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Impact of culture and social inequality on risk communication : a case study of the Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation, Southern Manitoba
(2003)
This thesis examines the sociocultural factors that influenced risk perception and
risk communication among the residents of Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation in
Southern Manitoba during the flood of 1997. I discuss ...
Adult age differences in a visual search, luminance contrast discrimination task
(2003)
This thesis examined the ability of younger and older adults to use peripherally presented word
cues in a luminance contrast discrimination task. Observers were ten older adults (aged 55 to
69) and ten younger adults ...
Young adolescents' comprehension of literary texts as mediated by the reinterpretation - representation of literary texts through drama : a literary unit on humane and environmental education
(2003)
This qualitative study describes the relationship between young adolescent readers’
comprehension of environmentally-themed literary texts and the representation and
reinterpretation of those texts through drama. The ...
Efficacy and optimization of molecular techniques for sexing skeletonized human remains
(2003)
Forensic anthropologists and bioarchaeologists are often confronted with the problem of
sex determination in poorly preserved, skeletonized, adult, human remains. This thesis
tests the ability o f newly developed DNA ...
Identifying responders to a driving refresher course using neuropsychological tests : an examination of older drivers
(2003)
The older driving population is continuing to increase, and with age comes cognitive and
physical changes that may negatively affect driving abilities. Despite the aging process,
researchers have found that age is not ...
Sibley Group : a lithostratigraphic, geochemical, and paleomagnetic study
(2003)
The Sibley Group is an unmetamorphosed Mesoproterozoic red bed sequence, commonly flat lying,
that formed in an intracratonic basin between 1450 Ma and 1500 Ma. It covers an area o f 15,000
km^, and reaches a total ...
Application and review of a strength-based program in classrooms with behavior disordered children
(2003)
The strength perspective of psychology involves focusing on an individual’s
resources rather than weaknesses. Recent studies have found that enhancing
existing strengths achieves the same outcome as the deficit approach, ...
Rethinking elder abuse : words and actions
(2003)
The main purpose of this study was to determine the quality and impact of various
presentations of elder abuse information to establish the most effective ways to educate
the public about elder abuse. Secondary to this ...
Anatomical and physical wood property variation and juvenile wood distribution in a single stem of trembling aspen
(2003)
The variation of fiber length, vessel element length, relative density, ring width
and the distribution o f juvenile wood within the stem of a 62-year-old trembling aspen
(Populus tremuloides Michx.) were studied. Samples ...
Seasonal changes in gas exchange and foliar nitrogen of three conifer species growing on an Ontario boreal mixedwood site
(2003)
Jack pine, black spruce and white spruce are three vital species of the
Ontario boreal mixedwood forest. The purpose of this study is to compare and
contrast the ecophysiological characteristics of each species and to ...