identifier: Mallidi, Subhashini <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Mallidi=3ASubhashini=3A=3A.html>   (2003) Characterization of Rhodotorula rubra TP1 mutants.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Carotenoid pigments exist in nature and are widely distributed as colourants throughout the biological systems, such as microalgae, insects, birds, fish and crustaceans. They are responsible for interesting colours seen in various parts of these organisms, which play a great role in the biological functions like photoreception and photosynthesis. Carotenoids are mainly used as pigments for colouration of food products and pharmaceuticals. They also function as antioxidants and help in minimizing membrane-damage, and in controlling human diseases such as cancer, cataract and atherosclerosis. -- Astaxanthin is a red orange carotenoid produced by aquatic organisms such as algae and is also found in yeasts like Phaffia rhodozyma and Rhodotorula rubra. It is used as a pigment in feed for salmon and shellfish and also enhances immune response of fish and shrimp. Among yeasts, R. rubra TP1 is a good source of red pigment and whole cells induce pigmentation in fish. It has been shown in earlier work that R.rubra has faster growth rate, shorter incubation-time and yields more biomass than P.rhodozyma. Further, previous feeding-trial experiments carried out using rainbow trout have been successful and therefore R. rubra TP1 has economic potential. -- In the current work the mutants M1, M2 and M3 of R. rubra TP1 were characterized and their properties compared with those of the wild type yeasts. The optimal pigment production was determined by growing the mutants and wild type yeasts under different growth conditions, such as different substrates, temperatures, initial pH and light. The maximum pigment recovery was achieved by using different extraction methods which include French Press method, Freeze- dried cells, sonication and enzymatic cell breakage. The spectrophotometer graph and Thin Layer Chromatograpy (TLC) techniques were used to estimate the total carotenoid concentration and to analyse the pigment in each sample. -- The experimental results showed that light enhances pigment production. Yeast malt broth with peat extract as a nitrogenous source showed more biomass yield. Bacto czapex dox broth was found to be inhibitory to growth of the mutants of R. rubra TP1. The cells gave more pigment at 25 °C in the initial pH range of 5.0 to 7.0. The French press method was found to be more efficient to extract the optimum pigment for M1, M2 and M3 with values 250.6, 254.4 and 193.2 μg/g, respectively. Mutant 2 alone gave higher recovery of the pigment with Freeze- dried method. Sonication method gave less pigment recovery. The enzymatic method with a pH of 7.0 for all mutants gave recovery values of 184.4, 164.2 and 129.4 μg/g for M1, M2 and M3, respectively. The pigment analysis confirmed that all the mutants contain β-carotene, torulene and torularhodin carotenoids in their pigments.


identifier: Vellore, Padmini <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Vellore=3APadmini=3A=3A.html>   (2003) Delay, fairness and complexity of selected scheduling disciplines in broadband packet-switched networks.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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abstract: The explosion in the size of communication networks as well as the need for integration of voice, video and data have pioneered a need for fast packet switching. The economical implementation of fast packet switching has become a reality with the recent advances in VLSI technology. This has introduced opportunities for new applications like video conferencing, that demand severe performance requirements in terms of allocated bandwidth, delay, delay jitter, and loss rate. Packet scheduling is an effort to reduce delay, delay-jitter and losses thereby providing Quality of Service to such delay- and loss-sensitive applications. -- The upshot of this research will influence the resolution of a most appropriate method of providing guaranteed but paid service to users of real-time applications like video conferencing, unlike the Internet, which is designed to provide best-effort service. Various packet-scheduling algorithms have been studied. Among the several existing packet-scheduling algorithms, Weighted Fair Queueing (WFQ) and Worst-case Fair Weighted Fair Queueing Plus (WF²Q+) are selected in this thesis for comparison based on their delay properties. The performance is investigated for both fixed-sized packets and variable-sized packets. It has been found that WF²Q+ is fair and introduces lower delay than WFQ. Due to the lower hardware as well as time complexity, WF²Q+ can be considered as a prospective algorithm for use in high-speed packet-switched networks. The performance is studied on a network with and without the presence of cross-traffic for various traffic loads. Simulation results and hardware realization are discussed. A brief canvassing on where these results lead us follows the conclusion. A proposal for future improvements is also presented.


identifier: Mercer, Carla Elaine May <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Mercer=3ACarla_Elaine_May=3A=3A.html>   (1974) An inservice programme in developmental reading for ninth-grade content area teachers.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This internship project was primarily concerned with the implementation of an inservice programme in developmental reading for ninth-grade content area teachers. The major purpose of the programme was to help these teachers understand and apply teaching techniques and procedures to help their students improve their reading-study skills and to achieve subject matter objectives more completely. -- Prior to implementing the inservice programme the intern assessed the present school situation regarding content area reading instruction to identify the teachers' specific inservice needs. Various sources of information were used to familiarize the intern with existing procedures, including a checklist pertaining to teachers' current practices regarding content area reading instruction and an attitude inventory designed to assess teachers' attitudes toward such instruction. -- The information obtained from these sources revealed that no organized programme of reading instruction existed in the school. It was apparent from the teachers' responses that they recognized the need for content area reading instruction and were willing to provide it. However, they felt that the teaching of reading required specialized training and therefore they questioned their competence to provide such instruction. -- The results also indicated that teacher support for a reading programme in the content areas was already present. Therefore, the inservice programme was mainly concerned with developing teachers' knowledge about reading instruction and helping them achieve some degree of competence in this area. This programme was implemented through such means as formal and informal meetings, classroom demonstrations of reading skill activities and written resource materials. These inservice activities were concerned with: (1) identifying the reading-study skills which should be emphasized in each content area, (2) constructing, administering and interpreting informal reading inventories to ascertain students reading needs, (3) helping teachers formulate procedures for teaching reading-study skills in content area classes, and (4) supplying teachers with multi-level reading lists to enable them to provide materials suited to the reading levels of their students. -- Teachers' responses to a questionnaire which was designed to assess their opinions regarding the value of the inservice programme indicated that the programme was worthwhile in helping them to develop an understanding of reading-study skills and also in helping them to apply techniques for teaching these skills in regular subject matter classes.


identifier: Lewis, Jane E. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Lewis=3AJane_E=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1974) Attitudes towards the employment of women as expressed in The Times, 1919-28.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: World War I was the first time that female labor had been used on a large scale. By 1918, 1,350,000 women had entered war industries, of whom not more than 150,000 could be accounted for by the normal growth in population. These figures signified a vast social and economic change, which, while its merits could not be questioned during the crisis, came under attack as soon as the war ended and the urge to return to 'normal' as soon as possible became apparent. -- In order to trace the pattern of attitudes towards the employment of women during the decade following the Great War, content analysis techniques were applied to all issues of The Times from 1919 to 1928. Attitudes were categorized as to type and further divided as to whether favorable or unfavorable towards the employment of women. Explanations for the fluctuations in attitudes over the decade were sought in sources other than The Times, and related to: -- 1.  The current events of the period. -- 2. The character of the groups and individuals expressing the attitudes and the specific nature of their reactions: whether purely pragmatic or founded in traditional principles and prejudices. -- It was found that of those expressing unfavorable attitudes towards employment of women, 57% were male, and 43% female; while of those expressing favorable attitudes, 74% were female and 26% male. Those expressing unfavorable attitudes could be loosely categorized as members of the employing classes, who were at once anxious to return to the status quo extant prior to 1914 with regard to the employment of working-class women, and determined to prevent an increase of the employment of middle- and upper-class women in the professions. These reactions were based both on the fear of women deserting their traditional role, considered to be their natural one of wife and mother, and the more pragmatic desire to give jobs to unemployed men rather than women. Those expressing favorable attitudes to the employment of women were found to include a hard core of feminists, whose motivations were based firmly on the principle of equality between the sexes, but whose analysis of the problem and solutions to it varied to the extent of causing dissension within their own ranks. -- The problem of women's two roles in society, at home and at work was too complex for either set of attitudes, favorable or unfavorable, to dictate future trends. However, by analyzing the types of attitudes expressed and by whom and for what reason, the nature of the problem became more clearly delineated.


identifier: Butler, Beverley Thomas <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Butler=3ABeverley_Thomas=3A=3A.html>   (1975) A study of primary school library facilities in Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This study was designed to determine whether library services to primary pupils in Newfoundland schools were adequate. The main purpose of the investigation was to determine the extent and usage of primary school library facilities in selected schools throughout Newfoundland. If necessary, guidelines for the improvement and expansion of primary school library facilities and materials would be established. -- The data for this study were obtained through a questionnaire constructed by the investigator and mailed to principals of 100 randomly selected primary, primary and elementary, and all-grade schools in Newfoundland. The questionnaire consisted of six sections and solicited information on the physical characteristics, finances, supervision, professional qualifications, maintenance and utilization of print materials of selected schools. Sixty-five percent of the questionnaires were returned completed and usable for analysis. -- An analysis of the data showed that the library service to primary pupils was inadequate. A comparison with minimum standards recommended by the Canadian School Library Association showed that most of the schools in this study were well below the minimum standards in terms of materials, financing, personnel and facilities. Notes which accompanied many of the questionnaires indicated that the principals were, in general, well aware of the importance of good library services but, because of a lack of funds, were unable to remedy the situation. -- The most important recommendations of this study were: (1) more funds must be allocated for the construction of new, and the improvement of old, library facilities; (2) the teacher allocation system should be changed so that each school can obtain a full-time or part-time professional supervisor of library facilities; (3) the definition of the school library grant should be clarified to avoid misinterpretation; (4) the library grant should be significantly increased; (5) school boards should provide well-equipped resource centers at the district level which are accessible to all teachers; (6) school boards should establish more in-service training for teachers connected with library facilities; and (7) each school should set up regular library classes in order that pupils may become more proficient in their use and understanding of library facilities.


identifier: Grace, Thomas Joseph <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Grace=3AThomas_Joseph=3A=3A.html>   (1975) An inservice program for teachers in the evaluation of measures of reading and reading related performance.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Standardized reading tests have played a prominent role in the decision-making processes of our educational systems. Each year millions of students are assigned to various types of instructional programs on the basis of such test results and vast sums of money are expended to rectify or remediate reading problems identified through the use of standardized reading tests. Yet, despite their widespread us, it appears that the strengths and limitations of such tests are little understood by the educators who use them. -- This inservice program was designed to provide teachers with a better understanding and appreciation of the concepts related to reading evaluation so that they would be better able to make wise use of standardized reading tests. As a basis for establishing this understanding, the program first examined the nature and functions of visual and auditory ability, phonics, structural analysis, contextual analysis, vocabulary, comprehension and oral reading as they relate to the act of reading. The program then undertook an examination of several appropriate techniques that might be used to evaluate these reading skills. Having analyzed the reading skills, the program proceeded to a consideration of the statistical concepts of validity, reliability, standard error of measurement, norms and test scores and the effects they have upon the strength of a particular test result. -- With these aspects of measurement and evaluation serving as a frame of reference, the program required to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of a number of commonly used standardized reading tests. -- A questionnaire designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the program was administered at its conclusion. The results of the questionnaire revealed that teachers did feel that they had gained a greater insight into the concepts of reading evaluation and that they were now much more capable of selecting a test that would enable them to make the type of decision required of them. -- The inservice program was conducted through a series of twelve one-hour weekly sessions with seventeen Special Education teachers from schools under the jurisdiction of the St. John’s Roman Catholic School Board.


identifier: Aggarwal, Satya Narain <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Aggarwal=3ASatya_Narain=3A=3A.html>   (1976) Developing listening and reading skills of grade seven students at Mount Pearl Central High School.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a planned, regularly scheduled, taped listening program upon the listening and reading achievement of seventh grade students. -- The subjects included in the study were 67 seventh grade pupils enrolled in two classrooms. The experimental group was made up of 34 students; 33 students were in the control group. Each of two teachers taught one experimental group and one control group. Both the experimental group and the control group were exposed to the same language arts curriculum, with the exception that control group students were engaged in a free reading period while the experimental group participated in the program of listening skill development. -- A portion of the LISTEN AND THINK series was used as the listening program. It consisted of thirty taped lessons which were administered for 40 minutes each school day during a six week period. -- The Durrell Listening-Reading Series, Form DE, was used as a pretest; Form EF was used as a posttest. Pretest scores were used to equate the experimental and control groups. Means scores were used to compare posttest performance of the experimental and control groups. -- Analyses of the data revealed the following: -- There was a significant difference in the listening achievement of students who participated in the listening program. Test data for control group students reflected no appreciable gain. -- There was a significant difference in the reading achievement of students who participated in a planned listening program. Test data for control group students reflected no appreciable gain. -- The following recommendations are suggested: -- 1) additional research to explore the nature and development of listening ability or abilities and to apply these findings to the language arts curriculum is needed; -- 2) further experimentation with teaching methods and materials incorporating these materials in classroom listening situations should be conducted; -- 3) the problem of interrelationships among listening abilities and speech, reading, and other verbal skills warrants continuing research; -- 4) there should be conducted a listening skills study incorporating listening materials that are constructed to parallel whatever basal reading or other language arts materials are being used in the particular school.


identifier: Saleh, Saleh A. M. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Saleh=3ASaleh_A=2E_M=2E=3A=3A.html>   (2003) A wavelet packet transform-based technique for three phase power transformer protection.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The protection of power transformers has been always a challenge due to the problem of distinguishing between the magnetizing inrush and different internal fault currents. There have been many proposed techniques to carry out the protection of power transformers. These techniques are based on the harmonic content of the differential current, transformer equivalent circuit, voltage and flux restraint, pattern recognition using trained artificial neural network, etc. These techniques have either limitation or some assumptions to validate their performance that may affect their reliability, speed of operation, complexity of the required computations, validity under transformer parameters changes and/or change in type of core material. In this work, a wavelet packet transform based algorithm for differential protection of three phase power transformers is developed, implemented and tested on-line for two different three phase power transformers using DS1102 digital signal processing board. The wavelet packet transform based algorithm is used to detect and classify various disturbances, in particular, the magnetizing inrush and internal fault currents with neither a harmonic analysis nor any dependency on the power transformer parameters, ratings, loading conditions and/or winding configurations. Wavelet transforms can create a multi resolution analysis, where the frequency contents of the analyzed signal are divided into octal bands beginning from the highest frequency component, ending with the lowest one and preserving the time location of these frequency components. This analysis is carried out using a cascaded filter banks associated with the selected mother wavelet and the number of levels of resolution. Both optimal mother wavelet and number of levels of resolution can be selected using the minimum description length criteria, that is based on the minimum entropy calculations. Applying any form of wavelet transforms produces details, which are related to high frequency components, as well as approximations, which are related to low frequency components at each level of resolution. In the case of applying the wavelet packet transform, the details are downsampled by 2 and filtered with the same filter bank at each level of resolution. An experimental setup is developed for collecting various differential currents waveforms for purposes of selecting the optimal mother wavelet and the number of levels of resolutions as well as off-line testings. The Daubechies (db4) mother wavelet with two levels of resolution are found to be optimal in providing adequate information to discriminate the magnetizing inrush current from internal fault currents. The proposed algorithm is tested off-line using Matlab on a data collected from a three-phase core type power transformer. An experimental setup is developed to accommodate the on-line testings, which are carried out on two different power transformers. The results of these tests show no difference in its ability to distinguish between the different magnetizing inrush and various internal fault currents. Also, the on-line testing results are consistent with those obtained from off-line testings in terms of reliability, accuracy, speed of response and applicability.


identifier: Butler, Frederick Namaan <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Butler=3AFrederick_Namaan=3A=3A.html>   (1974) A comparative analysis of the curricular content of Canadian preparation programs for educational administrators to the master's degree level and an evaluation of the relevance of the graduate diploma program in educational administration at Memorial University of Newfoundland as perceived by diploma graduates.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The primary concern of the study was an analysis of the curricular content of the educational administration graduate courses to the Master's Degree level at Canadian universities. Also, a related aspect of the study was to investigate the degree of preparation that Graduate Diploma students in Educational Administration received from their preparatory program at Memorial. -- At a more specific level, the problems examined in the study were: (1) to determine if there were core curricular courses common to the educational administration programs at the Canadian universities; (2) to determine the realms and the sub-realms of educational administration course concentration; (3) to compare Memorial's Educational Administration program with the programs at other Canadian universities; (4) to determine the admission requirements in the educational administration programs at Canadian universities; (5) to determine the course areas that Memorial's Graduate Diploma students in Educational Administration selected to fulfill the program requirements; and (6) to determine if there was a difference in the degree of preparation that Memorial's  Graduate Diploma students received in the various course areas. -- This study was organized around the curricular philosophy of Philip Phenix(1964a). Phenix contends that the six realms of meaning (symbolics, empirics, esthetics, synnoetics, ethics, and synoptics) must be used as the foundation in the making of a curriculum. -- The statistical procedures utilized included the calculation of frequencies and percentages. The chi-square test of independence was used to analyze the relationship, if any, between the degree of preparation and the course areas of preparation. -- Analysis of the data revealed that (1) basic educational administration and statistical courses were common to most university programs; (2) educational administration courses were drawn mostly from the sub-realm of social sciences in the empirical realm; (3) Memorial's Educational Administration program was compatible with the programs at other universities; (4) similar admission requirements existed at most universities; (5) Memorial's Graduate Diploma students in Educational Administration selected most of their courses from the course areas of General, Staff, and Public Relations; and (6) Graduate Diploma students in Educational Administration at Memorial reported receiving the greatest degree of preparation in the course areas of School Law, Research, General and Staff. Generally speaking the Graduate Diploma students felt their Educational Administration training at Memorial was adequate.


identifier: Bruce-Lockhart, Patricia Louise <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Bruce-Lockhart=3APatricia_Louise=3A=3A.html>   (1976) A cost evaluation of the family practice nurse in rural Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This research focuses its attention on the development of cost measurement tools which would empirically assess the costs associated with ten health service categories in order to measure the economic impact associated with the attachment of a family practice nurse in rural Newfoundland. An investigation of the utilization of these same health service categories by Family Practice Nurse Communities and a Control Community was also carried out during a period prior to the introduction of the FPN. -- Data was obtained from hospital accounts of the Baie Verte Peninsula Community Health Centre, provincial government accounts, provincial medical care plan (MCP) payment schedules and other sources such as records from the School Medical Health Officer and the Director of Public Health Nursing for the province. Unit costs for ten health service categories were calculated from the Health Centre accounts where possible and were as follows: hospital out-patient visit ($7.67 per visit); hospital in-patient day ($69.50/day); home visits by a physician ($10.80/visit); well-baby visits ($1.45/visit); school examinations ($5.40/exam); immunizations ($1.08/immunization); out-patient laboratory units ($0.11/unit); out-patient X-Ray examination ($7.80/exam); prenatal visits ($7.67/visit); and home visits by a public health nurse ($14.16/visit). -- The FPN Communities received a statistically significantly lower proportion of service than the Control Community for the following: (1) hospital out-patient visits; (2) well-baby visits; (3) immunizations; (4) out-patient laboratory units; and (5) out-patient X-Ray examinations. The mean number of services of persons receiving one or more services were compared between communities with immunizations and out-patient laboratory units found to be statistically significantly lower in the FPN Communities.


identifier: Moores, Wallace Byron <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Moores=3AWallace_Byron=3A=3A.html>   (1977) The valiant struggle: a study of the short stories of Sinclair Ross.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This study examines in detail a neglected area of Canadian writing, the short story, and a neglected aspect of the art of Sinclair Ross. The focus of this study is not on the links between Ross's stories and novels, but on the stories themselves as together forming an independent imaginative unit. The stories are linked to each other by recurring symbols, characters, narrative patterns and themes. -- Chapter One analyzes Ross's most poetic and optimistic stories. The universal tension of innocence and experience is the recurring theme of these stories and is presented through the narrative pattern of youthful conflict with monotonous reality. Chapter One traces Ross's gradual mastery of this single pattern. -- Chapter Two concentrates on what are, as a whole, Ross's weakest stories. Excessively concerned with eccentric and obsessive characters, most of these stories do not embody Ross's typical balance of the elements of action, character and meaning. These tales of the misfit represent, with one notable exception, a gloomy but rather shallow view of life. -- The third and final chapter is a study of those stories which are among Ross's most well-known. These stories articulate dramatically the theme of life as a cycle of struggle and disappointment. In his stories of adults in conflict, Ross creates exciting, compassionate and richly symbolic statements of human endurance. It is these stories which are a culmination of Ross's continuing interest in the human struggle. Several of these stories are so accomplished as to fully justify Ross's reputation as a master of this genre.


identifier: Shamsuzzaman, Kazi M. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Shamsuzzaman=3AKazi_M=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1974) The regulation of naphthalene metabolism in pseudomonads.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Naphthalene oxygenase was induced in Pseudomonas NCIB 9816 when the organism was grown on salicylate, or on succinate and salicylate together. The enzyme was not induced when the organism was grown on catechol or on succinate and catechol. The levels of catechol, 1,2-dioxygenase and of catechol in extracts from cells that had been grown in the presence of salicylate were similar to those in extracts from cells that had been grown in the presence of catechol. These observations suggest that salicylate may be the inducer of naphthalene oxygenase. This is supported by the observations that when either 2-aminobenzoate or 2-hydroxybenzyl alcohol was added to cultures growing on succinate, naphthalene oxygenase was induced gratuitously. -- Salicylaldehyde dehydrogenase and salicylate hydroxylase were also induced in the organism under the same conditions as caused the induction of naphthalene oxygenase, but the levels of these three enzymes were not constant relative to one another under the different growth conditions. In spite of this lack of proportionality which may be due to the limitations of the methods used for the determinations of these enzyme activities, the observation that all three enzymes may be induced by a single gratuitous inducer suggests that these enzymes, and possibly all involved in the degradation of naphthalene to catechol, are controlled coordinately. -- Catechol 1,2-dioxygenase was induced in NCIB 9816 by catechol and salicylate, but not by the gratuitous inducers of naphthalene oxygenase. Catechol 2,3-dioxygenase levels in extracts from succinate grown organisms was comparable to that in extracts from cells induced with salicylate, catechol, 2-aminobenzoate or 2-hydroxybenzl alcohol. The synthesis of this enzyme therefore seems to be constitutive in Pseudomonas NCIB 9816.


identifier: Gill, Robert John <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Gill=3ARobert_John=3A=3A.html>   (1976) The freezing of fish fillets of irregular geometry with application to commercial practice.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Experiments conducted on a rectangular slab of fish muscle with heat transfer through one surface result in freezing times which are adequately predicted by the Nagaoka, et al. modification to the Plank solution for the freezing time of an infinite slab. Neumann's exact solution to the Fourier heat conduction equation results in freezing times which progressively overestimate experimental times with increasing Biot number. Using the Nagaoka, et al. formulation, formulae are obtained for the freezing time, in terms of weight, of irregularly shaped commercial fish fillets. With the aid of such relationships, an analysis is made of a commercial freezing process with a view to optimizing the production rate.


identifier: Templeton, John F. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Templeton=3AJohn_F=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1956) The secondary band of the ultraviolet absorption spectra of acetophenones and related compounds ; The study of hydrogen bonding and similar effects by means of ultraviolet absorption spectra.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The absorption spectra of some acetophenones and benzoic acids have been measured in different solvents in the region 200-UCO mµ. The two major bands are compared and it is found that interactions which considerably alter the high intensity band have less and somewhat different effects on the secondary band. Solvent effects and the changes observed on substitution indicate that the weaker band (C-band) is essentially of similar character as the high intensity primary band (B-band). A unifying hypothesis to account for the observed changes is presented.


identifier: Cross, Roberta Fasula <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Cross=3ARoberta_Fasula=3A=3A.html>   (1974) The implementation of some prescriptive teaching techniques in reading in the primary grades through in-school materials development.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The implementation of prescriptive teaching techniques in reading through in-school materials development took place at St. Pius X Girls School, St. John's, Newfoundland, during May and June of 1974. Although the school is both a primary and elementary school, the focus of the internship was in the primary grades, kindergarten through three. Eight teachers, two at each grade level, and 249 students participated in the program. -- At a preliminary meeting, the principal and the teachers expressed an interest in the need for individualizing and developing learning materials to meet this need. The intern proposed a program to be initiated that would provide development in these two areas. The objectives for the program were formulated from discussions with the teachers about student needs and needs for learning materials in the classroom. -- The proposed program was implemented through the use of a variety of techniques. Classroom observation by the intern focused on teacher rapport with students and teaching style. This aided the intern in identifying specific learning materials that would be most beneficial in individual classrooms. An inventory of all school owned materials was made to determine those that would be adaptable to classroom use as learning aids in reading. All such materials that were not being used in the classroom were organized in a small resource center in the school. Each item was catalogued in a file under its title and the skill area for which it could be used. Materials from the library and teacher-created ideas for materials were also included. In addition, suggestions for classroom use of each item were described. -- Individual teacher conferences focused upon individual needs of particular students and teacher needs for materials. Materials were suggested that would fulfill these needs. Follow-up meetings were held to determine the effectiveness of the materials and further suggestions were made. Some diagnostic testing was done by the intern at the teachers' request to aid them in formulating plans for teaching individual students. -- Large group and grade level meetings were used as evaluation and planning sessions. The effectiveness of materials being used in the classroom and teacher ideas for the adaptation of these materials toward more efficient classroom use were reviewed. After a number of school-owned materials had been assessed and evaluated through classroom use, more current published instructional materials were borrowed from the Language Arts Resources Center and Curriculum Materials Center at Memorial University. These materials were assessed in a similar manner. -- A resource book, Skill Reinforcement Activities and Classroom Games, was compiled by the intern and the teachers. -- This book included ideas that the teachers had found most effective for classroom use from previous experience and from evaluation of the published instructional materials. Each teacher chose ideas from this book which were used to create individual activity kits. These kits were made at a workshop which was held at the end of the internship. -- A conference with the principal, informal teacher conferences; individual and large group, and a questionnaire responded to by the teachers were used to evaluate whether the objectives of the internship had been achieved. The overall response to all three evaluation methods was a positive one. During the conferences, the principal and the teachers expressed the view that the internship had been a beneficial experience which met the proposed objectives. The responses to the questionnaire concurred with the results of the conferences. Of a possible eighty-eight responses, eighty were in the strongly agree and agree categories, only eight were in the undecided category, and there were no responses in the disagree or strongly disagree categories.


identifier: Lewis, Barbara (Kelly) <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Lewis=3ABarbara_=28Kelly=29=3A=3A.html>   (1973) The humanism of Max Frisch as revealed in his plays, 1945-1961.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Max Frisch, a Swiss, and one-time professional architect, is considered one of the most important literary men writing in German since World War II. He cannot easily be classified in conventional literary terms; his scope of artistic activity is too broad and therefore evades a single and clear-cut definition. This thesis is primarily concerned with Max Frisch, the playwright. -- There are numerous ways in which one can view the theatrical efforts of Frisch. He is often considered a devoted disciple of Bertolt Brecht, an antithetical imitator of Thornton Wilder, and a friendly rival of Friedrich Dürrenmatt. I have chosen a less comparative view of Frisch's plays, and will concentrate on one essential feature of his dramaturgy: - how his plays reflect his personal and lingering humanistic concerns. -- Frisch's sincere interest in the humanistic ethic is, however, crucially different from the humanism of the past. This new understanding of the meaning of humanism will be discussed in the introductory pages of this thesis.  The inhumanity clearly displayed during World War II was the instigating factor for Frisch's serious and sincere probing of man, the social and political creature. This thesis is an attempt to show that this theme forms an essential continuous thread of thought through five of his most important plays written between 1945 and 1961: Nun singen sie wieder (1945), Als der Krieg zu Ende war (1949), Die Chinesische Mauer (1946, 1955), Biedermann und die Brandstifter (1958) and Andorra (1961).  These plays demonstrate Frisch's concern for the condition of man and the condition of the world, a concern which underlies his understanding of humanism.


identifier: Sie, Billy K. T. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Sie=3ABilly_K=2E_T=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1970) The kinetics of the reaction of formic acid and nitrogen dioxide.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Please see thesis for abstract.


identifier: Button, Duane C. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Button=3ADuane_C=2E=3A=3A.html>   (2003) The effects of noise and contraction intensity on vigilance performance.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: There were two major objectives for this thesis: 1) to integrate the existing literature based on vigilance, noise, and neuromuscular fatigue and 2) to determine the effects of muscle contraction intensity, neuromuscular fatigue, and noise on the performance of complex and simple vigilance tasks. Vigilance or an individual's state of physiological or psychological readiness to mediate performance when reacting to a stimulus can be affected simultaneously by noise and neuromuscular stimuli. Noise exposure and muscle contraction have been shown to both negatively and positively affect vigilance performance. However, this contradiction may be a result of differences in muscle contraction and noise intensities, durations, and type as well as the complexity of the vigilance task. It was determined in the present experiment that continuous noise at an intensity of 95 dB (A) impairs both simple and to a greater extent complex vigilance task performance. Isometric muscle contractions at 5% and 20% of a maximum voluntary contraction also impaired simple and complex vigilance task performance. There did not seem to be an interaction effect between noise and contraction intensity.


identifier: Collins, M. A. J. (Michael Albert James) <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Collins=3AM=2E_A=2E_J=2E_=28Michael_Albert_James=29=3A=3A.html>   (1975) The production and initial testing of the module "The winter environment" for use in Newfoundland elementary schools.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: In late 1973, in order to fill the need for a program concerned with proper knowledge of the local environment among elementary school children in the province, a module in environmental education was developed for use with Grade V and VI classes in Newfoundland elementary schools. The module was developed using a modified edition of the curriculum model originally produced by Taba (1962) and incorporating the suggestions of Rioux (1973) in his report on the status of environmental education in Canada. -- The first edition of the module was field tested in one school in February and March of 1974 with two Grade VI classes. As a result of this first field trial, the module was revised and rewritten. In March, April, and May of 1974, the revised module was again field-tested in two schools, on in an urban area and one in a rural area, using one Grade V and one Grace VI class in each school. -- The usefulness and effectiveness of the module was judged by a series of evaluative instruments especially developed for use with the module. The instruments included a cognitive  pre- and post-test and an attitude to the environment test for students, as well as a course opinion questionnaire. Throughout the teaching of the module, teachers were interviewed about each individual lesson, using the teacher interview schedule, and, at the end of the module, the teachers were asked to fill in a course opinion questionnaire. -- The results of all these tests and questionnaires were analysed and indicated that the module was successful with the small sample of students used, and that the teachers were also enthusiastic about it. The students not only liked the module but considered they learned a lot from it, while at the same time enjoying themselves. -- It is recommended that the module be revised to take account of teachers’ suggestions, and that this new version of the module be field-tested in a larger number of schools throughout the province.


identifier: Rodgers, Gordon David <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Rodgers=3AGordon_David=3A=3A.html>   (1976) The paradoxical enhancement of classically conditioned physiological responses in human subjects.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This study investigated the phenomenon that, under some conditions, presentation of a Conditioned Stimulus (CS) alone produces an "enhancement" of the Conditioned Response (CR) instead of the well-known extinction effect. Three groups of five male undergraduates each received CS (slide presentations) - UCS (0.5 second burst of white noise) pairings on a 76 per cent irregular reinforcement schedule. Group treatments differed by the number of CS-alone presentations given immediately after conditioning (either 4, 12 or 30). CS-alone and UCS-alone control groups were also used. At two extinction sessions, a week apart, the magnitude (a change of at least 100 ohms between 0.9 and 5.0 seconds after CS onset) and latency of the Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) and change in Finger Pulse (FP) rate were recorded.  The primary results showed: (a) a significantly higher GSR magnitude for the conditioning groups as compared to the control groups (F(4, 20) = 3.87, p < .025); (b) the group with the greatest number of CS-alone presentations after conditioning was significantly different from the other experimental groups of GSR magnitude (F(2, 20) = 7.11, p < .05) and FP rate (p < .05; Duncan's Multiple Range Test); (c) this same group did not extinguish after 60 CS-alone presentations while the other experimental groups extinguished after approximately 20 CS-alone presentations; and (d) a significant Trial Block x Group interaction for the latency of the GSR was noted (F(20, 100) = 1.68, p < .05). Some implications of these findings and parameters for future research are discussed.


identifier: O'Neill, Joanne Monica <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/O=27Neill=3AJoanne_Monica=3A=3A.html>   (2003) The sacred in art: an interpretative study of Bernard Lonergan's theory of art.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This thesis interprets the work of Bernard Lonergan. The objective of the thesis is to explore what it is Lonergan has to say about art and its relation to rehgious meaning. By examining works in which he writes about the aesthetic realm, we are able to come to understand the importance of art for Lonergan and its significance in both religion and in our day-to-day living. The three main texts interpreted are, in chronological order: Insight: A Study of Human Understanding (1957), Topics in Education (1959) and Method in Theology (1972). These are the foundational works on which the thesis stands. After interpreting these texts we then move on to the concluding chapter in which the rehgious dimension is brought forth through a brief biography of Lonergan himself. By reflecting on the impact art had on his hfe and his religious perspective, we are able to fiirther illuminate our understanding of the important connection between the aesthetic and the religious.


identifier: Curran, John P. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Curran=3AJohn_P=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1971) The process of mechanization in the forest industry of Newfoundland : an analysis of technological change and worker resistance to change.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This study attempts to outline the process and product of technological change in the forest industry of Newfoundland. The material is presented in three parts; the first deals with the traditional logging system, the second traces the process of mechanization, and the third examines the overall mechanized logging system. -- The section dealing with the traditional logging system traces the origins of logging during the sawmilling era of the late nineteenth century and the subsequent development of large international paper companies during the first half of the twentieth century. It includes a statistical breakdown of those workers who depended solely on logging as a source of cash income, as well as an examination of those who participated in logging through occupational pluralism. A review of the physical technology, the work group activity, the organization, and the logging phases are also included. -- The second portion traces the process of mechanization and presents an itemized account of the different technological innovations, the period when each was introduced, by whom, and why. A typology of technological change and worker resistance to change is also developed. -- The final section examines each item in the mechanization chain from the point of view of the individual logger and attempts to determine which items he found acceptable and why. A statistical breakdown of the number of loggers replaced by new technology is included. The place of unionism in the overall mechanization process is also examined.


identifier: Wahi, Parmod Kumar <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Wahi=3AParmod_Kumar=3A=3A.html>   (1972) The vibrational spectra of some trifluoromethyl derivatives of selenium and phosphorus.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This thesis describes a detailed study of the vibrational spectra of some trifluoromethyl compounds of selenium and phosphorus: CF₃SeX (X = C1, Br, CN, CH₃ and CF₃), (CF₃Se)₂, (CF₃)₃P, (CF₃)₂PF and CF₃PF₂. The compounds were prepared by literature methods with slight modifications in some oases. Gas-phase infrared spectra were recorded in the range 4000 - 200 cm⁻¹ and liquid-phase Raman spectra from 4000 - 50 cm⁻¹. Raman spectra were excited by the appropriate lines of an argon-krypton mixed gas laser. Although some vibrational wavenumbers had been previously reported for most of these compounds, there were no detailed assignments. Since this work was completed an assignment of (CF₃)₃P has been published, which is somewhat in agreement with the conclusions reached here. The vibrational spectra of all these compounds have been analysed and almost all assignments made, using Raman depolarisation ratios, analogy with similar compounds and the gas-phase infrared band contour study. The infrared band contour study has proved to be very useful in confirming some of the previous assignments and making many fresh assignments. The band contour study has shown that for the molecules containing one CF₃ group, the in-plane and out-of-plane C-F stretching and CF₃ asymmetric deformation modes show a slight splitting. For the molecules containing more than one CF₃ group, the in- and out-of-phase symmetric CF₃ deformation modes are always nearly degenerate and the in-phase mode is strong in the Raman, while the out-of-phase mode is strong in the infrared. The bands corresponding to CF₃ symmetric deformation and many other modes have been found to show POR structures. The PR separations for gas-phase infrared bands have been calculated using the recently reported method of Seth-Paul et al. The calculated PR separations show good agreement with the experimental values. As for many trifluoromethyl-phosphorus compounds studied earlier, here also the C-F symmetric stretching mode has been found to lie at higher wavenumbers than the C-F asymmetric stretching mode.


identifier: Howard, Gregory. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Howard=3AGregory=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1986) The structure of Coventry Patmore's The Angel in the house and The victories of love.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Coventry Patmore's long poems The Angel in the House and The Victories of Love form two parts of an epic on marriage that portrays lovers who demonstrate marital success and disappointment in relatively unexceptional circumstances. While The Angel and The Victories often attract critical attention for Patmore's conservatism in matters of courtship and marriage, the poems show unsuspected complexity and depth of meaning in their structure. This study addresses Patmore's use of a structure of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis, acquired from his reading of Coleridge and Hegel. The books, cantos, preludes, idylls, and verse-letters, and syntactical, metrical, and phonemic patterns of The Angel and The Victories advance the structural movement of the poems through a dialectic of the thesis of successful marriage, the antithesis of failed marriage, and the synthesis of the continual growth of love in the family. Patmore reinforces his dialectic with subtle metrical and syntactical effects in the lyrics of The Angel, and with broad tonal changes throughout the verse-letters of The Victories. He presents the dialectic in the thesis of male, the antithesis of female, and their unity in marriage; in the success of Felix and Honoria's marriage in The Angel, the initial failure of Frederick and Jane's marriage in The Victories, and the ultimate marital success enjoyed by both couples. The dialectic of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis, central in Patmore's thought, provides the poems on marriage with structure at every level.


identifier: Eyles, Nicholas <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Eyles=3ANicholas=3A=3A.html>   (1976) Medial moraines as part of a glacier debris system : their formation and sedimentology.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The morphological development of medial moraines on Austerdalsbreen, Norway and Berendon Glacier, British Columbia is dependent upon englacial debris supply. A literature review suggests that this is a general case. An 'ablation-dominant' model of moraine formation is proposed which relates englacial debris supply to the site and manner of englacial incorporation of debris relative to the firn line. On Austerdalsbreen a prominent medial moraine is formed by the confluence of two ice-cap outlet glaciers below the firn line (below firn line subtype of the model). Moraine debris is derived from extraglacial bedrock outcrops between the two ice streams and is englacially entrained via crevasses to which lower depth limits apply. Revelation of crevasse-bound debris generates a distinct ice-cored morphology which is destroyed as crevasse-bottoms are revealed downglacier. In this below firn line subtype, moraines formed by confluence of ice-cap outlet glaciers below the firn line are characterized by a discrete debris supply distinct from subglacial removal of bedrock. -- On Berendon  Glacier ice streams coalesce above the firn line (above firn line subtype); debris entrained between ice streams is derived both from extraglacial rock outcrops and from subnival and subglacial bedrock zones. Extraglacially derived debris undergoes seasonal sedimentation with snowfall; debris extends throughout ice depth. As a result a distinct moraine morphology is present in the terminal area in response to continuing englacial debris supply. The bulk of moraine debris is found to be transported at depth near the glacier base following subglacial and subnival derivation in the firn basin. Upper englacial debris (related to extraglacial rockslope activity in the firn basin) is of small quantity. -- In addition, moraines are generated in many cases by confluence below the firn line of large ice-streams carrying a large lateral moraine load. Peculiar ice structures and patterns of ice flow commonly observed from confluence zones have been considered to determine moraine morphology rather than englacial debris supply. However this 'ice-stream interaction' model which was tested on Berendon Glacier where two large ice-streams converge explains moraine morphology in the confluence zone only. Down-glacier, moraine morphology accords with those moraines formed above the firn-line i.e. is dependent upon the nature of englacial debris supply. -- Examination of debris texture, scanning electron microscopy (s.e.m.) of quartz grains and clay mineral investigations form the basis of sedimentological analyses. Medial moraine debris cannot be rigorously distinguished from other elements of the debris system; primary comminution processes produce debris exhibiting a wide particle-size range independent of parent bedrock. A wide spectrum of particle sizes is produced. Limited comminution following initial derivation (i.e. passive glacial transport) is reflected in quartz grain surface textures and a coarser mean size of medial moraine debris compared to subglacial lodgement tills.


identifier: Wattie, Barbara Nina <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Wattie=3ABarbara_Nina=3A=3A.html>   (1975) The effects of competence of recipient and source on response to social influence : a reactance theory analysis.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: An experiment was performed to determine the relationship between a person's relative competence and the degree of psychological reactance he experiences in a social influence setting. Forty-two male and thirty-eight female volunteer subjects were paired with a female confederate and given false evaluative feedback following practice at a social judgement task. Four conditions of relative competence were created by crossing two levels (high and low) of subject competence with two levels (high and low) of confederate competence. Two levels of threat (threat and no-threat) were crossed with the four competence conditions to yield a 2x2x2 factorial design. The principle dependent measure was subjects' choice on the influence item. -- Comparisons between the threat and the no-threat groups suggested that reactance was limited to those conditions where the subject and the confederate were of equal competance. When the subjects were led to believe that they were either more or less competent than the confederate, they showed no reactance in their choice on the influence item. -- In addition, comparisons between internal-control and external-control subjects revealed that internals felt less free in making their choices and showed greater reactance on the influence items. Also, subjects with relatively high self-esteem appeared to be the most sensitive to the threatening nature of the confederate's communication. -- Additional analyses were performed on subjects' responses to a final questionnaire to try and explicate the subjects' behavior during the experimental sessions through an examination of their perceptions of their own behavior and of the confederate's behavior. -- Results from these analyses are discussed in terms of the relationship of perceived freedom and perceived threat to the arousal of psychological reactance.


identifier: Lake, Calvin Lloyd <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Lake=3ACalvin_Lloyd=3A=3A.html>   (1974) The role of Vorstellung in Hegel's philosophy of religion.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purpose of Hegel's Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion is to demonstrate that the true nature of the relation of religion and philosophy is dialectical; that it is the nature of religion to undergo an inner transformation, the result of which is philosophy. No attempt is made there to deduce religion from philosophy or to effect its destruction at the hands of philosophy. Rather, it is Hegel's express aid to delineate the true nature of religion and in so doing to preserve its independence from assimilation by philosophy. -- It is the intention of this thesis to defend Hegel's arguments in the Lectures. To this end, in chapter one, we present three critical views which are representative of the opposition raised by Hegel's arguments. All fail to consider seriously Hegel's contention that the true nature of the relation is dialectical and all accuse him of threatening the very existence of religion. To counter these criticisms we concentrate on examining and clarifying the nature of the religious consciousness, or, Vorstellung, as Hegel calls it. -- To this end, chapter two examines the relation between Vorstellung and reason, or philosophical thought, on the level of psychology, that is, as "faculties" of mind. This formal examination enables us to see more clearly what Hegel means by the dialectical relationship between the two - how reason emerges as the result of the nature of Vorstellung itself. -- This clarification and defense of Hegel continues in chapter three with an examination of the concrete religious consciousness. There it is revealed that Hegel conceived it to be of the nature of religion to undergo an inner transformation, the result of which is the emergence of philosophy, and, at the same time the recognition, by religion, of the necessity of its own independent existence.


identifier: Kerwin, Susan Ann <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Kerwin=3ASusan_Ann=3A=3A.html>   (1973) The effect of monetary incentive on the accuracy of post-training self-reinforcement behavior.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The present study investigated the effect of a monetary incentive on the accuracy of post-training self-reinforcement behavior, specifically upon the accuracy of the behavior of the high self-reinforcing subjects. -- Subjects were classified as either low or high self-reinforcers on the basis of their performance on a pretraining task wherein performance accuracy was unknown. Following this, an equal number of subjects were trained to a criterion level of 40% or 80% correct choices on the last block of training trials. Subjects in the no incentive condition were then administered the test phase which assessed their self-reinforcing behavior, whereas subjects in the incentive condition were informed that they could earn up to an extra $5.00 for the accuracy during the test phase. -- Results indicated both significant baseline and training main effects in relation to both change and accuracy of self-reinforcement behavior, but the absence of any incentive effect. In addition, confidence scores, as measured by a post-experimental questionnaire, were unrelated to initial baseline performance.


identifier: Hall, William Arden. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Hall=3AWilliam_Arden=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1974) The importance of the English epithalamian literature in 1613.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purpose of my thesis is to reveal the epithalamion, its traditions and conventions, as a classical genre revived by the English poets of the Renaissance, especially at the time of its heyday in 1613. -- Part I of the Introduction deals with the origins and background of nuptial poetry from the first songs of Homer and Hesiod to the Roman lyrical and rhetorical renditions of Catullus and Claudian. The emphasis on the devotional epithalamia, or Christian element, is brought into the genre by the Church Fathers who stress the importance of the 'Song of Songs' and the '45th Psalm'. The Neo-Latin and continental poets imitate the primary classical models and offer poetic panegyrics to their princes. Finally, the dicta of the rhetoricians lay down the ground rules for the thematic conventions and structure necessary to create a successful epithalamion. -- Part II of the Introduction is an account of the marriage alliance of Princess Elizabeth (arranged by her father and his Council) to Count Frederick. The account concerns itself with the glorious celebration and actual ceremony of the noble union highlighted by the literary tributes of the poets and playwrights who pay homage. -- Part III is a textual introduction or brief description of the seven texts of poems I use. The texts of the major poets are edited already, and I follow these definitive editions. The poetry for the royal wedding by the minor poets is contained, except for Augustine Taylor, in an anthology of English Epithalamies and I adopt these, though they are not perfect texts, due to lack of extensive textual criticism upon them. -- Chapters II-VIII consist of the texts, a commentary on them, and an evaluation. Each author's biographical sketch includes his relationship, if any, with the Princess and his other literary works; the critical evaluation attempts to point to any influence the epithalamion under discussion has on other examples of the genre. The commentary attempts to relate together the nuptial poems for the 1613 wedding, and to show the literary and philosophical backgrounds of the classical, medieval, and early seventeenth century epithalamion. These background motifs include the pagan and Christian rituals, the definite usage of the Pantheon of gods to compare the bride and groom to, and aspects of more immediate concern, such as social customs and state occasions. The brief evaluation of each poem gauges its effectiveness and its appeal. -- Appendix A is a short history of the Valentine poem and its relationship to the Hymeneal poem. -- Appendix B is a chronological list of epithalmies from Spenser's in 1595 to Jonson's last one in 1632.


identifier: McCarthy, Laurie Lind <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/McCarthy=3ALaurie_Lind=3A=3A.html>   (1968) The structural continuum of Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria quartet.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This thesis is an examination of Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet, a “space-time continuum the structure and style of which are based on certain ideas arising from Einstein’s relativity proposition:  in particular, the indivisibility of space and time, and the unity of subject and object. Durrell believes that Einstein’s ideas have had a profound effect upon contemporary literatures. The Quartet is his exposition of these ideas. -- The first half of the thesis examines certain stylistic features, for example, symbol and image, tone, and presentation of character, since Durrell uses them all as means of achieving structural unity. The second half examines certain features which are predominantly structural, for example, overall organization, point of view, and use of time; and attempts to assess the ultimate importance to the Quartet of Einstein’s theory. -- Throughout the thesis, as throughout the Quartet, we see how the philosophical implications of the relativity proposition lead Darley, the Quartet’s narrator, away from seeking for truth in facts. Eventually he realizes that the type of truth relevant to the artist is not factual but intuitive, the truth found in what Durrell calls the world of “heraldic reality,” the world of myth and symbol.


identifier: Lye, Eugene Francis <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Lye=3AEugene_Francis=3A=3A.html>   (1974) The relative importance of the aerobic, anaerobic and efficiency components to a one minute maximum performance.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This study was done to determine the relationship of the following factors; -- (1) Anaerobic component -- (2) Efficiency component -- and (3) Aerobic component -- to a one minute maximum performance. -- The sample (N = 20) was subjected to two tests, a maximum, oxygen consumption test and a one minute maximum performance (MMP) test. In addition to these tests, age, height, weight and percentage body fat were obtained. -- All oxygen consumption and work values were expressed as ml. and Kgm respectively per Kg of body weight. Efficiency was defined as work done in Kgm/ml oxygen consumed. -- Spearman's rank correlation coefficients and t-tests for paired samples were employed in the statistical analysis of the data. Significant correlations ( at .01 level) were obtained for the relationships of oxygen debt and anaerobic work to the one minute maximum performance. Significant differences were found between aerobic and anaerobic work and between aerobic and anerobic efficiency. -- It was concluded that, (1) oxygen debt tends toward a positive relationship with MMP; (2) anaerobic work has a positive linear relationship with MMP; (3) ability to work anaerobically is more important to attaining a high MMP than ability to work aerobically; (4) Aerobic efficiency during MMP is significantly higher (.05 level) than anaerobic efficiency; and (5) all of the components - aerobic, anaerobic and efficiency, make some contribution to the MMP.


identifier: St. Croix, Mildred Frances <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/St=2E_Croix=3AMildred_Frances=3A=3A.html>   (1976) The influence of method of administration, sex of examiner and sex of subject on the reliability and validity of the Marianne Frostig Developmental test of visual perception.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the reliability of the Frostig Developmental Test of Visual Perception (FDTVP), the effects of the sex of examiner, the sex of examinee, and mode of administration. The FDTVP was administered by twenty examiners to 123 subjects stratified according to demography (rural or urban), sex (male or female), grade (I or II), and mode of administration (group or individual) in a test-retest design. Examiner sex/subject sex combinations were changed from one testing occasion to the other for each subject. Based on the results of a study of the inter-rater reliabilities, protocols were randomly assigned to four persons for scoring. -- Percentile rank distributions of the total sample verified that the mean scores obtained in this study were very high relative to the norms established by Frostig. -- The overall test-retest reliability of the FDTVP was lower than reported by Frostig. The test-retest reliability findings for the group administration were generally higher than those found for individual administrations. Grade II reliabilities were much lower than Grade I reliabilities. For Grade I, the group administration produced the higher reliabilities. -- The analysis of variance showed few differences for sex of subject, sex of examiner, and administration mode. In all cases, the raw scores for each subscale, and the sum of scaled scores were analyzed. The sex of subject was significant only for subscale I. For subscale IV, a significant two-way interaction was found for sex of subject and sex of examiner. For the same subscale a significant three way interaction was found for sex of subject, sex of examiner and administration mode. -- Findings suggest that Grade II reliabilities are too low to warrant any use of the test for diagnostic or remedial prescriptions. For Grade I children, the group setting is the indicated administration mode. In addition, all existing evidence on the validity of the FDTVP must be questioned because of the nature of the score distributions.


identifier: O'Dwyer, Bernard <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/O=27Dwyer=3ABernard=3A=3A.html>   (1974) The evolution of ablaut from Proto-Indo-European to the strong verbs of English.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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identifier: McLearon, William Mark <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/McLearon=3AWilliam_Mark=3A=3A.html>   (1973) Modification of problem-solving behavior of impulsive children.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This study was designed to assess the relative effectiveness of two verbal rehearsal techniques in modifying impulsive behavior of grade two subjects. Both techniques required rehearsing directions designed to facilitate solution of ongoing tasks by controlling impulsivity. One technique involved rehearsing the directions out loud during all six trials of a task; the other involved initial overt rehearsal followed by covert rehearsal over a six trial fading sequence. This latter technique is similar to Meichenbaum and Goodman's (1971) self-instructional guidance procedure. -- Short latencies and high error scores on the Matching Familiar Figures test were adopted as criteria for the selection of impulsive subjects. Forty chosen subjects were assigned to four groups comprising two experimental and two control groups each having five males and five females. One experimental group received the overt rehearsal training while the other received the covert (fading) practice. Both groups rehearsed while completing a variety of perceptual and cognitive tasks during three twenty-minute sessions. A control group and an attentional-control group provided estimates of baseline change. This latter group was given practice on the tasks, but did not receive the verbal rehearsal training. -- The overt and covert experimental methods effectively altered the impulsive response style by lengthening response latencies and decreasing error scores on the Matching Familiar Figures test. However, the predicted superiority of the overt method to the covert method was not substantiated. The significance of both these findings for educational purposes is discussed.


identifier: Young, Kwan-shong <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Young=3AKwan-shong=3A=3A.html>   (1968) Production of extracellular carbohydrates by the diatom, Cylindrotheca Fusiformis Reimann and Lewin var. Fusiformis.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The production of extracellular carbohydrate has been studied in the diatom, Cylindrotheca fusiformis Reimann & Lewin var. fusiformis, in bacteria-free culture. The concentration of extracellular carbohydrates was found to increase as the light intensity was decreased. An increase was also observed in connection with nitrogen-deficient cultures. Experiments indicated that extracellular carbohydrate production did not parallel the growth of the diatom. Higher levels of carbohydrate production were found during the early stages of growth and during the post-exponential phases. Carbohydrate production drop to a low level during the exponential phase of growth. The carbohydrates identified by thin layer chromatography were found to be the low molecular weight compounds: glucose, galactose, arabinose, xylose and galacturonic acid. It is suggested that the production of most of the extracellular carbohydrate may possibly be due to diffusion and to passive release from dead cells.


identifier: Grandy, Melvin Hubert <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Grandy=3AMelvin_Hubert=3A=3A.html>   (1974) Teacher initiative in curriculum development - a comparative study of the attitudes of Newfoundland teachers involved in Project Atlantic Canada and Newfoundland teachers not involved in Project Atlantic Canada.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purpose of this study was to provide empirical data about Newfoundland teachers who volunteered to work on curriculum development projects for Project Atlantic Canada (PAC). These teachers have been actively involved with Project Atlantic Canada (PAC) since September 1972. Specifically, comparisons were made between the Project Atlantic Canada (PAC) teachers and teachers who were not involved in Project Atlantic Canada (PAC). These comparisons focused on three suctions in a questionnaire (see Appendix B). Section A contained data related to certain personal and professional characteristics; Section B consisted of the Rokeach Dogmatism Scale, Form E, which measured the openness and closedness of the belief-disbelief systems of respondents; and Section C which consisted of the Curriculum Inventory. This instrument measured respondents in terms of their attitudes toward curriculum use and planning. -- The data in the study were obtained from a mailed questionnaire. The respondents were the twenty-five Project Atlantic Canada teachers and one hundred and twelve respondents in the control the non-PAC teachers. -- The non-Pac teachers were provided with information about Project Atlantic Canada (PAC) and asked if they would like to become involved at some future date. Some of the teachers in the control group volunteered (26%). They became the X₂ group in the study. Other teachers in the control group refused to become involved (42%). They became the X₃ group in the study.  For comparative purposed thirty-five teachers were randomly selected from the control group. They received no information about Project Atlantic Canada (PAC). Nor were they asked to make a decision about becoming involved. Twenty-eight (80%) of that group returned questionnaires and became the X₄ group in the study. The PAC teachers were the X₁ group in the study. -- The findings indicated that there was very little relationship between open and closed belief-disbelief systems and the decisions to become involved in curriculum development projects. -- It appeared that teachers who have been involved in curriculum development projects, such as Project Atlantic Canada, and teachers who would like to become involved have more positive attitudes toward curriculum use and planning than teachers who refuse to become involved.


identifier: Farrell, Thomas Joseph <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Farrell=3AThomas_Joseph=3A=3A.html>   (1973) The development of principles and strategies for treating and preventing reticence in high school students.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Many writers in both psychology and education--Rogers, Johnson, Maslow, Glasser--maintain that effective oral communication is essential for self-actualization, mental health, and acceptance in society. Unfortunately, however, a large portion of our society is unable to communicate orally when it wishes because their anxiety about the communication act outweighs or precludes the consideration of a successful performance. That is, a large section of society suffers from reticence. -- The main purpose of this thesis, then, is to examine the literature on oral communication, reticence, education, and psychology with a view to presenting principles and strategies for use in the high school classroom as a prevention and treatment of reticence. -- This examination is presented in five chapters. Chapter I serves as an introduction to the study and explains the purpose, design, and significance of the study. Chapter II reviews the literature on reticence, including definitions of reticence, the relationship between speech and personality, and possible causes of reticence. Such a review is necessary because it provides an understanding of reticence and the reticent person. In attempting to treat reticent students, one must consider what is known about those students. Therefore, Chapter III reviews the literature on the high school student--his physical, psychological, and intellectual development; his interests; and the influence of the peer group on him. Chapter IV presents the views and research of experts on self-concept. It presents various views of self-concept, shows how self-concept is developed and measured, and shows the relationship between self-concept and achievement. It also presents the manner in which self-concept can be changed. Finally, Chapter V presents a synthesis of the previous chapters, building the framework for the principles and strategies that follow.


identifier: Sanger, Chesley W. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Sanger=3AChesley_W=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1973) Technological and spatial adaptation in the Newfoundland seal fishery during the nineteenth century.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The Newfoundland seal fishery is an example of the exploitation of a biotic resource by man. In systems of this nature there are usually three components: the human element, the environmental setting and the resource itself. As the environment remained relatively constant throughout the nineteenth century the alterations that occurred in the original interrelationship established between these three elements could only have been initiated in the human component or in the resource. -- The renewability of the seal herds was essential to the continuance of the industry. Prior to the introduction of larger sailing vessels towards the end of the eighteenth century the Newfoundland seal fishery had been basically a landsman and small craft operation. The size of the sealing fleet and the number of personnel involved in the venture continued to increase throughout the first sixty years of the nineteenth century. Although there was a corresponding increase in the annual seal catch there was, after the early 1840s, an overall decline in the number of seals killed each year. It appears, therefore, that the sailing vessels had enabled the participants to over-exploit the resource to the detriment of the long-term prospects of the industry. -- This trend was reversed by the introduction of steam-powered vessels in 1865, enabling the human effort to become more efficient. This revitalization of the industry, however, was short-lived due to an apparent further downward readjustment in the seal stocks. In this instance it appears as if the introduction of more efficient technology was less effective in the long run than the less efficient technology it replaced, for when its full potential was realized the ability of the resource to renew itself was even further reduced. -- This new technology was vastly superior to the level of technology represented by the sailing vessels and consequently, entirely new methods and strategies were developed in the hunt which enabled the participants to optimise the advantages which the steamers offered. Subsequently, the character of the Newfoundland seal fishery was completely changed in terms of the on-ice activities, the average size of sealing crews, the total number of participants, the areas of the island represented by the owners, outfitters, masters and sealers, and also in the sharing arrangements between the companies, captains and ordinary sealers.


identifier: Yap, Beck-Yu <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Yap=3ABeck-Yu=3A=3A.html>   (1970) Phenylsulfoxyacetic acid : a potential ambident ligand.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Phenylsulfoxyacetic acid has been investigated as a potential ambident ligand.  The following inorganic derivatives have been synthesized:  bidentate chelated platinum(II) complexes of the type M(Pt(C₆H₅SOCH₂CO₂)Cl₂) where M = H⁺, K⁺, Cs⁺ ; bidentate chelated cadmium(II) complex (C₆H₅SOCH₂CO₂)₂Cd·2H₂O ; chlorine-bridged platinum(II) complex (Pt(C₆H₅SOCH₂CO₂H)Cl₂)₂ and a series of phenylsulfoxyacetates of general formula (C₆H₅SOCH₂CO₂)nM·xH₂O where M = Mg(II) , Ca(II), Ba(II), Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), Cd(II), Ag(I) and Hg(I), n = 1 or 2 and x = 0, 1, 2, or 3/2. -- Analytical data and several spectroscopic techniques have been used to help understand the chemistry of these compounds and to confirm proposed structures.  In all of the platinum(II) complexes, the sulfoxy group utilizes sulfur in bonding, while the cadmium(II) complex is O-bonded. In the series of phenylsulfoxyacetates studied here, the sulfoxy group remains uncoordinated.


identifier: MacPherson, Brian Roger <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/MacPherson=3ABrian_Roger=3A=3A.html>   (1974) Some aspects of the role of the central nervous system in controlling the reproductive cycle of the female amphipod Gammarus setosus Dementieva.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The various neuropiles and cellular glomeruli of the brain, suboesophageal ganglion and ventral ganglion chain were identified in Gammarus setosus Dementieva. Two types of neurosecretory cells, A and B, were present in the brain glomeruli, two in the glomeruli of the suboesophageal ganglion, A and A', and four in the glomeruli of the ventral ganglia, A, A', B and C, all based on perikaryon size. There were two types of neurosecretory granules in the cells of the brain glomeruli, type I were small, dense spheres 98-160 nm in diameter found only in the A cells, while the larger type II vesicles ranged from 195-815 nm, resembled mitochondria and were found in both A and B cells. The type I granules were Golgi-formed but the origin of the type II vesicles is uncertain, the possibilities being transformation of Golgi-formed multivesicular bodies (MVB), or mitochondrial fission and alteration of conformation. Accessory cephalic structures present in the anterior head region were the sinus gland, paired statocysts and a dorsal, medial, unpaired frontal organ. Production and release of neurosecretory material (NSM), was observed in the frontal organ neurons and they were divided into two types, I and II, based on the size of their secretory granules. Those of type I ranged from 1000-4500 nm in diameter, similar in morphology to the type II vesicles of the brain but larger, while the type II vesicles of the frontal organ neurons were 300-900 nm and Golgi-formed. The frontal organ appears to be a neurohemal organ with the NSM liberated through rupture of the cell membrane. The sinus gland contained variable amounts of NSM but release was not observed and no X organ was found. Morphological alteration of the follicular epithelium was noted before vitellogenesis begins and the hepatopancreas was indicated as a probable source of the vitellogenic materials. Decrease in photoperiod stimulates vitellogenesis in late summer and long photoperiods (14 hours light) prolong the ovarian cycle, while shorter ones (12 and 8 hours light) accelerate it respectively. Complete darkness resulted in successive cycles after resorption of the oocytes. The type I frontal organ neurons appear to release an ovary-inhibiting hormone while the role of the type II neurons is unknown. The secretions of the neurosecretory cells of the brain and ganglia also have an uncertain effect upon reproduction with evidence to support either a stimulatory or inhibitory effect dependent upon the type of release exhibited.


identifier: Andrews, Emir Anne <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Andrews=3AEmir_Anne=3A=3A.html>   (1975) The combined effects of dosage level and CS-UCS interval on the formation of one-trial poison-based aversions.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The main concern of the present research was to study the combined effects of UCS strength and CS - UCS delay on poison-based aversions using intubated saline as the UCS. One hundred and sixty male albino rats were used in a 4 X  5 (Concentration x Delay) factorial design experiment. Saline concentrations were 0.9%, 2.7%, 8.1% and 12.15% (w/v), while CS- UCS delays were 0.5, 1.5, 4.5, 13.5 and 24.0 hr. Each animal was intubated with one saline concentration at one delay following presentation of 0.5% (w/v) sodium saccharin. All Ss were 24 hr. water-deprived throughout the experiment except during the three recovery days following intubation. -- The results showed that all three experimental saline concentrations were effective (compared to isotonic saline control groups) in producing aversions at the three shortest CS - UCS delays on the first post-training preference test day. These aversions were of varying strengths and they extinguished at different rates. For example, aversions with the 12.15% solution were the strongest, those with the 8.1% solution the next strongest and those with the 2.7% solution the weakest. Extinction, measured in terms of the amount consumed on five successive test days, followed a similar pattern with the 12.15% groups extinguishing slowest and the 2.7% groups fastest. Gradients of aversions related to the CS - UCS interval were not quite so orderly in that the 0.5, 1.5 and 4.5 hr. groups all showed approximately the same level of aversion on the first test day. Moreover, no delay longer than 4.5 hr. led to a significant aversion at any of the saline concentrations used.


identifier: Mercer, M. C.(Malcolm Clarence) <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Mercer=3AM=2E_C=2E=28Malcolm_Clarence=29=3A=3A.html>   (1968) Systematics and biology of the sepiolid squids of the genus Rossia Owen, 1835 in Canadian waters with a preliminary review of the genus.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Collections comprising about 325 specimens of Rossia from the Canadian Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic are reported upon. -- The arctic-boreal R. palpebrosa, the type species, is redescribed and R. glaucopis, R. sublevis, R. hyatti, and R. papillifera are regarded as synonyms. The species is amphi-Atlantic. The boreal R. megaptera is redescribed from topotypic material and shown to be a valid species. As presently known it ranges from the Hudson Canyon to Davis Strait. R, molleri is shown to be an arctic endemic, the only such known cephalopod; a relict population was found in Hebron Fiord, Labrador. R. pacifica is the only species of the genus foiond off British Columbia; it is amphi- Pacific. Species excluded from the Canadian Atlantic fauna are R. caroli, an eastern Atlantic species, and R. tenera, a tropical-boreal species which ranges northwards only to Georges Bank. -- The subgenus (genus - some authors) Allorossia, since founded upon material (R. glaucopis) synonymous with the type species of Rossia, is left in the synonymy of Rossia. The subgenera Semirossia and Austrorossia are recognized. A total of l8 species are provisionally recognized for the genus. -- The gross morphology is briefly considered from a taxonomic aspect. Except for sucker size in some instances, indices of body proportions are of little taxonomic value. The most stable of the characters investigated are the structure of the club, funnel organ, anal papillae and palps and, particularly, the sexual characters of spermatophore and hectocotylus structure. -- Eggs ripen in small clusters and individual females spawn several times over a protracted season; ova counts ranged upwards to about 500. Females mature later and attain a larger size than the males. Feeding is principally on benthic Crustacea and small fish. A hemiurid trematode was found in the stomach and caecum of a few specimens.


identifier: O'Reilly, Henry Vincent <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/O=27Reilly=3AHenry_Vincent=3A=3A.html>   (1974) The development of a model information centre containing appropriate guidance materials for Newfoundland counsellors : a report.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The title, "Development of a Model Information Centre Containing Appropriate Guidance Materials for Newfoundland Counsellors", summarizes the general intention for developing the project. The writer developed an Information Centre containing occupational, educational, and personal-social information available in Newfoundland. Before actual collection of materials was conducted, surveys were developed to assess the need of such an undertaking. -- By conducting a survey of the province's guidance counsellors, evidence was found indicating that sources of information were not being utilized effectively by schools. A survey of the guidance supervisors in the other nine provinces pointed out that such undertakings were worthwhile in provinces where they were tried. Those provinces not having initiated such a project also acclaimed its worth. -- With this background information, the writer proceeded to collect the three types of information - 1) occupational, 2) educational, and 3) personal-social. Counsellors helped identify the occupational interest areas of students on the questionnaire. Recommended types of educational and personal-social information were taken from the literature. Using these types of information, the writer proceeded to contact in person or by letter any organizations or groups disseminating occupational, educational, or personal-social information. Each organization or group contacted was also asked questions about the cost and availability of their materials, the availability of resource people; and further sources of information. -- Once the information was collected; it was classified and displayed by using a system developed by modifying various approaches reported in the literature. After filing and classification of the materials, the model Information Centre was erected and displayed as an example of a centre that could be developed and used by counsellors throughout the province. -- To supplement the centre, an Information Service Packet was developed for counsellors. This was designed to help counsellors become aware of various guidance materials sources and pertinent information about organizations and groups in the province. The writer has encouraged the appropriate officials to have this packet reproduced and sent to all schools as a help in initiating or even updating sources for Information Services.


identifier: Rose, Robert James <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Rose=3ARobert_James=3A=3A.html>   (1974) Judgements of frequency with incidental learning.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Subjects were given a long list of words and required to carry out one of three tasks: (1) evaluate the "goodness" implied by a word; (2) code each word arithmetically according to the arbitrary values assigned to the vowels a, e, i, o, u, by the experimenter; (3) find a rhyme for each word. Within each list, the experimental words occurred 2, 3, or 5 times with spacings of 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 items between repetitions. In an unexpected judgment of frequency test given at the end of the initial task, it was found that the evaluation group had the highest mean judgment and was most accurate while the coding group had the lowest mean judgment. The rhyming group was not significantly different from the evaluation group on mean judgment of frequency nor from the coding group on accuracy. All double interactions among the 3 main factors were significant in the analysis of the judgment of frequency results. The effects of both presented frequency and spacing were least pronounced in the coding condition, while the frequency x spacing interaction was due to a more pronounced spacing effect at the frequency of 5 than at the two lower levels of frequency. -- The three groups differed among themselves in number of recognition errors, with the evaluation group making fewest errors and the coding group making most. The number of correct recognitions made by a subject correlated significantly with his judgment of frequency. The results require of any model for the memorial representation of event frequency that it include the effects of real frequency, level of processing, spacing, and the interactions among these. It is suggested that such a model would be of a multiple-process type with a concept of "derived strength" involved in the retrieval of information concerning event frequency and a concept of "list markers" involved in the effect of spacing.


identifier: Tremblett, Harold <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Tremblett=3AHarold=3A=3A.html>   (1973) Teacher and student perceptions regarding methodology in the teaching of the novel in high school.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This study is an investigation of teacher and student perceptions regarding methodology in the teaching of the high school novel. The data for the study were collected from the ninth, tenth, and eleventh grade students and their teachers in the area of Newfoundland designated as the Bonavista peninsula. This study seeks to answer questions related both to the classroom presentation of the novel and the activities preceding and succeeding this exercise. -- By means of questionnaires, the basic data for the study were collected from all twenty literature teachers on the Bonavista peninsula and from three hundred and eighty-six students. The students comprised eighteen literature classes which were randomly selected from a total population of forty-six classes. The data are analysed and presented in this report. -- The results of the study indicate that lecture and large group discussion were the classroom methods used most extensively to teach the novel. Both students and teachers rated these methods highly. Role-playing was selected by the students as their choice of the most popular method but this finding was partially rejected when additional evidence from the teachers strengthened the impression that role-playing had not been used to teach novels in these schools although it may have been used to teach plays. Large group discussion was selected by the students as the most helpful classroom method. -- In most cases each teacher prepared his unit on the novel individually. In general teachers concentrated solely on the classroom study of selected novels and did not structure a guided reading program to include novels. -- For evaluation the students preferred objective tests whereas the teachers indicated that they preferred to us essay tests. Most teachers used both class work and individual work to assess the progress of their students in the study of novels. Assignments were also used by most teachers. However, most teachers did not provide their students with study guides of any kin for the novel.


identifier: Flynn, Colin Joseph <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Flynn=3AColin_Joseph=3A=3A.html>   (1974) Policemen's definitions of the situation - an evaluation of a diploma program in law enforcement and community relations.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This is an exploratory study having as its aim an evaluation of the effects, if any, the community relations courses offered to members of the Newfoundland Constabulary through a Diploma Program In Law Enforcement and Community Relations have on the personal outlook and perspective of those policemen enrolled in the program.  The way thought best to assess these effects was to determine whether those enrolled in the Diploma Program have altered the traditional ways in which they define occupational situations in which they deal with the public. The sample for the study consisted of two groups drawn from the non-commissioned ranks of the Newfoundland Constabulary--an experimental group composed of those policemen enrolled in the Diploma Program, and a matched comparison group, composed of policemen as yet unfamiliar with the program. The participant observation technique, guided by Robert A. Stebbins' theory of the definition of the situation, and strengthened by a thirteen point questionnaire based on Stebbins' theory, was utilized to collect the data.  The analytic tool chosen was the method of constant comparison, an adaptive technique which compares the responses of the two groups to highlight their similarities and differences. -- The research took place in the summers of 1972 and 1973 immediately following the completion of the policemen's academic year. The 1972 research was primarily concerned with the development of preliminary categories and dimensions, with some preliminary comparisons being attempted.    The 1973 research, guided by the categories and dimensions isolated the previous year, became more methodologically refined and concise, leading to more detailed and comprehensive data comparisons. Such in depth analysis led to the development of detailed hypotheses for future verification.