Retrospective theses: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Performing (and) identity in Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus and, Wise Children
(1999)In her last two novels, Nights at the Circus and Wiise Children, Angela Carter examines some of the complex factors involved in the construction of identity, both within the fictional world, and for readers in their ... -
Critical evaluation of the long-term validity of the risk/need assessment and its young offender typology
(1999)Risk and need assessments have become an essential part of managing juvenile offenders by determining each individual’s likelihood to recidivate. At the present time, juvenile delinquents in Ontario are assessed by the ... -
Classroom physical arrangement and student behaviour
(1999)The following study examines how the physical arrangement of classrooms affects student behaviour, as measured by student off-task Inappropriate' and disruptive' behaviour, defined as all types of behaviours that are ... -
Compiling Prolog to Logic-inference Virtual Machine
(1998)The Logic-inference Virtual Machine (LVM) is a new Prolog execution model consisting of a set of high-level instructions and memory architecture for handling control and unification. Different from the well-known Warren's ... -
Reactivity study of the palladium cross-coupling synthesis of enediynes
(1999)A reactivity study looking at various aspects of the palladium catalyzed (Sonogashira) reaction for die synthesis of enediynes was performed. Alkynes were coupled to 1,2- dichloro-, 1,2-dibromo- and 1,2-diiodobenzene. ... -
Test of the influence of interpersonal rigidity on the behaviour and experiences of others
(1999)Interpersonal rigidity is defined as the extremeness of an individual’s behaviour and the narrowness of the behavioural repertoire measured according to the Interpersonal Circumplex (Kiesler, 1983). While acknowledged ... -
Forest soil characteristics and variability under teak (Tectona grandis Linn.F) plantations and natural forests in Ashanti Region, Ghana
(1998)The variability of forest soil properties and the number of samples required to achieve desired levels of precision for estimation of property means have received little attention in the tropics. Highly variable forest ... -
Energy states of a hydrogen atom placed between two metal slabs
(1998)In this thesis, we utilize the hydrodynamical model to evaluate the potential energy and self-energy for an electron and a hydrogen atom placed between two semi-infinite metal slabs. The potentials and self-energies are ... -
Foraging time activity study of breeding songbirds in a successional white spruce community
(1999)I investigated the amount of time spent on foraging by birds in a successional white spruce community, during semi-monthly time blocks, in the context of flying, singing and other activities. Five hypotheses were tested: ... -
Predictors of chronological-subjective age discrepancies in younger and older adults
(1999)Past research indicates that as individuals age, they begin to perceive themselves as subjectively younger than their chronological ages (Linn & Hunter, 1979; Montepare & Lachman, 1989; Staats, 1996). The present study ... -
Examination of predictors related to the stages and transitions of smoking behavior in adolescents / by Connie Dalton.
(1998)The present study examined adolescent smoking in relation to six different groups of smoking determinants, including: the social environment, pharmacological factors, social bonding, social learning, personality/intrapsychic ... -
Analysis of hierarchical characteristics of landscapes in Ontario : detecting emergent levels of organizaton
(1998)Hierarchy theory suggests that complex systems such as ecosystems will develop hierarchical structure that can be reflected in multiple emergent levels of organization in landscape patterning. Emergent levels of organization ... -
Geology, petrology, geochemistry and platinum-group element-gold-copper-nickel ore asselmblage [i.e. assemblage] of the Roby Zone, Lac Des Iles Mafic-Ultramafic Complex, Northwestern Ontario
(1998)The Archean Lac des lies Complex is a mafic to ultramafic intrusion emplaced into gneissic tonalite. The Lac des lies Complex Is the largest of several mafic to ultramafic intrusions that form a circular outcrop pattern ... -
Safeguarding the "springs of life" : women's contributions to social and moral reform in Fort William and Port Arthur, Ontario, 1900-1930
(1998)This thesis examines women's involvement in the moral and social reform movement under the umbrella of social purity, as it occurred in Fort William and Port Arthur, Ontario, between 1900-1930. I analyze the role of two ... -
Physicians' perceptions of elderly alcohol abuse
(1998)Alcohol abuse Is often hidden and unrecognized problem among seniors. Although the degree of the aged affected by alcohol abuse may not be extremely high, alcohol consumption appears to be particularly toxic In the elderly, ...
