Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations from 2009 by Title
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Perceived stress, psychological functioning and sleep in night eating syndrome
(2014-12-11)Night eating syndrome (NES) is defined primarily by evening hyperphagia, and may be accompanied by morning anorexia, sleep disturbance, and depressed mood that worsens in the evening. It is viewed as a circadian disorder ... -
Perceptions of marketing teachers regarding sustainability in marketing education: a case study in Canada
(2022)Broadly, the concept of sustainability provides directions for sustainable development in the global context whereas sustainability education is referred to as a systemic response to sustainability issues (Holdsworth & ... -
Perceptions of women disclosing intermittent self-catheterization: the role of empathy and disgust
(2025)The behavioural immune system evolved to detect and avoid pathogens, triggering disgust and aversive cognitive and behavioural responses. Non-contagious cues resembling infection (e.g., bodily fluids) are often misperceived ... -
Perfectionism from inside and outside: clarifying the role of intra- and interpersonal processes in predicting maladjustment using multi-source and intensive longitudinal methods
(2024)Life as a post-secondary student can be volatile and stressful, and illustrated by maladjustment (e.g., depressive symptoms). It is critical to understand factors that increase the risk for negative outcomes that can ... -
Performance and emissions of a DI diesel engine fueled by different biodiesel blends
(2014-01-22)Biodiesel has been a promising clean alternative fuel to fossil fuels, which reduces the emissions that are released by fossil fuels, and possibly reduces the energy crisis caused by the exhaustion of petroleum resources ... -
Performance and emissions of diesel engines fueled by expanded polystyrene-infused biodiesel with additives
(2018)Environmental issues and conventional fossil resource depletion has directed the attention of researchers to seek clean or alternative fuels. Biodiesel was introduced as an answer to day-to-day increases in diesel consumption ... -
Performance assessments in mathematics education
(2025)This qualitative case study explores elementary teachers’ perceptions and practices regarding performance assessments in mathematics education. Grounded in a social constructivist framework, the research investigates how ... -
Performance investigation of H control and port controlled Hamilton with dissipation based nonlinear control for IPMSM drives
(2018-03-13)Within the field of electrical drive systems, there has been increasing popularity in the use of permanent magnetic synchronous machines as an execution unit, and the cooperation with high performance control strategy. ... -
Performance-based fragility and resilience assessment of coastal bridges subjected to extreme wave loads
(2022)Bridges are vulnerable to severe damage due to extreme wave-induced loads from natural disasters, including storm surges, tsunamis, and hurricanes. The frequency of these hazards has been increasing recently as a direct ... -
Periphyton community dynamics in varying natural environments : a study from Northern Lake Simcoe
(2014)Study site : near Barrie Ontario, Kempenfelt Bay - Barrie ; Concession Point - Ramara Township ; Lagoon City, Brechin. Globally, freshwater ecosystems are constantly under the threat of various biological and chemical ... -
Permissioned blockchains for real world applications
(2020)Blockchain technology, even though relatively new, has evolved rapidly in the past 12 years. Bitcoin’s underlying technology - the first blockchain - was a public, permissionless, and completely decentralized network ... -
Perpetually "needs improvement": pre-service teachers' knowledge of social justice and education
(2015-08-05)The author of this thesis uses grounded theory methodology to illuminate pre-service teachers’ understandings of social justice concepts, theories, and perspectives at the beginning of their teacher education programs. ... -
Person focused directives for end of life care in long term care (PFD-LTC)
(2018)Dementias are age-related, neurodegenerative diseases, the cases of which are expected to rise exponentially as the population ages. To date there is no known cure or intervention that appreciably slows the progression ... -
Personality and early maladaptive schemas differentiating persons who engage in infrequent versus pathological non-suicidal self-injury
(2014-01-22)Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is used as a coping mechanism for regulating emotions and communicating distress. Research has contributed to understanding the prevalence, forms, and functions of NSSI, but little is known ... -
Personality traits and depressive symptoms in informal caregivers in Canada: a longitudinal study of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging data
(2020)In 2018, approximately one out of four Canadians, aged 15 and older, provided informal care to a family member or a friend. Caregivers are at an increased risk for depression and depressive symptoms because of the ... -
Personality, drinking motives and protective behavioural strategies among undergraduates
(2014-12-11)There is a high level of both heavy episodic drinking and related problems among Canadian undergraduates. Four personality traits and five motives for alcohol consumption place students at risk for experiencing increased ... -
Perspectives on climate change education and actions from environmentally conscious youth in British Columbia
(2022)This thesis employs mixed methods consisting of an initial survey followed by a focus group looking into the views of youth aged 16-20 regarding climate change education. The guiding question of this research is: What ... -
Perspectives on the Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts of All-season Roads in Two Remote First Nation Communities in Northern Ontario
(2016)Remote Indigenous communities face a number of challenges associated with accessibility. The development of all-season road corridors promises to solve some of these problems. However, changes to transportation can create ... -
Petrogenesis of mineralized horizons in the Offset and Creek zones, Lac des Iles Complex, N. Ontario
(2023)The Lac des Iles Complex is a Neoarchean polyphase mafic-ultramafic complex located in the Marmion terrane of the Superior Province, 85 km north of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. The intrusive complex can be subdivided ... -
Petrogenesis of the ferrogabbroic intrusions and associated Fe-Ti-V-P mineralization within the McFaulds Greenstone belt, Superior Province, Canada
The McFaulds Lake area (commonly known as the Ring of Fire), has been the site of much recent exploration within northern Ontario. The area represents a recently discovered Archean greenstone belt which is host to world ...
