Retrospective theses: Recent submissions
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Some ring expansions and related reactions of the phosphole system
(1970)The chemistry of simple phosphole derivatives is comprehensively reviewed to the early part of 1970. Using 1,2,5-triphenylphosphole and some of its derivatives as starting materials, several ring expansion and related ... -
Complexes of ethylxanthate and N, N-diethyldithiocarbamate and their adducts with some nitrogen bases
This thesis concerns first row transition metal complexes of ethylxanthate and diethyldithiocarbamate (dtc). Complexes of the type M(Xan)2 and (see document for formula) have been prepared and studied. It was found that ... -
Non-standard analysis / by Geraldine S. Service
This thesis is a study of several theories of Non-standard Analysis. Particular attention is paid to the theories presented by A. Robinson and E. Zakon. Chapter I contains background information from Mathematical ... -
Synthetic studies on chaksine
(1970)This thesis is concerned with the preliminary studies in the synthesis of a monoterpenoid alkaloid, chaksine. Diethyl methylmalonate was alkylated with 1,3-dibromo propane to give 2-(3-bromopropyl)-2-methylmalonate. ... -
Differentiable and rough norms
(1970)The principal question discussed in this dissertation is the problem of characterizing the existence of admissible Frechet differentiable norms on Banach spaces. In the first chapter the basic concepts of normed linear ... -
Effect of a strong magnetic field on the Mott Transition in Semiconductors
(1970)This thesis considers the effect of a magnetic field on the transition from a conducting to a non-conducting state in impurity semiconductors, with particular reference to indium antimonide. Two models for such a ... -
Factors influencing distribution of aquatic macrophytes in a small northwestern Ontario lake
(1970)In October, 1968, 5.0 Kilograms of wild rice (Zizania aquatica L.) seed were planted at 11 selected sites in Grassy Lake, in an attempt to introduce a self-sustaining crop. Some success was obtained at all sites, subject ... -
Annotated list of the ants of the Thunder Bay District
(1970)Thirty nine species and subspecies of ants were collected from the Thunder Bay District of Ontario, Canada, in the summer of 1970. Extensions of known range were recorded for Leptothorax poss. texanus, Camponotus ... -
Synthetic approaches to new heterocycles containing two phosphorus atoms
(1971)Reactions involving nucleophilic attack of tertiary phosphines and related compounds upon acetylenic systems have been reviewed and the literature has been covered to the end of 1970. In an extension of some of the ... -
Electrical conduction in nylon fibre and cellulosic capacitor tissue
(1970)The experiments described in this work are divided into two main parts. The first is concerned with electrical properties of a single filament of nylon held between two tungsten hook-electrodes. Currents were observed ... -
Varying food quality and its influence on spruce budworm growth, development, and fecundity
(1995)These studies assess how changing food quality influences spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.), in terms of the performance characteristics of survival, development, growth, and fecundity. The components of ... -
C++ : a concurrent object-oriented programming language
(1993)Developing concurrent object-oriented programming (COOP) languages becomes an attractive research area since COOP languages are more suitable for simulation of real world objects and their interactions. After reviewing ... -
Object-oriented implementation of Prolog
(1993)Logic programming is a discipline of describing problems in high-level abstraction by separating logic from control. Conventional Prolog interpretation or compilation models take a procedural view of Prolog programs. A ... -
Effect of a company's management on its financial performance
(2006)The purpose of this study is to explore the possible relationship between the management styles or practices of top management and organizational performance. It examines Return on Equity (ROE) and Return on Stock (ROS) ... -
Study of the relationship between health symptom reporting and mold measurements in First Nations housing
(2008)Study conducted in the First Nations community of Neskantaga in Northern - Northwestern Ontario, in the District of Kenora. -
Stress and Lifestyle Management Group Therapy Program
(1986)Excessive stress can be debilitating when it is not under careful control. The development of a Stress and Lifestyle Management Group Therapy Program was designed to instruct people who have a low stress tolerance, to ... -
Dieting practices, influences, beliefs and self-concept of female high school students
(1991)There has been a recent explosion of interest in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. There are many social influences which are thought to encourage women to strive for unrealistic thinness. The suggestion that with early ... -
Locus of control and expectation of control in EMG biofeedback
This study examined the importance of cognitions in the feelings of self-control on task performance and on certain subjective states, via electromyographic (EMG) biofeedback training. Subjects in a "misled” EMG feedback ...
