Dalhousie University Libraries: Recent submissions
Now showing items 261-280 of 38677
-
Exploring the contributions of 2B4 and CD48 to natural killer cell activation and cancer killing
(2024-07-21)Natural killer (NK) cells are known mediators of immunosurveillance and anti-cancer activity. They prevent cancer growth and relapse and are increasingly used for cancer immunotherapy. NK cells distinguish non-cancerous ... -
Walking the Talk: Establishing Best Practices for Attributing and Licensing Employee-Created Works
(2024-06-20)This session explores the obstacles we encountered in our multi-year journey to develop practices that were acceptable to both content creators and content managers, while also respecting the boundaries of institutional ... -
EXPLORING THE EFFECT OF SAMPLING AND DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION TECHNIQUES FOR INSIDER THREAT DETECTION
(2024-07-25)Insider threats represent a significant challenge for organizations. They cost organizations money, time and resources. In 2024, a recent report by Code42 found that the average cost of an insider incident is $15 million. ... -
STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE PHOSPHATASE AND PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SALMONELLA OUTER PROTEIN B
(2024-07-21)Salmonellosis, caused by Salmonella, is a global health issue primarily affecting the intestinal tract. SopB, a crucial effector protein, catalyzes the production of PI(3,4)P2 and PI(3,4,5)P3 from PI(4,5)P2, facilitating ... -
Finding the Lost Sheep: Analyzing the Disconnect between International Tax Cooperation and Its Ought-to-be Goals and How to Fix It
(2024-07-23)countries (LMICs) in the international tax regime (ITR). It argues that the fundamental challenge for LMICs is the disconnection of the ITR from the broader mandate of the League of Nations, which is the enabling institution ... -
Telling Canada's Story: Developing a Method of Inclusive Commemoration for Canada's National Historic Sites
(2024-07-24)National Identity is upheld through the commemoration of Canada’s story at our national historic sites. In recent years the Canadian practice of heritage preservation has begun to examine the divisive and exclusionary role ... -
Advancements in Virus Detection and Water Quality Monitoring: Insights from Freshwater and Wastewater Studies
(2024-07-24)Human viruses are present in both wastewater and freshwater. In wastewater, they are difficult to effectively treat and therefore can end up in our freshwater systems. These viruses pose a significant health risk in ... -
AN EXTENDED DOUBLE-GIMBAL SCISSORED-PAIR CONTROL MOMENT GYROSCOPE STEERING CONTROL LAW WITH APPLICATIONS TO ACTIVE DEBRIS REMOVAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC TARGET TRACKING
(2024-07-23)Control Moment Gyroscopes (CMGs) are a unique class of spacecraft momentum exchange actuators which can deliver relatively high control torques. In this thesis, a CMG design known as the Double-Gimbal Scissored-Pair Control ... -
Architectural Drift: Utilizing Glitch in the Parametric Design Process for Urban Housing
(2024-07-24)A common parametric design process relies on geometric rationalization in the early design stage. This reliance constrains the design process. Less explored are moments of post-rationalization in parametric design in ... -
Play in the Everyday: Infrastructures of Care for the Childless City
(2024-07-23)This thesis mobilizes theories of play and care as methods of reimagining the childless city. Everyday existing elements in South Parkdale, Toronto (a streetcar, a brick wall, and an adjacent parking lot) are reimagined ... -
Haptoglobin Phenotype, Intensive Blood Pressure Control, and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease, Coronary Artery Disease, and Stroke within the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes Randomized Control Trial
(2024-07-17)Background: A relationship between hypertension and risk of CVD is widely reported in T2DM. However, clinical studies of intensive blood pressure control therapy (targeting a systolic pressure of less than 120mm Hg) or ... -
Exploring Euphoria: Delineations of Raving Morality, Collective Effervescence, and Therapeutic Culture in the Halifax Rave Scene
(2024-05)Increasing commercialization of the underground rave scene has led to a decline in so-called “authentic” raves around the world, and an increase in licensed bar and festival-based EDM events, which do not share the same ... -
SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION OF TDA-GFRP-REINFORCED CONCRETE SLAB-ON-GRADE WITH GEOCELL-REINFORCED SANDY SOIL SUBGRADE
(2024-07-18)Slab-on-grade has been established as a successful foundation method over the past decades. It is predominantly utilized in manufacturing plants, warehouses, and heavy facility hangars. The consolidative settlement of the ... -
Exploring the Dynamics of Freight Delivery: A Comparative Analysis of Physical Internet and Conventional Supply Chain Methods
(2024-07-12)This paper compares the effect of network configuration on the dynamics of freight delivery. A comparison is made between Physical Internet (PI) and conventional (CO) distribution for the line, tree, square, circle, and ... -
Home in the Urban Void: the Changing Role of Obsolete Institutional Buildings
(2024-07-17)This thesis examines the changing role of obsolete institutional buildings and the urgent need for affordable housing in Halifax, Nova Scotia. An argument is presented for the adaptive reuse of abandoned buildings in efforts ... -
Space in Between: Toward Places of Collaboration and Coexistence in Saskatoon
(2024-07-17)The ongoing process of reconciliation demands continuous efforts from architects and the field of architecture to reckon with the legacies of settler colonialism within built environments. Through an exploration of the ... -
Navigating Precarious Paths: An Assessment of the Open Work Permit for Vulnerable Migrant Workers
(2024-07-10)Temporary migrant workers on closed work permits are vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. To address this, the Government of Canada introduced the Open Work Permit for Vulnerable Workers (OWP-V) in June 2019. This permit ... -
Decoding the "Code of Best Practices in Fair Dealing for Open Educational Resources (OER)"
(2024-06-20)In 2022 the Canadian Association of Research Libraries struck a working group to create a Canadian adaptation of the US Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Open Educational Resources. Intended to address the relative ... -
AN INVESTIGATION OF NUCLEAR LIPID DROPLET BIOGENESIS IN CELL CULTURE AND ORGANOID MODELS.
(2024-07-12)Lipid droplets (LDs) are dynamic organelles central to lipid storage and metabolic homeostasis in eukaryotic cells. In lipid-loaded cells, LD biogenesis primarily occurs in the ER membrane yielding cytoplasmic LDs, but ... -
TARGETING THE MISSING LINK: THE NEXUS OF EARLY PHASE PSYCHOSIS, SUBSTANCE MISUSE, AND ADVERSITY
(2024-07-07)Adverse events (AEs; e.g., bullying) and substance misuse (SM) are prevalent among individuals with psychotic disorders (PDs). Limited information exists about the overlap of AEs and SM within PDs, especially in early phase ...