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Academic Self-Concept, Academic Motivation, Academic Engagement, and Academic Achievement: a Mixed Methods Study of Indian Adolescents in Canada and India
(2011-09-22)This study, employing sequential explanatory mixed methods research design, examined: 1) the academic self-concept, academic motivation, and academic achievement of Indian immigrant adolescents in Canada in comparison to ... -
The Academic Trajectory of Natalie Zemon Davis From 1955 to 2019
This is a historiographical examination of Natalie Zemon Davis and her contribution to historical writing over the course of her academic career. I examine Davis’ body of work from her first published article as a graduate ... -
Accelerated Convergence of Saddle-Point Dynamics
In this thesis, a second-order continuous-time saddle-point dynamics is introduced that mimics Nesterov's accelerated gradient flow dynamics. We study the convergence properties of this dynamics using a family of time-varying ... -
Acceptability of the human papillomavirus vaccine among rural and urban women in the Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania
(2013-10-21)BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is a global disease with a disproportionate burden among low- and middle-income countries. In Tanzania, cervical cancer is the most common female cancer and a prophylactic vaccine offering ... -
Access and Wait Times: A Geographic Exploration of Diagnostic Imaging in Ontario
Diagnostic imaging plays a crucial role in frontline health care, providing the information some physicians need to make a diagnosis and determine a course of treatment. Delays in access not only lead to undue stress for ... -
Access Point Association Coordination in Densely Deployed 802.11 Wireless Networks
(2015-08-20)Dense deployment of wireless local area network (WLAN) access points (APs) is an important part of the next generation Wi-Fi and standardization (802.11ax) efforts are underway. Increasing demand for WLAN connectivity ... -
Access to healthcare for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in Accra, Ghana: Challenges and strategies for improvement
This dissertation explored the health needs of children with IDD in Accra, Ghana, experiences of caregivers in accessing healthcare for the children and views of caregivers on how to improve healthcare for the children. ... -
Access to Primary Health Care Services for Persons with Physical Disabilities in Rural Ghana
Background: A growing body of evidence has shown that persons with physical disabilities experience substantial barriers in accessing primary health care (PHC) services in rural areas. Negative attitudes from health care ... -
Accessing English Language Education in Urban Immigrant Gateways: The Case of Ottawa
(2015-05-01)Immigration to Canadian cities is a growing phenomenon. While much previous international migration research has focused on states and borders, cities are receiving increasing attention as a scale at which the lived ... -
Accessing Resources in a Global Economy: Three Essays on Outsourcing and Immigration
(2009-01-12)This thesis is a collection of three manuscripts. In the first manuscript I develop a general equilibrium model that explains the growth and maturation of outsourcing – an outsourcing lifecycle – based on industry learning ... -
Accommodating Muslim Minorities in Secular Societies: Public Education in England, Scotland, Ontario, and Quebec
(2016-10-07)Abstract This thesis examines one of the most sensitive challenges facing contemporary democracies: the accommodation of Muslim minorities in public institutions and services. It focuses on the field of education, and on ... -
Accounting, Trust and the Government in Labour-Management Negotiations: The Crisis in the Canadian Automotive Industry
(2013-10-11)This thesis investigates the role of accounting information in the automotive industry restructuring of 2008 and 2009 in Canada. The crisis in the automotive industry led to government-funded restructurings for two of the ... -
Acculturation and Health Experiences Among Young Immigrant Canadians
(2015-04-23)This thesis investigates the measurement of acculturation, and the effects of acculturation on obesity, physical activity and sedentary behaviour, among Canadian youth. It consists of four manuscripts. The first manuscript ... -
Achievement Despite Adversity: A Qualitative Investigation of Undrafted National Hockey League Players
The extent to which athletes from various sports and competition levels overcome adversity has been a topic of interest in sport psychology for some time. In recognizing the theoretical and practical implications derived ... -
Achievement gap in the highly selective German school system : a critical analysis of strategies for equitable education in a primary school
(2008-07-08)Germany has historically been a country where peoples from various countries have worked and settled, and diverse cultures have existed. Yet, German schools still adhere to what could be described as assimilative and ... -
Achieving Bright Blue Phosphorescent Platinum(II) Compounds with Cyclometallating Phenyl-1,2,3-Triazole Ligands
Although tremendous progress has been made in the research and commercialization of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), the development of efficient and stable deep blue OLEDs remains one of the greatest challenges. ... -
Achieving Consumable Big Data Analytics by Distributing Data Mining Algorithms
Businesses look at Big Data as an opportunity to gain insights for improving their services. The derivation of such insights requires using different data mining techniques. Mature data mining tools like WEKA or R have ... -
Acidification and Climate Warming: Understanding the Impact of Multiple Anthropogenic Stressors on Adirondack (NY, USA) Lakes
(2014-05-05)Lakes in the Adirondack Park (NY, USA) are undergoing chemical recovery from acidification. There is now a pressing research need to define recovery targets for acid-impacted sites. Researchers attempting to designate such ... -
Acquiring and maintaining second-language skills: An examination of Canadian federal public service programs
(2013-08-30)Research has shown that although it takes time and effort to acquire additional languages, they are valuable assets. Both teachers and learners have to be motivated, and active participation is required to succeed. ... -
Acquisition and Generalization of Pitch Probability Profiles
(2013-08-14)Krumhansl (1990) has proposed that our sense of tonality is based, in part, on the perception and internal representation of the hierarchies of pitch class salience in music. It has further been proposed that regularities ...