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Title A Needs-based Approach for Health Human Resources Planning for Dentistry in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Excerpt This study aims to provide a human resource planning example to inform government bodies in Saudi Arabia to reallocate community resources towards better dental health. This was achieved by: conducting an inventory on government human and structural oral health care resources in Jeddah and Bahrah; assessing the oral health status and treatment needs for Saudi […]

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Advisor Leake, James ||Birch, Stephen ||Zakus, David ||Ghaznawi, Hassan

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Title Influence of Invasive Species, Climate Change and Population Density on Life Histories and Mercury Dynamics of Two Coregonus Species

Excerpt Non-indigenous species can profoundly alter the ecosystems they invade and impact local economies. Growth and body condition declines of commercially fished Great Lakes lake whitefish coincide with the establishment of non-native dreissenid mussels and the cladoceran Bythotrephes longimanus. Declines in lake herring abundance—a key prey item for other commercially important species—have also been reported. Though […]

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Author Rennie, Michael

Advisor Sprules, W. Gary ||Johnson, Timothy

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SDGs Affordable and Clean EnergyClimate ActionLife Below Water

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Departments Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Keywords consun, energy, environment, fish

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Title Reshaping an Enduring Sense of Self: The Process of Recovery from a First Episode of Schizophrenia

Excerpt Although many advances in the treatment of schizophrenia have been made over the past decade, little is known about the process of recovery from a first episode of schizophrenia (FES). To date, the study of recovery in the field of mental health has focused on long-term mental illness. This in depth qualitative study drew upon […]

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Author Romano, Donna M.

Advisor Goering, Paula N. ||McCay, Elizabeth

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Title Theory of Constraints for Publicly Funded Health Systems

Excerpt This thesis aims to fill the gaps in the literature of the theory of constraints (TOC) in publicly funded health systems. While TOC seems to be a natural fit for this resource-constrained environment, there are still no reported application of TOC’s drum-buffer-rope tool and inadequate customizations with regards to defining system-wide goal and performance measures. […]

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Author Sadat, Somayeh

Advisor Carter, Michael W.

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Title The Creative Advantage of Diverse City-regions: Local Context and Social Networks

Excerpt Local diversity is often credited with being a driver of creative economic activity. Comparative research on this topic is often however highly structural in nature and does little to address questions of agency. This work seeks to link the traditional regional science approach to questions of potential advantages of local diversity with a more bottom-up […]

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Author Spencer, Gregory Martin

Advisor Gertler, Meric S.

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SDGs Climate ActionIndustry, Innovation and Infrastructure

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Title Progressive Enlightenment: The Origins of the Gaslight Industry 1780–1820

Excerpt Gaslight, an Industrial Revolution technology, developed in the period 1780–1820. The foundations for the technology are partly found in the pneumatic chemistry of the eighteenth century, both in terms of the knowledge of gases and their properties, and the instruments used to manipulate them, such as the gasometer, making gaslight one of the earliest instances […]

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Author Tomory, Leslie

Advisor Langins, Janis

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Departments History and Philosophy of Science and Technology

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Title A Manufactured Solution? The Transfer of Technology for the Local Production of Affordable Antiretrovirals: Case Studies from Tanzania and South Africa

Excerpt Statement of the issue: Facing large HIV-infected populations, Sub-Saharan African countries are producing antiretroviral (ARV) drugs under provisions of the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS). Article 7 states that the protection of intellectual property should increase technology transfer to developing countries. This clause and the debate over domestic […]

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Author Wilson, Kinsley Rose

Advisor Kohler, Jillian Clare

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SDGs Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureResponsible Consumption and Production

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Title Public Forests, Private Governance: The Role of Provincial Governments in FSC Forest Certification

Excerpt This dissertation examines changes that companies made in order to obtain Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec, and the role that provincial governments have played in the implementation of this emerging market-based form of governance. It analyzes the indirect roles that governments have played in […]

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Author Wood, Peter

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SDGs Climate ActionLife on LandPeace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Departments Forestry

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Title Examining Different Levels of Prevention of Birth Defects and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Excerpt While all women hope to deliver a healthy baby, approximately 3-5% babies are affected by birth defects. Birth defects can occur naturally or be induced by teratogens. Alcohol is a known teratogen that causes fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), the most commonly known cause of neurobehavioural and neurodevelopmental deficits. Individuals affected with FASD are likely […]

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Author Goh, Y. Ingrid

Advisor Koren, Gideon

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SDGs Gender EqualityGood Health and Well-Being

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Title Chldren’s Ideas About Climate Change

Excerpt This thesis examines children’s (aged 11-12) ideas about climate change. Seventh grade children in 9 schools in Ontario were interviewed and submitted illustrated responses about climate change over a one year period of data collection. Qualitative grounded theory was used to allow themes from the data to emerge, and the use of computer software, NVivo7, […]

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Author Ho, Elise

Advisor Gough, William A.

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