Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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A Defamiliarized Architecture: [RE]Iterative Readings of a Text
(2019-08-29)This thesis explores a design methodology reflecting Viktor Shklovsky’s concept “defamiliarization”. Defamiliarization is a technique used to make something unfamiliar, or strange, in order to enhance the perceptions of ... -
DEFINING A MULTI-PARAMETER OPTICS-BASED APPROACH FOR ESTIMATING CHLOROPHYLL A CONCENTRATION USING OCEAN GLIDERS
(2016-02-19)A bio-optical method for increasing the accuracy of chlorophyll a estimates from in situ fluorometers in the absence of traditional validation methods was implemented for autonomous gliders operating on the Scotian Shelf. ... -
Defining Biomarkers of Frailty in the Kidney: Implications for Endobiotic and Xenobiotic Metabolism in Mice
(2023-08-08)Frailty describes individuals with increased susceptibility to adverse health outcomes. The frailty index (FI) quantifies frailty by measuring deficit accumulation. This project aimed to characterize the molecular signature ... -
Defining Death: Law, Language, and Systems
(2016-08-31)The definition of death is often referred to as a fiction since brain death was conceived in the mid twentieth century. These observations are generally paired with concern that the fiction depresses the quality of a ... -
Defining the mechanisms of neutrophil transintestinal epithelial migration: Identifying a role for beta2 integrin.
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DEFINING THE MECHANISMS THROUGH WHICH ALDH1A3-INDUCED LONG NONCODING RNA NRAD1 REGULATES GENE EXPRESSION IN BREAST CANCER
(2021-08-20)Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive subtype with limited treatment options and poor patient prognoses, owing partially to its enrichment in cancer stem cells (CSCs). Therapies targeting CSCs within TNBCs, ... -
Defining the Role of Hem25 in Mitochondrial Function: Implications for Congenital Sideroblastic Anemia
(2015)Congenital sideroblastic anemia (CSA) is a hematological disease caused by mutations in genes that result in a defect in heme/hemoglobin biosynthesis. Mutations in SLC25A38 cause CSA. I determined that SLC25A38, and its ... -
Defining the Role of Mature Minors in the Medical Research Consent Process
(2011-09-06)In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of minors included in a broad range of medical research studies. To date, however, little attention appears to have been paid to how the role of minors in the ... -
Deformation and sedimentation adjacent to Carboniferous diapiric salt structures, Nova Scotia.
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Deformation Behaviour of TiNi Shape Memory Alloys under Tensile and Compressive Loads
(2011-07-05)TiNi shape memory alloys (SMAs) have been extensively used in various applications. The great interest in TiNi alloys is due to its unique shape memory and superelasticity effects, along with its superior wear and dent ... -
Deformation of root hairs of wheat by Azospirillum.
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Defunding Halifax Police with an Art Historical and Contemporary Framework in Architecture
(2023-07-19)Policing and surveillance contribute to the segregation and oppression of marginalized communities across North America. The police state’s power is maintained through architecture and urban design, making the architect ... -
Degenerate Kundt Spacetimes and the Equivalence Problem
(2013-04-25)This thesis is mainly focused on the equivalence problem for a subclass of Lorentzian manifolds: the degenerate Kundt spacetimes. These spacetimes are not defined uniquely by their scalar curvature invariants. To prove two ... -
DEGRADATION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES IN ELECTRICITY GRID SERVICES
(2020-05-13)It has been proposed to repurpose retired electric vehicle (EV) lithium ion batteries (LIB) into stationary electricity grid services. This thesis investigates the performance characteristics of two popular leading commercial ... -
Delayed bifurcation onset of Turing instability and the effect of noise
(2015)In this thesis we study the effect of noise on delayed bifurcations in PDE's. Two particular problems with slowly varying parameter and noise are considered: a single PDE and a modified version of Klausmeier model. We first ... -
Deletion Without Rebalancing in Non-Blocking Self-Balancing Binary Search Trees
(2016-05-04)We present a provably linearizable and lock-free relaxed AVL tree called the non- blocking ravl tree. At any time, the height of a non-blocking ravl tree is bounded by logφ(2m) + c, where φ is the golden ratio, m is the ... -
Delineating excitatory V3 interneuron diversity in the mouse spinal cord
(2021-06-29)Mammals possess the remarkable ability to manoeuver the physical world with precise, coordinated, and autonomous control. Interneuron networks in the spinal cord simultaneously integrate and process supraspinal and sensory ... -
DELINEATING THE ROLE OF CALCINEURIN A ALPHA IN THE MAST CELL FCϵRI-MEDIATED IMMUNE RESPONSE
(2020-05-11)Allergies are a health challenge resulting from excessive and inappropriate responses to innocuous antigens (allergens), and a key cellular player is the mast cell. Mast cell activation by allergen initiates a response ... -
DELVING INTO THE HEART OF THE MATTER: UNDERSTANDING THE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN TGF-β, CTGF AND EARLY MYOCARDIAL CHANGES IN ANGIOTENSIN-II INDUCED MYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS
(2017-03-31)Myocardial fibrosis is the common pathophysiological complication associated with diastolic heart failure. It is characterized by excess extracellular matrix (ECM) protein deposition, which contributes to increased ...