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Description: Many problems in modern computing require a visual component. That is to say, it is fairly common for applications to have a need to see their environments. These applications will typically employ techniques designed specifically to solve the particul...
Show moreMany problems in modern computing require a visual component. That is to say, it is fairly common for applications to have a need to see their environments. These applications will typically employ techniques designed specifically to solve the particular task needed for the application, and have little or no relation to the human visual system. Humans generally do not have difficulty interpreting the world around us. When traveling through known environments, we can easily recognize particular walls, doors and other objects in our view. We are not confused by the huge number factors that can complicate an image. The generalization and robustness of the human system would provide a huge benefit to any system that requires more advanced vision than is capable with the ad-hoc methods developed previously. If the underlying principles that make the human visual system so powerful can be identified and implemented programmatically, then a machine could reap the benefits obtained by humans. The purpose of this thesis is to demonstrate that a visual system modeled after the human visual system will be robust and accurate enough to solve real world problems - and to be useful in a non-trivial application. By developing neural networks that directly model the most primitive image processing cells of the human visual system, a platform can be built on which advanced vision systems can be developed.
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Date: 2008
Contributors: Alan Spara (author), Charles Brown (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Neural networks (Computer science)., QA76.87 .S63 2007
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: No abstract available.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1275084
Date: 2005
Contributors: Jeremy B. Ayotte (author), Katherine Parker (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Ungulates -- Nutrition -- British Columbia -- Tuchodi Watershed., Salt licks -- British Columbia -- Tuchodi Watershed., Minerals in animal nutrition -- British Columbia -- Tuchodi Watershed., QL737.U4 A96 2004
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: The highly conserved family of RNA-binding proteins known as the VICKZ RNA-binding proteins play an integral role in the formation of cytoplasmic RNPs which leads to the stabilization, localization and translational control of many mRNA transcripts in ...
Show moreThe highly conserved family of RNA-binding proteins known as the VICKZ RNA-binding proteins play an integral role in the formation of cytoplasmic RNPs which leads to the stabilization, localization and translational control of many mRNA transcripts in the cell. The key investigation of this thesis was to analyse the binding ability of the VICKZ protein family member, the coding region determinant-binding protein (CRD-BP), both in-vitro and in cells. CRD-BP has four K-homology (KH) domains and two RNA-recognition motif (RRM) domains. Deletion studies in CRD-BP orthologs have shown that the KH domains, and not the RRM domains, are predominantly responsible for binding to RNA substrates. However, it is still unclear to what extent each of the KH domains play in their physical interaction with RNA molecules, nor is it known if each of the KH domains an play equal role in interacting with different RNA substrates. In an effort to address the above questions, we used site-directed mutagenesis to mutate the first glycine of the G-X-X-G motif in each KH domain separately, and in combinations. We mutated the glycine to an aspartate to introduce both physical and electrostatic hindrance for binding at the G-X-X-G motif. The goal was to determine if such a mutation can disrupt CRD-BP's ability to bind its RNA substrates both in-vitro and in cells. Our results showed that KG single mutants KH2, KH3 and KH4 did not disrupt the CRD-BP-c-myc CRD RNA interaction in-vitro. CRD-BP KH1 single mutant exhibited a modest reduction in binding to the c-myc CRD RNA substrate in-vitro. However, double KH domain mutations (KH1-2, KH1-3, and KH2-4) resulted in a complete abrogation of CRD-BP's ability to bind the c-myc CRD RNA substrate, suggesting these KH domains work in tandem to bind to the c-myc CRD RNA substrate in-vitro. Interestingly, the CRD-BP KH domain double mutant, KH3-4, showed only a modest reduction in the c-myc CRD RNA substrate binding, suggesting that the first glycine in the G-X-X-G motif of KH3 and KH4 doe
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Date: 2013
Contributors: Mark Barnes (author), Chow Lee (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: RNA-protein interactions., Protein binding., QP623.8.P75 B37 2013
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has significantly improved the health and well-being of many people living with HIV. Successful treatment with HAART requires a very high level of adherence, and continued engagement with health care service...
Show moreHighly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has significantly improved the health and well-being of many people living with HIV. Successful treatment with HAART requires a very high level of adherence, and continued engagement with health care services. Particular challenges to successful treatment with HAART exist in northern BC, but little research has been done in this region. This study investigated the experiences of those prescribed HAART who live in northern BC in order to identify what barriers and supports exist to optimal adherence, and engagement in HIV-related care. In-depth interviews indicated the complex and intersecting factors which affect adherence and engagement in care. Proximal, intermediate and distal social determinant of health which are relevant to adherence and engagement in HIV-related care were identified. Depression and stress, prioritization, and access to medications and care were identified as mechanisms in which various factors acted as barriers to adherence and engagement in care. --Leaf ii.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1947286
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Date: 2014
Contributors: Michael David Jordan (author), Jos~e Lavoie (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: HIV-positive persons -- Services for -- British Columbia, Northern -- Evaluation., Chemotherapy, Combination -- British Columbia, Northern., Highly active antiretroviral therapy., HIV infections -- Treatment -- British Columbia, Northern., RA643.86.C2 J67 2013
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Date: 1976
Subject: Influenza., Influenza.--Trail (B.C.) -- History -- 1910-1920., FC 3849 T73 A73 1976
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/sc:minto_files, info:fedora/sc:citations
Source: Selkirk College

Description: No abstract available.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1219474
Date: 2001
Contributors: Katherine Patricia Bleiker (author), B. Staffan (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Abies lasiocarpa -- Diseases and pests -- British Columbia, Northern., Bark beetles -- British Columbia, Northern., Insect-plant relationships., SB608.F4 B54 2001
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: No abstract available.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1304335
Date: 2007
Contributors: Dan S. Sparanese (author), Chow Lee (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: RNA-protein interactions., Protein binding., QP623.8.P75 S63 2006
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: Since the days of Wellhausen, pentateuchal scholarship has essentially agreed that Gen 1 and Gen 2 are from two distinct sources. Furthermore, they agree that Gen 1 was added in front of Gen 2 at a relatively late period during the Pentateuch's composi...
Show moreSince the days of Wellhausen, pentateuchal scholarship has essentially agreed that Gen 1 and Gen 2 are from two distinct sources. Furthermore, they agree that Gen 1 was added in front of Gen 2 at a relatively late period during the Pentateuch's compositional history. Moving beyond these agreements, this thesis asks why Gen 1, and its cultural memory of creation, was added in front of Gen 2? In other words, what motivated a later group to come along and add Gen 1? As such, this thesis argues that Gen 1 was intentionally added in order to primarily elevate the Sabbath to a position and status equal to the Temple/Tabernacle. In mnemonic terms, then, Gen 1 is a countermemory that resulted in a shift away from sacred space toward sacred time. A mnemonic shift from the sanctuary in Jerusalem to a sanctuary in time.
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Date: 2016
Contributors: Kyle R.L. Parsons (author), Craig C. Broyles (thesis supervisor), Dirk Büchner (second reader), Trinity Western University SGS (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Bible. Genesis, I—Criticism, interpretation, etc., Bible. O.T. Genesis I—Criticism, interpretation, etc., Biblical cosmology., Creation—Biblical teaching., Creation—Mythology., Myth in the Bible., Cosmogony, Babylonian., Cosmology, Babylonian., Enuma elǐsh.
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/twu:theses
Source: Trinity Western University

Description: The Ts'msyen Nation of the Terrace area of northern British Columbia has a rich cultural tradition that is not adequately represented in local public school music curricula, despite the support of government policy documents and First Nations organizat...
Show moreThe Ts'msyen Nation of the Terrace area of northern British Columbia has a rich cultural tradition that is not adequately represented in local public school music curricula, despite the support of government policy documents and First Nations organizations for such representation, and despite the significant proportion of First Nations students in the school district. This study seeks to develop resources for music teaching that reflect local Ts'msyen culture, heritage and language, in a manner consistent with Ts'msyen culture and protocol. The study consists of interviews with six Ts'msyen elders to determine their views about (1) the advisability of including Ts'msyen music in public schools (2) protocol for the use of Ts'msyen music in schools (3) ideas and material for presenting Ts'msyen music in schools. Finally, I examine other cultural information provided in the interviews and present teaching material that conforms to the guidelines that emerged from the study.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1600516
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Date: 2009
Contributors: Anne B. Hill (author), Judith Lapadat (Thesis advisor), Margaret Anderson (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Music -- Instruction and study -- Juvenile., Tsimshian Indians -- Songs and music -- Study and teaching (Elementary)., Tsimshian Indians -- Songs and music., MT1 .H55 2009
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: This thesis presents three novel image models based on Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) features and the k-Nearest Neighbors (k-NN) machine learning methodology. While SIFT features characterize an image with distinctive keypoints, the k-NN fil...
Show moreThis thesis presents three novel image models based on Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) features and the k-Nearest Neighbors (k-NN) machine learning methodology. While SIFT features characterize an image with distinctive keypoints, the k-NN filters away and normalizes the keypoints with a two-fold goal: (i) compressing the image size, and (ii) reducing the bias that is induced by the variance of keypoint numbers among object classes. Object recognition is approached as a supervised machine learning problem, and the models have been formulated using Support Vector Machines (SVMs). These object recognition models have been tested for single and multiple object detection, and for asymmetrical rotational recognition. Finally, a hierarchical probabilistic framework with basic object classification methodology is formulated as a multi-class learning framework. This framework has been tested for automatic image annotation generation. Object recognition models were evaluated using recognition rate (rank 1) whereas the annotation task was evaluated using the well-known Information Retrieval measures: precision, recall, average precision and average recall.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1637024
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Date: 2010
Contributors: Md. Kamrul Hasan (author), Liang Chen (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Computer vision -- Mathematical models., Image processing -- Digital techniques., Pattern recognition systems., Optical pattern recognition., TA1634 .H37 2009
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: This study investigated Canadian high school teachers’ attitudes towards inclusion of students with special education needs into the general classroom environment. Teachers’ cognitive, affective and behavioral attitudes towards inclusion were examined....
Show moreThis study investigated Canadian high school teachers’ attitudes towards inclusion of students with special education needs into the general classroom environment. Teachers’ cognitive, affective and behavioral attitudes towards inclusion were examined. Data was collected using a 7-point Likert scale survey called the Inclusion Scale for High School Teachers created by Dr. Catherine Ernst (2006). The survey, which included a demographic questionnaire as well as cognitive, affective and behavioral attitude statements regarding inclusive practices, was conducted with a population of 150 high school teachers from a single urban school division in a large city in central Canada. Participants’ demographic information was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The Somers' Delta (Somers’ D) statistic was used to determine the strength and relatedness of independent variables of teacher demographics and school environmental variables with the dependent variable of teacher attitude. Findings showed that high school teachers’ attitudes towards inclusion were more positive than negative. It was found that teachers’ behavioral attitudes towards inclusion were most positive while their affective attitudes towards inclusion were least positive. The demographic variables with the greatest influence on teacher attitudes towards inclusion were: (a) experience as lead teacher in an inclusive setting, (b) access to human resources and supports, and (c) professional development and training related to inclusion. This study is of particular importance as it is the first study to focus specifically on Canadian high school teachers’ attitudes towards inclusion. Keywords: high school, teachers, inclusion, attitude
Includes bibliographical references (pages 88-94).
"In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education."
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Date: 2019
Contributors: Cayer Randeen M. (author), Brandon University Faculty of Education (degree granting institution)
Subject: High school teachers--Canada--Attitudes, Inclusive education--Canada, LB1777.4.C3C394 2019
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/irbu:FacEdTheses
Source: Brandon University

Description: Initial teacher perceptions of the impact of the new Alberta Social Studies curriculum on teaching practices were examined. Social Studies teachers in Northwest Alberta were surveyed, quantitatively and qualitatively, about the use of critical thinking...
Show moreInitial teacher perceptions of the impact of the new Alberta Social Studies curriculum on teaching practices were examined. Social Studies teachers in Northwest Alberta were surveyed, quantitatively and qualitatively, about the use of critical thinking skills in their teaching practices before, and after, implementation of the Grade 12 curriculum. Quantitatively, no significant differences in teaching practices were found. Neither were there any differences in teaching practices found when teachers were differentiated by the variables of sex, total teaching experience, Social Studies teaching experience and department size. However, there were increases found in workshop attendance. Qualitatively, the results aligned with the literature related to teachers' concerns of time, resources, technology, collegial support, professional development, and classroom environment only one exception related to teacher experience was found. School administrators, professional development planners, curriculum designers, and assessors of the implementation of new curricula would find this study of interest. --P. ii.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1659660
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Date: 2010
Contributors: Susan E. Mills (author), Bruce Galenza (Thesis advisor), Peter MacMillan (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Social sciences -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Alberta -- Evaluation., Education, Secondary -- Curricula -- Alberta., H62.5.C3 M55 2010
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: The concept of development is under immense scrutiny. By questioning what is development and development for whom?' a re-thinking of these practices is underway throughout the world. Critical development practitioners are seriously evaluating developme...
Show moreThe concept of development is under immense scrutiny. By questioning what is development and development for whom?' a re-thinking of these practices is underway throughout the world. Critical development practitioners are seriously evaluating development' to better understand the divided views between the North and South from a richly interdisciplinary perspective. In my thesis, I present findings of a recent research project in which I sought the perspectives of eight Indigenous Maya leaders of El Quiché, Guatemala. Based on interviews conducted in September 2010 in the Guatemalan highland city of Santa Cruz del Quiché and surrounding area, I attempt to better understand the meaning(s) of the word development from an Indigenous perspective, and how a self-determined vision of life best suits local communities. Based on their lived experiences, the Indigenous Maya interviewees asserted that development' practices prescribed by the local government and country's elites, as well as outside non-government organizations and multinational corporations, are not in the best interests of the Indigenous population. I attempt to highlight how the imposition of the development' itself has become, to these leaders, synonymous with forms of racism, inequality, exclusion, oppression and a loss of Indigenous identity and culture. Rather, Maya leaders in El Quiché stress the right to self-determined development, cultural preservation and a more holistic vision of life for individuals and communities. --P. ii.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1738200
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Date: 2011
Contributors: Alexandra Pedersen (author), Catherine Nolin (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Mayas -- Guatemala -- Ethnic identity., Mayas -- Civil rights -- Guatemala., Indians of Central America -- Guatemala -- Ethnic identity., Rural development -- Guatemala., F1435.3.E72 P43 2011
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: This thesis examines the expansion of the concept of security to include environmental threats. Contrary to conventional opinion the expansion of security can take place not only in terms of global security, but also national security. In order to demo...
Show moreThis thesis examines the expansion of the concept of security to include environmental threats. Contrary to conventional opinion the expansion of security can take place not only in terms of global security, but also national security. In order to demonstrate this, the thesis studies the threat posed to Canada from environmental degradation in the Russian North. This study includes not only an analysis of the threats that exist to Canada, but also an examination of the Canadian governments' responses to these threats. The analysis demonstrates that in most cases the Canadian government has failed to properly identify and properly address these environmental threats and thus there is a need for a re-evaluation of the scope of national security.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1191368
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Date: 1998
Contributors: Natasja Treiberg (author), Greg Poelzer (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Canada -- National security., Canada -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation), Security, International -- Environmental aspects., National security -- Environmental aspects -- Canada., JX1515 .T74 1998
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: The habitat requirements of juvenile Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) were assessed in the Williston watershed, British Columbia, where the population is currently red-listed (critically imperiled). Temperature preferences of juvenile Arctic grayli...
Show moreThe habitat requirements of juvenile Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) were assessed in the Williston watershed, British Columbia, where the population is currently red-listed (critically imperiled). Temperature preferences of juvenile Arctic grayling was assessed behaviorally using a shuttlebox system, and an information theoretic approach analysis of logistic regression models was used to evaluate the influence of environmental factors on the distribution of juvenile Arctic grayling throughout the Williston watershed. Temperature preference of juvenile Arctic grayling did not vary between the two tributaries in the watershed (p = 0.77) and the average preferred temperature was 16.84 ± 0.66 °C (n = 28). Comparisons of the preferred temperature to ambient water temperatures suggested that juvenile Arctic grayling will avoid areas where maximum water temperature is above the preferred temperature. There was a positive association between juvenile Arctic grayling occurrence and stream order (SO) and stream order multiplied by distance from the Williston reservoir (SDRxSO), as well as a negative association with the mean daily water temperature variance (varT) and average water temperature (aveT). Overall these findings suggest that large river systems are important juvenile Arctic grayling habitat and management decision should be made to ensure protection of this habitat throughout the range of this species. --P. ii.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1741116
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Date: 2011
Contributors: Sarah C. F. Hawkshaw (author), Mark Shrimpton (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Arctic grayling -- Effect of temperature on -- British Columbia -- Williston Watershed., Arctic grayling -- Habitat -- British Columbia -- Williston Watershed., Arctic grayling -- British Columbia -- Williston Watershed -- Geographic distribution., Arctic grayling -- Behavior -- British Columbia -- Williston Watershed., QL638.S2 H39 2011
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: Recent work in salmon spawning streams has shown that sediment resuspended during nest construction aggregates with salmon organic matter to form suspended particles called flocs. These nutrient-rich flocs interact with streambed biofilms suggesting a ...
Show moreRecent work in salmon spawning streams has shown that sediment resuspended during nest construction aggregates with salmon organic matter to form suspended particles called flocs. These nutrient-rich flocs interact with streambed biofilms suggesting a potential floc trapping mechanism that drives biofilm growth. Using the Horsefly spawning channel, the role of biofilms in trapping fine sediment was evaluated as a mechanism of salmon-derived nutrient processing. In the active spawn period, biofilm was reduced in abundance while the streambed sediment infiltration was at its highest level. During salmon die-off, downstream biofilm abundance recovered to pre-spawn values indicating a nutrient pulse over a small scale. With the re-established biofilm layer, sediment was increasingly trapped at the streambed surface by biofilms. This increase in biofilm abundance will likely influence the nutrient dynamics at all levels of the stream foodweb. Biofilms transfer increases in productivity to higher trophic levels. This transfer has a positive effect on the next generation of juvenile salmon growth and survivorship. --P.ii.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1735715
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Date: 2011
Contributors: Sam J. Albers (author), Ellen Petticrew (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Salmon -- Habitat., Biofilms., Stream ecology., Salmon -- Spawning., River sediments -- Research -- British Columbia -- Horsefly River., SH167.S17 A43 2010
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: The most dramatic effect of the colonization process is that the colonized are forced to occupy multiple conflicting spaces. Since Aboriginal peoples are caught between traditional viewpoints and mainstream European thought, they struggle to find a spa...
Show moreThe most dramatic effect of the colonization process is that the colonized are forced to occupy multiple conflicting spaces. Since Aboriginal peoples are caught between traditional viewpoints and mainstream European thought, they struggle to find a space where they can negotiate their identity. Both Three Day Road and Monkey Beach depict the windigo and sasquatch / b'gwus living in what Homi K. Bhabha refers to as a liminal space' ..., and illustrate how both the windigo and sasquatch / b'gwus are caught between the cultural understandings of both European descendants and Aboriginal peoples. By illuminating the roles of windigo and sasquatch/b'gwus in both contemporary literature by Aboriginal writers and Aboriginal oral tradition, my thesis reflects my struggles with the tensions between Eurocentric concepts of knowledge, culture, and values of spirituality and diverse Aboriginal worldviews. --P. iii.
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Date: 2011
Contributors: Crystal Dawn Smith (author), Maryna Romanets (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Canadian literature -- Native authors -- History and criticism., Canadian literature -- Indian authors -- History and criticism., Boyden, Joseph, 1966- . Three day road., Robinson, Eden. Monkey beach., PS8089.5.I6 S65 2011
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: Resilience is an increasingly invoked theoretical construct to explain why and how people manage to retain their health despite experiencing adversity. Improved vagal tone (higher heart rate variability HRV) is supported in the literature as an indicat...
Show moreResilience is an increasingly invoked theoretical construct to explain why and how people manage to retain their health despite experiencing adversity. Improved vagal tone (higher heart rate variability HRV) is supported in the literature as an indicator of positive cardiovascular health outcomes. Utilizing a measure of HRV as a proxy for health resilience outcomes, historical datasets of healthy undergraduate students were utilized to elucidate the relationship between measured hostility (high and low), evoked emotions (happy and angry) and smiling behaviours to better understand some factors contributing to positive physiological health (i.e., heart rate variability as an indicator of positive health outcomes). Results indicate that smile parameters vary meaningfully as a function of the type of elicited emotion interview participants undergo and as a function of gender and hostility level. However, the smiling behaviour was not predictive of physiological outcomes. --Leaf ii.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1950545
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Date: 2014
Contributors: Darby Marie Eakins (author), Ken Prkachin (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Health risk assessment., Resilience (Personality trait), Emotions -- Health aspects., RA427.3 .E25 2013
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: Elementary school counsellors (ESC) play a crucial role in facilitating partnerships between family and school. lbis study explores ESCs' perceptions of their role with families. lbis qualitative, inductive research utilizes a descriptive/ exploratory ...
Show moreElementary school counsellors (ESC) play a crucial role in facilitating partnerships between family and school. lbis study explores ESCs' perceptions of their role with families. lbis qualitative, inductive research utilizes a descriptive/ exploratory approach. The participants were four ESCs, with backgrounds in teaching, and elementary school counselling, working in elementary schools within one school district in the Northern British Columbian public school system. Data were obtained using semi-structured interviews. Interviews were transcribed verbatim, and data analysis processes included: sorting, coding, categorizing, and memoing. The participants discussed a number of ways of working with families to promote the child's progress in school. A variety of role and family related challenges emerged from the participants' discussions. Strategies to address these challenges are explored. Findings from this study indicated that ESCs use consultation processes to work in partnership with families, and with the child, to support the child's positive academic and social development.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1220583
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Date: 2001
Contributors: Jennifer Vivienne Martha Ritchie (author), Paul Madak (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Counseling in elementary education., Parent-teacher relationships., Home and school., Education, Elementary -- Parent participation., LB1047.5 .R58 2001
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: No abstract available.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1242154
Date: 2004
Contributors: Jennifer L. McConnachie (author), Ellen L. Petticrew (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Suspended sediments -- Environmental aspects -- British Columbia -- O'Ne-eil Creek., Salmon -- British Columbia -- O'Ne-eil Creek., Stream ecology -- British Columbia -- O'Ne-eil Creek., GB1399.9.C2 M33 2003
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: As a hybrid text, Of Cycles and Disturbances is blend of creative and theoretical writing that explores the complex and sometimes destructive relationship humans have with nonhuman environments. While writing towards an apprenticeship of the land, my c...
Show moreAs a hybrid text, Of Cycles and Disturbances is blend of creative and theoretical writing that explores the complex and sometimes destructive relationship humans have with nonhuman environments. While writing towards an apprenticeship of the land, my creative and theoretical texts explore: language and story memory and things remembered connection to place and a rooted sense of place the relationship between home and the wild the negative effects of resource extraction and processing on nonhuman environments and my complicated relationship with resource extraction. By combining lined poetry, prose poems, experiential creative non-fiction, photographs and a theoretical framework, my thesis surrounds and works towards an understanding of nature and my own involvement in the cycles and disturbances of the wild. The forces that work to transform and destroy nature and the ways in which poetry can work against those forces as both a form of activism and a didactic tool is the focus of this project. --Leaf ii.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1844624
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Date: 2013
Contributors: Justin Foster (author), Rob Budde (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Nature in literature., Nature -- Poetry., PN48 .F67 2012
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: This research examines the impact of climate change and MPB harvest on streamflow in northern British Columbia using the Hydrologiska Byr~\u2022ns Vattenbalansmodell-Environment Canada model (HBV-EC) a semi-distributed conceptual hydrologic model. Stre...
Show moreThis research examines the impact of climate change and MPB harvest on streamflow in northern British Columbia using the Hydrologiska Byr~\u2022ns Vattenbalansmodell-Environment Canada model (HBV-EC) a semi-distributed conceptual hydrologic model. Streamflow for the Goathorn Creek watershed in Telkwa is modeled under the IPCC A1B, A2 and B1 emissions scenarios. The TreeGen downscaling method and four global climate models were used to generate future climate. Global climate models used were the Canadian developed CGCM3, ECHAM5 from Germany, GFDL-CM2.1 from the United States and CSIRO-Mk from Australia. Under all climate scenarios HBV-EC modeled a 16 percent reduction in mean annual flows the timing of spring peak flows was also forecast to occur up to 30 days earlier in the year. A change in the timing of peak flows and an overall reduction in mean flows will have important implications for water managers, domestic users and industrial development within the Bulkley Valley. The HBV-EC model was also used to model Moffat Creek streamflow under various harvest scenarios for mountain pine beetle stands. The model predicted an increase in streamflow with an increase in harvest area. When compared to measured streamflow it was however found that average spring discharge during the MPB epidemic was 14 percent lower than it had been during the previous 30 years. The low spring discharge during the MPB epidemic appeared to be related to the 9 percent decrease in SWE for the same years however further investigation is required.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1674819
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Date: 2010
Contributors: Faye Hirshfield (author), Jueyi Sui (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Ecohydrology -- British Columbia -- Goathorn Creek Watershed., Ecohydrology -- British Columbia -- Moffat Creek Watershed., Streamflow -- British Columbia -- Goathorn Creek Watershed., Streamflow -- British Columbia -- Moffat Creek Watershed., Logging -- Environmental aspects -- British Columbia -- Goathorn Creek Watershed., Logging -- Environmental aspects -- British Columbia -- Moffat Creek Watershed., QH541.15.E19 H57 2010
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: The Bathurst barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) herd decreased by 90% from 1986-2009. Increased intensity of insect harassment due to climatic warming is hypothesized as a factor contributing to the decline. I monitored weather, tr...
Show moreThe Bathurst barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) herd decreased by 90% from 1986-2009. Increased intensity of insect harassment due to climatic warming is hypothesized as a factor contributing to the decline. I monitored weather, trapped insects, and recorded caribou behavior during 2007-2009. Oestrid fly (Oestridae) presence, and mosquito (Culicidae) and black fly (Simuliidae) activity/abundance were best explained by temperature, wind speed, light intensity, barometric pressure, relative humidity, vegetation, topography, and location. Time of day and growing degree days also affected mosquito and black fly levels. Conditions favouring mosquito activity declined, while those favouring black and oestrid fly activity increased since the mid 1980s. Mosquitoes had relatively little effect on caribou behavior. Insect avoidance increased when oestrids were present or black flies were active at moderate-high levels. Understanding differential effects of macroparasites on Rangifer behavior is necessary to predict herd dynamics in the context of a changing climate across northern Canada. --P.ii.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1677083
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Date: 2011
Contributors: Leslie A. Witter (author), Christopher Johnson (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Barren ground caribou -- Behavior -- Climatic factors -- Canada, Northern., Barren ground caribou -- Effect of global warming on -- Canada, Northern., Insects -- Behavior -- Climatic factors -- Canada, Northern., QL737.U55 W58 2010
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: The Adult Guardianship Act proclaimed in British Columbia in 2000 was a legal response that provides a mandate for designated agencies to look into reports of vulnerable adults who are abused, neglected, or self neglected. Important guiding principles ...
Show moreThe Adult Guardianship Act proclaimed in British Columbia in 2000 was a legal response that provides a mandate for designated agencies to look into reports of vulnerable adults who are abused, neglected, or self neglected. Important guiding principles are embedded in the legislation intended to safeguard the principal of autonomy. This legislation requires designated agency staff to be simultaneously responsible for the mandate to care for vulnerable adults who are experiencing abuse, neglect, or self neglect and to uphold the principle of the right to autonomy. This qualitative research study describes the experiences and decisions social workers encounter in adult guardianship practice with older adults, particularly as it relates to the ethical dimensions of the practice. Results suggest that social workers look for and find ways to balance support for both autonomy and care by improvising ethical jazz. Questions were raised about the viability of integrating adult protection and health care. --P. ii.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1674817
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Date: 2011
Contributors: Louise Holland (author), Dawn Hemingway (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Social work with older people -- British Columbia., British Columbia. Adult Guardianship Act., Guardian and ward -- British Columbia., Older people -- Services for -- British Columbia., HV1475.B8 H65 2010
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy was used to simultaneously predict the density and moisture content of four wood species (Aspen, Birch, Hemlock and Fir). Using a fixed value for the dielectric function of water, it was found that moisture content wa...
Show moreTerahertz time-domain spectroscopy was used to simultaneously predict the density and moisture content of four wood species (Aspen, Birch, Hemlock and Fir). Using a fixed value for the dielectric function of water, it was found that moisture content was systematically underestimated at low moisture contents, which results from changes in the dielectric function of water as it goes from free to bound in nature. The variation of the dielectric function of water with moisture content was studied further, and the results show that the dielectric function of water does indeed change with moisture content. The results are a large step forward in our understanding of wood-water interactions at Terahertz frequencies, and therefore useful for applications in wood science. --Leaf i.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1977014
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Date: 2015
Contributors: Belal Ahmed (author), Ian Hartley (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Wood -- Density -- Measurement., Wood -- Moisture -- Measurement., Terahertz spectroscopy., TS835 .A36 2014
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: The objective of this study is to develop a physically-based distributed glacier mass balance (GMB) model for Place Glacier, British Columbia, Canada, and apply the model to develop the historic and the future mass balance. The model is forced with cli...
Show moreThe objective of this study is to develop a physically-based distributed glacier mass balance (GMB) model for Place Glacier, British Columbia, Canada, and apply the model to develop the historic and the future mass balance. The model is forced with climate data from Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS) mesoscale atmospheric model output from 1979-2008 for developing historic mass balance on Place Glacier. The model is also run in the future (2009-2040) to develop a projection of mass balance. The model simulated the historic glacier-wide summer and winter balance on Place Glacier satisfactorily. For all years, root mean squared error (RMSE) in simulated summer and winter balance are 0.43 m water equivalent (w.e.) and 0.27 m w.e., respectively. Over the period of 29 years, the model simulated a cumulative net mass balance of -33.72 m w.e. The model outperformed both empirical temperature index (TI) and enhanced TI models in simulating summer balance on Place Glacier when forced with the same RAMS variables. A linear regression model based on Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) technique is used for downscaling future climate projections from a suite of Global Climate Models (GCMs). The cross-validation of downscaled daily air temperature showed a strong correlation with the validation dataset (r~ =0.85, p <0.05). However, the RMSE in downscaled daily air temperature is large (=2.4~C). With spatially average correlation of 0.38 and RMSE of 7.5 mm day\u207b~ , the model for daily precipitation performed less satisfactorily in downscaling large-scale precipitation. For all variables, the error statistics improved with the monthly model. Future GCM projections form CanESM2, MIROC-ESM, MPI-ESM-LR, and HadGEM2-ES, are considered for downscaling. CanESM2 predicted a large negative glacier-wide net mass balance of -2.50 m w.e. for Place Glacier in the future. For the remaining GCMs, the average of net mass balance is \u20130.96 m w.e. The average of the cumulative mass loss predicted from GCMs other than CanESM2 is -31 m w.e. From 2009-2040, CanESM2, MIROC, MPI and HadGEM2 predicted an area loss of 52%, 28% and 22%, respectively. Overall, all downscaled GCMs, except CanESM2, performed better in predicting future mass balance for Place Glacier.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b2055253
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Date: 2015
Contributors: Raju Aryal (author), Peter Jackson (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Glaciers -- Research -- British Columbia -- Place Glacier., Roads -- Design and construction -- Social aspects -- Ontario -- Almaguin Region., Roads -- Economic aspects -- Ontario -- Almaguin Region., Roads -- Social aspects -- Ontario -- Almaguin Region., GB2430.B8 A79 2015
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: No abstract available.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1270181
Date: 2004
Contributors: Tara Mackenzie (author), Harvey Thommasen (Thesis advisor), Lela Zimmer (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Obstetrics -- British Columbia -- Bella Coola -- History -- 20th century., Newborn infants. -- Medical care -- British Columbia -- Bella Coola., Bella Coola General Hospital. Obstetrics -- Evaluation., Rural hospitals -- British Columbia -- Bella Coola., Rural women -- Health and hygiene -- British Columbia -- Bella Coola., RG518.B8 M33 2004
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: The purpose of this thesis was to examine the question, What are the differences in the attitudes and beliefs between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal teachers with regards to students with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)? I randomly selected Abori...
Show moreThe purpose of this thesis was to examine the question, What are the differences in the attitudes and beliefs between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal teachers with regards to students with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)? I randomly selected Aboriginal (n=5) and non-Aboriginal teachers (n=5) to participate in a semi-structured interview and to complete a series of 13 vignettes with the researcher. The teachers represented five schools in northwestern BC three at the local high school and seven from four elementary schools. I assessed the interview data qualitatively and the vignettes quantitatively. The data revealed that there were many shared beliefs between the two groups of teachers. The differences were apparent in their variant orientations, or the nuances in behaviour. Many of the dominant orientations were similar between the two groups. I conclude the thesis with recommendations for further research and present my conclusions for the study. --Leaf ii.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1863314
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Date: 2013
Contributors: Sarah Deagle (author), Andrew Ritchenham (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Children of prenatal alcohol abuse -- Education., Special education teachers., LC4806 .D43 2013
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

$Source apportionment of fine and coarse fraction particulate matter in Prince George and Kelowna, British Columbia.$

Description: This study examined ambient airborne fine and coarse fraction particulate matter collected from sampling locations in Prince George and Kelowna, BC, during the period October 2005 to September, 2006. The samples were analyzed for endotoxin concentratio...
Show moreThis study examined ambient airborne fine and coarse fraction particulate matter collected from sampling locations in Prince George and Kelowna, BC, during the period October 2005 to September, 2006. The samples were analyzed for endotoxin concentration, and a chemical analysis was performed to determine elements present. Endotoxin concentration were found to be greatest at high temperatures and moderate values of relative humidity. Positive matrix factorization was performed on the Kelowna sample set. Six sources were identified for the fine fractions: wood burning, which contributed 38% to total modeled concentration, residential wood burning (27%), vehicle emissions (19%), soil (12%), agricultural dust (3.5%), and secondary particles (0.5%). Five coarse fraction sources were isolated: soil (representing 32% of modeled concentration), agricultural dust (29%), road salt (15%), residential wood burning (13%), and secondary particles (11%). --P. ii.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1625043
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Date: 2009
Contributors: Janice Allen (author), Peter Jackson (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Air -- Pollution -- Measurement., Air -- Pollution -- Research., Particles -- Environmental aspects -- Research., Air -- Pollution -- British Columbia -- Prince George., Air -- Pollution -- British Columbia -- Kelowna., TD884.5 .A45 2009
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: This thesis combines literary representation of hollow feminine bodies with contemporary cases of patriarchal authority over woman's bodies. Attorney General v. X (1992), an abortion case reflected in O'Brien's Down by the river (1998), outlines the co...
Show moreThis thesis combines literary representation of hollow feminine bodies with contemporary cases of patriarchal authority over woman's bodies. Attorney General v. X (1992), an abortion case reflected in O'Brien's Down by the river (1998), outlines the control Irish courts hold over women. Because notions of hollow feminine bodies, or female bodies as vessels for political, religious and filial meaning are longstanding, their effects on female body identity are ultimately excessive. I outline how patriarchal political and religious constructions divide feminine experience by separating the feminine body from feminine identity. Aligning women with Ireland herself, the thesis illustrates an entrenched ideology of Irish feminine insecurity over possession of self and body. Ireland is an interesting case study because inseparable politics and religion create unavoidable, violent, and forceful oppressions of woman's agency. Colonization of feminine bodies further perpetuates the repressive culture of gendered corporeality, and validates masculine authority's possession of bodies as vehicles for cultural transference.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1435040
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Date: 2008
Contributors: Nicole Stiles (author), Dee Horne (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: O'Brien, Edna. Down by the river., Human body -- Social aspects -- Ireland., Human body -- Political aspects -- Ireland., Patriarchy -- Ireland., Gender identity -- Ireland., PR6065.B7 Z75 2008
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: Research findings support the presence of psycho-social challenges for third culture kids (TCKs) given their characteristic lifestyle. Structured as a self-experimentation Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design (auto-HSCED), I investigated the use of...
Show moreResearch findings support the presence of psycho-social challenges for third culture kids (TCKs) given their characteristic lifestyle. Structured as a self-experimentation Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design (auto-HSCED), I investigated the use of Lifespan Integration (LI) therapy in addressing ego identity fragmentation as conceptualized through an Eriksonian and neo-Eriksonian model. This project sought to answer: Can LI be efficacious in addressing ego identity fragmentation in an adult TCK? Initial outcomes did not meet HSCED standards for significance, however, further investigation revealed evidence of decontextualization and reductionist therapy formulations and analysis processes. These were remediated through intersectional analysis with the use of metasynthetic principles which enabled a re-interpretation of results within a broader intersectional framework. The subsequent proposed refinement of study conclusions argued that outcomes met the threshold for significance and for demonstrating LI efficacy in producing client ego identity change. This project also provided a first-hand account of my therapeutic journey.
third culture kids (TCK); high mobility; repatriation; lifespan integration therapy; ego identity; fragmentation; hermeneutic single case efficacy design (HSCED); reflexive research
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Date: 2019
Contributors: Sharon M Macfarlane (author), Janelle Kwee (thesis supervisor), Marvin McDonald (second reader), Jose Domene (external examiner), Trinity Western University SGS (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Ego (Psychology), Third-culture children
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/twu:theses
Source: Trinity Western University

Description: The objective of this study was to determine the effect, if any, that steric factors have on the oxidative spiroannulation of simple phenols bearing substituents that are increasing in size. Specifically, we wanted to determine whether or not the diast...
Show moreThe objective of this study was to determine the effect, if any, that steric factors have on the oxidative spiroannulation of simple phenols bearing substituents that are increasing in size. Specifically, we wanted to determine whether or not the diastereoselectivity of the reaction would improve. To do so, the synthesis of five phenols was carried out from which four of the five spiroether targets were synthesized. Based on the [superscript]1H-NMR of these four compounds, it was found that the diastereoselectivity in these reactions did not improve it actually decreased. The fact that the diastereomeric ratios did not improve with increasing steric factors provides evidence that the spiroannulation is not affected by the size of the group attached to the 3-position. Instead, it gives supporting evidence that the stereoelectronic effect and location of the substituent has greater effect to the overall outcome of the reaction. --P.ii.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1644028
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Date: 2010
Contributors: Lyndia Susag (author), Guy Plourde (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Phenols -- Analysis., Diastereoisomers., Stereochemistry., QD341.P5 S87 2009
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: This study examines the efficacy of a psycho-educational group for adults experiencing anxiety and/or panic using cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) at a community mental health agency. A pre-post design was used to measure target behaviours related t...
Show moreThis study examines the efficacy of a psycho-educational group for adults experiencing anxiety and/or panic using cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) at a community mental health agency. A pre-post design was used to measure target behaviours related to anxiety and/or panic and post-intervention interviews were conducted to explore the service users' experience of the group process, content and outcome. The five pretest-posttest (Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3, Mobility Inventory for Agoraphobia, Quick Inventory of Depressive Sympotomatology and Agoraphobic Cognitions Questionnaire) measure eight target behaviours. Seven of the eight target behaviours for the average client showed significant improved functioning after the group in: (1) affective and somatic symptoms of anxiety (general anxiety), (2) anxiety sensitivity, (3) panic attack intensity, (4) while alone, severity of avoidance behavior of certain common situations, (5) while accompanied, severity of avoidance behaviour of certain common situations, (6) severity of depressive symptoms, and (7) frequency of certain fearful thoughts. The target behaviour, number of panic attacks experienced per week did not show any significant change from before and after the group. For the qualitative interviews, content analysis was used to analyze the verbatim interview transcripts. Seven superordinate themes emerged from the data: (1) joining the group and expectations of the groups, (2) the group experience, (3) coping strategies, (4) strengths, likes and highlights of the group (5) weaknesses, dislikes and low points of the group and individuals suitable or unsuitable for the group, (6) suggestions, and (7) the interviewee's environment. There is a lack of studies investigating the efficacy and service users' experience of group CBT on anxiety and panic in community settings without using strict exclusion criteria. This study is an extension of this research and explored the latter in the context of northern British Columb
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1737772
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Date: 2011
Contributors: Lani Ho (author), Bruce Bidgood (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Cognitive therapy -- British Columbia, Northern., Group psychotherapy -- British Columbia, Northern., RC489.C63 H6 2010
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: Strong evidence exists that anti-Indigenous racism is built into the fabric of Canadian society and that it is a determinant of Indigenous peoples' health. Colonial policies that historically de-humanized and dislocated Indigenous peoples in order to o...
Show moreStrong evidence exists that anti-Indigenous racism is built into the fabric of Canadian society and that it is a determinant of Indigenous peoples' health. Colonial policies that historically de-humanized and dislocated Indigenous peoples in order to open territory for European settlement continue to have a negative impact on Indigenous health status today. A mixed methods study combining data from focus groups, individual interviews, participant observation field notes, and surveys explored the use of community-based theatre as a means to ameliorate racism-based health inequities in Saik'uz territory in Northern British Columbia. The findings suggest that community-based theatre provides an effective means for enhancing trust and building relationships within community, and between the traditionally racially divided communities of Saik'uz and the neighbouring District of Vanderhoof. Relationships of trust are crucial elements that contribute to greater well-being for those living in Saik'uz territory. --Leaf ii.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1949709
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Date: 2014
Contributors: Lisa Striegler (author), Sarah de Leeuw (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Carrier Indians -- Health and hygiene -- British Columbia -- Vanderhoof Region., Community theater -- British Columbia -- Vanderhoof Region -- Psychological aspects., E99.T17 S77 2014
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: The purpose of my thesis was to describe the perspectives of child and youth mental health clinicians on the integration of mainstream mental health approaches and traditional Aboriginal healing practices. Research participants consisted of four clinic...
Show moreThe purpose of my thesis was to describe the perspectives of child and youth mental health clinicians on the integration of mainstream mental health approaches and traditional Aboriginal healing practices. Research participants consisted of four clinicians currently employed by the Ministry of Children and Family Development, who have delivered services in the Northern region of British Columbia within the last twelve months. The literature review examined a variety of topic related areas, including: Cultural Safety Research Considerations Aboriginal Mental Health Mainstream Mental Health Approaches Traditional Aboriginal Healing Practices Integrated Mental Health Approaches and Considerations for Rural Practice. I applied a qualitative research approach, guided by the tenets of a constructivist lens. The process of examining my research findings involved the application of a Thematic Analysis approach. My research findings support the need for future research that would expand the scope and applicability of findings. These findings suggest that clinicians see the value of integrated approaches in both their practice and in outcomes for their clients. In addition, findings suggest that clinicians perceive the limitations of mainstream approaches as potential barriers to the efficacy of therapeutic interventions. Implications related to the field of social work include the institution of organizational specific cultural safety training and shifts towards more flexible and collaboratively based service delivery structures. --Leaf i.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1950595
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Date: 2014
Contributors: Marcela Rojas (author), Joanna Pierce (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Mental health counseling -- Cross-cultural studies., Mental health counselors -- Training of., RC466 .R65 2014
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: Indian Residential Schools were a “central element” in “Canada’s Aboriginal policy” for over a century, contributing to what is now referred to as “cultural genocide,” the attempted “destruction” of “the political and social institutions” of Aboriginal...
Show moreIndian Residential Schools were a “central element” in “Canada’s Aboriginal policy” for over a century, contributing to what is now referred to as “cultural genocide,” the attempted “destruction” of “the political and social institutions” of Aboriginal peoples (Truth and Reconciliation 1). This thesis examines the literary representation of the traumatic effects of residential schools in three Canadian novels by three Aboriginal authors: Robert Arthur Alexie’s Porcupines and China Dolls (Gwich’in); Tomson Highway’s Kiss of the Fur Queen (Cree); and Richard Wagamese’s Indian Horse (Ojibway). The life journeys of the male protagonists in these novels structure my analysis: their response to trauma in childhood; the destructive behaviors they develop in adulthood; and the processes of healing that conclude the novels. Residential schools severely disrupted the health of interpersonal and communal relations amongst Aboriginal peoples, and interrupted cultural continuity. ...
Indian residential schools
trauma
literature
Robert Arthur Alexie
Tomson Highway
Richard Wagamese
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Date: 2017
Contributors: Jay Lewyn (author), Dee Horne (thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution), Blanca Schorcht (committee member), Antonia Mills (committee member)
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: The current crisis in ecology, identified as a sixth mass extinction, may be addressed by providing children with opportunities to experience nature. Without these experiences, biophilia, or affinity for nature, may lie dormant. This study was designed...
Show moreThe current crisis in ecology, identified as a sixth mass extinction, may be addressed by providing children with opportunities to experience nature. Without these experiences, biophilia, or affinity for nature, may lie dormant. This study was designed by a conservation biologist who delivered and evaluated a community-education curriculum based on local amphibians. Fifteen youth were divided into three treatment groups: rural parkland, urban parkland, and indoor to alter educational experience. A pre-post study design was used to study potential treatment effects on biophilia and ecoliteracy. A Modular Ecoliteracy Instrument (MEI) was used to collect item scores on various ecological concepts. The piloted study design was partly limited by a small sample size and an ineffective control group. After reviewing the general outcomes of the study, the author advocates for further development of the MEI and hypothesizes that niche construction in the learning environment presents new opportunities for biophilia and ecoliteracy. --Leaf ii.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1950653
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Date: 2014
Contributors: Mark Thompson (author), Willow Brown (Thesis advisor), Peter MacMillan (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Environmental literacy., Environmental education., Nature study., Ecology -- Study and teaching., Amphibians -- Study and teaching., GE70 .T46 2014
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: No abstract available.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1317192
Date: 2007
Contributors: Cory John Williamson (author), Mark Shrimpton (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Bull trout -- Habitat -- British Columbia, Northern., Bull trout -- Spawning -- British Columbia, Northern., Bull trout -- Effect of habitat modification on -- British Columbia, Northern., Bull trout -- British Columbia, Northern -- Growth., QL638.S2 W555 2006
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: Assessing the shelf life of wood from mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus pondersoa [Hopkins]) killed lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) in terms of its compatibility for Portland cement was examined. Two methods of assessment were used, bas...
Show moreAssessing the shelf life of wood from mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus pondersoa [Hopkins]) killed lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) in terms of its compatibility for Portland cement was examined. Two methods of assessment were used, based on the behavior of the exothermic chemical reaction of cement hydration, accounting for the difference between neat cement paste and wood-cement mixtures. A new wood-cement compatibility index meant to integrate current approaches was defined. No evidence was found of limitations in terms of beetle-killed heartwood wood compatibility with cement except for the white rot infested samples. An outstanding physicochemical behavior characterized the mixtures of blue-stained sapwood and cement. Three compositions of ingredients were proposed for fabricating wood-cement boards that would meet the technical specifications given by the gypsum board standards with respect to strength and stiffness. In absence of pressing, the water was the factor used to regulate workability during the molding process.--P.ii.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1325899
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Date: 2007
Contributors: Sorin Andrei Pasca (author), Ian Hartley (Thesis advisor), Ron Thring (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Lodgepole pine -- Utilization., Wood products -- Research., Composite materials -- Research., Engineered wood -- British Columbia., Mountain pine beetle -- British Columbia., TS835 .P37 2007
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: Women’s experiences of childbirth are understood primarily in terms of role change and physical or cognitive impacts. This study adopted a holistic, embodied perspective to explore how women’s childbirth experiences shape their embodied sense of self. ...
Show moreWomen’s experiences of childbirth are understood primarily in terms of role change and physical or cognitive impacts. This study adopted a holistic, embodied perspective to explore how women’s childbirth experiences shape their embodied sense of self. Six women’s childbirth experiences were analysed using Gilligan’s (1982) Listening Guide method, adapted by integrating Längle’s (1993) Existential Analysis framework of the Four Fundamental Motivations. The analysis uncovered women’s voices of fulfillment and suffering as dynamic interplay suggesting that positive birth experience led to positive embodied sense of self while negative birth experience (e.g., disrupted embodiment) led to negative sense of self. These findings indicate that childbirth and motherhood can empower women to grow and be strong even in spite of possible traumatic or negative birth experience. This study has important implications for promoting a holistic understanding of the role of women’s subjective experiences of childbirth in shaping their embodied sense of self.
Childbirth, embodiment, embodied sense of self, Listening Guide.
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Date: 2018
Contributors: Neeta Sai (author), Dr. Janelle Kwee (thesis supervisor), Dr. Mihaela Launeanu (second reader), Dr. Keren Epstein-Gilboa (external examiner), Trinity Western University SGS (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Identity (Psychology), Childbirth--Psychological aspects, Self.
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/twu:theses
Source: Trinity Western University

Description: Peatlands are habitats where peat accumulation exceeds decomposition, resulting in poorly drained, nutrient-poor and acidic soils. Tamarack (Larix laricina, family Pinaceae), a deciduous conifer, and scrub birch (Betula glandulosa, family Betulaceae), ...
Show morePeatlands are habitats where peat accumulation exceeds decomposition, resulting in poorly drained, nutrient-poor and acidic soils. Tamarack (Larix laricina, family Pinaceae), a deciduous conifer, and scrub birch (Betula glandulosa, family Betulaceae), a low-lying deciduous shrub, are two plant species well adapted to the cold climates and short growing seasons of Central British Columbia and generally able to tolerate the wet, poorly drained soils of peatlands. Ectomycorrhizas are mutualistic associations formed between plant roots and symbiotic fungi ectomycorrhizal fungi that facilitate nutrient acquisition and water uptake in exchange for host carbon, may play an important role in the survival of these species. This study characterized tamarack and scrub birch ectomycorrhizas in three different peatland habitats using morphological (light microscopy) and molecular analysis (PCR-RFLP) methods. Ectomycorrhizal morphotypes and corresponding genotypes (fragment patterns) are described and ideas of host and peatland site specificity are explored. Results suggest that ectomycorrhizal colonization in peatland habitats may be similar to that for other hosts in other habitat types. Both morphology and molecular results indicate a high potential for ectomycorrhizal fungal linkages between hosts. This study presents the first published information on ectomycorrhizal associations of scrub birch.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1270260
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Date: 2004
Contributors: Jennifer M. Catherall (author), Hugues Massicotte (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Ectomycorrhizas -- British Columbia, Northern., Peatlands -- British Columbia, Northern., Tamarack -- British Columbia, Northern., Betula glandulosa -- British Columbia, Northern., Bednesti Lake Region (B.C.), QK604.2.M92 C38 2004
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: Vocal performance in songbirds describes the ability to repetitively perform energetically-expensive acts (vocal vigour) and/or to consistently perform difficult motor tasks (vocal skill). This concept is intrinsically correlated with the birds' condit...
Show moreVocal performance in songbirds describes the ability to repetitively perform energetically-expensive acts (vocal vigour) and/or to consistently perform difficult motor tasks (vocal skill). This concept is intrinsically correlated with the birds' condition - birds in better condition tend to signal with higher performance than birds in poorer condition (e.g. vocal performance is condition-dependent). Condition of birds, however, is also influenced by the habitat quality in which they settle, and has been well studied in the black-capped chickadee. My Ph.D thesis explores the links between habitat quality and vocal performance in this species. Previous studies have shown that habitat quality affects song output in this species (reduced vocal vigour in poor-quality habitat) and it was speculated that reduced song output may be linked to poorer condition of birds in these forests. To document the relationship between immediate food availability and vocal performance, I conducted a supplemental feeding experiment on male chickadees during the peak in dawn singing in early spring. My results demonstrate that food availability is an important factor influencing song output, and that song output reflects the condition of the birds at the time of singing. The difference in song output across habitats, thus, appears to relate to difference in food availability at the time of singing. The ability to maintain internal song structure (vocal skill) has previously been shown to be condition-dependent in chickadees, with dominant birds having better vocal skill than subordinate birds. My supplemental feeding study demonstrated that this vocal skill is not influenced by short-term resource availability to the signaller at the time of singing, but vocal skill is affected by habitat quality - birds in young forest habitats (poor-quality) are less able to maintain internal frequency ratios in their songs than birds in neighbouring mature forests (high-quality). The ability to maintain internal song ratios may rather reflect longer
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Date: 2012
Contributors: Thibault Grava (author), Ken Otter (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Black-capped chickadee -- Habitat., Black-capped chickadee -- Vocalization., Birdsongs., QL696.P2615 G73 2012
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: The purpose of this study was to extend the intergenerational research by examining children's attitudes toward older adults and older adults' perceptions of children following participation in intergenerational programs. The connection between childre...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to extend the intergenerational research by examining children's attitudes toward older adults and older adults' perceptions of children following participation in intergenerational programs. The connection between children's attitudes toward the elderly and the characteristics and perceptions of older adults in intergenerational programs appears to be overlooked in the intergenerational literature. The question arises whether intergenerational contact within long-term care facilities can result in childrens' positive attitudes toward the elderly when participants in nursing homes tend to fulfill the negative physical and behavioral stereotypes that perpetuate negative attitudes toward the elderly. Thirty-six, elementary students and twenty elderly institutionalized residents participated bi-weekly in two programs: (a) a general program with residents in a main facility, and (b) a dementia program with residents in a dementia unit. Students completed the modified Analysis of Attitudes of Students for the purpose of deductively examining the relationships between the variables of gender, program affiliation, and number of years of participation. Statistical analyses identified that: (a) there was no significant difference in attitude between students in the general and dementia programs, (b) there was no significant difference in attitude between male and female students, and (c) students participating for two years demonstrated a significantly more positive attitude than did those participating for one year. Students in both the general and dementia programs provided more positive than negative responses when they were asked what they liked and did not like about the programs. Residents in the general program were interviewed using the modified Older Adult Interview for the purpose of deductively exploring the perceptions of the residents toward the children and the program. Residents in the general program provided more positive responses than either negative or neutral responses in reference to the program and the children. In the general program, both the residents and the students identified many aspects of the program that they liked and only a few aspects they disliked.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1183826
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Date: 1997
Contributors: Shannon Ableson-Toronitz (author), Bryan Hartman (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Intergenerational relations -- Case studies., Putis massacre, Ayacucho, Peru, 1984., HM132 .A25 1997
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: In recent years, uncertainty concerning the long term future of British Columbia's forest industry has led to renewed interest in the mining sector as a means of generating economic growth. However, the development of new operations has raised concerns...
Show moreIn recent years, uncertainty concerning the long term future of British Columbia's forest industry has led to renewed interest in the mining sector as a means of generating economic growth. However, the development of new operations has raised concerns around the impacts of mining activities on the environment, health and traditional ways of life of First Nations peoples. Using the proposed expansion of the Kemess mine in northern British Columbia as a case study, my research examines two First Nations' perspectives regarding the regulatory process through which environmental values may be validated and protected, and seeks to understand how First Nations' environmental values and perceptions of risk are connected to health and well-being. This case study finds that the environmental values of local populations and the perceived risks associated with resource development are neither well understood nor are they felt to be adequately addressed in environmental impact assessment (EIA) or consultative processes. As a result, health and well-being are undermined. --P.i.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1326211
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Date: 2007
Contributors: Jessica Place (author), Neil Hanlon (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Environmental impact analysis -- British Columbia -- Thutade Lake Region -- Case studies., Traditional ecological knowledge -- British Columbia, Northern., Carrier Indians -- Health and hygiene., Sekani Indians -- Health and hygiene., Northgate Minerals Corporation. Kemess Mine., Gold mines and mining -- Environmental aspects -- British Columbia -- Thutade Lake Region., Copper mines and mining -- Environmental aspects -- Thutade Lake Region., TD194.68.C22 B8 2007
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: When the characteristic of mass violence is primarily intrastate rather than interstate in nature, as was the case during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, geographical separation among conflicting groups is not always a viable solution. In such cases, reconc...
Show moreWhen the characteristic of mass violence is primarily intrastate rather than interstate in nature, as was the case during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, geographical separation among conflicting groups is not always a viable solution. In such cases, reconciliation can present a way to recuperate and rebuild broken relationships amongst former adversaries. Reconciliation itself, however, is not a general concept or set of rules to be equally applied towards different groups or countries. This thesis is centered on a key question: what are the meanings of reconciliation and development in post-genocide Rwanda, and how are they related? To examine this relationship, three possible connections are conceptualized: social healing and community development, reparations and economic development, and shared views on history and political development. This research contends that in a post-conflict setting, development without reconciliation is an incomplete process. --P. i.
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Date: 2012
Contributors: Hyae-Rim Roncin (author), Fiona MacPhail (Thesis advisor), Catherine Nolin (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Rwanda -- History., Reconciliation., Community development -- Rwanda., Economic development -- Rwanda., Rwanda -- Politics and government -- 1994-, Hutu (African people) -- Rwanda -- Government relations., Tutsi (African people) -- Rwanda -- Government relations., Batwa (African people) -- Rwanda -- Government relations., DT450.44 .R66 2011
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: This exploratory study used grounded theory methodology to examine the interactions between human service workers and parents with intellectual disabilities. Seven in-depth interviews were conducted with 3 parents. These parents were all receiving volu...
Show moreThis exploratory study used grounded theory methodology to examine the interactions between human service workers and parents with intellectual disabilities. Seven in-depth interviews were conducted with 3 parents. These parents were all receiving voluntary, formal support services. The findings of this study indicated that parents recognized that they needed voluntary, formal support services to manage some aspects of their lives. Other findings indicated, however, that support was not always viewed as being beneficial. Human service workers were often perceived as social control officers. A number of mechanisms such as coercion and blaming were used to maintain social control. The social control parents experienced led them to feel a sense of hopelessness about their situations which resulted in parents inventing new ways to adjust or adapt to their situations.
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Date: 1997
Contributors: Jacqueline Harper (author), Gordon Ternowetsky (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Children of the mentally ill., Mentally ill -- Family relations., Family social work., Parenting -- Psychology., RC455.4.F3 H37 1997
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: The provision of mental health services in Manitoba, Canada has been affected by a number of problems, including but not limited to: prolonged wait times for services, varying availability of psychiatrists, differing attitudes towards the recovery move...
Show moreThe provision of mental health services in Manitoba, Canada has been affected by a number of problems, including but not limited to: prolonged wait times for services, varying availability of psychiatrists, differing attitudes towards the recovery movement, and shifting scopes of practice among professional groups. These problems appear to have created inefficiencies in existing mental health services, such as the absence of services for vulnerable populations, and ambiguity concerning the best way to plan for services. Effective problem solving involves taking an inventory of what resources already exist or are easily obtained that could increase the efficiency and effectiveness of systems. In mental health services, one such exploration is to consider what further role advanced practice psychiatric nursing (APPN) might play in the delivery of mental health services in Manitoba. The research question in this study was, “What are the experiences of clinical advanced practice psychiatric nurses?”. Nine registered psychiatric nurses (RPNs) participated in one to one interviews using van Manen’s hermeneutic phenomenology. Four main themes emerged from the data analysis: practice affected by the role and availability of other health care providers, practice from a person-centered perspective, pushing the frontiers, and navigating institutional systems and structures. Exploring the experiences of APPNs illuminated ideas which can be applied to positively affect the delivery of mental health services in Manitoba, through the possible creation of a psychiatric nurse practitioner (PNP) role.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-78).
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Psychiatric Nursing.
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Date: 2019
Contributors: Jackson John (author), Brandon University Faculty of Health Studies (degree granting institution)
Subject: Psychiatric nurses--Manitoba, Mental health services--Manitoba, RC440.J33E97 2019
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/irbu:FacHSTheses
Source: Brandon University

Description: For most of the twentieth and now also the twenty-first century, the world of academic philosophy has been plagued by the so-called "analytic-continental divide." In recent years, numerous attempts have been made to understand and bridge the `divide' b...
Show moreFor most of the twentieth and now also the twenty-first century, the world of academic philosophy has been plagued by the so-called "analytic-continental divide." In recent years, numerous attempts have been made to understand and bridge the `divide' because leading philosophers have realized that the sharp division between the two styles or traditions of philosophy has produced some harmful results for the discipline as a whole. This study is an attempt to read the divide through the lens of the Medieval controversy between Aquinas' doctrine of analogy and Scotus' doctrine of univocity.
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Date: 2013
Contributors: Joshua Harris (author), Jens Zimmermann (thesis supervisor), Christopher Morrissey (second reader), Trinity Western University SGS (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Analysis (Philosophy), Continental philosophy., Philosophy, Modern., Philosophical theology., Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274., Duns Scotus, John, approximately 1266-1308.
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/twu:theses
Source: Trinity Western University

Description: Theories of grounded cognition (Basalou, 2005 Vigliocco, Meteyard, Andrews, & Kousta, 2009) suggest that emotion is a dimension of knowledge important for processing abstract concepts, and to a lesser degree, concrete concepts. Emotional experience (EE...
Show moreTheories of grounded cognition (Basalou, 2005 Vigliocco, Meteyard, Andrews, & Kousta, 2009) suggest that emotion is a dimension of knowledge important for processing abstract concepts, and to a lesser degree, concrete concepts. Emotional experience (EE) is a variable that has been shown to facilitate the processing of abstract words and inhibit the processing of concrete words in semantic categorization (SCT Newcombe, Campbell, Siakaluk, & Pexman, 2012). The present work extends these findings by examining the effects of EE on abstract and concrete words in lexical decision (LDT), SCT, and semantic lexical decision (SLDT). In LDT, EE exerted facilitatory effects on response latencies for both types of words. In SCT and SLDT, EE exerted facilitatory effects on response latencies and errors for abstract words, but exerted inhibitory effects for concrete words. The results suggest that effects of EE (i.e., emotion knowledge) are dependent on both the nature of the stimuli and task demands. --Leaf ii.
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Date: 2016
Contributors: P. Ian Newcombe (author), Paul Siakaluk (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Language and emotions., Indian youth -- Medical care -- British Columbia -- Attitudes., Niska Indians -- Medical care -- British Columbia., BF582 .N49 2016
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: No abstract available.
The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1224993
Date: 2002
Contributors: Heather Jane Dereth Baxter (author), Kenneth Prkachin (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Schizophrenia -- British Columbia., Schizophrenics -- Family relationships -- British Columbia., British Columbia Schizophrenia Society., RC514 .B39 2001
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

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