Retrospective theses: Recent submissions
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Transfer of learning in the field of recreation
(1992)The intent of the study Transfer of Learning in the Field of Recreation was to determine if the students in the Recreation Leadership program at Confederation College could transfer the skills and principles learned in ... -
Using TV programs as a source of input to acquire idioms/idiomatic expressions for intermediate learners of English as a second language
(1994)For intermediate and advanced learners of English as a second language (ESL), language improvement lies mainly in the expansion of vocabulary (Alexander, 1984). The command of idioms/idiomatic expressions is an important ... -
Language learning environment of the senior kindergarten child
(1990)The study describes the language learning environment of children in senior kindergarten. It focuses firstly, on the child and the contexts in which s/he uses language in the classroom, secondly, on the teaching-learning ... -
Coping strategies used by cancer patients in anticipation of Cancer Centre follow-up appointments
(1990)Sixty cancer patients who had completed their course of treatment were contacted prior to a scheduled follow-up appointment at the Thunder Bay Regional Cancer Centre. Subjects completed four questionnaires (Daily ... -
West Nile virus (WNv) human vaccine : from research to vaccination
(2007)This project will educate readers about the West Nile virus (WNv), and the vaccine research approaches currently underway. A narrative review used an instrument to synthesize WNv vaccine research studies, into an ... -
Interpreting the situation : the relationship of gender stereotypes and adherence to attitudes and beliefs to reactions to wife abuse
(1991)This study examined the relationship of gender stereotypes and cultural beliefs with responses to victimization. When women are victimized in a marital violence context, intervention likelihood and attributions about ... -
Administering the Auditory Comprehension Test to a group of learning disabled subjects
(1990)This study attempted to replicate the finding by Green and Josey (1988) in some groups of learning disabled children of better comprehension of spoken language in one single ear (monaural condition) than in both ... -
Meeting mental health needs of older adults with depression : a resource guide for older adults and caregivers
Depression is the most common emotional disorder of advanced age (Blazer, 1989; Phifer & Murrell, 1986). Its effects can be devastating for older adults as well as for those who care for them. Unfortunately, depression ... -
Assessing knowledge of AIDS : concern and behavioural change among university students / Lisa A. Bell. --
(1990)The escalating prevalence of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome has precipitated many efforts aimed at informing the public about the deadly AIDS virus and how to avoid infection. Since the university population ... -
Establishing norms on the Auditory Comprehension Test among a sample of first year university students
(1991)This study seeks to establish a wider normative sample base for the Auditory Comprehension Test (ACT) (Green and Krammer, 1983)» The ACT is effective in differentiating between individuals who have a binaural deficit ... -
Mitigating the effects of exposure to violence against women : an educational perspective
(1988)One hundred sixty-four female and one hundred twenty-four male undergraduate university students participated in an experiment designed to assess the role and / or value of education in mitigating the effects of exposure ... -
Photo-induced reactions of a photochromic fulgide in polymer matrices and in solvents
(1995)A photochromic fulgide, coimnonly known as Aberchrome 540, is amber in its ring-opened E (see document) dimethyl -3- furylethylidene) (isopropylidene) succinic anhydride] and z (see document) furylethylidene) (isopropylidene) ... -
Management education of nurses-in-charge in Yukon
(2007)Recruitment and retention of skilled, qualified nurses to northern regions of Canada is an on-going problem. One of many contributing issues may be the lack of management education afforded to the Nurses-In-Charge (NICs) ... -
Sexually stressful experiences in university students
(1990)Fifty one male and female University students were given a questionnaire inquiring about the occurrence and nature of both invasive (physical contact) and non invasive sexually stressfully experiences in their lives. ... -
Comparative study of individual versus group interventions for parents of hyperactive children
(1989)Many treatments including, diets and medication, have been documented as successful interventions for treating hyperactive children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (A.D.D.).Because compliance and constant ... -
Ecology of terrestrial gastropods and their response to conifer release treatments in northwestern Ontario
(1995)The primary objective of this study was to document any changes in terrestrial gastropod species richness and density associated with alternative methods of managing competing vegetation on regenerating conifer plantations. ... -
Deformation of layered rocks near the Wawa-Quetico subprovince boundary / by David Lawrence Nicol
A supracrustal sequence of rocks near Manitouwadge, Ontario consists of metavolcanlc rocks, Including pillow lavas, banded iron formation, amphibolite, and a quartzofe1dspathic hornblende-blotite gneiss. This rock has ... -
Irish-Catholic journalists and the new nationality in Canada: 1857-1870
(1984)This study examines the growth of the concept of a ’’New Nationality" as it became the ideology of a nation, and the means by which an ethnic group was "Canadianized". The main sources are the articles and speeches of ... -
Variations in metamorphic grade in metapelites in transects across the Quetico Subprovince north of Thunder Bay, Ontario
(1992)The Quetico subprovince is a northeast-southwest striking linear belt of migmatites, gneisses, and metasedimentary rocks. These Archean rocks form part of the southern Superior Province- This study involves an examination ... -
Approximate inverse based multigrid solution of large sparse linear systems
(1988)In this thesis we study the approximate inverse based multigrid algorithm FAPIN for the solution of large sparse linear systems of equations. This algorithm, which is closely related to the well known multigrid V-cycle, ...
