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Title Factors Governing Sorption of Dissolved Organic Matter and Pharmaceuticals in Soil

Excerpt Pharmaceuticals, personal care products and dissolved organic matter (OM) are introduced to soil via irrigation with reclaimed wastewater. This thesis examines the basic factors that influence sorption of these components in soil. Sorption of dissolved OM samples of varying composition to clay surfaces was examined. Results indicate that preferential sorption is dependent on clay type […]

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SDGs Clean Water and SanitationLife Below Water

Types Master's Thesis

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Years 2012

Keywords waste, water

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Title Correlates of Condom Use among Single, Sexually Active Ontario Adults: Data from the 1996/97 Ontario Health Survey

Excerpt OBJECTIVE: To examine the past-year prevalence and frequency of condom use and to identify correlates of condom use among young, unattached heterosexual Ontarians. METHODS: Descriptive statistics and multiple logistic regression were used to analyze the 1996/97 Ontario Health Survey (OHS), a cross-sectional, random digit-dialling (RDD) survey of 36,892 Ontario residents of households with a telephone […]

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Author Ip, David Tai Wai

Advisor Calzavara, Liviana

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SDGs Good Health and Well-Being

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Keywords health

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Title Quantifying the Fuel Load, Fuel Structure and Fire Behaviour of Forested Bogs and Blowdown

Excerpt A study was undertaken to characterize two dynamic fuel types not included in the Canadian Forest Fire Behaviour Prediction System: forested bogs and blowdown. Fuel load and structure were measured at ten forested bog sites in central Alberta along a 108 year post-fire chronosequence. Canopy bulk density increased following a sigmoidal curve between 0.00 and […]

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Author Johnston, Daniel C.

Advisor Martell, David Lee ||Wotton, Brian Michael

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SDGs Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Title Adolescent Social Perspective Taking in Contexts of Social Justice: Examining Perceptions of Social Group Differences

Excerpt The present mixed-methods study examined adolescents’ social perspective taking in contexts of social justice as demonstrated by their awareness and interpretations of hypothetical peer interactions depicting racism and sexism. Fifty adolescents in Grades 9 and 12 participated in a semi-structured interview in which they were presented with two scenarios, involving adolescents in conflicts portraying racism […]

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Author Rubenstein, Richard

Advisor Arnold, Mary Louise

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SDGs Peace, Justice and Strong InstitutionsQuality Education

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Departments Human Development and Applied Psychology

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Title Trends in Access to Dental Care among Middle-class Canadians

Excerpt Objective: To explore the changes in the accessibility of dental services among middle-class Canadians in response to recent changes in the labour market and the increasing costs of dental plans. Methods: Secondary analyses of all Canadian surveys that collected information on dental insurance, utilization and out-of-pocket expenditures were conducted. Descriptive analyses were used to identify […]

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Author Sadeghi, Laleh

Advisor Quiñonez, Carlos

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SDGs Gender Equality

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Departments Dentistry

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Keywords equality

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Title FormWorks-Plus: Improved Pre-processor for VecTor Analysis Software

Excerpt VecTor© is a suite of computer programs developed for nonlinear finite element analysis of reinforced concrete. A graphics-based pre-processor (FormWorks) was developed for 2D concrete membrane structures, greatly contributing to the software’s utility and success. However, modeling other types of structures is a time consuming process, requiring manual definition of the finite element mesh, loads […]

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Author Sadeghian, Vahid

Advisor Vecchio, Frank J.

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SDGs Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

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Title Genetic Variation in Bitter Taste Perception, Food Preference and Dietary Intake

Excerpt The role of variation in the TAS2R50 bitter taste receptor gene is unknown, but may influence taste perception and dietary habits. Individuals (n=1171) aged 20 to 29, from the Toronto Nutrigenomics and Health Study, completed a food preference checklist and a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire to assess their preference and intake of potentially bitter foods […]

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Author Asik, Christine Rose

Advisor El-Sohemy, Ahmed

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SDGs Good Health and Well-BeingZero Hunger

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Departments Nutritional Sciences

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Title Acting and Second Language Pragmatics: Pedagogical Intersections

Excerpt The study sheds light on the interrelations between interlanguage pragmatics and the use of a popular acting method, the Stanislavsky System, for second language (L2) acquisition. The theoretical investigation explores various uses of acting in second language education. The empirical enquiry represents an exploratory case-study of two adult EFL learners attending a theatre course in […]

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Author Babayants, Artem

Advisor Kerekes, Julie

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SDGs Quality Education

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Title Economic Analysis of World’s Carbon Markets

Excerpt Forestry activities play a crucial role in climate change mitigation. To make carbon credits generated from such activities a tradable commodity, it is important to analyze the price dynamics of carbon markets. This dissertation contains three essays that examine various issues confronting world’s carbon markets. The first essay investigates cointegration of carbon markets using Johansen […]

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Author Bhatia, Tajinder Pal Singh

Advisor Kant, Shashi

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SDGs Climate ActionLife on LandNo Poverty

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Reduced Inequalities

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Departments Forestry

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Keywords climate, forest, trade, wealth distribution

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Title Essays on the Allocation of Talent, Skills and Inequality, and Life-cycle Effects of Health Risk

Excerpt This dissertation consists of three essays. The first essay studies how health risk affects individuals’ economic decisions due to changes in productivity, required medical expenditures, available time and survival probabilities implied by changes in health status. It assesses the role of these four channels in determining labour supply, asset accumulation and welfare using a life-cycle […]

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Author Capatina, Elena

Advisor Kambourov, Gueorgui

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SDGs Decent Work and Economic GrowthGender EqualityReduced Inequalities

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Keywords employment, equality, inequality, labour, wage

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