Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations from 2009 by Title
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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 ... -
A smart monitoring system for bearing fault detection
(2022)Rolling element bearings are commonly used in rotating machinery to support shafts, reduce friction, and increase power transmission efficiency. For a machinery system, bearing fault could be the most possible cause of ... -
Smoking behaviour, a survey of Canadians in Qatar / by Noel Pendergast.
(2010)Introduction Canada has relatively strict tobacco control policies as public smoking is banned in most jurisdictions and cigarettes are heavily taxed. In Canada, cigarettes cost approximately $10 for a package o f 20. ... -
"So That Everybody Starts at the Same Line": Exploring International English Language Learners’ Perceptions of Learning English and Studying in Canadian Universities
(2016)The myriad voices of international English language learners, who must enrol in an English language program before beginning their academic programs, are frequently left out of conversations about Canada's current efforts ... -
So you think you've got problems : interpersonal influence on women with low appearance self-esteem within the context of self-affirmation
(2011)The influences of interpersonal interactions on psychological constructs have been studied extensively in the research literature. However, due to the inherent complexities involved in such interactions, a comprehensive ... -
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 ... -
Social comparison to thin and plus size media images : impact on candy consumption, affect, and body image in binge eaters
(2014-01-22)Binge eating has long been a prevalent issue for young women. Though the development of binge eating is multifactorial, much attention has focused on the etiological mechanisms underlying binge behaviour. Affect regulation ... -
Social dimensions of forestry road management : a study of Wawa district residents
(2010)This study explores the social dimension of forestry road access management in the Ontario Ministry ofNatural Resource's Wawa District (northern Ontario). Road access restrictions in the District are often implemented ... -
A social ecological exploration of community adult playground use among seniors in Northern Ontario
(2018)Modifications to the built environment have recently gained momentum as an important method of supporting community wellbeing and physical activity. Outdoor adult playgrounds (OAPs) are one example of a physical activity ... -
The social experiences of depression among Lakehead University students
(2021)While depression is known to be prevalent among university students (Ibrahim et al. 2013), there has been little research on how students deal with this in day-to-day life. Drawing on 21 semistructured interviews with ... -
Social justice and equity : exploring the perspectives of senior administrators on whiteness and racism in postsecondary education
(2015-08-05)This study explored senior administrators‘ perspectives on Whiteness and racism in postsecondary education. The study focused on Canadian senior administrators at postsecondary institutions located in 2 provinces and in 2 ... -
Social modeling of eating and the mirror neuron system: the role of neurophysiological mechanisms in predicting susceptibility to modeling
(2017)The social modeling of eating effect refers to the consistently demonstrated phenomenon that individuals tend to match the quantity of their food intake to their eating companion. The current study aimed to explore the ... -
Social-ecological resurgence through farmers’ traditional knowledge and agroecology in Pakistan
(2024)There is an urgent need to transform global food systems. Basic food supply chains have been disrupted due to the structural vulnerabilities within the dominant food system. Scholars, ecologists, smallholder farmers, ... -
Sociotropy and perception of own and close friend's dieting behaviours and body image
(2012)A woman’s physical appearance has been strongly associated with her sense of self-worth and success. Moreover, through family, media and one’s friends, messages of an unrealistically thin ideal body have been perpetuated, ... -
Soft path approach as a water management strategy: a case study in Thunder Bay, Ontario
(2014)The purpose of this research is to examine the criteria for a soft path approach as it may apply to municipal water management in the City of Thunder Bay. A categorization of Thunder Bay's water management practices was ... -
“Sometimes we get stuck in our ruts”: exploring the utility of a mentorship program for daily physical activity delivery among elementary school teachers
(2020)Background: The Daily Physical Activity (DPA) policy in Ontario states that elementary students should receive at least 20 minutes of physical activity (PA) daily during instructional time. Yet, studies show that this ... -
Source tracking of escherichia coli in a freshwater lake in Northwestern Ontario (Boulevard Lake, Thunder Bay)
(2013-02-01)Escherichia coli is regularly used as a fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) in recreational waters but its persistence in the environment brings its use into doubt. A secondary FIB known as Bacteroides has been under a lot of ... -
Sources of small-scale variation in headwater stream habitat and macroinvertebrate communities
(2009-06-04)The extent to which small stream habitats and communities are influenced by the surrounding terrestrial environment is a function of the linkage between aquatic and terrestrial systems. The strength of that linkage is ... -
Space shift keying in the presence of multiple co-channel interferers
(2016)In this thesis, the performance of Space Shift Keying (SSK) Modulation, a technique for Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) wireless communication systems is studied. The results are analyzed and compared assuming ... -
A spatial analysis of the relationship between forest demographic dynamics and diversity under climate change
(2023)Forest dynamics arise from three demographic processes simultaneously, namely recruitment, mortality and growth, all of which are expected to accelerate for the boreal forest under future climate change. Tree species ...