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  • Barriers and faciliators of preoperative education within Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) programs 
    Gerlitz, Reema; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Health Sciences (Lethbridge, Alta : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Health SciencesHealth Sciences, 2017)
    Providing sufficient and timely pre-operative education is essential for clients undergoing surgery within Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) programs. Ineffective education may result in increased anxiety, increased ...
  • Barriers to developing a valid rodent model of Alzheimer's disease: from behavioral analysis to etiological mechanisms 
    Gidyk, Darryl C.; Deibel, Scott H.; Hong, Nancy S.; McDonald, Robert J. (Frontiers MediaArts and ScienceDepartment of NeuroscienceUniversity of Lethbridge, 2015)
    Sporadic Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most prevalent form of age-related dementia. As such, great effort has been put forth to investigate the etiology, progression, and underlying mechanisms of the disease. Countless ...
  • Barriers to local food initiatives in Southern Alberta : an intensive case study of the Cottonwood Co-op 
    Jafri, Komal; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Management (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of ManagementManagement, 2017)
    Although there are many local food initiatives budding across the globe to support localization of the food system, they face major barriers operating in the mainstream food system. There is an existing literature highlighting ...
  • Basic fibroblast growth factor enhances recovery in rats 
    Waite, Wendy Lou; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2003Arts and ScienceDepartment of Neuroscience, 2003)
    This thesis examined the role of exogenous basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2) in stimulating recovery after early cortical injury. Rats with medial prefrontal cortex (MFC), posterior parietal cortex (PPC), or sham ...
  • Basic fibroblast growth factor improves physiological, anatomical, and functional outcome from bilateral lesions to motor cortex at postnatal day 10 in the rat 
    Monfils, Marie-H.; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, 2005Arts and ScienceDepartment of Neuroscience, 2005)
    Basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2) is a trophic molecule involved in a number of functions within the central nervous system (CNS), including a prominent role in the regulation of CNS responses to injury. Prior studies ...
  • Basic fibroblast growth factor in the injured brain 
    Rowntree, Sharon R.; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 1995Arts and ScienceDepartment of Psychology, 1995)
    Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) has been implicated in the brain's trophic response to injury. This thesis examined the effects of endogenous bFGF on brain plasticity and recovery of behavioral function following ...
  • A Bayesian computational basis for auditory selective attention using head rotation and the interaural time-difference cue 
    Hambrook, Dillon A.; Ilievski, Marko; Mosadeghzad, Mohamad; Tata, Matthew S. (Public Library of ScienceArts and ScienceDepartment of NeuroscienceUniversity of Lethbridge, 2017)
    The process of resolving mixtures of several sounds into their separate individual streams is known as auditory scene analysis and it remains a challenging task for computational systems. It is well-known that animals use ...
  • Beauvais School : a collected and living history 
    Forget, Simone; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 2003Education, 2003)
    The purpose of this project is twofold: (1) to collect, summarize, and narrate the history of the Beauvais School, a historic one-room schoolhouse in the Municipal District of Pincher Creek, and (2) to recreate, in the ...
  • Becoming a gay-affirmative counsellor in the area of same-sex intimate partner violence 
    Renner, Mackenzie J.; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of EducationEducation, 2014)
    The overarching goal of this project is to offer the counselling community strategies to promote a gay-affirmative approach to same-sex intimate partner violence (IPV). Four goals are associated with this project: (a) ...
  • The beginning teacher's handbook for elementary school 
    Friesen, Lori Ann; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 2003Education, 2003)
    The primary focus of this project is the development of an idea-rich, practical handbook for beginning teachers of elementary school. Current research emphasizes the following six most common problems facing beginning ...
  • Behavior Disorders: The Need for Multiple and Integrated Treatment Activities 
    Bernes, Kerry B. (EducationUniversity of Calgary, 1993)
    In response to increasing demands that Canadian school boards provide behavior adaptation programs to counter the effects of disruptive home environments, school violence, and victimization, this paper explores definitions ...
  • Behavioral correlates of unilateral dopamine depletion in the MPP+ rat model of Parkinson's Disease 
    Hardy, Jared C.; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2007Arts and ScienceDepartment of Neuroscience, 2007)
    Conventional cylinder test measures have limited sensitivity in determining hemiparkinson rat forelimb use asymmetry and approximating substantia nigra (SN) dopaminergic neuron loss. This thesis investigates which cylinder ...
  • Behavioral disorders : theory into practice : a reflective journey of a B.E.S.T. teacher 
    Agasoster-Jones, Sherry; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 2001Education, 2001)
    Children with behavioural difficulties have been an ever-present factor in schools. In the fall of 2001, Foothills School Division in rural Alberta recognized a need for increased programming for students with these ...
  • Behavioral endophenotypes of chronic unpredictable stress 
    Badenhorst, Cecilia; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : Universtiy of Lethbridge, Department of NeuroscienceArts and ScienceDepartment of Neuroscience, 2018)
    Stress is the response to a perceived or real threat. Acute incidences of stress can be beneficial. However, repeated stress can cause maladaptive changes in brain and behavior leading to neuropsychiatric illnesses. Among ...
  • Behavioral genetics: The study of differences 
    Lalumière, Martin L. (Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of LethbridgeArts and SciencePsychologyUniversity of Lethbridge, 2005)
    Behavioural genetics is about partitioning the sources of individual differences in any trait that can be measured reliably. The fundamental question is how much of the observed variability in a given trait can be explained ...
  • Behaviour of fathead minnows infected with a brain-encysting parasite 
    Shirakashi, Sho; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 1999Arts and ScienceDepartment of Biological Sciences, 1999)
    A wide variety of parasites are known to cause changes in host behaviour. The altered behaviours range from simple changes in features such as activity and phototaxis, to the creation of behaviours that are new, and often ...
  • A behavioural analysis of visual pattern separation ability by rats : effects of damage to the hippocampus 
    Spanswick, Simon; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2005Arts and ScienceDepartment of Neuroscience, 2005)
    Different events usually contain similar elements that can contribute to interference during memory encoding and retrieval. The hippocampus (HPC), a structure that is critically involved in some forms of memory, has been ...
  • Behavioural and neuroanatomical evidence in episodic memory in the rat 
    O'Brien, Jamus; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Psychology & NeuroscienceArts and ScienceDepartment of Neuroscience, 2007)
    In an attempt to test the hypothesis that rat's can perform very similar behaviours to episodic memory in humans, we here develop a novel Paviovian conditioning procedure demonstrating integrated what- where-when ...
  • Behavioural and physiological response of overwintering brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) to instream flow manipulations from the Canadian Rocky Mountains 
    Krimmer, Alison; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2008Arts and ScienceBiological Sciences, 2008)
    As anthropogenic demands on water resources intensify instream flow needs are becoming an increasingly important area of study, particularly over winter months during which time little is known about the behaviour and ...
  • Behavioural correlates of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis 
    Gerrard, Brietta; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Neuroscience, 2013Arts and ScienceDepartment of Neuroscience, 2013)
    Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is an inflammatory disease of the central nervous system induced in laboratory rodents to mimic human demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). This thesis ...