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Medial Temporal Lobe Activity For Recognition Of Recent And Remote Famous Names: An Event-Related Fmri Study, Kelli Douville, John L. Woodard, Michael Seidenberg, Sarah K. Miller, Catherine L. Leveroni, Kristy A. Nielson, Malgorzata Franczak, Piero Antuono, Stephen M. Rao Jan 2005

Medial Temporal Lobe Activity For Recognition Of Recent And Remote Famous Names: An Event-Related Fmri Study, Kelli Douville, John L. Woodard, Michael Seidenberg, Sarah K. Miller, Catherine L. Leveroni, Kristy A. Nielson, Malgorzata Franczak, Piero Antuono, Stephen M. Rao

Psychology Faculty Research and Publications

Previous neuroimaging studies examining recognition of famous faces have identified activation of an extensive bilateral neural network [Gorno Tempini, M. L., Price, C. J., Josephs, O., Vandenberghe, R., Cappa, S. F., Kapur, N. et al. (1998). The neural systems sustaining face and proper-name processing. Brain, 121, 2103–2118], including the medial temporal lobe (MTL) and specifically the hippocampal complex [Haist, F., Bowden, G. J., & Mao, H. (2001). Consolidation of human memory over decades revealed by functional magnetic resonance imaging. Nature Neuroscience, 4, 1139–1145; Leveroni, C. L., Seidenberg, M., Mayer, A. R., Mead, L. A., Binder, J. R., & Rao, S. …


Structural And Functional Responses Of A Subtropical Forest To 10 Years Of Hurricanes And Droughts, Karen H. Beard, K. A. Vogt, D. J. Vogt, F. N. Scatena, A. Covich, T. C. Siccama, R. Sigurdardottier, T. A. Crowl Jan 2005

Structural And Functional Responses Of A Subtropical Forest To 10 Years Of Hurricanes And Droughts, Karen H. Beard, K. A. Vogt, D. J. Vogt, F. N. Scatena, A. Covich, T. C. Siccama, R. Sigurdardottier, T. A. Crowl

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

Little is known about ecosystem-level responses to multiple, climatic disturbance events. In the subtropical forests of Puerto Rico, the major natural disturbances are hurricanes and droughts. We tested the ecosystem-level effects of these disturbances in sites with different land use histories. From 1989 to 1992, data were collected to determine the effects of Hurricane Hugo and two droughts on litterfall inputs, fine-root biomass, and decomposition rates in three topographic locations (stream, riparian, upslope) within two watersheds. From 1994 to 1998, we added a third watershed and an experiment in which coarse-wood levels were manipulated to simulate hurricane inputs. Data were …


Gain-Bandwidth Product Optimization Of Heterostructure Avalanche Photodiodes, Oh-Hyun Kwon, Majeed M. Hayat, Joe C. Campbell, Bahaa E.A. Saleh, Malvin Carl Teich Jan 2005

Gain-Bandwidth Product Optimization Of Heterostructure Avalanche Photodiodes, Oh-Hyun Kwon, Majeed M. Hayat, Joe C. Campbell, Bahaa E.A. Saleh, Malvin Carl Teich

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research and Publications

A generalized history-dependent recurrence theory for the time-response analysis is derived for avalanche photodiodes with multilayer, heterojunction multiplication regions. The heterojunction multiplication region considered consists of two layers: a high-bandgap Al/sub 0.6/Ga/sub 0.4/As energy-buildup layer, which serves to heat up the primary electrons, and a GaAs layer, which serves as the primary avalanching layer. The model is used to optimize the gain-bandwidth product (GBP) by appropriate selection of the width of the energy-buildup layer for a given width of the avalanching layer. The enhanced GBP is a direct consequence of the heating of primary electrons in the energy-buildup layer, which …


The Effect Of Time Delays On The Stability Of Load Balancing Algorithms For Parallel Computations, John Chiasson, Zhong Tang, Jean Ghanem, Chaouki T. Abdallah, J. Douglas Birdwell, Majeed M. Hayat, Henry Jérez Jan 2005

The Effect Of Time Delays On The Stability Of Load Balancing Algorithms For Parallel Computations, John Chiasson, Zhong Tang, Jean Ghanem, Chaouki T. Abdallah, J. Douglas Birdwell, Majeed M. Hayat, Henry Jérez

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research and Publications

A deterministic dynamic nonlinear time-delay system is developed to model load balancing in a cluster of computer nodes used for parallel computations. The model is shown to be self consistent in that the queue lengths cannot go negative and the total number of tasks in all the queues and the network are conserved (i.e., load balancing can neither create nor lose tasks). Further, it is shown that using the proposed load balancing algorithms, the system is stable in the sense of Lyapunov. Experimental results are presented and compared with the predicted results from the analytical model. In particular, simulations of …


Exponential Time Response In Analogue And Geiger Mode Avalanche Photodiodes, C. Groves, C. H. Tan, J. P.R. David, G. J. Rees, Majeed M. Hayat Jan 2005

Exponential Time Response In Analogue And Geiger Mode Avalanche Photodiodes, C. Groves, C. H. Tan, J. P.R. David, G. J. Rees, Majeed M. Hayat

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research and Publications

The mean avalanche current impulse response in an avalanche photodiode exhibits an initial transient and then grows or decays, above or below breakdown, at exponential rates which depend only on the probability distributions of the electron and hole ionization events. The process continues while the electric field profile remains unchanged by the applied bias or the evolving space charge. Below breakdown the distribution in the avalanche duration also exhibits an initial transient and then decays exponentially at the same rate as the mean current. Below breakdown the standard deviation in current decays exponentially at one half of the rate of …


An Agent-Based Approach For Sourcing Business Rules In Supply Chain Management, Jun Liu, Sudha Ram Jan 2005

An Agent-Based Approach For Sourcing Business Rules In Supply Chain Management, Jun Liu, Sudha Ram

Research & Publications

In recent years, business rule management has become an important component of enterprise information systems. Business rules represent guidelines about how an enterprise should conduct its business and provide better service for customers. Business rules are being widely deployed in supply chains to support real-time decision making. The research reported in this paper is aimed at designing a dynamically adaptable data-sourcing service for deploying business rules effectively in supply chain management. Such a data-sourcing service is important since execution of business rules requires data to be retrieved from various data sources spread across the enterprise, including the enterprise data warehouse. …


An Xml-Based Architecture For Sharing Heterogeneous Models In Web And Distributed Computing Environments, Omar F. El-Gayar, Kanchana Tandekar Jan 2005

An Xml-Based Architecture For Sharing Heterogeneous Models In Web And Distributed Computing Environments, Omar F. El-Gayar, Kanchana Tandekar

Research & Publications

Model management emerged in the mid-seventies in the context of managing models in decision support systems (DSS). With the recent advances in computer and telecommunication technologies, organizations are ever increasingly dependent on management models for data analysis and decision support. Accordingly, the number and complexity of management models and of modeling platforms dramatically increased rendering such models a corporate (and national) resource. With the advent of the Web and distributed computing environments, there is also an increasing demand to share these often heterogeneous models over corporate intranets as well as the Web. To this end, this paper presents an XML-based …


Issec: A Socio-Technical Dss For Information Security Planning, Brian D. Fritz, Omar F. El-Gayar Jan 2005

Issec: A Socio-Technical Dss For Information Security Planning, Brian D. Fritz, Omar F. El-Gayar

Research & Publications

The traditional notion of information security, rooted in a solidly technical foundation, has within the past decade seen wide criticism within academia - much of which has originated from the social sciences community - as being narrow and technology-centric instead of holistic and organizational in its focus. As information security awareness encompasses an ever-greater scope of organizational dynamics, it becomes necessary for us to develop design methodologies and ultimately, systems, capable of dealing practically with the complex and multifaceted nature of the decision-making of information systems security which is entailed by the emerging notions of a new paradigm for security. …


Effectiveness Of Hybrid Learning Environments, Omar F. El-Gayar, Terry Dennis Jan 2005

Effectiveness Of Hybrid Learning Environments, Omar F. El-Gayar, Terry Dennis

Research & Publications

Hybrid learning environment (HLE) is a classroom- and computer-based environment that is an open system, allowing synchronous and asynchronous interactions and encounters with other participants. This paper assesses the learning effectiveness of students in HLE for two core MSIS courses at DSU. In conclusion, the results attest to the viability of HLE. In-class and video conferencing students get to benefit from the virtual classroom setting (supporting web-site, asynchronous communication via electronic discussion board and email, and the opportunity to review the recorded class), while Internet students get to benefit by reducing the anxiety and feeling of isolation through the opportunity …


Managing Household Activities: Gender Differences In Time-Use And Activity Scheduling Behaviour, Kim T. Tran Jan 2005

Managing Household Activities: Gender Differences In Time-Use And Activity Scheduling Behaviour, Kim T. Tran

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Over the past few decades, the observation of household activities was based on the participants' observed activity patterns using traditional diary-based methods and/or stated perceptions during face-to-face interviews. This research uses an innovative approach to probe men and women's activity and scheduling behaviours as they occur within a household setting. The approach involves the use of a computerized household activity scheduling process survey (CHASE) capable of tracing how activity-travel decisions are pre-planned, planned, added, modified, deleted, and executed over a one-week period. This approach goes beyond traditional diary-based methods, which tends to focus solely on observed outcomes. The data utilised …


Spatial Relationships Of Grassland Net Ecosystem Carbon Dioxide Exchange In A First-Order Agricultural Basin In Southern Ontario, Patrick S. Chahil Jan 2005

Spatial Relationships Of Grassland Net Ecosystem Carbon Dioxide Exchange In A First-Order Agricultural Basin In Southern Ontario, Patrick S. Chahil

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

This study quantified the midday (10:00 – 16:00) summer source/sink CO2 relationships of various land-use types, particularly grass-dominated riparian areas, using dynamic chamber techniques, while evaluating the relative contribution of root and microbial components towards the overall soil respiration. The influence of nearby agriculture and was related to elevated N and P, which were 40 and 1000% larger, respectively. A site adjacent to cropped fields showed similar (within 8%) study averaged soil respiration as an open grassland site, but 22% lower soil respiration than a riparian site 250-300 m downstream, which is adjacent to an open grassland fallow. A maple …


Spatial And Spatial-Temporal Analysis Of Mountain Pine Beetle Infestations At A Landscape Scale, Trisalyn Anna-Lisa Nelson Jan 2005

Spatial And Spatial-Temporal Analysis Of Mountain Pine Beetle Infestations At A Landscape Scale, Trisalyn Anna-Lisa Nelson

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The impact of the current mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) epidemic in British Columbia underscores the need for scientifically informed management practices. During an epidemic it is necessary to manage large areas and an understanding of landscape scale spatial and spatial-temporal processes is required. With the recent availability of large area, multi-temporal data sets there are new opportunities for landscape scale studies of the mountain pine beetle over space and through time. In this thesis large area spatial and spatial-temporal patterns of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. Latifolia) mortality are explored using point data collected through helicopter surveys. As …


Empathy And Intergroup Relations: Do People Empathize Less With Outgroup Members?, Gillian Macdonald Jan 2005

Empathy And Intergroup Relations: Do People Empathize Less With Outgroup Members?, Gillian Macdonald

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The present studies were designed to examine if people empathize with a member of a different ethnicity as readily as a member of their own ethnicity. In Study 1, participants read a mock radio program about a target who was either of the same or different ethnicity. It was predicted that participants would empathize less with an ethnic outgroup member due to feelings of dissimilarity based on group membership. Results from Study 1 indicate no significant differences in levels of empathy and perspective taking based on target ethnicity. Study 2 sought to increase the salience of ethnicity and also included …


A Comparison Of Techniques For Measuring Automatic Retrieval In Conceptual Priming, Jennifer C. Major Jan 2005

A Comparison Of Techniques For Measuring Automatic Retrieval In Conceptual Priming, Jennifer C. Major

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The speeded response technique has provided pure estimates of automatic retrieval in perceptual memory tasks. The present study was designed to investigate whether pure automatic retrieval could also be evidenced in a conceptual task. Subjects were encouraged to generate category exemplars using strictly automatic retrieval by presenting practice trials that did not allow responding with previously studied items and by encouraging speed of responding. This speeded condition was compared to a baseline condition in which conscious retrieval was not possible and to an explicit condition in which conscious retrieval was required. Average RTs in the speeded condition were the same …


The Potential Impact That Intimacy Has On Generativity In Emerging Adulthood: An Examination Of Four Relationship Domains, Erin Elizabeth Allard Jan 2005

The Potential Impact That Intimacy Has On Generativity In Emerging Adulthood: An Examination Of Four Relationship Domains, Erin Elizabeth Allard

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

This study focused on examining the possible impact that intimacy (in each of four separate relationship domains) had on generativity in emerging adulthood. In total, 50 emerging adult respondents (mean age: 24) participated in a one and one half hour structured interview. Twenty-five of the participants were from an ongoing longitudinal study, and the other 25 were newly recruited. By examining the longitudinal participants, it was possible to: track the trajectory of development of loneliness, generative concern, generative action, and generative narration across time, and to study the potential impact that earlier loneliness (the relative absence of intimacy) had on …


Why Do Young Children Forget Where They Learned Information? The Relation Between Source Monitoring, Theory-Of-Mind Understanding And Suggestibility, Angela D. Evans Jan 2005

Why Do Young Children Forget Where They Learned Information? The Relation Between Source Monitoring, Theory-Of-Mind Understanding And Suggestibility, Angela D. Evans

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

In Study one, Fifty young children (3- to 5- year-olds) watched a video and were then interviewed about the video by a Knowledgeable interviewer, who had watched the video with the children, and a Naive interviewer, who had not seen the video. Children were asked yes/no recognition questions, half of which contained misleading suggestions. After five to seven days, children were asked the same yes/no recognition questions by a third Naïve interviewer. Children then completed a source-monitoring task Followed by three theory-of-mind tests. Study two followed the same methodologies as Study one but with an increased sample size (72 children), …


Biased Forgetting Effects In The Assessment Of Memory For Filled And Empty Intervals: Evidence For The Instructional Failure/Confusion Hypothesis, Stephen Gagne Jan 2005

Biased Forgetting Effects In The Assessment Of Memory For Filled And Empty Intervals: Evidence For The Instructional Failure/Confusion Hypothesis, Stephen Gagne

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

According to the instructional failure hypothesis, the contextual similarity of the intertrial interval (ITI) and the delay interval (DI) is responsible for the choose-short bias that occurs when memory for filled intervals is tested. This hypothesis may also explain the choose-long bias for empty intervals, if birds confuse an extended DI with a long empty interval. In the present study, pigeons were trained in a within-subjects design to discriminate durations of a filled interval (2-s and 8-s of light), and durations of an empty interval (2-s and 8-s bound by two 1-s light markers). In order to disambiguate the ITI, …


The Effect Of Delta9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (Thc) And Cb1 Antagonists On Sucrose And Quinine Palatability: Direct Measurement With The Taste Reactivity Test, Maegan Jarrett Jan 2005

The Effect Of Delta9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (Thc) And Cb1 Antagonists On Sucrose And Quinine Palatability: Direct Measurement With The Taste Reactivity Test, Maegan Jarrett

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Anecdotal reports suggest that cannabinoid agonists enhance palatability and that antagonists reduce palatability; however there has been little direct experimental evidence for these claims. The taste reactivity (TR) test is a direct measure of palatability in rats (Grill & Norgren, 1978). In Experiments 1 and 4, the taste reactivity (TR) test was used to evaluate the potential of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) to modify both sucrose and quinine palatability. The TR test revealed that THC (0.5 mg/kg) increases the palatability of sucrose solutions at 120 min post-injection, regardless of the sucrose concentration. THC (0.5 mg/kg) also decreased the aversiveness of the quinine …


'It Was All Connected': Understanding And Addressing Early School-Leaving Among Learners Of English As A Second Language, L. Maureen Lymburner Jan 2005

'It Was All Connected': Understanding And Addressing Early School-Leaving Among Learners Of English As A Second Language, L. Maureen Lymburner

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The goal of this research project, therefore, was to develop an understanding of the educational experiences of ESL youth so as to identify the facilitators and inhibitors of early school-leaving. Participants shared their recognition of the value of education. They also spoke of the ways in which negative interactions with teachers and peers, inflexible school practices and policies, financial responsibilities, lack of time, and perception of low levels of English-language proficiency negatively affected their educational experiences. Among the factors facilitating a positive educational experience were teachers who went out of their way to provide the youth with extra assistance and …


Resident Participation Across The Lifecycle Of A Primary Prevention Initiative, Alexandra Kissin Jan 2005

Resident Participation Across The Lifecycle Of A Primary Prevention Initiative, Alexandra Kissin

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Resident participation is a key aspect of primary prevention initiatives that follow a community-driven approach. This study examines the evolution of resident participation at three Ontario sites (Guelph, Cornwall, and Walpole Island) of the primary prevention initiative Better Beginnings, Better Futures. The main research questions were focused on discovering the nature, barriers, facilitators, and impacts of resident participation and the roles that residents played at each of the three phases of the sites' lifecycles (i.e., the early years, the middle years, and the later years). Data collection involved a review of archival documents for the early and middle years and …


Becoming: Stories Of L'Arche Children, Caroline A. Currie Jan 2005

Becoming: Stories Of L'Arche Children, Caroline A. Currie

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

In this study, I explore what it means to be a child of L’Arche from a combined narrative and autoethnographic approach. L’Arche is an international federation of intentional communities where individuals with a developmental disability and non-disabled individuals live together in the spirit of the Beatitudes. While much is written about the history and philosophy of L’Arche, and the personal experiences of its adult members, L’Arche’s narrative does not include the voice of its children. Therefore, my study aims to give voice to the stories of L’Arche children so they may be included in the narrative of L’Arche. It is …


Cultural Diversity At Family And Children's Services Of The Region Of Waterloo: An Evaluation Of A Cultural Competency Training Program, Jessica Leigh Vinograd Jan 2005

Cultural Diversity At Family And Children's Services Of The Region Of Waterloo: An Evaluation Of A Cultural Competency Training Program, Jessica Leigh Vinograd

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Cultural competence among child welfare practitioners is imperative given rapidly changing Canadian demographics, current inadequacy in the delivery of social services due to ethnocentric bias, and the insufficiency of educational programs in providing multicultural training for future practitioners. This study investigated the extent to which a specific training program influences multicultural competencies. In Ontario, child welfare employees (N = 61) completed the Multicultural Awareness Knowledge and Skills Survey (MAKSS) (D'Andrea, Daniels, & Heck, 1991) on two separate occasions. A 2 (pre, post) x 2 (experimental, comparison) mixed-model design was used to test the hypothesis that experimental participants would score significantly …


Children's Ability To Use Time-Lines To Recall The Order And Duration Of Single And Repeated Actions, Leanne Lynn Gosse Jan 2005

Children's Ability To Use Time-Lines To Recall The Order And Duration Of Single And Repeated Actions, Leanne Lynn Gosse

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

This study examined the ability of children aged 4-8 to recall temporal information verbally and using a visual 'time-line'. Forty-five children participated in an activity (making a picture of the sky at night) with the researcher, followed by a series of recall tasks. Children were asked to recall location, duration and sequencing information about single autobiographical events that parents provided, as well as single and repeated events from the activity. Results demonstrated developmental increases in children's ability to provide temporal information. The 7-8 year olds were always more accurate than the 5-6 year olds, followed by the 4 year olds. …


Forging And Severing Connections Between Historical Injustices And Current Experience, Gregory Roy Gunn Jan 2005

Forging And Severing Connections Between Historical Injustices And Current Experience, Gregory Roy Gunn

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Past research on temporal self-appraisal theory has revealed that individuals are able to maintain a positive sense of self by subjectively moving favourable past events forward and unfavourable past events backward in time. The current study extends past work by examining whether individuals alter subjective distance from historical injustices to protect their collective identity. Men, as members of a perpetrator group, may perceive past injustices against women as a threat to their collective identity. As such, men may be motivated to subjectively move past injustices backward in time. On the other hand, women, as members of a victim group, may …


'To The Streets Cuz We're On The Streets': Exploring The Controversy Of Homeless Youth Activism In Kitchener-Waterloo (Ontario), Nadia Hausfather Jan 2005

'To The Streets Cuz We're On The Streets': Exploring The Controversy Of Homeless Youth Activism In Kitchener-Waterloo (Ontario), Nadia Hausfather

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Throughout the past years, homeless youth have been involved in activism in Kitchener-Waterloo (K-W), a mid-size city located in southern Ontario. Such activism has caused a great deal of controversy in the K-W community. The main objective of this research was to explore that controversy. The three main research questions used to explore this controversy were: (1) Why do homeless youth become involved in activism? (2) What are the effects of homeless youth activism? (3) What factors limit or facilitate homeless youth activism? I used a participatory action research approach, consisting of a steering committee of homeless youth and two …


Examining The Factors That Promote Sustained Engagement In Young People, Marla C. Pender Jan 2005

Examining The Factors That Promote Sustained Engagement In Young People, Marla C. Pender

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Little research to date has explored the kinds of factors that promote sustained engagement in young people. In order to address this gap in the literature, 20 individuals who attended national youth conferences (the goal of which being to promote engagement above and beyond the conferences themselves) between one and 14 years earlier were interviewed about their experiences before, during, and after the conferences. Specifically, participants were asked to discuss their levels of involvement in their schools and communities after attending the conferences, as well as the factors that sustained or hindered their participation. Four emerging themes---the nature of the …


Prediction Of Childhood Externalizing Disorder Outcome: A Variable-Oriented And Person-Oriented Analysis Of Better Beginnings, Better Futures Data, Stephanie C. Cerutti Jan 2005

Prediction Of Childhood Externalizing Disorder Outcome: A Variable-Oriented And Person-Oriented Analysis Of Better Beginnings, Better Futures Data, Stephanie C. Cerutti

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The current study identified risk factors associated with childhood externalize disorders. Intervention outcomes of children that took part in a community-based, early childhood prevention project, Better Beginnings Better Futures, were studied longitudinally from Grade 3 to Grade 6. Three intervention sites in Ontario (Cornwall, n = 108; Sudbury, n = 134; Highfield, n = 131) and two matched comparison sites in Ontario (Ottawa-Vanier, n = 116; Etobicoke, n = 87) were examined. Risk factors examined at multiple levels of analysis, including the individual, family, and community levels of analysis, were considered. It was expected that higher risk children would respond …


Seeing The Future: Does Visual Perspective Influence Motivation?, Noelia Vasquez Jan 2005

Seeing The Future: Does Visual Perspective Influence Motivation?, Noelia Vasquez

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

This research examined how people's thoughts about their future task performance influence their current motivational state. It was hypothesized that the effects of imagining a successful future performance would depend upon the visual perspective adopted. People were expected to feel more motivated when they imagined a highly successful performance from a third-person perspective rather than a first-person perspective. In two experiments, participants identified an important academic task that they would be completing in the near future and were asked to imagine it unfolding either very successfully (positive valence) or less successfully (negative or neutral valence). To manipulate visual perspective, participants …


Staffing With Clergy Teams In The United Methodist Church, J. David Panther Jan 2005

Staffing With Clergy Teams In The United Methodist Church, J. David Panther

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Contextualized Training For Missionaries: A Brazilian Model, Donald K. Finley Jan 2005

Contextualized Training For Missionaries: A Brazilian Model, Donald K. Finley

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.