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I think I can, I think I can: Self-efficacy in the context of pediatric magnetic resonance imaging
(2020-08-31)
Procedural distress is common among children and has been shown to interfere with cooperation and response during medical procedures. Predictors of procedural distress have been widely studied in an effort to inform ...
SEMANTIC WEB-BASED REPRESENTATION OF COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY: APPLYING ONTOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE MODELLING AND REASONING TO GENERATE PERSONALIZED BEHAVIOURAL PLANS FOR THE TREATMENT OF MILD DEPRESSION
(2020-08-26)
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is an action-oriented psychotherapy that uses a combination of cognitive and behavioural techniques—i.e. guided discovery and behavioural activation—as a psychosocial treatment for ...
DELINEATING THE ROLE OF CALCINEURIN A ALPHA IN THE MAST CELL FCϵRI-MEDIATED IMMUNE RESPONSE
(2020-05-11)
Allergies are a health challenge resulting from excessive and inappropriate responses to innocuous antigens (allergens), and a key cellular player is the mast cell. Mast cell activation by allergen initiates a response ...
Digital Calibration and High-Speed Envelope Detector for Super-Regenerative Receiver
(2020-12-16)
In this thesis, a high-speed RF envelop detector (ED) and a blind background calibration of super-regeneration receiver (SRR) are presented. The proposed ED uses a dynamic load (DL) technique with class-AB architecture to ...
RECONSTRUCTION AND ANALYSIS OF OCEAN BIOGEOCHEMICAL AND CLIMATE VARIABILITY AT OCEAN STATION PAPA
(2020-08-27)
Few ocean stations have been in place long enough to observe decadal ocean cycles, but Ocean Station Papa (OSP) is one of those few. With a time series that spans over 60 years, OSP is an ideal data set for linking decadal ...
Canada’s Policy Response to Refugee Young People from War-Affected Regions: The Case of Halifax, Nova Scotia
(2020-09-11)
Displacement around the world has surpassed anything seen in modern history. In 2018, the UNHCR reported that 70.8 million people have been displaced worldwide, with just over half of them being under the age of 18. Of the ...
Peer Relationships and Social Work Practice in Canadian Hospitals
(2020-12-08)
This masters’ thesis is a modest exploratory study which seeks to better understand social work peer relationships among front line workers in Canadian hospitals. The study utilized the qualitative research approach ...
Accessing sexualized violence services and supports: Exploring the perspectives of women living in rural places
(2020-07-14)
Many women face significant barriers accessing formal services and informal supports after experiencing sexualized violence, including victim blaming, stigma, and fear of a traumatic experience. There is little research, ...
THE USE OF LED LIGHT DURING INCUBATION ON HATCHING AND POSTHATCH PERFORMANCE FOR DISTINCT CHICKEN LINES
(2020-12-18)
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of LED lights of different colors during incubation of chicken eggs on the hatch performance, chick quality, posthatch growth and slaughter yields for various chicken lines. ...
EXAMINING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN DOMAINS OF FRAILTY AND 6-MONTH CHANGES IN HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE, LIVING STATUS, AND TREATMENT DECISIONAL REGRET AMONG OLDER PATIENTS REFERRED FOR CARDIAC SURGERY
(2020-12-15)
Background: Frailty status, which takes function into account, may be a better measure for older patients’ health status. Frailty is a risk factor for various adverse outcomes after cardiac surgery.
Objectives: The ...