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How forests and forest management messaging was disseminated in governmental promotional material in Ontario, 1800–1959
(2020)
This dissertation studies governmental forestry promotional publications issued in Ontario, to
examine how messaging of forests and forest management was disseminated in promotional
publications released by government ...
“Assuming there will be ups and downs”: exploring trauma awareness through the lived experiences of registered kinesiologists in Ontario
(2020)
Background: At present, there is a movement in health care towards an approach that utilizes
the components of trauma awareness to enhance care provision (Davis, Constigan, & Schubert,
2017; Felitti, 2017). Trauma awareness ...
The effects of a reduced-exertion high-intensity interval training protocol on measures of cardiovascular and metabolic health in physically inactive individuals
(2020)
Cardiometabolic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease are a
growing threat to the quality of life of the population. Exercise is a frontline approach to
treat and prevent cardiometabolic disease and its ...
Online sequential learning with non-iterative strategy for feature extraction, classification and data augmentation
(2020)
Network aims to optimize for minimizing the cost function and provide better
performance. This experimental optimization procedure is widely recognized as gradient descent, which is a form of iterative learning that starts ...
Impacts of Mysis diluviana extirpation on a whole lake ecosystem
(2020)
Understanding species interactions is critical to predicting the ecosystem-level
impacts of anthropogenically-caused species extirpations. In particular, the loss of
keystone species - those that have exceptionally large ...
Design and evaluation of novel fluorescent molecular probes targeting cathepsin B
(2020)
Lysosomal cysteine proteinase cathepsin B (CTB) is a member of the cysteine protease family
known to participate in intracellular degradation processes and protein turnover in the lysosomes
of healthy cells. Cathepsin B ...
The biomechanical effects of rotator cuff taping on muscle activity and throwing velocity in fatigued baseball players
(2020)
Introduction: Due to the repetitive, high forces and torques placed on an individual during a
baseball pitch, shoulder pain is present in 46-57% of pitchers. Therapeutic taping has been used
in various sports including ...
“The CCF is not a ‘Class’ Party”: labour, politics, and their unification at the Lakehead, 1944-1963
(2020)
"The CCF is not a 'Class' Party”: Labour and Politics at the Lakehead, 1944-1963” is a study of
the organized labour movement in the Lakehead from 1944 to 1963. This study analyzes the new
sophistication of the organized ...
The immediate effects of Tai Chi on the postural stability, muscle activity and measures of inferred ankle proprioception of healthy young adults
(2020)
Tai Chi has often been applied in research among older adults to affect postural stability and
proprioception in the lower limbs; however, little is known about the effects Tai Chi may have in
these domains among healthy ...
Conceptualizing strengths: positive development and mental health correlates in emerging
(2020)
Research on individual strengths has historically been conducted with samples across the
lifespan. However, the conceptualization and operationalization of strengths has varied by study,
leaving gaps in the literature. ...