Browsing Retrospective theses by Title
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C++ : a concurrent object-oriented programming language
(1993)Developing concurrent object-oriented programming (COOP) languages becomes an attractive research area since COOP languages are more suitable for simulation of real world objects and their interactions. After reviewing ... -
Cache performance of chronological garbage collection
(1999)This thesis presents cache performance analysis of the Chronological Garbage Collection Algorithm used in LVM system. LVM is a new Logic Virtual Machine for Prolog. It adopts one stack policy for all dynamic memory ... -
Cadences of voice, conversations of change : the poetry of Bronwen Wallace
(1996)The primary objective of the thesis is to examine three fundamental elements of Bronwen Wallace's narrative poetry: stories, conversations and voice. Wallace employs these methods to probe the moral, personal and political ... -
Cage by any other name : enclosures in Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus
(2002)In this study of Sights at the Circus, I analyze Angela Carter's critique of the literal, figurative , and theoretical "cages" in which the system of patriarchy encloses women. I appropriate the three phases of ... -
Calculated risk : constructions of risk in biomedical, feminist, and lay perceptions of conception-assisting technologies
(1996)This thesis explores how different social and political interests frame interpretations and assessments of the risks of conception-assisting technologies among biomedical clinicians, infertile women seeking treatment, ... -
Campus drinking : psychological and personality factors as correlates of university students' drinking / by Maria Jones.
(1993)The present study addressed the frequency and quantity of alcohol consumption among 100 freshmen and 100 senior students representing various faculties at Lakehead University. Results suggested female students' ... -
Canada's position and participation in the early development of the International Monetary Fund, 1940-1943
(1985)This study focuses on Canada's involvement in the informal discussions that ultimately led to the creation of the International Monetary Fund, These discussions, which involved three main participants, Canada, the United ... -
Carabidae (Coleoptera) and associated Acari in Northwestern Ontario
(1978)Site collection areas : Shabaqua 65 km. northwest of Thunder Bay and Gilbride Road near One Island Lake 32 km. northwest of Thunder Bay. -
Carbon and nitrogen dynamics associated with post-wildfire stand development of boreal mixed conifer ecosystems : application of data in model validation and refinement
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Carbon stock estimates for red spruce (Picea rubens) forest in central Nova Scotia
(2005)Carbon storage was measured in natural red spruce dominated stands in the Eastern Eco-region of central Nova Scotia (NS). Twenty-four plots over a 140-year chronosequence were established. Within each plot, major carbon ... -
Care of the chronic, non-acutely ill elderly person in acute hospitals in light of the biomedical science approach
(1993)The purpose of this study was to investigate aspects and specific events of health care intervention techniques rendered to chronic, non-acutely ill elderly patients, (henceforth known as CNIE), while in an acute care ... -
Caregiving stress process : examining the influence of the nature of the care-recipient illness, stress-buffering variables, mediating factors, and caregiving transitions on caregiver health / by Mun H.V. Tran
(2007)"Providing care for an impaired older adult has been described as a stressful endeavour involving a pleathora of responsibilities that can place the caregiver at risk for negative psychological and physical health outcomes. ... -
Caring : perceptions of students and a community college diploma nursing program
(1994)While caring has been a recent focus of nursing and curricula for nursing education, little research exists on student and faculty perspectives of caring. There is a particular lack of research on caring within diploma ... -
Cathodoluminescence studies of feldspars and apatites from the Coldwell Alkaline Complex
(1995)The Coldwell alkaline Complex is located on the north shore of Lake Superior, and consists of three Centers representing three magmatic episodes. Center I consists of gabbro, and layered and unlayered ferroaugite syenite. ... -
Cervical cancer screening among aboriginal women and the influence of nurse practitioners in providing screening / by Carienne V. Bowes-Kerber. --
(2005)The primary objectives of the study were to explore Aboriginal women’s current cervical health practices and cervical cancer screening (CCS) utilization, to identify Aboriginal women’s knowledge and risk associated with ... -
Changes in physiology and reproductive success in fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) exposed to pulp and paper mill effluent / by Jacob D. Ouellet.
(2008)As part of their manufacturing process, pulp and paper mills release effluent into waterways that may affect the fecundity, morphology, and physiology of invertebrates and vertebrates in the receiving ecosystem (Kovacs et ... -
Changes in soil nutrient status and seedling performance in response to harvest intensity on upland, shallow site types in Northwestern Ontario : 10th year results
(2007)Although based on limited empirical data, concerns have been raised that increased nutrient removals associated with full-tree harvesting on shallow-soiled sites may result in reduced productivity in subsequent rotations. ... -
Changing climate of outdoor education in the Quebec CEGEP system
(2008)This study examined the manner in which outdoor education programming has changed in the English Quebec College D'Enseignement General et Professionnel (CEGEP) system during the last 20-30 years and the factors contributing ...