Browsing Retrospective theses by Title
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Use of musical reinforcement to improve practice behaviors of competitive swimmers
(1989)The rationale for the study was to determine if music could be used as an effective reinforcer for increasing appropriate practice behaviors, and reduce problem behaviors in the competitive swimming environment. The ... -
Use of residual strips of timber by moose within clearcuts in Northwestern Ontario
Leaving strips of uncut timber within clearcuts has been questioned as an effective option for moose (Alces alces) management. Winter use of strips of timber was examined in six study sites in Northwestern Ontario. ... -
Use of wetlands to remediate gold mine effluent
(2000)The effluent from Musselwhite Mine was examined to determine the improvement to water quality as it passed through a treatment wetland prior to final discharge to the receiving water body. Potential toxicity problems ... -
Using metacognitive strategies to enhance reading comprehension for students with learning disabilities
(1990)Research has suggested that students with learning disabilities can became actively involved in their cun learning. A metacognitive orientation provides a conceptual base on which to build instructional interventions. In ... -
Using TV programs as a source of input to acquire idioms/idiomatic expressions for intermediate learners of English as a second language
(1994)For intermediate and advanced learners of English as a second language (ESL), language improvement lies mainly in the expansion of vocabulary (Alexander, 1984). The command of idioms/idiomatic expressions is an important ... -
Utilization of primary health care nurse practitioners in rural northern communities to alleviate the physician shortages and retention issues
(2008)The purpose of this research project is to critically examine primary health care services and analyze alternative solutions to the physician recruitment and retention issue in rural, northern, and remote communities in ... -
Validation of the Diabetes Attitude Scale on a sample of Quebec health-care professionals
(1994)The following study aimed to: (1) compose a French version ofAnderson et al.'s (1989) original Diabetes Attitude Scale (DAS) by sampling 5 groups of Quebec health care professionals; (2) increase the reliability and ... -
Validity of the K-Bit and a WISC-III short form with a sample of adolescent young offenders
(1995)The present study investigated the concurrent validity and testretest reliability of the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (K-BIT; Kaufman & Kaufman, 1990) by comparing it to the full scale administration of the Wechsler ... -
Variability of ionic magnesium
(2001)With the invention o f the ion-selective electrode, ionic magnesium (iMg), the biologically active form of Mg, is a common blood assay. There is some evidence that iMg has considerable within subject variability. To ... -
Variable interval schedule control of dispersion and density
(1984)The effects of Variable Interval (VI) schedules of reinforcement on the dispersion patterns and aggregate densities of a small population of rats was studied. Eight male rats were permanently housed in an arena in which ... -
Variable ratio schedule control of dispersion in a patchy environment
(1989)Current ecological theory suggests that foraging animals are controlled by the distribution and abundance of food resources. Contemporary ecological research focuses on optimizing resources through the maximization of ... -
Variation of syllepsis in eleven tamarack [Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch] provenances in Northwestern Ontario and its relation with height growth
(1990)Variation in syllepsis of tamarack and its relationship to juvenile height growth in eleven tamarack provenances from northwestern Ontario was evaluated in a four-year-old clonal test planted at Thunder Bay, Ontario. ... -
Variation of wood properties in a single stem of jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.)
(2002)Radial and axial variation of tracheid length, relative density, ring width, radial and tangential shrinkage, and juvenile and mature wood volume were studied in a single stem of jack pine, 37 km north of Thunder Bay. ... -
Variation of wood properties within a dominant and suppressed tree of tamarack (Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch)
(1987)Radial and axial variations of tracheid length, specific gravity, ring width, and latewood percentage were studied from the stems of a dominant and a suppressed tamarack tree. The trees were 81 and 83 years old respectively, ... -
Variations in metamorphic grade in metapelites in transects across the Quetico Subprovince north of Thunder Bay, Ontario
(1992)The Quetico subprovince is a northeast-southwest striking linear belt of migmatites, gneisses, and metasedimentary rocks. These Archean rocks form part of the southern Superior Province- This study involves an examination ... -
Varying food quality and its influence on spruce budworm growth, development, and fecundity
(1995)These studies assess how changing food quality influences spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.), in terms of the performance characteristics of survival, development, growth, and fecundity. The components of ... -
Vegetation and vegetation-environment relationships in a muskeg-fen near Thunder Bay, Ontario
(1979)This study takes place in an endangered peatland within the city of Thunder Bay Ontario. The study area, William Bog, is one of a few remaining peatlands in the Thunder Bay district which have developed on abandoned Minong ... -
Vegetation response to harvesting, harvesting and prescribed-burning and wildfire in Northwestern Ontario : patterns of reproductive strategies and nutrient accumulation
(1997)Initial species composition was investigated on a group of boreal mixedwood sites that had experienced various forms of disturbance. The hypothesis explored was that environmental changes caused by different disturbances ... -
Vegetative and sexual phenology, reproductive dynamics and bud differentiation in a clonal seed orchard of white and black spruce
(1981)To evaluate the importance of phenology and strobilus production in a clonal seed orchard of white and black spruce, 14 clones of each species represented by 4 ramets each, were selected from the Mattawin seed orchard. ...