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Mood and hormonal effects on facial emotion detection: the role of depressive symptoms, oral contraceptive use, and premenstrual symptoms
(2023)Past research has suggested altered facial emotion detection (FED) with depressive symptoms, oral contraceptive (OC) use, and premenstrual symptoms. Altered FED may contribute to and maintain negative mood associated ... -
Mood disorders in cancer patients with or without arthritis: incidence and impact on health care utilization
(2020)Objectives: This thesis is aimed to detect the incidence of mood disorders in cancer patients, and to assess the role of arthritis and multimorbidity in the development of mood disorders. The thesis will also describe ... -
Mood reactivity and oral contraceptive use : do oral contraceptives act as mood stabilizers
(2006)Previous research has suggested that oral contraceptives (OCs) may provide a stabilizing effect on mood. The present study attempted to examine the differences between OC users, nonusers, and men on measures o f mood and ... -
Moral panic and the war on drugs
(Elsevier, 2021)This Article analyzes the War on Drugs as a social phenomenon. It argues that such an analysis, which rejects the assumption that collective, institutionalized behavior is generally rational, can help us understand key ... -
More than just a 'value' : views of aboriginal people in Northern Ontario on aboriginal values in Ontario's forest management planning
(2006)The last decade has seen an introduction of Aboriginal values into Ontario’s forest management planning. Ontario forest management regulations and forest management research, however, are lacking spatial definitions of ... -
More than pink shirts and posters: beyond the limits of anti-homophobia education
(2017)Most schools in Canada are unsafe spaces for queer youth or those perceived by their peers as queer. Gay/Straight Alliances (GSAs) and other LGBTQ+ inclusive groups exist in schools with the goal of mitigating and working ... -
Moreau envelopes-based personalized asynchronous federated learning: improving practicality in distributed machine learning
(2023)Federated learning is a promising approach for training models on distributed data, driven by increasing demand in various industries. However, it faces several challenges, including communication bottlenecks and client ... -
A morphological comparison of two Canadian populations of the pink striped oakworm (Anisota virginiensis Drury) (LEPIDOPTERA: SATURNIIDAE)
(2021)This thesis involves a morphological and physiological comparison of two Canadian populations (Manitoba and Nova Scotia), and several USA populations of adult pink-striped oakworm (Anisota virginiensis) moths. It was ... -
Morphological variation in subalpine fir and its relationship to balsam fir in western Canada and the United States
(1988)To help clarify the taxonomy of the two closely related North American firs subalpine fir {Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt.) and balsam fir {Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) in western Canada and the United States, 10 populations ... -
Morphology and phylogeny of the Elaphostrongylinae : (Nematoda: Protostrongylidae)
(1992)The morphology of elaphostrongyline nematodes parasitizing North American cervids was studied using light and scanning electron microscopy in order to improve previous descriptions that were based exclusively on light ... -
The mother figure in the history plays of William Shakespeare
(1976)I have chosen the topic of the mother figure in the history plays of William Shakespeare because it is a subject that has not received as much attention as other, perhaps more important aspects of Shakespeare's work that ... -
Motivating the baby boomer generation: an application of the theory of planned behaviour, exercise behaviour, and stages of change on physical activity intentions
(2012-11-10)The Baby Boom Generation, born between 1946 and 1964, is creating a shift in Canada towards an aging population. In 2031, 22.8% of the population will be over the age of 65, compared to 14.1 in 2011 (Statistics Canada, ... -
Motivational compliance of Canadian inbound tour operators with China Approved Destination Status (ADS) guidelines
(2009)Tourism is one of the most important industries in Canada and continues to be an important factor in maintaining a strong Canadian economy. One of the markets that currently holds the greatest potential for inbound tourism ... -
Movement, resource use, and life history strategies of Black Bay Walley (Sander vitreus)
(2019)Resource distribution across the landscape can drive movement strategy selection, from sedentary to highly mobile individuals. When paired with other forms of analysis, movement ecology can provide insight into the resource ... -
Movements, survival and habitat use by elk (Cervus elaphus) reintroduced to Northwestern Ontario
(2003)Once native to Ontario, eastern elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis) occupied much of the deciduous forest biome of eastern North America. However, increasing human settlement, as well as demands for meat and agricultural ... -
Moving towards self-care and self-determination: improving the role and organization of tribal councils in remote First Nations wildfire evacuations
(2022)During climate change, wildfires will increase in frequency and size, equating to an increase in wildfire evacuation frequency and duration. Keewaytinook Okimakinak Tribal Council (KO) struggled to identify a role and ... -
Multi-advisor deep reinforcement learning for smart home energy control
(2021)Effective automated smart home control is essential for smart-grid enabled approaches to demand response, named in the literature as automated demand response. At it’s heart, this is a multi-objective adaptive control ... -
Multi-analytical residue analysis of the trihedral adze: a case study for the introduction of new methodologies in boreal forest archaeology
(2015-06-15)This thesis aims to evaluate the use of multi-analytical residue analysis in archaeological investigations in the Boreal Forest through the examination of a specific artifact class – the trihedral and related adze tool ... -
Multi-NFP utilization in the fifth generation and beyond systems
Over the past few years, wireless communication needs have experienced continuous growth. There is now a great demand for more sophisticated infrastructure to cope with the fifth generation and beyond (5G+) systems. 5G+ ...