Browsing Retrospective theses by Title
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Factors affecting the distribution and transmission of Elaphostrongylus rangiferi in caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) of Newfoundland
(2000)Elaphostrongylus rangiferi is an introduced parasite in caribou (Rangifer tararuhts caribou) of Newfoundland and has caused at least two epizootics of cerebrospinal elaphostrongylosis (CSE), a debilitating, neurologic ... -
Factors affecting women's caregiving decision-making to accept or decline formal and/or informal support
(1999)This thesis examines the social conditions and factors that influenced a group of women caregivers to accept or decline support in the provision of care to terminally-ill family members or relatives. I discuss the ... -
Factors contributing to wellness of the aging population in Thunder Bay
(2000)The purpose of this three year sequential study was to examine factors contributing to the wellness of 32 self-professed healthy seniors aged 65-74, 75-84, and 85 years of age and older, living in Thunder Bay based on ... -
Factors influencing attrition of students in a baccalaureate nursing program
(2001)A nursing shortage is looming in Canada (Canadian Nurses Association, 1997, November 4). It is inperative that as many students graduate from nursing school as possible in order to alleviate this problem. This purpose o ... -
Factors influencing distribution of aquatic macrophytes in a small northwestern Ontario lake
(1970)In October, 1968, 5.0 Kilograms of wild rice (Zizania aquatica L.) seed were planted at 11 selected sites in Grassy Lake, in an attempt to introduce a self-sustaining crop. Some success was obtained at all sites, subject ... -
Factors influencing traditional and non-traditional cooperative education placements, by gender, for secondary school students
(2002)This study explores the experiences of cooperative education students in traditional and non-traditional (by gender) cooperative education placements, and attempts to determine the factors which influenced their placement ... -
Factors influencing women's participation in mathematical disciplines
(2006)Few high-achieving, university-bound, female high school students are choosing to pursue a mathematics degree at university. Researchers have discussed a wide range of factors that may account for this situation. This ... -
Factors that predict brook trout distribution, thermal habitat, and abundance in Northwestern Ontario streams
(1995)Predictive models were developed to improve the understanding of stream-resident brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) populations and habitat in northwestern Ontario, and to facilitate protection of stream-resident brook ... -
Failure in the frostbelt : the city in winter / by Andriko John Lozowy.
(2007)"The result of a culture rigidly atomized by individual autonomy has meant that even winter’s icy chill has not prompted a spirit of collective gathering amongst citizens. Instead, the contemporary urban winter is marked ... -
Fanning the flames? Negotiating gendered identity in forest fire suppression
(2006)This thesis is an examination of gendered identity in a regional Canadian community. Using ethnographic observation and in-depth interviews, I explore the ways in which female forest firefighters negotiate ‘competent’ ... -
Feasibility of community forestry in northern Ontario : a socio-economic and biophysical evaluation framework
(1991)Community forestry has become a much-discussed form of forest land tenure and management in Northern Ontario. It is a viable approach to community economic development especially among communities that are dependent on ... -
Feel the Power Feel Fit Girls program : a formative evaluation / by Alison Lorraine Massey.
(2007)This research study set out to formatively evaluate a physical activity program directed at female adolescents. The program, Feel the Power Feel Fit Girls (FTPFFG) is run by Hamilton Public Health Services and funded by ... -
Female nursing students' knowledge and beliefs about the human papilloma virus, its link to cervical cancer, and the importance of cervical screening
(2005)The purpose of this study was to conduct a comparative analysis of the knowledge and beliefs about human papilloma virus (HPV) infection, its link to cervical cancer, and the importance of cervical screening among a group ... -
Fictional and historical narrative strategies in the writings of R.M. Koster
(1996)This dissertation concerns R.M. Roster's first three novels. The Tinieblas Trilogy, a fourth novel entitled Carmichael's Dog, and his non-fictional account of Panamanian history, in The Time o f The Tyrants. The purpose ... -
Fighting an uphill battle : a history of public health reform in Fort William, 1892-1919
(2002)This thesis examines the public health problems faced by the city of Fort William from the 1890s to 1919. It deals specifically with the views of local health officials and the efforts that they undertook to remedy ... -
Finger temperature recovery from stress
(1991)The purpose of the study was to determine whether finger temperature is a useful and reliable measure of physiological recovery from stress. The design was an ABA format in which days one and three involved a stressor, ... -
Finite element solutions to boundary value problems
(1977)The finite element solution of certain two-point boundary value problems is discussed. In order to obtain more accuracy than the linear finite element method can give, an order-h[superscript 4] global superconvergence ...
