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Social anxiety and alcohol use: examining the relationships among social anxiety, anxiety sensitivity, and alcohol-related variables
(2015)
Socially anxious undergraduates tend to report more alcohol-related problems despite consuming less alcohol than non-anxious counterparts. The present study aimed to clarify this paradox by examining the roles of anxiety ...
The Education Data Issues Model : using a knowledge mobilization framework to examine teachers' engagement with large scale assessment data as a means to enhance student learning
(2012-11-10)
The purpose of this research was to examine the Education Data Issues Model (EDIM), as a useful conceptual framework through which to study teachers' engagement with large scale assessment data as a means to enhance student ...
Dynamic bandwidth scheduling and burst construction algorithm for downlink in (4G) mobile WiMAX networks
(2014-01-22)
Advanced wireless systems, also called fourth generation (4G) wireless systems, such as Mobile Worldwide interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), are developed to provide broadband wireless access in true sense. ...
Detection of Deoxyribonucleic Acid Damage Induced by Metal Ion Interactions and Repair of Metal Ion Deoxyribonucleic Acid Cross-links
(2010-08-17)
There are many forms of DNA damage. One of these, DNA-metal cross-links are
particularly problematic as they not only affect the tautomeric structure of DNA, but can
also inhibit enzymatic activity and block amplification ...
The carcinogenic properties of naturally occurring human papillomavirus 16 E6 oncogene variants
(2013-02-03)
Human papillomavirus is the causative agent of the 2nd highest occurring cancer in women, cervical cancer, which is the result of expression of the E6 and E7 oncogenes. Here we challenged the dogma that the oncogenic protein ...
Treatment Utilization by Problem Gamblers in Northwestern Ontario
(2010-08-18)
The Catalyst database, which is operated through the Ontario Centre for Addiction and
Mental Health, was used to explore factors that may be related to treatment non-
compliance and the number of admissions in the ...
Lake trout and their egg predators' ability to locate spawning substrate using olfaction
(2014-01-22)
Lake trout spawning sites, and the substrate on these sites, are structurally unique
in many ways. These sites are generally at the end of the fetch of a lake, close to shore (1
m) and composed of small to medium sized ...
Cross-cultural Organizations and the Empowerment of First Nations Learners
(2016)
By examining the tensions around First Nations learners wedged between competing organizational visions, this research exposes the conflicting funding enticements that impede maximized empowerment for First Nations adult ...
Small-business owners' attitudes towards tourism and capacity for innovation: a case study in rural northwestern ontario
(2013-02-12)
Rural communities in much of the developed world have turned to tourism as a possible means to assist with the decline of traditional extractive industries (such as forestry and mining) and the resulting negative impacts ...
Admixtures for use in geopolymers
(2012-11-10)
This study examined two novel approaches for the geopolymerisation of fly ash produced at thermoelectric power stations by combustion of coal. The first approach involved the use of cullet, a post-consumer glass waste, to ...