identifier: Algiraigri, A. (2015). A Meta-Analysis of Hydroxyurea Use for β-thalassemia: Implications for Clinical Practice and Medical Education (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24785

contributor:
Kassam, Aliya
Oddone Paolucci, Elizabeth
Wright, Nicola

subject:
Education
Education
Medicine and Surgery

abstract: Chronic blood transfusion remains the most feasible therapeutic option for the majority of patients with severe β-thalassemia. However, it is associated with serious risks and complications. An alternative option is desirable and may prevent some of the problems associated with current therapy. Hydroxyurea (HU), an oral chemotherapeutic drug, is expected to increase hemoglobin, thereby minimizing the burden of blood transfusion and its complications. The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of HU in patients with severe β-thalassemia. HU appears to be effective, well tolerated and associated with mild and transient adverse events; however, large randomized clinical trials (RCTs) should be done to confirm such findings. Nonetheless, based on the results of the present meta-analysis, it is recommended that current practice guidelines for severe β-thalassemia be appended to include a trial of HU.


identifier: Colquhoun, A. H. (1972). Analysis of the impact of urban revenues and expenditures on income distribution (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22002

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xi, 149 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

rights: University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.

subject:
HJ 9353 C3 C64 1972 Microfilm
Finance, Public - Alberta - Calgary
Income - Alberta - Calgary

abstract: Bibliography: p. 142-145.


identifier: Law, E. S. (2004). Recapturing Chinese traditional songs in a kodaly-based curriculum in Hong Kong (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23688

format:
vi, 909 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 215-219
Includes 4 CDs.


identifier: Cairns, K. V. (1974). Motivation to avoid success, sex-role stereo-typing and same-sex affiliation (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21116

format:
xiii, 204 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
BF 637 S8 C35 1974 Microfiche
Success
Women teachers
Self-realization
Women - Psychology
Expectation (Psychology)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 158-162.


identifier: Metcalfe, A. L. (2012). Impact of prenatal screening on future resource utilization in pregnancy (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26463

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject:
Epidemiology
prenatal screening
prenatal diagnosis
Pregnancy

abstract: In 2007, the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada first recommended that prenatal screening for fetal aneuploidy be offered to all pregnant women. This is an important change in clinical obstetrics as previously these services had only been routinely offered to women who would be 35 or older at the time of delivery; however, maternal age alone is a poor predictor of fetal aneuploidy. Obtaining reliable data on prenatal screening utilization is problematic in Canada as these data are not collected in a systematic way nationally and, in many cases, not even provincially. This study aimed to understand utilization of prenatal screening in an Albertan context; to examine the impact of different prenatal screening strategies on health care utilization in pregnancy; and to estimate the incremental cost of prenatal screening when accounting for all of direct medical costs of this procedure including ancillary service use. Data on health resource utilization that occurred in the three months prior to pregnancy, during pregnancy and three months post-partum were collected from twelve unique clinical and administrative databases. Using deterministic linkage, participants from multiple databases were linked based on personal health number, gender and date of birth. This study found that utilization of prenatal screening tends to impact utilization of prenatal diagnostic services but not overall health resource utilization, and that there is a cost for prenatal screening but this cost may be less than what is suggested in the literature due to differences between hypothetical utilization patterns and actual resource utilization. It also suggests that current techniques used to identify women who have an increased risk of carrying a fetus with aneuploidy, may also be useful for identifying women who are at an increased risk of a variety of adverse pregnancy outcomes. With the rapid development of non-invasive prenatal testing, additional clinical changes in prenatal screening and diagnosis are likely to occur in the next few years. However, prior to abandoning screening in favour of non-invasive prenatal testing, the results of this work suggest that a more thorough evaluation of the impact of prenatal screening on non-aneuploidy outcomes may be warranted.

abstract: 2 years


identifier: Campbell, M. F. (1970). Inner journey: a study of Henry Vaughan's Silex Scintillans (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22259

format:
148 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: PR 3742 S5 C34 1970 Microfilm

subject: Vaughan, Henry, 1622-1695. Silex Scintillans

abstract: Bibliography: p. 145-148.


identifier: Matsinhe, D. M. (2004). Masculinities in an African context: the case of Mozambique (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13559

format:
vii, 149 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 134-144


identifier: Stapleton, E. E. (2009). Nature as a second language: towards the inclusion of new Canadians in Alberta's provincial parks (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2934

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xii, 113 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 97-103

abstract: It is well established in the literature that ethnic minority groups are under represented in wilderness-oriented recreation. This trend in apparent in Alberta's provincial parks where new Canadians have been identified as one of several groups under-represented in the parks participant population. Recognizing that the population of Alberta is becoming increasingly diverse and that changes must be made to keep parks relevant to society, Alberta Parks is striving to make provincial parks inclusive of all Albertans. This Master's Degree Project (MOP) aims fo assist Alberta Parks iri its inclusion strategy for New Canadians. To better understand how Alberta Parks can meet the needs of New Canadians, this work explores new Canadian perceptions of Alberta wilderness and nature; their understanding, knowledge and expectations of provincial parks; their experiences in wilderness recreation programs; and their continued interest in opportunities in provincial parks. Guided by dialogical planning theory, data was collected through focus group discussions with new Canadians. Key informants were interviewed to add expert insight to the work. Results indicate that new Canadians perceive wilderness and nature in a variety of ways; have varying degrees of awareness, knowledge and expectations of provincial parks; have had largely positive experiences in wilderness recreation programs; have suggestions for how parks can meet their needs; and have the desire to pursue recreational, volunteer and employment opportunities within provincial parks. Based upon these findings, this MOP makes recommendations to enable Alberta Parks to make provincial parks more inclusive of new Canadians.


identifier: Yip, C. M. (2020). Labor Market Adjustments: Evidence From British Columbia's Carbon Tax (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Arts
University of Calgary

contributor:
Tombe, Trevor
Muehlenbachs, Lucija A.
Staubli, Stefan

subject:
Carbon Taxes
Unemployment
Wage
Underemployment
Labor Market Adjustments
Economics
Economics--Labor

abstract: Chapter 1 uses individual-level data to estimate the labor market consequences of environmental policies. The focus on workers rather than industries as the unit of analysis allows me to investigate previously unobserved outcomes, such as (i) unemployment rates, labor force participation rates, and the natures of layoffs and new hires and (ii) the distributional effects of these policies, both of which are critical to understanding costs and their distributions associated with environmental policies. Exploiting the introduction of a revenue-neutral carbon tax in British Columbia (BC), I find that environmental taxes, though revenue-neutral, tax away jobs. Chapter 2 exploits BC's carbon tax to study how jobs and wages are cut. It uncovers the dynamics of unemployment and wage effects. While the unemployment effect arrives without lags but decays quickly, the wage effect comes with lags but grows gradually. Chapter 2 provides strong evidence to conclude that a complete understanding of unemployment and wage effects requires an explanation of employment flows---the inflow and outflow of employment. Chapter 2 bridges between the literature and the public---it explains why prior studies may find the labor market effects of environmental policies weak and explains why the public is so concerned with potential job and wage losses created by environmental policies. Chapter 2 provides new micro-evidence on labor market adjustments and calls for attention to the transitional labor market adjustments to environmental policies. Chapter 3 exploits an aggregate shock of BC's carbon tax to study how replacing full-time (FT) staffers with part-timers shapes a labor market. Chapter 3 uncovers important yet underexplored mechanisms of labor market adjustments through PT switches. With employers increasingly hiring part-timers, PT switches reduce labor hours through labor turnover. Due to a significant wage differential between FT and PT new hires, the average hiring wage is cut: PT switches explain approximately 20 percent of the hiring wage cut. Chapter 3 offers new perspectives on labor market adjustments, quantifies the extent to which the adjustments through PT switches, and calls for policies mitigating labor market underutilization.


identifier: Porter, A. (2014). Empathy and Compassion in the Medicine and Literature of the First and Second Centuries AD (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25880

subject: Literature--Classical Empathy compassion Aretaeus Medicine Emotions

abstract: This dissertation examines the emotions of empathy and compassion in the first and second centuries AD of the Greco-Roman world. It focuses on the medical texts of the period, but also explores the other genres of the ancient Greek novel and moral philosophy. Despite lacking a specific word for it, the first and second-century Greeks and Romans understood and expressed empathy in their writings. Compassion, on the other hand, does have a vocabulary. The terms which are used to express it often conform to traditional Greek definitions; however, many instances also show that it has widened its application as well. There also appears to be a significant amount of ‘cross-chatter’ between some of the literature in this era. The medical writer Aretaeus demonstrates a high level of empathy and compassion towards his patients and their families. A contextual and philological analysis of each passage exhibiting these emotions serves to highlight and evaluate Aretaeus’ empathy and compassion and the conditions that elicit these manifestations of emotion in his text. Soranus and Rufus, two other contemporary medical writers, show an acknowledgement and awareness of patients’ emotions, beliefs and attitudes as well. They also exhibit compassion within the construct of the patient-physician relationship. Two other physicians, Caelius Aurelianus and Scribonius Largus, take compassion to a new level, using the terms misericordia and humanitas, which serve to connect with the emotion of compassion and the concept of medical ethics. Plutarch, a moral philosopher, and the novelists, Achilles Tatius and Chariton, exhibit this ‘cross-chatter’ between genres of the period. Plutarch’s Moralia shows his compassionate concern with the moral implications of breeding and slaughtering animals. Chariton’s Chaereas and Callirhoe contains many references to the concept of φιλανθρωπία as an expression of mercy, compassion, benevolence and humanity. Achilles Tactius’ Leucippe and Clitophon explores the power one’s suffering has to affect another through empathy and compassion. Finally, Aretaeus’ ability to ‘feel’ his way into organs and diseases through personification demonstrates his empathy. Taken all together, this suggests that a permeability of genres appears to have occurred in this era whereby empathy and compassion became a common concern.


identifier: Choi, M. L. (2011). Structural differences between various states of soybean calmodulin isoforms 1 and 4 identified by hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3764

contributor:
Walsh, Michael P.
Chik, John

format:
xiv, 126 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 117-126.
A few pages are in colour.


identifier: Fiest, K. (2014). Depression in Epilepsy (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25557

title: Depression in Epilepsy

contributor:
Patten, Scott
Jetté, Nathalie

subject:
Epidemiology
Mental Health
Depression
Epilepsy
Epidemiology

abstract:
A relationship between depression and epilepsy has been consistently reported in the literature. Most of this research has estimated the proportion of people with depression in epilepsy. More recently, research has focused on determining fast and accurate methods of diagnosing depression in clinical samples. In contrast, there is a relative dearth of research into the treatment of depression in epilepsy using both pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods. Despite this research, there are still gaps in the knowledge base of this association. The literature on depression in epilepsy has not been reviewed and summarized. Screening tools for identifying depression in epilepsy have either not been validated, or have not been validated with a gold standard tool. Finally, patterns of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of depression in epilepsy have not been well characterized. The work reported in this dissertation addresses each of these three knowledge gaps. Based on a systematic review, the overall pooled prevalence of active depression in persons with epilepsy was found to be 23.1% (95% Confidence Interval (CI): 20.6%-28.3%), and the overall odds ratio of active depression in those with epilepsy, relative to those without, was 2.77 (95% CI: 2.09-3.67). Three depression screening tools, one of which was previously not validated, and new cut-points for scoring were explored in a group of 185 persons with epilepsy. Compared to a gold-standard diagnostic interview, the tools with the best overall balance of sensitivity and specificity were the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale at a cut-point of seven and the Patient Health Questionnaire with a cut-point of nine. Newly suggested cut-points for scoring performed better than those cut-points recommended for use in the general population. Considering both pharmacological and non- pharmacological treatments for depression in persons with epilepsy, the majority of persons (70.3%) with current depression were not receiving depression-related therapy. Of those treated,
ii
most were receiving non-pharmacological treatments for depression. More persons with a past history of depression (37.2%) were receiving treatment, of which the majority was by pharmacological management. The results of these studies characterize the identification and management of depression, addressing knowledge gaps and providing direction for future research.


identifier: Lane, S. M. (2007). Defining the determinants of the decision to outsource information systems software: a transaction cost perspective (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1018

format:
xiii, 256 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 180-191


identifier: Bigdely Shamloo, K. (2012). Modeling a novel mechanism of calcium-induced calcium release in vascular smooth muscle cell (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4963

contributor:
Vigmond, Edward J.
Welsh, Donald

format:
xiii, 91 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 69-72

abstract: Many pages are in colour.

abstract: Includes copy of copyright permissions.  Original copies with original Partial Copyright Licence.

abstract: Recent work has revealed a microdomain m cerebral arterial smooth muscle comprised of caveolae and the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Immunolabeling techniques indicate that T-type Ca2+ channels (Cav3.2) and ryanodine receptors localize to this microdomain while L-type Ca2+ channels do not. Based on these observations, we hypothesize that T-type Ca2+ channels play a major role in triggering RyR receptors and consequently in modulating Ca2+ sparks. To address this hypothesis, we developed a detailed tissue-specific biophysical model that can simulate several aspects of Ca2+ sparks in cerebral arterial SMCs by integrating independent formulations of cellular components with different sets of parameter adjustments. The simulation results show that the Calcium Induced Calcium Release (CICR) process can be initiated in a virtual microdomain containing Cav3.2 and RyR channels. These CICR events are repetitive and voltage dependent in that higher depolarization lead to higher CICR frequencies.


identifier: Gibbon, B. H. (1974). The Sociology of knowledge and sociology (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12032

format:
viii, 125 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HM 51 G4 1974 Microfiche
Sociology

abstract: Bibliography: p. 113-125.


identifier: Keech, J. (2007). The familiarization, functionality and testing design method: a new way of looking at new problems (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1083

format:
xii, 229 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 145-149


identifier: Hansen, T. L. (2001). The transtheoretical model and the initiation and maintenance of exercise: a prospective analysis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11584

publisher:
Kinesiology
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
x, 78 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 60-66


identifier: Mahmoodi, M. (2011). Finite element modelling of reinforced concrete beam-column joints strengthened with steel-reinforced polymers for seismic resistance (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4362

format:
xxii, 186 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 180-186
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Bornstein, T. M. (1997). The stone and the drying rack: a display system for serial images in modern printmaking (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14208

format:
vi, 49 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: N 430 B67 1997

abstract: Bibliography: p. 48-49.


identifier: Stoffer, E. S. (2000). The effects of discussion and self-focusing on interpersonal problem solving among dysphoric and nondysphoric individuals (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15290

format:
vii, 127 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
RC537 .S76 2000
Depression, Mental
Depression, Mental - Social aspects
Interpersonal relations

abstract: Bibliography: p. 77-98


identifier: Brennan, A. (2003). Can employee attitudes predict different types of job change intentions? (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22993

format:
xv, 260 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2003 B74

abstract: Bibliography: p. 216-241


identifier: Sabatini, L. M. (1995). The effects of transition on the self-concept and learning processes of adolescent students enrolled in French immersion programmes (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13110

format:
vii, 112 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: P 118.2 S23 1995

subject: Second language acquisition - Study and teaching

subject: French language - Study and teaching - Immersion method

subject: Students - Psychology

subject: Educational psychology

subject: Self-perception in adolescence

subject: Learning, Psychology of

abstract: Bibliography: p. 100-110.


identifier: Waters, A. L. (2002). The effects of growth velocity on stable nitrogen isotope ratios in subadult long bones: an examination of intra-individual isotope effects (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16818

publisher:
Arts
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xii, 160 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 W38

abstract: Bibliography: p. 134-151


identifier: Gutierrez Aldana, N. D. (2014). Effects of Variables on a Soaker-Stripper Reactor for Thermal Cracking of Deasphalted Oil (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25838

subject:
Engineering--Chemical
DAO
Thermal Cracking
Deasphalted Oil
Counter-Current
Reactor
Kinetic Model

abstract:
Vast resources of heavy oils like Canadian bitumen are available and processed through many different schemes to bring a synthetic crude oil to markets. One effective scheme in use employs Solvent Deasphalting (SDA), a versatile upgrading process that uses light alkanes to precipitate the asphaltic phase from the feedstock, producing Deasphalted Oil (DAO), a stream with reduced asphaltenes and metal content. In that industrial scheme DAO is thermally cracked to generate distillates with conversion of the 553 °C+ fraction over 50%. One important current challenge is to increase that conversion level by optimization of the reactor and the flow regime inside it.
In this work, a pilot plant was designed, procured and built to investigate the thermal cracking of DAO with steam in a counter-current flow pattern reactor. The effect of a Raschig rings packed bed and variables such as reaction temperature and space velocity were studied. Among different techniques, Simulated Distillation (SD) was used for product characterization. The product characterization and reactor performance showed a limited effect of the Raschig rings and enhanced heat distribution due to the steam counter-current flow, which allows better performance at a lower temperature.
A parametric study along with the corresponding product distributions for each experiment made possible the use of a kinetic model to describe the reaction network taking place. The model includes 5 lumps: residue (R), vacuum gas oil (VGO), distillates (D), naphtha (N) and gases (G). Thermal cracking of the residue followed first order kinetics with activation energies ranging from 172 to 250 kJ/kmol. Gases were found to be produced almost exclusively from residue, and naphtha was found to be a secondary product of the reaction scheme.

abstract: 12 months


identifier: Barclay, S. (2017). Using Next-Generation Sequencing to Identify Genes Mutated in Human Disorders (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28740

contributor:
Bech-Hansen, N. Torben
Iaria, Giuseppe
Parboosingh, Jillian
Wilson, Richard
Innes, Micheil
Wasmuth, James
Brooks-Wilson, Angela

subject: Bioinformatics

subject: Genetics

subject: Medicine and Surgery

subject: Rapid-Onset Obesity

subject: Hypoventilation

subject: Hypothalamic Dysfunction

subject: Autonomic Dysregulation

subject: Exome Sequencing

subject: Negative Results

subject: Next-Generation Sequencing

abstract: Next-generation sequencing – and, in particular, exome sequencing, the targeted application of next-generation sequencing to the coding portion of the genome – appeared on the scene, in the last decade, as a promising new way of efficiently searching for and successfully identifying causative mutations in human disease. I have applied exome sequencing to the study of two human traits. The first is ROHHAD (Rapid-Onset Obesity with Hypoventilation, Hypothalamic Dysfunction and Autonomic Dysregulation), a rare, complex, and potentially fatal pediatric syndrome. The second is DTD (Developmental Topographical Disorientation), a novel behavioural phenotype in which individuals are unable to effectively navigate their surroundings. Though the two phenotypes themselves have little in common, they are united in the fact that both are believed to have a genetic basis, and are therefore candidates for the application of exome sequencing to search for causative mutations. The research described in this thesis has applied exome sequencing to both ROHHAD and DTD to search for causative mutations. In neither case were we able to identify causative genes, but in both cases we were able to rule out several genetic hypotheses (rare coding mutations across most of the genome), and, perhaps most importantly, we were able to rule out exome sequencing as a means of identifying disease-causing mutations for these traits. In addition to ruling out major hypotheses as to the underlying bases of these two traits, thus clearing the way for the exploration of additional hypotheses, the ROHHAD and DTD studies also provided informative illustrations of next-generation sequencing studies that do not identify causative genes. Together, they provided a framework for reporting negative results from next-generation sequencing studies, highlighting the importance of clearly reporting the data-quality, as well as ways to limit the number of false positive variant calls and considerations for the effective filtering of DNA sequence variants to ensure that the search for disease-causing candidates has been as thorough as possible.


identifier: Kohut, R. J. (1999). Women's knowledge of prenatal ultrasound and informed choice (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18304

format:
viii, 144 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: RG527.5 .U48 K64 1999

subject: Ultrasonics in obstetrics--Decision making.

subject: Women - Health and hygiene

subject: Prenatal diagnosis.

subject: Informed consent (Medical law)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 84-95.


identifier: Law, T. C. (1971). Volume change and moisture variation in unsaturated soils of Southern Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14216

publisher:
Engineering
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xii, 154 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TA 710.5 L37 1971 Microfilm
Soils - Testing
Soil moisture
Soil mechanics
Soils - Alberta - Lethbridge

abstract: Bibliography: p. 84-87.


identifier: MacLachlan, L. (1985). Commentary (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17714

title: Commentary

format:
iv, 81 leaves : music ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
M 1528 M22 C64 1986
Vocal duets with electronic music
Electronic music


identifier: Buhler, R. (2013). Melt-freeze crust formation and evolution in the Columbia Mountains (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26874

subject: Civil avalanche Snow melt freeze crust Columbia Mountains Evolution Formation

abstract: Melt-freeze crusts play an important role in many slab avalanches. Recent work with snowpack models has shown the need for field based research on the formation and evolution of melt-freeze crusts. This project uses historical weather and snowpack data to determine the metrological conditions during crust formation and the resulting crust properties. In addition, field measurements of the evolution of buried melt-freeze crusts were collected over the winters of 2010-11 and 2011-12. Measured properties include density, shear strength, and thin-blade resistance. A thermal imager was used to track changes to small scale temperature gradients around crusts. A new set of crust indices were developed as a simple method for tracking changes to crust internal lamination and the bonding to adjacent layers. These measurements and indices can supplement the data used for avalanche forecasting and be used to improve and validate snowpack evolution models.


identifier: Dool, J. S. (2005). Reconstruction following mastectomy for stage I or stage II breast cancer: an epidemiologic study (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/293

format:
x, 57 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 50-56

abstract: A copy of the thesis on CD-Rom is included.


identifier: Holz, E. (1976). A Study of the use of computer assisted instruction for teaching a social sight vocabulary: to mentally handicapped adolescents (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15824

format:
ix, 82 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: LC 4620 H64 1976 Microfiche

subject: Mentally handicapped children - Education

subject: Reading - Computer-assisted instruction

subject: Vocabulary - Programmed instruction

subject: Computer-assisted instruction

abstract: Bibliography: p. 76-79.


identifier: Davies, J. M. (2000). Determining the unmet needs of outpatients with lung cancer and the relationship between unmet needs and quality of life. (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22558

format:
x, 156 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: RC262 .D38 2000

subject: Cancer - Patients - Alberta - Calgary - Attitudes

subject: Needs assessment

subject: Medical care - Needs assessment

subject: Quality of life

abstract: Bibliography: 120-123


identifier: Henderson, J. D. (2009). Ground water assessment on small islands using geophysical and other geoscience methods to assist in water resource management and planning (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2672

format:
xiv, 419 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 301-369
Some page are in colour
Some non-standard size pages


identifier: Pinter, J. K. (1985). Four-vertex theorems (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14750

title: Four-vertex theorems

format:
vi, 87 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QA 360 P54 1985
Conformal mapping
Surfaces, Representation of
Homeomorphisms

abstract: Bibliography: p. 85-87.


identifier: Modaresghazani, J. (2009). Equation of state modeling of phase behaviour of bitumen/co2/propane mixtures (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3146

format:
xiii, 106 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 98-104

abstract: Among the various methods for modelling the phase behaviour of crude oils, the equation of state (EoS) approach is the most commonly used. To employ an EoS, the critical properties, acentric factor, molecular weight, and binary interaction parameters of the constituent components are required to characterize the fluid. For conventional oils, techniques such as distillation can be used to generate a true boiling point (TBP) curve which can be cut into pseudo-components. However, with heavy oils, less than 50% of the oil cannot be distilled and some extrapolation methods are required to complete the TBP. The objective of this thesis is to test different extrapolation techniques against a relatively comprehensive data set. The data set included vapour-liquid (VL), liquid-liquid (LL), and vapour-liquid-liquid (VLL) phase boundaries for mixtures of propane, carbon dioxide and Athabasca bitumen. Some data on phase volumes and compositions were also collected. Asphaltene precipitation data were also available for n-heptane diluted Athabasca bitumen. Simulated distillation data for the maltenes were used to characterize the distillable fraction of the bitumen. The non-distillable fraction was characterized using two different methods: I. Model A: the distillation data for maltenes was linearly extrapolated to an assumed end point; 2. Model B: the linear extrapolation was stopped at the end of the maltene and the asphaltene TBP were determined based on a Gamma distribution of their assumed molar mass distribution and well-established property estimation correlations. Each characterization, including critical properties determined from correlations, was input into the Peng-Robinson EoS. The binary interaction parameters between the solvent and each bitumen pseudo-component were adjusted to fit experimental saturation pressure data using a regression program. The sensitivity of the model to the assumed TBP end point and assumed molar mass distribution was examined to determine the optimum characterization. The sensitivity to the number of pseudocomponents in the characterization was also assessed. Both models provided good fits of the saturation pressures at the L/VL and LL/VLL boundaries. Both models were able to provide a qualitatively accurate prediction of the extended phase diagrams of the binary mixtures of propane/bitumen and carbon dioxide/bitumen including L, LL, VLL, and VL regions. However, only Model B correctly predicted the LL and VLL regions of the ternary mixtures of propane, carbon dioxide, and bitumen. While both models could be tuned to match the onset of asphaltene precipitation from n-heptane diluted bitumen, they significantly underestimated the yield at high dilutions.


identifier: Xu, H. Y. (2001). In-situ upgrading of heavy oil (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/10932

title: In-situ upgrading of heavy oil

format:
xvi, 175 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 X83

abstract: Bibliography: p. 159-161.


identifier: Banner, C. N. (1986). Mutability in Samuel Selvon's novels (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14350

title: Mutability in Samuel Selvon's novels

format:
vi, 128 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: PR 6069 E57 Z563 1987

subject: Selvon, Samuel, 1923- - Criticism and interpretation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 124-128.


identifier: Pavelec, S. M. (1999). The German jet program 1939-1945 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18666

title: The German jet program 1939-1945

publisher:
Social Sciences
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
vii, 116 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 1999 P386

abstract: Bibliography: p. 112-116.


identifier: Mahovsky, J. A. (2005). Ray tracing with reduced-precision bounding volume hierarchies (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2471

format:
ix, 197 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 186-197


identifier: Ellis, B. D. (2010). Embodied existence in language: a study of experience through Merleau-Ponty and Ricoeur (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3564

format:
viii, 71 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 70-71


identifier: Wang, C. (2004). Functional data analysis of foot orthotics (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21000

format:
viii, 83 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 80-83


identifier: Wright, H. (2021). Level Down: Using Games as a Teaching Tool for Low-Level Computer Science (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Science
University of Calgary

contributor:
Aycock, John
Wong, Nelson
Reardon, Joel

subject:
educational games
serious games
computer science games
low-level
binary
Boolean logic
computer science education
game design
SOTL
game-based learning
Education
Education--Sciences

abstract: Game-based learning has had promising results for a variety of different topics; however, for computer science education in particular, its applications have mostly focused on high-level concepts such as program flow and the control structures that modify it. Considering that students are known to struggle with low-level topics, the goal of this thesis is to level down game-based learning by applying it to lower-level concepts—this is accomplished by designing, building, and evaluating two original games. The first game is the physical card game Mermaids and Narwhals, which is meant to teach binary manipulations such as shifts and rotations with broader applications in computational thinking; it was evaluated through a gameplay simulation that modelled the game's behaviour under different conditions. The second game is Binary Bubbles, which is a digital bubble shooter game designed to help students practice their Boolean/bitwise logic operations; this game was evaluated through a large two-group, pre-test post-test survey. Overall, this thesis contributes to a promising area of research that has been relatively unexplored in related literature.


identifier: Pankiw, A. (2004). Project schedule review: delay causes and mitigation strategies for hospital renovation projects (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11764

format:
v, 265 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 230-237


identifier: Rahman, Z. (2011). Labour unions and labour movements in the readymade garment industry in Bangladesh in the era of globalization (1980-2009) (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4128

format:
xiii, 304 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 256-280

abstract: A few pages are in colour.

abstract: Includes copy of ethics approval.  Original copy with original Partial Copyright Licence.

abstract: Bangladesh has been part of the globalized ready made garment (RMG) industry since the early 1980s. In 2008-09 there were 4,825 RMG factories in Bangladesh employing 3.1 million people. This workforce included 2.38 million women and is an illustration of a globalization process termed the feminization of labour. Bangladesh's RMG industry has flourished because its workers are among the lowest paid garment workers in the world. This dissertation 1s a longitudinal case study of labour umons and labour movements in the RMG industry in Bangladesh between 1980 and 2009. The research and analysis are informed by insights from classical Marxist theory, world-systems theory, and Ronaldo Munck's influential "globalization and labour" thesis. In the early years of the RMG industry there was relatively little resistance by the workers to their abject exploitation. The reasons that workers failed to resist included the harsh tactics of factory owners who would terminate, sue or arrange to have local leaders assaulted by paid thugs or the state police; the failure of civil society organizations, with the exception of a few leftist unions, to support the workers' struggles; and the fact that the garment workers were 'first generation' rural migrants to the city who lacked any knowledge of workers' rights. In May 2006 there was a massive protest by RMG workers that secured a significant increase in the minimum wage and the first tripartite agreement in the industry's history. This victory for workers was partially undermined by unions that work collaboratively with the employers ' association. Nevertheless the May 2006 upsurge changed the terrain of struggle as evidenced by the 2007 concession that legalized labour unions organizing in the export producing zones. My conclusion is that until the state changes its elite-centered policy, until the owners change their feudal mindset and abide by the labour laws and ILO conventions, and until international labour organizations are free from any hidden, protectionist agendas, militant labour movements are the only way that Bangladesh's RMG workers will be able to successfully pursue their demands.


identifier: Schmidt, R. L. (2005). Centripetal infilltration: an alternative multi-use centre for Calgary (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2366

format:
236 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 233-236.
Some pages are 11 x 17


identifier: Macdonald, S. E. (1988). Ecological and physiological aspects of phenotypic plasticity in the Stellaria longipes complex (caryophyllaceae) (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15599

format:
xv, 225 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QK 495 C24 M166 1988
Stellaria - Environmental aspects
Environmental engineering

abstract: Bibliography: p. 202-225.


identifier: Jerry, P. A. (2001). The journey of the 'everyday mystic': a phenomenological-empirical exploration of transpersonal experience (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15215

format:
xi, 240 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
BF204.7 .J47 2001
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Transpersonal psychology
Transpersonal psychology - Research

abstract: Bibliography: p. 216-226.


identifier: Koszarycz, A. (1998). Collection and documentation of Ukrainian folk songs in Kalyna Country Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, (1997) (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15337

format:
v, 176 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: M1678 .K68 1998

subject: Folk songs, Ukrainian--Alberta--Edmonton.

subject: Ukrainians--Alberta--Folklore.

subject: Folklore--Ukraine.

subject: Folk music--Alberta--Edmonton.

abstract: Bibliography: p. 137-146.


identifier: Lopes Bras, A. L. (2015). Epidemiology of Mycoplasma bovis in farmed bison in western Canada (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25926

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Veterinary Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Windeyer, Claire
Barkema, Herman

subject:
Veterinary Science
Epidemiology
Mycoplasma bovis
Farmed bison
Risk Factors
Infectious disease
Morbidity
Mortality

abstract: Mycoplasma bovis is emerging as an important pathogen of farmed bison in North America, associated with high morbidity and mortality. The present work aimed to investigate the epidemiology of M. bovis-associated disease in western Canadian farmed bison. A telephone survey determined that 6% of 202 bison producers in western Canada had a laboratory-confirmed diagnosis of M. bovis within the past 5 years. A total of 49 bison producers were interviewed in a 1:2 case-control study. Case herds were more likely than control herds to have a feedlot unit, receive regular visits from rental trailers or trailer from other farms, annually vaccinate bison, and to have lost bison due to fatal respiratory disease in the previous year. In conclusion, the implementation of biosecurity measures, close herd health monitoring, and efforts to minimize stress may be helpful in the control and prevention of M. bovis-associated disease among farmed bison.


identifier: Koksalan, T. (2013). Geochemical Reaction Proxies (Parameters) to Remotely Monitor In Situ Chemical Reactions and Assess the Extent of Bitumen Upgrading during Thermal Recovery Processes (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26280

subject: Geochemistry Geology Engineering--Petroleum geochemical proxy CSS SAGD Biodegradation HT-SIMDIS Oil GC-MS reaction naphtha VGO vacuum residue maturity Thermal

abstract:
Elevated temperatures and pressures in combination with the possible catalytic effect of rock matrix during thermal recovery processes could cause significant changes in the physical and chemical properties of the heavy oil and bitumen. A series of simulated thermal recovery experiments, under steam present conditions at temperatures of 300°C and 350°C and for up to 21 days, using oils sands where the residual bitumen (Athabasca and Peace River) was at different levels of biodegradation, were performed in the laboratory. The main goals were to; (a) examine the influence of thermocatalytic and water mediated reactions on the geochemical conversion of hydrocarbon compounds,  (b) determine the potential for geochemical reaction proxies (parameters) to remotely monitor (i) in situ chemical reactions to assess the extent of bitumen upgrading and (ii) steam chamber growth during thermal recovery processes such as Cyclic Steam Stimulation (CSS) and Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) by which steam and/or catalysts are involved in the conversion of heavy oil and bitumen. The molecular studies of the bitumen extracted from horizontal well cutting samples and from core representing an individual oil column from the Peace River study area exhibit small compositional changes on lateral scales and large scale compositional and fluid property variations on the vertical scale, with several hydrocarbon compounds progressively altered and/or removed towards the oil-water-contact caused by the biodegradation process. Simulated thermal recovery results suggest that temperature and heating time are the dominant control for depleting hydrocarbon compounds and yields. Higher depletions and yields occur with longer heating time and dramatically increasing depletions and yields during simulated thermal recovery experiments performed at 350°C. The amount and properties of hydrocarbons formed during thermal reactions are also influenced by the nature of the original starting composition of the oil with the more biodegraded oil contributing to higher yields. Results suggest that thermal stress leads to significant changes in the oil composition with vacuum residue, higher end vacuum gas oil fractions and concentrations of heavy hydrocarbons such as steranes, terpanes and mono- and triaromatic steroid hydrocarbons decreasing, whereas naphtha, atmospheric distillate, lower end VGO fractions and lighter hydrocarbons such as n-C9 to n-C17 alkanes, isoprenoid alkanes, naphthalenes, phenanthrenes, anthracenes, dibenzothiophenes increasing.

Established reaction proxies, which are a variety of molecular ratios used in geochemical source rock evaluation procedures, concentration data and vacuum residue fraction show strong correlation with the direction of thermal stress (alteration), suggesting they may be employed to remotely monitor (a) in situ chemical reactions to assess the extent of thermal alteration of heavy oil and bitumen, thus bitumen upgrading, (b) steam chamber growth, using produced oil composition during thermal recovery processes such as CSS and SAGD. Results also indicate that, without the involvement of catalysts, temperatures of at least ~320-330°C during thermal processes are needed to reach the initiation threshold for significant cracking reactions and light hydrocarbon generation, thus permanent reduction of oil viscosity. The field application of this important work will allow companies to alter their operating practices to increase recovery of a better grade of bitumen, faster, and at a lower cost than was previously possible.


identifier: van Engelen, F. (1986). Trike: design of a practical human powered vehicle (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14636

format:
v, 63 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 57-58.

abstract: Human powered vehicles powered by a single rider have reached speeds exceeding 100 km/h on level ground. Such vehicles are extremely aerodynamically efficient but are lacking in safety, maneuverability, visibility, ventilation and rider comfort. It has been the purpose of this Master's Degree Project to design a practical human powered vehicle, partly in response to the great accomplishments of these vehicles on the race track and partly in response to their failure on the city streets. Two full scale working prototypes were designed, constructed and tested. These led to a final design proposal which is presented in the form of a scale model. Recommendations have been made regarding further steps required for commercialization of the product.


identifier: Talaga, K. (2022). Combined microwave, ultrasound and strain imaging for breast tissue characterization (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Combined Microwave, Ultrasound and Strain Imaging for Breast Tissue Characterization

publisher:
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary

contributor:
Curiel, Laura
Fear, Elise Carolyn
Bento, Mariana Pinheiro

subject:
Medical imaging
Breast cancer
Ultrasound
Microwave
Elastography
Engineering
Engineering--Biomedical

abstract: Today, breast cancer continues to be one of the most common cancers among women. Early detection of breast cancer can provide patients with the best chance of survival. Imaging methods are routinely used to scan for breast abnormalities, which may include X-Ray mammography, MRI, and ultrasound. The standard method is X-Ray mammography, however, using ultrasound in addition to mammography has become common practice. Another form of imaging, elastography, utilizes the same ultrasound equipment, and is useful to differentiate elastic stiffness between tumours and normal tissues. Microwave imaging is an emerging modality that is appealing because it is low-cost and highly safe for patients, as it does not emit harmful radiation. A promising improvement in the field of breast cancer imaging is to utilize the imaging capabilities of these 3 modalities, microwave, ultrasound and strain elastography in order to better locate and identify breast tumours. In this study, we propose the integration of ultrasound and elastography with an existing microwave-based breast imaging system developed at the University of Calgary. This thesis is focused on presenting a platform which includes a prototype for integration and a graphical interface for viewing the images from all modalities. In this work, ultrasound, strain and microwave imaging scans are applied to breast-tissue mimicking phantoms with different inclusion orientations. The images are investigated to compare image results in various scenarios. Secondly, to integrate the ultrasound and microwave devices, a prototype was developed to allow the ultrasound probe and microwave antennas to have contact with the phantom. The prototype is validated by acquiring both ultrasound and microwave images. Lastly, a graphical interface where images from each modality are viewed is introduced. Here, strain and microwave images are overlayed to provide further information on the inclusion.


identifier: Dewey, D. M. (1990). An Investigation of the relationship between motor deficits and academic performance (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15660

format:
xvii, 264 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
RJ 496 M68 D48 1990
Movement disorders in children
Learning disabilities
Developmental disabilities

abstract: Bibliography: p. 211-225.


identifier: Yuan, G. (1995). Regulation of groE expression in Bacillus subtilis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21894

format:
xiv, 149 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QR 82 B3 Y83 1995
Bacillus subtilis
Gene expression - Regulation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 137-149.


identifier: Juhasz, A. E. (1992). Electrophysiological and contractile evaluation of rabbit and rat ventricular myocytes in short term culture (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23740

format:
xix, 235 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QP 341 J84 1992
Electrophysiology
Cells - Electric properties
Muscle cells

abstract: Bibliography: p. 209-235.


identifier: Ritchie, T. M. (2019). Effect of Sleep Quality on Theory of Mind in Children with ADHD (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Werklund School of Education
University of Calgary

contributor:
Climie, Emma A.
Andrews, Jac J. W.
Spring, Erin

subject: Sleep

subject: Theory of Mind

subject: Educational Psychology

abstract: The current study explored the relationship between sleep quality and Theory of Mind (ToM) in children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Children with ADHD often have reduced sleep quality and increased daytime sleepiness than their typically developing peers. ToM is a skill that entails gaining another person’s perspective through an understanding of their mental state. Current research has suggested that ToM may explain some of the social difficulties for children with ADHD. A sample of 46 children between the ages of 8 and 12 years were included, 21 of which had a diagnosis of ADHD. The Reading the Mind in the Eyes test (Child version) was used to assess ToM and the Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire was used to examine quality of sleep. Children with ADHD had significantly greater sleep disturbances than the control group. Additionally, children with ADHD had greater daytime sleepiness, greater disturbances of sleep duration and greater sleep anxiety. Contrary to what was hypothesized, the current study did not find any difference between children with ADHD and control children on the ability to identify emotions through reading facial expressions. In addition, no relationship was found between sleep quality and ToM. The higher levels of sleep disturbances in children with ADHD, call for increased intervention to help improve sleep quality in children with ADHD, and develop targeted sleep interventions specific for children with ADHD.


identifier: Randall, R. G. (2001). A broadband DSP based feedforward amplifier linearizer (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22664

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xv, 129 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 R365

abstract: Bibliography: p. 126-129.


identifier: Silver, C. A. (2010). Macroinvertebrate Communities of Temporary Prairie Pothole Wetlands (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18999

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xi, 147 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 73-95


identifier: Moradpour Taleshi, J. (2020). Economics of innovation in the pharmaceutical industry (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Hollis, Aidan
Lu, Mingshan
Magesan, Arvind
Laliberté, Jean  William P.
Devlin, Rose Anne

subject:
Health innovation
Empirical industrial organization
Public health insurance
Cost-effectiveness threshold
Market power
Health equity
Economics
Health Care Management
Public Health

abstract: This thesis is a collection of three essays which investigate the economics of innovation in the healthcare industry. In Chapter 2 I use a global data set to measure the effect of health losses and average patient income on innovation in different therapeutic areas. I show that the average patient income is a strong predictor of the number of clinical trials, and I demonstrate how this can be used to identify diseases that are underfunded relative to their harm to human health. Chapter 3 presents a theoretical model of health markets with public health insurance. The model describes the operation of the cost-effectiveness threshold frequently employed by public insurers to decide which health products to cover. I show that having two different thresholds for products with and without patents can increase efficiency. Chapter 4 introduces a structural model of pharmaceutical innovation. Estimates from this model show that the net effect of a firm's innovation on their rivals' decision to innovate in the same therapeutic area is negative. The model demonstrates that previous firm-specific experience in a therapeutic area is a key factor in the decision to invest in that therapeutic area.


identifier: Slater, J. D. (1978). An ecological model of Aedes vexans populations in southern Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23228

format:
xii, 110 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QL 536 S52 1978 Microfiche
Aedes vexans
Mosquitoes - Alberta
Insect populations

abstract: Bibliography: p. 90-93.


identifier: Deol, H. (2013). The Decision Usefulness Of Comprehensive Income Reporting In Canada (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28044

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Haskayne School of Business
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Herremans, Irene
Warsame, Hussein

subject:
Accounting
Comprehensive Income
Value Relevance
Decision Usefulness

abstract:
In this study, I empirically investigate the decision usefulness of mandatory reporting of comprehensive income in Canada under the erstwhile Accounting Handbook Section 1530 (HB1530). Comprehensive income (CI) equals the sum of Net Income (NI) and Other Comprehensive Income (OCI). I operationalize the concept of decision usefulness in two ways: (i) value relevance, and (ii) association with analysts’ earnings forecasts.
As a theoretical framework, I draw upon Ohlson’s (1999) discussion of the attributes of transitory earnings: forecasting irrelevance, unpredictability, and value irrelevance. Ohlson pointed out that the existence of any two attributes implies the third. That is, if an earnings item is irrelevant for forecasting future abnormal earnings, and if current numbers do not predict future ones (that is, if the earnings item is unpredictable), then it must be value irrelevant.
Drawing upon a sample of firms listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, I employ a multivariate regression approach to test whether OCI and its individual components (namely, unrealized gains and losses on cash flow hedges - HEDGE, unrealized gains and losses on available for sale investments – SEC, and foreign currency translation adjustment on foreign subsidiaries – FOREX) possess forecasting relevance, predictability and value relevance. As a specification check, I also include a component of OCI under United States GAAP, minimum pension adjustment, PENADJ, to see if it possesses the same attributes as do components of OCI under HB1530. I also test for the association of OCI and its components with analysts’ earnings forecasts.
I find that aggregate OCI and some of its individual components are relevant in forecasting future abnormal earnings, predictable, and incrementally value relevant. Aggregate OCI as well as some of its components are also able to predict future net income and operating cashflows. Aggregate OCI and some of its components are also significantly associated with analysts’ earnings forecasts. Finally, some components of OCI are negatively significantly associated with analysts’ forecast errors. These results suggest that Ohlson’s (1999) description of transitory earnings might not apply to OCI, and that the reporting of comprehensive income in Canada did enhance the decision usefulness of accounting numbers.
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Additional analyses establish that the results are robust to differences observed for size, industry and macro economic variables such as interest rates, exchange rates and the rate of GDP growth. A significantly negative bias is observed for the period of adoption, but this could be attributed to the economic recession of 2007-2008.


identifier: Teh, E. J. (2016). The Effects of Particles Momentum Transfer in Shock Wave/Boundary Layer Interaction (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28111

contributor:
Johansen, Craig
Martinuzzi, Robert
Budiman, Arif
Leahy, Denis

subject:
Engineering--Aerospace
Engineering--Mechanical
Shock Wave
Multiphase
Dusty Gas
Supersonic Flow
Compressible Flow
Flow Control
Boundary layer separation

abstract: Numerical simulations of solid particles seeded into a supersonic flow containing an oblique shockwave reflection were performed in order to observe and understand the momentum transfer effects between solid and gas phases in shock-wave / boundary layer interaction. Particle size and mass loading were varied to study the problem. It was found that solid particles were capable of significant modulation of the flow field as the separation bubble was suppressed primarily by the additional momentum introduced by the particles into the flow field. The particle size controlled the rate of momentum transfer while the particle mass loading controlled the magnitude of momentum transfer. As particles are seeded into the flow, a flow transition to unsteady, three-dimensional flow is observed in the simulations. The seeding of micro and nano-particle upstream of a supersonic air-breathing propulsion system as a flow control concept is proposed.


identifier: Paquet, S. L. (2005). A cultural look at performance appraisals: the role of individualism and collectivism in rating accuracy (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21033

format:
ix, 132 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 100-117

abstract: The relationships between rating accuracy and raters' levels of individualism and collectivism orientation and independent and interdependent self-identities, were investigated through a laboratory study. University students (N= 181) were asked to rate three potential teaching assistants on three performance dimensions related to lecturing skills. In addition to the main effects of raters' orientations and self-identities on five rating accuracy criteria, the moderating role of rating purpose (administrative vs. developmental) was investigated. Results indicated that collectivism was positively related to lower levels of differential accuracy and that rating purpose significantly moderated the relationship between raters' self-identity and lenient ratings. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed along with suggestions for future research.


identifier: Vasetsky, O. (2009). Interfuel and interfactor substitution in different sectors of the US economy (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3042

format:
vii, 52 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 41-44


identifier: Gaetz, G. (1973). Counsellor education level and client satisfaction (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20017

format:
vii, 64 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
BF 637 C6 G32 1973 Microfiche
Counseling

abstract: Bibliography: p. 42-46.


identifier: Li, X. (2015). Understanding and Controlling Wettability of Carbon Powders for PEM Fuel Cell Applications (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28556

contributor:
Kwok, Daniel
Birss, Viola

subject:
Energy
Engineering--Environmental
Materials Science
Wettability
Carbon powders
PEM fuel cell
Heat treatment
Surface functionalization
Nafion

abstract:
The wettability of catalyst layers (CLs), especially of the cathode, is critical to enhancing the performance and lifetime of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). As the CLs are composed of Pt nanoparticles supported on carbon powders, bound together with Nafion®, the main focus of this work was to understand and control the wettability of carbon materials for their use in PEMFCs.
    The droplet impacting (DI) method was first used to study the wettability of conventional, microporous Vulcan® carbon (VC)/Nafion composites, showing that the wettability varies with VC content (from hydrophilic to superhydrophobic) and is significantly affected by the presence of Nafion. This is attributed primarily to the orientation and coverage of the Nafion molecular chains on the carbon surface, as well as the roughness of the composite surfaces.
    Both contact angle kinetics (CAK) and water vapor sorption (WVS) measurements were then used to examine the relative wettability of several other types of carbon powders, but in the absence of Nafion, and using VC as a benchmark material. It was found that colloid-imprinted carbon (CIC) powders, synthesized using silica colloid templates of varying sizes, are much more hydrophilic than VC, due to their high surface oxygen group density. It was also shown that heat treatment at 1500 °C in N2 makes the CICs much more hydrophobic by removing the surface oxygen groups.
    Ordered mesoporous carbons (OMCs), synthesized using hexagonal mesoporous silica templates but with different carbon precursors, were also found to contain hydrophilic mesopores, but the anthracene-derived OMC contains more large mesopores and is more hydrophilic than the sucrose-derived OMC, which may have a very thin carbon coating on its surface. These differences were explained as being due to the different formation mechanisms of the two OMCs.
    Both CIC and VC surfaces were also surface modified with pentafluorophenyl groups, using an in-situ diazonium reduction reaction. The fluorination was confirmed to increase the hydrophobicity of these carbons, but the reaction was also found to introduce nitro groups onto the carbon surfaces.
    Overall, this thesis work has demonstrated that the three methods used here for wettability assessment, DI, CAK and WVS, can all contribute to the understanding of the properties of carbon powder surfaces. The as-synthesized mesoporous carbons have been shown to be very hydrophilic, and either heat treatment or surface fluorination converts them to a hydrophobic state.


identifier: Holmes, N. (1990). Victorian lady travellers (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18541

title: Victorian lady travellers

format:
xvi, 115 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
PS 8558 O58 V53 1990
Poetry, Canadian (English)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 114-115.


identifier: Ference, J. D. (2012). The developmental progression of rhythmical processing in speech and how it influences early work learning (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4918

format:
viii, 61 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 38-50

abstract: The present study examined the developmental progression of attention to prosodic information in speech (namely word stress) at 4-6, 8, and 12 months of age in both typicallydeveloping infants and infants at risk for developing ASD. Four to six month-olds were tested on their perception of word stress, 8-month-olds were tested on their ability to segment words using stress, and 12-month-olds were tested on their use of stress to map novel words to objects. Infants' language ability was measured at 12 months using a parent report measure of receptive and expressive language and gesture use, which was correlated with performance on each task. While group-level differences were present only at 4-6 months, differential processing of prosody was present within each group. That is, infants who exhibited sensitivity to prosody early in development were also more likely to demonstrate stronger, early language competence at 12 months.


identifier: Ma, J. (2019). Credit Risk Pricing based on Epstein-Zin Preference (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Sezer, Deniz
Qiu, Jinniao
Swishchuk, Anatoliy V.
Liao, Wenyuan

subject: Epstein-Zin preference

subject: Imperfect information

subject: Stochastic partial differential equation

subject: Business Administration--Management

subject: Economics--Finance

subject: Mathematics

abstract: We present a consumption-based equilibrium framework for credit risk pricing in an Epstein-Zin setting. The default time is modeled as the first hitting time of a default boundary. Bond investors have imperfect information about the firm value which is unobservable. The state variables, consumption and volatility are modeled as affine diffusion processes. Using the Epstein-Zin equilibrium solution as the pricing kernel, the price of a zero-coupon bond is expressed as the solution of a system of a two-dimensional parabolic partial differential equation (PDE) which is solved numerically. The price under the imperfect information is derived based on the solution of a stochastic partial differential equation (SPDE). Finally, We analyze the implications of imperfect information and firm parameters on the yield spreads.


identifier: MacKay, W. R. (2005). Implementation of mulitlateral environmental agreements in Canada: the role of legitimacy (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/170

publisher:
Law
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
vi, 219 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 198-213


identifier: McAleer, S. L. (2001). Recommendations for the integration of an occupational health and safety management system and an environmental management system (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12020

format:
xii, 180 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: HD30.255 .M33 2001

subject: Environmental management

subject: Industrial hygiene

subject: Industrial management

subject: Petroleum industry and trade - Mangement

abstract: Bibliography: p. 164-173.


identifier: Ko, G. (2019). The experiences of youth from immigrant and refugee backgrounds in a social justice leadership program: A participatory action research photovoice project (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: The Experiences of Youth from Immigrant and Refugee Backgrounds in a Social Justice Leadership Program: A Participatory Action Research Photovoice Project

contributor:
Gereluk, Dianne T.
Lenters, Kimberly
Poitras Pratt, Yvonne

subject: minoritized, immigrant, refugee, youth, leadership, social justice, photovoice

subject: Education

subject: Education--Bilingual and Multicultural

subject: Education--Guidance and Counseling

subject: Education--Social Sciences

subject: Canadian Studies

subject: History--Canadian

subject: Ethnic and Racial Studies

subject: Women's Studies

subject: Mental Health

abstract: Research about the negative experiences of youth from immigrant and refugee backgrounds commonly emphasizes a lack of English language proficiency, criminal activity, and underachievement. More recently, a strengths-based, resilient, and social justice lens has been used to look at this historically oppressed population. In this research, I examined the experiences of immigrant and refugee youth in their involvement in a social justice leadership club in a secondary school in Calgary, Canada. I drew from Iris Marion Young’s theoretical framework using her five faces of oppression: exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism, and violence; and her four normative ideals of a deliberative model of democracy: inclusion, political equality, reasonableness, and publicity. I used photovoice and semi-structured interviews as part of the research design to work collaboratively with six female high school youth between 16 and 17 years of age to share their social justice initiatives with educational powerholders. The themes of identity and belonging, advocating for social justice, mental health awareness, and aspirational stance to dream emerged from photovoice participant analysis and interview data. I share the overarching themes of resiliency, self-efficacy, and empowerment; troubling Islamophobia; and reshaping the narratives of the school and community despite pressures to conform to the dominant culture. I also present future directions and recommendations to support youth from immigrant and refugee backgrounds in their social justice endeavours.


identifier: Sharp, L. W. (1987). Patterns of religiosity, worldmindedness, and commitment to justice issues for Brazil-experienced missionary children (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14020

format:
xiv, 234 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: BV 2094.5 S535 1987

subject: Children of missionaries - Brazil - Psychology

subject: Social psychology

subject: Religiousness

abstract: Bibliography: p. 204-215.


identifier: Conradi, C. P. (2000). LINC transmitter linearization techniques (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20641

format:
xviii, 104 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TK7871.58 .P6 C66 2000
Radio - transmitters and transmitting
Signal processing - Digital techniques
Amplitude modulation
Phase modulation
Power amplifiers

abstract: Bibliography: p. 100-104.


identifier: Yan, H. (2022). Automated building extraction from remote sensing imagery using deep learning (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Automated Building Extraction from Remote Sensing Imagery Using Deep Learning

contributor:
Wang, Ruisheng
Bayat, Sayeh
Hay, Geoffrey

subject:
deep learning
end-to-end
building footprint extraction
remote sensing imagery
automatic
Artificial Intelligence
Engineering--Automotive
Engineering--Civil
Engineering--Industrial

abstract: Automatically extracting high-quality building-footprint polygons from satellite and aerial images is crucial for supporting various land use and land cover mapping applications. The conventional building polygon extraction process requires hand-crafted features and high human intervention, which is time-consuming and often has limited generalization capability. In recent years, deep learning-based methods have shed light on the problem with higher levels of automation, segmentation quality, and generalization capability. These methods often involve two stages: first, building segmentations are predicted from remote sensing images using deep neural networks; next, the irregular-shaped building segmentations are regularized into straight-edged and right-angle-cornered building polygons using conventional or deep learning-based methods. As a result, the extraction performance is often highly affected by the quality of the segmentation predictions. However, from experiments, the current widely used segmentation DNNs show significant defects in their building segmentation results, especially for the buildings with rotated angles between the building edges and the image edges. Moreover, although DNN-based regularization methods have shown greater generalization potentials at regularizing buildings in various shapes compared to the conventional regularization methods, the qualities of the regularization results are generally dissatisfactory. This thesis proposes an end-to-end deep learning-based building extraction method based on PolygonCNN. The proposed model consists of a segmentation module to predict building segmentations and a regularization module to regularize the building contours traced from the building segmentation results. First, an upgraded Mask R-CNN model, which is integrated with the rotatable bounding box technique, the Swin Transformer backbone network, and the FPN module, is adopted as the segmentation module of the proposed model to segment buildings in vastly different scales and orientations. Moreover, the Feature Pooling module and the BRegNet of the original PolygonCNN are modified to exploit the multi-scale feature maps of the FPN module. As a result, the proposed model can effectively extract high-quality building polygons with various scales and orientations and has shown promising performance compared to several other popular end-to-end deep-learning-based building extraction models. In addition, the thesis provides supplemental architecture choices, which offer flexibility between the quality of the building extraction result and the memory consumption of the model.


identifier: Willett, S. R. M. (2019). “One Place for All the Ways We Play”: The Corporate Sociotechnical Imaginary of  Cloud Game Streaming (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Hogan, Mél
Harvey, Alison
Hogan, Mél
Pierson, Ryan

subject:
digital games
video games
infrastructure
media
political economy
critical theory
imaginaries
Information Science
Mass Communications
Economics--Theory

abstract: Labeled ‘the future of gaming’ by platform owners and members of the enthusiast press, cloud game streaming is an emerging technology that is drawing investment from companies such as Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. While cloud gaming would benefit these companies by giving them more control over their platforms, the technology has a vulnerability to infrastructure failure that is absent in traditional methods of playing digital games. This thesis uses the concept of the corporate sociotechnical imaginary — a co-produced ordering of social life that ties an emancipatory vision of the future to a corporate product or service — in order to understand the way platform owners are attempting to transcend that vulnerability to infrastructural failure and position cloud gaming within the cultural hegemony. This is done by conducting close readings of press conferences made by three platform owners with cloud gaming services (OnLive, Nvidia, and Google) along with articles written by members of the enthusiast press. The corporate sociotechnical imaginary surrounding cloud streaming services associates this technology with a future where playing digital games is more convenient, more financially accessible, and free of platform-based restrictions — without any sacrifices to the authenticity of the gameplay experience. By contextualizing this imaginary within a political economic framework, this thesis argues this sociotechnical imaginary is being used to obfuscate the economic and infrastructural consequences of cloud gaming, and calls for scholars to imagine alternate futures for the digital game industry.


identifier: Liverant, B. L. (1998). Patterns on the land: themes of order and wildness in planning, Calgary 1869 to 1966 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14440

format:
vi, 194 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
NA9130 .C3 L58 1998
City planning - Alberta - Calgary
City planning--Alberta--History.
City planning--History.

abstract: Bibliography: p. 181-194


identifier: Mackay, M. (2004). A comparison of the sample survey and open house methods of public consultation for transportation issues in the City of Edmonton (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21031

format:
x, 108 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 92-95
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Holmes, T. L. (1981). A study of the processes of second language learning within small group communicative situations (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13514

format:
viii, 277 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: PE 1128 A2 H645 1981

subject: English language - Study and teaching as a second language

subject: Communication in small groups

abstract: Bibliography: p. 230-233.


identifier: Spillios, C. J. (1972). Language and set (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19511

title: Language and set

format:
66 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
BF 463 S4 S65 1972 Microfilm
Language, Psychology of
Set (Psychology)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 58-61.


identifier: Pirnie, E. I. (2018). Securitization Theory and the Canadian Construction of Omar Khadr (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/31940

contributor:
Keren, Michael
Schneider, Barbara
Taylor, Gregory
Williamson, Janice
Huebert, Robert N.

subject: securitization theory

subject: Security

subject: Discourse Analysis

subject: Omar Khadr

subject: national identity

subject: citizenship

subject: newspaper analysis

subject: post-9/11 Canada/US relations

subject: Canadian identity

subject: anti-Muslim racism

subject: Mass Communications

subject: Speech Communication

subject: History--Canadian

subject: Political Science--International Law and Relations

subject: Ethnic and Racial Studies

subject: Social Structure and Development

subject: Sociology--Theory and Methods

abstract: While the provision of security and protection to its citizens is one way in which sovereign states have historically claimed legitimacy (Nyers, 2004: 204), critical security analysts point to security at the level of the individual and how governance of a nation’s security underscores the state’s inherently paradoxical relationship to its citizens. Just as the state may signify the legal and institutional structures that delimit a certain territory and provide and enforce the obligations and prerogatives of citizenship, the state can equally serve to expel and suspend modes of legal protection and obligation for some (Butler and Spivak, 2007). This dissertation presents the case of Omar Khadr as a means of highlighting the discursive dynamics by which some threats - and some people - come to be understood under the rubric of ‘security’ and the significance of this naming as an act of national identity construction (Fierke, 2007: 103-104).  Demonstrating the insights of new avenues of securitization theory research and the continued real-world relevance of the case, my research looks to the constitutive role of security discourses and constituent acquiescence in determining security realities within the context of a politically unsettled period in Canadian history: 2001 to 2005.  The adoption of a securitization theory lens points to key social, historical and political discourses contributing to and challenging Omar Khadr’s nomination for ‘jettisonship’. It also leads me to find his expulsion from Canadian protections and belonging as an emergent phenomenon articulated through discourses of Canadian national identity imposed by both the Canadian state and an acquiescing citizenry. The tracing of these discourses, processes of threat construction and identity contestation present in relief an evolving security dynamic inherent to ideations of citizenship and what it means to be Canadian during a time of national and global insecurity.


identifier: Oseen, D. (1969). A Study of ketyl ion pairs in solution, and of other labile species (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20845

format:
133 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QD 591 O84 1969
Electron paramagnetic resonance
Spectrum analysis
Chemistry, Organic

abstract: Bibliography: p. 114-116.


identifier: Friesen, D. T. (1970). Comparative study of kindergarten readers and nonreaders (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22240

format:
xi, 128 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
LB 1140.5 R4 F73 1969 Microfilm
Reading (Elementary)
Kindergarten

abstract: Bibliography: p. 99-107.


identifier: Moshupi, M. C. (1977). ISIS-2 observations of aurora in the ionospheric trough region (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19245

format:
xix, 196 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf
application/pdf

subject:
QC 972 P4 M66 1977 Microfiche
Auroras
Auroral photography

abstract: Bibliography: p. 189-196.


identifier: Girard, S. M. (2008). Efpm-2: a Fish Creek campsite and bison kill (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1897

format:
xxxiv, 388 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 201-208


identifier: Kettles, L. M. (1990). Predicting visual performance in young, middle-aged, and old observers using contrast sensitivity (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11140

subject: QP 475 K48 1990

subject: Visual acuity - Testing

subject: Contrast sensitivity (Vision)

subject: Alberta - Calgary. University. Faculty of Social Sciences - Department of Psychology - Students

subject: Alberta - Calgary. University. Faculty of Social Sciences - Department of Psychology - Vision and Aging Laboratory

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 95-102.
offsite


identifier: Ahmed, F. (2019). Recognizing human emotional states from body movement (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Gavrilova, Marina L.
Korobenko, Artem
Rokne, Jon G.

subject:
Emotion Recognition
Body Movement
Computer Science

abstract: An emotion-aware computer system capable of responding to expressive human gestures and movements can significantly change the dynamics of human-computer interaction. This thesis addresses the problem of the creation of a computer model capable of automatically discerning emotion using various motion-related features of the human body. The proposed emotion recognition model automatically identifies relevant motion features using a combination of filter-based feature selection methods and the power of genetic algorithms. In addition to recognizing emotions, this thesis also focuses on gaining a deeper understanding of the role that various motion features play in emotion recognition, the ability to express emotionally relevant information by various parts of the human body and the effects of various action scenarios on emotion recognition. Rigorous analysis conducted on a proprietary dataset shows that the proposed computer model is very effective at identifying human emotion based predominantly on motion-related information. The proposed emotion recognition system also outperforms existing state-of-the-art computer models for emotion recognition.


identifier: Haggith, K. (2010). A study of student persistence in a Canadian university distance master of nursing program (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3881

format:
x, 213 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 168-183

abstract: Includes copies of copyright permission.  Original copies with original Partial Copyright Licence.


identifier: Barati, M. (2011). Learning decision trees through black-box queris (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4537

contributor:
Safavi-Naeini, Reyhaneh
Mohassel, Payman

format:
v, 124 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 110-114
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Shalanski, L. L. (2007). Resilience in teens experiencing mental illness (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1360

publisher:
Nursing
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
180 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 159-173


identifier: Xiaobin, Y. (2016). Interference Management in Heterogeneous Cellular Networks (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26612

contributor:
Fapojuwo, Abraham
Messier, Geoffrey
Sesay, Abu-Bakarr
Petovello, Mark
Witold, Krzymien

subject:
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
Heterogeneous Cellular Network
Interference Statistics
Performance Analysis
Rician fading
Lognormal Shadowing
Network Planning
Fractional Frequency Reuse
Beamforming
Transmit Diversity
Interference Management
Poisson Point Process
Stochastic Geometry

abstract:
Heterogeneous cellular networks (HetNets), comprising one or more tiers of small base stations (BSs) overlaid on the tier of well-planned macro BSs, have been commonly recognized as a cost-effective solution to cater to explosive demands on mobile data traffic. However, HetNets also bring some unique challenges such as unplanned deployment of small BSs and increased complexity of interference management. Interference in HetNets becomes one of the major obstacles to capacity improvement and coverage enhancement.
In this thesis, analytical approaches are developed to investigate interference statistics and the performance of 2-tier HetNets including coverage probability and spectral efficiency in mathematical expression, and some insights are revealed on the relationships of interference statistics and network performance with system parameters such as frequency reuse factor, transmission probability, and the signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) gap from Shannon capacity. Specifically, the interference and performance impact of Rician fading and lognormal shadowing are analytically investigated, first based on the Poisson point process (PPP) model where the locations of BSs in each tier are modeled as a PPP. Second, a hybrid model of HetNets is established which considers both location regularity of macro BSs and topological randomness of small BSs, where the coverage probability and the spectral efficiency are derived under different propagation conditions and the significance of macro BS deployment planning is revealed. Third, based on the aforementioned analyses, a well-known interference management technique of fractional frequency reuse (FFR) applied in the tier of macro BSs is studied in detail, and its optimal parameter settings in terms of spectral efficiency and suitable environments are identified. Finally, a particular interest is attached to multiple antenna technologies including classical beamforming and transmit diversity, which are studied with consideration of the impact of intra-tier and inter-tier interference in HetNets.


identifier: Tognalli, E. M. (2005). Integrated multi-agent-based framework for the e-infrastructure and deployment of heterogeneous distributed applications (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13174

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
x, 100 leaves : ill. 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 69-70


identifier: Wang, S. (2022). Entamoeba histolytica-induced activation of caspase-4 regulates Gasdermin D cleavage to mediate IL-1β secretion in macrophages (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Entamoeba histolytica-induced Activation of Caspase-4 Regulates Gasdermin D Cleavage to Mediate IL-1β Secretion in Macrophages

publisher:
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary

contributor:
Chadee, Kris
McCafferty, Donna-Marie
DeVinney, Rebekah

subject:
Gasdermin
caspase
parasite
macropahge
Entamoba histolytica
innate immunity
inflammation
amebiasis
Education--Health
Education--Sciences
Microbiology
Parasitology
Health Sciences
Immunology

abstract: The parasite Entamoeba histolytica (Eh) is named for its capability to lyse healthy host tissues. A hallmark of Eh invasion in the gut is acute intestinal inflammation dominated by the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Eh in direct contact with macrophages activates caspase-1 by the assembly of the NLRP3 inflammasome complex in a Gal-lectin and EhCP-A5-dependent manner, resulting in the maturation and secretion of IL-1β and IL-18. Pyroptosis, an inflammatory mode of lytic programmed cell death, is essential for host defence and other danger signals. Eh activates caspase-4/1 in macrophage that cleaved GSDMD, the executioner of cell pyroptosis, leading to the insertion of N-terminal effector domain into the cell membrane, driving both pore formation and IL-1β secretion without causing significant cell death. In this study, I interrogated the requirements and molecular mechanism for Eh-induced caspase-4 activation in cleaving GSDMD and in initiating a robust pro-inflammatory response. The noncanonical caspase-4 is considered inextricably connected to the NLRP3 inflammasome, however, the concise mechanism of this interaction remains unclear. To determine if Eh-induced activation of caspase-4 interacted with the canonical NLRP3 inflammasome to regulate GSDMD-mediated pro-inflammatory cytokine release, CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing of CASP4/1, ASC, NLRP3, GSDMD THP-1 cells were utilized. In the absence of caspase-1, caspase-4 activation was significantly upregulated and enhanced GSDMD pore formation to trigger robust IL-1β secretion as quantified by HEK-BlueTM reporter cell. The fundamental function of pyroptosis is to trigger vigorous inflammatory responses to defend against pathogens. However, excessive and prolonged pyroptosis can lead to severe inflammatory diseases or immunological conditions, including sepsis and autoimmune disorders. The most outstanding finding of this work revealed that Eh did not trigger extensive cell pyroptosis for robust IL-1β secretion, rather Eh induced “hyperactivated macrophages” that led to caspase-4 dependent GSDMD cleavage and IL-1β release. This was in marked contrast to the positive control, LPS + Nigericin that induced high expression of caspase-1, enhanced GSDMD cleavage, IL-1β secretion, and massive pyroptotic cell death. Edman degradation and in vitro caspase cleavage assays showed that caspase-4 cleaved GSDMD at the same position as caspase-1 (human) to form pores in the plasma membrane. This work sheds new light on the functional role of caspase-4 in regulating GSDMD pore forming activity in innate host defenses against Eh.


identifier: Henriksson, L. (2004). Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and memory (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14921

format:
viii, 113 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 100-113

abstract:
Memory (modalities and processes) was assessed in 25 children (15 males, 10 females) with a primary diagnosis of a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) based on the 4-Digit Diagnostic Code (Astley & Clarren, 1997). Participants ranged in age from 8 to 16 years. Memory modalities and processes were measured using the Children's Memory Scale (CMS) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Third Edition - as a Process Instrument (WISC-III-Pl).
Results suggested that children with FASD performed significantly better on tasks involving visual memory as opposed to verbal memory. Overall cognitive abilities were not predictive of overall memory abilities. Verbal cognitive abilities (Verbal Intelligence Quotient, VIQ, and Verbal Comprehension Index, VCI), however, were correlated with immediate and delayed verbal memory, and nonverbal cognitive abilities (Performance Intelligence Quotient, PIQ, and Perceptual Organization Index, POI) were correlated with immediate visual memory, but not delayed visual memory. Further, when attention was controlled, scores on verbal immediate memory predicted scores on verbal delayed memory, and scores on visual immediate memory predicted scores on visual delayed memory. Finally, the findings of this study suggest that the memory deficits children with FASD experience may not occur at the retrieval level. Encoding level deficits are suspected however further investigation is necessary. Implications for future research as well as practical educational applicability are discussed.


identifier: Lew, G. J. (1993). A novel cdc2 homologue in brain: identification and biomechanical characterization (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19468

format:
xi, 92 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QP 606 P76 L48 1993
Protein kinase
Phosphorylation
Cell division

abstract: Bibliography: p. 80-92.


identifier: Dong, P. (2018). Systematic study of parameters affecting unconventional magnetism in gold nanostructures (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/31097

title: Systematic Study of Parameters Affecting Unconventional Magnetism in Gold Nanostructures

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Science
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Trudel, Simon
Salahub, Dennis R.
Sutherland, Todd C.
Bryant, Steven L.
Leznoff, Daniel B.

subject: nanoparticle magnetism gold thin-film thiol Education--Sciences

abstract: In this exploratory study we seek to make sense of the conflicting results and interpretations of the novel magnetism of gold, by isolating two variables for testing. They are molecular dipole moment of the thiol that forms a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) on gold nanoparticles and thin-films, and roughness of gold thin-films. The first variable is chosen because the dipole moment of the thiol is believed to affect the ease of charge redistribution from gold to the SAM. The second variable is studied because the domain size of the SAM has been suggested to influence the magnetism of coated gold surfaces, and because nanostructuring of gold could be a source of magnetism itself. In this thesis we study a series of gold nanoparticles coated by different thiols, a series of flat gold thin-films coated by different alkanethiols, and finally, a series of highly porous gold thin-films, which can also be coated by thiols. The first series shows that magnetism of Au NPs does relate to the thiol used to coat it, and that the effect of an electron-withdrawing terminal group of the thiol is much greater than its chain length. The second series establishes that thiolate-coated gold thin-films are indeed magnetic, a notion previously debated. It shows the thin-films to be soft ferromagnets, with evidence emerging for the existence of ferromagnetic exchange in them. The third series finds highly anisotropic magnetization in thiolate-coated nanoporous gold, and shows that the nanoporous gold to be not only magnetic without any coating, but to display magneto-optical Kerr effect as well, which proves the existence of spin polarization in the nanoporous gold. In order to create novel gold nanostructures, low-potential anodization of gold in oxalic acid is studied with the goal of deducing mechanism and improving applicability. Oxalic acid is shown not to be the uniquely suitable electrolyte, with the finding of hydroquinone as a replacement, offering support to our model involving a gold complex participating in catalysis.


identifier: Hladky, M. (2005). Benefit-cost analysis for twinning highway 3 in Southern Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13217

format:
vi, 66 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 61-62