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Stillborn: Regulated midwifery in Nova Scotia
(2013-02-17)The purpose of this paper is to investigate why midwifery policy has failed in Nova Scotia while it has succeeded elsewhere. The primary focus will be to analyse the Nova Scotia policy and its implementation through Paul ... -
The structure and form of folksonomy tags: The road to the public library catalog
(2007-09)This article examines the linguistic structure of folksonomy tags collected over a thirty-day period from the daily tag logs of Delicious, Furl, and Technorati. The tags were evaluated against the National Information ... -
Submit or Resist: Google, is There a Third Way?
(Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2006)This article explores the impact that Google is having on the library profession. Google is enticing users away from their local libraries with its siren song of easy use and ?good enough? results, and librarians are ... -
Subsidies and their Implications on Fisheries Management in St. Lucia
(Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2011-03-31)Worldwide, fisheries subsidies contribute to fleet overcapacity, to overfishing, and to the decimation of the marine environment. Despite the fact that small-scale fisheries catch roughly the same amount of edible fish ... -
SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE AND CORPORATE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM THE G20 COUNTRIES
(2023-04-12)This study analyzes the relationship between sustainability and financial performance in a sample of G20 firms over a decade (2010-2021), while controlling for relevant variables. Results show a positive bidirectional ... -
A systematic map of knowledge exchange across the science-policy interface for forest science: How can we improve consistency and effectiveness?
(Wiley & Sons, 2023)Knowledge produced by scientists is essential to the policy and practice of managing natural resources, including forests. However, there has never been systematic mapping of which techniques in knowledge exchange (KE) ... -
A systematic mapping protocol for understanding knowledge exchange in forest science
(Wiley & Sons, 2021-05-08)1. When making decisions about forest and environmental management, managers and policymakers often rely upon scientific knowledge. There is awell-documented ‘knowledge–integration gap’ where often the production of ... -
Taking The Game Out Of Gamification
(2013-02-23)Gamification purports to take elements from video games such as points, badges, levels, etc. and use them to motivate people to perform tasks outside of traditional video games. This paper challenges these claims by arguing ... -
Talking Through the Keys
(Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2005)New technologies such as e-mail and instant messaging predispose themselves to a less formal style of writing than traditional letter-writing; however, thoughtful communication is still possible through these mediums. -
THEY/THEM/THEIR: GENDER-NEUTRAL PRONOUNS ON NAMETAGS AND CONSUMERS’ MICROAGGRESSIONS TOWARDS THEM
(2022-12-15)This study draws on theories from psychology and sociology to examine how consumers will react to non-binary individuals in sales and service situations. Results from an online experiment show that consumers tend to evaluate ... -
Thrills, Chills, and Controversy: The Success of R. L. Stine's Goosebumps
(Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2010)This paper investigates the popularity of and controversy surrounding R. L. Stine‘s Goosebumps series. The books were very popular with children in the 1990s, yet the fact that they are series novels and they belong to the ... -
Toward Best Practices for Unstructured Descriptions of Research Data
(ASIS&T, 2021-10)Achieving the potential of widespread sharing of open research data requires that sharing data is straightforward, supported, and well-understood; and that data is discoverable by researchers. Our literature review and ... -
Towards a Unified Vision for Ocean Data Management in Canada: Results of an Expert Forum
(MEOPAR, 2016-05)The world’s oceans are a critical part of the Earth system. Sound knowledge and understanding of the oceans is essential for mitigating human impacts on the global environment and for promoting sustainable economic use of ... -
Towards Mind Wandering Adaptive Online Learning and Virtual Work Experiences
(2022-06-14)NeuroIS researchers have become increasingly interested in the design of new types of information systems that leverage neurophysiological data. In this paper we describe the results of machine learning analysis which ... -
THE TRANSITION FROM ‘PAID PC/CONSOLE GAMES’ TO ‘FREEMIUM MOBILE GAMES’: FOCUSING ON USERS’ REACTIONS TO AND PRICE TOLERANCE OF IN-APP PURCHASE ITEMS
(2021-01-11)This study examines how customers react to online games that transition from being ‘Paid PC/console Games to ‘Freemium Mobile Games in the context of the game series “Diablo”. In particular, this study focuses on three ... -
Trends in Scholarly Use of Online Social Media
(Position paper presented at the Workshop on Changing Dynamics of Scientific Collaboration, the 44th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), January 4-7, 2011, Kauai, HI, USA., 2011-01-04) -
"Two Roads to Middle Earth": Comparing Visualization of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings Cinematic Trilogy
(Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2010)When comparing a much-loved novel to a cinematic adaptation, many people will say, “the book was better.” Even so, some of the same people remember scenes from the movie more vividly. Why? Building on Martin Barker’s (2006) ... -
University life has gone digital: influences of institutional mobile social network use during the COVID-19 emergency
(Emerald, 2022-09-08)Purpose Many universities implemented institutional social networking apps as an alternative to in-person social experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, this study aims to explore previously identified factors ...