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Consumer Search, Sentiments and Firm Heterogeneity
This thesis contributes to our understanding of variations in labor productivity over the business cycle, and the long run decline in labor income share. Chapter 2 develops and analyzes a general equilibrium model with ... -
Consuming the "Oriental Other," Constructing the Cosmopolitan Canadian: Reinterpreting Japanese Culinary Culture in Toronto's Japanese Restaurants
(2008-03-25)During the last decade, Japanese cuisine has become firmly rooted in Canada. The once unusual sounding dishes such as sushi, tempura, and edamame are now familiar to most Canadians. Indeed, Japanese restaurants make up a ... -
Contact zone dynamics and the evolution of reproductive isolation in a North American treefrog, the spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)
(2013-03-04)Despite over seven decades of speciation research and 25 years of phylogeographic studies, a comprehensive understanding of mechanisms that generate biological species remains elusive. In temperate zones, the pervasiveness ... -
CONTAINMENT OF ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS USING GEOSYNTHETICS
(2016-03-02)The use of geosynthetics to contain volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in composite liner systems is evaluated through laboratory and field experiments. Diffusive parameters for benzene, ... -
Contested Terrains: Visualizing the Nation within Global Military Conflict
(2011-12-22)In this study, I use visual and material culture that addresses the contemporary war in Afghanistan to critically assess the ways in which national conflict history is envisioned. I focus in particular on cultural production ... -
A Context Management Framework to Support Context-Aware Pervasive Computing
(2012-09-07)As computing devices become more pervasive and integrated with our lives, it becomes useful for these devices to understand the environment which surrounds them and the activities of their users, so that they may adapt ... -
Context Sensitive and Secure Parser Generation for Deep Packet Inspection of Binary Protocols
Network protocol parsers constantly dissect a large number of network data to place into internal data structures for further processing by traffic analysis systems. Many network protocol parsers are hand-written for ... -
CONTEXT, CONSTRUCT, AND CONSEQUENCES: WASHBACK OF THE COLLEGE ENGLISH TEST IN CHINA
(2016-01-28)The College English Test (CET) is a large-scale language testing program implemented for the purpose of enhancing English as a foreign language (EFL) in the Chinese tertiary education context. Its results have been used ... -
Contextual Influences on Family Role Transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Ghana
(2013-12-20)This dissertation explores the cultural and socioeconomic factors that influence adult role transitions in Ghana. Guided by a life course theoretical framework, and using a nationally representative survey (2003-2008 Ghana ... -
A Contextual View of Support for Graduate Students’ Scholarly Teaching
(2012-09-28)Graduate students' teaching contributes to undergraduate education throughout North America (Park, 2004), the United Kingdom (Muzaka, 2009), Australia (Kift, 2003), and New Zealand (Barrington, 2001), particularly in ... -
Continental union, a short study of its economic side.
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Continuation of the state of France
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Continuity of Care in Mental Health
(2013-04-26)Background: Individuals who make multiple visits to EDs for mental health complaints are a highly visible and challenging group. Recent healthcare priorities aimed at reducing inappropriate or unnecessary service use call ... -
Continuous and Digital Approaches to Manipulation and Detection of Analytes on Microfluidic Devices
(2016-04-04)Microfluidic devices are extremely popular in the area of analytical research as they reduce sample input requirements, have low operational cost, fast analysis time, high separation resolution and low detection limits. ... -
Continuous relative phase variability of hand-held load carriage techniques: The effectiveness of a mover's assistive device
(2012-10-02)Professional furniture movers must carry objects of all shapes, sizes and weights. When carrying boxes between a house and the moving van, professional movers will carry boxes two different ways. The first way is holding ... -
CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING IN TOUGH TIMES: OVERCOMING RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS WITH POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL RESOURCES
(2013-10-01)Individuals and organizations must continuously improve to succeed in today’s competitive economic climate, yet a major dilemma in tough economic conditions is that the resources needed to support such proactive improvement ...