Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses: Recent submissions
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Probiotics, Pregnancy and The Postpartum Period: Effects of Diet and Probiotic Treatment on Maternal and Offspring Health Outcomes in a Long-Evans Rat Model
(2024-08-28)The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease hypothesis is largely focused on elucidating the mechanisms by which gestational events affect offspring health. This area of research has recently begun examining the interplay ... -
Real-time dual energy markerless monitoring of lung tumors using a clinical room-mounted stereoscopic and monoscopic x-ray imaging system
(2024-08-28)This thesis develops real-time dual-energy markerless imaging technology to monitor lung tumor motion using a clinical room-mounted x-ray imaging system to enhance radiotherapy precision. The first chapter introduces the ... -
From Classroom to Cubicle: A Qualitative Exploration of Health and Leisure Student Intern Mental Health
(2024-08-28)Introduction: Internships offer critical experiential learning for undergraduate students, yet the mental health experiences of interns in health and leisure programs remain underexplored. This study investigates these ... -
HOW PARTNERS, IDENTIFIED SUPPORT PERSONS, AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF MOTHERS UNDERSTAND POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION, USING A FEMINIST POST-STRUCTURALIST LENS
(2024-08-28)Postpartum depression (PPD) remains a significant mental health challenge for numerous families. Both mothers and their partners often lack sufficient knowledge and preparation for dealing with PPD. Additionally, discussions ... -
Objective Behavioural Comparison of Youth and Adult Anxiety: A Mobile Sensing Approach
(2024-08-27)Background: Clinicians and researchers often use subjective measures of anxiety at isolated timepoints (e.g., retrospective self-report questionnaires), which are useful for capturing meaningful clinical differences between ... -
The Relationship Between Aerobic Fitness and Brachial Endothelial Function on Cerebrovascular Regulation
(2024-08-28)Aging is associated with declining function of peripheral (i.e., brachial) and cerebral (i.e., middle cerebral artery) arteries, which increases the risk for the development of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease. ... -
Novel Approaches to Resource-Efficient Hardware: Time-Domain Solutions for Clock Synchronization and Error Correction
(2024-08-28)In time-domain processing, the time difference is directly proportional to the amplitude of the analog signal. Within the context of a time variable, it functions similarly to a pulse-width-modulated signal, where the pulse ... -
THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY? RURAL SCHOOL CLOSURE CONFLICTS AND RURAL IDENTITY IN NOVA SCOTIA
(2024-08-28)In the 2010s in Nova Scotia, school boards in the province decided to close and consolidate over 30 schools, most of them in rural areas. The closure of these elementary and secondary schools came amid demographic shifts ... -
Similarity Identification of Southern Resident Killer Whale (SRKW) Call Types Under Sparse Sampling Using Siamese Neural Networks
(2024-08-26)Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW) are highly intelligent marine mammals facing extinction in the North Pacific. These whales emit three types of sounds: clicks, whistles, and pulsed calls, with 43 distinct pulsed call ... -
TAILORING PERSUASIVE MOBILE TECHNOLOGY FOR PROMOTING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(2024-08-26)Persuasive technology (PT) is increasingly employed in the health and wellness domain to motivate and assist users with various lifestyles and behavioral health issues to alter their attitudes and behaviors. There is ... -
Analysis of Unilateral Digital Tax Measures in Developing and Emerging Economies Using Nigeria as a Case Study: Looking Beyond the "Digital Tax Extremes" in International Tax Law & Policy
(2024-08-27)The emergence of digital businesses has disrupted corporate income tax rules in international tax law and policy, which are based on taxable physical presence within a jurisdiction. Digital businesses have little to no ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF A CLOUD-BASED IOT SYSTEM FOR LIVESTOCK HEALTH MONITORING USING AWS AND PYTHON
(2024-08-26)This study develops a cloud based IoT system for monitoring the health of livestock using Amazon Web Services and Python, addressing the increasing demands of digital agriculture. As the number of IoT devices in agriculture ... -
Machine Learning-Enhanced Intrusion Detection System for Accelerated Threat Response through Feature Space Reduction in Critical Infrastructures
(2024-08-26)Critical Infrastructure (CI) forms the backbone of any nation, ensuring the seamless operation of various sectors such as manufacturing, gas pipeline systems, nuclear power plants, transportation, etc. The deployment of ... -
FROM POLICY TO PRACTICE: PROJECTING THE IMPLEMENTATION AND IMPACT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM ACT IN COMBATING ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM IN CANADA
(2024-08-27)This thesis examines environmental racism in Canada, focusing particularly on the legislative response through the Environmental Racism Act. In Canada, communities such as Africville and Lincolnville have long suffered ... -
Siblings in Sync: Black Sibling Relationships in African American Cinema 1970s-1990s
(2024-08-28)This dissertation analyzes how siblingship operates in African American film narratives in the genres of Blaxploitation and New Black Realism. I am interested in siblingship as a lateral relationship (unlike vertical or ... -
"TRIAL BY GOOGLE": CAN FAIR CRIMINAL JURY TRIALS STILL BE GUARANTEED IN THE DIGITAL AGE?
(2024-08-27)The jury has long had a place within criminal legal systems of the world, including Canada’s. The wisdom of our system’s continued endorsement of the criminal jury depends on the validity of a key presumption: that verdicts ... -
THE HEALTHY IMMIGRANT EFFECT ON ALCOHOL USE IN YOUTH
(2024-08-26)This dissertation examined the Healthy Immigrant Effect (HIE) in relation to youth alcohol use. The HIE is a phenomenon in developed countries with recent immigrants reporting better health upon arrival compared to the ... -
Enhancing Gait Recognition through Edge Detection and Hybrid Feature Extraction Techniques
(2024-08-26)Gait recognition is the process of identifying individuals based on their unique walking patterns. This method has gained importance in biometric systems for its non-intrusive nature and applications in security, ... -
On-Resin Synthesis and Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of the Oxazole-Containing Peptide: Wewakazole B
(2024-08-26)Peptides have long been utilized as therapeutic agents for treating cancer, enzyme deficiency disorders, and infectious diseases due to their low toxicity, high selectivity, and specificity. Wewakazole B, a cyanobactin, ... -
Polymer type affects the vertical distribution of microplastics in boreal lake sediments
(2024-08-26)Lakes are disproportionately affected by microplastic pollution, and an estimated 99% of microplastics eventually settle in bottom sediments. Yet, knowledge on the mechanisms driving microplastic accumulation in lake ...