Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Title
Now showing items 1714-1733 of 3484
-
Increasing fruit production in wild populations of pawpaw (Asimina Triloba (L) Dunal) trees in southern Ontario
(2023)The pawpaw (Asimina triloba (L) Dunal) is a unique native understory tree species found in the Deciduous and Carolinian forest regions in Southern Ontario. It is at the edge of its range in Ontario, most of the population ... -
Indicators of competition in a Northwestern Ontario jack pine plantation
(1995)Competition in forestry is discussed as a prelude to the hypothesis that tree seedling growth is strongly related to that of other vegetation close to it. The hypothesis states that: a) the relationship is species-dependent; ... -
Indicators of fear of victimization
(1993)The main objective of this thesis was to examine the indicators of fear of victimization by incorporating the variables age, gender, living arrangement and security precautions into Warr and Stafford’s (1983) conceptual ... -
Indicators of forest sustainability for Ontario boreal forests : a first approximation
(1995)If humankind is to cope with the cumulative effects of its expanding populations on the earth’s ecosystems, a new relationship is required with natural systems. Serious adoption of the concepts of forest sustainability ... -
Indices of branch contribution to bole growth in Pinus resinosa Ait.
(1982)The contribution of individual branches to the current annual xylem increment of the main stem of six young red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.) was investigated. Logical estimates of branch productivity including: branch ... -
Indigenizing Environmental Education: How can Land-Based Practices become an Educational Journey of Reconciliation?
(2015)Environmental education today centres on the protection and conservation of land for settler-Canadians. This research explores how including an Indigenous perspective of Land into environmental education can aid non-Indigenous ... -
Indigenous knowledge centres & the transmission of knowledge
(2022)The research study “Indigenous Knowledge Centres and the Transmission of Knowledge” was undertaken in order to understand the process of Indigenous knowledge (IK) acquisition, storage, and transmission. The undertaking ... -
Indigenous led conservation – a critical review of Traditional Ecological Knowledge
(2022)Evaluating the importance of Indigenous - Based Conservation with a critical review of Traditional Ecological Knowledge Studies can provide a useful framework for future management efforts. Traditional Knowledge and ... -
Indigenous representations in novels used in the Ontario Secondary English classroom
(2020)This study analyzes representations of Indigenous Peoples in novels used in the Ontario secondary English classroom. This research identifies the impacts that inaccurate or limited representations of Indigenous Peoples ... -
Indirect effects of climate change and forest fragmentation on breeding bird abundance in Ontario
(2022)From data on forest breeding bird species in the Atlas of Breeding Birds of Ontario, this thesis summarizes population changes from 1981 to 2005 and all the direct and indirect reasons that may lead to the decline of these ... -
Indirect key derivation schemes for key management of access hierarchies
(2004)In this thesis, we study the problem of key management within an access hierarchy. Our contribution to the key management problem is an indirect key derivation approach we call the HMAC-method. It is called the HMAC-method, ... -
Individual differences in flirting and attractivity mating strategies: sex, gender, and the menstrual cycle
(2014-01-22)Previous research suggests sex differences in mate preferences and mating strategies based on reproductive constraints (Buss, 2005). Furthermore, research has suggested that women's mating behaviours change across the ... -
Individual differences in timing sensitivity : implications for interval timing models / Jeannette H. Prenger. --
(2005)Time discrimination performances were examined using either a steadily presented or a heterochromatic luminance flickering visual standard-time-interval stimulus to address certain questions : 1. Are individual differences ... -
Individual differences related to stress
The purpose of this study was to determine whether differences in how people respond in a stressful situation might be related to underlying differences in personality and cognitive functioning. The four individual ... -
Inducing liquid conservation in children using a modified Halford learning theory model
(1975)Contingent upon their ability to perform a conservation of liquid substance test, two groups of Ss were selected for experimental treatment: 20 natural conservers (NTC), and 40 non-conservers (N-C). The N-C were randomly ... -
Industrial biochar characterization : properties and potential applications
(2021)Biochar is a carbon-rich charcoal produced from pyrolyzed biomass such as wood, agricultural waste, or animal products. Biochar is primarily used as a soil amendment, but it has promising applications in carbon sequestration, ... -
The Infant feeding experiences of urban Aboriginal mothers : implications for universal breastfeeding policy
(2009)In Canada breastfeeding rates are lower among marginalized women and studies have demonstrated that successful and exclusive breastfeeding for the recommended six months frequently requires an extensive support system, one ... -
Infant feeding method and neonatal abstinence syndrome
(2018)Background: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) is a complex disorder, observed in infants experiencing symptoms of withdrawal, as a result of in utero exposure to the maternal use of opioids. Breastfeeding has been ... -
Inference in distributed multiagent reasoning systems in cooperation with artificial neural networks
(2007)This research is motivated by the need to support inference in intelligent decision support systems offered by multi-agent, distributed intelligent systems involving uncertainty. Probabilistic reasoning with graphical ...