Browsing Retrospective theses by Title
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Reproductive performance of Ring-billed gulls in relation to nest location
(1978)Reproductive performance of Ring-billed Gulls (Larus delawarensis) in relation to nest location was investigated on Granite Island, northern Lake Superior, in 1976 and 1977. To determine whether any differences existed in ... -
Reproductive tourism : the case of India, a feminist critical discourse analysis of Indian gestational surrogacy tourism
(2009)Within an increasingly globalized medical community, people have begun to travel outside of their own geographic locations in order to obtain various medical procedures. Reproductive tourism is one of the latest developments ... -
Resistance, resilience and regulation of north-temperate lake communities
(1993)I analyzed the resistance and resilience of benthic macroinvertebrate and zooplankton communities from 36 trophically similar lakes north of Thunder Bay, Ontario to test predictions of the Oksanen et al. (OFAN) model of ... -
The response to frustration of physically fit and unfit individuals
(1974)Fifty-two male and 40 female undergraduates were tested for their levels of physical fitness as determined by predicted maximal oxygen uptake. By selecting the top and bottom ten subjects for each sex a fit and unfit group ... -
Restructuring education in Ghana : a case for reconceptualizing educational aims
(1999)This thesis examines three decades of educational reform in Ghana between 1970 and the present. Government reports and secondary literature reveal that Ghanaian reformers sought to democratize and transform education but ... -
Restructuring the Lawrence image : dismissing misogyny and accepting feminism
(1995)There have been various attacks upon Lawrence's literary reputation. Lawrence's representation of women is perhaps the most criticised aspect of his work, with formal criticism beginning as early as 1953 with Simone de ... -
Results on perfect graphs
(2000)The chromatic number of a graph G is the least number of colours that can be assigned to the vertices of G such that two adjacent vertices are assigned different colours. The clique number of a graph G is the size of the ... -
Retention of ethnic culture among Thunder Bay Finns / by Michael J. Maunula. --
(1984)The thesis addresses the question: "What are the factors influencing the level of ethnic culture retention among Thunder Bay Finns?" The investigation is focused on three characteristics: residency (urban or rural), ... -
Rethinking elder abuse : words and actions
(2003)The main purpose of this study was to determine the quality and impact of various presentations of elder abuse information to establish the most effective ways to educate the public about elder abuse. Secondary to this ... -
Rethinking radical education : a conceptual analysis
(2006)For decades, there have been concerns with the contemporary Western education system. Many parents are choosing home schooling or schools with alternative programs. During this period, and earlier, reform theorists have ... -
Return to innocence
(1997)Can native people of today return to live in a "traditional" lifestyle? This was the question that the people of Lac des Milles Lacs through their attempt to return to their homeland, posed in 1988. Five families, responding ... -
Review and synthesis of sustainable community indicators used in monitoring forest community sustainability
(2005)The objectives of this project are: (1) to review literature related to sustainable community indicators that will include studies on: social indicators, sustainable forest management indicators, and sustainable community ... -
Review of children's mental health services for children aged 0 to 6 years old in Ontario
(2008)One in 5 children suffer from mental illness within Ontario, with little information known about the 0 to 6 year old population and service provision outcomes. This paper presents the definition and prevalence of mental ... -
Revision of the nearctic species of the Cicindela sylvatica group (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)
(1983)Interspecific and intraspecific variation of C. longilabris Say and C. nebraskana Casey were studied by means of discriminant analysis of morphometric data and univariate analysis of qualitative characters of adult ... -
Rewording elder abuse : a test of six frameworks
(2001)The term “elder abuse” carries powerful connotations and preconceptions, making the topic a difficult one to broach. In order to effectively reach older adults, their family members and caregivers, educators would do ... -
Riparian vegetation patterns and links with surface waters in the boreal forest
(2007)Riparian areas in the Canadian boreal forest represent the transition zone between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Factors that influence riparian vegetation communities and the associated interactions with boreal ... -
Riparian vegetation response to clearcutting along small streams of boreal forest / by Shekhar R. Biswas.
(2008)In this thesis I examined three important ecological questions to understand the role of forest management disturbance on unmapped small stream riparian plant communities: I) how do small stream riparian plant communities ... -
Rise up!? : an analysis of appreciative resistance in environmental education / by Blair Niblett.
(2008)This thesis explores the relationship between the concepts of education and activism. I suggest that educators can approach activism in ways that are consistent with the aims of education. In support of this suggestion, I ... -
Risk sensitive foraging by rats in the operant arena
(1988)The operant arena was used as the framework in which to study the theory of risk-sensitivity, A small colony of hooded rats was exposed to increasing work demands while given the choice between simultaneous fixed ratio ...