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Primary industries and Canadian economic development
(1970)The significance of primary industries in Canadian economic development is examined and the relevance of the staple theory of development to Canadian experience in the years 1840 to 1970 is considered. The evolution of the ... -
Primary nursing as a potentially humanizing innovation in nursing home care
(1990)In four months of observation at Stafford House, an attempt was made to discover whether or not residents were receiving "humanized" care and if so, if this humanization was a result of, or was enhanced by, the implementation ... -
Priming physiology and proteinase purification from resting jack pine seeds
(1989)Pines constitute an important economic species for the lumber and paper industries in the Boreal region (Galloway, 1986). Current seedling production, dependent on the availability of high quality seed, may be considered ... -
Production ecology of the amphipod Hyalella azteca (Saussure) in a Northern Ontario lake
(1982)Annual production of the amphipod Hyalella azteca was estimated in the upper littoral zone of Dock Lake, Ontario, over a 2 year period (1980-1981). Population density (negligible below 1 meter) differed among the three ... -
Production of regional single-entry volume tables and development of raw wood product mix model for Ontario
(1995)Regional single-entry volume equations for northern Ontario were derived based on the standard volume equations by Honer et al. A site stratification methodology was employed to derive localized regional height-diame ... -
Profile of eating disorder symptomatology among female figure skaters : how effective is education? / by Tiffany Hayward
(2007)To better understand the level of eating disorder risk experienced by figure skaters, a profile of eating disorder symptomatology among adolescent female figure skaters at the senior competitive level in areas of Southern ... -
Profile of long term degenerative hip disease patients / by Shannon Andersen. --
(1996)The purpose ofthis study was to profile and determine the relationships among activity level, age, health status, quality of life, walking capacity and severity of degeneration in 54 (mean age 54.91 ± 16.97, range 26 to ... -
Promoting self-disclosure from prison inmates
This study examined the effects of interviewer self-disclosure on the self-disclosure of 40 male prison inmates and 40 male university students. A four-point scale was used for rating the intimacy of selfdisclosure, the ... -
Protective factors among peer harassed adolescent girls : implications for body dissatisfaction and eating problems / by Jennifer M. McFarlane.
(2002)The first goal of the present study was to examine two forms of peer harassment, appearance teasing and sexual harassment, by male and female peers, as they relate to body dissatisfaction and eating problems in young ... -
Psychological characteristics in seasonal and nonseasonal depression
(2004)The present study compared three groups of individuals (Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD, nonseasonally depressed or NSD, and healthy controls) to establish similarities and differences among them in various psychological ... -
Psychological effects of lay-off from training on competitive swimmers
(1985)The purpose of this study was to examine the psychological effects of lay-off from training on competitive swimmers. The subjects were 20 swimmers (M = 8, F =12) competing at either a national or provincial level. ... -
Psychological inventories for competitive ice hockey
(1984)The purpose of this study was to develop a series of self-report psychological inventories for assessing behavior in the competitive and training situations of ice hockey. In addition, coaching prescriptions appropriate ... -
Psychological responses to three dimensional body shape exposure in female university students
(2007)The purpose of the present study was to experimentally investigate the psychological responses of women to two dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) body image exposure. Seventy female undergraduate students were ... -
Psychometric properties of an Icelandic translation of the Basic Personality Inventory
(1992)This study investigated the psychometric properties of an Icelandic translation of the Basic Personality Inventory (BPI), using a sample of 609 Icelandic teenagers. The translation procedure is described thoroughly in ... -
Public communication about pandemic influenza : a critical public health ethics analysis / by Laena Maunula.
(2007)The purpose of this research was two-fold: two-fold: firstly, to critically analyze, using a critical public health ethics perspective, public communication directed toward the population of Ontario regarding a future ... -
Public participation in community forests : the Ontario community forest pilot projects / by Florence Wanjira Chege.
(1994)Levels of public participation in the management of a community forest (CF) depend on the CF’s goals and the subsequent decision-making structure that the community adopts. To evaluate the hypothesis that the Ontario ... -
Pulp and paper mill bacteria as a potential source of novel encapsulation materials / by Peter R. Godin.
(2008)"A total of 194 bacteria were isolated from pulp and paper biofilms from a mill in Thunder Bay, Canada. Diversity of the 194 bacteria indicated that the amounts of bacteria found in these biofilms may be influenced by ... -
Pulsatile flow interaction with a stented artery : compliance mismatch effects
(2007)Atherosclerosis is a group of diseases characterized by thickening of the arterial wall resulting in a reduction in the cross-sectional area of the lumen. One of treatments for these artery diseases is stent angioplasty. ... -
Pulse fishing of a walleye population : response, recovery and management implications
(1997)The response of the Henderson Lake boreal fish community to a large scale exploitation of walleye was studied. The pulse fishery removed approximately 89 percent (3226) of adult walleye (1980-82) from Henderson lake ...