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Male sex role and responses to disclosures by adult male survivors of sexual abuse
(1996)Research evidence indicates that male survivors o f sexual abuse fear being labelled unmasculine or homosexual upon disclosure. They express the social maxim that masculine men don’t get sexually abused and gay men ... -
Management education of nurses-in-charge in Yukon
(2007)Recruitment and retention of skilled, qualified nurses to northern regions of Canada is an on-going problem. One of many contributing issues may be the lack of management education afforded to the Nurses-In-Charge (NICs) ... -
Manipulating the salience of stimulus & response features in the spatial precuing task
(1998)Reeve, Proctor, Weeks and Dornier (1992) demonstrated that the Gestalt grouping principles could be used to influence performance in the four-choice spatial-precuing task by enhancing the organizational features of the ... -
Mapping feminist praxis and identity : a case study of women's health activism in Northwestern Ontario, 1980-1992
(2001)Thesis examines women's involvement in organizing around women's health in Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario by constructing a social history of key groups -- The Women and Health Sub-committee, the Women's Health Action ... -
Mapping recreation use patterns and forest values : a Canadian boreal forest case study / by Perrine, Lesueur.
(2008)People attribute values to the places they use for forest recreation. Such values are often difficult to access and even more difficult to incorporate in forest management and planning. As potential sources of conflict in ... -
Math anxiety, math self-concept, and performance in math
(2000)Study participants: 320 grade ten advanced students from two school boards in Northwestern Ontario. Math anxiety, math self-concept, math performances were studied. Gender differences were also explored. -
Mathematics anxiety in pre-service junior/intermediate (J/I) students
(2004)The present study examines the feelings of pre-service teachers at the J/I level's towards mathematics and the teaching thereof. Two instruments were used to examine the samples' feelings towards mathematics. The Mathematics ... -
Mating behaviour, spermatophore structure, ecology and systematics of the Cicindela splendida group (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)
(1988)Observations of copulating pairs of conspecific and interspecific individuals of Cicindela splendida Hentz and Cicindela limbalis Klug revealed behaviour similar to that previously described for Pseudoxych.ila tarsalis ... -
Mating system and population structure in a black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.) clonal seed orchard in Northwestern Ontario
(1985)Multi-locus enzyme systems were studied in a black spruce {Picea maniana (Mill.) B.S.P.) clonal seed orchard in northwestern Ontario. The embryonic and megagametophytic tissues of each clone were sampled and ... -
Matrix : from representation to simulation and beyond
(2006)The issue of representation remains a key area of exploration for critical theory and philosophy during the 20th century. Broadly speaking, the project, in part, of post-structural and Postmodern theorists has been to ... -
Measurement and analysis of self-perceived pressure in male and female collegiate basketball players
(1985)The purpose of this study was to assess relationships between aspects of self-perceived pressure of male and female collegiate basketball players prior to recurrent sporting events. The research design selected was a ... -
Measurement of defense against death anxiety : construction and partial validation of an objective instrument
(1987)This study involved the construction and partial validation of two scales (Ultimate Rescuer, UR and Specialness, SP) that Yalom (1960) suggests measure the beliefs one utilizes as a defense against death anxiety. Evidence ... -
Measurement of determinants of health in elementry school children
(2006)Study setting : Maliseet First Nation community on the banks of the Saint John River (New Brunswick). -
Mechanisms of exercise hematuria
(1993)The purpose of this study was to establish the prevalence of hematuria in a group of otherwise healthy male runners aged 23 to 54 years (n = 10), and to compare the occurrence of hematuria under four different ... -
Media representations of white supremacy groups : a content analysis of two Ontario newspapers, 1977 to 1992
(1999)This thesis investigates how the print media represents white supremacy groups. More specifically, articles concerned with white supremacy groups are examined from The Globe and Mail and The Toronto Star from 1977 to ... -
Medication compliance among breast cancer patients on long-term adjuvant chemotherapy
(1991)Treatment compliance refers to performing behaviours which follow a course of treatment that has been agreed upon by the patient and the health care professional. Noncompliance can result in prolongatiorr of current ... -
Meeting mental health needs of older adults with depression : a resource guide for older adults and caregivers
Depression is the most common emotional disorder of advanced age (Blazer, 1989; Phifer & Murrell, 1986). Its effects can be devastating for older adults as well as for those who care for them. Unfortunately, depression ... -
Memory and medication compliance in young and elderly adults
(2000)Poor medication compliance can result in reduced therapeutic benefits and a need for additional medical services (Putnam et al., 1984). The American Association of Retired Persons (1984) estimates that older adults consume ...