Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University (Canada), 1989. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 62-13, Section: A, page: 0000.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University (Canada), 1990. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 62-13, Section: A, page: 0000.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University (Canada), 1990. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 62-13, Section: A, page: 0000.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University (Canada), 1990. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 62-13, Section: A, page: 0000.

The shift from the paradigm ofthe Enlightenment (modernity) to post-modernity will have a significant impact on the concept and practice of stewardship in the church and in the theological seminary. This thesis project examines fund-raising under the emerging paradigm and offers proposals for the raising of funds for McMaster Divinity College. It does so by looking at current and potential donor sources in addition to examining and suggesting methodologies to assist in underwriting the visions and purposes ofthe College. As a background, the study presents a brief analysis ofthe philosophical and theological roots of McMaster Divinity College. This is done by considering a number of the influences common to most theological schools founded in conjunction with North American universities in the 19th century. The influences peculiar to McMaster are considered as well. The thesis project also examines several points of conflict that have arisen periodically between the College and its long-time sponsor, the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec, in order to understand better the relationships between the two institutions. This is accomplished by consideration of their legal relationship and the circumstances leading to a denomonational schism in 1927, the Sunday school "curriculum controversy" of 1964-65, and, more recently, the so-called Bishop Robinson controversy of the mid-1980s. The meaning of stewardship has changed both in its theological concept and its usage in society. It continues to change. Several theologians and biblical scholars ofthe post-modern era are returning to a more biblically informed understanding ofstewardship with its much greater emphasis on accountability and responsibility, not only for the use of personal resources such as money and property, but for all the resources that God has entrusted to his people. The theological school likely will continue to be the primary training institution for Christians who desire more formal theological education but the churches likely will wish to see those teaching in and administering the Divinity College model the qualities ofthe Christian steward. That probability will be a major factor for recruitment and financial support. / Thesis / Doctor of Ministry (DMin)

This thesis was undertaken to investigate if an eForm-based extractor interface would improve the efficiency of the baseline risk extraction process for BRiskeT (Baseline Risk e-Tool). The BRiskeT database will contain the extracted baseline risk data from top prognostic research articles. BRiskeT utilizes McMaster University’s PLUS (Premium Literature Service) database to thoroughly vet articles prior to their inclusion in BRiskeT. The articles that have met inclusion criteria are then passed into the extractor interface that was developed for the purpose of this thesis, which has been called MacPrognosis. MacPrognosis displays these articles to a data extractor who fills out an electronic form which gives an overview of the baseline risk information in an article. The baseline risk information is subsequently saved to the BRiskeT database, which can then be queried according to the end user’s needs. One of the goals in switching from a paper-based extraction system to an eForm-based system was to save time in the extraction process. Another goal for MacPrognosis was to create an eForm that allowed baseline risk information to be extracted from as many disciplines as possible. To test whether MacPrognosis succeeded in saving extraction time and improving the proportion of articles from which baseline risk data could be extracted, it was subsequently utilized to extract data from a large test set of articles. The results of the extraction process were then compared with results from a previously conducted data extraction pilot utilizing a paper-based system which was created during the feasibility analysis for BRiskeT in 2012. The new eForm based extractor interface not only sped up the process of data extraction, but may also increase the proportion of articles from which data can be successfully extracted with minor future alterations when compared to a paper-based model of extraction. / Thesis / Master of Science (MSc)

<p> The purpose of this study is to investigate the McMaster commuter distribution. The total analysis is carried out in two subanalyses. The first analysis examines the effect that different variables have on the mean trip length of various commuter groups. The variables examined in the first analysis are: residential tenure, occupation, duration of service or study, parking permit ownership and part-time versus full-time status of students. In general the first analysis is concerned with the mean trip length of on campus Faculty, Staff, and Students. The first analysis verified that residential tenure is an important variable in that students who commute from the homes of parents average a considerably greater mean trip length than students who commute from rented accommodation.</p> <p> The second analysis employs a disaggregate singly-constrained spatial interaction model to distribute trips between McMaster and student residential locations. The second analysis shows that: (i) the production-constrained model fits considerably better with observed data when the sample is partitioned into student renter and stay at home groups than when the sample is not partitioned. The attractiveness factors were varied between the two groups. Renters were considered to be attracted to renter occupied dwellings in a zone while students commuting from the homes of parents were considered to be attracted to the number of owner occupied dwellings in a zone. (ii) straight line distance as a surrogate for travel cost yields a better fit for the renter group while automobile travel-time facilitates a better fit for the stay at home group. Auto travel time yields a better fit for peripheral trips because of the tendency for these trips to be made by car. Given the understanding that student renters are predominantly bus users who have chosen to locate close to the campus, euclidean distance is apparently more reflective of the travel impedance experienced by this group. Future research should attempt to qualitatively link measures of travel cost with the client group they are attempting to model.</p> / Thesis / Bachelor of Arts (BA)

<p>The McMaster University Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF) is the largest IVCF chapter in Canada and the second largest recognized group of any kind at McMaster. The majority of its members are conservative Protestants who espouse "fundamentalist" interpretations of the Bible, womens' roles, the age of the earth, alcohol consumption, sexual ethics, and the necessity of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. IVCF members perceive a sharp distinction between themselves and their "non-Christian" peers and professors. An analysis of the apparently paradoxical success of this particular group should elucidate the relationship between contemporary evangelical groups and other secular institutions in North America. Drawing upon fieldwork with the McMaster IVCF, I argue that the chapter promotes two strategies for interacting with the nonChristian majority. First, the "fortress" strategy protects evangelicals and the evangelical ethos from a campus ethos many believers consider to be hostile to their values and beliefs. Second, the "bridge" strategy facilitates constructive and non-confrontational interactions between these evangelicals and their non-Christian peers. These two strategies help IVCF participants to negotiate metaphorical "contracts" between their faith on the one hand and their secular education and social setting on the other. Creative strategies such as those employed by McMaster IVCF members seem both to fortify and mitigate against evangelicals' sense of difference from non-Christians.</p> / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

As social workers we understand that service users are the most impacted stakeholders involved in service delivery models at various agencies. When it comes to the field of child welfare, there are added barriers and complications that impact a worker’s ability to develop relationships with service users. What do child welfare service users consider to be “good” social work practice, and what do they expect from their workers? This thesis will focus on the voices of those who have been most impacted by the system: those who are or have been in the care of a child welfare system. At McMaster University, a program is being initiated in partnership between the School of Social Work and various local Children’s Aid Societies in Hamilton and the surrounding areas, which will explore how child welfare service users can be incorporated into the education of social work students who plan to work in the field of child welfare. This thesis will explore what individuals who are or have been youth in the care of an Ontario Children’s Aid Society want to teach the students of this program before they become child welfare social workers. This expert feedback will then be incorporated into the curriculum of McMaster’s program, entitled: “Preparing for Critical Practice in Child Welfare” (PCPCW), which will be carried into practice by the students who graduate from the program to become child welfare social workers. / Thesis / Master of Social Work (MSW)

Open pool research reactors play a crucial role in industry, medicine, scientific research and training. Ensuring its safety involves the use of widely accepted computer codes, such as RELAP5, that can predict the progression of accidents and evaluate reactor performance during transient events. These codes need a continuous validation process against various accident scenarios to ensure the reliability of the results. Two Loss of Heat Sink events (LOHS) took place previously in the McMaster Nuclear Reactor. One is the Loss of Forced Circulation in the Secondary Side event that happened in the year 2020, and the second is the Pool Temperature Experiment conducted at the McMaster Nuclear Reactor (MNR) in March 2023. These two events became a perfect opportunity to validate the safety analysis tools used by the NOF (Nuclear Operations and Facilities) staff. The focus was on validating the MNR RELAP5 model, particularly on the simulation of a loss of heat sink (LOHS) accident caused by the loss of the secondary pump. This study elucidates the validation results of the RELAP5 code for these two events and also under steady state conditions. A particular finding of this research was that reactor pool cooling transients prior to the start of a loss of heat sink accident (LOHS) can have an impact on the pool heating rate due to the pool thermal stratification. In these cases, the common assumption of an initial homogeneous temperature profile in the pool might not be accurate and could lead to underestimating the core temperature. With the help of CFD simulations it was possible to adjust the RELAP5 model, by providing a stratified temperature profile of the pool to be used as initial condition for the simulations. This led to more accurate estimations of the pool heating rate during the LOHS. Moreover, a sensitivity analysis on the pool nodalization showed that a minimum of two vertical pipes interconnected laterally by cross flow junctions is needed for the accurate analysis of this kind of transients. / Thesis / Master of Applied Science (MASc)