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A new staples industry? Complexity, governance and Canada's diamond mines
(Oxford University Press, 2007)
The discovery of indicator minerals in the Slave geological province began a staking and development rush that, in a little over a decade, saw Canada becoming one of the world’s largest producers of diamonds. An examination ...
The Long and Short of IT: The International Development Research Centre as a Case Study for a Long-term Digital Preservation Strategy
(University of Manitoba & University of Winnipeg, 2007)
This thesis is a contribution to the study of the challenges facing archivists and record managers working on the long-term management and preservation of digital records. This thesis discusses the International Development ...
Mineralogic constraints on sulfur-rich soils from Pancam spectra at Gusev crater, Mars
(Geophysical Research Letters, 2007-07-06)
The Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Spirit excavated sulfur-rich soils exhibiting high albedo and relatively white to yellow colors at three main locations on and south of Husband Hill in Gusev crater, Mars. The multispectral ...
Glen Murray
(2007)
Aboriginal Female Lone Parents in Four Cities: Exploring Strengths and Challenges
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2007-01-01)
The research project pertaining to the exploration of the strengths and challenges facing Aboriginal single mothers in four Western Canadian Cities achieves two goals. First, it documents the development of the research ...
Exploring Housing-Induced Poverty among Middle-Income Canadian Households
(2007-11-01)
This report began by exploring the concept of working poverty. It was determined at the
outset that while much work had been done on the traditional working poor – that is those
low earning “working households” – little ...
Mennonites, Children and Communion
(University of Winnipeg, 2007-08)
This research thesis on Mennonites, Children and Communion has been authored by one who is deeply rooted in the tradition, faith and life, and practical theology of the North American Mennonite community. The research ...
Mobility Options for the Aging Population of Manitoba: An Action Plan for Regional Solutions
(2007-06-01)
Safe mobility for older adults is a multifaceted and complex issue, and
no single solution exists to address the needs of a diverse senior
population. Solutions to improve transportation for seniors are
impeded by a ...
An Energy-Based Body Temperature Threshold between Torpor and Normothermia for Small Mammals
(The University of Chicago, 2007-09-05)
Field studies of use of torpor by heterothermic endotherms suffer from the lack of a standardized threshold differentiating torpid body temperatures (T_b) from normothermic T_b's. This threshold can be more readily observed ...
Overlap-Free Words and Generalizations
(University of Winnipeg, 2007)
The study of combinatorics on words dates back at least to the beginning of the
20th century and the work of Axel Thue. Thue was the first to give an example of an infinite word over a three letter alphabet that contains ...