Retrospective theses: Recent submissions
Now showing items 721-740 of 1604
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Effects of roads and log hauling on woodland caribou use of a traditional wintering area near Armstrong, Ontario
(1997)Increasing concern for the viability of forest-dwelling woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in Ontario has resulted in recommendations for more restrictive timber harvesting practices. Caribou populations have ... -
Adoption of a cooperative learning teaching strategy in a bachelor of science in nursing course
(1997)The purpose of this case study was to examine the ways in which cooperative learning was used in a senior Bachelor of Science in Nursing course. The subject of the case study was the professor who taught the senior ... -
Contribution to the study of Volkische Ideologie and Deutschtumsarbeit among the Germans in Canada during the inter-war period
(1997)Between World Wars I and II, the ethnic Germans in Canada strove to retain their language and culture. The impetus came on the heels of the Great War because lingering anti-German sentiment and assimilationist policies ... -
Study of the effect of drama education on social interaction in high school students
(1997)The primary purpose of this qualitative study is to examine high school students’ perceptions o f being involved in creative drama, and the effect o f this involvement on their social interactions. All data was collected, ... -
Panic attacks, hypochondriacal concerns, and selective processing of threat cues
(1997)Cognitive theories of panic disorder and hypochondriasis were investigated using a modification of the Stroop Colour-naming Task. Sixty-two participants were divided into four groups (hypochondriacal panickers, ... -
Life on the edge : the role of habitat selection on vole density near forest boundaries
(1997)Theories of density-dependent habitat selection predict pronounced gradients of population density near habitat edges. Population density in high-quality habitats should decline toward edges with lower-quality habitats, ... -
Effects of oral contraceptives on daily self-ratings of positive and negative affect
(1997)The present study examined whether duration of oral contraceptive (OC) use could account for the inconsistent findings of previous studies on the relationship between affect and OC use. This study was the first to ... -
Police work experiences and their relationship to burnout and organizational citizenship behaviour
(1997)Recent police stress literature has consistently asserted that organizational aspects of work, rather than operational ones, are identified by officers as being the most stressful. Exposure to perceived workplace stress ... -
Assessment of the random version of the Beck Depression Inventory II
(1997)The present study compared a random version of the Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-IIR, based on the work of Dahl Strom, Brooks, & Peterson, 1990) with the standard version in a sample of 139 university students. The ... -
From my sewing basket ... : traditional native healing ceremonies and social work practice with native people
(1997)Includes a general review of the literature and a study within the District of Thunder Bay in Ontario, Canada. The author has worked with the Healing Our Own Counseling Unit at a Native Women's Crisis Home, has participated ... -
French Canadian adolescents in a minority milieu
(1997)This inquiry describes the lived experience of minority francophone adolescents in Thunder Bay, Ontario. A snowball sampling approach was used to recruit 22 participants for interviews where they were asked to talk about ... -
Yield and morphological responses of wild blueberry (vaccinium spp.) to forest harvesting and conifer release treatments
(1997)This thesis synthesizes three papers on the effects of forestry practices on the growth and fruit production of lowbush (V. angustifolium) and velvet leaf (V. myrtilloides) blueberry in i) young jackpine, ii) boreal ... -
Effects of harvest treatments on spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.) (lepidoptera: Tortricidae), dispersal within forest stands
(1996)Dispersal is a critical trait during the life history of the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.), which leads to its widespread infestation and damage. Budworm dispersal study is of importance for protecting ... -
Impact of alternative harvesting practices on the small mammal community in an Ontario boreal mixedwood forest
(1997)During the current project four studies were conducted to determine the effect of alternative silvicultural systems, and harvesting methods on the small mammal community of a boreal mixedwood forest in northern Ontario. ... -
Interval-based uncertain reasoning
(1996)This thesis examines three interval based uncertain reasoning approaches: reasoning under interval constraints, reasoning using necessity and possibility functions, and reasoning with rough set theory. In all these ... -
Real time three-dimensional robotics simulation
(1996)This thesis is concerned with the design and implementation of a real-time robotics simulator with three-dimensional graphics. The simulator allows for internal or external control o f a number o f robotic manipulators ...