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Jack pine budworm (choristoneura pinus) effects on fuel loading and resulting fire risk
(2020)Plots were done in various locations to determine the effect of the jack pine budworm on fire frequency to the insect outbreaks on jack pine budworm infected sites. This information can be useful in determining resulting ... -
Jack pine fitness under current and future climate
(2020)Climate change has the potential to drastically alter the functioning of Canada’s forests and the species that live there. The importance of understanding patterns of adaptive variation in relation to climate is imperative ... -
The Job Accommodation Scale (JAS): Psychometric Evaluation of a New Measure of Employer Support for Temporary Job Modifications
(2015-04-28)An employer offer of temporary job modification is a key strategy for facilitating return-to-work for musculoskeletal conditions, but there are no validated scales to assess the level of support for temporary job modifications ... -
Job satisfaction of secondary school principals in the Rift Valley province of Kenya
(1993)Few studies have examined how school administrators in Kenya perceive their work and employment conditions. The primary purpose of this study was to determine which aspects of the principal' s position contributed to ... -
Job sharing in a rural satellite health clinic : a human health resource model for retention
(2008)Disparities in health care access and health human resources exist in rural communities. Rural nursing practice is very challenging which leads to retention issues. Job sharing is an innovative scheduling solution. The ... -
Joining hands in hope: an autoethnographical analysis of a non-Indigenous educator engaging in Indigenous pedagogy
(2014-01-22)I am a South African who is now a Canadian, with lived experience in both Indigenous contexts. I use these experiences as a springboard into an autoethnography about me as a non-Indigenous educator, understanding authentic ... -
Joint design of PAPR, PICR and OBP in OFDM systems
(2008)Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) technique has been adopted by many existing and future wireless communication systems for high-speed data transmission. However, a major problem of OFDM systems is the high ... -
Jungian bridge to native philosophy
(1997)The gap between Western and Native world views is much more profound than the West has imagined. I support this claim from a variety of angles and offer insight into it from the work of Swiss psychologist C. G. Jung ... -
Kakanjegawin, to know. Anishinawbe epistemology and education : a philosophic and holistic exploration of Anishinawbe approaches to knowledge and implications in education / by Amy Lynn Farrell.
(2008)Ttiis literature-based study explores the holistic and tradition-based Anishinawbe knowledge systems and what it means to know in the Anishinawbe sense. Several aspects of discussion include the source from which knowledge ... -
Kama Creek culvert restoration: an assessment of long-term remediation success
(2018)The purpose of studying the long term remediation success of Kama Creek, Nipigon Bay, Lake Superior, was to follow up on past remediation research with special attention to emerging concerns and the importance of continued ... -
Key duplicating software using digital image processing
(2011)In order to cut a key duplicate, it is necessary to measure the original key very precisely. There is a great variety in the key measuring devices currently in use; however, they follow the common basic principle of using ... -
Key factors influencing First Nation youth perspectives on forest management and capacity development in northern Ontario, Canada
(2018)First Nation youth often play a central, though indirect, role in Ontario’s forest sector as the beneficiaries of capacity-building arrangements, employment opportunities and cultural-retention initiatives. Correspondingly, ... -
Kind of prohibition : alcohol administration in pre-computer Ontario, Canada 1927-1975
(2006)This thesis describes in detail the development of a vast bureaucracy of surveillance by provincial authorities around alcohol control, and concerns itself with the categories employed in a vast social sorting operation ... -
Kinetic and thermodynamic studies on pyrolysis of waste HDPE polymers
(2017)Pyrolysis is a promising technology for converting waste plastic into high-value hydrocarbons, which can help to protect the environment and improve the waste management industry. Available methods for finding kinetic ... -
Knowledge and experience of in-service, secondary and post-secondary teachers on mild traumatic brain injuries: return to learning in the classroom
(2018-02-28)Mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) are becoming more prevalent in adolescents. As these injuries can occur during the school year, returning to school and learning can prove to be difficult for some individuals. As ... -
Knowledge and practices of women in rural Nkwerre, Nigeria, regarding cervical cancer and cervical cancer screening / by Cynthia Ihekwoaba.
(2007)The International Network of Cancer Treatment and Research (INCTR, 2004) has identified cancer as a major health problem in Nigeria, as in most other African countries. Cervical cancer is the commonest cancer in the ... -
Knowledge, attitudes and barriers toward breast and cervical cancer screening of French and Aboriginal women in Timmins, Ontario / by Michelle Haavaldsrud.
(2009)"The primary objectives of the study were to explore Aboriginal women's current cervical health practices and cervical cancer screening (CCS) utilization, to identify Aboriginal women's knowledge and risk associated with ... -
Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about HIV/AIDS among males and females aged 15 to 49 in Cameroon, Africa / by Emmanuel Ngwakongnwi.
(2007)Levels of knowledge about AIDS are widely believed to be high in Cameroon, a country with low prevalence rates compared to other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, not much effort has been made to evaluate these ...
