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Severity and gendered mental disorders: does perceived illness severity influence gendered stereotypes of mental health stigma?
(2020)Compounding the already difficult nature of mental illness is the stigma attached to it, and mental illness is highly stigmatized. Social scientists have begun to explore and find evidence that stereotypes are not always ... -
Sex and death in modern America : media as a haven for taboo transgression
(2012-11-10)This study examines popular media representations of sex and death, using examples from television, film and the internet, and frames them using Bakhtin's [Mikhail Bakhtin] theory of carnivalization and Foltyn's [Jacque ... -
Sex differences in jealousy: investigating infidelity types and rival characteristics using animated videos
(2015-08-05)In this study, romantic jealousy, infidelity types, and rival characteristics (height, weight, facial attractiveness, strength, and social status) are explored from an evolutionary perspective. Several studies have previously ... -
Sex-role orientation and response to cognitive stressors
(1984)The present study was aimed at investigating the relationship between sex-role orientation, as defined by the BSRI, and heart-rate response to stress. After being administered both the BSRI and JAS, 35 female ... -
Sexual transmission of hepatitis C virus
(2009)Globally, the prevalence of HCV is estimated by the World Health Organization (2003) to be 3% or approximately 170 million people and is anticipated to have a huge burden in future years on those infected as well as ... -
Sexually stressful experiences in university students
(1990)Fifty one male and female University students were given a questionnaire inquiring about the occurrence and nature of both invasive (physical contact) and non invasive sexually stressfully experiences in their lives. ... -
Shape variation in the talus and medial cuneiform of chimpanzees and bonobos
(2021)Establishing form-function relationships between anatomy and locomotor behaviours in extant taxa provides critical context for interpretations of extinct species. This study used 3D geometric morphometric methods to ... -
Shared response and young adolescent readers' comprehension and re-interpretation of picture books
(1999)This study describes the relationship between shared response and the comprehension and re-interpretation of picture books with four members of a response group of students in a grade 7/8 class during the implementation ... -
The sharing of traditional aboriginal knowledge of pipe carriers from Winnipeg, Manitoba and the implications for the health of Aboriginal Peoples living in urban centers
(2013-02-01)Aboriginal peoples are part of the history and culture of Canada. The history is a tragedy as the Europeans exerted control of the land, resources and Aboriginal peoples themselves. The years of control, oppression and ... -
Shigometer and electrical resistance studies of paper birch
(1990)The Shigometer was evaluated as an instrument for detecting red heart of paper birch. The Shigometer accurately detected the presence of red heart at a 50% decrease from the maximum reading rule but sometimes failed to ... -
Shoreline forest disturbance rates in natural and managed forests of northwestern Ontario
(2004)The purpose of this study was to compare the rates of disturbance along forested shorelines between natural and managed forests of the mesic boreal region of northwestern Ontario. Comparisons were made between areas that ... -
Short circuit: Ontario's electrical utilities, Northern Ontario, and the metabolic rift, 1906-1998
(2017)The theory of the metabolic rift offers historians and ecologists alike a new means of exploring the relationship between humans, nature, and capital. Based on the works of Karl Marx, the theory of the metabolic rift argues ... -
Short-term retention of flexibility in varsity ice hockey players / by Claude Daniel Chevrier. --
(1981, c198)The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of various stretching exercises on flexibility during competition-specific activities. A Leighton FI exometer was used to measure flexibility. Testing and training ... -
Sibley Group : a lithostratigraphic, geochemical, and paleomagnetic study
(2003)The Sibley Group is an unmetamorphosed Mesoproterozoic red bed sequence, commonly flat lying, that formed in an intracratonic basin between 1450 Ma and 1500 Ma. It covers an area o f 15,000 km^, and reaches a total ... -
The significance of the land in the education and health of Anishinaabe youth from Pic River First Nation
(2012-11-10)This study shares the experiences of twenty-one Anishinabek youth from Pic River First Nation, Ontario, Canada in relation to how the Land is significant for their education and good health. This thesis is meant as a small ... -
Silicate, sulfide, and platinum - group petrology and mineralogy of the Kawene Intrusion, Quetico subprovince
(1993)The Kawene Intrusion is an ultramafic, layered, metamorphosed Cu- Ni- PGE- bearing intrusion located 29 km east of Atikokan within the Quetico Subprovince of northwestern Ontario. The Kawene Intrusion is emplaced primarily ... -
Silviculture, growth and yield of neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss.) plantations in northern Ghana
(1996)The silviculture and growth and yield of neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss.) grown in individual and community plantations in the Tamale Forest District of Northern Ghana was investigated in 1995. Owing to rising populations ... -
Simple route to new palladium-carbonyl-bis(diphenylphosphino)methane complexes
The method of synthesizing metal-carbonyl-dppm complexes [dppm = bis(diphenylphosphino)methane) devised by Holah and Hughes has been extended to include palladium. Specifically, reductions of palladium salts by NaBH4 ... -
Simple technique for measuring maximum aerobic capacity and its relation to state of training
(1978)In the past maximum aerobic power tests have been the standard means for measuring the trained state. Recent literature, however, states that the ability to work aerobically at a high percentage of one's maximum aerobic ...