identifier: Kendall, K. D. (2013). Lumbopelvic Stability in Non-specific Low Back Pain: Exploring the Relationships between Hip Strengthening, Lumbopelvic Mechanics, and Pain (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26803

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Kinesiology
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Ferber, Reed
Wiley, Preston
Emery, Carolyn

subject:
Rehabilitation and Therapy
Low Back Pain
Exercise Rehabilitation
Clinical Biomechanics

abstract: Low back pain (LBP) is among the most common chronic conditions in Canada and upwards of 85% of low back pain cases become classified as non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) meaning that a definitive diagnosis cannot be found.  This represents a significant problem for clinical practitioners treating these individuals.  The objective of this research is to address in part two major challenges facing clinical researchers, understanding the mechanisms that contribute to NSLBP and identifying treatment strategies that yield optimal clinical outcomes for individuals with chronic NSLBP.  With this research we aimed to contribute new knowledge in two areas for which gaps in the literature exist; the clinical assessment of lumbopelvic stability and the value of specific hip strengthening exercise within exercise therapy programs designed to treat NSLBP.  Three studies involving cross-sectional, experimental, and quasi-experimental designs were used to investigate the validity of the Trendelenburg test (TT) as a functional measure of hip abductor muscle (HABD) strength and lumbopelvic stability.  A fourth study, a randomized controlled trial was used to compare the efficacy of two exercise therapy programs for the reduction of pain and disability in individuals with NSLBP. The first study revealed non-significant negative correlations between HABD strength and contralateral pelvic drop (cPD) measured during the TT.  The second study demonstrated that significant reductions in HABD strength did not result in the compensatory frontal plane motion at the hip pelvis and trunk described by the Trendelenburg’s theory.  The third study showed that despite an average reduction in pain of 48%, and significant increases in HABD strength, no changes in cPD were measured during the TT following a specific HABD strengthening program.  The randomized controlled trial determined that the addition of hip strengthening to a motor control-focused lumbopelvic exercise program did not result in changes in lumbopelvic mechanics or greater reductions in pain and disability in individuals with NSLBP.  In conclusion, the validity of the TT as measure of HABD strength is not supported and suggests that it has limited use as a measure of lumbopelvic stability.  Further research to develop optimal exercise therapies for the treatment of NSLBP is needed.


identifier: Lye, T. (2002). Personal digital assistant technology as an effective and efficient tool for data collection & data management of patients at risk for ventilator-associated pneumonia in the intensive care unit (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2085

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 141-147


identifier: Collins, B. (2012). Ontario's Leucotomy Program: The Roles of Patient, Physician, and Profession (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27189

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject:
Canadian
History of Science
Medicine and Surgery
Psychosurgery
Leucotomy
Lobotomy
Psychiatry
Neurosurgery
Mental Illness

abstract: Psychosurgery has a long, colourful, and often tumultuous history in which it has been viewed as both a panacea and a horror-show. Although research on the topic has been conducted in the United States and Europe, very little research exists on psychosurgery in Canada. Where scholars have examined Canada, only a cursory overview of Ontario’s experience has been provided. As a result, many questions remain unanswered including how the program was administrated, how patients were chosen as candidates for the procedure, and who the leucotomized were. In order to address the gap in the literature, this thesis presents a detailed account of psychosurgery in Ontario by investigating the roles of profession, physician, and patient. The leucotomy program in Ontario began in 1941 and continued into the mid-1960s, the process used to administer the treatment was bureaucratically organized and streamlined, and over 1,400 patients were leucotomized during this controversial era.


identifier: Gilmour, L. E. (2008). Realism Approach to Theory and Implementation of Knowledge Translation: A Case of a Patient Safety Intervention within an Adult Acute Care Setting (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21462

publisher:
Medicine
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xiv, 375 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 286-306


identifier: Berriault, T. (2013). Unusual Suspects: Religion, Chieftaincy, and Post-Conflict Reintegration in Sierra Leone (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28594

contributor:
Policzer, Pablo
Hiebert, Maureen

subject:
General
Sierra Leone

abstract: This thesis is concerned with the long-term reintegration of Sierra Leone’s ex-combatants. Using the indicators of education, employment, inter-marriage, social stigma, and crime, this thesis argues that the long-term social, economic, and political reintegration of Sierra Leone’s ex-combatants has been widely successful. This research then identifies the initiatives of pre-existing civil society organizations (CSOs) in the form of mosques, churches, and the Inter-Religious Council of Sierra Leone as the primary facilitators of this success. Complementing these efforts is the contribution of traditional authorities in reinforcing the notions of acceptance and by performing cleansing ceremonies and rituals. Through their joint efforts, these institutions were able to foster and reinforce the pre-existing discourse and shared values of national cohesion, tolerance, and acceptance familiar to the majority of Sierra Leoneans.


identifier: Coza, A. (2011). Effects of mechanical vibrations and compression on muscle contractile properties and physiology (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4058

publisher:
Kinesiology
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xvii, 148 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 124-148

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


identifier: Thompson, L. H. (1972). Participants' perception of the effectiveness of structured exercises in education (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23682

format:
<ix>, 117 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: Students - Attitudes

subject: University of Calgary. School of Social Welfare

abstract: Bibliography: p. 66-68.


identifier: Chomyn, S. A. (1989). When the "boom" goes "bust": the contribution of British Columbia public policy toward resource community resilience (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11698

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

subject: HT 395 C32 B734 1989

subject: Resource-based communities - British Columbia - Government policy

abstract: Bibliography: p. 234-249.


identifier: Wu, X. L. (1999). Adaptive array in digial mobile radio system is-54 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22281

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

subject:
TK7871.6 .W8 1999
Antenna arrays
Signal processing - Digital techniques
Algorithms
Wireless communication series

abstract: Bibliography: p. 89-93


identifier: Beveridge, J. E. (2012). Surface interactions and cartilage damage in two ovine models of stifle injury (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4749

format:
xxix, 294 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 251-285

abstract: Some pages are in colour.

abstract: Includes copies of animal protocol approvals.  Original copies with original Partial Copyright Licence.

abstract:
Anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus tears are injuries that are known risk factors for post-traumatic OA in humans, presumably because of residual abnormal knee mechanics. This work sought to determine whether abnormal motion of the tibiofemoral joint surfaces was related to early cartilage damage in two ovine joint injury models: combined anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligament transection (ACL/MCLx), and lateral meniscectomy (Mx). Five descriptions of in vivo tibiofemoral inter-surface motion (i.e., "surface interactions") were selected based on their speculated relationship to mechanical mechanisms known to damage cartilage in vitro. The hypotheses were: H1. increasingly abnormal surface interactions would correlate with cartilage damage, H2. the number of significant correlations would be greatest in ACL/MCLx sheep, and H3. locations of cartilage damage would qualitatively coincide with. that of altered surface interactions. 21 sheep were allocated to four groups: 6
ACL/MCLx, 5 Mx, 4 sham-operated, and 6 non-operated controls. Baseline in vivo kinematics were measured prior to injury, and serially up to 20 weeks postinjury, and expressed as the difference from Intact. Cartilage damage was quantified and mapped at sacrifice. Repeated measures ANOVAs and Pearson correlation coefficients were used to determine whether surface interactions were significantly different from Intact and correlated with cartilage damage. Results partially supported the hypotheses. ACL/MCLx surface interactions were significantly abnormal, and 3/5 interactions correlated with the magnitude of cartilage damage but not its distribution. The number of significant correlations was greatest in ACL/MCLx sheep and had a cumulative effect on cartilage damage that was individual- and surface-specific, suggesting that different surface interactions may be more damaging in different individuals. Lateral compartment joint space was significantly reduced following meniscectomy, but only correlated with cartilage damage at discrete gait points for two surface interactions 20 weeks post-Mx, suggesting that surface interactions presently quantified did not reflect the primary mechanism responsible for damage in this model, likely contact stress. The presence of significant correlations between multiple surface interactions and cartilage damage in both injury models add strong support to the paradigm that altered mechanics play a pivotal role in the aetiology of early cartilage damage following these joint injuries.


identifier: Huang, Y. (2021). Multi-Resolution Representation Using Graph Database (Unpublished master thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary

contributor:
Stefanakis,Emmanuel;
Wang,Xin
Liang,Hung-Ling (Steve)

subject:
Geographic Information System
Multi-resolution
Multi-representation
Graph Database;
Physical Geography
Remote Sensing

abstract: In the context of rapid development on mobile and internet services, volumes of geospatial data are also increasing enormously. Demands on geospatial information systems are no longer limited to more efficient data storage and retrieving, but also expand to faster querying and higher flexibility. Multi-resolution representation data is an important geospatial data resource for various research works and applications. With one spatial object represented by different geometries under different resolutions, multi-resolution representation data is usually more complex in the relationship and larger in size when comparing to single resolution ones. In addition, most of current approaches for multi-resolution representation data are either complex in structure, or time consuming in traversal and query. Besides, switching between different representations for one spatial instance is still intricate in most of the approaches, especially in topological map sets.    A novel approach for storing, managing, and querying multi-resolution representation data is proposed. Development of the proposed approach is based on a popular graph database platform, Neo4j. Neo4j is advanced in flexibility since it allows user-defined structures. Benefited from its node-relationship structure as well as the powerful query language, Cypher, query within Neo4j is exceedingly readable and efficient, especially for join-style queries. Nevertheless, spatial visualization and operation are rather limited in Neo4j. On top of this, bridging by Neo4j Bolt Driver, a web-based interface is also developed to provide interactive spatial visualization and more diverse operations. Moreover, direct traversal between different representations for one spatial object (or groups of objects) is now available. Consequently, the well-structured system for multi-resolution representation data provides a reliable and intuitive database architecture and interface. Over and above that, this system truly closes the gap between complex data and novice users by simplifying various query operations.


identifier: Oladipo, A. B. (1992). Experimental investigation of a jet diffusion flame and flame flashback within streams of homogeneous fuel-air mixtures (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/10908

format:
xi, 68 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QD 516 O43 1992
Flame - Research
Jet planes - Fuel

abstract: Bibliography: p. 62-66.


identifier: Bond, S. L. (2019). Mild Equine Asthma: Effects of Commonly Used Treatments on the Respiratory Microbiota, Inflammatory Gene Expression, and Aerobic Performance during High-Intensity Exercise (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Veterinary Medicine
University of Calgary

contributor:
Léguillette, Renaud
Scott, W. Michael
Bayly, Warwick M.
Easton, Paul A.

subject:
Animal Physiology
Veterinary Science

abstract: Mild equine asthma (MEA) is an inflammatory airway disease of the horse which affects a large proportion of the equine population. The pathogenesis of MEA is not fully elucidated, however, it is widely assumed to be a multifactorial disease, with expression of clinical signs largely influenced by environment. There is very little information available on the effects of treatment, which is typically focused on reducing airway inflammation through corticosteroid administration. Investigations into the equine respiratory environment in states of health and MEA were performed using: i) High-throughput sequencing techniques (16S and ITS2) to report the respiratory microbiota and mycobiota respectively, and ii) changes in relative inflammatory mRNA cytokine expression in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF). Changes in expression of inflammatory cytokine mRNA, equine herpesvirus (EHV)-1,2,4,5 glycoprotein B gene expression and changes in respiratory bacterial and fungal communities following dexamethasone treatment of healthy horses and those with MEA are explored. A portable equine ergospirometry system was used to determine the efficacy of treatment designed to reduce lung inflammation on aerobic (V̇O2peak) and anaerobic performance in horses with MEA. There were clear differences between the lower respiratory tract environment in healthy horses versus MEA. There was a clear separation in both the microbiota - Streptococcus was increased in horses with MEA – and relative inflammatory cytokine expression. Horses with MEA had a lower concentration of IL-10 in BALF than healthy controls, consistent with human asthmatics. There was significant up-regulation of IL-17 in horses with MEA, suggesting these horses exhibit “allergic” airway inflammation in response to environmental antigens. The single most important factor in the prevention and treatment of MEA appears to be environmental improvement, manifest by reduced inhaled particulate matter. Treatment with injected dexamethasone in horses with MEA was associated with down-regulation of IL-5, indicating a shift away from a dysregulated Th-2 response. Treatment with dexamethasone significantly affected the microbiota diversity, but not the mycobiota, which was overwhelmed by the effect of a sustained dusty environment. There is strong evidence that without environmental modifications, corticosteroid therapy alone fails to normalize airway neutrophilia. Treatment significantly increased V̇O2peak by an average 11.7% (saline) to 14.6% (dexamethasone).


identifier: Foroutan, M. (2017). Transverse Aeolian Ridges (TARs) on Earth and Mars: Analysis from a New Terrestrial Analog and a New Semi-Automatic Mapping Technique with a Large Sample Size (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28519

contributor:
Marshall, Shawn J.
Zimbelman, James R.
Shahbazi, Mozhdeh
Martin, Yvonne

subject:
Atmospheric Sciences
Remote Sensing
Artificial Intelligence
Transverse Aeolian Ridges
Planetary Aeolian Geomorphology
Artificial Neural Network

abstract:
Aeolian processes are the most dominant geological processes in the current environment of Mars. Studying other planets through terrestrial analogs is an important step in planetary science studies. One of the most enigmatic and mysterious aeolian features on this planet is known as Transverse Aeolian Ridges (TARs). In the present study, I described a terrestrial analog for TARs on Mars in the Lut desert of Iran. TAR-like features in this area have considerable similarities with Martian TARs in morphometry. This area represents a unique site to study the formation and evolution of these enigmatic features with the potential to develop a better understanding of TARs on Mars.
Furthermore, mapping small linear trending features such as TARs has been a restriction in planetary remote sensing. In this study, I present a new framework for mapping these features based on an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) algorithm known as Self Organizing Maps (SOM). Appropriate layer selection and network settings have been defined for mapping features with small footprints on satellite images. Accuracy assessment using different planetary images such as Worldview, Quickbird and HiRISE shows that this is a promising method in remote sensing analysis of these features. Moreover, this method can be applied in other disciplines for different purposes.
The new mapping technique was applied to satellite images in order to evaluate TARs on Earth and Mars. I produced a large sample set of these bedforms through Mars and Earth satellite images. Results from different metrics showed similarities between these features in the Lut desert and TARs on Mars. Interesting results have been acquired by using multi-temporal satellite images and morphometry analysis of TARs on both planets. The features have been classified into three different regions based on their migration rate, direction and location in this area. I define TARs that are unique to Mars from TARs that have the similar analogs on Earth.


identifier: Willson, G. D. (1976). The Use of perception in residential planning (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16509

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
<v, 172> leaves
application/pdf

subject:
HT 169 C392 E398 1976 Microfiche
Edmonton (Alta.) - City planning

abstract: Bibliography: p. 145-152.


identifier: Hesson, K. I. (1994). Maternal distress and breathing in latent labor (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14345

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

subject:
RG 652 H47 1994
Labor (Obstetrics)
Childbirth - Psychological aspects
Stress (Psychology)
Respiration

abstract: Bibliography: p. 85-98.


identifier: Perrault, E. L. (1995). An exploratory evaluation of solution-focused Ericksonian groups for adults sexually abused in childhood (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16729

publisher:
Social Work
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject: RC 569.5 A28 P47 1995

subject: Adult child sexual abuse victims

subject: Group psychotherapy

subject: Child sexual abuse - Psychological aspects

abstract: Bibliography: p. 110-132.

abstract: Survivors of childhood sexual abuse often experience common long-term effects of the abuse such as depression, low self-esteem and anxiety. Currently, therapists off er a range of treatment models and interventions to address survivor issues. The small body of research evaluating these treatment approaches has provided initial support for their efficacy. The current study evaluated Solutionfocused Ericksonian group therapy, a new approach for treating sexual abuse survivors. The results indicate that significant improvement occurred over the course of the group in client depression, self-esteem, stress, and problem behaviors associated with past sexual abuse. The clients also reported satisfaction with the program. While these improvements may be the result of the group treatment, design limitations prevent a clear interpretation of this. Future research should evaluate the Solution-focused Ericksonian model, with the addition of comparison or control groups to determine if such improvements are the result of treatment.


identifier: Davies, F. M. (1977). The Canada Studies Foundation and Project Canada West: a study of goals (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17999

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

subject:
FC 155 D39 1977 Microfiche
Canada - Study and teaching
Canada Studies Foundation - Evaluation
Project Canada West - Evaluation
Education - Aims and objectives

abstract: Bibliography: p. 348-366.


identifier: Van Bavel, G. H. (1991). The Distribution of molecular nitrogen ions during a large geomagnetic storm (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18515

format:
ix, 90 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QC 835 V36 1991
Magnetic storms
Geomagnetism

abstract: Bibliography: p. 82-90.


identifier: Howe, S. (2022). Understanding Camouflaging and Identity in Autistic Children and Youth Using Photovoice (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Werklund School of Education
University of Calgary

contributor:
McMorris, Carly
Lai, Meng-Chuan
Sitter, Kathleen

subject:
autism spectrum disorder
children
adolescents
youth
camouflaging
social masking
Photovoice
photo-elicitation
qualitative research
Educational Psychology
Mental Health
Psychology--Clinical
Psychology--Developmental
Psychology--Social

abstract:
Background: While it is well-established that autistic children and adolescents are vulnerable to developing mental health concerns, it is unclear what factors cause and maintain these mental health issues. Camouflaging, or the use of strategies by autistic people to minimize the visibility of their autistic traits in social situations, may be a risk factor for mental health concerns among autistic adults. However, there is relatively little research describing camouflaging among autistic children and adolescents. The present study provided evidence of emerging camouflaging behaviour among autistic children and adolescents and supplied rich descriptions of this phenomenon from those with lived experience.

Methods: Photo-elicitation was used to actively engage participants in the research process, and to assist them in sharing their thoughts through photography. Seven autistic children and adolescents aged 10 to 14 years (M = 11.57, SD = 1.81) were given two to three weeks to take photographs in response to the topic and prompts provided. Individual interviews were conducted with each participant. Thematic analysis was used to identify major themes within interview data and an interpretive engagement framework was used to interpret participant images.

Results: Qualitative analysis identified 13 themes. Camouflaging was perceived by autistic children and adolescents to be a response to negative social experiences, as well as a learned habit that was often unconscious and difficult to stop. Context (e.g., the audience, the activity) was important for determining when children and adolescents would camouflage. While some autistic children and adolescents camouflaged by suppressing their natural behaviours in social situations, many camouflaged by generally hiding their true selves (e.g., their interests, emotions, and opinions) from others. Camouflaging behaviour was reported to result in internal conflict, stress, and a need for time alone to recharge.

Conclusions: Results from this qualitative study highlight that autistic children and adolescent as young as ten years old engage in camouflaging behaviour that can be pervasive and automatic. Camouflaging was reported to be a stressful, confusing, and energetically draining experience for autistic children and adolescents. Better understanding of the development and experience of camouflaging in childhood can inform prevention of mental health concerns in adulthood.


identifier: Springer, H. J. (1975). Commutativity and characterisation of certain rings with solvable, hamiltonian or abelian groups of units (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21090

format:
x, 55 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QA 251.3 S66 1975 Microfiche
Commutative rings
Group rings
Rings (Algebra)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 55.


identifier: Shi, L. (2019). Numerical Simulation of Interbedded Shale Failure in Oilsand Reservoirs by Electromagnetic Wave Excitation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary

contributor:
Wan, Richard
Wan, Richard
Wong, Ron Chik Kwong
Zhou, Qi

subject:
finite element method
multiphase flow
electromagnetism
fracturing
multiphysics coupling
Electricity and Magnetism
Physics--Radiation
Engineering--Civil
Engineering--Petroleum
Geotechnology

abstract: This thesis work offers an exploratory study of selective heating and fracturing of a shale layer embedded into an oilsand material. A three phase (oil-water-steam) thermal-fluid flow formulation enriched with electromagnetic physics is developed to serve as a basic model to investigate whether selective heating is possible, and thereafter verify the mechanism of shale fracturing by solving a reservoir geomechanics problem. The finite element method is employed to solve numerically this highly nonlinear multiphysics (thermal/fluid/wave propagation) problem in porous media following a staggered scheme. This is coined as the EMTH (Electromagnetic-Thermo-Hydro) modeling framework. It has been found that the configuration of EM sources such as density in the form of interval distances between point-dipoles, and most importantly phase angle, control the electromagnetic field pattern and intensity that determine the efficacy of directing heating towards a specified target. The proper characterization of electrical properties of multiphasic-capillary-porous media is another outstanding issue to address for fully understanding the radiation and heating pattern of electromagnetic wave excitation. A synthetic reservoir geomechanics model for verifying the potential of fracturing is constructed and interfaced with the EMTH framework in a loosely coupled fashion. As such, the evolutions of temperature and pore pressure fields under electromagnetic excitation are treated as parametric inputs into the geomechanics model. Tensile failure within the interbedded shale as expected for fracturing is achieved at a specific combination of initial water/oil saturation setup. Other cases are investigated to help reveal a full image of correlations between electromagnetic excitation, temperature/pore pressure escalation, geomechanical constraints, and natural properties of reservoir.


identifier: Law, S. K. (2011). Playing with climate change: an educational alternative reality game (arg) in second life (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4323

format:
xiii, 410 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 327-371


identifier: Sia, C. W. (2013). Experimental Investigation of Gas Hydrate Formation Habit in Porous Media Using Permeability and Thermal Conductivity Measurements (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26062

subject:
Engineering--Petroleum
hydrate
Porous Media
Carbon Dioxide

abstract: The in-place volume of methane in gas hydrate deposits surpasses the recoverable conventional methane by at least two orders of magnitude.  Many studies have been conducted to improve the forecast of gas production and this requires the inclusion of good property prediction methods for reliable feasibility investigation.  A number of authors have speculated about the formation behaviour of the hydrate, either as coating the grains or filling the pores.  This topic remains controversial as there is supporting evidence on both sides.  In this current work, an experimental study was conducted by forming carbon dioxide hydrate using different initial water saturations in a sand-packed medium.  The formation habit of gas hydrate in porous media is investigated by the approach of permeability comparisons and thermal conductivity responses.  The ratio of pore surface area to pore volume responses estimated using Kozeny grain model based on the permeability at different hydrate saturations suggests that gas hydrate formation behaviour agrees to certain extend with the distribution of the water within the sand-pack.  The responses of the thermal conductivity varied at different hydrate saturation shows the same trend as the partially water saturated sand pack system.  Based on these outcomes, this study suggests that the formation habit of gas hydrate in porous media formed in system understudy is grain coating and formed according to the water distribution.


identifier: Kerkovius, H. (1976). Downtown planning: revitalization in a small urban center - Cranbrook (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20768

format:
v, 106 leaves : ill.
application/pdf

subject: HT 169 C392 C735 1985

subject: Cranbrook (B.C.) - City planning

subject: City planning - British Columbia

subject: Central business districts - British Columbia - Cranbrook

abstract: Bibliography: p.94-106.


identifier: Kryzhanivska, O. (2018). Haptic Flesh: Aesthetics of Electronic Touch (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13059

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Science
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Hushlak, Gerald
Boyd, Jeffrey E.
Cahill, Susan
Denzinger, Jörg
Kolarevic, Branko
Grimm, Cindy
Taron, Joshua M.

subject:
Haptics
interactive sculpture
interactive art
tactile interaction
art theory
21st century art
contemporary sculpture
vibrotactile interface
Fine Arts
Education--Art

abstract: Identifying the need for novel design approaches for developing vibrotactile interfaces this study explores ways to integrate tactile sensing and feedback into interactive three-dimensional organic sculptures. With the tactile responsive materials and electronics, this practice-based inquiry explores the question of how haptic technology can become a platform of generative, creative expression. Specifically, this study focuses on generating and conveying meaning during different stages of art production with the emphasis on the design of haptic experiences with flexible sculpture. It responds to the concerns of interactive art practices, scientific inquiries into haptics, and new media studies. In this inquiry, the exploration of embedding tactile sensing and feedback technology manifests through the development of composite responsive materials and generating sculptural form. Following a bottom-up approach to design, the variations of physical elements, such as materials, vibrotactile feedback, electronic components, human interactions, and the understanding of tactile aesthetics become artistic media -- equally significant as parts of a production system. Furthermore, this system organized the variables referencing the three-dimensional model of thinking based on designing with topological forms. The abstract notions materialize in this system through a metaphoric sensory encoding and actualize in computer-controlled generated tactile response emitted from within sculptural objects. The resulting interactive artifacts demonstrate this approach and share the understanding of the topological way of three-dimensional thinking with participating audiences that engage with these interfaces by touching the soft flesh-like surfaces of organ-like sculptures. As an outcome of these interactions, new understandings arise about the abilities to generate tactile sensory experiences and their meanings. Furthermore, these works begin to pose questions about the new norm of perceiving three-dimensional art and what these experiences mean for the understanding of technological-body augmentations, and for the future of electronically-mediated tactile interaction in embedded, prosthetic, and organic flexible interfaces.


identifier: Trufyn, J. J. (2013). The role of oral contraceptives in optic neuritis: the story behind the study, initial experiences, and lessons learned (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28340

contributor:
Costello, Fiona
Burton, Jodie

subject:
Neuroscience
multiple sclerosis
Optic Neuritis
sex hormones
oral contraceptives
lessons learned

abstract: There is accumulating evidence of sex differences in multiple sclerosis, making hormones a possible research avenue for therapeutic agents. Oral contraceptives are a source of synthetic hormones, however, it is unclear whether hormone-based therapies help, hinder, or have no effect on the disease in women. In an attempt to elucidate the role of sex hormones, we are currently conducting an observational study of oral contraceptives in optic neuritis, a condition that often occurs in parallel with multiple sclerosis. The thesis describes the study rational and supporting evidence for the hypothesis that oral contraceptive use in our study population will be associated with beneficial outcomes. I also share experiences with study implementation and preliminary data. The final section of the thesis offers insight for researchers on the areas of optical coherence tomography, hormones, and human research.


identifier: Catalano, S. (2014). Morphological and Molecular Insights into the Biodiversity of Gastrointestinal Parasites from Canadian Grizzly (Ursus arctos horribilis) and Black Bears (Ursus americanus) (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27007

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Veterinary Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject:
Forestry and Wildlife
Parasitology
Veterinary Science

abstract:
Classical and molecular parasitology are powerful tools for clinical diagnostics, for disease transmission surveys, and for designing strategies to control infections and outbreaks. Parasite communities have been demonstrated to strongly affect host population dynamics and viability. The absence of baseline data, and the potential detrimental effects on host health, supported the investigation of the gastrointestinal parasite fauna of free-living grizzlies (Ursus arctos horribilis) and black bears (Ursus americanus) from Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.
The study provided new insights into parasite biodiversity and infection patterns in Canadian bears. For the first time, the cestode species Diphyllobothrium dendtriticum, Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense, and Taenia arctos have been unequivocally identified in North American bears. The present research also elucidated the systematics of the ursine hookworm species Uncinaria rauschi and Uncinaria yukonensis, determining their place within the family Ancylostomatidae.


identifier: Thomas, G. (2009). Electronic mosquito: a feedback-controlled semi-invasive microsystem for glucose monitoring (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3179

contributor:
Mintchev, Martin P.
Kaler, Karan V. I. S.

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 103-109


identifier: Leszkowicz, J. K. (2003). Application of the Waxman Smits model for estimating groundwater quality from in-situ measurements of electrical conductivity (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17151

publisher:
Engineering
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Achari, Gopal
Bentley, Laurence R.

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 61-63


identifier: Jennings, S. S. (1996). A comparison of charitable trusts in the field of Historic preservation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22204

format:
139 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 132-139.


identifier: Candy, K. C. (1994). Exponentially small splittings and solitary water waves (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16283

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

subject:
QA 342 C36 1994
Exponential functions
Differential dynamical systems
Perturbation (Mathematics)
Solitons

abstract: Bibliography: p. 62-63.


identifier: Earle, M. L. (1997). Ionic basis of alpha1-adrenoceptor stimulation in the rat tail artery (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17486

publisher:
Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xv, 167 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QP321.5 .E37 1997
Smooth muscle - Physiology
Muscle contraction

abstract: Bibliography: p. 146-167.


identifier: McIlreath, I. A. (1977). Stratigraphic and sedimentary relationships at the western edge of the middle Cambrian carbonate facies belt, Field, British Columbia (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11724

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

subject:
Geology, Stratigraphic - Cambrian
Geology - Rocky Mountains
Sedimentary structures

abstract: Bibliography: p. 248-259.


identifier: Stewart, J. D. (1974). Mesoamerican and Eurasian calendars (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24264

title: Mesoamerican and Eurasian calendars

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

subject:
CE 25 S82 1974 Microfiche
Calendar

abstract: Bibliography: p. 287-304.


identifier: Stephens, M. W. (1986). Factors associated with police disposition in the investigation of child sexual abuse (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20775

format:
xii, 103 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HV 8079 C48 S625 1987
Child molesting - Investigation
Police discretion
Police - Attitudes
Child abuse - Investigation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 94-97.


identifier: Martinez-Padron, M. (1991). Biological actions of vasopressin-like peptides on aplysia gill behaviors (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18213

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

subject:
QL 430.5 A66 M37 1991
Central nervous system
Vasopressin
Aplysia californica

abstract: Bibliography: p. 150-170.


identifier: Hayden, T. (2010). Ohmhole (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3637

title: Ohmhole

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 213


identifier: Ledo, D. (2015). Remote Control Design for a Ubiquitous Computing Ecology (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27623

subject:
Computer Science
Human-Computer Interaction
Interaction Design
Ubiquitous Computing

abstract: Appliances can facilitate people’s interaction with them by outsourcing their inputs and outputs to remote controls. Remote controls can compensate for constraints in an appliance’s form factor, lessen overall cost, and enable distance interactions. Modern “smart appliances”, which can interconnect with other computational devices, take this one step further: a mobile device can control multiple appliances via custom interfaces with rich interaction capabilities. We foresee ubiquitous computing ecologies, where a room may have myriads of smart appliances all potentially controllable via a mobile device. However, this leads to four problems. It is difficult to: (1) discover which appliances are controllable; (2) select an individual appliance from the ecology; (3) view information about an appliance; and (4) pertinently reveal controls. We mitigate these problems by applying the theoretical concepts of proxemic interaction and gradual engagement to the design of mobile remote controls. In particular, our remote control designs mimic social protocols in which people orient towards and approach one another to mediate interpersonal interactions, except that in our case we mediate person to appliance interaction. This thesis covers and contributes a design exploration and prototype that demonstrates our application of these concepts.


identifier: Gazard, P. R. (1980). A Needs assessment of transfer credit procedures in Canadian Bible colleges (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21161

format:
xvi, 306 leaves : maps ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: LB 2360 G38 1980 Fiche

subject: School credits

subject: Students, Transfer of

subject: Bible colleges - Canada - Accreditation

subject: Universities and colleges - Canada - Administration

abstract: Bibliography: p. 242-249.


identifier: Smygwaty, S. (2016). Strengthening Family Climate and Parent-Adolescent Relationship Quality Through the Teen Positive Parenting Program (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27893

contributor:
Schwartz, Kelly Dean
Andrews, Jac
Cairns, Sharon

subject:
Psychology--Developmental
Teen Triple-P
Family Climate
Parent-adolescent relationships

abstract: This study examined the baseline characteristics of five parents who accessed the Level Four Group Teen Triple-P Positive Parenting Program (LFG Teen PPP) within Alberta, Canada, as well as pre-post changes in two parents and one parent-adolescent dyad following program completion.  The LFG Teen PPP is an eight-session behavioural parent-training program designed to reduce adolescent social-emotional and behavioural problems (SEBs), parent-adolescent conflict, inter-parental conflict over child rearing, and parental maladjustment and to improve familial and parent-adolescent relationship quality through teaching positive parenting practices.  Measures of demographics, adolescent SEBs, dysfunctional parenting practices, parent-adolescent conflict, inter-parental conflict over child rearing, parental mental health, family climate, and parent-adolescent relationship quality were completed by parents and adolescents immediately after the first (T1) and last (T2) sessions and one-month after the last (T3) session.  Results indicated that parents were similar to one another with regards to baseline demographics, severity of adolescent SEBs, degree of inter-parental conflict over child rearing, and family climate, and were aligned with international samples with respect to baseline demographics, use of dysfunctional parenting practices, and degree of parent-adolescent conflict.  Results indicated statistically and clinically significant changes in most parent and adolescent-reported outcomes.  Implications, limitations, and directions for future research are discussed.


identifier: Bridges, D. (2005). Regulation of protein phosphorylation in adipose tissue (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/182

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 130-152


identifier: Guo, D. (1995). Analysis of risk factors of diabetic retinopathy using model-based procedures (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21046

format:
xii, 233 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
RE 661 D5 G86 1995
Diabetic retinopathy
Diabetes - Complications
Retina - Diseases

abstract: Bibliography: p. 207-233.


identifier: Yuan, W. (2006). Essays on subsidiary roles and entrepreneurship in the multinational enterprise (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/675

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 192-211


identifier: Goldhawk, C. (2014). Microclimate During Beef Cattle Transport: Effects of Transportation Management and Relationship to Indicators of Animal Welfare (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26904

subject:
Agriculture
Veterinary Science
Engineering--Agricultural
cattle
animal welfare
transportation

abstract: The consequences of transportation on cattle welfare have become focal areas of concern within North America. However, there is an absence of empirical evidence to inform decisions and risk management under commercial conditions. The objective of this thesis was to evaluate a system for monitoring in-transit microclimate within commercial transport trailers, and subsequently assess the relationships between transportation management factors, such as space allowance and location within trailer, microclimate during commercial transport, and indicators of cattle welfare for three target populations in the beef industry; calves, feeders, and cull cows. Twenty-four loads of calves, 19 loads of feeders, and 17 loads of cull cows were used for data collection, all under commercial conditions within North America. A logger layout of 10 loggers distributed at the ceiling-level was deemed most appropriate for research applications due to consistency of performance with different cattle weights and space allowances in two compartments used to transport the majority of cattle in North America. Single logger layouts were an economical alternative if ambient conditions were considered. Predictive equations are presented that can serve as estimates of correction factors when using ambient temperature and humidity as proxy for animal-level conditions during transportation. Hazard assessment provided quantification of trailer microclimate during commercial cattle transport for the target populations. Space allowance and location within trailers did not have a consistent effect on the in-transit microclimate. However, in accordance with previously published reports on vehicle design, vehicle speed and ambient conditions were associated with trailer microclimate in each study. Additionally, evidence was presented that refutes the hypothesis that the use of boarding in the winter negatively influences ventilation during transport, although stationary periods remain of concern. The majority of indicators of cattle welfare support the inference that the effect of in-transit temperature on indicators of cattle welfare is dependent on the temperature acclimatization of cattle prior to transport, and physiological indicators were all within the ranges expected for healthy cattle. The results of the three studies presented herein appear to support that, relative to the indicators of cattle welfare evaluated, the space allowances used by the North American beef industry are not detrimental to cattle welfare or meat quality.


identifier: Batty, N. E. (1986). Identity confusion in Absalom, Absalom: looking at the wrong blackbird? (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14154

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

subject: PS 3511 A86 A675 1987

subject: Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Absalom, Absalom

subject: Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 - Criticism and interpretation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 149-156.


identifier: Payne, R. J. (1977). Children's urban landscapes in Huntington Hills, Calgary (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16610

format:
xii, 447 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
GV 424 P38 1977 Microfiche
Playgrounds
Recreation areas

abstract: Bibliography: p. 431-440.

abstract: Suburban areas in large North American cities have been castigated as monotonous and sterile by urban critics. With relatively low densities, car ownership is necessary in order to reach shopping and recreational facilities. For those people without cars, moving about in the suburbs is a difficult matter. In spite of these negative criticisms, suburban areas continue to attract families with young children, whose rationale for selecting such locations often includes the opinion that the large proportion of private space and better schools and playgrounds will be of direct benefit to their children. The suburban Calgary community of Huntington Hills, composed mainly of lower middle income families, was selected for study in order to discover how children use the materials and environments of suburban areas. The approach adopted in the study emphasizes understanding children's actions and activities rather than discovering generalizations concerning children's behaviour. Children of all ages definitely use the materials and environments available to them but the suburban environment in Huntington Hills is best suited to children eight to eleven years old. Younger children tend to use primary materials like dirt but often the specific sites provided for them are inaccessible because of distance or parental attitudes. Children over twelve desire centres of social activity where they can exert some degree of control over their environment; such opportunities are nearly non-existent in Huntington Hills. Adventure playgrounds could provide the beginnings of the enrichment of the suburban environment in Huntington Hills but there are also many opportunities for improvement of the existing playgrounds and private backyards.


identifier: Ross, C. K. (2010). Testing fracture propagation propensity for slab avalanche forecasting (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3533

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 151-163
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Sevick, L. (2017). An Economic Evaluation of a Novel Electronic Discharge Communication Tool (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24847

contributor:
Clement, Fiona
Ghali, William
Santana, Maria

subject:
Medicine and Surgery
Health economics
Health Services Research

abstract: The transition from acute-care hospitalization to community-based care is a vulnerable period in healthcare delivery due to potential for post-discharge adverse events. This vulnerability has been attributed to the miscommunication between acute and community-based physicians, as current systems do not control for legibility, completeness or timeliness of the discharge summary. One potential approach to bridging this communication gap is the use of electronic discharge communication tools, which can be designed to ensure the consistent and timely transfer of information. Given the limited healthcare budget, the costs and benefits of these tools should be considered prior to large scale implementation. Thus, the goal of this thesis is to establish the cost-effectiveness of electronic discharge communication tools. To achieve this, a systematic review of published literature was conducted (Chapter 2), a prospective economic evaluation of a novel electronic discharge communication tool was completed (Chapter 3), and policy options/considerations were presented (Chapter 4).


identifier: Chlachula, J. (1994). Palaeo-American occupation in the Upper Bow River Valley, southwestern Alberta, Canada (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17859

format:
xix, 315 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
FC 3697.56 C45 1994
Bow River Valley (Alta.) - Antiquities
Palaeolithic period - Alberta
Calgary (Alta.) - Antiquities

abstract: Bibliography: p. 188-224.


identifier: Morrison, N. (1979). An Early warning system for smaller urban communities: a method for the measurement of their quality of life (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22757

format:
xi, 276 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HT 127 M65 1979 Microfiche
Cities and towns
Urbanization
Okotoks (Alta.) - Social conditions

abstract: Bibliography: p. 273-276.


identifier: Zaiss, A. K. (2007). Innate immunity to adeno- and adeno-associated virus vectors: impact on functional apolipoprotein AI gene transfer (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/940

contributor:
Wong, Norman C. W.
Muruve, Daniel A.

format:
xv, 228 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 118-126
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Cao, Z. (2006). Analysis and application of the radon transform (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/886

format:
xii, 89 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 85-89
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Guthrie, L. M. (1996). Non-attendance in psychotherapy: a comparative study (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14436

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

subject:
RC480.5 .G85 1996
Psychotherapy - Research
Psychotherapist and patient

abstract: Bibliography: p. 229-246


identifier: Nash, C. H. (1995). 50 kPa anomalies and lightening-caused forest fires in the boreal and subalpine forests of Alberta and Saskatchewan (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23696

format:
xii, 51 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
SD 421.37 N37 1995
Lightening - Alberta
Lightening - Saskatchewan
Forest fires - Research - Alberta
Forest fires - Research - Saskatchewan
Atmospheric pressure
Fire weather - Alberta
Fire weather - Saskatchewan

abstract: Bibliography: p. 40-47.


identifier: Dymond, C. (1998). Redefining species tolerances in a subalpine forest by using energy and moisture processes (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15569

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

subject: QK754 .D96 1998

subject: Plant physiology--Climatic factors.

subject: Plant Physiology--Environmental aspects.

abstract: Bibliography: p. 62-68


identifier: Arnold, A. EGF. (2012). Neural Network Dynamics and Efficiency Underlying Individual Variability in Spatial Orientation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27079

subject:
Psychology--Experimental
spatial orientation
fMRI
functional connectivity
Navigation
cognitive neuroscience

abstract: Spatial orientation is a complex human skill that exhibits a high degree of individual variability. Here, a neural network perspective is applied to delineate the neural basis of this variability. Using a task that isolates the orientation process from spatial navigation, two sources of neural network variability were found to relate to accurate performance in making orientation decisions – network configuration and efficiency. Participants who preferentially recruited the right Supramarginal Gyrus within a task-related network performed better on the task. Global efficiency in a task-related and whole brain network were also found to relate to performance. These results are presented in a tentative model where the underlying functional architecture of a right lateralized anatomical network influences a person’s ability to configure brain networks associated with spatial orientation. The implications of this model are discussed in the context of neurodegenerative disorders and how it can be used in clinical settings.


identifier: Kryachko, Y. (2013). Microbially enhanced oil recovery through stimulation of indigenous oil field microflora with nitrate or introduction of rhamnolipid producers (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26902

subject:
Microbiology
interfacial
microbial adhesion
biosurfactant

abstract:
Sandpack model columns filled with two kinds of heavy oil were used to study the influence of nitrate injections on oil production. Columns containing trapped oil and nitrate consistently produced more oil than columns without nitrate in anaerobic conditions under counter-diffusion-induced gas drive. The presence of nitrate likely led to an increase of biomass and amounts of produced biosurfactants, allowing a reduction of oil-water interfacial tension. Gas-driven recovery of oil rich in alkanes (EO) was enhanced to a greater extent through nitrate injection than recovery of oil rich in polyaromatic hydrocarbons (LO). A water flood following incubation of columns containing nitrate did not lead to trapped oil production indicating that microbial growth was not sufficient to plug high permeability zones. Nitrate reducers Azoarcus and Delftia, the former being from the field of origin of EO, were found to consume heptane as a sole source of carbon and energy.
Bioinformatics analysis of pyrosequenced 16S rDNA of the microbial communities adhering to EO and associated with an aqueous phase of a produced water-EO mixture showed that the former community was less diverse than the latter. Many known hydrocarbon degraders, e.g. Thalassolituus, Rhodococcus and Sphingomonas, were found to adhere to EO. In contrast, all identified genera of the Deltaproteobacteria were found to reside predominantly in the aqueous phase, likely because their substrates were mostly water-soluble. Consistently with the fact that hydrogen is more soluble in oil than in water, hydrogenotrophs, e.g. Methanolobus, Methanobacterium and Acetobacterium, had higher representation in the microbial community adhering to EO than in the community associated with an aqueous phase.
The application of a cell-containing supernatant from the culture of a native rhamnolipid producer led to a greater enhancement of water-flood-driven LO recovery than the application of chemical surfactants. The application of cell-containing supernatants from cultures of a recombinant strain carrying genes responsible for rhamnolipid production and a strain with repressed transcription of rhamnolipid production genes led to enhancement of counter-diffusion-induced-gas-driven EO recovery, suggesting that very low surfactant concentrations are required for MEOR under solution gas drive.


identifier: Lin, M. (2020). A novel deep CNN-based tone mapping operator and wide dynamic range imaging applications (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: A Novel Deep CNN-based Tone Mapping Operator and Wide Dynamic Range Imaging Applications

publisher:
Science
University of Calgary

contributor:
Jacobson, Michael John
Yadid-Pecht, Orly
Dimitrov, Vassil S.
Safavi-Naini, Reihaneh S.

subject:
Deep Learning
Tong Mapping
Wide Dynamic Range Imaging
High Dynamic Range Imaging
Single Image Contrast Enhancement
MRI
Database
Image Processing
Computer Science

abstract: This thesis addresses three Wide Dynamic Range (WDR) imaging and application problems.   First, we present a novel tone mapping solution using a reformulated Laplacian pyramid and deep learning. The reformulated Laplacian pyramid constantly decomposes a WDR image into two frequency bands where the low-frequency band is global feature-oriented, and the high-frequency band is local feature-oriented. The reformulation preserves the local features in their original resolution and condenses the global features into a low-resolution image.   The generated frequency bands are reconstructed and fine-tuned to output the final tone mapped image that can reveal more detail and contrast. Then we discuss the ability of the model to recover and enhance the lost detail of a degraded.  We adopt the same theory to build a deep single image enhancer. Our model outperforms the state-of-the-art methods. Next, we propose a WDR dataset for face detection, named WDR FACE, to facilitate and support future face detection research in the WDR field.  This dataset contains a total of 398 16-bit megapixel grayscale WDR images collected from 29 subjects and eight selected WDR scenes.  The dynamic range of 90\% images surpasses 60,000:1.  We also provide the preliminary experimental results of face detection with 25 different tone mapping operators and five different face detectors on this WDR dataset. We provide preliminary results of face detection experiments as a reference for researchers using this data set in the future. Finally, we applied WDR imaging techniques to Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging to provide better visualization of the images to physicians. We carried out a feasibility study using domain expert observation to show that it is possible to assist physicians' diagnosis of knee lesion injuries via MR image contrast enhancement using different tone mapping algorithms.


identifier: Morck, D. W. (1991). Studies of the cell surface of pasteurella haemolytica-A1 and adhesion in bovine pneumonic pasteurellosis (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12691

format:
xxi, 252 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QR 82 B95 M67 1991
Pasteurella
Bovine pneumonic pasteurellosis

abstract: Bibliography: p. 226-251.


identifier: McKinnon, S. (2014). An Experimental Analysis of a Passive Pipeline Leak Detection Method (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24882

subject: Engineering--Mechanical Pipeline Leak Detection

abstract:
Recent advances in MEMS have facilitated measurement of very weak signals transmitted through soil from low frequency excitation of pipelines. The newest experimental MEMS seismometers with noise floors as low as 10 ng/√Hz and frequency bandwidths from 0.1 to 100 Hz, promise a new method to compensate for the deficiencies in today’s leak detection methods.

The in-situ setup is a passive leak detection method according to which a two-layer network of seismometers is used to monitor the pipeline. The first and second layers of sensors act respectively as inputs and outputs to the system. The propagation medium (soil) between the sensors, through which pipeline energy dissipates, is defined in this research as the “signal channel”. An experimental setup comprised of mechanical hardware, instrumentation and software for signal acquisition and analysis, is used to investigate the feasibility of the approach. Minute changes of the transfer function, due to product contamination, are revealed in the dynamic mechanical properties of the signal channel.


identifier: Menon, P. (2015). Souring and Corrosion in Light Oil Producing Reservoirs and in Pipelines Transporting Light Hydrocarbon (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27835

subject:
Microbiology
Environmental Microbiology

abstract: Microbial life can be hindered by the presence of light oil or low molecular weight hydrocarbons. The study focuses on how microorganisms survive in a diluent transporting pipeline, on souring in a field producing light oil, and on inhibition of acetate-utilizing sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) by light oil. The study of pigging samples from a diluent transporting pipeline showed that microorganisms were able to survive in encrusted nodules where they were protected from the toxic and harsh environment and would contribute to corrosion. The study of water samples from light oil field showed that biocide, tetrakis hydroxymethyl phosphonium sulphate (THPS) could be the source of sulfate in some of these facility waters. Souring by acetate-utilizing SRB was inhibited by the presence of light oil, so in light oil producing operations once oil is removed from the water with sulfate there is a potential of souring and microbially-influenced corrosion.


identifier: Odland, Brent C. (2020). Peirce’s Triadic Logic: Continuity, Modality, and L (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Peirce's Triadic Logic: Continuity, Modality, and L

publisher:
Arts
University of Calgary

contributor:
Migotti, Mark Harding Cheyne
Zach, Richard
Wyatt, Nicole

subject:
Three Valued Logic
Charles S. Peirce
Continuity
Modality
Philosophy

abstract: In 1909, in his Logic Notebook, Charles Sanders Peirce conducted what, to my knowledge, are the first experiments with many-valued post-Aristotelian logic. As these experiments are entirely contained in a handful of pages in his notebook, which were not published or discussed by other authors during his lifetime, his reasons are open to conjecture. By examining and transcribing these pages and connecting them to his larger body of philosophy, I show how his motivations lie within his views on modality, continuity, and his hypothetical cosmology.


identifier: Myers, B. (2003). Drop-in: topics in architecture from a study of daydreaming (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21944

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

abstract: Bibliography: P. 86-88.


identifier: Blackwell, J. M. (2001). Mechanistic studies of B(C6F5)3-catalyzed reactions of Si and Sn reagents (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21011

format:
xi, 263 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 B535

abstract: endnotes, but no bibliography


identifier: Horacsek, J. (2017). Compactly Supported Biorthogonal Wavelet Constructions on the A-star Lattice and their Application to Visualization (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25366

contributor:
Alim, Usman
Alim, Usman
Samavati, Faramarz
Nielsen, John
Li, Zongpeng

subject:
Computer Science
Wavelets
Volumetric Data

abstract: In this dissertation, a family of compact biorthogonal wavelet filter banks that are tailored to the geometry of the A-star lattice are derived. Our application of interest is on the three dimensional A-star or {\em body centered cubic} (BCC) lattice. While the BCC lattice has been shown to have superior approximation properties for volumetric data when compared to the Cartesian cubic (CC) lattice, there has been  little work in the way of designing wavelet filter banks that respect the geometry of the BCC lattice. Since wavelets have applications in signal de-noising, compression, and sparse signal reconstruction, these filter banks are an important tool that addresses some of the scalability concerns presented by the BCC lattice. We use these filters in the context of volumetric data compression and reconstruction and qualitatively evaluate our results by rendering images of isosurfaces from compressed data.


identifier: Liu, Y. (2017). Molecular Basis and Regulation of Ca2+ Release Termination and its Role in Cardiomyopathies (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26981

contributor:
Chen, S. R. Wayne
Braun, Andrew P.
French, Robert John

subject: Biology--Cell Biology--Molecular Physiology Pharmacology

abstract:
It is known that sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ release in cardiac muscle is initiated via cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR2) through a mechanism called Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release. However, how the SR Ca2+ release is terminated is undetermined. The objective of the current study is to understand the molecular basis and regulation of RyR2-mediated Ca2+ release termination and its role in the pathogenesis of cardiac diseases.
Based on recent 3D structural analyses, the NH2-terminal region of RyR2 interacts with the channel domain via the central domain and undergoes dynamic conformational changes during channel gating. It has also been discovered that the NH2-terminal region consists of three distinct domains. HEK293 cell studies on domain deletions and disease mutations demonstrate that the different domains play different roles in RyR2 function. The NH2-terminal region is a major determinant of Ca2+ release activation and termination.
Enhanced luminal Ca2+ activation of RyR2 has been linked to catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT). However, in addition to CPVT, many RyR2 mutations can also cause cardiomyopathies. Knock-in mouse models harboring cardiomyopathy- associated RyR2 mutations have been generated to investigate the causal mechanisms of cardiomyopathies. The exon-3 deletion mouse model exhibited markedly reduced RyR2 expression level and no characteristic phenotype. The RyR2-R420W mouse model showed enhanced susceptibility to CPVT and altered cytosolic Ca2+ transient properties, suggesting that the abnormal cytosolic Ca2+ transient may be a key factor in the pathogenesis of cardiomyopathies.
Calmodulin (CaM) is a regulatory protein that binds and inhibits RyR2 in the presence of cytosolic Ca2+. The inhibitory effect depends on the affinity of CaM for Ca2+ and RyR2. CaM mutations affecting either aspect may result in aberrant regulation of RyR2 activity, hence abnormal Ca2+ release termination. Indeed, arrhythmogenic mutations and most newly discovered CaM variants delayed Ca2+ release termination while others enhanced it, indicating that CaM is a major modulator of RyR2-mediated Ca2+ release termination.
Overall, Ca2+ release termination is an intrinsic property of RyR2 that can be regulated by modulators such as CaM. Altered Ca2+ release termination is critically involved in the pathogenesis of cardiac diseases.


identifier: Schaeffer, H. M. (2016). A Grounded Theory Study of Teachers’ Experiences and Post Experiences in a Professional Development Program That Examined the Use of Adapted Primary Literature in Secondary Science (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24752

contributor:
Shapiro, Bonnie Lee
Winchester, Ian
Barker, Susan

subject:
Education--Sciences
Education--Secondary
Education--Teacher Training
Adapted Primary Literature
Teacher Professional Development
Secondary Science

abstract: Between 2011 and 2013 teachers and scientists worked together to translate primary scientific literature (PSL) to a form accessible to secondary school students.  This research study employs a grounded theory approach (Birks & Mills, 2011; Bryant & Charmaz, 2007; Glaser & Strauss, 1967) to address the essential research question: How do teachers’ experiences and post-experiences in a professional development program influence their decisions to employ adapted primary literature (APL) in their instructional practice?  Qualitative data were collected in the form of semi-structured interviews, field notes, and conceptual memos.  Through the process of constant comparative analysis, common incidents in the data were compiled and re-organized into categories and core variables.  Data analysis uncovered four core variables:  (1) Ability to choose for relevance; (2) Perception determines priority; (3) Scientists’ science versus school science; and (4) The autonomy of time.  The substantive theory offered here is: The Autonomy of Time.


identifier: De Krasinsky, M. R. (1974). An Evaluation of change in family interactions as a result of short term family therapy (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14931

creator: De Krasinsky, Mary Rosamund Philp, Agnes Elaine Wieser, Cameron Wesley

format:
xi, 141, 91 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: Family psychotherapy

abstract: Bibliography: p. 102-111.


identifier: Jiang, Z. (2012). Elastic wave modelling and reverse-time migration by a staggered-grid finite-difference method (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25850

contributor:
Bancroft, John
Lines, Laurence

subject:
Geophysics
elastic wave modelling
elastic reverse-time migration
Boundary Conditions

abstract:
Four aspects of reverse-time migration are discussed. They are wave modelling, computational boundaries, reverse-time migration algorithms, and computational resources.

Wave modelling is a part of reverse-time migration. Finite-difference methods based on staggered-grid schemes are studied to model wave phenomena in elastic media. Modelled wave cases include 1D P-wave, 2D SH-wave, 2D P-SV wave and 3D-wave cases, and analyzed wave phenomena and seismic problems include wave velocity, wavelength, geometrical spreading, seismic resolution, surface boundary, seismic reflection, transmission, and diffraction, different situations of head waves, guided waves, Rayleigh waves, rigid boundaries, and so on. It is found that the modelling results are usually faithful to the real world and are consistent with seismic theories.

The computational boundary problem has been a persistent topic in the literature of wave modelling. After examining two of the most popular solutions to the problem, absorbing boundary conditions, and a nonreflecting boundary condition, a method of combining these two solutions is proposed. The proposed method results in fewer boundary reflections with little computational cost.

Reverse-time migration is the heart of the dissertation. There are three special features of the method studied in the dissertation. One feature is the finite-difference method employed. People have practiced wave modelling on both non-staggered and staggered grids, but they rarely use staggered-grid schemes in reverse-time migration despite the known advantages the staggered-grid schemes. This dissertation applies a staggered-grid scheme to reverse-time migration. The second feature about the migration method is a new method of imaging conditions for elastic reverse-time migration, which is referred to as `source energy normalized imaging conditions'. The third feature is the reverse-time migration workflow for multicomponent seismic data processing. It is unique in some way. For example, ground roll suppression is not a necessary part in the workflow.

High demands of computational resources pose challenges and are a drawback for finite-difference depth migration methods. On this topic, the dissertation briefly discusses parallel computing and the problem of disk space.


identifier: Kubli, T. E. (1990). Geology of the Dogtooth Range, northern Purcell Mountains, British Columbia (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19577

format:
xxi, 324 leaves : ill., maps ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: QE 621.5 C36 K84 1990a

subject: Additional Copy: QE 621.5 C36 K84 1990

subject: Orogeny - British Columbia - Dogtooth Range

subject: Orogeny - British Columbia - Purcell Mountains

subject: Geology, Structural

subject: Formations (Geology) - British Columbia

subject: Geology - British Columbia - Dogtooth Range

subject: Geology - British Columbia - Purcell Mountains

subject: Folds (Geology) - British Columbia

abstract: Bibliography: p. 282-294.


identifier: Karbassi, M. (1997). Analytical and experimental studies of the stability limits of nonpremixed flames in a co-flowing stream (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23468

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

subject:
TP254.5.K37 1997
Combustion - Analysis
Combustion engineering
Combustion gases

abstract: Bibliography: p. 190-203.


identifier: Goldman, A. R. (1981). Theories for meaning (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24003

title: Theories for meaning

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

subject:
B 105 M4 G64 1984
Meaning (Philosophy)
Semantics
Semantics (Philosophy)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 205-209.


identifier: Hellmann, T. D. (2010). Enhancing exploratory testing with rule-based verification (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3798

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 104-115


identifier: Cheong, N. (1996). Migration, ethnicity and the development of medium-sized cities in peninsular Malaysia (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16567

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

subject:
HB 2104.6 A3 C48 1996
Rural-urban migration - Malaysia
Urbanization - Malaysia
Ethnicity - Malaysia

abstract: Bibliography: p. 208-215.


identifier: Sztain, K. (2011). Politics versus policy: the role of northern politics and foreign policy in the 2006 conservative election campaign (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4121

format:
vi, 109 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 101-109


identifier: McLaren, D. C. (1974). Hypnosis as an aid in learning (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23171

title: Hypnosis as an aid in learning

format:
ix, 67 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
LB 1134 M22 1974 Microfiche
Learning ability
Hypnotism

abstract: Bibliography: p. 56-59.


identifier: Gowans, C. (1970). Enseignement du francais: exercises de controles (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18063

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

subject: PC 2111 G67 1970 Microfilm

subject: French language - Study and teaching

subject: French language - Composition and exercises

abstract: Bibliography: p. 151-154.


identifier: Wingrove, B. L. (1979). The Social functioning of male homosexuals (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24467

format:
<viii>, 166 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HQ 76 W54 1979 Microfiche
Homosexuals, Male - Alberta - Calgary

abstract: Bibliography: p. 152-159.


identifier: Tecante Gutierrez, K. E. (2011). A novel approach to quantify dynamic variability during walking (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4152

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 98-114

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


identifier: Charles, E. E. (2007). Using electrical resistivity imaging to apply an inverse q* filter to ground penetrating radar data (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1381

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 80-85
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Muram, S. (2021). Platelet Function and the Development of Thromboembolic Events After Cerebrovascular Stenting Procedures (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary

contributor:
Riva-Cambrin, Jay
Mitha, Alim
Hill, Michael
Agbani, Ejaife

subject:
platelet function
cerebrovascular
thromboembolic events
stenting
Epidemiology
Medicine and Surgery

abstract: Introduction: One of the biggest concerns associated with endovascular procedures is the development of thromboembolic events. To mitigate this risk, patients are placed on dual antiplatelet therapy. Interestingly, there is a known variation in one’s ability to appropriately respond to antiplatelet medications and patients with decreased responsiveness may be at an increased risk of developing ischemic complications. Routine testing of antiplatelet responsiveness is not performed at most endovascular centres and is still a topic of controversy within the neurosurgical community. The objective of our study was to determine if non-responsiveness to aspirin and clopidogrel was associated with the development of symptomatic thromboembolic events in patients undergoing cerebrovascular stenting procedures. Methods: A prospective study was conducted at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada from August 2019 to February 2021. Patients undergoing cerebrovascular stenting procedures and who were on dual antiplatelet therapy consisting of aspirin and clopidogrel were enrolled in the study. Responsiveness to the antiplatelet medications was determined through whole blood impedance aggregometry and the treating neurointerventionalists were blinded to these results. The primary outcome was the development of a symptomatic thromboembolic event at 90 days after the procedure. Demographic, clinical, radiological, and procedural variables were analyzed to determine which factors were associated with the development of thromboembolic events. Results: One hundred and eighteen procedures were performed in 115 patients. The non-response rate of clopidogrel and aspirin was 21% and 14%, respectively. There were 12 (10%) thromboembolic events that occurred during the study period. On the univariable analysis age (p=0.03) and non-responsiveness to clopidogrel (p=0.01) were associated with the development of thromboembolic events, while aspirin non-responsiveness was not (p=0.13). On the multivariable logistic regression only clopidogrel non-responsiveness (OR 3.91, 95%CI 1.05, 14.50, p=0.04) was associated with the development of thromboembolic events. Conclusion: Our study has demonstrated that patients who were identified as clopidogrel non-responders, using whole blood impedance aggregometry, were at an increased risk of developing thromboembolic events. Furthermore, the results of our study validate the need for larger observational studies or randomized controlled trials to assess the utility of platelet function testing prior to cerebrovascular stenting procedures.


identifier: White, G. M. (1968). Delayed penetrating particles near cosmic ray air shower cores (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21839

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject:
QC 485 W47 1968 Microfilm
Cosmic rays
Particles (Nuclear physics)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 111-115.


identifier: denHollander, N. (1989). Giardia lamblia: a biochemical and immunological analysis (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22176

format:
x, 143 leaves <37> : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QR 201 G45 D36 1989
Giardia lamblia

abstract: Bibliography: p. 129-143.


identifier: Courtney, R. F. (1986). The Effect of burning northern mixed prairie on pronghorn antelope range use (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15206

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

subject:
QH 545 F5 C68 1987
Fire ecology - Alberta
Prescribed burning - Alberta
Wildlife management - Alberta
Pronghorn antelope
Grassland fires - Alberta

abstract: Bibliography: p. 105-117.


identifier: Gao, J. (1993). A predictive model for knock in spark ignition engines fuelled with gaseous fuels (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20260

format:
xxxii, 278 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: TK 787 G36 1993

subject: Internal combustion engines, Spark ignition

subject: Automobiles - Motors - Knock

abstract: Bibliography: p. 238-253.


identifier: Liu, Q. (1988). Three-dimensional recursive digital filters and the applications in image processing (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13952

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

subject:
QD 96 P54 L58 1988
Image processing - Digital techniques

abstract: Bibliography: p. 167-175.


identifier: Ferguson, C. (1998). Clarifying the role of social support in the stress process: tests of three alternative models (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20913

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

subject: BF575 .S75 F39 1998

subject: Stress (Psychology)--Theory, etc.

subject: Stress management--Psychological aspects.

abstract: Bibliography: p. 46-54


identifier: Comeau, C. (2016). The Direct and Moderating Role of Humour Styles at Work: Organizational Citizenship Behaviours, Counterproductive Workplace Behaviours, Anxiety and Depression as Organizational Outcomes (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28066

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Lee, Kibeom
McGrath, Daniel
Chapman, Derek
Hershcovis, Sandy

subject: Psychology--Industrial humor work styles anxiety Depression citizenship deviant behaviours

abstract: Past research suggests that a sense of humour plays a role in the workplace. The present study builds upon this work by exploring how individual differences in various positive and negative humour styles (affiliative, self-enhancing, self-defeating, aggressive humour) related to organizational citizenship behaviours, counterproductive workplace behaviours, and workplace anxiety and depression. Survey results from 190 employed undergraduate participants indicated that affiliative humour use is associated with reduced anxiety, depression and counterproductive workplace behaviours, and with increased engagement in organizational citizenship behaviours. In addition, self-enhancing humour moderated the relationship of organizational stressors with OCBs, anxiety and depression. In order to assess the interpersonal aspects of humour, convergence between self- and observer reported humour styles was examined. The relatively low correlation indicates we may need to move beyond the traditional measurement of self- and observer agreement to capture the unique variance of each perspective. Implications of these findings and future research directions are discussed.


identifier: Cunningham, K. D. (1998). The structure-function relationship of the extracellular matrix in the rabbit medial collateral ligament (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15736

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

subject:
QL827 . C86 1998
Ligaments.
Collagen

abstract: Bibliography: p. 148-160


identifier: Mbuntum, F. F. (1974). M-projective and M-injective modules (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22103

title: M-projective and M-injective modules

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

subject:
QA 247 M37 1974 Microfiche
Rings (Algebra)
Modules - Algebra
Homology theory

abstract: Bibliography: p. 49.


identifier: deGraaf, R. G. (2007). Enhancing firewalls: conveying user and application identification to network firewalls (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1377

contributor:
Jacobson, Michael John
Aycock, John

format:
x, 172 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 133-153


identifier: Davies, E. J. (1982). A survey of music education in selected Canadian middle schools (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17705

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

subject: MT 3 C3 D38 1984

subject: School music - Instruction and study - Canada

subject: Music - Instruction and study - Canada - Juvenile

abstract: Bibliography: p. 60-63.


identifier: Bentzen, M. K. (2005). Air quality management at selected international airports with recommendations to the Calgary Airport Authority (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1457

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 131-140
Approval page is missing.


identifier: Xiong, Y. (2021). Spectrally multimode photon pair source (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Spectrally Multimode Photon Pair Source

contributor:
Oblak, Daniel
Barclay, Paul
Simon, Christoph
Friesen, Timothy

subject:
Spectral multimode,  photon pair source
Education--Sciences
Education--Technology
Education--Tests and Measurements

abstract:
The development of the quantum computer challenges the security of classical communication. This is due to the security of classical encryption being based on the computational complexity of an algorithm, for example, the difficulty of factoring a number into its prime product. Quantum communication uses quantum mechanics to manipulate quantum states and exchange information between two locations. Quantum communication has proven to be unconditionally secure. However, the fact that the maximum transmission distance is largely limited by attenuation in the distribution link remains one of the biggest challenges for practical quantum communication. Quantum repeaters can greatly extend this communication transmission distance. To realize quantum repeaters, one requires quantum memories, entanglement swapping operations, and photon pair-sources. In addition, quantum repeaters greatly benefit - in terms of the achievable entanglement distribution rate - if they can incorporate some form of multiplexing. Multiplexing is possible in any of the available photonic modes, which for transmission in single-mode fibers amounts to polarization, spectral, and temporal modes. The polarization degree of freedom is undesirable because it only has two orthogonal modes. The choice of the spectral or temporal modes for multiplexing
then depends on what is most compatible with other components in the setup, particularly the quantum memory, which is the most demanding component. Based on prior demonstrations in the lab of spectral multiplexing in rare-earth ion doped crystals, the purpose of my project has been to build a spectrally multi-mode photon pair-source. Our implementation of the spectrally multi-mode photon pair sources relies on a nonlinear optics process that involves the interaction of strong light and a non-linear crystal. To achieve the spectral selection of specific modes, the non-linear crystal is combined with a suitable cavity.


identifier: Jorgenson, K. F. (1980). DNA ligands as probes for chromosome structure (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17550

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

subject:
QP 624 J65 1980 Fiche
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Nucleic acids
Chromosomes
Genetics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 195-210.


identifier: Caddel, E. M. (1999). Sedimentology and stratigraphy of the falher c member, Spirit River formation, northeastern British Columbia (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11252

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

subject: QE686 .C34 1999A

subject: Additional Copy: QE686 .C34 1999 in the Gallagher Library of Geology and Geophysics, geo thesis collection

subject: Geology, Stratigraphic - Cretaceous

subject: Sediments (geology)--Spirit River formation (B.C. and Alta.)

subject: Falher member (B.C. and Alta.)

subject: Spirit River formation (B.C. and Alta.)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 182-195


identifier: Alcid, C. V. (1985). Rental housing policy in Calgary in the 1980s (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18780

format:
[vii], 244 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
Rental housing - Alberta - Calgary
Housing policy - Alberta - Calgary

abstract: Bibliography: final 14 p.

abstract: This study was undertaken to capture the evolution of rental housing policy in Calgary from 1980 to 1984. The purpose of the research is to generate potential rental housing policies for the City for the future. Hence, the writer used historical description from which arose the analyses. Three themes pervade the analyses: (1) rental housing policy in Calgary was informal and reactive to the changing socio- economic-political considerations of the housing industry; (2) rental housing policy in Calgary was unclear and implicit only in the workings of the different policy actors; and, (3) rental housing policy in Calgary could not provide an adequate supply of affordable and appropriate housing for low-income households during the "boom" years. Three scenario-frameworks ('no-growth', 'slow-growth', and 'moderate'-growth) were designed and used to formulate and evaluate possible rental housing policies, using three objectives. The third objective, encouraging home ownership in tenants, forms the crux of the recommendations in the final and concluding chapter. Summary recommendations based upon Chapters III and IV are organized in seven policy areas: rental housing planning; neighbourhood change; maintenance, rehabiltation and conversion; environment quality; stimulation of private rental participation; administrative mechanisms; and economic or inentation for planning.


identifier: Al-Mandeel, H. M. (2009). Incidence of stress urinary incontinence following surgical repair of pelvic organ prolapse in previously continent women (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2704

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 73-88


identifier: Blackman, G. (2017). A Hermeneutic Inquiry into Grade Eleven Students’ Experiences of Classroom Talk in Language Arts (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24754

contributor:
Field, James Colin
Lenters, Kimberly Ann
Burwell, Catherine

subject:
Education--Curriculum and Instruction
Education--Language and Literature
Education--Secondary
Hermeneutics
talk
literature
highschool
play

abstract: The goal of this hermeneutic inquiry was to interpret and understand how some students experience classroom talk, which is centered on a particular theme or topic, in English Language Arts. I came to understand that this kind of talk, or discussion, is akin to the idea of play, a way of being whereby students come with their opinions, and then they engage with the multiciplicity of perspectives in the learning arena. This can be a pleasurable encounter for students, but the conditions for this “play” to occur include respectful relationships with peers, and an open atmosphere ushered by the teacher. This open, unpredictable kind of discussion is not a step-by-step classroom encounter, but there are ways that students, classmates, and teachers can foster the pedagogical conditions for meaningful discussions about their literary texts to occur.


identifier: Morah, B. C. (1974). Assimilation of Ugandan Asians in Calgary (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15301

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

subject:
F 5032 E1 M67 1974
East Indians in Calgary
Assimilation (Sociology)
Acculturation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 158-164.


identifier: Kraus, S. L. (1989). Isolation of human DNA clones from bacteriophage lambda libraries that identify variable number tandem repeat loci (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20938

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

subject:
QH 445.2 K73 1989
Chromosome mapping
Molecular cloning

abstract: Bibliography: p. 90-98.

abstract: Gene mapping is a very active area of research in human genetics. This effort is still in its infancy, with less than 2% of the expected gene complement having been mapped to chromosomes. Recent advances in DNA technology that permit the detection of DNA sequence variations, should provide the large number of highly polymorphic loci necessary to map the total human genome with high resolution. Isolation of new DNA clones that recognize highly polymorphic loci constitutes an important component of the gene mapping process. Based on its size, chromosome 9 is relatively underrepresented in terms of the available number of DNA markers. This fact, coupled with the tentative localization of the gene responsible for tuberous sclerosis, provided the incentive to attempt to isolate new chromosome 9 DNA markers. Library screening methods using oligonucleotide probes and competitive hybridization similar to those used for cosmid libraries were successfully employed to isolate a highly polymorphic marker from an unamplif ied human total genomic lambda library. Though this study failed in its attempt to isolate new highly polymorphic chromosome 9 markers from two chromosome 9-enriched lambda libraries, these studies reiterated the importance of constructing and maintaining lambda libraries with recombination deficient hosts which do not select against the repetitive sequences associated with these loci. This study demonstrates that unamplified lambda libraries can be used as a source of DNA clones that recognize variable number tandem repeat loci and defines parameters for the selection of appropriate libraries and efficient isolation of new highly polymorphic DNA markers.