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"BEING BY MYSELF AND BELIEVING IN US" - THE EXPERIENCE OF PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH DURING AN INTIMATE PARTNER'S MILITARY DEPLOYMENT
(2015-04-07)
For Canadian military families (CMFs), pregnancy and childbirth can occur in tandem with a military deployment. The central issue is that a military deployment of an intimate partner introduces unique stressors that can ...
Industrial Commemoration: A Grain Elevator Prototype for Economic Development in Rural Manitoba
(2015-04-02)
This thesis is inspired by Manitoba’s rural industrial heritage that identifies with the iconic, traditional, prairie grain elevator. The evolution of the globalized agricultural industry is made visible through the ...
The discovery of a novel series of amyloid-β antiaggregants based on the structure of 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid: a detailed analysis of the mechanism of action underpinning antiaggregant activity
(2015-05-01)
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the fourth leading cause of death in the industrialized nations, yet there are no disease-stabilizing therapies currently in use. The amyloid hypothesis suggests that oligomeric species of the ...
CATALYSIS BY EXTREMOZYMES: COMPARING OROTIDINE 5?- MONOPHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASES FROM PSYCHROPHILES, MESOPHILES, AND THERMOPHILES
(2015-04-28)
Low temperatures impose a unique set of restrictions on the thermodynamic strategies available for enzymatic catalysis. The specific thermodynamic consequences of cold environments were determined for two psychrophile-derived ...
CHARACTERIZATION OF Ribes nigrum L. FRUIT QUALITY IN RELATION TO FRUIT MATURITY, GENOTYPE AND GROWING LOCATION
(2015-05-01)
Two separate studies were conducted on Prince Edward Island to determine how fruit cultivar and harvest timing can influence black currant berry quality during organic production. The overall goal of both studies was to ...
WELLNESS AT WORK: WHAT INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS INFLUENCE PARTICIPATION IN AND ADHERENCE TO A WORKPLACE WEIGHT LOSS (WEIGHT WATCHERS) PROGRAM?
(2015-04-29)
Obesity is a health concern for Canadians. Workplace weight loss programs are demonstrating promising outcomes with managing obesity. However, participation and adherence is problematic, especially for those employees most ...
Investigating the integrative role of substrate stiffness, strain, and tone on the functional and phenotypic response of airway smooth muscle in asthmatic airways
(2015-04-30)
In recent years, studies have shown that substrate stiffness is a potent modulator of cellular function, gene expression, and morphology in many cell types. These observations may be of important relevance to asthma pathology ...
Using the δ18O-Salinity Relationship to Identify Freshwater Inputs to a North Atlantic Estuary
(2015-05-01)
The δ18O-Salinity relationship allows us to define distinct end members in Bedford Basin, a system supplied by the North Atlantic Ocean. An isotopic analysis was performed on water in and around Bedford Basin to resolve ...
Nutritive Evaluation of Mechanically-Pressed Camelina (Camelina sativa), Carinata (Brassica carinata) and Soybean (Glycine max) Meals for Broiler Chickens
(2015-05-01)
Three digestibility experiments were conducted to evaluate the nutritive value of mechanically-pressed camelina (MPCM), carinata (MPCARIM) and soybean (MPSBM) meals. Growth trials were conducted to determine effects of ...
Motivational and Situational Influences on Inequality Aversion in Early Childhood
(2015-04-30)
This body of work explores inequality aversion, and more generally prosociality in early childhood using the resource allocation task (RAT). Across a series of experiments, a number of different research questions are ...