Browsing Brock Theses by Title
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Interaction between vortices and impurities in a d-wave superconductor /
(Brock University, 2005-06-15)High temperature superconductors were discovered in 1986, but despite considerable research efforts, both experimental and theoretical, these materials remain poorly understood. Because their electronic structure is both ... -
Interactions between the cholinergic and dopaminergic system during the production of ultrasonic vocalizations in rats
(Brock University, 2012-10-11)Rats produce ultrasonic vocalizations that can be categorized into two types of ultrasonic calls based on their sonographic structure. One group contains 22-kHz ultrasonic vocalization (USVs), characterized by relatively ... -
Interactions between the cholinergic and dopaminergic systems during the production of ultrasonic vocalizations in rats
(Brock University, 2012-09-18)Rats produce ultrasonic vocalizations that can be categorized into two types of ultrasonic calls based on their sonographic structure. One group contains 22-kHz ultrasonic vocalization (USVs), characterized by relatively ... -
Interactions of diploid embryonal carcinoma cells and normal cell mass cells with 2.5 day mouse embryos following aggregation
(Brock University, 1984-07-09)Spontaneous teratocarcinomas are ovarian or testicular tumors which have their origins in germ cells. The tumors contain a disorganized array of benign differentiated cells as well as an undifferentiated population of ... -
Interactions of onion (Allium cepa) and yellow wax bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in monoculture and intercropping with weeds, Chenopodium album and Amaranthus hybridus
Intercropping systems are seen as advantageous as they can provide higher crop yield and diversity along with fewer issues related to pests and weeds than monocultures. However, plant interactions in intercropped crop ... -
Interactions with bioenergetics by the mitochondria-targeted anti-apoptotic imidazole fatty acid derivative ‘TPP-IOA’.
The mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis contributes to cell death and tissue degeneration in a variety of human diseases. Targeting the molecular events of this pathway represents a promising therapeutic strategy under ... -
An Interactive Theorem Prover for First-Order Dynamic Logic
(Brock University, 2012-10-11)Dynamic logic is an extension of modal logic originally intended for reasoning about computer programs. The method of proving correctness of properties of a computer program using the well-known Hoare Logic can be ... -
Interdependence in Southern Africa: an examination of the relations between Zimbabwe and South Africa
(Brock University, 1991-07-09)Most research on southern Africa focuses on the total dependency of the region's states--Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, zambia and Zimbabwe--upon the dominant power, South Africa. This thesis ... -
An international investigation on the validity of the CSAPPA scale in screening for developmental coordination disorder /
(Brock University, 2004-05-21)The main objective of the present investigation was to continue the research initiated by Hay and colleagues (2004) in examining the efficacy of the Children's Self-Perceptions of Adequacy in and Predilection for Physical ... -
International volunteers at a Costa Rican organic farm : sheepish volunteers, proud tourists and unwitting developers
(Brock University, 2004-07-14)This thesis analyzes the practices and experiences of two groups of Canadian volunteers who visited the organic fanning and "alternative development" project ofFinca la Flor (FLF) in central Costa Rica. Using both ... -
The interpretation of environmental sustainability (ES) by the IOC/Olympic Games 1994-2008
(Brock University, 2010-10-25)The purpose of this qualitative multi-case study was to examine the interpretation of environmental sustainability (ES) within the Olympic 11 Movement. Two research questions guided the inquiry - first, how has the ... -
The interpretation of music videos : an interactive relationship between medium and viewer
(Brock University, 2000-07-09)There is a great deal of evidence to support the examination of an interactive relationship between the medium and the viewer in the interpretation of mainstream media. The exact nature of this relationship, however, is ... -
Intersectionality, Radicalism, Identity, and Community: An Ethnographic Case Study of Animal Activist Organizing in Canada
This thesis is an ethnographic case study of an animal activist organization (ACT) through an intersectional feminist theoretical lens. Qualitative data regarding ACT’s demographic constitution, internal organizational ... -
Intra-mitochondrial location of the skeletal muscle perilipin 3 and 5 proteins at rest and following electrically stimulated contraction
PLIN3 and PLIN5 have been shown to localize to skeletal muscle mitochondria. Hypotheses state that these PLINs could facilitate lipid droplet-mitochondrial interactions, however, this would presumably require that they ... -
Intra-party federalism and the Progressive Conservative Parties of Alberta and Ontario, 1943 to 2008 /
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Intracellular antioxidant and DNA repair enzymes as correlates of stress resistance and longevity in vertebrates
(Brock University, 2011-10-14)In animals, both stress resistance and longevity appear to be influenced by the insulin/insulin-like growth factor-l signaling (lIS) pathway, the basic organization of which is highly conserved ... -
Intramolecular carbenoid insertion : reactions of [alpha] -diazoketones derived from benzothienyl, pyrolyl and indolyl alkanoic acids with rhodium (II) acetate
(Brock University, 1999-07-09)Recent studies have shown that the rhodium (II) acetate decomposition chemistry observed for a-diazoketones tethered to thienyl, furanyl, and benzofuranyl moieties is dependent not only on the nature of the heteroatom ... -
Intramolecular carbenoid insertions : the reactions of [alpha]-diazoketones derived from furanyl, thienyl, benzofuranyl and benzothienyl acetic acids with rhodium (II) acetate /
(Brock University, 1998-05-21)A number of synthetically useful ring systems can be prepared via the intramolecular insertion of a metal-stabilized carbenoid into a heteroaromatic systems. The chemical outcome of these reactions are dependent not only ... -
Intraspecific and interspecific social variation in the sweat bee Lasioglossum Malachurum and other members of the subgenus Evylaeus
(Brock University, 2002-10-02)Sweat bees exhibit a range of social behaviours, from solitary nesting, in which no workers are produced, to strong eusociality, in which workers exhibit a high degree of altruism, behaviour that is measured by the degree ...