Moessbauer spectroscopy.


Continental capitalism: corporate power relations between Canada and the U.S.


Stratigraphy and depositional history of the Upper Goulburn Group, Kilohigok Basin, Bathurst Inlet, N.W.T.


Weak and strong approximations of the quantile and multivariate empirical processes, when parameters are estimated: and some distribution-free K-sample tests.


Newspaper content analysis study of Canadian political integration, 1845-1895.


Synthetic approaches towards pentacyclic triterpenes.


Studies on the mechanism of photosynthetic oxygen evolution.


Nuclear magnetic resonance study of some ionic processes in solution.


Investigations on the question of mechanism multiplicity in the cope rearrangement.


Effects of methylphenidate and thioridazine upon attention, arousal, and activity in mentally retarded youngsters.


Decomposition techniques for computing reliability measures in large systems.


Prenatal stress: effects on somatic and behavioral ontogeny in the rat.


Convergence as a nearness concept.


Experimental study of nuclear excitation with neutron emission, induced by cascading muons in A.U.197, P.B.206, P.B.207, P.B.208, B.I.209 and natural T.1.


Three-dimensional interaction of a swept shock wave with a turbulent boundary layer and the effects of air injection on separation.


Resource allocation and file access control in distributed information networks.


Investigation of the fracture of medium strength steels with a proposed design rationale.


Evanescent-wave amplification in optical-waveguide devices.


Some results on infinite group rings.


Geochemical dispersion of elements via organic complexing.


Investigation of the development of the trailing vortex system behind a swept-back wing.


Volume change of frozen soils.


Political activists in disaffected communities: dissidence, disobedience and rebellion in Northern Ireland.


Physico-chemical studies of Pb, PbCl2 electrode processes.


Large-signal modelling of V.H.F. and microwave power transistors.


Trends and patterns in African participation in international relations, 1960-1970 : toward a theory of international development.


Canadian Federation of Agriculture; the problems of a general political interest group.


Litter decomposition and nutrient release in a red maple woodlot under natural conditions and under insecticide and herbicide treatments.


Professional socialization and the effect of the professional school: the case of dental education in Canada.


Evolution of local government institutions in Kano Emirate, northern Nigeria, by Robert O. F. Ola.


Split extension rings.


Two generator subgroups of S.L.(2,C).


Effect of amino acid starvation on rebonucleic acid accumulation and metabolism of guanosine tetraphosphate in escherichia coli.


India's arms control and nuclear policy; a quest for an altered world order.


Analysis and design of multistory steel unbraced frames for seismic loading.


Interocular transfer of lateral mirror-image discrimination by cats; evidence of species differences.


Giving credit where credit is due; attributions by actors and observers in a teaching situation.


Large area scanning electron microscopy.


Modelling of insulated-gate field-effect transistors.


Synthesis of some halogenated 2-phenylpyrroles.


Free Europe Committee; an American weapon of the Cold War.


Charge transfer photochemistry of selected iron (III) species.


D.N.A. B43, a chromosomal mutation affecting F prime plasmid determined properties; further characterization of its action on superinfection immunity in Escherichia coli.


On subdirect product of rings without symmetric divisors of zero.


Application of the finite element method to the vibration analysis of axial flow turbines.


Study of a class of self-bit synchronizers.


Familiarization effects with the "reinforcer" stimulus in children's discrete trial instrumental responding.


Unified theory of the algebraic topological methods for the synthesis of switching systems.


Leaf development and phloem transport in Cucurbita Pepo. Studies on the physiology and structure of the expanding leaf.


Role of hibernating bats in the winter diet of Peromyscus Spp. (Rodeniia: Cricetidae) in Ontario.


Time varying applications of practical adaptive systems using gradient algorithms.


Modelling and characterization of double diffused bipolar transistors.


Crosflow-induced flow distortion and its influence on the performance of a vertical axis lifting fan.


Career aspirations and the migration process; a longitudinal study among young adults of Nova Scotia.


Transition state in the hydride reduction of Ketones.


Theory and practice of planning for economic development in a federal state : the case of Cameroon.


Sparing of function following early lesions of selected limbic structures.


Canadian Cabinet and the Prime Minister: a structural study.


Impact of the balance of payments on the Canadian money supply (1962-70).


Community and local government; boundary determination.


Educational and occupational aspirations of Ontario High School students; a multivariate analysis.


Rapid determination of the preconsolidation pressure and elastic moduli of a cohesive soil.


Seasonal and geographic variations in the thermoregulatory behaviors of two species of peromyscus.


Some Hankel transformations of generalized functions.


Multimodal sensory integration as a function of age and reading ability.


Adsorption of sodium salts of citric and phosphoric acids at the mercury electrode.


Role of white papers in the policy-making process; the experience of the Government of Canada.


Distribution, ecology, and postglacial dispersal of certain crustaceans and fishes in eastern North America.


Microcircuit tone receiver for use in telephone systems.


Directional responses of the young guinea pig to auditory stimuli.


Some applications of lanthanide shift reagents in Nmr spectroscopy of organic compounds.


Stratigraphy, structure and metamorphism of the Flinton Group in the Bishop Corners-Madoc area, Grenville Province, Eastern Ontario.


Elastoplastic simulation by nonlinear photoviscoelasticity.


Cozero-sets and function space topologies.


Ecological energetics of a homeothermic predator.


The role of wetland heterogeneity in the regulation of duck populations in Eastern Ontario.


Class of bootstrap estimators for identification of linear discrete-time models.


Iterative adaptation of predictive quantizers.


The Bennett Lake cauldron subsidence complex, British Columbia and Yukon Territory.


Temperature-sensitive neurons in the brain of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis).


Isomeric Ratios in 69Zn, 80Br, 81Se and 165Dy.


Normal series in linear groups.


Seasonal and geographic differences in cold resistance and heat production capabilities of two species of Peromyscus.


The geology and geochemistry of the Austin Brook area, Gloucester County, New Brunswick with special emphasis on the Austin Brook iron formation.


Military leadership and political development in the Western State of Nigeria.


Exploratory studies in a new three-dimensional photothermoelastic technique.


Trapping and recombination dynamics in thin-film Cadmium sulphide.


On the robustness of the size of "student's" t-test.


Stress and displacement waves in solid elastic bars.


Methods of non-linear analysis with applications to multiple access satellite communications.


The Effects of regional homografts of the pars distalis on the development of the duodenum of chick embryos.


A Conflict-theory approach to attitude change in forced compliance situations.


Investigations of amino acid metabolism in Phaseolus vulgaris L. in relation to the development of transaminase activity during germination and the properties of an aromatic aminotransferase purified from roots.


Reorganization of the canadian armed forces: parliamentary, military and interest group perceptions.


The Role of histone proteins and ionic environment in the structure and organization of avian liver and erythrocyte nuclei.


Phylogenetic investigations in Asilidae based on a systematic revision of the Nearctic Dioctria Meigen (S.L.) and related genera (Diptera).


The Geology of the Burnt Hill area and ore controls of the Burnt Hill tungsten deposit.


An Experimental and theoretical study of the secondary deuterium isotope effects on the ionization in the benzoic, o-tuluic, mesitoic, and phenylacetic acid systems.


Intermediary steps in the enzymatic conversion of tryptophan to IAA in cell free systems from higher plants.


The Limitations of the transistor as a high-speed power switch with special reference to tuned class-D amplifiers.


Children's motor skill and the partial reinforcement acquisition effect.


Reception of digital signals over randomly time variant dispersive channels.


Metallogenic study of Vancouver Island, with emphasis on the relationships of mineral deposits to plutonic rocks.


Studies of the thermoelectric powers and resistivities of primary solid solutions of Au. Cd, In, Ge, Tl, and Sb in silver.


Studies on the metabolism of lipids. I. Incorporation of linoleic acid into lipids of rat tissues. II. Mechanism of action of phospholipase B.


Petrology of Adamant pluton, British Columbia.


Studies on the biosynthesis and degradation of 3-indoleacetic acid and gramine in barley shoots.


Studies of the electrical energy storage and loss mechanisms in aluminum oxide.


Properties of electrets.


Sampling without replacement with probabilities proportional to size.


Structural setting of the downie slide, northeast flank of Frenchman cap gneiss dome, Shuswap complex Southeastern British Columbia.


Large area time of flight counter for lass.


Study of contingency tables with given marginals.


X-Ray intensities in muonic nitrogen.


Review of the current status of the Weinberg-salem model of weak and electromagnetic interactions.


Spontaneous deposition of radon decay products from air.


Study of bone density measurements using the photon scattering technique.


Carbonate stratigraphy and petrology: Robb lake zinc-lead property, Northeastern British Columbia.


Stresses developed at an aseismic continental margin.


Sedimentation on the margin of an archean Felsic volcanic complex (Slave Structural Province).


Effect of atmospheric turbulence on the interference of acoustic waves due to the presence of a boundary.


Structure and polytypism in synchysite and parisite from Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec.


Properties of raking ratio estimators.


Benthonic foraminiferal associations of the lower St. Lawrence estuary: a quantitative study.


Biology and conservation of Eastern Fox Snakes. Elaphe Vulpina Gloydi Conant.


Stratigraphy, structure and metamorphism in the Northern Selkirk Mountains southwest of Argonaut Mountain, Southeastern British Columbia.


P.B-S.R. whole-rock study of some proterozoic rocks, Richmond Gulf, Nouveau Quebec.


Baer subplanes of projective planes.


Streamer discharges as applied to laser track chambers and C.O.2 tea lasers.


Petrography and geochemistry of sedimentary rocks of the Yellowknife supergroup (Archean), Slave Province, Northwest Territories.


Metamorphism of iron formations on the Melville Peninsula, North West Territories.


Fluorine and other vein elements as geochemical indicators of fluorite deposits in the Madoc area, Ontario.


Sedimentology of the Huronian Coleman and Firstbrook Formations, Cobalt area, Ontario.


Biofacies and lithofacies study of the Ramparts Formation, Mountain-gayna River region, Northwest Territories, Canada.


Fe-Mg exchange in synthetic biotites on the join annite-phlogopite, and synthetic clinopyroxenes on the join hedenbergite-diopside.


Theory of Polykay statistics with applications to survey sampling.


Genesis of brucite in marbles near Wakefield, Quebec.


Injection of Van Allen radiation during polar magnetic substorms.


Petrology, mineralogy, and trace element chemistry of the Orvan Brook sulphide deposit, Restigouche County, New Brunswick.


A comparative study of some aspects of the behaviour of peromyscus maniculatus gracilis (Le Conte) and peromyscus leucopus noveboracencis (Fischer).


Chemical petrology of some Grenville schists near Fernleigh, Ontario.


Low-temperature performance of asphaltic concrete pavements within the regional municipality of Ottawa-Carleton.


Study of speed variation of automobiles along a parkway.


Analysis and optimization of a cylindrical parabolic solar collector of the power plant of a solar community.


Design criteria and techniques for sizing major components of ferry and Ro Ro terminals.


Dynamic response of reinforced concrete frames with stiffness degradation.


Computer program for three dimensional analysis of buildings.


Contact stress distributions beneath a rigid strip footing.


Behavior of composite beam-to-column joint under cyclic loadings.


Sight line analysis as a measure of human orientation in transportation terminals.


Computer aided design of building structures: a Canadian context.


Cost evaluation of composite floor beams in high-rise office construction.


Investigation of the effects of mechanical stress on electrical characteristics of semiconductor devices, with reference to stress transducers.


Microstrip 3D.8 branch-line couplers.


Image: A language for the interactive manipulation of a graphics environment.


Investigation of M.O.S. capacitor pull-up logic circuits.


Strength characteristics of asbestos modified asphalt concrete using unconfined tension and compression tests.


A Study of pressure pulses in a pipe with reference to the exhaust scavenging of two-stroke engines.


Integration in North America: a study of labor mobility and the growth of regional linkages between Canada and the United States.


Regulation and regulatory modes in Canadian agriculture.


Potential role of the market place as a centre for innovation diffusion in agricultural extension of an idea related to Muranga District, Kenya.


Transnational business collaboration within the European community 1966-1975: an economic and geographic interpretation.


Petroleum industries of the People's Republic of China and Indonesia: an analysis of the bargaining relationship with Japan.


Canadian legislative behavior under a free vote: the case of capital punishment.


Political theory and personal knowledge.


Canadian counterweight foreign policy: the example of the framework agreement with the European community (1972-76).


Effect of prolonged non-crisis upon alliance cohesion in international alliances: a study of Nato and W.T.O. from 1964-1973.


Statistical correlates of urban growth in the Canadian prairie region, 1941-1971.


Quebec as a non-state nation actor in international relations.


Social indicators and the general design process.


Caribbean community and common market: its problems and its prospects.


Quantitative analysis of national leadership commitment to collective decision-making within the framework of the european communities, 1959-1972.


Contradictions and incompleteness: a reexamination of Goedel's result.


Catholic missionaries as agent of social change among the Metis and Indians of Red River: 1818-1845.


Cognitive development in map studies: an examination of cognitive objectives and sequences in a school map studies curriculum.


Unmet mobility needs of rural canadians: the problem and responses.


Stronghold of revolution: a history of the Putilov works, 1868-1917.


Soils information and ecological land use planning: a case study of the regional municipality of Ottawa-Carleton.


Marx's theory of social classes in capitalist society.


Third party's role in the resolution of conflict: a case study of the Tashkent declaration.


Social equilibrium in Nkrumah's Ghana.


Ottawa in 1878; land use patterns in a Canadian city.


Communalism and national integration: a case study of Sarawak, Malaysia.


Rural development in Tanzania: the significance of villagization.


Trois pieces de Tankred Dorst et regards sur le theatre et son double: Une approche semiotique.


Japan's defence policy: options and constraints.


Appreciation of the biographical studies of general Jean Victor Moreau (1763-1813) with particular reference to his alleged participation in the (royalist) conspiracy against Napoleon I in 1804.


Role of ethnicity and labour unions in the political development process in Trinidad and Tobago.


Multi-establishment firm and polarized regional growth in Canada.


Berlin 1961: a replication of Tanter's model.


Some aspects of balladesque art and their relevance for the novels of Theodor Fontane.


Central Canadian industrial electrochemistry to 1914: a case study of entrepreneurship.


Co-operative Union of Canada: an interest group.


Low rice productivity in Bangladesh.


Paleogeography and sedimentation of late pleistocene sand deposits in the upper Ottawa Valley.


Status inconsistency and international aggression: a case study of Japan: 1890-1940.


Psychiatry as an instrument of terror: repressive psychiatry against the dissent movement in the U.S.S.R.


Human resources; key to indigenous industrialization and national technological capability in Peru.


Canada and the Middle East.


Women in the fictional works of J. R. R. Tolkien.


Intellectual evolution of G. V. Plekhanov from Populism to Marxism.


Energy crisis, Canada, and Candu reactors.


Tiebout hypothesis: its development and the quest for an empirical test.


Analysis of public land banking policy.


Historical value of pacatus' panegyric upon Theodosius I (with special reference to the usurpation of Magnus Maximus).


Plan for the recovery and long-term development of beef cattle in the Sahel.


Quantitative analysis of interstate behaviour.


Evaluation of the explanatory limits of status-field theory: an analysis of intraregional foreign policy behaviour of Black African states.


Village polytechnic: an evaluation.


Democratic linkage in the United States and Canada: the relationship between mass public opinion and public policy.


Canada and the Commonwealth Caribbean economic relations, 1966-74.


Declining American interest in India.


Crude petroleum industry and Canadian post-war economic development.


International telecommunication union: adapting to technological and geopolitical change.


Der Preussische adel in Theodor Fontane's "Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg".


Aspects sociaux de la poesie montrealaise de 1935 a 1955.


Ammianus marcellinus' use of animal imagery to describe Barbarians.


Model of income differentials in the Atlantic region.


Canadian Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act of 1970 and the concept of self-protection.


Canada Water Act.


Judicial review of federal administrative agencies: the first two years under the Federal Court of Canada.


Canadian attitudes to international development: a pilot study in the National Capital Region.


Productivity and measurement of productivity in the public sector, a Canadian experience.


Political culture, economic policy and the growth of foreign investment in Canada, 1945-1957.


DOSCO crisis; some political aspects of a regional economic problem.


Evaluation of management in the Trade Commissioner Service.


Information and policy analysis; a model of change.


Britain and the soviet Union 1924-1927; a study in the inter-relationship between domestic and foreign policy.


European Economic Community in the federalizing process of Western Europe.


Role of the Canadian Security Service.


Environmental influences on the external relations of the United Arab Emirates.


Corporate elite: economic power in Canada.


Creating the Export Development Corporation.


Pensee politique du Rassemblement pour l'Independance Nationale.


The plains Cree: a preliminary trade and military chronology, 1670-1870.


Basic freedoms in the Canadian Armed Forces.


Community development - the use of community self study in Gloucester North.


Regulatory function of government: the National Energy Board.


Men of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion; a case study of the involvement of the international Communist movement in the Spanish Civil War.


Some determinants of voting blocs in the Assembly of Lower Canada, 1820-1837.


Characteristics of Time Magazine cover subjects, 1946-1971: a content analysis.


Royal Commission on Government Organization; a study in bureaucracy and innovation.


Canadian response to Joseph Chamberlain's tariff reform campaign, 1903-1906.


Incentive Systems and political participation: constituency presidents in Ontario.


Department of Labour and industrial relations, 1900-1911.


Reluctant patriots: the swiss revolution of 1798 to 1803.


The Canadian co-operative movement and its role in international development.


Administrative decentralization; a case study of the Alberta Dept. of Agriculture.


Monolithism and modernization: Cite libre: premiere serie and its emergence from the Quebec intellectual milieu.


Anne Hebert's Les Chambres de bois; a translation and interpretation.


All together now: Canadian Defence organization, 1964-1971.


Public corporations in Canada and Pakistan; a comparative study.


The Application of management by objectives to police forces


The Decline of the Conservative Party (1935-1938).


Pathology of local government in Western Nigeria and proposals for its Cure.


Accommodating the Federal Government.


Rates of pay in industrial and other organizations and in the Public Service of Canada, October 1, 1958 to 1968.


Canadian nationalism and the question of American direct investment in Canada.


Interest groups and the Canadian broadcasting system.


Migration, adjustment, and integration of the Indian into the urban environment.


The Royal Commission and its use by the Government of Canada in the 1960's.


Economic modernization and political commitment in Eastern Europe; the case of Hungary's new economic mechanism.


A majestic story of orderly progress; English Canadian novelists on Canadian society, 1896-1900.


Problems in the administration of civilian personnel in the Department of National Defence in perspective.


The efficacy of step-level analysis and small-group experiments in international relations theory; an isomorphic approach to the reduction of intergroup hostility.


The federal government as an entrepreneur; the Canadian experience.


Management-labour relations in the Canadian Post Office Department, by G. G. Mortty.


Housing policy; three levels of government action.


Program budgeting in the Government of Canada.


British ambassadors in Berlin, 1920-1939; the diplomat as a source of information for the formulation of British policy toward Germany.


Illustration of regional disparities in North America by the use of the gravity model.


The Pulse of the caste system in a village of Marwar.


Indian reserve policy in Upper Canada, 1830-1845.


A study of the structure of Thoreau's Week on the Concord  and Merrimack Rivers.


The growth of scientific research in Canada: its implications for a national forest policy and the planning of federal forestry research.


Career plans and academic recruitment: a study of graduate students.


The international Association of Machinists in Canada: to 1919.


The press and the political process in Canada - a case study of the 1965 election campaign.


The twenty-sixth Canadian House of Commons: A roll call study.


Khrushchev's military aid programmes to non-communist states in Asia, 1955-1964.


The baby family in the trade of Canada, 1750-1820.


Meighen and the West, 1921-1926; the National Policy revisited.


Crown corporations and responsible government, with special reference to: Industrial Estates Limited, Polymer Corporation, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Bank of Canada.


The policy and administration of the Municipal Grants Act, 1951, as amended.


Tito and Khrushchev: harmony and discord.


The language problem and national unity in Ceylon.


Social Credit as a national party in Canada.


The Canada Labour (Standards) Code; the evolution of a law.


The Canadian white pine trade with the United Kingdom, 1867-1914.


Stimulus familiarization prior to paced verbal paired-associates learning.


The measurement of semantic satiation.


Organization and methods practices in the governments of Canada and the Philippines: A comparative study.


Some conceptual problems in measuring household saving.


Regional theory and its practical application in the province of Saskatchewan.


Factor adjustments and the economic growth of the Atlantic region.


Imperial defence; the Canadian response during Joseph Chamberlain's tenure of office as Colonial Secretary, 1895-1903.


Organization, administration and performance on research activities in two governmental research bodies, 1937-1962.


Some concepts of the British cabinet 1765-1867.


Conservative Party national conventions, 1927-1956; organization and procedure.


Administrative methods of achieving programme objectives, as illustrated by the Education and Economic Development Divisions of Indian Affairs Branch.


Linguistic states and the Indian federation; the cases of Bombay and the Punjab.


British policy and the Ohio Valley, 1754-1774; an exercise in mercantilism.


The Scientist and engineer in research and development; a study of the salaried professional.


Trends in the functions and organization of departmental personnel administration.


The administration of government sponsored aeronautical research and development in Canada.


From high school pupil to university student; a study of under and over achievement among first year students at a Canadian university.


An administrator looks behind the scenes of a royal commission.


The National policy and Manitoba railway legislation, 1879-1888.


Unity of command; a comparison of the top level organization structures of the Government of Canada and of large scale private enterprises.


An examination of the role of the Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada as a regulatory tribunal.


identifier: Charles, Asselin  (1980) Aspects of negritude in the works of two Harlem renaissance authors : Claude McKay and Langston Hughes.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

type: Thesis NonPeerReviewed


identifier: Sharan, Anand Mohan  (1982) Dynamic response and optimal design of a lathe spindle under experimentally measured random cutting force excitations.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: This thesis presents the dynamic response and optimal design of a lathe spindle under experimentally measured random cutting force excitations. The optimal design is based on minimizing the maximum mean square displacement response of the workpiece under the action of random cutting forces.  The stochastic partial differential equation of motion characterizing the behavior of a lathe spindle-workpiece system is formulated based on the Euler-Bernoulli equation. A finite element method using beam elements is used for free vibration analysis to compute the undamped mode shapes and the natural frequencies of the spindle-workpiece system. The workpiece support at the running center has been modelled as hinged or fixed support and the theoretical results are compared with the laboratory experiments to classify the nature of the support condition. Based on the results, the end condition at the running center is classified as hinged. The effect of varying the spindle-bearing stiffness on the natural frequencies and mode shapes are also presented.  The forced vibration of the spindle-workpiece system is studied by first investigating the nonstationary random response of a workpiece subjected to a constantly varying cutting tool contact in a turning operation. The results indicate that the workpiece response at the cutting tool is not significantly influenced by the tool feed rate for normal turning operations. A modal analysis in conjunction with the finite element technique is then used to calculate the mean square displacement of the workpiece. The experimentally calculated power spectral density of the cutting forces is used as the input excitation to the mathematical model. A parametric study of the effect of bearing stiffness and damping, bearing spacing, sectional rigidity, and external damper on the mean square displacement is presented.  An optimal design of a lathe spindle using a direct search optimization technique with bearing stiffness and spacing, and spindle cross-sectional diameter as design variables, has been carried out. The effect of chuck diameter and workpiece slenderness ratio on the dynamic response of an optimized spindle is also studied. Finally, the influence of a third bearing in the spindle on an optimized system and the design of an external damper are also discussed


identifier: Tai, Michael Cheng-Teh  (1984) The development of social teachings in Asian churches : an analysis of the statements on social justice of the Christian Conference of Asia, 1949-1980.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: The teachings of the Asian churches in the last three decades evolved from stressing people's participation in nation-building to a call for a second liberation of people. Asian churches were optimistic that freedom, equality and justice would prevail. This optimism, however, was soon overshadowed by the emergence of new oppressive classes. The churches, witnessing the continuation of people's sufferings, shifted their emphasis to demanding a total transformation of the national power structures.  Several factors contributed to this transition of teachings. Nationalism was the main element in Asian history during the forties and fifties. Accordingly, the teachings of the churches moved in the direction of nation building and development. However, the exploitation of the weak and the poor by the powerful did not cease with independence. Poverty was not due to lack of goods but due to exploitation and the distribution of wealth. The tyranny of power deprived people's right to take part in national decision-making and further consolidated the power base of the ruling class who declared emergency or martial law in the name of national security. These manifestations in political oppression forced the churches to state in the seventies that a total transformation of power structures was necessary to bring a second liberation for the people.  Theologically, Asian churches argued that an indigenous theology should be developed to speak effectively to Asian issues. Modernization had confused the value system which dominated Asian people for ages, shook the foundation of social cohesion, weakened previously close family relationships and created a tension between tradition and modernity.  Though Asian churches have tried to exert their influence upon Asian societies, the effect has been limited. Besides the minority status, Asian churches tend to be vague and unreflective in their teachings. Nevertheless, they have contributed to a sense of unity within the Asian churches and tried to achieve a balance between over-identifying with Asian nationalism and the Western Christian tradition


identifier: Tash, Marlene  (1983) Punning and other linguistic devices in advertising headlines.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Anderson, Linda  (1979) Simultaneous interpretation : contextual and translation aspects.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Bertley, Leo W  (1980) The Universal Negro Improvement Association of Montreal, 1917-1979.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: On August 1, 1914, a young Jamaican named Marcus Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association in Kingston, Jamaica. Previous to that date, Garvey had travelled extensively in the Caribbean, Latin America, and Europe, and was appalled by the misery and suffering which people of African descent had been experiencing regardless of the country he visited. He had also spoken to people who had lived and travelled in other contries. They reported that conditions in those areas were no better than those which Garvey had seen for himself. The latter hoped to improve the lot of black people through this association.  Between 1916 and 1924 this organization grew rapidly. The U.S.A., which Garvey entered for the first time on March 23, 1916, became the centre. He travelled extensively in that country, visiting 38 of the 48 states, and he saw that there was need for his organization. He also came to Montreal, sometime in 1917, and he was warmly received by the Blacks of this city.  Partly as a result of his visit, but largely due to the initiative taken by leaders of another black organization which had already been established in Montreal, a division of the UNIA was founded in this city. The official birthdate is given as June 9, 1919, although there was, for all practical purposes, a well developed form of Garveyism existing here at least two years previous to that date.  The Montreal Division developed rapidly. During its early years its following increased geometrically, reaching its peak in 1921. This coincided with the glory years of the organization as a whole when it was free from all the difficulties which, later on, beset it and helped to reduce its size and influence to its present weakness.  During its heyday and for many years afterwards, the Montreal UNIA wielded great influence among people of African descent in this city. Through its many units, meetings, social, educational, and recreational activities, it afforded many opportunities to Black Montrealers to fill the wide voids which existed in their lives. Above all, it made them feel that they were worthy descendants of a great heritage so that their self esteem increased at the expense of an inferiority complex.  This division was also active at the international level of the organization. It participated in the important conventions, starting with the first in 1920. This role is continued to the present day. With its Toronto counterpart, it provided the means whereby Garvey, after his deportation from the U.S., was able to keep in physical contact with his large following in that country. It helped to sustain Amy Jacques Garvey and her children during that period of great sorrow and even greater economic hardship following the death of the organization's founder and husband of that famous lady. Finally, the Montreal Division played a significant role in saving the UNIA from destruction which seemed inevitable as a result of the policies and practices of James R. Stewart, the man elected to succeed Garvey.  The Montreal Division of the UNIA, therefore, was established early in the history of the organization, contributed a great deal to its development and, at the same time, it played important roles in the lives of Black Montrealers. This thesis, as aspect of the social history of this city as well as a study of the UNIA from the perspective of one of its divisions, is an attempt to bring the work and significance of these Montreal Graveyites to the attention of scholars and others interested in this aspect of the social sciences


identifier: Farahat, Said  (1987) Application of sensitivity analysis to parameter changes in nonlinear hydraulic control systems.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Dowler, Kevin L  (1988) Propaedeutic for an aesthetic theory of political communication.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Cianflone, Katherine M  (1989) Triglyceride synthesis in normal and hyperapoB fibroblasts.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: The goal of this thesis was to examine the regulation of intracellular triglyceride synthesis from normals and HyperapoB patients using cultured skin fibroblasts as an experimental model. In a medium supplemented with lipoprotein-deficient serum, triglyceride synthesis and cholesterol esterification were reduced in the HyperapoB fibroblasts by 40% and 44% respectively as compared to the normal fibroblasts. These differences were due to differences in de novo synthesis, and not due to re-esterification or hydrolysis. However, unexpectedly, there was no difference in triglyceride synthesis between the cells from normals and HyperapoB when a serum-free supplemented medium was used.  The stimulatory factor in lipoprotein-deficient serum was then isolated from human plasma and characterized. The factor responsible is nondialyzable and trypsin sensitive, and its effects are both concentration and time dependent. The protein responsible has been purified to homogeneity and is a small (MW 14,000), basic (pI 9.0) protein. It has been named Acylation Stimulating Protein (ASP) because it markedly stimulates triglyceride synthesis and cholesterol esterification by 80% and 42% in normal human skin fibroblasts. Further ASP is specifically bound with a KD of 9.9 $\times$ 10$\sp{-7}$ and is internalized and degraded by normal human skin fibroblasts.  In contrast, ASP has much less effect on triglyceride synthesis in HyperapoB fibroblasts with an average of only 25% triglyceride stimulation. This is consistent with its reduced maximal binding (51% of normal) and subsequent internalization into these cells. Although both cell groups demonstrate the same binding affinity for ASP (Scatchard analysis slope = $-.0725$ ug$\sp{-1}$ normal and $-.080$R ug$\sp{-1}$ HyperapoB) the maximal number of apparent binding sites is reduced in HyperapoB (1.217 mg$\sp{-1}$ normal vs 0.621 mg$\sp{-1}$ HyperapoB). The ASP effect on cells from patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia, however, is normal with regard to ASP stimulation of triglyceride synthesis (average 55% stimulation) and ASP binding to cells.  This research therefore has led to the description of a previously unrecognized protein in human plasma. This protein, ASP, appears to be the most potent stimulant of intracellular triglyceride synthesis yet described


identifier: Collins, Robert J  (1989) Technology and public policy : patent protection for new drugs in Canada.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Alanoly, James  (1989) Computerized analysis and design of vehicle multi-body systems /.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: This thesis deals with computer-aided modelling analysis and design of vehicle systems for ride and handling studies. Characteristics of vehicle multi-body models are identified and formalisms are developed for automatic computerized equation generation and solution. These are implemented using interactive graphics and applied to several vehicle dynamics studies.  The method of velocity coefficients is proposed as a versatile tool to model and analyze suspension linkages for ride and handling. The velocity coefficients can be evaluated from a kinematic analysis and then used to characterize a linkage suspension as a linkage-free suspension of equivalent isolation and handling properties. Dynamic analysis can then be carried out without solving for the kinematics at each integration step, leading to efficient solution.  When the suspensions are represented as force-generating elements, most vehicle models can be represented by free-multi-body systems or multi-body systems in tree configuration. For these systems, a computer-based modelling strategy is formulated which parallels the intuitive and customary techniques used by vehicle system dynamicists. In this scheme, each rigid body may have any number of degrees of freedom between 1 and 6. The implicit constraints are automatically taken care of in the formulation so that a minimal set of differential equations are generated.  General purpose formulations are presented for the velocity coefficient and design sensitivity analysis of suspensions. A general analytical method has been derived to determine the vehicle roll stiffness and roll centre location, which has hitherto been done graphically. Some prevalent misconceptions regarding roll centre arising from the geographical construction, and compounded by an official SAE definition, have been clarified.  Implementation of the formalisms developed is presented in the form of two pieces of software--GENKAD and CAMSYD. GENKAD is a comprehensive set of programs for the kinematic analysis and design of planar mechanisms, featuring automatic symbolic equation derivation. GENKAD can compute positions and velocity coefficients and determine their sensitivities to any of the system parameters, to be used for optimal design. CAMSYD is used for modelling and dynamic analysis of planar, lumped parameter mechanical systems. The system equations are generated symbolically and can be solved for a variety of analysis options. CAMSYD has interface to GENKAD to represent linkage suspensions.  The theory as well as the software have been verified and validated through comparison with results from published literature. The software was also used for the modelling and dynamic analysis of a snowmobile. Displacement and acceleration time histories of the vehicle going over a bump obtained from simulation are compared with measurements made on an instrumented snowmobile


identifier: Dyck, Evelyne J  (1990) The function of photographs in fund raising appeals.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: This study examined the function of photographs in a direct mail appeal used by World Vision Canada. Specifically, it sought to determine if donors' response rates and financial contributions would be differentially affected by the presence or absence of a photograph, or by the type of photograph (one eliciting positive emotions versus one eliciting negative emotions) on the appeal.  Results following an eight week data collection period indicated that while donors were not, on the whole, differentially affected by the presence or absence of a photograph, positive photographs did in fact have a more favorable affect than negative photographs in terms of financial contributions. Results of an evaluative questionnaire sent to a subsample within each treatment group contributed to a better understanding of the study's findings


identifier: Kavanagh, Robert  (1990) The art of earth and fire : the aesthetics of Robin George Collingwood and the craft of the studio potter.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: The purpose of this dissertation is to make a contribution toward a theory of creative craft.  The dissertation consists of three major divisions: the first posits the problem of the craft/art distinction in the context of the aesthetics of R. G. Collingwood; the second offers a transition to a more concrete orientation concerning the problem by using the approaches of William Morris, Sir Herbert Read, and Bernard Leach; and in the third, I present a case study and an investigation of doing, making, and creating in the potter's studio. I look on them as studio achievements and activities nestled in the general context of human artistic practices, traditions, and labour.  Collingwood makes a clear and deep distinction between craft making and art making. He defined them in such a way that no features of the one could possibly be features of the other, yet he stipulated that craft was a necessary (but not sufficient) condition of great art. He defined craft as the specialized knowledge necessary for the skilled fabrication of preconceived artifacts; he defined art as the expression of emotion, pure and simple. Following Collingwood's lead, I offer a negative criticism of his theory in order to break up a logjam of philosophical debris. I then proceed to a constructive analysis of the case based in the potter's workplace. This setting provides me with the opportunity to propose and develop a new model for exemplifying what craft making is.  The thesis asserts that by seeing the studio craftsperson as a member of a human community and communities, we can more readily grasp how skill and originality, excellence and uniqueness, plan and autonomy, imagination and physical labour, and technique and creativity need not be seen as exclusive poles. They may be, and often are, interwoven facets of much human labour in the arts. The activity of the studio potter provides the context, the tradition, the practices, and the broad cultural base within which language about creative making, an important part of the aesthetic aspect of craft, may be intelligently discussed


identifier: Su, Hong  (1990) An investigation of vibration isolation systems using active, semi-active and tunable passive mechanisms, with applications to vehicle suspensions.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: In this dissertation, an analytical investigation on active, semi-active and passive vibration control mechanisms is presented in order to achieve improved shock and vibration isolation of mechanical systems, especially ground vehicle applications.  A hybrid active vibration isolation system, incorporating an electro-magnetic force generator along with passive damping and spring elements, is mathematically modeled based on fundamental physical laws and taking into account the generator dynamics. Complete vibration isolation characteristics of the hybrid active control system are evaluated for various feedback variables and control schemes, using numerical simulations. Influence of the force generator dynamics on vibration isolation performance is illustrated through the simulation results.  A concept of tunable pressure limiting modulation is proposed in hydraulic damper systems. A hydraulic orifice damper is modified by using the proposed tunable pressure limiting modulation to achieve variable damping in vibration isolation systems, without requiring any external energy source, sophisticated control devices and feedback instrumentation that are essential for active and semi-active isolators. The fluid flow equations are employed to develop the nonlinear mathematical model of the hydraulic damper, incorporating the fluid and mechanical compliance, and the dynamics of the pressure limiting mechanism. The computer simulation reveals that the shock and vibration isolation performance of the tunable pressure limited hydraulic damper systems is comparable to that of the semi-active 'on-off' vibration control systems.  A generalized harmonic linearization technique, based on a principle of energy similarity of dynamic elements, is proposed to derive equivalent linear representations of both nonlinear damping and spring elements, in the frequency domain. An analysis of the nonlinear in-plane vehicle model, with air-springs, orifice damping and pressure limiting modulation due to tunable hydraulic shock absorbers, is carried out to establish the stochastic response to random road inputs in terms of power spectral density, and to illustrate the improved vehicle ride performance due to tunable shock absorbers.  An interconnected hydro-pneumatic suspension with tunable pressure limiting mechanism is presented to achieve improved vehicle ride and handling performance. Analysis of a roll plane model of a vehicle employing the tunable interconnected suspension shows that the connections of fluid flow within the interconnected suspension provide an enhanced static roll stability; while the tunable pressure limiting modulation between the strut and the accumulator of each suspension unit offers an improved vehicle ride performance


identifier: Yang, Qingshi  (1990) Wave induced response of sea floor deposits : a simple model for sands and nonlinear analysis by FEM.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: This dissertation analyzes the ocean wave-induced response of seafloor deposits. The linear wave theory is introduced for determination of the wave-induced pressure at the mud line. The seafloor deposit is assumed to be a saturated porous medium modelled by a two-phase system. The theory of mixture is used to derive the coupled governing equations.  A simple material constitutive model is proposed based on the generalized plasticity-bounding surface formulation. Some comparisons of the model tests with experimental results are made. The simple model is capable of simulating both loose and dense sand behavior under monotonic and cyclic loading, drained and undrained conditions.  A nonlinear finite element analysis procedure is presented. A fictitious freedom technique is used to treat the different nodal degrees of freedom due to the composition of coupled fields. A non-symmetric frontal solver subroutine is developed to accommodate the asymmetry due to the non-associated plastic flow rule. A simple artificial boundary is suggested to deal with the unbounded domain, which is easy to implement in the finite element program and universal to apply to nonlinear analysis.  One important conclusion obtained from the numerical analyses is the influence of the coefficient of permeability on the susceptibility of the sand mass to liquefaction; for high values of permeability even a loose sand mass need not liquefy. This is in direct contrast to the commonly held view that the liquefaction potential is a function of density only.  Two example cases are studied in detail. The first example examines the seabed response to the wave train at a pipeline site in Lake Ontario (Christian et al., 1974; Nataraja and Gill, 1983), where the deposit was measured to be loose and medium dense. The second example investigates the seafloor behavior under a storm wave as the Ekofisk tank site in the North Sea (Lee and Focht, 1975; Nataraja and Gill, 1983). Here the deposit was reported to be dense. The numerical analyses predict the susceptibility of the two sites to liquefaction which reflects the real situations. It helps build confidence in the numerical procedure adopted in this study and lends it credibility.


identifier: Waruszynski, Barbara Teresa  (1990) The social body of the police.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

title: The social body of the police

abstract: This thesis explores the health of the police officer in relation to the police profession. Police work continues to be regarded as one of the most stressful occupations; and as a major consequence, job stress may be partially responsible for the degree of self-construction or self-destruction of the body.  A comparative analysis of two samples of Canadian police officers were examined, focusing on the differential production of the body relative to the role of occupational stress and lifestyle (i.e. nutrition, fitness, substance use, burnout, psychosomatic symptoms and suicide).  The major findings are: police work is regarded as mostly stressful; and the most significant stressors are problems with the public, courts, administration and shiftwork. Officers who evaluate their work as more stressful tend to experience more psychosomatic symptoms (e.g. digestive and lower back problems; unsatisfying sleep). These findings are particularly significant when controlling for lifestyle habits (i.e. eating at fast food restaurants; eating meals from the five food groups; walking/jogging one mile per day; and being injured on the job).


identifier: Streit, Howard F  (1990) A critical analysis of The Moslem world, 1911-1947.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: The Moslem World was founded in 1911 by Dr. Samuel M. Zwemer with the dual mandate of providing information to the Christian West on the religion of Islam and aiding missionaries in their work of winning Muslims to Christ. Prior to the Journal's establishment little accurate information was available in the West on Islam's history, its creeds, beliefs and practices, and the lives of its adherents. This study has attempted to identify, categorize and analyze the manner and method by which the many facets of Islam were depicted in the pages of The Moslem World under Samuel Zwemer's editorship, 1911-1947.  The conclusion drawn is that the Quarterly Review, rather than providing an objective account of Islam, thereby correcting historical inaccuracies, actually furthered negative stereotypes and popular misconceptions through a subjective misrepresentation of the faith. As Christianity was esteemed in the Journal as the pre-eminent faith and the only true religion, it was used as the model by which Islam was to be measured and subsequently judged to be in error. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)


identifier: Hawes, Douglas W  (1991) Latent heat storage in concrete.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

title: Latent heat storage in concrete

abstract: The development of improved means of thermal storage is an aspect of energy conservation which has lagged other advances in this field. The intent of the present work is to address this need. To that end, concrete building materials were selected as ideal candidates for improvement in respect to their thermal storage capability. This was achieved by the incorporation of organic phase change materials (PCM's) in the concrete. These PCM's absorb or release the latent heat of fusion at a selected temperature and thereby greatly enhance the heat storage capacity of the impregnated concrete over a small temperature range.  Modification of the concretes were performed to enhance their compatibility with the PCM's. Four types of aggregate were studied, three of which also found to be suitable for pre-impregnation.  The energy storing concretes developed in this research have a very wide range of use in the storage of waste heat, heat from solar collectors of off-peak, low cost heat. In addition, they can also be used to improve the performance of burners and chillers through reduction of operating frequency by thermal storage. Their application is cost effective in areas with an appropriate diurnal temperature swing and, as fuel costs rise, they may be applied in colder regions as well.  Original aspects of energy storage developed in this work comprise: (i) new concrete modules with organic PCM's including fatty esters, fatty alcohols and C22-C24 paraffins; (ii) the application of lightweight aggregates such as pumice, expanded shale and expanded slag as PCM carriers for direct incorporation in concrete; (iii) various techniques for direct incorporation of PCM's without carriers; (iv) the use of pozzolans to modify concrete to permit use of alkali sensitive PCM's; (v) development of theoretical considerations of PCM diffusion in concrete and the determination of absorption characteristics; (vi) development of technique for defining absorption constants; (vii) the use of PCM's as protective substances in concrete; (viii) development of means to use walls, floors and ceilings for enhanced thermal storage.


identifier: Mulley, Elizabeth  (1990) Lucius R. O'Brien : a Victorian in North America : American influence on his early work, 1873-1880.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Lucius R. O'Brien was a well-known Canadian landscape painter in the second half of the nineteenth century. Active in the promotion of art in Ontario, he served as vice-president of the Ontario Society of Artists from 1874 until 1880, at which time, in recognition of his leading role in Canadian art, he was appointed as first president of the Royal Canadian Academy.  O'Brien produced poetic, reserved scenes of nature that attest to his own upper-class Victorian background and the consequent firm belief in the rightness of Canada's position within the Commonwealth. Dependent on the British cultural presence, O'Brien nevertheless was substantially affected by contemporary American art. The Hudson River and luminist paintings provided the stylistic models, and the American vision of the land as a metaphor for new world strength and purity suited his own patriotic concerns.  Victorian culture shaped O'Brien's response to the world, and American art provided a meaningful stylistic source. This thesis will examine the ways in which these major influences affected O'Brien's interpretation of the Canadian landscape


identifier: Nixon, Virginia  (1988) Antoine-Sébastien Falardeau (1822-1889) and the old master copy in the nineteenth century.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: This thesis examines the career of the Quebec-born Old Master copyist Antoine-Sebastien Falardeau (1822-1889), and the conceptual and physical milieu in which he worked.  Chapter one corrects and amplifies the biography of the artist. Chapter two proposes a framework within which to set the changes that occurred in the concept(s) and functions of the copy as a traditional way of understanding gave way to the modern. The earlier copy was an accepted part of a system of artistic production in which the work of art was seen as essentially reproducible. With the advent of the Romantic/modern conviction that the art work was the personal, spontaneous production of a specific individual, the copy lost status and its position shifted from the mainstream to the periphery of art production. The nineteenth-century-souvenir copy and the use of copies in the new museums founded to provide a morally-oriented public education are discussed, as is the situation of the copy in Quebec where earlier concepts and functions survived. In Chapter Three the structures and regulations that governed the production of copies in Florence are described. An appendix lists the works produced by Falardeau


identifier: Wong, May  (1990) A path-analytic study of coping with and recovery from surgical hospitalization.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Surgical hospitalization can be a highly stressful event that compromises both the physical and psychological well-being of a patient. Current correlational evidence suggests that certain psychological characteristics and coping strategies shown by patients may be predictive of poor postsurgical adjustment including physical complications (e.g., bleeding or infection) and extended length of hospital stay, as well as pain and emotional distress. This evidence underscores the need to identify antecedent factors that may eventually be used to facilitate postsurgical adjustment. Accordingly, the present study examined the types of hospital events that individual surgical patients perceive as stressful, the appraisal and emotional responses elicited by these events, and the types of coping strategies used to deal with them. These variables were assessed at multiple points before and after surgery so that prospective relationships could be examined. The principle aim was to identify variables that were most predictive of postsurgical recovery.  Data were collected on a series of 52 male and 23 female adult patients admitted for elective general surgery at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, Quebec. At four assessment points, all patients reported their appraisal, emotional, and coping responses to three types of individualized events during a specified period during their hospitalization: (1) the most unpleasant event that they had personally encountered, (2) the least unpleasant event, and (3) a preselected pain event. Outcome and recovery measures included medication use, physiological state, incidence of complications, and length of postsurgical stay. Path analysis (LISREL) for responses pertaining to the pain event revealed that appraisal, emotion, and coping variables loaded highly on a single construct (Psycho-affective Response) which, in turn, was predictive of a single construct (Outcome) that was found to represent recovery and physiological measures. LISREL results revealed that patients who endorsed a cognitive coping strategy subsequently demonstrated better courses of recovery (e.g., less use of analgesics, shorter postsurgical stay). Moreover, patients who endorsed a challenge appraisal of the pain events subsequently had less need for postsurgical analgesics and fewer pain reports. Multivariate analyses of covariance (MANCOVAs), controlling for type of surgery, that were conducted on patients' endorsements for the most unpleasant events confirmed the association between good outcome with both a challenge appraisal and cognitive coping method. These and related findings suggest potential targets for intervention aimed at improving patients' hospitalization experience and subsequent recovery from surgery


identifier: Eadie, Dianne  (1991) Effects of non-verbal reactions on viewers' perceptions of candidates in a televised election debate : implications for ETV.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: This research investigated the effects of manipulation of camera angles and display of non-verbal behaviour on viewers' reactions to candidates in Canadian election debates.  A twenty-two minute videotape of extracts from the English TV Debate of October 25, 1988, consisting of the over-the-shoulder two-shots in the ninety-minute debate, was presented to 25 University students. The principal variables examined were frequency and length of speaking and non-verbal reaction sequences for each candidate, percentage of votes obtained for each candidate, and shifts between pre and post treatment perceptions.  Significant differences were found between the pictorial treatment (reaction sequences) accorded to the three political leaders during the non-verbal reaction sequences, and as well for the total time of each candidate's speaking sequences. Pictorial treatment had no affect on the percentage of votes obtained for each candidate nor did it alter perceptions as to who was the winning candidate from one moment to the next


identifier: Kap-herr, Gerhart von  (1991) Natural law and religion in the thought of Samuel Pufendorf (1632-1694).  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: The emergence of natural law in seventeenth-century Europe was a response to decades of continuous "Warre" inspired by religious differences. The natural jurists of the seventeenth century (Grotius, Hobbes, and Pufendorf) all sought a remedy for the condition of war in independent sovereign states. Pufendorf's concept of a state derived from an assumed natural state of mankind, regulated by a law of nature, a law which obliges all men to be sociable, and agree upon the means of achieving sociability, namely contractual submission to sovereign power.  Pufendorf developed his major work, De Jure Naturae et Gentium, as a synthesis of Grotian and Hobbesian thought, making sociability the foundation of his natural law system. This earned him the criticism, that he had effected a heretical separation of natural law from theology. Pufendorf responded to this accusation with a work on church-state relations and in De habitu religionis christianae ad vitam civilem, he reinforced his view concerning the role of the church as a necessary institution for the moral education of the citizen, but under the jurisdiction and protection of the civil authority.  Late in his life, Pufendorf admitted that natural law could only provide the mere necessities of sociability, but that for the fulfillment of mankind the observation of religious dictates of a moral theology was necessary. And to know these, in addition to common sense, faith in theology, as revealed in Holy Scriptures is needed. His last work, Jus Feciale Divinum sive de Consensu et Dissensu Protestantium, was concerned with the fundamental articles of faith necessary for Salvation, and the common ground for a Christian morality, as a possible means of uniting all religious denominations.  His legitimate notion of individual state sovereignty, so necessary for his time in defence against the imperialist forces of secular as well as ecclesiastical domination, has now become the very obstacle to the necessary reunification of nations under the dictate of pressing global concerns. However, his theological jurisprudence, inspired by Christian belief, can contribute to the unification of all religious denominations into a single source of humanism. To this end, Pufendorf had made a valiant contribution, hitherto unrecognized, which this thesis attempts to correct.


identifier: Lacasse, Michael A  (1991) Functional properties of polyurethane based sealants blended with polymeric modifiers.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Novel polyurethane based two-component self-leveling sealant formulations, incorporating various types of kraft processed lignins including softwood, hardwood, and eucalyptus wood lignin, were produced and their performance properties established in a research program which sought to develop more durable cost effective sealants as well as cultivate a market for lignin, a highly underutilized by-product of the pulp and paper industry. The tensile and compressive performance characteristics of lignin and kaolin filled sealant formulations, compounded at different volumetric filler loadings, were compared and the results indicated that both types of filler increase the modulus of the base elastomer in relation to the semi-empirical relation of Nielsen. This suggests that the mechanical properties are dependent on the maximum packing fraction of the respective fillers which in turn, is a function of their particle size and size distribution. The relationship between the modulus and the volumetric filler loading was useful in the preparation of sealant formulations having optimum filler contents. Finally, these optimum formulations were prepared for a subsequent testing program in which the tensile strength and cyclic performance of the sealants was compared to that of existing two-component self-leveling sealant compounds currently available on the market. Results of these performance tests indicate that lignin filled elastomeric sealants, in most instances, have adequate tensile strength and perform adequately if subjected to a moderate cyclic strain program. Further improvements in performance properties may be obtained if adjustments to the particle size are made and this is warranted considering six to ten times cost advantage these fillers possess in relation to conventional fillers.


identifier: Su, Hongsheng  (1991) Molecular studies of the sdaA and sdaB genes and their gene products in Escherichia coli K-12.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: This work demonstrates the existence of Escherichia coli K-12 of two L-serine deaminating enzymes, L-serine deaminase (L-SD)#1 and L-SD#2. It demonstrates that the structure of L-SD#1 is coded by the sdaA gene, which has been cloned and sequenced. The entire sdaA gene was fused to the lacZ gene by mutating the stop-codon of sdaA and ligating in-frame to lacZ. The fused gene directed the formation of a large protein showing both L-SD and $\beta$-galactosidase activities. L-SD#1 has been extensively purified for the first time by use of a three-part fusion protein and some of its characteristics studied.  L-SD#2 is synthesized in wild-type cells in LB medium. A mutation in the sdaX gene established its expression in minimal medium. An insertion in sdaB abolished L-SD#2 activity in an sdaA::Cm$\sp{\rm r}$ sdaX strain, allowing the sdaB gene to be cloned by restoring growth on L-serine. The sdaA gene was located at 41 minutes; sdaB and sdaX both were located near 60.1 minutes and may be the same gene. Some experiments directed towards the identification of the metabolic role of L-SD are included.


identifier: Emir, Mustafa Z  (1991) The mechanical behaviour of soft clays under vibration loading from vehicle traffic.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: The proliferation of land reclamation projects around the world has increased the need for advanced studies on the mechanical behavior of soft clays. One of the most important aspects of soft clay behaviour is the time dependent deformation characteristics.  The behavioral characteristics of soft clays suggest that an overstress type soil model is suitable for the analysis of such deposits. A model initially proposed by P. Perzyna has been extended with the addition of a Cam Clay type yield criterion and implemented in a finite element code to analyze geotechnical problems in two dimensions. In addition to describing the monotonic loading behavior, the model is used for the analysis of soft clays under vibrational loads from vehicle traffic.  In order to investigate the effects of vibrations on the rate dependent behaviour of soft clays, a new vibrational slump test has been devised. The results are used to explain the processes involved during the deformation of a clay sample under its own weight. It is seen that the variations of the parameters used in the soil model exhibit a marked resemblance to the variations of the fundamental material state variables such as the flow volume, activation energy, and entropy. In the light of this observation, the possible relationships between the material parameters used in the present viscoplasticity model and the thermodynamic variables from rate process theory are discussed.  The conclusions drawn from the vibrational slump test results as well as the careful examination of the constitutive model have been implemented in a Finite Element computer code. The predictive abilities of this program have been established by comparison with field measurements and the behavior of a soft clay foundation under the effect of surface vibrations is simulated. It is found that vehicle traffic during and after the construction of landfills (or embankments) noticeably retards the consolidation process and creates prolonged periods of quasi-undrained conditions


identifier: Blatt, Teeya  (1991) Differential acquisition of automatic responses among high and low hypnotizable subjects.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: The presentation thesis attempted to answer some current questions regarding the relation between hypnotizability and perceptual automaticity. The major issues discussed included the convergence of subjective reports from high hypnotizable (HH) subjects regarding the nonvolitional or automatic nature of hypnotic responding. The nature of these experiences contrasts with the hypnotic experiences of low hypnotizable (LH) individuals, which are typically described as willful, deliberate actions in accord with the provided suggestions. HH and LH groups were provided with 2,304 practice trials naming four novel shapes, called RED, BLUE, GREEN AND YELLOW. The automaticity with which these shapes were processed was assessed. Response time data indicated that relative to the LH group, the HH group was quicker to display symmetrical interference from both dimensions of the stimuli. Based on these and additional results, it was cautiously concluded that HH subjects are quicker than LH subjects to acquire automatization of the shape-names. The implications of these results are discussed in terms of contemporary theories of hypnotizability differences.


identifier: Vaillancourt, Anne  (1991) Leached chrysotile asbestos : characterization, leaching mechanism and use in the synthesis of zeolites.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: The work presented in this thesis is concerned with the transformation of the raw asbestos mineral to an intermediate material which is used for the synthesis of zeolites which are health safe and have wide applications in industry.  First, a complete indexation of the X-ray diffraction pattern of chrysotile was proposed. This was followed by the use of techniques such as X-ray diffraction and bulk density measurements for the study of the mechanism of transformation of chrysotile to amorphous silica hemihydrate.  In the second part, three types of zeolites were synthesized (Na-Y, Na-X and Na-A) using as starting material both silica gel (conventional method) and leached asbestos (new method). In a kinetic study of the crystallization of Na-A zeolite, it was found that leached asbestos is clearly more efficient than silica gel for the preparation of zeolites


identifier: Vos, Eduard  (1976) The behavior and the fracture of steel under conditions of explosive loading.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Armstrong, Christopher  (1992) Allusion, aesthetics, and nationalism in James Joyce's Dubliners.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Joyce's Dubliners is complex work responding to the political and social realities of post-Parnell Ireland. Centring on middle class Ireland, Dubliners scrutinizes the culture of a decayed Anglo-Ireland, and a resurgent Catholic middle-class nationalism, and finds a complex formation of related ideologies: aesthetic, political, and religious. Responding to the thematics of these discourses, Joyce judges the nationalist mythology of cultural revival, preserving and replicating the structure of the very culture its seeks to displace, unsuited to modernity.  Allusions are a central component of Joyce's critique of these institutional structures. The act of alluding, Joyce recognizes, is a means of cultural production and of social and political control. Dubliners is not merely mimetic; Joyce's stories are radically intertextual. This practice serves a comprehensive genealogical project outlining those cultural forms and institutions


identifier: Beauchamp, Monica Daphne  (1992) The children of the aristocracy and squirearchy in 18th century England : a new era in parent-child relationships.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: The educational philosophies of John Locke and to a lesser extent Jean-Jacques Rousseau, together with a growth in domesticity, were influential in precipitating significant changes in the lives of children of the aristocracy and squirearchy, in mid-eighteenth century England. Prior to that time there was little or no differentiation between certain aspects of childhood (after the age of seven), and those of adulthood.  The influence of Locke and Rousseau was concomitant with England's increased wealth and prestige, made possible by expanding overseas trade and colonization. The Whig aristocracy together with the Hanoverian monarchy, created a closed circle of wealth and privilege with the accompanying corollary of conspicuous consumption, in which children became an aspect of the outward and visible sign of the wealth and status of their parents.  From mid-century onwards children's needs and concerns assumed a greater importance than heretofore. Their education, games, books and toys reflected their new status as separate and distinct members of society, with different requirements from those of adults. This changing lifestyle brought in its wake new problems unenvisaged by either Locke or Rousseau: the total separation of children from the adult world


identifier: Kamber, Micheline  (1991) Automated detection of multiple sclerosis lesions in magnetic resonance images of the human brain.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is a medical technique which permits the visualization of a variety of tumors, lesions, and abnormalities present within the soft biological tissues of the body. Segmentation of medical image data is the process of assigning anatomically-meaningful labels to each component of the image. This thesis describes the development of a tool for the segmentation of MR images of the head. In particular, the tool is designed for the detection of multiple sclerosis lesions of the brain. The design was based on two objectives: (i) to evaluate the effectiveness of incorporating a priori knowledge of brain anatomy in the classification process, and (ii) to compare the statistical and symbolic approaches to machine learning.  Knowledge of neuroanatomy is represented in the form of a tissue probability model. The model was constructed to provide a priori probabilities of brain tissue distribution per unit voxel in a standardized 3D 'brain space'. Use of the model to detect multiple sclerosis lesions reduces the number of false positive lesions by 50%.  The performance of the statistical minimum distance and Bayesian classifiers was compared to that of a symbolic decision tree learning algorithm. A version of this algorithm for the handling of noisy data was included in the comparative study. Each classifier performed at about the same level of accuracy. The statistical classifiers were the fastest in training, yet were the slowest in recall.


identifier: Vo, Ngoc Truc-Chi  (1992) Preparation and characterization of mesoporous aluminosilicates from Ca-A zeolite.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Three methods have been developed in order to enlarge the pore size of the micropore-type zeolite into a mesopore type: (a) 0.2N HCl acid treatment at 80$\sp\circ$C from which the time of exposure to the acid medium has a great influence on the pore size distribution of the resulting materials. (b) A hydrothermal treatment followed by a mild acid treatment that can unblock the pore openings. (c) Finally, a treatment with 0.5M (NH$\sb4$)$\sb2$SiF$\sb6$. The two first methods provided mesopores of 3.5-4.5 nm while the last one produced larger mesopores of ca. 14 nm.  Several physico-chemical techniques were used to characterize the reaction products: BET measurements, XRD, AA Spectrophotometry, hydrophobicity measurement, bulk density, $\sp{29}$Si- and $\sp{27}$Al-NMR.


identifier: Bilgic, Izzet Murat  (1992) Concurrent protocol data unit encoding/decoding : algorithms, architectures and performance evaluation.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: This thesis entails the development of concurrent algorithms and specific architectures for the Protocol Data Unit (PDU) encoding/decoding functionality of communication protocol implementations. The main motivation in the development of these algorithms and architectures is to increase the end-to-end performance of multilayered communication architectures where high computational costs associated with PDU encoding/decoding directly affect the performance. In order to construct the formal basis of this development, the notions of type and value of PDUs are initially defined. Based on the type-value duality and different forms of values, PDU encoding and decoding are divided into phases, which are then identified as mappings between different value forms. Founded on this formalism, concurrent algorithms for PDU encoding/decoding are developed. A distributed implementation model for these algorithms is then conceptualized, where the Communicating Sequential Processes (CSP) notation is used as the basis of formalism to specify the model. Using the distributed implementation model, a taxonomy for different architectural models for PDU encoders/decoders is presented. A customized performance evaluation methodology for measuring the effectiveness of the architectures is proposed. The overall applicability of all the above concepts is demonstrated through the development, implementation, and performance evaluation of an Abstract Syntax Notation-One (ASN.1) encoder/decoder used in Open System Interconnection (OSI) implementations.


identifier: Colborne, Allison J  (1992) Jock Macdonald : the search for the universal truth in nature.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: This paper is a study of the artistic philosophy of J. W. G. (Jock) Macdonald (1897-1960). It examines the implications of his initial break with representational art and his development of an abstract imagery between 1934 and 1941 in the context of the ideological tradition from which he emerged and the immediate cultural situation in which he worked. His personal writings are discussed and the iconographic content of his work is analyzed in relation to the evolution of his abstract style.  The roots of Macdonald's vision are located in the Romantic tradition, which assumes that the laws of nature and of art are the same and which inspired his use of the organic analogy. Macdonald's concept of nature is discussed in relation to the influence of significant scientific discoveries. A close study of his oeuvre reveals that his pictorial vocabulary of archetypal forms corresponds to a tradition of morphological research in biology and that his treatment of pictorial space was informed by scientific theories and by speculation about the "fourth dimension." Macdonald found in Theosophy and Anthroposophy a means to reconcile his fascination with science with his innately mystical apprehension of nature. Contradictory as they may appear, science and occultism formed the matrix of his semi-abstract and abstract art by suggesting ways to visualize nature's hidden energies


identifier: Dufresne, Louise A  (1992) Aromatization of light olefins and paraffins on pure and hybrid ZSM-5 catalysts.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: This dissertation presents the conception, synthesis, optimization and evaluation of a novel class of catalysts used in aromatization of short chain hydrocarbons.  It was found that when an acidic H-ZSM-5 zeolite with Si/Al atomic ratio equal to about 40, was mixed with a ZnO based co-catalyst, aromatization selectivity followed the principles of synergy. For a feed made up of mostly ethylene, as generated in a bench scale propane steam-cracker, ZnO precipitate in the amount of 5wt.-% or ZnO/Al$\sb2$O$\sb3$ co-precipitate in the amounts of 5-20wt.-%, provided optimum catalytic activity. Furthermore, it was established that for the co-precipitate, a Zn/Al atomic ratio equal to or greater than 1.0 conferred the best performance.  The distance between acid (aromatizing) major component and oxide minor component, was evaluated as being greater than 1$\mu$m. The increased aromatization selectivity found in hybrid systems was explained by the migration of hydrogen adsorbed species across surface boundaries. A Hydrogen Back-Spillover model was devised.  Sink and scavenging actions on co-catalyst surfaces, resulting in the formation of more important amounts of molecular hydrogen or ethane, were investigated. The differences in intrinsic selectivities of ZnO precipitate and ZnO/alumina co-precipitate (Zn/Al = 1.0) were explained. The nature of the active sites was deduced from physico-chemical characterization data correlated with catalytic activity experiments.  The influence of preparation techniques as well as starting reagents was studied. The disordered nature of the co-precipitate, which is favorable to surface restructuration during induction, was found to be a pre-requisite.  Kinetic studies of ethylene aromatization on a pure H-ZSM-5 zeolite, yielded a negative apparent activation energy, indicative of intracrystallite diffusional limitations. Thermogravimetric studies of used catalysts indicated that soluble coke was trapped inside the zeolite pores when the catalyst was used in its pure form at high temperatures. Migration of C$\sb9\sp+$ aromatic coke precursors out of ZSM-5 channels is induced by the co-catalyst, which gives rise to synergy in hybrid systems. A model based on transport barriers was proposed to explain hydrogen and coke migration.


identifier: Gignac, Gilbert L  (1992) A methodology for the study of sketchbooks, and a case study of two nineteenth-century Canadian examples.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: This study proposes a methodology for the examination and analysis of drawing in artists' sketchbooks. The study of the physical structure of the sketchbook is critical to our understanding of its context as well as the iconography and style of the content.  The problems inherent in studying sketchbooks and their drawings are assessed in Chapter one. The manner in which drawing is studied in general in the history of Canadian art is also presented. Erroneous perceptions of neglected sketchbooks are discussed and the essential and fundamental knowledge about drawing and the nature of the sketch as a form of drawing are described. The history of the blankbook as an artist's drawing tool is briefly examined and related to the way it is studied by scholars. Problems around the accessibility and presentation of sketchbooks for study are commented on, as well as aspects of their description and interpretation


identifier: Venkatesan, Suresh  (1990) Realtime tracking using wrist-mounted range-profile scanners.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.


identifier: Spivak, Robert  (1991) Christopher Durang : satire and beyond.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

title: Christopher Durang : satire and beyond

abstract: Christopher Durang, a contemporary American playwright who has written over sixteen plays so far, including A History of the American Film, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You, and The Marriage of Bette and Boo, writes satiric plays. His objects of satire are mostly institutions of authority, such as the Catholic Church, the family, the educational system, and psychiatry. But many of Durang's plays go beyond satire. In other words, there are moments when satire gives way to dead seriousness and profound sadness.  In this thesis I look at eleven of Durang's plays, which I think are the most important plays in terms of my thesis. Also, I pay close attention to the many filmic, literary, and other allusions in Durang's plays, allusions which, along with the balancing of satire and "beyond satire," are a trademark of Durang


identifier: Taler, Doina  (1992) Performance study of the Xpress Transfer Protocol.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: This major report presents a study of the performance of the Kernel Reference Model (KRM) version 1.7, implementation of the Xpress Transfer Protocol (XTP) version 3.6.  XTP is a "new generation" protocol, combining the network and transport layers. It is designed to respond to present and future computer applications, and to take advantage of the hardware possibilities.  The performance measurements include unicast throughput and delay in an Ethernet network, in two different hardware configurations, one based on Sun-3 workstations, and the other one on Sun-4 workstations.  The performance of the KRM is compared with that of other protocols such as the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the User Datagram Protocol (UDP), all in the same environment and under the same conditions


identifier: Lytle, Patricia Ann  (1992) Use of a neutralization model to develop understanding of integers and of the operations of integer addition and subtraction.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Assessment studies from around the world have indicated student difficulties with integer operations, in particular with that of integer subtraction. The most commonly used model for integers and their operations, the number line, often in combination with the traditional subtraction rule, has been inadequate to produce understanding and performance. An alternative model, one based on neutralization of positive and negative quantities, was investigated in this study, and an individualized teaching experiment using this model was conducted with four grade seven students. Results of this teaching experiment are encouraging with respect to the construction of understanding, but not all obstacles were overcome. This study may be viewed as a pilot study which may be refined for further use.


identifier: Sakaris, Peter  (1993) Hot deformation behaviour of SiCp/Al composites and their matrices and an Al-Mg-Si alloy.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Isothermal hot torsion tests were performed on two metal matrix composites (15v/o SiC$\sb{\rm p}$/A356 Al and 15v/o SiC$\sb{\rm p}$/6061 Al), a casting aluminum-silicon matrix alloy (A356) and an aluminum-magnesium-silicon alloy (6201). The composites and matrix alloy were tested over the range 300 to 540$\sp\circ$C and 0.1 to 5.0 s$\sp{-1}$. Flow stress ($\sigma$) and strain-to-failure ($\varepsilon\sb{\rm f}$) data were determined and compared with published results. The flow stresses decrease monotonically with increasing deformation temperature (T), following the same relationship as the published data. At very high temperatures, $\sigma$ is similar for all materials but as T falls to 300$\sp\circ$C, the A356 rises more rapidly than 6061. Flow stresses for the composites rise more rapidly than the matrix alloys. The ductility of all materials increases as T increases although it did not rise nearly as much for A356 as for 6061. The decreased reduction in $\varepsilon\sb{\rm f}$ in the A356 materials compared to the 6061 materials indicates that the SiC particles have much less effect as additional crack initiators in A356. The plot of log $\.\varepsilon$ versus log sinh $\alpha\sigma$ were approximately linear over the narrow range of strain rates tested.  Testing of 6201 Al was conducted at 200 to 500$\sp\circ$C for overaged specimens and at 300 to 600$\sp\circ$C for the solutioned ones at rates of 0.1 to 4.0 s$\sp{-1}$. The activation energy for the precipitated alloy is about 192 kJ/mol which is higher than that of pure aluminum. The alloy is somewhat stronger than aluminum because of the particles at low temperatures and the increased level of solute at high ones. The solutional specimens had high peak stresses and considerable work softening at 300$\sp\circ$C due to dynamic formation and coalescence of precipitates. The Q$\sb{\rm HW}$ was higher but poorly defined because of variations in precipitation during heating. The ductility increased as T rose and $\.\varepsilon$ decreased and was higher for precipitated than for solutioned specimens. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)


identifier: Martin, Eric  (1993) CPPI for fixed income securities : empirical evidence in Canada.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Portfolio Insurance (PI) is a trading intensive strategy that attempts to protect a portfolio from falling below a prespecified level in an adverse market and to add return in a favourable environment. The primary objective of this research is to see whether or not portfolio insurance (PI) can be used successfully as an asset allocation and risk management tool for fixed income securities. Many strategies exist to realize this objective. We propose to use Constant Proportion Portfolio Insurance (CPPI). Specifically, we want to see if CPPI can be used to manage a Canadian bond portfolio so as to reduce losses in a falling market and to add gains in a favourable market. CPPI is based on the work of Hakanoglu (1989), Black & Jones (1987) and Perold (1986)


identifier: Evans-Seebeck, Susan  (1993) Needs assessment : a case study within Canadian National Railway.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Needs assessment is considered by the theorists and practitioners to be the first step in developing training and other performance improvement interventions. The reality is that many projects begin without a needs assessment or with an inadequate one. Even when an organization accepts in theory that this step is critical, the organization may not provide the necessary time, human resources, or budget to perform it. The purpose of this study was to observe a needs assessment in an organization in order to gain an in-depth understanding of the application of the process and to identify the problems encountered. The case study method used was participant observation by a member of the multi-functional team assigned to a needs assessment conducted in a US subsidiary of Canadian National Railway. This paper provides a review of literature on needs assessment, a description of the process observed in the case study, and observations on the process. The successes, difficulties, and flaws in the observed needs assessment process are discussed and recommendations for future applications are supplied.


identifier: Rao, Jiwu  (1993) Assessment of the effect of mean and fluctuating wind-induced pressures on air infiltration and ventilation in buildings : a system theoretic approach.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Energy and indoor air quality concerns have motivated extensive research on air infiltration and ventilation in buildings. Airflow models have been developed to study the problem and to assist in the building design process. Existing research concentrates on measurements, modelling and predictions of steady-state airflow caused by wind-induced pressures, thermal buoyancy and mechanical ventilation systems. Wind-induced pressures on building envelopes have temporal variations due mainly to the wind gustiness. The resultant airflow has both mean and fluctuating components. Existing research shows discrepancies between the current steady-state airflow predictions and the actual air exchanges influenced by fluctuations.  This thesis is devoted to the development of a comprehensive framework and methodology for airflow analysis and design assistance for buildings under both mean and fluctuating driving forces. A building airflow system is seen as two subsystems: steady-state and fluctuating. In the fluctuating airflow system, the temporal variations in wind pressures are taken as driving forces. The predictions of the resultants fluctuating airflow and internal pressures are based on the statistical linearization of flow relations, proper considerations of large openings, the system theoretic approach to governing equation formulations, and, frequency and spectral analyses for solutions. By combining both fluctuating and mean airflow solutions, the total air exchange in a building is obtained. Three types of validation strategies are employed. Numerical simulations are carried out to evaluate the effects of the statistical linearization on solutions. Laboratory experiments are designed, implemented and conducted to validate the fundamental relations. The theoretical predications are also compared to field experimental data. The fluctuating airflow model provides correct predictions for the simulation conditions and the experimental setups. In addition, modelling and sensitivity analysis procedures for steady-state airflow systems using a system theoretic approach are developed to calculate the influences on airflow results of the variations in building and climatic conditions, and to facilitate error analysis and building ventilation designs.  Future research directions include: the incorporation into the existing research paradigm of the developed sensitivity analysis procedure and fluctuating airflow model, and the acquisition of more suitable data on characteristics of fluctuating driving forces.


identifier: Rose, Euclid A  (1992) Canada's foreign aid program : a policy analysis (1946-1980).  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: It is almost four and a half decades since Canada began giving aid to the underdeveloped countries. The concept was new but there was a strong obligation among Canadians to help the poor and less fortunate peoples in the Third World. During the post-war period, Canada's foreign aid programs were characterized as selfish and confusing by many Canadians. In the Third World, they were considered to be deceptive in the sense that aid has made Canada the real recipient and not the developing countries.  The reasons are understandable since CIDA's aid policies were influenced by internal and external factors. Aid was used to promote trade and investment, to create jobs in Canada, assist Canadian farmers and to boost the Canadian economy. Overseas, aid was used to protect Canadian economic interests or try to influence internal politics or foreign policy views of recipients as well as to increase Canada's image and prestige among donors. Such use of aid is readily interpreted by the leaders of the Third World as proof that Canada's entire aid program is part of a neo-imperialist scheme.  While most Canadians supported foreign aid, they knew very little about it and the ones who knew were skeptical about its effectiveness. Furthermore, the paucity of bibliography proved that academics were not interested in the subject. This lack of interest is primarily due to the difficulty in obtaining information from the Canadian Government who regarded aid as a sensitive issue of Canada's relations with the Third World. In addition, Ottawa realized that critical scrutiny by academics of its aid program could embarrass the Canadian government as well as recipients, and undermine public confidence in aid.


identifier: Watson, Vivien C  (1993) The development of skill : the coefficient of variation as an index of skill acquisition.  Masters thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Previous research has found that extensive practice usually leads to faster more stable reaction times (RTs). The goal of this study was to distinguish practice effects which are due to a speed-up (where reduced RTs and correspondingly reduced variability in RT indicate that the task is being performed faster but in the same way), from practice effects due to increased automaticity (where faster RTs and reduced RT variability indicate a restructuring of task components). Subjects performed a memory search task in which 2000 trials were in a consistent mapping (CM) condition and 2000 were in a varied mapping (VM) condition. VM training has been shown to improve speed of performance but not to increase automatization. CM training on the other hand has been shown to improve performance, beyond considerations of speed alone, by automatizing performance. In the present study it was found that the coefficient of variation ((CV) the standard deviation divided by mean RT) was significantly reduced after CM but not after VM practice, showing that the CV may be a useful index of changes, other than speed, in the organization and execution of processes underlying a skilled action. The results were interpreted in terms of how practice contributes to the acquisition of performance skill.


identifier: Vale, Ruth Marie  (1992) Images of culture in public cult buildings : a study of the archaeological remains of late Roman and early Byzantine synagogues and churches in Ancient Palestine, dating from the mid second to the mid seventh centuries C.E.  PhD thesis, Concordia University.

abstract: Public cult buildings from the Late Roman and Early Byzantine period have traditionally been studied from within the historiographic streams of Christianity and Judaism. The ensuing character of Antique culture follows the confessional paradigm and is characterized as Christian, Pagan and miscellaneous Other. This traditional model is criticized in light of the ease with such an approach leads to confinement, misunderstanding and mishandling of archaeological data from this historical period. This thesis proposes an alternative approach and begins with a systematic study of 173 cult sites. Site data are treated to a methodical and very detailed examination of five categories of material culture, namely coin treasuries, inscriptions, elements of the site situation, architectural elements and art motifs. The dissertation examines both the configuration of sites in general and a broad selection of specific attributes. The value of this approach lies in the many new areas of research which are opened to us under this methodology.