identifier: Rueentan, Behak <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Rueentan=3ABehak=3A=3A.html>   (2014) The prosody of Cayuga particles.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

title: The prosody of Cayuga particles

abstract:
My thesis presents an analysis of the prosodic system governing the realization of
particles in Cayuga (Northern Iroquoian). Traditionally words in Cayuga are divided
into three categories: nouns, verbs, and particles. Nouns and verbs are typically longer
than one syllable and are always accented; most particles are only one syllable and are
not always accented in context. Particles can form prosodic groups with other particles
or with nouns and verbs, and their accentuation depends on the words around them. My
work is specifically concerned with identifying the principles behind the way particles
are grouped and accented. Working within the framework of Prosodic Phonology
(Nespor & Vogel 1986; Selkirk 1984, 2011) and Optimality Theory (Prince &
Smolensky 1993/2004), specifically Match Theory (Selkirk 2009, 2011), I assume that
syntactic and prosodic structure are required to be identical by Match constraints, but
markedness constraints that require phonological well-formedness lead to mismatches
between syntactic and prosodic structure. This results in, for example, a particle group
that is comprised of several syntactic words, but is accented like one prosodic ‘word’.
As the basis for my analysis, I mark prosody-related phonological processes (shortening,
loss of final segments, pitch-accent assignment, etc) and use statistical analysis of
acoustic data (pitch and duration) to form an objective description of the prosodic
properties of particles. I then use objectively-determined criteria to determine which
particle forms are prosodically strong or weak in context. I use the resulting
transcription to demonstrate how the interplay of Match and markedness constraints can
account for the peculiar prosodic behaviour of particles. My work adds to the linguistic literature on Cayuga and Cayuga phonology, as well as theories of the syntax-phonology
interface. It also provides speakers and learners of Cayuga with a descriptive account of
the prosodic behaviour of particles.


identifier: Young, Felicie <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Young=3AFelicie=3A=3A.html>   (2014) Infant feeding in Newfoundland and Labrador: perceptions and experiences of maternal grandmothers.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

type: Thesis NonPeerReviewed

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abstract:
The influence of a grandmother can be an important factor in a new mother’s decisions about infant feeding. Research suggests that an important predictor of choosing to breastfeed is whether or not your own mother breastfed her child(ren). In addition mothers state that they need and want their mothers’ support both in making the decision to breastfeed and in being supported while doing so. In Newfoundland and Labrador, many grandmothers who had their children during the 1960s or 1970s when breastfeeding rates were low are unable to pass on helpful breastfeeding advice. However, including the maternal grandmother in a discussion on infant feeding practices with the goal of better understanding their experiences and perspectives is important. The purpose of this study was to examine the primary influences that impacted grandmothers’ choices of infant feeding in Newfoundland and Labrador and to explore the role that grandmothers feel they played in their daughters’ choices about infant feeding. Twenty two maternal grandmothers who bottle fed their children and whose daughters bottle fed their babies were recruited to participate in either one of four focus groups or two semi-structured interviews. Transcripts were analysed using the constant comparative method of analysis to reveal insights into the grandmothers’ perceptions and experiences. Three themes emerged describing how the grandmothers felt about infant feeding: powerlessness, modesty, and ambivalence. These themes provided insight into the way that the grandmothers made decisions about how to feed their babies and the way that they interacted with their daughters in regards to infant feeding.
A better understanding of grandmothers’ views of infant feeding may be used to develop an educational intervention to help improve grandmothers’ knowledge and perceptions of breastfeeding and to therefore help mobilize the much needed support their daughters require to breastfeed.


identifier: Salole, Catherine <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Salole=3ACatherine=3A=3A.html>   (2014) Co-curricular learning: learning through experiences in student government.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract:
Co-curricular environments have great potential to enhance learning but when compared
to the formal curriculum, there are few studies that have investigated the learning that
occurs in out-of-class activities. Despite its significant profile and impact on
postsecondary campuses, a dearth of literature addresses experiences associated with
student government. This qualitative study used Kolb’s (1984) theory of experiential
learning as a theoretical framework to guide data collection in order to identify the
learning and competencies stemming from participation in student government. The study
discovered that participation in student government as an important source of learning
that occurred across the six learning domains posited by the Council for the Advancement
of Standards in Higher Education. The participants self-identified the majority of their
learning in the domains interpersonal competence and practical competence. Participants’
testimonials illuminate this study and underscore the impact that participation in student
government can have on learning and personal transformation.


identifier: Mulla, Karimulla <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Mulla=3AKarimulla=3A=3A.html>   (2014) Study of new functional molecular materials based on π-conjugated oligomers, dithiafulvene, and tetrathiafulvalene vinylogues.  Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract:
This thesis is primarily aimed at the development of new functional organic
materials based on two classes of important π-conjugated molecular building blocks,
namely conjugated oligomers and tetrathiafulvalene analogues (TTFVs). While rational
molecular design has been the overarching theme of my synthetic and characterization
work, the ultimate objective of this research is locked on exploring applications in
nanoscale molecular and supramolecular materials and devices. The detailed thesis work
consists of three major projects as summarized below.
The first project investigates a series of boronic acid functionalized π-conjugated
oligomers as efficient fluorescence chemosensors for some biologically important
analytes (e.g., monosaccharides and fluoride ion). The novelty of this project lies in the
design of diverse shapes and -conjugation patterns of the oligomer fluorophores. In
particular, structurally-defined co-oligomers made of phenylene ethynylene and
phenylene vinylene repeat units (simply referred to as OPE/OPV hybrids), which were
constructed in linear, cruciform, and H-shapes. Synthetic access to these unprecedented
-oligomers has allowed systematic characterizations and comparative studies to be
conducted, leading to in-depth understanding of the fundamental structure-property
relationships. The second project deals with the synthesis of dithiafulvalene (DTF)
endcapped OPE/OPV co-oligomers and the characterization of their supramolecular
interactions with carbon nanomaterials (fullerenes and carbon nanotubes). These studies
indicate that the DTF functionality plays a key role in enhancing the non-covalent binding of the DTF-derived oligomers with fullerenes and carbon nanotubes, owing to the
excellent electron-donating properties of DTF. The third project embarked on the design
of a group of novel TTFV-arene hybrids as synthetic receptors for fullerenes and
transition metal ions. The chemical synthesis of these functional materials has been
implemented on the basis of various classical and modern organic synthetic
methodologies, such as the Arbuzov reaction, the Horner-Wittig reaction, the Sonogashira
coupling and the Cu-catalyzed alkyne azide coupling (one of the flagship click reactions).
The use of such high-yielding reactions paved the way for modular preparation of TTFVbased
chemosensors and other functional molecular systems.
While a major portion of this thesis work is dedicated to advanced organic
synthesis, material characterizations using state-of-the-art instrumental techniques
constitutes an indispensible part as well. It is worth highlighting that the characterization
work done in this thesis encompasses a broad range of analytical methods, including UVVis
absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy, electrochemical (cyclic voltammetry and
differential pulse voltammetry) analyses, atomic force microscopy (AFM), and singlecrystal
X-ray structure analysis. Moreover, the acquired UV-Vis and fluorescence data in
the studies of chemosensors and receptors were subjected to a comprehensive global
spectral fitting analysis to elicit equilibrium constants and binding stoichiometry in an
accurate and reliable manner.


identifier: Xue, Xi <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Xue=3AXi=3A=3A.html>   (2014) Impact of camelina-containing diets on hepatic transcript expression of Atlantic cod and Atlantic salmon: functional genomics approaches.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract:
The finfish aquaculture industry relies heavily on fish oil (FO) and fish meal
(FM), two marine-derived ingredients, for the production of aquafeeds. The demands for
FO and FM to meet the expansion of the aquaculture industry will exceed the supply from
forage fisheries (e.g. herring, anchovies, capelin) which are at a static phase. Therefore,
there is a need to find alternatives such as plant-derived oils and proteins that might
replace FO and FM, respectively, in aquafeeds. The products from Camelina sativa,
camelina oil (CO) and camelina meal (CM), are currently considered viable options for
sustainable aquafeed ingredients.
Two feeding experiments were conducted to determine the effectiveness of CO as
an alternative to FO in the diets for two economically important aquaculture species:
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). The effect of a low
level inclusion of CM combined with CO in the salmon diets was also evaluated. Atlantic
cod growth (e.g. weight gain) was significantly reduced by replacing 100% FO with CO
(100CO) in the diet after a 13-week feeding trial. In contrast, a 100CO diet did not
significantly alter the growth performance of Atlantic salmon after a 16-week feeding
trial. However, salmon fed the other three camelina-containing diets [100CO + solventextracted
FM (100COSEFM), 100CO + 10% CM (100CO10CM), or 100CO + SEFM +
10CM (100COSEFM10CM)], exhibited significantly lower weight gain or weightspecific
growth rate (SGR) compared to control fish.
In order to study the effect of replacing FO with CO in diets for farmed Atlantic
cod and Atlantic salmon on long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA)
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biosynthesis, Atlantic cod fatty acyl elongase (elovl) gene family members were
characterized at the cDNA level and QPCR assays for genes involved in LC-PUFA
biosynthesis for both species were developed. The QPCR-based transcript expression
analyses (Chapters 2 and 3) suggest that low LC-PUFA accompanied with high C18
PUFA in the diet may cause the up-regulation of fatty acyl elongase and desaturase
genes, critical for controlling the LC-PUFA biosynthetic pathway, in Atlantic cod (elovl5
and fadsd6) and Atlantic salmon (elovl2, fadsd5 and fadsd6a). In addition, a 44K
salmonid microarray was used to study the impact of a camelina-containing diet on
salmon liver global gene expression, and a set of microarray-identified camelinaresponsive
biomarker genes was validated using QPCR (Chapter 3). These functional
genomics studies have contributed significant resources (e.g. cDNA sequences and QPCR
assays) to the cod and salmonid research communities, and provide valuable information
for the development of novel aquafeeds using camelina products.


identifier: Glasgow, Jennifer <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Glasgow=3AJennifer=3A=3A.html>   (2014) Geochemistry of biotite and chilled margins in the Voisey's Bay troctolite.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The Voisey's Bay troctolite is one of the oldest members of the Nain Plutonic Suite (NPS), and hosts the Voisey's Bay Ni-Cu-Co deposits. This study involves detailed mineralogy, geochemistry and oxygen isotope chemistry of the Voisey's Bay Complex (VBC) chamber, feeder and marginal rocks to determine: (1) the geochemical-isotopic fingerprint of biotite in troctolite, and (2) the composition of chilled margins on troctolite as indicators of parental magma composition and of the role of contaminants within the VBI. There are variations in the Ni and F contents of biotite in chamber versus feeder rocks as determined via electron microprobe analysis. Oxygen isotope analyses of biotite separates indicate that δ¹⁸O ratios of biotite in the Western Deeps and Mushuau intrusions are enriched relative to the mantle water value of 5.7 ‰, whereas ratios of biotite in the Eastern Deeps, Discovery Hill and Ovoid are depleted. Gabbronorite chilled margins are present in three settings within the VBI, and formed when hot magma quenched against country rock. Several chilled margins show evidence of country rock contamination, however, three chilled margin samples represent uncontaminted mafic magma parental to the VBI. The geochemical variations seen in biotite and chilled margins can be explained by a multiple-stage emplacement history that included at least two distinct mega-pulses of magma.


identifier: Kitaoka, Daiho <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Kitaoka=3ADaiho=3A=3A.html>   (2014) (Non-) floating numeral quantifiers in Japanese.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract:
The aim of this thesis is to uncover syntactic and semantic properties of Floating Numeral
Quantifiers (FNQ) in Japanese, and to introduce ‘non-floating’ quantifiers, i.e., manner
adverbial quantifiers and topical adverbial quantifiers, which have no structural relations,
such as constituency or locality, with the noun phrase they modify. First, it is explained
which locations a floating quantifier may appear at, and how the distributions can be
accounted for. Also, I show how scrambling plays a role in generating Quantifier Floating
constructions. Second, I document such semantic properties of FNQ as distributivity,
(non-) specificity, partitivity, relative scope, and resistance to scrambling effect. Last, I
show two adverbial quantifiers, which do not show above-mentioned syntactic and
semantic properties of FNQ. Manner adverbial quantifiers appear in a preverbal position,
and allow a collective reading. Topical adverbial quantifiers occupy at the beginning of
sentences, and take a scope in a different way from FNQs.


identifier: Atoom, Ali <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Atoom=3AAli=3A=3A.html>   (2014) Analysis of the role of p7 protein function in hepatitis C virus life cycle.  Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The hepatitis C virus genome encodes a 63 amino acid protein, p7. The exact role of p7 is unknown; in this study we observed that mutations in transmembrane domain-1 and -2 (TM1 and TM2), and the cytoplasmic loop of p7 decreased infectious virus production. Analysis of p7 at different stages of virus assembly revealed that p7 functions at a stage prior to generation of infectious particles. Confocal microscopy analyses indicated that p7 did not affect recruitment of core protein to lipid droplets. Additionally, mutation of p7 did not affect formation of core multi-order structures. Finally, mutations at the cytoplasmic loop significantly reduced intracellular E2 glycoprotein levels. Forced evolution analysis of p7 mutations resulted in the occurrence of a N765D mutation that was important for secretion of virus particles into the culture supernatants. The results of this study provide strong evidence that p7 functions to protect HCV glycoproteins from premature degradation and we suggest that p7 supports the virus assembly process.


identifier: Andersen, Julie M. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Andersen=3AJulie_M=2E=3A=3A.html>   (2014) Hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean: Uncovering movement patterns, habitat selection and diving behaviour throughout the annual migration.  Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract:
How animals change their movement patterns in response to their environment is a central topic in ecology. The northwest (NW) Atlantic hooded seals occupy areas on the borderline between the North Atlantic- and high Arctic Ocean. By investigating these large predators’ movement patterns through the marine landscape, we can obtain a better understanding of the seasonal dynamics of habitat selection and use. This will improve the knowledge needed for good ecosystem management of critical habitat. This is especially important for highly vulnerable regions increasingly exposed to the oil and shipping industry, as well as global warming.
NW Atlantic hooded seals rely on ice for two months of the year, when they reproduce and moult (March and July). Factors that influence the distribution at other times of the year are unknown. Here, 67 hooded seals (33 females, 18 males and 16 juveniles) were equipped with Satellite Relay Data Loggers (SRDLs) during the breeding or moulting season in the period 2004-2008. The study revealed that seals used areas of high topographic relief during migration. Such areas include the Labrador shelf, Davis Strait and Baffin Bay during the post-moult/pre-breeding period (August-February) and the area off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Flemish Cap, the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the southeast Greenland shelf during the post-breeding/pre-moult period (April-June). They exhibit sexual and age related segregation in terms of environmental habitat variables (sea surface temperature, surface chlorophyll concentration, bottom depth, bottom topography and ice concentration) and first passage time (FPT) at the area restricted search (ARS) scale. Furthermore, males and females demonstrated differences in diving strategies and fluctuations in the relative change of buoyancy over time. Females used areas with greater water depths than males and displayed an off-shelf, dynamic habitat use while males spent more time on top of the shelf and in areas of high topographic relief. I suggest that hooded seals exhibit a resource partitioning strategy to avoid competition between sexes, or that the geographic segregation and different patterns of timing and magnitude of lipid energy acquisition reflect a difference in energy requirements in relation to fasting periods.


identifier: Walsh, Vince <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Walsh=3AVince=3A=3A.html>   (1995) "Up through the hawse hole": the social origins and lives of salem shipmates, 1640 to 1720.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This thesis argues that the early colonial shipmasters of Salem lived different social lives from what much of the literature has described for the master mariner under sail. Generally, they had urban rather than rural roots and came from all levels and occupations of Salem society.  The relationship between shipmaster and mariner was defined by one of paternal and fraternal bonds and cut along vertical lines of community rather than along horizontal lines of class.  Neither the shipmaster nor the mariner of Salem belonged to the ranks of the dispossessed, as some maritime historians have suggested, but were connected to the town socially and culturally through ties of blood and marriage. Finally, some assumptions regarding marriage patterns in Massachusetts need to be revised regarding the maritime community of Salem.  Remarriage was much more common than has been previously suggested.  To obtain economic support for themselves and their children, widows remarried frequently if they were of child bearing age, or they were often heavily dependent upon their adult children if older.


identifier: Wright, Richard James <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Wright=3ARichard_James=3A=3A.html>   (2004) 4D Seismic analysis of the Hibernia Oil Field, Grand Banks, Canada.  Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.


identifier: Ferry, Mark Peter <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Ferry=3AMark_Peter=3A=3A.html>   (2005) An evaluation of the sedimentology and the influence of grain size and facies on permeability for the White Rose A-17 cored interval, White Rose Oilfield, offshore eastern Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The A-17 cored interval from the Cretaceous Ben Nevis Formation of the White Rose oilfield, located approximately 350 km ESE of St. John's NL, consists of 106.25 m of predominantly shallow-marine shoreface deposits of which fine- to very fine-grained low angle cross-stratified and massive sandstones form the main hydrocarbon-bearing intervals. The principal focus of this thesis is to test aspects of the depositional model currently in use by industry geologists, and on the reservoir scale, investigate the influence of the sedimentology on reservoir fluid flow. Addressing these issues might assist in the future exploration and/or development of the White Rose oilfield. -- To address these issues, grain size, sedimentary contacts, diagenetic and shelly components, and facies are described, classified, coded and/or quantified. These sedimentological data are integrated along with closely-spaced probe permeameter measurements into an extensive database, permitting direct comparison between sedimentological and permeability data. Core from the White Rose A-17 well can be divided into 9 facies and displays 4 principal types of contacts/boundaries. Fine- to very fine-grained, low angle cross- stratified sandstone and structureless sandstone are the most abundant facies types, whereas planar laminated, moderately inclined cross-stratified, pervasively calcite- cemented, and shell-bearing sandstones are much less abundant. Bioturbated, very fine-grained sandstone and siltstone is restricted to the uppermost 5-6 m of the core. The most common contact type is erosive, followed by abrupt and cementation contacts. Erosive contacts represent bed boundaries; abrupt contacts represent internal surfaces within beds. Gradational boundaries are uncommon and typically represent a decrease in grain size or the upward reduction of bioclastic material. Neither facies nor contacts/boundaries appear to be well organized vertically in the core. -- The A-17 cored interval is interpreted to represent deposition in a high-energy, storm-dominated, middle to lower shoreface environment. This is based on the abundance of well sorted, very fine-grained quartzose sandstones, repeated fining-upward grain-size trends, a predominance of low-angle, gently curved, convex-up laminations, structureless beds, numerous erosional contacts overlain by transported bioclastic debris, rare mud and siltstone laminae, and limited biogenic structures. -- Over the entire cored interval horizontal probe permeability measurements to air (kha) do not correlate well with grain size. Only in selected cases can linear correlations be established. Each grain size is typically associated with a range of permeabilities; these ranges generally increase with increasing grain size. Changes in permeability across contacts and intervals can occur without changes in grain size; however, where there are grain size changes there is a wide range of changes in permeability. The highest mean permeability and highest overall permeabilities occur in well sorted, clean, structureless sandstones. The lowest permeabilities occur in pervasively calcite-cemented sandstones. In addition to bioturbation and bioclastic material, poor sorting due to the presence of variable amounts of silty and carbonaceous debris appears to reduce permeability. -- Results of this study demonstrate that for the White Rose A-17 cored interval, and potentially the south Avalon pool, a middle to lower shoreface depositional model is appropriate. Additionally, for indurated sandstones such as those represented in the White Rose A-17 core, grain size may be used as a predictor of maximum permeability for given reservoir facies. However, because most facies have overlapping grain-size- permeability distributions, prediction of facies using grain size and permeability is likely not possible. To more accurately determine the controls on permeability, other factors such as cementation should be incorporated from petrographic and image analysis studies.


identifier: Morrissey, B. Janet <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Morrissey=3AB=2E_Janet=3A=3A.html>   (2001) Mapping moho undulations beneath the Grand Banks of Newfoundland using gravity field data.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The Avalon terrane of Newfoundland has been the subject of considerable study, especially in relation to the other tectono-stratigraphic terranes of the Appalachian Orogen. The Grand Banks of Newfoundland in particular, located within the Avalon terrane, has been intensely investigated on both a local and crustal scale. -- Gravity data is available for the Avalon terrane. A number of processing techniques, in both the space and frequency domains, was applied to the data in an effort to extract the topography of the Moho for the Grand Banks region. The data were passed through a series of low-pass filters, each having progressively lower cut-off frequencies to Isolate the long-wavelength signal from Moho. To ensure that the observed long-wavelength signal was due primarily to sources at Moho depth and not from intervening sources, the gravity field of the Mesozoic rift basins of the Grand Banks, also long-wavelength in character, was modelled and subtracted from the observed field. -- Using an average depth to Moho derived from spectral analysis of the field and from seismic data for the region as well as a density contrast obtained from direct (seismic refraction results) and indirect (inferred geology) sources, the data was inverted to obtain a map of depth to Moho. Profiles along selected seismic reflection line locations were extracted and the Mohos compared. The broad Moho relief obtained from the inverted gravity data agreed with that of the seismic Moho, however, the amplitude of the topography generated by the inversion is significantly reduced. In light of the sparse deep seismic coverage within the study area, the inversion results give a good first approximation to a comprehensive map of Moho topography for the region.


identifier: Bradbury, Neil <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Bradbury=3ANeil=3A=3A.html>   (2005) Correcting for paleomagnetic inclination shallowing in magnetite-bearing clay-rich soft sediments with the aid of magnetic anisotropy and uniaxial compression experiments.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract:
The remanence inclination, I, of magnetite-bearing sediment can be shallower than the inclination of the Earth's magnetic field, IH, at the time of deposition due to burial compaction. Compaction also induces a magnetic anisotropy which can be used to correct for inclination shallowing. Theory predicts an approximately linear relation between tanI/tanIH and the sediment's remanence anisotropy parameter  ARMmin/ARMmax (the ratio of intensities of anhysteretic remanence given identically perpendicular and parallel to the bedding plane of the sediment). The slope of this line depends on the average remanence anisotropy parameter of the  sediment's magnetite particles, ARM⊥/ARM∥, (the ratio of intensities of anhysteretic remanence applied identically perpendicular and parallel to the long axes of the magnetite  grains). For a suite of clay-rich magnetite-bearing sediments, we estimate ARM⊥/ARM∥ by making a composite sample, giving it an inclined anhysteretic remanence and then applying a uniaxial compression and observing the change in remanence inclination and ARMmin/ARMmax. This estimated ARM⊥/ARM∥ is used with the ARMmin/ARMmax and I from the natural specimens to estimate IH, corrected for inclination shallowing. This method was shown to succeed for  our three suites of clay-rich soft sediments bearing pseudo-single-domain magnetite: two from the continental rise off
Nova Scotia, Canada and one from the Shatsky Rise east of Japan. For compacted sediments with minimum (Kmin) and maximum (Kmax) magnetic susceptibility axes perpendicular and parallel to bedding respectively, theory also predicts (provided the magnetite grains are not single-domain) an approximately linear relation between tanI/tanIH and the susceptibility anisotropy parameter, Kmin/Kmax (which is easier to measure than ARMmin/ARMmax). This relation was observed to hold for our composite samples during uniaxial compression experiments and was used to successfully estimate IH, corrected for inclination shallowing. -- Burial  compaction can also reduce remanence intensity which can affect the sediment's record of paleointensity changes in the Earth's magnetic field. We observed an approximately linear relation between remanence intensity and the remanence anisotropy parameter ARMmin/ARMmax during the uniaxial compression experiments on our composite samples. This is used to suggest a novel method of correcting for compaction-induced intensity decrease in magnetite-bearing soft sediments.


identifier: Williams, Harold <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Williams=3AHarold=3A=3A.html>   (1957) The Tilting igneous complex, Fogo District, Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Tilting is situated on the northeast corner of Fogo Island which lies off the northeast coast of Newfoundland. Fogo Island has an area of approximately 110 square miles and the  Tilting area which encloses the settlement of Tilting has an  area of approximately 5 square miles. Many diverse rock types occur within the Tilting area where a diorite gabbro complex is intruded by the Fogo granite batholith. -- In several places the basic rocks of the diorite gabbro complex  show marked primary banding accompanied by primary foliation. The writer feels that this primary banding originated through rhythmic differentiation and that the primary foliation is a sedimentation structure. A review of the literature and description of classic areas are presented. -- Intrusion breccias and gradational rock series  are of common occurrence. Hybrid rocks characterized by abnormal mineral associations are discussed.


identifier: Adetona, Kehinde B. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Adetona=3AKehinde_B=2E=3A=3A.html>   (2005) Characterization of cores from the Black and Marmara Seas : implications for TOC source and preservation and potential for paleoenvironmental interpretation.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Elemental (carbon, sulphur and biogenic opal) analysis was performed on the bulk sediments recovered from four core sites (MAR00-5, MAR00-6, and MAR00-8) in the Black Sea and core site MAR98-11 in the Marmara Sea. Isotopic (δ¹³C and δ ³⁴S) analysis was also performed on the bulk organic matter in the sediments. Linear extrapolations based on ¹⁴C dates in the three Black Sea cores indicate that while MAR00-6 is characterized by continuous and uniform sediment deposition,  cores MAR00-5 and MAR00-8 lack a record of the last ∼5000 years. δ¹³C values from ∼-26‰ to ∼-23‰ for the TOC in the Black Sea cores indicate the mixing of isotopically light land-derived material with isotopically heavier autochthonous carbon derived from primary marine production.  Interpretations from proxy data extracted from the cores suggest that relatively higher TOC contents in core MAR00-6 compared to the other Black Sea cores can be explained by better preservation of organic matter. This is attributed to  the existence of a more stable stratified water-column well below wave base and/or greater salinity contrast between surface and bottom waters at this site before 5000 yr BP. -- Lithostratigraphic correlation to nearby core MAR98-12 with its ¹⁴C dates places sapropel deposition in core MAR98-11 between ∼9800 to ∼6600 yr BP, which coincides with the contemporaneous sapropel S1 in the Aegean Sea. δ¹³C values, the relatively high terrestrial organic-carbon component and  other proxy data during this period point to a predominantly  terrestrial source for the organic matter and reduced oxygen  levels in the bottom waters. These data from core MAR98-11 broadly support the view of Aksu and coworkers that there has been a sustained brackish outflow from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea via the intervening Marmara Sea since ∼11000-10500 yr BP.


identifier: Sparkes, Gregory W. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Sparkes=3AGregory_W=2E=3A=3A.html>   (2005) The geological setting, geochemistry and geochronology of host rocks to high-and low-sulphidation style epithermal systems of the eastern Avalon high-alumina belt, eastern Avalon zone, Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The existence of well-preserved Late Neoproterozoic high- and low-sulphidation systems within the previously unseparated Manuels Volcanic Suite are hallmarks of the eastern Avalon high-alumina belt. These systems occur in a regionally extensive (15 x 1km) belt of hydrothermal alteration, located along the eastern margin of the Holyrood  Horst, eastern Avalon Zone, Newfoundland. The contrasting formational environments of the pyrophyllite-diaspore-bearing high-sulphidation system and the auriferous colloform-crustiform chalcedonic silica + adularia ± calcite  veins of the low-sulphidation system suggest a temporal or spatial break between the formation of the two systems. Both  epithermal systems are hosted within a composite suite of predominantly felsic flows and ash-flow tuffs, which are locally intruded by rocks of the White Hills Intrusive Suite. The volcanic and plutonic rocks which host the epithermal systems are unconformably overlain by siliciclastic sedimentary rocks and associated mafic flows of the Wych Hazel Pond Complex. New U-Pb geochronology now permits the separation of older (625 to 614 Ma) and younger (ca. 585 Ma) intrusive units, older (pre-625 to 616 Ma) and younger (ca. 584 Ma) volcanic sequences, and provides time constraints on the development of the two epithermal systems. -- U-Pb dating carried out during this study has bracketed the intrusion of the White Hills Intrusive Suite between 625 and 614 Ma, which demonstrates that, in contrast  to previous models, this magmatic event is not associated with the herein defined 580.5 to 585 Ma formation of the high-sulphidation system. The geochemistry from this intrusive suite, however, indicates that the White Hills Intrusive Suite is closely related to the regionally extensive Holyrood Intrusive Suite. Feldspar porphyry, which  is intrusive into the Wych Hazel Pond Complex, represents the youngest magmatic event exposed within the field area and is defined at 585 ± 5 Ma. This intrusion may represent a  late stage magmatic pulse associated with the development of  the regional epithermal systems, and is chemically distinct from the older intrusions of the White Hills Intrusive Suite. -- The felsic volcanic succession hosting the high-sulphidation systems is now precisely defined at 584 ± 1 Ma.  This sequence represents the younger Manuels Volcanic Suite,  and can now be separated from the older (ca. 616 ± 2 Ma) White Mountain Volcanic Suite on the basis of new U-Pb geochronology and previously described intrusive relationships with the adjacent White Hills Intrusive Suite.  Although these units represent a time span of ca. 40 Ma, both units display very similar arc-related trace-element geochemistry. -- The base of the Wych Hazel Pond Complex is now dated at 582 ± 1.5 Ma, which is the time of the overall cessation in felsic volcanism within the region, and the onset of arc-collapse. This age provides the maximum limit for the development of the high-sulphidation system and also  supplies the minimum age for the base of the sedimentary sequence. -- New U-Pb zircon ages combined with previously known ages constrain the formation of the high-sulphidation system between 585 and 580.5 Ma. The maximum age limit for the low-sulphidation system is 586 Ma, combining this age with the fossil age of the unconformably overlying Cambrian succession restricts the formation of the low-sulphidation system between 586 and approximately 513 Ma.


identifier: Coish, Diane Wanda <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Coish=3ADiane_Wanda=3A=3A.html>   (2000) Applicability of laser ablation and partial dissolution ICP-MS techniques on Mn-Fe-oxide coatings of stream pebbles to mineral exploration and environmental monitoring.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Mn-Fe-oxide coated stream pebbles have been proposed as an alternative sampling medium for regional geochemical surveys. Partial dissolution and laser ablation microprobe analysis of these coatings were tested in this project to determine the applicability of using oxide coatings for mineral exploration and environmental monitoring projects.  -- The three areas covered in this project include a Au showing, a base-metal prospect and potentially harmful emissions from an oil refinery. Mn-Fe-oxide coated stream pebbles were systematically collected from stream(s) in each field area and two types of analyses were conducted on the pebble coatings. Partial dissolution Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) and solid sample analysis using Laser Ablation Microprobe-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (LAM-ICP-MS) proved successful in detecting the elements relevant to the individual disciplines. Low concentrations of elements in the stream water samples were not able to contribute to this project since most were below the detection limit (See Appendix 1) and failed the required statistical analysis of variance therefore, were not considered for further discussion. -- Analysis of variance for the two approaches, digestion of oxide coatings and solid sample analysis of pebble coatings using laser ablation shows that the results from the Mn-Fe-oxide pebble coatings are encouraging. Elements that are typically used to detect and define mineralization or a potential pollutant source are present in the oxide pebble coatings and the majority of them pass the required statistics, therefore, they are graphically presented and discussed. -- Comparisons between the two methods of analysis for the Mn-Fe-oxide pebble coatings suggest that there is a degree of reproducibility between the two laboratory procedures. In most cases, the partial dissolution process provides a more pronounced geochemical signature, although, these anomalies are also noted using the current LAM-ICP-MS procedure. -- For this project, it appears that considering Mn-Fe-oxide coatings as a sampling medium is a viable venture. The current LAM-ICP-MS capabilities suggests that the analysis of the pebble coatings would be more reliable and cost effective if the dissolution ICP-MS method was the primary analytical procedure. Overall, the analyses of the Mn-Fe-oxide stream pebble coatings suggests that gold mineralization, base-metal Pb-Zn-Cu mineralization and potential pollutants from a smoke stack at an oil refinery and the extent of their affect on the local environment are able to be detected using the oxide pebble coatings as a sampling medium.


identifier: Lee, Vanessa Eileen <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Lee=3AVanessa_Eileen=3A=3A.html>   (2005) Characterising dissolved nitrate in precipitation using stable nitrogen and oxygen isotopes.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Single event precipitation samples were collected at two sites in Newfoundland for stable isotopic analysis of nitrogen and oxygen of dissolved nitrate. Nitrate, the second largest acidifying component of rain, is formed during the oxidation of NO and NO₂, collectively known as NOx, as well as other nitrogen species. Both natural and anthropogenic sources exist, however fossil fuel combustion in power plants and vehicles are the main contributors of NOx to the atmosphere. Nitrogen isotopes of nitrate may give  insight into the source of the atmospheric oxinitrogen species, while oxygen isotopes may provide information about  the type of oxidation the NOx emissions have undergone. The isotopic signatures, in combination with chemical and meteorological data, were used to characterise the main controls of the nitrate in the precipitation. -- The two sites chosen for this study represent different types of environments: St. John's is a marine/urban location, while McIvers is a marine/rural site with no major point sources in the area. St. John's precipitation samples generally displayed characteristics of oil combustion emissions from stationary sources (high V, Ni) with smaller inputs from the  ocean. Samples collected at McIvers were not as strongly affected by inputs from fossil fuel combustion, and generally had stronger marine signatures along with wood combustion and vehicle emissions. However, several samples collected at this location did display characteristics of oil combustion as well as smelting processes, confirming that the site is affected by long range transport of pollutants from North America. -- Nitrogen isotopes appear to be controlled by the source of the nitrogen emissions. Fossil fuel combustion in stationary sources results in δ¹⁵N  values close to 0‰, vehicle NOx emissions range from -2 to -13‰, while natural sources such as soil and oceanic emissions can result in NOx with values as low as -20‰. A seasonality in δ¹⁵N was observed at both sites, whereby samples collected during the warmer season (Apr.-Sept.) exhibited more positive δ¹⁵N values than those collected during the cold season (Oct.-Mar.). Chemical data revealed that both sites were affected more strongly by anthropogenic  emissions during the warm months, while the influence of the  ocean was dominant during the cold periods. -- The oxygen isotopic composition of nitrate in this study appears to be controlled by atmospheric transformations of the oxinitrogen  species, which are related to temperature. Summer samples, mainly oxidised by ozone, had more positive ¹⁸O signatures than their winter counterparts. There is no evidence that the δ¹⁸O of the nitrate in this study is controlled by the sources of the nitrate. -- This study has provided valuable isotopic measurements of atmospheric nitrate. To the author's knowledge, the method used in this study for isolating and processing dissolved nitrate in precipitation for stable isotopic analysis had not been previously applied  to single rain events, making this study unique. As well, it  has shown through the combination of isotopic and chemical data how nitrogen isotopes of precipitation nitrate are controlled by sources, while the oxygen isotopes of these compounds are controlled by atmospheric oxidation processes.


identifier: Emon, Kellie A. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Emon=3AKellie_A=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1998) Geology and U-Pb geochronology of the rocks of the Eokuk Uplift, Northwestern Slave Province, Nunavut, Canada.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Rocks of the Eokuk Uplift have been mapped in detail along the coast of Coronation Gulf and 10 key units have been dated by both conventional Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry (TIMS) and Laser Ablation Microprobe Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LAM-ICP-MS) U-Pb analysis. Zircon, monazite, and titanite from the various  units were dated and the combined data indicate that this inlier of the Slave province has a >3.2 Ga crustal component, evidence of a granulite grade orogenic event pre-dating 2.8 Ga (possibly ca. 2.9 Ga) and a lack of evidence for any significant orogenic activity corresponding with the  2.7-2.6 Ga events common in the rest of the Slave Province. The oldest rocks in the study area are a succession of granitoid and supracrustal gneisses that have been metamorphosed to upper amphibolite to granulite facies. From  field relationships, the oldest unit is a granodiorite to tonalite orthogneiss, with a zircon crystallization age of 3254 +13/-6 Ma. A granite gneiss, which may be a small felsic intrusion or an anatectic melt of the tonalite gneiss, yields a zircon age of 3216 +14/-13 Ma. A K-feldspar  megacrystic monzogranite gneiss contains old, discordant, possibly inherited zircons with ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb ages ranging from  3039-3103 Ma, together with coexisting 2879 +/-3 Ma zircon and monazite. These high-grade gneisses are intruded by two megacrystic granite plutons, dated at 2887 +/-2 and 2881+4/-3 Ma. LAM-ICP-MS analyses of zoned zircons from the 2887 Ma granite reveal the presence of xenocrystic zircon with ages of 3165 +57/-34 and 3363 +68/-53 Ma. This implies that the older granites were intruded into, and possibly derived from, still older crust. The absence of extensive recrystallization and complex structures in these plutons indicates that this igneous event post-dated the high-grade metamorphism. An amphibolite-grade synplutonic metamorphic event is dated at ∼2880 Ma by metamorphic monazite in the older gneiss units. A series of variably deformed mafic to felsic dykes and pegmatites intrude both the granites and gneisses and constrain the end of penetrative deformation in  the area to ca. 2850 Ma. This contrasts with data from the rest of the Slave Province, where the main phases of deformation, metamorphism and synmetamorphic plutonism have been dated at ca. 2.62-2.59 Ga. Metamorphic titanite ages from the diorite and granodiorite dykes indicate two lower amphibolite to greenschist-grade metamorphic events: one at ca. 2705 Ma and one at ca. 2646 Ma. The youngest Archean magmatic event in the area is represented by granite intrusion at 2594 +3/-2 Ma, coeval with crystallization of titanite at greenschist-grade conditions in some of the older gneissic and intrusive rocks.


identifier: Courage, John Roland <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Courage=3AJohn_Roland=3A=3A.html>   (1960) The development of procedure in the General Assembly of Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This thesis is an account of the development of procedure in  the House of Assembly of Newfoundland. It is not a history of government and many matters that would be included in such a history have been omitted. Procedure might be defined  as an account of the internal working and operation of a parliament with the politics left out. Rules of procedure, however, do not operate in a vacuum, but develop to enable a  legislature to do its work in an efficient and orderly manner. It was necessary, therefore, to give a short history  of the General Assembly of Newfoundland in order that the reader might know something of the framework within which the procedure operates. This has been done in the first two chapters. -- Chapters three to eleven deal with parliamentary Practice and Procedure and show the workings of The House of Assembly since 1833. While the author has depended for the background of this work on the British and Canadian authorities who have written for guidance of Speakers and Members of Parliament, he has endeavoured to show how The House of Assembly developed, applied and in some cases changed parliamentary practice to suit its own needs. This has made necessary the use of the topical rather  than the chronological method of writing. The last chapter deals with the effect of Confederation on the Newfoundland Legislature, and brings the development of procedure down to  the present day. -- There was a wealth of material upon which to draw, but the writer found the Journals and Proceedings of the Assembly and the Legislative Council his most fruitful sources. The criterion for including any event  was, did it happen in the House of Assembly, or was it directly connected with the House or its procedure. Nothing has been written on this subject in Newfoundland since 1855,  when John Little, a St. John's lawyer, wrote a small book, The Constitution of Newfoundland, nor has any Provincial Parliament of Canada before been the subject of a work of this nature.


identifier: Halwas, Sara J. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Halwas=3ASara_J=2E=3A=3A.html>   (2006) Where the wild things grow : a palaeoethnobotanical study of late woodland plant use at Clam Cove, Nova Scotia.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Recent palaeoethnobotanical research carried out at the Clam  Cove site in the Minas Basin region of Nova Scotia has added  new information to the study of Late Woodland (1500-450 BP) hunter-gatherer groups in this area. Flotation of sediments from the Clam Cove site revealed a modest compliment of plant species which made this location ideal as a temporary camp utilized during lithic collection trips to Scots Bay. Flotation and charcoal analyses also uncovered evidence of species not previously recovered at the Clam Cove site, including beech (Fagus grandifolia), poplar (Populus sp.), strawberries (Fragaria sp.) and blueberries (Vaccinium sp.).  Most floral remains reflect a strong reliance on local plant  species easily gathered from the immediate area. The comparison of these plant species to those identified at the  village sites at Melanson and St. Croix also shows a consistent pattern of plant use between habitation and temporary campsites within the region.


identifier: Barrett, R. E. Paul <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Barrett=3AR=2E_E=2E_Paul=3A=3A.html>   (2000) Perspectives of distance learning : a study of administrators instructors and students of the public college system of Newfoundland and Labrador.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the direction of distance learning in the public college system of Newfoundland and Labrador as perceived by administrators, instructors, and students. -- Data were collected using three methods: (a) interviews, (b) student survey, and (c) Delphi panel. Interviews were conducted with ten persons who had some special knowledge about the direction of distance in the public college system. A random sample of 282 students was selected from the distance learning population of 955 for the 1995-96 academic year. Of these 228 students were surveyed, for a response rate of approximately 81%. The survey presented an opportunity for students to voice their opinions and provide feedback concerning distance learning courses in the public college system. In the Delphi process, a sample of 14 campus administrators was administered a structured questionnaire in two rounds, with results from the first round being used to help achieve convergence in perceptions of the future directions in distance learning. -- The data indicated that administrators, instructors, and students all concurred that distance learning has a place in the public college system. However, with distance learning in the early stages, it is not at all clear what directions this will take in the future. Administrators and instructors were cautious in their views about distance learning. The student survey indicated that students would avail of courses offered through distance learning. However, students indicated very strongly that the college should offer only some courses through distance. The Delphi panel members echoed the views of the administrators and instructors. A cautionary approach of building one block at a time is required. -- The recommendations reflect the research findings about distance learning in the public college system. These recommendations include: (a) continue to provide accessibility to distance courses throughout the scattered campuses across the province but at a moderate pace; since both technological change and the cost-effectiveness question were in a transitional phase, (b) monitor and review technological advancements to determine the need to merge with existing college technology; implementing a combination of methods for distance courses provides students with a choice, (c) further study on the cost-effectiveness of distance learning; the actual cost-effectiveness of distance learning requires study relative to the traditional approach and other methods, (d) monitoring of distance courses to determine the needs of students and employers; the college should contact employers to determine the assistance that can be provided - offering courses requested by employers and students sets the stage for increased participation rates, and (e) provide an enhanced communication system between instructors and students; this system should include direct phone numbers, e-mail, fax, and an on-line help service via the world wide web.


identifier: Bennett, Kelly Angela <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Bennett=3AKelly_Angela=3A=3A.html>   (2000) A masked randomized comparison of oral and vaginal administration of misoprostol for labour induction.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Objective: To test the null hypothesis that administering misoprostol orally or vaginally will result in no difference  in time to vaginal birth, and to determine whether different  frequencies of tachysystole and hyperstimulation are associated with route of administration. -- Methods: Two hundred six women after 37 completed weeks' gestation who presented with an indication for induction were randomly assigned to receive misoprostol (50 μg) orally or vaginally every 4 hours as needed to induce labour. Placebo use and allocation concealment accomplished blinding until data analysis was completed. Sample size was calculated to allow a two tailed α of .05 and power (1-β) of 80%. All fetal heart rate and uterine activity graphs were classified according to Curtis' criteria before the induction groups were unmasked. -- Results: Analysis involved 104 women in the oral group and 102 in the vaginal group. The mean time (± standard deviation) to vaginal birth with oral misoprostol was 1072 (±593) minutes compared with 846 (±385)  minutes with the vaginal protocol (P = .004). There were no significant differences in cesarean rate, epidural use or neonatal outcomes. More frequent tachysystole for 20 minutes  (P < .01) and hyperstimulation (P < .04) were observed with vaginal misoprostol. No neonatal asphyxia occurred in either  group. -- Conclusion: Misoprostol effectively induces labour, given orally or vaginally. There is a shorter interval to vaginal birth with vaginal application; however,  the more frequent occurrence of fetal heart graph abnormalities in this group suggests that, until the optimal  dosing interval for vaginal use is determined, the preferred  route of misoprostol administration might be oral.


identifier: Maloney, Kelly Veronica <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Maloney=3AKelly_Veronica=3A=3A.html>   (2000) Awareness, reported behaviour, and dietary intake of fat and fiber as risk factors for cardiovascular disease.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This study is a secondary analysis of data collected by the Nutrition Newfoundland and Labrador Survey. It specifically analyzed data collected from adults to address three issues:  1) respondents' awareness of dietary fat and fiber as a cardiovascular risk factor 2) respondents' reported behaviours of avoiding fat and choosing fiber in their diet and 3) respondents' dietary intakes of high fat and high fiber foods as reported in the Food Frequency Questionnaire.  The study population included non-institutionalized, 18 to 74 year-old adults living in Metropolitan St. John's. A Chi Square test was used to analyze the associations between awareness, reported behaviour, and dietary intake with socio-demographic variables. The Chi Square test was also used to analyze the association between respondents' awareness, reported behaviours, and dietary intakes. -- There was a greater reported awareness of the link between heart disease and eating fewer high-fat foods (76.5%) as compared to heart disease and eating more high-fiber foods (46.7%). Sex was the only demographic variable tested which was significantly associated with the respondent's awareness  that reducing dietary fat is associated with the prevention of heart disease. Female respondents reported a higher awareness. Respondents who were older, female, more highly educated, and with a higher income most often reported that they were avoiding foods because of the fat content. A larger and significant proportion of respondents who were older and female reported that they were choosing foods because of the fiber content. Age and sex were both significantly associated with dietary intake of fat. A larger percentage of respondents who were older and female were in the lower dietary intake of fat category. -- There was a significant association between awareness and reported  behaviour for fiber but not fat. Respondents who had a greater awareness were choosing foods because of the fiber content. Significant positive associations were found between reported behaviour and dietary intake of both fat and fiber. There was no significant association between awareness and dietary intake of fat or fiber. -- This research suggests that knowledge alone does not determine behaviour. Nutrition educators should focus on the many barriers to behaviour change to develop more effective strategies for nutrition programs.


identifier: Philpott, David F. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Philpott=3ADavid_F=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1995) More than mere vanity : men with eating disorders.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purpose of this thesis was to further an understanding of eating disorders in men. The intention was to contribute to the literature on this subject by providing a forum where men with body image and/or eating disorders could openly and candidly tell their stories. -- A qualitative research approach was utilized by conducting a series of semi-structured, individual interviews with a variety of men, 18 years of age and older. Paramount in this group were men who had disclosed eating disorders and who have initiated a recovery process. Focus was also given to men who expressed concern over body image and masculinity. Interviews were audio-taped and then transcribed. Candidates were obtained from referrals by counsellors, and word-of-mouth procedures with each participant giving prior permission for the referral. Consent forms were signed and anonymity offered via pseudonyms. -- The thesis is organized into three sections. Part One examines the changing attitudes of men towards eating, body image, and masculinity. It includes findings from a wide variety of sources, providing insight into society's evolving messages to males. It examines some of the reasons why men with eating disorders are hesitant to seek help and often fail to identify their condition. It also examines the escalating pressure on males to adopt unrealistic body images as portrayed in contemporary media. -- Part Two, the core of the thesis, gives voice to the men who, with eloquence, shared their struggles with these issues. It explores the diversity of symptoms and behaviours experienced by these men, many of which challenge conventional stereotypes of eating disorders. It examines a variety of topics that the men identified, including: multiple addictions, sexual abuse, compulsive exercise, early rejection from peers and role models, and a poorly defined sense of masculinity. -- The third and final section sheds a brief light on the individual recovery process, as experienced by the men who shared their stories in Part Two. It explores their attempts to find self acceptance by adopting healthier definitions of masculinity, separate from their addiction and pain. -- Interestingly, all the men who were approached for the study were eager to participate and told their stories, some for the first time, with remarkable candour. While men are often alleged to be disconnected from their feelings, all of the men who were interviewed spoke of a long history of having access to, and an awareness of wide spectrum of emotions with an amazing repertoire of vocabulary to verbalize them.


identifier: O'Brien, Simon R. M. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/O=27Brien=3ASimon_R=2E_M=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1997) Adaptive raytracing-based suppression of severe water-bottom multiples in marine seismic data.  Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Marine seismic data is generally acquired by towing source and receiver arrays through the water, periodically generating an acoustic pulse and recording the echoes reflected back from the sub-sea layering. Since both the water surface and the sea-floor are good reflectors, much of  the source energy reverberates between the two. When the sea-floor is very hard, this 'multiple' energy is recorded at the receivers for some time after the shot instant and can completely mask all of the energy produced by 'primary' reflections from sub-seafloor boundaries. As we are only interested in imaging the primaries, effective multiple attenuation is extremely important to the processing of marine seismic data. While traditional multiple attenuation techniques often produce good results, they all have limited  success dealing with extreme sea-floor conditions such as those which are often experienced off the coast of Newfoundland. This thesis develops a new technique which is better able to handle these conditions and makes a comparison with existing techniques. -- The attenuation technique, called Raymult, is based on an adaptive prediction-subtraction approach in which raytracing is used to guide the multiple prediction. The near-trace gather is automatically picked and the picks subsequently migrated to generate a water-bottom model. By raytracing each shot gather, an estimate is generated for the phase, amplitude and arrival time of the multiples on each trace. These estimates are then adjusted until they accurately match the data. Finally, the multiples are subtracted from the gather.  The water and sea-floor velocities are the only required input parameters. However, since the routine is able to adapt the raytracing results to fit the data, the accuracy of these parameters is not essential. As a byproduct of the multiple suppression, wavelet estimates are produced for each multiple order. -- Raymult is successfully applied to both synthetic and real data examples, and proves very effective in dealing with substantial sea-floor topography as well as the phase and amplitude problems which are typical of data collected over hard sea-floors. There is only minor distortion of the remaining energy in the gathers, so other multiple attenuation techiuques, e.g. predictive deconvolution or radon filtering, can be applied subsequently, providing even greater attenuation of the multiples.


identifier: Gillespie, Helen <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Gillespie=3AHelen=3A=3A.html>   (1998) Acritarch biostratigraphy and taxonomy of the Winterhouse Formation (Upper Ordovician), Port au Port Peninsula, Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The Upper Ordovician Winterhouse Formation (Long Point Group) is exposed only along the northwestern coast of Long Point on the Port au Port Peninsula, southwest Newfoundland.  Detailed acritarch study of this formation has identified 74  palynomorph species assigned to 31 genera. One new combination, Ammonidium parvipinnatum (Uutela and Tynni), is  proposed here. Fossils are extremely well preserved. An average Acritarch Alteration Index of 1.6±0.3 in transmitted  light corresponding with clear and colourless to pale yellow  and white to bright yellow in flourescence, indicates that these acritarchs have undergone very little thermal maturation. These rocks sit at or above the oil window. Co-occurrence of Villosacapsula setosapellicula, Multiplicisphaeridium irregulare, Ordovicidium heteromorphicum, Petaloferidium stigii, Cheleutochroa diaphorasa, Dicommopalla macadamii, Actinotodissus crassus, Poikilofusa spinata, and Excultibrachium concinnum confirm the middle to late Caradoc age assignment of Quinn et al. (in prep). -- In distribution, a minimum of three acritarch assemblage zones are defined from palynomorph counts and statistical analysis. These may be used locally to correlate  the Winterhouse Formation in the subsurface of the Port au Port and Gulf of St. Lawrence region. The Veryhachium Assemblage Zone (VA Zone), found at the base of the Winterhouse Formation is defined by peak abundances of Gloeocapsomorpha sp., Veryhachium trispinosum, Villosacapsula setosapellicula, and Micrhystridium fragile. The Micrhystridium Assemblage Zone (MA Zone), in the middle of the Winterhouse Formation, is marked by peak abundances of Micrhystridium sp. C, Micrhystridium equispinosum, Veryhachium oklahomense, Multiplicisphaeridium sp. B, Micrhystridium aremoricanum, Comasphaeridium varispinosum, Multiplicisphaeridium martae, Polygonium sp. C and a significant decrease in the abundance of Villosacapsula setosapellicula and Veryhachium trispinosum. The Polygonium Assemblage Zone (PA Zone) found at the top of the Winterhouse Formation, near the transition with the Misty Point Formation, is defined by peak abundances of Polygonium  gracile, Veryhachium valiente, Lophosphaeridium aequicuspidatum, Villosacapsula entrichos, Moyeria cabottii,  Lophosphaeridium endense, Lophosphaeridium papillatum. Polygonium sp. A, and the first appearance of Cryptospore sp. B and Petaloferidium stigii. Each of the three zones represent different aspects of Caradoc offshore shelf dominated environments. Differences in the assemblages of fossils correlate with changes in the depositional environments as the shelf evolved from a shallow water carbonate rich environment (the VA Zone), through a deeper water transition zone of mixed siliciclastic/carbonates (the  MA Zone), and back to a shallow water environment that was carbonate poor (the PA Zone).


identifier: Cox, Richard Alexander <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Cox=3ARichard_Alexander=3A=3A.html>   (1999) Eclogite facies metamorphism of mafic and ultramafic rocks in the Tshenukutish terrane, Manicougan Imbricate Zone, Eastern Grenville Province.  Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The Grenville Province of eastern Canada consists of a variety of lithotectonic units (terranes) which formed a large mountain chain along the margin of Laurentia at 1190-1000 Ma. The deepest crustal levels of the Grenvillian orogen are best exposed along a belt of high-PT terranes which form part of the parautochthonous belt. The best exposed section is the Manicouagan Imbricate Zone which contains rocks metamorphosed at conditions up to eclogite facies. The Tshenukutish terrane is the highest structural division of the Manicouagan Imbricate Zone and contains mafic and ultramafic rocks which characterise two distinct lithotectonic units. The structurally lower unit, the Baie du Nord segment, comprises granitic and dioritic country rocks intruded by Fe-Ti gabbro and anorthosite. The highest structural units in the Tshenukutish terrane belong to the Boundary zone, a complex series of tectonic slices, which include lenses of mafic and ultramafic rocks known as the Lac Espadon suite. Cumulate textures suggest that the Lac Espadon suite represents a layered, mafic and ultramafic complex. Geochemical analysis of the gabbroic end-members from both the Lac Espadon suite and the Baie du Nord segment indicate a within-plate tholeiite petrotectonic signature. REE-patterns of the gabbroic rocks and associated cumulates further suggest fractionation from a tholeiitic source and high-crustal level emplacement U-Pb dating of igneous baddcleyite gives an age of 1170+/-5 Ma for emplacement of Fe-Ti gabbro in the Baie du Nord segment. In the Lac Espadon suite, U-Pb ages of igneous zircon and baddeleyite (ca. 1650-1630 Ma) suggest a Labradorian age of emplacement The ages of zircon formed during anatexis (1046+/-3 Ma) and other metamorphic zircon ages (1042+22/-28 Ma,  1030+10/-7 Ma, 1030+/-12 Ma, 1012+/-12 Ma) show the timing of high-PT metamorphic overprint to be Grenvillian in age. The timing of retrogression and cooling is constrained by the ages of titanite (1006-997 Ma) and rutile (960-929 Ma). The Fe-Ti gabbroic rocks from the Baie du Nord segment display mineral assemblages which represent progressive stages of metamorphic transformation resulting in the formation of coronas, granoblastic pseudomorphs (transitional) and eclogites. In addition, the transitional and eclogitic samples exhibit coronas developed locally around igneous xenocrysts. Maximum T-conditions recorded in the Baie du Nord segment are in the range 720-820 °C with recorded P-conditions reflecting increasing eclogitization (14 kbar in coronitic rocks and up to 17 kbar in eclogitic rocks). Estimates of peak PT-conditions recorded by massive corona-bearing rocks in the Lac Espadon suite are in die range 780-930 °C at 16-19 kbar. Reequilibration during the early stages of exhumation at high T-conditions (>700 °C) variably  affected all samples in the Tshenukutish terrane. The PT-conditions recorded during retrogression (ca. 700-800 °C and  8-12 kbar) define segments of steep PT-paths and isothermal metamorphic (field) gradients, suggesting high heat flow through the lower crust. The presence of syn-metamorphic mafic dykes and granites further suggest heat input (including from the mantle) during exhumation. The rates of cooling and exhumation in the Manicouagan Imbricate Zone were modelled using all the available PT-data and U-Pb ages for zircon, monazite, titanite and rutile. The results indicate that the early stages of exhumation were charecterized by near isothermal conditions. Uplift rates were relatively fast (>1 mm/yr) consistent with tectonic exhumation. Rates subsequently slowed, probably during thrust emplacement of the highest structural levels (the Boundary zone) over the rest of the Tshenukutish terrane. Differences between titanite and rutile cooling ages suggest that late-stage cooling and exhumation was slow, consistent with other high-P terranes. The PTt-evolution of the Tshenukutish terrane is compatible with models for tectonic exhumation by extrusion during northwest thrusting, with extension on top of the pile. Evidence for high heat flow and rapid uplift during the initial exhumation in the Manicouagan Imbricate Zone supports current models which suggest that asthenospheric upwelling immediately followed extensional collapse of the Grenville orogen.


identifier: Roberts, Brian J. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Roberts=3ABrian_J=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1998) A broadside and end-on seismic experiment on the crustal structure of the Newfoundland Appalachians.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: A special broadside and wide-angle seismic experiment was conducted in central Newfoundland in order to test the feasibility of obtaining meaningful information on the true dip of reflectors and amplitude-offset relationships in a small area of psuedo-3D coverage. -- The analysis of the data from this experiment involved producing 2D and 3D seismic images from the broadside shots, and producing a 2D section from the end-on-south shots. Also, an amplitude versus offset analysis (AVO) was completed on deep crustal reflections using the end-on-south shots. The seismic images  have been interpreted in terms of the regional geological structures and correlated with the results from regional seismic reflection and refraction surveys. -- It is determined that the quality of the low fold 2D sections produced using the wide-angle shots compares favourably with  that of the high fold regional lines. The interpretation of the 3D volume was problematical, leading to recommendations for better 3D survey design: however, three horizons have been mapped and time structure maps display their 3D orientation. It is determined that information on the true dip of reflectors along the regional lines can be provided using the relatively inexpensive broadside shots. The AVO results fail to provide conclusive results for changes in Poisson's ratio across any of the major reflecting interfaces in the area of the broadside experiment in central Newfoundland. If the statisical trends can be trusted, a decrease in Poisson's ratio at the top of the lower crust is indicated, however a firm value cannot be placed on this decrease. The AVO results are ambiguous probably because of seismic scattering due to a high degree of lateral inhomogeneity in the crystalline crust.


identifier: Zhang, Yuli <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Zhang=3AYuli=3A=3A.html>   (1998) Free wobble/nutation of the Earth : a new approach for hydroAppalachian Mountainsstatic Earth models.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: One of the two conventional approaches to formulate a theory  to describe the Earth's wobble/nutations is to regard these as among the set of free oscillations of a rotating oblate Earth model. This theory, now standard, predicts the eigenperiods of the Chandler wobble and free core nutation (FCN). Very-long-baseline interferometry and superconducting  gravimetry data indicate a significant discrepancy between the inferred and theoretically-predicted values of FCN period. The widely-accepted explanation for this discrepancy  is that the core-mantle boundary's ellipticity departs from its hydrostatic equilibrium value. However the standard theory for a hydrostatic Earth model has two mathematical shortcomings, which should be removed before abandoning hydrostatic equilibrium as the reference state. These shortcomings are: (1) the treatment of the governing equations in interior regions is not consistent with the treatment of the boundary conditions at surfaces of discontinuity in material properties; (2) formulation of the  boundary conditions does not treat material properties properly. To remove these shortcomings, in this thesis spherical polar coordinates are replaced by a non-orthogonal  coordinate system (ro,θ,ø), named after Clairaut. A set of new variables in Clairaut coordinates is introduced, generalizing the conventional notation for a spherical-layered Earth model. The governing equations and boundary conditions, written in these new variables, give a consistent description of free wobble/nutation accurate to first order in ellipticity. A program to compute wobble/nutation eigenperiods has been written, and preliminary numerical results obtained, but either the program still contains errors or truncation is too severe.


identifier: Batten, Randy S. R. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Batten=3ARandy_S=2E_R=2E=3A=3A.html>   (2000) Biostratigraphy of the lower Ordovician Chitinozoa of Western Newfoundland, Canada.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The Cow Head Group of western Newfoundland, lying exposed within shoreline sections between Bonne Bay and Portland Creek, represents an allochthonous sediment apron or toe deposit at the base of an ancient carbonate-rich continental  margin. While it has been studied extensively for a variety of fossil species, few accounts exist for chitinozoa in this  stratigraphically important section. For this study, a detailed analysis of samples from 6 sections across the Lower Ordovician Cow Head Group recovered 32 species of well-preserved chitinozoan. In addition, 22 taxa of uncertain specific designation have been identified which represent 9 genera (Amphorachitina, Belonechitina, Conochitina, Desmochitina, Eremochitina, Lagenochitina, Laufeldochitina, Rhabdochitina, and Tanuchitina), and include several species that have never been documented firom western Newfoundland. -- Frequent occurrence of biostratigraphically useful species (Amphorachitina conifundas, Conochitina brevis, Conochitina langei, Conochitina raymondi, Conochitina symmetrica, Lagenochitina esthonica and Lagenochitina destombesi) indicate 4 Lower Ordovician chitinozoan biozones (Amphorachitina conifundas Zone, Conochitina symmetrica Zone, Lagenochitina esthonica / Conochitina raymondi Zone, Conochitina langei / Conochitina brevis Zone), and 2 proposed biozones {Cyathochitina dispar Zone, Laufeldochitina sp. Zone) that are unique to Newfoundland. Together, these zones span the upper Tremadoc through the entire Arenig, and correlate well with equivalent sections from North America, Europe, north Africa  and Australia. While Amphorachitina conifundas and Lagenochitina destombesi have not previously been reported within North American sections, their persistence in western  Newfoundland establishes a strong affinity between Laurentian and Gondwanan sections that has not been documented within eastern Canada. -- A preliminary investigation of species distribution suggests a number of taxa (Conochitina, Rhabdochitina and Lagenochitina spp.) may  show preference for either shallow (proximal) or deep water (distal) deposits along the lower carbonate slope of the Cow  Head Group. Whether this reflects either physical reworking and sediment transport, or the result of ecological influences is largely speculative. From the present study it  is clear that the distributional controls on chitinozoa within the Cow Head Group are indeed complex, and likely influenced by an array of sedimentological and biological processes.


identifier: Bhardwaj, Vandita <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Bhardwaj=3AVandita=3A=3A.html>   (2000) An enhanced New Product Development (NDP) model and the application of Taguchi Methods in upstream NPD activities.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: New product development (NPD) has emerged as a key aspect in today's manufacturing industry which is constantly being driven by global competition, advancing technologies and the need for frequent introductions of newer, better quality and lower cost new products. Having an efficient and a well-structured NPD process is critical to the success of a manufacturing organization and has led to research on reengineering and continuously improving the NPD process. -- This thesis proposes a NPD process model, viz., the NPRP (New product realization process) model, aimed at developing high quality products at low cost and at an accelerated rate. The NPRP model is a comprehensive model (constituting five concurrent phases), which encompasses all NPD activities in a manufacturing organization, right from the conception of the new product idea to the commercialization of the product in the market. The model provides a detailed structural framework for the NPD process and elaborates the constituent activities, milestones, deliverables and tools involved. The model places major emphasis on the upstream activities of the NPD process, viz., Opportunity evaluation and Product and Process design; as they are crucial in affecting the quality, cost and development time of a new product. The NPRP model proposes Taguchi method (TM) as a quality-engineering tool for improving the quality and pace of product concept design activities, which form a crucial part of the front-end NPD activities. TM is proposed as a tool for realizing high quality / low cost product with shorter development cycles. -- The thesis further successfully demonstrates the potential of TM as a front-end NPRP tool through a case study in LOM process optimization. LOM or Laminated Object Manufacturing is a rapid prototyping process used for manufacturing concept prototypes of new products in the manufacturing industry. The thesis furnishes details of the case study and presents results illustrating improved LOM process quality and reduced process time; eventually contributing to high quality/ low cost and faster NPD. -- The NPRP model can serve as an initial framework/guideline for establishing and implementing a systematic NPD process in a manufacturing organization and the LOM process optimization case study using TM furnishes new avenues for further quality improvement and problem solving in LOM, both for industrial and educational purposes.


identifier: Billings, Dolores Merici <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Billings=3ADolores_Merici=3A=3A.html>   (2001) The development of a reading comprehension strategy program for elementary students entitled 'Learning How' Module 1 - Summarizing.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purpose of this project was to develop a reading comprehension strategy program integrated with the elementary social studies content. I chose to do this for four reasons (a) research has shown that students can learn strategies (b) strategies are best taught explicitly within a content area (c) teachers do not have the time to develop such programs and, (d) strategy instruction does improve comprehension. -- Research shows that good readers use the following four strategies - summarizing, clarifying, questioning, and predicting (Jones et al., 1987). It is also noted in research that it is better to teach one strategy at a time (Pressley et al., 1987, 1989). The comprehension strategy of summarizing has been shown as the most important strategy of the four (Jones et al., 1987). -- Therefore, I have chosen to develop the unit using the summarizing strategy. The social studies content will be based on outcomes from Strand 1 of the new Atlantic Social Studies Elementary Curriculum.


identifier: Boyce, Daniel Lawrence <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Boyce=3ADaniel_Lawrence=3A=3A.html>   (2000) Feeding and on-growing strategies for yellowtrail flounder Limanada ferruginea (Storer).  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: "Give a person a fish and he will have food for a day; teach  him to grow fish and he will have food for a lifetime", so goes the old Chinese saying. Application of this wisdom on a  world-wide scale could go a long way in producing food for the hungry millions. To help spread this principle and philosophy is important in aquaculture. This thesis focuses on strategies to improve the growing techniques of juvenile flatfish with emphasis on yellowtail flounder, Limanda ferruginea (Storer), which has been identified as a potential species for cold-water aquaculture along the north-east coast of Canada. -- Optimal food rations can affect the commercial success of any aquaculture venture. The effects of ration levels on growth performance of 0+ juvenile yellowtail flounder was examined for fish held under a 16L:8D photoperiod. Two experiments were conducted; the first using ration levels of 1, 2, 4, 6% (body weight⋅d⁻¹ (bw ⋅d⁻¹)) on small juveniles (mean initial weight  ± SE 1.0 ± 0.04 g) held at 7.0°C with a stocking density of 0.95 kg⋅m⁻ ²(~ 45% bottom coverage). The second experiment used ration levels of 1, 1.5, 2, 3% bw ⋅d⁻¹ on large juveniles (mean initial weight ± SE 7.39 ± .07 g) held at 10°C with a stocking density of 1.45 kg⋅m⁻² (~ 34% bottom coverage). Survival in both experiments was not significantly different. Results of experiment 1 indicated that fish fed 1% bw ⋅d⁻¹ had significantly lower growth (weight, length, body depth and specific growth rates)(p<0.05) than those fed 2, 4 and 6% bw ⋅d⁻¹. Significant differences (p<0.05) with gross food conversion rations (GFCR's) were found between fish fed rations of 1% and 2% and those fed 4% and 6% rations, but 4-6% bw ⋅d⁻¹ were poor in terms of gross food conversion ratios, resulting in food wastage. Results of experiment 2 indicated that fish fed 1, 1.5 and 2% bw ⋅d⁻¹ had significantly lower growth (weight, length and specific growth rates) (p<0.05)than fish fed 3% bw ⋅d⁻¹. Gross food conversion rations (GFCR's) were significantly different (p<0.05) for all 4 rations. Overall, this study demonstrated that it would be more feasible to use a ration of 2% bw ⋅d⁻¹ for small juveniles and 1-1.5% bw ⋅d⁻¹ for large juveniles. -- It has been demonstrated that increased photoperiods improve growth and survival during the larval stage of this species. I conducted an experiment to determine the effect of photoperiod on growth and survival of 1+ juvenile yellowtail flounder. This experiment compared growth and survival rates of juveniles (mean initial weight ± SE = 9.25 ± 0.22 g) under 24, 18, 12 and daily ambient photoperiod. A stocking density of 0.47 kg⋅m⁻² (~10% bottom coverage) and a feeding ration of 2% (body weight⋅d⁻¹ (bw⋅d⁻¹)) was used. Temperature was held at 7.0°C. No significant differences in growth or survival among juveniles were found under the different photoperiods. It appears that the most cost-effective approach is to provide a simulated natural photoperiod for juvenile yellowtail flounder. -- There is a need for an "optimal stocking density" of juvenile flatfish to be established for cultured species in hatchery situations. This final study in my thesis examined the effects of three different stocking densities on the growth performance and survival of 0+ juvenile yellowtail flounder held under 16L:8D photoperiod. Three densities of 0.47,0.95 and 1.9 kg⋅m⁻² with 23%, 45% and 90% bottom coverage was used. Juvenile yellowtail (mean initial weight ± SE = 1.02 ±0.05 g) were fed a feed ration of 2% (body weight⋅d⁻¹ (bw⋅d⁻¹)). Temperature was 7.0°C. No significant differences in growth or survival between juveniles were found under the different stocking densities.  However, stocking densities with 90% bottom coverage had slightly lower growth rates and higher gross food conversion  ratios. -- Overall results suggests that juvenile yellowtail  flounder can be stocked at densities greater than 100% bottom coverage. Economically, it appears more feasible to use a ration of 2% bw⋅d⁻¹ for small juveniles and 1-1.5% bw⋅d⁻¹ for larger juveniles and it appears that the most cost-effective approach is to provide simulated natural photoperiod (min. 6-8 hours) for juvenile yellowtail flounder production.


identifier: Rodríguez Manzanares, Maria Ángeles <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Rodri==0301guez_Manzanares=3AMaria_A==0301ngeles=3A=3A.html>   (2006) The Beliefs of Self-Identified Successful Learners of Spanish at the University Level.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purpose of the study was to gain insight into the beliefs of self-identified successful learners of Spanish as a foreign language at a Canadian university. Data collection for the case study relied on the Beliefs About Language Learning Inventory or BALLI (Horwitz, 1988) in combination with an online discussion and individual online interviews. Descriptive profiles of individual participants' beliefs as well as cross-case analysis and comparisons with the literature highlighted the importance of beliefs related to informal opportunities for learning in authentic contexts such as through interactions with native speakers and the target culture. Implications for teaching Spanish include providing opportunities for authentic language practice and access to the target culture. Future studies might compare learning French and Spanish in Canadian contexts.


identifier: Reid, John G. (John Graham) <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Reid=3AJohn_G=2E_=28John_Graham=29=3A=3A.html>   (1972) Maine and the Royal Commission of 1664-1666.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: On his Restoration in 1660, Charles II faced the task of reimposing his authority throughout the realm. This study examines a particular aspect of that task as it related to the colonies. -- Between 1652 and 1658, the Province of Maine in New England had been annexed by Massachusetts and the Lord Proprietor of the province thus dispossessed. The structure of landholding in Maine had also been changed, since those who held land by patent from the Lord Proprietor now had to co-exist with several town organisations which, like their counterparts in Massachusetts, claimed common ownership of the land within their boundaries. -- From 1660, the Lord Proprietor, in alliance with certain of the patentees, made repeated efforts to resume control of his province. These efforts were never successful, largely because of the popular suspicion aroused by the accompanying intention to restore the proprietary land system. This would have destroyed the principle of free land which had been established under Massachusetts. -- Soon the royal government intervened. The aggrieved landowners, favoured by legal opinion, were pressing for redress; this, and other disputes over the power of Massachusetts, demanded royal action. Massachusetts, however, followed a policy of procrastination which avoided any concession. The government therefore decided to send a royal commission to New England. -- The Massachusetts colony refused on many issues to be moved by the commissioners, who were in these respects powerless to enforce their authority. In Maine, however, the commissioners were able successfully to make a temporary settlement by taking the province under direct royal authority and imposing a temporary moratorium on land disputes. -- Thus the inhabitants of Maine were for the moment satisfied, though both the Lord Proprietor and the Massachusetts colony had reason to be unhappy. No final settlement, however, was proposed by the royal government. In the absence of action from London, Massachusetts in 1668 resumed jurisdiction in Maine and was able to consolidate its power there. The proprietary system had long been unacceptable to the bulk of the inhabitants of Maine. When the king failed to offer any realistic alternative, the way was left open for Massachusetts and royal authority in New England received a severe setback.


identifier: McNeice, Gary Wayne <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/McNeice=3AGary_Wayne=3A=3A.html>   (1998) Magnetotelluric investigation of the Appalachians, Newfoundland, Canada.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Data from 77 magnetotelluric (MT) soundings across the Appalachian orogen in Newfoundland, Canada, are, analysed to determine the conductivity structure of major tectonic boundaries of the orogen and the regional conductivity structure. An extended Groom-Bailey tensor decomposition analysis is developed and employed to remove galvanic distortion effects produced by the complex near surface geology of Newfoundland. In the proposed decomposition analysis a global minimum is sought to determine the most appropriate strike direction and telluric distortion parameters for a range of frequencies and a set of sites. The recovered 2D responses are representative of regional-scale structures and 2D inversion algorithms can be employed to recover the regional conductivity structure. -- The regional conductivity structure of the orogen suggests that the Baie Verte Line, Red Indian Line and Dover fault - Hermitage flexure represent significant crustal tectonic boundaries. The conductivity structure changes both across and along strike in Newfoundland. The magnetotelluric data do not support a near two-dimensional model of three lower crustal blocks but indicate a more complex three-dimensional geometry in southern Newfoundland. -- The Baie Verte Line is imaged as an upper-middle crustal boundary separating the deformed and duplicated passive margin of Laurentia (Humber zone) and resistive arc terrain of the Notre Dame subzone. The Red Indian Line marks the boundary between the Notre Dame and Exploits subzones of the Dunnage zone and is roughly coincident with a change in lower crustal conductivity. The Dover fault is imaged as a near vertical boundary between upper-middle crusts of contrasting electrical properties, extending to a depth of at least 20 km. -- The sharp change in upper-middle crustal conductivity observed in the magnetotelluric data suggest that orogen parallel motions were important in the development of many of the major boundaries of the orogen. The data support a three part division of the lower crust.


identifier: Healey, James B. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Healey=3AJames_B=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1994) An educational history of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Newfoundland, 1703-1850.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This thesis is entitled An Educational History of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Newfoundland. 1703 - 1850. Its purpose is to provide - as far as possible - a detailed history of the educational work of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (S.P.G.) while it was active in Newfoundland throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. -- The S.P.G. was founded in London, England, in 1701 and served as the educational arm of the Church of England for many years, directing most of its efforts to missionary and pedagogical concerns throughout the British Empire. Its association with Newfoundland began in 1703 and continued well into the next century when, for all intents and purposes, it? educational endeavours ended around 1850 with a brief foray into Labrador. Since records indicate that the Society greatly reduced its operations after 1833 and eventually withdrew from the Newfoundland educational scene by the eighteen fifties, it seems appropriate to end this account of the Society's activities at the mid-nineteenth century. -- Largely through the use of primary sources, this thesis elaborates on the following topics: -- (i) the establishment and early history of the Society; --  (ii) the stated goals and objectives of the Society; -- (iii) social, economic and educational conditions in Newfoundland in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as well as political events and their effects on the Society's operations; -- (iv) involvement of the Society in Newfoundland, including the assistance to and establishment of schools in several communities; -- (v) the work of specific missionaries and teachers as indicated in the primary sources; -- (vi) the gradual decline of the Society's operations in Newfoundland in the nineteenth century and factors pertaining to the decline; and -- (vii) an evaluation of the Society's work and effectiveness. -- This paper focuses on the pedagogical, as opposed to the spiritual, work of the S.P.G., although no description would be complete without some mention of the religious side of this organization, an aspect that, for the most part, is dealt with in the introductory chapters. -- The author hopes that, in the final analysis, this thesis will provide a concise, convenient record of a heretofore little-known era in Newfoundland's educational and cultural history.