Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Using metaproteomes and models to quantify cellular trade-offs in phytoplankton
(2021-12-16)Phytoplankton fuel biogeochemical processes in the ocean and are key players influencing the global climate. All biogeochemical processes mediated by microbes are ultimately underpinned by gene expression. In this thesis, ... -
Using Named Entities in Post-click News Recommendation
(2016-08-05)With the growth of online news readers, many news websites use different signals to attract users' initial clicks. However, the problem of keeping users in the web site through post-click news recommendation is relatively ... -
USING NLP TO QUANTIFY THE EFFECTS OF NON-GAAP MEASURES TO PREDICT THE OUTCOME OF SECURITIES LAWSUITS
(2019-12-10)The Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) is arguably the most tonal section of the reports provided to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. As part of that dialogue, companies use non-standardized financial ... -
Using observations and model simulations to characterize the effects of lateral intrusion events in Bedford Basin
(2023-12-01)The renewal of deep water in Bedford Basin (BB) is vital for its ventilation. The main ventilation mechanisms are winter convention and lateral intrusion events. However, a characterization of intrusion events has not yet ... -
USING PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES TO ENHANCE THE MEASUREMENT, INTERPRETATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF SOIL RESPIRATION
(2014-08-21)Atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) play an extremely important role in regulating Earth’s climate system. Researchers need to understand how GHGs are produced at a process-level in order to predict ... -
Using Rescorla’s truly random control condition to measure truly exogenous covert orienting
(2021-07-28)Studies of exogenous covert orienting use peripheral cues (stimuli) that are spatially uninformative about the locations of subsequent targets. When the time course of the cue’s influence on performance is explored (by ... -
USING SMARTPHONE TO PREVENT KEYLOGGING AND SHOULDER SURFING
(2017-12-12)Intruders have developed many methods to obtain sensitive information- some of the information is private and confidential such as username and password. Although strong cryptographic algorithms and authentication schemes ... -
Using Social Media Data to Improve Navigation within Websites
(2015-04-08)People often use navigation mechanisms such as menus, search, links and browser tools to find information within websites. The purpose of this research was to explore how user-generated content on social media can be used ... -
USING THE DYNAMIC GAS DISENGAGEMENT TECHNIQUE TO CHARACTERIZE GAS/LIQUID CONTACTING IN MICROBUBBLE-AERATED COLUMNS
(2021-12-14)Gas-liquid contacting plays a significant role in the chemical, petrochemical, mineral processing, and biochemical industries, where it is encountered in a wide range of operations. Generally, high volumetric mass transfer ... -
Using The Nitrification Inhibitor 3, 5-dimethylpyrazole To Determine Net Nitrogen Mineralization and Denitrification Rates Simultaneously At Varying Water Contents
(2017-03-31)An investigation of the use of a nitrification inhibitor (NI) to simultaneously measure the rates of net nitrogen (N) mineralization, as an accumulation of ammonium (NH4+), and denitrification, as a loss of nitrate (NO3-) ... -
USING THE ZEBRAFISH MODEL TO DETERMINE THE ROLE OF THE HACE1 TUMOUR SUPPRESSOR IN NORMAL DEVELOPMENT AND TUMOURIGENESIS
(2011-12-19)HACE1 is a tumour suppressor gene located at human chromosome 6q21. HACE1 is downregulated in Wilms’ tumour as well as several other human cancers. Its role in normal development remains unknown. The zebrafish has established ... -
Using the Zebrafish to Investigate the Role of the NUP98-NSD1 Oncogene and Loss of NUP98 in High-Risk Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia
(2018-09-28)Many genetic mutations lead to acute myeloid leukemia (AML), including the translocation NUP98-NSD1 (NND1), which is found primarily in pediatric AML and causes high-risk disease. There is currently no animal model of the ... -
Using the δ18O-Salinity Relationship to Identify Freshwater Inputs to a North Atlantic Estuary
(2015-05-01)The δ18O-Salinity relationship allows us to define distinct end members in Bedford Basin, a system supplied by the North Atlantic Ocean. An isotopic analysis was performed on water in and around Bedford Basin to resolve ... -
USING TIME SERIES AND MULTIVARIATE TECHNIQUES TO ANALYZE CHANGES IN THE OCEAN NITROGEN CYCLE THROUGHOUT HISTORY
(2014-08-25)Nitrogen is a limiting resource in marine ecosystems that directly impacts the productivity of marine life. Values of δ15N extracted from down core sediments are used as a proxy measure of nitrogen in past marine ... -
USING TOUCH GESTURES TO RECORD AND RECOGNIZE EMOTIONS
(2017-04-05)In this thesis, we explore how people use touchscreens to express emotional intensity, and whether these intensities can be understood by oneself later or by others. We conducted a four-week participatory-design activity ... -
Using Visual Analytics and Interpretability Strategies to Understand the Impact of Input Variables on Indexes derived from Municipality (Urban) Data Sets
(2020-04-29)Composite indices have been widely used in several domains as a measure to describe abstract concepts through the combination of variables. The current approaches for index creation and analysis do not have a comprehensive ... -
Using yeast genetics to understand the roles of phosphatidylcholine synthesis in the regulation of cell growth and death.
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Using Zebrafish Xenotransplantation To Study Ewing's Sarcoma And Investigate The Role Of Y-Box Binding Protein 1 In Metastasis
(2015-05-05)The most unfavourable prognostic factor for Ewing’s sarcoma (ES) is the presence of metastases. To date, a viable cancer model for ES metastasis has not been developed. Models for ES are crucial to uncovering the key ... -
UTILIZATION OF RECYCLED PLASTICS AS BINDER MODIFIERS FOR USE IN HOT-MIX ASPHALT PAVEMENT
(2013-12-11)Atlantic Canadian highways are vulnerable to impacts of climate change, including more frequent cycles of both wetting and drying, and freezing and thawing. These climate impacts coupled with continued increases in truck ... -
UTILIZING BIOLOGGERS TO INFER BEHAVIOUR AND PHYSIOLOGY OF COMMERCIAL ATLANTIC SALMON (SALMO SALAR)
(2024-04-15)There is a growing global market for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Stakeholders have a vested interest in the future of commercial operations considering the ongoing and future impacts of ocean warming as it relates to ...