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ARISTOPHANES, NON-ATHENIAN DIALECT, AND INTER-POLEIS PEACE DURING THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR
No full textAristophanes’ political stance remains an elusive scholarly question. Is he broadly anti-war in his plays, is he against the Peloponnesian War specifically, or is he simply critiquing Athenian democracy? What, if anything, is he advocating for throughout his works? Using a synthesis of various theoretical frameworks about comedy, ethnicity, dialect, gender, and politics, this project analyses Aristophanes’ use of non-Attic dialects of Greek and non-Athenian characters as tools to envision a Panhellenic image of Athens during an era when tension between poleis was at an all-time high. Though he is not prescribing plots like private peace treaties and sex strikes as solutions to the Peloponnesian War, the rational, ethnically diverse elements of Acharnians and Lysistrata in particular served both to remind his audiences that Athens, Sparta and their allies had fostered harmonious alliances in the past, and to prompt them to believe in the possibility for peace in the future
TRANSLOCATIONAL MOBILITY: RACIALIZED IMMIGRANT WOMEN'S EXPERIENCES WITH RURAL HEALTHCARE IN NOVA SCOTIA
No full textThis study explores the healthcare experiences of immigrant women in rural Nova Scotia, where their access to services is shaped by geographic, social, cultural and structural factors. Employing Constructivist Grounded Theory, the study utilizes in-depth interviews with racialized immigrant women living in rural areas across the province to investigate the gap between the healthcare system access and their expectations and lived experiences. The findings are categorized into three main components. Firstly, the findings reported challenges in racialized immigrant women’s healthcare experiences, including limited service availability, difficulties accessing resources, and their interactions with healthcare providers. Secondly, it revealed the variations of experiences based on social categories, which were further complicated by healthcare and immigration policies, as well as conflicting health and healthcare norms. Thirdly, the findings defined a theory of racialized immigrant women’s continuous efforts to navigate the tensions and contradictions within the healthcare system. This included translocational mobility—a dynamic process of social positioning—where they moved between asserting their belonging within the Canadian healthcare system and society and resisting the exclusionary practices through their differences. This study highlights the need for relational and responsive healthcare that addresses structural inequities in rural health settings
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THREE DRYING TECHNIQUES FOR APPLE POMACE VALORIZATION BASED ON KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
No full textThis study presents a comprehensive evaluation of three drying techniques (freeze drying, hot air drying, and electrohydrodynamic drying) for the valorization of apple pomace. The drying kinetics of each method were experimentally investigated, followed by an assessment of key performance indicators, including energy efficiency, environmental impact, economic feasibility using scaled-up 50-kilogram capacity dryers, and product quality attributes such as phenolic content, color, texture, and microbial stability. Electrohydrodynamic drying demonstrated superior energy performance, with the lowest specific energy consumption (0.34 kilowatt-hour per kilogram of water removed) and minimal carbon footprint (0.16 kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent per kilogram of water removed). Freeze drying outperformed the other methods in quality-related parameters, including the highest phenolic content, and superior color and texture scores. However, it incurred higher energy costs and carbon emissions. Hot air drying showed the least favorable performance across most indicators, particularly in energy use and product quality. A multi-criteria decision analysis using a weighted sum model was employed to integrate all key performance indicators, resulting in FD ranking highest (aggregated score: 0.68), followed by EHD (0.65), and HAD (0.22). Additionally, an economic analysis revealed that EHD achieved the lowest annualized drying cost (approximately $32,415/year), reinforcing its economic competitiveness. These findings support EHD drying as a promising low-temperature and scalable alternative for sustainable apple pomace valorization, particularly where energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness are prioritized, while FD remains the preferred method when product quality is the primary goal
Obstacles and Facilitators of Open Scholarship
No full textIn 2022, researchers at Dalhousie University were surveyed to assess their understanding and practice of open scholarship. The survey was designed to answer these primary questions: what are Dalhousie University researchers’ existing practices and levels of knowledge regarding open scholarship, and what is their awareness and perception of institutional support for open practices? This session will discuss the findings of that survey
Seeing and Hearing: The Influence of AI-Generated Political Media on Public Trust and Intentions
No full textThis thesis explores how AI-generated political content—such as deepfake videos, synthetic voices, and manipulated images—affects public trust and political decision-making. Using experimental methods and Natural Language Processing, it compares the influence of different media types and realism levels. The findings offer insights into trust, excitement, and cognitive processing in digital political communication.Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping political communication through deepfakes, synthetic voices, and manipulated images. While promising for engagement, these media also raise concerns around misinformation and public trust. This study experimentally examines how different AI-generated media formats (image, video, audio) and realism levels affect trust and political decision-making. Results from Linear Mixed Models and Natural Language Processing reveal that audio content is perceived as more trustworthy than video or images, supporting cognitive load theory. High realism enhances trustworthiness, while increased excitement may reduce skepticism, making audiences more persuadable. Though generalizability is limited by the controlled setting, the findings offer novel insight into how AI-generated political content influences perception and behavior. This research contributes to political communication and media psychology by highlighting both the persuasive power and ethical risks of AI in digital politics
Cultivating Manitoba’s Male Settler-State: The Agricultural Influence of Masculine Archetypes and Government Policy
No full textDuring the first quarter of the twentieth century, Canada experienced its highest rate of immigration recorded. This spike in immigration was orchestrated through discriminatory legislation and the circulation of visual immigration advertisements representing the Canadian government’s ‘ideal’ settler. Posters and pamphlets spread widely across targeted Anglo-Saxon populations, falsely advertising Manitoba and Canada’s Western provinces as an uninhabited haven for colonial men, full of natural resources, meant to be tamed and profited from. Such domineering characterizations of masculinity were invented and fostered through policy in an effort to dispossess, erase, and replace Indigenous Nations and Federations with a population of male, Anglo-Saxon agriculturalists. Through the investigation of ideologies of masculinity advertised in Manitoba’s post-confederation immigration campaign, colonially invented forms of masculinity were revealed as the joint aggressors of Indigenous women and ecological health, with the unifying motivation of financially fueled colonial land theft
Putting Down Roots: Motivations Behind Community Investment in Small-Scale Local Food Systems
No full textCommunity investment into small-scale local food systems (LFS), also known as alternative food systems (AFS) play a historic and present role in Nova Scotia’s economy. As small-scale LFS face challenges such as financialization and neoliberal policy, which have created an increasingly competitive and unequal market, it is important to understand the motivations behind community investment into the community economic development investment funds (CEDIF), in Nova Scotia. Although previous research has been completed relating to community investment within the province, there has been little research surrounding the social and economic motivations behind investment into small-scale LFS. To investigate social and economic investor motivations, a qualitative online survey was distributed to all current FarmWorks investors through Opinio, with responses then being inductively coded to understand overarching and specific motivations. Results indicate that social and economic motivations are deeply interconnected, and that they play equal roles in influencing investments. Overall, it was found that social and economic motivations are tied to social connections and community wants and needs
Exploring the Relationship Between Food Oral Processing and Sensory Perception in Older Adults
No full textFood oral processing (FOP) and sensory perception (SP) are interconnected processes that change across the lifespan. Additional investigations of the interaction between FOP and SP are required to delineate this relationship, especially in older adults.
Twenty-six adults over 64 years were recruited to participate in FOP measures —salivary flow rate, maximum isometric anterior and posterior tongue pressure, Test of Mastication and Swallowing Solids (TOMASS); and a SP measure — Temporal Check-All-That-Apply (TCATA). Four foods were assessed, cracker, toast, banana, and peach.
Descriptive analyses and Pearson’s correlations were conducted. There were few significant correlations found between OP and SP measures and no patterns between food items that would support a robust conclusion about the relationship between processes. There were also no significant impacts of age or gender on OP or SP.
This research offers novel experimental findings on the relationship between FOP and SP in older adults
