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Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Mathematical Modeling and Control of Nonlinear Oscillators with Shape Memory Alloys, Mohamed Bendame
It’s Like Jumping Out of a Plane without a Parachute: Incarceration and Reintegration Experiences of Provincially Sentenced Women in Atlantic Canada, Jennifer Robena Bernier
The Role of the Subtalar Joint and the Influence of Footwear Characteristics during Slip Perturbations, Jessica M.R. Berrigan
Dhamma Education: The Transmission and Reconfiguration of the Sri Lankan Buddhist Tradition in Toronto, Deba Mitra Bhikkhu
Self-Knowledge and Rationality, Stephen Blackwood
Controls on Terrestrial Evapotranspiration from a Forest-Wetland Complex in the Western Boreal Plain, Alberta, Canada, Scott M. Brown
A Participatory Study of the Nature of Touch at L’Arche: Understanding Protective and Risk Factors to Develop and Approach to Safe and Respectful Touch for People with Developmental Disabilities, Lindsay Paige Buckingham-Rivard
Poverty and Disability: The Need for Inclusion, Alexis Buettgen
Beauty and Belonging: How Appearance Self-Appraisals Affect Perceived Relational Value, Relationship Standards and Desire for Interpersonal Contact, Vanessa M. Buote
An Exploration of American and Canadian Tourist Destination Images of Cuba, Culum Richard Canally
Spatial and Spatial-Temporal Analysis of Grizzly Bear Movement Patterns as Related to Underlying Landscapes Across Multiple Scales, Barbara Lynn Carra
Littoral Cells, Longshore Transport and Wave Climate: An Examination of Littoral Transport Along the Western Shore of Prince Edward County, Ontario, Jayson A. Childs
Insights Into The World of Pea Nodulation Using the Low Nodulator R50, Scott Clemow
Concussions in Ice Hockey: Baseline Testing, Reporting Accuracy, and Cervical Functioning, Craig J. Coghlin
An Evaluation of a Dialogic Book-Reading Program for At Risk Children, Daniel Anthony Colangelo
The Role of Choice and Control in Women’s Childbirth Experiences, Katie M. Cook
Computational and Theoretical Aspects of N-E.C. Graphs, Alexandru Costea
Evaluation of the Use of Healing Imagery in Athletic Injury Rehabilitation, Joel Cressman
Rethinking Biodiversity Conservation Effectiveness and Evaluation in the National Protected Areas Systems of Tropical Islands: The Case of Jamaica and the Dominican Republic, Suzanne Mae Camille Davis
Place and Food: A Relational Analysis of Personal Food Environments, Meanings of Place and Diet Quality, Ellen Desjardins
The Dance in Contexts: Exploring the Complexity of the Helping/Healing Process with a Focus on Client Satisfaction, Margriet de Zeeuw Wright
Interviewing Children about Repeated Events: Does Mental Context Reinstatement Improve Young Children’s Narratives?, Donna M. Drohan-Jennings
Paleolimnological Reconstruction of Hydrologic Change in the Slave River and Great Slave Lake During the Past Millennium, Matthew Ennis
Structural and Pricing Decisions in Manufacturing/Remanufacturing Systems with Vertically Differentiated Products, Hamidreza Faramarzi