Retrospective theses: Recent submissions
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Music therapy in schizophrenia / by Tonya Castle Purvis
(2007)With the increasingly important role of psychosocial interventions in the treatment of schizophrenia, many such interventions have been adequately researched and standardized so that they meet the criteria for evidence-based ... -
Winter-summer comparison of psychological factors in seasonal mood changes / by Robert P. Dew.
(2008)"Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is characterized by the regular onset and remission of depressive episodes during the fall/winter months and remission during the summer. The present study compared psychological differences ... -
Comorbidity of problem gamblers in Northwestern Ontario / by An Nguyen.
(2007)Problem gamblers often exhibit additional, addictive behaviours in addition to gambling. Rates of other disorders, including depression and substance use, are much higher in problem gamblers than in the general population. ... -
Profile of eating disorder symptomatology among female figure skaters : how effective is education? / by Tiffany Hayward
(2007)To better understand the level of eating disorder risk experienced by figure skaters, a profile of eating disorder symptomatology among adolescent female figure skaters at the senior competitive level in areas of Southern ... -
Public communication about pandemic influenza : a critical public health ethics analysis / by Laena Maunula.
(2007)The purpose of this research was two-fold: two-fold: firstly, to critically analyze, using a critical public health ethics perspective, public communication directed toward the population of Ontario regarding a future ... -
Comparison of growth intercept and site index models of black spruce plantations and natural stands in Northern Ontario
(2008)Black spruce (Picea mariana Mill. B.S.P.) is one of the most important tree species in Canada, both ecologically and commercially. The forest industry has steadily increased efforts to artificially regenerate areas that ... -
Relationships between iron status and measures of attention & memory / by Louie Valente.
(2007)Iron plays a role in cognition. Iron deficiency can lead to abnormal dopaminergic neurotransmission and deficits in attention and memory. The objective of the present study was to assess the relationship between iron status, ... -
Issues influencing implementation of inclusion in the regular classroom : perspectives from special education and regular classroom teachers
(2007)This study was premised upon the issues that influence the successful implementation of inclusion in the regular classroom. In particular, this qualitative research investigated the perspectives of experienced regular ... -
Intelligent states for angular momentum and Su(3) observables / by Benjamin R. Lavoie.
(2007)We generate expressions for all of the su(2) and su(3) intelligent states. To do so we combine well known coupling methods with unitary transformations; the construction is simple and efficient, and can be extended to ... -
Relationships between iron status and academic performance / by Tony Valente
(2007)Adolescent females are susceptible to iron deficiency. Iron may be linked to cognition based on its contribution to central nervous system function. Effects of iron deficiency may be reflected in academic performance as ... -
"I was a good girl when he married me" : issues of respectability and gender in a Northern Ontario murder trial / by Cheryl Elizabeth Shaw.
(2007)At the heart of this thesis is a trial, R. v. Clara Irene St. Cyr. In 1948 Clara was a thirty-two year old mother of six. Bom in St. Lucie, Quebec but raised in Gogama, Ontario, she was eighteen when she met Jerome “Jerry” ... -
Expression of oxidative stress response genes in Campylobacter jejuni biofilms / by David Andrew Brookes.
(2007)'Campylobacter jejuni' is a Gram-negative microaerophilic bacterium that is widely believed to be the number one cause of food borne gastroenteritis and diarrhea caused by bacteria. The ability to form biofilms may provide ... -
Study of the strike at Canada Safeway by Local 175 of the United Food and Commercial Workers / by William P. Vinh-Doyle.
(2006)"This study began in 2004, two years after the Canada Safeway Strike had concluded. At the time of the strike, I was completing my undergraduate degree in Education at Lakehead University. ... Two local newspapers. The ... -
Multiwavelength erbium-ytterbium co-doped fiber laser / by Mansour Dastmalchi.
(2007)A fiber ring laser, using erbium-ytterbium co-doped double clad fiber is proposed and demonstrated to produce a medium power multiwavelength fiber laser. The experimental results show that the ring resonator configuration ... -
Integrated mechanisms for QoS and restoration in mesh transport networks
(2007)Survivable networks have the capability to survive from the events of network components failures. The resilience mechanisms in these networks protect and restore the impaired communication paths by using spare capacity. ... -
Pulsatile flow interaction with a stented artery : compliance mismatch effects
(2007)Atherosclerosis is a group of diseases characterized by thickening of the arterial wall resulting in a reduction in the cross-sectional area of the lumen. One of treatments for these artery diseases is stent angioplasty. ... -
This little piggy goes to market : the Ontario hog producers and the development of controlled marketing
(2007)Imagine being a wheat farmer, working against unpredictable forces to produce grain for the commercial market. You wonder if the weather will co-operate to provide you with good planting, growing and harvesting conditions, ... -
Assessing patterns of family functioning and family strengths in the families of preschoolers with developmental delays, behaviour problems, and both / by Jessica Franks.
(2007)Theories of family functioning, which identify important processes or components of family structure and interactions, have a common flaw of bipolarity, with 'functioning well' at one end of the spectrum and 'dysfunctional' ... -
Riparian vegetation patterns and links with surface waters in the boreal forest
(2007)Riparian areas in the Canadian boreal forest represent the transition zone between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Factors that influence riparian vegetation communities and the associated interactions with boreal ... -
Introduction to the legacy forest small streams study : runoff patterns and related biogeochemistry on the western portion of the boreal shield
(2007)The Forest Watershed and Riparian Disturbance (FORWARD) Project is an ongoing study initiated on the western Boreal Plain (northwestern Alberta) in 2001 to incorporate hydrologic processes into industrial forest management. ...