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Health condition monitoring of civil structures using time varying autoregressive models
(2017)In recent years, there have been an increasing interest in long-term monitoring of civil structures, as the research community has been alarmed by some tragic events and collapses of bridges and buildings that pointed out ... -
Health impacts of caring for a spouse with dementia : rural versus urban settings
(2003)Adverse mental and physical health outcomes in caregivers of persons with dementia are well documented, particularly for spouse caregivers. However, geographical setting may affect the caregiving experience. The main ... -
Health professionals and climate change communication: An exploratory study in Northern Ontario
(2021)Health professionals are recognizing and experiencing the impacts of climate change in their work and understand the need to communicate this information to the people and populations they serve. Improved climate change ... -
Health status and needs of Aboriginal people assessed for home care in Ontario
(2008)The health disparities experienced by Aboriginal populations in Canada have been an important topic for provincial and national health care. In general, the health status and resource utilization of Aboriginal groups ... -
Health, fitness, and life satisfaction in retired teachers
(2000)The purpose of this study was to describe the health, fitness, and life satisfaction of retired teachers in Thunder Bay. Forty retired teachers (24 women, 16 men) aged 55 to 70 years participated in the study. Fitness ... -
Health, nutritional condition, and productivity of female moose (Alces alces) in Northwestern Ontario
(2003)Creation or maintenance of moose habitat through logging requires an understanding of how particular timber-harvest practices affect nutritional interactions of adult females and their subsequent production of young. I ... -
Healthy eating, exercise, weight and body image : the closer I get the better I feel
(2005)Many studies have found evidence showing that women are dissatisfied with their bodies. Self-discrepancy theory (Higgins, 1987) may be particularly applicable to this area of study due to the difference between the North ... -
Heart rate variability as a biomarker for self-regulation : does resisting temptation for chocolate deplete the limited resource? / by Loretta Blanchette.
(2010)"Experimental evidence supports the notion that lapses in behavioural self-regulation are a function of prior depletion of the self-regulatory resource (Baumeister, 2002). Resisting desirable foods such as chocolate can ... -
Heavy metal accumulation in a feather moss, Pleurozium schreberi, and soils in Northwestern Ontario
(1977)It has been determined that carpet-forming mosses are good indicators of heavy metal deposition, since they are dependent on their supply of nutrients from above rather than from the substrate. Samples of the common ... -
Heavy metal pollution control technology - phytoremediation in China
(2017)As a worldwide problem, soil heavy metal pollution has a huge impact on human production and life. The world has invested a lot of manpower and material resources for environmental governance. Environmental pollution ... -
Hegemonic masculinity : just another day at the gym?
(2000)This thesis is an examination of masculinity and gym culture in a regional Canadian community. Through ethnographic observation and in depth interviews I explore the ways in which masculinity is Hterally embodied in the ... -
Height growth and site index of trembling aspen in north central Ontario
(1991)Height-growth and site-index curves were developed for estimating site quality of trembling aspen {Populus tremuloides Michx.) in north central Ontario. These curves were developed from stem analysis data of dominant ... -
Height, growth and site index of jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb) in the Thunder Bay area : a system of site quality evaluation
(1986)Height growth patterns and site index were studied using stem analyses taken from dominant and codominant trees growing on 109 plots located in mature, natural, fully stocked evenaged stands of jack pine {Pinus banksiana ... -
Hell with the future, let's get on with the past" : rivalry and revitalization in the Lakehead's central business districts, 1947-1980 / by John A. MacPhail.
(2000)“Would you tell me please, which way I ought to go from here?” asked Alice. “That depends a great deal on where you want to get to,” said the cat. Lewis Carroll’s, Alice in Wonderland, 1865. Victoriaville Centre was ... -
Hemlines and hairdos : body management for the feminine ideal in the Canadian Women's Army Corps
(1999)The onslaught of World War II (WWII) brought with it an unprecedented mobilization of the female population in both Allied and Axis countries, as well as a rapid "masculinizatlon " of women's roles. In the absence of ... -
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 ... -
'Here comes the sun': Enriching lives and reducing agitation for residents with dementia in long-term care homes
(2015-06-15)This study sought to investigate the consequences of offering socially derived programs geared to reduce agitation in residents of a secure dementia unit in a LTC home. Data were collected through the generation of field ... -
Heritage Breeds of Livestock in Protected Forest Landscapes: an approach to conserving natural and agricultural diversity
(2012-11-10)In landscapes with a long history of traditional agricultural activity, some protected areas are using heritage breeds of livestock to conserve disturbance-dependent habitats and combat the loss of natural and agricultural ... -
The Heroine's reclamation of the girlish and the portrayal of girl-power in Sailor Moon
(2009-08)This thesis considers the value of 1990s girl-power as demonstrated by the cartoon Sailor Moon. Girl-power and the girlish body were often chastised in 90s popular culture for providing girls with a negative example of ... -
Herpetofauna in Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada: comments on sample methodology and forest disturbance
(2022)Habitat selection in herpetofauna in Rondeau Provincial Park (RPP) around roads and human structures in built areas were described alongside recommendations on cover board material for their survey. The first objective ...