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Honours Theses
Please note that undergraduate theses are coursework and not held to the same standards as peer-reviewed research.
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2016-03-21)Bitumen is a key Canadian petroleum resource making up 33% of the world’s demand. Bitumen contains naphthenic acids, an undesired component, both environmentally and industrially, due to their toxicity and acidity. Many ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-08-15)The parental magma composition that produces a plutonic rock is what gives the lithium-bearing pegmatite its distinct elemental composition. Lithium, a sought-after incompatible element, is challenging to detect through ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-04-19)Why are humans among the very few species in which females have an extended postreproductive lifespan? This question was first posed in 1957 by evolutionary biologist and original theorist of the Grandmother Hypothesis ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-05-04)Algebraic topology provides a nice method for detecting holes in topological spaces by the use of algebra. It turns out that algebra and holes are related to each other by groups: the fundamental group and homology group. ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-05-30)Elevated acidity can be a considerable stressor for plants. Acids can arise from anthropogenic sources such as acid rain, characterized by inorganic acids like sulphuric acid. Beyond anthropogenic influences, various ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-05-11)Acid rain, characterized by sulphuric acid deposition, poses threats to ecosystems, plants, and animals across Canada. Nova Scotia has a longstanding history of acid rain, influenced by both local sources from industry ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary’s University, 2024-04-01)Plant functional diversity is defined by variation in morphological, chemical, or phenological characteristics that influence the way a plant functions. Variation in such traits across different species can be influenced ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-04-19)What do the distribution and characteristics of textile production tools excavated at sites in the territory of the 7th c. BCE Greek colony Metaponto, tell us about the agency, activities, and interactions of both indigenous ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-04-21)Alcohol consumption is higher in rural areas of the United States in comparison to its urban and suburban counterparts. In the Northeast state of Vermont, rates of alcohol consumption and binge drinking are higher than ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-04-30)In 2022 Nova Scotia was subjected to a widespread outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus. The eastern region of the province experienced extreme numbers of infected Northern Gannets washing up along ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-04-22)Feminists have long been championing the idea that ‘the personal is political’ and that politics occur even in the areas of life which seem to be most apolitical. Popularized in the field of International Relations (IR) ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-04-02)Forest edges are transitional zones between two ecosystems which mark the boundary where forests meet their adjacent environments. Their influence can vary depending on edge type, age, and other factors. Understanding the ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-04-27)The Lac Cinquante uranium deposit is hosted in an Archean greenstone belt below the Paleoproterozoic Baker Lake Basin, Nunavut, and is currently characterized as a vein-type uranium deposit. Vein-type uranium deposits are ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-05-03)While conspiracy theories are often considered epistemologically suspect, this work endeavors to provide a neutral assessment of these theories on epistemological grounds, and then examining the phenomenon that underlies ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-04-19)Despite their responsibility to share the findings of their research with the public, archaeologists have not always done so in a way that is accessible and engaging to public audiences. This thesis examines the ArcGIS ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-04-25)Ecological connectivity is vital for maintaining healthy ecosystems, facilitating essential processes such as species dispersal, gene flow, and adaptation to changing environments. However, this connectivity is increasingly ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-04-22)This interdisciplinary project explores “predictive policing”, a blanket term given to a number of crime prediction algorithms and tools used by police departments across the globe in an effort to predict and pre-empt ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-04-30)Mating with novel individuals is a beneficial strategy to cope with environmental instability and increases the probability of offspring fitness. Additionally, for males to mate successfully, they must appropriately allocate ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-04-02)Wetlands in Nova Scotia (NS) have been contaminated by mercury (Hg) and geogenic arsenic (As), the waste products of gold mining during the 1800s. These elements have since remained in the environment, bioaccumulating in ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-04-26)The two-spotted lady beetle, Adalia bipunctata L., is commercially available for biological pest control in Europe and North America. It is susceptible to the microsporidium Vairimorpha adaliae, a spore-forming ...