Browsing by Title
Now showing items 2000-2019 of 38677
-
ASSESSMENT OF THE COMMUNITY-DWELLING SENIOR FOR FALL PREVENTION: AN ANALYSIS OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO COMMON PROTOCOLS OF THE TIMED UP AND GO TEST
(2014-07-22)Purpose:To determine if agreement exists between two common Timed Up and Go test (TUG) protocols (i.e., TUGP and TUGSC) in assessing community-dwelling seniors referred for home care physiotherapy services with balance and ... -
An Assessment of the Effectiveness of a Comprehensive Multiple Health Behaviour Change Intervention in the Workplace: A Mixed Methods Study
(2017-10-10)Declining employee health and increasing work and non-work stress adversely affects organizational performance. Workplace wellness programs, intended to improve employee health, are not supported by strong economic evidence ... -
The Assessment of the Mi'kmaq Confederacy of PEI's Aboriginal Justice Program: Final Report
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 2011-06)This assessment examines how the AJP has evolved over the past three years and explores future trajectories for its development. -
ASSESSMENT OF THE POTENTIAL OF MINKERY WASTEWATERS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DUNALIELLA SALINA AND β-CAROTENE.
(2018-08-31)Dunaliella salina is a species of green microalgae most prominently known for its ability to accumulate large quantities of β-carotene. As part of this study, mink wastewater was incorporated as a nutrient medium as a means ... -
Assessment of the processes controlling seasonal variations of dissolved inorganic carbon in the North Sea
(2006-11)We used a seasonal North Sea data set comprising dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), partial pressure of CO2 (pCO(2)), and inorganic nutrients to assess the abiotic and biological processes governing the monthly variations ... -
The Assessment of the Quality of Mental Health Literacy Measurement Tools: A Scoping Review and Three Systematic Reviews
(2017-03-21)BACKGROUND Mental health literacy interventions have received increasing attention as a strategy to promote positive mental health, improve early identification of mental disorders, reduce stigma and enhance help-seeking ... -
Assessment of the relationships between dominant cell size in natural phytoplankton communities and the spectral shape of the absorption coefficient
(2002-03)Size-fractionated chlorophyll concentration and phytoplankton absorption spectra were compared for a wide variety of natural communities. We found that, in general, when phytoplankton abundance increases, larger size-classes ... -
An Assessment of the Socio-economic and Marine Environmental Impacts Associated with the St. Kitts and Nevis Geothermal Energy Project [Graduate Project].
(2015-03-03)Caribbean islands, St. Kitts and Nevis inclusive, are suffering from high fuel cost to produce electricity. The cost of electricity has been stifling economic development and standard of living. Fortunately St. Kitts and ... -
Assessment of the Viability of a Natural Urban Wetland in the Treatment of Stormwater
(2013-08-13)Stormwater runoff generated from urban areas can be a source of contamination and may negatively impact receiving waters. Best management practices, including the use of treatment wetlands, are recommended to minimize ... -
ASSESSMENT OF THE WEAR AND CORROSION BEHAVIOUR OF TITANIUM CARBIDE-STAINLESS STEEL COMPOSITES
(2013-06-27)Ceramic metal composites, or cermets, currently have widespread applications in the chemical, automotive and oil and gas sectors, due to their combination of high wear resistance, and aqueous corrosion resistance. In the ... -
ASSESSMENT OF TWO THERMALLY TREATED DRILL MUD WASTES FOR LANDFILL CONTAINMENT APPLICATIONS
(SAGE Publications, 2007)Offshore oil and gas drilling operations generate significant amounts of drill mud waste, some of which is transported onshore for subsequent thermal treatment (i.e. via thermal remediation). This treatment process results ... -
Assessment of Universal Approaches to Proteome Prefractionation
(2011-06-15)Protein prefractionation is a popular and effective strategy for improved MS analysis of complex proteome mixtures. A challenge of prefractionation is the even partitioning with high recovery of all components of the ... -
Assessment of Water Quality Impacts in Marine Environments Receiving Municipal Wastewater Effluent Discharges in Nunavut
(2016-09-01)Complying with newly developed federal wastewater discharge criteria represents a challenge to Canada’s Far North. Before implementation of these criteria, an understanding of the impacts of current discharge scenarios is ... -
Assessment of Water Usage and Conservation Concerns on Carleton Campus, Dalhousie University
(2013-04)The primary objective of this research project was to determine the amount of water being wasted though dripping faucets, due to mechanical and behavioural error, on the Carleton Campus at Dalhousie University. In addition, ... -
An Assessment of Wood Ash on Perennial Forage Stands
(2012-12-14)Agricultural soils in Nova Scotia are usually limed in order to raise soil pH to ensure optimum availability of soil nutrients. Wood ash, produced by burning wood-based fuels, is promoted as a substitute for agricultural ... -
Assessment, Development, and Improvement of SDS Depletion Strategies in Mass Spectrometry Proteomic Workflows
(2016-08-22)In proteomics, sodium dodecyl sulfate negatively affects trypsin digestion, chromatography, and mass spectrometry, thus, its effective depletion is critical to any protein sample workflow. A quantitative assessment of SDS ... -
Asset Pricing Model Fit for Canadian Mutual Funds
(2022-12-15)Asset pricing models have been used extensively in studies to predict fund performance. However, my motivation is to test which asset pricing model is the best to evaluate mutual fund performance in Canada. In addition, ... -
Asset-Challenge Shifts of Rural and Remote Communities in the Global Context of Climate Change: A Systematic Review through the Natural-Built-Social-Environment Triangulation
(2024)This SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grant project used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) approach to comprehensively synthesize the current knowledge of climate change and climate-induced ... -
Assignation
(1971) -
Assignment handout for tax certification report (INFO 6850: Archives II)
(2015-08)Item is a handout for an assignment that is part of INFO 6850: Special Topics in Information Management: Archives II (Fall 2015). A case study on the tax certification process is provided: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/59332. ...