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  • Vacuum polarization and Hawking radiation 
    Rahmati, Shohreh (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, c2012Arts and ScienceDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, 2012)
    Quantum gravity is one of the interesting fields in contemporary physics which is still in progress. The purpose of quantum gravity is to present a quantum description for spacetime at 10^-33cm or find the `quanta' of ...
  • Valhalla Wilderness program : a model for alternative education and its effect on girls' self-esteem 
    Britton-Rumohr, Deanna Jo; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 2001Education, 2001)
    The Valhalla Wilderness Program: A Model for Alternative Education and Its Effect on Girls' Self-Esteem, is a two credit project designed to measure the impact the program had on self-esteem in females aged 14 to 15 years ...
  • Validation of stable isotope analysis for determining dietary proportions and trophic dynamics in plains sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus jamesi) 
    Meyhoff, Sejer Dixon; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Department of Geography and EnvironmentArts and ScienceDepartment of Geography and Environment, 2020)
    Stable isotopes in the tissue of a consumer organism can be used to estimate the proportional utilization of foods based on different isotopic signals and can also be used to estimate changes to diet over time. In this ...
  • Validity of adolescent self report of substance use 
    Williams, Robert J.; Nowatzki, Nadine R. (Taylor & FrancisSchool of Health SciencesUniversity of Lethbridgehttps://doi.org/10.1081/JA-200049327, 2005)
    The validity of self-report of substance use was examined in 367 adolescents referred for a substance use assessment between 1996 and 2000. Referrals came from a wide variety of sources, including pediatricians, the ...
  • The validity of phallometric assessment with rapists : Comments on Looman & Marshall 
    Lalumière, Martin L.; Rice, M. E. (SpringerArts and SciencePsychologyUniversity of LethbridgeMcMaster University, 2007)
    In a recent article Looman and Marshall (2005) questioned the validity of phallometric assessment of rapists based on the results of a study of incarcerated rapists and child molesters. In this commentary we offer (1) a ...
  • Value based living : encouraging healthy behaviour change in overweight and obese adults 
    Boughtin, Brittany; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of EducationEducation, 2017)
    Obesity has reached epidemic status in Canada and many Westernized countries, as well as having impacts in third world countries for the first time in history. Adults who carry excess weight are at increased risk for a ...
  • Value of a health behavior change reflection assignment for health promotion learning 
    Lee, Bonnie K.; Yanicki, Sharon M.; Solowoniuk, Jason (Network: Towards Unity for HealthHealth SciencesUniversity of Lethbridge, 2011-08)
    This article reports on the value of a reflection assignment in an undergraduate health promotion course for Addictions Counseling students at the University of Lethbridge, a mid-sized university in Western Canada. The ...
  • The value of children: alloparenting in Samoa 
    Forrester, Deanna Lee; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Department of PsychologyArts and ScienceDepartment of Psychology, 2020)
    This thesis examines the impact of alloparenting by children in Samoa. Survey data was used to explore whether children’s help in the household (“alloparental care”) influenced female fertility. I showed that children’s ...
  • The value of values: the role of personal values, organizational values and values-congruency in business purchase decisions 
    Anwer, Ehtisham; University of Lethbridge. Dhillon School of Business (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dhillon School of BusinessDhillon School of Business, 2018)
    The study proposed and tested a theoretical framework incorporating the role of personal values, organizational values and values-congruency in the business purchase decisions. Using the Supply Chain Management Association ...
  • Variability of fish production : nutrients as chemical drivers across a diverse geographic range 
    Good, Caitlin; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Biological Sciences, c2013Arts and ScienceDepartment of Biological Sciences, 2013)
    Total phosphorus (TP) is an essential nutrient established as a driver of primary productivity that we predict plays a large role in the fish biomass in rivers, lakes and reservoirs. Watershed catchment geology and ...
  • A variable temperature X-ray diffraction investigation of [PPN+][S4N5]: supramolecular interactions governing an order/disorder transformation and the first high resolution X-ray structure of the anion 
    Boeré, René T.; Roemmele, Tracey L.; Krall, Maria K. (MDPI AGArts and ScienceDepartment of Chemistry and BiochemistryThe Canadian Centre for Advanced Fluorine TechnologiesUniversity of Lethbridge, 2014)
    The title salt, triphenyl(P,P,P-triphenylphosphineimidato-N)-phosphorus(1+) 1,3,5,7-tetrathia(1,5-SIV)-2,4,6,8,9-pentaazabicyclo[3.3.1]nona-1,4,6,7-tetraene(1−), CAS [48236-06-2], prepared by the literature method, is ...
  • Variation in waiting times from diagnosis to treatment for breast cancer patients in Alberta from 1997-2000 
    Reed, Alyssa; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2003Health Sciences, 2003)
    There is considerable evidence that delays in diagnosing and treating breast cancer reduce long-term survival. The purpose of this study was to assess the waiting time between diagnosis and treatment for Alberta women with ...
  • Ventriloquial dummy tones : embodied cognition of pitch direction 
    Granzow, John; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Psychology, c2010Arts and ScienceDepartment of Psychology, 2010)
    Tone pairs constructed with the frequencies of the overtones moving in opposition to the missing fundamental frequencies they imply, produce expertise differences in the tracking of pitch direction. One interpretation ...
  • Verifying tag annotation and performing genre classification in music data via association analysis 
    Arjannikov, Tom (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer ScienceArts and ScienceDepartment of Mathematics and Computer Science, 2014)
    Music Information Retrieval aims to automate the access to large-volume music data, including browsing, retrieval, storage, etc. The work presented in this thesis tackles two non-trivial problems in the field. First ...
  • Vernalization and gibberellin physiology of winter canola 
    Zanewich, Karen P.; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 1993Arts and ScienceDepartment of Biological Sciences, 1993)
    Winter canola (Brassica napus cv. Crystal) requires vernalization, exposure to chilling, to induce bolting and flowering. Since gibberellins (GAs) have been implicated in the regulation of stem elongation and reproductive ...
  • The versatile role of homologous recombination in plant cell : repair of DNA damage, stress-directed genome evolution and foreign DNA integration 
    Boyko, Oleksandr; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2008Arts and ScienceBiological Sciences, 2008)
    Homologous recombination represents a DNA repair pathway. Its role in a plant cell is not limited to double strand break repair. It also extends to genome evolution via rearranging of DNA sequences, and has an important ...
  • Vertex-transitive digraphs with extra automorphisms that preserve the natural arc-colouring 
    Dobson, Ted; Hujdurovic, Ademir; Kutnar, Klavdija; Morris, Joy (The University of Queensland, Centre for Discrete Mathematics and ComputingArts and ScienceDepartment of Mathematics and Computer ScienceMississippi State UniversityUniversity of PrimoskaUniversity of Lethbridge, 2017)
    In a Cayley digraph on a group G, if a distinct colour is assigned to each arc-orbit under the left-regular action of G, it is not hard to show that the elements of the left-regular action of G are the only digraph ...
  • Vervet monkey development in a life historical perspective 
    Jarrett, Jonathan David; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Department of PsychologyArts and ScienceDepartment of Psychology, 2018)
    Juvenile primates have rarely been the focus of primate life history research. I followed two cohorts of vervet monkeys from birth to the end of the juvenile period. This presented us with data to study the physical and ...
  • Vicarious justice and work outcomes : the role of specific emotions 
    Hovind, Sarah; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Management (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Management, c2009Management, 2009)
    This study used an emotion-centered model (Spector & Fox, 2002) to examine predictions about the effect of customer vicarious justice on the three domains of job performance: task performance, counterproductive work behavior ...
  • The vice-principalship : preparation for leadership 
    Hawkins, Robert W.; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 2000Education, 2000)
    The main focus of this study was a survey of elementary, junior high and high school principals from the Calgary Board of Education, to gather their perceptions about their experiences as assistant principals and the ...