identifier: Williams, Phillip A. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Williams=3APhillip_A=2E=3A=3A.html>   (2008) Population-based study of lynch syndrome in Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Lynch Syndrome is an autosomal dominant condition causing predisposition to various cancers, primarily colorectal cancer (CRC). This syndrome is caused by mutations in DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes. MMR mutations have been previously identified in the Newfoundland population and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador has one of the highest age standardised rates of CRC in Canada. The Newfoundland Colorectal Cancer Registry (NFCCR) is a population-based registry of CRC cases in Newfoundland from 1999-2003. Patients from the NFCCR were screened for MMR mutations. 13 pathogenic mutations were identified in 740 cases in the NFCCR. This corresponds to an incidence of Lynch Syndrome of 1.8% of CRC cases in the NFCCR. In addition, all published literature concerning Lynch Syndrome was reviewed to construct and maintain a web-based public catalogue of MMR mutations as a resource for determining the pathogenicity of any variants identified in this and future works.


identifier: Kumar, Kitty <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Kumar=3AKitty=3A=3A.html>   (2008) Preparation and characterization of spin-coated colloidal templates and patterned electrodeposited cobalt.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

type: Thesis NonPeerReviewed

abstract: Patterned magnetic materials are potential candidates for magnetic data storage. Many different techniques have been proposed to fabricate such materials, but the high costs involved have limited their commercial viability. We propose a fast and cheap method of fabricating patterned magnetic materials by electrodepositing through spin coated silica colloidal templates. The structure of the templates prepared by spin coating was analyzed by using scanning electron microscopy, laser diffraction and atomic force microscopy. The structure, thickness, and symmetry present in the templates depends on the spin speed and type of solvent used in making the colloidal suspension for spin coating. We found that the templates are unique orientationally correlated polycrystals, exhibiting short-range positional order and long-range radial orientational correlations [C. Arcos, K. Kumar, W. Gonzalez-Vihas, R. Sirera, K.M. Poduska and A.Yethiraj. Physical Review E, 77:050402/1-4, 2008.]. Based on these templates, a method for preparing patterned cobalt electrodeposits was devised. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) studies showed that electrodeposition produces a cobalt anti-dot array, which conserves the four or six-fold symmetry present in the template. A method for calculating the lateral periodicity and thickness uniformity of the sample by SEM and atomic force microscopy (AFM) was devised.


identifier: Curtis, Bryan M. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Curtis=3ABryan_M=2E=3A=3A.html>   (2008) Quality of chronic kidney disease care in Canada: room for improvement.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Background: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) can be associated with many poor outcomes. Studies are required to assess gaps in care and the potential for improvements. Research is needed to determine the optimal process of care for CKD. -- Methods: 1) A multi-centre Canadian prospective survey examined patient's clinical status as they initiated dialysis. 2) A case-control study of incident dialysis patients evaluated clinical outcomes of patients previously exposed to formalized multidisciplinary clinic programs versus standard nephrology care. 3) A prospective multicentre Canadian cohort study of patients initially referred to nephrology with measured or estimated glomerular filtration rate less than 50 mL/min/1.73m² evaluated patient status at referral, and nephrology intervention at first encounter. --  Results: 1) Canadian patients commencing dialysis in 1998-1999 appeared to be doing so in relative concordance with published guidelines with respect to timing of initiation. Despite an increased awareness of kidney disease, a substantial number of patients continued to commence dialysis without previous care by a nephrologist. Of those who were seen by nephrologists, clinical and laboratory parameters are suboptimal according to current guidelines. 2) Despite equal and long exposure to nephrology care prior to dialysis, there appeared to be an association of survival advantage for those patients exposed to formalized clinic care in addition to standard nephrologist follow-up. 3) CKD patients continued to have their first encounter with a nephrologist late in their disease course. Information on prior evaluation was incompletely transmitted to the nephrologist. There appears to be room for improvement in evaluation and treatment at the first nephrology encounter. --  Conclusions: CKD care appears to be sub-optimal. Multidisciplinary clinics may play a role in improving outcomes. Further research is needed to address this care model.


identifier: Hayward, Richard C. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Hayward=3ARichard_C=2E=3A=3A.html>   (2001) Plastic response of ship shell plating subjected to loads of finite height.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The paper addresses the plastic response of plating subjected to loads of finite height. The need for understanding this response arises from the severe loads on midbody plating when ships are caught in compressive ice. However, the results are also applicable to level icebreaking loads in the bow and stem regions. The purpose of the paper is to develop deflection-based response equations for both transversely- and longitudinally-framed plating. Finite element analyses are used to study 344 load cases in which both structural configuration and load extent is varied. The characteristics of the plating response are examined, as well as the influences of the relevant structural and load parameters on permanent set. The plating response equations are developed by comparing finite element results for loads of finite height to results obtained with yield line theory for uniform loads. By comparing the ratios of loads required to obtain equal levels of permanent set for each structural and load configuration, equations for pressure correction factors are obtained. The factors are primarily functions of the load height to frame spacing ratio, but also include secondary influences of structural configuration. The correction factors and yield line theory are then used to examine reported damages to Baltic class vessels and to estimate the damage pressures for assumed load heights.


identifier: Ikki, Salama Said <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Ikki=3ASalama_Said=3A=3A.html>   (2008) Performance analysis of cooperative-diversity networks with different relaying and combining techniques.  Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Cooperative-diversity networks technology is a promising solution to the high data-rate coverage required in future wireless communications systems. There are two main advantages of this technology: the low transmit RF power requirements and the spatial diversity gain. Different cooperation diversity protocols have been proposed for wireless networks. The basic idea is that in addition to the direct transmission from the transmitter to the receiver, there are other nodes, which can be used to enhance the diversity by relaying the source signal to the destination. This thesis investigates the performance of cooperative diversity networks using various relaying and cooperative techniques. -- This thesis addresses five cooperative diversity cases. In the first case, we analyze the error and outage performance of cooperative diversity networks using amplify-and-forward and adaptive decode-and-forward relaying over independent non-identical flat Nakagami-m fading channels. We derive closed-form expressions for the error and outage probabilities and analyze their dependence on the channel parameters. In adaptive decode-and-forward relaying, among M relays that can participate, only C relays (C ≤ M), with good channels to the source, decode and forward (retransmit) the source information to the destination. In amplify-and-forward all the M relays can participate in resending the source signal to the destinations. In both techniques, the destination combines the direct and the indirect signals using the maximum ratio combining (MRC) technique. Results reveal that fixed protocols for amplify and forward increase the performance unlike decode-and-forward which need an adaptive protocol to improve the performance. -- In the first case we assume that the destination has perfect knowledge of the channel state information (CSI) of all links. While in some scenarios the CSI can be acquired using the pilot symbols or training sequences, it may not be possible in some systems, particularly with fast fading channels. In the second case we relax this condition by assuming that no CSI is needed at the relays and the destination using differential equal gain combining (EGC) in cooperative diversity networks for both techniques amplify-and-forward and decode-and-forward. In this case, we derive exact closed-form expressions for the average bit error rate and outage probability. Furthermore, we find the SNR moments, the average signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and the amount of fading. Numerical results show that the differential EGC can benefit from the path-loss reduction and outperform the traditional multiple-input single output (MISO). Also, numerical results show that the performance of the differential EGC is comparable to the maximum ratio combining (MRC) performance. -- In the previous two cases, all the relay nodes relay the source signal using orthogonal channels (time slots, carriers or codes) to avoid cochannel interference. Hence, for a regular cooperative diversity network with M relays, we need M + 1 channels  (one for the direct link and M for the M indirect links). This means that the number of required channels increases linearly with the number of relays. In the third case, we investigate the performance of the best-relay selection scheme where the “best” relay only participates in the relaying. Therefore, only two channels are needed in this case (one for the direct link and the other one for the best indirect link) regardless of the number of relays (M). We show that the best-relay selection not only reduces the amount of required resources but also can maintain a full diversity order (which is achievable by the regular multiple-relay cooperative diversity system but with much more amount of resources). -- Another method to save the channel resources, incremental relaying technique, is examined in the fourth case. In incremental relaying technique we restrict the relaying process to the bad channel conditions only. Incremental relaying cooperative relaying networks exploit limited feedback from the destination terminal, e.g., a single bit indicating the success or failure of the direct transmission. If the destination provides a negative acknowledgment via feedback, the relay retransmits in an attempt to exploit spatial diversity by combining the signals that the destination receives from the source and the relay. Closed-form expressions for the bit error rate and the outage probability are determined. Results show that the incremental relaying cooperative diversity can achieve the maximum possible diversity, compared to the regular cooperative diversity networks, with higher channel utilization (channel capacity). -- In the last case, we propose and analyze a novel relaying technique that combines incremental relaying with the best relay selection. We will derive exact closed-form expressions for the error probability and outage probability for this algorithm. The main advantage of this algorithm is that we use the channel resources in a controlled manner to always enhance the spectral efficiency of the cooperative networks.


identifier: Noel, Ashleigh <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Noel=3AAshleigh=3A=3A.html>   (2009) The acquisition of stress in Québec French: a case study.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: In this thesis, I investigate the development of stress in EL's speech. EL is a first language learner of Quebec French. I examine this young child's productions of the three typologically most prominent correlates of stress (fundamental frequency, intensity, and duration) from the age of 1;01.7 to 2;04.17. Building on this acoustic investigation, I propose three formal stages in the development of her stress system. -- My proposal is based on systematic comparisons between final and penultimate syllables in declarative utterances, expressed in terms of calculated ratios which offer a measure of relative prominence for each of the three cues under investigation. I illustrate that the child uses duration as her main cue to mark stress. This mirrors the target stress system. However, at early ages, the child also appears to use fundamental frequency to mark stress, in a way that departs from the target system. Observations such as this are one of the considerations that compel me to develop stages of stress acquisition in the formal proposal. I also consider the variation in the data, which takes the form of relatively high positive and negative ratios. I examine these values and account for them through identification of various influences on the child's speech. Finally, I extend my acoustic study to incorporate one further influence, that of phonological compensatory lengthening, which also affects duration ratios.


identifier: Hobbs, Kimberley Doreen <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Hobbs=3AKimberley_Doreen=3A=3A.html>   (1999) The effect of antifreeze proteins on the cold tolerance of goldfish (Carassius auratus L.).  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The antifreeze proteins (AFP ) and glycoproteins (AFGP) of high latitude marine teleosts are an adaptation to extreme low temperature in the presence of ice. Through their affinity to ice crystals, antifreeze proteins are able to adsorb to the surface of ice crystals and prevent their growth. In this way, fish producing them are able to live at temperatures one or more degrees below their plasma freezing point without freezing. -- Recent studies point to the possibility that antifreeze proteins may play a role in the nonfreezing cold adaptation of the fish producing them. To test the ability of antifreeze proteins to increase the cold tolerance of fish, warm-acclimated goldfish were injected with antifreeze proteins and exposed to various nonfreezing low temperatures. All three antifreeze types tested (Type I AFP from winter flounder, Type III AFP from ocean pout, and AFGP from Atlantic cod) increased the cold tolerance of goldfish as evidenced by the proportion of antifreeze-injected fish recovering from cold narcosis or cold coma. The AF(G)Ps did not increase the amount of time goldfish could remain exposed to a test temperature before the onset of cold coma, nor did they decrease the temperature at which narcosis occurred when temperature was lowered gradually. These results suggest that antifreeze proteins prevent or reduce cell damage arising from cold shock at rapidly reduced temperatures. The results of this study, along with those of previous studies, suggest a role for antifreeze proteins in nonfreezing cold tolerance and have implications for cold water aquaculture.


identifier: DesRoches, Derrick <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/DesRoches=3ADerrick=3A=3A.html>   (2010) The development of materials for carbon double-layer supercapacitors.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The electrochemical properties of porous carbon electrodes were tested by both cyclic voltammetry and impedance spectroscopy. By varying the type/amount of binder (Nafion, Teflon, sol-gel) different capacitance values and mass loadings were observed. As these electrodes were being developed for supercapacitor applications, the mass loading is important (i.e. mass a energy). Also the resistances associated with these electrodes were greatly reduced by a new cell design that almost eliminated the solution resistance. Different forms of carbon were tested including both powders and a fabric variety; the fabric electrodes exhibited a higher surface area, as well as much more mechanical stability. In the carbon powder work, it was found that the carbon Black Pearls 2000 was best for the specific capacitance (321 F/g) and it was optimized (higher specific capacitance, lower resistance) by the addition of 1% Nafion, while the total capacitance was optimized by a combination of 5% Teflon and 5% Nafion.


identifier: Grimes, Robert Carl <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Grimes=3ARobert_Carl=3A=3A.html>   (1974) Bionomics of the European earwig, Forficula auricularia (L.) in St. John's Newfoundland, 1970-1972.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This thesis has no abstract.


identifier: Edison, Shannon C. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Edison=3AShannon_C=2E=3A=3A.html>   (2001) The development of visual self-recognition in infancy : cross-sectional and longitudinal samples.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: In the past, mark-directed behavior in the rouge task, using one's name or personal pronouns, identifying one's photo image, and being able to locate an object that has been reflected in a mirror have been seen as components of self-knowledge. In the present study, tasks measuring these abilities were given to a cross-sectional group consisting of 90 children (on one occasion) ranging in age from 15 to 23 months of age. An additional longitudinal group consisting of 10 children was given the same tasks bi-weekly between the age of 15 and 23 months of age. Results indicate: (1) these abilities develop independently and that, developmentally, children recognize their mirror image before they begin using personal pronouns, which occurs before children are able to recognize their photo image, (2) the ability to locate an object reflected in a mirror does not fit into this developmental scale, (3) neither knowledge of the reflective  properties of mirrors nor the amount of exposure to mirrors has an influence on the development of mirror self-recognition, (4) there appears to be a sudden spurt in the development of mirror self-recognition at 17 months of age and photo self-recognition at 22 months of age, but the development of the use of personal pronouns appears to develop in a linear pattern, (5) there does not appear to be a clear pattern of development in the ability to locate an object reflected in a mirror. Comparison of data from the longitudinal and cross-sectional groups revealed that (6) practice effects were apparent among the longitudinal group for the mirror self-recognition, photo, and toy tasks, but not for the development of the use of personal pronouns and (7) there was also a great deal of between and within variability in the development of each skill measured. Finally, no gender effects were present among any measures in the present study.


identifier: Jayakody, J. A. Luckshman Priyadharshana <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Jayakody=3AJ=2E_A=2E_Luckshman_Priyadharshana=3A=3A.html>   (2001) The effect of acid hydrolysis on granular morphology and physicochemical properties of native cereal starch granules.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This study examined the composition (moisture, lipid content, ash content, nitrogen content, amylose content, and starch damage), granule morphology, physicochemical characteristics (X-ray diffraction pattern, degree of crystallinity, degree of swelling, amylose leaching, gelatinization parameters), and the average degree of polymerization (DP) of cereal starches (normal maize, waxy maize, amylomaize V, and VII, rice and oat) in their native state and after acid hydrolysis (2.2N HCI at 35°C). -- The moisture contents of the cereals starches were in the range 10.4 -12.2% (dry basis). The total lipid content in normal maize, waxy maize, amylomaize V, amylomaize VII, rice and oat starches was 0.86, 0.01, 1.21, 1.49, 1.01, and 1.13%, respectively. The surface (unbound) lipids constituted 0.06%, 0.01%, 0.04%, 0.11%, 0.03% and 0.11% of the total lipid in normal maize, waxy maize, amylomaize V, amylomaize VII, rice and oat starches, respectively. The bound lipid content in normal maize, amylomaize V, amylomaize VII, rice and oat starches was 0.76%, 1.16%, 1.33%, 0.98%, and 1.01%, respectively. However, waxy maize was devoid of bound lipid. The ash and nitrogen contents of the cereal starches were in the range 0.09 - 0.45% and 0.01 - 0.05% respectively. The apparent amylose content was 23.7%, 1.1%, 49.0%, 66.9%, 15.2%, and 20.9% in normal maize, waxy maize, amylomaize V, amylomaize VII, rice, and oat starches, respectively. The total amylose content was 26.5%, 1.1%, 61.9%, 78.4%, 20.6%, and 29.3%, respectively, in normal maize, waxy maize, amylomaize V, amylomaize VII, rice and oat starches. The percentage of total amylose complexed by native lipids was 10.6%, 20.8%, 14.7%, 26.2%, and 28.7%, in normal maize, waxy maize,  amylomaize V, amylomaize VII, rice and oat respectively. The extent of starch damage was low in all starches (0.3 - 0.7%). -- The average granule diameter of native normal maize, waxy maize, amylomaize V, amylomaize VII, rice and oat starches ranged from 7-8, 5-15,4-16, 6-13, 2-7, and 5-12 μm respectively. Granules of native rice and oat starches were polygonal to irregular in shape. Maize starches granule were polygonal to irregular in shape. Except for native oat starch, the surface of other native cereal starch granules were covered with fissures or pores of varying diameter. -- The average degree of polymerization (DP) in native normal maize, waxy maize, amylomaize V, amylomaize VII, rice and oat starches were, 813, 685, 1247, 1285,1389, and 708, respectively. -- Native normal maize, waxy maize, rice, and oat starches, exhibited the typical 'A'-type X-ray spectrum of cereal starches. Amylomaize V and VII starches exhibited a 'B'-type X-ray spectrum. The relative crystallinity of the native starches followed the order, waxy maize (49%) > rice (36%) > normal maize (34%) > oat (32)> amylomaize (19%)> amylomaize VII (16%). -- The swelling factor (SF) of native starches followed the order waxy maize> normal maize> oat> rice> amylomaize V> amylomaize VII. Amylose leaching (AML) of native starches followed the order rice> normal maize> oat> amylomaize Vll> amylomaize V. -- The gelatinization transition temperatures range (Tc-To) for native starches followed the order; amylomaize VII> amylomaize V> rice> waxy maize> normal maize> oat. The gelatinization enthalpy (∆H) of the native starches followed the order: waxy maize> rice> normal maize> amylomaize VII> amylomaize V> oat. -- All starches exhibited a two stage hydrolysis pattern. A relatively high rate was observed during the first 6 days, followed by a slower rate thereafter. At the end of the 8th day of hydrolysis (corresponding mainly to the degradation of the amorphous region of the granule), normal maize, amylomaize V, amylomaize VII, waxy maize, rice and oat starches were hydrolyzed to the extent of 61.1, 32.6, 28.5, 68.1, 62.0, and 64.4% respectively. Between the 9th and 15th day (corresponding mainly to the degradation of starch crystallites) the increase in the extent of hydrolysis was more pronounced in normal maize (9.3%) than in oat (8.3%), rice (8.1%), waxy maize (7.2%), amylomaize V (3.0%), and amylomaize VII (3.1%) starches. At the end of the 15th day, normal maize, amylomaize V, amylomaize VII, waxy maize, rice and oat starches were hydrolyzed to the extent of 73.4,37.0,32.3,77.3,75.3, and 72.9%, respectively. -- In all starches, the number and size of pores on the granule surface increased after acid hydrolysis. In addition, granules were either deformed or fragmented. In all acid treated starches, DP decreased rapidly during the first 48h. The extent of decrease in DP beyond 48h, followed the order amylomaize VII > amylomaize V > normal maize > rice ~ waxy maize > oat. --  Acid hydrolysis increased X-ray intensities, but had no influence on the X-ray diffraction pattern. Acid treatment decreased (7.4%) the relative crystallinity (RC) of waxy maize starch, but increased (7.7-8.9%) RC of the other starches. -- Granule swelling was monitored by changes in swelling factor (SF). Acid hydrolysis for 24h increased the SF (rice> amylomaize V> amylomaize VII> oat> normal maize). However, granule swelling was not detectable in waxy maize starch. A decrease in SF occurred after 2 days hydrolysis in oat and rice starches, but after 3 days for maize starches. Granular swelling was not detectable in oat, rice and normal maize starches after the 4th, 5th, and 8th, day of hydrolysis, respectively. However, amylomaize V, and VII showed measurable SF even after the 8th day of hydrolysis. Hydrolysis for 24h, increased amylase leaching (AML) in all starches (oat> normal maize> amylomaize V> amylomaize VII> rice). Thereafter, AML decreased gradually. The extent of this decrease followed the order: oat> normal maize> rice> amylomaize V> amylomaize VII. -- In all starches, To (onset temperature of gelatinization) decreased, but Tp (midpoint temperature of gelatinization), Tc (conclusion temperature of gelatinization) and Tc-To (gelatinization temperature range) increased with acid hydrolysis. The extent of increase in Tc-To (after 24h hydrolysis) followed the order: waxy maize> amylomaize V> normal maize> oat> rice. The extent of increase in ∆H (enthalpy of gelatinization) after 24h hydrolysis, followed the order: amylomaize V> rice> oat> normal maize> waxy maize.


identifier: Mercer, I. R. Geoffrey <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Mercer=3AI=2E_R=2E_Geoffrey=3A=3A.html>   (2001) The effect of petroleum hydrocarbons on a freshwater environment, the Spring Gulch Wetlands, Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay, Labrador using pearl dace (Margariscus (Semotilus) margarita) as an environmental indicator.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: A study was conducted to determine the impact of petroleum hydrocarbons on pearl dace, Margariscus (=Semotilus) margarita, inhabiting stillwaters (SW) 1-4 of the Spring Gulch Wetlands, Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay, Labrador. The results often (10) biomarkers were compared to results for pearl dace captured from three reference sites (R1-3) at varying distances from CFB Goose Bay. -- Evidence supporting the premise that the extinction of pearl dace from the Spring Gulch Wetlands as a consequence of the chronic effects of petroleum hydrocarbon contamination was collected. The petroleum hydrocarbon contaminant levels in SW1, 3 and 4 impaired reproduction in pearl dace populations. There was a predominance of female fish in SW1, 3 and 4 and they were producing mature eggs in 1995 but none had spawned. There were none, or very few, juvenile fish in SW1, 3 and 4, suggesting reproductive failure and/or low reproductive survival rates. Fish collected from SW1, 3 and 4 were also longer, heavier and had higher condition factors than fish sampled from three reference sites (R1-3). There were more, and greater degrees, of histopathological lesions in fish sampled from SW1,3 and 4 compared to the reference sites. These lesions included interlamellar hyperplasia, hepatic lipid vacuolation, pigmented and non-pigmented splenic melanomacrophage aggregates and significant splenic concentrations of hemosiderin. Mixed function oxygenase activity (7-EROD) was elevated only in samples of liver taken from pearl dace from SW4 in 1996 but not in 1995. It is possible that estrogenic hormonal levels disrupted 7-EROD induction in 1995. -- The absence of juvenile fish, high prevalence of histopathological lesions, delay in seasonal maturity, and the complete disappearance of pearl dace from SW1, 2 and 3 over the two-year study period suggests that the pearl dace population at SW4 also faces eventual extinction.


identifier: Després, Sébastien Adrien <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Despre==0301s=3ASe==0301bastien_Adrien=3A=3A.html>   (2009) The body/ies of the faithful: a corporeal ethnography of Canadians on a Roman Catholic Marian pilgrimage to Međugorje, Bosnia.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: As human beings who know the world through our bodies, understand the world through our bodies, and think through our bodies, we engage our most natural tool (Lock 1993, 148) in the process of belief in a number of ways. The body is our general medium for having a world (Merleau-Ponty 1945); a self that acts on the world necessarily does so through the medium of the body (Csordas 1990). For this reason, I endeavour in this thesis to properly engage the body in the work of Religious Studies, highlighting the body's tangible impact on belief and worldview by exploring how it is perceived as being engaged in the process of belief. This ethnography of a group of thirty-two Francophone pilgrims from Canada explores the ideas, stories, beliefs and philosophies of members of this group in the context of their involvement in a Roman Catholic pilgrimage to a Marian apparition shrine, at Međugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina. This thesis' focus is on the highly developed and intricate framework with which pilgrims understand their venturing out to meet God and the confirmations of faith they hope to receive. Concentrating on the manner in which they perceive their minds, bodies, and souls as being involved in corporate and private devotional practices in the context of an organized group pilgrimage, I assess these pilgrims' understandings of their own (as well as that of their fellow pilgrims')  inclinations, motivations (religious, spiritual, physical, social, etc.), thoughts, views, and beliefs regarding these practices.


identifier: Shalev, Gil <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Shalev=3AGil=3A=3A.html>   (2010) The Cartesian meditator's conception of certainty: knowledge of thought and knowledge of God in the first three Meditations.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: In this thesis, I argue that Descartes' method of doubt not only reveals the Meditator's very conception or understanding of certainty but, furthermore, that this particular grasp of certainty is not fully satisfied by the first principle - the existence of Thought - but rather by his knowledge of God's existence. The underlying scientific endeavor taken by Descartes expresses that what the Meditator is ultimately after is external ontological truth - the ontological reality of some thing in the empirical domain of the sciences. Before actually reaching that domain, per se, the Meditator must first understand the very possibility of Certainty with respect to something external to him; something external to thought. -- The Cogito - as the first principle to emerge from the limitations of metaphysical doubt - functions primarily to establish the 'thinking' and 'knowing' subject as the necessary condition for there being any knowledge to begin with. The possibility of external certainty itself is only instantiated through our knowledge of something other than and external to the Thinking Self-- God's existence. Knowledge of God is the first piece of knowledge proper we are certain of, for it is the first moment of bridging an idea to its purported object outside of thinking. Knowledge of God's existence brings to life the conception of certainty concerning the existence of something external to self, for it shows that, at the very least, such a conception is concretely realizable.


identifier: Maher, Sandy <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Maher=3ASandy=3A=3A.html>   (2000) The career aspirations of grade 12 students in central Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purpose of this study was to provide a detailed description of the career aspirations of Grade 12 female students in central Newfoundland, the barriers they anticipate in their movement from high school to the workplace or post-secondary institutions and the factors that influence their immediate career plans. Also, a comparison was made with the 1989 Youth transition into the Labour Market Study (Sharpe & Spain, 1991) to determine if any changes in career aspirations have occurred. -- Individual questionnaires were administered to 197 Grade 12 female students in the Grand Falls-Windsor and surrounding region. Many of the findings were similar to those in the 1989 YTLM study. The majority of students planned to attend post-secondary school after graduation. Career choices were based mostly on personal interest and were discussed mostly with parents. The job motivational factor of security was of most importance followed by social needs and fulfillment. -- The majority of students envisioned a future that involved working in an occupation, however, some expected to have the combined role of worker and homemaker. Most students were unsure if they would have to rely on Employment Insurance benefits to supplement seasonal employment Occupations associated with medicine and health were must popular followed by those in the social sciences, engineering and mathematics. -- The 1999 and 1989 respondents had more similarities than differences in their career aspirations and post-secondary plans. The most noteworthy difference between the two groups was the number of 1999 respondents who were undecided about their future. -- The students surveyed identified industries they thought would offer the best employment opportunity in the future, but they did not make their career choice based this information. Also, the students did not choose industries that were in Newfoundland's growth employment sectors. It is recommended that schools implement programs that inform secondary female students and their parents about job market opportunities as well as about non-traditional careers.


identifier: Eaton, Bill, 1951- <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Eaton=3ABill,_1951-=3A=3A.html>   (1999) Symptoms of patients hospitalized because of malignancy : a comparison of the perceptions of the patient, the next of kin, and the nurse.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The aim of this descriptive study was to assess, using Cohen's Kappa statistic, the agreement between hospitalized patients with cancer and their closest family member, and between these patients and the nurse providing the bedside care, on the perceptions of cancer-related symptoms. -- One hundred patients, hospitalized because of a malignancy, rated nine cancer-related symptoms using the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System, a collection of nine Visual Analogue Scales. Simultaneously, the closest family member and the nurse providing the bedside care rated the patients' symptoms using the same method. The aim of the study was to assess agreement, on these nine symptoms, between the patients and the family members, and between the patients and their nurses. -- Family members demonstrated significant agreement (Cohen's Kappa > 0.35) with the patient in assessment of nausea, anxiety, drowsiness, tiredness, and appetite; but not for pain, depression, shortness of breath, or overall well-being. The nurses demonstrated significant agreement with the patient on the perception of nausea only. -- Merging the nine reported similar studies on symptom agreement between patient and family with  the present study there emerges no consistent evidence on agreement for pain, shortness of breath, well-being, anxiety, and appetite; while there is good evidence to suggest agreement on nausea, depression, tiredness, and drowsiness. -- Similarly, reviewing the two studies involving cancer patients and nurses, there emerged no consistent evidence on the agreement for pain, nausea, tiredness, drowsiness, or appetite. While the previous studies did not assess shortness of breath, anxiety, and well-being, there was over-estimation by the nurses on the patient's ratings of depression. -- CONCLUSIONS: -- 1) Family members agreed with the patients in their perceptions of five out of nine cancer-related symptoms: nausea, anxiety, drowsiness, tiredness, and appetite. -- 2) Family members did not agree with the patients on the symptoms of: pain, depression, shortness of breath, and well-being. -- 3) Nurses agreed with the patients in their perceptions of one out of nine (nausea) cancer related symptoms. -- 4) Family members were closer in their perceptions of the cancer patients' symptoms than were the nurses.


identifier: Yang, Yixi <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Yang=3AYixi=3A=3A.html>   (2010) Synthesis of C₂-Symmetric pyrenophanes and aromatic belt precursors.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The research described in this thesis mainly dealt with methodology development, design, synthesis as well as the study of the physical properties of new pyrenophanes and aromatic belt precursors cyclophanetetraene 4.16. The valence isomerization/dehydrogenation (VID) methodology was employed in all of the projects, to the synthesis of pyrenophanes with extended aromatic surfaces as well as ultimate goal: fully aromatic "Vögtle" type belts. -- Over the past several years, Bodwell's group has exploited a valence isomerization/dehydrogenation (VID) reaction, which can accomplish the formation of [n](2,7)pyrenophane with, nonplanar pyrene units. In all these cases, the pyrenophane is achiral. In Chapter 2, a C₂-symmetric, chiral pyrenophane, [10](1,6)pyrenophane was successfully synthesized using the VID reaction along with [10](1,8)pyrenophane. -- In addition, toward the synthesis of aromatic belt precursor cyclophanetetraene, two molecular boards were prepared in Chapter3. One large scaled (8 g) molecular board 3.11 which was obtained from m-xylene in 12 steps (6%). Another molecular board, which was not the intended target, was synthesized in 9 steps from 4-hydroxyisophthalic acid (14%) and this synthetic route could possibly be used to synthesize larger sized molecular boards. -- In Chapter 4, the large scaled molecular board 3.11 was used to covert to aromatic belt precursors. A straightforward synthetic plan for the synthesis of aromatic belts also is described in this Chapter.


identifier: Burns, Melissa <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Burns=3AMelissa=3A=3A.html>   (2008) Symbols of the French presence in Newfoundland: Breton crosses and calvaries - 1680 to today.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Crosses and calvaries are strong cultural landmarks on the Petit Nord. Those distinctive features are not, however unique to Breton fishing rooms in Newfoundland; few have been recorded elsewhere in the province. They appeared in the landscape of the Petit Nord as early as 1680. Over time, at least thirty crosses and calvaries were built by the fishermen in that region. Two monumental crosses and a calvary are still standing in Cap Rouge Harbour, although these particular monuments were rebuilt by the French Navy in the 1930s - years after the end of the French fishery in Newfoundland. -- The cognitive processes that led the Breton fishermen to build crosses and calvaries in the Petit Nord landscape are deeply rooted in the Breton Catholic traditions. Social and political contexts in Newfoundland from the seventeenth to the twentieth century also explain the presence of such cultural identity markers in the Petit Nord. In this thesis I document the symbolic meanings as well as the functions of these monuments to answer my main research question: Why over centuries did the Breton fishermen build crosses and calvaries in the Petit Nord region?


identifier: Reid, Joy Emily <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Reid=3AJoy_Emily=3A=3A.html>   (1998) The development and geological application of a whole rock-LA-ICP-MS technique for the determination of high field strength elements.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Whole rock, laser ablation - inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) was carried out on synthetic and natural glasses in an attempt to improve the precision and accuracy of the determination of high field strength element (HFSE) abundances. Compared to more conventional methods of analysis, such as X-ray fluorescence and ICP-optical emission spectrometry, ICP-MS offers lower limits of detection. Neutron activation analysis typically has worse precision than ICP-MS and is more labour intensive. The determination of HFSE by solution nebulisation ICP-MS is compromised by problems associated with solution instability and the possibility of incomplete digestion of mineral phases in acid. To avoid the problems inherent in solution nebulisation ICP-MS, a solid-sampling technique was developed by preparing synthetic glasses that were fused using an iridium strip heater and analysed with LA-ICP-MS. The results for fused geostandard reference materials (G-2, NBS688, MRG-1, SY-2, SY-3, and AGV-1) have an accuracy of within 11% of literature values for REE determinations and within 7% for HFSE determinations. The average precision (lσ) of analysis is within 5% for REE determinations and within 4% for HFSE determinations. -- An investigation was carried out on the application of isotope dilution (ID) to whole rock LA-ICP-MS through spiking the sample powder with an isotopically enriched solution (⁹¹Zr, ¹⁷⁹Hf, ¹⁴⁵Nd, ¹⁵¹Eu, ¹⁶¹Dy and ¹⁷¹Yb) before fusion. The results for geostandards BHVO-1, MRG-1, AGV-1 and BCR-2 analysed with this ID-LA-ICP-MS technique show an accuracy of within 4% of literature values for Zr and Hf. The LD-Zr values determined by isotope dilution were used as an internal standard, with external calibration on NIST SRM 612 glass, for the determination of Nb, Ta, La, Ce, Pr, Sm, Gd, Ho, Tm and Lu. The accuracy achieved with this methodology is within 3% for Nb, 6% for Ta and 8% for REE determinations. -- Over 100 geological samples from a variety of tectonic settings have been analysed by whole rock LA-ICP-MS in order to determine accurate and precise HFSE values. The main emphasis of this study was to investigate the variation of Nb/Ta and Zr/Hf ratios and assess the potential for these element pairs to fractionate within geological systems. The Nb/Ta ratios for virtually all of the mid-ocean ridge and ocean island basalt samples, and a majority of the island arc samples, overlapped within the chondritic range (17.5 ± 2). Because Nb/Ta does not appear to fractionate among very diverse tectonic settings (such as MORB, OIB and most arcs), the non-chondritic values found for a few of the arc samples (Nb/Ta = 11 to 26), and all of the boninitic (Nb/Ta = 9 to 12) and continental crust samples (Nb/Ta = 4 to 9), suggest that very unusual mantle processes characterise the genesis of these rocks. These processes might include fractionation related to metasomatism or the existence of an accessory phase such as rutile or amphibole. In comparison to Nb/Ta, Zr/Hf ratios showed a greater tendency to fractionate below the chondritic margin of error (36.3 ± 4) with overall values from 19 to 45 and a mean value of 31. This may reflect the greater tendency of Zr to fractionate from Hf related to the greater difference in the bulk partition coefficients of these elements.


identifier: Bellamy, Sarah <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Bellamy=3ASarah=3A=3A.html>   (1999) The Canada-Chile free trade agreement and the direction of Canadian foreign policy in the 1990s.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: A patchwork of multilateral and bilateral trade agreements in the Americas has resulted from states attempting to secure and diversify their trading relations. Regionalism in the world economy has created trade blocs which are potentially exclusionary. Therefore, Ottawa has pushed for regional integration in the Americas, as Ottawa has claimed that it is in Canada's national interest to protect our economic interests in Latin America. Further pressure to pursue regional integration has also come from the corporate sector as free trade agreements protect and promote their growing interests in Latin America. Ottawa has been a leader in the pursuit of greater economic integration in the Americas, as illustrated by Ottawa's decision to sign a bilateral free trade agreement with Chile after its failure for accession to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), despite Chile's incomplete transition to democracy. -- Ottawa's rhetoric toward Central America and South Africa in the 1980s may lead one to believe that Ottawa also considers democracy and human rights promotion to be in Canada's national interest. Official government statements claimed that our foreign policy should represent Canada's social and political values. However, a closer look at Ottawa's actions reveals a foreign policy that continuously was based on economic self-interest during the 1980s and in the 1990s. This provides an explanation why the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement fails to address democracy and human rights issues in Chile. Ottawa will not jeopardize its economic and trade interests for the sake of democratic and human rights issues. -- In taking this stand, Ottawa has overlooked the link between democratic development and economic progress. Economic growth in Chile cannot continue without addressing the grave social problems that threaten Chile's transition to democracy. Instability in Chile would affect their economic growth. Now that Canada has a free trade agreement with Chile, we have an interest in their economic stability, therefore we also have an interest in their democratic stability.  Policy makers in Ottawa have not looked out for Canada's 'national' interest as it is in our national interest to promote democratic stability in Chile. Democratic stability in Chile will ensure that both countries continue to grow and prosper under the free trade agreement.


identifier: Higgs, Colin <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Higgs=3AColin=3A=3A.html>   (1979) The development of an instructional package for the grade X credit physical education programme entitled Measuring fitness.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Using an instructional development model an instructional package was developed for use in the Province of Newfoundland's Grade X credit physical education programme. A survey of teachers indicated that the subject areas: -- i. Measurement of fitness. -- ii. Maximum oxygen uptake test. -- were considered most needing of additional instructional materials. A further survey indicated that the preferred instructional media was a student booklet. -- The booklet was produced and refined through a process of formative evaluation in which changes were suggested by content, learner and media experts, and by a sample of learners. -- A summative evaluation was undertaken using a two group design in which group A undertook a pre-test studied the material and then took a post-test, which group B studied the material and then took the post-test. Basic biographical data was collected from both groups. -- The results indicated that by virtue of the instructional package learning occurred to a significant degree and that post-test scores were not affected to a significant degree by exposure to the pre-test or by the student's previous or concurrent exposure to high school biology. -- It was concluded that the instructional package met the pre-determined criterion of acceptable performance in that greater than 80% of the sample achieved success on 80% or more of the stated behavioral objectives.


identifier: Pynn, Donald B. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Pynn=3ADonald_B=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1999) The assistant principal, an internship report.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purpose of this report was to examine the roles and duties of an assistant principal in a specific school setting. -- Chapter One outlines the internship setting, goals of the internship, on-site supervision, and the internship study. Chapter Two contains a review of the literature pertinent to the roles and duties of the assistant principal. Chapter Three reports the internship experience. -- As part of the internship experience the assistant principal was assisted when it was feasible to do so. As well, using Mintzberg's method of structured observation, the daily activities of the assistant principal were documented over a period of 35 teaching days between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. -- This report not only detailed the roles and duties of an assistant principal in a specific situation, but also discussed the roles and duties of an assistant principal from the perspectives of researchers, principals, assistant principals, and teachers. These differing perspectives were then compared to the situation observed and similarities and differences were identified. The major finding was that the assistant principal at the internship school was not an instructional leader and that his time was largely taken up with management.


identifier: Roberts, Roxanne F. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Roberts=3ARoxanne_F=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1999) Teaching in the multi-grade classroom : my personal journey.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This thesis has no abstract.


identifier: Urquhart, Emily <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Urquhart=3AEmily=3A=3A.html>   (2008) "That nice gorgeous cusp" : social stratification in contemporary Newfoundland rug-hooking.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This is a study of hooked rugs and their makers in contemporary Newfoundland. Rug-hooking symbolizes a culturally "pure" and sometimes glorified past where the ancestors of today's island population worked with their hands and used the materials and the land (and sea) that was available to them. Today, women are using the traditional rug-hooking method as a means of artistic expression, as a leisure activity, and in an effort to earn income following the collapse of the Atlantic cod fishery. This thesis explores how each of these categories influences the subject, style and media of the rugs, and how social stratification and self-identification manifests within the faction of women who practice rug-hooking.


identifier: Beaudoin, Matthew A.  <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Beaudoin=3AMatthew_A=2E_=3A=3A.html>   (2008) Sweeping the floor: an archaeological examination of a multi-ethnic sod house in Labrador (FkBg-24).  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The Labrador landscape is littered with the remnants of sod houses that cannot be readily associated with a specific ethnic group because of the rapid adoption of this method of construction by Labrador Inuit, Europeans and culturally-mixed families. Sod houses occupied by culturally mixed families of Labrador Inuit and Europeans, which are today known as Labrador Metis, have not previously been studied, so a nineteenth-century Labrador Metis sod house (FkBg-24) was excavated and analyzed. The results were compared with contemporary Labrador Inuit and European sites to determine the distinguishing features of early culturally mixed families and to develop an initial archaeological definition that can be used to identify Labrador Metis sod houses.


identifier: Han, Xuemei <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Han=3AXuemei=3A=3A.html>   (2010) Ultrasonic study of the critical behavior of the antiferromagnet CsNiCl₃.  Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: To study the critical behavior of the quasi-one-dimensional antiferromagnet CsNiCl₃ near the phase transitions, its elastic constants are investigated using high-resolution ultrasonic velocity measurements as function of temperature and magnetic field applied along the c-direction. The experimental data we present with respect to the longitudinal mode, -- [special characters omitted], -- and the transverse modes, -- [special characters omitted], -- generate a phase diagram in good agreement with published results by showing two zero-field transitions at TN₁ ≈ 4.75 K, TN₂ ≈ 4.35 K, and multicritical point at (Tm ≈ 4.50 K, Hm ≈ 2.29 T). Moreover, the critical exponent 3 extrapolated from the temperature dependence of -- [special characters omitted] -- shows XY criticality with a constant value 0.35 ± 0.02 for H < Hm . However, field dependent behavior is observed for H > Hm . This is the first experimental evidence that the high-field phase transition associated with the 120° spin configuration is weakly first-order and experimentally resolves the controversy about the true criticality of the high-field phase boundary. This result is also strengthened by the step-like variation demonstrated by temperature dependence of -- [special characters omitted] -- at fields higher than the multicritical field (Hm ≈ 2.29 T) and hysteresis phenomena observed in field dependence of -- [special characters omitted] -- at T = 5.00 K. Numerical predictions are made based on the Landau model. The elastic constants of CsNiCl₃ in different phases are calculated using the total free energy, which is derived according to the Landau free-energy, the elastic energy, and the magnetoelastic coupling terms invariant under the symmetry operation of the hexagonal group P6₃/mmc. Meanwhile, the non-mean-field order parameter and quadratic-quadratic (q-q) couplings are considered to optimize the numerical prediction and achieve a good reproduction of the experimental data. Furthermore, by studying the numerical predicted elastic constants and strains, a decrease of the spin structure symmetry, from hexagonal to orthorhombic, is proved in the elliptical phase.


identifier: Hollett, Mark Joseph <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Hollett=3AMark_Joseph=3A=3A.html>   (2000) The spectroscopic analysis of vaterite and other forms of calcium carbonate.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Precipitation of calcium carbonate from supersaturated solutions of CaCl₂ with K₂CO₃, Na₂CO₃ and (NH4)₂(CO₃) was studied in detail. In the course of our studies on the natural and synthetic vaterite forms of calcium carbonate, it has been possible to prepare, isolate and characterize the calcite, vaterite and aragonite forms of CaCO₃, as well as the hydrates, CaCO₃⋅6H₂O and CaCO₃⋅1H₂O. The precipitation reactions were found to be unexpectedly complex, with a number of different possible products. This is in contrast to the fact that calcite is the only thermodynamically stable solid in equilibrium with the saturated solution under ambient conditions. -- The existence of each form was confirmed by various analytical and spectroscopic techniques. The crystalline forms, calcite, vaterite and aragonite, were characterized by such methods as differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), micro-Raman spectroscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetry with evolved gas analysis (TG-EGA) and powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), whereas the hydrated forms, CaCO₃⋅6H₂O and CaCO₃⋅1H₂O, were only characterized by DSC and Raman. It was also found that the various forms could be distinguished visually by the appearance of the solutions upon mixing and by the crystal habits observed under the microscope. -- Optimum precipitation conditions were determined for the formation of each polycrystalline form The tendency for the metastable phases to precipitate from various aqueous, supersaturated solutions was dependent upon factors such as the temperature, concentration of reactants, duration of precipitation, as well as the stirring rate. However, it has been determined through the course of several repeated experiments that these kinetically-controlled precipitations were mainly dependent upon the temperature and the initial concentrations of the reactants. -- Raman and infrared spectroscopic studies of natural and synthetic vaterite indicate an extremely complicated crystal structure in which the carbonate ions appear to occupy a number of different crystallographic sites. The spectroscopic results are consistent with the structure reported by Meyer (1969). However, we suggest that the disordered stacking sequence is not random over the 12 carbonates of the unit cell, but rather follows a pattern characteristic to that of an incommensurate phase. A detailed unit cell group analysis was not possible because the vibrational spectrum is further complicated by intermolecuiar coupling of carbonate ions on different lattice sites. Raman and infrared spectra for the regions of the internal modes of the carbonate ions indicate that the different sites fell into three major groups with differing occupancies. For example, in the v₁ region, three peaks were observed at 1075.0, 1081.4 and 1090.9 cm⁻¹ with relative intensities 0.40:0.19:1.00. These multiple site effects were confirmed by studies of ¹⁸O and ¹³C carbonate impurities. It would appear that the vaterite structure is similar to the incommensurate phase of γ-Na₂CO₃.Trace amounts of water were detected in the freshly prepared vaterite, but are not believed to be necessary for kinetic stability. Laser fluorescence measurements were also employed to estimate the concentration of manganese(II) impurities in the precipitates. -- This research has permitted clarification of previous studies and has led to a more in-depth understanding of the mechanism of metastable crystal growth.


identifier: Chislett, Tracy <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Chislett=3ATracy=3A=3A.html>   (2010) Using administrative data to investigate wait times for total joint replacement surgery in Newfoundland and Labrador.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Objective: Total wait time for total joint replacement surgery is described, and comorbidities and health service utilization of patients during the wait and length of stay after the procedure are examined. --  Methods: Surgery department data for 2002-2005 from eastern Newfoundland and Labrador was linked to physician claims and hospital data to measure total wait time and examine health service utilization and comorbidities. Wait time was grouped into short, moderate, long and very long. -- Results: Median total wait time was 47.1 months. Age, hospitalizations and new comorbidities during the wait time were positively associated with length of stay after the replacement. No association was found between total wait time and physician visits or hospitalizations. A weak positive association was found  between number of comorbidities and wait time. --  Conclusions: Patients wait times are longest before the wait list begins. It may be beneficial to both patients and the health system to reduce the total wait time.


identifier: Porter, Trevor <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Porter=3ATrevor=3A=3A.html>   (1999) The place-names of Trinity Bay, Newfoundland : a syntactic analysis.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This paper examines the variety of structures of place-names collected during fieldwork undertaken in 102 Trinity Bay, Newfoundland communities and suggests a framework suitable to the grammatical classification of these names. Chapter One is an overview of the history of English place-name studies. It traces place-names methodology from England, beginning in the nineteenth century, to the United States, Canada and, particularly, to Newfoundland. A historical overview of the study area is presented in Chapter Two and Chapter Three discusses the methodological approaches used in the study. Chapter Four is a discussion of issues relevant to the examination and categorization of the data. The grammatical patterns revealed in the names are discussed in Chapter Five. A complete list of patterns is assembled in Table 1, Appendix I, and the corpus is presented, divided according to the discussed categories, in Appendix II.


identifier: Cramm, Craig <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Cramm=3ACraig=3A=3A.html>   (1999) Time, event, place : Heidegger on spatiality.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This thesis examines Martin Heidegger's philosophy of spatiality. The term "spatiality" is inclusive of Heidegger's thinking on "space" and "place", and their related structures. The complex continuity and importance of Heidegger's thinking on spatiality will be examined in this thesis. -- The continuity and change of Heidegger's thinking on spatiality throughout his career is an often neglected aspect of Heidegger's work.  But a close examination of spatiality provides a depth to Heidegger's philosophy that is often neglected in commentaries taken up with other themes of his philosophy, i.e., time, Being, event and language. -- Why? -- My claim is that Heidegger's thinking on spatiality underlies and provides the justification for, the changes in direction in his thinking throughout his career. However, this is not easily seen. In the majority of Heidegger's writings after Being and Time, thinking on spatiality is embedded in his analyses of a variety of topics, i.e., art, truth, poetry, ethics, language and event. Heidegger does not acknowledge that his thinking is guided by a spatial preoccupation or why this is so. -- This thesis will examine how the importance of spatial thinking develops in Heidegger's early philosophy; how his conception of "place" and "space" operates and changes in his middle period; and how Heidegger examines spatiality in his late writings. The success of this analysis depends on a demonstration of four propositions: -- 1.  Heidegger deconstructs the cognitive subject by demonstrating that  the subject is really the aesthetic operation of time. Heidegger attempts to found metaphysics on the hegemony of time ontology. -- 2.  Heidegger fails to demonstrate that spatiality can be derived from time or subordinated to time. Time alone cannot found an ontology of Dasem. Therefore metaphysics on a purely temporal ground is untenable. -- 3.  Because Heidegger's time-hegemonic project for metaphysics wrecks itself on the question of spatiality, Heidegger alters the direction of his thinking towards spatiality. Evidence for this claim is scattered throughout his writings from the late 1920's onward. -- 4.  In Heidegger's late writings, talk of time as hegemonic or directive of spatiality disappears. Heidegger moves to Place as the content of his thinking. -- II. -- Current culture appears to be preoccupied with spatiality. Prominent thinkers from a wide assortment of traditions and fields have recently taken up examinations of spatiality. Some current terms used in spatiality thinking include: 'nomadology', 'geophilosophy', and 'deterritorialization' (Deleuze and Guattari); 'heterotopoi' (Foucault);   'human geography' (Buttimer);   'the envelope (lrigaray); 'topo-nomology' (Derrida); 'divine places' (Nancy); 'behavior in its place' (Meyrowitz); 'enclaves' (Lyotard); 'delocalization of the local', 'cyberspace', and 'virtual space';  'Virilio'; and 'sacred space' (Eliade). Michel Foucault, in "Of Other Spaces," says: --  The present epoch will perhaps be above all the epoch of space. ...  The anxiety of our era has to do fundamentally with space, no doubt a great deal more than with time. --  Given the current preoccupation with spatiality in contemporary thinking, it is surprising that examinations of Heidegger's conception of spatiality are so few (at least in the anglo-american world) and are largely limited to Being and Time or to later 'topology'.   When compared to the mammoth number of articles and books on Heidegger's notion of time and other themes, the current literature   on spatiality looks very small indeed. -- The majority of these writings miss the influence that Heidegger's examination of spatiality has on his thinking throughout his career.  If this thesis is intended to demonstrate anything at all, it is this: Heidegger's thinking on spatiality is not a side issue for Heideggerian criticism but one of the central problems of his thinking. Given the current preoccupation with spatiality in culture, Heidegger's thinking on "space" and "place" is a major mine of thought that is characteristically Heideggerian, rich and original.


identifier: Riggio, Adam Atkinson <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Riggio=3AAdam_Atkinson=3A=3A.html>   (2008) The pattern of a life: on a new concept of mind in twentieth century philosophy.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The goal of this investigation is to uncover, within the works under analysis, a concept of mind not as a thing, but a self-constituting pattern of perceptual activity. This work examines that concept in the context of several different philosophical investigations, particularly that of Patricia and Paul Churchland, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. The goal is to blend ideas from several contemporary philosophical schools to create a non-reductive philosophy of mind that is nonetheless physicalist all the way through. It is a kind of proof by counter-example that physicalism need not be reductive. -- The Churchlands create a new approach to human nature they call neurophilosophy. Their account of thinking and perception understands such activities as the continuing formation and transformation of ordered patterns of neuroelectrical activity in the brain. Yet the Churchlands' particular brand of physicalism, which they call 'eliminative materialism,' considers non-neurological ways of understanding perceiving and thinking to be mistaken - so philosophy will be replaced by neurology. My first chapter ends with a critique of the Churchlands' epistemology which points out the flaw in the eliminative understanding of knowledge. --  The second chapter examines the functionalist philosophy of the recent work of Jaegwon Kim, and borrows the idea of the pattern as it occurs in an essay of David Lewis. Kim offers an approach to the nature of scientific understanding that gives relevance to the functional talk of propositional attitudes, even as we accept that a belief is itself a complex patterning and re-patterning in the extremely multi-layered neural network that is the brain. Lewis' metaphor gives one the clearest image of the particular kind of existence of the mind, when the mind is considered to be a continually re-constituting pattern of activity of a body perceiving the world and moving around in it. --  The final chapter examines what I think is a very direct engagement with the concept of the individual as a pattern constituted in the activity of a body perceiving the world and moving in it. This is precisely Merleau-Ponty's concept of â€˜bodily life,â€™ as he expresses it in his book, The Phenomenology of Perception. The analysis of this concept takes up the first half of the last chapter. Finally, I examine the work of Evan Thompson, particularly his recent Mind in Life, which articulates Merleau-Ponty's concept of bodily life in a physicalist context. For the purposes of this thesis, this work also provides an answer to the extreme reductive character of the Churchlands' eliminative physicalism. He asks what kind of physical body can carry out the activities constitutive of mind, perception and motion, and finds this to be any body constituted in a metabolic chemical activity. The human style of mind is a highly complex articulation of the perceptual and motive activity.


identifier: Keating, Raelene <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Keating=3ARaelene=3A=3A.html>   (2008) The Tower of Babel: a literary examination of Genesis 11:1-9.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The Tower of Babel narrative describes how the entire world has settled in one place and has established a city and built a great tower. The people share unity of place, language, and purpose but their desire to stay united is countered by Yahweh's desire for diversity in his creation. My literary examination of this tale delves into the language and structure of the narrative which exposes its complexity and artistry. By analyzing these literary features, it is hoped that the meaning of the narrative is revealed which, in turn, add nuances to Genesis 1-11 as a whole. -- Read on its own, the tower narrative describes a clash between human and divine wills: the will to remain together against the will for diversity. Yet, when the pericope is read in its larger context as the ending of Genesis 1-11 the narrative's deeper meaning is revealed. The tower narrative is linked to the Garden of Eden narrative on a variety of levels. Thematically, the maturation theme as told in the garden narrative is, on a universal scale, related once again in the tower narrative. When seen in this light, the narrative then relates the positive development of humanity from a single, united group to the diverse cultures of the world completing humanity's journey begun at creation.


identifier: Chen, Hao <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Chen=3AHao=3A=3A.html>   (2008) The performance of cooperative-diversity wireless networks using adaptive modulation.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This thesis analyzes the throughput performance of the cooperative diversity wireless network using adaptive modulation over Rayleigh fading channels. Cooperative diversity is achieved by utilizing neighboring terminals as relays. These relays can generate copies of the same signal, which can provide spatial diversity gain and high Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR). The main drawback of cooperative diversity is the throughput decrease due to the extra resources needed for relaying. Therefore, throughput is greatly reduced. In this thesis, the adaptive modulation is used to convert the obtained SNR gain to throughput gain to compensate for the throughput reduction. Results show that the cooperative diversity networks with adaptive modulation not only compensate for the throughput loss but also achieve considerable throughput gain compared with the classical system with direct transmission when the Channel State Information (CSI) is perfectly known in advance. Moreover, this thesis investigates the throughput gain of the cooperative diversity networks with adaptive modulation when the CSI is imperfect. Results show that a great throughput loss is caused by the imperfect CSI, but considerable throughput gain still exists. More importantly, this thesis sets up the mathematical models for the simulated systems. Hence, the analytical evaluation of the system performance is presented in both perfect CSI and imperfect CSI case to verify the simulation results. In addition, this thesis also analyzes the relationship between the throughput gain and the number of relays. The optimal number of relays that maximizes the throughput is found to be one, when simultaneous relaying is not considered. It is also found that the throughput increases linearly with the number of relays, if simultaneous relaying is considered. Besides, the BER performance of the cooperative diversity network using fixed modulation is also investigated in simulation and analytical methods based on the analytical results from the cooperative diversity network using adaptive modulation. Results show that the BER performance of the cooperative diversity network under perfect CSI using fixed modulation is much better than that of the classical direct transmission system. In addition, there is significant BER performance degradation of the cooperative diversity network under imperfect CSI compared with that from the cooperative diversity network under perfect CSI. However, the cooperative diversity network under imperfect CSI is still better than the classical direct transmission system in BER performance.


identifier: Islam, Thasin Jackie <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Islam=3AThasin_Jackie=3A=3A.html>   (2008) The role of tubedown on the permeability of retinal endothelial cells.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Tubedown (Tbdn) is a mammalian homologue of the N-terminal acetyltransferase subunit NAT1 of S. cerevisiae and copurifies with an acetyltransferase activity. Previous studies have demonstrated a suppression of Tbdn in the retinal blood vessels of patients with neovascular retinopathy including proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Moreover, conditional endothelial knockdown of Tbdn in the mouse blood vessel leads to retinal lesions similar to neovascular retinopathy, characterized by abnormal retinal vascular structures, an increase in numbers of retinal blood vessels, and thickening of the retinal tissues. These results indicate that Tbdn is required for retinal homeostasis. Means to restore Tbdn expression and/or activity may be useful for treating neovascular retinopathy. Recent evidence from our lab suggests that Tbdn binds to the actin binding protein cortactin. Tbdn also has been shown to co-localize with the actin cytoskeleton. The actin cytoskeleton is involved in regulating cell permeability and tight junctions. A change in the permeability of endothelial cells has been shown to occur in neovascular PDR. In addition, tight junctions that are important for the blood-retinal barrier are also disrupted during the process of eovascularization. Therefore, this study investigated whether a decreased level of Tbdn increases the permeability of retinal endothelial cell layers. Our results indicate that knockdown of Tbdn expression in endothelial cells leads to a significant increase in cellular permeability measured by transit of FITC-albumin across a monolayer of retinal endothelial cells. Similarly, under in vivo conditions the extravasation of albumin was seen in retinal blood vessels of mice wherein Tbdn was conditionally knocked down in the endothelium. Based on our findings we are proposing a model in which Tbdn act in concert with cortactin to regulate the permeability of FITC-albumin in the retinal endothelial cells via its conserved domains. Our results suggest that loss of Tbdn could have clinically relevant significance and Tbdn may be used as a future drug target.


identifier: Rumboldt, Mark <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Rumboldt=3AMark=3A=3A.html>   (2008) The United States 'Marine Mammal Protection Act' (MMPA): policy implications, challenges, opportunities and a strategy for the east coast sealing industry.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Since 1972 restrictions arising from the United States Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) have seriously hampered efforts to develop commercial markets for seal products to the United States, and other international markets influenced by the MMPA. This has resulted in significant negative economic impacts on the east coast Canadian seal fishery. The exemption of harp seal products from the restrictive grip of the MMPA is critical if the United States market for seal products is to be effectively developed. It is anticipated that access to the United States market would present new market opportunities for the sealing industry, particularly in the fur and neutraceutical sectors. The U.S. 'health food' sector alone is estimated to be worth $80 billion per year (Ho, 2003). This market includes all omega-three, oil based concentrates and a full range of herbal and homeopathic remedies purchased through the health food system. -- There is limited historical United States market data for seal products, as seal products impacted by 'MMPA' have not been exported to that market since the early 1970's. Therefore, to evaluate market potential, this report establishes linkages using similar products in the categories of other furs and marine oils. The potential American market for fashion fur items is significant, with United States fur sales of $1.53 billion reported in 2002. (http://www.nafa.ca/page.asp.) These strong market indicators might present an opportunity for the Canadian sealing industry, should the American market become accessible. -- The economic benefits of the current seal fishery and the total value of the seal industry to Newfoundland and Labrador is an important factor in determining our export readiness for developing the United States markets. In 2007, the sealing industry in Newfoundland and Labrador employed 6,000 harvesters and over 300 production employees and there are spin off benefits in service industries, supplies, transportation, vessel and plant maintenance. (T. Grace, personal communication, June, 2008). -- This paper analyzes important issues surrounding the MMPA, including the more recent activities related to the Act. The recommendations in this paper focus on a strategy for Governments, the private sector and trade associations, to address issues related to MMPA. These recommendations will be of particular interest to the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture and the Canadian Sealers Association, who have coordinated their efforts since 2004 in support of amendments to the MMPA.


identifier: Stuckless, Jeannie Gail <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Stuckless=3AJeannie_Gail=3A=3A.html>   (2001) The relationship between attitude and participation in physical activity among older women.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Physical activity is important for older women to maintain their health and to avoid the negative consequences of inactivity. The Theory of Reasoned Action (Ajzen, 1988) was selected as the conceptual framework for the research. The relationship between older women's attitude toward and participation in physical activity, together with some factors thought to influence the level of activity were studied using a descriptive design. -- A convenience sample of 30 women aged 65 to 88 years from four senior's apartment complexes were self selected as participants. Data were collected using the Attitude Toward Physical Activity, Intention to Engage in Physical Activity, and the Modified 7-DAI questionnaires. Each participant had her weight measured. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. -- The findings suggest older women with lower incomes and education, with a disability, and who were most active in summer months had negative attitudes, less intentions, and lower levels of physical activity. Heavier women had more negative attitudes, low intentions, but higher physical activity levels than those who weighed less. Overall, women in this study spent less time in activities as the level of physical exertion increased. The low activity levels put older women in this study at risk for ill health and decreased quality of life. The findings have implications for nursing practice, education, research, and policy.


identifier: Pace, Jessica E. (Jessica Erin) <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Pace=3AJessica_E=2E_=28Jessica_Erin=29=3A=3A.html>   (2008) This is where I live, but it's not my home : archaeology and identity in Sandwich Bay, Labrador.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This research uses narratives gathered from Métis elders and data from archaeological survey to access information about the importance of abandoned traditional sites near Cartwright, Labrador to the formation and maintenance of southeastern Labrador Métis identity. The correlation between landscapes and the formation of personal and group identity is well documented in the literature concerning landscape archaeology; however, displacement is often overlooked in this context. This research tests theories related to archaeologies of landscape and memory by investigating the ways in which events that have caused displacement of the Labrador Métis from traditional villages to larger, more permanent settlements have influenced and continue to affect the formation of the Métis cultural identity. By considering the interrelated theories of landscape, memory and identity this research demonstrates that landscape not only shapes Labrador Métis group identity but is also intentionally modified by the Métis in an effort to maintain and solidify their connection to their collective past.


identifier: Liu, Jiyi <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Liu=3AJiyi=3A=3A.html>   (2009) Three-phase network simulator for horizontal wells with complex advanced well completions.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This study presents an integrated steady-state flow network model to predict the flow parameters in horizontal wells and the near wellbore region. The flow parameters are solved for pressure, flow rates and phase fractions. The fundamental network model is flexible and modular in order to simulate the fluid phase behaviors in various production conditions and different advanced well completions. -- Compared to an existing three phase flow model that is based on a liquid-gas formulation, the model for three individual phases proposed in this research is more proper and systematic to portray the fluid behavior during production and enhanced oil recovery processes. -- The network model is based on black oil three phase model in an isothermal environment, and the Newton-Raphson iterative technique is used to solve for the unknowns. The well completions and the near wellbore region are represented by the distribution of nodes that are interconnected by flow channels. -- By using this proposed model, the fluid phase behavior could be predicted for horizontal wells with complex completions, including the open hole, stinger completion, slotted liner, and multiple inflow control devices. -- Generally, water is the third phase flow in addition to oil and gas in the reservoir and wellbore. Therefore, in this research the three-phase flow was considered as oil-water-gas.


identifier: Dodd, Charlene A. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Dodd=3ACharlene_A=2E=3A=3A.html>   (2008) The impact of distance education course experience and coping style on first year university achievement and attrition.  Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: In the past, some secondary students in rural areas of Newfoundland and Labrador have experienced difficulty accessing courses necessary for graduation or entrance to post-secondary studies. This has largely been the result of inadequate resources such as the ability to recruit and retain teachers with the appropriate subject matter expertise to schools in rural areas. However, the Center for Distance Learning and Innovation (CDLI) has helped level the playing field for students from rural areas of the province by offering online, technology based distance education courses. As a result, students who graduate from high schools in rural areas of Newfoundland and Labrador comprise two groups of students: a) those who completed one or more distance education courses through the Center for Distance Learning and Innovation (CDLI) and b) those who completed their high school education entirely in the traditional, face-to-face classroom context. -- Previous research has argued that distance education is equivalent or, in some circumstances, more effective than education delivered through the traditional face-to-face classroom medium (Ungerleider & Burns, 2003; Ryan, 1996; Bernard, Yiping, & Abrami, 2002; Shachar & Newman, 2003). However, little is known about how participation in online distance education courses during high school influences how students experience or cope with their transition to post-secondary studies, and how this may affect first year post-secondary achievement and  subsequent attrition. Two studies were designed to explore this. -- The purpose of Study 1 was to examine the effect of CDLI course experience on first year achievement and attrition in three cohorts of first year students using archival data. The purpose of Study 2 was to further explore the effect of previous distance education experience on first year achievement and subsequent attrition in a sample of first year students, and to assess the role of coping in this process. -- Data were analyzed using a combination of logistic regression and structural equation modeling techniques. Results from Study 1 revealed a significant effect of CDLI course experience on first year outcomes in a direction favoring CDLI experience. The results of Study 2 revealed no statistically significant difference between CDLI and non-CDLI students with regard to achievement, attrition or coping during the transition to post-secondary studies. No negative effect of previous distance education experience on first year post-secondary achievement or attrition was found. -- Taken together, these results suggest students who have taken one or more CDLI courses are not disadvantaged during the first year transition period. These results support distance education as a viable alternative for students from rural areas of the province interested in expanding their course selection options for personal reasons, to meet high school graduation requirements or criteria necessary for acceptance to post-secondary institutes.


identifier: Halfyard, Beth Banks <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Halfyard=3ABeth_Banks=3A=3A.html>   (2008) The utility of HPV DNA testing in triage of low-grade cytological abnormalities.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This study evaluated the usefulness of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing and repeat cytology in triage of women referred to colposcopy in St. John's, Newfoundland with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) or low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL) cytology. Data were collected on the initial Pap abnormality that prompted referral, HPV test, repeat Pap test, and histology if biopsies were ordered. Of 447 women, 97 with ASCUS and 145 with LSIL had results for all tests. For ASCUS, HPV testing was 100% sensitive for detection of underlying high-grade intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) while reducing referrals to 44.3%. There would have been significant reductions in referrals among women ≥30 years of age (74.3%) compared to younger women (27.4%). Nevertheless, in restricting HPV testing to women aged ≥30 years, 8/16 women with underlying HSIL would not have been referred to colposcopy. Repeat cytology was less sensitive (75%) for triaging all women. For LSIL, any method would have referred approximately 60% or more if a good sensitivity was achieved in any age group. For ASCUS, HPV triage appears to be more useful than repeat cytology. No useful triage strategy was identified for LSIL.


identifier: Davis, Heather <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Davis=3AHeather=3A=3A.html>   (1998) The synthesis of precursors to conjugated polymers.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Poly(benzo[c]thiophene) (PBcT) was prepared by Wudl et al in 1984 from the monomer benzo[c]thiophene (BcT) and was found to have a bandgap of 1.0 eV, the lowest bandgap polymer reported at that time. Since this finding, very few substituted BcTs have been prepared. -- Two substituted BcTs, 5,6-dioxymethlenebenzo[c]thiophene 56 and 5,6-bis(methylcarboxylate)benzo[c]thiophene 57), were prepared using adapted literature procedures in four and six steps, respectively, in good yields. In the case of 57 a novel monomer, several approaches were taken, one of which led to the discovery of NBS and silica as a rather unique benzylic brominating agent. -- Other compounds of interest included terheterocycles, 1,3-dithienylbenzo[c]thiophenes 85. The following compounds, 5,6-dimethoxythiophthalic anhydride 105, 5,6-methylenedioxyphthalaldehyde 112 and 5,6-ethylenedioxyphthalic acid 171, were prepared as potentially useful precursors for the synthesis of substituted terheterocycles. Compound 105 was prepared by the hydroxymethylation of 3,4-dimethoxybenzoic acid 117 followed by the reaction with sulfur. Upon its isolation, it was reacted with two equivalents of 2-thienyllithium and also with one equivalent of 2-thienyllithium followed by methyliodide to form 1-thienoyl-2-methylthiacaronyl-5,6-dimethoxybenzene 108. Compund 112 was prepared in four steps starting from piperonal and 171 was prepared by a Diels-Alder reaction of a 3,4-disubsituted thiophene, EDT 157, and dimethylacetylene dicarboxylate. The literature synthesis of 157 gave disappointing results, but modifications to this procedure led to a significant improvement in the yield of this important thiophene.


identifier: Penney, Randy <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Penney=3ARandy=3A=3A.html>   (2001) Career counselling for offenders : relationship between work personality, learning style and client intervention preferences.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Work dramatically affects the lives of many people, including offenders, as has been substantiated by correctional research indicating a correlation between offender recidivism and employment. Interventions designed to address the career development needs of offenders have traditionally been positivist in design, relying mainly on actuarial approaches, and offered uniformly without consideration to individual preferences. The application of emerging career theory approaches such as constructivism to this target group offers certain benefits not found in conventional career development interventions. A process is proposed that seeks to provide offenders with a choice between two approaches to group career counselling, one that is action-oriented and a second that is grounded in self-reflection. This study focused on the development of an assessment tool that included work personality and learning style in the process of determining the individual's preference for career counselling. This instrument, the Career Counselling Preferences Questionnaire (CCPQ), along with Holland's Self-Directed Search (SDS-E) and Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (LSI) was administered to 60 inmates, parolees, and probationers to investigate these inter-correlations and to determine the validity of the CCPQ in assessing preferences for counselling structure. Four Holland types, Artistic, Investigative, Social and Enterprising, were found to be positively correlated with a "thinking" approach to career intervention. The Social type was found to be additionally correlated with a doing approach. The Realistic Holland type, accounting for the largest portion of the sample, was found to be not significantly correlated with either approach, as was the Conventional type. In addition, all six Holland types produced by the CCPQ were strongly correlated with results of the SDS-E. The CCPQ "thinker" construct was supported with a positive correlation to the LSI Abstract Conceptualization score. These results are discussed as per the potential benefits of a dual approach that creates a space for emerging career counselling approaches such as constructivism in the correctional system. The possible influence of an unmeasured construct, readiness for change, is also discussed. Implications for correctional programming and recommendations for future research are outlined.


identifier: Walsh, Deatra <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Walsh=3ADeatra=3A=3A.html>   (2009) Young women on the move: gender, migration patterns and the construction of rural space in Newfoundland, Canada.  Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The call for a more inclusive approach to rural migration has been made in the recent literature on migration. This dissertation is a response to that literature and an attempt to establish an alternative migration meta-narrative for rural areas. Despite the recognition that migration decision-making involves both economic and non-economic considerations, migration theories continue to be framed in economic terms. This is particularly true for rural communities where large scale restructuring has occurred. Through an economic lens, the discourse on outmigration from rural areas suggests failure and rural decline. -- My dissertation combines a 15-year longitudinal statistical analysis of Canadian youth born between 1970 and 1974 with the findings of 45 interviews with young women aged 25 to 34 living in or from a rural area in central Newfoundland, Canada. My research probes migration trajectories, biographies and narratives through an individual, rather than community or economic, point of entry. The statistical analysis reveals that migration patterns for rural men and women are fairly similar. Bivariate trajectory analyses suggest, however, that the circumstances surrounding these patterns, and their outcomes, vary according to gender. -- Applying a structure-agency framework to the qualitative data and focusing on both social and economic relations, my work demonstrates the importance of women's stories and their agency in the decision to stay, leave, return or move into the study area. Of the 37 women interviewed in the rural study site, 27 returned to the area for reasons associated with social, cultural, spatial and economic relations. Relations were also at the core of migration decision-making among the women who left, stayed or moved into the area. They were, however, qualitatively different. These differences are discussed. -- The individual point of entry used in the research, and throughout the qualitative work in particular, highlights important aspects of migration decision-making and migration narratives that are not always visible in the dominant discourses on rural migration framed by the interplay of statistics, bureaucracy and the media. An individual-centered approach contributes to an alternative migration meta-narrative for rural areas. In the case of rural Newfoundland, it also highlights the continued production and reproduction of gendered rural spaces that have been historically prevalent. This reflects the structural contexts within which women's migration agency occurs and helps explain the gender differences revealed through the statistical trajectory analysis.


identifier: Gardiner, Robert B. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Gardiner=3ARobert_B=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1998) The relationship between teacher qualifications and chemistry achievement in the context of other student and teacher/school variables : application of hierarchical linear modelling.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The subject matter knowledge required of teachers to teach various courses is sometimes a contentious issue with both teachers and students. This study attempts to determine the relationship between teacher chemistry subject matter knowledge, as well as general qualifications, and student achievement in a common criterion referenced test. -- Chemistry achievement of 2453 level 2 and 3 (Grade 11 and 12) students being taught by 97 teachers were analyzed in relation to various student-level and teacher/school-level variables to determine the relative importance teacher qualifications had on chemistry achievement, in the context of these other factors. The use of Hierarchical Linear Models (HLM) showed that student-level measures, in particular prior achievement, accounted for the most of the variance in students' achievement. Other student-level variables related to chemistry achievement were the grade level of the student, gender, and the number of science courses completed by the student (a measure of aptitude). -- The inclusion of teacher/school-level variables had a minimal effect in accounting for the between-school variance. Of the fifteen teacher/school level variables used the only two that showed any relation to chemistry achievement were class size and teacher stability.


identifier: Grimmett, Mark G. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Grimmett=3AMark_G=2E=3A=3A.html>   (2002) The seasonal changes in the lipophilic extractives content and composition of black spruce (Picea mariana), balsam fir (Abies balsamea), and their associated TMP-mill samples.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Wood cores were collected from living trees and already harvested trees on a monthly basis. During the same period, mill samples were collected monthly at six different locations in the production line at Corner Brook Pulp and Paper, a thermomechanical pulp mill in Newfoundland. Wood cores were divided into sapwood and heartwood portions and analyzed separately. The quantity and composition of the lipophilic extractives for each sample were determined. No consistent seasonal changes in total extractives were observed for the wood cores and mill samples. Gas chromatography analysis of the mill sample extracts showed changes in lipophilic extractive components during the papermaking process. Species-specific differences were also found in the chromatograms of fir and spruce samples.


identifier: Catmur, Allison <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Catmur=3AAllison=3A=3A.html>   (2008) The strategic social plan in Labrador: a case study in collaborative governance.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This thesis has no abstract.