Lakehead University Knowledge Commons: Recent submissions
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Insights into gambling : perspectives from self-identified problem gamblers
(2002)This study examines the issue of public gambling behavior from the perspective of six self-identified gamblers. All six participants were assessed to ensure that evidence of pathological gambling was present. In depth ... -
Impact force testing of long distance running shoes
(2001)The primary purpose of the study was to calibrate and validate a shoe impact machine designed to replicate heel strike impact force produced during running. The secondary purpose was to compare impact force attenuation ... -
Theory of mind and behaviour disorder in children with specific language impairment / by Alana M. Holmes.
(2001)The assertion that children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI) do not experience delays in the development of a theory of mind (ToM) has been made by numerous researchers (Eisenmajer & Prior, 1991; Leslie & Frith, ... -
Labor market outcomes of PhD graduated in Canada and the policy implications : an analysis of the national graduate survey in 1997
(2001)The emergence of knowledge-based economy has sparked the demand for people who have advanced education and training. The looming faculty shortages in Canadian and other developed countries make a study of the PhD graduates ... -
Ontario teachers' reasons for choosing to teach outside Canada
(2001)This study examines the factors that influence Ontario teachers’ decisions to teach outside Canada. Deciding factors were derived from previous studies related to career choice and career change and involved concepts ... -
Modeling and control of various styles of paper machine headboxes
(2003)In this thesis non-linear mathematical models of a typical paper machine approach system with three different styles of headboxes are presented. The non-linear models include the dynamics of the fan pump, DC motor, ... -
Hydrolysis of silicone polymers in aqueous systems
(2001)Silicon-29 and 'H NMR spectroscopy were used to investigate the hydrolysis of methyl silicones in a variety of aqueous environments. Dilute acid, dilute base and one or more of the dissolved constituents of blood plasma ... -
Habitat use and movement by brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in three tributaries of Nipigon Bay, Lake Superior
(2001)Three streams were surveyed: Dublin Creek, MacInnes Creek, and Little Cypress River in Northwestern Ontario. -
Hemodialysis prescription : dose adequacy by continuous monitoring of fresh and spent dialysate conductivity
(2001)Measurement of hemodialysis treatment adequacy is essential to monitor quality assurance for today’s growing dialysis population. The universally accepted measure of hemodialysis dose is Kt/V. Kt/V above 1.2 has been ... -
Aspects of the mineralogy of the Murun alkaline complex, Yakutia, Russia
(2001)The Murun complex contains a number of unusual and mineralogically unique rocks. Many of them are problematic in terms of their genesis and petrographic interpretation. These enigmatic rocks include charoite assemblages, ... -
Emotions, metaphors and reality : a phenomenological approach to William Lyall's Intellect, the emotions and the moral nature
(2001)In their work The Faces of Reason: An Essay on Philosophy and Culture in English Canada 1850-1950, Leslie Armour and Elizabeth Trott consider that the Canadian way of doing philosophy uses reason in an accommodationist ... -
Impacts of timber harvesting on stream macroinvertebrate communities at different spatial scales in Ontario's boreal forest
(2001)Study area: Wolf River, Mackenzie River, Spruce River and Nipigon 10 burn zone watersheds. These are tributaries of Lake Superior and lie within the northwestern Ontario boreal forest near Thunder Bay, Ontario. Sites were ... -
Effects of soil temperature on growth and biomass allocation in four boreal tree species
(2001)Trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.), black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.), white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss), and jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) seedlings were subject to seven soil temperature ... -
Re-civilizing the land : conservation and postwar reconstruction in Ontario, 1939-1961
(2001)Includes such topics as land use, flooding, rural landscape, fishing, agriculture, family farms, watershed conservation, river basins, flood control, reforestation, woodlot management, underground water supplies, wildlife ... -
Parent and child attitudes towards educational and occupational achievement as a function of acculturation
(2001)As individuals and families move from India to Canada, they bring with them the values, attitudes, and beliefs they held in their native country. During the process of building new lives in a new country the immigrants ... -
Ontogeny of the fetal immune response to maternal smoking in relation to allergic asthma
(2001)The relationship between maternal smoking and the prenatal origins of allergic disease was studied in 78 mothers (in Thunder Bay, Ontario) and their newborns with a sensitive test for interleukin-4, interferon-y, and ... -
Limnology of two proximal pit lakes after twenty years of intense flooding
(2001)Two adjacent pit-lakes, Caland and Hogarth, formed after the flooding of open pit iron mines near Atikokan, Ontario, Canada, were examined for their water quality relationships and potential to support aquaculture. ... -
Mapping feminist praxis and identity : a case study of women's health activism in Northwestern Ontario, 1980-1992
(2001)Thesis examines women's involvement in organizing around women's health in Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario by constructing a social history of key groups -- The Women and Health Sub-committee, the Women's Health Action ... -
Effects of a formal mentoring program on teacher retention and benefits to proteges and mentors
(2001)This thesis is an evaluation research study into the effects of a formal mentoring program on teacher retention and the benefits to mentors and protégés. The program studied took place in the Keewatin-Patricia District ... -
Self-assembly of dithiol monolayers on Au(III)
(2001)This thesis compares the self-assembly of octanethiol, a representative n-alkanethiol, with dithiothreitol (DTT) on Au (lll). Octanethiol is on eight carbon n-alkanethiol while DTT is a four carbon Q ,(i) dithiol ...
