identifier: Dunne, Eric Benedict <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Dunne=3AEric_Benedict=3A=3A.html>   (1970) Biological and economic aspects of the Newfoundland cod fisheries.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This study examines economic and biological aspects of the Newfoundland cod fisheries in an attempt to explain why this industry, particularly the inshore sector, is continually in economic straits. -- The study can be divided into two segments, the first setting the groundwork for the analysis contained in the second part. To provide a groundwork, the first segment deals with the biological aspects of the cod stocks, the economic theory of a sea fishery, and the record of government attention to the Newfoundland cod fisheries. -- Several distinct stocks of cod are found to exist around the Newfoundland coast, however, all of these do not approach close enough to shore to be available to the inshore cod fishermen. Even more significant is the fact that the stocks which do migrate within range of inshore gears are also fished on the offshore grounds before and after their inshore movement. This multiple fishing of these stocks is deemed to create an externality for the inshore cod fishery. Certain other behaviourial characteristics of the cod have been said to have special implications for the inshore fishery. These include the tendency for cod to remain in cold water, avoid excessive light, and become sluggish if well fed. -- The economic theory of a sea fishery, as developed by several authors, is reviewed to provide guidelines for later analysis. The significant point of this theory is that sea fisheries tend to become overexploited because no one operator can appropriate the rent from the resource. Consequently, fishing effort is pushed beyond the economic optimum point and returns to factors engaged are depressed. This course of action may push the fishery even beyond the point of the biological optimum which has been the usual goal of fishery administrators in the past. This tendency will be the focal point of the inshore fishery analysis. -- The review of government attention to the fishery centres on two aspects: regulation and assistance. Most of the regulations are found to affect the inshore cod trap fishery. However, in toto, these rules are directed mainly to achieving orderly fishing or protecting operators of a certain type of gear rather than economic fishing levels. The record of government assistance has had two phases: pre-Confederation and post-Confederation. In the first the objective of the programmes was to achieve orderly and efficient marketing with little attention given to improving productivity at the primary level. The second phase was characterized by attempts to improve the capital base of the fishery through subsidization of vessels, fishing gear and materials. -- The analytical section begins with an examination of the inshore cod fishery in the period since 1937. Several trends are found to exist over this period. Landed volume has steadily declined while value of catch has risen. The number of men employed fell rapidly in the early fifties and showed some upward movement thereafter but never reattained former levels. There is no legal restriction on entry to this fishery but exit is hindered by several factors: lack of education, isolation and general psychology. Technology has not yet changed significantly and catching apparatus lack the element of pursuit characteristic of more mobile fishing fleets. The major problem is found to be one of too many men chasing fewer and fewer fish but incurring higher costs as time goes on. Government policy has had the unfortunate result of encouraging both improvements in technology and maintaining high numbers of fishermen. All these ills are concurrent with uneconomic offshore fishing effort reducing the stocks exploitable inshore. -- The offshore codfishery is very different from the inshore. A highly mobile fleet consisting mainly of otter trawlers, fish cod only a small percentage of the time. The otter trawler fleet is company-owned and thus tends to fish species that are not available in sufficient quantities inshore. But this fleet must overcome certain inefficiencies if future cod landings are to be economically maintained at present levels. These problems are found to centre around low catches, high average costs, low average revenue and poor operating times. -- It is finally decided that manpower in the inshore cod fishery must be reduced if that fishery is to be more economic or less uneconomic. The offshore cod fishery will have to supply more landings in the future if demand continues at present levels. If this is to be done economically, improvements in the operating efficiency of the offshore fleet must be made. Recommendations for achieving these ends are offered. They centre mainly on restricting entry to the inshore fishery and achieving fuller utilization of the existing offshore fleet before expanding it.


identifier: Lanari, Robert E. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Lanari=3ARobert_E=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1973) L'adoption chez les Amerindiens Montagnais-Naskapi, North-West-River, Labrador.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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identifier: Rose, Barbara Campbell <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Rose=3ABarbara_Campbell=3A=3A.html>   (2001) Thinking about the end : posthistory, ideology, and narrative closure.  Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Has history come to an end? The novels under discussion here examine posthistorical paralysis and indicate that the end of history is promoted by the dominant ideology of American culture: the assumption that "America" occupies the millennial site of history's universal terminus. Written during Cold War and post-Cold War anxieties about American destiny, these novels confront the teleological premise of that ideology, offering a characteristic suspicion of narrative endings. John Edgar Wideman's Philadelphia Fire (1990) reveals how the master narrative of America is structurally exclusive. E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime (1975) and Robert Coover's The Public Burning (1977) examine the teleological plot that presents historical process as natural necessity and reject the closed universe of apocalyptic history. William Burroughs's Cities of the Red Night (1981) and Thomas Pynchon's Vineland (1990) question the paranoid suspicion of conspiracy as another way of thinking about the end; both deploy a strategic nostalgia that aims to recover what triumphal history tries to disavow. Don DeLillo's Underworld (1997) challenges the political cynicism of the posthistoric end and rejects both the triumphalist view of a completed history and the pessimist view of an exhausted history. Contradiction is thus a privileged term, yet Underworld also seeks to resolve it, answering the call of the dominant ideology's millennial seduction by stressing what remains emphatically uncompleted at the supposed end of history. All these novels suggest that closure is to be both resisted and desired, revealing a common utopian element that obliges us to consider the appeal of history completing itself when universal justice is finally achieved. The end of history might be impossible, these novels argue, but they insist that its impossibility is the very condition of possibility for ethical action in history. Philadelphia Fire, Ragtime, The Public Burning, Cities of the Red Night, Vineland, and Underworld urge that we conceive of the end of history as a necessary goal but reject determinist History and the calculated alibis it provides.


identifier: Moyles, R. G. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Moyles=3AR=2E_G=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1967) Theodore Dreiser: the reluctant naturalist.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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identifier: McDonald, Brian <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/McDonald=3ABrian=3A=3A.html>   (2000) Themes of corporatism in the postwar American novel.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Specifically interested in a species of democratic erosion known as "corporatism," a creeping political specter which John Ralston Saul has described as "for some time the only real threat to democracy," this thesis is based on a reading of selected works of three post-WWII American novelists--Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead and Armies of the Night, Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49 and Vineland, and Don DeLillo's White Noise and Underworld--as reactions to an increasingly corporatist America. I will argue that what is at stake for these writers in their fiction is the viability of democratic ideals in a postmodern culture and society in which the very possibility of a legitimately democratic civic life, and the effectiveness of individual political agency are, at best, put in serious jeopardy by organized interests that have unprecedented control over the shape of America, and that have created a political and cultural atmosphere saturated with paranoia, secrecy, and political passivity.


identifier: Posen, I. Sheldon <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Posen=3AI=2E_Sheldon=3A=3A.html>   (1974) Song and singing traditions at children's summer camps.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Children’s summer camps have been little studied by folklorists, thought the camps exhibit many of the characteristics of “classic” folk groups, and their members have shared a body of songs, among other lore, which have been passed from generation to generation of camp people. This thesis argues that the songs and singing at summer camps comprise bona fide folk traditions, and describes in some detail the nature and function of the traditions within camp culture. The thesis is based on fieldwork carried out at camps in Ontario and Newfoundland, interviews with camp people, official camp literature, and the writer’s extensive experience at summer camps. -- Summer camps are organized by adults for the purposeful recreation of children. As such, camp culture operates on at least two levels, the official level, at which goals are set by camp authorities for the campers, and practices instituted for the fulfilment of those goals; and the unofficial level, at which the campers strive to achieve their own goals. The structure is similar to that of a religious group, and the terms “liturgical” and “lay” can be substituted for “official” and “unofficial.” -- Camp provides traditional contexts for singing at both the liturgical and lay levels. The singing is usually carried out by more than three persons, such that it is pertinent to speak of camp songs in terms of “group singing” and “group repertoire.” The level at which singing takes place in any situation is indicated by the behaviour of the group in initiating the singing and selecting the songs, and defined according to the functions served by the singing. Singing often reflects the concerns of lay and liturgical groups and may point to areas of social or psychological stress or accord within camp culture. -- Singing has long been a practice at the liturgical level at summer camps. Repertoires and singing practices at modern camps show the combined influences of the singing traditions at recreation and leftist camps during the first half of the century. Since about the 1950’s camp singing traditions have been influenced with increasing intensity, and in turn been influenced by, the commercial folksong revival. Nonetheless traditional repertoires and singing practices have been retained at many camps.


identifier: Bragg, Russell A. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Bragg=3ARussell_A=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1976) Some aspects of the phonology of Newfoundland Micmac.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: We have made an attempt in this paper to provide a concise description of some aspects of the phonology of Newfoundland Micmac, in particular those aspects as yet unsettled. -- We give first a brief introduction to the Micmacs in Newfoundland themselves as a prelude to the study of their language. Immediately following we have discussed the present phonological situation of the Micmac language in Newfoundland. -- We proceed to those specific aspects dealt with in this paper beginning with a description of the consonantal system. In the course of this description we discuss several problems and, in summing our conclusions, we suggest resolutions to such issues, among them the problem of “long” versus geminated liquids before liquids and the necessity of a separate phoneme, /q/, to account for the many variants of the velar plosives and fricatives found in our data. m-- An examination of the vowel phonemes follows, notably of the short vowels and their allophones. As well, mention is made of the status of /w/ and /y/ with reference to the vowels. -- We proceed then to the prosodics of Newfoundland Micmac with a description of stress, intonation and pitch and their relative importance in the language. -- The final part of this paper contains our conclusions on the phonological system of Newfoundland Micmac. Other avenues of study are suggested and emphasis is given to the need for immediate gathering of linguistic data before the complete disappearance of reliable sources of such information.


identifier: Pepper, V. A. (Vernon A.) <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Pepper=3AV=2E_A=2E_=28Vernon_A=2E=29=3A=3A.html>   (1974) Seasonal and daily variation in distribution and abundance of some shallow water benthic marine fish species of Logy Bay, Newfoundland, with special reference to Myoxocephalus scorpius and M. octodecemspinosus.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Investigation of the seasonal and daily movements of some shallow water benthic marine species in a small, rock bounded "gulch" of variable depth in Logy Bay, Newfoundland, revealed that two species of sculpin, Myoxocephalus scorpius and M. octodecemspinosus were the most common fish inhabitants of the area. M. octodecemspinosus dominated the area's fish fauna during the summer months. Although M. scorpius was a year round inhabitant of the area, its population was greatly decreased in the winter. Analyses of distribution patterns for these two species indicated that M. octodecemspinosus ranged through the depth gradient of the gulch and occupied various types of open bottom terrain. M. scorpius was more common in the lower reaches of the gulch and was associated with cover throughout the summer months. This cryptic behaviour subsided during the winter months subsequent to the fall emigration of M. octodecemspinosus from the area. -- Stepwise multiple regression and correlation analyses of the numbers of M. scorpius, M. octodecemspinosus and Stichaeus punctatus per unit area suggested that, of the physical and biological parameters examined, photoperiod, temperature and the degree of water movement were correlated with the abundance of these benthic fish species in the study area. Linear prediction models of abundance of M. scorpius, M. octodecemspinosus and S. punctatus per unit area are presented. Deficiencies of these models are discussed. -- Observations of M. scorpius and M. octodecemspinosus at night suggest interspecific avoidance by reciprocal movements into and out of the study area at dawn and dusk. The numbers of M. scorpius present in the study area decreased at dusk and increased again at dawn. -- Pseudopleuronectes americanus was abundant in the area from late May to September. A dense aggregation of P. americanus observed after dark in late June is described. -- Times of immigration and emigration of Limanda ferruginea were similar to those of P. americanus.


identifier: Cyr, James John <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Cyr=3AJames_John=3A=3A.html>   (1976) Piagetian tasks as predictors of behavioral competence in the aged.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: It was hypothesized that two Piagetian tasks employed in assessing Piagetian cognitive development (namely, The Oscillation of a Pendulum and the Operations of Exclusion and Equilibrium in Balance) would be valid and reliable measures of cognitive ability of institutionalized aged adults. -- It was also hypothesized that these two tasks would be at least as good as other cognitive tasks (namely, the Vocabulary and Digit span subtests of the W.A.I.S. Set Test, and Associate Learning subtest of the W.M.S.) in predicting the behavioral status (measured by the Stockton Geriatric Rating Scale; SGRS) of the aged participants. The assessment of a young (X age = 27.2 years) and an institutionalized aged (X age = 83.0 years) sample population clearly demonstrated that although the I.Q. levels (measured by the W.A.I.S. Vocabulary subtest) were equal, the young sample performed significantly better on the Piagetian tasks (i.e., they functioned at a higher level of cognitive development) than the geriatric sample. -- The results indicated that the Piagetian tasks are valid and reliable measures of cognitive ability with these institutionalized adults. They were found to be the best predictors of behavioral status in comparison with other cognitive tasks which are usually employed in assessing a geriatric sample. The SGRS scores were best predicted by a combination of the mean scores of the two Piagetian tasks, W.A.I.S. Vocabulary subtest, and the Set Test (accounted for over 25% of the variance). The remaining cognitive tasks, sex, and age, either alone or in combination with the three aforementioned cognitive tasks, account for relatively little variance in predicting the SFRS scores. -- There was some evidence that the three best predictors of the SFRS lay on a bipolar dimension with the Piagetian tasks and the Set Test at one end and the W.A.I.S. Vocabulary subtest at the opposite end. It was suggested that this finding appears to be incompatible with Cattell’s theory of fluid and crystallized intelligence. -- It was concluded that the use of age as a predictor variable, in itself, provides little information about an individual that could not be discovered much more accurately with even minimal psychological testing. The importance of health factors, environmental influences, and the relationship between Piagetian theory and these environmental influences are discussed.


identifier: Critch, Susan Clift <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Critch=3ASusan_Clift=3A=3A.html>   (1975) Photoisomerization of bicyclooctanones in solution.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The photolysis of bicyclo(3.2.1)octan-2-one (XVII), bicyclo(2.2.2)octan-2-one (XXV), and 1,8,8-trimethyl-bicyclo(3.2.1)octan-2-one (homocamphor) (IX) in nucleophilic solvents (methanol, water, cyclohexylamine) is reported. The structures of the products were established by synthesis and comparison with authentic materials, and, in the case of XVII, the two aldehydes (XVIII, XIX) were isolated and the position of the double bond established by nuclear magnetic resonance shift measurements and confirmed by degradation. The spectroscopic properties of the products were recorded. -- The photochemical products were predominantly derived from aldehydes and ketenes and the product ratios are tabulated. The results are rationalized in terms of conformational analysis of the diradical intermediates involved. A potential general method of altering the product ratio using cyclohexylamine is described, as are various synthetic approaches to these ketones.


identifier: Gosse, Verena Florence <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Gosse=3AVerena_Florence=3A=3A.html>   (1976) Non-disabled persons' attitude towards the physically disabled as a function of educational level and contact.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purpose of the study was to describe and compare the expressed attitudes of non-disabled persons' toward the physically disabled as a function of educational level and contact. Attitudes were measured by the Attitudes Toward Disabled Persons scale (ATDP). Specifically, a comparison was made between ATDP scores of students who had experienced previous contact with physically disabled persons and students who had not, in each of three educational levels: junior high (grade seven), senior high (grade eleven), and second-year university. -- Data from 273 junior high school, 268 senior high school, and 155 second-year university students were subjected to analysis of variance and Sheffé tests with the null hypotheses rejected at the 0.05 level of confidence. -- Findings indicated that both educational level and contact were related to the attitudes of non-disabled subjects toward disabled subjects, and that there was an interaction between these two variables. -- Generally, subjects in the contact group for each successive educational level tended to be more positive in their expressed attitudes toward disabled persons than subjects in the no-contact group. In the no-contact group, however, there was no difference in attitudes toward disabled persons between the grade seven and university students, or between the grade eleven and university students, and for grade eleven students there was no difference between the contact and no-contact groups. Findings also indicated that there was no difference in attitudes toward disabled persons between grade eleven and university students. Thus, the interaction between educational level and contact did not appear to be linear.


identifier: Connors, John Lorne <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Connors=3AJohn_Lorne=3A=3A.html>   (1970) Time and personality in the novels of Virginia Woolf.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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identifier: Kelleher, Royston <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Kelleher=3ARoyston=3A=3A.html>   (1973) A comparison of curricular decision-making in England and Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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identifier: Greene, Michael Francis <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Greene=3AMichael_Francis=3A=3A.html>   (1977) A comparison of maximal oxygen uptake values determined by the Astrand-Rhyming indirect test : the continuous bicycle test ant the continuous treadmill test in male and female subjects.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This study was undertaken to compare the maximum oxygen uptake obtained by three standard maximal oxygen uptake tests. One indirect and two direct tests of maximum oxygen consumption were chosen. The direct tests chosen were the continuous bicycle test and the continuous treadmill test. The indirect test was the Åstrand-Ryhming test employing heart rate response to submaximal work. -- The sample (N=20) which consisted of 10 male and 10 female volunteer students from Memorial University of Newfoundland was divided into two groups on the basis of sex. Each subject was required to perform each of the three maximum oxygen consumption tests. -- The scores obtained from the maximum oxygen consumption tests were compared using the t test for paired samples. The scores obtained from all three maximum oxygen consumption tests were found to be significantly different at the .05 level in all cases except for the Åstrand Indirect test and the continuous cycling test in female subjects. -- The mean difference between the scores on the cycling test and the treadmill test was 9% for males and 11% for females. The treadmill test resulted in values approximately 7% higher than those for both groups. A difference of approximately 3% was found between the Åstrand Indirect and the cycling test with the former yielding the higher scores in both male and female subjects. -- Spearman's coefficient of rank correlation was used to find the correlation coefficients between the three tests. All correlation coefficients were found to be significant at the .05 level. -- It was concluded that, -- i the treadmill test results in values which are approximately 10% higher than those obtained during the cycling test, -- ii the Åstrand indirect test underestimates the treadmill score by about 7%, -- iii the Åstrand indirect and cycling test give scores which are similiar.


identifier: Tudiver, Judy <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Tudiver=3AJudy=3A=3A.html>   (1973) A comparison of social and nonsocial reinforcement in the conditioning of infant vocalizations.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The present study was designed to investigate several stimulus properties of the reinforcers used in the conditioning of infant vocalizations: (a) social and nonsocial value, (b) modality (auditory and visual), (c) the effect of the adult presence on the social and nonsocial reinforcers, and (d) the sex of the Ss.  The Ss were 48 home-reared infants ranging from 75 to 118 days old. The result demonstrated that the rate of infant vocalization can be increased by contingent responses from the infant’s environment, both social and nonsocial. Sex and modality were found to be the important factors in the conditioning of infant vocalizations. Visual reinforcers appeared to be the most effective for males, while for females, visual and auditory reinforcers were equally effective. Possible explanations for this finding were hypothesized on the basis of the differential developmental rates of the sensory systems and the differential developmental rates of the sexes.


identifier: Elliott, Harry G. (Harry Gerald) <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Elliott=3AHarry_G=2E_=28Harry_Gerald=29=3A=3A.html>   (1973) A comparison of structured and unstructured modes of teaching elementary science process activities : the influence of personality and socioeconomic status.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The study investigated the effects of two learning styles on the acquisition of science processes and on student preference for learning style. The study also investigated possible interactions of certain personality traits (Extraversion, Neuroticism, Dependency) and socioeconomic status with the treatments. -- Two sets of activities taken from the Elementary Science Curriculum Study (ESCS) course were arranged in a structured and an unstructured learning style and used in the study. The essential difference between these two styles involved the degree of teacher control and direction. -- Four grade six classes were selected for the main part of the study. This selection was done on the basis of no previous exposure to a process science course and a suitable range of socioeconomic status scores. All classes experienced both learning styles and were engaged in both sets of activities during the two week period of the experiment. -- Personality and socioeconomic status were assessed by means of standard instruments. Student achievement of science processes and preference for learning style were determined by investigator constructed instruments. -- The achievement scores were analyzed by multiple linear regression, controlling for the effects of I.Q. and pretest scores. The preference scores were treated by chi-square analysis. -- The results indicated a preference for and superior achievement in the structured style. However, caution must be expressed in drawing this conclusion. An interaction of class and treatments for both achievement and preference occurred, with one class producing superior achievement in and preference for the unstructured mode. It is suggested that this interaction involved a number of factors, some of which were not investigated in this study. The results indicated a significant interaction of neuroticism and treatment with respect to achievement. No other significant interactions of the personality variables or socioeconomic status with the learning styles occurred. It is suggested that the structured style favoring the more neurotic students may be the result of a greater need for teacher control by the students.


identifier: Andrews, Ralph William <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Andrews=3ARalph_William=3A=3A.html>   (1973) A comparison of students' and scientists' understanding of the characteristics of scientists.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This study investigated high school students’ and scientists’ understanding of the characteristics of scientists.  Students’ and scientists’ responses on a similar instrument were compared. An instrument (Characteristics of Scientists Survey) was developed consisting of 14 Likert-type subscales. This instrument assessed a wide range of characteristics such as the scientific attitudes of scientists, their motivation, their philosophical and religious beliefs, their role in society and their non-professional life style. A second instrument (Semantic Differential-Scientist) was used to further assess student impressions as to the personal characteristics of scientists. -- The following three hypotheses were tested in the study: -- I. There are no significant differences in the perceived characteristics of scientists, as revealed on an appropriate instrument, among various groups of professional scientists. -- II. There are no significant differences in the perceived characteristics of scientists, as revealed on an appropriate instrument, among various groups of eleventh grade students. -- III. There are not significant differences in the perceived characteristics of scientists, as revealed on an appropriate instrument, between professional scientists and eleventh grade high school students. -- Students’ and scientists’ responses were analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance. The 14 subscales or category scores were the dependent variables. Factors such as type of scientist, years of experience, highest degree received, students’ sex, science class of student, student’s hometown size, and his socio-economic status were the independent variables. The means of student responses on the Semantic Differential were graphed for comparison purposes. -- The results indicated no differences among groups of scientist scores, but significant differences were found among student groups for some of the 14 subscales. These differences were due mainly to science class and socio-economic status. Generally, students in chemistry, physics and biology had a more positive image of scientists as to their scientific attitudes at work, and their true motivation, than did students in earth science and physical science. Student of low socio-economic status felt more strongly than did medium or high socio-economic status students that scientists were motivated less by external factors such as financial rewards and prestige, and that scientists were much like they appeared in science fiction movies and stories. -- Students’ and scientists’ mean scores differed for nine of the 14 categories or subscales. Students had a more positive impression than scientists as to the scientific attitudes (integrity, operational adjustments, and critical abilities) used by scientists at work. Generally, students felt more strongly than scientists that scientists were motivated to do science by a desire to improve human welfare.  Students felt that scientists were more religious, and also that scientists were less confident as to their beliefs in a comprehensible and knowable universe, than did scientists.  Students also felt more strongly than scientists that most scientists needed to play a stronger role in making decisions about the uses of science. -- There was no common agreement or disagreement among students and scientists as to whether scientists were strongly motivated by external motivation, or whether scientists should keep the public informed about their work, or whether most scientists were highly interested in non-professional activities and home life. However, students and scientists strongly agreed that most scientists were highly motivated by intrinsic factors such as curiosity and the desire to know, and that most scientists recognized the importance of contributions made by science and technology to social progress and melioration. -- Student responses on the Semantic Differential-Scientist suggest in general a very positive image of the scientist. Although some negative attitudes were expressed, indicating that some students felt the scientist was a little strange, slightly radical and somewhat untidy in appearance.  -- This study illustrated the need for more detailed investigations into student attitudes pertaining to scientists and their work, and the need for more research on scientists’ own attitudes about aspects of their work. Also the study indicated the need for more attention to be paid to student attitudes in future science curriculum development.


identifier: Babstock, Lewis Jeffrey <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Babstock=3ALewis_Jeffrey=3A=3A.html>   (1977) A comparison of the effect of two interval training frequencies on physical working capacity and running speed in untrained subjects under constant weekly work loads.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of two interval training frequencies, on physical working capacity and running speed, when using untrained subjects and a constant work load. -- Eighteen untrained male subjects were divided into three matched groups, according to their placement in a modified Barrow zig zag run. Group one trained four times per week, group two trained two times per week and group three acted as a control group. All subjects received a pre and post test in a PWC-170 Test, a Shuttle Run and a Modified Barrow Zig Zag Run. The F-Test and Newman-Keuls Test were administered in the statistical analysis of the data. -- The results indicated that there was a significant difference between group one and group three and group two and group three in all tests used in the study. There were no significant differences between the two experimental groups. -- It was therefore concluded that training at a frequency of two times per week was just as effective as training four times per week in improving running speed and physical working capacity.


identifier: Luedicke, Klaus Michael <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Luedicke=3AKlaus_Michael=3A=3A.html>   (1974) A study of the workload of teachers in the central and regional high schools of Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine: (a) the effect that a teacher's sex and marital status, years of teaching experience, years of training, subject field, size of school, and average daily number of student contacts have on the workload of Central and Regional High School teachers in Newfoundland; (b) the views that teachers hold toward their actual teacher workload; (c) the teachers' estimation of a desirable workload and the recommendations of teachers for implementing the desired workload. Three time intervals were used when calculating a teacher's workload: the five-day week, the two-day weekend, and the seven-day week. -- Data for the study was obtained through a questionnaire prepared by the investigator. Of the three hundred questionnaires sent to teachers, a net usable return of 66.7 percent was received. -- An analysis of the data revealed that a teacher's sex and marital status, subject field, and average daily student contact have an influence on a teacher's total workload, as well as on some components comprising a teacher's workload. On the other hand, a teacher's years of teaching experience, years of training, and size of school have little or no effect on a teacher's total workload, or on the various components comprising a teacher's workload. -- Considerable dissatisfaction was expressed by teachers toward their actual workload. They sought time provision during the regular school day for preparation and marking, a reduced classroom instruction load, a decrease in the student-teacher ratio, a reasonable quantity of different subjects/courses taught by a teacher and the virtual elimination of non-professional tasks. -- The findings further indicated that teachers desired a total workload of 38.75 hours in a seven-day week, as compared to an actual seven-day week workload of 43.83 hours. To implement the desired workload, seventy-five recommendations directed primarily toward local school administration, school boards, and the Department of Education were given. Approximately one-half of the recommendations were within the control or influence of the local school to implement. A reduction in the student-teacher ratio and the employment of teacher aides were the most often cited recommendations for implementing the desired workload. It was apparent in the study that teachers seek to have their occupation "professionalized". In part, this means being relieved of mundane tasks so that more time can be devoted to planning and carrying out their work for students.


identifier: Basha, Sharon Rose <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Basha=3ASharon_Rose=3A=3A.html>   (1975) A diagnosis of some mathematics difficulties of grades seven and eight students in special education classes.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the strengths and weaknesses of the mathematical performance of special education students and average students (as defined by the teacher) at the grade seven and eight level. Two questions to be explored were: -- (1) Are there common errors among students in a special education class? -- (2) Are there errors which are common to both the regular class and the special education class? -- The subjects of the study were 51 junior high students representing three schools located in Central Newfoundland. Thirty of these were special education students who ranged in age from 12 to 18, and the regular class numbered 21.  A test devised by the investigator, and administered to all students individually, served as a means of data collection. During the testing interview the student was asked to explain the regrouping process in addition and subtraction of whole numbers, and his reasoning in computation when such was not clear to the investigator. Before the test began, the researcher asked the student to "think out loud" and he was recorded on a cassette tape. Manipulative devices such as beads, an abacus, number lines, place value holders and a fraction kit, were provided for students who needed to use them. -- Analysis of the students' responses indicated that the regular class was superior to the special education group in every category of the test. The obvious deficiencies in the special education group were in the sections on division of whole numbers, decimals and fractions. However, certain errors emerged as common to both groups. Several students in both groups used manipulative devices in their calculations, and more than half of each class were unable to explain the regrouping process in addition and subtraction of whole numbers. -- An important observation arising from the study was the researcher's feeling that not only should the special education mathematics program be different from the regular program, but it should be adapted to meet the individual needs of the student. The investigator felt there was a necessity for three different types of programs: the regular program, a remedial program and an activity-learning approach. An important recommendation which arose from this research was that a study be conducted within the special education classes to determine which program or method of instruction might be best suited to the student and his needs.


identifier: Norris, Stephen P. (Stephen Patrick) <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Norris=3AStephen_P=2E_=28Stephen_Patrick=29=3A=3A.html>   (1975) A preliminary construction and validation of a test on the nature of science and scientific thinking.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This study concerned itself with the construction and validation of a test on the nature of science and scientific thinking, to be used with grade X and grade XI high school students and with grades I to XI science teachers. The instrument was grounded on the theoretical framework specified in Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: Cognitive Domain and upon a model of the nature of science gleaned from the writings of several philosophers of science and compiled by the author. This theoretical grounding gave support to the instrument's content validity. -- As an additional check on validity, a preliminary form of the test, containing ninety-one four alternative multiple-choice items, was given to a panel of ten validators, including practicing scientists, science educators, and an epistemologist. Using the results of their analysis, sixteen of the items were excluded from the test, several were modified, and an answer key was devised based upon 70 percent agreement among the panel members. The form of the test which resulted was administered to approximately two hundred fifty grade X and grade XI students and forty-five grades I to XI science teachers. -- Both item and factor analyses of the student's responses indicated that the most plausible interpretation of the manner in which they answered the test was that their responses were essentially random. Such a result was suspected from the beginning, since the students had never received instruction in the content examined by this instrument. However, the item analysis results were still helpful in the rewriting of several test items. Also, the item analysis of the teacher responses indicated that they performed significantly better than the students at the 0.001 level of significance. -- While the factor analysis results reflected the random response given by the students, an attempt was made to discover to what degree the hypothesized factor structures for the instrument matched the factors which were extracted from the students responses. It was believed that more interpretable results would have been received in this regard had the students been instructed in the content examined by the test.


identifier: Krikorian, Garry <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Krikorian=3AGarry=3A=3A.html>   (1973) Macrophage precursor cells in blood from healthy individuals and from cancer patients.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: An original method for counting macrophage precursors from peripheral blood is presented. The interest in developing this method lay in an unresolved question about macrophage behaviour in patients with cancer. -- It is known that patients with advanced cancer have reduced cell-mediated immunity, as shown by poor delayed responses to intradermal injections of a wide range or microbial antigens. Furthermore it has been demonstrated that the cellular response to abrasion of the skin in cancer patients shows a significant reduction in the number of macrophages appearing, when compared with the same response in control individuals. It is likely that the reduced macrophage response and the reduced cell-mediated immune response are causally related. This reduced mononuclear response could be due to a numerical reduction of macrophage precursors in the bloodstream. The objective of this thesis was to investigate this possibility by counting the number of macrophage precursors in the bloodstream. -- The method for counting macrophage precursors entails culturing a leukocyte suspension for seven days. During this period of incubation precursor cells develop into macrophages. The macrophage preparations can be fixed in situ, stained and the macrophages counted. No preferential loss of any type of white cell was observed during the various stages of preparation of the leukocyte suspension, thus indicating the validity of the method. Furthermore the macrophages are non-dividing cells under these conditions. Tests of reliability of the method were considered satisfactory. -- The number of macrophage precursors in 24 healthy adults averaged 3-4 of the white cells in the blood. The higher the total number of white cells, the higher the number of macrophage precursors. -- In a preliminary study seven patients with cancer were compared with seven healthy control subjects; there was no significant difference in the number of macrophage precursors in the two groups. Thus, if these preliminary results are confirmed, the reduced macrophage emigration onto skin windows that has been observed by others in cancer patients can best be explained by a failure of chemotactic mechanisms. Statistical analysis of the haematologic data in the cancer group as compared with the healthy controls revealed one significant difference. In healthy people the number of macrophage precursors correlated positively with the total white cell count; on the other hand, in the cancer group there was no such correlation. This difference between correlations in healthy controls and cancer patients is statistically highly significant.


identifier: Freake, Gerald Wayne <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Freake=3AGerald_Wayne=3A=3A.html>   (1974) A biometrical-genetical study of the effects and interactions of the parasite, the host and the environment on growth rate and aggressiveness of Ustilage hordei (Pers.) Lagerh.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: From two teliospores of ustilago hordei (Pers.) Lagerh (the fungus causing the covered smut disease of barley) the eight monokaryons and the sixteen possible dikaryons derived rom the monokaryotic matings, were used in a biometrical genetic study. Evaluations were made of the relative roles of the genotype, environment and genotype-environment interactions in determining growth rate of the monokaryons and aggressiveness of the dikaryons (parasites). The genetics of host-parasite relationships was also examined using different barley cultivars as hosts. -- The genotype, the environment, and the interaction of the two were found to contribute significantly to the control of variability in growth rate of the monokaryons. Variability in degree of infection of the dikaryons was controlled by the environment, the genotype of the parasite (aggressiveness), and the genotype of the host (tolerance). There were no significant effects from parasite-environment interactions or from host-parasite interactions. -- The aggressiveness of the dikaryons (parasites) and the growth rates of the parental monokaryons were positively correlated, suggesting that both characters may be under the control of a common gene system. It was also demonstrated that faster growth rate in the monokaryons was accompanied by an increased sensitivity to environmental change. -- A general biometrical-genetical model was developed to describe the relationships and interactions within a host-parasite-environment system.


identifier: Jamieson, Edward William <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Jamieson=3AEdward_William=3A=3A.html>   (1973) A socio-economic study of selected Newfoundland provincial camping parks.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Because of the increasing demands being made on the Newfoundland Provincial Park System and a lack of data concerning the social and economic characteristics of those using these parks, the writer determined that a study of selected provincial camping parks would help to fill some gaps in the basic data base in the sphere of outdoor recreation in Newfoundland. -- Data was gathered from the records of the Newfoundland Provincial Parks Service and by means of a mail questionnaire survey. The sample of eleven hundred parties provided the basis for all of the social data contained in this and much of the economic data. -- The thesis commences with a brief demographic and economic history of Newfoundland and is followed by an historical account of the development of provincial parks in the province. The policy formulation and planning functions of the Provincial Parks Service are also briefly discussed. -- A survey of the pertinent literature in the field of outdoor recreation was done and it was obvious that there was little or no agreement among the various authorities on the means necessary to ascertain the economic costs and benefits of outdoor recreation. -- Using a modified version of the Clawson method, this writer attempted to determine such social characteristics as origin, size of party, age, education, income, reason for visit, mode of travel, and length of stay. -- The. economic data was of two types, that concerning the operational and maintenance costs of the parks and that dealing with the expenditures of the sample in their home community before the excursion, on the way to the parks, while at the parks, on the way home from the parks, and in their home community after the trip. These figures were then projected to include the entire universe of campers in 1970 using Newfoundland parks in an attempt to determine overall expenditure. -- The basic conclusion arrived at was that although the spending by campers does make a contribution to the economy of the province, it is a small one.


identifier: Inkpen, William Earl <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Inkpen=3AWilliam_Earl=3A=3A.html>   (1974) A comparison of the present and the desired levels of participation by elementary teachers in educational decision-making.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The study was conducted to determine whether a significant difference existed between the present and the desired levels of teacher involvement in decision-making in the five decisional areas of curriculum planning and adaptation, classroom management, arrangement of the school instructional program, general school organization, and building construction. A second purpose of the study was to determine whether a significant interaction existed between a number of selected variables (age, sex, years of teaching experience, years of professional training, size of school, type of board, and type of school), and teachers’ present and desired levels of involvement in each of the five decisional areas. -- A three part questionnaire was mailed to a random sample of 300 elementary teachers in Newfoundland and Labrador. A total of 279 questionnaires, 93 percent, were returned. -- Analysis of the data revealed a significant difference between the present and the desired levels of teacher involvement in each of the five decisional areas. With the exception of sex, essentially no significant interaction was found between the variables of age, sex, years of teaching experience, years of professional training, size of school, type of board and type of school, and teachers’ present and desired levels of involvement in the five decisional areas.


identifier: Kenny, Frank Townsend <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Kenny=3AFrank_Townsend=3A=3A.html>   (1974) A controlled study of Faradic disruption of obsessive ideation in the treatment of obsessive neurosis.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Previously found successful clinical results led to a proposal that improvement in obsessive-compulsive symptoms could be effected by the application of an aversive stimulus (Faradic Disruption) to the images and thoughts that patients expressed about their symptoms (obsessive ideations). -- A controlled study was initiated in which an experimental group of patients suffering from obsessive neurosis received 30 sessions of Faradic Disruption over a three-month period and a waiting-list control group with the same diagnosis was delayed by three months before receiving treatment. An attempt at complete matching of subjects was only partially successful, and a final total of six subjects in the experimental group and four in the control group was achieved. -- Assessments of treatment progress were made through the use of patient subjective ratings of their symptoms, an independent psychiatric rating of symptoms, a psychiatric rating of general adjustment and two psychometric tests, the IPAT Self-Analysis Questionnaire and the Fear Survey Schedule. The latency of image formation, i.e. the length of time taken by the patient to form an image on command, was used as the main experimental measure. Assessments were made prior to treatment, after 10 treatments (of 1 month waiting control), after 20 treatments (2 months waiting control) and after 30 treatments (3 months waiting control). Follow-up was initiated on all patients successfully completing the treatment. -- Clinical and experimental results showed that Faradic Disruption was particularly effective in the reduction of target symptoms and produced a corresponding large increase in the latency of formation of experimentally treated images. The treatment also produced a general improvement in patients' adjustment and there was a tendency for the treatment effects to extend to non-target symptoms. There was no evidence that the therapeutic endeavour resulted in changes in general situational or trait anxiety. -- Follow-up for a median period of three months showed that clinical improvement persisted but some relapse was noted in one patient. -- In all, six of seven patients who completed treatment were rated as being considerably improved while one patient failed to improve. -- The nature of obsessive ideations in obsessive neurosis and the nature of the Faradic Disruption treatment are discussed.


identifier: Springer, Stephen Alan <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Springer=3AStephen_Alan=3A=3A.html>   (1973) A study of digit span capacity in deaf and hearing subjects.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The effect of different stimulus sets (regular digits, spatial and somatic sensory digits, and the signs for the digits) on the span capacity of deaf and hearing Ss was investigated. Results were recorded for forward and reverse recall over pre and post-cued conditions for all stimulus sets. Span capacity of hearing Ss remained invariant to stimulus set. Span capacity of deaf Ss, while inferior to that of the hearing group, improved with sign digit presentation. Serial position analyses revealed that both deaf and hearing Ss demonstrated forward/reverse effects (i.e. forward span greater than reverse span). Finally, no difference in performance was observed over pre and post-cued conditions for hearing Ss, while deaf Ss performed better on pre than post-cued conditions. Results are discussed in terms of capacity, rehearsal and coding aspects of short term memory performance.


identifier: Cheema, Pritam Singh <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Cheema=3APritam_Singh=3A=3A.html>   (1976) Analysis of the recorded data on the drift of icebergs.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The basic problem of sightings of icebergs off Newfoundland and Labrador coasts has been of special interest because of the sinking of the Titanic and hazards icebergs present to the North Atlantic Shipping. Drifting icebergs pose a serious problem to those who search for hydrocarbons on Canada's eastern continental shelf. In view of the extension of the hazard to oil exploration activities, it is important to investigate the possibility of improvement in the present techniques of collecting data on the drifts of icebergs by the International Ice Patrol. -- A kinematic model has been developed to analyse the drifts of icebergs. In this model, the berg velocity is expressed as a function of the resultant surface current velocity averaged over the draft of an iceberg. An analysis of the data on the sightings of icebergs in successive locations published by the International Ice Patrol for the period 1950 - 56 has been made. Suggested improvements in the reports of sightings of icebergs based on the analysis are: -- 1. First order approximation of the draft. -- 2. Precise locations of icebergs in degrees, minutes and seconds. -- 3. Timings of successive sightings of icebergs. -- 4. Estimation of errors in locating icebergs and positioning the observation vessels. -- 5. Detailed measurements of ocean currents. -- 6. Data for tidal currents. -- With these improvements in data collection and more rigorous analysis, a closer correlation between the computed and observed drifts of icebergs can be obtained. The knowledge gained can be useful in mitigating the severity of their hazards.


identifier: Naphtali, David Charles Walter <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Naphtali=3ADavid_Charles_Walter=3A=3A.html>   (1975) An operational methodology for optimizing the size and location of schools within an established network : a case study of north central Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The thesis examines a location-allocation problem in the public sector. The problem is to simultaneously locate school facilities on a network and determine the assignment of students to these facilities so that the total costs of operating a socially acceptable system are minimized. The theory is that cost and quality vary with the size and location of facilities within the system. Given the principles outlined in theory, the objective of location-allocation analysis is to aid the decision maker in defining an optimum solution to the problem. -- The methodology for locating schools and allocating students evolved from the linear programming solutions to the P-Median and Mini-max problems. The objectives of the design are extended to also consider modifications to existing school systems, the minimization of facility and transportation costs over time and the impact of changes in the configuration of various sized facilities on the quality of the educational system. This leads to the incorporation of an investment constraint, the consideration of the location and value of existing facilities, a procedure to minimize system costs under the design constraints and the derivation of a facility production function.


identifier: Smith, William David <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Smith=3AWilliam_David=3A=3A.html>   (1974) A behavior modification approach to the remediation of reading difficulties.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The primary purpose of this internship was to implement a motivationally based remedial reading program, using principles of behaviour modification, designed to improve the performance of seven grade five children who were severely retarded in reading and were apathetic to improvement. A related aim was to provide school personnel with some evaluative data concerning the efficacy of behaviour modification as a practical technique to apply in the remediation of reading difficulties. -- Subjects of the study were five girls and two boys who lived in the Shea Heights area of St John's. They ranged in chronological age from twelve to fourteen and in mental age from 8-4 to 12-5 years. The students attended St. John Bosco School where they received regular class instruction which was supplemented by help in reading given in another classroom by a remedial teacher. Each student had a history of academic failure and was retarded by at least two years in reading achievement. Most were from low socioeconomic families and all were highly negative in their attitudes toward school. -- The internship covered a period of approximately seven weeks. During this time the intern worked with the subjects' remedial teacher in carrying out the procedures designed to fulfill the purposes of the study. These procedures included diagnosing the subjects' instructional needs in reading, planning and  implementing effective remedial reading instruction, and establishing a token reinforcement system whereby students received reward contingent upon their performance in specified reading activities. -- The effectiveness of the internship in achieving its purposes was reflected by desirable changes in students' reading achievement, productivity, class attendance, and attitudes toward school. The subjects showed gains in reading achievement of 0.3 years in vocabulary and 0.8 years in comprehension which, when compared with anticipated growth, were statistically significant for comprehension (p < .02) but not for vocabulary (p > .10). The students accomplished more and better work. Attendance figures improved for those whose rate of absenteeism had been high. Attitudes toward school became more positive through increased enjoyment of remedial class sessions and heightened enthusiasm for school work. -- It was concluded that the internship was generally effective in achieving its purposes. Recommendations were made to school personnel concerning the application of behaviour modification techniques to the remediation of reading difficulties.


identifier: Pai, Siu Ting <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Pai=3ASiu_Ting=3A=3A.html>   (1965) A study of the pressure-induced fundamental rotation-vibration band of deuterium in deuterium-foreign gas mixtures at room temperature.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The pressure-induced fundamental infrared absorption band of deuterium has been studied in D₂-He, D₂-A and D₂-N₂ mixtures for a series of pressures up to 1200 atm at room temperature. The absorption profile of each mixture shows a well-resolved splitting of the Q branch into two components, QP and QR, whose separation was found to increase linearly with the total density of the mixture. The contours of D₂-A and D₂-N₂ mixtures also show fairly well resolved S(2) peak and indications of several other S and 0 peaks of the band, while these are absent in the contours of D₂-He mixtures. Using the theory and the observed line shape, an attempt was made to decompose the observed contours of D₂-A and D₂-N₂ mixtures. The overlap parts of the Q branches for D₂-A and D₂-N₂ mixtures thus obtained were studied together with the observed contours for D₂-He mixtures which were found to consist mainly of the overlap part of the Q branch. -- The integrated absorption coefficient of the band in the mixtures was found to follow an empirical power series in terms of the partial densities of the component gases. From this series the binary and ternary absorption coefficients were determined for each binary mixture. The theory proposed by Van Kranendonk was applied to the coefficient of the individual lines of the 0 and S branches as well as the quadrupole and overlap parts of the Q branch.


identifier: Sheppard, Robert Elmer <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Sheppard=3ARobert_Elmer=3A=3A.html>   (1974) A nurse scheduling system.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

title: A nurse scheduling system

abstract: A nurse scheduling system is proposed as a solution to the present random manner of scheduling nursing personnel in a 354-bed hospital. The system solves the existing problems yet is general enough to be used by any hospital. It provides an objective3 method to schedule and allocate nursing staff. Computer programs are written to aid in the solution of the problem. Cyclic work schedules are assembled subject to hospital and contract constraints. Work schedules are projected in advance for both the individual and the unit. -- Daily assignment of staff to units is based on a workload index. Data for the workload index was collected by the nurses using a new and unique form of time study. Management reports for evaluation and control are designed. This report shows how substantial improvements in staff utilization can be made by using an objective allocation method. Interest here is in achieving an optimal utilization of available nursing resources.


identifier: Gosse, Gertrude Winnifred Evelyn <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Gosse=3AGertrude_Winnifred_Evelyn=3A=3A.html>   (1974) A follow-up study of students who completed a course in the teaching of secondary English at Memorial University of Newfoundland between 1962 and 1972.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The purpose of this study was two-fold:- to ascertain the location of all the students who between 1962 and 1972 completed a particular course in the teaching of English at the secondary level, with a view to finding out if they are presently teaching in the field of English; and secondly to determine the impact which this course has had on the teaching of English at the high school level. -- Questionnaires were mailed to 304 persons. The information received was compiled in the following manner. Questions pertaining to the respondents’ personal and professional background, present position, and plans for the future were set out in tabular form using frequency and percentages. The responses to the second part of the questionnaire which asked the respondents to express their opinion of the course were set out in contingency tables and a chi square was computed. Eighteen hypotheses were formulated and the significance level was set at .05. All recommendations which respondents made for made for improvement of the course were placed in an Appendix and those recommendations which were mentioned most frequently appear in the main body of this report. -- Findings revealed an acceptance of the null hypotheses in all but two cases. Both of these concern the effectiveness of the course. There was a significant difference in responses given by those who teach English only and those who teach English and other subjects, and also between responses given by the respondents who took the course during a summer and those who took the course during an academic year. -- In addition to the mailed questionnaires, 23 of the subjects were interviewed at Memorial University during the Summer Session of 1973. Nine of these were non-respondents. In the case of the 14 respondents a rank order correlation coefficient was computed in order to find out the relationship between responses given in May and those given the second time. A ρ (rho) of .82 was determined. Answers given by non-respondents were comparable to those of respondents. -- One of the major criticisms of the course was that too much material was included and therefore not enough time was available for in depth study of each main topic. Reading was a topic which 107 respondents said needed greater emphasis. The phonology of English was least understood by 72 respondents. A reason given for this was lack of linguistic background. -- The main point which comes through in this study is the necessity for a revision of the preparation program for teachers of English. A single methods course is not sufficient. More required courses must be made part of the student’s program. Among these should be included Reading in the high school, Adolescent Literature, and two basic courses in Linguistics. -- Further research has been suggested in the field of English as well as other subject areas. Such projects as comparative studies, in-service training for English teachers, and Junior High School programs could reveal very worthwhile information.


identifier: Kinden, Scott <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Kinden=3AScott=3A=3A.html>   (1975) A description of the state of professional reading among the teachers of English in Newfoundland and an analysis of factors affecting such reading.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This study set out to answer two basic questions related to professional reading among teachers of English in Newfoundland. -- 1. How much professional reading do teachers of English in Newfoundland engage in and how familiar are they with some of the better known journals and books in English and in education generally? -- 2. What are the factors and conditions conducive to an English teacher's wide reading of professional literature and to a consequent high degree of familiarity with such literature? -- A sample of fifty teachers was selected from a population of approximately five hundred, the selection being made on a random, stratified basis. The random sample was stratified on the basis of community size, with teachers from small, medium, and large-sized communities being selected. -- These fifty teachers were then interviewed by the investigator, with the help of a detailed interview guide. -- The results related to the first major question of the study (i.e., how much professional reading do teachers of English in Newfoundland engage in, etc.?) were analysed and reported in a purely descriptive manner. It was found, generally, that teachers of English in Newfoundland were reading professional literature to a small degree, but certainly not to the extent desirable, given the value to the teacher of wide reading of professional material. It was further found that teachers of English in Newfoundland were not familiar to any significant degree with some of the better known journals and books in English and in education generally. -- Seventy per cent of the teachers cited their heavy workload and consequent lack of time as the major obstacle to their reading professional literature. Twenty per cent claimed that there was no professional material available to them in their schools. -- Fifty-four per cent of the teachers saw the English department head as the one responsible for providing the teacher with professional reading material. Forty-four per cent cited the individual teacher of English and forty per cent English personnel in the Department of Education. -- The results related to the second major question of the study (i.e., what are the factors and conditions conducive to an English teacher's wide reading of professional literature, etc.?) were analysed using two nonparametric tests, the Kruskal-Wallace Analysis of Variance by Ranks (A Rank Test for Two or More Independent Samples) and the Mann-Whitney U Test (A Rank Test for Two Independent Samples). With the use of these tests, a total of thirty-five independent variables, or factors, were looked at and their effect upon the teachers familiarity with professional literature determined. Because of this high number of variables, the findings under this second major question of the study are too copious for ready summary here. However, several of the findings are noted below. -- Among those factors found to have a significant bearing upon the teachers familiarity with professional literature were teaching experience; teachers' degree of satisfaction with their teaching performances; teachers' attitudes towards professional literature; teachers' assessments of the value of their university training; in those schools too small to have English departments, the influence of the principal on the teachers' reading; whether teachers were required to read for English department meetings; the degree of the teachers' liking for and commitment to English; the frequency with which teachers met regionally to discuss English. -- Other factors proved to have no significant bearing upon the teachers' familiarity with professional literature. These included size of school and community; age of the teachers; recency of the teachers' university training and the degree to which they had been made familiar with professional literature during their training; the average size of the teachers' classes; the number of outside-class responsibilities held by the teachers; whether a display space for professional literature was provided in the schools; whether the teachers saw their English programs as rigid or innovative; whether the teachers had done an English methods course. -- Among the implications drawn from these findings were that the attitudes of teachers of English in Newfoundland towards professional literature should be improved by all those with an interest in making the teaching of English in the province more effective and that those persons throughout the province responsible for the hiring and placement of teachers should carry out this responsibility with the utmost care and effort to see to it that properly trained teachers are assigned to teach English.


identifier: Cutler, Nathan Hartley <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Cutler=3ANathan_Hartley=3A=3A.html>   (1977) A report of a counselling internship undertaken at the Regional College, Corner Brook, with a report of a research study assessing the effectiveness of a career awareness program.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: This internship report provides a comprehensive reporting of the professional activities engaged in during a thirteen-week internship period at Memorial University Regional College at Corner Brook, September 1976 to December 1976. As well, the report includes an assessment of these activities as they relate to the professional goals and objectives for the internship as stated in the internship proposal which was submitted to and approved by the Department of Educational Psychology, Memorial University, August 1976. -- The results of the research study conducted during this period are also detailed and discussed. The primary finding was that a Career Awareness Programme, as provided by the intern to a group of eleven college students, resulted in significant improvement in attitudes toward the world of work and increased career awareness of the important components of informed career choice. These outcomes for the study were measured by the attitude and competence scales of the Crites Career Maturity Inventory. -- Chapter I provides an introduction to the internship, outline of the report, internship setting, rationale, duration, supervision and objectives of the internship. Chapter II gives an evaluation and analysis of the internship regarding the following: orientation involvement in programmes, individual counselling, group counselling, group and individual testing, faculty and staff involvement, community involvement, taping, supervision and evaluation. Chapter III reports on the research component giving an introduction, the rationale, review of related literature, objectives, a definition of career awareness, development and implementation, instrumentation, analysis of data, results and conclusions and the limitations of the study. Chapter IV concludes the report with a summary, bibliography and appendix.


identifier: Jenkins, Bruce Wayne <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Jenkins=3ABruce_Wayne=3A=3A.html>   (1974) A qualitative and quantitative investigation of the behaviour of the longhorn sculpin, Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus (Mitchill 1815), with special reference to feeding.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Behavioural observations of Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus were made by diving at two locations on the Avalon Peninsula. Qualitative descriptions of the daily activity were compiled with two fundamental postures, REST and ALERT, and four behaviours, rooting, agonism, locomotion, and feeding, being observed. A behavioural profile for the longhorn sculpin was derived from these descriptions. -- Feeding behaviour occurs in a stereotyped pattern, similar in its basic form to the feeding of other marine and freshwater predators. Despite these behavioural characteristics, the longhorn is an ineffective predator of smaller benthic fish species. Field observations indicated that the longhorn is primarily a visual feeder. Laboratory experiments however, revealed that this species also employs other sensory modes for the detection of food. -- Stomach contents, intestinal contents, and occurrence of digestive stages in specimens caught over a 24 hour period, indicated cyclic feeding during the capelin (Mallotus villosus), spawning period. However, an Analysis of Variance (MANOVA), revealed that time was not the most important factor affecting ingestion. -- Caloric analysis of selected prey organisms indicated that capelin, with a value of 5341 calories per gram dry weight, is the most energy rich food resource for inshore populations of the longhorn sculpin. Large scale movements of M. octodecemspinosus to shallower, inshore waters of Newfoundland during the early summer are suggested to be a phenomenon related to the availability of this food resource.


identifier: Hudson, W. J. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Hudson=3AW=2E_J=2E=3A=3A.html>   (1974) Aspects of the early life history of the American eel (Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur)) in Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Elvers enter freshwater in Newfoundland later and at larger sizes than in more southerly areas. The growth of elvers and juveniles was much slower in freshwater than in the marine environment. - The food of elvers and juveniles consisted almost entirely of benthic insects. Dipteran larvae and annelid worms were the groups most frequently utilized as food. Elvers formed an appreciable part of the food supply of brook trout and large eels during the months of July, August and September. The food of elvers and juvenile eels corresponded closely to the benthic portion of the diet of small salmonids. -- Late summer migrations of juveniles from the marine environment into freshwater were common in some areas of the island. These migrations contributed substantially to the eel population of some Newfoundland streams.


identifier: Sturge, Cecil Gordon <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Sturge=3ACecil_Gordon=3A=3A.html>   (1973) A contrastive study of adjective position in English and French.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: A contrastive study is not a study to find out the various ways one language can translate the ideas contained in a word or group of words of another language. This would be a study in translation. Throughout this paper it will be seen that very often we are not giving, or attempting to give, direct translations for every one of the examples, or even indirect translations. (We are here considering direct translations to be of the type: “Je connais cet home” = “I know this man”; and indirect translations to be of the type: “Ici, on parle français” = “French is spoken here”). For semantic reasons, one has to often to choose a French example different from the English one (and vice versa), in order to keep to the same structural pattern. One of the questions to be kept uppermost in our minds throughout this paper is not “Can English/French translate this phrase in the same way, using the same structure?”, but “Does French/English have a similar structure, or similar pattern for each variation of the adjective-and-noun phrase?”, and “If not, in what structural ways does the adjective-and-noun phrase differ from English to French, and vice versa?”. -- This study has been undertaken with the object of examining the position that the adjectival can occupy in English and French, and comparing and contrasting the two. We have been mainly concerned with the epithet adjective--in prenominal and postnominal position. -- In Chapter One we give a brief survey of the adjective in a few Indo-European languages, going back to some early representatives (Greek and Latin), and also looking at some modern-day types (modern Czech, for example). Chapter Two examines the facility that English and French possess for nominalizing the adjective.  Chapters Three and Four concentrate on adjective position in English and French respectively, with Chapter Five making some comparisons and contrasts which have already been given separately (in the preceding two chapters), and adding a few new structures. -- Although a small amount of morphology is given in Chapters One, Three and Four, the syntactic ordering of the adjective and noun is the main object for discussion throughout (Chapter Two excepted). -- Is is hoped that others will find in this essay a few new insights into some of the similarities and differences in English and French, and that maybe some food for thought is contained herein for students who are endeavouring to study these two languages. -- The writer expresses his sincere thanks to the following persons: to André Lafargue (native French speaker), for his willing assistance in some translation; to Dr. V. Bubenik (native Czech speaker), for helpful suggestions with regard to modern Czech and Albanian; and lastly, I am grateful for the helpful criticism and advice of my supervisor, Dr. John Hewson, whose guidance and patience have benefited the writer in no small degree.


identifier: Dagget, Rollin Frederick <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Dagget=3ARollin_Frederick=3A=3A.html>   (1973) An ecological study of some littoral freshwater microcrustaceans (Cladocera and Copepoda) in Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Samples were obtained in the littoral region of 74 waters from various parts of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The  Cladocera and Copepoda found in the collections were listed. Sixty-two species were recorded which included 47 species of Cladocera and 15 species of Copepoda. Twenty-six species of Cladocera and 12 species of Copepoda represent new records for the Province. In addition, a new cyclopoid copepod species was described, Paracyclops yeatmani n. sp. -- A quantitative study was made of the littoral microcrustaceans in a bog pond and a marsh located on the Avalon Peninsula from May, 1972 to May, 1973. The maximum standing stocks were similar in the two localities. The dominant forms in the summer and fall in the marsh were Cladocera: Acantholeberis curvirostris, Biapertura intermedia, Chydorus sphaericus, and Ilyocryptus spinifer. In the winter the copepod, Macrocyclops albidus, was dominant, while Cyclops varicans rubellus was the most abundant species in the spring. The bog pond also was dominated by Cladocera in the summer and fall; namely; Acroperus alonoides, Alona rustica, Alonella excisa, Chydorus sphaericus, and Sida crystallina. The copepods, Eucyclops agilis and Macrocyclops albidus, were dominant in the winter and early spring. -- Qualitative seasonal succession and the relative abundance of Cladocera and Copepoda were studied in 10 waters on the Avalon Peninsula. This provided seasonal data for 38 species. Such studies showed that sampling on one date seldom revealed all species known for a particular water body. -- Plant and microcrustacean associations were investigated. The results suggest that some microcrustaceans are associated with particular plant species (or types). Also, some Cladocera may utilize particular parts of a plant. -- Observations were made on the feeding habits and predators of some littoral microcrustaceans.


identifier: Su, Jianmin <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Su=3AJianmin=3A=3A.html>   (2003) A database management system to support the instance-based data model : design, implementation, and evaluation.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The instance-based data model (IBDM) was recently proposed by Parsons and Wand [2000]. One of the key contributions of this model is class independence. The IBDM separates the storage of information about instances from the organization of a schema using classes. This thesis transforms the IBDM from concept to real world implementation. It develops and analyzes possible base data structures for implementing an instance-based DBMS, and creates a flexible query language iQL (instance-based query language) for the data model. Two proofs of concept DBMSs are implemented (one for each of two base data structures) in order to test and verify the analytical results of the research. Also, the instance-based database model is compared with the relational database model to obtain a clear understanding of the advantages provided by the instance-based database model.


identifier: Eveleigh, Eldon Spencer <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Eveleigh=3AEldon_Spencer=3A=3A.html>   (1974) A study of the ectoparasites of alcids in Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Three groups of ectoparasites, namely, Mallophaga, ticks and feathermites, were recovered from two hundred and sixty-seven alcids of six specie's (Alca torda, Uria aalge, Uria lomvia, Plautus alle, Cepphus grylle, Fratercula arctica) examined. Mallophaga of the genera Saemundssonia, Quadraceps (Ischnocera) and Austromenopon (Amblycera) were recovered from five alcids; only Saemundssonia and Quadraceps from C. grylle. One species of ixodid tick, Ixodes (Ceratitodes) uriae, was recovered from all but P. alle and C. grylle, the majority of which were examined in the winter. Only A. torda and F. arctica harboured feathermites belonging to the genus Alloptes. Four new geographical records and one new host record are reported. -- No significant difference (P > 0.05) was found in the mallophagan infestation of hosts and in the tick infestation of U. aalge from year to year. The tick infestation of F. arctica differed in 1972 and 1973, probably due to few immature Larus argentatus being present in the colony during the latter year. No significant difference was noted for the mallophagan and tick infestation of hosts with regard to sex of the hosts. A correlation was noted only between the weight and mallophagan infestation of U. lomvia. -- Data on the degree of infestation of both adults and chicks with each parasite species are presented. The infestation of adult hosts was related to the host habitat. Chicks were always more heavily infested with Mallophaga than adults. Fluctuations, related to tho host biology, occurred in the mallophagan population on F. arctica. Details on the transfer of Mallophaga from adults-to-chicks are given. -- The distribution of each parasite species on the hosts was determined; the same mallophagan genus generally occupying the same habitat on the different host species. The tick distribution on hosts varied with the host species. -- The population dynamics of each mallophagan species on each alcid was examined. Due to increased reproductive activity, nymphs were more common on adults during the winter and were always dominant on chicks. The sex ratio of each species varied with the host, females being generally more common in winter and on chicks. Correlations were determined for the stages and sexes of each species population on hosts. -- An ischnoceran and an amblyceran occupied virtually the same habitat on the hosts with correlations always existing between them. No interspecific competition existed between the genera on each host. All stages and sexes of the total mallophagan population on hosts were correlated. -- Ixodes ariae preferred U. aalge as hosts. Their distribution in the colony was affected by the density of the hosts and the substrate. The seasonal activity of the tick in the hesting areas and on the hosts were similar. The engorgement time for each stage on various hosts was determined and their percentage increases in weight recorded. The pathological reaction bf the host's skin to tick attachment is described. Observations were made on reproduction and measurements made of a spermatophore. The oviposition rate and the development of each stage under different temperatures and humidity regimes was determined. The life-cycle, based on field and laboratory data, is presented.


identifier: Bateman, Lois Elizabeth <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Bateman=3ALois_Elizabeth=3A=3A.html>   (1975) An ecological study of hummock-hollow formations on certain peatlands of the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, with special emphasis on the Rotifera.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Rotifers encountered in samples obtained from six peatland sites on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland are listed. Seventy species and varieties including 25 bdelloids and 45 Monogononta were recorded. Sixty-three species and three varieties represent new records for Newfoundland, while there are 23 new records for Canada, and 16 for North America. -- A seasonal quantitative study of rotifer communities in the hummock-hollow formations on one of the sites, a nutrient poor fen, was carried out from August 1973 to October, 1974. An average of 354 rotifers per sq. cm. and 17 species were found in each hummock-hollow complex. Monogononta almost totally disappeared during winter while the bdelloids became somewhat diminished in number. Hummock tops supported mainly bdelloid rotifers. The number of Monogononta increased in both species and number of individuals in the slopes of the hummocks and was greatest in the hollows and pool edges, although total number of rotifers was less in these areas than in the hummock tops. Results indicate that the components of each hummock-hollow formation may be different in both quality and number from neighbouring formations. -- Some physical and biological factors affecting the rotifer communities were examined, which showed that rotifers in these sites do not suffer dessication. Predation of or by rotifers was not important in these communities. -- A quantitative sampling method was devised for procuring relatively accurate samples from living Sphagnum moss, and extracting rotifers from these samples. A guide to preserved illoricate rotifers was constructed to enable contracted species to be recognized and accurately counted in the preserved samples. -- Several Sphagnum samples were maintained in the laboratory under varying conditions with a view to determining the effect of storage on the numbers and species of rotifers contained in the samples.


identifier: Holloway, Harvey Winston <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Holloway=3AHarvey_Winston=3A=3A.html>   (1975) A study of student subcultures in five selected Newfoundland high schools.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Several studies in adolescent social development have yielded evidence of separate and distinct subcultures among students while at high school. In particular evidence has suggested that student attitudes and values are not conducive to academic achievement as one of the school’s main goals. -- This study has attempted to determine whether separate student subcultures exist in some of Newfoundland’s high schools, and whether the attitude and values prevalent among students here are at variance with the school’s educational goals. The study was undertaken as a replication of one carried out in Western Canada by David Friesen and as such applies his theoretical framework and hypotheses to the Newfoundland setting. In short, the framework and hypotheses contend that if such a subculture exists, then students share and maintain their own system of activities, attitudes and values which are different from those of the larger society, and that these activities, attitudes and values are influenced more by internal (peer-group) than external (adult) sources. In addition to examining the subculture hypothesis, the study also made direct comparisons between the two samples in order to determine if the situation in local schools was comparable to that found in Western Canada. -- The sample consisted of 816 students from five high schools in grades ten and eleven. The schools were selected to obtain representation from urban and rural communities; coeducational and sex-segregated institutions, and institutions administered by the Roman Catholic and by the Integrated school board authorities. -- The activities, attitudes and values of the students were depicted by means of their responses to a questionnaire developed from that used in the Western Canadian study to more appropriately fit the Newfoundland situation. The responses were examined for boys and girls separately, for individual schools, and for all schools taken together. -- The responses of the Newfoundland boys and girls as in the Western Canadian sample did not lend strong support for the separate subculture hypothesis, and students appeared no to be unaware of, or unconcerned about, the importance of academic success. Although the peer-group represented a major source of influence for students it was but one of a number of sources. Parents, the church, and school were also important.


identifier: Wells, Edward Doyle <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Wells=3AEdward_Doyle=3A=3A.html>   (1976) A classification of peatlands in eastern Newfoundland.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: The peatlands of eastern Newfoundland have been classified into six morphological types. The separation of types is based on peat depth, botanical constituents and degree of humification of the different peat strata, surface vegetation, and surface contours relative to the surrounding topography. -- The following peatland types are described: -- 1. Raised Bog -- 2. Blanket Bog -- 3. Slope Bog -- 4. Basin Bog -- 5. Patterned Fen -- 6. Flat Fen -- The vegetation of these morphological peatland types has been classified into seven plant associations and four communities using the methods of the Zurich-Montpellier School of Phytosociology. These floristic units are listed below in their approximate order of minerotrophy: -- 1. Cladonio-Vaccinietum vitis-idaea - characteristic of dry health-like conditions on raised, blanket, slope and basin bog. -- 2. Kalmio-Sphagnetum fusci - characteristic of drier areas of raised, blanket, basin and slope bogs. -- 3. Calamagrostio-Sphagnetum fusci - represents the Sphagnum fuscum hummocks of fens. -- 4. Scirpo-Sphagnetum tenelli - represents the wet flats and hollows of raised, blanket, slope and basin bogs. -- 5. Scirpo-Sphagnetum subniti - this is the dominant vegetation type of slope bogs and occurs only on that morphological peatland type. -- 6. Betulo-Sphagnetum stricti - the dominant vegetation type of patterned fens and occurs only on that morphological peatland type. -- 7. Betulo-Thalictretum polygoni - represents the minerotrophic flat fens. -- 8. Nuphar variegatum Community - represents the deep, open pools of raised, blanket and basin bogs. -- 9. Sphagnum torreyanum Community - represents the shallow pools of raised, blanket and basin bogs. -- 10. Utricularia cornuta Community - represents the shallow mudflats of raised, blanket and basin bogs. -- 11. Drosera intermedia Community - represents the more nutrient-enriched pools of patterned and flat fens. -- Water samples from a bog pool, characterized by the Nuphar variegatum community, and from a fen pool within a Drosera intermedia community site, were analysed for comparative assessment of algal species composition. The fen pool algal populations included 41 species, the bog pool had 22 species. This result is indicative of differences in nutritive conditions between bog and fen habitats. -- The morphological and phytosociological classifications presented were prepared on basis of independent sets of criteria. Nevertheless, it was found that the two systems were complementary and that particular phytosociological units were characteristic of particular morphological peatland types as listed above. To further test the validity of the proposed phytosociological classification a series of nutrient analysis, soil thaw rates and soil pH determinations were obtained for selected peat soils underlying the major floristic units. Results of these analyses strengthened the validity of the classification.


identifier: Tiffin, Scott <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Tiffin=3AScott=3A=3A.html>   (1974) An instrument system to measure turbulence from an underwater habitat.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: An instrument system was developed to measure oceanic turbulence from an underwater habitat in subarctic waters off the coast of Newfoundland. From a literature search of existing experimental techniques and instruments, it was seen that there was a large number of instrument systems capable of measuring turbulence, but that most were impractical without further development. After analyzing present instrument techniques, we chose DISA hot film anemometry equipment, and set up a three channel system for simultaneous three dimensional measurements. The instruments were operated from the habitat LORA 1 by SCUBA divers who also carried out Rhodamine B dye studies to delineate the turbulence. Difficulties with the two battery powered DISA anemometers subsequently reduced the system to one channel which used a DISA 55D01 anemometer with a conical probe. Two experiments were performed and preliminary analysis was presented to demonstrate the capability of the system. The data was compromised somewhat by problems associated with low mean velocities and oscillatory velocities from wave action, but spectral analysis showed the characteristic -5/3 slope and gave viscous dissipations of about 5 x 10⁻³ cm²/sec³ with turbulence intensities about 0.1. In one case, the turbulence was associated with a highly unusual oscillatory bottom current. In summary, with SCUBA divers to perform the experiments and with dye being used to delineate the water motion, DISA hot film equipment is entirely satisfactory for oceanic turbulence measurements.


identifier: Bulgin, Iona <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Bulgin=3AIona=3A=3A.html>   (1994) "Trials and triumphs" : the heroine in selected novels of Anastasia English.  Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

abstract: Anastasia English (1862?-1959) is Newfoundland's first significant female novelist. She was not only prolific in several genres - short stories, novels, and poems - but was also the editor of a local Christmas annual for at least forty years. Although her name has fallen into relative obscurity, her contribution as a writer is a valuable one. In the absence of any sustained commentary on either her life or her works, this thesis presents a brief biography, followed by an analysis of her major work. -- An examination of the plots of three of English's four novels - Only a Fisherman's Daughter (1899), Faithless (1901), and When the Dumb Speak (1938) - reveals a recurring motif: the heroine undergoes a series of trials, but ultimately triumphs over them and achieves happiness. The pattern of trial and triumph, found in many novels written by women writers in the nineteenth century, not only reflects the moral consciousness of the time but makes a statement about the readership. Plot analysis, with its focus on the didacticism inherent in all three novels, stresses the centrality of contemporary moral values for both the author and her readers.