Browsing 2013/2014 collection by Title
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21st century pedagogy: a classroom perspective on critical thinking
The current study aims to gain a classroom perspective on one of the core 21st century skills: critical thinking. Teachers from London, England and Toronto, Ontario (N=24) were surveyed and interviewed (N=10) and asked ... -
A community-based study of the effectiveness of trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy with school-aged children in Toronto, Canada
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is a widely used treatment model for trauma-exposed children and adolescents (Cohen, Mannarino, & Deblinger, 2006). In this study, a randomized, waitlist-control design ... -
A feasibility study of a home-based exercise intervention for prostate cancer patients on androgen deprivation therapy
Purpose: Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is an effective treatment for advanced-stage prostate cancer. Unfortunately, ADT has several adverse effects that significantly impair health-related quality of life (HRQOL). In ... -
A Gulf Stream dream: a merging of steel pan orchestra and chamber orchestra
The steel pan and its associated music were first intended to serve carnival and its revelers who would be parading around the streets of Trinidad & Tobago during carnival time. The tradition has progressed from a single ... -
A Redefined Role for Tuba in Jazz
In accordance with the York University MA composition thesis guidelines, I propose to create a body of work consisting of several original jazz compositions. This project will utilize myself as composer with the tuba at ... -
A score complete without themes: Henry Mancini and the frenzy experience
This dissertation examines the musical features of, and circumstances surrounding, the film score composed in 1971 by Henry Mancini for director Alfred Hitchcock's penultimate work, Frenzy. Mancini's music was rejected by ... -
A study of biomolecular interactions using three biological complexes to explore structure, dynamics and method development
The protein, RDE-4 in C. elegans, served as a model for studying how double stranded RNA binding proteins that bind to dsRNA molecules are critical for RNAi cellular processes. NMR spectroscopy confirms that the RDE-4 ... -
A study of oral language use in a grade three classroom: implications of a systematic approach
Oral communication is a vital component of the learning process. Research demonstrates that children benefit from engaging in oral interactions with their peers and, through such interactions, can co-construct knowledge ... -
A suite for solo piano inspired by the Heroic Journey
This thesis is an exploration of the role an audience might assume in a musical performance, and is a test of the hypothesis that listeners' engagement with a composition can be increased by giving them a role in the ... -
A systems approach to health, well-being and the environment: air pollution and Shanghai's elderly
Using Soft Systems Methodologies (SSM) to transcend cultural boundaries in an open format, this paper examines the changes experienced by Shanghai's elderly in the context of health, well-being and the environment. Shanghai ... -
A topological theory of (T,V)-categories
Lawvere's notion of completeness for quantale-enriched categories has been extended to the theory of lax algebras under the name of L-completeness. In this work we introduce the corresponding morphism concept and examine ... -
A/r/tography: a living inquiry into resilience
This qualitative action research used a/r/tography, an arts-based process that involves the creation of art and text in a living inquiry to explore how nurses understand and describe the concept of resilience. Meanings and ... -
Accumulation by dispossession and the transformation of property relations in Egypt: housing policy under neoliberalism
This dissertation examines the ways in which workers and peasants access to housing has been shaped under different political regimes over the past two centuries (1805-2011). Up until 1952, Egypt did not have an official ... -
Advances in connectivity-based positioning for mobile wireless sensor networks
A sensor network is a new area of application for computing devices which is developing as a consequence of the progression of the computing revolution. A network is composed of small, resource limited, devices that can ... -
Age differences in the experience of cancer pain
The aim of this dissertation is to elucidate age-related patterns in the multidimensional experience of cancer pain. Chapter 1 presents a literature review of age-related patterns in cancer pain, outlines the methodological ... -
An ethnographic study of adult Ukrainian immigrants' English language learning experiences: examining the Relation between English language proficiency and Economic success in Canada
This thesis examines the ways in which the informal and formal English language learning experiences impact the economic performance and integration into Canadian society of post former Soviet Union (FSU) Ukrainian immigrants. ... -
An examination of the development of rapid onset diabetes induced by elevated exogenous glucocorticoids and a high-fat diet in young Sprague-Dawley rats
Acute increases in glucocorticoids (GCs) during a perceived stressful event are functionally important for many biological processes that include energy homeostasis. Perpetual hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HP.A) axis ... -
Analysis and design of a wide dynamic range pulse-frequency modulation CMOS image sensor
Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor is the dominant electronic imaging device in many application fields, including the mobile or portable devices, teleconference cameras, surveillance and medical ... -
Analysis of the uncharacterized La-related protein, Slr1p from Schizosaccharomyces pombe
La is a ubiquitous RNA-binding phosphoprotein found in nearly all eukaryotes. La binds to nascent polymerase III transcripts via their UUU-3'OH motif and protects these RNAs from 3'exonucleolytic digestion. La also exhibits ... -
Archetypes in white commercial gospel musics: constructing Christian Nationalist identity
"Alan Lomax famously posited: ""the chief function of song is to express the shared feelings and mold the joint activities of some human community. It is to be expected, therefore, that the content of the sung communication ...