Browsing Brock Theses by Title
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M(e)a(t)sculinity: Investigating Veg(etari)an Men's Understandings of Masculinity
(Brock University, 2013-07-11)Using focus group methods, this project examines six men’s experiences of becoming vegetarian and the unique interaction between two identities commonly assumed to be in conflict: vegetarianism and masculinity. Included ... -
Macroeconomic News and Exchange Rates: Evidence of Unstable Effect
(Brock University, 2014-05-02)Although the link between macroeconomic news announcements and exchange rates is well documented in recent literature, this connection may be unstable. By using a broad set of macroeconomic news announcements and high ... -
Macroeconomic News and LOB in Foreign Exchange ECN Market
We investigate the macroeconomic news effect on the dynamics of the limit order books (LOB) for euro-dollar ECN market in different economic states between Jan. 2006 to Dec. 2009. Using a VAR-STR model on the news surprise, ... -
Macroeconomic News Effects and Foreign Exchange Jumps
This thesis investigates how macroeconomic news announcements affect jumps and cojumps in foreign exchange markets, especially under different business cycles. We use 5-min interval from high frequency data on Euro/Dollar, ... -
Magnetic and high pressure studies in the YPd5B3C3 system
(Brock University, 1995-07-09)The macroscopic properties of the superconducting phase in the multiphase compound YPd5B3 C.3 have been investigated. The onset of superconductivity was observed at 22.6 K, zero resistance at 21.2 K, the lower critical ... -
Magnetic and transport properties of (Ba1-xKx)Fe2As2
(Brock University, 2009-01-28)Single crystals of (Bal - xKx)Fe2As2 were prepared using the Sn flux method. Two heating methods were used to prepare the single crystals: the slow heating and rapid heating methods. It was found that the single crystals ... -
Magnetic properties of the Biâ Srâ CaCuâ Oâ single crystal
(Brock University, 1991-07-09)The Bi2Sr2CaCu20g single crystal with a superconducting transition temperature equal to 90 ± 2 K was prepared. The irreversibility line of the single crystal for a mgnetic field direction along the c-axis and T* in the ... -
Major Sport Event Operational Planning Issues and Strategies: A Multi-Case Delphi Study
This study examined the operational planning, implementation and execution issues of major sport events, as well as the mitigation and management strategies used to address these issues, with the aim of determining best ... -
Making it "click": collaborative perceptions of creative practice in art education /
(Brock University, 2005-06-01)Making it "Click": Collaborative Perceptions ofCreative Practice in Art Education examined the teaching practice of 6 art educators who conducted their work through the Niagara Falls Art Gallery's (NFAG) in-schools and ... -
The Making of a Quality Improvement Team in a Community Health Centre: What Does it Take
The purpose of this study was to use Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model of development to explore how a quality improvement (QI) team within a Community Health Centre (CHC) identifies the elements that have led to its ... -
Making Queer Anti-capitalist Resistance Intelligible: Reading Queer Childhood in the Ruins of Neoliberalism
(Brock University, 2013-07-11)In challenging normative social relations, queer cultural studies has shied away from deploying historical materialist theoretical tools. My research addresses this gap by drawing these two literatures into conversation. ... -
Making the transition from secondary to post-secondary education : a retrospective study of students with learning disabilities
(Brock University, 1998-07-09)The purpose of this study was to investigate what students with Learning Disabilities perceive are the personal characteristics they possess and services they require to assist them to complete secondary school and to ... -
Male reproductive competition in the field crickets : gryllus veletis and G. pennsylvanicus
(Brock University, 1986-07-09)Sexual behavior in the field crickets, Gryllus veletis and G. pennsylvanicus , was studied in outdoor arenas (12 m2) at high and low levels of population density in 1983 and 1984. Crickets were weighed, individually ... -
"Man of science, man of faith" : Lost, consumer agency and the fate/free will binary in the post-9/11 context
(Brock University, 2009-02-16)In 2004, Lost debuted on ABC and quickly became a cultural phenomenon. Its postmodem take on the classic Robinson Crusoe desert island scenario gestures to a variety of different issues circulating within the post-9II1 ... -
Management decision-making in nursing
(Brock University, 1985-07-09)This study developed a new, valid and reliable evaluation instrument to measure the level, type and pattern of management decisions of fifteen nursing students. The management decision score achieved using this instrument ... -
Management Material: Understanding the Contradictory Perspectives of Lower Level Managers in a Canadian Call Centre
(2013-04-09)Call centres have emerged during a time of rapid technological change and represent a form of ready employment for those seeking to replace or supplement "traditional" forms of employment. Call centre work is considered ... -
Managerial Risk-Taking and CEO Excess Compensation
(Brock University, 2013-05-14)This paper examines risk taking and CEO excess compensation problems in U.S firms to determine their impact on shareholders wealth. Literature suggests a positive effect of CEO incentive risk and strong corporate governance ... -
Managing Risk in a Culture of Rights: Providing Support and Treatment in Community-Based Settings for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities who Sexually Offend
(Brock University, 2013-09-20)People with intellectual disability who sexually offend commonly live in community-based settings since the closing of all institutions across the province of Ontario. Nine (n=9) front line staff who provide support to ... -
Managing Volunteers in Canadian Community Sport Organizations
(Brock University, 2011-02-17)This study examined the use of human resource management (HRM) practices with volunteers in Canadian Community Sport Organizations (CSOs). Using the Volunteer Management Inventory (VMI; Cuskelly, Taylor, Hoye & Darcy, ... -
Manipulation of adenovirus early region 1 rescue plasmids by homologous recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
(Brock University, 2003-07-09)The manipulation of large (>10 kb) plasmid systems amplifies problems common to traditional cloning strategies. Unique or rare restriction enzyme recognition sequences are uncommon and very rarely located in opportunistic ...