identifier: Lahren, L. A. (1976). The Myers-Hindman site: an exploratory study of human occupation patterns in the Upper Yellowstone Valley from 7000 B.C. to A.D. 1200 (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14871

format:
xv, 195 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject: F 737 Y4 L24 1976 Microfiche

subject: Yellowstone River Valley, Montana - Antiquities

subject: Indians of North America - Montana - Antiquities

subject: Excavations (Archaeology) - Montana

abstract: Bibliography: p. 183-195.

abstract:
This exploratory research project was designed to create new knowledge about some of the hunter-gatherer adaptation patterns in the Upper Yellowstone Valley and the Northern Rocky Mountains.
The study begins with the working assumption that the Northern Rocky Mountains are a distinct archaeological macro-environment that must be investigated through regional research designs. The Upper Yellowstone Valley was selected as one of these regions, and the MyersHindman site, an open camp in the Mountain Flanks Life Zone, was designated for excavation. The resultant data base from these excavations consists of seven identified settlement units which cover a time span from about 7000 B.C. to A.D. 1200, a sample of some 6,610 artifactual specimens. and a faunal assemblage of 600 elements representing fifteen large- and small-game species.
Analyses of these data, plus those from the valley in general, indicate that the region has seen continuity in man-environmental relations for at least the past 9000 years. Although numerous specific and general questions will need resolution through additional research in various areas, the present data base provides enough inferential power to suggest alternatives to the reconstructions of Northern Rocky Mountain prehistory as suggested by Husted (the Western Macro-Tradition) and Swanson (the Bitterroot Pattern).


identifier: Paikari, E. (2014). Connected Vehicle Extension and Integration of Traffic and Discrete Event Simulation Systems -- Applied to Evaluations Based on Dedicated Short Range Communication for Safety and Mobility Indices (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25417

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Far, Behrouz H.
Kattan, Lina

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

subject:
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
Connected Vehicle
Vehicle to Vehicle communication
Vehicle to Infrastructure communication
Dedicated Short Range Communication
Application Programming Interface
Multi-Agent System
PARAMICS traffic microsimulator
OPNET wireless communication simulator
MaSE methodology
Safety benefit
Mobility benefit
Intelligent Transportation System
Deerfoot trail
Calgary

abstract:
This study is aimed at developing and modeling a specific extension of Connected Vehicles (CV) system and its applications in the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) through the designated traffic and wireless simulation networks. A typical traffic micro-simulator and a discrete event simulator individually lack the ability of fully capturing the behavior of the CV system. In this research I investigate modeling the CV system, for Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) communications based on Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) by enabling the two simulators communicate sequentially. PARAMICS is selected as the traffic micro-simulator. OPNET is used as the discrete event simulator.
The contributions are: (1) designing the CV system as a Multiagent System (MAS) using MaSE methodology and implementing its outcomes as extensions for the PARAMICS using two distinctive APIs (Application Programming Interface); and (2) developing the integration of PARAMICS and OPNET for implementation and evaluation of DSRC-based vehicular communication protocols and their utilizations in the context of ITS.
The results are verified through experiments that demonstrate the overall effectiveness of the CV. Three case studies are presented: impacts of CV on improving (1) traffic safety and (2) mobility on a section of Deerfoot trail, Calgary, Alberta; (3) the optimum selection of DSRC communication range of Road Side Units (RSUs) and a definitive percentage of CVs in the network to have the least data loss and delay in V2V and V2I data transmission for weekdays’ traffic counts.


identifier: Ozogbuda, P. N. (2018). Neuromodulatory Effect of Kappa Opioid Receptor Activation on Spinal Network Activity (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32047

publisher:
Cumming School of Medicine
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Whelan, Patrick J.
Borgland, Stephanie Laureen
Gosgnach, Simon

subject:
Dynorphin
spinal cord
locomotion
motoneuron
kappa opioid receptor
U69,593
Neuroscience

abstract: Dynorphin is a potent anti-nociceptive neuropeptide ubiquitously expressed throughout the peripheral and central nervous system. Previous studies have shown that dynorphin is co-packaged and co-released with orexin, a pro-locomotory neuropeptide known to be involved in goal-directed movement. Why then is an inhibitory neuropeptide co-released with an excitatory pro-locomotory neuropeptide orexin, and what is its role? In this thesis, the expression of kappa opioid receptors (KOR) on motoneurons was demonstrated using RNAscope Assay. Consistent with the observation of other studies, my results show that KOR activation significantly reduced spontaneous network activity, increased motoneuron excitability, and increased presynaptic inhibition. These results suggest that dynorphin modulates the spinal motor network rather than inhibits it. This also explains why the co-release of orexin and dynorphin does not have an antagonistic effect. My work suggests that perinatally dynorphin can have potent effects on spinal cord networks. This raises the possibility that dynorphin release may contribute to the development and correct function of spinal cord motor networks.


identifier: Collins, L. V. (1986). Chemical and genetic analysis of lipopolysaccharide synthesis in enteric bacteria (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14307

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xii, 139 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QR 82 E6 C64 1987
Escherichia coli - Analysis
Endotoxins - Analysis
Bacterial genetics
Endotoxins - Synthesis

abstract: Bibliography: p. 122-139.


identifier: Leung, G. (2015). Development and Characterization of Alternatively Activated Macrophages in the Treatment of Colitis (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25636

subject:
Biology--Cell
Immunology
Pathology
Alternatively activated macrophage
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Cell-based therapy

abstract:
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) encompasses two forms of chronic colitis: Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.  The prevalence of IBD continues to increase, especially in Westernized countries, and there still remains a lack of a cure.  Cell-based therapies have gained momentum as a promising therapy for IBD among other diseases.  However there is a paucity of research exploring the use of macrophages as a therapeutic cell.  Although macrophages are often considered pro-inflammatory, activation by IL-4 induces an anti-inflammatory phenotype known as an alternatively activated macrophage (AAM).
	This work shows for the first time that an adoptive transfer of IL-4-treated bone marrow-derived macrophages can attenuate mouse models of both Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, the latter of which is of novel importance considering that AAMs are associated with Th2 environments and ulcerative colitis is considered a Th2-like disease.  Currently used treatments can lose efficacy over time, however we have tested multiple AAM administrations to treat multiple bouts of colitis and found no loss in efficacy with no overt fibrosis as a potential adverse event when examined by a collagen assay, PCR, or Masson’s trichrome stain.  Treatment with AAMs was effective when administered before or after the induction of colitis, while cryopreservation—-as therapeutic macrophages would be stored for convenience—-did not affect their ability block colitis.  The anti-inflammatory activity was dependent on their expression of IL-10 and integrin β7 (of the gut homing receptor α4β7), but independent of recipient macrophages or lymphocytes, and CCR2 or CX3CR1 expression on AAMs.  Transferred macrophages managed to retain their AAM phenotype as assessed by Arg1 and MRC1 expression, and were localised preferentially to the colon of mice with colitis.
	As an autologous transfer would be ideal, monocytes from patients with IBD were evaluated in their capacity to become alternatively activated in response to IL-4.  Macrophages were found to have reduced expression of AAM markers compared to controls, which was not associated with differential IL-4Rα expression, and pre-application of an inflammatory cytomix partially reduced the AAM phenotype.
	Herein we propose that cultured AAMs can be used as a safe and effective therapy for all forms of IBD.


identifier: Hadizadeh Harandi, M. (2015). Static and Fatigue Behaviour of Concrete Truss Girder Connection Reinforced with Double-Headed Glass FRP Bars (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27871

subject:
Engineering--Civil
Truss
Hybrid
Precast
Bridge
Static
Fatigue
Double-headed GFRP bar
CFFT

abstract: Glass fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) materials have been recently employed in different reinforced concrete structures in order to eliminate the detrimental effects of steel corrosion and enhance durability of concrete structure. Therefore, the needs for research on the behaviour of glass FRP (GFRP) materials are increasing with the increase in their use in various applications. The research presented in this thesis focuses on investigating the static and fatigue performance of precast prestressed concrete truss girder connections reinforced with double-headed GFRP bars. For this application the efficiency of the anchoring heads of the individual double-headed GFRP bars under static and fatigue loading needs to be tested first. Therefore, a total of eighteen specimens of individual double-headed GFRP bars with each head embedded in a concrete-filled steel cylinder are tested. Three of the headed bars were tested under monotonic loading increasing from zero to failure. The remaining fifteen bars were tested under fatigue loading. A total of eight truss girder connections were tested. Two of the truss connections, one reinforced with 12-mm double-headed GFRP bars and one reinforced with 16-mm double-headed GFRP bars, were loaded monotonically to failure. The remaining six connections were reinforced with 16-mm double-headed GFRP bars and tested under fatigue loading of different ranges. The results of this research were compared with those of previous research on the similar connections reinforced with long double-headed steel bars and spliced single-headed steel bars.


identifier: Banmann, C. (2017). The Application of Floating Treatment Wetlands for Stabilization Pond Enhancement in Southern Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28009

contributor:
Chu, Angus
He, Jianxun
Tay, Joo-Hwa
Nowicki, Edwin

subject:
Environmental Sciences
Engineering--Civil
Engineering--Environmental
Wastewater
Treatment Wetland
Floating Wetland
Stabilization Pond
Macrophytes

abstract: Floating Treatment Wetlands (FTWs) are a means of stabilization pond enhancement by providing a floating platform for vegetation that sits atop a water body. To determine the impacts of FTWs, a pilot-scale stabilization pond system was constructed at the Carseland Sewage Lagoons in Southern Alberta, Canada. Treatment cells with FTWs (22% surface coverage) and control cells were exposed to low and high nutrient wastewater from May to October, in 2015 and 2016. Results indicate FTW cells do not outperform control cells (with the exception of ammonium) when treating low nutrient influent. However FTW cells significantly improved the removal efficiency of several pollutants including reactive and total phosphorus, ammonia, nitrate, total nitrogen and biochemical oxygen demand when treating high nutrient influent. The FTW also significantly reduced temperature, electrical conductivity, dissolved oxygen, and pH. Therefore FTWs are an ideal, passive treatment enhancement for stabilization ponds, particularly when treating high nutrient wastewater.


identifier: Burke, D. W. (1996). An analysis of risk assessment issues, risk management issues, and contaminated site investigation approaches for making well-informed remediation decisions ; Canada Creosite site: a case study (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22295

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
ix, 212 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 107-114.


identifier: Bodzak, E. (2004). The effects of genotoxic stress on the p53/p21wafl/cip1 response (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16478

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 190-214

abstract:
The p53 tumor suppressor protein is the central component of the cellular response to genotoxic stress. Due to the prevalence of p53 mutations in numerous human cancers, the study of the activation, and function of this protein is critical to understanding the mechanisms underlying cellular proliferation, and growth.
  The critical role of p53 hinges on its capacity to integrate signals from different stress induced pathways, and coordinate protective measures resulting in arrest, repair, or apoptosis. Primarily, p53 functions in the expression of genes, and though it can participate in transcription independent interactions, the most common indicator of p53 activity is the upregulation of the p2iwafl/cipl target protein (heretofore referred to as p21). p21 has been established as a hallmark of p53 functioning, and as a direct consequence of p53 transcriptional activity, in response to stress. p21 functions as a positive and negative regulator of cellular progression, and has a role in both Gi and G2 arrest, repair, and apoptosis. It is widely accepted that though signal transduction to p53, is dependent on the nature of stress, the subsequent functioning of the tumor suppressor, in the upregulation of target proteins, such as p21, is comparable and independent of the specific genotoxic stressor.
 In the present study, the classic p53/p21 paradigm is re-examined in response to differing genotoxic stressors, in normal human lymphoblasts. The results presented within this dissertation demonstrate that p53 transcriptional activation of p21 is specific to type of stress. Furthermore, despite comparable activation, p53 can discriminate between promoters depending on the nature of stress. Moreover, p53 promoter occupancy   has direct consequences on histone acetylation, and target gene expression. Importantly, the effect of the differential expression, has consequences on the cellular outcome.
   The findings presented here demonstrate that the nature of genotoxic stress has a distinct impact on the p53/p21 response in normal human cells, and may be a mechanism underlying p53's role in determining the cellular outcome. The differential p53 transcriptional activity observed in these cells, has implications on the treatment of hematopoietic cancers, and provides an attractive model system for further study of p53 and p21 functions.


identifier: Gossen, C. E. (2012). Place-making and meaning-making in the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4973

creator: Gossen, Cecilia Elena Concepcion Ripoll Echeverria

contributor:
McCready, Wayne O.
Kostyniuk, Ronald L.

format:
ix, 259 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 224-259

abstract: Many pages are in colour.

abstract: This study is an investigation of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain that is framed by place studies. The thesis proposes that pilgrims en route to Santiago encounter, and also cultivate, meaning-making that is socially and materially constructed and influenced by pilgrimage traditions, landscapes, a vast array of architectures, en route pilgrimage-support communities, as well as artistic and religious material cultures. The overall consequence is the formation of a unique pilgrimage identity that I name the Camino identity.  The concept of a Camino identity draws on self-categorization theory-that proposes there is a cognitive process in social settings where comparisons are typically invited, encouraged and cultivated, especially between an 'in-group' (such as Camino pilgrims) and an 'out-group' (non-pilgrims). The process involves a shift of selfperception whereby individuals seek to be exemplars of their group and its ideals. The thesis argues that daily engagement with fellow Camino pilgrims, the physicality of participating in the pilgrimage, the influences of Camino traditions and the ever-changing placeness of pilgrims invite a high level of behaviour and commitment to a Camino idealism. The Camino identity is of major significance for place-making and meaningmaking during the pilgrimage to Santiago. The Camino becomes a vehicle for personal transformation of the pilgrims as they discover a new hope and purpose in life through friendship and a sense of common humanity that is place-based and place-influenced.  The thesis employs three strategies of investigation: i) historical and contemporary accounts of pilgrimage to Santiago as well as theoretical insights drawn from place studies, ii) participating in the Camino pilgrimage twice as well as the use of diaries of pilgrims, and iii) creating and exhibiting sculptures that mediate an understanding of the Camino experience.


identifier: Khosravi, H. (2021). Simulating Mass in Virtual Reality using Vibration Feedback (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Science
University of Calgary

contributor:
Samavati, Faramarz
Chan, Sonny
Sharlin, Ehud
Jacob, Christian

subject:
Virtual Reality
Haptic
Human Computer Interaction
Computer Science

abstract: Virtual reality allows for highly immersive simulated experiences and interaction with virtual objects. However, virtual objects do not have real masses. Providing the sense of mass for virtual objects using un-grounded haptic interfaces has proven to be a complicated task in virtual reality. This thesis proposes using a physically-based virtual hand and a complementary vibrotactile effect on the index fingertip to give the sensation of mass to objects in virtual reality. The vibrotactile feedback is proportional to the balanced forces acting on the virtual object and is modulated based on the object's velocity. For evaluating this method, we set an experiment in a virtual environment where participants wear a VR headset and attempt to pick up and move different virtual objects using a virtual physically-based hand while a voice-coil actuator attached to their index fingertip provides the vibrotactile feedback. Our experiments indicate that the virtual hand and our vibration effect give the ability to discriminate and perceive the mass of virtual objects.


identifier: Jazayeri, S. P. (2007). Algorithms for non-convex system identification (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1022

contributor:
Rosehart, William Daniel
Westwick, David

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 116-124


identifier: Richardson, D. A. (2006). Communication and information theory, cryptography, and applications (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/574

contributor:
Bruen, A. A.
Brenken, Berndt

format:
viii, 94 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 89-90


identifier: Zapata Loria, P. M. (2006). Detection of object's characteristics for mobile robot slam in dynamic environments (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1051

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 108-118


identifier: Tetarenko, P. K. (1992). Use of oxygen enriched air in fed-batch penicillin fermentations (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17448

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

subject:
QK 625 M7 T47 1992
Penicillium chrysogenum
Fermentation
Pharmaceutical microbiology

abstract: Bibliography: p. 144-146.


identifier: SADEGHASSADI, MAHSA. (2015). ONLINE IDENTIFICATION AND ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27179

contributor:
Macnab, Chris J.B
Westwick, David

subject:
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
Biological Wastewater Treatment
Generalized Predictive Control
Least-Squares Identification Method
BSM1 Benchmark

abstract:
The activated sludge process is a nonlinear, time-varying, multi-input-multi-output system. It is important to design an adaptive control strategy, which can not only track the setpoint changes quickly, but also adapt to the system uncertainties and disturbance signals. The current work presents a single-input-single-output Generalized Predictive Controller to regulate the dissolved oxygen concentration and a multi-loop Generalized Predictive Control scheme to control the dissolved oxygen concentration and the substrate concentration. The control is tested with both a simplified four-state model and an activated sludge model no. 1 (ASM1) benchmark of an activated sludge process.
In the univariate algorithm, the manipulated variable (controller output) is the air flow rate (or the oxygen transfer coefficient) and the controlled variable (measured variable) is the dissolved oxygen concentration. On the other hand, for the multivariable process, two separate control loops are taken into consideration such that in the first control loop, the air flow rate (or the oxygen transfer coefficient) is used to regulate the dissolved oxygen concentration, and in the second control loop, the recycled to influent rate (or the return sludge flow rate) is used to manipulate the substrate concentration.
Initially, the GPC controller is implemented in the presence of white measurement noise. In this case, an ARX model is used as the prediction model in a GPC structure. The RLS identification method estimates the parameters of this ARX model. Then, the ability of GPC controller in the presence of random walk disturbance (coloured noise together with an integral factor) is tested. In this case, a CARIMA model is used as the prediction model and an ELS identification method is used to estimate the parameters of this model. A method which can compensate the effect of coloured noise is GPC with T filter. The results of a conventional GPC controller is compared with a GPC with T filter and a PI controller.


identifier: Andriuk, T. (2005). The subject apparatus (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2460

title: The subject apparatus

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 56-58


identifier: Van Ommen Kloeke, K. F. (1994). Anaerobic biocorrosion of mild steel (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23385

title: Anaerobic biocorrosion of mild steel

format:
xi, 60 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QR 135.5 M37 V36 1993
Steel - Corrosion
Metals - Biodegradation
Metals - Microbiology
Sulphur bacteria

abstract: Bibliography: p. 53-60.


identifier: Kooyman, A. H. (1970). Taxonomy of the whitefishes in Waskesiu Lake, Saskatchewan (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17824

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

subject: QL 638 S2 K64 1970

subject: Whitefishes - Waskesiu Lake, Saskatchewan

abstract: Bibliography: p. 78-82.


identifier: Booth, D. A. (2010). Ethical aspects of self-deception and akratic belief (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3643

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 108-112


identifier: Malmqvist, L. L. (1996). Stress states in cartilage during joint loading and indentation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15865

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

subject:
QM 142 M26 1996
Articular cartilage
Joints - Physiology
Joints - Diseases
Human mechanics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 144-150.


identifier: Buchanan, R. W. (1977). Cognitive processes in same and different decisions (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13527

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

subject:
Decision-making
Choice (Psychology)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 76-80.


identifier: Wang, B. (2015). Carrier Phase Prediction of Weak Signals for High-Accuracy Navigation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25218

subject:
Engineering
GPS
weak signal
carrier phase prediction

abstract:
In this thesis, carrier phase prediction method was investigated for improving real time kinematic (RTK) positioning when signals experience temporary loss of lock. The prediction method is developed and tested using GPS vector-based and GPS/IMU ultra-tight software receivers to generate predicted phase measurements. The main error sources and characteristics of the predicted phase are analyzed and tested using simulated data. Effort is then focused on evaluating the RTK positioning accuracy applying the predicted measurements.

Positioning with and without using the prediction method is compared for the GPS vector-based receiver, and ultra-tightly coupled GPS/IMU receiver, and for an RTK/IMU loosely coupled system. Tests were carried out including simulated and foliage attenuation data. The tests’ outputs were analyzed in measurement and position domain separately, and it was verified that using predicted carrier phase measurements without an IMU do not provide significant benefits, but including the IMU provides considerable benefits.


identifier: Ruby, P. M. (1980). Communication in citizen participation: an exploratory study of elected officials' views (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18628

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

subject: Alberta - Politics and government - Citizen participation

subject: Local government - Citizen participation

subject: Politicians

abstract: Bibliography: p. 93-97.


identifier: Rae, W. E. (1996). Separation of chlorinated phenols by capillary electrophoresis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23365

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

subject:
QH 541.15 T68 R34 1996
Toxicity testing
Toxicology
Environmental toxicology
Capillary electrophoresis

abstract: Bibliography: p. 146-148.


identifier: Gingerysty, N. J. L. (2021). Investigating reactive tropospheric nitrogen oxides by thermal-dissociation cavity ring-down spectroscopy (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Osthoff, Hans D.
Gailer, Jürgen G.
Kimura, Susana Y.

subject:
Chemistry
nitrogen oxides
nitrous acid
cavity ring-down spectroscopy
photolytic conversion
Athabasca oil sands
Chemistry--Analytical
Atmospheric Science

abstract: The nitrogen oxides are important trace constituents of the troposphere that originate mainly from anthropogenic sources. Accurate quantification techniques are needed to characterize their abundance and to assess their impact on air quality. This thesis describes a compact and portable source that delivers nitrous acid (HONO) in high purity (>95%). HONO is produced dynamically by reacting a gas stream containing < 1 part per million (by volume) HCl gas at relative humidity of 30% - 40% with solid sodium nitrite. The production of HONO and absence of impurities such as nitric oxide (NO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and nitrosyl chloride (ClNO) were verified by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and thermal dissociation cavity ring-down spectroscopy (TD CRDS). The interference from HONO in the measurement of NO2 by photolytic conversion with chemiluminescence detection (P-CL) was investigated in two prototype converters. The first used radiation centred around 395 nm, common in P-CL. The second utilized 415 nm light, where the overlap with the HONO absorption spectrum and expected HONO interference are lower. Mixing ratios of NO2, NOx and HONO entering and exiting the converters were quantified by TD-CRDS. Both converters exhibited high NO2 conversion efficiency (CFNO2 >90%). Plots of CF against flow rate delivered photolysis frequencies of 4.2 s-1 and 2.9 s-1 for NO2 and 0.25 s-1 and 0.10 s-1 for HONO at 395 nm and 415 nm, respectively. The CFHONO was larger than predicted implying that measurements of NO2 by P-CL overestimate NO2 concentrations. Mixing ratios of nitrogen oxides were quantified during the SNOWDOGS campaign in Fort MacKay, AB, in January 2020. The group's TD-CRDS was modified to simultaneously quantify mixing ratios of NO2, HNO3, gas phase NOy, and total NOy (including particulate nitrate). High nitrogen oxide concentrations at night and faster than expected daytime conversion of NO2 to nitric acid (HNO3) and particulate nitrate were observed, indicating that the nitrogen oxides are processed primarily by photochemical reactions in polluted regions at high latitude during winter.


identifier: Golly, W. T. (2006). Measuring the performance of intelligent transportation systems in work zones for deployment decision support (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/583

contributor:
Cowe Falls, Lynne
de Barros, Alexandre

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 136-143


identifier: Zhukovskiy, S. (2008). Applications of difference equations to some intial value problems (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2106

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 98-106


identifier: Windsor, J. W. (2017). From phonology to syntax — and back again: Hierarchical structure in Irish and Blackfoot (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26235

contributor:
Flynn, Darin
Ritter, Elizabeth
de Cuba, Carlos
O'Brien, Mary
McGillivray, Murray
Bennett, Ryan

subject: Linguistics Phonology Syntax Interface Irish Blackfoot Demonstratives

abstract:
The interface between phonology and syntax is a tool that can be used to provide additional evidence for study in one grammatical component or the other. Through understanding how these components interact, one can use syntactic constituent structure to control for prosodic confounds in experimentation. Conversely, one can use phonological evidence to decide between competing syntactic analyses. In ideal cases, phonological and syntactic evidence can be used in tandem, allowing converging evidence to reinforce a hypothesis.
In this dissertation, I undertake three case studies to highlight: i. how a knowledge of syntactic constituent structure can increase control over prosodic variables and enable more efficient phonological research; ii. how an understanding of prosodic constituent structure can be used to motivate an underlying syntactic structure at spell-out and enable analysis of morphosyntactic features and operations before spell-out; and, iii. how the use of phonological and syntactic study in tandem can help rule out competing analyses.
The first case study utilizes an analysis of syntactic constituent structure to control for different levels of prosodic prominence. The analysis of prominence made possible by syntactic assumptions allows the establishment of a hypothesis into the origins of a stress-shift phenomenon in one dialect of Irish.
The second case study correlates observable sound alternations to prosodic boundaries and morpho-syntactic categories in Blackfoot. The analysis of prosodic structure facilitates the formation of a hypothesis about suffixation that is suggested to be the result of syntactic agreement, rather than head-movement operations.
The third case study uses the phonological and syntactic analyses from both of the preceding studies and applies those findings to analyze the prosodic and syntactic constituency of demonstratives in both Irish and Blackfoot. A hypothesis towards a common structure for nominal expressions in the two languages is suggested, despite obvious surface differences in realization. Finally, predictions based on that hypothesis are made with questions for future cross-linguistic research.
Each of the case studies examined herein contribute to the over-arching goal of the dissertation: To understand how cross-component evidence can provide additional insight and research tools towards a specific problem in one grammatical component or the other.


identifier: Coza, C. D. (2007). A new robust adaptive-fuzzy control method applied to quadrotor helicoptor stabilization (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1162

format:
xi, 79 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 65-69
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Caissie, B. M. (2018). In our hands: Designing for mobile devices (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB doi:10.11575/PRISM/5434

title: In Our Hands: Designing for Mobile Devices

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Werklund School of Education
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Friesen, Sharon L
Jacobsen, Michele DM
Lock, Jennifer Vivian
Dyjur, Patti
Stordy, Mary Margaret

subject:
Mobile Devices
iPads
Participatory Action Research
Education--Sciences
Education--Technology
Education

abstract:
Two significant impacts on K–12 learning environments are the increasing diversity of learners and one-to-one learning environments. Over the last two decades, several large-scale, provincially-funded projects have supported one-to-one technology in education and equity in Alberta’s education system. For example, the iPad was appropriated by education at an unprecedented rate.

This participatory action research study engaged fifth-grade students and their teacher in an exploration of their science learning and teaching with iPads as the one-to-one mobile device used. Two main types of action research cycles occurred: 1) technology and 2) teaching and learning. Multiple action research cycles were carried out concurrently to investigate: In what ways does the design of technology-enabled, inclusive learning environments impact teacher and student learning and agency in middle school? Data collection methods included focus groups, individual interviews, observations, researcher journaling, a survey, documents, and
artifacts. Three process findings emerged through the student focus groups: challenges, customization, and choice. Seven impact findings were evident from the classroom observations and individual interviews: increased collaboration, improved student engagement, student empowerment, teacher empowerment, technology-enhanced learning environment, shifts in teachers’ perceptions of learners, and shifts in students’ perceptions.

This study revealed that a technology-rich classroom does not automatically create a technology-enhanced learning environment. Systemic barriers mute the potential of one-to-one access. When the design of technology integration at both the school and school authority level creates significant barriers to effective student and teacher use of mobile devices as pedagogical tools, the ability of both teachers and students to act in new and innovative ways is thwarted. The inability to act in new and innovative ways makes it difficult for teachers and students to develop and exert their agency. The findings of this study imply that the potential of
iPads is not being fully realized in the context of learning and teaching as well as provides insight on how iPads can be leveraged as pedagogical devices. Ten recommendations for educational stakeholders, including the Department of Education, educational leaders, teachers, and Faculties of Education, are presented to support a shift from technology-rich classrooms to technology-enhanced learning environments.


identifier: Nixon, A. J. (1981). Natural gas pricing in Canada: an economic analysis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18525

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

subject:
HD 9581 C32 N59 1983
Gas, Natural - Prices - Canada

abstract: Bibliography: p. 110-115.


identifier: Roy, G. A. (1984). Dynamic CNC toolpath verification (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11092

title: Dynamic CNC toolpath verification

subject: TJ 1189 R69 1986

subject: Machine-tools - Numerical control - Computer programs

abstract: Bibliography: p. 86-88.


identifier: Frehlich, L. C. (2018). Development and Assessment of a Neighbourhood International Physical Activity Questionnaire (N-IPAQ) (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/31997

contributor:
McCormack, Gavin Robert
Nettel-Aguirre, Alberto
Friedenreich, Christine Marthe

subject:
physical activity
neighbourhood
built environment
questionnaire
IPAQ
Education--Health
Education--Sciences
Sociology--Transportation
Urban and Regional Planning
Epidemiology
Public Health
Statistics
Psychometrics

abstract: Physical activity is a cornerstone for health, moreover, physical inactivity is independently associated with poor health outcomes. The neighbourhood built environment provides a unique opportunity to address both physical activity and inactivity. Higher walkable neighbourhoods have consistently shown increases in active transportation; however, many of these outcomes have been supported using non-context specific tools (i.e., measures of general physical activity). This project addresses this research gap by developing and testing a neighbourhood specific physical activity questionnaire (N-IPAQ). The N-IPAQ demonstrated reliability through self-administered paper and online formats. Moreover, the N-IPAQ demonstrated construct and concurrent validity using objective measures of neighborhood and physical activity. The N-IPAQ was also able to distinguish physical activity differences between high and low walkable neighborhoods. The use of the N-IPAQ in larger population based research could therefore better elucidate the specific built environment characteristics that foster or hinder physical activity.


identifier: Kralovic, B. J. (2000). The effect of patellofemoral kinematics on joint congruence and cartilage stresses (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19766

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

subject:
QP 303 K727 2000
Patellofemoral joint
Articular cartilage
Joints - Range of motion
Kinematics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 143-151


identifier: Demers, D. D. (1990). A Modified wiener filter for restoration of gated nuclear cardiac images (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23222

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

subject:
QL 454 N8 D45 1990
Nuclear spectroscopy
Heart - Radionuclide imaging

abstract: Bibliography: p. 117-123.


identifier: Volk, K. M. (1986). Stellar winds and the late stages of stellar evolution (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20570

format:
xiii, 311 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QB 806 V64 1987
Stars - Evolution
Astrophysics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 235.


identifier: Harmer, Zachary. (2017). Master of Public Policy Capstone Project. (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Graduate Studies
The School of Public Policy
University of Calgary

abstract: The purpose of this Capstone project is to reveal why Government Assisted Refugees in Canada have performed the worst following their one-year Resettlement Assistance Program term in terms of their ability to integrate into Canadian society. To examine the problem, this Capstone first explores Canada's historical and current resettlement practices. Then, to further understand where Canada stands in terms of global resettlement practices, this paper examines Sweden, New Zealand, Finland, Norway, the United States, and Germany's resettlement programs. Next, I designed a three-part survey to incorporate the first-hand experience of Government Assisted Refugees with families living in Calgary. The findings were that the rigidity of the program and limited income support hindered on their ability to take part in the integration-related activities available to them during their one-year Resettlement Assistance Program term. Together, the three sections of this paper enabled me to suggest that the Government of Canada increase the Resettlement Assistance Program length, increase the flexibility of the programs rules, adopt a case management strategy, and provide a subsidy to businesses that hire refugees.


identifier: Robert, G. R. (1969). Political orientations of Calgary children from grades four to eight (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13926

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

subject: HQ 784 P5 R62 1969 Microfilm

subject: Children and politics

subject: Calgary (Alta.) - Politics and government

abstract: Bibliography: p. 66-69.


identifier: Peloza, J. (2006). Intra-organizational volunteerism: good soldiers, good deeds, or good politics? (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/212

format:
ix, 146 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 113-132


identifier: Briggs, T. E. (1993). A topological model of work satisfaction: on the edge of Occam's razor (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23938

format:
xiii, 357 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HF 5549.5 J63 B65 1993
Job satisfaction - Testing
Quality of work life

abstract: Bibliography: p. 304-320.


identifier: Van Wyk, N. (2016). The Effects of an Intentionally Designed Physical Literacy Curriculum on Primary-Aged Children (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28095

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Kinesiology
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Katz, Larry
Sheehan, Dwayne
Hall, Nathan
Balderson, Daniel
Friesen, Sharon

subject:
Education--Early Childhood
Early Childhood
Health
Teacher Training
Recreation
Physical Education

abstract:
Fundamental movement skills (FMS) are considered to be the foundation of life-long participation in physical activity (PA). Tied closely to FMS is an individual’s sense of self perception of competence and confidence. It is argued that feeling positive about your ability to acquire and apply FMS to a variety of contexts will result in a greater likelihood of continued participation. The development of FMS typically occurs in education and sporting environments however, the recreation sector is an alternate viable arena to enhance such skill development.
This thesis explores the creation of an intentionally designed PA curriculum, that is grounded in the philosophy of physical literacy (PL), and its’ influence on recreation programming including children’s motor proficiency and instructor behavior. Little scholarly research has been conducted in this area in the recreation sector. The literature that exists on children’s PA exertion and instructor behavior has primarily been conducted in the school and after-school environments.
A total of 57 children in grade one and grade two were invited to participate in this research study. Children were divided into two groups, PL and traditional recreation (TR) programming. Those children in the PL program experienced PA in the four environments of land, air, snow/ice and water. Children involved in TR programs self-selected PA programs and were taught by traditional recreation instructors. Both groups of children participated in PA programs twice a week at a recreation centre in North central Calgary from January to May 2014.
Motor proficiency testing, utilizing the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, identified a change over time for both groups and a statistical difference for
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participants in the PL program. Systematic observation revealed that group participation influenced PA behaviors of children. Further, discriminant analysis determined that the criterion for instructor interaction variables (as determined by the System for Observing Fitness Instruction Time) can be used to distinguish amongst instructors.
The results of this research study suggest that purposeful, intentional recreation programming (in physical literacy) that is aligned with education outcomes and sport philosophy has the ability to influence PA behaviors in the recreation sector. It is suggested that further research in professional development and recreation curriculum continue to be explored to promote the development of FMS to contribute to an individual’s sustained participation in PA over the life course.


identifier: Patil, K. B. (1978). Structure and cancellation theories for graded Azumaya algebras (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19072

format:
v, 77 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QA 251.5 P36 1978 Microfiche
Azumaya algebras
Associative rings
Rings (Algebra)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 76-77.


identifier: Wityk, N. D. (2008). Three dimensional simulations of magnetized superbubbles (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2298

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 130-133


identifier: Hovdebo, L. D. (1987). Portraits of understanding: thought processes exhibited during a task-based interview (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17252

format:
x, 150 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: HF 5549.5 I6 H68 1988

subject: Employment interviewing - Psychological aspects

subject: Interviewing - Psychological aspects

subject: Personality

abstract: Bibliography: p. 146-150.


identifier: Lovett, M. S. (2009). Can ceos establish and maintain work-life balance (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3056

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 141-145
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Boak, E. E. (2020). Visualizing Afghanistan: Cartography and the Imperial Imaginary, from the Anglo-Afghan Wars to the present (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Arts
University of Calgary

contributor:
Peric, Sabrina
Dawson, Peter C.
Blue, Gwendolyn
Yessenova, Saulesh

subject:
Afghanistan
Satellites
remote sensing
archives
colonialism
imperialism
visualization
Anglo-Afghan Wars
War in Afghanistan
Soviet-Afghan War
Soviet Union
United States
British Empire
Anthropology
Archaeology
Geography
History
History--Middle Eastern
History--Military
History--Russian and Soviet
History--United States
History of Science

abstract: Afghanistan is currently one of the most imaged places in the world. Satellites, drones, and laser scanners ceaselessly upload data to an ever-expanding mosaic of images and maps in the cloud, on university servers, and in government offices. Knowledge of Afghanistan – whether for scientific or military purposes – is increasingly founded upon an ever-growing archive of foreign image images rather than grounded experience. Countless scientific projects today situate their investigations of Afghanistan in remote-sensed data. Outside of the most recent war and occupation however, Afghanistan has long been a place that foreign eyes attempted to capture and visualize from a distance. In this thesis, I argue that the reading of contemporary satellite imagery is dependent on the larger historical archive of maps of Afghanistan. To understand the implications, I turn to close analysis of the production, circulation, and consumption of maps and images to illustrate the types of understandings, meanings and imaginings of Afghanistan that endure and are transmitted across time through contemporary visualization practices. I do so through archival research at the British Library’s India Office Records and Map Collections, which I bring in conversation with materials from the Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989), and the ongoing U.S. led War in Afghanistan (2001-present). I argue that while presenting objective and scientific images, historical maps contain and transmit interpretations about Afghanistan, chronicling the character of territories and peoples. Further, maps played an active role in the re-imaging of Afghanistan, as they worked as a tool of governance, reshaping places and the way they were perceived on the ground all while projecting foreign systems of understanding the world which relied upon order, rationality, and measurability. As foreign powers mobilized science and technology to map Afghanistan, they made it possible to imagine Afghanistan as a unitary entity. Understanding the roots of contemporary visual practices in Afghanistan underscores the power behind the reuse and recirculation of images today, and demonstrates the power that foreign militaries have exerted through successive choices in visualizing Afghanistan over the past two centuries.


identifier: Bakir, M. (2021). Investigation of friction reduction in high turbulent flows by different polymer additives (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary

contributor:
Nassar, Nashaat N.
Natale, Giovanniantonio
Hugo, Ronald J

subject:
friction reduction
drag reduction
polymers
polymer mixtures
hydraulic fracturing
Engineering

abstract: Industrial applications such as hydraulic fracturing require large flowrates and pressure resulting in high energy consumption and costs. To mitigate these concerns, dilute concentrations of friction reducers (i.e., polymers, and surfactants) are used to reduce the pressure drop (therefore friction) in the solvent operating under turbulent flow conditions resulting in lower energy consumption, and costs. These applications are also present in other industrial applications such as marine transportation, firefighting, and heating & cooling systems, where friction reducers have been employed to reduce the friction by over 80% in these industrial processes. In this study, the friction reducing performance of a commonly used friction reducer, Partially Hydrolyzed Polyacrylamide (HPAM), was investigated in a friction flow loop. While HPAM is inexpensive, environmentally friendly and an effective friction reducer in fresh water, HPAM degrades irreversibly due to high flow rates (shear), and salts present in brine.  As a result, HPAM was mixed with polyethylene oxide (PEO), and xanthan gum (XG) to improve the friction reduction (FR) peak performance, shear stability and salt-tolerance of HPAM., The novelty of this work is to analyze the effects and mechanisms of friction reducing polymer mixtures in brine solutions and high turbulent flows similar to what is present in the field. The interesting finding was that HPAM-PEO and HPAM-XG mixtures improved the FR performance of HPAM in brine at a greater rate than in tap water. It was investigated that brine solutions enhance the likelihood of intermolecular interactions of the polymer mixtures than in tap water resulting in the improved FR performance; the correlation between the FR and the intermolecular associations between HPAM with PEO and XG has not been reported in literature. Evidence of intermolecular interactions between HPAM with PEO and XG was found using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). In addition, two degradation models were used confirming that XG improves the degradation resistance of HPAM. Lastly, it was shown that PEO, and XG reduce the consumption of HPAM required achieve an optimal FR performance, thus transitioning towards alternate, eco-friendly FR additives.


identifier: Mani, N. (1971). Precise determination of the thermal conductivity of fluids using absolute transient hot-wire technique (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24062

format:
xxiii, <250> leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QC 323 M35 1971 Microfilm
Heat - Conduction
Thermodynamics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 210-216.

abstract: The knowledge of accurate data on the transport properties of fluids is not only demanded by theoreticians to predict accurately the basic molecular mechanisms involved in the transport phenomena in fluids and fluid mixtures but is equally important to the engineer in order to design advanced heat transfer elements such as in nuclear and rocket technology. But disparities of± SO per cent are not uncommon in the existing data for the transport properties. This uncertainty in the property values can result in considerable over or under design, The fact that our analytical ability and phenomenological knowledge concerning heat transfer mechanisms far outstrips our design and technological ability can thus be attributed to some extent to a lack of sufficiently precise property data for most fluids. An apparatus was, therefore, developed using an ab~olu;te · br.arlJ.>ient hot-w)Jz,e technique to measure aeewr.a.,te and p~ewe values of the theJt.mal eonduetivity, one of the transport properties, of liquids and dense gases over a wide range of temperature from 100°K to 400°K and of pressure up to 700 bar. An analysis for heat transfer by simultaneous conduction and radiation in a radiation participating medium surrounding the hot-wire in a cylindrical enclosure was carried out to account for the radiative component of the thermal conductivity. The transient response of the hot-wire in the surrounding medium was also studied to determine the onset of convection and the consequent termination of the pseudoconduction regime so as to ensure convection free measurements. The effect of non-constant heat generation from the hot-wire on measurements was also examined and accounted for so that the results, independent of the heat flux from the wire, were obtained . From an analysis of all possible errors, corrections and t heir minimization, a system with measurement reproducibility and accuracy of better than 0.5 per cent was designed using a computerized data acquisition system. Measurements were carried out on liquid and dense gaseous methane over the entire design temperature and pressure range and the results compared with the correlations obtained for the existing data, The accuracy of the measurements and the reliability of the apparatus were also checked by measurements on toluene, one of the suggested standard reference materials for thermal conductivity measurements, in the temperature range from - 90 to 110°C at atmospheric pressure. The measured conductivity value of 129.16 mW/m°K at 25°C for toluene agrees favourably with recent Jz.a.d,,,la,u,on component n~ee values reported using steady state methods. The measurement results on toluene indicate a distinct region of p~e-6~eezing anomaly which may be attributed to cluster formation in the liquid as the solid-liquid phase boundary is approached. This pre-freezing anomaly is likely in most liquids , An anomalous enhancement. in the thermal conductivity of methane is suspected in the vicinity of its thermodynamic critical point.


identifier: Atwood, K. (2014). Maintaining “the Family” During Deployment:  Presence Work by Military Families (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26812

subject:
Sociology
Individual and Family Studies
military families
deployment
communications technology
emotion work
presence

abstract: Studies of military families show growing concern about how deployments affect them. Recent scholarship proposed that new communications technology will make it easier for families to cope, but also suggests this might blur the lines between work and home for military members. This literature lacks focus on the lived experiences of military families. The aim of this research was to address this gap by examining what families actually do to communicate during separations, orienting to the concept of “emotion work” wherein maintaining intimacy is an accomplishment requiring effort.  I conducted qualitative, semi-structured interviews with 47 military and family members, and service providers who worked with military families, to explore how military families endeavor to create presence during separation; how the military features in families’ explanations of presence work; what the capacities and limitations of available technologies for creating presence work; and what the implications of presence work were for military members’ roles in families. Participants’ narratives showed differences in the availability of technologies and their accessibility during deployment, which affected families’ ability to create presence during separations. They drew on a number of strategies to accomplish presence, including work undertaken during interaction and work on the self in the form of emotion management. While participants reported that the deployed military member was still “part of the family”, military members were unable to participate regularly in the household’s activities. The most salient challenges were regarding the military’s institutional demands. Military members’ service requirements made them unavailable for communication; bases lacked infrastructure to enable members to use a broad range of technologies; and policy restricted what could be said and when. In response to this institutional “greediness”, families emphasized their personal responsibility to adapt, rather than expressing a desire for structural changes. I conclude that the military’s intrusion into family life results in families undertaking additional emotional labour, including presence work, in order to maintain a sense of connectedness during deployments, where the demands on military members’ resources are particularly high.


identifier: Hornstein, H. A. (1985). An investigation of the temporal characteristics and location of iconic memory in mildly retarded and nonretarded individuals (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16164

format:
xi, 211 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
BF 371 H652 1985
Memory - Ability testing

abstract: Bibliography: p. 173-210.


identifier: Kozub, D. (1996). Community economic development planning and large-scale casino ventures (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19818

format:
iii, <116 leaves> ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 7-1 - 7-10.


identifier: Suarez Jerez, N. A. (2015). A New Production Casing Design to Withstand Combined Installation Compression Loading and High Multi-Stage Hydraulic Fracturing Pressures in Montney Shale Horizontal Wells (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24871

subject: Engineering--Petroleum Casing Design Horizontal Wells

abstract:
In order to make a low permeability shale reservoir economically attractive, it is critical to maximize the well contact with the reservoir by drilling long horizontal wells into the producing formation, and then to stimulate the well by means of massive multi-stage hydraulic fracturing.
To this end, the well is equipped with a casing tubular system that initially serves as the pipe by which hydraulic fracturing is done, and subsequently acts as the conduit that transports hydrocarbons from the reservoir to the surface.
In recent years, there has been production casing failures characterized by pipe leaking during hydraulic fracturing jobs in the Montney shale of British Columbia. Costs of these failures have ranged between $2MM and $15MM in NPV loss.
These technical and economic failures have inspired the research presented in this thesis. Key contribution of this work: Development of a new tapered string made out of 22.4 x 17.3 kg/m casing, which takes into account all acting loads during casing installation and withstands high pressures during multi-stage hydraulic fracturing jobs in horizontal wells. The cost of the improved tapered string is similar to the cost of previous casing designs.
Casing design has been traditionally done to withstand the most critical loads during the production phase of the well life. Fracturing loading has been incorporated into the casing design process merely as a casing burst load defined by the hydrostatic pressure of the fracturing fluid plus the surface pressure applied to that column of fluid. However, there has been minimum work done to incorporate the combined casing installation and hydraulic fracturing loads into the design process. The research presented in this thesis meets that need.


identifier: Gow, G. A. (1997). New approaches to disaster communications: towards a global communications lifeline infrastructure (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24267

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

subject:
P96 .I5 G69 1997
Communication, International
Communication - Internal cooperation
Disaster relief
International relief

abstract: Bibliography: p. 161-169.


identifier: Fooladamoli, E. (2022). Merton problem in insurance (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Merton Problem in Insurance

contributor:
Swishchuk, Anatoliy
Swishchuk, Anatoliy
Liao, Wenyuan
Ambagaspitiya, Rohana

subject: Education--Finance Education--Mathematics

abstract: The goal of Insurance companies, like that of any other financial institution, is to maximize their wealth. In doing so, there are different parameters they have to consider, such as premium rate, number of claim arrivals, size of claim arrival, etc. Moreover, they can invest their money in risk-free and risky asset to earn some income from those resources as well. This thesis discusses the application of Merton problem in insurance and risk and how to solve it. That is, we design a trading strategy for an insurance company such that its utility is maximized over a given time horizon. We use General Compound Hawkes Process to model the insurance’s risk and use the corresponding diffusion approximation to approximate the risk using a diffusion process. Then, we proceed with solving the problem by Hamilton- Jacobi-Bellman equation. Finally, we show some simulation results based on the calibration on data from insurance companies in Germany and their interpretations.


identifier: Bird, J. (2016). Quantitative Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Multiple Sclerosis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27506

contributor:
Pike, Bruce
Protzner, Andrea
Koch, Marcus
Dunn, Jeff

subject: Neuroscience Biophysics--Medical Radiology

abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and functional MRI (fMRI) continue to advance the understanding of multiple sclerosis (MS) pathology, but these conventional imaging techniques have several limitations, which may render them insufficient to identify biomarkers of a disease as multifaceted as MS. This thesis employed quantitative fMRI to investigate uncharted measures of MS cerebral physiology, which can contribute to the development of new MS biomarkers; specifically, motor cortex flow-metabolism coupling and global grey matter cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) were quantified. Data analysis of 12 MS patients and 11 healthy controls revealed between-group differences in cerebral blood flow (CBF) and oxygen metabolism. However, the ratio between CBF and oxygen metabolism, as well as CVR, had no significant between-group differences. These findings provide preliminary information about MS pathology and potential MS biomarkers. This research also demonstrates limitations of quantitative fMRI that impede the ability to make robust conclusions; therefore, further methodological research is needed.


identifier: Blais, P. (2000). Synthesis and structural characterization of polyimido analogues of aluminum-containing minerals (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12178

format:
xx, 117 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2000 B535

abstract: Bibliography: p.109-117.


identifier: Haghnazar Liseroudi, M. (2021). Regional diagenesis and fluid flow study of the early Triassic Montney Formation as related to H2S generation (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Regional Diagenesis and Fluid Flow Study of the Early Triassic Montney Formation as Related to H2S Generation

contributor:
Pedersen, Per
Sanei, Hamed
Qing, Hairuo
Henderson, Charles
Spencer, Ronald
Haeri Ardakani, Omid

subject: Geology

abstract: The regional diagenetic evolution of the Early Triassic Montney Formation was investigated using detailed petrographic techniques (optical and SEM/EDXS/CL) and multiple bulk and in-situ isotope geochemical data to address the nature of diagenetic fluids, water/rock interaction, and geological, geochemical, and structural processes controlled the formation of sulfates (anhydrite and barite), sulfides (H2S and pyrite), and carbonates (calcite and dolomite). According to the results of this study, the Montney Formation contains both early and late diagenetic anhydrite and late barite cement mainly formed by the Montney Formation pore water and incursion of structurally-controlled Devonian-sourced hydrothermal sulfate-rich fluids. Three pyrite forms, i.e., framboidal, recrystallized, and coalesced with distinct δ34S values, were identified. The sulfur isotope composition of anhydrite/barite, H2S, and pyrite demonstrates both microbial and thermochemical sulfate reduction (MSR and TSR) controlled the diagenetic sulfur cycle of the Montney Formation. The present-day produced-gas H2S was dominantly originated from the in-situ thermochemical sulfate reduction process and partially migrated from underlying formations. The Montney Formation is also comprised of three and four generations of early to late calcite (C1-C3) and dolomite (D1-D4) cement, respectively. Bulk δ13C and δ18O values, and 87Sr/86Sr isotope ratios of carbonate cement suggest water/rock interaction between hot basinal brines, Precambrian metasediments, and siliciclastics in the basin. Moreover, hydrothermal fluids as well as burial diagenesis appear to have contributed to the formation of carbonate cement. The overall diagenetic evolution of the Montney Formation was controlled by intraformational (Montney Formation pore water), and cross-formational fluid flow driven by hydrothermal activities and tectonic evolution of the Canadian Cordillera.


identifier: Petersen, B. J. (1986). An Analysis of students' information use (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22755

format:
ix, 139 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
Z 711.3 P46 1987
Library use studies - Alberta - Calgary
Education, Secondary - Research
Research

abstract: Bibliography: p. 121-129.


identifier: Kapell, B. (2014). "Mothers by choice, single by chance": A qualitative exploration of becoming a single mother through the use of medically assisted donor insemination (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27013

subject:
Individual and Family Studies
WomenÕs Studies
Single Mothers by Choice
Donor Insemination
Single Mothers
sexuality
Feminism

abstract: There has been a rise in recent years in the number of women choosing to have a child without the involvement of a partner. These women, often referred to as ‘single mothers by choice’ or ‘choice mothers’, differ from single mothers who find themselves parenting alone following divorce, separation or unexpected pregnancy. This study delineates the experience of choosing single motherhood utilizing medically assisted donor insemination. I conducted 32 qualitative interviews focused on experiences of mothering and motherhood and reproductive decision-making. A grounded theory analysis revealed that for this sample, these women carefully craft a story to share with others explaining their decision. This story was influenced by the larger social discourses of “good” and “bad” mothering, “good” and “bad” female sexuality. These results give a new face and voice to the single mother, expanding our understanding of postmodern families.


identifier: Joshi, V. (1971). Isolation in the poetry of Robert Frost (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20837

title: Isolation in the poetry of Robert Frost

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

subject:
PS 3511 R94 Z745 1971 Microfilm
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963

abstract: Bibliography: p. 126-137.


identifier: MacWha, S. C. (1994). Sub-regional security in the north Pacific: Canadian interests and involvement (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11290

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

subject:
FC 244 E18 M38 1994
Canada - Foreign relations - East Asia
East Asia - Foreign relations - Canada
Canada - Foreign relations - 1945-
East Asia - Strategic aspects

abstract: Bibliography: p. 115-125.


identifier: Shing, Y. H. (1969). Theoretical and experimental studies in electron paramagnetic resonance I: an investigation of the 290K angular spectra of gadolinium (Gd3+, 8s) in Lanthanum Ethyl Sulphate at 5, 10 and 35 GHz using Conventional and generalized Spin-Hamiltonians (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19617

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subject:
QC 762 S54 1968 Microfilm
Electron paramagnetic resonance

abstract: Bibliography: p. 74-76.

abstract: The phenomenon of electron paramagnetic resonance is described microscopically using the rotating.codrdinate methodand macroscopically using the Bloch formalism. Two major nonradiative physical processes, the spin-lattice and spin-spin interactions, whereby a paramagnetic system can loose energy to its environment are briefly discussed. A qualitative description of the crystal-field theory is given. The spin-C Hamiltonian formalism developed by Abragam and Pryce (1951) for interpreting paramagnetic resonance experimental results is described. The conventional (Bleaney, etal., 1951) and generalized spin-Hamiltonian (Grant and Strandberg, 1964) for gadolinium, in lanthanum ethyl sulphate, arederived. The proposed mechanisms for interpreting:the splittingof the ground 8S state of Gd 3+ are reviewed. The EPR spectra of 0.1 per cent Gd 3 as a paramagnetic impurity in lanthanum ethyl' -sulphate were measured at'290°K using 5,10 and 35GHz. spectrometers which, are described. ,The parameters in the conventional:, and genèralizedspin-,Hamiltohian for,' Gin Ianthanum.ethyl, sü1hate were determined at directions parallel and perpendicuThr to lhe cry.sta1 :y 'metry axis using the 5, lQ and35GHz EPR spectra of AM = ± 1 transitions. 'A'convergent, least-mean-square.on1pUter method was utilized for the •àalculation. The eperi.mental and calculated-angular spectra of M = ± 1 and AM =± 2 transitions,are presehted. The experimental results and calculation methods are discussed.


identifier: Swan, T. L. (2020). “I was planning on going to an actual real school rather than a program like this”;  Students with intellectual disabilities informing adult special education (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary

contributor:
Hughson, E. Anne
Lashewicz, Bonnie M.
Milaney, Katrina J.

subject:
Disability, Adult Special Education
Education--Adult and Continuing
Education--Curriculum and Instruction

abstract: This study is a critical ethnography exploring the experiences of four students with an intellectual disability (ID) label enrolled in an adult special education program in British Columbia, Canada. The study focused on the following broad questions: 1) How is adult special education programming at a post-secondary institution socially organized? and 2) How is knowledge and power reflected in the academic and social activities of students with ID through text? Data were collected through in-depth interviews, a focus group, observations, review of documents, and self-reflexive journaling. It was interpreted thematically, and three prominent themes were uncovered: Bureaucratic Structure: Text and Disability, Control and Compliance and Normality: “Don’t Act Like A Kid”, and Social Relations: Who Belongs Where? A main finding was that ID students are reliable and capable research participants. Another finding was that specialized programs fail to deliver an education that recognizes student’s identity, competence, learning, human rights, or sense of belonging. A further finding was that post-secondary structures subjectivized ID students as child-like, dependent, and incapable. The results of this study begin to add a critical perspective to the scholarship and practice related to intellectual disability and post-secondary education.


identifier: Peddle, D. R. (1991). Evidential classification of landcover and permafrost from multisource remote sensing imagery in mountainous terrain, Yukon (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19573

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subject: GB 648.15 P43 1991

subject: Frozen ground - Yukon Territory - Classification - Computer programs

subject: Ground cover plants - Yukon Territory - Classification - Computer programs

abstract: Bibliography: p. 137-143.


identifier: Herzog, V. L. (2000). Building collaborating team trust (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14708

title: Building collaborating team trust

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subject:
HD69 .S8 H47 2000
Strategic alliances (Business)
Teams in the workplace.
Project management
Trust
Information technology - Management

abstract: Bibliography: p. 183-194.


identifier: Zirahi, A. (2019). Implementation of Ethyl Acetate as a Bio-Based Solvent for Bitumen Recovery (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Hassanzadeh, Hassan
Abedi, Jalal
Mahinpey, Nader
Dong, Mingzhe

subject:
Thermodynamics
Solvent
Bitumen recovery
Ethyl Acetate
SAGD
Engineering--Chemical
Engineering--Petroleum

abstract: Bitumen production from oilsands are more complicated than producing light oil from conventional reservoirs. Bitumen is not mobile at reservoir conditions and its viscosity should be reduced to be producible. Solvent assisted thermal recovery methods such as expanding solvent steam assisted gravity drainage (ES-SAGD) were introduced to improve the drawbacks of the current recovery methods such as steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) and cyclic steam stimulation (CSS). For the first time, Ethyl Acetate (EA) as a bio-based solvent is introduced to be implemented in ES-SAGD. Phase behavior measurements showed a significant reduction in density and viscosity of bitumen due to high solubility of ethyl acetate in bitumen. Numerical simulation studies and 2-D physical model sand-pack experiments revealed that co-injecting ethyl acetate with steam can noticeably increase the bitumen recovery and decrease the steam-oil-ratio, which can be translated to a significant energy savings and lower CO2 emissions.


identifier: Ma, L. (2007). Role of the tumor suppressor gene zac1 in retinal development (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1347

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abstract:
Bibliography: p. 237-262
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Kilchyk, V. (2000). Flammability limits of carbon monoxide and carbon monxide-hydrogen mixtures in air at elevated temperatures (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19490

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xiii, 94 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject: AC1 .T484 2000 K55

abstract: Bibliography: p. 84-94.


identifier: Karimi Fatemi, M. (2020). A Power-Aware Reinforcement Learning Technique for Memory Allocation in Real-time Embedded Systems (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Pahlevani, Majid
Far, Behrouz Homayoun
Sanati-Nezhad, Amir
Moshirpour, Mohammad

subject:
Reinforcement Learning
Embedded Systems
Memory Allocation
Low Power
Real-time
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science

abstract: Embedded systems are ubiquitous in today's world. They are used in a vast number of applications, from medical devices to spacecraft. Two of the main characteristics of such systems are real-time constraints and the lack of reliable energy sources. As cache memories negatively contribute to these two challenges, embedded systems have adopted a new concept called scratch-pad memories (SPMs). To further reduce power consumption, hybrid SPMs composed of Static RAMs (SRAMs) and non-volatile memories (NVMs) have been introduced. Compared to SRAMs, NVMs offer low leakage power and high density while suffering from high energy consumption during write activities. As such, numerous studies have been done on performing memory allocation in hybrid architectures. As memory allocation is an NP-complete problem, traditional approaches fall short due to their timing and memory complexities. Therefore, previous studies have offered alternative techniques to resolve this problem in significantly shorter times. In this work, I propose a reinforcement learning technique to tackle the memory allocation problem in a hybrid architecture. As the results showed, the proposed technique can provide a near-optimal solution - only 5.6% less efficient on average - in a substantially shorter time. To evaluate the algorithm's effectiveness, I compared the results with a greedy technique and a Genetic Algorithm (GA). The results showed that the proposed technique could reduce the average energy consumption by 35.84% and 5.1% compared to the greedy technique and GA, respectively. While the improvements gained by the proposed technique was negligible compared to the GA, it could outperform the GA in simulation time once the learning phase was complete. Particularly, the experiments on 15 soft real-time task frames showed a 35.1% reduction in the average simulation time.


identifier: Grewal, E. K. (2018). Investigating 24-Hour Movement Behaviours of Children and Youth Attending Summer Camps (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/33069

contributor:
Doyle-Baker, Patricia Katherine
McDonough, Meghan H.
Copeland, Jennifer L.
Sheehan, Dwayne Patrick

subject:
Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines
summer camp
physical activity
Sleep
sedentary behaviour
Education--Physical
Recreation
Physiology

abstract: The KiSS UC study (n=224) measured all four movement behaviours from the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines: light physical activity (LPA), moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), sleep, and sedentary behaviour (SB). The study objectives were to determine the: 1) proportion of participants meeting those guidelines, 2) factors associated with meeting the guidelines (sex, age, camp type, ethnicity, number of other children in the household, parent education), and 3) out-of-camp activities engaged in. Garmin vivofits measured LPA and sleep; Garmin heart rate monitors and Actihearts measured MVPA; SB and out-of-camp activities were assessed using questionnaires (CAPL, CPAQ, respectively). A large proportion of participants met the LPA (88%), MVPA (100%), sleep (65%), and SB (78%) guidelines. Age, parent education, sex, and number of other children in the household were significant predictors for sleep and SB. In summary, summer camps may be a setting where each of the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines can be met.


identifier: Liu, W. (2008). The roles of rgd-integrin interactions in peripheral nerve regeneration (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3194

contributor:
Zochodne, Douglas
Wildering, Willem C.

format:
xiii, 115 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract:
Bibliography: p. 101-115
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Edwards, J. (2017). Estimation of the Local Mixture Composition Associated with a Short-Duration Fuel Injection Near a Shock Reflection (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25960

contributor:
Johansen, Craig
Bauwens, Luc
Morton, Christopher
Murari, Kartikeya

subject:
Optics
Energy
Engineering--Mechanical
Psychology--Experimental
Shock Tube
Mixture composition measurement

abstract:
This thesis presents an overview of modifications made to an existing shock tube facility that will facilitate future studies involving hydrogen and nano-particle combustion. The modifications were made to the shock tube located in the University of Calgary’s High Speed Aerodynamics and Energy Research Laboratory. Specific changes were made to the driver section utilizing shock tube tailoring with the aim of increasing available test times from 3 ms to 10 ms at 900 K end wall temperatures. A novel method of determining the local gas mixture based on measured shock
velocity and shock tube pressure data was also developed and tested with mixtures of nitrogen and helium. Results of these tests show that that the method used in this study can estimate the mole fraction of helium within 4% of the expected value.


identifier: Vaasjo, E. (2023). Characterizing the gastrointestinal microbiome of endangered greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in a conservation program (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Veterinary Medicine
University of Calgary

contributor:
Whiteside, Douglas
Black, Sandra
Poissant, Jocelyn

subject:
microbiome
conservation
greater sage-grouse
Centrocercus urophasianus
Ecology
Microbiology
Veterinary Science

abstract: Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) are a critically endangered species in Canada with fewer than 140 individuals remaining on native habitats in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan. The Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo has initiated North America’s only zoo-based conservation breeding program for this species to bolster declining wild populations through conservation reintroductions. The biodiversity of host-associated microbiota is increasingly recognized as a component of wildlife conservation as studies demonstrate the relationship of the microbiome with growth and development, digestion, toxin metabolism, and immune function. Though the importance of microbiome research is becoming more widely known, there is considerably less literature on free-ranging, captive, or domestic avian species compared to mammalian species. Within the managed population of sage-grouse, the largest proportion of morbidity and mortality have been associated with intestinal bacterial infections. Hypothesizing that a lack of bacterial diversity or an altered bacterial community composition may have health effects on the population in both managed care and post-release, the fecal microbiome of adult and juvenile captive sage-grouse was characterized with 16s rRNA sequencing and compared to samples from wild birds. Antibiotic use and sex did not have a significant impact on the diversity or composition of the microbiome in zoo-based animals, but management of juvenile sage-grouse did influence the development of the microbiome. Juveniles that were raised outdoors with access to maternal care developed a microbiome much more similar to captive adults when compared to chicks that were incubated and hand-raised. Significant differences were noted between the captive and wild microbiome when comparing wild samples to both captive adults, and the oldest juveniles temporarily housed in soft-release pens. Differences were driven primarily by altered community composition, and not by a lack of diversity in the managed population. The local environment and diet appear to be important factors influencing the diversity and composition of the gastrointestinal microbiome in this species. Other variables related to captivity, including proximity to humans and chronic stress, may also be contributing to the significant difference seen between managed and wild populations of endangered greater sage-grouse, and deserve further exploration.


identifier: Calderon Palma, H. (2003). Numerical modeling of the groundwater flow system in a sub-basin of the Leon-Chinandega aquifer, Nicaragua (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21794

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abstract: Bibliography: p. 145-149.


identifier: Fan, T. (2002). The urban structure of Harbin, China: an urban design approach (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14282

publisher:
Environmental Design
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
iv, 114 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject: AC1 .T484 2002 F36

abstract: Bibliography: p. 112-114


identifier: Paul, S. (2017). Biophysical studies of bacterial proteins; can we address antibiotic resistance? (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25138

contributor:
Vogel, Hans
Ro, Dae-Kyun
Zaremberg, Vanina

subject: Biochemistry

abstract: It is forecast that the single biggest challenge to medical care in the twenty-first century will be the control of antibiotic resistant bacteria, including multidrug resistant strains. Although numerous factors are associated with the rapid emergence of pathogen resistance, the limited number of core structures of currently used antibiotics is one of the reasons for this development. Unlike other conventional antibiotics, the recently discovered class of lipopeptide antibiotics consists of a cyclic peptide head group with an acyl chain that are synthesized by a non-ribosomal peptide synthetase in association with an acyl carrier protein (ACP). This dissertation presents the solution structure of an ACP, LipD that is involved in the acylation of the lipopeptide antibiotic friulimicin. Enhanced stability of holo-LipD (LipD with the phosphopantetheine group attached) was observed through biophysical investigations. This may originate from a subtle change in the helix angles, required for the attachment of the acyl chain. Moreover, interaction studies of ACPs with antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) revealed that bacterial ACPs can be novel targets for AMPs and that this may perturb the fatty acid synthesis to abrogate the pathogenesis of recalcitrant pathogens such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We also investigated the ligand binding properties of two selected periplasmic binding proteins (PBP). Understanding the mechanisms by which PBPs can bind and release various ligands has implications for designing biosensors and developing therapeutic compounds that will perturb the pathways mediated by PBPs. Detailed biophysical studies of the Escherichia.coli ferric citrate binding PBP, FecB, revealed that it could form complexes with a wide variety of different tricarboxylic acid-iron complexes. Moreover unexpectedly FecB was found to bind apo-citrate and other iron-free tricarboxylic acids with great avidity. Information regarding the plasticity of substrate binding by FecB will allow us to design new strategies to overcome bacterial resistance. On the other hand, we demonstrated that E. coli HisJ interacts with L-histidine with nM affinity and can also bind 3-methyl-L-histidine, which has been identified as a biomarker for muscle wasting. Therefore, HisJ can potentially be used to design a reagentless protein-based biosensor for the early detection of this muscle disease.


identifier: Caprio-Prevette, M. D. (1993). Development of training programs for memory enhancement for older adults in community settings (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18144

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subject:
BF 724.85 M45 C37 1993
Memory
Aged - Psychology
Cognition in old age
Mnemonics

abstract: Bibliography: p.187-209.


identifier: Bolkan, Y. G. (2003). Modeling circulating fluidized bed riser and downer reactors and their application to fluid catalytic cracking (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21367

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subject: AC1 .T484 2003 B65

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 175-190
UARC
Copyright waiver included: y


identifier: Ng, H. (2005). Monitoring fluid injection using seismic time-lapse analysis: a Rainbow Lake case study (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17506

contributor:
Krebes, Edward S.
Bentley, Laurence R.

format:
xiv, 98 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 76-78


identifier: Kuduvalli, G. R. (1992). Image data compression for high-resolution digital teleradiology (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16119

format:
xiv, 215 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject:
QA 76.9 D33 K83 1992
Data compression (Computer Science)
Data base management
Coding theory

abstract: Bibliography: p. 182-195.


identifier: Cashion, G. R. (1975). Training the cerebral palsied: research to practice (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16338

format:
xi, 163 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
RC 388 C36 1974 Microfiche
Cerebral palsy

abstract: Bibliography: p. 129-143.


identifier: Mohammadmoradi, S. P. (2016). Pore Morphological Multi-Phase Digital Rock Physics Models (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27385

contributor:
Kantzas, Apostolos
Sahimi, Muhammad
Clarkson, Christopher
Maini, Brij
Dong, Mingzhe
Bentley, Laurence

subject:
Engineering--Petroleum
Pore-level
Capillary Dominant
Immiscible Displacements
Saturation functions
Pore Morphology

abstract: To reduce expenses, failures, ecological footprints, and uncertainty of reservoir appraisal operations, digital rock physics workflows need to be evolved constantly. The traditional characterization procedures are being replaced by technology-rich environmentally sustainable virtual packages. The advancing high-resolution imaging technology offers the opportunity to directly capture exhaustive pore-level images and highlights the need for fast, reliable and multi-phase simulation techniques. Performing direct multi-phase simulations and tracking fluid-fluid and fluid-solid interfaces are the most essential and challenging parts of pore-level studies. There is a technical dilemma in the direct simulation of immiscible displacements between dynamic, e.g. CFD and Lattice-Boltzmann, and quasi-static, e.g. pore morphological, approaches. Once the partially saturated micro-scale realizations are generated, the effective mechanical, petrophysical and thermo-physical properties can be predicted applying steady-state simulations through solid fabrics and fluids spatial arrangements. In this thesis, direct voxel-based pore-level fluid flow models are proposed, validated and applied to real and synthetic porous media images. Two- and three-phase quasi-static pore morphological algorithms are first presented to simulate immiscible displacement processes and post-processing results are compared with experimental data available in the literature. The workflows are applied to predict thermo-physical and petrophysical characteristics of porous media from the pore-scale point of view. The filling process is adapted applying an object-based technique and the marching cubes algorithm is utilized to extract spreading and wetting films. To deal with the multi-scale nature of porous media and extent the capability and universality of the approach, a hybrid approach called DyMAS (Dynamic Morphology Assisted Simulation) is then proposed coupling pore morphological and CFD-based dynamic workflows.


identifier: Halbauer, J. (2016). Establishing a Fluorescence in situ Hybridization Approach for Subcellular mRNA Localization in Arabidopsis thaliana (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25953

contributor:
Muench, Douglas
Samuel, Marcus
Cobb, John

subject:
Biology--Cell
Biology--Molecular
Microscopy
mRNA
subcelular
localization
in situ hybridization

abstract: Post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression is an important cellular process that occurs in eukaryotes during development and in response to environmental cues. Subcellular mRNA localization is one type of post-transcriptional regulation that serves to control translation in a spatial and temporal manner. In higher plants, reports on subcellular mRNA localization are limited and the frequency of this mechanism in different cell types is unknown. The aim of this thesis was to optimize a fluorescence whole mount in situ hybridization approach in Arabidopsis thaliana with the goal of initiating a large scale screen for examples of subcellular mRNA localization in plants. Multiple visualization techniques were employed, including fluorescent tyramide signal amplification and single mRNA fluorescence approaches.  The subcellular localization pattern of three mRNAs is reported here in seedling cotyledon and young leaf cells that were visualized using the optimized fluorescence whole mount in situ hybridization approach.


identifier: Ma, Z. (1995). Cardiac Beta-adrenergic receptor function & plasma membrane physical properties in cirrhotic cardiomyopathy (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/39

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subject: Myocardial diseases

abstract: Bibliography: p. 170-191.


identifier: Henderson, J. D. (1997). An ecosystem approach to groundwater management in the Gulf Islands (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20803

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ix ; 152 <11> leaves : 30 cm.
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subject: GB1030 .G85 H46 1997A

subject: Additonal Copy: GB1030 .G85 H46 1997 in the Gallagher Library of Geology and Geophysics

subject: Groundwater--Research--British Columbia--Gulf Islands.

subject: Groundwater--British Columbia--Gulf Islands--Quality.

abstract: Bibliography: p. 141-152


identifier: Pang, J. X. (2014). Epidemiology and Outcomes of Alcoholic Hepatitis in Calgary: A Population-based Study (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25925

subject: Epidemiology

abstract: Alcoholic hepatitis (AH) is an acute hepatic inflammatory disorder associated with excessive alcohol consumption. Without treatment, mortality rates of up to 50% have been reported in severe cases. Population-based studies on the epidemiology of AH are limited, and partially hindered by the lack of a validated algorithm to identify cases using administrative data. This study validated the coding of AH in the Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) for the Calgary region based on a review of medical records. We found the accuracy of coding for AH in this administrative database to be sub-optimal, with a positive predictive value (PPV) of 54%. Our data do not support the use of administrative data for large-scale epidemiological studies of AH. We also identified risk factors and assessed well-known prognostic models for 90-day mortality in a well-defined Canadian cohort of patients hospitalized for AH.

abstract: 2 years


identifier: Dobson, B. L. (2005). Mysterious ways: the experience of prayer as a healing resource during serious illness (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/5196

format:
viii, 188 leaves ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 166-178