Browsing Brock Theses by Title
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A safe place /
(Brock University, 1999-05-21)This study is an effort to give voice to an experience. The experience in question is the decision of a student to trust a practitioner. The study also describes the features which led the student to believe that the ... -
Salience of Charter Schools in Educational Policy Debates in Three Canadian Provinces: 1993-2010
(2013-04-09)School choice-the movement towards increased parental and student control over public education-has been endorsed extensively as a means of revitalizing and improving public schools. Part of this movement is the concept ... -
Salivary and Serum Concentrations of Cortisol and Testosterone at Rest and in Response to Intense Exercise in Boys and Men
This study compared salivary and serum concentrations of testosterone and cortisol at rest and in response to high-intensity exercise, in boys and men. Early morning saliva and venous blood samples were obtained pre- and ... -
Salivary testosterone and cortisol : role of athletic setting, game outcome, and game location /
(Brock University, 2007-05-21)Many studies investigating the relationship between hormones and competition have focused on athletic competition. The athletic setting enables r researchers to investigate the hormone-behaviour relationship in a ... -
The Salmon Algorithm - A New Population Based Search Metaheuristic
(Brock University, 2012-03-02)This thesis introduces the Salmon Algorithm, a search meta-heuristic which can be used for a variety of combinatorial optimization problems. This algorithm is loosely based on the path finding behaviour of salmon swimming ... -
Sample preparation and heavy metal determination by atomic spectrometry /
(Brock University, 2004-06-29)Microwave digestions of mercury in Standards Reference Material (SRM) coal samples with nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide in quartz vessels were compared with Teflon® vessel digestion by using flow injection cold vapor ... -
Sarcolemmal lipid analysis from mechanically skinned rat muscle fibres.
(Brock University, 2011-10-24)Membrane lipid composition, which includes phospholipid (PL) headgroup, and fatty acid (FA) saturation, has been shown to affect cellular function. The sarcolemma (SL) membrane is integral to skeletal muscle function and ... -
The satellite band patterns in the near ultraviolet absorption spectra of isotopic compounds of acetaldehyde
(Brock University, 1978-07-09)The 3700 A - 3000 A absorption spectra of CH3CHO and its isotopic compounds such as CH3CDO, CD3CHO and CD3CDO were studied in the gas phase at room temperature and low temperatures. The low resolution spectra of the ... -
SAVOURING ABILITIES SCALE (SAS): THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STRENGTHS - BASED ASSESSMENT FOR THERAPEUTIC RECREATION PROFESSIONALS
(Brock University, 2014-07-28)The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate an assessment that measured savouring leisure. The assessment items developed were reviewed for content validity by eight international therapeutic recreation (TR) ... -
A Scalability Study and New Algorithms for Large-Scale Many-Objective Optimization
Many real-world optimization problems contain multiple (often conflicting) goals to be optimized concurrently, commonly referred to as multi-objective problems (MOPs). Over the past few decades, a plethora of multi-objective ... -
Scales, networks and uncertainty : an examination of environmental policy-making in Ontario
(Brock University, 2009-02-16)Through a case-study analysis of Ontario's ethanol policy, this thesis addresses a number of themes that are consequential to policy and policy-making: spatiality, democracy and uncertainty. First, I address the 'spatial ... -
Scheduling Elective Surgeries in Multiple Operating Rooms
This thesis focuses on the problem of designing appointment schedules in a surgery center with multiple operating rooms. The conditions under which overlapping surgeries in the surgeons’ schedule (i.e. parallel surgery ... -
Scheduling Elective Surgeries with Emergency Arrivals in Operating Rooms
With the growing rate of surgical expenditures, improving operating room efficiency has become one of the most important targets for health care providers. Any delays, cancellations, or no-shows, result in increased costs ... -
School choice behaviour of independent school parents
(Brock University, 1984-07-09)One hundred and thirty-three parents of students new ~o ~ive independent schools in Ontario wer. surveyed to inve~tigate school choice behaviour. Paren~s were asKed to indicate their reasons for changing schooling, ~he ... -
School Directors’ Perspectives of Physical Education in El Salvador: A Qualitative Case Study
(Brock University, 2012-03-02)Youth violence is El Salvador’s most imperative social, economic and health problem today. In an attempt to contribute to youth violence prevention in the country, humanistic physical education has been implemented within ... -
School funding and education policy-making models in Ontario /
(Brock University, 1992-05-21)The purpose of this thesis is to examine various policy implementation models, and to determine what use they are to a government. In order to insure that governmental proposals are created and exercised in an effective ... -
School integration and the friendships of youth with developmental disabilities
(Brock University, 2002-07-09)- The present study was an investigation into the effect ofschool integration on the friendships ofyouth with developmental disabilities and their peers without disabilities. The youths, their parents, and their teachers ... -
A school-based cognitive behavior modification intervention strategy for learned helpless mentally retarded students
(Brock University, 1985-07-09)This study assessed the usefulness of a cognitive behavior modification (CBM) intervention package with mentally retarded students in overcoming learned helplessness and improving learning strategies. It also examined ... -
Sclerostin Response to Exercise: Association with Bone Turnover, Oxidative Stress and Inflammation
The purpose of this thesis was to compare the response of sclerostin, a bone-specific glycoprotein that downregulates bone formation, to two modes (high impact vs non-impact) of high intensity interval exercise and to ... -
Search engine advertising in web retailing : an efficiency analysis
(Brock University, 2010-10-27)This study examines the efficiency of search engine advertising strategies employed by firms. The research setting is the online retailing industry, which is characterized by extensive use of Web ...