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Isolation of novel plant-beneficial soil bacteria to enhance legume crop productivity
(2001-02-22)Plant roots support the growth of a variety of soil microorganisms that have beneficial or detrimental effects on plant growth. As producers move to earlier seeding into cool wet soils, problems with pea and lentil seedling ... -
Isolation, chemical modification and applications of flax cyclolinopeptides
(2013-07-17)Oil from flaxseed (Linum usitatisssimum L.) contains hydrophobic cyclic peptides or cyclolinopeptides (CLs) comprising eight or nine amino acids. These bioactive compounds have potential therapeutic applications and may ... -
Isolation, purification and characterization of glucosidases from three honey bee species (apis mellifera, A. cerana and A. dorsata)
(2001-01-01)Honey is a natural food product recognized for its taste, nutritive and biological value. The presence of oligosaccharides in honey has been determined and they have been used as a fingerprint for authenticity. Some ... -
Isotope paleohydrology and environment of Devonian bivalve fossils from the Weatherall and Hecla Bay formations, Melville Islands, Canadian Arctic
(2001)Sr, O and C isotopic measurements of Devonian bivalves were performed to elucidate the isotope paleohydrology of an unusual bivalve-dominated marginal marine sequence from the siliciclastic Weatherall and Hecla Bay formations ... -
Isotopic records of meteorological and atmospheric conditions from sub-annually resolved tree-ring cellulose, precipitation, and surface waters
(2006-06-06)In recent decades, there has been increased global concern about observed climate change; however for future climatic impacts and anthropogenic forcings of climate change to be realistically predicted, natural climate ... -
Isozyme and morphological polymorphism in grasspea
(1995-02-23)Genetic diversity for 20 isozymes of 13 enzyme systems and 8 morphological traits was determined in 348 accessions of grasspea (Lathyrus sativus L.) from 10 geographic regions. Accessions from the Near East were the most ... -
Issuances and Repurchases: An explanation based on CEO risk-taking incentives
(2014-06-20)Abstract: There is an ongoing debate on whether risk-taking incentives align risk-averse managers’ interests with those of shareholders or whether such incentives lead to excessively risky firm and leverage policies. In ... -
Issues and updates on agricultural guidance systems
(2000-02-22)Accurate positioning is the foundation for precision farming and guidance. This technology will not only enhance the current methods of farming, but will also provide the opportunity for more efficient and better farming ... -
Issues of inequality under China's higher educational reform : urban-rural and strata differences in access
(2009-10)Issues of educational inequality have been hotly debated in China ever since the higher educational reform in the late 1990s. High tuitions and the privileged access of advantaged groups are attracting more people’s concerns. ... -
it cannot be called travelling
(2018-09-20)MFA Thesis Abstract it cannot be called travelling Negar Tajgardan I moved from Tehran to Saskatoon in 2016 to attend graduate school at the University of Saskatchewan. Over the course of the past two years of the MFA ... -
“It Feels Like Somebody Cut my Legs off”: Public Transportation and the Politics of Health in Saskatchewan
(2021-05-17)The abstract of this item is unavailable due to an embargo. -
“It Totally Sucked the Happy out of the Gay”: Coming Out in Rural Newfoundland
(2020-09-28)The coming out process for lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals has been found to significantly impact psychological well-being. Past research suggests that self-disclosing one’s sexual orientation is a major ... -
“IT WAS OUR LIVES, THAT WAS WHAT WE BELIEVED”: INDIGENOUS HISTORIES OF CATHOLICISM IN NORTHWEST SASKATCHEWAN
(2018-01-09)This dissertation considers the variety of ways that Indigenous people in Patuanak (a Dene First Nation) and Ile-a-la-Crosse (a predominantly Cree/Metis village) in northwestern Saskatchewan have negotiated Catholicism ... -
It's a Tough Balance: The Lived Experiences of Resilience in ER Physicians
(2020-04-06)This study explored resiliency through the lived experiences of emergency room (ER) physicians. Previous research focused primarily on stress and burnout among physicians (de Boer, Lok, Verlatt, Duivenvoorden, Bakker, & ... -
'It's more than a game': Young women's experiences with physical activity as a means for resilience throughout adolesence
(2014-05-06)This phenomenological study explored how physical activity is experienced as a means for resilience as well as the defining characteristics and meaning of that experience. Four participants were interviewed, aged 18 to 21 ... -
"It's not a fashion statement, it's a death wish" : subcultural power dynamics, niche-media knowledge construction, and the 'emo kid' folk-devil
(2009)This thesis examines the genesis of the derogative ‘emo kid’ representation and considers the latent functions it initially served in being applied to visible categories of adolescent subculturalists on the behalf of ... -
It's only words : the crystal meth dilemma
(2009)Crystal meth has been an illicit drug for many years but did not surface as a problem until the 1990s. Between 200 and 2006, a number of provincial documents were produced in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan to ... -
Iterative receiver in multiuser relaying systems with fast frequency-hopping modulation
(2013-09-23)In this thesis, a novel iterative receiver and its improved version are proposed for relay-assisted multiuser communications, in which multiple users transmit to a destination with the help of a relay and using fast ... -
An Iterative Technique for Real Time Tracking of Power System Harmonics
(2002)Since the power quality became a serious concern for the utilities and consumers, harmonic monitoring has been of vital importance. A number of algorithms for estimating harmonics have been proposed in the past. Due to ... -
Itwestamakewin: the invitation to dialogue with writers of Cree ancestry
(2013-04-25)This study explores the effects of engaging with contemporary dual language texts, specifically Cree texts, as a non-Cree educator intent on using the literature classroom as a place in which to explore cross-cultural ...