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The Impact of Web Design Dimensions on Consumer Trust at Different Price Ranges
(2013-07-09)As the use of e-commerce websites continues to increase, and with cybercrime on the rise, trust in a website has become an important issue. Hence, online stores invest time, money and effort in their website design; they ... -
Impact of yoga on quality of life for adolescent and young adult non-curative cancer patients: A pilot study
(2014-08-21)Four young adult non-curative cancer patients participated in a 7-week home-based Hatha yoga program, completing measures of quality of life (QOL) and program satisfaction. On average, participants engaged in 71.2 minutes ... -
IMPACTS OF ANTHROPOGENIC ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES ON BIODIVERSITY, ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES, AND TROPHIC INTERACTIONS
(2016-12-20)Habitat loss, climate change, invasive species, nitrogen deposition, and over-exploitation are all contributing to a global biodiversity crisis. Yet, there is high uncertainty in regards to which drivers exert the largest ... -
IMPACTS OF BIOFUELS PRODUCTION ON FOOD INDUSTRY IN THE PRAIRIE REGION OF CANADA
(2012-08-24)On the Canadian Prairies, canola is a main source for biodiesel production and wheat is the primary feedstock for bioethanol production. To raise biofuel production requires a movement of resources and land away from food ... -
Impacts of bottom fishing on colonial epifauna in the Bay of Fundy and on the Scotian Shelf.
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Impacts of Bubbles on Optical Estimates of Calcium Carbonate in the Great Calcite Belt
(2014-04-04)In this MSc thesis I determine if wind-generated bubbles elevated measurements of above-water normalized water-leaving radiance (nLw) and subsequent remote sensing estimates of particulate inorganic carbon (PIC) in a ... -
Impacts Of Climate Change On Metal Contamination In Well Water Through Saltwater Intrusion, Flooding And Drought
(2024-05-01)Climate change can exacerbate groundwater contamination via secondary effects like droughts, floods, and saltwater intrusion. This thesis analyzed the influence of climate change factors on metal contamination in groundwater ... -
Impacts of Environment-Dependent Acoustic Propagation on Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Cetaceans
(2018-10-02)Significant effort has been made over the last few decades to develop automated passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) systems capable of classifying cetaceans at the species level; however, these systems often require tuning ... -
Impacts of farming systems on landscape heterogeneity in Southern Saskatchewan cropland
(2022-04-13)Organic farms have been recognized to have higher biodiversity than conventional farms, but it is unclear if organic farms are conserving more perennial habitat in their fields than conventional farms under large scale ... -
Impacts of Forest Loss on the Global Water Cycle of the Permian-Triassic Extinction
(2022-04)Recent studies have shown profound effects of deforestation on decreased precipitation and evapotranspiration. This can be attributed to the concept of green water, which is the volume of water stored in soils and ... -
The Impacts of Habitat Management on Beneficial Insects in Lowbush Blueberry Agroecosystems
(2017-08-29)Insect pollinators and natural enemies deliver vital pollination and pest control services in agricultural ecosystems (‘agroecosystems’), yet reported population declines threaten the production of many global food crops. ... -
The Impacts of Literacy and Numeracy on Earnings: Do Admission Categories Matter?
(CYRRC, 2019-10)We explore differences in literacy and numeracy skills, and the economic returns to these skills for immigrants to Canada in different admission classes, and their Canadian-born counterparts. Respondents are categorized ... -
IMPACTS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ON THE URBAN RURAL INCOME GAP IN CHINA
(2014-08-18)The urban rural gap is one of the most changing economic problems that confronting China today. I study this problem by focusing on the impacts of public transportation density on the urban rural income gap using provincial ... -
The Impacts of Reflective Practices on the Dispositions for Critical Thinking in Undergraduate Courses
(2012-09-06)The primary objective of this research was to determine if a specific set of reflective practices enhance university undergraduate students’ abilities to: 1) reflect on their thinking processes to become more aware of their ... -
IMPACTS OF SURFACE APPLIED ALKALINE-TREATED BIOSOLIDS ON SPRUCE PLANTATION SOILS AND VEGETATION IN NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA
(2018-03-19)Decades of acid deposition in northeastern North America has resulted in base cation (Ca, Mg, K) loss and increased exchangeable Al concentrations in many forest soils across the region. In Nova Scotia, Ca has been identified ... -
Impacts of Trade Openness with China on Labour Market Outcomes for Canadian Women in the Manufacturing Sector
(2019-08-30)Trade liberalization between Canada and China has increased drastically since the 2000s, which could imply change in outcomes for Canadians in the labour market. This thesis looks at the consequences of increased trade ... -
Impaired autonomic regulation of the sinoatrial node in diabetes mellitus
(2016-01-19)Diabetes mellitus type 1 (T1D) and type 2 (T2D) are frequently associated with a number of cardiovascular complications. Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) is a severe cardiovascular complication in diabetes and ... -
IMPAIRED GHRELIN SECRETION IN OBESITY: THE KEY ROLE OF INSULIN RESISTANCE
(2020-09-11)Background: The stomach-derived hormone, ghrelin, has emerged as a key player in the neuro-endocrine regulation of appetite and energy storage. Ghrelin increases food intake and adiposity through its action on the ghrelin ... -
The Impediments of Inheritance: Living with the Legacies of Irish History in John McGahern's Early Novels
(2014-08-14)In this thesis I argue that John McGahern’s early novels treat the rampant social despondency of mid-twentieth-century Ireland by revealing its roots in the social and political changes of the early twentieth century. I ... -
The Imperial American Campus Designing the University of British Columbia, Canada, 1912-1914
(The Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada, 2010)
