An impact evaluation of the Ontario ban on smoking in schools and on school property : does the ban on smoking influence high school students' intentions to smoke cigarettes?

The Ontario Tobacco Control Act of 1994 imposed a total ban on smoking in schools, and on school property for every school in the province. The imposition of this policy created problems for school administrators. For instance, students who were smoking on walkways and properties adjacent to school boundaries, clashed with neighbouring property owners who were angry about the resulting damage and disruption. The enforcement of this policy consumes valuable resources at each school; therefore, knowledge about the impact of the policy is important. If effective, this policy has the potential to improve the health of students over their lifetime, by preventing or delaying smoking behaviour. Alternatively, an ineffective policy will continue to create administrative problems for the school and serve no legitimate purpose. Therefore, knowledge about the impact of the smoking ban policy on students' smoking intentions assists policy makers and school administrators in their understanding of the policy's impact within the schools. This research provided an impact evaluation of the ban on smoking in schools and on school property in Ontario. A total of 2069 students, from five high schools, in the Niagara Region, provided complete responses to a survey, designed to test whether smoking intentions were affected by the imposition of the policy. The study used Ajzen's theory of planned behaviour (Ajzen, 1991), specifically, the perceived behavioural control measure, to gain some understanding of students' perceptions of control over smoking imposed by the ban. The findings indicate the policy has the potential to influence students' overall smoking intentions. The ban on smoking policy was found to be a significant predictor of the smoking intentions of high school students. As well, attitude, social norms, and perceptions of control were significant predictors of smoking intentions. Exploratory findings also indicated differences between the control beliefs of students from different high schools, indicating potential differences in the enforcement of the smoking ban between schools. The findings also support the utility of the theory of planned behaviour as a methodology for evaluating the influence of punitive policies. This research study should be continued by utilizing the full theory of planned behaviour, including two phases of data collection and the measurement of actual smoking behaviour.

Ribbed moraines and subglacial geomorphological signatures of interior-sector palaeo-ice sheet dynamics

Transverse, subglacial bedforms (ribbed moraines) occur frequently in southern Keewatin, Nunavut, Canada, where they record a complex glacial history, including shifting centers of ice dispersal and fluctuating basal thermal regimes. Comprehensive mapping and quantitative morphometric analysis of the subglacial bedform archive in this sector reveals that ribbed moraines are spatially clustered by size and assume a broad range of visually distinct forms. Results suggest that end-member morphologies are consistent with a dichotomous polygenetic origin, and that a continuum of forms emerged through subsequent reshaping processes of variable intensity and duration. Translocation of mobile, immobile and quasi-mobile beds throughout the last glacial cycle conditioned the development of a subglacial deforming bed mosaic, and is likely responsible for the patchy zonation of palimpsest and inherited landscape signatures within this former core region of the Laurentide Ice Sheet. Comparison against field evidence collected from central Norway suggests that bedforming processes can be locally mediated by pre-existing topography.

Map - First Division Sector Coblenz - Bridghead

A large map titled "Map of First Division Sector Coblenz-Bridgehead" dated 8 May 1919. The map is hand drawn.

Manufactura esbelta en el sector maquilador

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias de la Administración con Especialidaden Investigación de Operaciones) UANL

Auditoría integral : importancia en la aplicación al sector público.

Tesis (Maestría en Contaduría Pública con Especialidad en Auditoría) UANL

Las expectativas educacionales de los adultos que trabajan en el sector técnico-indutrial de la ciudad de Guatemala y las limitaciones del sistema escolar

Tesis (Maestría en formación y Capacitación de Recursos Humanos) UANL

Educación escolarizada universitaria en las carreras de administración y contaduría y oportunidades de estudio para los adultos que trabajan en el sector administrativo en Barquisimeto-Venezuela

Tesis (Maestría en Formación y Capacitación de Recursos Humanos) UANL

Perfil académico actual requerido en el sector empresarial del ingeniero mecánico administrador y del ingeniero administrador de sistemas

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias de la Administración con Especialidad en Relaciones Industriales) UANL

Estudio de los factores críticos de éxito para la función de informática en el sector gubernamental

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias de la Administración con Especialidad en Sistemas) UANL

Estudio del tiempo de transición entre el momento de egreso del técnico profesional del Colegio de Estudios Científicos y Tecnológicosdel Estado de Nuevo León y su incorporación al sector productivo

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias de la Administración con Especialidad en Investigación de Operaciones) UANL

Factores que determinan la participación social de la mujer en colonias del sector poniente de la ciudad de Saltillo

Tesis (Maestría en Trabajo Social) UANL

Tipo de sector de salud y discrepancia de actitudes entre el médicoy el paciente hacia la diabetes

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias con Especialidad en Sistemas de Salud) UANL

Metodología de evaluaciones de proyectos de inversión para el sector eléctrico

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias de la Administración con Especialidad en Investigación de Operaciones) U.A.N.L. Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, 1994

Presencia de nitratos y nitritos en el agua subterránea del sector noroeste del Area Metropolitana de Monterrey y su relación con la salud de los consumidores por Diana Ivonne González Lozano

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias, con especialidad en Ingeniería Ambiental ) U. A. N. L.

Mercado laboral y productividad en el sector industrial

Tesis (Maestro en Ciencias de la Administración con Especialidad en Relaciones Industriales) UANL, 1996