Browsing Brock Theses by Title
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Racemic and Enantioselective Total Syntheses of Mosquito Oviposition Pheromone from a Naturally Available Unsaturated Fatty Acid
(Brock University, 2014-09-11)The unnatural threo-6-acetoxy-5-hexadecanolide and the natural mosquito oviposition pheromone erythro-6-acetoxy-5-hexadecanolide were synthesized in a diastereodivergent fashion in 44% and 33% overall yield respectively ... -
Radiation-induced changes in the export of photoassimilated carbon /|nBarry Jess Shelp. -- 260 0 St. Catharines, [Ont. : s. n.],
(Brock University, 1977-07-09)Low levels of ionizing radiation induce two translocation responses in soybean: a reduction in photoassimilate export from leaves and a change in the distribution pattern of exported photoassimilate within the plant. ... -
Raising Creativity: Exploring How Creativity Can be Nurtured in Educational Contexts
(Brock University, 2014-09-09)The question of how we can encourage creative capacities in young people has never been more relevant than it is today (Pink, 2006; Robinson as cited in TEDtalksDirector, 2007; Eisner as cited in VanderbiltUniversity, ... -
Rapid [Gamma]-amino acid synthesis and the inhibition of the growth and development of oblique banded leaf-roller larvae
(Brock University, 1996-07-09)The hypothesis that rapid y-aminobutyric acid (GABA) accumulation is a plant defense against phytophagous insects was investigated. Simulation of mechanical damage resulting from phytophagous insect activity increased ... -
(Re)Presenting the Orioles:A Historiographical Analysis of Black Hockey History in St. Catharines
The St. Catharines Orioles was the first all-black hockey team in Ontario and played in the Niagara District Hockey League in the 1930s. The history of the Orioles, like many other African-Canadian hockey histories, such ... -
(Re)Thinking bodies : Deleuze and Guattari's becoming- woman
(Brock University, 2008-02-16)Abstract (Re)thinking Bodies: Deleuze and Guattari 's becoming-woman seeks to explore the notion of becoming-woman, as put forth by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari in their collaborative 1982 text, A Thousand Plateaus: ... -
(Re)writing the other/self : autoethnography in the transcultural arena of representation
(Brock University, 2005-05-19)Abstract: In Imperial Eyes Mary Louise Pratt (1992: 7, emphasis original) defines autoethnography as "instances in which colonized subjects undertake to represent themselves in ways that engage with the colonizer's own ... -
"Re-huminization": the role of human-animal similarity in predicting prejudice towards immigrants and non-human animals
(Brock University, 2008-11-04)Research implies that there ~ay be an association between attitudes toward margil1alized human outgroups and non-human animals. Very few studies, however, have specifically tested this relation empirically. The general ... -
Reactions of polyhalogenated aromatic compounds and related ethers with metal/ammonia solutions
(Brock University, 1982-07-09)This work contains the results of a series of reduction studies on polyhalogenated aromatic compounds and related ethers using alkali metals in liquid ammonia. In general, polychlorobenzenes were reduced to t he parent ... -
Reactions of some non-enolisable chloroketones with amide ion and a new synthesis of acridones /|nGuo-shyoung John Chen. -- 260 St. Catharines, Ont. : [s. n.],
(Brock University, 1973-07-09)This research was directed mainly towards the investigation of the reacti.ons of· substituted chlorobenziophenones under strongly basi,c conditions. The work 'can be divided into two main sections. The Introduction deals ... -
Reactions of steroidal epoxides with strong organic bases and an investigation into the syntheses of some labelled pregnane derivatives
(Brock University, 1982-10-02)Reactions of 5,6- and 4,5-epoxycholestane derivatives with strong bases were investigated. Epoxidation of 3a-acetoxycholest-5-ene also gave a new compound along with the anticipated epoxides. Interconversions of the ... -
Reactions of various aromatic nitro-compounds and anthraquinones with selected bases and nucleophiles
(Brock University, 1974-10-02)The Introducti on deals mainly with hi storical studies on aryne chemi stry and ring closure via arynes , hydride replacement from aromatic rings by nucleophi les, c l eavage of anthr aquinones in basic medium and the ... -
Reactive stepping strategies following lateral surface translations in individuals with a unilateral lower limb amputation
Following a loss of balance, individuals may utilize specific stepping strategies to prevent themselves from falling. The stepping strategies that are used by lower limb amputees, which likely consist of unique properties ... -
Reactivity characteristics of cytochrome c, cytochrome oxidase and the electrostatic cytochrome c - cytochrome oxidase complex /
(Brock University, 1979-06-09)The mechanism whereby cytochrome £ oxidase catalyses elec-. tron transfer from cytochrome £ to oxygen remains an unsolved problem. Polarographic and spectrophotometric activity measurements of purified, particulate and ... -
Reading Instruction and Instructors’ Perceptions of Learners’ Needs in LINC Level 1-3 Classes
(Brock University, 2012-05-03)This study investigates instructors’ perceptions of reading instruction and difficulties among Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) Level 1-3 learners. Statistics Canada reports that 60% of immigrants possess ... -
Reading Rocks Junior: A Mixed-Methodological Study of the Efficacy and Accessibility of an Emergent Literacy Intervention
(Brock University, 2013-07-11)This thesis explored early literacy development in young vulnerable readers. More specifically, this thesis examined an emergent literacy program called Reading Rocks Junior offered by the Learning Disabilities Association ... -
Real-Time Automatic Object Classification and Tracking using Genetic Programming and NVIDIA R CUDA TM
(Brock University, 2014-08-01)Genetic Programming (GP) is a widely used methodology for solving various computational problems. GP's problem solving ability is usually hindered by its long execution times. In this thesis, GP is applied toward real-time ... -
Reality status evaluations in mediated experiences /
(Brock University, 2000-07-14)This paper explores the cognitive functions of the Reality Status Evaluation (RSE) system in our experiences of narrative mediated messages (NMM) (fictional, narrative, audio-visual one-way input and moving picture ... -
ReAlM - a system to manipulate relations
(Brock University, 2010-10-26)Given a heterogeneous relation algebra R, it is well known that the algebra of matrices with coefficient from R is relation algebra with relational sums that is not necessarily finite. When a ... -
Recognition and discrimination: Is there a role for context in face learning?
Recognizing unfamiliar identities in naturalistic images is challenging (e.g., two images of the same person are misperceived as belonging to different people). Face learning involves increased tolerance of variability in ...