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An X-ray timing analysis of narrow-line and broad-line Seyfert 1 galaxies with Suzaku

Hollett, Angelo R. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)

The Suzaku X-ray satellite has been decommissioned since 2015, leaving us with a known catalogue of observed active galactic nuclei (AGN). This work provides a timing analysis of all broad-line and narrow-line Seyfert 1 ...
An x-ray timing analysis of NGC 6814

Hodd, Thomas (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-04-20)

We perform an X-ray timing analysis of the type 1.5 Seyfert galaxy NGC 6814 to characterise its variability as a means of understanding the structure and properties of its active galactic nucleus (AGN). Using data from ...
The Xinjiang detention centers : a perversion of Jeremy Bentham’s ideal panoptic structure or its stark reality?

Hogue, Jasper (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2020)

The modern convergence of technology and social control has met its current peak in Xinjiang, China, as millions of ethnic and religious minorities are targeted, confined, and reformed in the region’s camp detention system. ...
A young woman's life with an invisible disability : it was the young woman, with the syringe, in the stomach

Lyle, Tara (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)

This thesis analyses the lived experiences and realities of a young woman living with an invisible disability. More specifically, it debates the advantages and disadvantages of disclosing type l diabetes, drawing on the ...
Zirconocene derivatives for dehydrocoupling of acetylenes and carbene-phosphinidene adducts and their metal complexes

Keyes, Lauren Kathryn (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)

Anionic Group 4 metallocenes have seen a significant amount of attention over the last 20 years with particular interest in titanocene and zirconocene derivatives.[superscript 1-5] The synthesis and characterization of ...