Retrospective theses: Recent submissions
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Teachers' perceptions of home schooled children
(1996)This study examined teachers' perceptions of home schooled children's social/emotional and academic preparation for returning to the regular classroom. Fifteen elementary and three secondary school teachers were interviewed ... -
Spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana Clem.) late-instar dispersal and impact on host-species natural regeneration in a boreal mixedwood forest of Ontario
(1996)Understory feeding by the spruce budworm ( Choristoneura fumiferana Clem.) has potential to alter the species composition of established regeneration and therefore the value of the future forest. This study sets out to ... -
Workshop intervention approach to nursing stress management
(1996)This research project presented a total of six twelve-hour stress management workshops to twenty-eight female registered nurses. They were recruited from general hospitals, medical offices, and nursing homes. Topics ... -
Development of a protocol to profile the gonadal steroid intermediates of vitellogenic ovaries from fathead minnows, pimephales promelas
(1996)This research developed a protocol to extract, isolate, detect, and measure the intermediates involved in ovarian steroid biosynthesis by Pimephales promelas to be used in bleached kraft mill effluent chronic toxicity ... -
Assessment of land cover changes and hydrologic response of Tamne River Basin
(1996)Northeastern Ghana, West Africa, is characterised by a high population growth rate and adverse climatic conditions, e.g., a long dry season followed by a short-duration but intense rainfall pattern. Land degradation in ... -
Effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation of various frequencies and intensities of energy expenditure
(1996)The purpose o f this study was to determine the effects o f neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) o f various intensities (25, 50,75, and 100 mA) and frequencies (8, 12,20, 50 Hz) on energy expenditure o f the knee ... -
Dawn of discovery : Margaret Atwood's Morning in the burned house
(1996)Morning in the Burned House, Margaret Atwood's new collection of lyric poetry, is a carefully structured exploration of the spiritual dimension of selfhood. The volume is divided into five sections which each serve as ... -
Plantation establishment following chemical site preparation with triclopyr and plantation release with triclopyr-glyphosate herbicide mixtures
(1996)Two field studies were conducted to evaluate the use of Release™ (triclopyr ester) for chemical site preparation and its use in mixture with glyphosate for jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) plantation release. -
Monitoring of training and recovery in elite cross-country skiers
(1996)The purpose of this investigation was to monitor and assess the training program of elite cross-country skiers over an eight week period in order to develop a comprehensive profile of elite crosscountry skiers. This was ... -
Genetic variation of wood properties in tamarack (Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch)
(1996)Genetic variation of tracheid length, specific gravity, latewood percentage, height growth, and ring width among and within four provenances of tamarack (Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch) was investigated in a ten-year-old ... -
Silviculture, growth and yield of neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss.) plantations in northern Ghana
(1996)The silviculture and growth and yield of neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss.) grown in individual and community plantations in the Tamale Forest District of Northern Ghana was investigated in 1995. Owing to rising populations ... -
Stratigraphic architecture of a paleoproterozoic iron formation depositional system : the Gunflint, Mesabi and Cuyuna iron ranges
(1996)Understanding iron formation depositional processes has been hindered by the lack of precise modern analogues. However, by combining a regional basin analysis of sedimentary and volcanic rocks surrounding an iron formation ... -
Neoarchean coastal sedimentation in the Shebandowan Group, Northwestern Ontario
(1996)The study interpreted depositional environments from sedimentological data present in metasedimentaiy rocks of the Neoarchean Shebandowan Group of the Wawa Subprovince. Outcrops in the study area contained sedimentary ... -
Genetic variation in height and diameter of tamarack (Larix Laricina) and their correlation with syllepsis
(1997)The broad sense heritability of total height, annual height increment, diameter, volume index and syllepsis of II provenances of tamarack in northwestern Ontario were examined. Genetic and Pearson Product Moment correlations ...