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A collection of graduate theses by UPEI masters and doctoral students.
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[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] There is limited scientific information on relationships among smallholder dairy group membership duration, sustainable livelihoods, food and nutrition security in developing countries, and whether nutrition education of women dairy farmers enhances the nutritional benefits of being a dairy group me... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] The objectives of this thesis were: 1) to determine which factors and biological samples were associated with the estimated amount of total arsenic (As) consumed from water and food; 2) to determine which factors were associated with the concentration of total and speciated As ([As]) in urine; 3) to... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] Resistance development to parasiticides has been a problem in both terrestrial and aquatic environments. A major challenge exists in early detection of resistance emergence due to the low frequency at which resistant organisms can occur initially within a population and the difficulty in detecting t... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] The Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) aquaculture industry is a major contributor of
salmon products that help meet protein needs for the world’s growing population. The industry
in NL continues to grow and evolve and now includes emerging species in its production such as
Atlantic cod. In a growing ... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] Potato farming and lobster fishing are two important industries on Prince Edward Island. However for both industries to be sustainable, they must be managed responsibly. Recently, agricultural runoff has been suspected to have caused numerous fish kills in rivers throughout the island. Although a pe... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] To secure the safety of international trade of animal and their derived products, it is
required that animals should be proven infection-free using a validated diagnostic test
certified by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). Test validation involves a
multi-step evaluation process to as... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] The Atlantic Canadian aquaculture industry is dominated by Atlantic salmon production. In recent years, infectious disease, parasitic infestations, and price fluctuations from international competition have caused disruptions to the industry. Diversification of the industry away from Atlantic salmon... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] There are currently four invasive tunicate species which are causing significant challenges to the aquaculture industry in Atlantic Canada: Ciona intestinalis, Styela clava, Botryllus schlosseri and Botrylloides violaceus. These tunicates foul mussel socks, aquaculture gear, boat hulls and wharves. ... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] This thesis addresses issues of islandness and island identity in the fiction of Cape Breton's
Alistair MacLeod and Newfoundland's Wayne Johnston. Through careful readings of their
fiction, with supplementary evidence culled from biographical and secondary sources, the thesis
shows that their work i... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] The host parasite system of the MSX parasite, Haplosporidium nelsoni, in the eastern
oyster, Crassostrea virginica, poses many challenges for experimental study. The
interactions that are involved in the development of the typically high prevalence and
intensities of disease encountered in certain e... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] Syndromic surveillance is a tool for continuous, automated extraction of surveillance information
from health data sources. The research documented in this dissertation aimed at exploring informatics
and data mining tools in order to develop and implement techniques to harvest additional
surveillanc... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] Natural products have long been recognized for their medicinal value in traditional medicine and remain an important component of modern drug discovery. Known for their immense structural diversity, natural products are secondary metabolites that often exhibit unique pharmacological properties. In t... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] In 2005, trichomonosis emerged as a new cause of substantial mortality in United Kingdom (UK) greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) and chaffinch (Fringella coelebs) populations. Similar to the UK, in the summer and fall of 2007–2009 and 2011, mortalities due to trichomonosis occurred in the Canadian Mar...  |
