Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses: Recent submissions
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You are Welcome: Immigrant Integration through the Courtyard Typology
This thesis addresses the architectural and social issues of immigrant populations relocating to foreign lands. The primary factor of immigrant integration is the availability of appropriate housing. Immigrant housing must ... -
An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Grade 8 Students’ Physical Education Experiences in Nova Scotia
In Nova Scotia, the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development is responsible for overseeing curriculum changes and providing physical education (PE) teachers with professional development opportunities and ... -
Nationalism in Question: A Study of Key Categories in Ghanaian History
The unquestioned and unquestioning use of the categories of proto-nationalism, cultural nationalism, conservative nationalism and radical nationalism leads to a homogenised, homoarchic and binary framing of nineteenth- and ... -
GENERATION OF SUB-WAVELENGTH FAR AND NEAR-FIELD FOCUSING PATTERNS USING OPTICAL VECTOR BEAMS
Optical fields with complex spatial distribution are of great importance in various applications such as super-resolution imaging, laser nanofabrication, molecule or nanoparticle trapping and manipulation. This dissertation ... -
Building On Controversy : Developing Architectural Dialogues on Controversial Sites
This thesis explores how controversial sites that are in stasis, like the old memorial library in Halifax, can be transformed into architecture. As the public becomes more involved in architectural design process the ... -
COMBINED EFFECT OF VERMICAST-TRICHODERMA-SAWDUST ON KALE, SWISS CHARD, AND PAK CHOY GROWTH
Nowadays, organic amendment has been used to address soil fertility problems and improve crop production. Vermicast-sawdust mixed plant growing media are low-cost and rich in beneficial microbes and essential nutrients but ... -
Ring extensions with identity element
We will consider different methods which extend any given ring to a ring which contains an identity element. Each construction will be examined to determine properties which are retained by the extension if possessed ... -
JOCULATORES DOMINI: MUSIC AND FRANCISCAN SPIRITUALITY IN HAGIOGRAPHIC AND LITURGICAL SOURCES
This thesis explores music for Francis and Clare of Assisi in hagiographic and liturgical sources, examining how it interacts with aspects of Franciscan spirituality focused on the incarnation. It begins by investigating ... -
Trust and Reliance on an Automated Target Recognition System for Underwater Mine Detection
Automated target recognition (ATR) systems are typically designed to operate using a high sensitivity and a liberal decision criterion to reduce the risk of missing a target. The high number of false alarms that occur as ... -
Evaluation of Active-Set Evolution Strategies for Optimization with Known Constraints
Evolution strategy (ES) is most often used to solve unconstrained black-box problems, while active-set methods focus on solving constrained optimization problems. A recent algorithm combines (1+1)-ES and an active-set ... -
Calcium Dynamics of Ganglion Cell Layer Neurons in rd1 Mice
In the rd1 mouse model of inherited retinal degeneration, activation of P2X7 purinoreceptors (P2X7r) has been suggested to lead to the formation of pores permeable to large molecules in retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). This ... -
Short and Slender Concrete Columns Internally or Externally Reinforced with Longitudinal Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites
The goal of this thesis was to investigate the behavior of short and slender concrete columns internally and externally reinforced with longitudinal fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites. The study was divided into two ... -
DEPLOYMENT OF A 27.5 KHZ LINK USING NON-COHERENT SPACE TIME BLOCK CODED FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING
The contents of this thesis explore the challenge of implementing a high-speed and reliable acoustic communication link in shallow water conditions and high flow environments, in which highly varying propagation conditions ... -
Sex, Drugs and Dementia
Older adults comprise the greatest segment of the population that use medications. Aging, sex and genetic considerations alter medication metabolism which modifies drug exposure, effect and risk of toxicity. Anticholinergic ... -
What Trans* Folks Talk About When They Talk About Voice: Learning About Voice Feminization on Reddit
This thesis project is an in-depth analysis of the voice feminization advice given by trans* people on the subreddit r/transvoice. The purpose of this project is to learn more about voice feminization from the perspective ... -
On Increasing the Scope of Genetic Programming Trading Agents
This research investigates the potential for widening the scope of Genetic Programming (GP) trading agents beyond constructing decision trees for buy-hold-sell decisions. First, both technical indicators (temporal feature ... -
An Arborist's Approach to Building Regeneration: Planting Trees in Obsolescent Soil
Given the environmental impact of utilizing non renewable resources in the open loop carbon cycle of build-use-demolish, it is imperative to effect a fundamental change in how the urban landscape is developed. This thesis ... -
Qun’ngiaqtiarlugu (taking a closer look) at Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit in Community-Based Participatory Research
The research processes that take place with Inuit communities are as important as the findings these studies reveal. There is a growing body of literature that highlights community-based participatory research (CBPR) as a ... -
Sleep Problems in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Barriers and Facilitators to Treatment and Development of an Online Intervention for Insomnia
Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) emerge early in life and are associated with functional impairment for children and their families. Amongst children with NDDs, sleep problems are highly prevalent and can have widespread ... -
OPTIC NERVE INTERGRITY FOLLOWING RETINAL INACTIVATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF POST-CRITICAL PERIOD AMBLYOPIA
In animal models, monocular deprivation (MD) by lid closure mimics the effects of unilateral amblyopia in humans. In cats, inactivation of the fellow (non-deprived) eye, with intraocular administration of tetrodotoxin has ...
