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The utility of HPV typing and relative quantification of HPV-16 transcripts for monitoring HPV vaccine efficacy and improving colposcopy triage of women with abnormal cervical cytology.

Antonishyn, Nick Anthony (Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2007-11-01)

Human papillomaviruses (HPV) can cause benign or malignant disease with the majority of infections without symptoms. The viral origin of cervical cancer is now proven with HPV proteins E6 and E7 defining part of the ...
Another Radio is Possible: Community Radio, Media Reform and Social Change in Thailand

Elliott, Patricia W. (Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2007-12)

An exploration of the political and cultural impact of community radio in Thailand, and of the global implications of challenges to the prevailing model of state-controlled broadcast frequency monopolies.
A critical exploration of voluntary sector social policy advocacy with marginalized communities using a population health lens and social justice.

DeSantis, Gloria Christina (Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2008-12)

There appears to be little data on the social policy advocacy work of the voluntary social service sector, also known as community-based organizations (CBOs), in Canada and their role in helping to create healthier ...
The Erdős-Ko-Rado Theorem for intersecting families of permutations.

Purdy, Alison May (Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2010)

The Erdős-Ko-Rado Theorem is a fundamental result in extremal set theory. It describes the size and structure of the largest collection of subsets of size k from a set of size n having the property that any two subsets ...
Mediating the numbered treaties: eyewitness accounts of treaties between the Crown and Indigenous Peoples, 1871-1876.

Krasowski, Sheldon Kirk (Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2011)

This thesis looks at the historical period of treaty-making in Western Canada when six numbered treaties were negotiated between Canada and the Anishnabeg, Cree, Saulteaux, and Assiniboine Nations between 1871 and 1876. ...
An Effective and Critical History of Canada’s National Standardized Testing Program

Dagenais, Margaret Anne (Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2011-03-31)

This dissertation explores Canada‟s national large-scale testing program, the School Achievement Indicators Program (SAIP) and its successor, the Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (PCAP) using a methodology built on ...
Dealing With Uncertainty in Engineering and Management Practices

Peng, Wei (Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2011-07)

A set of methodologies is proposed for dealing with uncertainties in five fields. These fields are: (1) traffic noise impact assessment, (2) hydraulic reliability assessment and reliability based optimization, (3) binary ...
A Modified Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills Group for Multidiagnostic Suicidal Adolescents with Symptoms of BPD

Tuttle, Megan Patricia (Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2011-07)

A substantial group of adolescents demonstrate behavioural patterns consistent with the DSM-IV-TR diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD). In light of the paucity of empirically validated interventions for ...
Tentativeness and Permeability in the Poitical Thought of Hannah Arendt

Colgan, Alexander Read (Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2011-07)

Hannah Arendt’s distinction between public and private rests upon a distinction between freedom and necessity that many have argued is ontological and thus immutable. This essay disputes that interpretation by discussing ...
Universal Mutual Responsibility: Heidegger, Selfhood, and the Possibility of an Ethics of Community

Booÿ, Daniel Nathan (Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2011-07-20)

Martin Heidegger's treatise Being and Time, in seeking to answer the question of the meaning of Being, addresses the subject of the self and various problems relating to selfhood as component parts of his larger project. ...
An Examination of Leaf Morphogenesis In The Moss, Physcomitrella Patens

Barker, Elizabeth Io (Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2011-08)

Physcomitrella patens is a simple model plant belonging to the bryophytes, which diverged from the tracheophytes approximately 500 million years ago. The leaves of the moss are similar in form to vascular plant leaves ...
Ultrasound Testing System for the Detecting of the Shape and Growth of a Vapor Chamber in the VAPEX Process

Zhou, Wenjin (Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2011-08)

Acoustic wave detection systems are designed to estimate distances based on the measurement of the time of arrival (TOA) of an ultrasonic wave. It has been used in diagnoses and treatments in areas such as medicine, ...
'Now You See Me, Now You Don't' - Service Delivery to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Offenders: A Study of Policy and Practice in Saskatchewan Community Corrections

Gerger, Bonny Lynn (Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2011-09)

FASD offenders involved in community corrections present a variety of challenges. One of the primary presenting challenges facing community corrections practitioners is how best to provide service to FASD offenders. What ...
Natural Gas Development and Grassland Songbird Abundance in Southwestern Saskatchewan: The Impact of Gas Wells and Cumulative Disturbance

Bogard, Holly Jayne Kalyn (Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2011-09-28)

The quantity and quality of remaining grasslands in southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada, are threatened by expansion of natural gas development. The number of natural gas wells nearly tripled between 1997 and 2007. Current ...
Effects of Anthropogenic Urea on Lakes of the North American Great Plains: Ecological Implications Based on Experimental and Observational Studies

Bogard, Matthew James (Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2011-10)

Urea consumption has increased dramatically since the 1960s and now comprises over 50% of the nitrogen (N)-based fertilizer used globally. Currently, only 30-50% of N-fertilizers applied to cropland are effectively used ...
Comparison of Three Dimensional Measurement Accuracy Using Stereo Vision

Peng, Jinglin (Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2011-11)

The stereo vision system has been widely used in recent years. The imaging process of a camera consists in projection from a three dimensional world to a two dimensional image in which one dimension of information has ...
Using Ballistocardiography to Evaluate Cardiac Performance in Trained Male Ice Hockey Players

Vogt, Emelie Sara Maria (Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2011-11)

During exercise the demand on the heart increases considerably. Evidence suggests that long-term exercise training causes adaptations to the heart that are not present in the sedentary, and is commonly referred to as ...
The Amending Formula, Meech Lake, and the Quebec Secession Reference: The Difficulties of Provincial Secession

Raymond, Jeffery Lee (Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2011-11)

The Quebec Secession Reference, rendered by the Supreme Court of Canada,affirmed the position held by the Government of Canada, which claimed that a referendum on sovereignty is not a sufficient legal instrument, in of ...
An Application of Health Behaviour Models to Diabetic Treatment Adherence: A Comparison of Protection Motivation Theory and The Theory of Planned Behaviour

Janzen Claude, Jennifer Amy (Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2011-11)

Diabetes is a medical condition in which affected individuals have relatively low adherence to the treatment regimen consisting of medications, diet, exercise, and blood glucose monitoring. Models of health behaviour such ...
The Optimal Workplace: Organizational and Managerial Structures Supporting Individual Role Quality in the Workplace

Rodenbush, Jenifer Dawn (Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2011-12)

Rationale: The purpose of this thesis is to examine employee perceptions and experiences in order to understand which attributes support the creation and maintenance of an optimal work culture. Aim: The thesis is driven ...

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