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Assessment of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) mercury concentration across a gradient of food web complexity and environmental variables
(2023)Exposure to mercury has been linked to health risks in both people and wildlife. In Ontario, mercury pollution is to blame for 85% of the consumption restrictions on fish from inland lakes. Heavy metals like mercury ... -
Assessment of land cover changes and hydrologic response of Tamne River Basin
(1996)Northeastern Ghana, West Africa, is characterised by a high population growth rate and adverse climatic conditions, e.g., a long dry season followed by a short-duration but intense rainfall pattern. Land degradation in ... -
Assessment of magno-, parvo-, and koniocellular visual streams in migraine / by James Brazeau.
(2008)Although visual abnormalities have been noted in migraine, no studies have specifically sought to assess all three visual processing streams. We are the first to psychophysically assess visual functionality of the magnocellular ... -
An Assessment of organizational infrastructure gaps, barriers and enablers to developing formal palliative care programs in LTC homes : a comparative case study of two long term care homes in Northern Ontario
(2012-11-10)This research paper is a sub-study of a five year Social Sciences and Humanities Research Counci l of Canada (SSHRC) funded Community-University Research Alliance project: Improving Quality ofLife for People Dying in ... -
Assessment of permeable reactive barriers for sulphate reduction at the former Steep Rock Iron Mine site, Atikokan, Ontario
(2012-11-10)This study assessed if a permeable reactive barrier (PRB) could be used to reduce sulphate and metal concentrations in Hogarth pit lake, a sulphate-toxic (up to 2,000 mg/L) pit lake at the former Steep Rock iron mine in ... -
Assessment of psychiatric attitudes
(1989)The assessment of psychiatric attitudes has been inconsistent over the years despite considerable evidence of the important role which they play in the efficacy of intervention with psychiatric illness. The development of ... -
Assessment of strength profiles in adolescents and the relationship to mental health concerns
(2015-01-13)The purpose of the proposed investigation was to advance our understanding of the strengths concept in the adolescent population. The relationship between adolescent strengths and mental health, and individual differences ... -
Assessment of strength-based functioning, behavioural problems, and adaptive functioning in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders and developmental disabilities
(2005)Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are characterized by marked deficits in socialization. Along this spectrum, however, intellectual functioning varies. Individuals with low-functioning autism typically function in the ... -
Assessment of the differences in staff beliefs about sustance abuse in mental health and addiction treatment centres
(2005)This study sought to ascertain whether staff in mental health and addiction treatment centres in Thunder Bay, Ontario, endorsed a disease, eclectic or psychosocial approach with respect to their beliefs about the etiology ... -
Assessment of the random version of the Beck Depression Inventory II
(1997)The present study compared a random version of the Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-IIR, based on the work of Dahl Strom, Brooks, & Peterson, 1990) with the standard version in a sample of 139 university students. The ... -
An assessment of the utility of an unmanned aerial vehicle for measuring tree heights in a jack pine provenance trial
(2020)This independent study is an assessment of the utility of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for measuring the heights of jack pine (Pinus banksiana) trees in a provenance trial. An electronic hypsometer, the Haglöf Vertex ... -
Assessment tool for athletes to judge coaching performance
(1984)The purpose of this study was to provide an assessment tool to judge coaching performance that was appropriate for completion by athletes. The questionnaire underwent a variety of developmental stages. In its final form ... -
Assessment using TerrSet geovisualisation of the temporal and spatial effectiveness of the prescribed burn program in re-establishing the oak savannah habitat at the Pinery Provincial Park
(2022)Oak savannah is a plant community of widely spaced deciduous trees with a canopy cover of between 25 to 35%, allowing grasses and other ground cover vegetation to thrive, providing habitats for numerous plant and animal ... -
Assimilation of basic xenoliths within centre 3 syenites of the Coldwell Alkaline Complex, Ontario
(1989)This thesis describes the occurence, mineralogy and assimilation of basic Kenoliths hosted by Centre 3 syenites. Field work ‘was earned out in two locations, one in the vicinity of Neys/Ashburton and the other a ... -
Assistive technology and the self-esteem of students with learning disabilities
(2012-11-10)This thesis explored the relationship between using assistive technology (AT), and the self-esteem of students with learning disabilities (LD). A case study was created for each of two participants and were compared in a ... -
Association among age, sex, and geographical region with health care utilization through the Ontario telemedicine network
(2019)The Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) facilitates virtual health care services across all of Ontario. Founded in 2006, OTN has allowed patients to access specialized care that was once only accessible in urban settings.1 ... -
The association between lifetime history of a neck injury in a motor vehicle collision and future neck pain: a population based cohort study
(2009-05-28)The role of neck injury in a motor vehicle collision as a predisposing factor for future neck pain and disability is controversial. The purpose of this study is to determine whether a past history of neck injury in a ... -
The association between supervisor mental health training and workplace mental health stigma
(2019)Mental health disorders (MHD) are a major cause of human suffering, lost productivity, workplace disability, and economic loss throughout the industrialized world. They can affect people’s thoughts, behaviours, and feelings, ... -
The association between watershed characteristics and mercury concentrations in fish of Northern Ontario lakes
(2014-01-22)Many landscape, limnological, and ecological factors synergistically affect the mercury cycle and subsequently influence total mercury (THg) concentrations in fish. In Chapter 1, the associations between watershed and lake ...