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Calibration of bicarbonate-extractable phosphorus on wheat
(1991-02-21)Nine locations were selected throughout Saskatchewan so that a summerfallow an oilseed stubble and a wheat stubble experimental site were adjacent to each other. Each site was characterized by analyses carried out on a ... -
Calibration of ultrasound scanners for surface impedance measurement
(2005-01-28)The primary objective of this research was to investigate the feasibility of calibrating ultrasound scanners to measure surface impedance from reflection data. The method proposed uses calibration curves from known impedance ... -
Calibration transfer methods for feedforward neural network based instruments
(2001-04-01)The calibration transfer problem examined by this thesis is that of attempting to exploit the knowledge of an initial instrument calibration model so as to obtain a second similar model, having acceptable accuracy, with ... -
Call centres with balking and abandonment: from queueing to queueing network models
(2010-06)The research on call centres has attracted many researchers from different disciplines recently. In this thesis, we focus on call centre modelling, analysis and design. In terms of modelling, traditionally call centres ... -
Calling the President a Liar: Women, Reagan, and the Bomb in "The Day After"
(2018-08-09)In my project, I analyze the political implications of the 1983 made for television film, The Day After. For those who have seen the film, it is likely that the most memorable scenes are the ones in which the people of ... -
Cambrian phosphatized fossils from southern China and their bearing on early metazoan evolution
(1998-01-01)Richly fossiliferous nodular and thin-bedded limestones of Lower and Middle Cambrian age are widespread in southern China, and contain abundant, diverse, and exceptionally well preserved fossils. By acid digestion of ... -
Camp #9 : an historical and archaeological investigation of a depression era relief camp in Prince Albert National Park
(2002-10)In 1929 the New York Stock Exchange crashed, ushering in a decade that would come to be known as the Great Depression. Although the Depression was a global phenomenon its impact was influenced by a variety of local economic ... -
Camp 132: A German prisoner of war camp in a Canadian prairie community during World War Two
(1992)During World War Two, the Canadian Government was responsible for over 34,000 German Prisoners of War. These prisoners were housed in twenty-five separate camps across Canada, with the two largest being situated in Medicine ... -
The Camp Rayner Site (EgNr-2) : archaeological investigations of a multi-component site in south-central Saskatchewan
(2012-08-09)The Camp Rayner site (EgNr-2) is a multicomponent site located approximately 135km south of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and is situated along the northern shoreline of Lake Diefenbaker and the western shoreline of Hitchcock ... -
Campylobacter jejuni colonization of broiler chickens
(2009)The pathogenesis of C. jejuni in broiler chickens is still poorly understood despite the importance of poultry meat as a source of infection in humans. The overall objective of this project was to understand the role of ... -
Can Big/Agri Data Offer Insight To Crop Protection?
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Can cattle be trained to urinate and defecate in specific areas? An exploration of cattle’s urination and defecation habits and some aspects of learning abilities
(2015-01-16)This thesis explored the feasibility of training cattle to eliminate in specific areas of a barn and investigated cattle’s ability to generalise knowledge between different locations. In Chapter 2, all incidences of urination ... -
CAN CONTACT MAKE A DIFFERENCE?: EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF CONTACT ON NON-ABORIGINAL PEOPLE’S ATTITUDES TOWARD ABORIGINAL PEOPLE
(2015-08-27)Utilizing survey data collected through the City Planning and Indigeneity on the Prairies (CPIP) Project in the summer of 2014 this thesis examines what, if any, affect contact between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people ... -
Can defense mechanisms aid in our differentiation of borderline and antisocial personalities?
(2008)Goal: The aim of the current studies was to evaluate the ability of individual defenses to differentiate Antisocial (APD) and Borderline (BPD) personalities. Because multiple defense measures were utilized, Study 1 was ... -
Can defense mechanisms aid in the differentiation of depression and anxiety
(2008)The aim of the current studies was to first determine the convergent validity of several observer and self-report measures of defense mechanisms, and second to determine whether participants in the depressed and anxious ... -
Can grasshoppers spread common bacterial blight in beans?
(2003-02-18)Common bacterial blight (CBB) is a seed-borne disease of dry bean that is usually spread through rain-splash, particularly when heavy rain or hail damages plants. CBB can cause a reduction in yield and if the seed becomes ... -
Can I bring my cars in case we write a story? Supporting struggling readers
(2013-05-01)The research describes the experience of a beginning special education teacher who examined and adapted her teaching practices to attempt to meet the learning needs of the young struggling readers and writers with whom she ...