Retrospective theses: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Biological aspects of the biopulping fungus Ceriporiopsis subvermispora
(2002)The specific activity of four isolates of C. subvermispora media was found to be quite variable. Growth on PDA was the fastest compared to other common nutrient media. Cardinal temperatures for growth were optimum at ... -
Defective cognitive inhibition in depression
(2002)This study examined attentional inhibition in depressed and nondepressed individuals using a computerized negative priming task. Previous research has suggested that defective inhibition may explain the selective attention ... -
Strength and risk in incarcerated youth
(2002)Assessment of delinquent youth typically centers around deficits and pathologies. There is an emerging consensus that identifying strengths and protective factors is crucial to develop programs that adequately address ... -
Strength-based programming for juvenile offenders
(2002)Strength-based assessment and intervention directs professionals to identify and build on the strengths and competencies of youth and their families. Although this strength-based approach has been used and evaluated ... -
Reactivity and mechanistic study of the Sonogashira coupling and Grignard-Sonogashira coupling reactions
(2002)The interest in studying enediyne systems was stimulated by the discovery of anti-cancer agents containing enediyne functionalities, such as esperamicin and dynemicin. These compounds have potential for use as anti-tumour ... -
Insights into gambling : perspectives from self-identified problem gamblers
(2002)This study examines the issue of public gambling behavior from the perspective of six self-identified gamblers. All six participants were assessed to ensure that evidence of pathological gambling was present. In depth ... -
Factors influencing traditional and non-traditional cooperative education placements, by gender, for secondary school students
(2002)This study explores the experiences of cooperative education students in traditional and non-traditional (by gender) cooperative education placements, and attempts to determine the factors which influenced their placement ... -
Transformation of a union local : local 1075 International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW-CIO), 1952-1962
(2002)What is there in common between socialism and labour in Canada? Or, phrased differently, is there a history of socialism and the labour movement in Canada? Historians and other academics have asked themselves these ... -
Theory of mind and behaviour disorder in children with specific language impairment / by Alana M. Holmes.
(2001)The assertion that children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI) do not experience delays in the development of a theory of mind (ToM) has been made by numerous researchers (Eisenmajer & Prior, 1991; Leslie & Frith, ... -
Labor market outcomes of PhD graduated in Canada and the policy implications : an analysis of the national graduate survey in 1997
(2001)The emergence of knowledge-based economy has sparked the demand for people who have advanced education and training. The looming faculty shortages in Canadian and other developed countries make a study of the PhD graduates ... -
Ontario teachers' reasons for choosing to teach outside Canada
(2001)This study examines the factors that influence Ontario teachers’ decisions to teach outside Canada. Deciding factors were derived from previous studies related to career choice and career change and involved concepts ... -
Impact force testing of long distance running shoes
(2001)The primary purpose of the study was to calibrate and validate a shoe impact machine designed to replicate heel strike impact force produced during running. The secondary purpose was to compare impact force attenuation ... -
Modeling and control of various styles of paper machine headboxes
(2003)In this thesis non-linear mathematical models of a typical paper machine approach system with three different styles of headboxes are presented. The non-linear models include the dynamics of the fan pump, DC motor, ... -
Hemodialysis prescription : dose adequacy by continuous monitoring of fresh and spent dialysate conductivity
(2001)Measurement of hemodialysis treatment adequacy is essential to monitor quality assurance for today’s growing dialysis population. The universally accepted measure of hemodialysis dose is Kt/V. Kt/V above 1.2 has been ... -
Aspects of the mineralogy of the Murun alkaline complex, Yakutia, Russia
(2001)The Murun complex contains a number of unusual and mineralogically unique rocks. Many of them are problematic in terms of their genesis and petrographic interpretation. These enigmatic rocks include charoite assemblages, ... -
Emotions, metaphors and reality : a phenomenological approach to William Lyall's Intellect, the emotions and the moral nature
(2001)In their work The Faces of Reason: An Essay on Philosophy and Culture in English Canada 1850-1950, Leslie Armour and Elizabeth Trott consider that the Canadian way of doing philosophy uses reason in an accommodationist ... -
Hydrolysis of silicone polymers in aqueous systems
(2001)Silicon-29 and 'H NMR spectroscopy were used to investigate the hydrolysis of methyl silicones in a variety of aqueous environments. Dilute acid, dilute base and one or more of the dissolved constituents of blood plasma ... -
Habitat use and movement by brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in three tributaries of Nipigon Bay, Lake Superior
(2001)Three streams were surveyed: Dublin Creek, MacInnes Creek, and Little Cypress River in Northwestern Ontario. -
Impacts of timber harvesting on stream macroinvertebrate communities at different spatial scales in Ontario's boreal forest
(2001)Study area: Wolf River, Mackenzie River, Spruce River and Nipigon 10 burn zone watersheds. These are tributaries of Lake Superior and lie within the northwestern Ontario boreal forest near Thunder Bay, Ontario. Sites were ...