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Convergent Validity of the Larocque Obesity Questionnaire and Self-Reported Behavior during Obesity Treatment
No full text A validation study of the Larocque Obesity Questionnaire designed for use in obesity treatment was performed. Unlike other measures of obesity, this questionnaire includes scales measuring general emotional state as well as eating behavior. Subscales measured uncontrolled eating, physical stress responses, depression, and perfectionism. Subjects were 458 women and 79 men in treatment for obesity by general practitioners. The subscales showed acceptable internal consistency and related in predictable ways to measures of eating behavior, depression, self-criticism, stress, physical complaints and weight-control motivation. Subjects in the heaviest weight category (Body Mass Index ≥ 40) showed higher scores on Stress Response and Depression subscales. There were no significant sex differences, after controlling for weight. All four subscales showed significant improvement after 5 wk., which indicates their sensitivity to changes during treatment. </jats:p
Simulation of groundwater recharge in southern Quebec – method and database
No full textThe dataset contains all the method and data published by Emmanuel Dubois during his PhD project entitled impact of global changes on groundwater recharge in cold and humid climate, case study in southern Quebec (Canada). This research, carried out under the direction of Prof. Marie Larocque (UQAM), was part of a project aiming at developing new knowledge about the groundwater resources to anticipate the impact of climate change in southern Québec (Canada) and funded by the Québec Ministry of Environment and fight against climate change (MELCC). The study area, comprised of eight river watersheds and located between the St. Lawrence River and the USA-Quebec border (35 800 km2), is a strategic agricultural region with a hydrological dynamic led by cold winters and warm summers. The general objective of the research was to quantify the current and future impact of climate change on regional scale the groundwater recharge (GWR) in cold and humid climates, to better anticipate future conditions.
Estimates of GWR were simulated with a 500 m x 500 m resolution and a monthly time step using the HydroBudget model (Dubois et al., 2021b), developed during the project. The model was calibrated over the 1961-2017 period using river flows and baseflows (Dubois et al., 2021a). It was used to simulate GWR over the 1961-2017 period (past) and the 1951-2100 period (scenarios).
Each chapter of the thesis corresponds to a published (or submitted) article in a peer review journal. The data associated with each article were made public in individual Dataverse datasets. As well, the code of the HydroBudget model was made public on Dataverse (Dubois et al., 2021b), with an application example and a user guide (Dubois et al., 2021d). Each of these datasets contains detailed metadata, licences, and possible usage restrictions. Users are invited to refer to the individual datasets for more information.
Chapter 2 of the thesis presents the article “Simulation of long-term spatiotemporal variations in regional-scale groundwater recharge: contributions of a water budget approach in cold and humid climates” published in the journal Hydrology and Earth Science System in 2021 (Dubois et al., 2021a). The associated GWR simulations over the 1961-2017 period are available here (on the Dataverse platform; Dubois et al., 2021c): https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/TFNPQF.
Chapter 3 of the thesis presents the article “Climate Change Impacts on Groundwater Recharge in Cold and Humid Climates: Controlling Processes and Thresholds” published in the special issue “Application of Climatic Data in Hydrologic Models” of the journal Climate in 2022 (Dubois et al., 2022a). The associated GWR simulations over the 1951-2100 period are available here (on the Dataverse platform; Dubois et al., 2022b): https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/SWH4O1.
Chapter 4 of the thesis presents the article “Impact of land cover changes on long-term and regional-scale groundwater recharge simulation in cold and humid climates” that was submitted for publication in June 2022. The associated GWR simulations over the 1951-2100 period will be available in a new Dataverse dataset as soon as the article is accepted for publication
Les débuts de l'imprimerie à la Nouvelle-Orléans Deux livres de M. E. Larocque Tinker Un roman sur les Nègres de là Louisiane
No full textde Villiers Marc. Les débuts de l'imprimerie à la Nouvelle-Orléans Deux livres de M. E. Larocque Tinker Un roman sur les Nègres de là Louisiane. In: Journal de la Société des Américanistes. Tome 21 n°2, 1929. pp. 424-425
Journal of an excursion of Discovery to the Rocky Mountains by Mr Larocque in the year 1805, from the 2nd of June to the 18th of October.
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A modeling study of heterogeneity and surface water-groundwater interactions in the Thomas Brook catchment, Annapolis Valley (Nova Scotia, Canada)
No full textA modelling study of the impacts of subsurface heterogeneity on the hydrologic response of a small catchment is reported. The study is focused in particular on the hydraulic connection and interactions between surface water and groundwater. A coupled (1-D surface/3-D subsurface) numerical model is used to investigate, for a range of scenarios, the spatio-temporal patterns of response variables such as return flow, recharge, groundwater levels, surface saturation, and streamflow. Eight scenarios of increasing geological complexity are simulated for an 8 km<sup>2</sup> catchment in the Annapolis Valley (eastern Canada), introducing at each step more realistic representations of the geological strata and corresponding hydraulic properties. In a ninth scenario the effects of snow accumulation and snowmelt are also considered. The results show that response variables and significant features of the catchment (e.g. springs) can be adequately reproduced using a representation of the geology and model parameter values that are based on targeted fieldwork and existing databases, and that reflect to a sufficient degree the geological and hydrological complexity of the study area. The hydraulic conductivity values of the thin surficial sediment cover (especially till) and of the basalts in the upstream reaches emerge as key elements of the basin's heterogeneity for properly capturing the overall catchment response
Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
No full text"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
Les surréalistes au Canada ou le loup dans la bergerie : l’exposition de Toronto en 1938
No full textYves M. Larocque : Surrealism in Canada or the Fox in the Hen-house : the Toronto exhibition of 1938.
Canada first learned of Surrealism through periodical publications, books, conferences and exhibitions. Each of those «dispositifs véhiculaires » (Régis Debray) conveyed a different idea of the movement depending on their own perception of it, for example, surrealism is essential to the opening up of Canadian society according to the Canadian Forum, yet it is denounced as fascism in the pages of the Saturday Night. Dating from the first manifestation of surrealism in Canada at the Canadian National Exhibition of 1938 (Toronto), the idea of Surrealism has been subject to English Canadian patriotism. Yet, at the same time, it is also free from it due to favorable conditions resulting from the temporary renunciation of the dominating ideology of nationalism. The dispersion of surrealism in Canada may, also, be related to the two waves of immigration that the country experienced at the beginning of the twentieth century. Moreover, Protestantism, which is linked to the burgeoning of industrialization and to the temperance of the senses, may be seen as responsible for the delay in the acceptance of Surrealism by English speaking Canadians.Larocque Yves. Les surréalistes au Canada ou le loup dans la bergerie : l’exposition de Toronto en 1938. In: Histoire de l'art, N°35-36, 1996. Réception, diffusion. pp. 71-80
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Dr. Glendon Swarthout
No full textHosted by Roger M. Busfield, MSU Assistant Professor of Speech and Theater, Meet the Author is designed to introduce a general audience to a contemporary author and their work through in-depth interviews. This episode features a conversation between Dr. Glendon Swarthout, prolific author and English professor at MSU, and assistant professors Sam S. Baskett and Theodore B. Strandness
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