Browsing Brock Theses by Title
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Middle Ordovician (Whiterockian-Chazyan) trilobites from the Sunblood Formation, District of Mackenzie
(Brock University, 1989-07-09)The Middle Ordovician Sunblood Formation in the South Nahanni River area, District of Mackenzie, comprises mainly limestones and dolostones of intertidal and shallow subtidal origin as indicated by the presence of ... -
The Midnight express phenomenon : a historical materialist approach to the reception of the film Midnight express /
(Brock University, 2003-05-21)This thesis examines the Midnight Express phenomenon focusing on the film's reception by audiences in Europe, North America, and Turkey between 1978-2003. Using and enhancing the "historical materialist approach" to film ... -
Migrations and gradations : reappraising the health profile of immigrants to Canada
(Brock University, 2005-06-15)New immigrants to Canada typically have a more favourable health profile than the non-immigrant population. This phenomenon, known as the 'healthy immigrant effect', has been attributed to both the socioeconomic advantage ... -
A Mind of its Own: The Lived Experience of Adult Students who are ADHD
(Brock University, 2014-04-29)Despite the growing trend towards recognizing that attention deficit hyperactive disorder occurs beyond childhood, the experience of adult students who are ADHD remains little researched or understood. Given the losses ... -
Miniature Wulff-type generator for improving feed to fuel cells /|nT.-S. Tan. -- 260 St. Catharines, Ont. : [s. n.],
(Brock University, 1973-07-09)The original objective of this work was to provide a simple generator w.hich would produce hydrogen torLfuel-cell feed and which could be operated under remote or northern conditions. A secondary objective was to ... -
A minor theory of the transit of materiality into discourse, Via Campesina.
(Brock University, 2008-05-21)In this thesis I explore how the material properties of plant seed enter the political discourses of the international peasant coalition the Via Campesina and coalition member the National Fanners Union of Canada (NFU), ... -
The Mirror Room Project: A Critical Ethnographic Program Evaluation of a Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility Based Youth Development Program
(Brock University, 2012-10-11)Amongst a host of other benefits, proper physical education has the possibility to create a safe place where responsibility can be transferred from the teacher/facilitator, to the student. This is especially true with an ... -
Miss-understand-ing: design education in Ontario secondary schools : an exploration of the issues with stakeholders and recommendations for change /
(Brock University, 2006-07-14)For most people design is a mystery. The products of design are integrated into our daily lives to the point that design has become invisible to us. However. what is subsumed in design practice is a creative problem-solving ... -
Mitochondrial inheritance in ustilago violacea
(Brock University, 1990-07-09)The anther smut fungus U stilago violacea has been developed as an important model organIsm for genetic, morphological and physiological studies. Valuable information on the nuclear genetics on U stilago violacea has ... -
A Mixed-Method Study of Educator Knowledge and Practice Related to Student Socio-moral Development
(Brock University, 2014-09-22)The purpose of this study was to explore elementary educators’ knowledge of moral development, how this knowledge relates to their beliefs and sense of efficacy pertaining to character education practices and the socio-moral ... -
Mobile Books: Effect of Engagement on Students’ Motivation and Cognitive Strategy Use
(Brock University, 2014-09-02)This mixed methods research explores the role of reading engagement in 30 grade 1 students’ motivation to read mobile electronic storybooks (eBooks) and cognitive strategies used during eBook reading. Data collection ... -
Mode of action of FMRFamide-like peptide on drosophila body wall muscle conractions
(Brock University, 2011-03-08)Neuropeptides are the largest group of signalling chemicals that can convey the information from the brain to the cells of all tissues. DPKQDFMRFamide, a member of one of the largest families of neuropeptides, FMRFamide-like ... -
A model of personality and health : coping styles as a moderator in the perfectionism-health connection
(Brock University, 1997-07-09)The purpose of this study was to examine a model of personality and health. Specifically, this thesis examined perfectionism as a predictor of health status and health behaviours, as moderated by coping styles. A community ... -
Model studies toward the total synthesis of thebaine by an intramolecular cycloaddition strategy
(Brock University, 2014-01-27)The present studies describe recent progress toward the synthesis of the thebaine. Model substrates were synthesized using pyridazine derivatives as a starting material, which allowed to assess the key Diels-Alder reaction ... -
Modeling Metal Protein Complexes from Experimental Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure using Computational Intelligence
(Brock University, 2014-10-30)Experimental Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) spectra carry information about the chemical structure of metal protein complexes. However, pre- dicting the structure of such complexes from EXAFS spectra ... -
The Moderating Effects of Appearance Commentary on the Relationship Between Weight Status and Physical Activity Participation in Female College Students
(Brock University, 2011-08-24)When looked at individually, overweight status and a higher frequency of negative appearance commentary (AC) are associated with lower physical activity (PA) levels. However, the combined effect has yet to be examined. The ... -
Moderating effects of gender and general self-efficacy on the relationship between sensation-seeking and adolescent substance use /
(Brock University, 1998-05-21)This study performed a aecondvy dau analysis of information collected during the Youth Leisure Study (YLS). The purpose of this study was to examine the potential moderating influences of gender and general self-efTicacy ... -
Moderating effects of gender on the relationships among substance use and school outcomes /
(Brock University, 1999-05-21)The following study was a secondary analysis of data drawn from adolescents in South Western Ontario. The purpose of the study was to: examine the relationships among substance use and school outcomes, explore the ... -
Modernizing human resource management : the importance of values-based leadership in the Canadian federal public service /
(Brock University, 2003-05-21)Over the past several decades, many theories have been advanced as to why efforts to reform the public service have met with only limited success. Clearly, the role of leadership with respect to reform must be examined, ... -
Modifications to the Suzuki reaction and mechanistic insights on the NBS mediated cleavage of benzylidene acetals /
(Brock University, 2003-07-14)One of the most challenging tasks for a synthetic organic chemist today, is the development of chemo, regio, and stereoselective methodologies toward the total synthesis of macromolecules. r . The objective of my thesis ...