title: Geographic variation in the effect of lodgepole pine characteristics on mountain pine beetle attacks and productivity in British Columbia.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 119

subject: Lodgepole pine -- Diseases and pests -- British Columbia.

subject: Mountain pine beetle -- British Columbia -- Geographic distribution.

subject: Insect populations -- Research -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: SB608.L6 C83 2009

abstract: The mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), is the most destructive bark beetle in mature lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. Ex Loud.var. latifolia Engelm.) forests in western Canada... The current outbreak in British Columbia is the largest in recorded history... Host factors and historic climate affecting attack dynamics and pupal chamber productivity of MPB on lodgepole pine were examined in southern and north central BC. Trees were felled and intensively sampled in fourteen pine-leading stands. A between-subjects two-by-two factorial ANOVA was conducted to analyze the effects of historic climate and biogeoclimatic subzone on MPB attack and productivity parameters. The effect of dbh on mean gallery start densities was not different between regions, while mean pupal chamber density was significantly higher in areas of historically low climatic suitability than in areas with historically high climatic suitability. Results indicate that north central trees are more suitable for pupal chamber production than southern. Lack of selection pressure in areas of low climatic suitability for mountain pine beetle may be the explanation for this relationship.

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title: Noise reduction for face identification in videos

type: Text thesis

contributor: University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)

format:
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Number of pages in document: 72

subject: Optical pattern recognition.

subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.

subject: Women in literature.

subject: TA1650 .H37 2015

abstract: The wealth of information extracted from a sequence of frames in a video provides samples of the subject in different illuminations, head poses, and facial expressions. However, various sources can impose noise on data (e.g., occlusion, low resolution, and face detection failures). In this thesis, a novel framework is proposed that employs the well-studied concepts in quantum probability theory to design a representation structure capable of making inferences with multiple sources of uncertainty. The dual extension of this framework is aimed at reducing the effect of noisy frames in a video. It is also used to guide the sampling process in a novel learning scheme, called specialization generalization, which is designed to support efficient learning, as well as neutralizing the effect of noisy samples in the identification process. The contributions of this thesis are not method-specific and can be utilized for enhancement of other face identification approaches in the literature. --Leaf i.

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title: Image quality and forgery detection copula-based algorithms

contributor: Hammad, Radwa Abdelwahab Mohamed (author)

format:
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Number of pages in document: 87

subject:
Copulas (Mathematical statistics)
Dreams -- Theraputic use.
QA273.6 .H36 2016

abstract: Copula functions are important tools to investigate dependence structure between random variables. There are many copulas such as: Gaussian, Marshall-Olkin, Clayton, and Frank copulas. Although, copulas have been used in finance, oceanography, and hydrology, they have been applied in limited applications in the image processing field. In this thesis, copulas are applied to calculate the mutual information of two images, which in turn is used to measure image quality of a targeted image and also used to detect copy-move forgery in images. The proposed algorithms introduce new alternatives for existing image quality assessment and forgery detection methods. These algorithms are easy to use and highly accurate. The results for our image quality assessment algorithm are comparable or better than those of established methods in the literature, while the results for our image forgery detection algorithm are accurate even after applying different manipulation and post-processing techniques on the forged images. --Leaf ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b2140997


title: Initial investigation into using a two-level regional voting approach for face verification.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 58

subject: Human face recognition (Computer science)

subject: Biometric identification -- Research.

subject: Image processing -- Digital techniques.

subject: Face perception -- Automation.

subject: Optical pattern recognition.

subject: TA1650 .M3 2010

abstract: Face verification is defined as a person whose identity is claimed a priori will be compared with the person's individual template in database, and then the system checks whether the similarity between pattern and template is sufficient to provide access. In this thesis we introduce a new procedure of face verification with an embedding Electoral College framework, which has been applied successfully in face identification. The approaches are evaluated by experiments on benchmark face databases applying the Electoral College framework embedded with standard baseline PCA algorithm and newly developed algorithm S-LDA. The results demonstrate that the proposed face verification systems improve the performance of these holistic algorithms. --P. i.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1659524


title: Characterization of regional air temperature and precipitation and its relationship to shallow groundwater resources in the ancient forest, British Columbia.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 103

subject: Groundwater -- Research -- British Columbia -- Prince George Region.

subject: Old growth forests -- British Columbia -- Prince George Region.

subject: Atmospheric temperature -- British Columbia -- Prince George Region.

subject: Precipitation (Meteorology) -- British Columbia -- Prince George Region.

subject: GB1030.B8 K58 2015

abstract: In the Inland Temperate Rainforest (ITR) of northeastern British Columbia, nearly 50% of the annual precipitation falls as snow. Persistence of soil moisture has implications for tree species survival and snowmelt is a vital component of the soil moisture regime in the ITR. Presented in this study are hydrometeorological data from 1 November 2011 to 31 August 2012 from two sites, the Ancient Forest and Lunate Creek, 110 km east of Prince George, British Columbia and are compared to the 1981-2010 climate norms at Prince George Airport. Shallow groundwater, surface water, and seasonal precipitation were collected for isotopic analysis to identify moisture sources for shallow groundwater. Soil moisture and shallow groundwater had minimal response to rainfall, but snowmelt comprises 40% of shallow groundwater. With changes in climate indicating a phase shift from snow to rain, the snowmelt contribution to groundwater, and thus available soil moisture, has the potential to diminish. --Leaf ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b2006839


title: The nature of public health nursing practice:  Finding coherence in complexity.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 162

subject:
Public health nursing.
Public health.
RT97 .U57 2001

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1223357


title: The realities of a group of young adults after aging out of foster care in northern British Columbia.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 93

subject: Young adults -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Ex-foster children -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: HQ799.8.C32 B864 2013

abstract: Youth age out of the foster care system in British Columbia when they reach 19 years old. At this time, young adults are no longer eligible for many of the services and supports they received while in foster care. This qualitative study explored the experiences and realities of six former youth in care. Content analysis and a deductive approach were used to analyze the data, identifying manifest and latent themes. The findings of the study identified various struggles for the participants, while they were in foster care, and after leaving foster care. Challenges that this group have faced after aging out of care include: lack of stable housing, insufficient food, lack of education, substance abuse, and unemployment. Recommendations derived from the interviews were identified to improve service planning and provision for youth aging out of care. --Leaf iii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1863446


title: Footsteps amongst the berries: the ecology and fire history of traditional Gitsxan and Wet'suwet'en huckleberry sites

format:
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Number of pages in document: 204

subject: Vegetation management -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Prescribed burning -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Huckleberries -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Fire ecology -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Gitksan Indians -- Agriculture.

subject: Wet'suwet'en Indians -- Agriculture.

subject: SB106.V43 T78 2002

abstract: This is a multidisciplinary study of first Nations environmental management using landscape burning. Five Gitxsan and Wet'suwet'en traditional black huckleberry (Vaccinium membranaceum) gathering areas were sampled for ecological, cultural and fire history attributes. The sites were divided into three elevation categories (400-700m, 701-1000m, 1001 +m) for the purposes of analysis. Low elevation sites were located on cool (NE) aspects, while middle and high elevation sites were on warm (SW) aspects. Low and middle elevation sites had relatively even terrain and moderate to steep slopes, while high elevation sites were characterized by rolling, upland plateaus. All sites were predominantly mesic to submesic with medium to poor nutrient status. Higher elevation sites were most variable with a broader ecological niche occupied by black huckleberry. Fire history sampling indicated that fires had been much more frequent on these sites than the benchmark values of the "natural" fire regimes. Most sites exhibited little evidence of previous forest conditions, and in all cases huckleberry production was nonexistent at present due to competition from fire sensitive species. Successional patterns were variable at middle and low elevations with both trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) and western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) dominated stands occupying similar site types. It is postulated that the characteristics of recent fire events and the availability of abundant hemlock seed are important determinants of post-fire succession on these sites. The Gitxsan and Wet'suwet'en managed several specific site types for black huckleberry, a strategy that would both extend the effective harvest period and mitigate against crop failure in any particular locale. Landscape burning of black huckleberry patches was an environmental management tool, which promoted predictability and reliability in this patchy resource that was critically important to the subsistence, commercial and cultural lives of both the Wet'suwet'en and the Gitxsan.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1223355


title: Trafficked women/fractured women:  Russian women surviving in the 'new global order'.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 150

subject:
Women -- Russia -- Social conditions.
Women -- Employment -- Russia.
Russia -- Economic conditions.
HQ1665.15 .D74 2003

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1242158


title: Memory, identity, typology: An interdisciplinary reconstruction of Vlach ethnohistory.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 188

subject: Aromanians -- Europe, Eastern -- History.

subject: Ethnology -- Europe, Eastern.

subject: Ethnology -- Balkan Peninsula.

subject: Balkan Peninsula -- History.

subject: DJK28.A76 B64 2011

abstract: This thesis seeks to provide a detailed account of the ethnogenesis and ethnohistory of the Vlachs of southeastern Europe, using Anthony Smith's theory of the origins of nation and Mircea Eliade's concept of mythical scenario to theorize Vlach origins. The thesis also argues that the historical structure that enabled Vlach ethnogenesis was the Roman frontier army of comitatenses. It will be argued that these mobile troops, relying also on herding for their subsistence, after the fall of the Roman Empire, became the Vlach population and that the identity of this nascent ethnie was buttressed by a mythical scenario, the cult of the military saints. This is the cultural history of a Diaspora that never had a state - archaic, medieval or modern - yet left an indelible mark on the history and culture of the Balkans and lands farther afield. --P. 4.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1754771


title: Oil, environment, and insecurity: a case study of oil production-related environmental insecurity in Nigeria's Niger Delta region

format:
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Number of pages in document: 131

subject: Petroleum industry and trade -- Nigeria -- Niger River Delta.

subject: Resuscitation.

subject: Nurse and patient.

subject: Family nursing.

subject: HD9577.N62 U34 2013

abstract: Oil provides huge economic benefits to oil companies and oil-producing countries however, oil production can have multiple adverse effects on the environment which in turn can affect people's lives. This problem appears to be most severe in oil-producing developing countries. In Nigeria, oil production has resulted in serious environmental damage and violent conflicts (which I refer to as environmental insecurity ). Why? In this research, I investigated the causal link between oil production and environmental insecurity in the Niger Delta using Thomas Homer-Dixon's well-known environmental security model. Data for use with the model derives from textual material and interviews. My findings and synthesis of results from the literature show that adverse environmental impacts, together with regulatory failure by the Nigerian government and exploitative practices by oil companies, led to a decrease in the supply of natural resources in the region (land, crops, forests, freshwater, fishing waters and fish), which in turn led to constrained economic productivity that, in some instances, precipitated violent conflict in the Niger Delta. Corruption and lack of enforcement were predominant factors explaining the failure of intervention measures designed to prevent violent conflict. --Leaf ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1861075


title: Assessing cumulative impacts of forest development on the abundance and distribution of furbearers.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 142

subject: Fur-bearing animals -- Effect of habitat modification on -- British Columbia, Central Interior.

subject: Forests and forestry -- Environmental aspects -- British Columbia, Central Interior.

subject: SF403.5.C2 B75 2015

abstract: Furbearer populations across the central-interior of British Columbia, Canada, are exposed to the cumulative impacts of landscape change, particularly as a result of forest harvesting. I elicited knowledge from furbearer experts to develop habitat models for three furbearer species: fisher (Pekania pennanti), Canada lynx (Lynx Canadensis), and American marten (Martes americana), and applied the models to reference landscapes to quantify changes in habitat availability and quality from 1990 to 2013. Where forest harvesting was extensive, the models predicted substantial declines in habitat for each focal species. I used trapping records and negative binomial count models to investigate the relationship between habitat change and population abundance of lynx and marten. The top-ranked count models identified combinations of trapping effort, trapline area, and habitat availability and quality as having significantly positive effects on capture success. These results demonstrate the utility of expert knowledge for studying cumulative impacts of landscape change on furbearers. --Leaf ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b2006850


title: Information privacy in the British Columbia health care system: issues and challenges

contributor: McAllister, Mary Louise (Thesis advisor)

format:
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Number of pages in document: 149

subject: Privacy, Right of -- British Columbia.

subject: Confidential communications -- Physicians -- British Columbia.

subject: Medical ethics -- British Columbia.

subject: Medical records -- Access control -- British Columbia.

subject: Medical records -- Law and legislation -- British Columbia.

subject: KEB424.8.R4 C58 1996

abstract: This thesis investigates the challenges to the protection of privacy in the health care field and the regulatory response by the government of British Columbia to legislate information and privacy rights. Recent social, political, economic and technological developments all pose potential threats to privacy. An examination of the privacy literature demonstrates that the subject of privacy has captured the attention of many disciplines. Furthermore, the legal, philosophical, political and socio-cultural literature suggests diverse views exist about the definition and value of privacy. Nevertheless, in Canada and other western countries, privacy is considered an important value in a liberal democratic state. Specifically, "information privacy" where individuals have some control over the dissemination of personal information is a subject which has been gaining salience on the public agenda over the past thirty years. In response to the modem welfare state's expanding data banks of personal information and the proliferation of computerization, several western democracies have enacted data protection policies. A comparative examination of data protection policies highlights different approaches to the protection of privacy in the United States and Canada. The government of British Columbia drew from these experiences and enacted stronger data protection legislation. The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIPP) Act gave the Information and Privacy Commissioner regulatory powers to overturn government decisions and to issue binding orders. Privacy of health information is an important data protection issue. Traditionally, the medical relationship was confidential and free from third party interference. A critical survey of theories in the health literature describes the physician-patient relationship and information control. The proliferation of information within society increases the need to control and to limit the use of personal health records. Three trends in the health care field challenge the traditional professional relationship between the physician and the patient. First, the status of the physician changes as more individuals and organizations gain access to patient information. Moreover, consumers of health services demand more information from physicians. Second, the multi-disciplinary approach to health care delivery requires the exchange and sharing of information among health care professionals. Researchers and public health officers require identifiable patient information to conduct studies and to protect public health. Third, government agencies request more information from the health care sector and recipients of social benefits. The information is used to regulate and control the publicly funded health care system. The provision of hospital insurance, medicare and other health care insurance programs entails the collection of large quantities of information. A variety of technologies including the Pharmanet computerized drug information system and card technologies provide administrative data and permit the sharing of health information among government agencies and health care professionals. Some critics and advocates suggest the new technologies reduce privacy further and increase the potential for a "surveillance society." An examination of the policy literature, parliamentary debates and interviews with members of the policy community promoting information rights in British Columbia demonstrates that privacy is important both politically and symbolically. An assessment of the FOIPP Act and interviews with hospitals and self-governing professional bodies suggest patients and organizations have benefited from the legislative changes. The statutory requirements of the Act present some challenges to the financial and organizational resources of hospitals and self-governing professional bodies. A study of the health policy environment and the protection of privacy highlights a number of important trends in Canada. These include: the increasing legislative and judicial protection of privacy rights, the emerging patient rights movement, the regulatory challenge for governments to balance the right to privacy with the need to provide efficient and effective services using information technologies and the influential role of the policy community in the field of data protection.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1151449


title: An investigation of Douglas-fir leave-tree mortality in the sub-boreal spruce zone:  A temporal assessment of water relations under pre and postharvest conditions.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 147

subject: Douglas fir -- Nutrition -- British Columbia.

subject: Douglas fir -- British Columbia -- Growth.

subject: Douglas fir -- Spacing -- British Columbia.

subject: Douglas fir -- Ecology -- British Columbia.

subject: SD397.D7 R64 2006

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1325911


title: Standing in the way of control: Me + third-wave feminism.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 140

subject: Third-wave feminism.

subject: Women -- Social conditions -- 21st century.

subject: HQ1155 .O45 2009

abstract: This thesis is an example of what happens when a young feminist from a background in community organizing, zine-ing, crafting, and resistance chooses to go to grad school to pursue her nerdy passion: third-wave feminism. Overarching narratives include making space for third-wave feminism in the academy, struggling with the dichotomous/wave framing of contemporary feminist movements, first voice vs. scientific knowledge, and what theory looks like in practice (because, really, you can't have one without the other). --P.ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1674808


title: Bear viewing in the K'tzim-a-deen inlet: Effects on grizzly bear behaviour and visitor perceptions of impact.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 200

subject: Wildlife viewing sites -- Management -- British Columbia -- Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary.

subject: Grizzly bear -- Effect of human beings on -- British Columbia -- Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary.

subject: Grizzly bear -- Behavior -- British Columbia -- Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary.

subject: Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary (B.C.) -- Management.

subject: Bear watching -- British Columbia -- Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary.

subject: QL60 .E43 2008

abstract: Wildlife viewing has positive economic impacts for communities, but potentially negative impacts for wildlife. I researched boat-based, bear-viewing tourism in the K'tzim-a-deen Inlet by: 1) investigating grizzly bear behavioural reactions to boats, and 2) assessing visitor satisfaction and perceptions of impact. I observed a high degree of variation within and among bears in response to vessels. Paired t-tests and Kruskal-Wallis analyses revealed increases in vigilance and traveling for some individual bears while other bears showed no significant behavioural changes. Visitor satisfaction with bear viewing was high and attributable to bear related aspects of the tour. Visitors perceived mainly positive impacts of tourism related to increased knowledge and awareness, which would lead to support of bear conservation efforts. Based on data from bear behaviour and visitor surveys, I provide 13 recommendations for area management. Management plans should prioritize grizzly bear conservation and minimize potential habitat displacement events, while maintaining visitor satisfaction.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1434921


title: An analysis of multi-model ensemble for seasonal climate predictions.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 77

subject: Long-range weather forecasting -- Mathematical models.

subject: Climatic changes -- Forecasting.

subject: QC997 .Y36 2011

abstract: In this study, the superiorities of the super ensemble for seasonal climate prediction are investigated based on the 500mb geopotential height (GPH500) hindcasts produced by four Canadian seasonal climate prediction models. The investigations are cared out mainly in two aspects: i) a comprehensive evaluation of predictions for each grid over the global domain by the deterministic, probabilistic and potential prediction skill measures 2) the Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) and Maximum Signal-to-Noise (MSN) EOF analyses in the northern hemisphere (NH). It is found that improvements of the super ensemble are mainly due to the increase of ensemble size in the med-high latitudes, and the offsets of model uncertainties in the tropical regions. Measures of temporal correlation coefficient (COOR), the relative root mean square error (RRMSE), reliability (REL) are more affected by the ensemble size whereas resolution (RES) is sensitive to the offsets of model uncertainties. In addition, the super ensemble shows advantages in both EOF and MSN EOF analyses. The contributions of the sea surface temperature anomaly (SSTA) to the seasonal mean climate predictability are closely related to El Nińo-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) forcing. --P. ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1740947


title: Pain expression in mild cognitive impairment: Its relation to frontal lobe involvement in non-verbal pain expression.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 71

subject:
Mild cognitive impairment.
Pain -- Measurement.
Pain perception.
Pain in old age.
RC523 .K53 2014

abstract: Background/Purpose: Pain is prevalent and often undertreated in elderly individuals suffering from cognitive impairments. Interestingly, such individuals may actually show an increase in facial expressions of pain. The reasons for this are unclear, but may possibly relate to disinhibition due to frontal lobe impairment. It was hypothesized that elderly individuals who suffer from mild cognitive impairments (MCI) would display higher levels of pain expression than normal controls, particularly if they have deficits in frontal lobe functioning. Methods: A sample of elderly individuals were recruited from the community and labeled as MCI' if they scored <26 on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Task (MoCA). A comparison sample (control group) consisted of individuals scoring '~\u202226 on this test. Facial expressions were videotaped and then rated and scored for pain intensity at the time of an influenza vaccination and participants were subsequently questioned regarding their subjective experience of the painful stimulus. They also underwent neuropsychological testing of frontal lobe functions (in particular, executive functioning) including the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), Stroop Test, and verbal fluency testing. Social inhibition was assessed through a self-disclosure interview. Results: There were 58 participants ranging in age from 56 to 92 yrs (M=69.7 SD=8.3). Of this group, 34 met criteria for MCI based on MoCA scores (i.e., MCI group) while 24 did not (control group). There were no significant differences between the two groups with respect to facial expressions of pain, subjective reports of pain, nor social inhibition scores. While executive functioning was relatively impaired in the MCI group, the degree of impairment did not correlate with facial expressions of pain not with social inhibition scores. Conclusion: Contrary to expectations, no significant differences were found between participants identified as having MCI and normal controls in their facial expressions of pain post-im

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1976993


title: What Parents Feel They Need: Parents' Experiences with Parent Support Services in Prince George.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 128

subject: Parents -- Services for -- British Columbia -- Prince George.

subject: Family social work -- British Columbia -- Prince George.

subject: Parenting -- Study and teaching -- British Columbia -- Prince George.

subject: HQ755.7 .T53 2010

abstract: Using hermeneutic phenomenology, this study explores parents' lived experiences with parent support services in Prince George. Parents participated in face to face interviews where they were asked to share their experiences regarding the strengths, weaknesses, barriers to participation, inclusion of culture, program delivery and recommendations for future improvements to parent support services. While parents expressed gratitude for parent support services, results suggested: the need for more flexibility within program implementation the importance of peer support and that parental involvement in parent support service development, implementation and evaluation is crucial to successful outcomes. Data representing the parent voice provided rich and innovative ideas that serve to advance research associated with the lived experiences of parents accessing parent support services, while also encouraging change in the development, implementation, and evaluation of parent support services. --P.ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1677172


title: Effectiveness of British Columbia's environmental assessment policy for First Nations' participation in mine development

format:
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Number of pages in document: 143

subject: Mines and mineral resources -- Environmental aspects -- British Columbia.

subject: Environmental impact analysis -- British Columbia.

subject: Mineral industries -- Environmental aspects -- British Columbia.

subject: Indians of North America -- British Columbia.

subject: Mining law -- British Columbia.

subject: HC79.E5 M33 1999

abstract: Historically, First Nations\u2019 participation in mine development in British Columbia has been minimal. More recently, mine developments in First Nations\u2019 traditional territories have created conflict between mine corporations and First Nations\u2019 communities. The focus of this research is to determine: British Columbia\u2019s environmental assessment (EA) policy effectiveness for First Nations\u2019 participation in three cases of mine development; what impact the proclamation of the Environmental Assessment Act had on EA policy effectiveness; and, provide recommendations to improve British Columbia\u2019s EA policy effectiveness for First Nations\u2019 participation in mine development. Methods used include a literature review, post-hoc analysis, community observation, and comparative analysis to answer the research questions. Policy effectiveness for each case is determined with an analysis framework that examines efficacy from a practice, performance, proficiency, and purpose perspective. When combined, the four perspectives yield a measurement of overall policy effectiveness. The results of this study indicate that of the three cases of EA, none attained overall policy effectiveness for First Nations\u2019 participation. This is due to non-achievement of principles or objectives within each of the practice, performance, and transactive perspectives examined. The impact of the proclamation of British Columbia\u2019s Environmental Assessment Act on policy effectiveness was most readily seen within the performance perspective. Legislating First Nations to sit on the Project Committee helped towards the achieving of performance objectives. The study concludes with recommendations, based on the case study results, to improve British Columbia\u2019s EA policy effectiveness for First Nations\u2019 participation in mine development.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1202746


title: Local and geographic variation in the pheromone blend of the spruce beetle, Dendroctonus Rufipennis Kirby (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

contributor: University of Northern British Columbia College of Science and Management (Degree granting institution)

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 78

abstract: The use of aggregation and anti-aggregation pheromones by spruce beetles has enabled the development of synthetic lures and repellants for monitoring and management purposes. However, the successful application of these tools across the spruce beetle’s large range may be stymied by geographic variation in the beetle’s response to and production of pheromone blends. Furthermore, a relative lack of published data on spruce beetle pheromone dynamics and regional pheromone variation may impede further research and the development of improved lures. Here I provide quantitative measurements of pheromone blends from spruce beetles obtained from numerous sites across Canada. I provide new evidence of geographic variation between the pheromone blends of beetles from eastern and western Canada, as well as within British Columbia and Alberta. I also show that feeding appears to be a prerequisite for pheromone production by spruce beetles, and that females transition from producing an aggregation pheromone... .

abstract: spruce beetle


title: Chemical synthesis of two repeat units corresponding to the backbone of the pectic polysaccharide Rhamnogalacturonan I.

subject:
Plant cells and tissues -- Research.
Polysaccharides -- Synthesis.
Plant cell walls.
Plant molecular biology.
QK725 .R45 2006

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1304356


title: Social workers: does class matter

format:
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Number of pages in document: 74

subject: Women social workers -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Social service -- Vocational guidance.

subject: Social workers -- Self-rating of.

subject: Class consciousness.

subject: HV40.46 .C65 1998

abstract: In the social work literature, class issues have been described within the context of persons who are currently poor and or poor working class. However, this literature is silent on class issues relating to the experience of poverty. This was particularly evident with regard to women who grew up in poor, working class homes and chose social work as a profession, which was my research interest. This descriptive phenomenological study using a feminist epistemology explores the lived experience of five social workers who grew up in poor, working class homes. Descriptive information was generated through face to face audio taped interviews. All of the women held either a Masters or Bachelor of Social Work degree and worked and lived in northern British Columbia. From the analysis of the descriptive data, six significant themes were identified: women social workers from poor, working class backgrounds learned how to fit into the middle class by being very good observers of behaviour; they felt a sense of alienation from family and friends because of their current class position; conversely, they still did not feel that they belonged to the middle class; they did not quite believe that they deserved what they have accomplished; they felt that they have had to work extra hard to achieve their current status; and they recognized at least one person as a significant role model who influenced their lives. This study did not generalize to all social workers who grew up in poor, working class backgrounds. However, it did give voice to the experiences of the women in this study and may resonate for other women who have shared the experience of crossing class borders.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1191873


title: Exploring kinship care: A newly recognized age-old practice.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 163

subject: Kinship care -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Child caregivers -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Child welfare -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Native children -- Care -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Foster home care -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: HV745.B8 B87 2009

abstract: This study explores the experiences of kinship caregivers in the North Region of British Columbia, paying particular attention to what those experiences tell us about their needs. It utilizes an exploratory case study design, using three sources of data: interviews with kinship caregivers, interviews with social workers, and file reviews. It looks at the types of children that are in kinship care and the types of families that provide kinship care. This study also explores the thoughts and experiences of the social workers who are facilitating kinship care placements. It closes with recommendations on changes in practice around kinship care as well as ideas around areas for future study.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1602737


title: The Experiences of Street Involved Youth Living in the North.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 179

subject: Street youth -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Homeless youth -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: HV4510.B8 G46 2011

abstract: This research explored the experiences of eight street involved youth living in north central, British Columbia using a narrative approach. The analysis was carried out using a three phase analysis based on the approach developed by Lieblich, Tuval-Mashiach, and Zilber (1998). The narratives represented the holistic experiences of the youth and the meanings they attached to their experiences. The themes that emerged from the data were organized into five main categories that represented the participants' experiences prior to street life, the challenges associated with being on the streets, supports, personal qualities, and moving on. Three metathemes were interpreted from the narratives: Trauma, Coping, and the Essence of Living. --P. ii.

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title: Sex-role beliefs of children exposed to wife abuse.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 117

subject:
Children of abused wives.
Mother and child.
Wife abuse.
Child mental health.
Sex role.
HV6626.23.C2 K46 1998

abstract: No abstract available.

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title: A multi-scale analysis of forest structure and vertebrate diversity.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 181

subject: Forest animals -- Habitat -- British Columbia.

subject: Vertebrates -- Habitat -- British Columbia.

subject: Species diversity.

subject: Vertebrates -- Ecology.

subject: QL112 .P79 2006

abstract: No abstract available.

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title: Treatment of organic pollutants from pulp mill wastewaters using Fenton's oxidation process.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 81

subject:
Wood-pulp industry -- Waste disposal.
Water -- Purification -- Oxidation.
TD899.W65 P66 2015

abstract: Pulp mill wastewater is essentially characterized by the presence of toxic organic and inorganic pollutants, and the industry is faced with the challenge of effectively removing these compounds before final disposal. In this study, the use of Fenton’s oxidation and its effectiveness in removing chemical oxygen demand (COD) and color from the pulp mill wastewaters was investigated. The study was conducted in two parts. In the first part, optimization of the various operating conditions for the process was conducted for COD removal. Different values of pH (2 to 6), temperature (30 to 50°C), H₂O₂ (0.1M to 6M), and Fe²⁺ (0.02M to 0.5M) were used. The second part involves the application of the Fenton’s process in treating different wastewaters obtained from 3 kraft pulp mills. Results obtained from the entire study indicated that the Fenton oxidation process is an effective treatment method for this type of wastewater as it enhances the efficiency of COD and color removal. Overall, this process can be considered effective as a pre-treatment and post treatment method.

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title: Negotiating the production of space in Tl'azt'en Territory, 1969-1984

subject: Tl'azt'en Indians -- Land tenure.

subject: Tl'azt'en Indians -- Claims.

subject: Tl'azt'en Indians -- British Columbia, Northern -- Government relations.

subject: Tl'azt'en Indians -- History -- 19th century.

subject: Tl'azt'en Indians -- History -- 20th century.

subject: Carrier Indians -- History -- 19th century.

subject: Carrier Indians -- History -- 20th century.

subject: E99.T17 M67 1999

abstract: Henri Lefebvre has suggested that through social practices which visualize, administer, and use lands and resources, a society produces the space in which it operates. He emphasized the heterogeneity of social space and argued that it is a group's political power which determines its ability to influence the production of space. Historical geographers have described the means by which Europeans created new geographies in British Columbia, but little attention has been paid to the role Native people may have played in the production of space. There is a need to recognize pre- and post-contact Native spatiality and its influence on the legal and social spaces of British Columbia. Prior to the arrival of Europeans in central British Columbia, the territory of the Tl'azt'en people was a social and political landscape. Gradually Euro-Canadian visualization, administration and uses of land and resources were superimposed on Tl'azt'en space. Yet Tl'azt'en spatiality was never totally erased. As a result, Tl'azt'en territory can neither be viewed as a space which reflects purely the Tl' azt'en, nor purely the EuroCanadian, production of space. Instead the territory is made up of shared spaces and hybrid spaces which resulted from the interaction of Tl' azt' en and Euro-Canadian societies. The Tl'azt'en's ability to influence the production of space varied with their political power but never completely disappeared. The potential continued to exist for Tl ' azt' en spatiality to influence the production of space in their territory if they gained more political power. The social processes involved in the production of space are perhaps most visible when two parties are negotiating the allocation and management of lands and resources. In the 1970s the Tl' azt'en were engaged in negotiations with the Pacific Great Eastern/British Columbia Railway and the Provincial Government over the construction of a railway through their traditional territory. The Tl' azt'en used their Indian Reserve rights and threats of blockades to create a political space in which they could engage the Government in negotiations over the administration of lands and resources in their territory. The parties reached an agreement by which the Tl'azt'en acquired thirty-five new reserves and a Tree Farm License. Through these negotiations Tl'azt'en social and economic goals were inscribed to a significant degree within the spatial organization of the territory. Like current treaty negotiations, the negotiations between the Provincial Government and the Tl' azt' en in the 1970s involved compromises by both parties, and resulted in the creation of new hybrid social spaces which reflected the goals and strategies of both groups.

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title: Conversational styles and personality characteristics in women's close friendships and acquaintance relationships.

subject:
Female friendship.
Women -- Psychology.
Conversation.
Personality.
BF575.F66 B66 2005

abstract: Fourteen women engaged in two separate conversations (one with a close friend and one with an acquaintance) and discussed two topics with different task demands (shared similarities magnified by discussing memories the conversational partners share; differences magnified by discussing revealed differences of opinions between conversational partners). Audio taped conversations were coded for conversational turn-taking behaviors such as overlaps, simultaneous speech and successful interruptions. Speakers used a conversational style that included more overlaps and simultaneous speech when conversational partners' shared similarities were magnified than when conversational partners' differences were magnified. Additionally, compared to the women partners in the conversations with the acquaintances, the conversational style between women partners in the close friend conversations was more similar in terms of fast-paced turn-taking (i.e., overlaps). There was no relationship found between conversational behaviorsand personality characteristics (i.e., extraversion).

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title: Experiences of medical advisors in the workers' compensation system in British Columbia.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 145

subject: Work capacity evaluation -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Workers' compensation -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Disability evaluation -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: RC963.4 .A76 2006

abstract: No abstract available.

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title: The Tahltan Nation and our consultation process with mining industry: How a land use plan might improve the process.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 162

subject: Tahltan Indians -- Land tenure.

subject: Land use -- British Columbia, Northern -- Planning.

subject: Mineral industries -- British Columbia.

subject: E99.T12 C74 2011

abstract: First Nations' participation in resource development projects is continuously changing. Some would argue that it is improving the situation for First Nations and their communities, while others would argue that First Nations still lack meaningful decision-making regarding the land on which we live. This thesis focuses on ways in which First Nations, more specifically the Tahltan First Nation, might improve consultation processes with government, industry, as well as internal consultation between leadership and membership. In undertaking this research, I show the Tahltan how a completed First Nation (Heiltsuk Nation) land use plan might raise and address the kinds of issues being discussed in Tahltan communities. My hope is that this research will better inform the Tahltan, and potentially other First Nations, on the role and the potential benefits of a land use plan. --P. 2.

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title: Machine learning techniques for discrimination of mental activities.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 107

subject:
Machine learning.
Machine learning -- Research.
Q325.5 .T38 2005

abstract: No abstract available.

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title: Development of fuzzy multi-criteria decision analysis approach for contaminated site management.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 158

subject: Hazardous waste site remediation -- Research -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Hazardous waste site remediation -- Evaluation.

subject: Hazardous waste site remediation -- Decision making.

subject: TD1060 .R34 2008

abstract: Selection of a proper remediation alternative is an important task in the decision making process of contaminated site management. The number of available remediation alternatives is increasing over the years as a result of perpetual development in scientific research. Decision makers face a confounded situation to select the best acceptable alternative by satisfying various preferences of different stakeholders (e.g., industry, government, public_. In this research, a fuzzy multi-criteria decision analysis (FMCDA) approach was developed. Since most information available in the decision making process is not deterministic, fuzzy-set theory was used to deal with such uncertainty. The developed FMCDA approach ranks the candidate alternatives according to the utility value which then assists decision makers in selecting more proper remediation options. Different stakeholders' opinions were effectively incorporated in the developed approach, allowing for a robust decision making for contaminated site management. A user friendly decision support system based on the FMCDA approach was also developed in this research. The developed method was then applied to the management of a site in northern British Columbia to examine its applicability. As well, existing multi-criteria decision making methods were also applied to the remediation selection of this site. The results suggest that the developed FMCDA method is more capable of considering uncertainty issues and it is a helpful means of integrating various interests from different stakeholders.

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title: Aboriginal education as a decolonizing method: the Nisga'a experience

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 175

subject: Niska Indians -- Education -- History.

subject: Human face recognition (Computer science)

subject: Electronic data processing -- Noise.

subject: E99.N73 O68 1996

abstract: This thesis examines how First Nations people in Canada were colonized through education (eg. residential schools), and how aboriginal-controlled education can be a method for decolonization. The Nisga'a example and philosophy is used as a case study.--Abstract.

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title: Biochemical and cellular characterization of the coding region determinant-binding protein (CRD-BP)-mRNA interaction.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 93

subject:
RNA-protein interactions.
Protein binding.
Messenger RNA.
QP623.8.P75 M44 2014

abstract: RNA-binding proteins play critical role in the post-transcriptional processing of mRNAs. One such RNA binding protein is termed as the-Coding Region Determinant Binding Protein (CRD-BP). CRD-BP is an onco-fetal protein whose overexpression has been reported in various types of human cancers including, breast, colon, liver, skin, ovary, lung, brain, chorion, and testicular cancers. CRD-BP is a member of VICKZ family of RNA-binding proteins. In many instances, RNA binding leads to stabilization of the transcripts and an increase in their corresponding protein levels; the result is manifest in downstream effects and the cancer phenotype. The primary goal of this study was to obtain a better understanding of the interaction between CRD-BP and its three target mRNAs: GLI1, MDR1 and CD44. Radiolabelled electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) was performed with [³²P]-labeled truncated GLI1 and MDR1 RNAs to find smaller region of the transcripts which can still bind CRD-BP. It was found that GLI1 320-380 RNA is the minimum region required for binding CRD-BP, while MDR1 779-881 RNA is the minimum region which still has high affinity for CRD-BP. Previous deletion studies of CRD-BP orthologs revealed that the KH domains, and not the RRM domains, are critical for binding RNA substrates. However, it was unclear as to what extent each KH domain plays nor is it known if different KH domains are important in binding different RNAs. In this study, I used site-directed mutagenesis to mutate the GXXG to DXXG in each of the KH domains as an approach to investigate the role of each KH domains, in the context of the entire protein, in binding GLI1 and MDR1 RNAs. The K[subscript]d values of all the single and double KH variants that are capable of binding to GLI1 and CD44 RNAs was determined. In general, it was found that single mutation in KH domains may or may not affect the binding affinity of transcript, while mutations at any two KH domains totally abrogated the binding of RNA to CRD-BP, with the exception of KH3-4 which binds CD44 RNA but not GLI1 RNA. This finding also supports the hypothesis that KH domains generally work in tandem. The result also clearly showed that different RNAs bind CRD-BP differently in vitro. The secondary goal of my thesis was to design RNA oligonucleotides capable of breaking the specific CRD-BP-GLI1 RNA interaction in vitro and in cells. For in vitro studies, competition studies using [³²P] labelled GLI1 230-420 RNA and MFOLD designed RNA/DNA oligonucleotides were utilized. Amongst eight RNA oligonucleotides and one DNA oligonucleotide, S1 RNA was the best competitor against [³²P] labelled GLI 230-420 RNA in vitro. The T47D human breast cancer cell and HCT116 human colorectal cancer cell which expressed detectable level of GLI1 mRNA were chosen for further studies with the S1 RNA oligonucleotide. In both T47D and HCT116 cells where CRD-BP-GLI1 mRNA interaction was demonstrated to exists, S1 RNA oligonucleotide significantly and specifically down-regulate GLI1 mRNA expression. The results obtained support the model that CRD-BP protects GLI1 mRNA from degradation in T47D and HCT116 cells, and suggest that breaking CRD-BP-GLI1 mRNA interaction is a feasible approach to inhibit GLI1 expression. In summary, this work shows that different mRNAs indeed bind to CRD-BP differently and it is feasible to design/discover molecules capable of breaking specific CRD-BP-RNA interaction in vitro. Most importantly, molecule that breaks CRD-BP-RNA interaction in vitro was also capable of down-regulating specific the mRNA in cells. This work has provided further evidence to support the development of a new class of anti-cancer drugs that act by breaking specific protein-RNA interaction.

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title: Soil and topographic features affect plant growth on a natural gas pipeline right-of-way in northeastern British Columbia

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 150

subject: Reclaimation of land -- British Columbia -- Tumbler Ridge Region.

subject: Tree swallow -- Behavior.

subject: S621.5.P57 T87 2016

abstract: Natural gas reserves in northeastern British Columbia (B.C.) are being extracted, yet the effects to soils and plants from industrial disturbance in the region are poorly understood. This study examined soil and topographic factors that affect plant establishment and growth on a reclaimed natural gas pipeline. The study area was located approximately 70 km southeast of Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Field sampling took place between spring 2012 and summer 2013. Soil properties were examined to understand growing conditions at the site, natural regeneration was observed to understand current species diversity, and growth parameters were taken for lodgepole pine and shrubby cinquefoil. Soil nutrients were higher in wetland blocks than upland blocks, and were associated with greater species diversity. Plant growth was greatest in north-facing blocks, however biomass was greatest in crest blocks. Reliance on natural revegetation can delay site recovery, and reclaiming a site requires site-specific plant species in northeastern B.C. --Leaf ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b2141345


title: Reclamation of forest landings in the sub-boreal spruce biogeoclimactic zone using biosolids and fallow legumes and grasses.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 198

subject:
Forest soils.
Plants, Effect of soil compaction on.
Soil compaction.
Reclamation of land.
SD390.43.B8 K45 2003

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1237196


title: The epidemiology and health services utilization of spinal cord injury in British Columbia seniors.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 70

subject: Spinal cord -- Wounds and injuries -- British Columbia.

subject: Older people -- Medical care -- British Columbia.

subject: Spinal cord -- Wounds and injuries -- Epidemiology.

subject: Spinal cord -- Wounds and injuries -- Patients.

subject: RA645.S66 S53 2008

abstract: This study describes the incidence and pattern of traumatic spinal cord injury and spinal fracture and examines health services utilization of spinal cord injury in seniors of British Columbia. The study period was April 1, 1991 to March 31, 2002. Complete health system data have been obtained for the seniors from the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR) at the University of British Columbia. Population denominators from BC Health Insurance Registry are used to construct annual age-sex specific rates of injury for the fiscal years 1991/92 through 2001/02. Mechanism of injury and level of spinal cord injury and spinal fracture will be quantified by using descriptive statistics. The annual incidence rate for spinal cord injury is 8.4 per hundred thousand populations whereas incidence rate for spinal fracture is 65.9 per hundred thousand populations. Falls were leading cause followed by motor vehicle collisions for both events. Following initial discharge, individuals with SCI had 1.72 more hospital visits and 2.44 more physician visits than the control group.--P.ii.

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title: People with pets: Understanding the influence of human-companion animal attachment on empathy and resilient coping in adulthood.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 96

subject:
Attachment behavior.
Human-animal relationships.
Empathy.
Adjustment (Psychology)
BF575.A86 S75 2011

abstract: This research investigated the association of current human-companion animal attachment with adult levels of empathy and resilient coping. Various research findings have reported benefits from people interacting with companion animals. A better understanding is needed of the human-companion animal relationship, and the associations which that relationship has with human prosocial and protective factors. Pet-owning adults (n = 352) completed an online survey measuring attachment with a current pet, interpersonal empathy, resilient coping, and current attachment with another adult as a possible covariate. Current human-animal attachment does not appear to be related to current human attachment. There are not significant associations between current human-animal attachment and overall empathy or any of the measured dimensions of empathy, or with resilient coping. Institutions, therapists, and other practitioners of animal-assisted therapies may not need to rely on the formation of a strong human-companion animal bond in order for some benefits to occur. --P. ii.

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title: Automated modelling of digital elevation models for predictive ecosystem mapping in GIS

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 118

subject:
Digital mapping -- Standards.
Cartography -- British Columbia.
GA139 .A44 2001

abstract: This thesis is an exploratory analysis of automated mapping protocols that can be used to support Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping and Predictive Ecosystem Mapping in British Columbia. This thesis employs neighbourhood analysis of elevation and its derivatives to discriminate the bioterrain elements defined by Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping standards. In achieving these standards, discrimination beyond the basic topographic forms presented in current research is explored. The method developed strives to be - easily implemented by mapping projects employing standard GIS software ; flexible so that the extracted topographic forms can be tailored to varying project objectives ; compatible with the hierarchical procedure employed in Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping ; efficient and accurate in that the process is advantageous over manual mapping methods. The effect of data quality is addressed through an assessment of DEM data interpolation techniques and classification accuracy. Random and systematic artifacts of the DEM that influence the quality of the derivatives are explored. The issue of scale-dependent shape is addressed by the constraints of objective-based mapping in which a map scale is specified and the most basic shape elements are aggregated into contiguous classes by a roving neighbourhood window. The results indicate that basic topographic elements are mapable from relief as well as first and second order elevation derivatives. These results give preliminary accuracy of 80% based on the three classes tested. The procedure requires decisions at every step, but it is felt that this complements the traditional mapping process in that it is hierarchical, and requires a synthesis of extensive knowledge of vegetation and landscape across many scales. Key Words: elevation, digital elevation model, topography, slope, aspect, curvature, Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping, Predictive Ecosystem Mapping, scale, random, systematic error.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1220366


title: "A tortuous history": Federal-provincial relations and the future of Medicare.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 113

subject: Medical care -- Canada -- History.

subject: Medical care, Cost of -- Canada.

subject: Medical care -- Canada -- Finance.

subject: Federal-provincial fiscal relations -- Canada.

subject: Medical policy -- Canada.

subject: RA395.C3 A53 2004

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1269387


title: Growth responses of three coexisting conifer species to climate variables across a range of climate conditions.

subject: Conifers -- British Columbia, Northern -- Growth.

subject: Conifers -- Growth -- Climatic factors.

subject: Conifers -- Effect of temperature on -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: SD397.C7 M59 2008

abstract: Tree ring analyses and an interpolated climate model (ClimateBC) were used to compare radial growth responses to climate variables among three coexisting, ecologically distinct conifer species, including interior spruce (Picea glauca x Picea Engelmannii), lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) and subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) across a range of climate conditions in western Canada, and altitudinal treelines in the Engelmann Spruce-Subalpine Fir forests in central British Columbia (BC). Ring-width chronologies were developed and correlated with site-specific climate data in the past 50 years from 1953-2002. June-July temperature appeared to be the dominant climate factor influencing radial growth of spruce across the sample sites, and the relationships changed from positive to negative as summer site temperature increased. Growth-climate relationships of lodgepole pine and subalpine fir varied within species. October-March temperatures appeared to be important for growth of lodgepole pine and subalpine fir at colder sites in BC. The Pacific Decadal Oscillation during October and March was also important for pine and fir at altitudinal treelines. Given the species- and site-specific growth responses to climate, future climate change will likely alter interactions among coexisting species, potentially leading to changes in species dominance, compositions and distribution of forest communities.--P.ii.

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title: Biomass ash-based heterogeneous catalysts to produce fatty acid methyl esters from waste cooking oil.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 133

subject:
Biodiesel fuels -- Research.
Heterogeneous catalysis.
TP359.B46 G48 2013

abstract: Biodiesel is widely accepted for blending with conventional fuels such as diesel and gasoline. The development of cheap, durable heterogeneous catalysts for its production is a rapidly growing field of scientific investigation. Two heterogeneous catalysts were prepared from ashes of wood gasification (GA) and wood pellet combustion (PBA). They were characterized and subsequently used in the transesterification of waste cooking oil (>1% FFA) to produce biodiesel. The methanol to oil ratio was 12:1 and 5 wt% catalyst was used over temperatures of 65°C, 80°C, 120°C. ¹H-NMR was used to establish yield of the trans-esterification reaction. The maximum yield using PBA catalyst was 95% at 120°C and 155 minutes, for GA catalyst, it was 95% yield at 120°C and 160 minutes. The re-use of both catalysts was also investigated at 120°C, 12:1 methanol to oil ratio and 5 wt% catalyst. The PBA catalyst upon reuse at 120°C gave a yield of 75% at 160 minutes and fared better than the GA catalyst, which gave 60% yield after 300 minutes at 120°C. --Leaf ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1891273


title: Paralinguistic cues in the speech of withdrawn children

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 50

subject:
Paralinguistics.
Children -- Language.
P95.5 .C63 1998

abstract: Thirty withdrawn (n = 15) and non-withdrawn (n = 15) Prince George school children from grades two to seven performed a public speech before their peers and an experimenter. The groups of children were compared in terms of paralinguistic vocal characteristics (mean speech production to total episode ratio, mean duration of pauses, filled pausing rate and mean variation of vocal pitch) and self report measures of social support and trait anxiety. Withdrawn children exhibited less speech and longer mean pause duration within the episode and reported lower levels of social support and higher levels of trait anxiety than did nonwithdrawn children. Paralinguistically, the relatively excessive silence and longer mean pause duration exhibited by the withdrawn children constitutes a qualitative rather than merely a quantitative behavioural difference from the non-withdrawn children. As excessive pausing is viewed as "unnattractive" by listeners (Siegman, 1987), the implications of passive and nonfluent vocal styles on peer acceptance are discussed.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1198856


title: On-site tracking in wireless sensor networks.

subject:
Sensor networks.
Wireless communication systems.
TK7872.D48 M35 2005

abstract: Tracking is one of the oldest practices that has evolved along with the advancement of technology. The task of tracking a moving target may have different objectives. Based on how these objectives are achieved, we classify the tracking problems into two broad categories: 'On-site tracking' and ' Off-site tracking'. The basic difference between these two approaches is the need for the physical presence of a mobile sink to track the target. This thesis deals with the On-site tracking problem in wireless sensor networks. First, we characterize the problem for a single target case and generalize it for the multiple targets case. Then, we propose a class of efficient algorithms to solve the problem. We also developed simulation software, OSTSim, for the performance study of the proposed algorithms. Theoretical bounds for the tracking time and the number of messages generated have been derived for our algorithms. An extensive simulation study shows that our algorithms are efficient.

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title: Transformative leadership and learning in a janitorial curriculum for immigrant women.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 244

subject: Women immigrants -- Employment.

subject: Transformational leadership.

subject: Transformative learning.

subject: Women immigrants -- Economic conditions.

subject: HD6057 .P36 2013

abstract: In this collaborative action research study a researcher explored how a janitorial business curriculum and mentorship fostered transformative leadership and transformative learning in immigrant women. The purpose of the study was to empower immigrant women to find employment and nurture their economic independence. The collaborative action inquiry led to an understanding of how these immigrant women transformed in the process of co-constructing a janitorial work skills curriculum. The findings describe how learning experiences, curriculum, and mentoring activities empowered these women and brought a deep change in their learning and self-leadership capacity. The author presents a new understanding that developing adult learning programs in collaboration with the adults can create real-life changes. In this instance, there were changes in the participants thought about themselves, which empowered them to make improvements to benefit themselves, their families, and society. A convincing link was found between transformative leadership and transformative learning --Leaf ii.

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title: Experiences of rural Newfoundland women: Partners working out West.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 105

subject: Rural women -- Newfoundland and Labrador.

subject: Social work with rural women -- Newfoundland and Labrador.

subject: Commuting -- Newfoundland and Labrador.

subject: Labor mobility -- Social aspects.

subject: HQ1459.N6 W43 2013

abstract: This qualitative study explores the implications of long distance commuting (LDC) for the non-commuting female partner living in rural Newfoundland. The purpose of this research is to identify and potentially address any unmet social or emotional needs of this population. Through in-depth qualitative interviews with eight women from five rural Newfoundland communities, data were gathered around women's use of informal support systems within their communities and how current perceptions of gender roles may influence women's experiences. The research findings indicate that this population encounters higher workloads, increased stress, and unique challenges when their partners are away however, the findings also suggest that traditional, socially constructed gender norms are becoming more blurred as male commuters are taking on more female oriented' responsibilities during their time at home. --Leaf i.

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title: An interaction protocol for bidirectional deliberation on direct help in agent teamwork.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 87

subject: Electronic data processing -- Distributed processing.

subject: Multiagent systems.

subject: QA76.9.D5 A34 2015

abstract: This thesis proposes a new interaction protocol for direct help in agent teamwork. It addresses design questions that may arise in practical systems development, and achieves higher teamwork performance impact than previous versions of the Mutual Assistance Protocol (MAP). Direct help, such as performing an action on teammate's behalf, is deliberated by team members as need arises, rather than imposed by team organization or centralized mechanisms. The deliberation can start with a request for help, or with an offer of help the two design principles have been embodied in two distinct versions of MAP. Based on their observed complementarity, we refine and combine them into a single protocol that leverages their individual advantages. Its novel features let an agent initiate help deliberation with request or offer, and also simultaneously provide and receive help. Simulation experiments demonstrate its team performance gains while varying the environment dynamism, agent resources, and communication costs. --Leaf i.

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title: Moving forward with lessons from the past: An examination of kinship foster care in the Yukon.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 200

subject: Kinship care -- Yukon.

subject: Foster home care -- Yukon.

subject: Indian foster children -- Care -- Yukon.

subject: Native children -- Care -- Yukon.

subject: Child welfare -- Yukon.

subject: HV887.C32 Y8 2007

abstract: This descriptive case study incorporates mixed methods data collection and data analysis strategies. The study reports on the extent to which kinship foster care is used in the Yukon Territory as an alternative to regular foster family care, the characteristics of kinship foster caregivers in regards to ethnicity and geographic location, and the characteristics of children in kinship foster care with respect to ethnicity, residency, age, sex, child welfare legal status, and the nature of the relationship between the child and the kinship foster caregiver. The study also examines factors that influence the decisions of child welfare professional staff to consider the option of kinship foster care and factors impacting relatives who provide this service for a child welfare agency.--P. ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1327933


title: Anemia management protocols in the care of hemodialysis patients: Examining patient outcomes.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 124

subject:
Renal anemia -- Treatment.
Kidneys -- Diseases -- Nursing.
RC641.7.R44 S38 2010

abstract: The role of hemodialysis nurses in renal anemia management has evolved through the implementation of nurse-driven protocols. Using the Nursing Role Effectiveness Model, this case control study examined a nurse-driven renal anemia management protocol approach in contrast to a physician-driven approach to assess patient outcomes and costs of renal anemia management from two comparable hemodialysis centres. Both protocol and control groups achieved target hemoglobin levels between 110-120 g/L. In the protocol group, 75% of patients reached TSAT>20% versus 25% in the control group. Iron costs were $17,000 higher in the control group over the study period. The protocol group used more epoetin alfa, trending upwards to approximately 10,000 units per person by the end of the study with over $8 000 per person higher costs compared to the control group. Evaluation of standardized dosing in renal anemia treatment is suggested for patients with diabetes or cardiac co-morbidities. --P.ii.

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title: Challenges experienced by organizations in Honduras in promoting human rights of returned migrant children during their reintegration

contributor: University of Northern British Columbia International Studies (Degree granting institution)

format:
electronic
1 online resource (xi, 190 pages)

subject:
Immigrant children
Immigrant children--Honduras
Return migrants--Services for.
Refoulement

abstract:
Over the last decade, the number of Honduran migrant children traveling undocumented to the United States and Mexico increased substantially and both countries have focused on the detention and return of these children. While several organizations in Honduras assist returned children, these efforts have been insufficient as returned children migrate again and more children are migrating for the first time. This thesis aims to examine organizations’ challenges in promoting returned children’s human rights during their reintegration. Through a qualitative research design, data were collected from
the literature, institutional documents and interviews with representatives from organizations in the government and non-government sectors. Results reflect challenges to implement the human rights approach and some principles such as
non-refoulement, the right to life, survival and development and the best interest of the child. Also, practical challenges were found including the lack of inter-institutional coordination, financial and human resources, and monitoring mechanisms.


title: Women, thy Name is Womb: Marginalization of voluntary childfree women in feminist performance literature.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 107

subject:
Women in literature.
Feminism and literature.
Childlessness.
PN56.5.W64 H65 2013

abstract: This thesis examines voluntary childfree women's lack of representation in modern feminist theatre. Pronatalist ideology within North American cultural feminism is explored in the context of childfree marginalization, and is applied to performance literature of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In order to counteract discordance between mother and non-mother narratives, and directly address some of the associate stigmas of childfree women, an original theatrical script accompanies the research components as a conceptual application of this research. The script highlights the reproductive complexity of female voices, breaking down the notions of universalism and binary schema that sustain cultural feminism's essentialist arguments. Illustrating the interconnected gap between ideology, experience, and representation gives voluntary childfree women a subject position, and highlights the importance of inclusion within the realm of feminist ideology. Without the representation of a growing demographic of childfree women, feminism cannot hope to expand the definition of female identity and expression. --Leaf ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1863452


title: The cycle of poverty and early marriage among women in Ghana (A case study of Kassena-Nankana).

subject: Women -- Ghana -- Upper East Region.

subject: Poverty -- Ghana -- Kassena-Nankana District.

subject: Child marriage -- Ghana -- Kassena-Nankana District.

subject: Poor women -- Ghana -- Kassena-Nankana District -- Social conditions.

subject: Rural women -- Ghana -- Kassena-Nankana District -- Social conditions.

subject: HQ1816.Z8 U63 2015

abstract: This study examined the cycle of poverty among women from the Kassena-Nankana district in the Upper East region of Ghana. Poverty has been entangled around women from the three northern regions of Ghana. Negative practices such as early marriage and the challenges of underdevelopment and poverty, and north-south migration are revealed in this study, and have served as constraints to women's development. In this thesis, a mixed methods research approach was employed for the purpose of analyzing qualitative data by incorporating quantitative approach for better understanding of the research problem. The researcher adopted a phenomenological study design and art-based research method in collecting primary data from the semi-structured questionnaire administered to participants. Twenty-five individual interviews were conducted, together with 2 focus group discussions. Thematic analysis was used and the results showed evidence of early marriage's negative effects on education, household finances, and health care. Based on the findings collected, recommendations are made for advocating the eradication of early marriage practices, enlarging northern industrial territories, improving girl-child educational scholarships, and improving skilled-based programs for women. More importantly, greater enforcement of the law should be placed on distasteful traditional practices that create harmful outcomes for women's development. --Leaf ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b2006891


title: Why doesn't it add up? A narrative inquiry into teachers' experiences with math

contributor: University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution)

abstract:
The success rates in mathematics education in Canada has been the cause of concern and some
controversy. Although Canada has recently scored relatively high on the mathematics section on
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a disproportionately low number of
Canadian students go on to enroll in math programs in post-secondary education. The aim of
this study was to try to determine whether or not there is a relationship between the experiences
elementary math teachers had with math when they were students, and the way they teach math
in their classrooms. In order to achieve this overall objective, the following research questions
framed this study: (1) how does a teacher’s personal experience with math (as a student/in life)
contribute to his/her instructional practices, and (2) what training/education/experiences lead to a
successful math teacher? ...

abstract: Math education

abstract: teacher math experience


title: Impact of westerly wind burst on El Niño-sourthern oscillation

contributor: University of Northern British Columbia Natural Resources & Environmental Studies (Degree granting institution)

format:
electronic
1 online resource (ix, 72 pages)

subject:
El Niño Current.
Climatology.
Atmospheric circulation.
Winds.
Computer simulation.

abstract:
Westerly wind bursts (WWBs), usually occurring in the tropical Pacific region, play a vital role in El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO). In this study, we use a hybrid coupled model (HCM) for the tropical Pacific Ocean-atmosphere system to investigate WWBs impact on ENSO. To achieve this goal, two experiments are performed: (a) first, the standard version of the HCM is integrated for years without prescribed WWBs events; and (b) second, the WWBs are added into the HCM (HCM-WWBs).
Results show that HCM-WWBs can generate not only more realistic climatology of sea surface temperature (SST) in both spatial structure and temporal amplitudes, but also better ENSO features, than the HCM. In particular, the HCM-WWBs can capture the central Pacific (CP) ENSO events, which is absent in original HCM. Furthermore, the possible physical mechanisms responsible for these improvements by WWBs are discussed.

abstract: ENSO

abstract: WWBs

abstract: HCM


title: In whose best interest?  The Convention on the Rights of the Child and First Nations children.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 92

subject: Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)

subject: Children (International law)

subject: Native children -- Canada -- Legal status, laws, etc.

subject: Indian children -- Legal Status, laws, etc. -- Canada.

subject: Indian children -- Canada.

subject: Native children -- Canada.

subject: KE7722.C5 B84 1996

abstract: This thesis examines the Convention on the rights of the child and its application to First Nations children.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1151448


title: British Columbia's Community Charters: Home rule or more paternalism?

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 98

subject: British Columbia. Community Charter.

subject: Local government -- Law and legislation -- British Columbia.

subject: Provincial-local relations -- British Columbia.

subject: British Columbia -- Politics and government -- 2001-

subject: Municipal government -- British Columbia.

subject: KEB478.A32 L66 2009

abstract: In 1995 and again in 2003, British Columbia's provincial legislature considered legislation called the Community Charter'. In the 1995 version, the legislation proposed home rule', thereby strengthening the autonomy of British Columbia's local governments. However, the 1995 Community Charter' failed to pass the legislature. In 2003 a different Community Charter' was proposed that represented incremental policy change and minor autonomy increases when compared to the 1995 bill. This bill was passed and became the Community Charter. This thesis uses case study methodology to answer the question: What factors influenced the policy process between 1995 and 2003 such that local autonomy proposed in 1995 was eroded by 2003? Using the policy communities and networks approach, augmented with other public policy approaches, this thesis concludes that four major factors influenced the policy process to reduce the level of local autonomy in the final Community Charter' in 2003. The factors were: the influence of the provincial ministry responsible for local governments, the influence of focused business organizations, macro-political changes and partisan political maneuvering. The greatest influence was from the ministry and business organizations.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1635871


title: Log quality characteristics of mountain pine beetle killed lodgepole pine trees from southern interior British Columbia for board processing.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 73

subject: Lodgepole pine -- Utilization.

subject: Wood -- Deterioration -- Measurement.

subject: Mountain pine beetle -- Economic aspects -- British Columbia.

subject: SD397.P585 W66 2010

abstract: The mountain pine beetle (MPB) (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) epidemic has ravaged lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) forests throughout British Columbia (BC). The research focused on the effects of three stages of MPB trees, green, red, and grey attack from southern interior BC on the MPB-induced variables of log moisture content (MC), blue stain, and checking and how these relate to log quality from an end product perspective. The objectives were to determine if: 1) the percentage of blue stain calculated from the log end surface at diameter breast height (DBH) correlates to the percentage of blue stained boards 2) the quantity and size of checks present in a disk removed at DBH correlates to the percentage of checked boards 3) the sapwood moisture content from a cross sectional disc at DBH correlates to the percentage of MPB-induced degrades (checking, wood borers, and decay fungi). Three sections of each MPB log (bottom, middle, and top), were examined for the MPB-induced degrades blue stain, checking, and the losses due to wood borers and decay fungi. The results support the findings of previous MPB research where reduced moisture content, blue stain, and checking significantly reduce log quality. However, this study is unique since it relates these findings to the effects that they have on the board products. The percentage of blue stain from a disc cut at DBH is correlated to the percentage of blue stained boards from that tree for green, red, and grey attack. As blue stain increases in the disc cut at DBH by attack stage, the amount of blue stained boards also increases by attack stage. When the check depth is >3 cm and the check depth to width ratio in a disk cut at DBH is >4, there is a positive correlation to the percentage of checked boards for that tree. If the check depth to width ratio is less, these shallow checks are removed by the canter chipping heads during primary breakdown. As MC decreases below the fibre saturation point, there is a linear relationship between MC and MPB-

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1737850


title: Dispersion modelling during particulate matter episode events in Golden, British Columbia.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 203

subject: Air quality -- British Columbia -- Golden -- Measurement.

subject: Particles -- Environmental aspects -- British Columbia -- Golden.

subject: Air -- Pollution -- British Columbia -- Golden -- Measurement.

subject: Air quality monitoring stations -- British Columbia -- Golden.

subject: TD883.148.C3 A24 2011

abstract: The CALPUFF modeling system was used to investigate two episodes of high particulate matter (PM) during December 2005 and February 2006. During this time, Golden was a British Columbia Ministry of Environment (BC MOE) intensive observation site for air quality research specific to PM. Observations from 4 meteorological stations were used to characterize the winds and dispersion parameters within CALMET. Emission rates were determined from the existing Golden Emissions Inventory and receptor modeling commissioned by the BC MOE. Statistical comparison of model predicted and observed PM concentrations show that model performance compares well to similar CALPUFF studies at two of the air quality monitoring stations in Golden. The source apportionment of the CALPUFF results identified the major contributors to degraded air quality levels during the two episodes under investigation as space heating, road dust and, intermittently, Louisiana Pacific operations. --P. i.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1754969


title: Women's perceptions of helpful and hindering incidents in coping with sexual harassment.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 88

subject: Sexual harassment of women.

subject: Sexual harassment -- Psychological aspects.

subject: Women -- Counseling of.

subject: HQ1237 .G37 2009

abstract: This qualitative study employed the Critical Incident Technique to examine women's perceptions of helpful and hindering incidents in experiences of coping with sexual harassment. Fifteen women completed individual interviews as participants for the study. Incidents were extracted from interview data and sorted into helpful and hindering incidents in the context of actions of participants versus actions of others. Fifteen major categories and nine subcategories were formed. Emotional support, seeking social support (i.e., protecting younger coworkers, banding together with other women, confiding in female coworker), and incidents which helped stop the harassment were described as significantly helpful. Incidents in which harassment did not stop or was perceived to get worse, or incidents in which the participant did not feel emotionally supported and even blamed for being in the situation were described as significantly hindering. Implications for counseling practice and employers are presented and recommendations for future research are discussed. --P.ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1651688


title: The Plot Line Bomber of Innisfree.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 103

subject: Farmers -- Political activity -- Fiction.

subject: Pipelines -- Fiction.

subject: Geography in literature.

subject: PS8626.A7989 P56 2012

abstract: A theoretical introduction situates this poetical novella within the Prince George creative writing tradition using a topographical technique termed biblioecological mapping. Through an historical approach, this introduction also places the thesis within the context of scientific exploration, positioning the role of the poet as surveyor who maps artistic manifestations of landscape and seeks transformed relationships to the nonhuman domain. The creative component maps a hypothetical British Columbia and Alberta of the near future through allusive narrative, fictional journalism, and poetry. In this speculative geopolitical area called Enderbee, farmers engage in resistance against a proposed pipeline--what constitutes the defamiliarization of the current debate surrounding the Northern Gateway Project. On the biblioecological map, the creative component inhabits a zone where differing textual orientations come together, and the motif of explosion acts as a metaphor for upheaval in arts and society. --Leaf ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1835680


title: The Sto:lo world view and the individualism of Canadian law

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 91

subject: Stó:lō Indians -- Rites and ceremonies.

subject: Stó:lō Indians -- Social life and customs.

subject: Canada. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

subject: Dances.

subject: Individualism -- Cross-cultural studies.

subject: E99.S72 M33 2000

abstract: The goal of this study is to determine how the individual rights, particularly those enshrined in civil law and the Charter of Rights affect the holistic aspect of the St~:l~ winter dances. The Thomas v. Norris court case is the case study. This court case provides an example of a Canadian court that ruled in favour of individual rights, via civil law, in a case that involved the longhouse of an Aboriginal nation. Eight members of the St~:l~ Nation were interviewed for this study. The role of the Charter of Rights in Aboriginal communities is also included in this study to provide another example of individual rights in Canadian law and to determine the opinions of the interviewees regarding the Charter of Rights. This study describes the holistic nature of the winter dances, including six descriptions of the holism in winter dances by St~:l~ interviewees. Of the four St~:l~ interviewees asked, four agreed that Canadian law has the potential to affect the holistic nature of the winter dances. When asked if the Charter of Rights should be the law governing the St~:l~ longhouses, none of the five St~:l~ interviewees felt that it should be applicable. There was an array of answers from the six interviewees asked whether the Charter of Rights should apply to the St~:l~ Nation as a whole community. This difference in responses between the disapproval of the Charter of Rights being the law that governs the longhouses and the mixed responses given with regard to the Charter of Rights applying to the St~:l~ Nation community suggests that there is a difference in context between the applicability of the Canadian laws to the St~:l~ longhouses as opposed to the St~:l~ Nation community.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1209184


title: A statistical examination of the Health Utility Index as a measure of health status for use in the national population health survey

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 63

subject: Health status indicators -- Evaluation.

subject: Statistics Canada. Health Statistics Division. National population health survey.

subject: Health surveys -- Evaluation -- Canada.

subject: Public health -- Canada.

subject: RA407.5.C2 R53 1999

abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the ability of the Health Utility Index Mark III (HUI-Mark III) to provide a summary measure of health status for the 1994 National Population Health Survey (NPHS). The sample consisted of 838 (402 male, 436 female) randomly selected residents of Prince George, British Columbia. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted using the measures of physical, psychological and social well-being included in the NPHS. The saved factor scores were then regressed on to the HUI-Mark III in an attempt to determine the proportion of variance in the HUI-Mark III accounted for by the factor scores. The results suggest the HUI-Mark III is unable to discriminate between the many different levels of positive health experienced by the vast majority of the general population and that the HUI-Mark III is more or less insensitive to variation in key indicators of mental well-being.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1202727


title: People with disabilities: Employment and assistive technology in northern British Columbia.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 86

subject: People with disabilities -- Employment -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Self-help devices for people with disabilities -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: HD7255 .H37 2009

abstract: With the advances in assistive technology, it was anticipated that people with disabilities would be able to participate in the workforce at a greater rate however, people with disabilities are still underrepresented in the workforce in Canada. In addition, little research has been conducted on the desire of people with disabilities to be self-employed. To explore the desire for self-employment and why the advances in assistive technology have not increased the number of people with disabilities in the workforce, a mixed methods sequential exploratory study was used. The respondents said that their disability was the main factor that prevented them from working, not the lack of assistive technology, although most were not aware of the various assistive devices that were available to them. In addition, the majority of respondents wanted to be self-employed. The results suggest that more education about assistive technology is needed.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1600527