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The enigma of Daphnia death rates
(American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, 1978)Birth rates, rates of population change, and mortality rates were computed for Daphnia pulex and Daphnia rosea collected at three separate stations in 2.5-ha meromictic Crawford Lake. Birth and death rates for the same ... -
Sugar-Frosted Daphnia: an improved fixation technique for cladocera
(American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, 1978)Egg loss by preserved Daphnia was reduced from 35% to 10% by use of a chilled, as opposed to warm, solution of sucrose and Formalin. -
Forestry education - introduction
(2002)Introduction to a theme issue of The Forestry Chronicle concerning forestry education and programs. -
Models of intellectual capital valuation : a comparative evaluation
(2003)Accounting, as it is currently practiced, has lost much of its ability to inform as businesses have become more and more knowledge intensive. Intangible assets are now variously estimated to currently constitute 60-75 ... -
Vertical integration : applying an economic calculus to knowledge
(Inderscience Publishing, 2005-01-19)This paper applies an economic calculus to knowledge to address one of the most strategically important questions firms face – deciding which activities are more economically organised in a unified firm rather than in two ... -
Cutting versus herbicides: Tenth-year volume and release cost-effectiveness of sub-boreal conifer plantations
(2006)Few cost-effectiveness studies of vegetation management in conifer plantations are reported in the literature. This study provides follow-up cost-effectiveness analysis from research conducted at the Fallingsnow Ecosystem ... -
Benefit–cost analysis of vegetation management alternatives: an Ontario case study
(2011)Vegetation management practices are an integral component of forest management. In this paper, we report results of stand-level benefit–cost analyses of 12 vegetation management treatments applied at six study sites in ... -
Differences in extrinsic tree quality and value of fibre production following alternative vegetation management treatments in Northwestern Ontario
(2011)We examined differences in stem quality, and volume and value of fibre produced by planted white spruce 16 years after vegetation management treatments in northwestern Ontario. Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVSOntario) was ... -
Tailoring Information Literacy Instruction and Library Services for Continuing Education
(CILIP, Community Services Group, Information Literacy Group, 2011)As higher education diversifies worldwide, academic librarians must adapt their information literacy initiatives to meet the needs of new populations. This paper explores the implementation of information literacy instruction ... -
Canadian academic libraries and the mobile web
(Emerald, 2011)Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to assess how Canadian academic libraries have responded to the rapidly evolving mobile environment and to identify gaps in the services provided, while suggesting areas for future ... -
Using the Carbon Budget Model of the Canadian Forest Sector (CBM-CFS3) to examine the impact of harvest and fire on carbon dynamics in selected forest types of the Canadian Boreal shield
(2012)The objective of the study was to assess the responsiveness of the Carbon Budget Model of the Canadian Forest Sector (CBM-CFS3) to management scenarios that included three rotation lengths (50, 100 and 250 years) under ... -
Tablets as Powerful Tools for University Research
(American Library Association, 2012)The increasing popularity of tablet computers in recent years is beginning to transform the way that library users, and in particular postsecondary students and faculty, find and engage with digital content. In response ... -
Big Thunder Sports and Recreation Park: Business Case for Reopening of Big Thunder
(2012-12-21)In late November 2010, Professor Doug Thom, Faculty of Education at Lakehead University asked Dr. Bryan Poulin, Faculty of Business Administration at Lakehead University, if he would be interested in preparing a business ... -
Three shapes of organizational knowledge
(2013)The author proposes that for management purposes organizational knowledge, as the paramount input to all production processes, be considered in three separate classifications, tacit, codified, and encapsulated. While the ... -
Digital archives and repositories [Powerpoint presentation]
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Vertical De-Integration in the Mutual Fund Industry: Using Knowledge as a Factor of Production
(Wiley, 2014)This paper extends the knowledge-based view of the firm by using relative measures of two fundamental classifications of knowledge as factors of production. It relates differences in relative quantities of these classifications ... -
The influence of competition and species mixture on plantation-grown white spruce: Growth and foliar nutrient response after 20 years
(2014)A 20-year-old experimental white spruce plantation was used to identify key stand (neighbourhood competition) and soil (physical and chemical properties) factors influencing spruce growth (Periodic Basal Area Increment) ... -
The influence of coaching on employee performance: Results from two international quantitative studies.
(Wiley, 2014)Coaching has been identified as a key managerial behavior that organizations must promote to develop employees and achieve higher levels of performance. Despite this agreement and an increasing interest in coaching, there ... -
Colonial legacy and the experience of First Nations women in cervical cancer screening: a Canadian multi-community study
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)Regular Papanicolaou (Pap) screening has dramatically reduced cervical cancer incidence in Canada since the 1950s. However, Indigenous women’s rates of cervical cancer remain disproportionately high, a factor which is not ... -
Does CEO compensation impact patient satisfaction?
(Emerald, 2015)Purpose – This study examines the relationship between CEO compensation and patient satisfaction in Ontario, Canada. The purpose of this paper is to determine what impact hospital CEO compensation has on hospital patient ...
