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A Longitudinal Investigation Of Information Processing And Cognitive Organization In Clinical Depression: Stability Of Schematic Interconnectedness., D J Dozois, K S Dobson

Psychology Publications

This study longitudinally investigated information processing and cognitive organization in clinical depression. The main hypothesis was that individuals whose depression had remitted would show a significant cognitive shift on information processing (e.g., deactivation of negative processing) but not on cognitive organizational tasks, Forty-five individuals with clinical depression completed 2 information processing and 2 cognitive organizational tasks at initial assessment. At 6-month follow-up, the sample (23 remitted, 22 stable depressed) was readministered the tasks. As expected, information processing shifted significantly in individuals who had improved symptomatically, whereas negative cognitive organizational indices remained stable. The implications of these results are discussed as …

Labour-Management Relations Within The Fire Service: Building Trust And Respect, John Dehooge

MPA Major Research Papers

This paper examines the conditions and characteristics for establishing and maintaining a successful labour-management relationship between fire chiefs and association presidents based on a survey and interview with a fire chief and association president from the Waterloo Fire Department (WFD). The findings reveal that the functional and effective labour-management relationship in Waterloo is characterized by shared organizational and relational values, a strong relationship with other staff members and the council the fire chief reports to, and mutual trust and respect.

Discrimination Of Computer-Graphic Stimuli By Mice: A Method For The Behavioral Characterization Of Transgenic And Gene-Knockout Models., T J Bussey, L M Saksida, L A Rothblat

Brain and Mind Institute Researchers' Publications

An automated method is described for the behavioral testing of mice in an apparatus that allows computer-graphic stimulus material to be presented. Mice responded to these stimuli by making a nose-poke toward a computer monitor that was equipped with a touchscreen attachment for detecting responses. It was found that C57BL/6 mice were able to solve single-pair visual discriminations as well as 3-pair concurrent visual discriminations. The finding that mice are capable of complex visual discriminations introduces the possibility of testing mice on nonspatial tasks that are similar to those used with rats, monkeys, and humans. Furthermore, the method seems particularly …

Working Towards Regional Agreements: Recent Developments In Co-Operative Resource Management In Canada’S British Columbia, Cathy Robinson

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.

Local Solutions For County-Wide Amalgamation: Factors For Success And Failure, Linda Dean

MPA Major Research Papers

This paper examines local solutions for amalgamation in Ontario by conducting a comparative case study of the County of Brant’s success at amalgamation and the County of Dufferin’s failed efforts towards amalgamation. The findings reveal that the factors that contribute to the outcome of local amalgamation decisions include the loss of identity associated with municipal mergers, the assimilation of individual communities, and the blurring of each community’s distinct characteristics into one homogenous mass.

Spirituality In Late Adulthood, Lisa M. Heintz, Imants Barušs

Psychology

MacDonald's Expressions of Spirituality Inventory was used to examine spirituality in late adulthood using a sample of 30 people (22 women, 8 men) whose mean age was 72.6 yr. While average scores are higher on scales measuring spiritual and religious beliefs and practices for the sample than for a standardization group of undergraduate students with a mean age of 21.0 yr., means are lower on scales measuring paranormal beliefs. Low scores on death anxiety are correlated only with Existential Well-being and age. And, while some religious behaviors such as frequent religious practice, prayer, and church attendance are correlated with some …

Intergenerational Support And Family Cohesion, Rajulton Fernando, Zenaida R. Ravanera

PSC Discussion Papers Series

Abstract not available

The Sociology Of Risk And Social Demographic Change, David Hall

PSC Discussion Papers Series

Abstract not available

Governing Municipalities In A Dual Context: An Examination Of Urban Indian Reserve Creation Under Article 9 Of The Saskatchewan Treaty Land Entitlement Framework Agreement, Wesley Stevenson

MPA Major Research Papers

This paper examines the Saskatchewan Treaty Land Entitlement Framework Agreement (TLEFA) in an attempt to demonstrate that although it did not provide a full prescription for municipal land to be turned into reserve land, the framework agreement still remains relevant. A survey of municipalities and First Nations bands that have experience in urban reserve creation under the TLEFA was conducted. The findings reveal that there are several insights and lessons to be learned from the creation of urban reserves in Saskatchewan, emphasizing the continued significance of the TLEFA.

Mla In Nyc, Lisa Rae Philpott

Western Libraries Publications

No abstract provided.

2001-05 Intra-Sector Mobility And Specific Inputs In Tax-Incidence Theory, Kul B. Bhatia

Department of Economics Research Reports

No abstract provided.

2001-04 Skidelsky's Keynes: A Review Essay, David Laidler

Department of Economics Research Reports

No abstract provided.

2001-02 Public Profit Sharing, Ronnie Schoeb

Department of Economics Research Reports

No abstract provided.

2001-12 Canadian Retirement Savings Programs And Russian Pension Reform, Joel Fried

Department of Economics Research Reports

No abstract provided.

2001-11 Tax Evasion And Trust, Ronald Wintrobe

Department of Economics Research Reports

No abstract provided.

2001-09 The Singularity Of The Efficiency Bound Of The Mixed Proportional Hazard Model, Geert Ridder, Tiemen Woutersen

Department of Economics Research Reports

No abstract provided.

2001-10 Robustness Against Incidental Parameters And Mixing Distributions, Tiemen Woutersen

Department of Economics Research Reports

No abstract provided.

2001-08 Twentieth Century Monetary Regimes In Canadian Perspective, C Knick Harley

Department of Economics Research Reports

No abstract provided.

2001-06 The Role Of The History Of Economic Thought In Modern Macroeconomics, David Laidler

Department of Economics Research Reports

No abstract provided.

2001-1 Working During School And Academic Performance, Todd R. Stinebrickner, Ralph Stinebrickner

Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers

No abstract provided.

2001-3 Peer Effects Among Students From Disadvantaged Backgrounds, Todd R. Stinebrickner, Ralph Stinebrickner

Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers

No abstract provided.

2001-2 Time Use And College Outcomes, Todd R. Stinebrickner, Ralph Stinebrickner

Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers

No abstract provided.

Who Is Entitled To Authoritative Knowledge? Category Entitlements Of Parents And Professionals In The Literature On Children’S Literacy Learning., Pamela J. Mckenzie, Rosamund K. Stooke

FIMS Presentations

This paper critically analyses representations of librarians, teachers and parents in texts pertaining to children's' literacy development.

Aboriginal Living Conditions And Response Paradigms, Lester Thompson

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.

Collapsing Australian Architecture: The Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Gregory Cowan

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.

Restorative Visions In Aboriginal Australia, Harry Blagg

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.

Aboriginal Rights In Transition: Reassessing Aboriginal Title And Governance, Kent Mcneil

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.

Globalization, Diet, And Health: An Example From Tonga, Mike Evans, Robert C. Sinclair, Caroline Fusimalohi, Viliami Liava’A

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

The increased flow of goods, people, and ideas associated with globalization have contributed to an

increase in noncommunicable diseases in much of the world. One response has been to encourage lifestyle changes with educational programmes, thus controlling the lifestyle-related disease. Key assumptions with this approach are that people’s food preferences are linked to their consumption patterns, and that consumption patterns can be transformed through educational initiatives. To investigate these assumptions, and policies that derive from it, we undertook a broad-based survey of food-related issues in the Kingdom of Tonga using a questionnaire. Data on the relationships between food preferences, perception …

Failure To Replicate Electronic Voice Phenomenon, Imants Barušs

Psychology

Electronic voice phenomenon (EVP) refers to the purported manifestation of voices of the dead and other discarnate entities through electronic means. This has typically involved tuning radios between stations and recording the output on audiotape, although more recently anomalous voices, visual images and text have purportedly been found using telephones, television sets and computers in a phenomenon known as instrumental transcommunication. Given the lack of documentation of EVP in mainstream scientific journals, a review of its history is given based on English language information found in psychical research and parapsychology periodicals and various trade publications and newsletters. An effort was …

The Art Of Science: Science Of The Future In Light Of Alterations Of Consciousness, Imants Barušs

Psychology

In presenting the data concerning altered states of consciousness in an even-handed manner, I have found that I cannot at the outset assume that materialism is the correct theory of reality. As demonstrated by survey data, the beliefs about consciousness and reality of academics and scientists who could write about consciousness in the academic literature range along a material-transcendent dimension from materialist through conservatively transcendent to extraordinarily transcendent positions, each with its corresponding notions of consciousness and proper methodology. Scientists need to undertake a process of self-examination in order to determine their personal beliefs and learn to set them aside …