identifier: Russell, Janet <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Russell=3AJanet=3A=3A.html>   (1999) Chick diet and nestling condition among Atlantic puffins at three northwest Atlantic colonies.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Seabirds forage in a variable environment. Theoretical investigations into seabird foraging ecology and practical efforts to utilize seabirds as sampling agents of marine dynamics have been hampered by an inadequate base of natural history data. Prior to this study, the nestling diets of Atlantic Puffins along the coast of insular Newfoundland in the northwest Atlantic were assumed to be homogeneous. Successful breeding by Atlantic Puffins in the region had been linked to the availability of mature capelin which was thought to be an essential component of puffin nestling diet due to the paucity of suitable alternative prey. -- This study reports data on the diets and condition of nestlings collected at Baccalieu, Funk and Small Islands between 1992 and 1995. Bill-loads of fresh prey were collected from adult Atlantic Puffins provisioning nestlings. Bill-load size and the contribution to the diets made by mature capelin were compared between areas and years in conjunction with nestling condition, measured as body mass at a given wing-length. Proximate organic composition analyses were conducted on the lesser known prey items and energy densities estimated. -- These data were used to test the assumptions that 1) the diets of puffin nestlings along the coast of insular Newfoundland are homogeneous and 2) that there are no prey of comparable quality to mature capelin available to breeding puffins in the region. The data do not support either assumption. Diets of nestling puffins along the northeast coast of insular Newfoundland are not  homogeneous. Rather than uniformly dominated by mature capelin, the diets of nestling puffins on Funk and Small Islands were sometimes composed principally of either postlarval 0-group sandlance or larval 1-group capelin. The condition of nestlings fed on post-larval O-group sandlance was the best observed in this study, exceeding that of nestlings fed diets dominated by mature capelin. 1-group capelin had a wet energy density similar to male capelin while postlarval O-group sandlance had a wet energy density which exceeded that of mature capelin during a comparable time of year. -- I conclude that the diets of Atlantic Puffin nestlings in the northwest Atlantic are more variable than previously considered, and that there are occasions when prey of at least comparable energetic density to that of mature capelin are available to adult puffins provisioning young in this region.


identifier: Dwyer, Mary B. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Dwyer=3AMary_B=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1998) Client satisfaction with services delivered in a mental health crisis centre during its first year of operation.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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abstract: Background -- Client satisfaction with health care is important to ascertain from many standpoints. It is a useful measure in directing resources appropriately and providing direction for the improvement of health care delivery. Satisfaction is positively correlated with health care outcomes and it can be an important determinant of overall health status. The province's health system is faced with challenges of geography and the historical dominance of institutional provision of care. Mental health services in Newfoundland and Labrador have been evolving over the past two decades. Health system reform continues to occur in this province, as elsewhere across Canada. --  Design --  A cross-sectional study. -- Setting -- A community-based mental health crisis centre established in June, 1996, by Health and Community Services, St. John's. -- Objectives -- To determine general satisfaction with services, the extent to which clients were helped in addressing their immediate crisis and the long-term resolution of the crisis. -- Participants -- A sample of 105 people over 16 years of age who visited or telephoned the crisis centre during the period June, 1996 to September, 1997. -- Methods -- A telephone interview of clients who had consented to be contacted by researcher using a forty item survey comprised of Likert scale and narrative questions. -- Results -- Eighty-five percent of participants indicated that they were satisfied or very satisfied with the service. More females indicated their satisfaction than did males (91.3% vs 78.6%). When the Centre was rated on such attributes as location, accessibility, waiting time and comfortableness of environment, the large majority of consumers reported being satisfied or very satisfied with all attributes. When satisfaction level was compared with the type of crisis that precipitated contact with the Centre, greater variability was observed. For example, 60% of individuals presenting with relationship problems were satisfied while 100% of individuals presenting with crisis codes of health concerns, bereavement/loss or mental illness expressed satisfaction. Eighteen percent of clients reported complete resolution of their crisis. Missing data and telephone numbers no longer in service reduced the number of clients available for interviews. -- Based on participant responses, recommendations for improvements and expansion of the services of the Mental Health Crisis Centre as well as integration of other mental health services were identified. --Conclusions -- Participants in the study strongly supported community based crisis services and recommended expansion to other areas of the province. However, less than 10% of the clients contacting the Centre over the last 18 months could be reached for consent to participate in the study. Lack of adequate documentation on the client population prevented in depth assessment of how well the Centre is meeting the needs of its clients.


identifier: Li, Yu <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Li=3AYu=3A=3A.html>   (1998) Cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding er1, a novel developmentally regulated FGF response gene.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: In order to investigate the molecular mechanism of mesoderm induction by FGF in Xenopus Laevis, I have utilized the polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based differential display methodology (Liang and Pardee, 1992) to identity a novel transcript whose expression level increased in Xenopus embryo explants during mesoderm induction by fibroblast growth factor (FGF). The PCR product was used to clone a 2.3-kb cDNA representing this transcript, which I have named er1. The er1 cDNA contains a single open reading frame (ORF) predicted to encode a protein of 493 amino acid residues. Northern blot analysis revealed a single 2.8-kb mRNA that was observed predominantly during the initial cleavage and blastula stages of Xenopus development, with little or no detected mRNA during subsequent development. In vitro translation of er1 using a rabbit reticulocyte lysate system produced a protein with an apparent molecular mass of 74kDa. A database homology search revealed that the predicted er1 amino acid sequence contains three regions of similarity to the rat metastasis-associated gene mta1. FGF is known to play an important role in both mesoderm induction and gastrulation movement during amphibian development, elucidation of the function of this mta1-related FGF response gene may lead to a better understanding of the early development of Xenopus Laevis.


identifier: Chan, King Ming <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Chan=3AKing_Ming=3A=3A.html>   (1991) Cloning of winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) metallothionein cDNA and analysis of metallothionein gene expression in winter flounder.  Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Cadmium chloride (Cd²⁺) administration induces the production of metallothionein (MT) mRNA in the liver of winter flounder.  Analysis of polyadenyiated mRNA directed cell free translation products by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed that hepatic mRNA from Cd²⁺- injected flounder translated to yield MT.  Polyadenyiated RNA purified from liver samples of winter flounder after Cd²⁺- injections was then used to construct a cDNA library. Several recombinant clones made complementary to MT mRNA were selected from this cDNA library by an oligonucleotide derived from the amino-terminal amino acid sequence of winter flounder MT.  Sequence analysis of two of the cDNA inserts gave the structure of the entire 3'-untranslated region, a coding region corresponding to the flounder MT and 49 nucleotides of the 5'-untranslated region. -- One of the flounder MT cDNAs, pWFMTC4, was subcloned into an RNA probe plasmid and transcribed to produce antisense MT RNA (MT cRNA) which was then used to detect the MT mRNA levels in tissues of the winter flounder after various treatments.  The hepatic MT mRNA levels were found to be induced in the winter flounder following multiple injections of metal ions (Cu²⁺, Zn²⁺, Cd²⁺, Pb²⁺ and Hg²⁺) . The time required for the induction of hepatic MT mRNA by a single injection of Cd²⁺ was approximately 96 hours. Dexamethasone did not induce any accumulation of MT mRNA in any of the tissues examined (liver, kidney, heart, brain, intestinal scrape, and gill filament), whereas Cd²⁺ induced MT mRNA in all of those tissues except brain, where the endogenous level of expression was high. -- Southern blot analyses of winter flounder genomic DNA showed that there is a single MT gene in the winter flounder.  These results together with the protein and cDNA sequence analysis establish that there is a single species of MT protein in the winter flounder.  The complete amino acid sequence of flounder MT was derived from the cDNAs.  It has 20 cysteine residues in a 60 amino acid polypeptide with a characteristic of Class I MT protein structure.  It shows 50% to 57% amino acid sequence identity with chicken and pigeon MTs respectively, approximately 60% sequence identity with mammalian MTs and 85% sequence identity with rainbow trout MTs.


identifier: Rahn, Mildred L. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Rahn=3AMildred_L=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1993) Club 47: an historical ethnography of a folk-revival venue in North America, 1958-1968.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This thesis presents an historical ethnography of Club 47, a significant cultural icon of the folk music revival in the United States in the late 1950s and 1960s. Club 47 existed in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from 1958 to 1968 and was the best-known coffeehouse in New England. -- Club 47 was instrumental in helping to create a community and a market for commercial folk music by serving as both the principal breeding ground for new talent in the area, and as the showcase for the best performers and the many genres that the folksong revival had to offer. -- While it was the music aspect of the club that was best known, performers and audiences came together at the 47 as much for its social organization as for its music. A critical factor that distinguished Club 47 from other revival venues was its membership policy, instituted upon its incorporation as a nonprofit educational organization, which led to its communal ownership and governance. Throughout its evolution, Club 47 both influenced and reflected musical and social developments locally, regionally, and nationally, including the revival's eventual integration into mainstream musical forms and the 1960s counterculture. -- As a contribution to the field of folkloristics, this thesis considers the music culture of one group of people over a 10-year period and approaches Club 47 from its grassroots as a field work-based history. I seek to contextualize and synthesize the experiences and observations of the scene's diverse participants within the scholarly purviews of folksong and folk custom, as well as within folksong-revival and New England sociocultural history. -- My findings suggest that the revival helped to usher in a new American cultural period and, through appeals to tradition, functioned as social sanction for breaking old patterns and creating newer ones. As part of a cultural transformation, Club 47 participants, like their folksong revival counterparts in other scenes, were creators and innovators of new musical texts. These texts, when approved as art forms, alluded to continuity with the past and utilized the materials of the present to preserve and transmit their creations into ever-widening circles.


identifier: Clarke, David J. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Clarke=3ADavid_J=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1997) Coastwise from Cumberland : Maryport coastal trade, 1855-1889.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This thesis examines the British port of Maryport, with an emphasis on its coastal trade. During the period 1855 through 1889 Maryport boasted a lively trade, extending from Wales to Scotland and across the Irish Sea. Although a variety of products were involved, the lion's share of Maryport's shipping, especially across the Irish Sea, was based on the coal industry. This trade, involving Maryport and larger centres such as Belfast, Dublin, Londonderry and Liverpool, will be examined with a focus on three specific facets. The first is coastal capital, that is the actual ships involved and the investors who bought them. Second, there is the human capital, the crews who manned Maryport's coasters, from masters down to apprentices. Third, we will look at the actual voyages made by coastal vessels. This section will also focus attention on the Irish Sea and the coal industry—the physical boundary of the voyages and the industry which spurred many of them. -- This study is one of the few to examine specifically the coastal trade of a single British port. Although there are numerous essays on the general shipping of UK ports, most study foreign or colonial shipping, with only passing reference to the portion of trade comprised by coasters. Since the tonnage of British coasting prior to the 1890s was much greater than deep-sea shipping, it stands to reason that a substantial part of many ports' trade was accounted for by coasters.1 This was certainly the case in Maryport, where coasting accounted for a third of all shipping tonnage entering and clearing as late as 1900. Since so little has been written on this portion of any port's trade, this thesis makes an important contribution to the literature. -- This study demonstrates that Maryport coasting retained much of its sail character well into the age of steam. Despite this, the coastal trades continued to be important into the new century. This is another side of British coasting, where the bulk of scholarly work has been done on trades most receptive to technological change. It also challenges the belief that only innovative trades enjoyed long-term success, particularly in the late Victorian period. The essentially local nature of Maryport's shipping, both in terms of investors and the men who actually crewed the vessels, is stressed. From the middle of the nineteenth century, extensive sea links were maintained with western England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland's east coast. In this respect, the thesis is not only the story of a single port but also says much about the United Kingdom's Irish Sea trade in general.


identifier: Prasad, Ram Deo Gopal <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Prasad=3ARam_Deo_Gopal=3A=3A.html>   (1976) Collision-induced infrared absorption spectra of the fundamental bands of hydrogen deuteride and hydrogen.  Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The infrared absorption spectra of the fundamental band of HD in its binary mixtures with He, Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe for different base-densities of HD and a number of total gas densities up to 190 amagat were recorded at room temperature with a one meter transmission type high-pressure absorption cell. The collision-induced features of the band in these mixtures are similar to those observed for the corresponding spectra of H₂ in its binary mixtures. The binary and ternary absorption coefficients of the band have been derived from the measured integrated intensities. An analysis of the profiles of the enhancement of absorption of the band in all the five mixtures has been performed by assuming appropriate line shapes, and the three half-width parameters, δd and δc of the overlap transitions and δq of the quadrupolar transitions are obtained. The half-width δc of the intercollisional interference dip of the Q branch increases with density ρb of the perturbing gas and satisfies the equation δc = αo + αρb for all the binary mixtures. -- An interesting finding in the enhancement spectra of the fundamental band of HD in HD-Kr and HD-Xe mixtures is the first observation of a narrow line at the R₁(1) position whose intensity increases with the rare gas density. This line is interpreted as due to a constructive interference between the allowed dipole of HD and the collision-induced dipole of the colliding pair HD-Kr or HD-Xe and the effect is referred to as “intracollisional interference.” -- The collision-induced absorption spectra of the fundamental band of HD in pure gas were recorded for gas densities up to 50 amagat at 77 and 196 K on a two meter high pressure absorption cell and at 298 K on the one meter absorption cell. The binary and ternary absorption coefficients of the band have been derived from the experimental profiles. The contribution to the intensity of the band from the short-range overlap induction was obtained from the analysis of the absorption profiles. For the HD-HD molecular pairs, the overlap parameters λ and ρ which give, respectively, the magnitude and range of the overlap dipole moment, and µ(α), the overlap-induced dipole-moment at the Lennard-Jones intermolecular diameter σ, were determined by obtaining the best fit of the calculated overlap part from the theory of Van Kranendonk (1958) to the experimental values of the overlap parts. The collision-induced absorption spectra of the fundamental band of H₂ in the pure gas was reinvestigated for densities up to 60 amagat at temperatures 77, 196 and 298 K and the over- lap parameters for the H₂-H₂ collision pairs were derived by adopting a procedure similar to the one used for the fundamental band of HD in the pure gas.


identifier: Hsieh, Chang-Tsang William <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Hsieh=3AChang-Tsang_William=3A=3A.html>   (1992) Collision-induced absorption spectra of binary mixtures of H₂ with D₂ and Ar and of pure HD.  Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: In the present research project a systematic study of the collision-induced infrared absorption (CIA) spectra of the binary mixtures of H₂ - D₂ in the region of the double fundamental vibrations of H₂ and D₂ and H₂ - Aγ in the fundamental band of H₂, and of pure HD in its fundamental and first overtone regions was undertaken. The experiments were carried out with a 2.0 m high-pressure low-temperature transmission-type absorption cell at 77, 201 and 296 K at total gas densities up to 550 amagat. Infrared prism and grating spectrometers equipped with a microprocessor-controlled stepping motor were used to record the spectra. All the experimental results obtained represent first-time observations in collision-induced absorption. -- Collision-induced infrared absorption spectra of the double transitions of  H₂(ν = 1 ← 0) and D₂(ν = 1 ← 0) have been observed at 77 and 201 K in the spectral region 7000-8000 cm⁻¹ for total gas densities up to 550 amagat with a partial gas density ratio of 1:1 of H₂ and D₂. The observed spectra are interpreted in terms of the transitions, Q₁(J) of H₂ + Q₁(J) of D₂, Q₁(J) of H₂ + S₁(J) of D₂, S₁(J) of H₂ - Q₁(J) of D₂, and S₁(J) of H₂ + S₁(J) of D₂ for J=0 and 1 for H₂ and J=0, 1, and 2 for D₂. Analysis of the experimental absorption profiles was carried out using appropriate lineshape functions. The absorption coefficients, lineshape parameters, etc., are obtained from the analysis. -- Collision-induced enhancement absorption spectra of the fundamental band of H₂ in H₂ - Aγ mixtures were recorded at room temperature for a base density of 72 amagat of H₂ for several partial densities of Aγ up to 440 amagat. Hexadecapole-induced U transitions, U₁(1), U₁(2), Q₁(0) + U⁰(1), and Q₁(1) + U₀(1) have been identified in the spectral region 5400-6200 cm⁻¹.  A “cage” model has been proposed to account for the double transitions of H₂ – H₂ in the H₂ - Aγ enhancement spectra. From the analysis of the absorption profiles, the lineshape parameters and the absorption coefficients have been determined. -- The collision-induced absorption spectrum of the first overtone band of HD in the pure gas was observed at 77 K for gas densities up to 320 amagat.  In addition to the allowed transitions P₂(1), R₂(0), and R₂(1), the CIA transitions Q₂(J) + Q₀(J), Q₁(J) + Q₁(J) + Q₂(J)  + S₀(J), S₂(J) + Q₀(J), Q₁(J) + S₁(J), S₂(J) + S₀ (J), and S₁(J) + S₁(J) have been observed. An analysis of the observed absorption profiles has been completed. It is found that the isotropic overlap induction mechanism does not contribute to the intensity of the band and that negative contribution to the intensity of the band comes from the mixed term (2√3λ₃₂exp[-(R -σ)/ρ₃₂] << νJ | α | ν’J’ >< νJ | Q | ν’J’ > (R/α₀)⁻⁴. The fundamental band of HD has been investigated at 77 K for gas densities in the range 40-310 amagat. For the first time the collision-induced transitions of the type T₁(1) + Q₀(J), Q₁(J)+T₀ (1), U₁(0) + Q₀(J), Q₁(J) + U₀(0), V₁(0) + Q₀(J), and Q₁(J) +V₀(0) for HD have been identified. Here T, U, and V transitions correspond to ΔJ=3, 4, and 5, respectively.


identifier: Stamp, Clifford Francis Joseph <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Stamp=3AClifford_Francis_Joseph=3A=3A.html>   (1999) Collision-induced spectra of double vibrational transitions of H₂ (V = 1 ← 0) + N₂ (V = 1 ← 0) AT 201 K AND 298 K.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: In the present research project a systematic experimental study of the collision-induced absorption (CIA) spectra of the double fundamental vibrational transitions H₂ (v = 1 ← 0 + N₂ (v = 1 ← 0) was undertaken for the first time in the spectral region 5600 – 7600 cm -1. The experiments were carried out with a 2.0 m high-pressure, low-temperature transmission cell in binary mixtures of H₂ and N₂ at 201 K and 298 K for partial densities of H₂ and N₂ in the ranges 60 to 400 and 100 to 350 amagat, respectively. -- The observed spectra are interpreted in terms of the double transitions: O₁(3) + Q₁(J ) • O₁(2) + Q₁(J ) • Q₁(J ) + O₁(J ) • Q₁(J ) + Q₁(J ) • Q₁(J ) + S₁( J ) • S₁(0) + Q₁(J ) • S₁(1) + Q₁(J ) • S₁(2) + Q₁(J ) • and S₁(3) + Q₁(J ) • in which the first component is from H2 and the second component is from N₂. These transitions occur on the high wavenumber wing of the enhancement of the CIA fundamental band of H₂ in H₂-N₂ mixtures. Various semi-empirical line shapes were attempted in the analysis of the observed spectra. Lewis-Birnbaum-Cohen (LBC) lineshape function is found to give the best fit of the calculated profiles to the experimental profiles. The lineshape parameters τ₁, and τ₂ are found to have a linear dependence on the partial density of ρΝ₂ of nitrogen. In particular, τ₁  increases with ρΝ₂, thus showing pressure-narrowing of the linewidth parameter  δ₁ (=1/2πστ₁ ) as the density increases. Finally the binary and ternary absorption coefficients of the double vibrational transitions of H₂+N₂ were calculated.


identifier: Blundon, Joy(Janet Joy) <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Blundon=3AJoy=28Janet_Joy=29=3A=3A.html>   (1999) Co-management and the Eastport lobster fishery.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Fisheries management has traditionally been regulated through governments which have vested ownership in natural resources. Despite regulatory efforts, the common property nature of natural resources often results in overexploitation and destruction of otherwise renewable resources. Fisheries worldwide have experienced declines in landed volumes and fisheries managers have looked to alternative management approaches to stem the tide of unsustainable use. Natural resource exploitation has shown examples of sustainable use through long enduring institutions, which depend on the resource user at the local level to husband local resources. The particular problems that plague fisheries are explored and successful and unsuccessful co-management regimes are examined. The role of government in fisheries policy formulation is examined in the context of Canadian fisheries management with a case study analysis of a lobster co-management initiative on the Eastport Peninsula.


identifier: Rice, James G. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Rice=3AJames_G=2E=3A=3A.html>   (2002) Community and contradictions : the role of a community centre in a St. John's housing project.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This thesis examines the role that a community centre plays in the 'practice' of community in a social housing project in west St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. My analysis focuses on the tensions and contradictions involved in the course of daily life around the Centre as the staff attempt to realize the goals of the Centre, enhance the social conditions of the area, and help to develop the 'cultural capital' of the residents. Particular attention is paid to the core analytical themes which emerged during the course of my fieldwork, such as 'community,' 'empowerment,' and 'ownership.' I examine how these themes are invoked as 'mobilizing metaphors' to serve the agendas of government, the staff of the Centre, and tenant-activists from the project, contrasted with how these same themes are realized as practices in daily life. I also analyze some of the historical, political and economic contexts in which the Centre is situated which relates to a key contradictory tension the Centre is placed within: the strengthening of 'community' within a housing project that is mandated as 'transitional' housing.


identifier: Coles, Keith Ralph <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Coles=3AKeith_Ralph=3A=3A.html>   (1998) Children's games and social change in Savage Cove, Newfoundland (1900-1992).  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This thesis records the evolution of the repertoire of children's games and pastimes for the community of Savage Cove on Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula from approximately 1900 to 1992.  Also, it explores the relationship between this evolution and the social and economic changes which have occurred within the community over the same period of time. This is achieved through the classification and analysis of the games, which serves to quantify the worldview of the community as expressed through its evolving game preference. -- The study focuses on change rather than continuity, for although the games can be seen to represent traditional tendencies and needs, they have changed profoundly over time, and express the conservative yet innovative manner in which the community has responded to social and economic developments.  The children's negotiation between the new and the traditional demonstrates the enculturation of the upcoming generation within the community, as well as their reaction to change within the context of the community's worldview.  In the end, the evolution of the repertoire can be seen to represent the community's response to modernization.


identifier: Dunphy, Kevin <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Dunphy=3AKevin=3A=3A.html>   (1999) Children's perceptions of rewards.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

title: Children's perceptions of rewards

abstract: The internship component of the Master of Education was completed in Stephenville, Newfoundland with School District #4. The internship report consists of a placement component and a research component. The placement component of the report provides an overview of the internship goals and a description of the placement setting, as well as descriptions of the various activities in which the intern was involved during the placement. -- The research component examines students' perceptions on the effects of using rewards as a means of motivation. Twelve grade six students volunteered to be audio-tapped during interviews which addressed their feelings and perceptions toward the use of rewards as incentives to motivate students in regards to their studies. Findings indicated a mixture of feelings pertaining to rewards. Some students indicated that rewards are a useful and positive means of motivation, while others suggested that the use of rewards have negative consequences and may discourage students from studying. Relevance of the findings are discussed as well as limitations of the research.


identifier: Li, Zengmin <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Li=3AZengmin=3A=3A.html>   (1999) Chiral host-guest catalysis : enantioselective epoxidation of unfunctionalized alkenes.  Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Catalytic asymmetric synthesis is the most effective and challenging approach to obtain enantiomerically enriched organic compounds. This research focused on development of new chiral salen-based macrocyclic catalysts for catalytic asymmetric synthesis, particularly asymmetric epoxidation of unfunctionalized alkenes. -- Template-directed reactions of dialdehydes and (1R.2R)- or (1S.2S)-cyclohexane-1.2- diamine gave three series of macrocyclic salen dimers. A single-crystal X-ray study of the first series. 26-membered macrocycles having -CH₂- links, showed a novel calixarene-like structure with a 1.3-alternate conformation in the solid state. NMR studies revealed that a single conformer was maintained in solution for this series of macrocycles. However, the related 32-membered macrocyclic salen dimer containing longer -(OCH₂)₂- links was flexible and showed four conformers in CDCl₃ at room temperature. -- Sequentially, controlled complexation of the macrocyclic salen dimers afforded mononuclear (C₁ symmetric) and binuclear (C₂ symmetric) complexes. Host/guest interactions of the mononuclear complexes were demonstrated through ¹H NMR titration experiments. For the binuclear complexes, two cofacial salen units adopted a syn- or anti- conformation with respect to the cyclohexyl rings relative to a cavity defined by four benzene units. An intramolecular inclusion compound between a binuclear Ni(II) macrocyclic complex and a non-aromatic guest, acetonitrile. was structurally determined by X-ray diffraction. -- Electrocatalytic studies using the rotating ring-disk technique showed that the activity and selectivity of a binuclear calixsalen cobalt complex compared favourably with that of a face-to-face porphyrin catalyst reported by Collman for catalytic reduction of dioxygen at biological pH. -- Catalytic epoxidation studies showed that binuclear Mn(III) complexes had moderate enantioselectivity. An ee of 72% was achieved in the epoxidation of styrene at ambient temperature. The new binuclear catalysts were size-selective and both X-ray and MMX modelling studies of a model complex supported the experimental observations. This research provided the first strong experimental evidence for host/guest catalysis in asymmetric epoxidation.


identifier: Prasad, Kota Sivaramakrishna <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Prasad=3AKota_Sivaramakrishna=3A=3A.html>   (1993) Chlorophyll distribution and primary production on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland investigated by remote sensing.  Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: A sequence of surface pigment images of the 1980 phytoplankton spring bloom on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland was derived from the Nimbus-7 Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS). This data set is augmented with in situ observations of physical and biological data to examine spatial and temporal variability of the surface pigment fields. The satellite imagery suggests considerable temporal and spatial variability in surface chlorophyll concentrations across the period of investigation. Patterns in near-surface pigment concentrations were associated with the evolution of the spring bloom. -- A semi-empirical model, which is in part physiologically based, is presented which utilizes integral chlorophyll (IC), photosynthetically available radiation (PAR) and light absorption by chlorophyll to predict integral production (IP). A preliminary assessment of the relationship between sea-surface temperature (SST), water column stability (VS), integral chlorophyll (IC), and remote sensing optical depth (1/K490) allows the development of another model based on secondary variables to predict integral production (IP). Simultaneous assimilation of sea surface temperature and optical depth into one model for predicting integral chlorophyll demonstrates the usefulness and need for a thermal channel in future ocean color sensors. -- Water column light utilization index, ψ, varies seasonally over the Grand Banks and cannot be treated as a constant in primary production models. Mean values of ϕc showed a twofold to sixfold variation from spring through summer. A shift in distribution of normalized quantum yield (i.e. ϕc / ϕmax) towards lower values in the upper 20m suggested frequent occurrence of light saturation. -- Chlorophyll determined from satellite imagery is used to calculate the depth-integrated pigment content of the euphotic zone. This value, along with a computed value of chlorophyll-specific cross section and computed values of quantum yield, are used in an algorithm developed to predict annual production on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Adjustment of the phytoplankton physiological parameters was necessary to take seasonal variation into account. Mean primary production computed from the algorithm was 194g C m⁻² yr⁻¹ which compared well with the mean shipboard measured value of 186g C m⁻² yr⁻¹.  -- The work presented in this thesis represents a significant advance for the synoptic description of oceanography in the Newfoundland area and provides baseline information, for mid-latitude cold oceans, of use in pigment retrieval and production estimation from the proposed ocean color sensor (SeaWiFS) when it becomes available in 1993. The study gives CZCS-derived production estimates which are similar and reasonable in comparison to the few other such studies which have been carried out in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.


identifier: Aird, Fraser <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Aird=3AFraser=3A=3A.html>   (1989) Chromatin structure of the integrated viral sequences in adenovirus-transformed cells.  Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: In the eukaryotic cell nucleus, chromatin is organized into higher-order structures through hierarchical levels of folding and coiling. Active genes are contained in chromatin domains with a more “open” conformation that is preferentially sensitive to DNase 1 digestion compared to inactive chromatin. The spatial organization of chromatin is maintained by the nuclear matrix, the major structural component of the nucleus. Chromosomal DNA is organized into supercoiled loops anchored at their bases to the nuclear matrix, and in most cases examined, active genes are located at or near the base of the loops. -- I have examined the DNase 1 sensitivity of the integrated viral sequences of four adenovirus type 5-transformed cell lines, and the organization of these sequences relative to the nuclear matrix. DNase 1 sensitivity was analysed by digesting nuclei with DNase 1 and monitoring the disappearance of virus-specific restriction fragments by Southern blotting and hybridization. In each cell line, the integrated viral sequences were in a conformation typical of active chromatin, i.e. they were preferentially sensitive to DNase 1 compared to inactive chromatin. The DNase 1 sensitive region included not only the active transforming (E1) genes, but extended into the adjacent inactive viral sequences. Thus, the integrated viral sequences were contained within active chromatin domains. -- In addition to these extended domains, DNase 1 hypersensitive sites were detected in the  E1A 5'-flanking sequences. These sites were mapped to sequences previously shown to contain the  E1A transcriptional enhancers and binding sites for cellular transcription factors. Therefore, the DNase 1 hypersensitive sites likely reflect alterations in local chromatin structure associated with regulation of transcription of the integrated  E1A genes. -- The organization of the integrated viral sequences relative to the nuclear matrix was analysed by assessing the matrix associated and non-associated DNA fractions for their content of viral sequences by Southern blotting and hybridization. There was no enrichment or depletion of the viral sequences in either of these fractions relative to total unfractionated DNA, consistent with a random organization relative to the nuclear matrix. However, control studies indicated that these results may be due to the conditions used to isolate the nuclear matrix DNA fractions. – (Keywords: adenovirus type 5; chromatin domain; DNase 1 sensitivity; hypersensitive sites; nuclear matrix.)


identifier: Morgan, Laura Bonnie Colleen <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Morgan=3ALaura_Bonnie_Colleen=3A=3A.html>   (1996) Class and congregation : social relations in two St. John's, Newfoundland, Anglican parishes, 1877-1909.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: St. Mary's Anglican church was located in the working-class West End of St John's, Newfoundland, and St Thomas's in the upper and middle-class East End. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, St Mary's parishioners and congregation shared skilled working-class experience and contacts. In contrast, while St Thomas's parishioners were mainly working class, the congregation was dominated by the bourgeoisie. Secular class differences shaped church developments, and affected parishioners' experience of Victorian and Edwardian Anglicanism. St. Mary's lay administration included church wardens and a skilled working and lower middle-class vestry. There was no vestry at St Thomas's, and the church wardens were secularly powerful men. St Mary's lay administration was more democratic, whereas St. Thomas's operated on a system of personal authority. St Mary's and St Thomas's systems of financing were similar, but St Mary's was more aware of the financial difficulties its parishioners could face. It designed a system to accommodate irregular incomes, and encouraged donations from every member of the community. At St Thomas's, rectors emphasised large personal donations from the wealthy.  Theologically, St. Mary's was High Church, and St Thomas's Low. St Thomas's was more affected by Ritualism, a liturgical and architectural revival associated with middle-class consumerism. St. Mary's congregation was less interested in making their church into a fashionable place of worship. Instead, the use of locally built items and hand-made gifts showed an aesthetic rooted in community and craft pride. At St Thomas's, Victorian bourgeois ideology, which included female domesticity, shaped parish poor relief. Efforts to help the poor at St. Mary's were more communal, with less attention to judging the deservedness of needy parishioners. Likewise, the most successful voluntary associations at St Thomas's were those with a prescriptive mandate, especially promoting the bourgeois ideals of True Womanhood and Christian Gentlemen. At St Mary's, voluntary associations were community-based and fraternal. In St John's, early feminism was centred in East End society, and the activities of St Thomas's women showed this influence. At St Mary's, women had limited parochial power and were less recognized for their contributions.


identifier: Burr, Christina Ann <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Burr=3AChristina_Ann=3A=3A.html>   (1992) Class and gender in the Toronto printing trades, 1870-1914.  Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine class and gender relations in the Toronto printing trades during a period of intensive industrial capitalist growth between 1870 and 1914. Consistent with socialist feminism, it is argued that the experience of class cannot be comprehended without a consideration of gender relations. -- During the late nineteenth century segmentation and specialization occurred within the Toronto printing industry with technological innovations in the production process, the emergence of the daily press, and a proliferation of firms specializing in a product line or in a particular aspect of the production process. Throughout the period from 1870 to 1914 male workers dominated the Toronto printing trades. Women were segregated in those jobs socially designated as unskilled, specifically, pressfeeding, and folding, stitching, and collating in the binderies. -- The bulk of the study focuses on printing-trades workers employed at the Methodist Book and Publishing House, a large Church-owned multi-faceted printing and bookbinding establishment. An analysis of a select group of printing-trades workers derived from the firm's extant payrolls for the fiscal years 1882-83 and 1890-91, and for the calendar year 1902, and identified by occupation through linkages with the city directories, revealed a hierarchical and gender division of labour typical of the broader late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Toronto printing industry. Developing the argument that to understand fully the complex interaction of patriarchy and capitalism we must go beyond the workplace and consider the family, the household economies of the sample group of Methodist Book Room workers were analysed using linkages between the decennial census manuscripts and the municipal tax assessments. The majority of Book Room workers studied lived in subsistence-level conditions and tended to rely on the income of one or more secondary wage earners. A breadwinner wage was a reality only for comparatively few skilled male printing-trades workers. -- In the latter part of the study, the trade unionism of Toronto printing-trades workers was explored. Male unionists in Toronto Typographical Union, Local 91 successfully defended their skilled-worker status with industrial capitalist incursions and effectively excluded women compositors from membership in the local typographical union. Considerable attention was also given to the organization of bookbinders, including the formation of the short-lived Women's Bindery Union. -- The study is thus an attempt at a convergence between socialist feminist theory, and working-class and labour-history, feminist history, and family history.


identifier: Sutradhar, Santosh C. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Sutradhar=3ASantosh_C=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1998) Classification of a correlated binary observation.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: A bivariate binary observation is traditionally classified into one of the two possible groups under the assumption that the cell counts follow a suitable multinomial distribution. But. in the traditional approach, the jointprobability for each of these cell counts is unknown. Consequently it is not clear, how the traditional approach takes into account the correlation that may exist between two 2-dimensional binary observations. In this thesis, following Prentice [27] (Biometrics, 1988). we model the cell probabilities by a suitable bivariate binary distribution and examine the effect of this type of modelling in classifying a new correlated bivariate binary observation. The performance of the usual optimum classification procedure based on the proposed modelling of the cell probabilities are then compared with the model-free existing procedure. This is done through a simulation, by comparing the probabilities of misclassification for the two approaches, for various sample sizes and selected values of the marginal probabilities as well as correlation parameter between the two binary observations. We illustrate the use of the joint probability modelling in classification by analyzing a combined data set from two epidemiological surveys of 6-11 years old children conducted in Connecticut, the New Heaven Child Survey (NHCS) and the Eastern Connecticut Child Survey (ECCS).


identifier: Gosse, Stella-Marie Rideout <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Gosse=3AStella-Marie_Rideout=3A=3A.html>   (1975) The status of women in educational administration : a comparative analysis of variables by sex and by rank.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: A profile of women in educational administration was drawn from among the total population of  teachers  in Newfoundland-and Labrador (1973-74) and set against a status profile of the male administrators  in the province.  Categorization by denominational systems in this preliminary survey, resulted in the selection of the largest  denominational system for  an in depth  study. -- This problematic probe,  conducted through questionnaires and interviews,  consisted of a comparison of women  principals with men principals and women teachers with women principals in an effort  to determine what .barriers,  if  any, contributed to there being no more than 44 female principals administering 407 schools of more than one  classroom. Also questioned were school board superintendents and male teachers.  Frequency tabulations, percentages, and statistical testing were included in the processing and analysis, of data, along with summaries  of both  free-response  answers   and interview recordings. -- The following conclusions are based on the findings of this study:  1.     Women  teachers  are not  sufficiently competitive.   2. Women principals trail their male colleagues in certificate  grade-qualifications. 3.  Generally, women obtain principalship status as a result of many years of teaching which  is eventually recognized by  their school boards. 4. Boards generally prefer women only for  primary schools. Males are preferred to a greater extent for high schools, both for teaching and  for administration. 5. Women  are not preferred as principals by teachers to the extent that males are, but they are preferred to  a greater extent by teachers who  have worked with female administrators. 6. Superintendents, principals and teachers  agree that there are fewer women   principals simply because women do not wish to become principals. This is seen as the effects   of traditional practices which lead to a conditioning of acceptance of the social order. Women teachers compare favorably with women principals on all relevant characteristics except years, of teaching experience. 8. For women teachers and women principals, career breaks and maternity leaves are not significantly related to professional status, nor  are family size and professional work load. 9. Women principals feel  very  strongly that women are capable administrators, that discipline is the least real barrier,  and  that more  effort  should  come from women  themselves as well as from the 'system'  to make administration more  accessible to women.  Discrimination is fairly high on the list of reasons  for the low profile  of women in educational  administration. 10. While Jay women are  confined  to small schools teaching lower grades, women of religious orders have acquired status more equivalent  to   that  of their male colleagues signifying   that opportunity  is an important factor  to women  proving their ability to administer schools of all sizes  and all  grades. Follow-up studies might be extended to, include the sexist discrimination in the schools and, to include internal barriers to achievement in women  themselves.


identifier: Halliday, Robert C. W. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Halliday=3ARobert_C=2E_W=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1987) The transition from school to the workplace : a study of student perception of post-secondary education and the Newfoundland education system.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: In modern society the educational system has become an integral part of the social order and has formed  into a structure which is constantly changing to meet the needs of society.  In the process of education, there is great expectation placed upon the system by the community, by the labour market, and by the individual. -- This thesis is designed with several purposes in mind.  These are to show: (1) that, many students in Newfoundland are entering post-secondary educational institutions only to earn credentials without being aware of the requirements of the work place; (2) that educational institutions have historically adapted to the requirements of the labour market needs; (3) that educational institutions can be molded to meet the demands for human resource requirements of-the labour market and society; and (4) that there is need to change the post-secondary education system in £he Newfoundland to overcome existing problems. -- The objectives of the study are to collect data to Investigate the ideas: (1) that students in the province may be entering post-secondary institutions without having prior exposure to the labour market in their field of study, and (2) that the implementation of the existing Career Education course programme at the high school level, may have had  little appreciable effect on students perception of post-secondary education. -- This thesis proposes that the school system in Newfoundland consider changes in its structure in order to place less emphasis on credentials and greater emphasis on movement into the labour market.  It is also suggested that the labour market should take greater  responsibility for employee training and human resource management.


identifier: Griffiths, James Michael <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Griffiths=3AJames_Michael=3A=3A.html>   (1987) The treatment of four social issues in contemporary children's literature : violence, breakdown of the family unit, human sexuality, and drug and alcohol abuse.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Contemporary realistic fiction for children addresses many social issues. In fact many topics once considered taboo are now discussed freely even in books for young readers. It is important, therefore, that all who are involved in the selection process be aware of this fact, be sensitive to the manner in which social issues are treated, be informed about evaluative criteria, and have available to them some reputable aid to selection. The challenge for everyone is to provide children with books that give an honest and realistic treatment of the specific issue in a sound literary context. -- This study was designed to examine four social issues in children's books and to determine whether or not these issues were depicted within a context of literary excellence and on the basis of this examination to compile an annotated bibliography of recommended books dealing with these issues while at  the same time displaying literary merit. The particular social issues selected  for study were violence, breakdown of the family unit, human sexuality, and drug and alcohol abuse. -- Critical literature that addressed the treatment of these social  issues in children's books was reviewed and a list of standard evaluative criteria was identified. -- A list of books was compiled using all appropriate standard bibliographic tools. Books in this list were examined for their suitability for inclusion in the annotated bibliography.  Books included in the recommended list were those books which -- a) meet the general criteria for excellence in children's literature; b) have been personally examined by the writer; c) have been recommended by at least one reputable selection aid; d) are presently in print and/or because of their subject matter, interest appeal and popularity are likely to be available in many schools. -- The annotated bibliography, although not exhaustive, does include a recommended list of books on each of the issues under study. -- Based on the review of the critical literature and the compilation of an annotated bibliography of recommended contemporary  children’s books reflecting these four social issues, the writer has made a number of recommendations related to the selection of books for children which depict contemporary issues in an honest and realistic manner, without sensationalism and exploitation.


identifier: Caul, Robert Marvin <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Caul=3ARobert_Marvin=3A=3A.html>   (1985) The use of a game for revision in a world history course.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purposes of the  study were  to determine, if playing a board game produced  valid results for reviewing World History 3201 in the Province of Newfoundland  and Labrador,  and to determine, students' attitudes concerning the game in several areas. To do this, the experimenter posed these  questions: (1)  Does playing the game for  the purpose of reviewing lead to an increase  in student performance?    (2)   Will students using this game rate the game enjoyable for reviewing world history?      (3)   Will students using this game rate the game helpful in reviewing world history? -- To investigate these questions teacher-made tests and an attitudinal test were administered.  Of the students enrolled  in two classes of  World History 3201, students were assigned to treatment  or control groups. Both classes  were taught by the same  teacher and the teacher considered  students in  both   classes  to be of the same ability. There was a significant difference between the means of students using  this game and the non users.  Also students  using this game rated  the game enjoyable for  reviewing world history and rated the game helpful.


identifier: Kearley, Ina <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Kearley=3AIna=3A=3A.html>   (1997) The use of teacher portfolios in teacher evaluation.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This internship reports findings on the use of portfolios in the formative evaluation of teachers. Three teachers used portfolios as a means of understanding their own teaching and as a basis of communication with the school principal. The teachers found the use of portfolios empowering and of limited value. The principal viewed the portfolios as a valuable tool in communicating with the teachers about evaluation.


identifier: Goulding, Kirk <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Goulding=3AKirk=3A=3A.html>   (1983) The use of wilderness camping as a dropout prevention strategy.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This paper embodies  the first two phases  of a  longitudinal  study that the Terra Nova  Integrated School Board has initiated to measure the efficacy of wilderness  camping as a device to reduce, student dropout rates. These  first two phases  were:   (1)  develop  a model to identify potential high school  dropouts,   and  (2)  devise  a wilderness  camping program to reverse the process of these  students'   inevitable withdrawal  from school.  The third phase will be-to  monitor the effectiveness of  the screening procedure and the  effectiveness  of the  camping program as a dropout reduction device. -- A model to identify potential dropouts was developed by studying the literature on dropout students to find a commonality of recurring factors that cause a student to drop out of school.  The most salient ones identified and used in this study were: -- 1. Extracurricular activities 2. Days absent  3. Grades failed  4. English grade point average 5. Mathematics grade point average 6. Science grade point average  7. Reading achievement. -- Male grade nine  and  ten  students  from Glovertown  Regional High, Glover town and Gander Collegiate, Gander were chosen for this study.  Their English, Mathematics, and Science teachers were given a questionnaire to nominate up to five students who had the worst performance on those variables associated with dropping out of school. Forty-seven students were judged to be potential dropouts.  Of these, through the process of stratified random sampling, six from each of the two schools were randomly selected and assigned to an experimental group.  The same procedure was used to determine the control group. -- To test the discriminating power of the model, the 47 potential dropout students were compared to 57 randomly selected male, grade nine and ten students on all seven variables.  Also, the experimental group was compared  to a control group on the same seven variables.  The data analyses indicated that the potential dropout students were significantly different from the random sample students on all seven variables and that there was no significant difference between the experimental and control groups on any of the seven variables. -- The dropout prevention program departed from conventional approaches.  It consisted of taking 12 potential dropouts on an eight day wilderness camping expedition to Terra Nova National Park, Newfoundland.  They were accompanied by three school counsellors who attempted to reduce the dropout proneness of the campers by combining the  uniqueness of the  natural setting with routine camp activities, physical challenges, communal living experiences, and counselling techniques based on Adlerian psychology and Reality Therapy. -- The effectiveness of both the model and the camping expedition will be measured at the end of three years.  In addition, the study will be replicated for a minimum of three more years. This will increase the sample size and the validity of the evaluation of the program.


identifier: Planchat, Janette <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Planchat=3AJanette=3A=3A.html>   (1994) The usefulness of educational drama as a means of improving the communicative competence of early French immersion students : a pilot study conducted at the Grade two level in St. John's, Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This study investigates the effects of engaging in drama on the oral and written production skills of Grade 2  French immersion pupils. -- A series of drama sessions were held over a 10-week period with ninety-nine Grade 2 students from four classes of early French immersion in St. John's, Newfoundland. Students were engaged in drama experiences through drama games, storytelling, interviews and role-play using the techniques of teacher-in-role, student-in-role and mantle of the expert. Classroom teachers observed and participated in the drama sessions. Reactions were determined by means of interviews with teachers, as well as two teacher questionnaires and a student questionnaire. The results of the study would indicate that engaging in drama appears to have the most positive effect on error prevention, error correction and oral production skills. Written production also improved but not to the same extent. Above average and average students showed more improvement than below average students. Since the study was only of 10 week's duration, the time factor could have affected results. -- The results of the study would appear to indicate that the use of educational drama in French immersion classrooms would be an effective teaching device in improving the communicative competence of students in the French immersion programs. It was also interesting to note that students produced more detailed and longer compositions and used the new language learned during the drama experiences in group discussions and at recess times.  Further research in this area is recommended.


identifier: Melendy, Michelle Lynn <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Melendy=3AMichelle_Lynn=3A=3A.html>   (1993) The victims' - survivors' perceptions of participating in the Hughes inquiry.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The number of reported cases of child sexual abuse has increased over the past ten years. This increase in reporting coincides with society's heightened awareness of the extent that children in our society are being victimized. Professionals working in this field have been eager to develop their skills in responding and treating this population. Questions have been raised surrounding past interventions from Professionals. -- In September 1989, the Hughes Inquiry under Judge Samuel Hughes was established in St. John's, Newfoundland. The purpose of this Judicial Inquiry was to examine police investigations in the 1970's that dealt with allegations of physical and sexual abuse at the Mt. Cashel Orphanage. This Inquiry has addressed why the system appears to have failed the boys who were under the care of the Christian Brothers while at the Orphanage. -- This study examines the perceptions of the victims'/survivors' experiences of participating in the Inquiry. Qualitative methodology utilizing exploratory interviews was employed to understand their subjective experience. Indepth exploratory interviews were carried out with three victims/survivors.  The data analysis is emphasized as an inductive process. Thus, the themes emerged from the raw data. -- The victims'/survivors' perception of whether or not participating in the Hughes Inquiry was helpful depended upon a number of factors. These are organized around four themes with issues relating to shame, trust, empowerment and anger. These findings are discussed in relation to the traumagenic model of child sexual abuse provided by Finkelhor and Browne (1986). The limitations of the study and the implications for future judicial inquiries is explored. This study highlights the importance of the phenomenological perspective in qualitative research which seeks to understand people's experiences in their own terms.


identifier: Weir, Gail <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Weir=3AGail=3A=3A.html>   (1986) The Wabana iron ore miners of Bell Island, Conception Bay, Newfoundland : their occupational folklife and oral folk history.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Iron ore was mined at Wabana, Conception Bay, Newfoundland for seventy-three years.  The economic impact of this industry was felt as far away as Sydney, Nova Scotia, which became a major steel producer because of it, and the economies of both Newfoundland and Nova Scotia were enhanced generally due to it.  The nearby communities in Conception Bay were most affected in Newfoundland for the majority of the miners were drawn from them.  This thesis documents the occupational folklife and oral folk history of the miners and, in doing so, attempts to fill a void in Canadian folklore studies. -- The bulk of the data used in this work was collected in tape recorded interviews with seven former miners and four miners' wives, and is augmented by material from student papers in the Memorial University of Newfoundland Folklore and Language Archive. -- This study focuses on three basic aspects of the miner's life: personal life history, occupational folklife, and occupational narrative.  The life history is given of each of the seven primary informants; the objective being the emergence of characteristics of a typical miner's life.  While each informant had certain factors which were unique to his life, the occupational folklife of the miners tended to be of a universal nature.  Most miners followed the same route career-wise, experiencing the same work routines.  Hours of work, method of payment, foodways, clothing and equipment were common to all.  The occupational narratives presented are generally of two kinds: those that are personal and those that are told about other miners. The personal narratives are often illustrative of the dangers involved In mining, while the non-personal narratives tend to be of humorous incidents. -- The narratives presented in the conclusion concern the final years of the mining operation and take on the form of protest lore by focusing on problems prior to the close-down.  A brief overview of life on the Island since DOSCO pulled out in 1966 and suggestions for further research are presented.


identifier: Li, Jin <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Li=3AJin=3A=3A.html>   (1991) Theoretical and experimental study of cycloidal propellers.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: A theoretical and experimental study was made on cycloidal propellers. -- Experiments were done on a model trochoidal propeller with a pitch ratio of 2.924π in a cavitation tunnel in the Institute for Marine Dynamics (NRC). Problems which caused unreliable test results from a previous experimental study of the model propeller were examined. A mal-functioned torque transducer was replaced. Problems in the measurement of hydrodynamic torque and in calibration tests were analysed and effective ways to solve those problems were used in the present experimental study. Reliable test results for this model were obtained for propeller revolution speeds of 100, 150, 200 RPM. -- Mendenhall and Spangler's discrete vortex method of studying cycloidal propeller performance was modified so that (a) an angle of attack method was used to calculate effects of wake and other blades; (b) the modeling of dynamic stall effects were included; (c) three-dimensional effects of the blades were included. The theoretical results were compared with the experimental data from the present tests and from published results for cycloidal propellers with different pitch ratios and number of blade. It was found that the three dimensional correction method improved the predicted propeller performance at pitch ratios greater than π. The two dimensional model using the angle of attack method gave better prediction of propeller performance than other models at pitch ratios smaller than π. The effectiveness of these models is discussed.


identifier: Jackman, Paula Marie <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Jackman=3APaula_Marie=3A=3A.html>   (1991) Thermal depolymerization analysis of neutral polysaccharides.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Polysaccharide analysis requires identification of monomeric units, sequence, linkage position and anomeric configuration. Conventional analysis is very tedious requiring release of monomeric units by chemical or enzymatic hydrolysis followed by derivatization to volatile species prior to gas chromatographic analysis. An alternative approach is thermal fragmentation which results in the formation of 1,6-anhydro-monosaccharides and 1,6-anhydro-oligosaccharides. The presence of the anhydro monomers relates information about the composition of monomeric isomers, the intact anhydro dimers provide information about linkage type and anomeric configuration. In this study, various neutral polysaccharides were analysed by off-line pyrolytic techniques, the pyrolysates were analysed by trimethylsilylation-gas chromatography and per-O-benzoylation high performance liquid chromatography. Pyrolysate identification was performed by comparison with retention times of standards as well as confirmation by mass spectrometry in both chemical ionization and electron impact modes.


identifier: Bruce, Regina A. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Bruce=3ARegina_A=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1995) The status of women in Canadian universities : a comparative analysis of selected universities by sex and by rank.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: According to the Employment Equity Act and the Federal Contractors Program employment equity is mandatory in universities. The main purpose of the study was to examine the Employment Equity documentation and Compliance Review Reports from eight Canadian universities to determine the employment situation of women. A comparative analysis of variables by sex and by rank was carried out with specific emphasis on salary, age, occupation, years of service and education. -- From the documents reviewed, it seems evident that universities have been unable to address inequities amongst their workforce in spite of their significant commitment to the principles of employment equity. These inequities appear in salary and occupational category differences. On average, across all the universities included in this study, males are remunerated significantly higher than females. Women seem substantially excluded from academic positions, from career advancement in non-academic ranks and from most senior academic, administrative and support positions. The data indicate that men are over-represented in the higher classification ranks and women at the lower. Women are under-represented in academic departments and salary differentials have indicated the favouring of men  in all academic ranks and non-academic classifications. There are obvious inequities within classification levels as well which cannot be explained by differences in age or years of service. Because the majority of universities surveyed failed to provide data on education levels it was difficult to determine the effect of educational differences. Some of the universities failed to provide any clear distinctions with regard to occupational category, salary, years of service or age for Faculty and Staff employees. -- Although it appears that discrimination, as the literature suggests, may be occurring at a variety of levels, at the hiring or promotion n stage, for instance, the documents do little to identify specific barriers to women's advancement. This is a key issue. Presumably, employment equity policies have as their goal the elimination of historical inequities, just as compliance review reports are expected to serve as a critical process in the identification of barriers and in the implementation and monitoring of action plans. Yet the documentation implies discrimination, while providing little direction for change.


identifier: Janes, Diane P. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Janes=3ADiane_P=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1993) The study of the application of a selected evaluation methodology in a higher education, distance education setting.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purposes of this study were (1) to evaluate the first approved graduate distance education course at Memorial University of Newfoundland, and (2) to cest the suitability of the Stake Responsive Evaluation Model as modified by Lertpradist (1990) for that particular setting. -- The modified evaluation plan included procedures for identification of stakeholding audiences, their concerns and issues, and the establishment of evaluation standards. Data were gathered through interviews, questionnaires, tests, and analysis of documents and records. -- The data indicated that the course - Education 6521 Instructional Development - was successful. Student achievement in terms of knowledge and competency gains was high, and students were very favourable about all elements of the course. Course documents and records indicated that the course was well-organized, administered well, and met both student and graduate program needs. -- Recommendations based on the implementation of the Responsive Evaluation Model were made, including recommendations for the further study of higher level distance education evaluation and for minor improvements in the course offering of Education 6521 - Instructional Development.


identifier: McKim, Edna Margaret <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/McKim=3AEdna_Margaret=3A=3A.html>   (1988) The support needs of mothers of high-risk premature infants.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purpose of this research was to evaluate the needs of a specific geographically-based sample of mothers of high- risk premature infants in order to provide the groundwork for an improved teaching and support programme. -- The objectives for this study were (a) to determine the kinds of information that mothers of premature high-risk infants received prior to the infants discharge from the hospital; (b) the kinds of information that the mothers felt they needed, but did not receive; (c) the types of support sought by the mothers in the early post-discharge period; (d) whether the support received by the mothers was felt to-be adequate; and (e) to determine what type of support, was needed where support provided was perceived to be inadequate. -- The subjects were 56 primiparous and multiparous mothers of high-risk premature infants.  Data were collected by survey questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. -- This study found that mothers of high-risk premature infants received information similar to that given to-mothers of healthy, full-term newborns.  The mothers wanted, but did not receive information on the colicky, fussy, or crying infant, noisy breathing, spitting-up, infant behaviour, and infant illness.  Primiparous and mothers attending prenatal classes had an increased need for information. -- Mothers who reported that they needed more information and  did not receive it, were more anxious and less confident while the more experienced mothers were less anxious.  A difference was found in the amount of information the mothers received from the various hospitals. The primary source of support for the mothers in this study was the husband/boyfriend, and secondly, the mother's mother. Multiparous mothers appeared not to receive the same amount of support as the primiparous mothers. -- Many of the mothers found the first week after the infant's discharge from hospital difficult.  The only variable that appeared to have any bearing on the difficult first week was the prompt visit of the public health nurse. The findings from this study suggest that more information needs to be made available to mothers of high-risk premature infants prior to their baby's discharge, and confirms the need for a structured teaching programme.  Other needs indicated by the mothers were for a place to call for assistance, a booklet on post-discharge premature infant care and a visit from the public health nurse during the first post-discharge week.  This study emphasized the importance of an assessment of the mother’s need for support and the quality of support available to her prior to the infant's discharge  and the necessity of hospital and community nurses working together to support mothers of high-risk premature infants.


identifier: Tallman, Richard Sensor <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Tallman=3ARichard_Sensor=3A=3A.html>   (1974) The tall tale tradition and the teller : a biographical-contextual study of a storyteller, Robert Coffil of Blomidon, Nova Scotia.  Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The tall tale has been extensively collected and studied in North America,  yet this work has tended to focus on the tale Itself and on the tall  tale heroes, men no longer living who are remembered by later generations as having been notable storytellers  and  whose first person stories  of impossible  exaggeration are now told in the third person by others.  Rarely has the study of the tall tale focused on a living narrator or on the social context in whlch the tale is told. The intention of this thesis is to  examine the tall tale and other personal experience narrative in terms of both text (i.e., the tale itself) and context (i.e., the social milieu of storytelling), with particular reference to one storyteller, Robert Coffil of Blonlidon, Nova Scotia. Thus, the tales .of Robert Coffil are included and analyzed, but so too is an extensive, orally recorded life history. Special attention is given to the complex interrelationships between Coffil's stories and storytelling and his world view, as reflected in the life history. -- The first section of this thesis (Chapters I-IV) consists mainly of an examination of the existing literature, both in the area of the tall tale and in the area of life history and biographical studies in folklore and anthropology. The second section is devoted to tape transcription of the collected material, and is divided into two parts.  Chapter V, the life history, attempts a complete, chronological ordering of Coffil’s own account of his life with some guidelines as to the collection and presentation of such autobiographical material. Chapter VI consists of the more traditional collection of the tales themselves.. Variant tellings by Coffil of many of the sixty texts are included, and introductory sections and headhotes offer discussion of creativity and the sources of the stories, as well as comparative annotation.  The final, section (Chapters VII-IX) is a unit of analysis and synthesis, in which the situations of storytelling are discussed and the aesthetic values of Coffil as a storyteller are considered. --This sense of an aesthetic is found to include an appreciation of both context --the appropriateness of tale to seating and, of course, to the teller himself —and text— that which in Coffll's eyes makes a good story. -- A final evaluation of the subject suggests  that he will probably not become a tall tale hero to future generations in his community because of his lack of egocentricity as a storyteller and because of his successes at various occupations during his life as a sailor and vessel owner, a truck driver, a woodsman, a fisherman, and a ship's pilot.  From a methodological point of view, this thesis suggests that a more complete understanding of performance-orlented genres  of folklore is possible by the intensive study of the Individual in tradition.


identifier: Martin, Marilyn Jane <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Martin=3AMarilyn_Jane=3A=3A.html>   (1988) The Times' coverage of Sinn Fein, 1906-1918 : a biased perspective.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: When the Easter Rebellion erupted in Ireland in May 1916, Sinn Féin, as an active, influential political, organization was virtually nonexistent. Initial public response to the insurrection in England and Ireland, condemned both leaders and participants. However, the British authorities, in a concerted attempt to reestablish control and authenticate their authority, chose to execute sixteen ‘organizers’ of the rebellion and intern several hundred ‘Sinn Féin’ sympathizers. Their irresponsible handling of the situation, in which many innocent people were treated as criminals, was commonly viewed with disdain by many Irish men and women, and the once unpopular rising, which the government dubbed the Sinn Féin Rebellion, gradually attained an aura of respectability in Ireland. The uprising became identified with Sinn Féin, and the leaders released from English prison camps at the end of 1916 and during the course of the spring and summer 1917 made no attempt to correct the misnomer. As a result, new memberships in Sinn Féin clubs boomed and it became all too evident to the British that Sinn Féin had attracted much more than a nominal base of support. Results from by-elections in 1917 and 1918 and the general election of December 1918 eradicated doubts about the extent of Sinn Féin influence throughout Ireland. Sinn Féin had rocketed from near-oblivion to become the most important nationalist force in the country. Yet its remarkable, ascent could not be attributed to a systematic plan of action by Sinn Féin officials. -- Arthur Griffith, the main impetus behind Sinn Féin, had attempted to increase public acceptance of Sinn Féin doctrine from the organization’s official inception in 1905. The combination of several factors prohibited the fruition of his dream, and consequently, internal dissension within the party doomed it to fading support by,1910 and soporific stagnation until the Easter Rebellion. Nevertheless, Sinn Féin's very existence, as unobtrusive and harmless as it may have been, continued to be regarded as a serious, threat by Unionist newspapers such as the Irish Times and its mighty associate, The Times of London. The Times, in particular, refused to regard Sinn Féin as anything other than treasonous. A reader perusing the columns of the stalwart Times during the period of the uprising would be confronted with the impression of Sinn Féin as a well-oiled and finely-tuned machine, ready to sabotage the English government in Ireland. The presentation of this image, inaccurate as it was, influenced public perception at the time and helped to establish the Sinn Féin of conventional historical memory.


identifier: Cleary, L. Basil <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Cleary=3AL=2E_Basil=3A=3A.html>   (1991) The tolerance of three Steinernematid nematodes to desiccation and the effects of several types of additives on their mobility.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This was a two-part study. In the first part, differences in the ability of three Steinernematid nematodes to remain mobile at various saturation deficit levels were investigated. A TI₅₀ value (time required for 50% of the nematodes within a sample to reach immobility) was obtained for each saturation level and each species. In the second part, the potential of 11 types of additives to enhance nematode mobility (increase the TI₅₀ value) at various saturation deficit levels was evaluated. -- Results indicated that each species had significantly different TI₅₀ values for each saturation level. Steinernema feltiae (All strain), Steinernema sp. Nfld. strain No. 1 (L1C strain), and Steinernema bibionis had the highest, medium and lowest values, respectively. The additives tested separated into groups based on their TI₅₀ values. The best group with the highest TI₅₀ values consisted of base, heavy and 2251 additives. The second group, klearol, pyronyl and Exxon, and the third group, soybean, savol, cottonseed, sunspray and citrus, had the median and lowest TI₅₀ values, respectively. The additives of the first group possessed the lowest relative viscosity values, while those of the second and third groups possessed the median and highest viscosity values, respectively.


identifier: Walters, Paul Alexander Joseph <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Walters=3APaul_Alexander_Joseph=3A=3A.html>   (1987) The toxicity of Prudhoe Bay crude oil in erythrocytes and chick embryos.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: When it was incubated with herring gull or human erythrocytes Prudhoe Bay crude oil (PBCO) was found to induce methemoglobin formation, hemolysis and glutathione depletions in the-presence of a metaboluractivation system such as rat liver microsomes plus NADPH, these effect's were greatly enhanced.   -- Components   of  crude  oil   such   as  naphthalene  and methylated   naphthalenes induced  methemoglobin formation in  vitro in erythrocytes   only  when  liver  microsomes   and   NADPH   were present  in  the  incubation  medium.   However, naphthalene metabolites   such   as   1, 2  and  1 , 4-naphthoquinone,   1,2-  and  1,4- dihydrbxynaphthalene   and  1-naphthol  required  no metabolic  activation to  produce toxic  effects.  In these studies naphthalene was used  as  a model   to investigate the mechanism of  PBCO  toxicity in   erythrocytes. -- The   aliphatic,  aromatic  and   heterocyclic  fractions  of Prudhoe  Bay  crude  oil  were  tested  on  the developing  chick embryo for toxicity  (in terms of  mortality) and  Influence  oncytochrome P-4,50 and  aryl   hydrocarbon   hydroxylase  induction. Induction of these  enzymes  by the fractions  of crude oil  was studied   in the  liver,  kidney and   lung. The aromatic fraction was found  to  be responsible for  most  of  the  embryo  toxicity and   enzyme   inducing   ability,   based   on   its   concentration   in PBCO. -- Although the heterocyclic fraction was less than 7% (w/v) of PBC0 on a weight equivalent basis, it was approximately as potent as the aromatic fraction in causing embryo toxicity and inducing increases in levels of cytochrome P-450 and aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase. The aliphatic fraction  had no toxic  or  inductive   effects.  These, results suggest  that  embryo toxicity may be due to the metabolism of aromatic  compounds  to   more toxic derivatives by aryl hydrocarbon  hydroxylase.


identifier: Murphy, Bridget <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Murphy=3ABridget=3A=3A.html>   (1991) The training of teachers for children in Davis Inlet as perceived by parents and educators.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This study focused on how suitable the teachers in a cross-cultural setting perceived their university teacher training program to be. The study also focused on parental perceptions of their children's teachers. A major purpose of the study was to elicit recommendations for improvements in the teacher training program of this Province for teachers who plan to teach the Innu children of Davis Inlet. -- The sample used in the study consisted of 15 present and former teachers who taught in Davis Inlet since 1975. The study also involved the perceptions of three native teacher aides who were actively involved in the school. They had been assigned teaching duties in grades 1 to 3 and were considered a part of the teaching staff. The study involved the perceptions of two coordinators from the Roman Catholic School Board's Central Office who had direct involvement with the school. A total of 20 educators that were responsible for the education of the Innu students were used in the study. The study also involved the perceptions of 39 Innu parents. -- Data were collected from two sources: a questionnaire that was conducted with the assistance of an Innu person who was fluent in the English language as well as the Innu language; and a questionnaire comprised of 30 structural items was mailed to educators who taught in Davis Inlet from 1975 to 1984. -- The study found that there was a need to provide a program either at university level or school level that would prepare teachers to teach the Innu children of Davis Inlet, Labrador. The program should maintain and reinforce the Naskapi values, customs and beliefs. The program should include the study of the Innu language and the teaching of English as a second language. -- The study also found that there existed a need to provide teachers of the Innu children with in-service training throughout the school year. These sessions should involve competent people in the field of cross-cultural and methodologies specific to the Innu of Davis Inlet.


identifier: Quinlan, Sean Edward <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Quinlan=3ASean_Edward=3A=3A.html>   (1996) Thermochemistry of aqueous sodium phosphate interactions with metal oxides in high temperature water.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Most fossil-fired electrical power generating stations employ low concentrations of sodium phosphate to control boiler water pH. Sodium phosphate "hideout" has been identified as a cause of major corrosion problems in some stations. The objective of this work was to synthesize the principal iron reaction products, maricite and sodium iron(III) hydroxyphosphate, and to determine thermodynamic data pertinent to their formation in reactions of iron oxides with aqueous sodium phosphate under hydrothermal conditions. -- Sodium iron(III) hydroxy phosphate (SIHP), Na₄Fe(OH)(PO₄)₂•⅓NaOH, is believed to be the major iron(III) reaction product causing sodium phosphate hideout. The compound was first reported in the early 1980's, from pressure vessel studies on hideout, and its stoichiometry was inferred from elemental analyses on solid reaction products and hydrothermal solutions during hideout experiments. Maricite, NaFePO₄ is the major iron(II) reaction product, and has been found both as a natural mineral and in previous phosphate hideout studies. -- All syntheses of these solids were carried out at temperatures no higher than 250°C in 45 mL Parr 4744 Teflon-lined stainless steel reaction vessels. These vessels were modified to allow in situ filtration of reaction products at high temperature by simply turning the cells upside-down to drain the solution through a stainless steel mesh. Methods were successfully developed for synthesizing sodium iron(III) hydroxy phosphate from hematite, magnetite and iron phosphate, and maricite from iron powder at 95+% yield in these safe, rugged cells. A novel method for synthesizing maricite by thermally decomposing the complex of aqueous iron(III) nitrilotriacetic acid at 250°C has also been developed. -- The crystal structure of SIHP was determined and is consistent with observations on boiler corrosion product behavior. The crystal structure of maricite was also determined, and found to be identical to that of the natural mineral. -- Solubility studies for SIHP were carried out in a modified 450 mL Parr 4562 stirred reaction vessel fabricated from Hastelloy C. To avoid the need to control reduction potential, solubility experiments were carried out in the presence of hematite, according to the following reaction -- ½ Fe₂O₃(s) + 13/3Na⁺(aq) + 2HPO₄²⁻(aq) + ⅓OH⁻ (aq)  ⇆   --  Na₃Fe(PO₄)•(Na₄/₃H₂/₃O)(s) + 5/6H₂O(1). -- Results were obtained up to 325°C at a sodium/phosphate ratio of 2.5, and up to 260°C at a ratio of 3.0 before severe corrosion reactions terminated the experiments. Kinetic experiments approaching equilibrium from unsaturated and supersaturated conditions at 225°C confirmed that equilibrium had been achieved. -- From this and previously reported data for the ionization of phosphoric acid, a thermodynamic database for the formation and release of the main iron(III) species under boiler conditions was developed.


identifier: O'Keefe, Rosemary Ann <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/O=27Keefe=3ARosemary_Ann=3A=3A.html>   (1998) Twenty-one years of French immersion in Newfoundland and Labrador : a review of French immersion in the province from 1975-1996.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: French immersion (FI) has existed as an alternative approach to education in the learning of a second language in Newfoundland and Labrador for over twenty years. Both Early French Immersion (EFI) and Late French Immersion (LFI) have shown significant growth since the early days of their inception to the present. Enrolments have increased, learning resources have improved, teachers have become more qualified and experienced with the French immersion situation. Results from kindergarten through grade twelve show very good progress for those who remain in the program. There are strong support groups in place throughout the province for those who need reassurance or guidance. -- However, since the late 1980's enrolments have generally decreased in both entry points EFI and LFI. Factors such as family mobility, due largely to the economic state of the Province, have impacted significantly the number of students enrolling in FI: and the number leaving FI from grade to grade. Results of FI have also come under some criticism. Class size is declining; therefore, FI may not be an option in areas where numbers are too low to warrant the program. -- Even though many areas of the province have worked hard to build FI in their schools and advocate it in their communities, it will take the continued support of all involved in the process to ensure that FI remains a viable option for the children of Newfoundland and Labrador.


identifier: Halliday, Sandra M. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Halliday=3ASandra_M=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1987) Two-variable choropleth maps : an investigation of four alternate designs.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The two-variable choropleth mapping technique is a statistical mapping method that researchers have only seriously considered since the mid-1970’s. The aim of this method is to enable the percipient to distinguish three spatial distributions on a map, i.e. two single geographical distributions and the interrelationship between them. Most of the earliest research questioned the viability of the bivariate choropleth map and found it to be acceptable. Much of the subsequent research was conducted to evaluate its graphic design flexibility to the cartographer and readability to the map user given the intended purpose of the design. This study continues that research trend. Test maps were designed by combining four graphic variables that resulted in the following combinations: value with black pattern, value with white pattern, hue with black pattern and hue with white pattern. A total of four previously untested experimental maps with a 4x4 matrix legend were created and used in conjunction with a task-specific questionnaire to determine the feasibility of the designs. The utility and validity of these designs were analyzed based on the degree to which subjects could interpret correctly the information displayed on each map. One hundred and twenty university students participated in the study. In the experiment black and white patterns were compared in their effectiveness in the map perception process. Both hue and value were similarly compared. Bertin’s three map reading levels were incorporated into the study to measure the level(s) at which the maps were successfully utilized. The majority of the questions were prepared for the intermediate and superior map reading levels since this is where bivariate choropleth maps were designed to excel. Familiarity with the two-variable choropleth map design was another factor examined. The study also examined whether those students more advanced in their academic programs obtained better results. The results strengthened and substantiated the idea that two-variable choropleth mapping is indeed a viable technique for both the cartographer and the map user. No one design was statistically proven to be the most successful overall, since the experimental questionnaire was answered competently by the subjects regardless of the map design they were randomly assigned. The results showed that subjects could answer questions accurately at all three map reading levels. No significant difference in effectiveness was found between black and white patterns nor with hue and value progressions. As the participants worked with and learned how to interpret the required information from the experimental maps, their results improved significantly.


identifier: Gilbert, Robert William <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Gilbert=3ARobert_William=3A=3A.html>   (1990) Two voltage gated potassium currents on embryonic xenopus skeletal muscle cells growing in culture.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: At least 4 classes of voltage activated potassium currents have been identified on adult frog muscle using macroscopic voltage clamp techniques. This thesis deals with the identification and characterization of two potassium conductances present in the plasma membrane of embryonic Xenopus muscle cells growing in 24 hour old cultures. The tight seal whole cell recording technique was used in this study. One of the currents identified was a hyperpolarization gated inward potassium current thought to be mediated through anomalous rectifying potassium channels. This current activated when the membrane potential was hyperpolarized to values negative to the equilibrium potential for potassium and could be blocked by the external application of 1mM cesium chloride. A second depolarization activated outward current possesses characteristics similar to the delayed rectifier potassium current described on adult frog skeletal muscle preparations. This conductance activated upon membrane depolarizations positive to membrane potentials of -30mV and could be reduced by the external application of 50mM Tetraethylammonium. Kinetic and pharmacological properties of these currents have been examined.


identifier: Roinsol, Françoise <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Roinsol=3AFran=E7oise=3A=3A.html>   (1988) Un programme de formation et de perfectionnement des professeurs de francais de base a Terre-Neuve.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The teaching of French is going to be compulsory in Newfoundland elementary and Junior High Schools within a few years. Many teachers will have to retrain in order to be able to provide a good quality French teaching. The aim of this study is to describe the components of a program of training and retraining for Core French Teachers in Newfoundland. The context in which this teaching occurs is first presented, then a revue of the literature shows what specialists think of the training and retraining for Second Language Teachers. A survey was conducted to School Board French Program Coordinators in order to collect datas on Newfoundland conditions. The analysis of answers led to the identification of the main problems Core French Teachers face in their teaching and to put forward concrete ways to answer those problems. The components of a program of training and retraining of Core French Teachers are presented. The different teachers' skills are identified and several ways of acquiring them are proposed: different kinds of training and retraining activities must be offered, individualized training programs must be allowed, incentives must be provided and some changes in teaching conditions must be made. All those measures are formulated as recommendations addressed to the different levels of the Newfoundland educational system. They make a program which is assessed as ambitious but realistic.