In supporting the projection of bed requirements for Newfoundland to 1986, an extensive literature review was conducted to identify small area population projection methods and bed prediction models. A bed prediction model was developed for this study. For each health region, projected morbidity for diagnostic (bed) clusters was calculated by: projecting the age-sex population; holding 1976 age-sex cluster morbidity patterns and length of stay constant; projecting the base and flow referral morbidity patterns of four health regions and finally the projected morbidity patterns were combined and translated into beds and adjusted for occupancy. The population projection method was the Short Ratio. The diagnostic clusters were medical-surgical, obstetrical, pediatrics and psychiatry. The prediction of beds utilizing this model was compared with a bed to population rate method. It was demonstrated that bed requirements do change in respect of age-sex population changes. The requirements are stated for each region. This study suggests that the model used for bed and population projections are useful planning tools in Newfoundland because of ease in use. The elemental problem of supplying a population data base for each hospital district by age and sex was solved and is expected to be extremely useful in years to come. The usefulness will come from an evaluation of these methods and their acceptance as first steps in the planning process. / Medicine, Faculty of / Population and Public Health (SPPH), School of / Graduate

Florence O'Neill (1905-1990) played an important role as an adult educator in Newfoundland. Using her extraordinary ability to lead others and her unrelenting energy she dedicated her adult life to the field of adult education. O'Neill, in 1944, was the first person to earn a doctoral degree in adult education in what is now Canada. Later, as an administrator in the Department of Adult Education in the Newfoundland government, O'Neill sought to implement her vision of an integrated system for providing adult education programs to the people of Newfoundland. She developed that vision through the writing of her doctoral thesis entitled: "A Plan for the Development of an Adult Education Program for Rural Newfoundland." O'Neill's personal struggle to become educated and later her struggles to see her "Plan" implemented adds to the body of knowledge about adult education in Newfoundland at an embryonic time in its development and to the knowledge of the field of adult education in general. / Education, Faculty of / Educational Studies (EDST), Department of / Graduate

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Joint Program in Physical Oceanography (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 2010. / "June 2010." Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-159). / The Labrador Sea, as one of a few places of deep water formation, plays an important role in the Meridional Overturning Circulation. While the interior of the Labrador Sea, where the deepest convection takes place, is known to experience variability on time scales ranging from days to decades, little is known about the variability of the other components of the Labrador Sea circulation - the boundary current system and the eddies that connect it with the interior. Using various types of in situ data combined with the surface flux and satellite altimetry data products, I studied the variability of both the boundary current system and the eddies on different time scales as well as their influence on the post-convective re-stratification of the Labrador Sea interior. The analysis presented in the thesis supports the result of the previous theoretical studies that argue that lateral fluxes, driven by the boundary current/interior gradients, play an important role in the post-convective restratification of the Labrador Sea. I found that both components of the boundary current, the surface West Greenland Current and the subsurface Irminger Current, have a strong seasonal cycle. In the spring both the West Greenland and Irminger Currents are colder and fresher than in the fall. However, the West Greenland Current is faster and thicker in the spring while the Irminger Current is the fastest and thickest in the fall. My analysis suggests that the observed seasonal changes in the velocity are primarily due to the baroclinic component of the current while the barotropic component remains nearly unchanged. The Subpolar Gyre, and the Labrador Sea in particular, have experienced a decline in the circulation accompanied by the warming of the water column over the last decades. I found that a similar trend is seen in the West Greenland Current system which slowed down from 1992 to 2004, primarily due to a decrease in the barotropic flow. At the same time, the subsurface Irminger Current has become warmer, saltier, and lighter, something that is also reflected in the properties of the eddies. Two years exhibited pronounced anomalies: in 1997 and 2003 the velocity, temperature and salinity of the Irminger Current abruptly increase with respect to the overall trend. Finally, I discuss the impacts of the boundary current changes on the lateral fluxes that are responsible for the restratification of the Labrador Sea and the properties of the interior. / by Tatiana Rykova. / Ph.D.

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J'ai étudié la génétique, l'utilisation de l'espace et la condition physique de sept populations de trois écotypes de caribou (Rangifer tarandus) de la péninsule du Québec-Labrador. L'écotype montagnard n'est pas différent génétiquement de l'écotype migrateur, mais il l'est de l'écotype sédentaire. Les deux populations migratrices sont similaires génétiquement mais différentes des quatre sédentaires. Deux mécanismes d'échanges potentiels entre les troupeaux migrateurs ont été quantifiés pour la première fois: le chevauchement des aires de rut et l'infidélité aux aires de mise bas. Il semble que la condition physique (masse des faons, taille et réserves corporelles des adultes) ait décliné durant la croissance démographique du troupeau de la rivière George, mais qu'elle se serait légèrement améliorée par la suite durant la diminution des effectifs. La condition physique des individus du troupeau de la rivière aux Feuilles s'est détériorée durant la croissance démographique de ce troupeau et elle est maintenant inférieure à celle des caribous du troupeau de la rivière George. Les caribous des trois écotypes sont distincts aux plans des mouvements et de la taille corporelle. Le caribou migrateur est plus petit maintenant que le sédentaire mais c'était le contraire dans les années 1960 probablement à cause des facteurs densité-dépendants qui ont entraîné une réduction de la taille corporelle des migrateurs durant leur croissance démographique. Ces variations temporelles dans la condition physique du caribou migrateur sont reliées à la qualité de l'habitat estival, mais aussi à des facteurs climatiques et à des changements drastiques des mouvements saisonniers et annuels. En effet, les mouvements sont positivement reliés à la taille de la population chez les deux troupeaux migrateurs. Il est possible que les variations temporelles des mouvements constituent l'un des mécanismes agissant sur la condition physique du caribou migrateur. Les trois écotypes présentent de nombreuses différences, ce qui supporte l'utilisation de ce concept en conservation. Bien que les deux troupeaux de caribous migrateurs ne soient pas génétiquement différents, leur condition physique et leurs mouvements sont distincts. Il semble donc justifié pour leur conservation de distinguer ces deux populations qui semblent interagir suivant un modèle de métapopulation, une hypothèse qu'il faudra valider. / I studied population genetics, space use and body condition of seven populations of three ecotypes of caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in the Québec-Labrador Peninsula. The montane ecotype was not genetically different from the migratory ecotype, although it differed from the sedentary ecotype. The two migratory herds were similar genetically but differed from the four sedentary herds. Two potential gene flow mechanisms in the migratory ecotype were quantified for the first time: rutting range overlap and infidelity to calving ground. It seems that body condition (calf body mass and adult body size and reserves) decreased during demographic growth of the Rivière-George herd and later slightly improved during population decline. Body condition of caribou from the Rivière-aux-Feuilles herd decreased during demographic growth and is now lower than for caribou of the George herd. Movements and body size differed between the three ecotypes. Migratory caribou are now smaller than sedentary caribou although it was the opposite in the 1960s, probably because density-dependent effects induced a body size reduction in migratory caribou during demographic growth. These temporal variations in body condition of migratory caribou are related to summer habitat quality, but also to climatic factors and to major changes in seasonal and annual movements. Indeed, movements were positively related to population size in both migratory herds. It is possible that temporal variations in movements represent one of the mechanisms acting on body condition of migratory caribou. We found many differences among the three caribou ecotypes which support the use of this concept in conservation. Although the two migratory herds were not genetically different, their body condition and movements were distinct. Thus, it seems justified for conservation and management purposes to distinguish these two populations that are interacting in a metapopulation model, an hypothesis that remains to be tested.

La présente évaluation a pour but d'établir le portrait de l'implantation de la trousse d'activités sur la santé sexuelle, développée par la Commission de la santé et des services sociaux des Premières Nations du Québec et du Labrador (CSSSPNQL), et distribuée dans l'ensemble des communautés au cours de l'automne 2007. Le modèle développé par Fafard, Secours & Prévost (1994) a été utilisé pour déterminer les facteurs ayant facilité et ceux ayant contraint l'implantation de la trousse. Suite à l'administration de questionnaires à des intervenants et à quelques jeunes, il a été trouvé que la trousse a bel et bien été utilisée dans les communautés, mais que certains éléments d'ordre structurel et organisationnel font en sorte qu'elle n'est pas utilisée à son plein potentiel. Certaines recommandations ont pu être formulées dans le but d'améliorer l'implantation et l'utilisation du présent programme, mais aussi des futurs programmes élaborés par la CSSSPNQL.

L'information sur la façon dont les paramètres démographiques tels que la survie et la reproduction varient au fil du temps est centrale pour comprendre la dynamique de population. Nous avons estimé la survie annuelle de plus de 700 caribous migrateurs marqués chez deux troupeaux du Québec-Labrador entre 1991 et 2012. De plus, nous avons vérifié l'effet de la masse des colliers émetteurs sur la survie des femelles adultes. Nos résultats démontrent que, lorsque la condition physique est mauvaise, un collier lourd peut diminuer la probabilité de survie d'environ 18% par rapport à un collier léger. Par la suite, nous avons élaboré un modèle démographique permettant d'estimer la taille de population annuelle. Nous avons utilisé cette technique efficace et peu coûteuse afin de corriger des inventaires ayant une grande incertitude ainsi que confirmer des inventaires aériens récents. Finalement, nous démontrons l'importance des suivis à long terme d’individus marqués. / Information on how demographic parameters such as survival and reproduction vary over time is central to understanding populationdynamics. We estimated annual survival of more than 700 marked migratory caribou in two herds in Quebec-Labrador between 1991 and 2012. In addition, we tested the effect of radio collarmass on adult femalesurvival. Our results demonstrate that when bodycondition is low, a heavy collar can reduce survival byapproximately 18% compared to a light collar. Subsequently, we developed a demographic model to estimate annual population size. We used this effective and relatively inexpensive technique to correct one aerial census with high uncertainty and confirm recent aerial censuses. Finally, we demonstrate the importance of long-term monitoring of marked individuals.

A combined, multiple-methods action research strategy is constructed and used to assess teams of personnel working in and around group homes for mentally retarded adults and young offenders in the Canadian Province of Newfoundland and Labrador between August, 1983 and January, 1987. Grounded in the practise experiences and previous research of the author, the question "what works?" is developed both as a contextual framework for the examination of teamwork as a component of professional practise and as a contextual feature of group care. The question is used to guide categorization and organization of differences amongst 51 sample teams in order to isolate valid and reliable measures of team work functioning. Drawing from four distinct theoretical traditions comprising core knowledge of human behaviour in the social environment, multiple methodologies for differentiating within and amongst teams are combined to triangulate data around the central research question. A methodology for the collection and analysis of data which are thought to represent the "lived experiences" of sample subjects is developed and used to illuminate the phenomenological alignments of team members. Qualitative themes in the reports of on- and off-the-job satisfactions and frustrations for sample subjects are examined for teams and for occupational groupings. Separate measures of Level of Organizational Change and Prevalence of Stressful working Conditions are developed and used to examine the interplay between these variables and other preselected variables. The assessment procedures and the typology of team functioning developed by Fulcher (1983) are replicated. Specific flaws and limitations in Fulcher's methodology and design are overcome through the use of a different theoretical orientation, extensions and refinements of the methodology, changes in instrumentation and by replicating his findings with a more homogeneous sample. Four of the team styles of adaptation are empirically validated and their descriptions refined. Both linear and non-linear statistical analytic methods are used to test for correlation and association between and among preselected variables. The Heimler/Fulcher Work Orientation Schedule, which serves as the basis for Fulcher's interpretative categorization of teams, is subjected to tests of reliability and validity and found to meet predetermined expectations. Through the use of an international, comparative data base, norms for team satisfaction and ratio of frustration to satisfaction for this instrument are empirically validated. Further research using Fulcher's typology along with the Work Orientation Schedule is indicated. Field observation recordings, sample subjects' personal narratives, the social policy and corporate contexts in which the study takes place, and a mythical, yet ultimately necessary, experiment which takes place in the future are all used to illuminate and ground the findings in the action research process.

Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2001. / Bibliography: leaves 299-308.

Le Lac Wabush est un lac constamment influencé par un courant hyperpycnal créé par la décharge de résidus miniers. À l'aide de multiples levés bathymétriques, de données de sismique réflexion ainsi que de données provenant de campagnes d'échantillonnage des sédiments, l'évolution temporelle du Lac Wabush est décrite. L'analyse de ces données a entre autre permis de démontrer l'importance, pour le transport des sédiments, des chenaux sous-marins à la tête desquels une rupture de pente (knickpoint) est présente. L'analyse de plusieurs levés consécutifs permet de retracer l'évolution de ces knickpoints : ils montrent une migration vers l'amont, laquelle serait responsable de la formation de chenaux sous-marins. Les knickpoints sont habituellement décrits comme étant le résultat de forçage tectonique ou d'un changement de niveau de base local. Le contexte du Lac Wabush n'étant pas affecté par ces forçages, les processus responsables de la formation des chenaux, i.e. les knickpoints, ont été étudiés à l'aide d'un modèle physique du lac Wabush. Nos expériences permettent d'expliquer que la raison principale conduisant au développement des knickpoints et des chenaux provient d'un déséquilibre entre l'angle des lits frontaux du delta et l'angle de déposition du courant de turbidité coulant sur ces lits frontaux. Tel que décrit dans la littérature, la migration des knickpoints peut s'expliquer de manière hydraulique par l'érosion via un courant de turbidité. Par contre, nos expériences ont démontré que cette migration pouvait aussi être contrôlée par des instabilités géotechniques. Partant de ce constat, une étude de stabilité de certains knickpoints présents au Lac Wabush a été effectuée, laquelle a permis de démontrer que les glissements de terrain peuvent aussi contrôler, sous certaines conditions, la migration des knickpoints dans un environnement réel. Au lac Wabush, le haut taux de sédimentation, la faible perméabilité des résidus ainsi que la déposition dans un état lâche des résidus dans le lac sont des facteurs pouvant conduire à la liquéfaction statique de ces matériaux, engendrant un recul des knickpoints. En conclusion, il a été démontré que la migration des knickpoints, soit le mode de formation des chenaux sous-marins au Lac Wabush, est donc un phénomène autant hydraulique que géotechnique.