title: The preacher and the poets: the relationships of Edward Irving with Carlyle and Coleridge

contributor:
Tucker, Trevor (author)
(Stewart, Ralph) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 1999

abstract: The life of Edward Irving was one of the most tragic in church history. In the decade following his arrival in London, in the fall of 1822, he became an enormously popular preacher, was friendly with important politicians and writers, faded into obscurity, was excommunicated, and died from exhaustion at the age of forty-two. From 1826, Irving's focus changed from preaching a straightforward gospel message to warning of Christ's return. Four years later he became extremely unorthodox and encouraged speaking in tongues. His preaching grew more narrow and vehement, and his interpretation of scripture more highly personal. Finally, in 1830, he was excommunicated from the Presbyterian church for preaching "the sinfulness of Christ's humanity". Why was he initially so popular, and why did he deteriorate so drastically in both popular and personal terms? Two main avenues of investigation are: (1) his writings (he wrote all of his sermons) and (2) his relationships with Thomas Carlyle and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. His writings shed light on his theology, style, and overall appeal. His relationship with Carlyle reveals a man who was rooted in his past, was sensitive to human nature, and was respected by those close to him. Through Coleridge's eyes, however, we start to see his degeneration as one who was hungry after knowledge, easily flattered and easily led. In the end, Irving came to resemble, in many ways, a dangerous, cultish leader. He became his own authority, neglected the advice of friends, distanced himself from society, and gathered around him a group of people who relied on him for guidance. However, he remained motivated by an idealistic spiritual vision: that religion be fresh and motivating, and that God be seen as active and accessible.

abstract: English & Theatre Studies


title: Todo y nada: investigating cultural chaos in Don DeLillo's Underworld

type: Text Dissertation/Thesis

contributor:
Forbes, Christopher J. (author)
(Milton, Paul) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

rights: The author grants permission to the University Librarian at Acadia University to reproduce, loan or distribute copies of my thesis in microform, paper or electronic formats on a non-profit basis. The author retains the copyright of the thesis.

subject: LE3 .A278 1999

abstract:
Abstract not supplied.
English & Theatre Studies


title: Distribution of the leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, in Atlantic Canada: evidence from an observer program, aerial surveys, and a volunteer network of fish harvesters

contributor:
James, Michael Charles (author)
(Herman, Tom) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2000

abstract: The globally endangered leatherback turtle ('Dermochelys coriacea ') occurs seasonally in the waters off Atlantic Canada; however, the significance of these waters to this species has not been previously clarified due to a paucity of records. To enhance the collection of leatherback turtle biological and environmental data in this region, a volunteer network of commercial fishers and whale watch operators was established (The Nova Scotia Leatherback Turtle Working Group). In 1998, this group reported the details of 171 geo-referenced sightings of leatherbacks. These records, combined with others collected from an observer program and aerial surveys, provide new insight into the spatial and temporal distribution of leatherbacks in Atlantic Canada. Leatherback density was highest in August and the majority of turtles were observed inshore from the continental shelf break (200m isobath). Mean sea surface temperature (SST) associated with 1998 sightings was 17.8C. Records from temperate and boreal latitudes (where SST < 5C) attest to this species' remarkable capacity for endothermy. Medusivory was confirmed by photo-documented feeding behaviour in nine turtles. The results of this study suggest that eastern Canadian waters are within the regular range of large numbers of migrating leatherbacks and should be considered critical seasonal foraging habitat for this species.

abstract: Biology


title: Circles of quiet: the journals of Madeleine L'Engle

contributor:
Steele, Catherine E. (author)
(Thompson, Hilary) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 1997

abstract: This is a study of Madeleine L'Engle's published journals. I analyze the genre and literary criticism pertaining to it after I examine Mary Warnock's Memory. L'Engle's journals and fiction illustrate her conscious use of memory to explore and invent herself. Any writer, who is as conscious of these processes as L'Engle, requires that the reader understand her concepts of ontology and time. Thus, her references to isness, kairos and chronos are examined in relation to Transcendentalists like Henry David Thoreau and Annie Dillard who also share with L'Engle a fascination with natural and scientific detail. Furthermore, I examine those elements in L'Engle's writing which express her belief system: the need for a circle of quiet in her life, her life-long journey with faith and religion, and the healing power of words. The collection The Intimate Critique: Autobiographical Literary Criticism, edited by Diane P. Freedman, Olivia Frey and Frances Murphy Zauhar, and the article "Me and My Shadow" by Jane Tompkins inform the approach for my thesis. Personal criticism such as this allows me to include my own journal entries before each chapter. Finally I explore L'Engle's belief that story functions at an anagogical level to reveal deeper truth in both fiction and journals. Her experiences at the physical, emotional, and spiritual level deepen through her writing.

abstract: English & Theatre Studies


title: Responses in the habitat occupancy, movement behavior, and wing morphology of two species of calopterygid damselflies to landscape structure

contributor:
Pither, Jason (author)
(Taylor, Phil) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 1997

abstract: I examine the responses of two species of damselfly, Calopteryx maculata and Calopteryx aequabilis, to differences in landscape structure. I performed surveys to determine patterns of stream occupancy in relation to habitat characteristics measured at small spatial scales, and the medium-scale characteristic of distance to forest. I show that the relative importance of these habitat characteristics differs among species and between survey years. The changes over time are consistent with weather patterns. I then examine the relative abilities of these two species to move through forest and pasture landscapes. Previous work had suggested that C. maculata uses forest as a resource more consistently than C. aequabilis. Results from manipulative experiments show that the connectivity of pasture landscapes is higher than forest landscapes for C. maculata. There was no detectable difference in connectivities for C. aequabilis. These results have implications regarding the relative propensities of individuals to disperse within the structurally different landscapes. I examine the wing morphologies of C. maculata and C. aequabilis individuals collected from landscapes of differing structure. I show that the fore and hindwings of C. maculata individuals are consistent in their asymmetric distributions (left-right) across landscapes. The forewings of C. aequabilis individuals inhabiting a highly fragmented landscape exhibited a significantly higher degree of asymmetry, and were significantly shorter overall, than those inhabiting a moderately fragmented landscape. Forewings of female C. maculata individuals collected from high connectivity (pasture) landscapes were slightly longer than those from low connectivity (forest) landscapes.

abstract: Biology


title: Overwintering biology of the tarnished plant bug, Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois) (Hemiptera: miridae), in Nova Scotia, and the potential use of ice nucleating active bacteria for insect pest control

contributor:
Sheffield, Cory Silas (author)
(Smith, Rob) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)
(Toews, Dan) (Thesis advisor)

subject: LE3 .A278 1998

abstract: Many agricultural crops are susceptible to pests at the early stages of fruit development, which usually occur early in the growing season. In Nova Scotia, the tarnished plant bug (TPB), Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois), an important pest of apple and strawberry, overwinters as an adult, and its emergence time in the spring corresponds with the vulnerable stages of fruit development for both crops. One of the objectives of this study was to verify the number of generations of TPB in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, Canada, and determine which generations attack apple and strawberry. Although there are two adult summer generations (a possible third on some hosts), only the overwintered adults attack apple, and these adults and the first generation nymphs attack strawberry. Fruit quality and overall yield for both crops can be significantly reduced by TPB feeding. The second area of research focused on the overwintering of the TPB in Nova Scotia, focusing particularly on the potential of an ice-nucleating bacterium for its control. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

abstract: Biology


title: Co-operative democracy versus professional managerial bureaucracy: a case study of a housing co-operative facing external management

contributor:
Wack, Janet Louise (author)
(Sacouman, Jim) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 1998

abstract: Historically, co-operatives were established to combat the serious social, economic, and political inequalities found in industrial societies, that is, those based on the capitalist system. Today is no different. Co-operatives are an organizational form that can potentially provide the structural bases for highly democratic and empowering relations to occur for the members who co-operate within them depending on their orientation toward 'collectivism' or 'bureaucracy'. Evangeline Courts Housing Co-operative Ltd. was designed to provide quality, affordable housing for low income families. It was initially started by a group of sole parent women with common life circumstances, experiences, and needs. By working together with a local resource group and facilitators trained in collectivist organization, the women were able to develop a set of common values and goals and a democratic form of organization to achieve them. This form lasted for a few years and then their struggles ensued as the collectivist form oforganization began to change to a bureaucratic form which included being managed by professional property management groups. This process defied their goals of creating an empowering democratic community and they fought it tooth and nail. Their story is about the struggle to maintain a democratic organizational form amidst the highly bureaucratic dominant capitalist relations found in society. As the world struggles with large scale issues of democracy, members of this housing co-operative are fighting to define and entrench it within their organization. Understanding this struggle against professional managerial bureaucracy in favour of co-operative democracy aptly illuminates the intricacies of democratic processes required for collective transformative change to occur.

abstract: Sociology


title: Old strategies, new game: the changing health care system and its impact on care givers in long-term care facilities in Nova Scotia

contributor:
Adams, Tracey (author)
(Sacouman, Jim) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 1999

abstract: This thesis examines the pressures that are being placed on the health care system, focusing particularly on long term care facilities in Nova Scotia. As the title implies, this thesis explores how strategies developed in the private business sector are being implemented in the public health care system. It looks at what those strategies are, how they are being applied, who is affected by them, who gains from them, and why these strategies are being implemented now. In order to answer these questions ideas and concepts are borrowed from three theorists: Max Weber, George Ritzer and Karl Marx. By combining different aspects of each of their works, we gain a better understanding of what is really going on behind the decisions being made surrounding long term care facilities. Directly linked to the decision-making process are the effects that those decisions have. Ten women, all health care employees, who have experienced the effects of private sector strategies which are infiltrating their work worlds were interviewed and their responses were described and compared in an exploratory fashion. There is no simple solution offered to solve all the problems faced by the caregivers. However, a better understanding of what is going on in the health care system and a greater awareness of the struggles faced by those working within the system can only help to make us, and those with the decision-making power, better able to make decisions in the best interests of residents and caregivers.

abstract: Sociology


title: Studying modulation of tumor necrosis factor-_ and transforming growth factor- by norepineprhine in murine alveolar macrophages, murine splenocytes and transformed cell populations

contributor:
Zinn, Jennifer Nicole (author)
(Bell, Colin) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 1998

abstract: Although researchers have illustrated that norepinephrine has an effect on the modulation of tumor necrosis factor-$\alpha$ (TNF-$\alpha$) and transforming growth factor-$\beta$ (TGF-$\beta$) in splenic macrophage populations, research has yet to determine the effect of norepinephrine on the production of these cytokines by lymphocytes or by LPS stimulated and non-stimulated murine alveolar macrophages. Utilizing four lymphocyte cell systems, two transformed cell lines and both non-stimulated as well as a CD3 + PMA stimulated murine splenocytes, it was concluded that norepinephrine was able to significantly increase production of both cytokines by the first three cell systems, but the modulatory effect of norepinephrine on the CD3 + PMA stimulated splenocyte sample was significantly inhibitory. These effects of norepinephrine were noted to reflect both the concentration and adrenoceptor target of the adrenergic drug. The murine alveolar macrophage populations displayed similar results, with norepinephrine again being able to modulate adrenoceptor-specific increases and decreases in TNF-$\alpha$ and TGF-$\beta$ production. The cytokines, both TNF-$\alpha$ and TGF-$\beta$, were quantified throughout this research project using a non-radioactve MTT bioassay method specifically designed in this Masters Project. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

abstract: Biology


title: Human rights in Canadian foreign policy: from principle to practice

contributor:
Bonser, Michael J. (author)
(Conley, Marsh) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 1999

abstract: The relationship between human rights and Canadian foreign policy has traditionally been a tenuous one. In principle, policy makers express a great deal of support for a foreign policy agenda in which human rights objectives are a key priority. In practice, human rights concerns all-too-often remain on the periphery of the foreign policy agenda, as other key priorities take precedence. Canada continues to address human rights concerns in a case-by-case fashion. Policy makers argue that such an approach is necessary in order to account for the unique circumstances surrounding human rights violations in other nations. Unfortunately, this reliance on an ad hoc approach to human rights protection and promotion has resulted in inconsistent, and often ineffective, policy responses in multilateral and bilateral contexts. In addressing the issue of human rights, this thesis builds upon the tenets of neoliberalism in order to account for the growing interlinkages between states and the need to develop solutions based on cooperation and consensus rather than Cold War notions of power politics and the inviolability of state sovereignty. Through a critical examination of Canada's foreign relations, this thesis asserts that policy makers must incorporate the principles of consistency and coherence into the development of human rights policy. That is not to say that Canada must take a similar course of action in response to violations or threats to certain core rights, but that a threshold point, beyond which action is required, must be established in order to address such challenges.

abstract: Politics


title: Self-esteem and its relation to two measures of delinquency in incarcerated men

contributor:
Longstaff, Megan Lynn (author)
(Regan, Tom) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 1999

abstract: The purpose of the present study was to test Kaplan's (1978) enhancement model in a sample of adult male inmates. Kaplan's enhancement model is based on the self-esteem motive, wherein the individual behaves so as to enhance self-esteem. Engaging in delinquent behaviour is one method of achieving group membership and enhancing self-esteem. Subjects consisted of 332 male inmates ranging in age from 18 to 58 years. This study was a cross-sectional post-dictive study that used data from the Low Self-Esteem Content Scale and the Psychopathic Deviance Scale of the MMPI-2, and demographic information from inmate intake assessments. It was predicted that self-esteem would be a function of psychopathic deviance, recidivism, and length of sentence. The hypothesis was that self-esteem would be higher for inmates who had higher scores on psychopathic deviance, were recidivist, and had longer sentences. Results indicated that recidivists had higher self-esteem than first offenders. Scores on psychopathic deviance were elevated for both groups, and recidivists had higher scores than first offenders. The present study found partial support for Kaplan's enhancement model.

abstract: Psychology


title: Nesting distribution and abundance of Leach's storm-petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) on Bon Portage Island, Nova Scotia

contributor:
Oxley, Jonathan R. (author)
(Austin-Smith, Peter) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)
(Boates, Sherman) (Thesis advisor)

subject: LE3 .A278 1999

abstract: The Leach's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) population breeding on Bon Portage Island, Nova Scotia $(43\sp\circ28$'N, $65\sp\circ45$'W) was censused in 1997 and 1998 to estimate the population size. In 1997, the breeding population on the southern end of Bon Portage Island was estimated to be 41,680 pairs (at 95% CI $\pm$11,169). An additional 5699 breeding pairs (at 95% CI $\pm$2128) were estimated to be nesting on the northern end of Bon Portage Island in 1997. In 1998, the southern end population was estimated to be 57,603 breeding pairs (at 95% CI $\pm$12,434). Nettleship's (1976) sampling protocol for Leach's petrel was improved by increasing sample site, thereby improving confidence in the resultant estimate. Other improvements included limiting the time involved in sampling and the amount of disturbance caused by the researcher. Both the total number of Leach's petrel burrows and those occupied were contagiously dispersed within the confines of the suitable habitat on Bon Portage Island. The effect of human activity on the breeding Leach's petrel population on Bon Portage Island appears highly localized to areas of direct usage. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

abstract: Biology


title: The movement from fair to fairer trade

contributor:
Connell, Melissa (author)
(Sacouman, Jim) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2007

abstract: This thesis is an exploratory analysis of fair trade organizations and communities in Ecuador using the key concepts of human rights, fairness, equality, equity, solidarity and self-emancipation. The central purposes are: (1) to explore the perspectives of some fair trade producers in Ecuador; (2) to understand the degree to which the above concepts are socially realized in order; (3) to explore social relationships among producers and relationships between producers and consumers in the direction of making fair trade fairer. Through exploring the perspectives of some producers in Ecuador, this thesis moves beyond the literature to develop a first hand understanding of bow fair trade organizations work with social justice organizations. Problematic issues that arise in the South must not only to be addressed from the viewpoint of the North but also from one of solidarity between the North and South: a relationship of solidarity that moves beyond rhetoric in the pursuit of more genuine human rights. Learningthe perspectives of peasants and social figures in Ecuador led to the exploration of relationships among producers. Further exploration and thematic coding allowed me to consider producers' views within a Nova Scotian (Northern) context regarding the contradictory nature of formal language and the self-emancipatory reality of struggling against social injustice.

abstract: Sociology


title: Humour and coping: predicting psychological and physiological well being

contributor:
Phillips, Maggie (author)
(MacLeod, Peter) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2007

abstract: Humour and coping have each been shown to be related to both mental and physiological health outcomes (e.g., Lefcourt & Martin, 1986). Research to date, however, has not delineated how humour and coping relate to each other, nor how they together predict mental and physiological health. This study, therefore, had two primary objectives. First, correlational analyses were performed to examine how the most widely used coping measures' subscales related to the Humour Styles Questionnaire (HSQ; See Appendix A) subscales. Second, hierarchical regression analyses were performed to determine if humour could account for unique variance in mental health (i.e., depression, anxiety, and mood) and physiological responses to an experimental stressor (i.e., hormonal and cardiovascular responses), over and above the variance accounted for by coping measures alone. Results indicated that coping and humour subscales were correlated. Most importantly, results suggest that traditional views of emotional-focused coping may be confounded with denial and self-blame. Regression analyses demonstrated that the HSQ accounted for unique variance in depression, but did not increase predictability in any of the physiological stress response variables. Results are discussed in terms of exploring how emotional coping and humour might affect health outcomes.

abstract: Psychology


title: The Psalms of Solomon 17-18 and the Messianism of Jesus

contributor:
Zacharias, H. Daniel (author)
(Evans, Craig) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2007

abstract:
Abstract not supplied.
Acadia Divinity College


title: Ranking methods for inter-group concordance with missing values

contributor:
Bu, Jingyu (author)
(Cabilio, Paul) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)
(Zhang, Ying) (Thesis advisor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2008

abstract: In the study of heart failure by Gwadry-Sridhar, et al. (2003), we have a situation in which, on the basis of a questionnaire, a score is obtained for each patient in either a Control or Treatment group at three different times. Thus for each patient in each group, we have a three dimensional vector of scores. These scores do not appear to be normally distributed and in addition many of the data vectors are incomplete. In this thesis, we propose a nonparametric approach for testing the agreement between control and treatment groups with missing values. We also demonstrate our approach by using the data from a study of heart failure.

abstract: Mathematics & Statistics


title: Christian discipline: legalism or covenant responsibility?

contributor:
Moriah, Lionel Maurice (author)
(Manchester, Joseph) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)
(Wilson, Robert) (Thesis advisor)
(Wooden, Glenn) (Thesis advisor)

subject: LE3 .A278 1997

abstract: The author argues that Christian discipline is a ministry of covenant responsibility. In establishing this view, the concepts of "discipline" and "covenant" are examined in their biblical content and in Church history, to determine the nature and practice of discipline. A survey of several Atlantic Baptist Churches shows an affirmation of the relevance of discipline among believers, despite certain reservations. Having established his case, the author then proposes guidelines for the practice of safe and effective discipline. The Bible, the Church Covenant and the Constitution feature as valuable resources for the establishment and revitalization of Christian discipline in the Church.

abstract: Acadia Divinity College


title: Black bear (Ursus americanus) habitat ecology as related to aspects of forest management in southern New Brunswick

contributor: (Bondrup-Nielsen, Soren) (Thesis advisor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2000

abstract: To examine aspects of forest management, black bear ecology was studied in a protected area surrounded by intensively harvested and managed habitats. A multiresource survey was performed and bear space use and habitat selection behaviours were analysed. Through cartographic modelling, results were integrated to determine if unsuitable habitats generated a fragmentation effect. Ten adult female black bears were tracked from 1993 to 1994 and yielded 610 positions. Their large home ranges (x_ = 62.0 km2; SD = 34.3 km2 [95%MCP]) suggested a low quality landscape. Bears used protected and exploited portions as expected by chance. Hiding cover distance, horizontal cover density, canopy cover, safety tree density, food species ground cover, food species richness and food species diversity were surveyed at 113 sites in 14 habitat types. Habitat types were thus grouped graphically to perform habitat component selection analyses. Habitat type and component selection behaviour was explored through use versus availability testing. Landscape component (distance to water and area to perimeter ratio of habitat polygons) selection was assessed. Behaviour towards roads could not be assessed due to detectability issues. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

abstract: Biology


title: Validation of daily increment formation on otoliths with applications to wild striped bass (Morone saxatilis) at the northern limit of its range

contributor:
Douglas, Scott G. (author)
(Dadswell, Michael) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)
(Rulifson, Roger A.) (Thesis advisor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2001

abstract: Aging young-of-the-year with otoliths was validated for striped bass ('Morone saxatilis') at the northern end of the species range using garden-style hatchery rearing and oxytetracycline marking. The target populations of striped bass were from two eastern Canadian rivers: the Northwest (NW) Miramichi in New Brunswick, which discharges into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the Shubenacadie-Stewiacke river in Nova Scotia, which discharges into the inner Bay of Fundy. Initial increment formation was at 4 days post hatch (dph) for hatchery reared Shubenacadie striped bass, but ranged from 2-4 dph for hatchery-reared Miramichi striped bass. Otolith increments of hatchery-reared fish were highly discernible with light microscopy at 113 dph (end of experiment). Hatchery growth was 1.14 mm/d for Shubenacadie fish and 1.06 mm/d for Miramichi fish, but these were not significantly different. The logistic growth equations for hatchery-reared Shubenacadie and Miramichi striped bass were Lt = 166.4/1 + e3.38-0.041t and Lt= 153.4/1 + e3.47-0.042t, respectively. The polynomial growth equations for hatchery-reared Shubenacadie and Miramichi striped bass were: Total length = (0.01*age in days)2 + (0.31*age in days) + 2.65, and Total length = (0.01*age in days)2 + (0.22*age in days) + 3.38, respectively. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

abstract: Biology


title: The YVM i.e. [YOM] YHVH in the book of Joel: its development and reversal

contributor:
Purdy, Harlyn Graydon (author)
(Ashley, Timothy) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2001

abstract: The following thesis examines the development of the Yom Adonai theme in the book of Joel. A survey of origin theories shows that F. C. Fensham's theory provides the best background for understanding the Yom Adonai. A brief exertion of the Yom Adonai texts found in the prophetic corpus identifies how this theme is used within the prophetic literature of the Old Testament outside the book of Joel. A historical grammatical and literary critical analysis of the book of Joel identifies it as a literary work built upon the call to communal lament form and dating to the mid-fifth century B.C. The book of Joel develops the Yom Adonai theme within the framework of a communal lament liturgy. The exegesis shows that the book of Joel develops the Yom Adonai in a manner consistent with Fensham's theory. The themes of theophany, covenant, sovereignty, and judgment, as seen in the prophetic corpus, are directly associated with the Yom Adonai in the book of Joel. The Yom Adonai is a day in which Yahweh appears to enforce his covenant and sovereignty, punishing those who are in violation. The book of Joel further develops the Yom Adonai as the means by which Yahweh institutes the promises of the Zion Tradition and the New Covenant.

abstract: Acadia Divinity College


title: Visual and temporal processing deficits in reading disabled youth

contributor:
MacDonald, Derek (author)
(Brodeur, Darlene) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2006

abstract: Visual and temporal processing are abilities recognized as important components of the reading process. In an attempt to replicate and extend the findings of previous studies investigating these abilities in children and adults with reading disability (RD), the present study investigated visual and temporal processing abilities in an RD sample in the process of special educational remediation. Participants were 36 students, aged 12 to 18 years, from a school for youth with learning disabilities. Group formation was based on previous formal diagnoses of RD. The children were tested on measures including the Useful Field of View test (UFOV), a multiple object tracking task, temporal order judgment tasks, a phonological task, and an orthographic task. The influence of age and special education were examined to determine their role in performance on all measures. The RD group performed significantly worse than the comparison group on phonological processing accuracy, and orthographic processing reaction time and accuracy. There were no reliable differences between groups on the visual processing or auditory temporal processing tasks, but the RD group was slower than the comparison group on the visual temporal processing task. Potential explanations are suggested for discrepancies with previous studies examining these abilities in children varying considerably in age and educational opportunities.

abstract: Psychology


title: A ministry of hospitality: St. Luke's Chapel and its contributions to military operations at Canadian Forces Base, Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada

contributor:
Marshall, Jon Derrick (author)
(MacDonald, Lee) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2006


title: High risk for lethality protocol development in Nova Scotia

contributor:
Fraser, Rhonda Darlene (author)
(Thomson, Tony) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2007

abstract: The purpose of this thesis research was to examine the current development of protocols to facilitate the sharing of information in cases of domestic violence that have been deemed to be high risk for lethality in the province of Nova Scotia. As a former front line worker and current executive director of a transition house and outreach services for abused women and their children, I approached this topic as both student and professional. I conducted a literature review of materials related to the theories regarding the reasons for the existence of domestic violence and woman abuse. I reviewed literature, research and government documents in order to understand and discuss the history of the governmental response to domestic violence in Nova Scotia. I interviewed eight professionals working within agencies that are involved in the development of the protocols. The results of my research show that while the goal of the government departments may be to increase victim safety, those involved in the process areskeptical about the ability of the protocol to achieve that goal.

abstract: Sociology


title: Personality, affect and risky sexual behaviour: an examination of individual differences and their relationship to sexual risk taking

contributor:
Smith, Mark (author)
(Price, Lisa) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2007

abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between personality, affect and risky sexual behaviour. A total of 227 undergraduate university students completed anonymous questionnaires concerning recent and lifetime sexual behaviour, the NEO-PI-R personality inventory, the Impulsive Sensation-Seeking scale, the Multiple Affect Adjective Checklist (MAACL-R), and other survey instruments. Overall there was a high level of risky sexual activity in this population, with 20% having had 10 or more sexual partners, and more than half having engaged in a one-night stand. Among those who engaged in risky sexual behaviour, condoms were always used only 10% of the time. Correlation and regression analysis indicated that Impulsive Sensation-Seeking and low levels of Conscientiousness were consistently associated with risk taking. Other personality dimensions were only associated with specific indicators of risk. Extraversion and low scores on Agreeableness were associated with number of sexual partners. Openness to Experience was associated with number of sexual partners and incidence of one-night stands. Neuroticism was only associated with using condoms inconsistently during high risk sexual activity. These results suggest that there are both general and specific personality indicators of risk. No main effects were observed for mood, but when combined with personality, all of the specific, but not general, personality risk indicators were associated with unpleasant affective states. This suggests the possibility of different groups of risk takers; those who take risks which are largely unrelated to mood factors, and those who take risks either to modify unpleasant affect or who experience unpleasant affect following risk taking. Order effects between mood and risk taking behaviour could not be resolved in the present study. Suggestions for future research are discussed.

abstract: Psychology


title: Warting off danger: informing choice of the HPV vaccine

contributor:
Kopciuch, Diana M (author)
(Abramson, Zelda) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2007

abstract: The human papillomavirus (HPV) has been recently gained attention due to its connection with cervical cancer. Nearly 70 percent of sexually active adults will acquire the virus at some point in their lives. The new HPV vaccine was approved by Health Canada in the summer of 2006, and is now available for use by Canadian women. This thesis will argue that women are taking unnecessary health risks by altering their natural body chemistry with vaccines, hormones, and drugs for the sake of 'better health' or lifestyle benefits by using products that have been marketed prematurely in what are often gender biased campaigns, as is the case with the recently released human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. This argument will: (1) critique previous research on women's sexual and reproductive health care products and services; (2) analyze gender bias in the scientific, medical and pharmaceutical fields; (3) critically assess promotional campaigns and marketing strategies aimed to endorse the vaccine and; (4) present the results of an online questionnaire I conducted to gather information about HPV and the HPV vaccine using female students at Acadia University.

abstract: Sociology


title: Christian public witness and Niebuhrian typology: homosexual marriage in Canada as a case study

contributor:
Swalm, Michael T. (author)
(Wilson, Jonathan) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2007

abstract: "...the goal of the Church [is] the increase among men of the love of God and neighbor..."1 "Let the Church be the Church."2 The purpose of the church seems clear enough in Scripture, but transplanting it to the twenty-first century seems a difficult task, particularly given the current socio-political melee within which the church finds itself. Commonly held words and ideas change meaning so fast it seems impossible to keep up. And within this fracas, the church seeks to be both relevant to the culture and faithful to its Lord. The goal of this thesis is to analyze and interpret the thought of H. Richard Niebuhr, and discern whether or not his 'Christ and Culture ' typology provides good resource for the Christian church as it seeks to respond faithfully to the issue of homosexual marriage and its legality in North America. The thesis examines Niebuhr's typology and critiques it, determining each type inadequate as a full response to any issue. The Christian response to culture is then analyzed, using homosexual marriage as a case study. The various reactions by Christians to homosexual marriage are critiqued, necessitating the development of a theologically proper process to develop a response. This process being outlined, it is then put to use in an imagined communal setting with regard to the Christian response to homosexual marriage. 1H. Richard Niebuhr, 'Purpose of the Church and Its Ministry' (San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1977), 31. 2John Howard Yoder and Michael G. Cartwright, ' The Royal Priesthood: Essays Ecclesiological and Ecumenical' (Scottdale, Pa: Herald Press, 1998), 168.

abstract: Acadia Divinity College


title: Globalized websites using Cocoon: implementation and evaluation of the translation process

contributor:
Li, Boya (author)
(Muldner, Tomasz) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2008

abstract: Driven by the rapid development of the software industry and Internet technology, more and more companies have begun to realize the importance of globalization, i.e., making documents such as websites available in various languages. The translation of textual components for target locales is an important part of globalization. This thesis describes the design, implementation and evaluation of the translation process of the CGF system (Cocoon-based Globalization Framework), which can be used to build globalized websites from scratch. Our translation process supports the main features of the computer-aided translation software, such as auto translation, search of the Translation Memory (TM), update of the TM which can facilitate the translation process, and support for Unicode (UTF-8), including both left-to-right text and right-to-left text. CGF stores data in XML format and provides tree representation of data to the users, and it can validate the source data and the translations according to a so called data definition created by the source data provider. Our design takes advantage of the separation of concerns (SOC) feature of Apache Cocoon framework, and separates user roles that require different types of expertise. It also provides great flexibility for future update, such as replacing existing components and addition of new components without affecting the operation of existing components.

abstract: Computer Science


title: Perceived social support for relationships as a predictor of mental and physical health in same-sex and other-sex relationships

contributor:
Blair, Karen Lyndsay (author)
(Holmberg, Diane) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2007

abstract: The current study examined a hypothesized model, which postulated that perceived social support 'specifically' for a relationship would predict relationship well-being and, in turn, also predict mental and physical health outcomes for the individuals within the relationship. Furthermore, the current study sought to test this model on both heterosexual and non-heterosexual participants. The study was conducted over the internet with a large international sample of individuals in same-sex (N= 183) and other-sex (N = 275) relationships. Structural equation modelling was used to evaluate the fit of the hypothesized model, and indicated that the model did in fact fit the data very well. The study found no differences in model fit between heterosexual and non-heterosexual participants, emphasizing that social support for relationships is equally important, regardless of sexual orientation.

abstract: Psychology


title: "Entire instantaneous sanctification" and New Brunswick Free Christian Baptists: 1832-1888

contributor:
MacKay, Garth Melvin (author)
(Goodwin, Daniel) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2007


title: The ministry marathon: exploring longevity in the single pastorate

contributor:
Somers, George Leslie (author)
(Guinta, Frank) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)
(Carson, Gary) (Thesis advisor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2004

abstract: "Using primarily the qualitative research method, my focus was that of exploring the human experience relating to the perceived benefits of the extended pastoral tenure. This tenure was fifteen years or more in a particular pastoral charge by twelve pastors of various denominations who are serving or have served in the Atlantic Canadian context. This journey of discovery sought to identify possible factors influencing longevity and to assess as to whether or not benefits of longevity can be affirmed. If so, which benefits appear especially pronounced? If there are benefits to longevity, should certain character traits and ministry skills be enhanced?" The process of research included clergy interviews and literature review. Particular attention was given to segments of the literature that spoke of longevity in the extended pastorate. Additionally, the researcher and author of this thesis wrote out of his personal experience of two lengthy pastorates. The pre-pastorate and early pastorate life experiences ofclergy were highlighted and some crises of life and ministry were documented. This study was set in a biblical, theological, theoretical, historical and personal context. The context was also extended by a brief look at the churches that had the pastors of longevity and the communities in which these churches functioned. Upon assessment, the gathered material fell into two major categories: the factors common to those given to pastoral longevity and the stated benefits arising from these factors. Pastorates of longevity were viewed to be preferable in most cases to short-term pastorates even while noting some hazards of longevity. Reasons for leaving pastorates were discussed and twelve keys to longevity were afforded those seeking lengthy tenures. Suggestions for further study included the topics of the transitions following the long pastorate and examination of intentionally short pastorates.

abstract: Acadia Divinity College


title: Reweaving identity: women, activism and the forest

contributor:
Glidden, Shauna K. (author)
(Auger, Jeanette) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2005

abstract: Women's activism in forestry in Nova Scotia was examined in order to identify its origins and emerging themes. Several key issues were identified by using qualitative research methods which included semi-structured interviews with thirteen women and two men. An auto-ethnographical account of the researcher's experience of this study is also included. Women's narratives identified several key themes which include: mobilization of women's political action for the environment; an ethic of community care; the belief that mentoring the next generations is a civic and spiritual responsibility; and the discovery of a political identity in the process of social change and environmental activism. As well, interviews with two men involved in the forestry industry in Nova Scotia provide an historical overview and illustration of sustainable forestry practices. An ecofeminist analysis was engaged to examine the effects of a "dysfunctional" patriarchal social, political and economic structure on women's political actionand corresponding community forests. Results show a convergence of women's political identities and action despite differences in ethnicity, race, place, context, time and space. Women's activism therefore results from a multiplicity of complex factors.

abstract: Sociology


title: "Deign'd to Chuse" Calvinism: moderate Calvinistic theology in John Donne's Holy Sonnets and Sermons

contributor:
Gilmore, Ruth M. (author)
(Cunningham, Richard) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2006

abstract: This thesis explores the theology portrayed in John Donne's ' Holy Sonnets' and 'Sermons', as it argues for the reformed and even Calvinistic nature of Donne's religious writings. I have positioned my argument against recent critics who maintain that Donne was distinctly anti-Calvinist and even Catholic, and I argue for Donne's moderate approach to Calvinistic theology. I believe that failure to acknowledge the Calvinistic element of Donne's religious verse and prose stems from a misunderstanding of Calvinism itself; thus, given an appropriate understanding of Calvinistic theology, Donne's religious writings can be understood as portraying a form of moderate Calvinism. Examination and analysis of Donne's sonnets and sermons, in light of the religious spectrum of the seventeenth-century church, reveal them to convey moderate Calvinistic theology, as Donne's writings can be understood to reflect Calvin's writings both in theology and in approach.

abstract: English & Theatre Studies


title: Sources of magnetic and gravity anomalies on the Scotian Shelf southeast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, and onshore-offshore geological correlations using geophysical modeling

contributor:
Lyon, Sheri Ann (author)
(Barr, Sandra) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)
(Dehler, Sonya A.) (Thesis advisor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2008

abstract: The Scatarie Ridge Magnetic Anomalies (SRMA) form a prominent northeast-trending belt, 100 km long by 25 km wide, on the Scotian Shelf southeast of Cape Breton Island. Using the second vertical derivative magnetic map, the SRMA has been resolved into a linear anomaly trending east-northeast, and two large magnetic aureoles located north of the central part of the SRMA. Forward potential field models, constrained by seismic and well log data in the offshore and density and susceptibility measurements from onshore and some offshore units indicate that the southern margin of the linear anomaly is the northern margin of the Orpheus Graben. A south-dipping fault separates rocks of the Meguma terrane to the south from rocks of the Avalon terrane to the north of the graben. In the models, the Avalon terrane to a depth of about 15 km consists of five geological units with different magnetic susceptibility and density values. The source of the large linear anomaly is interpreted to be a belt of mafic volcanic rocks at a depth of 6-15 km. The large magnetic aureoles have associated gravity anomalies indicating that they are caused by granite plutons and magnetic rocks in the surrounding contact metamorphic aureoles. In the Gabarus Bay area, similar magnetic aureoles are associated with the Devonian Deep Cove granite and other intrusions. In contrast, two granitic bodies south of the Orpheus Graben in the Meguma terrane have densities and magnetic susceptibilities similar to Devonian plutons onshore in the Meguma terrane. Upper crustal units beneath the Avalon terrane offshore have higher susceptibility and lower density than units beneath the onshore Mira terrane, suggesting that the offshore area is a different part of the Avalon terrane, perhaps equivalent to the Antigonish Highlands or eastern Newfoundland.

abstract: Earth & Environmental Sciences


title: Myth, history and labour: the construction of identity and the critique of modernity in Alistair MacLeod's No Great Mischief and Island

contributor:
Benke, Carmen Natalie (author)
(Wyile, Herb) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2008

abstract: This thesis examines the role and construction of identity, through culture and labour, in Alistair MacLeod's novel, 'No Great Mischief' (1999), and short stories collected in 'Island' (2000). I explore both the productive use of tradition and its limits. While MacLeod's work builds a powerful image of tradition and labour, grounded in a profound sense of history, place, and community, it suffers from rigidity, essentializing Cape Breton as well as the urban center. Examining his writing, with close attention to historical and ideological contexts, the thesis explores how MacLeod creates a highly nostalgic and selective historical narrative of the Scottish diaspora, an image of the ideal Cape Bretoner as something paralleling The Folk, and the region itself as a primordial, natural home. Despite the static center-periphery (urban-rural, modern-traditional) divide guiding MacLeod's mythology, moments of genuine challenges to globalization disrupt both his nostalgia and the power of the modern.

abstract: English & Theatre Studies


title: Resisting erosion in a sea of capitalism: two case studies of anti-capitalist worker cooperatives in Canada

contributor:
Scott, Nicholas (author)
(Sacouman, Jim) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2008

abstract: This thesis is an exploration of the dialectical orientation of two worker cooperatives in Canada: Mondragon Coffeehouse in Winnipeg and The Sleepless Goat in Kingston. It explores the contradictions these two organizations must navigate within a pro-bureaucratic capitalist environment and how these contradictions have contributed to their development and, more specifically the development of the individual members. The analysis is based on the key theoretical concepts of worker cooperatives, democratic-collectivist organizations, revolutionary praxis, and solidarity. Beginning from the experience of individual cooperative members, this thesis makes the connection between the alternative organization's structural development and the self-changing of the individual. This reinforced Karl Marx's notion of revolutionary praxis which suggests a correlation between the changing of circumstances and individual change. Based on a comparative analysis between two worker cooperatives, using twelve in-depth, semi-structured interviews the research revealed a number of key findings. The main finding was that despite beginning with similar structure and intent over a decade or so these two organizations developed in largely different directions. While Mondragon was able to maintain its political commitments and democratic-collectivist structure, The Sleepless Goat became more concerned with business practice and in the process allowed its political commitments and collectivist structure to fade. It was found that cross-movement solidarity, recruitment practice, and effective communication of goals and practices were all contributing factors in the maintenance or erosion of social movement goals.

abstract: Sociology


title: Deer wintering habitat models for two regions of Nova Scotia

contributor: (Bondrup-Nielsen, Soren) (Thesis advisor)

subject: LE3 .A278 1997

abstract: A project jointly supported by the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources and Acadia University was initiated in 1993 to study the winter habitat of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Two geographically separate areas representing the extremes of the Nova Scotia climate were selected, one in Queens county and the other in Inverness county. The first part of the study involved an analysis of forage aspects of the deer wintering area. The Queens study area had an average of 10656 stems per hectare available for browse, whereas the Cape Breton study area had 22789 stems per hectare. The mean mass of the browsed portion of the available stem, browsed biomass, was measured. Browsed biomass was significantly different between study areas and among species, but not among cover types. Annual increment of unbrowsed shoots showed significant differences among species and cover types, but not between study areas. Habitat model construction and testing were the focus of the second part of the study. This involved the capturing of deer, followed by the attachment of a radio-collar. Radio-locations, recorded during three winter seasons, were transferred to a geographical information system. Kendall-tau testing, coupled with t-testing and Mann-Whitney testing aided in the elimination of insignificant habitat variables. A total of 29 variables were considered at a local scale, and 22 at a landscape scale in developing the models. A step-wise logistic regression, using the presence or absence of deer as the dependent variable, was performed. The model was applied to a geographical information system to produce a weighted composite probability map for habitat evaluation. Such a map has the potential for application in meeting the demands of Nova Scotia's silvicultural needs while maintaining critical deer winter habitat. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

abstract: Biology


title: A study of the validity of discretized analog scaling (Discan)

contributor:
Harvey, Natasha Rachael (author)
(Genest, Myles) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 1997

abstract: Discretized analog (Discan) scaling is a reliable and precise quantitative scaling methodology used to measure an individual's target complaints, feelings, beliefs, attitudes, symptoms or problems such as emotional distress and anxiety. Discan has been shown to be useful for various clinical and research applications. Discan has not been formally tested for validity, however, which is the purpose of the present study. A longitudinal design was used in which thirty-five undergraduate students with elevated levels of anxiety and six clinical participants undergoing anxiety-management therapy were assessed weekly, eight times each. Scores on Discan anxiety and impulsivity scales were compared with scores on the State Trait Anxiety Inventory, State form (STAI-S) and the Basic Personality Inventory-Impulse Expression (BPI-ImE) scales. Results from Pearson's correlations, visual and qualitative analyses of the data provide support for the concurrent and discriminant validity of idiographic Discan scales.

abstract: Psychology


title: Bridging theory and practice: the democratization of human rights dialogue

contributor:
Ettinger, Judy L. (author)
(Conley, Marsh) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 1997

abstract: Within the human rights community a breach between theory and practice, or between ideas and action exists. Current prescriptions for successful education 'for' human rights comprise a form of interactive learning, where the values of tolerance, mutual respect and understanding may be engaged and fostered. In contrast, the operation and scholarship of the broader human rights community fails to exemplify these priorities of inclusiveness and diversity. This thesis explores this disjuncture between prescription and practice and the failure of human rights dialogue to become more 'open', or democratized. The contention is that the lack of inclusiveness characteristic of human rights dialogue has resulted not merely in theoretical stagnation, but also in the subversion of the cornerstone of human rights goals; human rights education. The thesis presents a more inclusive communicative vision for the human rights community. Referencing the current state of human rights dialogue and principles of education 'for' human rights with the communicative theory of Jurgen Habermas the linkages between communication and human rights education are made explicit. Bridging the gap between the communicative action of the human rights community and the ideas of education 'for' human rights is essential, it is argued, for the success of human rights goals and for the realisation of a 'culture of peace'.

abstract: Politics


title: Associations between components of the attention deficit-hyperactivity syndrome and measures of aggression in relationships

contributor:
Theriault, Stephen W. (author)
(Holmberg, Diane) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 1998

abstract: This thesis examined relationships between several measures of components of Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and measures of abusive behaviour in intimate relationships. Participants were 80 university students, who completed self-report measures on retrospective and current ADHD symptoms, a pragmatic language scale, and measures of the type of conflict resolution tactics they employed. Results indicated that there was no direct linear relationship between ADHD and abusive behaviour. The pragmatic language inventory was found to play an intermediary role between the two sets of variables. Abusive behaviour was found to be related to problems with the rules of conversation, while ADHD measures were related to problems with expressive and receptive language. Results are discussed in terms of the psychometrics of the measures used.

abstract: Psychology


title: Views from the other side: parental perceptions of the individualized educational plan (IEP) process

contributor:
Caines, Bruce C. (author)
(Brown, Margaret) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 1998

abstract: With the passage in 1975 of the Education of All Handicapped Children Act (EHA) in the United States, parents of children with disabilities were provided a voice in the educational decision-making process as conceptualized through the development of an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP). Since that time research has studied the nature of this involvement as it relates to the role of parents at IEP meetings. This qualitative study sought to discover how parents of four children with mental disabilities, each experienced the IEP process (i.e., initial contact with the school; IEP meeting and plan development; implementation; monitoring; and evaluation of the IEP) over the course of their child's school experience. The participants shared information about their initial experiences with school system personnel up to the present time of this research study. The findings reveal that there are a number of barriers to the IEP process. Parents feel that the IEP process is compromised by the attitudes of school system personnel toward both child and parent: that these attitudes further interfere with the IEP process by creating a relationship where parents feel they cannot trust and respect those individuals in the school system who hold these attitudes. Parents feel that the process is further complicated by the nature of teacher professionalism they experienced and by the issue of ownership with respect to their child's program. The issue of ownership may be rooted as much in the attitudes of teachers as it is in the historical relationship between special and regular education. Parents used a number of strategies to breakdown these barriers with each achieving various degrees of success.

abstract: Education


title: Opening Pandora's box?: designing and implementing strategies for new information and communication technologies in the political science classroom

contributor:
Spurr, Krista L. (author)
(Alexander, Cynthia) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)
(Conley, Marsh) (Thesis advisor)

subject: LE3 .A278 1998

abstract: This thesis argues that the implementation of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the Political Science classroom will provide new opportunities that will positively affect student learning. This contention is supported by the findings of a case study of Political Science courses employing new information and communication technologies at Acadia University from 1996 to 1998. Using the "lessons learned" from two years of technological implementation in the political science classroom, this thesis will explore the implementation of ICTs by illustrating numerous strategies and considerations for employing ICTs in different academic environments. Through an investigation of the unique circumstances that led to the implementation of a campus-wide computing initiative in 1996, the implementation of new ICTs within the Political Science classroom are critically assessed and approaches to technologically-enhanced political learning opportunities for other instructors of Canadian Political Science are proposed. The case study will also present the findings of a series of student surveys, indicating a series of positive and negative responses to the implementation of new information and communication technologies.

abstract: Politics


title: Lawsuit genre on trial: presence and function of lawsuit genre in Isaiah 40-48

contributor:
White, Shawn Patrick (author)
(Ashley, Timothy) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 1999

abstract: This thesis examines the form critical unit designated as 'lawsuit genre' or 'trial speech', specifically within Isaiah 40-48. A survey of various scholars who have written on the subject reveals that they have not reached a consensus as to its form, or even its existence. A form critical study of the so-called trial speeches in Deutero-Isaiah must first establish that such a form exists. The analysis of non-Deutero-Isaiah texts establishes this. The characteristics revealed in that study assist the form critical analysis of Isaiah 40-48. The discovery of trial speeches in Deutero-Isaiah leads to the question addressed by rhetorical criticism--what is the function of the 'trial speech'? This exploration led to conclusions concerning the style and intent of Deutero-Isaiah.

abstract: Acadia Divinity College


title: Narrow accommodations: the restrictions of convention and criticism on Thomas Hardy and his heroines

contributor:
Kyte, Tamara Lee (author)
(Milton, Paul) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 1999

abstract: This thesis examines the harsh restrictions placed on nineteenth-century women, as reflected in three of Thomas Hardy's heroines. It also examines the restrictions placed on Hardy's writing by both nineteenth- and twentieth-century critics. Hardy interrogates nineteenth-century constructions of femininity such as the ideology of separate spheres, madonna/whore iconography, and female morality. Through this interrogation, he seeks to create a less conventional definition of femininity. Many feminist critics cite the harsh treatment of Hardy's heroines as evidence of Hardy' s misogyny; examination of textual evidence reveals the opposite to be the case. Hardy handles Tess Durbeyfield's sexual misfortune with both candor and sympathy; he approves of Sue Bridehead's radical repudiation of both marriage and conventional ideology; and he allows Bathsheba Everdene to surmount prejudice and personal tragedy to emerge as a survivor. In this thesis I have found that many feminist readings of Hardy are problematic, asthey often exclude valuable textual evidence in favor of a particular feminist stance. Close readings of the novels prove Hardy sympathetic to the plight of nineteenth-century women, as evidenced in the honest and unique portrayal of Tess, Bathsheba, and Sue.

abstract: English & Theatre Studies


title: Non-radioisotopic microsatellite genotyping of timber wolves (Canis lupus) using faecal DNA

contributor:
Barr, Erik David (author)
(Snyder, Marlene) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)
(McLeod, Peter) (Thesis advisor)

subject: LE3 .A278 1999

abstract: Microsatellite DNA fingerprinting was used in an attempt to identify unknown scat samples from timber wolves ('Canis lupus') at the Canadian Centre for Wolf Research (CCWR) with DNA recovered from wolf faeces. Silver staining, a non-radioactive technique which is available to small labs, was used to obtain microsatellite genotypes for many of the wolves. Blood samples from a group of free-ranging wolves in Quebec were also used to validate the technique. Genotypes obtained from DNA extracted from blood and faeces collected from the same individuals always matched indicating accurate amplification of the DNA from faeces. The results are compared to other similar studies and the close overlap of alleles of this study mid alleles reported in another study strongly suggest the scoring was accurate. Confirming the CCWR pack pedigree was one of the objectives and although all the individuals were not genotyped the suspected pedigree from observational data at the CCWR matched genotypes that were obtained. While the identification of unknown scats was never attempted due to the difficulty in getting this technique to become routine, the results shown in this study suggest that with future refinement, this technique could be used to identify individual scats.

abstract: Biology


title: Distributed Information System (DIS) RMI and Java 1.2 implementation

contributor:
Shiv, Vicky (author)
(Muldner, Tomasz) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2000

abstract: This thesis describes an integrated Distributed Information System (DIS). The first objective of my thesis is to build a portable and distributed information system based on a domain of homogenous and persistent objects. In order to meet this objective, we designed and implemented Distributed Information System (DIS). DIS is a general-purpose environment for the self-sustaining information systems. Software developers can use DIS to create a concrete information system without having to deal with networking and distribution details such as remote access, migration, replication and distributed transactions. Implementation of DIS is based on a client/server paradigm that uses Java 1.2 and RMI to provide network and operating system independence. Persistent storage on the server is provided through a file system or JDBC. The second objective of my thesis is to create an experimental system that can be used for the example-based learning. This objective has been met by using DIS to build Distributed Repository of Programming Examples (DRPE).

abstract: Computer Science


title: Under the gun: pressure group politics surrounding Bill C-68, Canada's gun control legislation

contributor:
Bernard, Joanne L. (author)
(Adamson, Agar) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2000

abstract: This thesis examines the pressure group politics prevalent in the legislative process of Bill C-68. This case study titled, "Under the Gun: Pressure Group Politics Surrounding Bill C-68 in Canada," determines the effectiveness of lobbying strategies employed by key groups in relation to the level of influence exerted on the state elite during Bill C-68's legislative journey. This examination will describe that the environment in which Bill C-68 was formulated followed a pluralistic model. Pressure groups from both sides of the debate galvanized their positions to promote their interests to the media, the Canadian electorate, and most importantly to effect the political decisions of state actors. Although the level of contact by interest groups and level of consultation within the policy community was extraordinary and challenged the role of the government and the political will of its actors, the autonomy of the state was not jeopardized. Consequently, the author argues that political leadership supplemented by party discipline afforded this legislation safe passage through parliament and sufficient insulation for the state elite concerning pressure group influence.

abstract: Politics


title: Backwards saints: the jazz musician as hero-figure in James Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues" and John Clellon Holmes' "The Horn"

contributor:
Oliver, Stephen Blake (author)
(Baron, David) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2000

abstract: This thesis examines the iconic jazz player as hero-figure in modern American fiction. It argues that the African American bop musician is an ideal American hero. To understand jazz's status within American culture, the theories of Adorno and Murray are discussed. The jazz musician is then examined within African American and Beat writing. In the former, the texts are Ellison's ' Invisible Man' and Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues." In the latter, they are Kerouac's 'On the Road' and Holmes' 'The Horn '. The thesis asserts that the musician speaks to a marginalized audience and offers hope of transcending this marginalization. It argues that belief in transcendence is romantic, as is identification with a hero-figure. The writer, however, understanding that the human condition involves striving to reach impossible goals, displays the integrity of the musician as well as the integrity of the audience, inspired by the jazz performance to fulfill their dreams.

abstract: English & Theatre Studies


title: Effects of forest management practices on forest structure and selected epiphytic lichens in Nova Scotia

subject: LE3 .A278 1998

abstract: Little is known about habitat requirements of lichens and evidence suggests that they may be negatively impacted by forestry. The purpose of this thesis is to: (1) determine if harvesting and thinning affect certain forest structural features; (2) determine if harvesting and thinning affect diversity or abundance of selected epiphytic lichen species; (3) determine habitat and forest structural features important in explaining diversity and abundance of some lichen species; and (4) examine the use of lichens as bio-indicators of forest structure. Structural forest features and abundance on trees of 34 species of arboreal lichens were measured and compared among thirty stands in three maturity classes in central Nova Scotia including natural forests with no timber management and harvested and thinned and harvested forests. Significant differences in forest structural features were found between natural and managed forests. Structural features found to be most correlated with lichens are tree age, crown closure and remnant trees. Natural forests had significantly greater total lichen abundance, number of lichen species and lichen diversity than managed forests. Forest management practices can be changed to improve habitat for lichens and increase biological diversity in managed forests.

abstract: Biology


title: Thermal ecology of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) and Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in impounded streams: behavioural responses and population impacts

contributor:
MacMillan, John L. (author)
(Dadswell, Michael) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)
(Cairns, David) (Thesis advisor)

subject: LE3 .A278 1998

abstract: Thermal effects on brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, and Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, were examined in warm (Midgell River) and cold (Valleyfield River) water systems in eastern Prince Edward Island in 1994 and 1995. Salmonid population characteristics were examined through snorkelling, elecrofishing, netting, and trapping. Water temperature reached a maximum of 30$\sp\circ$C in the Midgell River and a maximum of 23$\sp\circ$C in the Valleyfield River. Midgell River brook trout used cool water refugia created by groundwater springs when daily mean temperatures in the main river exceeded 19.2$\sp\circ$C and when daily maximum temperatures exceeded 21.6$\sp\circ$C. Juvenile Atlantic salmon remained in the open river during warm water periods. Brook trout migration upstream in the Midgell River decreased when mean daily water temperatures reached 19.6$\sp\circ$C. Angling activity decreased during warm periods in the Midgell River. The Midgell River population was estimated as 3,505 (95% c.i.:2,174-5,967) brook trout (408 km$\sp{-1}$ of stream), and the Valleyfield River population was estimated as 41,237 (95% c.i.: 34,094-49,884) brook trout (3,586 km$\sp{-1}$ of stream length). (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

abstract: Biology


title: Care giving, institutionalization and available supports: a study of family care givers of persons with Alzheimer's in central Newfoundland

contributor:
Phillips, Susan E. (author)
(Auger, Jeanette) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 1998

abstract: The purpose of this study was three-fold: to understand the experience of caring for a family member with Alzheimer's disease, from the perspective of adult children and spousal care givers; to see how institutionalization of a spouse or parent impacted the care giver; and what support services existed in central Newfoundland for them. Interviews were conducted with 15 individuals who had a family member diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. The results showed that the care givers experienced an enormous amount of stress during the care giving process, which ranged from health problems, coping with unpredictable behaviours, feelings of burden and so on. Informants also stated that the institutionalization of a spouse or parent was a difficult and complicated experience, although stress did decrease upon placement. Even though a number of informal and formal services existed in the community to assist care givers, many were unaware of them.

abstract: Sociology


title: Ann-Marie MacDonald in the context of Hugh MacLennan and Alistair MacLeod: gender formation in three Cape Breton writers

contributor:
Vasil, Christina Jane (author)
(Davies, Gwendolyn) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 1998

abstract: The ways in which two male authors, Hugh MacLennan and Alistair Macleod, marginalize their female characters in Each Man's Son (1951), The Lost Salt Gift of Blood (1976), and As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories (1986) respectively, becomes apparent through a feminist and cultural reading of their texts. These male authors' limited exploration of female identity in their Cape Breton stories is expounded upon by Ann-Marie MacDonald's treatment of gender identity formation in her novel Fall On Your Knees (1996). MacDonald subverts certain female stereotypes through gender role reversals and an exploration of female rituals and female memories. By bringing a feminist and postmodernist reading to four different fictional texts about the same region, this thesis will examine gender identity formation in these Cape Breton texts and will argue that such formation is intertwined with issues of ethnicity, class, religion, gender stereotyping, and storytelling. MacDonald consciously focuses on gender definitions in order to comment on the complexity of gender identity formation for both female and male characters in fictional accounts of Cape Breton.

abstract: English & Theatre Studies


title: A survey of the quantitative intraspecific variation of anthocyanins, phenolics and antioxidant capacity in leaves and fruit of Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton clones in Nova Scotia

contributor:
Duy, Joanna Catherine (author)
(Vander Kloet, Sam) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 1999

abstract: A total of 135 clones of V. angustifolium were sampled from three regions in Nova Scotia; Cumberland County, Hants County and Queens County. The leaves and fruit of each clone were tested for total anthocyanins, phenolics, antioxidant capacity and, in leaves, surface colour, in an effort to determine the quantitative intraspecific variation present among clones, morphological types, regions and (for leaves) growing seasons. Fruit were highly variable in anthocyanin content and antioxidant capacity, suggesting genetic and environmental influences on these components. Leaves demonstrated a broad range of anthocyanin and surface colour values, but no correlation was found between fruit and leaf anthocyanin levels. The three morphological types of V. angustifolium did not differ in any of the variables measured. The three regions of Nova Scotia differed in fruit and leaf anthocyanin content and antioxidant capacity (and surface colour in leaves). Leaves harvested during the early, middle and late part of the 1997 growing season differed in % dry weight, anthocyanins, antioxidant capacity and leaf surface colour (hue angle). Correlations were found between anthocyanins, phenolics and antioxidant capacity in fruit, but not in leaves. Early and mid season leaf phenolic levels correlated weakly with total phenolics in fruit. Measurements of leaf surface colour (hue angle) taken from dried, powdered leaves were correlated with leaf anthocyanin content, indicating that leaves which appeared red contained more anthocyanin pigment. There has been little if any work done to date on quantifying the intraspecific variation in the polymorphic V. angustifolium, and no previous studies which involved quantitative analysis of anthocyanins, phenolics, antioxidant capacity and surface colour in leaves of this species.

abstract: Biology


title: Nobody knows I'm normal: an adolescent perspective of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

contributor:
Bezanson, Birdie Jane (author)
(Foster, James) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2000

abstract: This study examined the phenomenon of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as it relates to the lives of two young men. The purpose was to gain an understanding of how the adolescents diagnosed with ADHD perceived their successes and failures in adjusting their behaviours to the expectations of a predominately non-ADHD environment. This study was based on the assumption that by ascertaining the problems faced by the adolescent with ADHD, possible counselling interventions could be developed. Interpretive interactionism provided the framework for this social inquiry. The prevalent question of how the adolescents perceived their success and failures was explored by in-depth interviews guided by the two participants. Positive relationships with adults and a sense of independence were of paramount importance to each of the participants.

abstract: Education


title: Re-interpretation of the geology of the Cape Breton Highlands using combined remote sensing and geological databases

contributor:
Ethier, Martin (author)
(Barr, Sandra) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2001

abstract: Relationships among the varied rock units of the Cape Breton Highlands as revealed by geological mapping are not everywhere clear, in part due to limited exposure and also to difficulty of access in some areas. This study was undertaken to try to improve on the geological interpretation of the highlands, especially in those problematic areas, by combining geological and remote sensing databases. The geological database was assembled based mainly on published maps. Remotely sensed information used in the study included Radarsat S7, Landsat TM, gravity, magnetic (vertical gradient and total field) and radiometric data. A Digital Elevation Model (DEM) was constructed from 174 Nova Scotia 1:10,000-scale contour map sheets. The geological, geophysical, and remotely sensed data were integrated into a Geographical Information System, and the resulting database was used to evaluate the various geological interpretations of the highlands. The combined DEM and vertical gradient image and a classified image based on radiometric data proved most useful in the interpretation process. The key result of the study was to demonstrate how the combined data sets can lead to improved geological interpretation, in particular with respect to geological contacts between known map units in poorly exposed areas, and in the location of major faults and postulated terrane boundaries. Granitoid map units were best detected and distinguished with the radiometric data.

abstract: Earth & Environmental Sciences


title: Probing play: a narrative inquiry

contributor:
Wilson, Jennine (author)
(Cooley, Miriam) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2001

abstract: This is an examination of how hope, understood as a consciousness of possibilities for personal growth, is accessed through play. Using a narrative research framework, I document and discuss some of my life experience of play in order to better understand the optimal conditions for accessing hope within contexts of play, including how, as a play therapist, I can best prepare myself to help children become conscious of their own possible ways of being. After explaining the practical and conceptual bases of this thesis, I present my field texts and develop the thesis' positive themes. Accessing hope requires that play is a place where children may sample possible alternative realities. Especially in play, children are very competent teachers who, when they have the opportunity, capably direct others to the possibilities that they themselves want and/or need to sample. Helping children to access hope thus involves providing this opportunity where it is absent. To do so, I prepare myself by becoming a good playmate; that is, someone who communicates acceptance and security to the other and who engages her spirit of play to meet the other on common ground. Optimally, a playmate exhibits certain qualities: an openness to connection; a non-judgmental approach; a non-defensive posture; and a willingness to be vulnerable within the safe, trusting relationship. When the strength of their vulnerability permits playmates to meet each other on common ground, the opportunity for accessing hope is realized.

abstract: Education


title: The turn within: a self-in-relation to counselling

contributor:
Finlay, Anne (author)
(Sumarah, John) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2001

abstract: Beyond theory, strategy, and skill, who is the person of the counsellor? This qualitative study, informed by criteria derived from the interrelation of autobiographical self-study research, phenomenological inquiry, narrative inquiry, arts-informed research, and alternative ethnographic inquiry, seeks to answer certain fundamental questions which arise when considering the self of the counsellor in relation to the practice of counselling: How can one best help another to heal? What is the nature of therapeutic presence? What does a counsellor need to be attuned to within him or herself so to be most present with another? How does one ensure that one is supporting growth and not enabling dependence? How can one be most authentic with oneself and another? How does one deal with one's insecurities, uncertainties, and fears in taking on the privilege of listening to and witnessing the life of another? Drawing on the theoretical traditions of humanistic psychology, transpersonal psychology, zen therapy, spiritual therapy, phenomenological-existential psychology, and feminist counselling, this intentionally self-revelatory thesis seeks to answer the above questions based on an honest and rigorous self-reflective process of the author's experiences as a beginning counsellor. With the process informing the format, the work is represented through the merging of a variety of voices: the poetic inner voice of experience, the academic narrative voice, and the voices of those who inspired and led through their theoretical traditions. This exploration led to several notions: that helping another cannot be done without helping oneself; that cultivating presence with another is dependent on the cultivation of presence with oneself; that the growth of another is supported by allowing the process to lead; and finally that the turn within to inner reflection is a necessary and continual requirement for the counsellor as self-in-relation to the practice of counselling.

abstract: Education


title: Counselling practice and spiritual beliefs: four perspectives

contributor:
Hermiston, Janis Maria (author)
(Sumarah, John) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2003

abstract: The profession of counselling has acknowledged that spirituality is an area of study that requires attention, particularly as spiritual beliefs have an impact on the therapeutic relationship between counsellor and client and thus, in the healing process. Since it is not possible for counsellors to neutralize spiritual beliefs with the objective of offering unbiased counselling, it is important to increase self-awareness of values and beliefs. This qualitative study explores the processes in which three experienced counsellors and the author, a beginning counsellor, left the religious teachings of childhood and developed or acquired different sets of beliefs that serve them as individuals and as counsellors. Their work of counselling is described and the possibility that their spiritual beliefs and practices have undergone changes since they began working as counsellors is explored. Changes were acknowledged; the agnostic who is a realist ever seeking logic, now practises mindfulness meditation; the practising Buddhist has become more thoroughly Buddhist: the agnostic who had been "seeking" has attained a sense of calmness and self-acceptance through her spiritual growth; and the author has become more convinced of the legitimacy of researching and exploring spiritual beliefs in counselling. Through a holistic interpretation, the author reflects on the mysteries of human uniqueness and the profound healing of hearts that are open.

abstract: Education


title: Reveling in and rebelling against the folly of the world: King Lear's clowns

contributor:
Cameron, John Hugh (author)
(Slights, Jessica) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2003

abstract: The conventional approach to the Shakespearean clown has tended to be narrowly defined, as characters such as Feste have received the most attention. The study of the Shakespearean clown deserves a far more nuanced and encompassing approach. The term "clown" deserves a far broader definition, because villains such as Iago and insane monarchs such as Lear derive their inspiration from the same sources that led to the conception of the conventional clown. Outcasts, these characters are forced to create themselves anew in their hostile environment. This self-fashioning leads to disastrous results as they either attempt to destroy the society that has rejected them or are destroyed by society as a result of their being alien to it. In this I am influenced by Stephen Greenblatt's 'Renaissance Self-Fashioning'. I also intend to discuss the clown in relation to Mikhail Bakhtin's theories on laughter. Ultimately I hope to outline the ways that Shakespeare uses these clowns in order present the world as a great stage of fools.

abstract: English & Theatre Studies


title: Transformative schooling: a polyphonic study of the possibilities for progressive education in Nova Scotia

contributor:
Cunningham, Heather Dale (author)
(Thomson, Tony) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2007

abstract: The purpose of this thesis is to discover the possibilities for implementing progressive ideologies and a just education in the Nova Scotia public school system. I used a mixed qualitative approach to conduct the research. The use of the term 'Polyphonic', meaning many sounds, implies the use of multiple voices in this work. In-depth interviews were conducted with public school teachers, principals and teacher educators, a focus group was conducted with nine students from an alternative public high school, two classroom observations were done and document interpretation was used, creating a rich and detailed qualitative study. The data was analyzed using a Freirian educational theory based on ideas of critical pedagogy and transformative education. Liberal and progressive ideologies provide the foundation for an education promoting social and global justice. Though the province has begun to recognize the need for progressive schooling, many official policies and practices work in opposition to this goal. Individual teachers are implanting progressive practices in the classroom but this is only individual-level change. Large scale reform requires implementing progressive ideas at the system level. As long as the province continues to work both for and against this need, a system level, progressive education, promoting global justice, can never be established.

abstract: Sociology


title: Knowledge transfer using context-sensitive multiple task learning

contributor:
Poirier, Ryan Xavier (author)
(Silver, Daniel L.) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2007

abstract: Machine lifelong learning, or ML3, is concerned with building machines that continue to learn over time, while drawing on previously learned knowledge to aid in new learning. This thesis presents context-sensitive Multiple Task Learning, or csMTL, as a method of inductive transfer by encoding examples with contextual information. The research is inspired by problems encountered with standard Multiple Task Learning (MTL), which is shown to be an inappropriate method for ML3. The thesis presents relevant background of machine learning, artificial neural networks, and requirements for an ML 3 system. It also presents preliminary mathematical theories that explore possible reasons that csMTL produces better models than standard MTL. The focus of the thesis is upon empirical studies, which are conducted using five task domains, which include two synthetic domains and three real-world domains. The studies show that, using artificial neural networks, csMTL is able to produce more accurate models than MTL. Studies using inductive decision trees and the k-nearest neighbour algorithm suggest that the improvement is due to characteristics of the ANN model, and not to machine learning models in general.

abstract: Computer Science


title: Play as holy

contributor:
Embree, Rene Jeannette (author)
(Brackney, William) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2008

abstract: Contemporary society is often driven by work and productivity. Christians are no exception, often valuing work so highly that it can become an idol. The Church has often clearly taught God's call to work; however, much less reflection has been given to God's call to play. This study examines the place and value of play in the life of Christians. The aim is to show that play, from both a Biblical and theological perspective, is essential to the life of a believer. The proper place and value of play is considered through four main areas. First, the biblical evidence for a spirit and practice of play is examined in the creation account, the practices of God's people in the Old Testament, and the life of Jesus. Second, an understanding of how a practice of play became distorted in Church and society is explored through studying the rise of the Protestant work ethic. Third, contemporary theologians' attempts to connect play with theology are studied, as a means of further understanding the proper place of play. Fourth, reflection and analysis is given to how play can be biblically faithful, reflect theology, display God's character, and lead to spiritual growth. Examination of these four areas demonstrates that play is necessary to be faithful to God, and play is meant to be part of the rhythm of life, held in balance with one's work. The spirit of play is evidenced in the Bible, particularly through God's character of joy, delight, and freedom. Play can reflect theology and the character of God accurately. Play can serve as a spiritual discipline, training the Christian in God's ways. It is a means of taking proper delight in God, others, and creation. Play needs to be integral to the life of the believer and the Church.

abstract: Acadia Divinity College


title: Sm-Nd isotopic and whole-rock chemical compositions of late Neoproterozoic and Cambrian sedimentary and metasedimentary rocks of the Caledonian Highlands, southern New Brunswick

contributor:
Satkoski, Aaron (author)
(Barr, Sandra) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2008

abstract: Neoproterozoic though Cambrian clastic sedimentary and/or metasedimentary rocks occur in the Hammondvale Metamorphic Suite (> ca. 620 Ma) and Broad River (ca. 620 Ma), Coldbrook (ca. 560-542 Ma) and Saint John (ca. 540-490 Ma) groups in the Avalonian Caledonia terrane of southern New Brunswick. This study of the petrography, major and trace element chemistry and Sm-Nd isotopic composition provides new constraints on the provenance and environment of deposition of these units and hence on the tectonic evolution of this typical part of Avalonia. Nd isotopic and whole-rock chemical data show that the Hammondvale Metamorphic Suite and metasedimentary rocks of the Broad River Group have negative [epsilon] Nd(T) values and were derived from recycled sedimentary and mafic igneous sources whereas the sedimentary rocks of the Coldbrook Group show generally positive [epsilon]Nd(T) values and likely were derived from Avalonian felsic to mafic igneous sources. Samples from the Saint John Group also have felsic to maficigneous sources, but are characterized by negative [epsilon] Nd(T) values. Some metasedimentary rock samples from the Hammondvale Metamorphic Suite, Broad River Group and Saint John Group fall outside the Avalonian igneous isotopic window, whereas Coldbrook Group samples fall mainly in the Avalonian isotopic window, suggesting a substantial Avalonian crustal component for the Coldbrook Group. Sedimentary units in the Coldbrook Group were likely derived from igneous units in the Broad River and Coldbrook groups, based on their mostly positive [epsilon]Nd(T) values. The more negative [epsilon] Nd(T) values for samples from the Hammondvale Metamorphic Suite, Broad River Group and Saint John Group indicate a large, isotopically mature source, presumably outside Avalonia.

abstract: Earth & Environmental Sciences


title: Pregnancy and female agency in three Jacobean plays

contributor:
MacAfee, Linda Marie (author)
(Slights, Jessica) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2008

abstract: Pregnancy is the thorn in the side of patriarchal control. In early modern England, many husbands, physicians, clergymen, and pamphleteers attempted to stifle a woman's agency by proclaiming her to be mentally and morally inferior or by commandeering the physical nature of a woman's pregnant body through medical theory. However, women did (and do) possess an undeniable agency through their ability to be pregnant. John Webster, William Shakespeare, and Thomas Middleton use pregnant female characters as a way to expose onstage the cultural, social, and economic tension and liberation that exists between pregnancy and female agency in their plays 'The Duchess of Malfi, The Winter 's Tale', and 'A Chaste Maid in Cheapside'.

abstract: English & Theatre Studies


title: The finishing stroke: Edgar Allan Poe's aesthetics of unity

contributor:
Yazdi, Hamid R. 1970- (author)
(Narbeshuber, Lisa) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2001

abstract: Edgar Allan Poe's tales are almost always divided into the two categories of detective and terror. This division has become an accepted generalization, so much so that many seem to have lost sight of the fact that the source of both the tales of terror and the detective fiction of Edgar Allan Poe is the same author with the same world view. The underlying anxiety of Poe's fiction is the pain of separation from, and a desire for reunion with, the divine source of creation. This anxiety is the source of tension, terror, madness, fragmentation, and death wish in Poe's tales. This idea, though variously explored in imaginative tales, finally manifests itself in the form of a serious philosophical statement in 'Eureka ' (1848). Both chronologically and philosophically, 'Eureka ' finalizes Poe's tales. In the form of a philosophical statement, ' Eureka' summarizes the anxiety of the tales. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

abstract: English & Theatre Studies


title: Cardiovascular, endocrine and affective responses to an acute psychosocial stressor: the impact of objective control, self-efficacy and oral contraceptive medication

contributor:
Hand, Denise Catherine (author)
(MacLeod, Peter) (Thesis advisor)
Acadia University (Degree grantor)

subject: LE3 .A278 2001

abstract: Cardiovascular, endocrine and affective responses to an acute, psychosocial stressor were investigated in 79 undergraduates using the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST), a 10-min, public speaking and mental arithmetic stressor. Objective control and self-efficacy (specific and generalized) were assessed as potential stress-buffers. Males, non-medicated females and females taking oral contraceptives (OC) were compared to assess the impact of OC on cortisol reactivity. There was a significant increase from baseline after exposure to the TSST for heart rate ('p' < .05), systolic blood pressure ('p' < .001), diastolic blood pressure ('p' < .001), cortisol ('p' < .001), and negative affect ('p' < .001), and a decrease from baseline in positive affect ('p' < .001). OC-females had lower cortisol reactivity than males (' p' < .01) but not non-medicated females. Specific self-efficacy predicted subjective stress measures and predicted cortisol reactivity through a suppressor relationship. No effect was found for the control manipulation or for generalized self-efficacy.

abstract: Psychology