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"I was a good girl when he married me" : issues of respectability and gender in a Northern Ontario murder trial / by Cheryl Elizabeth Shaw.
(2007)At the heart of this thesis is a trial, R. v. Clara Irene St. Cyr. In 1948 Clara was a thirty-two year old mother of six. Bom in St. Lucie, Quebec but raised in Gogama, Ontario, she was eighteen when she met Jerome “Jerry” ... -
"I'm with you now, I'm with you ..." : Michael Corleone as gangster figure in Mario Puzo's and Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather texts / by Carmela Coccimiglio.
(2006)This thesis examines the construction of the gangster figure as embodied by Michael Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather, The Godfather Part II and The Godfather Part III. The examination of Michael is ... -
Identification of boreal mixedwood forest structure cohorts in Northwestern Ontario using Ontario's forest resource inventory, Abitibi-Bowater's continuous forest inventory and stepwise discriminant function analysis
(2009)A model was developed to determine if Ontario's Forest Resource Inventory (FRI) could be used to classify boreal mixedwood stands in northwestern Ontario into structural cohorts as proposed in the Multi Cohort Forest ... -
Identification of genes involved in early endodormancy break in potato tubers
(2013)The growth and harvest of potato tubers for agricultural purposes is important both in Canada and worldwide, and the agronomic importance of this crop is steadily growing. A major issue affecting the storage and transport ... -
Identification of wetlands on the Canadian boreal plain and their contributions to stream water chemistry
(2006)The Alberta Wetland Inventory (AWI), which is used in a variety of applications across the province to estimate wetland cover from aerial photographs, detected only 34% of confirmed wetland field plots in boreal forest ... -
Identifying responders to a driving refresher course using neuropsychological tests : an examination of older drivers
(2003)The older driving population is continuing to increase, and with age comes cognitive and physical changes that may negatively affect driving abilities. Despite the aging process, researchers have found that age is not ... -
Identifying variables affecting students' academic performance among engineering students
(2018)An essential consideration for campus administrators and faculty members is that students complete their degree with good academic grades. Being able to predict factors affecting students performance is necessary to help ... -
Identity development and perceived parental behaviour as sources of adolescent egocentrism / Jeannie Scarfo.
(1993)Adolescent egocentrism involves heightened self-consciousness and feelings of uniqueness and invulnerability (Elkind, 1967). Some studies have found that adolescent egocentrism is associated with identity development, ... -
Identity in a love marriage? Exploring the consequences of South Asian women's choice to take part in inter-racial relationships
(2015-06-15)This thesis examines the challenges faced by young South Asian Canadian women when they choose to become involved in interracial intimate relationships. A feminist intersectional framework was used to analyze the ‘othering’ ... -
Image-based visual servoing of a VTOL UAV
(2009)Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are an area of significant research activity these days because of their use in dull, dangerous, and dirty tasks. Lack of human pilot paves the way for advanced and more sophisticated control ... -
Immigrant university faculty members' perception of their experiences in post-secondary employment in Canada
(2005)Includes comments on : academic environment and activities, social life, isolation, independence, traditional cultural values, cultural issues, language as a barrier, stereotyping, racism, gender prejudice, support within ... -
Immunological consequences of chemically induced generalized motor epilepsy
(1990)The purpose of this study was to determine if the stress created by a generalized motor seizure was significant enough to alter the immune response. Criterion measures of anitgen binding capacity (ABC) to human serum albumin ... -
Impact force testing of long distance running shoes
(2001)The primary purpose of the study was to calibrate and validate a shoe impact machine designed to replicate heel strike impact force produced during running. The secondary purpose was to compare impact force attenuation ... -
Impact of a 10-week structured exercise class on the perceptions of vasomotor symptoms experienced by perimenopausal women : a qualitative collective case study / by Reija Karioja.
(2008)Menopause is a natural progression in the aging process and signals the end of the woman's reproductive life. Menopause has been associated with the occurrence of a range of symptoms that affect every aspect of the woman's ... -
Impact of a community based exercise programme for people with Parkinson disease
(2006)Objective: To develop and evaluate the impact of an 8-week community based exercise programme delivered by a community fitness facilitator upon performance and self-report measures in participants with Parkinson ... -
The impact of a fungus-feeding nematode (Aphelenchoides sp.) on decomposition of trembling aspen wood by various wood-decay fungi
(2018)Grazing by fungus feeding invertebrates on fungal mycelium can potentially impact many important ecological processes such as the formation of mycorrhizas and the decomposition of wood and litter. A study was initiated to ... -
The impact of alternate pretreatment methods and osmotic dehydration for the preservation of wild blueberries (Vaccinium angustifolium)
(2018)This study investigated the effects of selected pretreatments and rigorous optimization of osmotic dehydration (OD) of lowbush blueberries using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) to produce dehydrated blueberries with ...
