identifier: Hardy, E. L. (1984). Nitrogen metabolism during shoot formation in tobacco callus cultures (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12448

creator: Hardy, E. Lorraine (Evelyn Lorraine), 1956-

format:
xi, 138 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
SB 276 H35 1986
Tobacco - Analysis and chemistry
Nitrogen - Metabolism
Plants - Metabolism
Shoots (Botany)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 125-138.


identifier: Jones, G. M. (2002). Structural and functional studies of human CAP, a novel regulator of actin dynamics (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16633

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xi, 132 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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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: AC1 .T484 2002 J667

abstract: Bibliography: p. 116-132


identifier: Bedard, J. (1990). Factors determining bacterial susceptibility to fluoroquinolones (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21101

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xxx, 218 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
RM 666 Q55 B43 1990
Quinolone antibacterial agents

abstract: Bibliography: p. 197-218.


identifier: Kennett, P. J. (2004). Simulations of paternal signification in Bret Easton Ellis's "American Psycho" and Chuch Palahniuk's "Fight Club" (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20568

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v, 122 leaves ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 120-122

abstract: This thesis argues that the novels American Pscyho by Bret Easton Ellis and Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk present a vision of the late twentieth century West in which Oedipal paternal authority gives way in favour of a paternity of media and consumer culture. With reference to the writings of European psychoanalytic critic Slavoj Zizek, Jean Baudrillard's theories of simulacra and simulation, Christopher Lasch's writing on pathological narcissism, and Naomi Klein's writing on corporate branding, the thesis demonstrates that the resulting social climate represented by the novels is indeterminate for heterosexual males subjects. The metamorphosis of paternal signifiers into simulated signifiers result in male subjects without internalized authority. The novels ultimately dramatize an environment where the pathological narcissist has progressed from marginal affliction to a social norm.


identifier: Stephenson, T. W. (2004). From Wittgenstein to Quine: the rise and fall of logical positivism in early twentieth century analytic philosophy (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19576

format:
171 leaves ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 170-171


identifier: Li, D. (2003). Thermal response of deep prestressed concrete girders: evaluation on experimental data of the confederation bridge (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16500

format:
xiv, 149 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 100-103


identifier: He, A. (2019). Mapping shrub biomass in a boreal continental fen (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Arts
University of Calgary

contributor:
McDermid, Gregory J.
Post, John R.
Strack, Maria

subject:
biomass
remote sensing
allometrics
shrub biomass
aboveground biomass
unmanned aerial vehicles
Geography

abstract: Biomass estimation is a heavily explored topic in the literature, as biomass information can provide valuable insight into understanding an ecosystem’s health. However, few studies exist on quantifying aboveground biomass (AGB) in peatlands. This thesis summarizes how allometric equations and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) can be used to map AGB across a 2-hectare peatland site. Prior to using UAVs to measure AGB, accurate field measurements are required to calibrate and validate the UAV-AGB model. We developed allometric equations for three dominant shrub genera found in boreal peatlands and found that equations based on shrub genus were not significantly different from a pooled equation of all shrub genera. The UAV study revealed that UAV-derived volume was the best predictor of AGB (R2=0.885) and was subsequently used as the dependent variable for our AGB model. This thesis reports the findings revealed through the process of estimating AGB using allometric equations and UAVs.


identifier: Haeseker, A. M. (1972). Isolation of the human figure in painting (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21007

format:
73 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject:
ND 1290 H32 1972
Human figure in art
Social isolation in art
Painting

abstract: Bibliography: p. 71-73.


identifier: Beaulieu, T. (2018). Place on the Plains:  Modelling Past Movement Along the Red Deer River (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32886

publisher:
Arts
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Oetelaar, Gerald A.
Walde, Dale
Dawson, Peter Colin
Jacobson, Dan
Kennedy, Margaret

subject:
Landscape Archaeology
GIS
Archaeology

abstract: This study explores the results of acknowledging philosophical and theoretical biases when undertaking a landscape archaeological investigation of movement by past people through one of the warmest and driest regions in the province of Alberta - the edges of the Red Deer River valley and adjoining coulees.  Models of movement through the environment that reflect actual avenues of travel rather than just gross movement patterns of people are constructed employing Geographic Information Systems techniques.  Prior to addressing the specifics of that movement, however, the current study explores the nature of reality, placing the research within a realist philosophical perspective, and examines the implications of acknowledging that objectivity in archaeology is but a myth.  It also details some key concepts critical to understanding a landscape archaeological approach:  space, place, and environment.  By employing a Newtonian conception of space it draws from objectivist landscape archaeological techniques while, by defining place as wholly dependent upon human perception, simultaneously embraces subjectivist landscape archaeological views.  The study thus attempts to bridge some of the divisions separating objectivist and subjectivist landscape archaeological approaches. Two seasons of field work led to the discovery and recording of close to 1,000 cobble features, comprised of rings, cairns, medicine wheels, and numerous other feature types.  Recognizing the relational affordances active between past people and the environment enabled the identification of past significant places, revealed by the lasting imprints left by past place making activities, and the GIS modelling of probable past pedestrian routes through the study area.  Such modeling uncovered past travel patterns that led to the locating of a previously unrecognized river crossing and illustrated the critical role place occupies in archaeological investigations.  Additionally, the acknowledged importance of visibility was employed to identify possible physical locations of an as yet unknown medicine wheel.  This study revealed that, while we exist within a world limited to biased perceptions of reality, when archaeologists acknowledge the existence of such perceptive biases they can subvert much of the negative effect caused by the inability to achieve true objectivity and uncover richer, more satisfying, pictures of the past.


identifier: McAuley, C. M. (1993). The Canadian Arctic: a sink for organochlorine pollutants? (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18254

format:
x, 263 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject: RA 1242 P7 M33 1993

subject: Organochlorine compounds - Environmental aspects

subject: Pollution - Arctic regions

subject: Pollution - Canada, Northern

subject: Health risk assessment - Canada

subject: Polychlorinated biphenyls - Environmental aspects - Canada

abstract: Bibliography: p. 232-256.


identifier: Lee, J. E. (1995). Fluid identities: ethnicity in the Japanese Canadian community (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22329

format:
xii, 123 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject:
FC 106 J3 L43 1995
Japanese Canadians - Ethnic identity
Ethnicity

abstract: Bibliography: p. 104-111.


identifier: Bagg, S. L. (2013). Sitting in Judgement: Moral Constraints on Judicial Reasoning within the Bounds of Law (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27793

subject:
Philosophy
theories of judicial decision making
law's complexity
discretionary authority
moral responsibilties
role-related responsibilities
natural moral duties
consistency
legitimacy
second-order

abstract: The law in Canada is at times very complicated to apply and is often partially regulating--meaning that in its application the law fails to dictate a single legally viable outcome in a legal case.  As a result of this complexity judges who apply the law must often choose one from among multiple legally viable outcomes in the cases they decide.  On the basis of such claims I infer that judges must be viewed as having the power and the duty to exercise discretionary authority in their decision making.  The central questions addressed in my thesis are these: (i) need there be constraints on the exercise of this discretionary authority? (I argue, of course, that there is such a need); and (ii) what is the nature and grounding of these constraints?  My main argument is that the more traditional ways of explaining the status of the constraints are at least incomplete and provide reasons to believe that there is a particular set of second-order moral constraints which must be taken as guiding judicial discretion in partially regulated cases.  I argue that these second-order moral constraints are binding on all judges and that our theories of judicial decision making need to acknowledge both the role and the status of these constraints.  This main argument is developed with the support of a series of foundational claims which are intended to highlight the need for consistency and predictability in judges’ interpretation and application of the law.  These foundational claims are intended to demonstrate the fact that constraints on judicial discretion are necessary in order for judicial decision making to be (and to be considered to be) legitimate.  I argue that, because of the complexity and partially regulating nature of the law, it is not realistic to insist on consistency in judicial outcomes, but that a deeper-level consistency in judicial reasoning in accordance with second-order canons of responsible moral reasoning is a realizable demand.  Consistency is itself a useful and important factor to take into account when evaluating judges’ decisions since only if such decisions comply with these canons can the decisions be viewed as being legitimate: I point out that consistency in judicial decisions is desirable only if it is consistency of legitimate judicial decisions.  By exploring this requirement in more detail we deepen our understanding of what judicial reasoning and decision making requires.  I argue finally that judges are morally obligated to follow the canons not because they are professionals, nor because they are judges, but because they are moral agents.


identifier: Sun, X. (2015). Geovisualization for Association Rule Mining in CHOPS Well Data (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26297

subject:
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science
Engineering--Petroleum
geovisualization
CHOPS well data
Association rule mining
data mining for oil and gas

abstract:
Association rule mining has recently been applied to improve the oil recovery of CHOPS by discovering the association rules between reservoir properties and oil production from CHOPS well data. However, it leaves reservoir engineers with big challenging tasks to find interesting rules, understand the rules by the distribution patterns of relevant wells and make subsequent predictions by the application areas of the rules.
In this thesis, three kinds of rule filters are developed to find out the interesting rules. Moreover, point-based and surface-based geovisualization methods are proposed to display the distribution patterns of relevant wells, build and represent potentially applicable areas for the rules on the map. A system prototype, containing association rule mining with filters, geovisualization functions, is developed. A case study has been carried out on a real CHOPS well dataset in western Alberta, Canada. The findings in the case study illustrate the feasibility of the proposed methods.


identifier: van Doorn, F. (2010). Teacher phronesis and habitus formation: an auto-ethnographic study of beginning to becoming to being (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3609

format:
xiii, 203 leaves ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 194-196


identifier: Hammond, W. A. (1999). Canadian native adolescent solvent abuse and attachment theory (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22312

format:
x, 245 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject: HV 5840 C3 H36 1999

subject: Solvent abuse - Canada

subject: Indians of North America - Canada - Substance abuse

subject: Teenagers - Canada - Substance abuse

subject: Attachment behavior - Canada

abstract: Bibliography: p. 213-233


identifier: Kenny, H. T. (1995). Symbiotic stars: the geometry of the radio emitting regions (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19925

format:
xiv, 292 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
QB 843 S96 K465 1995
Symbiotic stars
Radio astronomy
Cosmic noise
Stellar winds

abstract: Bibliography: p. 267-284.


identifier: Guo, Q. (2009). Running synthesis and control for monopods and bipeds with articulated (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3119

contributor:
Macnab, Chris
Pieper, Jeff K.

format:
xvii, 221 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 179-201


identifier: MacDonald, H. A. (2003). Leadership and perceiver cognition: examining the role of self-identity in implicit leadership theories (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24261

format:
viii, 81 leaves ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 63-72


identifier: Gardner, K. J. (1999). Mexican migrant workers: Are they the image of a global village? (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14097

format:
vii, 125 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
HD8081 .M6 G37 1999
Alien labor, Mexican--United States.
Alien labor, Mexiacan--Canada.
International economic relations
International economic integration.
Identity

abstract: Bibliography: 98-105.


identifier: Ngai, P. K. (1986). Role of caldesmon in the regulation of smooth muscle contraction (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21213

format:
xviii, 243 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
QP 552 C28 N323 1987
Calmodulin - Physiological effect
Chemical inhibitors
Smooth muscle
Muscle contraction

abstract: Bibliography: p. 225-243.


identifier: Mirzaei, M. (2020). Multiscale Spatial and Temporal Modelling of Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) from Wildfire Smoke Using Remote Sensing and Statistical Methods (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Bertazzon, Stefania
Yackel, John J.
Farjad, Babak

subject:
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5)
AOD (aerosol optical depth)
Wildfire Smoke
LUR (land use regression)
spatial analysis
public health
Linear mixed effect (LME) model
Spatiotemporal modelling
Artificial neural network (ANN)
multi-layer perceptron (MLP)
Geography

abstract: Wildfire smoke exposure is increasingly recognized as a critical public health problem due to the increase in the frequency and severity of wildfires in recent decades. Wildfire smoke-generated PM2.5 is considered the most concerning particulate, as it can be inhaled deep into the lungs, penetrate the human respiratory system, and enter the bloodstream. Studies assessing wildfire PM2.5 exposure and population health have traditionally employed three main approaches: (1) in situ measurements (2) satellite information of atmospheric aerosol, and (3) atmospheric models. The objective of the present study was to identify models to accurately predict PM2.5 concentration over space and time. Spatiotemporal models were built to perform a comprehensive analysis of wildfire PM2.5 concentrations, for each recent year over the study region: Land Use Regression (LUR), Linear Mixed Effect (LME), and Artificial Neural Network (ANN). Predictor variables were MODIS AOD images, ground PM2.5 measurements, and ancillary land use and meteorological data. LUR models were used to predict PM2.5 in three distinct periods: before, during, and after a wildfire. Results showed a major difference in predictors between the during-fire and the other models, due to the different contribution of traffic and industrial emissions. Daily estimation of PM2.5 concentration was derived by incorporating nested period-zone-specific random effects of the AOD-PM2.5 relationship over the province of Alberta, Canada using LME models. The LME model’s predictions also improved when additional variables were integrated with AOD measures in a multivariate framework. ANN models were used as a multivariate and non-parametric approach to empirically predict wildfire smoke using AOD along with other predictors. Daily PM2.5 concentrations were predicted using temporal and spatial ANN for the 2014 to 2017 fire seasons and each airshed zone in Alberta. The study demonstrated how MODIS AOD could be incorporated within statistical models to provide reliable predictions of daily PM2.5 concentrations over wildfire events, to feed health and epidemiological studies. The results demonstrated that mixed effect models outperformed the LUR models owing to their ability to adjust the varying relationship of AOD-PM2.5. ANN models also outperformed them owing to their advantage in modelling non-parametric and non-linear behaviours.


identifier: McLoughlin, N. J. (1995). Spatial and temporal heterogeneity and their effects on predator behaviour (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12423

format:
xviii, 157 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject:
QL 391 A6 M37 1995
Leeches
Erpobdellidae
Predation (Biology)
Starvation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 136-147.


identifier: Nguyen, B. (2015). The Effect of Ethical Leadership, Behavioural Integrity, and Moral Disengagement in Predicting Turnover Intentions During Newcomer Socialization (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28078

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

contributor:
Steel, Piers
Weinhardt, Justin

subject:
Business Administration--Management
Psychology--Industrial
Socialization
Ethical Leadership
Turnover
Social Learning Theory
Moral Disegagement
Behavioural Integrity

abstract: One of the major reasons for newcomers voluntarily leaving organizations can be linked to inadequate socialization (Allen, 2006; Feldman, 1989; Fisher, 1986). Socialization has been described as a period of extensive learning where newcomers gather large amounts of information to reduce the uncertainty and complexity of their world. However, a unifying theory to explain how this process occurs is missing. Social learning theory offers a compelling framework to address this theoretical gap and, at the same time, it suggests that newcomers will pay attention to ethical information and that this learning will be important for turnover intentions. Socialization has been studied extensively from the process to the tactics of socialization (Ostroff & Kozlowski, 1992), but little research has examined the ethical side of socialization and its relation to turnover (Bauer & Erdogan, 2012). Drawing from the ethical leadership model, and using a sample of 297 first-year apprentices in Alberta’s oil and gas industry, this study sought to examine whether socialization influences the perceptions of organizational ethics and whether this leads to turnover intentions. A second follow-up study utilizing 800 newcomers examined whether ethical leadership perceptions explained the path between ethical socialization to turnover and eventually to deviant behaviours. Additionally, behavioural integrity of the leader and moral disengagement by the individual are examined as moderators of this model. Results showed that perceptions of organizational ethics (Study1) and perceptions of ethical leadership (Study 2) fully mediated the socialization and turnover path. The behavioural integrity of the leader was a significant moderator (such that when behavioural integrity was low, socialization had a stronger impact on turnover). Moreover, moral disengagement was also a significant moderator of organizational ethics in predicting turnover (such that when moral disengagement was high, ethical perceptions had a weaker relationship with turnover). Finally, moral disengagement interacted with turnover intentions to predict organizational deviant behaviours (when moral disengagement was high, turnover intentions was a stronger predictor of deviant behavior compared to when moral disengagement was low).


identifier: Carrel, A. (1991). Denier du reve: roman eclate, societe disloquee (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23655

format:
vi, 173 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject: PQ 2649 O98 D433 1991

subject: Yourcenar, Marguerite, 1903-1987. Denier du reve

subject: Yourcenar, Marguerite, 1903-1987 - Criticism and interpretation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 168-173.


identifier: Chleilat, F. (2021). Dietary Manipulation at Pre-Conception and During Development Influence Metabolism and Gut Microbiota in Rats (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Kinesiology
University of Calgary

contributor:
Reimer, Raylene
Shearer, Jane
Arrieta, Marie-Claire

subject:
Nutrition
Genetics
Metabolism
Gut Microbiota
Epigenetics
Obesity
Human Milk Oligosaccharides
Paternal Programming
Biological Sciences

abstract: Background. Obesity is a complex disease, modulated by a plethora of factors, including gut microbiota, early post-natal nutrition, parental diet and epigenetics. Objective. This dissertation examines how dietary manipulation during the early post-natal period and during pre-conception alters metabolic, microbial and epigenetic outcomes in rats. Specifically, the objectives were to determine: 1) the impact of human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) supplementation on health status in weanling rats; 2) the impact of a paternal high protein (HP) diet on offspring metabolic health; 3) whether supplementation of a methyl donor cocktail (HF/S+M) before conception attenuates the deleterious metabolic and epigenetic effects of a paternal high fat/ sucrose diet intergenerationally; 4) the impact of paternal prebiotic consumption on microbial and metabolic outcomes in fathers and offspring. Methods. 1) Weanling male and female rats consumed 2’Fucosyllactose and 3’Sialylactose HMO-fortified diet for 8 weeks. Fathers consumed 2) a diet high in protein, 3) a high fat/ sucrose diet fortified with a methyl donor cocktail of betaine, choline, folic acid and vitamin B12, or 4) a high prebiotic fiber diet. All three paternal studies underwent their dietary intervention for 9 weeks. Offspring consumed a control diet for 13 weeks. Anthropometric, glucocentric and gut microbiota outcomes were measured in all four studies. Results. The primary findings include: HMO supplementation improved intestinal permeability, gut barrier function, and gut microbial composition in females while reducing weight gain and inflammatory cytokines in males; 2) Paternal HP diet reduced adiposity and altered epigenetic markers intergenerationally. Offspring had improved insulin sensitivity; 3) Paternal HF/S+M intake improved paternal reproductive outcomes and intergenerational gut microbial, epigenetic and metabolic outcomes; 4) Paternal prebiotic intake improved paternal gut microbiota with lesser effects in offspring. Conclusion. Our results provide evidence of early post-natal HMO supplementation and paternal HP, HF/S+M and prebiotic intake, as important modulators of gut microbial, epigenetic and metabolic outcomes.


identifier: Shields, M. A. (2009). Catalytic H2S conversion in liquid sulfur (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2696

format:
xxv, 253 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 237-253


identifier: Zahavich, J. B. (2010). Examining the freshman weight gain phenomenon with measures of fat-free mass and fat mass (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3847

publisher:
Kinesiology
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xii, 88 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 51-56


identifier: Ding, Y. (1999). Chinese "democracy": "Dualism" of state and society (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17713

format:
ix, 236 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
JQ1516 .D56 1999
Democracy--China.
China - Politics and government - 1976-
China - Social conditions - 1976-

abstract: Bibliography: p. 211-236.


identifier: Reid, W. J. (2016). Schopenhauer's Pessimism and Kant's Moral Argument (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27714

contributor:
Migotti, Mark
Goldstein, Joshua
Framarin, Chris
Fantl, Jeremy

subject:
Philosophy
Schopenhauer
Kant
Pessimism
After life
Moral Argument
Mortalism

abstract: In this thesis, I argue that Kant's Moral Argument gives good grounds to reject Schopenhauer's pessimism. I begin by defining pessimism as the view that "life is not choiceworthy," and dispelling some initial objections to it.  Having established that pessimism doesn't succumb to obvious objections, I develop three lines of argument that tell in favor of it, each articulated in a chapter of its own that explains how Schopenhauer reconceives the categories of, in order, will, goodness, and death.  Schopenhauer’s overall argument moves from will to goodness to death; and in the third and final section of the thesis I demonstrate how Kant's Moral Argument undercuts the crucial assumption about death on which his case for pessimism depends (i.e. mortalism).  I conclude by rejecting an evidentialist objection to the Moral Argument, according to which evidence provides the only justifiable grounds for believing in anything, including, crucially, in a just afterlife.


identifier: Babinec, P. M. (2006). Dilemmas in accounts of medical drugs: consequences for drug takers negotiation of identity (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/842

format:
viii, 131 leaves ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 117-125


identifier: Marei, N. N. (2016). Role of Nanosize Effects on the Adsorptive and Catalytic Properties of NiO Nanoparticles towards Heavy Hydrocarbons (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27682

contributor:
Nassar, Nashaat
Kallos, Michael
Bergerson, Joule

format: application/pdf application/pdf

subject: Chemistry--Inorganic Chemistry--Organic Chemistry--Physical Physics--Atomic Physics--Molecular Physics--Theory Engineering--Chemical Engineering--Environmental Nanotechnology Nanosize Adsorption Asphaltene Catalyst NiO Nanosorbcats

abstract:
The effect of NiO nanoparticle size was studied to understand its impact on adsorption and catalytic activity during oil recovery and upgrading. A series of different-sized NiO nanoparticles between 5 and 80 nm were prepared. XRD, BET, FTIR, HRTEM and TGA were used to characterize the nanosize effect on the textural properties, shape and morphology. Quinolin-65 (Q-65) was first used as an asphaltene model molecule. Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isotherms models and computational modeling for the interaction between NiO nanoparticle surface and Q-65 were carried out to understand the adsorption behavior. TGA/DTA and TGA-MS techniques were used to study the effect of NiO nanosizes on catalytic thermo-oxidative decomposition of the adsorbed Q-65.
The entire study was repeated using visbroken residue n-C5 asphaltenes. For both Q-65 and n-C5 asphaltene post-adsorption oxidation, the Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose (KAS) kinetic method was used to estimate the kinetic triplets, namely f (α), Eα and Aα.


identifier: Shyba, L. M. (2004). Messaging in the noosphere: theatre art, integrated media, and human-comupter interaction (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24600

format:
vii, 227 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 188-193


identifier: Bernbaum, M. (2013). Regional Low Cerebral Blood Flow Predicts Leukoaraiosis Development at 18 Months in Patients with TIA and Minor Stroke (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27576

subject:
Neuroscience
Minor Stroke
Leukoaraiosis
Cerebral Blood Flow
TIA
MR Perfusion
White Matter Disease
White Matter Hyperintensity

abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether low cerebral blood flow (CBF) is associated with subsequent white matter hyperintensity (WMH) development in minor stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) patients. New WMH at 18 months were identified by comparing follow-up with baseline FLAIR, and regions of interest (ROI) were placed in normal appearing and hyperintense white matter. Co-registered CBF maps were used to quantify relative CBF. Forty patients were evaluated, where mean age was 62+/-12 years, 78% male and 9% diabetic. A mixed effects logistic regression accounting for “within patient” clustering, showed that as CBF increases by 1mL/100g/min, the odds of having a new WMH decrease by 0.61. Results suggest that regions of white matter that develop WMH at 18 months have low baseline CBF. Future studies aiming to improve cerebral perfusion in normal appearing white matter might provide a target for arresting the development of WMH.


identifier: Trivedi, M. (2016). The Enhancement of Convective Heat Transfer in an Aluminum Oxide Nanoaerosol (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28130

subject:
Engineering--Aerospace
Engineering--Mechanical
Aluminum Oxide
Nanoaerosol
Heat Transfer
Nusselt Number
Knudsen Number

abstract: Hotwire experiments were performed to assess the effects of suspended 112 nm diameter aluminum oxide (Al2O3) nanoparticles in air on the rate of convective heat transfer. The particle mass loading was varied over a range of flow Reynolds number. The results indicate up to a 36% increase in Nusselt number for a particle mass loading of 0.35% at a Reynolds number of 6,000. The enhanced heat transfer rate is an order of magnitude larger compared to results from experiments reported in the literature using micro-particles at similar particle mass loadings. Existing models for prediction of Nusselt number increase for particle-gas suspensions are modified for use with nanoaerosols over a range of Knudsen number regime. The models and experimental data are found to predict same order of enhancement for nanoaerosol. The transitional model, for 0.01 < Kn < 10, is extended to predict effect of particle size on heat transfer gains.


identifier: Kemp, T. A. (1995). The behaviour of natural gas prices (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15120

title: The behaviour of natural gas prices

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

subject:
HD 9581 A2 K46 1995
Natural gas - Prices
Natural gas - Marketing
Futures market

abstract: Bibliography: p. 77-78.


identifier: Tsinko, Y. (2016). The Effects of the Non-Climatic Inhomogeneities in Surface Weather Station Records on Long Term Trends in Canadian Fire Weather Index System Codes. (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28120

contributor:
Johnson, Edward
Martin, Yvonne
Yackel, John
Theodor, Jessica

subject:
Ecology
Fire Weather Index
fire weather trends
forest fire
weather homogenization

abstract: With a wide interest in the effects of climate change on forest fire regimes, there has been a proliferation of studies analyzing the past fire weather trends using daily surface weather stations data. However, not all studies take account of such data's inherent inconsistencies (inhomogeneities) from non-climatic influences. This study shows their influence on the linear trends in the  Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System (CFFWIS) codes, commonly used as a fire weather proxies worldwide. Trend significance of up to 50\% of the Canadian weather stations considered was affected if computed using the homogenized data instead of the raw inhomogeneous records. Duff Moisture Code (DMC) is the most resistant to weather record inhomogeneities, followed by the Drought Code (DC).  Monthly Drought Code (MDC) is recommended as an optimal fire weather proxy for long term analysis, as monthly data homogenization produces results that are superior to daily data homogenization.


identifier: Graham, B. L. (2007). Petrological geochemical and diagenetic characterization of carboniferous mud-mounds: Seal area and Normandville fields, Pekisko formation north-central Alberta, Canada (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1852

format:
xix, 274 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 193-201
Includes oversized illustrations.
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Niayesh, M. (2019). The state of patient education in the emergency department of a western Canadian urban hospital: A case study (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: The State of Patient Education in the Emergency Department of a Western Canadian Urban Hospital: A Case Study

publisher:
Werklund School of Education
University of Calgary

contributor:
Kawalilak, Colleen
Shanahan, Marie Claire
Kawalilak, Colleen
Danyluk, Patricia J.
Field, James C.
Winchester, Ian
Rohatinsky, Noelle K.

subject:
Patient education
Emergency department
Education--Adult and Continuing
Education--Health
Health Care Management
Nursing

abstract: In this qualitative, instrumental case study, I sought to determine the state of patient education regarding present illness and care plan of patients, while they stayed in the emergency department for treatment and care in a Western Canadian urban hospital. I explored the state of patient education in an emergency department from the perspective of social constructivism. In this research, several sets of data were collected to increase the variety of data and participants. I gathered data from healthcare professionals (physicians and nurses) of the emergency department via questionnaires and also from patients by semi-structured interviews. Also I added my own observations as researcher to the data and used for analysis and discussion. Further, looking through a constructivism lens, I identified the factors that were experienced as challenges to the education processes and I suggested ways in which they might be ameliorated. Likewise, I determined the concerns of physicians, nurses, and patients regarding the process of patient education such as language barrier, time constraints, and lack of educational materials and equipment in the emergency department. In addition, this research sought suggestions from the healthcare professionals and patients to improve the process of patient education. After careful analysis of the findings of this research, I presented recommendations for healthcare professionals, for patients, for managers of the emergency department, and for further research in the area of patient education in the emergency department.


identifier: Cubberley, J. A. (1973). An Inquiry into the Calgary homeless transient problem with a proposal for rehabilitation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20976

format:
<vii>, 160 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: Transients, Relief of - Alberta - Calgary

subject: Rehabilitation

subject: Calgary Inner City Project

abstract: Bibliography: p. 143-147.


identifier: Duchek, D. (2021). Understanding In-Person and Online Exercise Oncology Program Delivery: Participant Perspectives (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Kinesiology
University of Calgary

contributor:
Culos-Reed, Nicole
McDonough, Meghan
Bridel, William
Berzins, Sandra

subject:
exercise oncology
telehealth
synchronous
supervised
group-based
Oncology
Psychology--Behavioral

abstract: Background: Alberta Cancer Exercise (ACE) is an exercise oncology program delivered in community-based settings until the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, when ACE was forced to transition to an online platform for remote delivery. Purpose: To evaluate the perspectives of cancer survivors who have transitioned from an in-person to an online exercise oncology program. Specifically, survivors' exercise facilitators and barriers in both delivery modes, delivery mode preference, and experience with the program elements targeting behaviour change were gathered. Methods: A retrospective cohort design using explanatory sequential mixed-methods was used to assess participants' experiences with participation in both settings. Participants who have completed both in-person and online ACE classes were asked to complete a survey, with the option to complete a subsequent interview. Results: A total of 57 (response rate 46%) completed the survey and 19 interviews were conducted. Most participants indicated preferring in-person programs (58%), followed by online (32%), and no preference (10%). There were significantly fewer barriers (p<0.01), but also fewer facilitators/benefits (p<0.01), to exercising online. Qualitative data analysis supported survey findings, with participants frequently noting the convenience of attending online, but a lack of equivalent social connection gained. Content analysis (survey comments) and thematic analysis (interview analysis) demonstrated that the online setting was less conducive to providing behaviour change support, largely attributed to limitations inherent to the online platform. Conclusion: ACE participants experienced facilitators and barriers to both the online and in-person delivery modes. The transition to online was supported by participants' in-person experiences, and for future work that includes solely online (i.e., for rural and remote cancer survivor exercise program delivery), focusing on building social support and a sense of community will be critical to optimizing program benefits. Addressing the need for promoting and maintaining exercise in people with cancer using an online platform when standard exercise formats are restricted due to COVID-19 is timely and necessary. Beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, results of this research will remain relevant as we aim to increase the reach of online exercise oncology programming to more underserved populations of individuals living with cancer (i.e., rural/remote, immunocompromised, young adult populations).


identifier: Coates, W. S. (1985). The Design of an instruction stream memory subsystem (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/10945

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

subject: TK 7895 M4 C626 1985

subject: Computer storage devices

subject: Information retrieval

subject: Sequential processing (Computer science)

subject: Parallel processing (Electronic computers)

subject: Multiprocessors

subject: Artificial intelligence

abstract: Bibliography: p. 126-129.


identifier: Dale, H. (2014). An Exploration of the Emergence of Pattern and Form from Constraints on Growth (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24896

contributor:
Prusinkiewicz, Przemyslaw
Hobill, David

subject:
Botany
Physics--Theory
Computer Science
Fracture patterning
Constraints of space
Biomechanical modeling
Fractal
Primary and secondary growth
Grasstree
Pandanus fruit

abstract: Growing structures are subjects of the space in which they develop. When space is limited or growth is constrained complex patterns and formations can arise. One example of this is seen in the bark patterns of trees. The rigid outer bark layer constrains the growth of the inner layers, resulting in the formation of intricate fracture patterns. An understanding of bark pattern formation has been hampered by insufficient information regarding the biomechanical properties of bark and the corresponding difficulties in faithfully modeling bark fractures using continuum mechanics. Grasstrees, however, have a discrete bark-like structure, making them particularly well suited for computational studies. In this thesis I present a model of grasstree development capturing both primary and secondary growth. A biomechanical model based on a mass-spring network represents the surface of the trunk, permitting the emergence of fractures. This model reproduces key features of grasstree bark patterns which have the same statistical character as trees found in nature. The results support the general hypothesis that the observed bark patterns found in grasstrees may be explained in terms of mechanical fractures driven by secondary growth and that bark pattern formation is primarily a biomechanical phenomenon. Furthermore, I extend the grasstree model to analyze the patterning of discrete elements on the surface of pandanus fruit. Pandanus fruit also exhibit patterns apparently related to fracturing and constraints of space. In this case, the results show that the pattern is likely a result of a higher level mechanisms as opposed to purely biomechanical.


identifier: Metivier, P. S. (2000). In vitro studies of adventitious root formation in four woody species (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16551

format:
xv, 131 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
SD 403.5 M48 2000
Woody plants - Micropropagation
Roots (Botany) - Formation
Woody plants - Roots

abstract: Bibliography: p. 114-131


identifier: Guadalupe Haydeé Peralta Vázquez, A. A. (2018). Ecology of Mite Phoresy on Mountain Pine Beetles (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/31904

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Science
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Reid, Mary L.
Cartar, Ralph V.
Kutz, Susan J.
Fox, Jeremy W.
Proctor, Heather C.

subject:
Mountain pine beetle
Phoretic mites
Flight mill
Commensalism
Western Canada
Forest pest
Tarsonemus ips
Dendroctonus ponderosae
Phoresy
Bark beetles
Phoretic symbionts
Outbreak dynamics
Forestry and Wildlife
Biology
Ecology
Entomology

abstract: Phoresy, a commensal interaction where smaller organisms utilize dispersive hosts for transmission to new habitats, is expected to produce positive effects for symbionts and no effects for hosts, yet negative and positive effects have been documented. This poses the question of whether phoresy is indeed a commensal interaction and demands clarification. In bark beetles (Scolytinae), both effects are documented during reproduction and effects on hosts during the actual dispersal are largely unknown. In the present research, I investigated the ecological mechanisms that determine the net effects of the phoresy observed in mites and mountain pine beetles (MPB), Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins. Using flight mills, I found that MPB flight increased with beetle size and body condition but was not modified by mite abundance. Mites were initially more abundant on larger beetles in better condition, but their dispersal success was similar among all hosts. Host dispersal was costly for both host and mites. Beetles lost mass whereas mites exhibited mortality. In the second study, I determined the number and survivorship of all juvenile stages of MPB development and found neutral effects of mites. Although I found a negative effect of mite abundance despite a positive effect of mite presence during host larval stage, there were no further effects during subsequent stages of beetle development. Moreover, I did not find effects of mites on the number or quality of adult beetle offspring.  When observing the distribution of phoretic mites and beetle hosts in the field, I found that the range-expanding behavior of MPB might determine symbiont loss at the leading front of beetle expansion. Three mites were common: Tarsonemus ips, Proctolaelaps subcorticalis, and Trichouropoda australis. Of these species, only T. ips was prevalent among all sites. However, both total mite abundance, considering all three species together, and T. ips abundance alone were comparatively lower in the new area of MPB expansion. In addition, beetle body condition was similar in both historical and new areas of MPB distribution. Given the results, MPB and its phoretic mites sustain a commensalism and the lower distribution of mites may be a consequence of MPB outbreak dynamics.


identifier: Packer, J. F. (2013). Focus+Context via Snaking Paths (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26200

title: Focus+Context via Snaking Paths

contributor:
Samavati, Faramarz F.
Mitchell, Joseph Ross

subject:
Computer Science
Computer Graphics
Modelling
focus+context

abstract: Focus+context visualizations reveal  specific structures in high detail while effectively depicting its surroundings, often relying on transitions between the two areas to provide context. We present an approach to generate focus+context visualizations depicting cylindrical structures along snaking paths that enables the structures themselves to become the transitions and focal areas, simultaneously. A method to automatically create a snaking path through space by applying a path finding algorithm is presented. A 3D curve is created based on the 2D snaking path. We describe a process to deform cylindrical structures in segmented volumetric models to match the curve and provide preliminary geometric models as templates for artists to build upon. Structures are discovered using our constrained volumetric sculpting method that enables removal of occluding material while leaving them intact. We find the resulting visualizations effectively mimic a set of motivating illustrations and discuss some limitations of the automatic approach.


identifier: Shevalier, M. T. (1993). A comparison of a simple model of EUV dayglow with Viking data (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21798

format:
xiv, 93 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QB 474 S43 1993
Ultraviolet astronomy

abstract: Bibliography: p. 73-79.


identifier: Howrish, M. R. (2022). Origin of green shales in the Devonian Swan Hills Formation, Alberta, Canada (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Origin of Green Shales in the Devonian Swan Hills Formation, Alberta, Canada

publisher:
Science
University of Calgary

contributor:
Beauchamp, Benoit
Meyer, Rodolfo
Ardakani, Omid

subject:
Devonian
Swan Hills
green shale
carbonate
reef
Geology

abstract: Throughout its growth history, the Devonian Swan Hills Reef Complex at Swan Hills has been subjected to variably long episodes of subaerial exposure, storm events, strong wind, oceanic currents, base level fluctuations and/or a long post-depositional burial history. For nearly sixty years, several generations of carbonate specialists have invoked one or more of these mechanisms to explain the presence of fine-grained green shale sediment observed sporadically throughout the carbonate-dominated reef complex. Through core examination, petrography and geochemical analysis, this study proposes a new model which reinterprets green shale from the above processes to a coproduct of dolomitizing and potentially non-dolomitizing fluids. The terrigenous clays are suggested to be sourced from underlying clastic formations, in particular, the Watt Mountain Formation, and advected upwards alongside a mixture of carbonate mud, organic matter, pyrite and carbonate debris which accumulated onto the reef environment through hydrothermal mud volcanism. Advection and extrusion of such green shale slurries were associated with NW-SE trending basement faults that initiated buildup nucleation on the widespread platform and acted as an important segment of a large hydrothermal convection cell driven by regional tectonism. In addition to being reducing and toxic, these gaseous slurries were likely episodic in nature, acting in a fault-valve type manner, and resulted in the diverse depositional spectrum of green shale across various facies, diagenetic environments and stratigraphic intervals. The hydrothermal mud volcanism model thus provides a new and testable explanation for the origin, transportation, sedimentation and diagenetic transformations of green shales in the Devonian succession of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.


identifier: Piwowar, R. (1970). Investigation of senior students' perceptions of the semester system (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13176

format:
xv, 201 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
LB 3034 P58 1970 Microfilm
School year
School management and organization
Education, Secondary
Semester system

abstract: Bibliography: p. 157-161.


identifier: Kamps, P. H. (2000). Modifiability of the psychomotor domain (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12093

title: Modifiability of the psychomotor domain

format:
xiv, 248 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
RJ506 .D68 K365 2000
Down syndrome
Motor learning
Movement, Psychology of
Child development

abstract: Bibliography: p. 194-225.


identifier: Liebermann, T. (2005). A diffusion of innovation model modified for educational technology working with coaches and physical education teachers (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/273

format:
xx, 395 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 329-346


identifier: Nesbitt, J. M. (2008). The mainstreaming of university life: a critical examination of social justice policy at four Canadian universities (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1798

format:
xix, 293 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 261-287


identifier: van Roode, T. (2002). Partizan forms of Hackenbush combinatorial games (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11236

format:
x, 121 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 V36

abstract: Bibliography: p. 120-121


identifier: Hu, S. (2017). Designing and Evaluating a Lightweight Video Player for Language Learning (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25582

contributor:
Willett, Wesley
Alim, Usman
Chilana, Parmit

subject:
Computer Science
Computer-Assisted Language Learning
Video Player

abstract: Watching foreign language videos is a popular and convenient strategy used by many people for learning a new language. However, traditional video players, such as the YouTube player, are not designed to support language learning. We created two video players to explore and to address the issues of using traditional players as a language learning tool. Our players specifically target casual language learners. After evaluating the first player, we found that a traditional player makes it difficult for learners to (1) adjust the level of difficulty, (2) recover missed information, and (3) assess learning progress. We then created the second player to address these issues. The results of the evaluation of the second player demonstrate that people found the player to be helpful for language learning. We also found common usage patterns in the results and opportunities for future improvement.


identifier: Liao, P. (2022). Graph representation of topological stabilizer states (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Graph Representation of Topological Stabilizer States

contributor:
Feder, David
Sanders, Barry
Barzanjeh, Shabir
Simon, Christoph
Høyer, Peter

subject:
topological order
graph states
quantum error correction
Condensed Matter
Physics--Theory

abstract: Topological quantum states, especially these in topological stabilizer quantum error correction codes, are currently the focus of intense activity because of their potential for fault-tolerant operations. While every stabilizer state maps to a graph state under local Clifford operations, the graphs associated with topological stabilizer codes remain unknown. In this thesis, I show that the toric code graph is composed of only two kinds of subgraphs: star graphs and half graphs. The topological order of the toric code is identified with the existence of multiple star graphs, which reveals a nice connection between repetition codes and the toric code. The graph structure readily yields a log-depth and a constant-depth (including ancillae) circuit for state preparation. Next, I derive the necessary and sufficient conditions for a family of graph states to be in TQO-1, a class of quantum error correction code states whose code distance scales macroscopically with the number of physical qubits. Using these criteria, I consider a number of specific graph families, including the star and complete graphs, and the line graphs of complete and completely bipartite graphs, and discuss which are topologically ordered and how to construct the codewords. The formalism is then employed to construct several codes with macroscopic distance, including a three-dimensional topological code generated by local stabilizers that also has a macroscopic number of encoded logical qubits. Last, the connection between the characterization of topological order using graph theory and the hierarchy of topological order is analyzed.


identifier: Marriott, C. (2003). Non-determinism and quantum information (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14704

title: Non-determinism and quantum information

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 89-91.


identifier: Byrne, A. P. (1984). A Comparative study of the performance and economics of active domestic solar heating options in Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21030

format:
xiv, 177 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: TH 7414 B95 1986

subject: Solar heating - Alberta - Cost effectiveness

subject: Solar houses - Alberta - Cost effectiveness

abstract: Bibliography: p. 136-156.


identifier: Zaretsky, D. A. (1980). A case study of environmental impact assessment in the coal industry in British Columbia (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21028

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

format: x, 199, [3] leaves : ill., maps ; 30 cm.

subject: TN 806 C22 Z35 1984 Fiche

subject: Environmental impact analysis - British Columbia

subject: Coal mines and mining - Environmental aspects - British Columbia

subject: Coal mines and mining - British Columbia - Government policy

abstract: Bibliography: p. 178-183.


identifier: Stock, H. R. (2007). Do plinkers live in trees?: how generics and speaker knowledge guide preschoolers' inductive inferences (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1431

contributor:
McKeough, Anne
Graham, Susan

format:
vii, 41 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 35-37


identifier: Keating, S. D. (2020). Viscoelastic full-waveform inversion: treating attenuation uncertainty, characterizing cross-talk, and quantifying confidence in inversion results (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Innanen, Kristopher A.
Trad, Daniel O.
Karchewski, Brandon
Lauer, Rachel M.
Biondi, Biondo L.

subject: Geophysics

abstract: Full waveform inversion (FWI) is a powerful technique for estimating the subsurface properties which affect seismic wave propagation but it is often limited by simplistic treatment of wave propagation physics. In particular, attenuation and dispersion, which play major roles in most seismic experiments, are commonly neglected. This omission often occurs because of the many complicating factors a treatment of attenuation introduces. Particularly notable challenges include a strong degree of cross-talk, in which attenuation and elastic property estimates are incorrectly influenced by one another, and the need to decide which of several plausible models of seismic attenuation to include in the inversion. In this thesis, I propose approaches to mitigate these challenges and make the inclusion of attenuation in FWI more practical. While it is necessary to assume a specific relation between attenuation, dispersion, and frequency in FWI, many such relations exist, and these can differ significantly in some of their specific predictions. In general, subsurface attenuation can differ substantially from the attenuation-frequency relation assumed. In this thesis, I propose a flexible inversion approach which mitigates the errors caused by this type of discrepancy by relaxing the assumption that the assumed relation holds over all frequencies, and instead requiring consistency only over smaller bands of frequencies. This approach can be effective in mitigating the impact of errors in the assumed attenuation physics. Understanding the behaviour of cross-talk as a function of acquisition geometry is often considered essential when using FWI to estimate more than one physical property. Cross-talk with attenuation variables has not previously been deeply investigated in this way, because the conventional approaches used for assessing cross-talk are poorly suited for the modes of cross-talk that are important when considering attenuation. I propose an alternative approach for assessing cross-talk in this thesis. This approach is better able to treat attenuation and also allows for consideration of both the optimization strategy used and cross-talk between spatially separated variables, important features of cross-talk not treated in conventional approaches. I use this approach to identify important cross-talk behaviours in viscoelastic FWI. Finally, I propose an approach for targeted uncertainty quantification in FWI. This approach does not account for all potential uncertainties in the FWI problem, but does quantify a major part of the uncertainty associated with cross-talk. I present numerical examples to illustrate how this approach can be used to assess confidence in viscoelastic FWI results.


identifier: Morris, R. B. (2002). An environmental management strategy for the Auberge Mont - Royal d'Angkor Hotel, Siem Reap Town, Cambodia (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11809

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 M667

abstract: Bibliography: p. 133-139


identifier: Hirsch, M. P. (1999). Synthesis, structures and reactions of cyanuric-sulfanuric heterocycles (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13550

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

subject:
QD400.5 .S95 H57 1999
Heterocyclic compounds
Inorganic cyclic compounds
Polymers

abstract: Bibliography: p. 111-116


identifier: Burnett, A. (2013). Learnin' 'bout my generation: The effects of generation on encoding, recall, and metamemory (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26739

subject:
Cognitive
Generation
encoding
Recall
metamemory
strategies
study-test blocks

abstract: My dissertation examined how encoding strategies, recall, and metamemory shift across two study-test experiences. Differential recall of generate targets and read targets on Test 1 led participants to develop an improved encoding strategy for their more poorly recalled target type, thus eliminating differential recall on Test 2 (Experiment 1-3). However, recall also improved across tests for groups that were not tested on both target types on Test 1 (Experiment 2), and for groups that studied and recalled only one target type (Experiment 1). Participants’ reported strategies (Experiment 1) and metamemory judgments (Experiment 3) were used to elucidate how and when people modify their encoding strategies in an effort to improve future memory performance. Overall, the present study confirmed that people can learn about the effectiveness of a study strategy both during studying and on a test, and revealed that this learning is more ubiquitous and varied than previous research suggested.


identifier: Sabzevar, N. (2016). Capacity and Operational Performance Optimization under External Constraints with Uncertainty (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25205

contributor:
Enns, Van
Bergerson, Joule
Freiheit, Theodor
Silva, Emilson
Tu, Paul
Alp, Osman

subject:
Statistics
Energy
Engineering--Environmental
Engineering--Industrial
Engineering--Operations Research

abstract:
This thesis presents novel models to investigate the significant impacts of globalization, demand uncertainty, competition, and external emissions regulations on firms' profitability, operational performance, and decision-making processes. The models relax common simplifying assumptions (i.e., deterministic lead-times, exogenous emissions permit price) to better represent real market characteristics and applications. Specifically, these models are developed in the context of maritime shipments of fuels, such as Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), to supply global energy markets.
The transport capacity investment problem is studied in terms of a mixed integer nonlinear model to maximize a single firm's profit. Using a proposed heuristic algorithm, the model determines the optimal number and size of tankers to deliver a single product under demand uncertainty. The model incorporates economies of scale, lost sales penalties, and the possibility of leasing extra capacity. Results show that tanker size and capacity utilization decrease if demand uncertainty increases. Moreover, tanker sizes are found to decrease as economies of scale decrease.
This model is extended to a duopoly setting under competition constrained by the cap-and-trade policy. It is treated as a nonlinear Cournot game and solved analytically to maximize firms' individual profits by determining their optimal production volumes. Furthermore, it provides a set of cap-and-trade policy characteristics (i.e., market cap, cap allocation rate, permit price) leading to the maximum total profit and increasing the trading possibility. Moreover, individual bounds on the ranges of these characteristics are determined within which trading occurs.
This model is modified for the carbon tax policy and is further extended to an oligopoly natural gas (NG) market to satisfy price-sensitive NG demand in the Chinese power sector. The supplied NG volume replaces a fraction of the coal consumption for electricity generation to investigate the economic and environmental implications of replacing coal with imported NG in its life cycle through an integrated Cournot game and life cycle assessment approach. The model is able to find a carbon price range under various sources of uncertainty involved in the market at which the import of NG to generate electricity is economically preferred compared to the coal-dominant Chinese power mix outlook.


identifier: Ansari, M. (2016). Parallel HTTP for Video Streaming in Wireless Networks (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27254

contributor:
Ghaderi, Majid
Li, Zongpeng
Fapojuwo, Abraham

subject:
Computer Science
Video Streaming
Parallel HTTP
Wireless Networks
Dynamic Adaptive Streaming

abstract:
To stream video using HTTP, a client device sequentially requests and receives chunks of the video file from the server over a TCP connection. It is well-known that TCP performs poorly in networks with high latency and packet loss such as wireless networks. On mobile devices, in particular, using a single TCP connection for video streaming is not efficient, and thus, the user may not receive the highest video quality possible. In this thesis, we design and analyze a system called ParS that uses
parallel TCP connections to stream video on mobile devices. Our system uses parallel connections to fetch each chunk of the video file using HTTP range requests. We present measurement results to characterize the performance of ParS under various network conditions in terms of latency, loss rate, and bandwidth. Given the limited communication and computational resources of mobile devices, we then focus on determining the minimum number of TCP connections required to achieve high utilization of the wireless bandwidth. We develop a simple model and study its accuracy using ns-3 simulations which confirm the utility of our model for estimating the minimum number of TCP connections required to fully utilize the available bandwidth.


identifier: Rocha Arrieta, J. A. (2016). Role of Aqueous Phase Chemistry, Interfacial Film Properties, and Surface Coverage in Stabilizing Water-In-Bitumen Emulsions (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27677

contributor:
Yarranton, Harvey
Dong, Mingzhe
Svrcek, William

subject:
Engineering--Chemical
Engineering--Mining
Engineering--Petroleum
Asphaltenes
emulsion stability
oil sands
interfacial film
mass adsorption

abstract: In this thesis, several factors that influence the stability of asphaltene and bitumen stabilized water-in-oil emulsions are investigated including salt type, salt concentration, pH, interfacial film properties, surface coverage, drop size, and emulsion packing. Model water-in-oil emulsions were prepared from aqueous phases consisting of reverse osmosis water and salts (NaCl, CaCl2, Na2SO4, KCl and Na2CO3). The organic phases consisted of either asphaltenes or bitumen dissolved in solutions of heptane and toluene. Salt contents as low as 0.02 wt% (or 0.03M ionic strength) were found to significantly increase the stability of the emulsions regardless of the type of salt present in the aqueous phase. The increase in stability correlated with an increase in the mass and apparent molecular weight of asphaltenes adsorbed at the interface. A mass surface coverage of 5 mg/m² and an apparent molecular weight of 7000 g/mol appear to be the threshold required for stable emulsions.


title: Lived experience of students searching for information

contributor:
Hunsberger, Margaret
University of Calgary
Information Resources
Library

format:
192084 bytes
image/jpeg

subject: Information Science

abstract: Yes


identifier: Kopnicka, S. (2016). Fluency and the Role of Training in Second Language German (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26193

contributor:
O'Brien, Mary Grantham
Roy, Sylvie
Hoenle, Sandra

subject:
Education--Teacher Training
Language
fluency
second language acquisition

abstract: Fluency, that is spoken language that flows without interruptions or pauses, is often neglected in favor of other language components such as reading, writing, listening and speaking grammatically correctly in a language classroom. Although fluency falls under speaking skills, it is often not taught in L2 classrooms. Studies suggest a variety of exercises focused on fluency improvement but only a few of them have actually been tested. This thesis examines the effect of classroom-based fluency training on the ability of intermediate-level learners of German to produce more fluent utterances on a Picture Story description task and a monologue task. The results reveal that training did not improve learners’ fluency and that the learners performed better at the monologue than the Picture Story. Speech stream factors such as speech rate, filled non-lexical pauses, filled lexical pauses and repetitions were correlated with fluency ratings assigned by native German speakers. The results have implications for fluency teaching in L2 classrooms.


identifier: Winit, R. (2013). Four-constellation GNSS Reliability and the Estimation of Inter-system Time-offsets for Improved Performance in Challenging Signal Environments (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26219

subject: Engineering GNSS GPS GLONASS Galileo BeiDou

abstract:
The new GNSS constellations such as Galileo and BeiDou being planned and launched will result in a greatly increased number of available ranging sources, hence, improvement in constellation geometry and coverage. When using signals from multiple constellations, however, the challenges are not only to maximize the benefit from the additional ranging observations but also to deal with the differences among satellite systems such as the time-offset between the constellations. Also, challenges exist when using the ranging signal in GNSS degraded environments where GNSS users potentially see a limited number of satellites from multiple GNSS constellations. This work investigates the accuracy and reliably of position solutions when using ranging signals from combined GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou and Galileo constellations in urban environments. Furthermore, this study assesses the benefits of using a priori inter-system clock-offset information.

The positioning performance of multiple GNSS constellations has been examined through covariance simulation and with live data. The benefit of using a priori clock-offset constraints has been demonstrated. It has been found that the benefits of using a priori clock-offset constraints to help enhance the availability of position solutions and fault detection and exclusion capabilities are particularly significant when the receiver is located in areas where limited GNSS signals are available such as in the urban-canyon environment.


identifier: Zhang, J. (1994). Oxide film studies at Pd and Pd-containing amorphous alloy electrodes (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16491

format:
xvi, 198 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
QD 181 P4 Z43 1994
Palladium
Palladium alloys
Metallic oxides
Metallic films
Electrochemistry

abstract: Bibliography: p. 192-198.


identifier: Adams, K. (2011). Confluence: design in a local context (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4260

title: Confluence: design in a local context

format:
130 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract:
Bibliography: p. 126-127
Thesis is in colour.


identifier: McGie, M. (2012). State of emergency: improving the efficiency of healthcare through distributed systems (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4850

format:
102 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 97-100

abstract: Thesis is in colour.

abstract: Missing signature page.

abstract:
Within the vital infrastructure of a modern city, the hospital represents a unique typology which is among the most complex and problematic of urban forms. The implications of hospital design necessarily encompass issues of pure functionality; patient circulation and triage. the optimization of space. and technical requirements. It must also be considered however that there is a challenging human aspect to these spaces which exists beyond the conditions of normative society. This Masters Defence Project will attempt to synthesize the multiple aspects of an urban healthcare delivery system and make an argument for significant interventions which a,m to improve the efficiency of this system.
The project explores both small scale architectural interventions. and the large urban scale context as intrinsically linked elements both conceptually and pragmatically. The design gestures are to be situated within a framework of contemporary thought on matters of space, logistics. technology. and control from several noted philosophers of the 20th century. This theoretical background serves to define scenarios and present analogies to the current state of medical care as conceptual models and evaluative tools.
Architectural interventions incorporate the latest ,n medical technologies and essentially function as kinetic machines for the purposes of diagnostic imaging. primary and tertiary medical care. and patient stabilization. Beyond this. the architecture is to inhabit the urban fabric and provide a level of accessibility which represents ,ts role as a public amenity, albeit a highly complex and cnt,cal one. In this regard. there ,s a necessary consideration for the psychology of aesthetics and internal environments which are conducive to healing and consider evidence based design practices as well as evidence based medical practices· and exploring the territory in which the two fields overlap.
As our cities increase in both size and complexity. there is an imminent need for a healthcare solution which is socially sustainable and explores alternative strategies beyond merely injecting money and manpower at the problems of a struggling system.


identifier: Dubois, T. (2005). Granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor actions on the neural stem cell to oligodendrocyte lineage (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/292

format:
xv, 111 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract:
Bibliography: p. 91-111
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Elsamahi, M. M. (1996). A coherentist view of theory acceptance and change (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22349

format:
x, 247 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject:
Q 180 E46 1996
Science
Theory (Philosophy)
Reaearch - Methods
Truth - Psychological spects

abstract: Bibliography: p. 231-247.

abstract: If scientific theories could be known to be true, theory acceptance would be based on the truth of theories: we would accept only true theories. But no theory can be known to be true, as will be argued in chapter 4. I argue that the main determinant of acceptance is the ability of a theory to cohere with other accepted theories. Yet intertheoretic coherence is not the only determinant of acceptance. Accepted theories should be well-constructed and have an explanatory capability to be accepted. lntertheoretic coherence also constrains theory change, as will be argued in chapter 6. The widely accepted view that the principal aim of science is to provide adequate explanations is defended in this dissertation. However, adequate explanations do not have (and cannot be known) to be true, it will be argued. This, nonetheless, does not undermine the rationality of science. Science is rational as long as it gives us the best possible explanation with the help of the best available theories. The plan of the dissertation is as follows. In first two chapters, a review and critique of scientific realism is offered, because its basic theses are at variance with the coherentist view. It is shown that the realist view of theory acceptance and change is untenable. In chapter 3, Hacking's attempt to defend realism by founding its basic tenets on experimentation, will be criticized. Chapter 4 is concerned with the applicability of theories of truth to scientific theories. It is argued that no theory of truth can enable us to know whether a scientific theory is true. As an introduction to the view that the aim of science is to explain, I argue that predictions are special forms of explanation In chapter 5. In chapter 6, the main arguments for the coherentist view, which are supported by historical case studies, are presented. Also, it is argued that science is objective. Chapter 7 advocates the view that science aims primarily to produce explanations. The traditional view science can be rational only if its explanations are known to be true, not merely adequate, will be criticized.


identifier: Nugent, L. L. (1998). The search for the goddess: an analysis and critique of feminist wiccan goddess history (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17509

format:
vi, 96 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject:
BF1571 .N84 1998
Goddess religion.
Feminism--Religious aspects.
Witchcraft

abstract: Bibliography: p. 89-96


identifier: An, L. (2006). Interface between buildings and the street: how building qualities and street qualities affect each other (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1459

format:
v, 152 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 149-152

abstract: Some pages are in colour.

abstract: Approval page is missing.

abstract:
This Master's Degree Project (MDP) addresses the concept of "interface" in urban design practice, as it contributes to the design of urban streets and buildings, and to the quality of design in the public realm. In this MOP, the research focuses on the interface between buildings and the street. The relative theories of the interface space, including the area of the interface spaces, components and structures of the space and the functions of the interface, are discussed. All research work considers both building and street together, and combines urban design and architectural design.
Two urban streets in different cultural contexts are critically analyzed to demonstrate how the interface of buildings and the street can affect the quality of the public realm. The two streets analyzed are 17th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and Tsuancheng Road, Jinan, Shandong, P. R. China. Through detailed analysis, the relative design language about interface patterns is developed to guide concept design options, and evaluations and recommendations are made.
This MDP deals with issues in urban design practice, especially with buildings and urban streets. The concept of interface also contributes to the interrelationships among other urban components to improve the quality of public realm.


identifier: Sine, M. (2022). Knowledge production and policy in the Arctic: the political ecology of the thick-billed murre (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Knowledge Production and Policy in the Arctic: The Political Ecology of the Thick-billed Murre

contributor:
Walls, Matthew
Apentiik, Rowland
Peric, Sabrina

subject:
Political Ecology
Knowledge Production
Greenland
Regulation
Subsistence
Thick-billed Murre
Education--Social Sciences
Anthropology
Anthropology--Cultural

abstract: In Greenland, and across the Arctic, subsistence hunting has always been a critical part of the survival of Indigenous groups and their complex moral economies. For many Inuit and Inughuit communities in Greenland, this critical relationship with hunted animals, like the seabird the thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia or “Appa/Appat” in Greenlandic), has remained an important aspect of life even after Danish colonization, Home Rule, and Self-Government have changed the political and economic landscape in the country over the last 200 years. Within the last three decades, however, the thick-billed murre population in Greenland has been facing a decline with some colonies being lost in Southwestern Greenland, which has become the focus of scientific research conducted by seabird biologists in Greenland. This research, and the recommendations made by scientists based upon it has led to stricter hunting regulations and quotas affecting the relationship between hunters and their environment. In this case study of the thick-billed murre and its relationship with humans in Greenland, I utilize a political ecology analytical framework to examine through texts how authority is constructed by scientists to influence hunting regulation policy decisions. Through both thematic analysis and critical discourse analysis, I examine scientific studies, international and national reports, and existing regulations and recommendations. I demonstrate how the thick-billed murre population decline in Greenland is framed as an international and regional problem, but the primary solution that is recommended as the most “actionable” is further regulated local hunting in Greenland. I argue that by using their authority as scientific knowledge producers, scientists and conservationists control the narrative surrounding the population decline in Greenland and characterize hunting as a dysfunctional Inuit-species relationship that requires stricter regulations. However, as they utilize their authority to assert this narrative and to create and push their recommendations to Greenlandic lawmakers and international organizations, they fail to fully interrogate other factors behind the decline and rely on an outdated framework that places scientific knowledge over other forms of knowledge at the expense of Indigenous communities in Greenland.


identifier: Kendrick, J. (2004). Interface: a written accompaniment to the thesis exhibition (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18170

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 61-63

abstract: This paper explores my exploration of archetypes with sculpture placed within installation spaces. Greek and Celtic myths are assessed for their archetypal contents and for their abilities to inspire sculpture. Myths associated with Artemis, the Greek goddess of the hunt, are examined. The inspiration of my artistic process is discussed, including wave phenomena and the body. The visual images and theories of inspirational artists, including Joseph Beuys, Wassily Kandinsky, and Frida Kahlo, and psychologists, such as Carl Jung are examined. Tripartite relationships inherent in my sculpture are investigated and utilized as an analysis tool for the examination of my thesis exhibition, Interface.


identifier: Mattatall, N. R. (1996). Intervening sequences in 23S Ribosomal RNA in salmonella (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21782

format:
xiv, 118 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QR 201 S25 M28 1996
Salmonella - Genetic aspects
Ribosomes
RNA - Metabolism
Brain - Diseases - Animal models

abstract: Bibliography: p. 106-118.


identifier: Van Ham, L. (1998). Natural recovery of human induced disturbance in an alpine/Arctic tundra environment and recommendations for reclamation: Plateau mountain ecologicalreserve (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18918

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 143-153


identifier: Tsin, Y. H. (1978). FORTRAN 77 preprocessor implementation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12945

title: FORTRAN 77 preprocessor implementation

format:
viii, 114 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: QA 76.6 T78 1978 Microfiche

subject: Electronic digital computers - Programming

subject: Translators (Computer programs)

subject: FORTRAN (Computer program language)

subject: PASCAL (Computer program language)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 110.


identifier: Delparte, D. M. (1996). Applying geographic information systems (GIS) to protected areas management in the Milk River natural area and the Kennedy Coulee Ecological Reserve, Alberta, Canada (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18555

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

subject:
QH541.15 .L35 D45 1998
Landscape ecology - remote sensing
Geographic information systems

abstract: Bibliography: p. 107-115.


identifier: Pan, Y. (2008). The influence of chinese cultural tradition on modern business organization in China (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2033

format:
xv, 257 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 228-237


identifier: Karimpour Darav, N. (2017). Modern VLSI Placement Observing Technology Constraints (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26969

contributor:
Behjat, Laleh
Westwick, David T
Madden, Patrick H
Kennings, Andrew Albert
Rakai, Logan Marshall
Yanushkevich, Svetlana
Dimitrov, Vassil Simeonov

subject:
Computer Science
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
Placement
VLSI
Network Flow
Legalization
Eh?Placer
Physical Design
Optimization Problems

abstract:
The placement process is a key step in physical design as it directly impacts circuit performance, area, power consumption, reliability, and the quality of other steps, such as routing, in the physical design flow. The placement problem has become ever more complex and challenging due to a wide variety of intricate constraints and design rules imposed by modern technology processes on the Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) design process. Any constraint not only makes the placement problem challenging; but
also can degrade the quality of the objectives optimized during the placement process or other steps in the physical design flow. In addition, with increases in complicated constraints and in the number of circuit components, the runtime and scalability of algorithms used in the placement process has become critical.
In this thesis, a high-performance modern technology-driven placer called Eh?Placer is presented to address the challenges rising in modern technology processes. Eh?Placer is a comprehensive placement framework that provides solutions while observing modern technology constraints and routability, and optimizing wire length. Addressing the sheer number of circuit components using parallel computing methods makes Eh?Placer one of the fastest placement tools. In addition to Eh?Placer, a robust and fast legalization framework developed for standard-cell placement is presented. The proposed framework effectively legalizes input placements while minimizing the maximum and average cell movements using a novel global network-flow based approach. In addition, the developed legalizer is the only network flow based approach to observe modern technology constraints. In contrast to the traditional network flow based legalizers, areas with high cell utilization are legalized by finding several candidate paths where there is no need for the post-process step. The proposed legalizer is scalable and robust with respect to the floorplan complexity.


identifier: Jorgensen, E. R. (1976). A Critical analysis of selected aspects of music education (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22280

format:
x, 233 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
MT 1 J67 1976 Microfiche
Music - Instruction and study

abstract: Bibliography: p. 219-233.

abstract: Music educators currently face five major problem areas in the determination of appropriate administrative, pedagogical and research policies and approaches, namely, problems respecting the nature of the musical symbol itself ; socio-cultural issues; problems respecting the pedagogical process and its nature; problems in music education research; and the lack of a theoretical base in musical pedagogy. The writer, therefore, develops three logically distinguishable areas of focus in the analysis, i . e., structural or musical, sociocultural, and pedagogical. Each of these areas is composed of several assumptive sets. In each case a review of the extant relevant research and/or theoretical formulations precedes an attempt to evaluate these, and where feasible, to offer alternate assumptions, which hopefully will prove more desirable. Resultant from the analysis are twenty propositions which in turn address the five problem areas in music education which have been identified by the writer. The study constitutes an attempt to re-evaluate "the present state of the art" of music education. In so doing, it represents a first step in the development of a theoretical formulation which is not only consistent with the evidence from extant research but tends to be internally and logically consistent. Further it is illustrative of attempts to explicate the crucial role of assumptions, for in the explication of assumptions, the roots of action, the logical premises of behaviour are examined and evaluated.


identifier: Devlin, S. T. (1999). Louis Macneice: apprentice and critic of horace (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16051

format:
vi ; 121 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: PR6025 .A316Z64 1999

subject: MacNeice, Louis, 1907-1963--criticism and interpretation

subject: Horace--influence

abstract: Bibliography: p. 117-121


identifier: Kooyman, S. M. (1981). The policies and legislation of the United Farmers of Alberta government, 1921 - 1935 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17179

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

subject:
FC 3673.2 K64 1981 Fiche
Alberta - Politics and government
United Farmers of Alberta
Agriculture - Alberta - History

abstract: Bibliography: p. 140-144.

abstract: In 1921, at the height of the farmers' revolt, the United -Farmers of Alberta government came to power in Alberta. Although elected as farmers to represent farmers, the members of the UFA caucus shared a wide variety of business and professional experience. For a majority of its time in office the government was led by a corporate lawyer. The government was concerned with more than just agrarian interests, and contrary to what might have been expected from a party spawned by the UFA organization, its record was neither progressive nor particularly innovative. During its first term in office the government cancelled relief programmes, rejected demands for monetary reforms, and only reluctantly took a role in the development of railways in the province. At the same time it fully promoted efforts by farmers to help themselves through cooperative marketing. During its second term the government sold the provincial railways, and allowed private industry to develop hydro-electric power in the province. It also showed its reluctance to expand its role in the social welfare field. It delayed opting into the federal old age pension scheme and refused to institute unemployment insurance or a provincial health insurance scheme. The UFA government continued its policy of nonintervention during its last years in power. It relinquished ownership of the rural telephone system in favour of cooperative companies; and it delayed implementing depression relief programmes. It dismissed social credit as another impractical monetary reform scheme. In 1935, after fourteen years in office, the UFA government was defeated by the Social Credit League which had promised to ease depression conditions.


identifier: First Rider, A. (1994). Sweet grass visions: the combination of trickster and theatre for the transmission of culture (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19416

format:
x, 141 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
E 98 D8 F57 1994
Indians of North America - Drama
Indians of North America - Education
Trickster
Drama in education

abstract: Bibliography: p. 98-100.

abstract: This study examines the idea that a theatre experience which explores the trickster character in Native stories is an effective medium for the transmission of culture. The trickster character is central in Native storytelling and is an important medium for the education of Native children. The trickster character is especially suited to theatrical incorporation because of his multidimensional characteristics, partly supernatural and partly human. He is a creator, a transformer, a culture hero, a teacher, and, a remnant of the past and primitive psyche of human beings. Theatre, like the trickster, is also multidimensional and complex. Theatre can be used to transcend time and cultural boundaries. Both theatre and the trickster can be used to make explicit complex ideas and concepts. This study demonstrates that Native urban people acquire an understanding of dominant Native cultural values by creating and performing a trickster/theatre piece.


identifier: Ragab, N. A. (2007). Strengthening of steel-concrete composite girders using various advanced composite materials (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1310

format:
xxi, 247 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 194-200
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Tang, K. (2017). Subjective social status and its associations with social vulnerabilities and health (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27927

contributor:
Ghali, William
Manns, Braden
Rabi, Doreen
Santana, Maria

subject:
Epidemiology
Public Health
Health Services Research
Health care access
Social status

abstract:
BACKGROUND: Subjective social status (SSS) is the perception of where one stands in a social hierarchy, distinct from one’s actual, objective position in this hierarchy. SSS may influence health through behavioral and psychosocial mechanisms.
METHODS: We conducted three sub-studies to examine whether SSS affects risk of and outcomes in chronic disease, and to explore the role of health care access and experience of social vulnerabilities in the SSS-health pathway.
RESULTS: We found that low SSS is associated with increased risk of 1) cardiovascular disease; 2) hospital readmissions and barriers to health care access; and 3) social vulnerabilities that affect health care access. Having high perceived status in the community appears to mitigate the experience of social vulnerabilities through the ability to mobilize social supports.
CONCLUSION: Subjective social status has important associations with health and clinical outcomes. These findings have implications to the development of interventions that aim to reduce disparities.


identifier: Gupta, Y. P. (1974). Simplification of linear dynamic models (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18699

title: Simplification of linear dynamic models

format:
xiv, 96 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: TP 155.7 G85 1974 Microfiche

subject: Chemical processes - Mathematical models

subject: Chemical process control

abstract: Bibliography: p. 94-96.


identifier: Moid, A. (2009). Cross-layer design for qos support in wireless home networks (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3251

format:
xxiii, 181 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 168-179
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Anderson, P. F. (2010). A comparison of inversion techniques for estimating vp/vs from 3c3d seismic data (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3774

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 83-86
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Suri, V. K. (1986). Service load analysis and design of partially prestressed concrete members (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11077

format:
xxiv, 249 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TA 683 S775 1987
Prestressed concrete - Testing

abstract: Bibliography: p. 237-244.


identifier: Pinon Farah, M. A. (1985). Demand for gasoline in Canada - a full stock adjustment model (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22387

format:
xi, 226 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HD 9560.5 F37 1986
Gasoline - Supply and demand
Petroleum conservation - Canada
Consumption (Economics) - Canada

abstract: Bibliography: p. 223-226.