Retrospective theses: Recent submissions
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Changing medical understandings of cervical cancer and the development of screening programs in post-war Ontario
(2004)The history of cervical cancer has been a marginalised and neglected facet of medical history in Canada. My thesis examines changing understandings of the disease over the past 100 years, and, in particular, the rising ... -
Optical spectroscopy of colon tissue and a breast cancer cell line : potential for cancer detection
(2004)Two forms of cancer affecting a large number of individuals are breast cancer and colon cancer. In 2003, it was projected that approximately 21000 Canadians would be diagnosed with breast cancer and another 18000 would ... -
Development and validation of the successful aging quiz / by Christine A. Knight. --
(2004)The purpose of this dissertation was to evaluate the reliability, validity, and responsiveness of the Successful Aging Quiz (SAQ), a 70-item, self-administered, multidimensional assessment instrument designed to measure ... -
Where politics and music meet : why developing critical consciousness is important to the education of professional musicians
(2004)My hypothesis is that the intersections of music and politics are not adequately addressed in professional music education as it is currently conceived and that the tools of critical theory and critical pedagogy and the ... -
Predicting risk of violence in a young offender population : the predictive validity of the PCL:YV and the YLS/CMI
(2004)The current study examined the predictive validity of two adolescent instruments, using outcome measures of recidivism. The Psychopathy Checklist:Youth Version (PCL:YV) was retrospectively coded from file information on ... -
Six grade 6 students' perceptions of the Ontario Province-wide reading and writing assessments
(2004)This qualitative study investigated Grade Six Students' Perceptions of the Ontario Province-wide Reading and Writing Assessments. The participants in the study were six Grade 6 students attending a rural school in ... -
Three dimensional symmetric pyramidal finite elements
(2004)In this thesis we conduct an examination of pyramidal elements and their use as interface, or mortar, elements in the joining of tetrahedral and hexahedral elements in three dimensional finite element meshes. Several new ... -
Symptoms of depression and social isolation : the consequences of functional hearing impairment in residents of complex continuing care facilities
(2004)Earlier evidence was not conclusive about whether hearing loss is associated with depression and social isolation in elderly residents. The purpose of this study was to determine whether functional hearing impairment ... -
Mathematics anxiety in pre-service junior/intermediate (J/I) students
(2004)The present study examines the feelings of pre-service teachers at the J/I level's towards mathematics and the teaching thereof. Two instruments were used to examine the samples' feelings towards mathematics. The Mathematics ... -
Personality characteristics of adults with nonverbal learning disability subtypes
(1998)The present study examined whether individuals with poor math ability possess more atypical personality characteristics than individuals with average or good math abilities. Individuals with nonverbal learning disability ... -
Study of the relationships between physical activity levels, experienced bodily changes, age-stereotyped interpretations of changes, and motivation to exercise in older adults
(1998)In this study, the relationships between physical activity levels, experienced changes, interpretations of bodily states, and motivation towards physical exercise were examined in a sample of older adults (n = 151). Males ... -
Quest for identity : defining the "self" in two novels by Annie Proulx
(1998)The idea of the “self’ as an autonomous whole is no longer sufficient in contemporary discussions of identity. Individuals are “subjects,” defining themselves against and through other subjects and their environments. A ... -
Advances in recycle mill supervisory control at Avenor Thunder Bay
(1998)This study examined supervisory control systems at Avenor Inc. Recycle Pulp Mill Thunder Bay making improvements in process control and automation. Supervisory controls were implemented for improving the control of a ... -
Relationships between perception of workplace, death anxiety, knowledge and attitudes toward care of the dying among palliative care nurses
(1998)This study describes the relationships between perception o f workplace, death anxiety, knowledge and attitudes toward care of the dying among palliative care nurses. The study was conducted on a sample of 48 nurses ... -
Effects of alternative vegetation management treatments on epigeal insects, coleoptera, carabidae and non-insectan arthropods
(1997)The primary objective of this study was to examine the effects of alternative vegetation management on epigeal insects, Coleoptera, Carabidae, and non-insectan arthropods. This study, which is a component of the Fallingsnow ... -
Neighborhood-based information systems
(1997)The concept of neighborhood systems originated from studies in topology. In this study, semantical interpretations of neighborhood systems are given by introducing certain assumptions on neighborhoods. Based upon the ...
