Retrospective theses: Recent submissions
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Primary nursing as a potentially humanizing innovation in nursing home care
(1990)In four months of observation at Stafford House, an attempt was made to discover whether or not residents were receiving "humanized" care and if so, if this humanization was a result of, or was enhanced by, the implementation ... -
Interorganizational coordination in a mandated relationship : a case study
(1984)The purpose of this case study was to address the problem of interorganizational coordination in a mandated relationship. Past research had found that the characteristics of the linkage between organizations was likely ... -
Content analysis of The Globe and Mail sports section coverage of the Winter Olympic Games
(1994)The purpose of this research was to collect empirical data on the Globe and Mail sports section coverage of the Modern Winter Olympic Games from 1924 to 1992; focusing on the coverage of male and female athletes ... -
Factors contributing to wellness of the aging population in Thunder Bay
(2000)The purpose of this three year sequential study was to examine factors contributing to the wellness of 32 self-professed healthy seniors aged 65-74, 75-84, and 85 years of age and older, living in Thunder Bay based on ... -
Psychological effects of lay-off from training on competitive swimmers
(1985)The purpose of this study was to examine the psychological effects of lay-off from training on competitive swimmers. The subjects were 20 swimmers (M = 8, F =12) competing at either a national or provincial level. ... -
Effects of mental imagery on free throw performance of varsity basketball players during practice and competition
(1988)The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of mental imagery in practice and in competition on the free throw shooting performance of basketball players. The subjects were 3 male university caliber basketball ... -
Indicators of fear of victimization
(1993)The main objective of this thesis was to examine the indicators of fear of victimization by incorporating the variables age, gender, living arrangement and security precautions into Warr and Stafford’s (1983) conceptual ... -
Community context of retiree migration intentions
(1985)Current research into retiree migration has focused on identifying geographical patterns of migration and on analysing the personal characteristics of retirees. Very few studies have investigated the community context of ... -
State and the reproduction of capital : urban renewal in Thunder Bay, 1965-1973
(1985)The purpose of this inquiry is to examine the relationship of the state to the reproduction of capital. The thesis will consider the question of the relationship of the state to capital at the theoretical and empirical ... -
Investigation of anthropometric, physiological and strength responses of physically disabled adult male wheelchair basketball players during training
(1983)The purpose of this study was to monitor anthropometric, physiological and strength responses of six physically disabled adult male wheelchair basketball players during training. An intrasubject case study research ... -
Comparison of the late quaternary sedimentary sequence and paleomagnetic record of the North Bay outlet and a Baffin Island fiord
(1983)The lithology of the Late Quaternary lacustrine sequences of five lakes in the North Bay area differs from one lake to another. However, chronostratigraphically equivalent sections of cores taken from the same lake ... -
Abstract convexity in metric spaces
(1985)Convexity in metric space is the main topic of discussion in this thesis. To undertake the study we have studied extensively the means introduced by Doss and included the results concerning means derived by Gahier ... -
Little community that could but wouldn't : a case study of controversy, innovation and social change among northern Ojibwa
(1984)The main conclusion arrived at in this thesis is that social change in northern Ojibwa communities is linked to the balance of power and dependence found between various individuals and groups. To arrive at this the ... -
Relationship of body size to time of nesting and mate preference in the Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
(1988)The first part of this thesis investigated the relationship between time of nesting and body size in Ring-billed Gulls (Larus delawarensis). There were no significant differences in skeletal measurements among birds ... -
Compact sets in Banach spaces
(1990)Connections between several compact spaces are studied in this thesis. Proofs are given when one implies another, and so are counterexamples when one does not. The spaces discussed in this thesis are: uniform Eberlein ... -
Dramatic significance of I.i of Hamlet, Othello and Macbeth : a study of the relationship between the opening scene and the complete drama
(1988)This thesis is an examination of the dramatic significance of I.i of Hamiet. Othello and Macbeth in terms of the opening scene’s relationship with the complete drama. To facilitate the reader’s understanding of this ... -
Mechanisms of exercise hematuria
(1993)The purpose of this study was to establish the prevalence of hematuria in a group of otherwise healthy male runners aged 23 to 54 years (n = 10), and to compare the occurrence of hematuria under four different ... -
The effect of discontinuing iron supplementation on the iron status of women
(1992)Twenty four women were studied in order to examine the effect that discontinued iron supplementation has on the hematological values of serum ferritin, serum iron and hemoglobin. Initially, 111 female volunteers were ... -
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 ... -
Caring : perceptions of students and a community college diploma nursing program
(1994)While caring has been a recent focus of nursing and curricula for nursing education, little research exists on student and faculty perspectives of caring. There is a particular lack of research on caring within diploma ...
