VictorJuiz/thesis huggingface dataset:
Predictors of self-esteem in children with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Keywords: Self-esteem in children
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

The purpose of this study was to investigate differences between children with and without ADHD in self-esteem (also known as global self-worth) and domain-specific self-concepts, to explore the role of gender, development, and comorbidity with oppositional symptoms on these differences, and to examine predictors of self-esteem. The sample was comprised of 89 children with ADHD and 54 children without ADHD. All of the children were between 9--14 years of age. Using the Self-Perception Scale for Children (SPPC; Harter, 1985), results confirmed those of previous studies that children with ADHD have lower self-perceptions of global self-worth, scholastic competence, behavioural conduct, and social acceptance than children without ADHD. Children with ADHD who had clinical levels of oppositional symptoms scored lower than children without ADHD on behavioural conduct and global self-worth. Children with ADHD with and without clinical levels of oppositional symptoms did not differ from each other on global self-worth or any of the domain-specific self-concept scales. Young adolescents (age 12--14) reported lower levels of global self-worth, physical appearance, and scholastic competence than children (age 9--11). There were no gender differences, ADHD by gender, or ADHD by age interaction effects. Harter's (1990) model and labelling theory (Link Phelan, 1999; Scheff, 1966) were the basis for exploration of the structure and predictors of self-esteem or global self-worth in children with and without ADHD, specifically with regard to domain-specific self-concepts, perceived social support, and perceived stigmatization. The pattern of predictors for children without ADHD was consistent with Harter's (1999) model; domain-specific self-concepts, perceived social support, and the interactions between them predicted 64% of the variance in global self-worth. Perceived stigmatization was also a significant predictor. Among children with ADHD, however, domain-specific self-concepts were the sole predictors of global self-worth, accounting for 42% of the variance; perceived social support and perceived stigmatization did not offer any additional predictive power. Theoretical and clinical implications for these findings are discussed.
Digital authorship: achieving copyright's goals
Keywords: Copyright, Electronic information resources
Copyright and electronic data processing
Intellectual property

The Internet and the digitisation of content have allowed new pathways to production and distribution. This is positive from one perspective, as it allows many once-excluded individuals access to the creative process. However, technological innovation has also lowered "natural" barriers to widespread copyright infringement. Copyright owners have sought expanded copyright protection as a result. Different interests groups have variously responded. Some have declared copyright of little relevance. Others advocate recognition of "users' rights;" the view articulated in CCH Canadian Ltd v. Law Society of Upper Canada. I argue that while unchecked copyright expansion could be undesirable when thinking about the public domain, it may not be necessary to conceive of an extra layer of users' rights in order to achieve a balanced copyright. A workable compromise can be found in further consideration of authorship in copyright, a concept which dictates the nuances of copyright as a whole.
Producing the native informant: third world immigrant women's activism and self-making practices in the immigrant services sector
Keywords: Women immigrants, Social aspects
Women immigrants, Psychology
Educational equalization
Minorities, Canada

Through the use of interviews supplemented by an analysis of community reports, this dissertation examines the production and self-making practices of Third World immigrant activist women who are managers of immigrant community organizations. Accounting for transnational and historical relationships, the concept of the native informant enables the examination of the ongoing inequalities and unevenness between First and Third Worlds, and connections and disconnections among spaces and histories. Immigrant women are only recognizable as activists and managers when they accept the native informant position; however, it is argued that immigrant women shift the boundaries of their native informant selves by reconstructing their activism and utilizing any openings they are able to find in their performance of the script. Mapping out the experiences of race, class and gender among immigrant women in their attempt to establish their career in helping professions, it is argued that their positions as racialized middle-class immigrant women make them appropriate managers and activists in the immigrant services sector, given the multicultural politics that reduces differences to culture and essentializes Third World identities. Immigrant women's accounts of their pathways to a career in the immigrant services sector are used to historicize and spatialize their activism, understood in the specificities of individual women's life histories and changing multicultural terrain. This reveals that activist identities differ among immigrant women, depending on what site they enter, when and how they engage with the political space. Although hailed as native informants, the interviewees do not follow the script rigidly. Instead, their activism fundamentally transforms their managerial role, making the two inseparable and focusing their strategies on creating better futures for their communities. Nevertheless, in order to be “heard,” immigrant women have to claim an insider status, their closeness with their communities and an unmediated relationship between themselves and the communities for which they advocate, using strategies that both reproduce and transcend the native informant position. Ultimately, this study makes visible the creative strategies that subjects employ within the confines of their positions to make positive change possible, and to challenge the limits of knowledge and identity production.
Queering the nation: a transnational feminist reading of two spoken word poets
Keywords: Poetry, Social aspects
Sex in art
Women poets, Caribbean
Lesbianism in literature
Homophobia, Jamaica
Homophobia, United States
Homophobia, Canada
Racism, Jamaica
Racism, United States
Racism, Canada
Feminism

This thesis analyzes the performance poetry of diasporic Jamaicans Staceyann Chin and d'bi young to comment on narratives of sexualized citizenship in the United States, Canada and Jamaica. In contrast to the picture of Jamaica's homophobic violence as hyper(hetero)sexual offered by gay activists, media and travel narratives in the North, Chin and young's work suggests the complexity of Jamaican sexual cultures within a history of slavery and colonialism. I interpret their art as critical commentary on how queer communities in the North are not always oppositional to heteronormative state practices, but sometimes work to uphold and sustain practices of neoimperialism. Mobilizing concepts of erotic power and autonomy, I suggest that Chin and young articulate embodied countermemories of desire, self-love and self-in-community that combat the long-term silence imposed on speaking about black women's sexualities, both in Jamaica and in the North.
Mobility, space and subjectivity: Yoko Tawada and German-language transnational literature
Keywords: Emigration and immigration in literature
Identity (Psychology) in literature
German literature, History and criticism

This study introduces Japanese-German author Yoko Tawada, employing theories of mobility as a framework through which to read her German-language literature. Mobility appears in Tawada's writings in numerous forms: migration, colonial expansion, tourism and leisure travel, daily transportation, and the virtual movement of information along telecommunications highways. I argue that Tawada's work provides readers with alternative frameworks for thinking about displacement which challenge the models of mobility and identity that underpin much reception of German-language transnational literature. My initial chapter examines major trends in this reception, illustrating how most studies focus on the debilitating effects of dislocation and how writers not easily identified with economic migration or diasporic communities are neglected. Chapter 2 discusses Tawada's interest in the roles that landscapes, home, foreign territories and even tourist sites might play in the production of identities or, conversely, how subjects contribute to the social construction of spaces they inhabit. Chapter 3 discusses how Tawada's Talisman critiques notions about the ethnographic value of transnational writing. Rather than offering information about Japanese-German identity, these autobiographical essays turn the ethnographic gaze on German culture, resisting ethnographic designs readers may have on the text. I also consider how Tawada's reversal of the usual terms of ethnographic writing results in an interrogation of concepts of Heimat. Chapter 4 considers constellations of geography, language and travel in Überseezungen, where Tawada questions the stakes for the contemporary traveling subject, as acts of travel become more uniform. I argue that Tawada locates the possibility for shifting modes of subjectivity not in geographic, but in linguistic dislocation. In Chapters 2 to 4, I also maintain that Tawada is not unique in her thematic preoccupations. I examine works by Biondi, Chiellino, Sideri, Özdamar, Zaimoglu and Şenocak to determine how they engage in questions of mobility, showing how the theoretical questions raised by Tawada's work can be applied to transnational literature generally. In conclusion, I contend that expanding hitherto narrowly defined categories of migrant, exile, or diasporic literature to incorporate more diverse investigations of the interconnectedness of place, identity and language offers one way to realise the potential of non-territorial literary paradigms.
Exploring the use of subtypes to understand differences in the severity and nature of child physical abuse
Keywords: Social service
Criminology

Current definitions of child physical abuse include a broad range of acts. Historical and clinical research suggests that this category of child maltreatment has expanded to include clinically diverse phenomena that vary in their nature, pattern and potential for immediate and serious consequences. The primary objective of this research was to improve understanding of the factors associated with severe physical abuse. Case characteristics associated with more severe physical abuse were examined in a Canadian sample. In addition, a central proposition is that research on abuse severity may be hindered by the assumption that physical abuse is a uniform entity. Thus, analyses were employed to identify subtypes of abuse contexts. Finally, this dissertation examined whether subtypes differed in the nature and severity of physical abuse.
Inquiry into the issues of democracy and peace education in a kindergarten program
Keywords: Democracy, Study and teaching (Primary)
Democracy, Canada
Peace, Study and teaching (Primary)
Peace, Canada
Education, Aims and objectives

This study inquires into how the TRIBES program facilitates the implementation of peace and democracy in a Kindergarten classroom. Included as part of this study are the types of instructional approaches a teacher may use. Tangentially, the study also presents issues related to the implementation of change. The study draws reference to the need for children as learners to use integrated body movement for healthy development. This natural enquiry enhanced their language acquisition and the ability to make meaning using their own voice. Through this process the learners were able to develop a consciousness towards themselves, and friends within their community. By exploring in nature and the out of doors children greatly enhance this development. Reference is made to First Nations traditional teachings, Reggio Emilia schools, European Forest Kindergartens and Waldorf schools. The data strongly suggests that teaching TRIBES does help promote democracy and peace during these highly formative years.
Elements of effective instructional design for elementary mathematical problem solving computer software
Keywords: Educational technology
Computer software
Mathematics, Data processing
Mathematics, Computer-assisted instruction
Mathematics

Problem solving is an area of mathematics needing urgent attention by educators. Mathematics organizations, researchers and curriculum strongly advocate for increased problem solving skill development in students. Computer technology may aid some students in learning or practising problem solving skills. This research investigates student perceptions of how effective are instructional design elements of mathematical software, as it relates to their development of problem solving skills. Eighteen instructional design elements were identified from the literature on educational software design. Thirty-two grade five students from varied socio-economic backgrounds in a large district school board in Ontario, Canada, used three mathematical problem solving software programs. For each program, students recorded their perceptions of the effectiveness of each design element in solving mathematical problems, using a written questionnaire and an audiotaped interview. The results of this study indicate that all eighteen identified instructional design elements were judged to be effective by students for learning in mathematical software programs. Students highly rated elements such as feedback, written help and audio guides, because they perceived these elements to aid in their understanding and navigation of the program, as well as provide assistance in persevering with challenging problem solving tasks. Students also felt that having attainable and realistic goals was appropriate. Results sometimes differed according to mathematical ability. For animation elements, low ability students perceived animation to aid in their learning more than high ability students. Low ability students perceived organization and tools in a software program to assist them more in their learning than did the high ability students. Gender did not have any effect on student responses. Examination of the three software programs suggests that they were developed to be gender-neutral. This research indicates that students are aware of software design aspects which aid in their learning, and their insights can provide teachers, software developers and software reviewers with instructional design elements (e.g. narrated text written on screen, constant feedback on progress, detailed graphics, realistic goals) to consider when designing or acquiring educational software.
The inconsistent treatment of partnerships in the Income Tax Act
Keywords: Partnership, Taxation
Partnership, Canada
Income tax, Law and legislation
Income tax, Canada

The ancillary objectives of the Income Tax Act are equity, neutrality and simplicity. A mutual characteristic of these objectives is consistency. If provisions of the Income Tax Act are consistent, they will support the system's objectives and strengthen the income tax system. This thesis will analyze the inconsistencies in the structure of partnership taxation and discuss how they breach the objectives of the Income Tax Act. Recommendations to improve the taxation of partnerships structure are also presented. Partnerships, however, are treated inconsistently in the Income Tax Act. Income tax law relies on general partnership law when applying tax law principles. However, there are instances where the Income Tax Act deviates from general partnership law. Also, there are instances where general partnership law is conflicting. As well, there are instances in the Income Tax Act where partnerships and corporations are treated differently in the same situation with no supporting policy reason.
Race, gender and class: Malayalee women's experiences in Toronto
Keywords: Malayalis (Indic people), Social conditions
Malayalis (Indic people), Ontario
Women, Social conditions
Women, India
Minority women, Social conditions
Minority women, Ontario
South Asians, Social conditions
South Asians, Ontario
Racism, Ontario
Sex discrimination against women, Ontario
Social classes, Ontario

This thesis is a case study of Malayalee living in Toronto, Canada. It examines the experiences of Malayalee women in two generations: women who immigrated to Canada as adults and women who immigrated as children or were born here. This study is concerned with exploring how their race, gender, culture, class, sexuality and history work together in creating social locations and experiences that are specific to Malayalee women. It also examines feminist literature and attempts to explain South Asian women's experiences using relevant feminist theories. This research has focused on Malayalee women and more generally South Asian women because literature on South Asian women is scarce. Recognizing racial diversity, as well as the complex and interesting ways that dimensions of difference intersect, will be significant to both feminism and social science. It will allow these disciplines to study how the different aspects of social structure work together and interact to create inequalities and systems of oppression that produce different choices, opportunities and lifestyles for specific groups of people. From this research I conclude that Malayalee women in this study have diverse life histories and are complex subjects whose lives do not resemble the stereotypes of one dimensional South Asian women. This thesis has examined conflicts that have emerged and strategies that have been employed within the Malayalee community as a response to the immigration process, racism and sexism that Malayalees, and Malayalee women in particular, have experienced in Canada. As well, I conclude that many of the experiences that Malayalee women have had, especially in relation to the immigration process, are not accounted for by mainstream feminist theories. Feminist theories would need to incorporate into its analysis an examination of race, sexuality, age, culture and immigration experiences, as well as class and gender, and explain how these dimensions of difference are interconnected. Further, I conduct that analyzing race, class, gender, sexuality and age only make sense within the specificities of social, political and historical processes and structures, including racism, sexism and immigration, and that any analysis of inequality must take all relevant dimensions into account.
The experience of growing up in tandem with another and its implications for parenting and educating: an inquiry into the stories of twins and other multiples
Keywords: Twins, Psychology
Twins, Education
Multiple birth, Psychological aspects
Parenting

Within this paradigm, alternate texts---story, poetry, drawing, photograph, and interview transcript---are used to communicate knowledge when traditional prose cannot. Accordingly, my co-twin and I, along with 24 multiple-birth participants, share our experiences of growing up in tandem with another in a variety of these forms. The result is a blend of descriptive and interpretative prose. A descriptive writing style is used in the literature review and methodology chapters. The remaining chapters blend descriptive and interpretative prose to introduce, support, and reflect on participant interviews. Meaning is generated by placing my multipleship, the interpersonal relationship between my co-twin and me, beside my participants' experiences. In this dissertation, I engage hermeneutic phenomenological inquiry as articulated by Max Van Manen (1990) to explore the question, " What is the experience of growing up in tandem with another and its implications for parenting and educating?" In this text, the phrase, "growing up in tandem with another", refers to individuals born in twos (twins) and threes (triplets). While other approaches to hermeneutic phenomenological inquiry exist within the area of curriculum inquiry (Short, 1991), I chose this method for its strong pedagogical orientation. I discover that the multiple-birth experience is a complex construct. It is composed of numerous inter-connected and multi-dimensional (Bartel and Radocy, 2002) themes that organize into four analytical categories: complex, challenging, dynamic, and emotional. The core of this document consists of explicating each category, their connected themes, the stories, interview transcripts, and/or drawings that support them, and the pedagogical practices that link to them. The practices form the "so what" (Wolcott, 1990) of this research, its practical value to parents and teachers of multiples and to multiples themselves. Personal reflections and resonations (Conle, 1996) along with salient comments from multiple-birth educators, psychologists, and researchers, parallel each stage.
Studies of stimuli-responsive hydrogel nanoparticle containing membranes and the development of a closed-loop glucose-responsive insulin delivery device
Keywords: Pharmacy

The purpose of this Ph. D project was to study the mechanism of pH- and glucose-responsiveness and properties of polymeric composite membranes containing pH-sensitive poly(N-Isopropylacrylamide-co-metharcylic acid) hydrogel nanoparticles for controlled drug delivery, and to develop a closed-loop glucose-responsive insulin delivery device using these pH-sensitive hydrogel nanoparticles. The internal pH kinetics and spatial distribution of the membranes were studied using a ratiometric fluorescence dye pH mapping methodology. Approaches to improving the physicochemical and mechanical properties of the stimuli-responsive membranes were explored. Finally, a closed-loop glucose-responsive insulin delivery device regulating insulin delivery in response to changes in glucose concentration was developed and tested under in vitro conditions in this thesis.
Reconciling conflicts between trademark and geographical indications: how to protect geographical indications in China
Keywords: Trademarks, China
Patent laws and legislation, China

Now, old mode (certification mark mode) and new mode (registration of geographical indication mode) to protect geographical indication (“GI”) co-exist in China. However, many challenging legal concerns under this dual protection model have arisen as a result. This thesis aims to analyze the relationship between GI and trademarks and examine the issues under the dual modes of protection in China. The central argument I advance is: Since there are differences between trademarks and GIs in right holder and right execution, conflicts thus arise under the co-existing protection modes. I choose four typical cases to highlight the various conflicts. After studying the rules and proposals in TRIPS Agreement and international organizations, I tentatively propose some suggestions to resolve the issues resulting from the dual protection. I conclude that “first in time, first in right” priority may be as a basic principle to resolve such issues in the future.