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Breastfeeding and postpartum depression: assessing the influence of breastfeeding intention and other risk factors
(2015)Risk and protective factors for postpartum depression have been extensively studied, and more recently an association between breastfeeding and maternal mood has been reported. The purpose of the present study was to clarify ... -
A brief review on restoration projects on Lake Superior coastal wetlands in Ontario, Canada
(2020)In recent years, human beings have done much damage to the lakes and wetlands, resulting in some irreversible effects. It is, therefore, necessary to restore and protect the remaining wetlands. The most representative ... -
British West Indians in Panama : an analysis of Linda Smart Chubb's memorandum in The Forgotten People / by Nicole Butzke.
(2008)"Of the many documents available to researchers, one report stands out as a unique first hand account of the history of the West Indian diaspora in Panama. In 1943 Linda Smart Chubb, a West Indian woman of British citizenship ... -
Brook Trout abundance and distribution at multiple spatial scales in Lake Superior tributaries
(2023)Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) populations and habitat conditions are adversely affected by anthropogenic impacts that could impact abundance and distribution of Brook Trout at different spatial scales. My goal was ... -
Buffering against the negative effects of body image media exposure : a comparison of social psychological interventions
(1999)Evidence of sociocultural influences on the development and maintenance of body image comes from shifting media trends and cross-cultural differences in the prevalence of eating disorders. Further, previous research has ... -
"Build it, they are already coming": railfan tourism in North America
(2012-11-10)Across North America many rail enthusiasts are engaged in watching and photographing trains. Most often these aficionados go unnoticed, but increasingly small cities and towns are accommodating these "railfans". A review ... -
Building a semantic blog support system for gene Learning Objects on Web 2.0 environment / by Wei Yuan.
(2008)Blogging has become a popular practice on Internet in recent years, and it has been used as information publishing and participate platforms. In recent years, a style of blog called 'semantic blogs' have been introduced ... -
Building an EMPOWERed Classroom: examining the impact of a two-session virtual workshop on mental health literacy and self-efficacy to recommend mental health resources among postsecondary course instructors
(2023)Postsecondary students are a population at elevated risk for mental health concerns due to the unique stressors they face regularly compounded by pandemic induced barriers to support. With an increase in both the prevalence ... -
Building and Sustaining Authentic Partnerships – Business Readiness and Relationships with Aboriginal Communities in Northwestern Ontario
(2015)In order to foster the future economic growth of Northwestern Ontario, cooperation and partnership with key groups are necessary. This exploratory case study identifies new economic trends in industry, focusing on ... -
Building bridges in indigenizing education: digital narratives as a means of shifting non-Indigenous teacher horizons towards relationality
(2015-06-15)This thesis was developed in response to the pressing need to find methods for non-Indigenous teachers to actively teach for Indigenous student resilience, and to center Indigenous students and their families in an ... -
Building green energy initiatives in Northern Ontario Indigenous communities: case study on community development in Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation
(2020)Northern Ontario’s First Nations communities rely heavily on diesel energy, a fuel source with high economic and environmental costs. Thus, many communities are examining the viability of making a partial or full transition ... -
Building information modeling-enhanced visualization tool for structural health monitoring
(2018)With growing number of modern complex infrastructure, robust and autonomous condition assessment of large-scale structures under operational loads and extreme climatic events has garnered significant attention. Data-driven ... -
Building trust, addressing uncertainty: developing Aboriginal consultation practices for mineral exploration companies
(2014-12-18)This thesis examines how mineral exploration companies in the Thunder Bay region are consulting with Aboriginal communities. The research is based on new regulations put forth by the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development ... -
Butterflies of Verde Sumaco, Ecuador during late December
(2020)This thesis explores the different Lepidopteran species that were found around the community of Verde Sumaco, Ecuador, in December of 2018. The objective of this thesis was to determine if there is a difference in ... -
By no means there yet: centring the voices of Black, Indigenous, and youth of colour climate activists in Ontario
(2024)This critical qualitative inquiry delves into the experiences of Black, Indigenous, and youth of colour activists involved in the climate justice movement. Semi-structured narrative interviews were conducted with 15 ... -
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 ... -
C-N bond formation employing palladium and nickel precatalysts containing anionic phosphinobenzimidazole ligands
(2016)In this investigation, the catalytic utility of anionic, phosphinobenzimidzoles [Li(THF)2][1a] and [Li(THF)4][1b] in effecting the Buchwald-Hartwig amination reaction was examined. Specifically, the coordination chemistry ... -
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 ...