Browsing Doctoral Theses and Dissertations by Issue Date
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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.
(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
(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.
(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 ... -
Mediating the numbered treaties: eyewitness accounts of treaties between the Crown and Indigenous Peoples, 1871-1876.
(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
(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 ... -
A Modified Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills Group for Multidiagnostic Suicidal Adolescents with Symptoms of BPD
(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 ... -
Dealing With Uncertainty in Engineering and Management Practices
(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 ... -
An Examination of Leaf Morphogenesis In The Moss, Physcomitrella Patens
(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 ... -
An Application of Health Behaviour Models to Diabetic Treatment Adherence: A Comparison of Protection Motivation Theory and The Theory of Planned Behaviour
(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 ... -
Dosimetric Characterization of a Waveguide-Based Exposure System for Laboratory Studies with Unrestrained Mice at 1.9 GHZ
(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2011-12)It is essential for research on the biological effects of radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic energy to be conducted using well-characterized exposure systems in order to ensure the reliability of research outcomes. ... -
Studies and Prevention of Carbon Steel Corrosion and Solvent Degradation During Amine-Based CO2 Capture from Industrial Gas Streams
(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2012-01)This research is focused on simultaneous inhibition of carbon steel (1020) corrosion and oxidative monoethanolamine (MEA) degradation in a carbon dioxide (CO2) capture process from simulated post-combustion coal-fired ... -
Kinetics of Carbon Dioxide Absorption into Aqueous Solutions of4-(Diethylamino)-2-Butanol and Blended Monoethanolamine and 4-(Diethylamino)-2-Butanol
(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2012-01)Recently, global warming and climate change problems have begun to receive attention globally. One of the urgent policies is to control greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere. Among the greenhouse gases, CO2 is ... -
Application of Function Approximations to Reservoir Engineering
(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2012-02)The need for function approximations arises in many branches of engineering, and in particular, petroleum engineering. A function approximation estimates an unknown function, which then finds an underlying relationship ... -
Conceptually-Based Strategy Use Investigating Underlying Mechanisms and Development Across Adolescence and into Early Adulthood
(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2012-03)Researchers have used inversion and associativity problems (e.g., 2 × 8 ÷ 8, 3 + 19 − 17, respectively) to assess whether or not individuals have the conceptual understanding that addition and subtraction and multiplication ... -
The Challenges and Opportunities of Using a Competency Based Education Model in Social Work Education
(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2012-03)The ongoing expansion of neo-liberal globalization is affecting the milieu of both social work education and its practice and, in some countries, is actively promoting the adoption of Competency Based Education (CBE) ... -
Nurses and Their Work in Hospitals: Ruled by Embedded Ideologies and Moving Discourses
(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2012-03)Nursing originates from societal beliefs about women‟s roles of self-sacrifice and obedience situated within a history of patriarchal control. Unfortunately, these ideologies continue to influence and shape nurses‟ work ... -
The [Re]Construction of a Learner Self: A Phenomenological Study with Youth and Young Adults Postinvolvement in Criminal Behaviour
(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2012-03)This phenomenological research study had as its focus the concept of „self as learner‟ as an internal, complex process of self-discovery within human experience. It sought to illuminate, firstly, the meanings youth and ... -
Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial of a Self-Help Book for Health Anxiety
(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2012-03)The purpose of this feasibility study was to determine the efficacy of a cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT) self-help book for health anxiety titled, It’s Not All in Your Head (Asmundson & Taylor, 2005) relative to a wait-list ... -
Optical Transitions in Amorphous Semiconductors
(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2012-04)In this thesis, a quantitative analysis of the optical response of an amorphous semiconductor is presented. The entire analysis is cast within the framework of an empirical model for the valence band and conduction band ... -
Hydroclimatic Scenarios Using Dendroclimatic, Historical and GCM-Based Records Over the Northwestern Great Plains
(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2012-04)Historically, the Canadian Prairies have been highly susceptible to extreme drought and pluvial events, resulting in economic hardship. There are strong associations between large-scale circulation patterns (i.e. ...
