identifier: Istiak, K. M. (2015). Three Essays on Leverage and the Macroeconomy (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28446

subject:
Economics
Economics--Finance
Economics--Theory
Leverage
Macroeconomics
Financial Economics

abstract:
In recent years the Federal Reserve has set very low policy interest rates in response to the global financial crisis and Great Recession. But as the federal funds rate has become almost constant since the first quarter of 2009, it partially has lost its appeal to affect the major macroeconomic and financial indicators. In this backdrop, an interesting question is whether leverage of financial institutions can play a role in business cycle analysis and forecasting the economy through the leverage‒asset price‒output relationship.
     In Essay 1 (Chapter 2), I investigate whether the relationship between leverage and real GDP is nonlinear and asymmetric, using slope-based tests as well as tests of the null hypothesis of symmetric impulse responses. I find that in general the relationship between leverage and real GDP is nonlinear and asymmetric, meaning that when leverage declines the effect is much more stronger on real GDP compared to when leverage increases.
     In Essay 2 (Chapter 3), I explore the effects of broker-dealer leverage on the economy and the interdependence between monetary policy and broker-dealer leverage in the context of a structural vector autoregression model. I apply short-run and long-run restrictions based on economic theory to identify monetary policy and leverage shocks. I also use the sign restrictions approach to the identification of a leverage demand shock and examine its effect on the economy. My results show that broker-dealer leverage demand shocks can influence monetary policy decisions and also can affect key macroeconomic indicators.
     In Essay 3 (Chapter 4), I investigate whether the macroeconomic effects of broker-dealer leverage and the interdependence between monetary policy and broker-dealer leverage vary over time, by using a time-varying parameter vector autoregression model. I find that the procyclical nature of broker-dealer leverage has become evident since the year 2000. Based on my finding that leverage and economic activity move in the same direction in recent times, I conclude that regulation of leverage under the Basel III regulation is not promising for the economy. I suggest countercyclical capital requirements, which works as a supportive tool for the current apparently easy monetary policy in the United States.


identifier: Cottrell, R. (2008). Semi-automating small-scale source code reuse via structural correspondence (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2248

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Walker, Robert J.
Denzinger, Jörg

format:
xii, 79 leaves : ill. ; 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.

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 73-78
some pages are in colour


identifier: Burga Ghersi, L. (2005). Breaking the poverty cycle: investing in child labourers in Chiclayo, Peru (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1450

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
x, 158 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 151-158
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Ashtari, M. (2016). New Pathways for Asphaltenes Upgrading via Oxy-cracking in Liquid Phase (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27098

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Pereira Almao
De Visscher, Alex
Moore, Robert Gordon

subject:
Chemistry--Organic
Energy
Engineering
Engineering--Chemical
Asphaltenes Upgrading
Oxy-Cracking
Petrochemicals

abstract:
Surplus asphaltenes production in northern Alberta facilities, led to searching new pathways to process asphaltenes pitches as the most challenging material in heavy oils. Due to the additional expenses these compounds could cause as a result of precipitation at flow lines, well bore and production separators, the separation of them from heavy oil and potentially extracting valuable products from them is relevant.
Oxy cracking asphaltenes in liquid phase under alkali conditions could be a new approach to creating more value from asphaltenes, this is the topic of this research. Asphaltene drops were oxy-solubilized in water with the ultimate intention of reducing their molecular weight, converting them to analogs of humic substances, which could have extensive applications as co-fertilizers for enhancing soil quality and productivity in agriculture and many other industrial new applications as photo-sensibilizers for solar cell panels. The intention is to convert these organic materials via a low energy requiring mechanism into intermediate simpler oxidized-organic compounds minimizing secondary end products like carbon oxides.
For this purpose, the optimum operating conditions, reaction kinetics and depiction of reaction mechanism were researched for C5 precipitated asphaltenes during oxy-cracking in batch mode. A model based on sequential-parallel reactions from the asphaltenes to water-soluble products and CO2 was found to describe the process adequately. The results showed that by introducing oxygen onto asphaltenes at moderate temperatures (180 °C-225 °C) and pressures (300-500 psi) in liquid phase, asphaltenes oxy-cracked to humic and fulvic analogs and under more severe reaction conditions, most of the humic analogs converted to fulvic analogs having lower molecular weight in comparison with humic analogs. Afterward, a continuous bench scale set up was conceptualized, built and tested based on batch experiments to evaluate the continuous oxy-cracking of asphaltenes in water. Comprehensive characterization analysis was carried out on asphaltenes oxy-cracking products in batch and continuous mode to understand the chemical structure of products. Production of oxidized functionalities like carboxylic acids, their salts, methyl ethers and esters, sulfur-oxidized forms plus phenolics, were determined as the most significant fractions soluble in water. Upstream solubilization and industrialization of derivatives of asphaltenes in water before the crude oils are mobilized throughout the commercialization chain could also decrease challenges regarding facilities and pipelines plugging.


identifier: Tobman, J. D. (2007). Re:materials: manufactured goods as raw materials in the creation of new products (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1560

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 149-154
Pages are in colour.
Approval page is missing.


identifier: Dumonceaux, S. D. C. (2020). Remaking the Alaska-Yukon Borderlands: The North-West Mounted Police, the United States Army, and the Klondike Gold Rush (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Arts
University of Calgary

contributor:
Colpitts, George
Jameson, Elizabeth
Peric, Sabrina
Marshall, David B.
McManus, Sheila

subject:
Yukon
Alaska
Borderlands
Klondike Gold Rush
North-West Mounted Police
United States Army
Border
Transportation
Canadian Government
United States Government
History--Canadian
History--United States

abstract: Public and academic historians of the Klondike gold rush have long positioned the Alaska-Yukon border as an established fact, serving as a firm dividing line between perceived American lawlessness and Canadian order as thousands of miners rushed to the Yukon and Alaska from 1896-1899. A wider, regional analysis of the Alaska-Yukon borderlands, however, reveals that at the beginning of the gold rush, the border was little more than a line-on-a-map. When the North-West Mounted Police and the United States Army first arrived in the region in 1894 and 1897, the Alaska-Yukon borderlands was largely a borderless region, with miners, merchants, and transportation companies crossing the unmarked Alaska-Yukon border without interference. As thousands of miners began rushing to the region during the fall of 1897, the efforts of the Mounted Police and the U.S. Army to control the situation transformed the Alaska-Yukon borderlands from a borderless to a bordered region. This process of remaking the Alaska-Yukon borderlands involved establishing government control in Alaska and the Yukon, developing transportation routes that linked the region to the North American industrial economy, and clarifying the location of the Alaska-Yukon border. The U.S. Army and the Mounted Police gathered information about a constantly changing situation, cooperated and negotiated with local transportation companies, miners, merchants, Canadian and American customs officials, and each other, and formed different understandings of the situation on the ground than their respective governments. By the end of 1899, the remaking of the Alaska-Yukon borderlands had created two separate but connected territories and a functional Alaska-Yukon border that allowed people and supplies to move across the border and the police and the army to enforce national sovereignty - just as international negotiators met to discuss the boundary question for the first time.


identifier: Soroush, S. (2017). Optimal Operation Planning of Compressed Air Energy Storage Plants in Competitive Electricity Markets (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27208

contributor:
Zareipour, Hamidreza
Knight, Andrew Michael
Pahlevani, Majid
Sesay, Abu-Bakarr B
Nowicki, Edwin Peter
Roberts, Edward (Ted) PL
Yasser, Abdel-Rady ibrahim-Mohamed

subject:
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
Compressed air energy storage (CAES)
Bidding strategy
Information gap decision theory
Uncertainty.
Economic assessment
Energy storage technology
Price-maker
Self-scheduling
Price quota curves
Robust optimization
Thermodynamic characteristics
Energy arbitrage
Spinning and non-spinning reserve
Linearization
Electricity Market

abstract: This thesis focuses on the operation of a compressed air energy storage (CAES) facility in an electricity market. CAES, a bulk energy storage technology, can provide time shifting due to its capability of storing large amount of energy, as well as ancillary services including spinning and non-spinning reserves due to its fast response. In order to participate effectively in electricity markets and consequently quantify the economics of CAES technology, scheduling of the CAES facility needs to be optimized considering market forecasts as well as efficiency of the components and operational characteristics. Moreover, Due to inevitable price forecasting error, effective bidding and offering strategy to purchase and sell electricity in the market is necessary to manage the risk of forecasting error. In this study, at first, a risk-constrained bidding/offering strategy for a merchant price-taker CAES providing time shifting is proposed to manage the risk of price forecasting errors. Pricetaker utility refers to a utility, which is small enough compared to the market size that its operation does not affect market price. Thereafter, since the operation of a large-scale facility in an electricity market could impact the prices, the scheduling of a merchant price-maker energy storage facility, doing energy arbitrage is proposed. In this model, the impact of storage operation on market clearing price are incorporated. As a continuation, this study proposes a bidding and offering strategy for a price-maker ES facility taking the forecasting errors into account based on the robust optimization to manage the associated risk when providing energy arbitrage. In order to maximize revenue, the potential gain from providing ancillary services (including spinning and non-spinning reserves) in addition to the energy arbitrage must be considered. In this regard, a scheduling model of a merchant CAES facility participating in day-ahead energy and reserve markets is developed. Meanwhile, the efficiency of a CAES facility deviates significantly from its nominal value depending on its thermodynamics and operational conditions. Thus, in this study, these limitations imposed on the facility are modelled as well when devising operations schedules.


identifier: Beckett, J. (1973). Noise predictability and attention in a serial reaction time task (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14102

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

subject:
BF 205 N6 B43 1973
Noise - Psychology
Attention
Psychology, Physiological

abstract: Bibliography: p. 43-47.


identifier: Fraunberger, E. A. (2020). Mitochondria, Inflammation, and T-Cell Metabolism in a Rat Model of Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary

contributor:
Esser, Michael J.
Shutt, Timothy E.
Gallagher, Clare N.
Yeates, Keith Owen
Kurrasch, Deborah M.
Noble-Haeusslein, Linda J.

subject: Neuroscience

abstract: Representing approximately 20,000 emergency department visits in Canada every year, pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be an intractable medical problem with limited treatment options. While most research has been directed towards the devastating, moderate-severe end of the TBI spectrum, most clinical injuries present as mild with minimal duration of loss of consciousness and lack of macroscopic damage to neural tissue. The pediatric population is especially vulnerable to the consequences of these milder injuries as developmental processes and long-term functioning can be impacted by negative cognitive and emotional changes persisting for up to and beyond one month after injury. Although we have some understanding of TBI pathophysiology including diffuse axonal injury, mitochondrial dysfunction, and cerebral blood flow dysregulation, there is still no clear understanding as to how the developing brains responds and adapts to injury. This thesis takes up the challenge of studying a mild, heterogeneous injury using a juvenile rat TBI model. It begins to unravel some of the complex pathophysiological patterns after pediatric mTBI from the perspectives of mitochondrial function, inflammation, and T-cell metabolism. First, we documented females having greater mitochondrial oxygen consumption in brain cells 21 days after a single mTBI, offering insight into one mechanism for persistent impairments in females following pediatric mTBI. Second, we highlight inflammatory changes to the understudied cerebellum, show cytokines as poor biomarkers of mTBI, and illustrate dynamic changes in inflammation after pediatric mTBI using network analysis. Third, we found preliminary evidence of metabolic changes in CD4+ T-cells starting at 24h post-mTBI, revealing possible upstream changes to observed inflammation previously shown only at 4-7 days after injury. Seeing changes in substrate oxidation patterns presaging inflammation may reveal nascent benefits to targeting metabolism to alter inflammation for therapeutic intervention. Collectively, the work in this thesis significantly advances our knowledge of pediatric mTBI pathophysiology, introduces new ways to interpret inflammation data, and paves the way for the investigation of novel pathways for therapeutic intervention.


identifier: Ehman, J. O. (1977). Termination of Patulin biosynthesis: a study of the intrinsic limitations on continued antibiotic production (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15026

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

subject:
QD 377 P4 E36 1977 Microfiche
Penicillium patulum
Biosynthesis
Metabolism

abstract: Bibliography: p. 110-115.


identifier: du Prey, B. (2005). Knowledge production practices in science: a case study of theory choice in the field of AIDS research (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/450

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 186-193
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Cote, D. J. (1998). Web-based technology to support medical education (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18465

format:
xii, 161 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: LB1028.43 .C665 1998

subject: Additional Copy: 370 EDC 1998 COT in the Doucette Education Library

subject: Education - Data processing

subject: Education, Higher - Data processing

subject: Medicine--Study and teaching.

abstract: Bibliography: p. 134-141


identifier: Stevens, D. P. (2007). A study of international health and development managers' perceptions about their use of work-related electronic mail (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1111

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 203-219


identifier: Szabados, B. (1968). Trying (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15478

title: Trying

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

subject:
BF 632 S92 1968 Microfilm
Will
Struggle

abstract: Bibliography: p. 87.


identifier: Bowen, W. B. (1996). Achieving and underachieving gifted students: a cross-sectional study (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20780

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

subject:
LC 3993 B66 1996
Gifted children - Education

abstract: Bibliography: p.120-126.


identifier: Ellum, C. M. (2002). The development of a backpack mobile mapping system (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13105

format:
xiv, 158 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 E456


identifier: Cutler, W. G. (1982). Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Upper Devonian Grosmont Formation, Alberta, Canada (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12864

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

relation: Additional Copy: QE 665 C88 1982G Geology

subject:
QE 665 C88 1984
Geology, Stratigraphic - Devonian
Sediments (Geology)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 158-167.


identifier: Apps, C. D. (2007). Ecology and conservation of Canada lynx in the southern Canadian rocky mountains (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1270

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 215-242
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Rahbek-Nielsen, T. (2005). Harriet Boyd: an experiment in archaeology, 1900 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/442

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 112-116

abstract: Some pages are in colour.

abstract: Previously unpublished letters Harriet Boyd (1871-1945) wrote in 1900 assist in identifying the processes of her journey to becoming the first female archaeologist to direct excavations. Boyd's experiences in 1900 led to her future career as an excavator and academic, opened the doors to women as field archaeologists, and initiated a considerable presence for American archaeological research on Crete. Supported by her published report, the letters confirm Boyd's status in 1900 as a novice who was taught current techniques of survey and excavation by the male archaeologists also present on Crete. At the same time these sources reveal the beginnings of her unique collaborative approach as well as her intention to encourage women as archaeologists. The study of Boyd's contributions to archaeology is a recently-begun process; highlighting these letters as primary sources clarifies the development of her induction as an archaeologist and creates opportunity for new assessments of her work.


identifier: Allen, S. P. (2011). Do components of a pre-participation examination in female adolescent soccer players predict acute lower extremity injuries in soccer? (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4148

publisher:
Kinesiology
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 80-93
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Hobbs, J. E. (1990). An Analysis of the opportunities, risks and constraints facing the Canadian beef industry following the liberalization of Japanese beef import regulations (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/419

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

subject:
Canada - Commerce - Japan
Japan - Commerce - Canada
Beef industry - Canada
Exports - Canada

abstract: Bibliography: p. 175-185.


identifier: Van Bavel, N. (2022). Vaping Additives Affect Lateral Organization and Functionality of Lung Surfactant Model Systems (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Science
University of Calgary

contributor:
Prenner, Elmar J.
Anikovskiy, Max
Loebenberg, Raimar

subject:
Vaping additives
Lung surfactant
Biophysics

abstract: Recent use of THC-based vapes has led to an outbreak of respiratory health issues. While the pathology is unresolved, common symptoms point to dysfunction of the lung surfactant (LS). This is a lipid-protein monofilm situated at the air-water interface in alveolar sacs, which acts to lower surface tension, preventing lung collapse during respiration. Inhaled substances that reach the alveoli will encounter LS. Certain vape additives have been identified as potential causative agents, these being tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol, commonly found in THC products, as well as vitamin E and its derivative vitamin E acetate. The lipophilic nature of these additives may allow them to partition into the monofilm, wherein they could interact with lipids to disrupt proper function. The aim of this thesis was to use model surfactants to better understand the interactions between vaping additives and the primary lipid components of lung surfactant. These films were made up of phosphatidylcholines, phosphatidylglycerols, and cholesterol. Additionally, the clinical surfactant BLES was also used and compared to the model systems. BLES is used in surfactant replacement therapy, making it a good physiological counterpart to the simple model films studied. Surface activity of the films were measured using a Langmuir-Blodgett trough which allowed for compression and expansion of the films, mimicking respiration. Changes to the lateral organization of the films was conducted with Brewster angle microscopy. Visualization of BLES was also carried out with atomic force microscopy, which allowed for higher resolution images of the surfactant’s molecular architecture. Vape additives were found to destabilize domain formations in most systems, often accompanied by fluidization of the film. The effects on BLES provided a unique insight into the mechanistic action of additive induced surfactant dysfunction. Crucial multilayer structures that form on the surface of the film during compression were abolished in the presence of vitamin E acetate, reducing the surfactants ability to maintain a low surface tension. The Langmuir-Blodgett trough has demonstrated to be useful for studying in vitro interactions between lipids and vape additives. With further optimization, this method may be used to predict in vivo effects of vape additives.


identifier: Stuetz, G. G. (1996). The understanding, selection and effective use of environmental performance indicators (EPIs) (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12990

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 150-172.


identifier: Dreveny, C. W. (1999). Adaptive sampling and interpolation methods for digital image and video coding (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23703

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

subject:
QA76.9 .D33 D74 1999
Data compression (Computer Science)
Image processing - Digital techniques
Video compression
Image compression

abstract: Bibliography: p. 140-143


identifier: Young, B. A. (1989). Biomechanics of the prey capture system in the red-sided garter snake, thamnophis sirtalis parietalis (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19134

format:
xxviii, 562 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: QL 666 O636 Y68 1989

subject: Thamnophis sirtalis

subject: Musculoskeletal system - Mechanical properties

abstract: Bibliography: p. 536-562.


identifier: Paul, R. V. (1973). The Thermal conductivity of refrigerant-13 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19787

publisher:
Engineering
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xiii, 97 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QC 323 P38 1973 Microfiche
Heat - Conduction
Thermodynamics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 74-78.


identifier: Roberts, D. B. (1996). Erythroprotein production as a physiological response to intense exercise (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23577

format:
xix, 203 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QP 93 R63 1996
Exercise - Physiological aspects
Blood

abstract: Bibliography: p. 165-202.

abstract:
The purpose of the work described in this dissertation was to investigate erythropoietin (Epo) production as a physiological response to intense exercise.
Prior to examining changes in Epo secretion, the analytical performance of a radioimmunoassay was evaluated. Sample preparation was controlled to improve precision and sensitivity at lower values, increasing the resolution of alterations in Epo synthesis. A normal reference range for 1 000m elevation was established from 175 males in 11 different age groups, 20 females, and 14 elite athletes. No significant differences in Epo were observed with age, sex, menstrual phase or athletic status. Increased Epo synthesis and reticulocytosis were observed in athletes, within 10 days training at 2100-2225m. Intrinsic variance in Epo production over 24 h was monitored in 26 males, no circadian pattern was detected.
Hypoxemia was evaluated using reflective probe pulse oximetry, validated against oxyhemoglobin saturation (SaO2) determined by CO-oximetry. Eight volunteers exercised for 3 min at supramaximal intensities with an indwelling arterial catheter. The limits of agreement for the two methods were good (-3.9 to 3.7%), however, calculated bias increased with greater levels of hypoxemia (SaO2>92% = - 0.6±1.8; SaO2≤86% = 2.3±3.1). Serum Epo concentrations were increased following exercise in subjects who desaturated (23±12%), but remained unchanged in subjects with normal saturation levels.
Continuous supramaximal exercise performed by 11 athletes produced greater increases in Epo (35±16%) than an intermittent protocol (27±4%), but was less effective in inducing hypoxemia (44±22s and 68±34s respectively). In contrast, exercise at 21 00m resulted in increased magnitude and duration of hypoxemia compared to 1000m in 5 athletes, and a relationship between duration of hypoxemic episode and increase in Epo levels was observed (F₍₅,₄₎)=16.93; r=0.94; MSE=10.67).
Plasmapheresis resulted in increased serum Epo levels in 7 volunteers at rest (24±6%), suggesting a role for plasma volume replenishment in induction of Epo synthesis.  These experiments have demonstrated that the production of endogenous Epo can be induced by intense exercise, increasing the severity of hypoxemia through altitude exposure can exacerbate this response. The plasmapheresis experiment leads to the hypothesis that alterations in plasma volume may contribute to the sensitivity of Epo production to exercise induced hypoxemia.


identifier: Streifel, S. S. (1981). Sulfur-density differentials of crude oil: a linear programming analysis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13466

format:
xi, 178 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: HD 9560.4 S85 1983

subject: Petroleum refineries - Mathematical models

subject: Petroleum - Sulphur content

subject: Petroleum products - Prices - Mathematical models

subject: Petroleum products - Marketing - Mathematical models

abstract: Bibliography: p. 176-178.


identifier: Durance, B. (2007). The unifying power of song: the Swiss anabaptist "Ausbund" as a voice of convergence in a divergent movement (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1279

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 173-207


identifier: Burnett, L. N. (2013). Patient Experience Living with Split Thickness Skin Grafts (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27272

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Nursing
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Carr, Eloise
Gabriel, Vince

subject:
Nursing
Split Thickness Skin Grafts
Scars
Patient Experience

abstract: There is a lack of research exploring the experiences of those living with split thickness skin grafts (STSG). The qualitative methodology of interpretive description (Thorne, 2008) was employed. The process included a single patient interview, coding, describing, and interpreting the data. Participants were selected through purposive sampling and data was collected through in-depth, semi-structured interviews. Data was coded into themes for analysis. Eight male patients and four female patients 20-62 years old ranging 2-29 months post STSG were interviewed. The most significant concerns voiced by patients were identified and organized into five themes: a new normal, split thickness skin graft symptoms, appearance of new skin, coping, and preference to participate in future clinical trials. Patients discussed problems associated with their STSG; these concerns were significant enough to motivate them to participate in future clinical trials using human stem cells.


identifier: Dypvik, A. T. (2003). Cellular discharges in the red nucleus signal both onset and frequency of hippocampal theta field activity (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15760

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2003 D97

abstract: Bibliography: p. 126-137


identifier: Donald, G. M. (2005). Morphological and physiological plasticity in ecotypes of stellaria longipes grown under elevated CO2 (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2463

contributor:
Reid, David M.
Chinnappa, C. C.

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 123-133


identifier: Lin, T. (1970). The Nature of dozoku: a comparison of the Japanese dozoku and the Chinese tsungtsu (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15888

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

subject:
GN 480 L54 1970
Kinship
Family - Japan
Family - China

abstract: Bibliography: p. 142-154.


identifier: Filipetto, G. (2001). Literary texts in the high school: to read or not to read? (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22794

format:
viii, 152 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2000 F55

subject: Additional copy: 370 EDC 2000 FIL

subject: English language - Study and teaching (Secondary) - Alberta

subject: Language arts (Secondary) - Alberta

abstract: Bibliography: p. 140-152.


identifier: Kjosness, M. I. (2019). Developing Dynamic Communication Strategies for Energy Policy (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Hawkins, Richard William
Hogan, Mél
Einsiedel, Edna F.

subject:
Education--Social Sciences
Energy

abstract: This thesis explores the area of energy communication research while focusing specifically on the Canadian political realm. Currently within Canada, energy policy is discussed in a manner that cross-markets two seemingly incongruent goals -- to grow the economy in green technology and increase market access to further promote oil and gas development. Rooted in strategic communication theory, this dissertation explores the dynamic, ever-changing social landscape surrounding the debate through the scholars Norbert Elias and Pierre Bourdieu. Based on the analysis and results, this work sets forth a suggested communications strategy to policymakers that may better inform Canadian citizens on complicated energy issues.


identifier: Johannesma, T. C. (1999). A place to live in east village (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13185

title: A place to live in east village

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 147


identifier: Elhamel, N. (2014). The Development of an Analytical Technique to Measure Stable and Radiogenic Strontium Isotope Ratios Using Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry with the Double Spike Method (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28054

subject:
Physics
Strontium
Double Spike
Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry

abstract: An analytical method using a strontium “double spike” enriched in both 84Sr and 87Sr was developed to measure the n(87Sr)/n(86Sr) and n(88Sr)/n(86Sr) isotope ratios using a thermal ionization mass spectrometer. The results obtained for the SRM987 reference material using this technique are in agreement with published data. However, the results of IAPSO sea water standard revealed an enrichment in the n(88Sr)/n(86Sr) isotope ratio relative to SRM987 of 0.04 % and n(87Sr)/n(86Sr) isotope ratio of 0.709325(27), which is significantly different from the n(87Sr)/n(86Sr) ratio of 0.709191(37), which is found when one assumes a fixed n(88Sr)/n(86Sr) isotope ratio, as has been done in the past. The use of a double spike method for measuring strontium isotopic composition reveals important insights into mass dependent processes that occur as this element moves through a system as well as provide accurate radiogenic strontium isotope amount ratios.


identifier: Sidhu, K. S. (2007). Innovation networks and highly qualified personnel (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/916

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 99-105


identifier: Bailey, S. J. (2009). The effects of long-term fatigue and creep loading on healing liagaments at normal  physiological loads (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2739

format:
xi, 213 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract:
Bibliography: p. 158-170
Some pages are in colour


identifier: Julian, A. (2021). Not to be Taken Out of Context: The Development and Validation of a Contextualized Measure of Leader Personality (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Lee, Kibeom
O'Neill, Thomas A.
Bourdage, Joshua S.
Hausdorf, Peter A.
Turner, Nick

subject: leadership personality HEXACO Psychology--Industrial Psychology--Personality Psychometrics

abstract: Contextualization refers to the process of incorporating a relevant context into a personality questionnaire (Holtrop, Born, De Vries, & De Vries, 2014). In recent years, research has demonstrated that the contextualization of a personality measure improves its criterion validity for context-congruent criteria (Shaffer & Postlethwaite, 2012). The continued interest in the application of personality to leadership research and practice (Day & Antonakis, 2012; Hogan & Kaiser, 2005; Judge, Piccolo, & Kosalka, 2009), underscores the potential utility of a personality measure contextualized to organizational leadership. Over the span of two studies and multiple samples, this dissertation sought to develop and validate a completely contextualized measure of organizational leader personality, coined the HEXACO-Lead. In brief, this research provides initial evidence for the reliability and construct validity of the newly developed HEXACO-Lead personality inventory. More specifically, findings across two independent studies support acceptable reliability, factorial validity and expected convergent/divergent correlations with generic HEXACO factor scales. The HEXACO-Lead also yields noticeably better reactions among leader respondents, compared to a generic alternative. Moreover, an examination of the measure’s ability to predict self-rated leadership criteria revealed a consistent pattern of higher predictive validity, compared to the HEXACO-60. This difference was only statistically significant for one of the four measured leadership criteria (i.e., supportive leadership), suggesting that the effects of contextualization may vary depending on the criterion of interest. Results concerning the HEXACO-Lead’s predictive validity for subordinate rated leadership criteria were somewhat inconclusive due to the small sample size available for these analyses. Overall, the results of this research are promising for the extension of personality measure contextualization to the context of organizational leadership.


identifier: Wang, C. L. (2006). Analysis of HsMob1C during late mitotic events (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/659

format:
xiv, 179 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract:
Bibliography: p. 166-179
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Mallon, J. (2012). Evolutionary palaeoecology of the megaherbivorous dinosaurs from the Dinosaur Park Formation (upper Campanian) of Alberta, Canada (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26003

subject:
Paleoecology
dinosaurs
Dinosaur Park Formation
megaherbivores
evolutionary palaeoecology
Alberta
niche partitioning

abstract: During the Late Cretaceous, megaherbivorous dinosaurs flourished in the Western Interior of North America (Laramidia). At any one time, there were typically two ankylosaurs (one ankylosaurid plus one nodosaurid), two ceratopsids (one centrosaurine plus one chasmosaurine), and two hadrosaurids (one hadrosaurine plus one lambeosaurine) living in sympatry. This diversity exceeds that of living megaherbivorous mammal communities, and is only rarely observed in the mammalian fossil record. Opinions differ about how this diversity was achieved. Some have argued that megaherbivorous dinosaurs thrived because of their low metabolic rates, or because of high primary productivity during the Late Cretaceous, implying that food resources were not limiting. A similar outcome might have been achieved if predation pressure from theropods was sufficiently high to depress megaherbivore population densities, leading to reduced demand on plant resources. Others have argued that dietary niche partitioning played an important role in the coexistence of these animals, with each species consuming a different plant resource than the next, thereby minimizing interspecific competition. This dissertation uses the megaherbivorous dinosaur assemblage from the upper Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation (DPF) of Alberta, Canada, as a model to test the dietary niche partitioning hypothesis by examining several aspects of ecomorphology known to relate to the procurement and mastication of food. These include feeding height, skull and beak morphology, jaw mechanics, and tooth morphology and wear. Evidence is sought for taxonomic separation in ecomorphospace, particularly between coexisting species, which is known to reflect niche relationships with some fidelity. Although sympatric taxa are better discriminated by some features than others, consideration of the total evidence supports the dietary niche partitioning hypothesis, as even the most closely related, sympatric taxa can be statistically distinguished according to their ecomorphology. Whether these dietary niche relationships arose as a result of long-term competition, or whether they evolved allopatrically is not clear. However, the fact that consubfamilial species coexistence was uncommon—and when it did occur, was either short-lived or involved only rare species—implies that the structure of the megaherbivorous dinosaur assemblage from the DPF was at least partly influenced by competitive interactions.


identifier: Soliman, M. A. (2008). A Role of ING1 Proteins in Cell Senescence (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17019

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xi, 155 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 141-155
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Abooalizadeh, Z. (2021). Quantitative Mechanical Properties of Carbon-based Surfaces Examined through Analysis of Cantilever Dynamics in Atomic Force Microscopy (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary

contributor:
Egberts, Philip
Sudak, Leszek
Wong, Joanna
Kim, Seonghwan

subject: Atomic force microscopy, Surface imaging, Graphene

subject: Physics--Atomic

subject: Applied Mechanics

subject: Materials Science

subject: Engineering--Mechanical

abstract: Mechanical properties of nanomaterials have been at the forefront of recent scientific interest, as a reduction in the feature size of these materials can introduce a significant improvement in their mechanical properties. To investigate the nanoscale mechanical properties, researchers have employed a variety of instruments and techniques such as nanoindentation and dynamic atomic force microscopy (AFM). Although these techniques have been successful in providing a qualitative assessment of the mechanical properties of the surfaces, quantification of the experimental data has been hindered due to the lack of precisely calibrated data. Additionally, novel applications of nanomaterials require high spatial and temporal resolution in their mechanical properties, which have not been achieved in current characterization methods. To begin to address these issues, dynamic AFM was operated under ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) conditions to determine the elastic modulus of the novel materials down to the atomic length-scale. Considering the cantilever shape in a dynamic contact, calibration of the experimental data was implemented to extract a quantitative elastic modulus and a spatially-resolved map of this value on graphite and graphene surface. The developed experimental technique and calibration method were verified through the comparison with both analytical and simulation models of the surface. Following the quantification of the high spatial resolution of mechanical properties of two-dimensional materials, an advanced technique is introduced and developed to measure the variation of the mechanical properties through the spectral/frequency analysis of the conventional static cantilever bending data acquired at high sampling rates on the order of ∼1 MHz. The results of this dissertation are promising as they confirm the ability of these techniques to provide high-fidelity in spatial resolution of the mechanical properties of nanomaterials. Furthermore, they can be used in several industries such as aerospace, design and manufacturing, and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), where the techniques can be utilized for the more efficient assessment of the functionality of nanomaterials in such applications. Furthermore, the results of this research demonstrate the importance of frequency analysis in advanced microscopy techniques.


identifier: Tadros, G. S. (1970). Plastic rotation of reinforced concrete members subjected to bending, axial load and shear (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11405

format:
xxviii, 298 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TA 683.5 B3 T33 1970 Microfilm
Concrete beams
Reinforced concrete construction

abstract: Bibliography: p. 268-277.


identifier: Yeast, D. E. (1993). Negotiating and articulating a self: an intertextual reading of L.M. Montgomery's public and private writings (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20706

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

subject: PS 8525 O57 Z96 1993

subject: Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maude), 1874-1942 - Criticism and interpretation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 141-147.


identifier: Poon, C. D. (2005). El discurso del poder en Mafalda y Calvin and Hobbes (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22170

contributor:
Schmidt, Rachel
Montes Garcés, Elizabeth

format:
xi, 208 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 181-191
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Craig, H. L. (2016). Allies or Antagonists: Alberta Elementary Teachers’ Current Perceptions of School Psychologists (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24771

contributor:
Wilcox, Gabrielle
Drefs, Michelle
Brandon, Jim

subject:
Educational Psychology
Teachers
School psychologists
Elementary
Alberta

abstract: Using a mixed-methods design, the present study investigates Alberta elementary teachers’ perceptions of school psychologists, specifically examining their knowledge about school psychologists and school psychological services, teachers’ experience and use of these services, and their satisfaction and recommendations for improving school psychological services. A sample of 90 elementary teachers across 13 school boards in Alberta participated in this study. Results indicated teachers reported having little to some knowledge about school psychologists but have a narrow view of these services. There was little consistency on when to contact a school psychologist, but teachers typically contact school psychologists for specific services, rather than based on level of student severity. Overall, teachers were satisfied with the services provided by school psychologists but had several recommendations for improvements to how school psychologists can better support teachers and improvements to school psychological services in general.


identifier: Waytes, R. (2017). Pollinator Movement and Pollen Transfer in Hybrid Seed Canola (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27379

contributor:
Cartar, Ralph
Hoover, Shelley
Vamosi, Jana
Barclay, Robert
Owen, Robin

subject:
Education--Agricultural
Education--Sciences
Ecology
pollination
canola
animal behaviour
plant-insect interactions
agroecology

abstract: Production of hybrid seed canola requires the transfer of pollen from hermaphroditic (‘male’) to male-sterile (‘female’) plants, facilitated by managed pollinators (honey and leafcutter bees) and wild pollinators. I assessed pollinators in fields of hybrid seed canola located in Southern Alberta to determine what behaviours and conditions could enhance pollen transfer between male and female plants. I found that managed species were the most common pollinators, that all pollinators exhibited floral constancy to morph (male or female), and that pollinator type, time on flower, pollen on body, and flower of origin influenced pollination effectiveness. Pollinator movement between male and female flowers was positively affected by densities of conspecific pollinators, taxon richness, and relative floral profit. While hybrid seed canola morphs are sexually dimorphic, sufficient quantities of managed pollinators should reduce floral constancy. Wild pollinators can contribute to cross-pollination indirectly by increasing managed pollinator movement via increased diversity.


identifier: Romero Guadjardo, P. E. (2002). 9-borafluorenes derivatives: chemical reduction and reactivity towards [Cp*A1(I)]4 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24516

format:
x, 136 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 R664

abstract: Bibliography: p. 100-105


identifier: Sekerak, A. D. (1975). Parasites as indicators of populations and species of rockfishes: (Sebastes: Scorpaenidae) of the northeastern Pacific Ocean (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21017

format:
xviii, 251 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QL 638 S42 S43 1975 Microfiche
Sebastes - Parasites

abstract: Bibliography: p. 240-251.

abstract: Parasitological data were used to investigate relationships of various species of rockfishes (Sebastes Cuvier, 1829) in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. Hesults indicated that different stocks of Sebastes alutus (Gilbert, 1890) are present along the continental shelf off the southwestern coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia; in Queen Charlotte Sound and in the Gulf of Alaska, which can be differentiated through the intensities of infection of certain metazoan parasite species. Differences in the parasite fauna of S. alutus were also correlated with depth of capture and size of the host. Season of capture and sex of the host did not appear to influence the parasite faunas of S. alutus. Eight of the sixteen species of rockfishes obtained from Queen Charlotte Sound appeared to harbour parasites which could be used to differentiate host species. Large differences between the parasites of inshore and offshore rockfishes were observed. Species of inshore rockfishes could also be differentiated through the intensities of infection of their parasites. None of the parasites recovered exhibited strict host specificity; however, specificity to the genus Sebastes appeared to be rather well developed for most copepods and monogeneans. It is postulated that speciation may be occurring in some species of copepods and monogeneans as well as in the genus Sebastes.


identifier: Beaumier, M. P. (2003). Truth, authoritarianism, and the deliberative democratic tradition: a critique of David Estlund's defence of epistemic proceduralism (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15408

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2003 B43

abstract: Bibliography: p. 129-131


identifier: McInnis, D. A. (1987). Transient optimization model for simple pipeline systems (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18954

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

subject:
TC 163 M196 1988
Hydraulic models
Pipelines - Design and construction
Transients (Dynamics) - Analysis
Pipe - Fluid dynamics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 128-133.


identifier: Fruitman, H. A. (2008). Little soviets (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1795

title: Little soviets

format:
v, 151 leaves ; 30cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 19


identifier: Waters, A. (2013). The Ideal of Lucretia in Augustan Latin Poetry (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28172

subject:
Language and Literature
Literature--Classical
woolworking
ancient
Rome

abstract: This study concerns the figure of Lucretia as she is presented by the Roman historian Livy in the first book of Ab Urbe Condita, where she is intended as an example of virtue, particularly in terms of her attention to woolworking.  To find evidence for this ideal and how it was regarded at the time, in this study a survey is made of woolworking references in the contemporary Augustan poets Vergil, Tibullus, Propertius and Ovid.  Other extant versions of the Lucretia legend do not mention woolworking; Livy appears to have added Lucretia’s devotion to wool, a tradition in keeping with Augustan propaganda.  Woolworking has come to be thought of as a praiseworthy concern of Roman matronae, with Lucretia often cited as an example.  Evidence for the laborious nature of the task makes it seem unlikely that high status matronae would willingly work wool.  The poets studied here do not in general present woolworking in a positive way.  References to wool, especially those of Ovid, are more humorous than respectful.  In the Heroides Ovid presents the task as a laborious reality.  He also casts doubt on the possibility of distinguishing matronae by ideal costume.  Ovid appears to suggest a possible “new” woman, neither matrona nor meretrix.  A return to the ideal is seen in Vergil’s Aeneid.  Here, after civil upheaval, Dido with her gold weaving is presented as the opposite of the desired Roman matrona who, like Lucretia, is associated with plain wool.  Such wool by its nature is in keeping with the surroundings found by Aeneas at his true destination, Pallanteum.  The ideal matrona with her wool and costume seems implicit in the Aeneid, though she might well remain an ideal rather than a reality in Augustan society.


identifier: Spanswick, P. (2020). Using HR-pQCT and finite element analysis to inform clinical assessment of distal radius (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Using HR-pQCT and finite element analysis to inform clinical assessment of distal radius fractures

contributor:
Schneider, Prism Steorra
Boyd, Steven Kyle
Manske, Sarah Lynn
Korley, Robert E. C.

subject:
Fracture
Medical Imaging
Finite Element Analysis
Fracture Healing
Radius
Engineering--Biomedical

abstract: Distal radius fractures (DRFs) are commonly treated non-operatively with cast immobilization; however, there are no standardized clinical practice guidelines to direct optimal duration of immobilization following a DRF. Finite element (FE) modelling coupled with high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) allows for non-invasive in vivo assessment of bone density and stiffness throughout the fracture healing process, which may inform fracture healing progression and cast removal. Many fracture assessment instruments have been developed for clinical use, but a lack of validation and standardization has led to considerable variability in the assessment of fracture healing. We hypothesized that changes in bone stiffness and bone mineral density measured using HR-pQCT can better inform the duration of casting following a DRF. We aimed to identify clinical assessment instruments that were good predictors of fracture stiffness and could inform cast removal. Participants (n=30) with a stable DRF were followed for two week intervals from the time of fracture until two months post-fracture, then at three months and six months post-fracture. At each follow-up, participants underwent clinical, radiographic, and functional assessments, as well as had their fractured wrist scanned using HR-pQCT. Recovery of bone stiffness during fracture healing was determined from micro-FE (µFE) models generated from HR-pQCT image data. During fracture healing, significant longitudinal changes were found in µFE-estimated stiffness, patient-reported outcomes, grip strength, range of motion (ROM), tenderness, number of cortices healed based on radiographs, and fracture line visibility (p<0.05); however, no significant change was detected in HR-pQCT based total bone mineral density. Grip strength, ROM, and patient-reported outcomes such as the Patient-Rated Wrist Evaluation (PRWE) and the Quick Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (QuickDASH) questionnaire correlated strongly with µFE-estimated stiffness (0.61≥ rm ≥0.71). Based on µFE-estimated stiffness, PRWE and QuickDASH are the best predictors of stiffness recovery (p<0.05) and may be used to guide duration of cast immobilization in the clinical setting.


identifier: Mazubert, M. (1979). Pagnol, memorialiste (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17349

title: Pagnol, memorialiste

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

subject: PQ 2631 A26 Z75 1979 Fiche

subject: Pagnol, Marcel, 1895-1974 - Criticism and interpretation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 104-110.


identifier: Hurlich, S. M. (1973). Systems, culture change, and Eskimo art (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15113

title: Systems, culture change, and Eskimo art

format:
vi, 69 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
N 6501 H85 1973
Eskimos - Art
Acculturation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 63-69.


identifier: Weber, T. L. (1993). Influences on the problem of evil (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18988

title: Influences on the problem of evil

format:
xvi, 391 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
BT 160 W43 1993
Good and evil
Theodicy

abstract: Bibliography: p. 382-391.


identifier: Ortiz, L. D. (2009). A study of self-determination and social skills in adolescents with and without learning disabilities (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2806

format:
vii, 47 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 32-38


identifier: Matook, W. (2016). Regulation of Breast Cancer Cell Proliferation by APRIL (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27583

contributor:
Lee, Ki-Young
Riabowol, Karl
Brockton, Nigel

subject: Oncology

abstract: Breast cancer is the most common cause of death from cancer among women. “A proliferation-inducing ligand” (APRIL) is seen in the stroma of approximately 38% of breast cancer patients.  APRIL is a tumor necrosis factor superfamily member that is implicated in lymphoid cell survival, proliferation and apoptosis.  APRIL studies initially focused on lymphoid cells as known APRIL receptors are exclusive to these cells.  However, I found that APRIL promotes breast cancer cell proliferation, and an APRIL-specific blocking peptide inhibits APRIL-induced proliferation.  Therefore, I sought to identify APRIL targets in breast cancer cells.  Among those identified, colony-stimulating factor 2 receptor beta (CSF2RB) is interesting.  CSF2RB-APRIL interaction is direct, and the CSF2RB ligand, CSF2, has 41% amino acid sequence similarity to APRIL.  CSF2RB-linked Akt and STAT3 signaling are activated in APRIL-mediated breast cancer cell proliferation.  Thus, my findings raise the possibility that CSF2RB is a novel APRIL receptor in non-lymphoid cells.


identifier: Newman, K. (2016). Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression: A Longitudinal Study using Eye-gaze Tracking to Study Attentional Biases in Never Depressed, Non-Relapsed, and Relapsed Individuals (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25347

contributor:
Sears, Christopher
Dobson, Keith
Pexman, Penelope
McCrimmon, Adam
Carleton, Nicholas

subject: Psychology--Clinical Clinical

abstract: Cognitive models of depression propose that attentional biases are an important cognitive vulnerability in those with a history of depression (e.g., Gotlib & Joormann, 2010; Yiend, 2010; Beck & Haigh, 2014). This study prospectively examined attentional biases in never and previously depressed individuals, who were separated into relapsed and non-relapsed groups. Analyses examined total fixation times, temporal profiles of attention, and prediction of relapse. The evidence from all analyses suggested that attention to positive information is a key vulnerability or resiliency factor related to depression relapse. Specifically, relapsed participants attended to positive images less overall, decreased attention to positive images over the study period, and exhibited significant differences in their temporal profiles of attention for positive images relative to those non-relapsed and never depressed. Less time attending to positive images at the initial visit was predictive of depression relapse, although limited by a small sample size. The attentional biases of the non-relapsed participants reflected both resiliency against and vulnerability to relapse, as they exhibited attentional biases to positive information similar to never depressed participants, but attended to depression-related information more than never depressed participants. Attention to depression-related information was not predictive of depression relapse. Overall, findings indicated that attentional biases to positive information may be most relevant to relapse vulnerability, whereas attentional biases to depression-related information may be more relevant to the maintenance of depressive episodes. The differences observed between relapsed and non-relapsed participants indicate that groups of previously depressed individuals are heterogeneous, which should be taken into account in future research that examines vulnerability to depression. The implications of the study findings are discussed as related to cognitive models of depression and the limitations that may contribute to inconsistent findings in the literature on attentional biases and cognitive vulnerability to depression.


identifier: Jochaud du Plessix, P. A. (2015). Low Order Representations in the Turbulent Wake of a Normal Flat Plate (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26798

contributor:
Martinuzzi, Robert
Morton, Chris
Ware, Antony
Wood, David

subject:
Engineering--Aerospace
Engineering--Mechanical
Turbulence
Bluff-Body Aerodynamics
Wakes
Low-order modelling
Proper orthogonal decomposition
Mean field theory

abstract: The turbulent wake of a normal flat plate, characterized by quasi-periodic vortex-shedding dynamics, is investigated in the context of low-order modeling, non-linear dynamics and kinetic energy transfer. The flow is characterized, coherent-structures are educed through the implementation of three models, and the transfer of kinetic energy between the most energetic structures and to the unresolved scales of motion is investigated. A low-order kinematic model (LOM) is constructed via the truncation of a Galerkin expansion using the energetically-optimal proper orthogonal decomposition (POD). The harmonic and shift modes of the LOM are coupled via the mean-field paraboloid in phase space, enabling the construction of a generalized phase-average (GPA). The GPA is shown to capture key flow behaviour and physics that traditional phase-averaging (TPA) cannot, including variation in the base flow and modulation of the vortex-shedding amplitude. A clearer understanding of energy transfer is made possible through the simplified representations of the models.


identifier: Grootwassink, J. W. (1976). The dynamics of patulin production: a study of the regulation of polyketide secondary metabolism in Penicillium Urticae (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20492

format:
xiv, 188 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QD 415 G76 1976 Microfiche
Penicillium urticae
Biosynthesis
Metabolism

abstract: Bibliography: p. 183-187.


identifier: Andreychuk, D. (2012). Evaluating the Performance of Direct Injection and TUIO-based Protocols for Multi-Touch Data Transfer (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25977

subject: Computer Science

abstract:
In the past two years, hardware vendors have released drivers for multi-touch devices running on Windows 7. Since direct injection of multi-touch input uses the Human Interface Device (HID) for USB protocol, it represents a new way of transferring touch data to client applications acting as an alternative to the Tangible User Interface protocol (TUIO) previously introduced. Anecdotally, TUIO has been criticized in the past for slowing applications down because of noticeable latency gaps between touch interactions and visual feedback from the system. This problem can result in poor user experiences and software quality degradation, both of which are contributing factors to device rejection in the marketplace. Over time touch-based systems have evolved into modular systems making it challenging to track performance bottlenecks in the overall system. This thesis focuses on high-performance multi-touch software systems by comparing HID and TUIO to determine which protocol contributes the lowest latency.
A semi-automated benchmark harness was constructed for an existing system to simulate and monitor different scenarios commonly observed in multi-touch interactions, with the goal of stress-testing both protocols without the presence of hardware. A performance evaluation was conducted on the modified system and the results indicate that, when compared to TUIO, HID is a faster protocol for multi-touch data transfer under constantly changing and often strenuous conditions.


identifier: Hamilton, K. E. (2000). Mood and cognition: mood state dependence and information processing in remitted depression (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18180

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

subject:
RC537 .H297 2000
Depression, Mental
Mood (Psychology)
Human information processing
Cognition
Women - Mental health

abstract: Bibliography: p. 51-60.


identifier: Jarron, D. M. (2020). Wide-angle Lens Camera Calibration using Automatic Target Recognition (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Lichti, Derek D.
Shahbazi, Mozhdeh M.
O'Keefe, Kyle P. G.
Detchev, Ivan D.

subject:
Camera Calibration
Mobile Mapping Systems
Information Science
Computer Science
Geotechnology

abstract: The focus of this thesis is the calibration and integration of the Ladybug5 multi-camera system into a Mobile Mapping System. To calibrate this system an efficient and accurate automatic target recognition methodology that could work with a multi-camera system was needed. This automatic target recognition methodology was developed and works by projecting the known coordinates of the surveyed calibration targets into the camera frame through a series of simulated or measured orientations and matching to signalized targets already detected in the image to a very high degree of accuracy. Through calibration of this system and rigorous modelling of its intrinsic properties, it became apparent that there was ambiguity in the research field about the most precise projection model to use for wide angle lens cameras and camera systems. A series of camera calibrations were carried out on two wide angle camera systems. Both camera systems exhibit properties that make them difficult to classify as either a central perspective camera or as a fisheye camera. Calibrations were performed on both camera systems using both central perspective and fisheye projection models. The calibrations that utilized a fisheye projection model estimated calibration parameters that more closely fit the observations. Finally, the calibration of the Ladybug5 as a multi-camera system, utilizing ROP stability constraints was performed to rectify issues relating to issues with the panoramic image generation of the Ladybug5. These panoramic images are important for point cloud coloration, and other aspects of multi-camera system integration with mobile mapping systems. It was determined that the calibration of the Ladybug5 using relative orientation stability constraints allowed for the generation of more seamless panoramic images, allowing the camera to better integrate with mobile mapping systems.


identifier: Ryder, T. D. (1996). Evaluating theories of consciousness using the Autonomic Nervous System for comparison (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14919

contributor:
Martin, Charles B.
Bulloch, Andrew G. M.

format:
vii, 174 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
B 105 C477 R93 1996
Consciousness
Autonomic nervous System

abstract: Bibliography: p. 137-158.


identifier: Watt, K. (2018). Exploration of innate immune response during infectious bovine digital dermatitis and the evaluation of topical therapeutic treatment (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/33084

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Veterinary Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Cobo, Eduardo R.
Barkema, Herman W.
De Buck, Jeroen M.
Jenne, Craig N.

subject:
Bovine digital dermatitis
Treponema spp
Cathelicidins
Host defense peptides
keratinocytes
Microbiology
Veterinary Science
Immunology

abstract: Digital dermatitis (DD) is a frequently occurring infectious disease amongst dairy cattle associated with ulcerative and necrotizing lesions. Due to the associated pain and lameness, DD is a recognized animal welfare problem and has economic implications associated with decreased milk production, lower reproduction rates, and premature culling. DD is of polymicrobial etiology, with the main causative agent identified as belonging to the Treponema genus. Current treatments include topical application of antibiotics such as oxytetracycline or foot baths containing caustic chemicals; however clinical cure rates remain highly variable. In this thesis cattle with DD were monitored to explore the skin innate immune response. An exhaustive description of the inflammatory response during disease progression and a novel description of bovine host defence peptides (HDPs) and their contribution to disease resolution are found herein. It was observed that active DD was characterized by necrotic tissue populated with neutrophils and elevated Cxcl-8 and Tlr4 expression. Tracheal antimicrobial peptide (Tap) was vastly increased in active lesions and key for the resolution of DD. An in vitro model utilizing human keratinocytes showed pro-inflammatory cytokines are released in the absence of living treponemes through Tlr2 signaling and that secretory treponeme products induced cathelicidins. The ability to manipulate inflammatory reactions via treatment with vitamin D3 in DD was compared to the commonly-used oxytetracycline. A cohort of cattle with M2 were topically treated with vitamin D3 against powdered oxytetracycline for 5 days. Although vitamin D3 did elevated Tap expression, lesions and inflammatory markers remained unchanged. In contrast, oxytetracycline reduced neutrophil chemoattractant Cxcl-8 while Tlr2 remained elevated. Histologic assessment evidenced scab formation. Taken together, this thesis established the skin innate response and role of host defence peptides (Tap) during DD and supported oxytetracycline as a treatment, providing lesion resolution and aiding in bacterial elimination.


identifier: Madill, A. R. (1971). Discriminating poor readers from normal readers in grade one (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13238

format:
vii, 47 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
LB 1573 M32 1971 Microfilm
Reading (Elementary)
Grade One students
Underachievers

abstract: Bibliography: p. 32-33.


identifier: Getty, M. A. (1996). Application of conventional and multispectral based methodology in large scale ecological land classification: a case study in Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15583

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

subject: QH540.7 .G47 1996

subject: Ecological surveys - Alberta - Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park

subject: Ecology - Alberta - Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park

abstract: Bibliography: p. 136-143.


identifier: McBain, C. M. (1989). Interactions between the nitrogen-fixing shrub elaeagnus and mycorrhizal fungi (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16971

format:
xii, 142 leaves : 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QH 548 M153 1989
Symbiosis
Elaeagnus
Mycorrhiza

abstract: Bibliography: p. 124-137.


identifier: Amiri, M. (2014). A Methodology for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Heavy Duty Diesel Trucks Used for Road Transportation in the Construction Sector (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24789

subject:
Engineering--Civil
Road Transportation
GHG Emission
Heavy Duty Diesel Vehicle (HDDV)
Construction Sector

abstract: A large growth in the number of Heavy Duty Diesel Vehicles (HDDVs) is one of the main causes that Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from the road transportation experienced a significant increase since 1990. With 97.5% of the total fleet used for delivery being HDDVs, these vehicles play an important role in Canada’s freight transportation. Latest statistics show that 17% of the heavy trucks operate in the construction sector. The objective of this study is to develop a methodology to estimate emissions from a single HDDV used in construction road transportation. The developed methodology showed -14% difference with on-road measurements, which suggests a reasonable accuracy in comparison with similar methods in the literature. This methodology can be used to address increasing GHG emissions from road transportation through implementing behavioural changes such as route planning and load factor management. It can also be also used by the construction suppliers to track and control their share of GHG emissions.


identifier: Smith, C. (2017). Essayons: French as a Second Language Teacher Beliefs and Experiences of Technology-Enhanced Practices (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25936

contributor:
Roy, Sylvie
Roessingh, Hetty
Brown, Barbara

subject:
Education--Language and Literature
French as a Second Language
Educational Technology
Technology-Enhanced Practice
Teacher Beliefs

abstract: While past research has identified the importance of teacher beliefs in informing practice, fewer studies have investigated the context of Canadian French as a Second Language (FSL) teachers in recent years (Lapkin, Mady, & Arnott, 2009; Lawrence, 2014). By considering how practicing FSL teachers in Alberta experience the integration of technology in second language learning, I sought to contribute a current understanding of these influences. Through an interpretive lens, I explored the context of four FSL teachers in an urban school board in southern Alberta. In an instrumental multicase study, qualitative data were collected through semistructured individual interviews, and analyzed using simultaneous thematic coding. The participants’ responses revealed that while current trends in technology integration seem to align well with these teachers’ beliefs, numerous barriers, including the treatment and status of FSL programs in the board, were seen as ongoing challenges in enacting their vision for their professional practice.


identifier: Sibenik, P. M. (1984). The Doorkeepers, the governance of territorial and Alberta lawyers, 1885-1928 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19348

format:
ix, 210 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: KF 345 S52 1986

subject: Law - Study and teaching - Alberta - History

subject: Law - Study and teaching - Northwest, Canadian - History

subject: Lawyers - Alberta - Discipline - History

subject: Lawyers - Northwest, Canadian - Discipline - History

subject: Practice of law - Alberta - History

subject: Practice of law - Northwest, Canadian - History

abstract: Bibliography: p. 206-210.


identifier: Santos, R. R. (1986). A Continuum mechanical formulation of the equations governing wave propagation in hydrocarbon reservoirs (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20862

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

subject: TN 871.35 R43 1987

subject: Oil well logging, Acoustic - Mathematical models

subject: Carbonate reservoirs - Evaluation

subject: Petroleum reserves - Mathematical models

abstract: Bibliography: p. 168-190.


identifier: Amoozegar Fasaie, N. (1982). Examination of the performance of a dual fuel diesel engine with particular reference to the addition of some inerts and intake liquid additives (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20997

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

subject: TJ 805 F36 1982

subject: Diesel motor - Alternate fuels

subject: Internal combustion engines, Spark ignition - Alternate fuels

abstract: Bibliography: p. 95-100.


identifier: Hall, C. G. (2003). Assessing the effectiveness of a fisheries awareness program for Alberta anglers (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13137

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 55-58


identifier: Kuznetsova, S. (2021). Exploring the Role of GD-EOB-DTPA (Primovist®) MRI in Liver Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Accuracy (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Ploquin, Nicolas
Thind, Kundan
Grendarova, Petra
Wieser, Michael
Kirkby, Charles
Vandervoort, Eric

subject: SBRT Education--Sciences Oncology Physics--Radiation

abstract: Liver Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) is an effective alternative to surgical resection for liver oligometastases. Liver SBRT technique allows for the delivery of total radiation dose in a much smaller number of treatments compared to conventional radiotherapy course. This results in a more efficient patient throughput, thus allowing for better allocation of clinical resources. Liver SBRT technique has become widespread, and there is increasing interest in its expansion to a broader patient population. Currently, liver SBRT still suffers from practice heterogeneities. Specifically, the number of treatments, motion management, and image guidance can vary across cancer centers. Due to this, the delivery accuracy can also vary across different practices of liver SBRT implementation. The Primovist®-enhanced MRI allows for the direct visualization of the radiation deposition region within the liver. Primovist® is a contrast agent with hepatocyte-specific property, resulting in the direct uptake by liver cells. This potentially creates a novel avenue for the geometric delivery accuracy assessment independent of a treatment’s peculiarities. The use of Primovist® MRI in radiotherapy is relatively new. The purpose of the work presented in this thesis is to develop a framework to help embed Primovist® MRI into the liver SBRT workflow to quantify the geometric accuracy of radiation delivery. To help embed Primovist® MRI into the liver SBRT workflow, the deformable image registration approach has been established and validated. We have conducted an extensive analysis of structure-guided deformable image registration with respect to its associated error and assessed its best implementation approach. One of the preventative factors that hampers wider use of Primovist® MRI is the manual requirement of localizing the visualization of radiation delivery. In this work, we have developed a framework to help automate the localization of radiation delivery. We were then able to use the established framework in conjunction with the validated deformable image registration to directly quantify the geometrical accuracy of liver SBRT delivery using Primovist® MRI. Furthermore, we compared the Primovist®-based geometrical accuracy against the interfractional motion. This work has laid the groundwork that will help with the wider adoption of Primovist® MRI in a liver SBRT workflow.


identifier: Zhao, B. (1994). Regulation of UK, PAI-2 and TF expression by RAW 264.7 cells (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/10970

format:
xvi, 159 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QP 93.5 Z53 1994
Plasminogen activators
Tissue plasminogen activator
Fibrinolytic agents
Fibrinolysis
Urokinase

abstract: Bibliography: p. 143-159.


identifier: Wang, J. (1992). Some theorems and problems in generalized thermoelasticity (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23987

format:
xi, 164 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QA 933 W34 1992
Thermoelasticity
Thermal stresses
Materials at high temperatures

abstract: Bibliography: p. 160-164.


identifier: Gurney, M. (2008). Molecular tracers of embedded star formation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2068

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 115-125
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Karakira, I. (2017). Studying Alumni Social Network by Data Collection, Cleaning and Analysis from Social Media (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27917

subject:
Computer Science
Alumni
Social Network Analysis
SNA

abstract:
Individuals that have graduated from an educational institution become so-called alumni of the institution. The institution then tries to stay in contact with the alumni for two main purposes. It is important to facilitate continued communication between different members of the alumni and to use those connections to elicit donations. Thus, an alumni organization is formed to fulfill those purposes. This organization is led by a board that is mainly formed of alumni volunteers. The institution provides an office on campus with office staff to aid the alumni organization and help in running it.

The aim of this thesis is to view the alumni organization through the lens of social network where the nodes of the network are the alumni and the links being the social connections that are identified from a specially designed survey, social network sites and other sources of information. This network is analyzed to identify the most important actors in the network, the nodes closest to all other nodes, and other necessary measures elicited from the network.

This information might help inform the alumni office in assessing their efforts while arranging alumni events to improve the social adhesions of the alumni. The results present some interesting data that will be shared with the Alumni Office. The resulting data might help the Alumni Office in their planning for future events.


identifier: Godwin, C. (2015). Passerine Exposure to Metal Contaminants from Oilsands Mining in the Athabasca Region of Northeastern Alberta, Canada (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27264

contributor:
Barclay, Robert
Smits, Judit

subject:
Toxicology
Tree Swallow Nestlings
Metal Pollution
Oilsands Mining
Chipping Sparrow
Tennessee Warbler
Ecotoxicology

abstract: I characterized passerine exposure to metals from waste-materials associated with oilsands mining. I measured metal concentrations in whole blood of tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor), Tennessee warblers (Oreothlypis peregrina), and chipping sparrows (Spizella passerina). Additionally, I measured metal concentrations in kidney, liver, and stomach contents of nestling tree swallows, and monitored tree swallow nest success and nestling growth. I identified insects fed to nestlings to understand the influence of diet on metal accumulation in tissues, and collected insects to assess metal levels in available prey. I found high variability in metal concentrations in blood correlated with small blood sample volume, and suggest that blood may not be suitable for monitoring metal contamination in small birds. I found no evidence that metals were elevated in tissues of passerines near oilsands operations. Nest success and nestling growth were influenced by local environmental conditions and not affected by proximity to mining operations.


identifier: O'Brien, M. D. (1978). The structure-function relationships in Pyruvate kinase of Neurospora Crassa (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15831

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

subject:
QH 470 N4 O26 1978 Microfiche
Enzymes
Neurospora crassa
Pyruvate metabolism
Biological chemistry

abstract: Bibliography: p. 92-100


identifier: van Zelm, J. (2003). Harmonic upconversion in radio-on-fiber systems (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19068

contributor:
Sesay, Abu B.
Davies, Robert J.

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 117-121.


identifier: Gordon Ferrebus, A. J. (2019). Processing of DAS and geophone VSP data from the CaMI Field Research Station (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Lawton, Don C.
Innanen, Kristopher A.
Shor, Roman J.

format: application/pdf application/octet-stream application/octet-stream application/octet-stream application/octet-stream application/octet-stream

subject: DAS VSP seismic Geophysics

abstract: The monitoring program of CO2 injection at the Field Research Station in Newell County Alberta includes diverse surveys and new technologies. The acquisition and processing of Vertical Seismic Profiles (VSP) were undertaken for this thesis. More specifically, the analysis of three different surveys: a walk around VSP for azimuthal anisotropy analysis, zero offset VSPs to test the emerging DAS technology and walk-away VSP to obtain imaging results for straight and helical wounded fibre optic cables. From the azimuthal analysis, the fast direction was identified to the northeast with an epsilon value (0.02) indicative of weak anisotropy. For the DAS VSP processing, a calibration step was necessary to register the precise depth of DAS traces; two approaches were completed and yielded similar results. Additionally, DAS strain rate measurements were converted to strain to compare it with geophone data. The excellent correlation between the 3D seismic lines and VSP-CDP stacks and the imaging results shows that DAS is a promising technology for subsurface imaging and monitoring.


identifier: Omura, R. K. (2011). The brownfield market failure in Canada: strategies for cleaning up contaminated sites (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4303

publisher:
Law
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 201-235

abstract: A major obstacle to the goal of sustainable urban development has been the ongoing presence of historic contamination. No one wants to live, work or play next to contaminated land. These so-called brownfield sites often remain abandoned and underutilized lands that could be put to higher or better uses if the longstanding problem of contamination is addressed. This thesis identifies key factors underlying the brownfield market failure and discusses ways to correct the market failure. This thesis looks at improved information through capacity building, fixing structural problems associated with the regulatory system, such as the way liability rules operate within environmental legislation, and a sustainable development approach through greater municipal action. It attempts to integrate current theories of liability with the regulatory framework under federal, provincial and municipal law, and discusses the rapid expansion of municipal activism as a good approach to an effective brownfield strategy.


identifier: Chen, X. (2010). Vehicle motion trajectory model in planar collision accident (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3642

contributor:
Tay, Richard
Li, Qing

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 131-136


identifier: Lam, S. L. (2002). Characterization of the periplasm to cytoplasm branch of the ferric iron uptake pathway (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12317

format:
xi, 189 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 L36

abstract: Bibliography: p. 169-189


identifier: Watson, S. B. (1999). Outbreaks of taste / odour causing algal species: Theoretical, mechanistic and applied approaches (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15223

format:
xx, 362 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QK 569 C622 W38 1999
Chrysophytes
Algal populations
Reservoir plants
Drinking water - Contamination

abstract: Bibliography: p. 310-335


identifier: Bancroft, J. B. (2010). Multiple Inertial Measurement Unit Fusion for Pedestrian Navigation (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11314

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

contributor:
Lachapelle, Gérard
Cannon, M. Elizabeth

format:
xx, 174 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 165-171
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Yu, W. (1994). Case studies in asynchronous system design (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12843

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

subject: TK 7868 A79 Y86 1994

subject: Asynchronous circuits - Design and construction

subject: Digital electronics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 111-115.


identifier: McFarlane, L. H. (2019). Assessing Spatial Orientation Skills in Athletes After Sustaining a Concussion: A Pilot Study. (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Iaria, Giuseppe
Yeates, Keith Owen
Schneider, Kathryn J.
Brooks, Brian L.

subject:
Concussion
mTBI
Adolescent
Hockey
Spatial Navigation
Spatial
Navigation
Cognitive Map
Cognitive Map Formation
Cognitive Map Use
Education--Sciences
Psychology--Behavioral
Psychology--Cognitive
Psychology--Experimental

abstract: As a pilot study I investigated whether suffering a sport-related concussion (SRC) affected adolescent hockey participants’ abilities to form and use cognitive maps. To assess cognitive map formation and use a modified version of the Spatial Configuration Task (m-SCT), a computerized tool that has been shown to quantitatively measure an individual’s ability to form and use cognitive maps (Burles, 2014), was administered to a group of 18 adolescent hockey participants suffering from a SRC and a group of 19 adolescent controls with similar age, sex, handedness and no reported history of concussion. Using age as a covariate, an ANCOVA revealed a significant difference between athletes’ with a concussion (M = 42.61, SD = 7.22) m-SCT performances when compared to healthy controls’ (M = 48.32, SD = 8.27; F(1,34) = 5.82, p = .021, d ̂ = -0.72). As a group, adolescent participants with concussion performed significantly worse than the control group. There was no significant difference between groups average response time and no significant correlation between m-SCT performance and athlete reported symptoms on the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool, version 5 (SCAT5). However, a post hoc one-tailed Pearson’s partial correlations analysis revealed that participants with a concussion, as an independent group, show a positive relationship between average response time and performance on the m-SCT (r(15) = .51, p = .038). A discussion is provided and focuses on implications of the observed groups difference in performances on the m-SCT, the study’s limitations and recommendations for future studies wishing to investigate cognitive map formation in adolescents’ athletes with concussion. Additionally, this study also provides preliminary results showing that the Spatial Configuration Task may be modified in difficulty when assessing cognitive map formation in adolescents and children.


identifier: Hartwell, K. S. (2016). Fission-Fusion Dynamics in Spider Monkeys in Belize (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26183

contributor:
Pavelka, Mary
Notman, Hugh
Fedigan, Linda
Sicotte, Pascale
Ruckstuhl, Kathreen
Chapman, Colin
Dawson, Peter

subject:
Anthropology
Ecology
Zoology
Fission-Fusion Dynamics
Ateles
Feeding Ecology
Population Genetics
Social Structure
Spider Monkeys

abstract: Most diurnal primates live in cohesive social groups in which all or most members range in close proximity, but spider monkeys (Ateles) and chimpanzees (Pan) are known for their more fluid association patterns. These species have been traditionally described as living in fission-fusion societies, because they range in subgroups of frequently changing size and composition, in contrast with the more typical cohesive societies. In recent years the concept of fission-fusion dynamics has replaced the dichotomous fluid versus cohesive categorization, as it is now recognized that there is considerable variation in cohesiveness both within and between species. This thesis is a study of the fission-fusion dynamics in spider monkeys to quantify and explain temporal variation in subgroup size, spatial cohesion, and stability.  I collected behavioural, ecological, and genetic data from a group of spider monkeys at Runaway Creek Nature Reserve in Belize from January 2008 until September 2013. I found that most subgroups were small (1-3 individuals), contained only adult females, and changed membership every 30-40 minutes. Habitat-wide fruit availability showed a weak relationship with subgroup size, contrary to what I expected, but it did explain some of the variation in subgroup stability. Likewise, degree of relatedness between individuals was not correlated with an association index that measured the likelihood that any two individuals would be in the same subgroup together.  This thesis also describes the feeding ecology of the study group, and explores their genetic structure. The latter revealed some unexpected patterns: although traditionally believed to be a male philopatric, female dispersal species, male spider monkeys at Runaway Creek were no more closely related to one another than were females, and both males and females were residents and immigrants. As expected, given the common characterization of spider monkey males as experiencing low levels of within-group competition for females, paternity analysis revealed no reproductive skew, with all males siring offspring.  Further analysis is needed to identify and understand the variables that are affecting the temporal changes in subgroup size, spatial cohesion, and stability of this group.  However, this study makes an important contribution to this much larger question.


identifier: Yogendran, V. (1984). Incorporation of silica fume in high strength concrete (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12338

format:
xviii, 164 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TP 884 A3 Y63 1986
Concrete - Additives
High strength concrete
Silica fume
Possuolanas

abstract: Bibliography: p. 127-135.


identifier: Donaldson, B. W. (2019). Towards Leading Adaptable Colleges: A Description of the Potential for Experimentation in Three British Columbia Colleges (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Werklund School of Education
University of Calgary

contributor:
Kowch, Eugene G.
Winchester, Ian
Woodrow, Robert E.
Clark, Douglas B.
Bishop, Pamela R.

subject:
adaption
complexity
college
experimentation
leadership
innovation
Education
Education--Administration
Education--Community College

abstract: In this research, three British Columbia colleges were studied to understand how executive teams led innovation and enabled or failed to enable experimentation in an economic climate of decreasing funding. By creating a description of these teams, the author then concludes about the generative adaptive capacity of the colleges in the context of a challenging economic environment. Each college was described and interpreted as a separate case, and the researcher presents an integrated framework from an analysis of the findings and relevant literature on leading high capacity institutions. The most relevant literature for a study of this context was found to be complexity theory. Here, the author uses a new conceptual frame applied to describe and to interpret organizational culture and leadership approaches. The research found that none of the cases studied provide strong evidence of an executive team succeeding in creating adaptation through innovation via novel experimentation. As a consequence, the author developed a new conceptual model and presents implications to help guide executives to meet the challenges related to organization adaptability when they face change in the future.


identifier: Becker, K. (2008). The invention of good games: understanding learning design in commercial video games (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13933

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Science
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xxvi, 399 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 322-353


identifier: Goukon, R. (2016). Examining Children’s Conceptual Subitizing Skill and its Role in Supporting Math Achievement (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26014

subject:
Educational Psychology
Education--Elementary
Education--Mathematics

abstract: The current study investigates the development of the conceptual subitizing skill, the ability to quickly and accurately recognize quantities above 4 items, and its relation to mathematics achievement in Grade 2 students.  Both reaction time (RT) and strategy use to enumerate patterned structures of 4 to 10 dots were examined.  Using cluster analysis on the collected enumeration speeds, three distinct groups were identified that supports the acquisition of conceptual subitizing as a developmental process.  These clusters additionally aligned with students’ self-reported enumeration strategies used during the task, and also predicted children’s mathematics achievement.  As one of the first psychophysical investigations into the conceptual subitizing skill, this study provides preliminary evidence for the importance of focusing on children’s speeded enumeration of larger set sizes (e.g., between 4 and 10) as a potential influence on their mathematical abilities.


identifier: Mayne, D. C. (2007). Level ice and rubble actions on offshore conical and sloping structures (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1030

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 148-160
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Jeeva, A. (1991). The Effects of visual deprivation on rat visual system metabolic activity (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13580

format:
x, 102 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QP 475 J43 1991
Visual pathways
Sensory deprivation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 92-102.