Caseflow management and the politics of professionalism : lawyers and independent paralegals
Caseflow Management is a public sector program designed to promote effective
management of cases through the resolution process in the public court system. Given its
public nature caseflow management policy is ultimately an exercise in political will. To
date that political will has been dominated by the legal profession which has influenced
the Ministry of the Attorney General to limit the term~ of reference for caseflow
management and its application to a narrow range of alternatives which are
Broad reduction and adoption in ring-billed gulls (Larus Delaworensis): the potential for inergenera
Patterns of intra-clutch egg size variation and intra-clutch hatch
intervals in the Ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis) were documented
during the peak nesting period of two consecutive breeding seasons, at a
colony near Port Colborne, Ontario. Egg size decreased with laying order;
third laid eggs were significantly smaller than first laid eggs. Hatching
of the third egg was delayed from that of first and second eggs. Intraclutch
egg size differences established initial size disparities among
Brillouin spectroscopy : measurement of elastic and photoelastic constants of some alkali holide cry
The assembly and testing of apparatus for the measurement
of elastic and photoelastic constants by Brillouin scattering,
using a Fabry-Perot interferometer and with argon ion laser
excitation is described. Such measurements are performed on
NaCI, KBr and LiF using the A = 488.0 nm laser line. The
elastic constants obtained here are in very good agreement
with the ultrasonic data for all three materials. The discrepancy
between ultrasonic and hypersonic sound velocities
which was reported by some
Biotransformation of polycylic aromatic compounds by fungi and an investigation into the oxidation o
Incubations of several polycyclic heteroaromatic compounds and two
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with a series of common fungi have been
performed. The fungi Cunninghamella elegans ATCC 26269, Rhizopus
arrhizus ATCC 11145, and Mortierella isabellina NRRL 1757 were
studied in this regard. Of the aza heteroaromatics, only dibenzopyrrole
gave a ring hydroxylated product following the incubation with C.
elegans. From the thio heteroaromatics studied, dibenzothiophene was
metabolized by all the th
Biosynthesis of benzyliasoquinoline alkaloids
This research was carried out to obtain a convenient route for the
synthesis of [7_ 14C]-p-hydroxy benzaldehyde.
Section 1 of the thesis includes a route involving intermediates with
protecting groups like benzyl and methyl ethers of the phenols. The
benzyl ethers afforded the product in relatively better yield. The overall
synthesis involves four steps.
Section 2 describes the reactions carried out directly on phenols,
and a three step pathway is obtained for the synthesis of p-hydroxy
benzalde
Behavioural, mensural, and ecological correlates of polygyny in the eastern meadowlark (Sturnella ma
During 1982 and 1983 I studied male attributes and attributes
of the territory of male Eastern Meadowlarks (Sturnella magna) in
order to determine whether there was a correlation between any of
the attributes investigated and the number of females attracted
by a male. Seventeen males, nine of which were polygynous and
eight monogamous, were studied in 1982 and sixteen males.of which .. seven were polygynous and nine ~onogamous, were studied in 1983.
The study was conducted in Short Hills Park, 1
A Study of role conflict, role ambiguity, locus of control, job satisfaction and participation in de
This study was an investigation of individual and
organizational factors, as perceived by front-line vocational
service workers from Adult Rehabilitation Centres (ARC
Industries) for mentally retarded adults. The specific
variables which were measured included role conflict/role
ambiguity (role factors), internal/external locus of
control (individual differences), job satisfaction with
work and supervision (job attitudes) and participation
in deci~ion making (organizational factor). The explorat
Assessment of chromatin activity in mouse and human tissues
Pancreatic deoxyribonuclease preferentially digests active genes
during all phases of the cell cycle including mitosis. Recently, a DNAse
I-directed in ~ nick translation technique has been used to demonstrate
differences in the DNAse I sensitivity of euchromatic and heterochromatic
regions of mitotic chromosomes. This ill ~ technique has been used in
this study to ask whether facultative heterochromatin of the inactive X
chromosome can be distinguished from the active X chromosome in mouse and
Assessing the psychometric properties of dream content questionnaires
The present study was the first of its kind to systematically explore the
psychometric properties of dream content questionnaires as measures of dream
experience. One hundred and six University students filled out the Dream Content
Questionnaire (DCQ) and kept a 14-day dream diary on two separate occasions,
in addition to filling out the NEO-PI-R and Multidimensional Personality
Questionnaire and measures of spatial ability and imaginativeness. The DCQ's
reliability was acceptable, as was its di
A speculative systems model of the dynamic interaction among students, faculty and administration in
The challenge the community college faces in helping
meet the needs of the living open system of society is
examined in this study. It is postulated that internalization
student outcomes are required by society to reduce entropy
and remain self-renewing. Such behavior is characterized as
having an intrinsically motivated energy source and displays
the seeking and conquering of challenge, the development of
reflective knowledge and skill, full use of all capabilities,
internal control, growth ori
A relationship between photosynthesis and translocation in plants stressed by ionizing radiation
Since previous investigations have shown that low levels of ionizing
radiation can induce a reduction in the rates of apparent photosynthesis
and in the magnitude of photoassimilated l4C exported out of a leaf, the
present studies were designed and conducted to determine the relationship,
if any, between the radiation effects on these two physiological
processes. The experiments were particularly designed to determine if the
radiation-induced reduction in export is the result of the reduction in
Application of [Lambda] to the fourth perturbation theory in calculating the equation of state of ra
We have calculated the thermodynamic properties of monatomic fcc
crystals from the high temperature limit of the Helmholtz free energy.
This equation of state included the static and vibrational energy
components. The latter contribution was calculated to order A4 of perturbation
theory, for a range of crystal volumes, in which a nearest
neighbour central force model was used. We have calculated the lattice
constant, the coefficient of volume expansion, the specific heat at
constant volume and a
Anxiety and learning / response behaviour in the context of intellectual problem solving by young ch
Twenty-eight grade four students were ca.tegorized as
either high or low anxious subjects as per Gillis' Child
Anxiety Scale (a self-report general measure). In determining
impulsivity in their response tendencies, via Kagan's Ma.tching
Familiar Figures Test, a significant difference between the
two groups was not found to exist. Training procedures
(verbal labelling plus rehearsal strategies) were introduced
in modification of their learning behaviour on a visual
sequential memory task. Signifi
An investigation of geological and geochemical characteristics of late-Quaternay sediments in the Ge
Core samples of postglacial sediments and sediment
surface samples from Shepherd Lake on the Bruce Peninsula,
Harts Lake on the Canadian Shield, and two cores from Georgian
Bay (core P-l in the western deep part and core P-7 in the
eastern shallow part) have been analyzed for pH, grain size
distribution, water content, bulk density, loss on ignition
at 4500C and 11000 C, major oxides (Si02 ,A1203,!FeO,MgO,CaO,
Na20,K20,Ti02 ,MnO and P205) and trace elements (Ba,Zr,Sr,y,S,
Zn,Cu,Ni,Ce and Rb).
Th
An investigation into differences between indoleacetic acid and fusicoccin in their influence on RNA
Growth stimulation of Avena coleoptile tissue by indoleacetic acid
(IAA) and fusicoccin (FC) was compared by measuring both their influence on
RNA and protein synthesis during IAA or FC stimulated growth. FC
stimulated growth more than IAA during the initial four hour exposure, after
which the growth rate gradually declined to the control rate. FC, but not
IAA, increased the uptake of 3H-Ieucine into tissue and the specific
radioactivity of extracted protein. Cycloheximide inhibited the incorpor
An investigation into the oxidation of organic sulphides, organic selenides and simple hydrocarbons
The work presented in this thesis is divided into three
separate sections 4!> Each' 'section is involved wi th a different
problem, however all three are involved with a microbial
oxidation of a substrate~
A series of 'aryl substituted phenyl a.nd be,nzyl methyl
sulphides were oxidized to the corre~pondi~g sulphoxides by
'Mo:rtierellai's'a'b'e'llina NRR.L17'S7 @ For this enzymic Qxidation,
based on 180 labeled experiments, the oxygen atom is derived
fr'orn the atmosphere and not from water. By w
An exploration of transformation theory and the western tradition: a critical evaluation of a gradua
This qualitative study is an exploration of transformation theory, the
Western tradition, and a critical evaluation of a graduate studies class at
a university. It is an exploration of assumptions that are embedded in
experience, that influence the experience and provide meaning about
the experience.
An attempt has been made to identify assumptions that are
embedded in Western experience and connect them with assumptions
that shape the graduate class experience. The focus is on assumptions
that
An educator's perspective of Dr. Feingold's K-P (Kaiser- Permanents) elimination diet for hyperkinet
Do evaluation of the literature and a regional
observational report support Dr. Feingold's claim that the
K-P (Kaiser-Permanente) elimination diet improves the
behaviours of hyperkinetic children, and others?
Dr. Feingold suggests that some hyperkinetic
children, and other children as well, are genetically
predisposed to intolerance of food additives, particularly
food colours and flavours. He claims that the K-P diet,
that eliminates salicylates and artificial food colours
and flavours, improve
An assessment of the needs of people with muscular dystrophy and related neuromuscular disorders
Description not set
An analysis of decoupling procedures in generating thermal Green's functions of O([lambda]â ´) by
The Zubarev equation of motion method has been applied to an anharmonic
crystal of O( ,,4). All possible decoupling schemes have been interpreted in
order to determine finite temperature expressions for the one phonon Green's
function (and self energy) to 0()\4) for a crystal in which every atom is on a
site of inversion symmetry. In order to provide a check of these results, the
Helmholtz free energy expressions derived from the self energy expressions,
have been shown to agree in the high temp
