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Role of social comparison in exposure to athletic media images on body image, mood, and desire to exercise
(2002)
The purpose of this study was to examine the role of social comparison
and the impact of idealized athletic images in the media on body image and mood.
The participants consisted of 90 undergraduate males and 132 ...
Post disturbance dynamics of aspen mixed-woods : a comparison among fire, logging, and budworm outbreak
(2002)
Seventy-one aspen (Populus tremuloidies Michx.) mixedwood stands disturbed in
the 1980’s were sampled in southeastern Manitoba, Canada to examine the response of
arboreal and understory communities to natural and ...
Adaptive variation in cold hardiness among aspen (Populus tremuloides) provenances
(2002)
The relative efficiencies of using different methods to detect genetic variation in
cold hardiness were evaluated, and the adaptive variation among aspen provenances was
further studied. This thesis is organized as three ...
Direct and indirect effects of post-fire conditions on successional pathways and ecological processes in black spruce-Kalmia forests
(2002)
The goal of this thesis was to estimate the relative importance of the mechanisms by
which forest stands of east-central Newfoundland are replaced by unproductive dwarf-shrub
communities following wildfire. Sheep laurel ...
Effects of chronological age on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletion in muscle and blood of older individuals : a maternal line study
(2002)
Since Harman ' fîrst proposed that the mitochondria plays a role in the aging process, several
lines of research have been undertaken to support his theory. According to the theory, oxygen
free radicals are responsible ...
Simveillance in hyperreal Las Vegas
(2002)
On a Thursday afternoon, an average Canadian leaves her office, and goes to a
nearby bank machine to get a cash advance on one of her credit cards. She uses the
money to buy lunch at a mall food court, then wanders into ...