Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Submit Date
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DETERMINANTS OF THE BIODIVERSITY AND COMPOSITION OF STREAM INSECT COMMUNITIES
(Springer, 2009)The North Mountain of the Annapolis Valley, NS, in eastern Canada, is a ~200 km basalt ridge drained by many small first or second order streams in independent catchments. The area is fairly uniform geologically, presenting ... -
Isolation of Lead-Amino Acid and Mercury-Amino Acid Complexes with Characterization in the Solid State, the Solution State, and the Gas Phase
(2009-10-16)Although some physiological effects of toxic metal poisoning have been known for centuries, the specific chemical interactions between biological molecules and mercury(I), mercury(II) or lead(II) are not well understood. ... -
Progressive Exercise To Address Impaired Balance And Mobility In Older Adults Referred for Home Care Physiotherapy: Is It Beneficial To Target Vestibular Control And Lower Limb Muscle Strength
(2009-10-26)Purpose: The primary purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a progressive exercise program on vestibular control of standing balance, in older adults referred for home care physiotherapy because of balance ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF A KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND UTILIZATION MODEL FOR EMERGENCY PRACTICE
(2009-12-11)Knowledge is a critical element for the provision of quality health care. Optimal clinical decision making incorporates multiple types of knowledge including patient knowledge, clinical experiential knowledge and research ... -
ANALYSE SOCIOTERMINOLOGIQUE, MORPHOLOGIQUE, LEXICOLOGIQUE ET SÉMANTIQUE DE LA TERMINOLOGIE DU TERRORISME
(2009-12-14)The different activities that characterize the planning, sponsoring and execution of terrorist acts, measures and strategies for countering terrorism, lead to new terminological constructions in English and French. However, ... -
"We just stick together": Centering the friendships of disabled youth
(2009-12-15)Friendship matters. Practical support, caring, moral guidance, enjoyment, improved health and greater life expectancy are but a few of its benefits. Despite living in a stigmatizing social environment where isolation is ... -
POUR UN CADRE CANADIEN COMMUN DE RÉFÉRENCE DANS LE CONTEXTE DU FRANÇAIS LANGUE SECONDE POST-IMMERSIF
(2009-12-15)This thesis analyses the application of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (2001) to the Canadian context, using a better understanding of the notion of competence. It begins from the observations ... -
An n-gram Based Approach to the Automatic Classification of Web Pages by Genre
(2009-12-16)The extraordinary growth in both the size and popularity of the World Wide Web has generated a growing interest in the identification of Web page genres, and in the use of these genres to classify Web pages. Web page genre ... -
North-South Relations under the Clean Development Mechanism: Bridging the Divide or Widening the Gap?
(2009-12-16)The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol has been hailed as the grand compromise of the North-South divide over climate change mitigation for its ability to reconcile the economic demands of the North ... -
Of Factory Girls and Servings Maids: The Literary Labours of Working-Class Women in Victorian Britain
(2009-12-17)My dissertation examines the political and formal aspects of poetry written by working-class women in England and Scotland between 1830 and 1880. I analyse a poetic corpus that I have gathered from existing publications ... -
Food Stories: A Labrador Inuit-Metis Community Speaks about Global Change
(2009-12-17)Background: Food nourishes us, sustains us, and has the potential to both heal us and make us sick. Among many Indigenous cultures, traditional activities, ceremonies, events and practices often involve or use food, grounding ... -
Tone Mapping by Interactive Evolution
(2009-12-17)Tone mapping is a computational task of significance in the context of displaying high dynamic range images on low dynamic range devices. While a number of tone mapping algorithms have been proposed and are in common use, ... -
IDENTIFICATION OF DISEASE REACTION OF 11 CAMELINA SATIVA GENOTYPES TO DOWNY MILDEW (PERONOSPORA PARASITICA) AND INVESTIGATION OF STRATEGIES FOR ITS CONTROL
(2009-12-21)The SEM observation revealed that Peronospora parasitica started to germinate and finish direct penetration between 4 hours and 8 hours after inoculation. Conidiophores were observed growing out through stomata 1 week after ... -
The Effects of Photo, Physical and Mechanical (PPM) Pre-treatments in Controlling Certain Pests and Diseases in Carrots, Daucus carota L. var. Sativus cv. Carson
(2009-12-21)Pests and diseases have a significant economic impact on yield, quality and sale of processing carrots. In an effort to combat certain pests and diseases, the effects of photo, physical and mechanical (PPM) treatments on ... -
A TWO YEAR AGRONOMIC EVALUATION OF CAMELINA SATIVA AND BRASSICA CARINATA IN NS, PEI AND SK
(2010-01-05)This study assessed oilseed crops Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz and Brassica carinata A. Braun in NS, PEI and SK. Evaluations of basic agronomy were performed to determine optimum management practices. The C. sativa genotype ... -
MAKESPAN MINIMIZATION FOR PARALLEL MACHINES SCHEDULING WITH AVAILABILITY CONSTRAINTS
(2010-04-16)A new method is developed to schedule jobs on parallel machines with availability constraints. The objective of the problem is to minimize the makespan of the total production schedule. Without the availability constraints ... -
ISTAMBAY: A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF YOUTH INACTIVITY IN THE PHILIPPINES
(2010-04-16)This dissertation explores the life experiences of a particular group of young people in the Philippines known as the “istambay”, a Filipino term derived from the English phrase “on standby”. The study examines the concept ... -
Dictatorship of the Pious: The Theological Dimension of Muslim Extremism in Egypt, 1954-1997
(2010-04-16)This thesis explores how Egypt’s militant extremists used theological sources and the methodology of Islamic juridical-religious thought as instruments of legitimization for acts of political violence. Most studies dealing ... -
Theoretical Investigations of Non-Covalent Interactions: From Small Water Clusters to Large DNA Quadruplexes
(2010-04-16)The chemical bonds that hold molecules together are composed of electrons, and in order to study these microscopic systems, electronic structure calculations are often employed. This thesis describes the results from ... -
A Comparative Study of the Environmental Impact of Online and Offline Movie Rental Businesses
(2010-04-16)The purpose of this thesis is to assess and compare the energy consumption and carbon footprints of two, online and offline, major movie rental services in Canada. The thesis is divided into two parts that represent two ...
