-01-03)Lateral gene transfer (LGT) is an important factor contributing to the evolution of prokaryotic genomes. The Aquificae are a hyperthermophilic bacterial group whose genes show affiliations to many other lineages, including ... -
"BEING BY MYSELF AND BELIEVING IN US" - THE EXPERIENCE OF PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH DURING AN INTIMATE PARTNER'S MILITARY DEPLOYMENT
(2015-04-07)For Canadian military families (CMFs), pregnancy and childbirth can occur in tandem with a military deployment. The central issue is that a military deployment of an intimate partner introduces unique stressors that can ... -
Being-Breathless-In-The-World: A Heideggerian Hermeneutic Phenomenological Interpretation of the Lived Experience of Advanced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
(2012-04-30)The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore how people living with advanced COPD experience their illness. The experiences of eight people were analyzed using Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenology, an approach ...