identifier: Quan, H. (1998). Physical illness and suicide among the elderly (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17079

format:
xii, 224 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HV6545.2. Q36 1998
Aged - Alberta - Suicidal behavior
Suicide - Prevention

abstract: Bibliography: p. 169-205


identifier: McGuckin, H. M. (1971). Analysis of adolescent group experience: a study of some former C.G.I.T. members (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22526

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

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

subject:
HS 3365 C2 M18 1971
Canadian Girls in Training
Social groups
Church work with adolescents
Adolescent psychology

abstract: Bibliography: p. 57-58.


identifier: Mason-Innes, T. A. (2015). The Leadership Identity Development of Supplemental Instruction Leaders: A Case Study (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28231

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject:
Education--Higher
Supplemental Instruction
Leadership Development
Leadership Identity Development

abstract:
Much of our understanding of leadership theory is based on hierarchical systems and is grounded in research from business settings. Although researchers have presented more collaborative, relational leadership models for post-secondary students, these models have not been widely applied to supplemental instruction (SI) leader training programs. Having a better understanding of how students become SI leaders, the influences that shape their experiences, and how the SI experience shapes their leadership development has the potential to not only help SI program administrators, but also to assist all student affairs practitioners as they develop leadership programs that address institutional leadership learning outcomes.
This descriptive case study describes the background characteristics and experiences of the SI leaders at a mid-size, regional, western Canadian university (WCU). The leadership identity development (LID) model was applied as a conceptual lens for this study-a model that is well-respected in the student affairs field. Six participants volunteered to participate in three interviews as well as reflective writing exercises. A document review of the SI program was also conducted.
Based on the findings of this study, four conclusions were identified. First, when looking at student LID with SI leaders or any student leader, it is important to understand, acknowledge, and know the whole student. Secondly, many learning outcomes associated with the SI leader position were found in this study and warrant more emphasis in the SI literature and SI leader training. Thirdly, leadership identity development occurred for the SI leaders because of the structure and the nature of the SI program philosophy itself, as well as from the specific SI program training for the SI leaders. Finally, post-secondary institutions and the institutions’ student leadership programs need to adopt a leadership philosophy and ground their student leadership development in leadership scholarship, language, and theory to inform their programs. In the case of supplemental instruction, although the leadership identity development of the SI leaders is not a prominent or identified outcome, the findings from this study demonstrate that LID is likely occurring.


identifier: Harker, L. L. (2012). Assessing Solute Sources and Chemical Weathering Reactions in the Kettle River Basin, British Columbia (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12795

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Science
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Hutcheon, Ian E.
Mayer, Bernhard

format:
xviii, 242 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 187-200
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Kockerbeck, Z. (2019). Investigation of Intensive Pulsed Light Sintering for Conductive Hybrid Copper Ink (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary

contributor:
Park, Simon S.
Kim, Seonghwan
Lee, Jihyun
Hill, Josephine M.

subject:
Nano-particles
printed electronics
intensive pulsed light
copper
graphene
conductive ink
Flexible electronics
Materials Science
Engineering--Mechanical

abstract: With the increasing demand for flexible electronic devices in applications such as OLED screens and wearable technologies, there is a large need to find improved manufacturing methods in order to reduce costs and increase reliability. With traditional photolithography methods relying on slow and costly processes, the printed electronics industry is becoming a popular alternative. The deposition of flexible, electrically conductive electrodes and circuits onto polymeric materials via a printing technology such as, screen and inkjet printing, is becoming an attractive alternative due to ease of use, system adaptability, processing time, and roll to roll scalability. Most conductive nanoparticle-based ink technologies rely on silver nanoparticles due to their low electrical resistivity and high oxidation resistance; however, this method creates inks that are relatively expensive. In this study, a novel copper nanoparticle-based conductive ink is developed for use with conductive ink-based printing technologies and is designed to replace silver nanoparticles due to the immense cost savings. Novel processing techniques are used to increase oxidation resistance and flexibility along with minimizing resistivity. To prevent thermal damages to low glass transition temperature polymeric substrates, an intensive pulsed light (IPL) technique is used to sinter the hybrid ink in order to induce conductivity. To optimize the sintering process, the IPL technique is then modeled in order to determine the thermal characteristics during the sintering process and to illustrate the geometric changes that occur during sintering. These simulations are then used to predict a resistivity for pure copper nanoparticle films of 6.8 μΩ·cm (~4x bulk copper). Copper ink on its own is also prone to thermal cracking, resistivity increases with bending, and oxidation over time. To mitigate these issues, a hybrid copper ink is created by adding various components such as graphene nanoplatelets (GNP) and silver. This hybrid ink demonstrated an improvement in flexibility and durability for bending performance along with greatly increased oxidation resistance. Another variation of the hybrid copper-silver-graphene (CSG) ink is also explored by doping the material with various low melting temperature metals, known as field metals. These field metals are shown to increase overall flexibility and demonstrate self-healing characteristics. Since stretching and bending processes in printed electronics result in microcracking over time, the inks need to be healed in order to maintain resistance properties. To achieve this self-healing, IPL re-sintering is done on the field metal infused inks. The process is shown to demonstrate complete self-healing without damage to the remaining film and underlying substrate. In order to make these films useful for circuit applications, a process called selective IPL sintering is utilized to micropattern the hybrid ink films into useful conductive patterns. The proposed method is then demonstrated by producing strain sensors in a simple two-step process. Therefore, this work presents the creation and optimization of a novel copper based conductive ink that can be used in various printed electronic applications. The various additives in the ink create a flexible, low cost, oxidation resistant, and even healable conductive ink that will aid in reducing industry costs and increase reliability for various electronics.


identifier: Rao, D. N. (1983). Development of a novel direct contact heat transfer system for carrying out combustion in a flowing stream of water (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15937

format:
xxi, 272 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QC 320 R34 1983
Heat - Transmission

abstract: Bibliography: p. 208-216.


identifier: Kirichkova, O. V. (2007). Space and time in Peter Ackroyd's fictional world (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1021

format:
x, 157 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 152-157
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Petersen, G. H. (1987). Ground cover mapping on the winter range of the Beverly barren-ground caribou herd using remote sensing techniques: an aid to management (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13456

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
vi, 111 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QL 737 U55 P46 1987
Barren grounds caribou - Canada
Environmental mapping - Canada
Wildlife conservation - Canada

abstract: Bibliography: p. 105-111.


identifier: Geiger, H. D. (2001). Relative-amplitude-preserving prestack time migration by the equivalent offset method (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15664

format:
xvii, 390 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 G45

subject: Seismic reflection method - Data processing

subject: Seismic prospecting - Mathematical models

subject: Geophysics - Mathematical models

subject: Seismic waves - Mathematical models

abstract: Bibliography: p. 323-332.


identifier: Guest, R. F. (1981). The use of redundant instructional materials in teaching a sequential psychomotor task to college level students (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16771

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

subject:
LB 1060 G82 1981 Fiche
Learning, Psychology of
Learning
Perceptual-motor learning

abstract: Bibliography: p. 73-80.


identifier: Gifford, C. M. (1979). The role of the junior novel in the reading programme of the secondary school media centre (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13863

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

subject:
LB 1632 G54 1979 Microfiche
Reading (Secondary education)
Youth - Books and reading

abstract: Bibliography: p. 235-240.


identifier: Zaghlool, E. E. (1971). Strength and behaviour of corner and edge column-slab connections in reinforced concrete flat plates (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13724

format:
xxvii, 366 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TA 683.5 S6 Z342 1971 Microfilm
Concrete slabs
Plates (Engineering)
Reinforced concrete construction

abstract: Bibliography: p. 350-362.

abstract:
The object of this investigation was to study experimentally
the strength and behaviour of the corner and edge column-slab connections
in reinforced concrete flat plates under different loading conditions.
The view was to obtain data useful for establishing a method for
analysis of these connections.
Two test programmes involving tests on nineteen full size connections
were conducted to study their strength and behaviour under load.
The main variables included were: concrete strength, ratio of column width
to the effective depth of the slab, the reinforcement ratio, ratio of
bending moment to axial shear and condition of loading i.e. monotonic or
reversed.
A theoretical method for the analysis of a corner or an edge
connection subjected to the effect of bending moment or combined axial
load and bending moment was developed which takes into account the effects
of the above mentioned variables. The method checked successfully against
the test results of the writer and those of other investigators in the
following cases.
1. Corner connection subjected to uni-axial bending moment about one
major axis of the column cross section only.
2. Corner connection subjected to symmetrical bi-axial bending moment .
3. Edge connection subjected to bending moment in a plane perpendicular
to the free edge of the slab.
4. Corner connection subjected to combined axial load and symmetrical
bi-axial bending moment.
5. Corner connection subjected to combined axial load and bending
moment about one major axis of the column cross section only.
6. Edge connection subjected to combined axial load and bending
moment in a plane perpendicular to the free edge of the slab
only.


identifier: Aminfar, E. (2022). Novel laboratory-scaled modeling of hybrid SAGD and In Situ Combustion (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Novel Laboratory-Scaled Modeling of Hybrid SAGD and In Situ Combustion

contributor:
Moore, Robert Gordon
Mehta, Sudarshan A
Aguilera, Roberto
Pereira Almao, Pedro R
Nowicki, Edwin Peter
Jia, Na (Jenna)

subject:
ISC
Hybrid SAGD
In Situ Combustion
Laboratory Model
3-D Model
Engineering
Engineering--Petroleum

abstract: Proper modelling of the emerging technologies in the laboratory is imperative. After reviewing an array of models designed and built-in industry and academia, it was found that models built in academia generally compromise the accuracy of the physical model due to financial burdens associated with construction and operation of such models. In addition, due to conflict in scaling parameters of the recovery technologies, namely SAGD and ISC, the conventional packing methods used in such experiments could not satisfy the two technologies’ scaling criteria. To address the previous model’s shortcomings and enable academia to conduct large-scale three-dimensional (3-D) models design and operation, a novel large-scale 3-D physical model was designed to evaluate the prospect of a hybrid air and steam injection technology in a SAGD configuration utilizing up to three well-pairs.  For each test, the 3-D model was packed with a low oil saturation core or lean zone, representing the reservoir portion swept by steam and a high oil saturation core or rich zone representing the un-drained zone between two coalesced steam chambers. These zones were made with preserved native “lean” and “rich” cores from Athabasca reservoirs. Steam was injected into the model to develop a representative steam chamber in the lean zone. This novel model is differentiated from other existing models by size and geometry,  a unique heater design and operation strategy and a proprietary packing technique that mimics SAGD chambers at time zero.  The one million dollar project was a collaboration the University of Calgary’s In Situ Combustions Research Group (ISCRG) and Statoil Canada’s (now Equinor) to define the representative test criteria using more than one metric tonne of frozen native core material as packing in the three experiments. Multiple disciplines in academia were involved to operate the technology. Test #1 ran at 3,000 kPag (435.1 psig), proving the mechanical integrity of the set up. It revealed a need to re-design the heaters for an optimal outcome. The Test #2 at 2,700 kPag (392.0 psig) and the Test #3 was done at 2,650 kPag (384.35 psig) . Each test utilized Statoil Canada’s (now Equinor) native core and oil samples with a focus on injecting water/steam with air and testing the infill well concept. Analysis of the data demonstrated the ISC process spontaneously ignited immediately after introducing air to the steamed reservoir. ISC addresses a deficiency of SAGD by recovering irreducible oil to steam in the chambers and the untouched oil left in the ‘wedges’ trapped between two chambers by roughly 23.8% which is within range of the simulation modelling. Significant upgrading of oil was observed compared to the original bitumen as well as the difference in the properties of the oil produced from the top and bottom production wells. This production was achieved by burning roughly 75% of the core material and mobilizing 80% of the initial water saturation including the water injected during steaming. 15.5 % of the oil in-place was consumed as fuel. The subject 3-D model’s integrity was achieved and a best practice operation was established.


identifier: Arthur, R. M. (1996). GIS analysis of speed related traffic collisions (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23184

format:
xi, 135 leaves
application/pdf

subject:
HE 5620 S6 A78 1996
Traffic accidents - Data processing
Traffic accidents - Statistical methods
Speed

abstract: Bibliography: p.126-135.


identifier: Huque, MD. E. (1989). Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of calmodulin (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20812

format:
xviii, 267 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HP 552 C28 H86 1989
Calmodulin

abstract: Bibliography: p. 266-267.


identifier: Shahrabi Farahani, E. (2017). Improved Classification of Optic Neuritis Patients Using Brain Visual Network Transfer Functions (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Smith, Michael
Goodyear, Bradley
Sesay, Abu
Fapojuwo, Abraham

subject:
Image processing
Transfer function
Optic Neuritis
Multiple Sclerosis
Resting-state fMRI
Machine Learning
ROC analysis
Computer Science
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical

abstract: One method to investigate how information propagates throughout brain networks is the transfer function (TF), which determines the amplification or attenuation of frequency components of signals from one brain region to another. Previous functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies have demonstrated a disrupted cortical visual network (CVN) in the presence of optic neuritis (ON), which is often associated with the development of multiple sclerosis (MS). In this thesis, new approaches were developed to optimize TF metrics for resting state fMRI data for the purpose of distinguishing between the CVNs of healthy volunteers and ON patients. TF metrics were validated using receiver operating characteristics. Further development permitted the ability to distinguish CVNs between patients experiencing ON as a clinically isolated syndrome and ON patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Such a distinction has implications for the understanding of MS development and progression. Artificial neural networks were also explored as a potential tool to combine several TF metrics to further increase accuracy.


identifier: Dodd, P. A. (1983). Empiricist commitment and the concept of necessity (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14231

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

subject:
BD 417 D 62 1986
Necessity (Philosophy)
Empiricism

abstract: Bibliography: p. 121-128.


identifier: Silberstein, C. (1991). Gringos at the gate of the pampas: Italians in Rosario, 1870-1914 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12949

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

subject: F 3021 I8 S54 1991

subject: Italians - Argentina - Rosario - History

subject: Immigrants - Argentina - Rosario - History

abstract: Bibliography: p. 105-115.


identifier: Wilkinson, C. J. (1988). Clear meaning: studies on a thirteenth century rDzogs-chen text (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22314

format:
vii, 220 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
BQ 1029 T552 W54 1988
Buddhist literature, Tibetan

abstract: Bibliography: p. 214-220.


identifier: Potts, L. M. (1982). Alberta drama education origins: "the contributions of the Department of Extension, University of Alberta, in the field of drama education from 1912-1962" (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23095

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

subject: PN 1701 P68 1984

subject: Drama - Study and teaching - Alberta

subject: University of Alberta. Department of Extension

abstract: Bibliography: p. 116-133.


identifier: Kwawu, Y. (2009). Remittances from Ghanaian immigrants in Calgary: stories from afar (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2983

format:
ix, 137 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 119-125


identifier: Benoit, R. E. (1972). Factor requirements for Canadian trade (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19999

title: Factor requirements for Canadian trade

format:
111 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HF 3226 B44 1972 Microfilm
Canada - Commerce
Canada - Foreign economic relations

abstract: Bibliography: p. 107-111.


identifier: McEwen, A. (2016). "Maintaining the Mobility of the Corps:" Horses, Mules, and the Canadian Army Veterinary Corps in the Great War (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26813

contributor:
Brennan, Patrick
Ferris, John
Marshall, David
Huebert, Robert
Cook, Tim

subject:
History--Canadian
History--Military
Veterinary history
Canadian military history
First World War
Boer War
horses
Canadian Army Veterinary Corps

abstract:
Animal transportation played a crucial role in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during the Great War. In an era of growing mechanization and technological development, horses and mules still provided the overwhelming bulk of draught power in the combat zone. They hauled artillery, supplies, and ambulances, packed ammunition, served as officers’ riding mounts, and chargers for cavalrymen. By the Armistice of 11 November 1918, the CEF alone utilized 24,134 horses and mules in France and Belgium.
	The task of overseeing their health and working efficiency fell to just a few officers and enlisted personnel of the Canadian Army Veterinary Corps (CAVC). Only 73 Veterinary Officers and 780 Other Ranks presided over this truly living and breathing transportation system. They treated diseases, wounds, exhaustion, malnourishment, and exposure to the elements. They saved what animals they could, and humanely destroyed those they could not. They were, in the words of Canadian Corps commander Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Currie, essential for “maintaining the mobility of the Corps.”
	However, their contributions remain largely overlooked in the prevailing historiography. Neither the multifaceted literature exploring the conflict’s impact on Canadian society, nor the considerable scholarship on the CEF in France and Flanders, seriously considers the role played by Canadian horses and veterinarians in the war. A few monographs, book chapters, and journal articles acknowledge these crucial facets, though they too remain largely insular and do not connect the services of horses and veterinarians to the war’s broader chronology.
	This dissertation seeks to redress such omissions. It argues that Canada’s horses and mules, and the veterinary efforts to keep them healthy, exerted a clear impact on combat operations in the Great War. It explores their foundations in pre-war society Canadian to understand how both became key facets of the Dominion’s war effort, and further emphasizes the broader British Imperial context both served within overseas. Utilizing a broad array of war diaries, weekly casualty reports, government publications, internal correspondence, and contemporary periodicals from Canadian and British sources alike, this study exhibits how horses, mules, and veterinarians critically impacted Canada’s Great War experience.


identifier: Hogan, J. (2015). Florivory by Cebus capucinus: How variation in food abundance and colour vision affect foraging strategies. (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26189

publisher:
Arts
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Fedigan, Linda
Melin, Amanda

subject: Anthropology--Physical Ecology Cebus trichromacy florivory

abstract: Many primates consume flowers in small proportions annually but increase their use seasonally. Food used during “crunch” periods may exert selection pressure for traits that improve foraging efficiency. High quality foods are believed to select for detection and harvesting adaptations, including colour vision. This study was designed to determine what leads to flower consumption by white-faced capuchin monkeys, a species that has polymorphic colour vision and consumes flowers rarely, but in high proportions seasonally. I compared flower foraging behaviour to fruit, flower, and invertebrate abundance, and obtained nutritional and spectral reflectance data for all flower foods. Flowers were consumed in higher frequencies during periods of low invertebrate abundance. Flower foods are of relatively high nutritional quality, have chromatic properties predicted to be more visible to trichromats, and were consumed more frequently by trichromats, suggesting they may play a role in the evolution and maintenance of polymorphic colour vision.


identifier: Jenkins, J. M. (1996). Simex - a dynamic visualization object-oriented software tool for reservoir simulation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18385

format:
xv, 179 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 102-104.


identifier: McBrien, A. (2012). Prorogation 2008: A Case Study in how Media Communicate Democracy (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27462

subject:
Mass Communications
Framing
Agenda Setting Theory
Newspapers
Media
Content Analysis
Democracy
Populist Democracy
Responsible Government
Prorogation
Parliament
Frame Theory

abstract: This thesis concerns the topic of how media communicate democracy, and uses the prorogation of Parliament in 2008 as its case study. A content analysis of the Toronto Star, National Post, and Le Devoir was performed to answer the question of what agendas and frames were used by the media (i.e., newspapers) when covering the prorogation crisis in 2008. Analysis of the agendas and frames used by federal political parties was also done to understand the impact that frames and agendas had on newspaper coverage. This study utilized both frame and agenda setting theory to determine which agendas and frames were most salient during the prorogation crisis of 2008. The results suggest that newspapers placed more salience on frames and agendas concerning socialists, separatists, questions of political leadership, and regional divisions, rather than communicating the role of responsible government in a Westminster Parliamentary system.


identifier: Fernando, X. N. (2001). Signal processing for optical fiber based wireless access (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17373

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

format:
xxiii, 190 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 179-187.


identifier: Romer Segal, Y. Z. (2003). Input control for the M/M/1 system via judicious order rejection and order release (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22928

format:
xii, 170 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 139-143


identifier: Henderson, L. A. (1984). Renewable resource development in the far north: an assessment of the potential for expanding the renewable resource sector with special reference to barren ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) and muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18605

format:
xv, 166 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: HC 117 N63 H44 1984a

subject: Northwest Territories - Economic conditions

subject: Economic development - Northwest Territories

subject: Musk ox - Northwest Territories

subject: Barren grounds caribou - Northwest Territories

abstract: Bibliography: p. 151-166.


identifier: Fugle, B. L. (1995). Systematic barriers to refugee women (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14422

title: Systematic barriers to refugee women

publisher:
Social Work
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
viii, 101 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: HV 640 F84 1995

subject: Women refugees - Government policy - Canada

subject: Sex discrimination against women

subject: Race discrimination

abstract: Bibliography: p. 92-101.

abstract: The Canadian refugee policy is comprised of the overseas selection and inland determination processes. In this document, these processes are examined for barriers arising from systemic discrimination and impacting significantly on refugee women. Systemic discrimination, referring to discrimination occurring in the practice of policy implementation, is explored \vithin the context of racism, sexism and dassism \vithin Canadian society. Using a variety of sources, it is conduded that the primary barriers exist \vithin the Convention definition, in access to the refugee processes and in the selection criteria. The document condudes \vith consideration of mechanisms acting to continue existing discrimination and means of effecting change, which is unlikely to occur \vithout long-term societal change.


identifier: Naud, C. (2007). Vice president academic in Canadian community colleges (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1296

format:
xii, 259 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 202-221

abstract: There is mounting evidence that the role of the vice president academic in Canadian community colleges has grown in scope, complexity and influence, yet this phenomenon has yet to be studied in any substantive way. The purpose of this study is to examine the changing roles and responsibilities of the vice president academic in today's Canadian community colleges and institutes. Specifically, this research focuses on establishing the full scope of duties performed by this individual, examining how these functions are evolving, and gaining insight into the nature of change impacting this senior leader. The inquiry is based upon the premise that both interactive and interpretive perspectives are required to grasp the totality of change impacting the vice president academic. Accordingly, the study takes a mixed method approach influenced by some grounded theory methods to investigate the changing world of the vice president academic. This research study population includes I 04 senior academic leaders from which. 42 participants form the sample of participants in this national survey. The study has generated rich data about the complex and changing nature of the position within a rapidly evolving college environment. The :findings confirm that the role of the vice president academic is being transformed from one of providing academic leadership and discharging managerial responsibilities to one of playing an increasingly important role in the governance, day-to-day operations and institutional development of Canadian community colleges. The patterns of transformation captured in a conceptual model reveal four emerging roles for this senior leader: providing interpretation to external events and influences impacting colleges; acting as an institutional change agent; assuming the function of principal collaborator in the integration and coordination of academic work in major organizational plans; and overseeing and institutionalizing key management, transformational and accountability functions. In the course of this research a new classification scheme for Canadian community colleges and method for determining college identity have been developed and used in this investigation. The study also provides insights into how the vice presidents academic are preparing, acquiring, and developing their knowledge, skills and abilities to effectively fulfill their role.


identifier: Britton, M. E. (2002). Biochemical characterization of Neurospora crassa molecular chaperones Hsp70 and Hsp80 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17540

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 B75

abstract: Bibliography: p. 198-214.


title: Visualization of and Interaction with Digital Devices around Large Surfaces as a Function of Proximity

publisher:
Dept Institut fur Informatik
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Muenchen

abstract: Yes


identifier: Hibbert, J. E. (2005). Testing models of regulated membrane fusion (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16046

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 110-127


identifier: Lopez-Forment, A. (2012). A faunal approach to foodways at the Mint House-National Museum of Cultures, Mexico City, Mexico (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4883

format:
viii, 179 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 143-173

abstract: Some pages are oversized.

abstract: This thesis approaches colonial foodways in Mexico City using archaeological fauna! remains from the Mint House-National Museum of Cultures. The merging of ideologies and ingredients between Europeans and Mesoamericans resulted in the creation of a unique cuisine that reflected a diverse society in colonial Mexico. It was during the course of 484 years that these groups formed a rich and complex society. Each group contributed specific ingredients, inclinations, and experiences, creating new foodways that incorporated both inter-generational habitus and cultural capitals.  Fauna! research at the Mint House was guided by three questions: were there food inclinations and economic distinctions among the inhabitants of the Mint House? Is there a species inclination among the inhabitants of the Mint House? If so, why? Aided with theories of practice, habitus, distinction, and cultural capital as well as zooarchaeological methods these questions are evaluated.  Several intangible aspects of societies develop from social processes, including foodways, and they become visible through archaeological materials. By analyzing and describing excavated occupation layers and provenience of fauna! assemblage, as well as species identification, anatomical part identification, NISP, and MNI, I emphasize potentially quantifiable differences in the presence of mammal species in the Mint House's archaeological context.  Over 11,000 bones were recovered from 32 pits from the "Project at the National Museum of Cultures -National Coordination of Historical Monuments (MNC-CNMH)". From these, 5473 diagnostic bones belonged to sheep (Ovis aries). The abundance of sheep remains, contrast with the notion that pig was the meat staple of colonial Mexico. This species inclinations indicates that social groups like Conversos, descendants of Jewish converted people who escaped the Spanish regime, were present in New Spain and that they also influenced Mexican foodways. Future analysis regarding the role of Conversos in colonial society, use of space as well as the importance of meat cuts needs to be done in order to comprehend the economic and social distinctions in colonial Mexico City.


identifier: Slater, M. J. (1973). Religious involvement and prejudicial attitudes (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17262

format:
viii, 65 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
BF 575 P9 S62 1973
Prejudices
Religious ethics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 44-49.


identifier: Harrison, A. C. (1984). Color vision losses in multiple sclerosis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16017

creator: Harrison, Alexandra C. M. (Alexandra Charlene Maria), 1950-

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

subject:
RC 377 H35 1986
Multiple sclerosis - Diagnosis
Color vision

abstract: Bibliography: p. 112-119.


identifier: Kappel, V. V. (1972). Vibration of stiffened plates using finite elements (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18214

format:
xvii, 214 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TA 660 P6 K34 1971
Plates (Engineering) - Vibration

abstract: Bibliography: p. 190-194.


identifier: McLellan, J. (2008). An inquiry into self-determination in students with learning disabilities: the effect of environment on the development of self-determination (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2021

format:
ix, 73 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 57-63


identifier: Brand, N. C. (2009). The responsive body and the improvisational mind: performance practice and choreographic process of "Me, not me and the third thing" (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3091

format:
v, 58 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 54-57

abstract: Includes a CD and the program from the concert.


identifier: Holani, R. (2020). Immunomodulatory Role of Cathelicidin at Colonic Epithelium (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Veterinary Medicine
University of Calgary

contributor:
Cobo, Eduardo R.
Proud, David
Barkema, Herman W.
Vogel, Hans J.

subject:
Colonic epithelium
Cathelicidins
Lipopolysaccharide
CXCL8/CXCL1
Salmonella spp.
Citrobacter rodentium
Tollip
Apoptosis
miRNA
Microbiology
Veterinary Science
Immunology

abstract: Cathelicidin, a small, cationic and amphiphilic host defense peptide, is expressed by hematopoietic and non-hematopoietic cells. Initially considered an antimicrobial, cathelicidin are more than simply natural antibiotics. Due to their ability to interact with multiple receptors, cathelicidin can modulate immune responses by a variety of host cells. However, their immunomodulatory effects vary based on their micro-environment, including tissue type (hematopoietic vs. non-hematopoietic), availability of microbes or associated factor(s) and effective concentration of cathelicidin. Since most studies are performed in leukocytes, ability of cathelicidin to regulate immune responses by intestinal epithelium remains largely unknown. The objective was to elucidate immunomodulatory potential of cathelicidin in colonic epithelium, under homeostasis as well as during bacterial colitis. In the first study, we determined how cathelicidin synergized with lipopolysaccharide or Salmonella enterica Typhimurium to enhance production of neutrophil chemokine CXCL8 (human) or murine CXCL1 (functional homologue of CXCL8). Further, we identified a two-signal mechanism triggered by the complex of LPS-LL37, in which nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB) signalling was involved in CXCL8 mRNA synthesis, whereas p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38MAPK) was involved in CXCL8 mRNA stabilization. In a Citrobacter rodentium model of colitis, we corroborated increased synthesis of CXCL1 chemokine, effective neutrophil recruitment and reduced bacterial burden in Camp+/+ versus Camp-/- (cathelicidin null) mice. In the second study, under physiological conditions, cathelicidin induced synthesis of Toll-like receptor (TLR) negative regulator, Toll-interacting protein (Tollip). This induced Tollip production inhibited TLR-mediated apoptosis in colonic epithelium, both in vitro by cytokines tumour necrosis factor- α and interferon- γ as well as in vivo in a C. rodentium model of colitis. In conclusion, cathelicidin regulated colonic innate immunity via reduction of unwarranted inflammation by inhibiting TLR responses through Tollip, while promoting a neutrophil response to infection.


identifier: Hamedzadeh, A. (2018). Damage and Remodelling in Recruitment-Based Models for Biological Tissues (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32006

contributor:
Federico, Salvatore
Epstein, Marcelo D.
Di Martino, Elena S.
Wan, Richard
Steigmann, David J.

subject:
continuum mechanics
biological tissues
growth and remodelling
collagen fibres
Education--Sciences
Engineering
Engineering--Mechanical

abstract: This thesis focuses on the continuum mechanical modelling of soft biological tissues seen as composite material reinforced by collagen fibres. The fibres have a progressive recruitment mechanism, and the tissue can undergo damage or remodelling. The thesis consists of two major parts. In the first part of the thesis, the recruitment and damage of soft tissues are modelled by introducing a rigorous continuum treatment of the fibre seen as a bundle of fibrils. The fibrils have different initial undulation, and this is represented by the means of a recruitment probability distribution. By exploiting the recruitment distribution, we construct a recruitment and damage model, where the fibrils are progressively recruited and damaged. The model is implemented in a Finite Element package and, as an example, the damage of a human Achilles tendon is studied. The Finite Element model is capable of capturing the qualitative behaviour of the tendon under uniaxial tension. The second part of the thesis focusses on the remodelling of biological tissues in the framework of the theory of material uniformity. A constitutive evolution model is introduced, including fibre recruitment and reorientation, and subjected to the entropy inequality, which enforces the Second Principle of Thermodynamics. The model is applied to a numerical example describing a pressurised fibre-reinforced cylinder, roughly representing an artery, and is able to capture the major characteristics of remodelling in arteries, as reported in the literature. To summarise, this thesis provides a framework for modelling of the interaction of fibril recruitment and damage and of whole fibre recruitment and remodelling, and constitutes a promising starting point for a more general model capable of studying the interaction of damage, remodelling and healing.


identifier: Moazzen, E. (2018). Identifying the Problems of Software Re-architecting and a Knowledge Representation Framework to Address Them (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32050

contributor:
Walker, Robert J.
Denzinger, Jörg
Oehlberg, Lora A.
Anvik, John
Hu, Yaoping

subject: Computer Science

abstract: Real-world software undergoes constant change: to fix bugs; to extend functionality; to interact with the changing “ecosystem” around it; and to make internal improvements. Non-trivial software must possess a software architecture: a division into smaller pieces, how those pieces are meant to interact, and how those pieces are deployed physically. As a software architecture can have a significant impact on important properties of the software, the architecture for a software system may need to change as the system itself undergoes change: this is software re-architecting. Unfortunately, software re-architecting is poorly understood: without understanding what is involved in software re-architecting and what problems people encounter in approaching it, we cannot help solve or avoid those problems. I begin this thesis by conducting a case study on a real world example of a software re-architecting, for which documentation and records of discussions were available, to find basic issues that arose during the process. I also conducted a series of interviews with software engineers centred around those issues to deepen our understanding of the process of software re-architecting and discovered the notion of discrete change steps that must be organized and coordinated. I identify a set of critical challenges that must be addressed in any concrete solution. Software engineers lacked a systematic approach to the communication and record management of change steps, suggesting a set of design guidelines for future collaboration tools tailored for re-architecting. They need collaboration tools that facilitate viewing, recording, and retrieving the change steps, and involving the communications within and between the levels of the development team. I then propose a knowledge representation framework for the change process in asynchronous collaboration. This framework is a first step toward a re-architecting collaboration tool that would help to systematize the change process without disrupting it. I developed a paper prototype of the framework and conducted a user evaluation study to determine if the new approach meets the needs of software engineers working on a software re-architecting. My study suggests that the ii approach supported by the prototype allows software engineers to better present changes to their team relative to traditional mechanisms, thereby enabling them to consider more detail. I illustrate the potential value of the framework as a platform for deeper study and further investment in tools, highlighting promising areas for future research.


identifier: Halliez, M. (2014). Novel Insights Into The Mechanisms Of Post-Infectious Irritable Bowel Syndrome Using Experimental Giardiasis (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27133

contributor:
Buret, Andre G.
Gargala, Gilles

subject: Parasitology

subject: Giardia

subject: hypersensitivity

subject: bacterial translocation

subject: c-Fos

subject: permeability

subject: Tight junctions

abstract:
Irritable Bowel syndrome (IBS) is the most frequent functional gastrointestinal disorder in humans characterized by abdominal pain and altered bowel habits. The major pathophysiological features of IBS include: visceral hypersensitivity, intestinal barrier dysfunction, low grade inflammation appear following acute gastroenteritis despite the clearance of the inciting pathogen. This post-infectious (PI)-IBS may occur in patients following infection with bacteria such as C. jejuni, E. coli, Salmonella spp. Recent studies have implicated protozoan parasites such as Giardia duodenalis in the appearance of PI-IBS. G. duodenalis, the most common enteropathogen worldwide, is responsible for giardiasis, a disease causing intestinal malabsorption and diarrhea in a wide variety of species including humans. Using in vivo and in vitro models, the present study, established a proof-of-concept between Giardia-infection and the development of PI-IBS. This study also characterized one of the contributing mechanisms leading to post-giardiasis IBS.
In a new neonatal immunocompetent rat model, the human assemblages of Giardia duodenalis caused a significant visceral hypersensitivity 50 days post-infection in two parts of the gastrointestinal tract. Visceral hypersensitivity was associated with mucosal structure modifications: villus atrophy and crypt hyperplasia after clearance of the pathogen. It was also associated with activation of the mucosal immune system as shown by an increase in intraepithelial lymphocytes and mast cell counts during the post-infectious stage. And with activation of the nociceptive signaling pathway by induction of c-fos expression starting at day 7 post-infection and continuing until the post-infectious stage.
This study showed a dysfunction of the intestinal barrier, in vivo and in vitro, characterized by the translocation of commensal bacteria. Giardia-induced bacterial translocation, further characterized in vitro, was shown to occur via the paracellular route in conjunction with the degradation of the tight junctional proteins occludin and claudin-4.
In conclusion, this study presented a new animal model of giardiasis eliciting PI-IBS symptoms. This study also showed that Giardia was able to induce the translocation of commensal bacteria through the epithelial monolayer via the paracellular route by degrading tight junctional proteins. This model suggest that the host immune system reactivity toward its own microbiota due to impaired intestinal barrier function seems to be one of the mechanisms contributing to post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome following acute giardiasis.


identifier: Critchley, M. (2022). Pre-season screening and injury surveillance of pre-professional dancers: a longitudinal study (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Pre-season Screening and Injury Surveillance of Pre-Professional Dancers: A Longitudinal Study

publisher:
Kinesiology
University of Calgary

contributor:
Kenny, Sarah
Pasanen, Kati
Ferber, Reed
Benson, Lauren

subject: Dance Injury Epidemiology Dance Epidemiology

abstract: Few dance epidemiology studies have utilized evidence-based pre-season screening measures, prospective injury surveillance, and biostatistical modelling to investigate potential risk factors for dance-related injury across multiple years. Post-injury there is currently no return-to-dance protocol to guide injury rehabilitation. A dance-specific jump test to detect lower-limb asymmetries and normative values for common pre-season screening assessments may prove useful for onsite clinicians who are responsible for dancer populations. Therefore, the aims of this doctoral research were to assess the prevalence, incidence, and risk factors for dance-related injury in pre-professional ballet dancers, to evaluate the test-retest reliability of a dance specific jump test using wearable technology, and to establish normative values for common pre-season screening assessments. In Chapter three, it was found that injury prevalence, injury rate, severity, and location remain consistent across five years of training, further justifying the growing body of research that demonstrates pre-professional ballet dancers are at high risk for injury. In an examination of potential risk factors in Chapter four, a significant association between lumbopelvic control and dynamic balance, when adjusted for psychological coping skills and years of previous dance training, with side-to-side differences was found. In Chapter five, findings demonstrated that using accelerometers during a dance-specific jump test did not produce reliable measures of lower limb landing asymmetries. However, test-retest reliability was demonstrated for performance measures (i.e., flight time and jump height). This means that inertial measurement units placed on the lower limb could be used to quantify jump loads and measure jump height performance during injury rehabilitation. Finally, in chapter six, normative values and percentiles were determined for ankle and hip range of motion, lumbopelvic control, and dynamic balance for healthy, adolescent ballet dancers training at the pre-professional level. In conclusion, the use of a comprehensive injury surveillance program across multiple years has established consistent risks and a risk profile for dance-related injury in pre-professional dancers. Baseline and normative values of jump performance and common pre-season screenings may be a more appropriate reference for injury than lower-limb asymmetry metrics.


identifier: Kienholz, A. (1984). Styles of thinking: towards a synthesis of the cognitive and neuropsychological research and its application for comparing students in architecture and medicine (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23041

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

subject:
BF 311 K52 1986
Cognitive styles
Cerebral dominance

abstract: Bibliography: p. 83-96.


identifier: Webb, M. R. (1977). Achieving behaviors in beginning nursing students (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20859

format:
ix, 85 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
RT 82 W43 1977 Microfiche
Nursing as a profession

abstract: Bibliography: p. 75-79.


identifier: Foster, K. R. (1992). Ethephon-induced tillering in barley (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12592

title: Ethephon-induced tillering in barley

format:
xv, 184 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
SB 191 B2 F67 1992
Barley - Effect of ethephon on
Barley - Growth
Ethephon
Plant regulators

abstract: Bibliography: p. 167-184.


identifier: Hammel, J. F. (2008). Index calculus in the infrastructure of real quadratic function fields (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2137

format:
xxiii, 209 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 179-209


identifier: Singh, P. (1987). Sikh self-definition and the Bhagat Bani (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17959

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

subject:
BL 2017.45 S585 1987
Sikhism
Philosophy, Sikh

abstract: Bibliography: p. 119-124.


identifier: Racicot, C. (2001). Immigrant youth in the schoolyard: identity, liminality and belonging (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18080

format:
vi, 105 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
AC1 .T484 2001 R23
Immigrant children - Alberta - Calgary
Teenage immigrants - Alberta - Calgary
Muslim children - Alberta - Calgary
Social integration
Group identity

abstract: Bibliography: p. 94-101.


identifier: Brokx, R. D. (2000). NMR, spectroscopic, and biochemical studies of calmodulin variants (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12816

format:
xix, 335 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QP552 .C28 B76 2000
Calmodulin
Calcium binding proteins
Proline
Protein engineering

abstract: Bibliography: p. 293-335.


identifier: Parsons, W. B. (1973). Accountability in education through program accounting and bugeting (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22805

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

subject:
LB 2828.6 C2 P35 1973 Microfiche
Education - Alberta - Finance
Program bugeting
Educational accountability

abstract: Bibliography: p. 109-112.


identifier: Halwas, A. (2007). A knock at the door: politics in the plays of Harold Pinter (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1025

format:
vi, 84 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 79-84

abstract: In many of Harold Pinter's plays, the conflict is set in motion by the arrival of a visitor at the door. With this unexpected admission a particular power struggle emerges, and by the end of the play, someone has lost the struggle and someone has won. It would be poetic to say that this very conflict mirrors the events of the Holocaust, that in the end, with the defeat of the Nazis, someone had won. Unfortunately, there were not any winners in the Holocaust, only victims. It is the memory of these victims that motivates Pinter to write the plays that he does, plays that are, at heart, addressing the corruption of mankind.


identifier: Coles, K. (1999). Dwelling with the gift: teaching and responsive reading (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23950

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

subject: LB1573 .C6894 1999

subject: Additional Copy: 370 EDC 1999 COL in the Doucette Education Library

subject: Reading

subject: Books and reading

subject: Literature - Philosophy

subject: Reading (elementary)--study and teaching

abstract: Biliography: p. 123-126


identifier: Zohrehvand, S. (2016). Performance of Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage in Thin Oil Sand Reservoirs: Well Pair Configuration (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27300

contributor:
Gates, Ian Donald
Bergerson, Joule A
Hejazi, Hossein
Egberts, Philip

subject:
Engineering
Engineering--Petroleum
SAGD
Oil Sand
Thin Reservoirs

abstract: Success of Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) depends on reservoir properties and operational parameters. Here, both areas are targeted and performance of SAGD in thin oil sand reservoirs with changing the well configuration is studied. Specifically, the influence of the injection and production wellpair configuration as well as the number of injector wells in a homogeneous formation with thicknesses of 5, 7, and 10m were investigated.  The wellpairs were relocated to make different patterns where the spacing between injection and production wells was changed. SAGD performance was assessed numerically and the cumulative steam oil ratio, oil production, heat loss, and oil recovery factor were compared. The results suggest that the horizontal and vertical distances between injectors and the producer well, their locations from over or underburden and their alignments affect the performance of SAGD operation. The results also show that addition of an offset injector well can be beneficial.


identifier: Pittman, D. J. (2004). Gaze and motor control of ADHD adolescents and controls: the effects of temporal delays in goal parameter presentation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11715

publisher:
Kinesiology
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
vii, 95 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 82-95

abstract: The gaze and motor performance of adolescent males with Attention-Deficit /Hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and age-matched controls was determined in a computer-based simulation of a table tennis task used previously by Rodrigues et al (2002) and Vickers et al (2002). The Temporal Processing Task (TPT) was developed using the same time parameters and included visual cues that indicated two target locations to which a served ball was to be returned. During the long duration (LD) condition, the target was illuminated so that two seconds was available to prepare and respond, while in the short duration (SD) condition only 450 ms was available. Similarly to Vickers et al, the ADHD group was less accurate than the control group, and they also had irregular arm velocity at contact. However, contrary to Vickers et al, no group differences were found for gaze frequency, or the onset or duration of the quiet eye period. New findings were also found in the TPT that were not present in the previous studies. Movement time onset was significantly earlier for the ADHD group during successful LD trials, and participants from both groups tended toward a centralized fixation that was not apparent in the real task. The TPT did not appear to place the same pursuit tracking demands on the participants as did the actual task. The results cast some doubt upon the ecologically validity of computer-based tasks for testing ADHD participants, and suggest that ADHD research, particularly that which involves gaze behaviors, be performed using tasks with high ecological validity. The differences between the real task and the TPT are examined, and the results are discussed relative to disinhibitory models, as well as the potential implications of computer-based activities for those with ADHD.


identifier: Freeborn, T. (2013). Indirect Measurement of Fractional Impedances (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26504

subject:
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
Fractional calculus
Fractional impedance

abstract:
This thesis investigates the measurement of fractional-order parameters that describe the electrical impedance of tissues and devices without requiring direct impedance measurements.  Concepts from fractional calculus are imported to develop fractional circuit theory and derive the voltage and current excited step responses and magnitude responses of the single-dispersion Cole impedance model which is widely used in biomedicine and biology.  Using these responses a numerical graph-fitting and non-linear least squares fitting routine have been applied to MATLAB simulations to assess the accuracy of this approach to extract the fractional impedance parameters that describe this model. Experimentally collected data from fruit tissues and ideal Cole models validate these methods.
These fractional calculus concepts are further applied to develop the circuit theory to describe the current excited step response and magnitude response of the double-dispersion Cole impedance model. MATLAB and PSPICE simulations of assess the accuracy of this approach to extract the fractional impedance parameters that describe this model. Experimentally collected data from the current-excited step response and voltage excited magnitude response of apples validates these methods.
Finally, the fractional circuit theory is applied to develop the expression for the voltage-excited step-response of a fractional model for a supercapacitor which is then used with non-linear least squares method extract the impedance parameters that characterize the model. This method is validated experimentally using results collected from low capacity supercapacitors with manufacturer ratings of 0.33 F, 1 F, and 1.5 F and high capacity
supercapacitors with 1500 F and 3000 F manufacturer ratings.


identifier: Goodman, M. A. (1974). A Descriptive study of an employment and training program (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22503

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

subject:
Employees, Training of
Manpower planning

abstract: Bibliography: p. 48.


identifier: Pistore, A. E. (2018). Ontogeny of Population-Specific Phenotypic Variation in the Threespine Stickleback (Unpublished masters thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary

contributor:
Jamniczky, Heather
Rogers, Sean
Bertram, John
Vamosi, Steve

subject:
Threespine Stickleback
Ontogeny
Development
Skeleton
3D Morphometrics
Phenotype
Epigenetics
Embryo
Education--Sciences
Anatomy
Animal Physiology
Ecology
Genetics
Physiology
Zoology

abstract: The Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) is a fish commonly used for the study of adaptive radiation, phenotypic plasticity, parallel evolution, and epigenetic mechanisms. Information regarding stickleback development, however, is largely missing from the literature. Using 2D and 3D analysis, I characterized skeletal and soft tissue development in four phenotypically diverse populations of stickleback, three marine and one freshwater. Fish as early as 5 days post fertilization can be distinguished by population, and by 90 days post fertilization, stickleback juveniles have developed a nearly complete skeleton and have attained their population-specific phenotype. This research gives some of the first indications of phenotype development in the Threespine Stickleback, and suggests that juvenile stickleback may be a target of selection in the fish’s expansion into new habitats.


identifier: Mather, M. L. (2010). Deprenyl and spinal cord injury (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3729

title: Deprenyl and spinal cord injury

contributor:
Casha, Steven
Whelan, Patrick

format:
x, 140 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 114-132
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Dankewich, D. J. (2008). Bioenergy feasibility study of a raw corn and peas processing facility in Lethbridge, Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1859

format:
xii, 98 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 76-78


identifier: Ryszka, M. A. (2012). The Experimental Music of Einstürzende Neubauten and Youth Culture in 1980s West Berlin (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28149

subject:
Music
Music
Social Sciences
Anthropology--Cultural
Music
Culture
Germany
west berlin
berlin wall
1980s
einsturzende neubauten
post war architecture
Philosophy
walter benjamin
antonin artaud
Performance
theatre
squatting

abstract: In this thesis I examine the music of West Berlin experimental music group Einstürzende Neubauten. The unique social, political, and economic conditions of West Berlin during the 1980s created a distinct urban environment that is reflected in the band’s music. The city has been preserved by Einstürzende Neubauten in the form of sound recordings, and conserved in the unique instruments originally found by the band on the streets of West Berlin. The band’s music is evidence of their refusal to conform to pre-existing structures and expectations of society. The band challenged the architecture of the urban landscape and of the mind by manifesting Walter Benjamin’s Destructive Character in their art, and restructured the framework of the pop song. They also confronted the contemporary rock music performance with a revolutionary stage performance that relied on physical brutality, emotion and freedom of expression inspired by playwright Antonin Artaud’s Theatre of Cruelty. To this day, the work of Einstürzende Neubauten continues to exist as both a representation of the society and youth of 1980s West Berlin, and as a progressive art that challenges and restructures the framework of music and performance.


identifier: Shrivastava, V. K. (2003). Physical dispersion in compositional reservoir simulation (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16922

publisher:
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Moore, R. Gordon
Nghiem, L. X.

format:
xix, 232 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 188-202


identifier: Wang, L. (1997). Role of maternal Oct-4 during oogenesis and early embryogenesis in the mouse (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21896

format:
xx, 179 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QL 959 W36 1997
Mice - Embryos
Embryology

abstract: Bibliography: p. 167-179.


identifier: Morden, A. A. (1997). Between the heart-beats of being (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14885

title: Between the heart-beats of being

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

subject:
370 EDC 1997 MOR
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Philosophy in literature
Hermeneutics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 106-108.


identifier: Taerum, T. (2006). Real-time super resolution contextual close-up of clinical volumetric data (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/622

contributor:
Costa Sousa, Mário
Samavati, Faramarz F.

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 98-104
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Sikora, M. S. (1994). Chants of a lifetime: explorations in native philosophy (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19901

format:
xxxiii, 269 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
E 99 T17 S55 1994
Carrier Indians - Religion
Carrier Indians - Education
Indian philosophy - British Columbia

abstract: Bibliography: p. 209-226.

abstract: This study deals with the problems of presenting a somewhat 'literary' sketch of a Carrier community, including the core values of that community, its overall Weltanschauung, and the overall spiritual context which forms the very basis of the Weltanschauung. The study also addresses the larger question of 'How do the specific core values which permeate Native education and Native lifestyle appear to differ from those which constitute the general lifestyle of the dominant culture which currently surrounds Native communities?' The study itself is qualitative in nature, ethnographically oriented and autobiographical in tone. The material upon which the study is based is derived from a three-year period the author spent living and teaching on the Kluskus Reserve, a Carrier community on the Fraser Plateau located in the central British Columbia 'bush' country, as well as an ongoing seven-year association with that same community. The study makes use of what might be best described as a 'medicine wheel' methodology, that is, it attempts to be more spherical than linear in approach and presentation. As a consequence, a number of 'meditations' are provided throughout the text by way of providing the reader with analogous counterpoints to specific chapters. More specifically, the first objective of this study is to present the reader with a sense of context by providing a brief description of what constitutes theology, philosophy, and ideology, indicating how these terms and the processes they are designed to describe relate to one another by tracing the etymology of the English words themselves. The second objective is to present the reader with a brief history of the Carrier people in the Kluskus area, including in that description an ethnographic outline of Carrier culture and customs which provides the reader with a background for the rest of the text, that is, a sense of Carrier lifestyle and spirituality. The third objective is to provide the reader with a relevant description of Carrier culture from the point of view of certain areas of endeavour such as the Carrier social, political, economic, judicial, educational, and religious systems. The fourth objective is to extract the specific core values of the Kluskus people themselves, indicating how these values work together to provide the individual members of the Band with the spiritual base that comprises their Weltanschauung and overall lifestyle, thereby setting the stage for an examination of how these core values appear to differ from those of the dominant culture. This study examines the question of 'schooling' in the dominant culture, indicating the direction that schooling might take in order to be considered truly 'educative' as opposed to merely instructive. This study focuses on the question of 'spirit' and how 'spirit' provides a genuine and palpable context for not only Kluskus, Carrier, or Native lifestyle, but all human endeavour.


identifier: MacMurchy, P. (2004). The use of subdivision surfaces in the modeling of plants (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17355

publisher:
Science
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Wyvill, Brian
Prusinkiewicz, Przemyslaw

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 93-106
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Evans, K. J. (2012). Patterns of parasitism in black-handed spider monkeys (atels geoffroyi) at Runaway Creek Nature Reserve, Belize (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4919

format:
x, 76 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 57-76

abstract: With advances in non-invasive methods for detecting parasite infection, there has been an influx of parasite studies on non-human primates. However, many non-human primate species have not been sampled and we do not know how various host characteristics affect an individual's susceptibility to parasite infections. The goals of this study were to identify the parasite genera present in a wild group of black-handed spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi), provide the first health assessment using parasite species richness of wild black-handed spider monkeys and to examine how various host characteristics such as age, sex, variation in contact affiliation and sub-grouping patterns affect the distribution of parasite genera within the group. I collected behavioral data and fecal samples from a group of 34 wild black-handed spider monkeys from January to June, 2010 at Runaway Creek Nature Reserve in Belize. I recovered nine parasite genera (Strongyloides spp., Trichostrongylus spp., Ascaris spp., Enterobius spp., Physaloptera spp., Oesophagostomum spp., Controrchis spp., Giardia spp., Balantidium coli). Six of the nine parasite genera are known to be pathogenic. However, an absence of deaths associated with parasitism and minimal behavioral signs of disease indicate that the overall health of the study group is relatively good. There was a trend for older individuals to have higher parasite species richness than younger individuals, but this was not significant. Age, sex and level of contact affiliation did not predict whether an individual would be infected with any parasite genera identified in the study. Individuals who associated more frequently in sub-groups were significantly more likely to share Strongyloides spp. infections. This is most likely because those individuals have more similar exposure to the infective larvae of Strongyloides spp. in the environment. Individuals who had higher levels of contact affiliation were not more likely to share infections of Strongyloides spp., Enterobius spp. or Giardia spp. This study represents the first intensive study of parasites in wild Ate/es geoffroyi and provides a base-line for the longterm health monitoring of the study group.


identifier: Taplin, J. M. (1987). A Study of educational policy towards immigrants in Alberta, with emphasis upon English as a second language instruction and the Indo-Chinese refugee movement (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19961

format:
vii, 165 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: LC 3734.2 A3 T34 1987

subject: Minorities - Education - Alberta

subject: Intercultural education - Alberta

subject: Refugees - Indochina

subject: Immigrants - Alberta

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 155-165.


identifier: Madhany, R. R. (2010). Employment trajectories of professionally credentialed immigrant women to Canada (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3893

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 97-107


identifier: Baydala, A. M. (2002). A narrative hermeneutics of psychotherapy: Paul Ricoeur and the understanding of meaning (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23227

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Social Sciences
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
vii, 215 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 B39

abstract: Bibliography: p. 201-215


identifier: Wei, X. (1998). The tube method for extremes of 2-D random fields (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12652

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

subject: TA647 .W45 1998

subject: Structural analysis (Engineering) - Approximation methods

subject: Random fields

subject: Reliability (Engineering)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 142-147


identifier: Kluck, C. L. (2011). A Decision Support System for Risk Management of Contaminated Sites (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21229

format:
xv, 306 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 240-261


identifier: Labandera, A. M. (2017). Identification and Characterization of a Novel Tyrosine Phosphatase in Plants (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26416

contributor:
Moorhead, Gregory
Samuel, Marcus
Fraser, Marie
Walsh, Michael
Ellis, Brian

subject:
Biology
Biochemistry
Plant Biology
Protein phosphatase
Structural Biology

abstract: The study of tyrosine phosphorylation in plants has been largely neglected due to the lack of classic tyrosine kinases and underrepresentation of tyrosine phosphatases compared to humans. However, advanced phosphoproteomics studies have revealed that the abundance of phospho-tyrosine residues in plants parallels human signal transduction. This strongly suggests that in plants tyrosine phosphorylation is as important as in humans, yet we know nothing about the players responsible for these events. The Arabidopsis thaliana Rhizobiale-like phosphatase 2 (AtRLPH2) is a novel protein phosphatase not found in mammals which, according to bioinformatics analysis, clusters with the serine/threonine-specific phospho-protein phosphatase (PPP) group. In the present work, it is shown that recombinant AtRLPH2 surprisingly behaves like a tyrosine phosphatase in vitro by dephosphorylating phospho-tyrosine peptides and having essentially no activity towards phospho-serine/threonine residues. Furthermore, the endogenous AtRLPH2 from Arabidopsis thaliana was also shown to preferentially dephosphorylate tyrosine phosphorylated peptides and protein. This work shows for the first time that a member of the plant PPP family of phosphatases has the capability to dedicate its activity solely toward phospho-tyrosine. In order to understand the novel substrate specificity of AtRLPH2 its crystal structure was elucidated, providing detailed mechanistic insight into its mode of function and characteristics of its potential substrates. AtRLPH2 possesses a basic pocket next to the active site which makes it imperative for the substrate to possess a phospho-threonine/serine two amino acids upstream the phospho-tyrosine. To gain a better understanding of AtRLPH2 significance and targets, a phosphoproteomics study was undertaken to compare phospho-tyrosine peptides from wild type and atrlph2 knockout plant lines. In summary, the atypical tyrosine phosphatase AtRLPH2 was characterized by a multidisciplinary approach involving biochemistry, cell biology, phosphoproteomics and structural biology.


identifier: Philips, M. (2004). Chromosomal and molecular studies in male pericentric inversion heterozygotes (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19392

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 86-111


identifier: Melvin, N. R. (2001). Trk receptors in Lymnaea (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14899

title: Trk receptors in Lymnaea

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 M459

abstract: Bibliography: p. 96-116.


identifier: Tian, M. (2011). Weno scheme for shock induced ignition (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4037

title: Weno scheme for shock induced ignition

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xiii, 123 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 119-123.
Many pages are in colour.


title: Microtubules and fertilization: The MEI-1/Katanin mediated cytoskeletal transition from meiosis to mitosis in the developing C. elegans embryo

publisher:
University of Calgary
Graduate Studies

abstract:
During embryonic development, dramatic changes of the C. elegans cytoskeleton
occur in the transition from the meiosis to mitosis requiring precise regulation of molecules specific to each type of spindle. The microtubule severing complex, MEI-1/MEI-2, is required for C. elegans meiotic spindle formation, but must be inactivated to prevent disruption of mitosis. There are several redundant pathways involved in this tightly regulated process. In order to determine how known genes of these pathways function relative to one another, I have developed a robust antibody-staining assay to measure anti-MEI-1 protein levels based on total pixel intensity in early embryogenesis. Using this assay, I have shown that APC and MBK-2 act strictly sequentially with one another to degrade MEI-1. I have also shown that ectopic MEI-1 staining in cul-2 and rfl-1 are enhanced by mel-26 and not by mbk-2 indicating that CUL-2 and MBK-2 are working together to degrade MEI-1 in parallel to the MEL-26/CUL-2 pathway and that RFL-1 is activating CUL-2 in this process. hecd-1 ectopic MEI-1 staining was not enhanced by any of the known regulatory genes in this process and might be inhibiting an activator of MEI-1. This project will assist in decoding the key regulatory molecules of the developmental remodelling in early embryos.

abstract: No

abstract: forever


identifier: Samkoe, K. S. (2007). Two-photon excitation photodynamic therapy: progress towards a new treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1437

format:
xxv, 241 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 211-232
Some pages are in colour.
Includes a CD of the thesis.


identifier: Matchullis, B. (2018). Negotiating Voice: An Assessment of the Democratic Relationship between the San and the Government of the Republic of Namibia (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Arts
University of Calgary

contributor:
Rice, Roberta
Rice, Roberta
Ray, Donald I.
Hiebert, Maureen S.

subject:
democracy
minority
San
Namibia
Indigenous
Charles Tilly
UNDRIP
History--African
Political Science
Ethnic and Racial Studies
Public and Social Welfare
Social Structure and Development

abstract: This paper uses Charles Tilly’s processes and mechanisms of democratization to explore best practices and barriers to democratizing the relationship between the Government of the Republic of Namibia (GRN), and San citizens, who are a minority Indigenous Peoples. The research incorporates an intensive literature review as well as participant responses from field research in Namibia during February 2018. While San-GRN relations dramatically improved after independence, the ongoing democratization eventually hit a glass ceiling for San Namibians. A deeper investigation reveals that San-GRN democratic communication platforms are often co-opted, the San hold unstable access to NGO political resources, and that arbitrary decisions continue to be made on behalf of San citizens by public officials. The research finds that unsupportive institutions, as well as maintained and reinforced stereotypes of the San as ‘incapable’ in public politics have become core barriers to democratizing San-GRN relations. Importantly, despite the GRN approach of denying ethnic power relations in contemporary politics, the San continue to be excluded from the full benefits of democracy due to their ongoing unequal relations as a collective identity. By engaging in a qualitative process-tracing assessment to explore how the democratic relationship between the GRN and the San has changed since independence, this study provides evidence-based best practices and barriers which can be used by the San, the GRN, and their supporters in their efforts to improve their democratic well-being.


identifier: Beierbach, E. (2000). Lobulation in mouse cerebellum (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11476

title: Lobulation in mouse cerebellum

format:
xiv, 179 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2000 B45

abstract: Bibliography: p.160-179.


identifier: Galbraith, K. M. (2003). Memory and executive functioning in young women reporting mood symptoms (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23127

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2003 G35

abstract: Bibliography: p. 58-67


identifier: Toohey, A. M. (2013). Neighbourhoods, dogs and walking: An exploration of factors relevant to healthy aging in place (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27069

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Rock, Melanie
McCormack, Gavin

subject:
Public Health
population health
aging in place
dog walking
neighbourhood
Physical Activity
social engagement
healthy aging

abstract: The aims of this thesis were to: 1) understand factors related to healthy aging of older adults living in urban environments (i.e., aging in place); and 2) contribute to the evidence-informed case for viewing dogs as contributing to neighbourhoods in ways that may influence healthy aging in place. A scoping review of diverse literatures suggested that dogs may increase physical activity for both dog-owners and non-owners, but that dogs will not have a standard effect across all neighbourhoods. An analysis of data for a sample of older adults (50 yrs and older) living in Calgary, Canada, found that the dog-owners who frequently walked dogs (4 times/wk or more) reported more neighbourhood-based recreational walking and high sense of community relative to non-owners. Interventions promoting dog-walking in neighbourhoods, while supporting the specific walking needs of older adults, may help support healthy aging in place.


identifier: Andersen, E. A. (2005). The beliefs, desires and intentions of older people who hoard possessions (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2415

publisher:
Nursing
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
x, 205 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 176-182
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Beatson, K. (1990). The Role of quality of life and cultural resources in Calgary's economic development strategy (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11752

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 148-156.


title: La fragmentacion en Aqui pasan cosas raras de Luisa Valenzuela

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 121-123

abstract: Accession 2005.028, donated by Blanka Bracic, contains a transcript and CD of Ms. Bracic's interview with Louisa Valenzuela.

abstract:
This thesis investigates the fragmentation of the body, individual identity, society and language in the short stories of Aquí pasan cosas raras by Luisa Valenzuela.
The different types of disintegration evidenced in this text occur during a time of intense political violence and personal insecurity in Argentina during the early 1970s; however, they are also symptomatic of a postmodern context as indicated by Jean-François Lyotard in The Postmodern Condition. Mark Ledbetter, in Victims and the Postmodern Narrative, details the characteristics and goals of the multiple struggles between the fragmented entities and the controlling entity that arise in a postmodern setting and are apparent in this collection by Valenzuela.
 The desire of the fragmented entity (body/identity) in Aquí pasan cosas raras is to create, through a new type of communication to be deciphered by a perceptive receiver, a message relaying a unique personal testimony that will be remembered.


identifier: Dixon, R. W. (1988). The Population and feeding ecology of Rhyacophila vao (Trichoptera : Rhyacophilidae) (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18595

format:
xv, 182 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QL 518 R4 D59 1988
Rhyacophilidae

abstract: Bibliography: p. 171-182.


identifier: Delfan Abazari, A. (2009). Photon echo quantum memory and state transformation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2790

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 83-89

abstract: Quantum memory, as an essential part of a quantum repeater, is the key element for extending quantum communication beyond its current distance limit of around 100 km. In addition to memories, quantum communication tasks require state manipulation and measurement. This is generally accomplished by means of interferometric optical setups, which often suffer from the requirement of phase stabilization. In this thesis we investigate a novel, particularly robust and versatile quantum state transformation approach based on photon-echo type atom-light interaction that allows combining storage with controlled transformation of quantum states. The possibility of modifying a 100% efficient quantum memory protocol to perform this operation is studied and an experimental test-bed based on the traditional stimulated photon echo process is proposed. The method is demonstrated through simulations and experimental studies of nonorthogonal state discrimination, which is of special interest for quantum information processing from the fundamental as well as practical point of view.


identifier: Mathieson, C. M. (1988). Laterality effects: immediate or emerging? (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23016

format:
x, 111 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QP 461 M38 1988
Hearing
Ear - Anatomy

abstract: Bibliography: p. 75-83.


identifier: Farid, E. L. (1999). A multivariate spatial analysis of a Thule dwelling from Assuukaaq Island, northern Quebec (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21936

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

subject: E99 .E7 F35 1999

subject: Inuit--Dwellings.

subject: Dwellings--Nunavut--Assuukaaq Island

subject: Spatial analysis (Statistics)

subject: Thule culture--Nunavut--Assuukaaq Island

subject: Nunavut--Assuukaaq Island--Thule dwellings

abstract:
UARC
Copyright waiver included: y
Bibliography: p. 153-171


identifier: Yu, Z. (2017). Resource Commitment and Cost Behavior Under Different Strategies (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27646

contributor:
Anderson, Mark
Herremans, Irene
Mashruwala, Raj
Tanaka, Atsuko
Natarajan, Ram

subject:
Education--Business
Cost Behavior

abstract:
I analyze asymmetric cost behavior from the perspective of resource commitment made to support strategic positions. Previous studies of asymmetric cost behavior consider how managers’ expectations about future demand in relation to costs of adjusting resources affect cost stickiness. My studies focus on how managers’ resource commitments made for strategic reasons affect cost behavior, and how cost stickiness as evidence of commitment to strategy is associated with firm performance. My first study investigates how resource commitment or resource flexibility reflected in cost stickiness is related to firm performance under different generic strategies. I interpret higher cost stickiness as evidence of commitment to a differentiation strategy and find that intangible value (measured by Tobin’s Q) associated with differentiation increases with cost stickiness. I also find that the persistence of return on assets (ROA) increases with cost stickiness for differentiators.
My second study examines stickiness of SG&A costs as a consequence of resource commitments made to support a customer-focused strategy reflected in higher customer satisfaction. I find that customer satisfaction increases with both the intensity and stickiness of SG&A costs. I also document that the positive relation between intangible value and customer satisfaction increases with cost stickiness.
My third study focuses on the airline industry in order to gain further insights about the roles of strategy and operations in determining cost behavior. In the airline industry, full service carriers (FSCs) employ clearly distinctive operating strategies from low cost carriers (LCCs). Resource complementarity is important to FSCs whose strategy depends on combinations of resources that enable high levels of service but resource flexibility is important to LCCs whose strategic goals are to minimize costs in both up and down markets. I use revenue passenger miles (RPMs) flown as the primary cost driver to separate the influence of volume changes from price changes on the empirical analysis. I find that operating costs, number of employees, and number of flights all exhibit stickiness for FSCs but not for LCCs.


identifier: Janmaleki, M. (2020). Engineering of Gelatin Methacryloyl (GelMA) Hydrogels for Developing Biomimetic Tissue Constructs (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary

contributor:
Sanati Nezhad, Amir
Ungrin, Mark D.
Yipp, Bryan G.
Ronsky, Janet L.
Gaharwar, Akhilesh K.
Khoshnazar, Rahil
Lu, Qingye G.

subject:
Hydrogel
Organ-on-a-chip
Imprinted substrates
Mechanical behavior
Myelination
schwann cells
Bioprinter
Thermoreversible crosslinking
GelMA
Fidelity
Aneurysm
Fluid-structure interaction
Hydrogel-based organ-on-chip
Biology--Cell
Biology--Neuroscience
Engineering--Biomedical
Engineering--Materials Science
Engineering--Mechanical

abstract: Three-dimensional (3D) cell culture offers a more physiologically-relevant context for disease modeling and drug screening. Hydrogel-based biomaterials support the long-term culture of cells in 3D and enhance memetic cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions. Herein, gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) hydrogel, a well-known photo-crosslinkable hydrogel, was selected for engineering of different tissue constructs.First, the practicability of imprinting cell topography on GelMA hydrogel was investigated. A novel method was developed to fabricate cell-like niches over the hydrogel’s substrate, and its effects on cytocompatibility and drug susceptibility of breast cancer cells were studied. Second, GelMA hydrogel was tuned in terms of mechanical properties and porosity to facilitate in vitro myelination of dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons by Schwann cells (SCs). It was shown that the tuned GelMA enhanced single axonal generation (unlike collagen) and promoted DRGs’ interaction with SCs (unlike PDL). Third, the role of temperature on bioprintability of GelMA bioinks in a two-step crosslinking strategy was investigated. Lowering the temperature can enhance the physical gelation of GelMA and consequently improve filament formation. Results showed that the decrease in the temperature could improve the printability and shape fidelity of the deposited hydrogel, particularly at 15 °C. Time-dependent mechanical testing confirmed higher elastic properties of the collected hydrogel at the lower temperature.Fourth, a hydrogel-based 3D human intracranial aneurysm (IA) model was developed using liquid assisted injection molding. With clinically relevant dimensions and tuned fluidic and matrix properties, the essential endothelium was successfully lined inside the reconstructed IA over pre-cultured smooth muscle cells. Based on the characterized viscoelastic properties of the GelMA hydrogel and with the help of a fluid-structure interaction model, the capability of the IA construct model in predicting the response of the IA to different fluid flow profiles was demonstrated.Finally, using the techniques developed in this thesis, a new approach is suggested to fabricate a fully hydrogel-based platform for tissue engineering and organ-a-chip applications.


identifier: Sykes, G. N. (1978). Recycling: two Alberta cases (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15240

title: Recycling: two Alberta cases

format:
viii, 191 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QH 541 S93 1978 Microfiche
Recycling (Waste, etc.)
Waste paper - Recycling
Petroleum waste - Recycling
Recycling (Waste etc.) - Case studies

abstract: Bibliography: p. 181-191.


identifier: Letizia, J. (2018). GIS as a Decision Support Tool in Regional Food System Policy Implementation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/5450

publisher:
Environmental Design
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Tyler, Mary-Ellen
Learned, Kelly
Burgess, Darrell

subject:
GIS
Food System
Calgary Region
Calgary Regional Partnership
CRP
Decision Support
Data
Spatial Analysis
Spatial Data
Information Science
Geography
Urban and Regional Planning
Geotechnology

abstract:
In response to increased urbanization, population growth, and changing climate patterns, cities and regions all over North America are implementing food strategies, including the Calgary Regional Partnership’s (CRP) Food Secure, released during the spring of 2017. This strategy aims to ensure the Calgary Region has access to a local food supply over the 60 next years. However, regional stakeholders and decision-makers lack a cross-scalar information system to support strategy implementation and monitoring over time. The purpose of this research was to identify the types of spatial data resources needed to support regional decision-makers in food strategy implementation, monitoring, and management. A number of significant spatial data gaps as well as a lack of stakeholder understanding about the need for relevant data emerged from key regional stakeholder questionnaires done for the CRP.

The results of this research identify the types of spatial data and decision-support requirements that could be integrated into the CRP’s current geographic information system (GIS) to create the capacity for food strategy decision-support.


identifier: Hemed, H. K. (1994). Reissner-Sagoci problem for an elastic cylindrical shaft (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12474

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

subject:
QA 935 H46 1994
Eleastic rods and wires
Elasticity
Boundary value problems

abstract: Bibliography: p. 101-107.


identifier: Plamondon, D. L. (1984). A court facility for St. Albert, Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21621

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

subject:
Public buildings - Alberta - St. Albert
Public buildings - Designs and plans
Building sites - Alberta - St. Albert

abstract: Bibliography: p. 114-


identifier: Lian, Q. (2002). Rational design, recombinant production and in vitro characterization of a staphylokinase-based thrombolytic agent with clot targeting and anticoagulant potencies (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18867

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

abstract: Bibliography : p. 114-128


identifier: Ghosh, A. (1983). Adaptive stabilizers for generator excitation (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24156

format:
xvi, 165 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: TK 2761 G54 1985

subject: Electric generators - Alternating currents - Excitation systems

subject: Voltage regulators

abstract: Bibliography: p. 131-137.


identifier: Dwornik, A. M. (1970). Self-help and homosexuality (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18698

title: Self-help and homosexuality

format:
179 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HV 547 D84 1970
Self-help groups
Homosexuality

abstract: Bibliography: p. 171-177.