identifier: Bursey, Jeffrey Robert Vincent. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Bursey=3AJeffrey_Robert_Vincent=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1988) Use and identity of the narrator in the works of Henry Miller.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This thesis examines the use of the first-person narrator (the 'I') in six of Henry Miller's major works. Though Miller is seen primarily as a writer of sensational novels, upon closer examination he proves to be a major figure in American literature and in modern literature generally. Miller's works touch on contemporary literary concerns (such as the self in fiction, the distance between text and author); this thesis however concentrates solely on his utilization of the 'I' to make fiction and biography indistinguishable. -- Before addressing the use of the narrator in Miller's work, a re-evaluation of his contribution to literature is necessary. Chapter One begins the examination of the 'I' in his works, while at the same time linking him in this regard with other modernist writers (for example, Wyndham Lewis and James Joyce) with whom he is rarely compared; he belongs with this pioneering group because of his technical innovations and aesthetic concerns. To prove this, I will discuss Miller's writing style, bringing the argument to the point where his place among the modernists is evident - the point at which his use of the 'I' is explained in theoretical terms. -- Chapters Two and Three are extensive examinations of the six texts under review. The works are: Tropic of Cancer, Black Spring, Tropic of Capricorn, and The Rosy Crucifixion trilogy (Sexus, Plexus, and Nexus). Chapter Two explores the metamorphosizing 'I' of the first three books: in Black Spring and Tropic of Capricorn the 'I' is an uneven mixture of narrator and artist. Tropic of Cancer, on the other hand, reveals an 'I' who incorporates life and art, becoming, in Miller's terms, a man. -- The 'I' of The Rosy Crucifixion is different from earlier manifestations. Miller's trilogy follows the life of the first-person narrator prior to Tropic of Cancer. Sexus, Plexus and Nexus manipulate the 'I', exposing and playing with the author/narrator figure, and the form of the text. For Miller, image and theme recede to the background of his books as the more important figure of the 'I' predominates. The conclusion to the thesis is that Miller is a neglected figure of undeniable importance in literature.


identifier: Bradbrook, Frederick James <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Bradbrook=3AFrederick_James=3A=3A.html>   (1972) Urban travel demands created by schools in the city of St. John's.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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abstract: The frustrations of early morning traffic congestion in the vicinity of schools in the City of St. John's are well known to all drivers of motor vehicles who are obliged to negotiate the city-wide road network between 8:15 and 9:00 a.m. daily. -- The purpose of this report is to attempt to quantify the extent of traffic congestion, to study the impact of school-oriented traffic on the road network in relationship to normal travel patterns and to try to determine the characteristics of that segment of the population who drive their children to school. -- No attempt is made to generate solutions to the problems of school traffic congestion as they exist nor to offer any suggestions as to how these problems may be avoided in future school construction, although this could well form the basis for further study. What is achieved, to a reasonable degree, is a compilation and analysis of various data associated with school travel patterns and the determination of those parameters which can be considered the most important in predicting future travel demands. -- School travel is analyzed by type of school, by niode of transportation, by distance, by car ownership and by socio-economic characteristics of the parents of school children. From this analysis predictors are devised (both graphically by means of category analysis and mathematically in the form of regression equations) whereby school auto trips can be reasonably forecast from a knowledge of the present variables. -- Since this constitutes, in effect, a pilot study in this area, there are certain items of information included which are not particularly useful at this time other than for illustrative purposes, but which conceivably may be of value in further research in the field of school travel as it affects the urban transportation pattern.


identifier: Mace, Thomas Francis <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Mace=3AThomas_Francis=3A=3A.html>   (1971) Energetics of a host-parasite relationship as illustrated by the leech Malmiana Nuda, Richardson and the shorthorn sculpin Myoxocephalus scorpius (L.).  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The weekly energy budget was balanced for two groups of the sculpin, Myoxocephalus scorpius at 10ﾟC. An accurate estimate of weekly energy expenditure could be made by calculating the metabolic energy, measuring the waste production and measuring the energy incorporated into new tissue. The metabolic energy component was measured as the difference between weekly energy input and the sum of calories of growth and calories of waste production. The logarithm of the calculated respiration rate was proportional to the logarithm of body weight, and equal to approximately twice the resting respiration rate as measured in a flowing water-type respirometer. There was no significant difference between the summed components of energy expenditure and weekly energy input. -- There was a significant difference between the expected energy expenditure and the observed energy input of fish parasitized with a known weight of the leech Malmiana nuda. This difference was proportional to the biomass of parasites and equal to 2238 calories/gram of leech. -- The resting energy consumption of the leech was estimated from measurements of resting oxygen consumption. Resting oxygen consumption was proportional to weight, and environmental temperature. It was calculated that the resting leech would consume 63 m./gram/week at 10ﾟC. (equivalent to approximately 285 calories). At this rate of energy expenditure, there would be an additional 75 calories of waste produced. Growth would account for 1240 calories/gram of new tissue. -- The energy input also was estimated by measuring the amount of blood in the gut of recently fed leeches. It was observed that a leech would contain about 2 ml. of blood/gram. One ml. of blood was equal to 575 calories, resulting in an estimated energy input of approximately 1100 calories. This suggests that a leech continuously fed would absorb about 1600 calories of energy per week, or the equivalent of 2 3/4 ml. of blood. -- It was suggested that the ratio of energy loss from the host to energy expenditures of the parasite would be an indication of the degree of adaptation of the system. A well adapted host parasite relationship would exert a metabolic demand which is little more than the energy requirements of the parasite.


identifier: Pätzold, Raymund Rainer <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/P=E4tzold=3ARaymund_Rainer=3A=3A.html>   (1972) High-temperature magnetic susceptibility bridge.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: A low-field (0.31 Oersted peak) a.c. susceptibility bridge has been built. Volume susceptibilities as low as 7 x 10⁻⁸ emu/cc are detectable. -- The bridge was calibrated over the range 10⁻⁶ - 10⁻² emu/cc using two independent methods, namely (1) paramagnetic salts, and (2) a 40 - turn coil. The two methods gave very good agreement. -- A furnace, capable of attaining 800°C, was added to the bridge, so that susceptibility could be measured as a function of temperature. The furnace was made of non-magnetic Chromel-A heater wire and wound non-inductively. -- Errors in room temperature susceptibility readings range from 2% for k ∿ 1 X 10⁻² emu/cc to 20% for k ∿ 1 x 10⁻⁷ emu/cc. At present, room temperature susceptibilities of less than 4 x 10⁻⁵ emu/cc cannot be measured to better than 20% as a function of temperature due to more serious restrictions during heating. -- Possible improvements in the equipment capable of reducing these errors, as well as alterations to extend the usefulness of the apparatus, are discussed. -- Specimens from several different rock types including lava flows, ignimbrites, red sandstones and dykes were subjected to high temperature susceptibility measurements in air. Results from these measurements generally confirm the results obtained from studies of Curie points and other rock magnetic properties by various authors.


identifier: Bishop, C. A. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Bishop=3AC=2E_A=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1971) Helminth parasites of the common eider duck (Somateria mollisima L.) in Newfoundland and Labrador.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: A total of 110 common eider ducks from six localities in Newfoundland and Labrador were examined for parasites. Twenty-seven species of parasites were recovered, eight being new host records and eighteen new host records for the common eider in North America. Ninety-five percent of the ducks were infected. -- The percentage of infection, range of numbers, and mean number of parasites is given for each age group and each sex of bird examined. Parasite species are discussed individually with regard to topics such as location within the host, other host records, the authority used in specific determination, minor variations, if any, from the original description, and comparison of results obtained by other authors who recorded the same species from common eiders. -- Two species of parasites were observed to cause damage to the host but none were lethal.


identifier: Feltham, James Calvin <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Feltham=3AJames_Calvin=3A=3A.html>   (1974) This unquickened world : a study of the poetry and novels of Philip Larkin.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This thesis is intended as a study of the writings of Philip Larkin. It works from the basic premise that both Larkin's poetry and novels have as their major element and thematic concern the underlying tragedy of the ordinary man's existence, that for the most part the life of the average individual is bounded by sadness, only occasionally quickened by joy, and has one absolute certainty, the passing of time into death. -- Chapter One comments on Larkin's early book of poetry, The North Ship (1945). It attempts to trace the major influences on the young poet as indicated by Larkin himself and outlines both those aspects of the early poetry which differ from the later poems and those which point forward to the mature poetry of The Less Deceived and The Whitsun Weddings. -- Chapter Two is an analysis of Larkin's two novels, Jill (1946) and A Girl in Winter (1947). It discusses the literary merit of the novels as well as how they represent a second stage in Larkin's development as a writer. The themes revealed in the novels relate closely to the major concerns of the poetry. -- Chapter Three has three sections, organized in chronological order, which deal with The Less Deceived (1955), The Whitsun Weddings (1964) and the uncollected poems up to February, 1973. (One poem has been published since.) There are few stylistic developments from stage to stage. As a group the poems present a varied but unified view of the "unquickened world" of Philip Larkin.


identifier: Akyeampong, Ernest Bugya <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Akyeampong=3AErnest_Bugya=3A=3A.html>   (1967) Labour laws and the development of the labour movement in Newfoundland, 1900-1960.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This is an attempt to outline the legal and economic framework within which trade unions have functioned and developed in the island of Newfoundland. -- The paper begins with a brief account of the economic, social and political background of the island. Thereafter, it is divided basically into two parts. The first part outlines the labour laws in the island before and after Newfoundland became the Tenth Province of Canada. The pre-1949 labour laws were patterned on British labour legislation. However, after 1949, it became necessary to either enact new laws or revise the old ones so as to make them conform substantially with those of other parts of Canada. -- The Labour Legislative Committee which advised the government of Newfoundland was comprised mainly of trade unionists. It was therefore not surprising that the immediate post-1949 labour laws of Newfoundland heavily favoured the trade unions. The result was that the labour movement in Newfoundland was able to make great strides in the years immediately following the island's union with Canada. -- After the bitter International Woodworkers of America (I.W.A.) strike in 1958/59, the government of Newfoundland passed two labour acts, the effect of which was to sever the "friendly" links between organized labour and the Newfoundland government. These two acts in question tended to weaken the labour movement. -- The first part ends with a comparison of labour legislation in Newfoundland and other parts of Canada, especially that of the Atlantic Provinces. An attempt is also made to appraise, critically, the Newfoundland labour laws. -- The second part of the paper tries to trace the development of the labour movement in Newfoundland. An attempt is also made, in this part, to explain how the structure and nature of the labour force in the island - namely, its heavy reliance on the seasonal fishing and logging industries - did not favour the growth of trade unions. This second part of the paper outlines the formation of the first Newfoundland trade union, that is the Seal Skinners' Union of St. John's in 1854. However, the real foundation of the labour movement in Newfoundland can be traced to the building of the trans-island railway, as well as to the establishment of the pulp and paper industries in the island. -- The formation of the Newfoundland Federation of Labour in 1937, its growth and subsequent affiliation to the Canadian Labour Congress is outlined. -- An attempt is made to suggest reasons why the Newfoundland Federation of Labour is not as strong a movement as it was before the I.W.A. strike and the possible ways by which the Federation can increase its membership and effectiveness in the province. -- The thesis concludes with a detailed account concerning the causes and development of the bitter 1958/59 International Woodworkers of America (I.W.A.) strike which made headline news all over North America, and the implications of this dispute for the labour movement in the province.


identifier: Wareham, Alice Edna <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Wareham=3AAlice_Edna=3A=3A.html>   (1974) Thomas Hardy, reluctant agnostic : a study of the religious motif in his writings.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This study purports to show that Thomas Hardy's use of the religious motif in all genres reflects his preoccupation with the problem of Christian belief versus doubt, and his resulting ambivalent attitude towards the Church, an institution close to him emotionally, yet often antithetic to his questioning mind, fed by nineteenth-century Rationalism, Darwinian science, and his own tragic view of life. -- His early association with Stinsford Parish, his later experiences as a church architect and his familiarity with the language of the Bible and Prayer Book lent a distinct colouring to his fiction and a wealth of Biblical imagery and allusion to all his work. Earlier novels reflect the kindly nostalgia of a half-sceptical 'believer', but as his tragic view deepened there emerged a concern for the moral dilemmas of individuals and a fear that conventional religious teachings were inadequate to cope with them. -- Later major novels show a growing bitterness as scepticism moved nearer agnosticism. The difficulty of reconciling tragic events with the Christian belief in an anthropomorphic, benevolent Deity underlies his emphasis on the 'Unfulfilled Intention' in The Woodlanders, on the 'Character-is-Fate' theory in The Mayor of Casterbridge, on man's futile 'outreach for joy' in Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and on the hollow intellectualism of the Church depicted in Jude the Obscure. -- Hardy's indefatigable search for meaning is the primary focus of his epic-drama, The Dynasts. War becomes the universal tragedy; mankind, the persona; and debating Intelligences, Hardy's divided feelings. The power of the drama resides in the pull of forces between the theory of the Immanent Will, and the Christian concept voiced by the Pities; its weakness in the inconclusiveness of its emergent 'meliorist' philosophy. Similar tensions pervade his poems, many of which, through 'God-Man' dialogues, reiterate the themes of The Dynasts. -- In his contemplation of life's absurdity Hardy foreshadowed the modern existentialist. Finding a basis for artistic commitment in the chaos of his own ambivalence, he imposed upon it an order cathartic both for himself and for fellow-agnostics of all time.


identifier: Ivimey, William <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Ivimey=3AWilliam=3A=3A.html>   (1972) Multi-valued contraction mappings and fixed points in metric spaces.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purpose of this thesis is to set forth some fixed point theorems in (complete) metric spaces for single-valued and multi-valued contraction mappings; with emphasis on multi-valued contraction mappings. -- In Chapter I, we discuss Banach's Contraction Mapping Principle and present some fixed point theorems in metric and complete metric spaces which extend and generalize Banach's result. Some results on contractive and non-expansive mappings are also given. -- In Chapter II, in the main, we shall consider multi-valued contraction mappings. In this respect, we have the following main definition and theorem due to NadlerJr[21]. -- Definition. Let (X,d) be a complete metric space, let CB(X) denote the nonempty closed and bounded subsets of X, and let H be the Hausdorff metric for CB(X). A function F : X → CB(X) is said to be a multi-valued contraction mapping if and only if there is a real number α, 0 ≤ α < 1, such that H(F(x), F(y)) ≤ αd(x,y), for all x,y ε X. -- Theorem. If (X,d) is a complete metric space and F : X → CB(X) is a multi-valued contraction mapping, then F has a fixed point (i.e., there is an x₀ ε X such that x₀ ε F(x₀)). -- Other results due to Nadler Jr. will also be given for metric spaces and generalized metric spaces, and these results will be extended to the following mappings F : X → CB(X) such that -- (A) H(F(x), F(y)) ≤ α[D(x, F(x)) + D(y, F(y))] for all x,y ε X, 0 ≤ α < 1/2; -- (B) H(F(x), F(y)) ≤ α[D(x, F(x)) + D(y, F(y)) + d(x,y)] for all x,y ε X, 0 ≤ α < 1/3. -- Some fixed point theorems for single-valued mappings will be given which are analogous to those for multi-valued mappings. -- In Chapter III, we consider sequences of single-valued and multi-valued contraction mappings and fixed points.


identifier: Bellows, Carlton George <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Bellows=3ACarlton_George=3A=3A.html>   (1968) Histology of the central nervous system of the squid, Illex illecobrosus illecobrosus (Leseur).  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This thesis describes the microscopic structure of the central nervous system of the squid Illex illecebrosus illecebrosus (Lesueur), and relates it to that of other cephalopods. Organs of secretion associated with the brain are also shown together with the results of histochemical tests used to detect the presence of carbohydrates, proteins lipids and nucleic acids. -- The central nervous system of Illex is basically similar to the brains of other cephalopods. It consists of eight interconnected ganglia, some of which are divided into distinct lobes. The cerebral ganglion, situated above the esophagus, contains the association and higher motor centres of the brain, and its neurons are much smaller than the cells in the subesophageal masses. Directly below it and broadly connected to it by the anterior and posterior basal - subesophageal connectives on both sides of the esophagus lies the middle subesophageal mass which is the major source of nerves arising from the brain. The posterior subesophageal mass is separated from the middle mass by a curtain of connective tissue and has several divisions. Nerves from this ganglion innervate the mantle, fins, viscera and chromatophores. The peduncle and olfactory lobes are situated above and posterior to the optic tract. The anterior subesophageal mass, or brachial ganglion, which is separated from the central brain mass and lies just posterior and ventral to the buccal mass, innervates primarily the arms. The superior and inferior buccal ganglia are located above the anterior subesophageal mass. -- Small neurosecretory cells of two types occur in clusters within the tissue of the posterior subesophageal mass, adjacent to small blood sinuses. The components of both the optic glands and parolfactory vesicles were negative to neurosecretory stains. The colloid of the parolfactory vesicles was shown to be a mucoprotein or glycoprotein, containing little cysteine.


identifier: Stowe, Lisa <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Stowe=3ALisa=3A=3A.html>   (1996) Thompson's family values : Judith Thompson's rupturing of the traditional family unit.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: From the Ancient Greeks to twentieth century playwrights family dramas have a long tradition in the theatre. This tradition includes playwrights such as Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg and Tennessee Williams. Judith Thompson works out of this tradition and her first three plays, The Crackwalker, White Biting Dog and I am Yours, offer disturbing view of the traditional family unit. Through unique stage signs and unusual linguistic systems, Thompson presents each member of that unit (child, father and mother) as subjects in crisis or as subjects who, because of external societal pressures, are unable to survive in a society not ready to decipher their language codes. -- Psycholinguist Julia Kristeva offers a theory of language which helps to unravel the metaphoric and often bizarre language systems of Thompson's characters. Kristeva's theory suggests that subjectivity begins long before Jacques Lacan's mirror stage; an individual uses bodily and instinctual drives as a basis for subjectivity - drives of basic bodily needs. Kristeva claims that these drives, collected in the semiotic chora, situate the individual in life until the mirror stage, at which point the individual enters the logic of Lacan's Symbolic Order. The chora is repressed at the mirror stage, but Kristeva believes it continues to bubble, rupture and manifest itself through speech patterns, unusual sign systems, music, and pauses. Her subject-on-trial becomes an individual who oscillates between the semiotic and the Symbolic chora. -- Thompson's characters' language codes are based on bodily functions: sex, hunger, and defecation. The linguistic is complemented by the theatrical stage signs that vividly illustrate an individual's internal psyche. They are examples of Kristeva's two spaces, as they struggle to control their rumbling semiotic chora while at the same time trying to negotiate the Symbolic Order. In The Crackwalker, Thompson combines a naturalistic structure with her unusual sign systems to deconstruct children. White Biting Dog attacks the patriarchal middle-class family unit, specifically the paternal member, and illustrates through surreal stage signs and heavily realistic language, that family roles are contrived and superficial. I Am Yours confronts the maternal figure through metaphor and illuminating stage signs, and shows how self-awareness and self-reflexivity during a pregnancy can exorcise daemons created from a negligent maternal relationship. Thompson's theatre exemplifies the Kristevan notion of the subject-on-trial.


identifier: Sann, Gisela Elizabeth <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Sann=3AGisela_Elizabeth=3A=3A.html>   (1971) Die Sprache der Frau Ava : Laut-und Formenbestand, Wortschaftz und Sprachstil.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Diese These ist eine sprachliche Untersuchung der Dichtungen der Frau Ava,einer um 1127 versterbenen IQausnerin in der Nähe des Klosters Melk an der Donau,die als erste Dichterin in deutscher Sprache in die Literaturgeschichte einging. -- Das im bairischen Dialekt geschriebene Werk Avas fällt zeitlich in eine Periode,die als die frühmittelhochdeutsche bezeichnet wird-nämlich die Ubergangszeit vom Althochdeutschen zum Mittelhochdeutschen.Die Denkmäler dieses Zeitraums von der Mitte des 11.Jahrhunderts bis ungefähr 1170 sind sprachwissen-schaftlich verhältnismäβig wenig behandelt worden, und Avas Gedichte im besonderen unterlagen kaum rein sprachlichen Untersuchungen. -- Das Werk der Ava ist uns in Form von zwei von einander unabhängigen Handschriften,der älteren Vorauer aus dem 12. Jahrhundert und der jüngeren,inzwischen verschollenen,Görlitzer Handschrift aus dem 14. Jahrhundert überkommen.Beiden Handschriften liegt zweifelsohne über verschiedene Abschriften ein gemeinsamer Urtext zugrunde. -- Der Zweck meiner These ist es,mit Hilfe der schon geleisteten Ava-Forschungen,die Sprache dieser Dichterin auf Grund des Laut-und Formenbestands,des Wortschatzes und des Sprachstils als zur frühmittelhochdeutschen übergangsperiode gehörend zu belegen.Erleichtert wird diese Aufgabe durch einen von Friedrich Maurer herausgegebenen klaren Text,der beide Handschriften einbezieht und dennoch auf der älteren Vorauer Handschrift basiert,also dem Originaltext so nahe wie möglich zu kommen trachtet.Anmerkungen im Apparat von Maurers Text erlauben einen Einblick in den zeitlich ver-schiedenen Sprachstand der beiden Handschriften. -- Im Verlauf der Untersuchungen war es mir möglich,aus dem reichen Feld der sprachlichen Formen im Werk der Ava die Zugehörigkeit der Dichtungen zur frühmittelhochdeutschen Periode und zum bairischen Dialektgebiet zu belegen.


identifier: Eddy, Roland Hubert <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Eddy=3ARoland_Hubert=3A=3A.html>   (1971) Generation of random numbers by deterministic processes.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Although the general principles of Monte Carlo and other simulation techniques have been known since the turn of the century, lack of efficient computational facilities has restricted their general application. The rapid advances in the field of electronic computing during the last three decades, however, have produced a new awareness of the potential of such techniques and as computing becomes even more sophisticated, such methods will no doubt play an increasingly important role in future scientific investigation. -- Effective application of Monte Carlo methods requires access to long sequences of random numbers. Since perfectly random numbers can not, of course, be obtained by practical means, all sets produced to date must properly be termed "pseudo-random". It is generally accepted, in the published literature, that such sets will be more limited in their application than perfectly random sets would be. Even though considerable research has gone into producing sequences for general application, such sequences produced to date are not equally satisfactory for all purposes and must be considered in the light of the particular problem under investigation. -- In this thesis, we consider the problem of finding sequences suitable for the Monte Carlo calculation of definite integrals. After a particular sequence is generated and tested for randomness, it is used in the evaluation of three definite integrals. The results of the statistical tests for each sequence are then compared with the values of the integrals produced by that sequence and an attempt is made to determine which properties a sequence should possess in order to produce good results in this application. Throughout the thesis, several small innovations are introduced which, we believe, have not been reported by other authors.


identifier: Sergy, Gary A. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Sergy=3AGary_A=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1972) Fouling in the sea water system of the Marine Sciences Research Laboratory, Logy Bay, Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: A survey, by means of direct and x-radiographic examination, was made of fouling in the poly-vinyl chloride seawater system of the Marine Sciences Research Laboratory, Logy Bay, Newfoundland. Fouling was affected by pipe sizes and configurations, water velocities, continuity of flow and temperature. After four years continuous use, the marine growth was not sufficient to significantly retard operation of the system. The piping system itself, was not designed to facilitate cleaning. -- A fungal-bacterial slime film was the first life form observed on new sections of pipe in 1971. The initial dominant macro-foulers were Molgula sp. and Nicolea venustula. -- The communities in horizontal pipes (5.1 cm inside diameter), having had a flow of three and four summer seasons, were studied in detail. Of the 30 species of foulers identified in the pipes, the bivalves Hiatella arctica and Mytilus edulis constituted the greatest mass; however, Molgula sp., Leucosolenia sp., Spirorbis spirillum, Anomia simplex, and Balanus spp. were common. H. arctica were examined for growth. -- Counts were made of the Spirorbis spirillum settled on PVC panels hung in the reservoir.


identifier: Anisman, Hymie <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Anisman=3AHymie=3A=3A.html>   (1970) Fear reduction and avoidance learning following administration of alcohol during prior CS-shock exposure.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: To determine if the classical conditioning of fear was responsible for the facilitative effects of prior exposure to CS-shock pairings, 2 groups of 48 rats were given either 25 light-tone and shock pairings or 25 light-tone presentations only. One-half of the Ss in each of these groups were injected with 1.5 cc/kg of alcohol 5 minutes prior to the pretraining procedure, while the remaining Ss were injected with 1.5cc/kg of physiological saline. 24 hours after initial treatment one-half of the Ss received 90 avoidance conditioning trials under the same drug state as during prior training, while the remaining Ss were tested under the other drug condition. -- Results indicated that Ss which received prior CS-shock pairings responded faster and learned the avoidance task more readily than Ss given only prior CS presentations. In addition, Ss which received saline during prior CS-shock exposure responded more rapidly during the first 5 and last 5 trials than did Ss who either received alcohol during prior CS-shock exposure, or Ss who received alcohol or saline and only prior CS presentations. Moreover, Ss whose initial treatment consisted of prior CS-shock exposure with saline made more avoidance responses during the first block of 30 trials, and made the first avoidance response and 3 consecutive avoidance responses earlier than Ss in each of the other groups. These results were taken to indicate that prior CS-shock exposure results in the conditioning of fear to the CS, thereby motivating escape from the CS. Escape from the CS reduces the fear, thus reinforcing the avoidance response. -- The present study also indicated that administration of alcohol during avoidance training increased the inter-trial response rate, but decreased the avoidance response rate. These results were interpreted as further support for the hypothesis that fear motivates, and that fear reduction reinforces the avoidance response.


identifier: Cheema, Pritam Singh <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Cheema=3APritam_Singh=3A=3A.html>   (1971) Fixed point theorems in metric spaces and applications.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The main object of this thesis is to study the fixed point theorems under contraction and contractive mappings in metric spaces. -- We have discussed the Banach's contraction principle, "A contraction mapping of a complete metric space into itself has a unique fixed point", together with its various generalizations in metric spaces. -- A few new results which guarantee the existence and uniqueness of fixed points for contraction, contractive mappings and mappings with a contractive iterate have been given for metric spaces. -- An attempt has been made to give more general theorems for mappings of the form d(Tx,Ty) ≤ ψ(d(x,y)) on metric spaces. A few fixed point theorems on generalized metric space have been obtained. -- In the end, some applications of the fixed point theorems are illustrated by taking suitable examples.


identifier: Hender, Calvin Eugene <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Hender=3ACalvin_Eugene=3A=3A.html>   (1971) Le système des prepositions à et de.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

title: Le système des prepositions à et de

abstract: The late French Linguist, Gustave Guillaume, who deemed it necessary to examine language both from its mental aspect, langue, and from its perceivable aspect, discours, proposed the theory that language is the creation of discourse (discours) from a pre-existent tongue (langue). In so doing, he not only paved the way for an adequate examination of speech but for a deeper, more penetrating analysis of the underlying mental forms which give rise to the myriad of uses to be found in everyday speech. Since discours is observable and langue is not, he maintained that the true study of any linguist should be concerned with attempting to discover and to understand the underlying mental forms that call up the many and varied uses on the perceivable side of language. -- With these principles in mind, we have tried in this study to apply the Guillaumian theory to the system of the prepositions à and de in Modern French. As a result, Chapter One is devoted to a brief summary of the Guillaumian view of language, followed by, in Chapter Two, an application of the theory to the parts of speech. Chapter Three is intended to pave the way for a closer analysis of our problem by taking a cursory look at the preposition in general. -- Finally in Chapter Four, we have attempted to examine the prepositions à and de using the methodology outlined in the first three chapters. Our endeavour has been to try to establish how these prepositions are generated in langue so as to produce the many and varied effects in discours. -- It is hoped that the present study will shed some light upon the contributions of Gustave Guillaume to the study of language and how his findings may be applied to a particular grammatical system.


identifier: Dominy, Charles Leslie <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Dominy=3ACharles_Leslie=3A=3A.html>   (1965) Correlations between bottom fauna in Murray's and Butler's Ponds and the food of rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Limnological conditions were studied in two Newfoundland ponds having areas of 16 and 21 acres, and mean depths of 4.7 and 5.6 feet. The water was slightly acid in each and there was no dissolved oxygen deficiency; both are eutrophic and lie in an area of sedimentary rock. Rooted aquatic vegetation was not a major feature. The ponds are continuously stocked with rainbow trout and it is the most abundant of the three species of fish present. Numerically dominant bottom organisms were amphipods, dipteran larvae, sphaeriid clams, and amnicolid snails, while gravimetric analysis indicated the dominance of anisopteran nymphs. Seasonal variations in the bottom faunae were also studied. One pond has been fertilized experimentally and it revealed a standing crop of benthic organisms (46.0 kilograms per hectare) which tripled that of the control pond. Rainbow trout in one pond were feeding on a variety of bottom organisms while those in the other fed more intensely on a less varied diet of zooplankton. Seasonal differences in food consumption were studied along with the utilization of benthic organisms by the fish. Food preference was briefly discussed. Angler catch in one pond was shown to have a tendency to vary inversely with the amount of food available in the environment and that present in the stomachs of the rainbow trout.


identifier: Riach, Dorothy Wordsworth <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Riach=3ADorothy_Wordsworth=3A=3A.html>   (1979) Walter Kennedy, c. 1460-c. 1518 : his inheritance, his life and his legacy of poetry.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Walter Kennedy was born c. 1460 and died c. 1518 (a later date than previously suggested), belonged to a family prominent in Scottish affairs, moved in the King's circle and was famed in his own day as a poet. -- He is best known for his share in "The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedie" but his extant corpus also includes The Passioun of Crist (1,715 lines) and four lyrics. He was edited by David Laing, in the second volume of The Poems of William Dunbar, Edinburgh, 1834, but only 371 lines of The Passioun were included; and by Jacob Schipper in The Poems of Walter Kennedy, Vienna, 1901, who did not include "The Flyting," having earlier edited it in his William Dunbar - Sein Leben und seine Gedichte, Berlin, 1884. A fresh study of Walter Kennedy is overdue; he is one of the Scottish Makars who deserves notice. -- All of Kennedy's poetry is in stanza form. He shows mastery in producing variety by using internal rhyme and alliteration. He has a wide range of diction and style. The lyrics and The Passioun of Crist are on religious themes, while "The Flyting" is a contest in invective and poetic techniques. -- In this study the lyrics are shown in relation to Lydgate, Henryson and Dunbar and against the background of their time. Kennedy's treatment of his topics is often original. "The Flyting" is viewed as a formal contest between friends rather than as an outpouring of scurrility against enemies in which Kennedy is a worthy opponent, exhibiting a wide range of language and poetical skills. -- The Passioun of Crist is judged to be not merely a narration of the sufferings of our Lord but a much more complex poem where several elements are skilfully blended. Following a Proloque the poem begins with a survey from the creation of man to the events immediately leading to the Crucifixion. The central part of the poem, which recounts the Passion and the Resurrection of Christ, is set within the framework of canonical Hours, beginning on the Wednesday of Holy Week. It is shown that the section for 'sext' which includes, along with the narrative, lyrical laments, a sermon and a conversation between the Virgin and the Cross, coincides with the midday service on Good Friday and that the poem in many ways, including much use of direct speech, bears a strong resemblance to a liturgical drama or Passion play which has had a Prologue added to introduce it to readers. Kennedy's skill in using various metrical and rhetorical devices to avoid monotony through 245 stanzas is demonstrated.


identifier: Bartlett, Donald R. (Donald Radford) <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Bartlett=3ADonald_R=2E_=28Donald_Radford=29=3A=3A.html>   (1972) William Butler Yeats as a literary critic.  Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: William Butler Yeats's literary criticism derived from his impulse to examine and promote the kind of art he believed in, and to repudiate art founded upon what he believed were false aesthetic and philosophical principles. It shows how relentless Yeats was in his attacks upon Irish propaganda and upon what he believed was decadent in English literary tradition. His practical criticism clearly reveals the nature of his errors as a critic, but it reveals also the strengths of a dedicated man struggling towards a poetic. -- Yeats's theoretical criticism is significant for its insistence upon the importance of the poetic impulse to art, for its insistence upon the autonomy of art enhanced by, but not ultimately dependent upon, biographical and historical considerations, and for its promotion of heroic and visionary art in an unheroic and materialistic age. It shows also Yeats's unending endeavour to determine how Mask, mythology, and symbol could best be used to bring art into meaningful relation with life. -- Yeats's criticism reveals not only his aesthetic principles but his 'life-values' as well. It exposes his prejudices and caprices; but more important, it emphasizes what was essential to him: faith in heroic man, in aristocratic traditions, and in the educative image which great art provided. Ultimately Yeats's literary criticism records his attempts at getting his own thoughts in order, and its greatest value lies in the kind of poetry it helped him to write.


identifier: Yule, Laura Mary <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Yule=3ALaura_Mary=3A=3A.html>   (1987) Trollope's Barsetshire novels : money as an artistic device for revealing character and theme.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The Barsetshire novels, written at a time of great social change, bring into juxtaposition men and women radically different in culture and tradition: offering a contrast in thought and behaviour between London and the Southern countries of rural England. -- The worship of material progress and the commercial spirit pervaded Anthony Trollope's England. A keen observer of his fellows, Trollope saw how great was their desire for wealth and prestige and in each of his Barset novels he used money as a major or minor theme. He wrote in and of the world of the 1850's and 1860's, describing, fictionally, life as he knew it. He sees how strong is the corruptive influence of money in England's "Golden Age of Capitalism" and uses it as an artistic device to reveal character and theme in the novels of the Barsetshire series. -- Each novel is complete in itself but forms part of a composite whole. In all these novels Trollope uses money to unify theme, form, and structure and also as a touchstone for character.


identifier: MacLachlan, Kate <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/MacLachlan=3AKate=3A=3A.html>   (1998) The Wild Bight Group, Newfoundland Appalachians : a composite Early to Middle-Ordovician ensimatic arc and continental margin arc-arc rift basin.  Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The Wild Bight Group (WBG) and South Lake Igneous Complex (SLIC) represent a peri-Gondwanan Ordovician accreted oceanic terrane of the central Newfoundland Appalachians. The Wild Bight Group is a sequence of volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks, and the South Lake igneous complex is comprised of layered gabbro and sheeted dykes intruded by hornblende diorite and tonalite plutons. -- This study involves detailed mapping (~ 1:12,500) in the South Lake igneous complex and adjacent rocks of the eastern Wild Bight Group, combined with petrography, geochemical, and Sm-Nd isotopic studies, and U-Pb geochronology. It shows that there are two temporally and genetically distinct sequences of volcanic, volcaniclastic and sedimentary rocks in the WBG, separated by up to 10 Ma. The older sequence is genetically related to plutonic rocks of the South Lake igneous complex, and these older rock packages have been structurally interleaved with the younger sequence during subsequent deformation. The younger sequence has also been structurally imbricated and does not represent a simple conformable sequence in its present configuration. -- Magmatic rocks related to the older sequence of the WBG formed predominantly between 486 +/-4 and 489 +/-3 Ma (Tremadoc to early Arenig), and range in composition from normal island arc tholeiitic basalt (IATs), to incompatible element-depleted low-Ti, high-Mg IATs and boninites, and high-Si, low-K rhyolite/tonalite. They are interpreted to represent the initiation and stabilization of a primitive ensimatic oceanic arc. Sm-Nd isotope systematics in the depleted IATs and boninites, show an apparent decoupling of isotopic and geochemical characteristics, which require a complex source or melt generation process for these rocks. The geochemical, isotopic and field relationships in the older volcanic sequence and SLIC provide some insight into tectonomagmatic processes in volcanic arcs in general. -- The younger sequence of the Wild Bight Group comprises two volcanic successions which are stratigraphically separated. The lower one has a calc-alkalic geochemical affinity, and its age is confined to 472 +/-3 Ma (late Arenig), by felsic tuffs within the succession. The upper volcanic succession has enriched tholeiitic to alkalic within-plate geochemical signatures, and geochemically related gabbro sills are dated at 470 +/-5 and 471 +/-4 Ma. Geochemical and isotopic characteristics suggest that these two volcanic sequences were produced from a similar mantle source. Sm-Nd isotope systematics indicate that the calc-alkaline rocks were contaminated by an old continentally-derived component. The younger sequence of the Wild Bight Group is interpreted to represent a volcanic arc that formed on or immediately adjacent to thinned continental crust of the Gondwanan margin, and was subsequently rifted. -- Blocks in melanges and debris flows within the younger succession have geochemical signatures which indicate that they were derived from both the older and younger volcanic sequences of the WBG. This suggests that the older arc formed part of the substrate on which the younger sequence developed. Intrabasinal uplifts exposed the older substrate which then provided a source of detritus for the younger basin. The occurrence of a Precambrian detrital zircon in a volcaniclastic unit of the younger sequence suggests that there was an even older component to the uplifted substrate.The uplifts are interpreted to result from horsts and grabens formed in an extensional back arc and subsequent arc rift setting. In most places the contact between the older and younger sequences is structurally modified, although locally a stratigraphic contact may be preserved. -- The tectonomagmatic evolution of the WBG and SLIC has four main stages: firstly, formation of a primitive ensimatic arc outboard of the Gondwanan margin, by westward (present coordinates) subduction; secondly arc/continental margin "collision", which involved attempted subduction of the thinned continental margin, and resulted in the termination of westward subduction; thirdly, initiation of a second subduction zone outboard of the continental margin, but with the opposite polarity, such that the subsequent arc developed on the composite margin; and finally, arc rifting which formed an extensive marginal basin. -- The Wild Bight Group has traditionally been correlated with the Exploits Group to the east. These groups are interpreted to represent different parts of the same late Arenig to Llanvirn, arc/back-arc/arc-rift system, and were probably also contiguous during generation of the older ensimatic arc. The eastern WBG is interpreted to represent the remnant arc following arc rifting, and the western WBG is interpreted to represent the main rift basin. The Exploits Group probably formed in the pre-rift back arc basin in close proximity to the continental margin. -- There are lithological, structural and stratigraphic differences between ophiolites and volcanic rock packages in the Exploits Subzone interpreted to be correlative with the older sequence of the WBG, and late Arenig to Llanvirn volcanic/volcaniclastic and epiclastic sequences which are interpreted to be correlative with the younger sequence of the WBG. These differences are interpreted to be related to the presence of a promontory on the Gondwanan margin, as suggested by previous workers. The Exploits Subzone can be divided into two Ordovician tectonic zones, one in the east and south which underwent an important compressional event during the middle to late Arenig (Penobscot Orogeny), but only minor late Arenig to Llanvirn/Llandeilo extension, and the other in the north and west with the opposite characteristics. The boundaries of these zones are likely transitional, but roughly coincide with Silurian structures such as Noel Pauls Line and Dog Bay Line, which have been used to subdivide the Dunnage zone in the past.


identifier: Langdon, George S. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Langdon=3AGeorge_S=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1996) Tectonics and basin deformation in the Cabot Strait area and implications for the late Paleozoic development of the Appalacians in the St. Lawrence Promontory.  Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The Cabot Strait lies astride the Cabot Fault system at the eastern extent of the Magdalen Basin, a pull-apart structure which was the depocentre of the regional Maritimes successor basin during the late Devonian to early Permian development of the Canadian Appalachians. Under the Cabot Strait two linear grabens parallel the major fault trends and preserve up to 6 km of Devonian to Carboniferous sedimentary rocks. -- In Part I of this study these strata have been mapped using conventional reflection seismic data, with support from potential field and onshore geological data. A series of major dextral strike-slip faults, including the Cape Ray Fault, the Hollow-St. George's Bay Fault, and the Red Island Fault parallel the regional trend, and define a wrench borderland geometry with the Cabot Fault as the master fault. The Cape Ray Fault is shown to have played a role in middle to late Devonian basin formation as well as Carboniferous deformation, while the others were active only in the Carboniferous. Four unconformities yield timing of movement along the faults and allow correlations to be made with regional deformation. Classic wrench-related features such as restraining bends, flower structures and inversion profiles are present in the Cabot Strait-Bay St. George area. -- In Part II, the middle Devonian and later modification of the orogen at the St. Lawrence Promontory is examined through a series of crustal profiles, terrane configuration sketches, and paleogeographic reconstructions. Data pertaining to the Salinic and Acadian events are compiled, and evidence is presented for the development of the preHorton/Horton basins as extensional collapse features associated with the overthickening of the crust at the collision of two promontories. Overstepping, mainly post-Tournaisian basin development is seen primarily as a consequence of dextral strike-slip. Both of the above processes were enhanced and overprinted in Newfoundland by tectonic ejection of crustal blocks away from the St. Lawrence Promontory. Localized terrestrial basins such as the Deer Lake Basin are related mainly to this latter process. The reconstructions further reveal that the distribution of pre-existing lower Paleozoic terranes can be explained by an evolving series of dextral strike-slip faults centered on the Cabot Fault system. -- Part III consists of a series of paleogeographic reconstructions of lands bordering the North Atlantic, which allow conclusions of the foregoing chapters to be projected on a regional scale. The Silurian-early Devonian tectonic development of the St. Lawrence Promontory is visualized as a process of sinistral terrane accretion, featuring a continuum of terrane sizes, ranging from slivers to microplates. For the mid-Devonian and later, arguments are made for tectonic processes which have been accepted for some time in Europe, but which have not been fully evaluated in the Canadian Appalachians, such as tectonic indentation {wedging), tectonic escape and extensional collapse. The Maritimes Basin is interpreted to have evolved in two phases, the first related to Appalachian crustal overthickening and collapse, and the second related to Variscan foreland strike-slip. This latter transcurrent faulting is attributed to the action of the Iberian indentor and consequent escape of West Avalonia, and not to large scale rotation of the combined Laurentia + Baltica plate.


identifier: Fisher, Peter <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Fisher=3APeter=3A=3A.html>   (1973) Report of an internship with the Chief Superintendent of Schools, Department of Education, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, September through December, 1972 ; special area of study: an investigation of private childcare centres in Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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identifier: Renouf, Deane <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Renouf=3ADeane=3A=3A.html>   (1972) Orientation and navigation of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina concolor) in their overland migrations on Sable Island.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: During the spring and summer months on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, about 10% of the 1200 Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) which are resident on the Island at this time, regularly migrates between the sea and three inland lakes. This necessitates an overland journey of often ½ mile or more, one which is undertaken by adult seals, and by newly weaned pups which have been born on the lakes and move to the sea for the first time. The results of the investigations described in this thesis enabled the following conclusions to be drawn about the nature of the overland journeys, and the orienting abilities of these Harbour seals in guiding themselves to the lakes and back to sea. -- (1) Both seabound and lakebound crossings were usually undertaken at sunrise and sunset. The peak number of crossings seemed to coincide with the pupping season in May and June, and the moult in late July. -- (2) The approximate bearing of the shortest path between the lake and the sea is 204°, and the average bearing adopted by seabound adult seals was 202°. The lakebound adults did not necessarily cross on a bearing which was perpendicular to the coast; they did, however, tend to take the shortest path between the point where they had hauled out on the coast, and the lake. The variability of the lakebound tracks did not differ from that of those heading toward the sea. -- (3) The journeys of both adults and pups were not impaired by either visibility being reduced to less than 100 yards in fog which completely obscured all landmarks, or by a 100% cloud cover, which, for the human observer, made the sun impossible to locate. -- (4) Many animals, both adult and newly weaned, having aborted their journeys, sometimes after having travelled more than 3/4 the way, were able to return to their exact departure point. Some did so when visibility was 1/4 mile or less. -- (5) There was no clear relationship between wind direction and the courses adopted by seals either spontaneously crossing between lake and sea, or travelling after having been displaced. -- (6) Zastruga, often prominent on the sandy plain separating the lakes from the sea, were not a necessary cue for the seals' orientation. -- (7) Adults which were captured enroute to one of the lakes, and displaced 1500 yards to the east or west, either went to the sea upon release, or corrected for their displacement and continued their journey to the lake. This correction was made in the absence of landmarks, and did not appear to be related to sun and wind conditions. -- (8) The provenance of the sound of the surf did not appear to be related to the initial heading or to the bearing which a seal maintained during a spontaneous crossing. However, two adults which were relocated, and travelled to the lake upon release, may have been maintaining a bearing by listening to the sound of the surf. Weaners which were released at various points around Sable Island appeared to home on the sound of the surf when they were set free under unusually confined conditions. -- The results of a T maze experiment, in which pups were given a choice between approaching and avoiding surf noise are discussed. The limitations imposed by field conditions are set forth, and suggestions for future research are made.


identifier: Pandit, Bhaskar Iqbal <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Pandit=3ABhaskar_Iqbal=3A=3A.html>   (1966) An a.c. bridge for the measurement of magnetic susceptibility of rocks in low fields.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: An a.c bridge for the measurement of the magnetic susceptibility of rocks in low fields has been constructed. The sensing unit is a double coil similar to the design by Bruckshaw and Robertson (1948), where two co-axial windings are connected in series opposition so that the net output emf is zero in the absence of a specimen. Following a treatment by Hall (1963) aimed at maximizing the sensitivity; the coil was designed for almost optimum proportions for the case when the specimen is placed on the coil axis at a bounding plane. The coil is 7.9 cms. thick, has an outer radius of 16.0 cms., and the inner radius of the inner winding is 4.Ocms. The inner and outer windings have 33,090 and 12,550 ±10 turns respectively. Use of relatively thick wire (AWG No. 26) resulted in a low Johnson noise level of 7.0x10⁻⁹ volts rms. The signal due to a specimen of volume susceptibility K = 1.0x10⁻⁵ cgs units placed 4.0 cms. beyond a bounding plane is 0.67μv rms, giving a signal-to-noise ratio of 95. -- Because of its large distributed capacitance the coil could be balanced adequately only at frequencies below 250 cps. The present frequency was 33.0 cps, and at this value the phase difference between the output emf's in the two windings could be made almost exactly 180° with the aid of 0.079μF capacitor placed across the outer winding. The output signal was amplified by a pre-amplifier and two narrow-band amplifiers connected in cascade, the total gain being 2700. To measure K ~ 1x10⁻⁷ cgs units would require a gain of about 10⁺⁵ but so far an increase in gain has been precluded by the presence in the bridge output of second and higher harmonics; moreover, the output signal at 'balance' has a serious instability with the time constant of the order of 10⁻¹ sec. The cause of instability has been traced to the oscillator and power amplifier in the input and the selective amplifiers in the output. -- The bridge was calibrated with rock specimens whose absolute volume susceptibility had been determined with an astatic magnetometer. With a calibration value of (7.3±0.2)x10⁻⁵ cgs units/cm potentiometer reading for a specimen at the coil center, the susceptibility of a fairly wide range of igneous rocks and the more strongly magnetic sedimentary rocks could be measured. For K ~ 1x10⁻³ the error in a single measurement is 6%, increasing to 25% for K ~ 8x10⁻⁵, the actual error being reducible through repeat measurements. -- Volume susceptibilities of 80 cylindrical specimens cut from 21 basalt samples from Southern Labrador were measured with the calibrated bridge. The mean value of K at two basalt exposures was (3.27±1.02)x10⁻³ and (9.74±0.19)x10⁻³ cgs units respectively where the quoted standard deviations are based on sample averages and, apart from error in the method are a measure of the inhomogeneous distribution of the chief ferromagnetic constituents in the rocks. -- The bridge was used to determine K in fields as low as 0.005 oe. rms. A significant decrease in K was observed in the case of three specimens when the magnetizing field was lowered from 0.02 to 0.005 oe. rms. -- The experimental variation of sensitivity with specimen positioning relative to the coil was compared in two cases with the theoretical variation and found to agree to less than 10% at the coil center.


identifier: Sturge, Cecil Calvin <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Sturge=3ACecil_Calvin=3A=3A.html>   (1968) Production studies on the young stages of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in an experimental area of Indian River, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: A preliminary assessment was made of the effect of a controlled flow spawning channel on Atlantic salmon parr production in Indian River, Newfoundland. -- Fry production, in the channel, was compared with that in the river, under natural conditions, and found to be substantially higher. Post-hatching migration of fry was restricted to within two miles of the channel. Underyearling density is higher in the area of direct channel influence than in any part of the river where fry are provided solely on the basis of natural production. Underyearling to yearling survival in the area of direct channel influence was 9.7 percent, compared with 85.9 to nearly 100 percent in other areas. Parr density in the same area was 13 per unit compared with 19 per unit for the river as a whole. Parr densities ranged from 8.0 to 35.6 per unit. Parr production was correlated with predominant bottom type. Highest densities occurred in areas where large stones and boulders predominated. -- Evidence is presented to show that the controlled flow spawning channel at Indian River can be best used for salmon management, if fry produced there are distributed to areas of the river which offer an abundance of good parr rearing area.


identifier: Stevenson, Carl Mallam <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Stevenson=3ACarl_Mallam=3A=3A.html>   (1965) A study of the first overtone rotation-vibration band of nitric oxide in gas, liquid and nitric oxide-foreign gas mixtures at pressures up to 20,000 PSI.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This thesis has no abstract.


identifier: Simmonds, Anthony Joseph <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Simmonds=3AAnthony_Joseph=3A=3A.html>   (1972) Differential characteristics of higher and lower achieving Junior Division spring semester students at Memorial University.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purpose of this study was to compare the differential characteristics of higher and lower achieving Junior Division Spring Semester students at Memorial University. Specifically, intelligence differences, personality differences, reading differences and study habits differences were studied. From a questionnaire the variables of age, availability of books at home, presence of a library in the school, parents' occupations, number of children in family, birth order, type of high school attended, religion and parents' educational level were studied. Socio-economic level was also obtained in a different manner. -- Forty-eight Spring Semester students from the total population of higher and lower achievers comprised the two major groups. They were matched on the variables of high school marks (Grade XI average), faculty, and rural-urban factor. The intelligence differences were determined by the Otis Quick Scoring Test of Mental Ability. Personality differences were determined by the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule. Reading differences were determined by the Nelson-Denny Reading Test, and study habits differences were determined by the Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes. A questionnaire helped to determine differences between the other variables. Socio-economic level was obtained from the Department of Labour. By applying a two-way analysis of variance, it was possible to detect significant differences between intelligence, personality, reading ability, and study habits and attitudes. The variables listed on the questionnaire plus the socio-economic factor were then analyzed. -- It was found that hypothesis number one which postulated a significant difference between intelligence levels of higher and lower achievers at the college level was accepted. Further analysis revealed partial acceptance of hypothesis number two which postulated significant differences on the personality traits of need for achievement, order and endurance. -- Analysis of data showed acceptance of hypothesis number three which postulated a significant difference between the higher and lower achievers on study habits. -- Hypothesis number four which postulated a significant difference between the higher and lower achievers on speed reading was rejected. -- None of the groups differed significantly on the variables of age, availability of books at home, presence of a library in the school, parental level of education, number in family, birth order, type of high school attended, religion, parents' occupations, and socio-economic level. -- The higher achievers at the college level scored significantly higher than the lower achievers on the following: intelligence, need for order, intraception, dominance, change, vocabulary, total, delay avoidance, work methods, study habits, teacher acceptance, educational acceptance, study attitudes, and study orientation. -- The higher and lower achievers at college did not differ significantly on the following: the need to achieve, deference, exhibition, autonomy, affiliation, succorance, abasement, nurturance, endurance, heterosexuality, aggression, comprehension, and speed reading. -- The higher and lower achievers at the high school level did not differ significantly on the following: intelligence, the need to achieve, order, exhibition, autonomy, affiliation, intraception, succorance, dominance, abasement, change, endurance, heterosexuality, aggression, vocabulary, comprehension, total, speed reading, delay avoidance, study habits, teacher acceptance, study attitudes, and study orientation. -- The higher and lower achievers at the college or high school level did not differ significantly on any of the variables of: age, availability of books at home, presence of a library in the school, fathers' and mothers' level of education, number in family, birth order, type of high school attended, religion, fathers' and mothers' occupation level, and socio-economic level.


identifier: Rao, Kunduri Viswasundara <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Rao=3AKunduri_Viswasundara=3A=3A.html>   (1970) Paleomagnetism of the Ordovician redbeds of Bell Island, Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract:
A thermomagnetic study of oölitic hematite sandstone from the gently dipping Lower Ordovician Bell Island and Wabana groups near St. John's revealed three to four superposed magnetic components. The rocks were collected from a 150-meter section at 24 sites up to 6 km apart, plus one site 180 m below that section. -- The natural remanence (NRM) directions occur in two nearly antiparallel groupings (A, B) close to published late Paleozoic directions. Two or more specimens each from 116 samples were stepwise thermally demagnetized in air, with field-nulling carefully controlled to ≤ 25 γ. Two new vector groupings (C, D), diverging sharply from the NRM, appeared after the 600°C and 685°C steps. -- Up to 600°C the intensity (J) increased, sometimes by factors of 2 or more, compared with the NRM (10⁻⁵ - 10⁻⁴ emu/cm³), before dropping sharply to a minimum at 685°C. Powder
measurements in a magnetic balance to 750°C showed this to be mainly due to formation of a new, strongly magnetic component with Curie point 610 - 620°C, which x-ray diffraction tests suggest is γ-Fe₂0₃. This process had no observable effect on the high-temperature groupings (C, D), probably associated with α-Fe₂0₃. -- Mean directions of the thermally discrete group D (685°C) component were significantly better aligned (k = 160) than expected from the present secular variation. Assuming reversed polarity, a possibly Ordovician pole calculated from this direction is in the central Pacific (27.8°N, 168.2°W, dp = 1.8°, dm = 3.6°, N = 11 vertical zones) and constitutes the first paleomagnetic result from laboratory-treated Ordovician rocks in North America. The published evidence is still inadequate to interpret this result in terms of Lower Paleozoic paleogeography around the North Atlantic.


identifier: Badcock, Leonard Clyde <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Badcock=3ALeonard_Clyde=3A=3A.html>   (1972) A study of teacher misassignment among secondary school teachers in Newfoundland and Labrador.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of teacher misassignment among secondary school teachers in Newfoundland, and to identify relationships existing between misassignment and a number of selected personal, professional, and situational characteristics. In particular, three aspects of misassignment were examined: misassignment in terms of teachers' subject fields of specialization, their teaching preferences, and the school organizational division orientations of their training programmes. -- A questionnaire prepared by the researcher was utilized to solicit data from the sample. Approximately seventy per cent of the questionnaires forwarded to the subjects were returned fully completed and entirely usable for analysis. The data treatment entailed the assignment of misassignment scores to individual teachers reporting indicating their declared degrees of subject-field and teacher-preference misassignment. School division misassignment was determined by a tabulation of teachers who had not studied high school methods in their teacher training programmes. -- The data analysis revealed that the three aspects of teacher misassignment examined were prevalent in varying degrees. In terms of the assignment descriptions employed in the various misassignment scales, the findings indicated that of the teachers reporting, over half were assigned to residual subject areas of specialization either entirely or in addition to the areas of their majors or minors, approximately twenty-five per cent had not prepared professionally to teach secondary students, and over ten per cent were assigned entirely incongruently with any subject field of preference. -- The findings further revealed that although teacher-preference misassignment was not significantly related to any of the variables considered, both subject-field and school-division misassignment were significantly related to these variables in the majority of cases. Subject- field misassignment, in particular, was found to be greater for teachers with lower rather than higher teaching grades; for teachers without high school methods than for those with high school methods; for teachers with few rather than many courses in their majors; for teachers who spent small rather than large proportions of their teaching time in their major assignments; and for teachers who taught more than two different courses in the school programme. Subject-field misassignment was also greater in the smallest towns, in central high schools compared to senior high schools, and in schools employing fewer than sixteen teachers. -- The incidence of school-division misassignment was found to be greater for female teachers than for male teachers, for teachers with low rather than high teaching grades, for teachers with few rather than many courses in their major fields of specialization, and in both the central and the junior high schools than in the senior high schools. -- An informal comparison of the degrees of misassignment found suggested that subject-field misassignment was prevalent to the greatest extent, school-division misassignment, though also extensive, was somewhat less acute, and teacher-preference misassignment was the least prevalent of the throe aspects examined.


identifier: Schipper, Cornelius Jacobus <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Schipper=3ACornelius_Jacobus=3A=3A.html>   (1971) A goal oriented decision-making framework for highway development.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: A framework is developed that can be applied in selecting alternatives for highway development. The problem is not the budgeting process per se, but is the evaluation stage of possible projects. When the relative worth of each proposal has been determined, the budget can be spent so that the most "worthwhile" projects are constructed with priority until either the list of proposals or the budget is exhausted. -- The framework developed in this thesis can be utilized, not only to budget for projects competing for the available resources, but also to compare possible solutions to one specific transport problem. -- There are two main features of the framework; a listing of goals and a listing of possible types of results of the proposals. The goals are ideals the project is to fulfill. Many different types of results occur because of a project and to facilitate the examination of these results, they are separated into monetary, intangible and uncertain results. Use of the framework demands examining these types of impacts of the proposal upon each goal. -- The application of the framework is demonstrated in a problem facing highway planners in Newfoundland. Two projects of considerable magnitude: upgrading and paving the Burin Peninsula Highway and upgrading and paving the Great Northern Peninsula Highway are examined in this thesis, using the framework. The framework demonstrated that the Burin Peninsula project is the most "worthwhile".


identifier: Carlson, Terry Maxwell <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Carlson=3ATerry_Maxwell=3A=3A.html>   (1973) Political culture and community development in the Harbour Breton area.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: A number of studies have suggested that Newfoundlanders have generally been unwilling to participate in self-help community activities. This dissertation examines the above contention by comparing the attitudes of "Activists" (those who have been involved in self-help community activities) and "Non-Participants" (those who have not been involved) in three south coast communities. From September to December 1972, 75 respondents in Harbour Breton, Belleoram and English Harbour West were interviewed in depth, using an open-ended interview schedule, and 144 questionnaires were administered to high school students. -- This dissertation contends that Activists and Non-Participants have generally distinct political cultures; the attitudes, beliefs and values of the great majority of Non-Participants not being conducive to community development. As a result, the small minority of Activists do not receive either sufficient cooperation or enough constructive criticism to maximize development. Members of the younger generation, who are most likely to contribute to self-help activities, are unlikely to remain in the Harbour Breton Area. Consequently, it is essential that some of the older Non- Participants change their attitudes and become more active while others lend greater support to the Activists.


identifier: Martin, Fred G. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Martin=3AFred_G=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1969) A survey of identification and placement procedures, teacher qualifications, facilities, instructional programs, and financing of schools for the trainable mentally retarded and of opportunity classes in the schools of Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This investigation presents a survey of the provision of educational services for the trainable and the educable mentally retarded in Newfoundland. The areas investigated were identification and placement procedures, teacher qualifications, facilities, instructional programs, and the financing of special schools and of opportunity classes in public schools. -- In the conduct of the study the investigator visited all schools operated by the Newfoundland Association for the Help of Retarded Children and all Opportunity Classes in the public schools of the Province. Data were obtained through questionnaires completed by (i) an official of each local Association of the Newfoundland Association for the Help of Retarded Children; (ii) teachers in schools for the trainable retarded, and in opportunity classes for the educable retarded; (iii) principals of schools in which opportunity classes were in operation. The information obtained through questionnaires was further supplemented through interviews with respondents who had completed them, and by the collection of information on a pupil sample during the visit of the investigator to the schools and classes which comprised the study. The instrument was developed from publications of the Department of Education in the State of California and adapted for purposes of this study through consultation with Newfoundland educators working in this area of special education. -- With reference to the services provided by the Newfoundland Association for the Help of Retarded Children, the investigator applauds the excellent service which the Association is rendering but feels that the task of providing educational service for ALL trainable retarded children in the Province is too onerous to be the sole responsibility of a voluntary organization. -- With reference to the opportunity classes in the public schools of the Province, the investigator is of the opinion that classes are being too hastily established without sufficient curriculum guidelines from the Department of Education and without sufficient supervision of identification and placement procedures. The Province also lacks a supply of teachers with a background of special education training. The most important recommendations arising from the study are: -- (1) The provision of educational services for the trainable mentally retarded should be integrated into the educational system of the Province and financed by the Provincial Government. -- (2) Sheltered workshops should be established for those of the trainable retarded who are capable of semi- independence in adult life. -- (3) Because present opportunity class placement within the Province leads to a dead-end street and for many individuals has a demoralizing effect, efforts should be made to change the present educational emphasis upon academic achievement by the development of programs at the junior and senior high school levels which will provide sufficient upgrading to ensure admission of the opportunity class pupil into some type of vocational program. -- (4) A pre-vocational program should be developed at the senior high school level, and where geographical location permits, this program should be integrated with existing vocational school services. This would permit students of sixteen years and over to attend vocational school on a part-time basis while continuing their academic upgrading at the senior high school. -- (5) Identification and placement procedures should be carefully determined and strictly regulated by the Department of Education. -- (6) More courses in special education should be offered by the Memorial University of Newfoundland.


identifier: Jain, Keshar <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Jain=3AKeshar=3A=3A.html>   (1973) A study of the relationship between selected personal and organizational variables and adoption of an innovation.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The main problem of this study was to investigate the relationship between selected personal and organizational variables and adoption of an innovation. The purpose of this study was to obtain information useful to the effort of introducing innovations in the public denominational schools of Newfoundland. -- A questionnaire was devised, pre-tested, and mailed to the sample which consisted of one hundred elementary school teachers employed by the Avalon Consolidated School Board for St. John's. Forty seven per cent of the questionnaires forwarded to the subjects were returned fully completed and entirely usable for the analysis. -- The relationship between personal variables and adoption of innovation was determined by testing the observed frequencies with the help of Chi-Square tests. To determine the relationship between organizational variables and adoption of innovation, scores were tested by using t tests of significance. -- The findings of this study revealed that there was no significant relationship between personal variables and adoption of an innovation. This finding indicated that adoption of an innovation by a teacher was independent of his age, sex, education, income, or teaching experience. -- This study further suggested that the superintendent's support for the innovation was not necessary for a teacher to become interested in the innovation and to evaluate it for its applicability. However, teachers tended to try the innovation on a small scale to determine its usefulness, and also they tended to adopt it, when they thought that the superintendent supported the innovation. -- The findings further revealed that the six organizational variables (perceived change-orientation of the principal, perceived vertical communication with the principal, perceived relationship with the principal, perceived level of participation in decision-making, perceived principal's support for the innovation, and perceived students' benefit from the innovation) were significantly related with the adoption of an innovation. These findings indicated that the teachers were more likely to take interest in the innovation, evaluate, try, and adopt it when they thought that the principal was change-oriented, that the principal talked to them about relevant subject matters, that there was a good relationship between them and the principal, that they could participate meaningfully in decision-making activities in the school, that the principal supported the innovation, and that the students benefited from the innovation used. -- It was concluded that in order to promote educational change, the principal should openly demonstrate his interest in innovations, and the staff should be encouraged to participate in decision-making activities. A friendly and understanding relationship between the principal and teachers should be encouraged.


identifier: Hiscock, Hollis <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Hiscock=3AHollis=3A=3A.html>   (1972) Personal-social adjustment and social participation of transported and non-transported students.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: In 1954 the first central high school was opened in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. At that time, the extra-curricular activities programmes were cited as one of the major advantages of the new educational system. The purpose of the present study was to compare the transported and non-transported students in grades seven and eight attending central high schools with respect to personal-social adjustment and social participation. This led to the formation of the following research questions: -- 1. Is there any relationship between the personal-social adjustment scores and student participation in extra-curricular activities? -- 2. What is the pattern of selection and rejection of transported and non-transported students by their classmates? -- 3. What is the pattern of participation of transported and non-transported students in extra-curricular activities? -- The sample consisted of one hundred and fourteen transported and two hundred and twelve non-transported students registered in grades seven and eight attending three central high schools in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. All data was collected during April, 1972. -- There were five instruments used to collect the data for the study. All teachers in the three schools completed the teacher rating scale dealing with the advantages of the central high school; the homeroom teachers of the classes surveyed rated individual students on behavioral practices and the students completed a three part semantic differential, a two part sociometric scale and a social participation questionnaire. -- The data, statistically treated by a computer programme, yielded the means, median, standard deviation, F ratio, frequency distribution, correlations and Fisher z for the two groups of students included in the study. -- The analysis of the data from the research resulted in the following findings. The teachers ranked the advantages of the central school associated directly with their working conditions in the first three positions and those regarded as being on the periphery of their jurisdiction were awarded lower rankings. In particular, lower rankings were given to extra-curricular activities programmes by the teachers. -- By substantial margins, the non-transported students participated in more extra-curricular activities, received higher teacher ratings and scored slightly higher on the semantic differentials measuring the attitude towards school and classmates than the transported students. However, by a slight margin, the latter had a higher average score than the former on the semantic differential measuring attitude toward self. -- Both the transported and non-transported students selected more people from their own group on the sociometric scale. However, whereas the former rejected more members from their own set, the latter tended to reject students according to their proportional representation in the school or grade. -- The social participation pattern of the transported students did not correlate significantly with any other variable, and, the non-transported students indicated a significant relationship only with the Semantic Differential (Self) and Teacher Rating. -- The recommendations for the school officials included an evaluation of and possible restructuring of the programming of the central school; orientation programmes; change in scheduling; better liaison with the feeder communities; hiring of special personnel; increased social activities in the elementary schools and more integrated teaching methods. -- Recommendations were also made regarding follow up and extensions of this study so that particular aspects of the central high school could be given detailed examination. In particular, such factors as the composition and relationship of school and community organizations; the reasons for choice selection and rejection; the effects on bursary students; the importance of the size of the school and the attitude of parents, teachers and students towards the central high school, should be studied.


identifier: Russell, Wilson E. (Wilson Eric) <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Russell=3AWilson_E=2E_=28Wilson_Eric=29=3A=3A.html>   (1968) Pressure-induced infrared absorption of the fundamental band of deuterium in D₂-He and D₂-Ne mixtures at different temperatures.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The pressure-induced fundamental infrared absorption band of deuterium in D₂-He mixtures at 77°K, 201°K and 273°K and in D₂-Ne mixtures at 77°K, 201°K, 273°K and 298°k was studied for gas pressures up to 600 atm for different base pressures of deuterium. The shapes of the enhancement absorption contours obtained in each case were discussed. The contours for D₂-He mixtures showed the splitting of the Q branch with the components QP and QR, the splitting being more pronounced at the higher temperatures. The quadrupolar lines S(0) and S(1) which appeared distinctly in the contours for D₂-Ne mixtures at 77°K were found to be absent in the corresponding contours for the D₂-He mixtures. Integrated absorption coefficients were measured and the binary and ternary absorption coefficients were derived. The theory of the "exp-4" model was applied to the binary absorption coefficients obtained experimentally. The quadrupolar parts of the binary absorption coefficients were calculated from the known molecular parameters and were then subtracted from the experimental values to obtain the overlap parts. The two overlap parameters λ and ρ, giving respectively the magnitude and the range of the overlap moment, were determined for each of the mixtures by fitting the calculated overlap part of the binary absorption coefficient as a function of the temperature to the experimental values of the overlap parts using a method of successive trials.


identifier: Hesson, Elizabeth Colville <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Hesson=3AElizabeth_Colville=3A=3A.html>   (1972) Peter Weiss and Alan Robbe-Grillet: some aspects of comparison.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This thesis has no abstract.


identifier: Shortall, David <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Shortall=3ADavid=3A=3A.html>   (1973) Environmental perception in two local fisheries: a case study from eastern Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Few attempts have been made to examine the role of perception by fishermen in marine environments, although the invisibility of the prey and the uncertainty of the elements require that fishermen be aware of the effects of the environment. It was the purpose of the present study to examine how two groups of Newfoundland fishermen, the Petty Harbour trap and handline fishermen and the St. John's longliner gillnet fishermen, perceived their natural environment, and to establish how their adaptations were influenced by these perceptions. -- The fieldwork was carried out between May and December, 1971. Structured and unstructured interviewing techniques were used to question the fishermen in both communities, while several trips were made to the fishing grounds to observe the fishing operation. Recorded environmental data were collected from official sources and were used to compare the fishermen's perception of the environment with actual conditions. -- It was found from an analysis of the data that both groups of fishermen expressed an awareness of only certain elements of the natural environment. These elements were selected according to their effects upon fish behaviour and upon the catching operation. In this way, the fishermen formed a mental image or model of the environment which enabled them to simplify their understanding of its complexity. Each group of fishermen was found to form a distinct image of the environment which varied according to the size of the fishing area, the extent of the fishing season, the variety of species sought, and the kind of technology utilized. The fishermen tended to express how they would act in a given situation according to the effects of specific elements. Actual adaptations, however, were influenced from day to day by the unpredictable occurrence of wind, tide, fog, and fish behaviour, as well as by the differing investments in the fishery.


identifier: Press, Marjorie Jean Puddester <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Press=3AMarjorie_Jean_Puddester=3A=3A.html>   (1970) Achievement motivation in women: some consequences for familial and professional careers.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The present study attempts to delineate the components of achievement motivation, both as it assumes the form of a cultural norm and also as it becomes manifest as a need within the personality structure due to the emphasis placed on this norm in the familial, educational and economic institutions. An examination is made of McClelland's theory of achievement motivation and, having determined that his need Achievement concept is too limited, an attempt is made to develop a parallel theory of motivation for women, namely, a theory of vicarious achievement motivation. -- In North American society the achievement motive is ambiguous and poorly defined, hence a further investigation is made to determine whether or not those college women who are high on achievement motivation will anticipate a greater degree of conflict between marital and professional career roles at time of marriage than will those women who are low on this need. The achievement need then, together with the needs for dominance, succorance, and nurturance, are examined as a source of influence on occupational affiliation. In determining the possibility of specific personality heeds acting as a differentiating factor between familial and occupational career orientations, the author also attempts to assess the relative potential of the sociological versus the psychological approach for future refinements to current theories of human motivation. Consideration is then given to the nature of the prominence and salience hierarchies of role identities for women both as they relate to the perception of role conflict and, as they relate to vicarious achievement motivation as opposed to achievement motivation in the McClelland context. This involves an investigation of the hypothesis that women enrolled in the subsidiary, expressive role type of professions such as Nursing, Social Welfare and Primary Education would be more highly oriented toward the traditional wife-mother role identities than would those women enrolled in the more demanding, instrumental type of professions such as Science or High School Teaching. Utilizing the subjective career concept, a heuristic model depicting the development of role conflict perception is then outlined. -- Finally, attention is focused on the effects of achievement motivation on preferences for life styles. This consideration is made within the framework of Bates' original treatment of the position and role concepts. The possibility of various modifications to life plans assuming the form of a mode of role conflict reduction is discussed. This necessitated an examination of the 'field of eligibles' for women who are high on need Achievement, together with types of accommodations to familial and occupational careers by such means as: delayed age at marriage, postponement or limitation of familial composition, and/or the choice of a profession which is subsidiary rather than competitive to the profession of the preferred mate. In the light of R, F. Winch's theory of complementary needs the author assesses just how realistically college women perceive their future preferences for an ideal mate. In conclusion, consideration is given to the role(s) of the single individual who chooses not to marry, together with the implications for future marriage-career trends in the cybernetic era.


identifier: Farrell, Reginald Aloysius <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Farrell=3AReginald_Aloysius=3A=3A.html>   (1973) An examination of the criteria of teacher evaluation employed by district superintendents of schools in Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This study was conducted in order to examine the criteria of evaluation employed by Newfoundland district superintendents when evaluating teachers for (a) teacher competence, and (b) promotion to an administrative position. -- The instrument consisted of two sections: a personal and school district questionnaire, and two teacher evaluation questionnaires. The latter section contained the same thirty criteria, evenly distributed into Mitzel’s three categories of presage, process and product, for each evaluative situation. Each criterion was scored on a four point scale. The instrument provided space for superintendents to include additional criteria which they employ for each evaluative situation, as well as to express their comments on the study. The instrument was mailed to all Newfoundland district superintendents, and 94 per cent responded. -- The statistical procedures utilized included frequency counts to place criteria in rank order to determine whether or not a common body of criteria was employed in each evaluative situation; the ranking of all thirty criteria for both evaluative situations to enable comparisons to be made between each criterion and the evaluative situations; the use of Pearson’s contingency coefficients to ascertain whether or not the emphasis placed upon the particular criteria changed with the evaluative situation; a factor analysis to see if criteria tended to cluster into Mitzel’s categories of presage, process and product, chi square tests to ascertain whether or not significant differences existed in the responses according to the five personal and school district variables; and the ranking according to weighted scores of additional criteria employed by superintendents but not listed on the instrument. -- Analysis of the data revealed tat superintendents employed a common body of criteria in each evaluative situation. The emphasis placed upon most of the criteria changed with the evaluative situation.  Process criteria were emphasized when evaluation teacher competence, and presage criteria when evaluating teachers for administrative promotion. Factor analysis revealed that there was a clustering into Mitzel’s categories of presage, process and product criteria. Some significant relationships were established between certain criteria of evaluation and the superintendents’ personal and school district variables.