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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, 2021)The introduction and spread of non-native species have been heavily influenced by human activities, resulting in the distribution and accelerated spread of species worldwide. Earthworms are largely non-native in Canada and ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted supply chain issues for personal protective equipment (PPE) in Canada. In addition, many PPE products are produced from non-renewable feedstocks. Wood pulp is an abundant and renewable ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)Fish normally live in salinities ranging from 0 ppt (freshwater) to ~35 ppt (seawater) but most fish can only inhabit fresh or saltwater making salinity a main factor in determining their distribution. While euryhaline ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)High concentrations of tropospheric ozone are a concern due to its detrimental effects on human and plant health. As the world population expands and ozone precursor emissions become more challenging to limit, understanding ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)Mental health remains a pressing concern for Canadians, especially for those pursuing post-secondary studies. Although the prevalence of mental health issues among this group is well documented, there remains a significant ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)Rearing offspring is a critical but energetically costly period for birds. Socially monogamous species typically have biparental care, although females invest more heavily in the offspring. Some studies have found that in ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)The current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a need for rapid, point-of-care (POC) antibody testing. Antibody testing would allow for a determination of which members of the population have already been infected with the ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)Tidal marshes have the ability to sequester and store atmospheric CO2 and thus contribute a valuable ecosystem service. Globally, tidal marshes have declined due to environmental damage and habitat conversion& ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)Despite the green crabs (Carcinus maenas) devastating ecological impacts, there have been few studies that have done a green crab population comparison between N.S sites. This study will aim to do a comparison analysis ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)Green roofs provide ecosystem services that help humans in urban environments. Ecosystem services provided by green roofs include reducing storm water run-off, better regulation of building temperatures, reduced heat flux ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)This thesis examines the relationship between the historic community of Africville and the city of Halifax through the exercise of land and property management. Through changes in early twentieth century municipal policy ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)Starting approximately in the 1960s, large waves of migration from Mexico and the Northern Triangle countries - Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala - has resulted in a 'crisis' at the US Mexico border, where US border ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)Soil salinity is a worldwide problem, which hinders the growth of crop yields and brings great challenges to the world. To deal with the reduction of agricultural land, research and cultivating the development of salt-tolerant ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)Heavy metal music culture has been a bastion of working-class white masculinity since its beginnings in the early 1970s. Through canonization and Historical documentation, white male dominance has been ensured, obscuring ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)Road salt is a crucial public safety tool to protect people on winter roads, but it disperses from roads and impacts the environment. Increased salinity affects both soil and water systems with adverse effects observed on ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)The history of the German Blitzkrieg into France in 1940 often looks at the German advances as unique and as a surprise to the armies of France and Great Britain. This study considers this image in relation to the spearhead ...
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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, 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 ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)This thesis explores the variances in political discourse, identity and understanding of citizenship amongst Parisian women of the Third Estate during the French Revolution. By exploring the divergences and cleavages that ...
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