Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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IDENTIFYING FRAILTY IN CANCER SURVIVORS: PATTERNS OF CANCER FOLLOW-UP CARE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PERSONALIZED SURVIVORSHIP MODELS
(2023-01-26)Improved cancer care has increased the number of survivors, straining Canada’s cancer care system. As survivors age, they may become frail, resulting in complex needs better addressed through alternative care models. No ... -
Identifying lake water quality trends and effective monitoring strategies in a rapidly urbanizing region
(2022-12-08)Water quality degradation in freshwater lakes is widely observed and largely attributed to human activities, particularly in urban regions. The city of Halifax, NS, is among the fastest growing urban centers in Canada, ... -
IDENTIFYING MIGRATION FATE AND FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO MORTALITY OF ATLANTIC SALMON SMOLTS
(2021-12-15)Atlantic Salmon populations are in decline throughout their native distribution largely due to poor estuarine and marine survival. Predation is a significant source of salmon smolt mortality during migration from freshwater ... -
Identifying Novel Effectors of Breast Cancer Stem Cell Population Equilibrium and Survival
(2020-08-07)Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients face poor survival outcomes possibly due to the presence of a small, yet aggressive population of cells termed cancer stem cells (CSCs). In breast cancer, CSCs are defined ... -
Identifying psychological barriers to diabetes self-care: Scale development and validation.
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Identifying RING-type E3s involved in nutrient stress responses in Arabidopsis thaliana
(2024-03-26)The Ubiquitin Proteasome System (UPS) is a eukaryotic protein degradation system that regulates nutrient uptake and translocation through mediating the degradation of enzymes, transporters, signalling proteins, transcription ... -
IDENTIFYING SEASONAL ENVIRONMENTAL TRIGGER EVENTS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON SOIL MICROBIAL RESPIRATION AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN A NOVA SCOTIA AGRICULTURAL SOIL
(2020-04-13)N2O is released from agricultural soils as a result of nitrification and denitrification. These microbial processes are affected by environmental conditions. This study developed a method of predicting trigger environmental ... -
Identity and Access: The Capital Library
(2013-08-02)As a capital city, Ottawa is a national and international icon. On one hand, its inhabitants are players in a larger spectacle of national identity. On the other hand, they still have the requirements of an everyday life, ... -
Identity Erosion: Adaptive Architecture for the Evolving Coastline of Fortune, Newfoundland
(2019-08-13)Newfoundland’s cultural identity is derived from a historical relationship with the sea. Situated to ensure access to fishing grounds, outports’ dependence on the fertile waters of the Atlantic guided the settlement patterns ... -
Identity quest: The emergence of North American adult education (1945-1970).
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IDIOTS AND EGOISTS: AN EXPLORATION OF MORAL GROWTH AND RESPONSIBILITY AMONG CHILDREN, THE CHILDISH, AND THE CHILD-LIKE IN THE WORKS OF GEORGE ELIOT AND CHARLES DICKENS
(2010-12-20)This thesis explores these attitudes towards sympathy and moral growth as illustrated in several novels by Charles Dickens and George Eliot. The issue of moral growth is what definitively separates Dickens and Eliot in ... -
IDLE, ABLE-BODIED AND UNDESERVING: THE PERSISTENCE OF UNDESERT IN WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT
(2018-08-31)This essay argues against the idea that desert of a good life must be contingent on work. To do so, I document the increasing preeminence, over time, of conceptions of desert based solely in the work ethic. The idea that ... -
“If Only I Had A Girlfriend!”: Towards A Queer Reading Of The Diary Of A Young Girl
(2016-09-01)In the January 6, 1944 entry of The Diary of A Young Girl, Anne Frank confesses her queer desire. This thesis will explore why this confession has received so little attention from scholars, despite its potential to undermine ... -
If These Walls Could Talk: Exploring Architecture as a Narrative Medium through the Rehabilitation of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
(2012-08-07)This thesis explores how architecture, like literature and fi lm, uses narrative techniques to tell a story. The museum exemplifies this concept of architecture as a narrative medium, as its social mandate is to articulate ... -
“IF YOU COULD SEE THE BIG PICTURE”: CONTEMPORARY CANADA-BASED ARTISTS’ PERSPECTIVES ON THE ROLE OF AN ENVIRONMENTALLY ENGAGED ARTS PRACTICE IN FOSTERING CULTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS
(2019-12-11)Addressing global climate change beyond short-term fixes requires wider cultural change. Artists, as cultural workers, could play a valuable role in attending to questions of social and ecological justice. While there is ... -
IF YOU SEE WHAT I SEE, THEN I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL: HOW SCENE CONTEXT AND FACIAL MIMICRY DIFFERENTIALLY AFFECT SITUATED RECOGNITION OF DYNAMIC AND STATIC EXPRESSIONS
(2016-09-06)Testing facial expression recognition has primarily relied on facial stimuli consisting of static images of posed expressions or computer generated animations. In recent years, the ecological validity of results based on ... -
Illness Communication and Coping Behaviour in Youth With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder
(2013-07-26)No previous studies have examined how those with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) communicate or cope with symptoms of acute physical illness. Effective management of illness is important as it is related to an individual’s ... -
Illocutionary Autonomy: Moral Responsibility for Disabling Speech Acts
(2014-12-16)This thesis evaluates various consequences of adopting Rae Langton's claims about illocutionary silencing, all through the lens of how they relate to autonomy and moral responsibility. Langton sows the seeds for a theory ... -
The Illusion of Choice: Mothers' Persistent Optimizing to Feed Their Preschool Children
(2012-08-20)Mothers play a vital role in providing healthy food choices for their preschool children. This role has become more complex in the present obesity-producing environment that has contributed to the increasing prevalence of ... -
Illusion SDK: An Augmented Reality Engine for Flash 11
(2012-11-28)This thesis presents Illusion SDK: a general, extensible framework for augmented reality (AR) applications. Illusion provides loosely coupled or decoupled abstractions of sensors, trackers, and compositors. Implementations ...