Browsing University of Winnipeg Theses by Title
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Pauline Scholarship and Jewish-Christian Dialogue
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2023-08-31)This thesis endeavours to make a contribution to the larger project of mutual understanding within Jewish-Christian dialogue, and in this regard, I address one issue—that of reading Paul within Judaism as a necessary element ... -
Perceptions of Crime Seriousness and Punitive Attitudes in Post-Secondary Students
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2020-11)Public perceptions of crime seriousness and attitudes towards the punishment of crime stem from the social norms and values that shape society and are informed by ways of knowing about crime. Located within a social ... -
Physiological and Behavioural Responses of Lake Trout to Catch-And-Release Angling
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2023-07-13)Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush), like many other native fishes in North America are a popular species typically targeted for recreational angling. Catch-and-release angling (C&R) relies on the assumption of high fish ... -
Post mating isolating barriers between Drosophila species and the role of seminal fluid gene expression
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2023-12-07)Reproductive genes are known to be among the fastest evolving category of genes within the genome, and males’ reproductive genes show a high divergence between species. A class of genes expressed in the male’s reproductive ... -
Postmating, Prezygotic Isolation among species of the Drosophila virilis subgroup
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2010-12-01)Reproductive barriers between sexually reproducing organisms prevent interbreeding and gene flow between species. Early studies of reproductive isolation focused on prezygotic and postzygotic isolating mechanisms, yet ... -
Prolegomena To An Anglican Discussion of Authority: The Role of History on The Current Crisis
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2016-07)Authority is problematic. It is problematic in theory, and it is problematic in practice. According to the Lutheran theologian Günther Gassmann, "The issue of authority has been a perennial problem in the framework of ... -
Psychological Insights of the New Testament
(University of WinnipegUnited College, 1947-05)In the last twenty years, a new relationship has emerged between psychology and religion. For a time, the tendency to regard man as a highly complicated organism, whose ideals and insights could only be explained in terms ... -
Quantifying the Concentration and Loads of Dissolved Organic Contaminants in Snowmelt Runoff from Manure-Amended Agricultural Fields
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2023-04-15)Agriculture is an integral part of Canada’s economy, making 1.6% of the country’s GDP. In Manitoba, swine production contributed nearly 1.4 billion dollars in revenue from 8.4 million pigs sold to the market. Liquid swine ... -
Quasi-Independent Agencies of the Manitoba Government: the Administrative Relationship
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Manitoba, 1987-05)This paper explores the thesis that the policies, procedures and practices which form the basis of interaction between a quasi-independent agency and the executive and bureaucratic arms of government have been established ... -
Rare words in text summarization
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2023-01-16)Automatic text summarization is a difficult task, which involves a good understanding of an input text to produce fluent, brief and vast summary. The usage of text summarization models can vary from legal document summarization ... -
Re-activation of Human Endogenous Retrovirus-K in Neuroinflammatory Disease
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2015-07)A new appreciation of the microbiome is changing the way we perceive human health and disease. The holobiontic nature of humans is even etched into our DNA in the form of viral symbionts. Empirical evidence for the presence ... -
Re-routing using Contraction Hierarchies in Software-Defined Networks
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2020-10)According to the Open Networking Foundation (ONF), one of the reasons to reexamine traditional network architectures is the increment of mobile devices and its data transmission. The global IP traffic forecast by CISCO ... -
Renewed Spirit in Winnipeg's North End: An emerging Aboriginal young adult co-creative leadership model
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2014-09-02)This thesis argues that the Winnipeg youth movement, “Meet Me at the Bell Tower” (MMBT), offers a new form of spiritual, cultural, and political renewal. Qualitative data drawn from interviews of youth leaders in this ... -
Reproductive and Genetic Consequences of Fragmentation in Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana, L.)
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2011-05-04)Habitat fragmentation has the potential to negatively affect plant populations by disrupting gene flow, reducing genetic diversity and changing mating dynamics. However, the effect of fragmentation has been poorly investigated ... -
Securing Intrusion Detection Systems in IoT Networks Against Adversarial Learning: A Moving Target Defense Approach based on Reinforcement Learning
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2023-08-23)Investigating the use of moving target defense (MTD) mechanisms in IoT networks is ongoing research, with unfathomable potential to equip IoT devices and networks with the ability to fend off cyber attacks despite the ... -
Shaping Post-Christendom Spiritual Practice in the United Church of Canada One Prayer Shawl at a Time
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2021-08-17)Although shawls have been fashioned in one way or another for hundreds of years, this research is focused around the special shawl-making of the relatively new Christian prayer shawl ministry that has developed in North ... -
The Significance of a Relations-based Approach to Indigenous Research Ethics and Indigenous Data Sovereignty
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2020-12-08)BACKGROUND: Indigenous people have been increasingly asserting self-determination in research to “research ourselves back to life”. There is a current knowledge gap regarding how gender is considered in Indigenous research ... -
A Spatial Analysis Evaluation of DeltaGard®20EW Operational Efficacy in Winnipeg, Manitoba for Adult Mosquito Control
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2022-08-31)Background: Mosquito abatement includes the management and surveillance of nuisance and potential vector mosquitoes. The major nuisance mosquito in Winnipeg, Manitoba is Ae. vexans, a floodwater mosquito. The City of ... -
Spectroscopic Analysis of Ca-Carbonates from Utah Crystal Geyser to Support Carbonate Detection within our Solar System
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2023-05)This study investigated the Utah Crystal Geyser, a unique low-temperature, CO2-rich geyser relevant to Mars, icy moons, and asteroids. Samples from the site had a range of textural and color differences; however, they ... -
Spectroscopic analysis of modern Mg-carbonates from multiple mafic/ultramafic environments with relevance to Jezero crater, Mars
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2023-04)The detection and presence of carbonates on Mars and within Jezero crater implies and supports an extensive aqueous history during the Noachian to early Hesperian and can help with the reconstruction of paleoenvironments. ...