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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-04-22)Second harmonic generation (SHG) is a non-linear optical effect in which two identical incident photons interact with a material to generate one photon at twice the frequency of one incident photon. Polarization-resolved ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2016)Archean gold-bearing quartz veins at the Lupin mine occur in amphibolitic iron-formation in a deformed metaturbidite sequence. Stable isotope, fluid inclusion microthermometry, gas chromatography, laser ablation IC-PMS, ...
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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, 2014)This thesis investigates the effects of sovereign credit default spreads and the national current account balance on the health of a country’s banking sector as measured by the Bank Z-score. To this end, we use a cross-country ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2023-04-26)As a coastal region, Atlantic Canada is highly susceptible to the impacts imposed by climate change. As hazards such as sea level rise, storm surge, and shoreline erosion are becoming more widely recognized, there is an ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2012)This thesis examines three novels written by award-winning Francophone Mauritian author Ananda Devi. Through her works, Devi enables her readers to get a closer look at the three main stages of life experienced by her ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)A saying goes that “to know another language is to possess a second soul.” Passionate about languages, translation and world cultures, the author is always on the way to learn more and decode the meaning of this quote. In ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)The Roman villa at San Felice in southern Italy was inhabited during three distinct phases of occupation. The villa began its life as a privately-owned residence but became property of the imperial fiscus and underwent ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)Mathematical modelling is an important part of the finance industry. These models can be very complex and one often needs to use numerical methods and numerical software packages to get approximate solutions to these models. ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)The psychomotor vigilance test (PVT) is frequently used to measure the negative effects of sleep deprivation on vigilant attention. Although reaction times (RT’s) follow an ex-Gaussian distribution and sleep deprivation ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)The purpose of this project is to use the concept of Etuaptmumk Two-Eyed Seeing to discuss the history and impacts legacy gold mine tailings have on the environment. This was done through a plant bioaccumulation study, the ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)Forested wetlands in Nova Scotia are an understudied and ephemeral ecosystem type with high predicted ecological value. They are thought to cover a broad geographical area; however, their distribution is difficult to ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2022-05-06)Identifying X-ray variability in active galactic nuclei (AGN) has been a longstanding issue due to spectral model degeneracies. It often occurs on timescales too short to employ regular spectral analysis, but colour-colour ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)Understanding life-history strategies is essential for developing a clear picture of how organisms have evolved and how they may perform under future conditions. Bet-hedging is a life-history strategy that allows populations ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2018)To investigate the variables that relate to obesity and the relation between those variable and its alternative when it comes to obesity. By using the data from 2014 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) and apply logistic ...
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(Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.), 2014)Overpressure is a phenomenon where pressures greatly exceed normal hydrostatic pressure and occurs in many wells within the Scotian Basin. Due to this area being actively explored for oil and gas over the last five decades, ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2015)FEVR is a genetic disorder that causes abnormal vascularization of the retina, which can lead to retinal detachment and blindness. Mutations in the genes encoding Norrin, LRP5, FZD4 and TSPAN12 can cause FEVR. Interestingly, ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)The phenomenon of child soldiers is one of the most pressing global humanitarian crises facing the world today. It concerns up to 250,000 children participating in several armed conflicts around the world. In the late 20th ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)Coffee, as a globally traded primary commodity, has historically been and continues to be one of the most valuable economic resources that is exported from the Global South. Vietnam has become the second largest and one ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2016)In Kim Thuy’s award winning novel, RU, the author recalls the individual experiences, strife and victories that created the collective “Boat People” narrative. Through her work in RU, we are able to commemorate the unsung ...
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