Retrospective theses: Recent submissions
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New mother's opinions on prenatal education : how useful are prenatal classes in assisting first-time mothers through pregnancy, childbirth and the early postnatal period? / by Katarina A. Edwards.
(2008)The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether prenatal education programs are useful in assisting women in pregnancy, childbirth and the early postnatal period. A selfselected sample of seven women who had attended ... -
Job sharing in a rural satellite health clinic : a human health resource model for retention
(2008)Disparities in health care access and health human resources exist in rural communities. Rural nursing practice is very challenging which leads to retention issues. Job sharing is an innovative scheduling solution. The ... -
System identification and control of a flexible manipulator
(2000)The Observabilty Range Space Extraction (ORSE) algorithm used to identify a an initially overparameterized discrete-time state-space model for a single-link flexible manipulator. A controller named PDPC is designed to ... -
Study of seasonal variation in mood and behaviour in Northwestern Ontario / by Richard Alarie.
(1993)A sample of 237 participants from the general and Lakehead University student population were tested in January 1992 using the Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire, the Beck Depression Inventory, two subscales ... -
Establishment and early growth of black spruce (Picea mariana [Mill.] B.S.P.) in relation to selected nursery lifting and storage practices
(1989)Problems associated with the establishment and early growth of overwinter frozen stored black spruce {Picea mariana [Mill.] B.S.P.) seedlings led to research on the effects of selected nursery lifting and storage practices ... -
Neuropsychological characteristics of nonclinical obsessive-compulsives
(1995)Neuropsychological functioning was examined in 118 introductory psychology students (males=43, females=75) who reported varying levels of nonclinical obsessive-compulsive behaviours. Using the four subscales of the ... -
Behavioral conditioning of a primary humoral immune response in selectively bred lines of rats
(1987)Behaviorally conditioned immunosuppression o-f a primary humoral immune response was investigated in both the sexes of five selectively bred lines of rats. In the experimental group, an illness-induced taste aversion ... -
Effects of prenatal nicotine exposure on behaviorally conditioned immunosuppression in rats
(1993)Pregnant rats were administered nicotine (0.6 mg/kg/day) during different stages of pregnancy. Exposure occurred in either the first trimester (days 1-7), second trimester (days 8-14), third trimester (days 15-21), ... -
Pre- and postnatal effects of nicotine on the development and behavior of rats
(1987)The effects of nicotine administered during one of three gestational trimesters on development and behavior of rats were investigated. Pregnant female SHS (Satinder's Heterogeneous Stock) rats were injected subcutaneously with ... -
Variation of wood properties within a dominant and suppressed tree of tamarack (Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch)
(1987)Radial and axial variations of tracheid length, specific gravity, ring width, and latewood percentage were studied from the stems of a dominant and a suppressed tamarack tree. The trees were 81 and 83 years old respectively, ... -
Job satisfaction of secondary school principals in the Rift Valley province of Kenya
(1993)Few studies have examined how school administrators in Kenya perceive their work and employment conditions. The primary purpose of this study was to determine which aspects of the principal' s position contributed to ... -
Study of Kenyan secondary school principals' perceptions of the effectiveness of KESI in-service programs
(1993)The objective of this qualitative study was to determine the perceptions of Kenyan principals as regards the effectiveness of the in-service programs given by the Kenya Education Staff Institute (KESI). Respondents ... -
Restructuring the Lawrence image : dismissing misogyny and accepting feminism
(1995)There have been various attacks upon Lawrence's literary reputation. Lawrence's representation of women is perhaps the most criticised aspect of his work, with formal criticism beginning as early as 1953 with Simone de ... -
Heterosexual romantic preferences : the importance of physical attractiveness and humour
Previous research on human mate preferences has found that individuals, especially males, regard physical attractiveness as a very important attribute in potential mates. In contrast, humour, which has also been found ... -
Implications of the themes of the "living" and the "dead" in four decades of Patrick White's novels
(1988)A lifelong search into the very nature of reality and the soul has led Australian Nobel Prize-winner Patrick White to investigate some of the explanations which man has been attempting to provide since time immemorial. The ... -
Effect of body condition on reproductive performance and secondary sex ratios in ring-billed gulls (Larus delawarensis)
(1986)Nesting Ring-billed Gulls (Larus delawarensis) were studied on Granite Island, northern Lake Superior, during the breeding seasons of 1983 and 1984 to determine if there was a relationship between food supply and the ... -
Smoking, aerobic exercise, and health locus of control
(1984)This study examined the effect of aerobic exercise, health locus of control, and health value on smoking behavior. Thirty-eight subjects were randomly assigned to either an exercise treatment group or a selfmonitoring control ... -
Re-examination of the relationship between the Type A behavior pattern and heart rate recovery from a psychosocial stressor
(1984)A recent study by Hart and Jamieson (1983) reported that Type A males recover from a psychosocial stressor significantly slower than their Type B counterparts. It is unclear, however, whether this result is a robust ... -
Investigation of the relationship between self awareness, private self consciousness and self evaluation
(1984)This study examined the effects of self awareness and private self consciousness on self evaluation. Sixty female undergraduate students completed the private self consciousness subscale developed by Fenigstein et al.i ... -
Comparison of two treatments for math anxiety : rational emotive therapy and relaxation therapy
(1984)The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two treatments for alleviating math anxiety, rational emotive therapy and relaxation therapy. Thirty-eight subjects were randomly assigned to three groups; ...
