Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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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 ... -
Im Schatten des Gipfels: Bourgeois Society, Metaphor, and Temporality in Heine’s and Nietzsche’s Mountain Imagery
(2015)This thesis examines the poet Heinrich Heine's and the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s critiques of the ideal through an analysis of how mountain imagery is employed in their work. It argues that their use of mountain ... -
IMAGE ANALYSIS OF TRIACYLGLYCEROLS CRYSTALLIZING UNDER SHEAR FLOW
(2015)The processing conditions of edible fats determine the crystalline structure of a product. This affects the product’s texture, flavor, mouthfeel, moisture content, etc. To improve the available image analysis tools for ... -
Image Segmentation and Modelling of Host-Pathogen Dynamics of Salmonella
(2016-08-31)The pathogenic bacterium Salmonella enterica has recently been shown to hyper-replicate (HR) within the cytoplasm of epithelial cells. To better understand the mechanisms of HR, time-lapse fluorescence microscopy images, ... -
The Imagery of Roman Identity in Augustan Rome
(2018-08-21)The understanding of Roman identity in Augustan Rome derived from the images that Augustus used to authenticate his own identity. By controlling the images that epitomized Roman cultural identity, Augustus not only ... -
THE ‘IMAGE’ QUESTION IN SECURITIZATION THEORY: ON MEDIATING AND IMAGING DISCOURSES OF IN/SECURITY
(2011-04-08)The “linguistic turn” in international relations and policy studies has contributed to an understanding of the “constructedness” of the field of security studies. Yet, there has been marginal attention to pictorial or ... -
“Imagined Rendering”: Photography, Memory, and Autobiography in Michael Ondaatje’s Running in the Family and The Cat’s Table
(2014-08-21)This thesis examines the idea of memory as a creative and aesthetic process in Running in the Family and The Cat’s Table – Michael Ondaatje’s most autobiographical texts. By paying particular attention to the invocation ... -
IMAGING AND CHARACTERIZING THE CORROSION OF NITINOL AND ALUMINUM IN SITU
(2018-08-17)In the first chapter, the corrosion resistance of mechanically polished and as received nitinol was characterized. Two treatments were applied to improve the corrosion resistance: placing samples in 90ºC distilled water ... -
IMAGINING THE ANTI-CITY: RE-CLAIMING URBANIZED PARKLAND IN EDMONTON, ALBERTA'S RIVER VALLEY
(2011-04-08)This thesis, located in Edmonton, Alberta, aims to magnify the differences between urban development and nature. It proposes a vision of future Edmonton in which the River Valley Park system is restored as an intensive ... -
IMAGINING THE PAST FORWARD: FLAMENCO, ANDALUSIAN MUSIC, IDENTITY, AND CULTURAL DIPLOMACY IN THE FESTIVAL DES ANDALOUSIES ATLANTIQUES D'ESSAOUIRA
(2021-04-27)This thesis examines the Festival des Andalousies Atlantiques d’Essaouira (FAAE) between 2010-2020 and uses the 2020 edition as a case study, focusing specifically on flamenco, Andalusian music and the festival’s function ... -
Imagining “An Other England” in the North Atlantic, 1577-1625
(2011-09-06)This thesis explores the place of Newfoundland and the North Atlantic within early English colonization. Between 1577 and 1625, colonial promotion shifted from advocating primarily commercial to moral justifications in ... -
IMIDAZOLE-BASED MOLECULES AS PREVENTATIVE THERAPEUTICS FOR ISCHEMIC NEURONAL DEGRADATION
(2013-11-07)Computer-aided drug design is an exceptionally useful tool for screening a large number of potential drug molecules to evaluate their therapeutic potential. This technique is both effective and economical. Approximately ... -
Imitation and gesture representation in autism.
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The Immaterial Theurgy of Boethius
(2012-08-28)This thesis is an attempt to understand the efficacy of prayer in Boethius’ 'Consolation of Philosophy.' Prayer is man’s commercium with the divine realm, and so prayer is higher than human thought. The highest stage of ... -
Immediate-early gene expression and developmental plasticity of the kitten's visual cortex.
(Dalhousie University, 1995) -
Immigration Discourse in Cities: Examining the Effects of Local Immigration Partnerships in Richmond and Surrey
(2018-09-04)As government services have been downloaded to the local level, cities have become increasing important to our understanding of immigration policy, with cooperation between municipal governments, civil society groups, and ... -
Immune modulation of B cell function by nematodes.
(Dalhousie University, 2000) -
Immune response models of HIV infection and treatment.
(Dalhousie University, 2002)