identifier: Britvina, T. (2007). Effect of thalamocortical spindle activity on cortical auditory processing (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1671

format:
xvii, 254 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 239-247
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Baxter, D. N. (1968). Brazilian feather headdresses: a type-variety classification of specimens from central and northeastern Brazil (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11522

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
126 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.

subject: F 2519.3 C8 B38 1968 Microfilm

subject: Indians of South America - Brazil - Costume and adornments

subject: Indians of South America - Costume and adornments

abstract: Bibliography: p. 120-126.


identifier: Carver, L. L. (1986). Computer assisted instruction in the teaching of nutrition (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16018

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

subject: TX 364 C35 1987

subject: Nutrition - Study and teaching

subject: Nutrition - Computer-assisted instruction

abstract: Bibliography: p. 80-86.


identifier: McDonald, M. (2012). Numerical Methods in Seismic Wave Propagation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27141

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject: Mathematics Geophysics Mathematics Modelling Waves Finite-Elements Elasticity Acoustics Viscoelasticity Numerical

abstract:
The numerical modelling of wave equations is a common theme in many seismic
applications, and is an important tool in understanding how the physical systems
of interest react in the process of a seismic experiment. In this thesis we apply
state-of-the-art numerical methods based on domain-decomposition combined with
local pseudospectral spatial discretization, to three physically realistic models of
seismic waves, namely their propagation in acoustic, elastic, and viscoelastic media.
The Galerkin formulation solves the weak form of the partial differential equation
representing wave propagation and naturally includes boundary integral terms to
represent free surface, rigid, and absorbing boundary effects. Stability, accuracy,
and computation issues are discussed in this context along with direct comparison
with finite difference methodologies.
This works is an effort to bridge the gap between the development of accurate
physical models to represent the real world, as seen in seismic modelling, and the
implementation of modern numerical techniques for the accurate solutions of partial
differential equations.


identifier: Kelly, R. (2011). The relationship between injuries and terrain park feature use among pediatric and adult snowboarders in Alberta (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4437

contributor:
Hagel, Brent E.
Meeuwisse, Willem H.

format:
xviii, 271 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 211-228

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


identifier: Louie, C. G. (2012). Legal change through a charter challenge: reforming Canada's prostitution laws (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4593

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 77-80

abstract: Prostitution per se is not illegal in Canada, yet everything associated with the practice of prostitution is illegal. However, on September 28th, 2010, Justice Susan Himel of the Ontario Supreme Court decision struck down bawdy-house, living on the avails of prostitution, and communication provisions of the Canadian Criminal Code. Himel's judgement supported what Canadian researchers have long established, that the impugned provisions prevent prostitutes from taking precautions that can decrease the risk of violence toward them. This study examined the change to prostitution legislation by documenting the Charter process which led up to Himel's decision. The research involved interviews with the applicants in two separate court challenges as well as an analysis of published case material. The study argues that in order to minimize the harm while respecting the liberty of prostitutes, we need to move away from a strictly moral perspective to a harm reduction approach.


identifier: Foss, M. (2000). Operating costs at the well level for natural gas wells in Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20555

format:
xi, 86 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2000 F67

abstract: Bibliography: p. 84-86.


identifier: Doyle, L. E. (2017). Ligand Cooperative Iridium PCP Complexes for Small Molecule Activation (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26761

contributor:
Piers, Warren E.
Heinekey, D. Michael
Baumgartner, Thomas
Roesler, Roland
Barclay, Paul

subject: Chemistry--Inorganic Organometallic Inorganic

abstract:
Simple small molecules are perhaps the most fundamental components to synthetic chemistry, acting as the building blocks from which larger, more complex compounds are made. These simple molecules are also important in of themselves, sometimes as fuels, greenhouse gases, the water we drink, or the air we breathe. Studying the way in which these molecules behave and react is therefore of great importance. Organometallic chemistry has had considerable success in using transition metal complexes to manipulate small molecules and perform otherwise difficult transformations such as the splitting of water into H2 and O2 or the decomposition of harmful emissions such as CO2 or N2O.
This thesis presents the synthesis of a new PCP pincer ligand framework bearing benzo[b]thiophene linking groups as an alternative to the parent ortho-phenylene linkers. This ligand was installed onto an iridium center via double C-H activation at the central carbon atom, resulting in a carbene donor which can be used in favorable metal-ligand cooperative processes. This design feature was used for the activation of N2O, where a series of “iridaepoxide” complexes were made through oxygen atom transfer to the iridium-carbon bond with the release of N2 gas. The formal hydrogenation of N2O to H2O was accomplished by reaction of the iridaepoxide species with H2. The mechanistic details of these processes were studied extensively and reveal a unique ligand cooperative system. Halide abstraction from several neutral iridium complexes was then performed to explore the reactivity of their cationic counterparts. This allowed for the use of milder conditions in previous reactions and for the formation of highly reactive species capable of numerous bond activations including the strong O-H bonds of water and alcohols.


identifier: Podstawka, J. (2019). Investigating pulmonary vascular B cells (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary

contributor:
Yipp, Bryan G.
Hirota, Simon Andrew
Kelly, Margaret Mary
Flannigan, Kyle L.

subject:
B cells, neutrophils, regulation, lungs
Immunology

abstract: The lung is a vital organ which is required for gas exchange. The anatomy of the lung itself, immune molecules, and leukocytes provide the host with protection from harmful debris and pathogenic stimuli. A component of pulmonary host defense is neutrophils which are found within the lung capillary network. Within the pulmonary capillaries, there is a population of neutrophils which remains adherent to the vascular endothelium for extended periods of time and exhibits marginated behaviour. While pulmonary vascular neutrophils are important in the acute immune response of the lung, they tend to exhibit an aged and pro-inflammatory phenotype. While inflammation within the lung is necessary for host defence and is a part of wound healing, cellular infiltration of the lung significantly compromises oxygen delivery and carbon dioxide removal. Therefore, pulmonary inflammation must be tightly controlled and regulated. We previously determined that pulmonary vascular B cells regulate neutrophils via CD18-mediated interactions, labelling them MHCII+AnnexinV+, and that in the absence of B cells, the lung will develop pathological fibrotic interstitial lung disease. In this body of work, we determined that pulmonary intravascular B cells can marginate which allows them to specialize in regulating lung neutrophils. These B cells exhibit a mature, naïve, conventional B2 cell phenotype, and engage in marginated behaviour which can be mediated by CD49e or via CXCR5/CXCL13. Blocking CD49e decreased the amount B cell-neutrophil interactions taking place within the lung capillaries, and providing exogenous CXCL13 or neutralizing endogenous CXCL13 would respectively increase and decrease the amount of interactions. Moreover, we demonstrated an intratracheal injection of CXCL13 increased the number of neutrophils which exhibited an MHCII+AnnexinV+ phenotype; indicating increased regulation via B cell interactions. Thus, we acquired novel insight into how lung intravascular B cells are engaging in prolonged interactions with lung neutrophils; interactions which were previously defined as regulatory and important for maintaining inflammatory homeostasis.


identifier: DeMarsh, J. P. (1982). A study of adults' perceptions of neonates (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17844

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

subject:
BF 692.2 D44 1982
Sex differences (Psychology)
Sex role
Social role

abstract: Bibliography: p. 106-114.


identifier: Brown, K. J. (2002). Recruiting nurses into rural positions: a test of three persuasion techniques (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14562

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 B765

abstract: Bibliography: p. 118-131


identifier: Sethi, S. (2005). Implementation of a practical coherent UWB PPM transceiver (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20833

contributor:
Nielsen, John
Klukas, Richard

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 152-161


identifier: Nakoneshny, M. (1971). A Study of the relationship between counselor empathy and student perception of counselor role (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14283

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

subject:
BF 637 C6 N33 1971 Microfilm
Student counselors
Counseling
Interpersonal relations

abstract: Bibliography: p. 51-57.

abstract: This r esearch project, using Truax's Scale for the Measurement of Accurate Empathy and an adapted version of Warman's Counse ling Appropriateness Check-List, attempted to investigate the relationship between counselor empathy and student perception of counselor role. Results of the study indicated that counselors rated "high" in empathy were considered to be significantly more appropriate persons to consult for advice for personal-social problems than counselors rated "low". No significant differences were obtained for educational vocational problems. Female students in contrast to males considered the counselor to be significantly more appropriate for discussion of both problem areas. Grade 9 students considered the counselor to be significantly more appropriate for discussion of educational-vocational concerns than did grade 7 or grade 8 students. The results of this study and their implications were briefly discussed.


identifier: Dhillon, K. (2008). Building better communities through urban gardening in Naucalpan, Mexico: an education and action tool for the urban poor (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2835

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 112-117


identifier: Wu, B. (2016). A Multicomponent Walkaway Vertical Seismic Profile Experiment in a Heavy Oil Reservoir (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24801

contributor:
Lawton, Donald Caleb
Lines, Laurence R.
Innanen, Kristopher A. H.
Yarranton, Harvey

subject:
Education--Sciences
Geology
Geophysics
VSP
Multicomponent
AVO
PP-PS joint inversion
reservoir characterization

abstract: A multicomponent walkaway VSP experiment was successfully processed and used to predict rock properties in a heavy oil reservoir.  Post-stack image and pre-stack gathers were made for inversion and AVO analysis. A common shot reflectivity gather was also created for AVO study at the VSP well location. P and S-wave impedance, reflectivity, Vp/Vs and density were studied. AVO attributes and their crossplots were analyzed.  Furthermore, AVO Lambda-mu-rho analysis and AVO modeling were conducted. The analyses helped to identify different lithologies and changes of fluids in the target reservoir. The study showed no obvious gas effects in the target interval, a finding validated by production data. The converted-wave data had good resolution. PP-PS joint inversion added more details to P-wave inversion only. This case study demonstrated that multicomponent VSP is an effective tool to predict rock properties, characterize the reservoir, and monitor production.


identifier: McLeod, D. (2010). Intellectually honest pedagogy: inviting mathematics in to elementary classrooms (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3601

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 97-102

abstract: Some pages are in colour.

abstract: This thesis is an interpretive study that explores the extent to which mathematics pedagogy stands to be influenced by the discipline of mathematics itself in elementary classrooms. In particular, this research focuses on the process of coming to teach mathematics honestly, amid all its natural bounty. This is a journey of narrated moments with students and with mathematics, both remembered and newly experienced. Together these stories deliver both data and method to this hermeneutic study. They are mathematically oriented but set against a metaphor of organic farming. Important conduct on the part of educators emerges and stand as signposts towards an intellectually honest practice. Such conduct includes the cultivation of community, imagination, patience, listening, exchange and play. At the culmination of this thesis, there exists no categorical answer that blueprints reform in math education, but in true inquiry fashion, there has been a deliberate and careful opening up.


identifier: Smith, T. J. (2000). Generating a holistic architecture of direct experience: the negation of conventional architectural representation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14837

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

subject: NA2500 .S527 2000

subject: University of Calgary. Canadian Architectural Archives - Designs and plans

subject: Architecture - Philosophy

subject: Representation (Philosophy)

subject: Architecture, Modern - 20th century

subject: Communication in architectural design

subject: Architecture - Human factors

subject: Architectural design

abstract: Bibliography: p. 80-81.


identifier: Quan, J. (2005). CMOS programmable gain circuits: amplifiers and current conveyors (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/152

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 117-123

abstract: CJ\IOS programmable gain stages form essential building blocks i11 today's Lclccomm1wicat.iou sys Le ms. For each specific application, there may lie a myriad of poLcnt.ial solnt.ious: however, not all soluLiom; are equally suited Lo solving all problems. Sornc problems may be directly treated with traditional voltage-mode approaches while ot.lier problems may lie more efficiently tackled via less convcnLiomt! currcut-modc methods. In view of such an expansive landscape, the present. work seeks Lo investigate t.wo telecommunication applications and Lhe specific solnt.iuu for each. FirsLly, a LradiLional Programmable Gain Amplifier (PGA) is clcsig11ccl for 11:-:c ui Very J-1.igh-Spccd Digit.al Suli:-:cribcr Loops (VDSL). Wide lm,ndwidLh, low noi:-:c, aml high Ii neariLy arc achicve<l using a fully cliffcrcnt.ial, multi-stage, vo!Lagc-modc amplifier with switched resistive feedback Lo set the gain. The pscuclo-consLaul. signal liaudwidt.h is accomplii-;l1ed using switched nested Miller co111pensat.ion for each gain :-:ctt.ing t.o keep Lhe dosed-loop lianclwidLh relatively constant.. Secondly, a novel Programmable Gain Current Conveyor (CCII) is dcsigucd !or use in a T 1 /El Equa.li:t,er Line Int.er face U 11iL (LIU). Being digitally t.nrn,1.blc, t.bc upculoop CCII has high input impedance, low output impedance and consLa.nL handwidt.h 1-H:ross all gain set.Lings. l3ot.h programmable gain sLages have been designed am! fabrica.Lcd in Lhc TSMC CMOS 0.35 ??l'm process. Del.ailed analysis, simulation and rucasurcmeuLs a.re shown wit.hiu Lhis thesis.


identifier: Young, G. (2015). B-Value Analysis of Microseismic Events Observed on Three Wellpads in the Horn River Basin (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25189

subject: Geophysics Energy Geotechnology

abstract:
An extensive b-value power law analysis is carried out on a large dataset of microseismic events accumulated from over 300 stages during the hydraulic fracture treatment of three wellpads in the Horn River basin. This analysis is carried out on three different length scales: the single stage level, the level of the formation and finally in a 3D volume. A comparison of three commonly used statistical methods of analysis is carried out at the stage level to determine the statistical validity of these methods.

B-value analysis is a form of statistical analysis which is highly sensitive to the statistical methods being employed as well as the size of the data sample. B-values themselves are not a completely self-sufficient and quantitative description of the stress state of the medium but must be combined with other observations involving other geoscience methods such as seismic and well-log analysis along with engineering data.

abstract: 2 years


identifier: Herrero, J. (1994). Alberta Environmental Alert: a proposed environmental organization (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23219

format:
vii, 83 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 80-83.


identifier: Bergstrom, K. M. (2009). Adventuring together: exploring how romantic couples use mmos as part of their shared leisure time (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3098

format:
xii, 185 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 176-183


identifier: Petry, R. G. (1998). Atomic field electrodynamics and classical radiation reaction (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23562

format:
viii, 347 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QC631 .P48 1998
Electrodynamics
Electrodynamics--Mathematics.
Field theory (Physics)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 340-347


identifier: Rao, A. S. (1970). On the summability of Fourier series and allied series (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19347

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

subject:
QA 295 R35 1970
Summabilty theory
Fourier series

abstract: Bibliography: p. 105-109


identifier: Laale, A. (2006). Corporatist control, job satisfaction and client work satisfaction: a study of human service providers (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/670

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 59-63


identifier: Groarke, L. (1977). Zeno's paradoxes, the infinite, and Wittgenstein (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12745

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

subject:
B 258 Z34 Z68 1977 Microfiche
Zeno of Elea
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951
Infinite
Paradox

abstract: Bibliography: p. 140-143.


identifier: Stearns, L. J. (1975). The Saint figure in Leonard Cohen and Robertson Davies (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16930

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

subject:
PS 8505 O37 Z85 1975 Microfiche
Cohen, Leonard, 1934-
Davies, Robertson, 1913-
Saints in literature

abstract: Bibliography: p. 103-106.


identifier: Blackbird, M. J. (2012). The right to buy a piece of the public sphere: adbusters v. the media (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4713

contributor:
Taras, David
Atkins, Chloe G.K.

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 90-94

abstract: This thesis examines public communicative access rights in the public sphere of Canadian television, using the unresolved Adbusters court case as a reference point. This Charier case challenges the right of private and public broadcasters to arbitrarily decide who can and cannot purchase commercial airtime, which Adbusters claims is a violation of its right to freedom of expression in a public space (i.e. the public airwaves). Jn the context of relevant Canadian laws, policies and judicial decisions, the question of 'who should have the right to purchase commercial airtime on publicly owned but privately controlled airwaves?' is examined and compared from a legal perspective and from the theoretical concept of the public sphere. This legal issue raises some significant questions about the inherent relationship between the public sphere, democracy and communication. This thesis investigates the Canadian perspective and discusses some of the underlying tensions and contradictions it reveals.


identifier: Block, D. (2006). Instruments of faith: the religious meaning of the telescope and the microscope in the seventeenth century (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/526

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 128-146


identifier: Silver, B. M. (2010). Socially interactive waste accountable communities (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4242

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 149-151
Many pages are in colour.


identifier: Lang, S. E. (2008). Forced into the beauty pageant: an economic analysis of female well-being and the pursuit of ideal beauty (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1917

format:
vi, 130 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 110-123


identifier: Seifi, M. (2014). Simulation and Modeling of Underground Coal Gasification Using Porous Medium Approach (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27783

subject:
Engineering--Chemical
Engineering--Petroleum
Underground Coal Gasification
Pyrolysis
Coal Combustion and Gasification
Porous Medium Approach
UCG Modeling

abstract:
Increasing global demand for energy and declining fossil fuel resources continue to make coal deposits a primary source of energy. However, the process of converting coal into valuable syngas through surface gasification requires conventional mining, extraction, transportation, storage, surface processing, ash and environmental handling. Moreover, most coal deposits are located at great depth and have thin coal seams, making them either un-mineable or uneconomical using current technologies. Underground coal gasification (UCG) is an exciting alternative technique for producing syngas from coal conversion in-situ. This will eliminate the need for conventional mining and some surface facilities, increase safety, and lower capital expenditures. It is imperative that we develop accurate UCG models and simulations capable of incorporating the impacts of multi-disciplinary phenomena, in particular in the UCG process where there is no direct access to the developed underground reactors.
Small-scale models can be used to investigate the mechanisms and details of the various phenomena taking place during UCG. Most of the models in the literature apply the CFD (computational fluid dynamics) approach to predict the experimental results or explore the effects of the operational parameters on the process at lower pressures. However, the CFD models include more details, such as multi-component diffusion of the gas components and turbulent flow. Applying these models to field scale simulations can be very expensive.
The similarities between UCG and heavy oil in-situ combustion make it possible to use a thermal compositional hydrocarbon simulator to simulate the UCG process. Complex geology, various well configurations, and multi-phase flow can be efficiently simulated using models developed in the oil and gas industry. This study focuses on the adaptation of a commercial hydrocarbon simulator to model UCG processes at great depth by using applied techniques to convert the coal per gasification module. It presents assumptions and procedures to evaluate the required properties and kinetics of chemical reactions. Small-scale models are used to validate the proposed methods both quantitatively and qualitatively. In addition, large-scale numerical simulation models are used to compare the performance of different technologies. The Thulin test is modeled using a cross-sectional domain. We also explore issues and possible solutions associated with UCG modeling in tight coal seams.


identifier: Liu, I. (2017). Development of topographical orientation skills in seven to ten year old children (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25692

contributor:
Iaria, Giuseppe
Graham, Susan
MacMaster, Frank
Drefs, Michelle
Uttal, David
Iaria, Giuseppe

subject:
Psychology
Psychology--Behavioral
Psychology--Cognitive
Psychology--Developmental
Psychology--Experimental
topographical orientation
spatial orientation
Navigation
cognitive maps

abstract:
In this dissertation, I investigated children’s development of topographical orientation skills. Specifically, I examined children’s performance on a navigation task in a virtual museum. In Chapter 2, I described the methodology used in this experiment. The computer task comprised of an interactive game that consisted of three sections: a practice motor task, a guided tour around a virtual museum, and a testing phase. After children were introduced to the environment, they were required to navigate from one location of the museum to a goal location as quickly as possible. Game performance was assessed by how much time and travel distance were required to reach a target location. In order to assess different cognitive domains supporting topographical orientation skills, a neuropsychological battery was administered. Finally, both children and parents completed self-rated questionnaires of the children’s general spatial behaviours.
     In Chapter 3, the main experimental results were described. Game performance was significantly correlated with age and several neuropsychological measures with emphasis on visual spatial processing. Game performance was also correlated with history of gaming experience and technology use. A multiple linear regression analysis revealed that game performance was best explained by performance on spatial working memory and visual-spatial organization tasks, once video game experience was accounted for. Only children’s self-reported ratings of their spatial orientation and navigation skills were correlated with one of two measures of game performance, whereas parents’ ratings were not. When compared to adult performance on the computer game, even the oldest group of children tested was still not as efficient as adults in solving the task, suggesting that development of topographical orientation skills continue well into adolescence and young adulthood.
     Chapter 4 summarized and explored the aforementioned findings in greater detail. Additional statistical analyses and discussion regarding the pilot study, a group of children who participated in a repeat session of the computer game, and a group of younger children tested are described in Appendix B.


identifier: Reid, S. J. (1998). Anatomy of a paleokarst reservoir: Sedimentation and diagenesis of the pekisko formation in Twining oil field, Alberta, Canada (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21244

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

subject: GB600.4 .C2 R45 1998A

subject: Additional Copy: GB600.4 .C2 R45 1998 (Gallagher)

subject: Sedimentation and deposition - Alberta - Pekisko Formation

subject: Reservoir sedimentation - Alberta - Pekisko Formation

subject: Diagenesis - Alberta - Pekisko Formation

subject: Geology, Stratigraphic - Mississippian

subject: Pekisko Formation (Alta.)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 183-195.


identifier: Blundell-Gosselin, H. J. (1995). An occupational health and safety needs assessment of farmers in south central Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18004

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

subject:
RC 965 A5 B58 1995
Farmers - Health and hygiene - Alberta
Agriculture - Health aspects - Alberta
Occupational diseases - Alberta
Health behavior

abstract: Bibliography: p. 120-125.


identifier: Mohammadzade, N. H. (2007). Improving the accuracy in identifying dna binding sites using a novel method of position-weight matrices (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1185

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 82-85
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Stark, J. H. (1991). Cultural tourism development strategy to be based on ranching for High River (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13709

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 75-79.


identifier: Renert, M. (2007). The journey to tenure: secular and religious Israeli women academics (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1735

format:
xv, 295 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 234-249


identifier: Lee, C. (1979). Plume trajectories across a ridge under stable atmospheric conditions (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12108

format:
xxii, 145 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: TD 883.7 C34 L42 1979 Fiche

subject: Air quality - Alberta - Copithorne Ridge

subject: Air quality management - Alberta - Copithorne Ridge

subject: Air - Pollution - Alberta - Copithorne Ridge - Measurement

abstract: Bibliography: p. 122-127.


identifier: Umeozor, E. C. (2015). Multi-parametric Programming for Microgrid Operational Scheduling (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27031

subject:
Energy
Engineering--System Science
Engineering--Operations Research
Microgrids
Energy Management
Parameterization
Optimal Scheduling

abstract: This study presents a multi-parametric programming (MPP) based approach for energy management in microgrids. The algorithm creates operational strategies for efficient and tractable coordination of distributed energy sources in a residential level microgrid. The hybrid energy system comprises of renewable (solar photovoltaic and wind turbine), conventional systems (microturbine and utility grid connection), and battery energy storage system. The overall problem is formulated using multi-parametric mixed-integer linear programming (mp-MILP) via parameterizations of the uncertain coordinates of the wind and solar resources. This results in a bi-level optimization problem, where choice of the parameterization scheme is made at the upper level while system operation decisions are made at the lower level. The mp-MILP formulation leads to significant improvements in uncertainty management, solution quality and computational burden; by easing dependency on meteorological information and avoiding the multiple computational cycles of the traditional online optimization techniques. Results evidence the feasibility and effectiveness of MPP.


identifier: Kennard, J. J. (2020). Transcriptomic Analysis for the Identification and Prioritization of Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary

contributor:
Rinker, Kristina D.
Moore Randy D.
Di Martino, Elena S.
McIntyre, John B.

subject:
Gene expression
Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Bioinformatics

abstract: Abdominal aortic aneurysms are pathological dilations of the abdominal aorta, characterized by a high mortality rate, and a lack of effective prognostic predictors. As the disease progresses, the aortic wall becomes significantly degraded and eventually the structure is compromised, leading to rupture and often death. Understanding the changes in gene expression that correlate to altered hemodynamics and mechanical properties within the aorta can help elucidate the nature of this degradation and improve rupture risk predictions. The present study leverages a novel clinical study design to provide validation for a previously proposed non-invasive, in-vivo metric. The metric uses imaging information as well as computational fluid dynamics and in-vivo strain measurements to better assess aneurysm stability and improve risk management. This study demonstrated that areas of an aneurysm predicted to be of high risk by the relative rupture potential exhibited significant changes in gene expression related to disease progression. It was also demonstrated that the relative rupture potential better predicts gene expression related to disease progression than any single metric for aneurysm stability. In addition to validation of the relative rupture potential, evidence for the infiltration of specific immune cells in high risk areas was found, providing an excellent starting point for future studies investigating the peripheral blood of abdominal aortic aneurysm patients for markers of aneurysm presence or stability. These studies could lay the groundwork for a blood test to be used in conjunction with imaging technologies to further improve abdominal aortic aneurysm risk assessment.


identifier: Pishgar, R. (2019). Nutrient (Ammonium and Phosphate) Removal Using Aerobic Granulation at Pilot scale (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Chu, Angus
Black, Kerry E.
Hettiaratchi, Joseph Patrick A.
Cuenca, Manuel Álvarez
Lu, Qingye

subject: Aerobic granulation

subject: Granulation inhibition

subject: Nutrient removal

subject: Ammonium

subject: Phosphate

subject: Heterotrophic nitrification

subject: Biologically-induced phosphate precipitation (BIPP)

subject: Pilot-scale

subject: Engineering

subject: Engineering--Environmental

abstract: This research investigated the causes of aerobic granulation inhibition and deterioration in nutrient removal performance of aerobic granular sludge (AGS) reactors at pilot scale. Identifying the underlying phenomena seems necessary to enhance predictability and reliability of this process under diverse circumstances. This can ultimately broaden the practicability of this technology for actual applications. Three pilot-scale (22-L) granular sequencing batch reactors (GBSRs) were operated to cultivate aerobic granules and to subsequently evaluate the treatment performance and AGS characteristics in the long run (up to ~500 days). While one reactor was operated under purely aerobic condition (O_SBR), the other two were run using alternating sequencing batch reactor (SBR) reaction phase arrangements (anaerobic/aerobic/anoxic/aerobic (AN/O/AX/O_SBR) and anaerobic/aerobic (AN/O_SBR) conditions). A series of ecophysiological experiments were conducted using an advanced molecular technique (16S rRNA phylogenetic gene sequencing analysis). Suspended-biomass batch experiments seeded with the inoculum of the GSBRs were chosen as the baseline, to reveal the functional diversity of the dominating bacteria in the AGS. Improper aeration pattern was identified as the main cause of preventing granulation at pilot scale. To maintain the aeration pattern and shearing activity regardless of the reactor scale, a scale-up factor (S) was developed which should be applied to the reactor dimensions, aeration rate, and surface area of the gas distributor simultaneously. Granulation time and size and effluent quality in terms of suspended solid concentrations and microbial washout pattern were regulated by the wastewater strength. Whereas, granule structure as well as AGS morphology and flocculent fraction were dictated by the SBR operation mode. Mineral-rich aerobic granules with hydroxyapatite (HAp) core were cultivated in the AGS reactors in this research regardless of the wastewater strength and SBR operation modes. Heterotrophic nitrification and biologically-induced phosphate precipitation (BIPP) were the dominant nutrient depletion pathways performed by the aerobic granules with lifeless cores. The contributions of these pathways to the overall ammonium nitrogen and phosphorus removal were 61 – 84% and 39 – 96%, respectively. Ecophysiological investigations characterized Thauera and Flavobacterium as the core heterotrophic nitrifiers. The species Flavobacterium, Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas, and Corynebacterium were identified as bio-calcifying species. Different types of denitrifiers and potential polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs) were also identified. The long-term performance showed that the ammonium nitrogen (NH4-N) removal efficiencies established inverse relation with ammonium nitrogen loading rate (NLR). Phosphate (PO4-P) removal efficiency, on the contrary, showed a direct relation with chemical oxygen demand to phosphorus (COD:P) ratio. Heterotrophic nitrification and BIPP were the principal nutrient removal pathways during the long-term operation as well. The recovery of autotrophic ammonium oxidizing bacteria (AOBs) was feasible at low NLR (0.15 kg NH4-N m-3 d-1) and FA concentration (< 5 mg NH3 L-1). However, the recovery of autotrophic nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB) happened with delay and the PAO recovery was irreversible.


identifier: Miller, K. A. (2018). Application of copper isotope abundance measurements to study copper trafficking in vivo (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32827

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Science
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Wieser, Michael
Brown, Jo-Anne
Villarreal-Barajas, Eduardo

subject:
Copper isotopes
Isotopic fractionation
Biophysics
Physics

abstract:
The determination of the isotopic composition of metals has been increasingly recognized as a powerful tool to monitor metabolism in biological systems. One biologically important metal in living systems is copper, a critical enzyme cofactor, but a potent cellular toxin when unbound inside the cell. This thesis describes the development of an analytical technique to measure isotope amount ratios in biological systems. The technique was then implemented to determine how the distribution of copper isotopes changes in a system where copper metabolism has been impacted in two different ways.
The first application of this technique explored how changing the expression levels of the cellular prion protein (PrPC) could affect the distribution of copper isotopes in the body. Copper isotope amount ratios were measured in the liver, kidney, red blood cells, serum, and different regions of the brain of wild type, PrPC knockout, and mice in which the copper-binding sites were mutated. The liver, kidney and brain tissue samples were enriched in 65Cu compared to the food. Characteristic changes in isotopic distribution were identified between the serum and the liver, the hippocampus, cerebral cortex, and brainstem.
The second application of this technique was a careful examination of the copper isotopic fractionation in the five intestinal regions of mice. The effect of PrPC was investigated and revealed that the copper concentration was lower with inhibition or malfunction of PrPC in all regions of the gut, although only in the large intestine was any genotype dependence on the copper isotopic composition observed. Additionally, the isotopic redistribution of copper in mice with gut bacteria significantly depleted by antibiotic treatment was compared to untreated mice. A significant difference, ~1.0 ‰, in copper isotope abundances were measured in the proximal colon of antibiotic-treated mice. The changes in copper isotopic composition in the gut were associated with changes in copper transporters. Both CTR1, a protein responsible for copper import, and ATP7A, a protein responsible for copper efflux, were significantly down-regulated in antibiotic-treated mice.


identifier: Yang, Y. (2013). Development of a Nano-Composite Coating Technology for Improvement of Carbon Steel Pipe to Erosion-Corrosion in Oil Sands Slurry (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25663

subject:
Materials Science
Mechanical
Composite coating
Erosion-corrosion
Carbon steel pipe
oil sands

abstract:
Erosion-corrosion (E-C) has constituted an essential threat to the integrity of oil sands slurry hydrotransport system. To improve the resistance of carbon steel pipes to E-C in oil sands slurry, a composite coating technology has been developed by electrolytic deposition in this research.
Parametric effects on the structure and properties of the coating were investigated in order to fabricate high performance coatings. It is found that the electrodepositing parameters, such as the concentration of SiC nano-particles in bath electrolyte, cathodic current density, current pattern and temperature, affect remarkably the particle deposition which relates directly with the coating performance. Furthermore, the parameters in pulse current electrodeposition also affect the properties and performance of the prepared coatings. Enhancements of the corrosion resistance and micro-hardness of the coating have been obtained at a low duty cycle and high frequency, which result in an increased amount of SiC particles in the coating.
The nucleation and early stage growth mechanism of the composite coating on the steel substrate was determined by cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry current transient measurements and atomic force microscopy (AFM) characterization. A mixed instantaneous and progressive mechanism is followed during electrodeposition under low cathodic overpotentials. At high overpotentials, it switches to the instantaneous mechanism. An empirical model based on the modified Guglielmi’s model was developed to enable quantification and prediction of the co-depositing rate of SiC particles with Ni-Co coating during pulse electrodeposition.
To understand the E-C behavior of pipe steel in oil sands slurry and the performance of the fabricated coating for E-C resistance, parametric effects, including the sand concentration, flow velocity and impact angle, on the E–C behavior of bare and coated steels were studied. It is demonstrated that erosion components are the dominant contributors to E–C in oil sands slurry, while the contribution of corrosion components is slight. The developed Ni-Co-SiC nano-composite coating shows a higher resistance to E-C than the base steel.


identifier: Brown, J. (2004). Los intersticios: spaces of narrative identity among women of the Maquiladoras in Yucatan, Mexico (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15630

publisher:
Education
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Smits, Hans
Brown, Denise

format:
xxiii, 308 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography : p. 244-270

abstract: Copyright Clearance Form: y

abstract: UARC

abstract:
Women began working in the maquiladoras of Yucatan in 1985, offering to them an alternate form of wage labour. This thesis focuses upon the narratives of twenty-five women, from the communities of Chablekal and Xcanatun, Yucatan, who experience the maquiladoras as their first opportunity to work for wages in a formal workplace. The narratives not only shape and structure the study, but also provide for an interdisciplinary framework that understands identity within intersecting sets of social and economic contexts. These include a woman's labour, both in the home and outside of it; culture as a terrain of social consciousness and developing awareness; and learning, those experiences both informal and formal.
      Paul Ricoeur's philosophical ideas provide the primary structure of the study, offering a theoretical view of identity construction through personal narrative. Women's stories of lived experience constitute the narrative. The imaginative and story-like qualities of these narratives shape and refine our understanding of these twenty-five women as they interact with others, within a complex construction of social settings and relationships, from which their narrative identity emerges.
      The study incorporates other perspectives featuring the work of a number of respected researchers, in particular Calvin Schrag and Gloria Anzaldúa. Their work provides support to the interpretation of women's narratives as these explore the contexts of home and family life, education, employment, and community life as places of relationship.
      Raising questions about women's engagement with social life is important to understanding the nature of identity formation emerging from their perceptions of these lived experiences. Identity is not a unified essence but a moving site of paradox, and contradiction, continuous and disrupted. Narratives reveal the meaning of that human experience, within particular historical moments. The perceptual space (intersticio), from which narrative identity emerges, is the result of a woman's social interaction, and resulting perceptions of what that interaction means to her. The narrative is the trace of a woman's self, captured in her own words.
      Women's experiences captured through their narratives give way to the fragmentation of the self, as women locate themselves within shining fields of being. Women struggle with the choices they make as mothers, wives, employees, all subject positions that locate them in social life where their lives touch others.
      Raising questions that focus upon women's possibilities for agency, allows for a better understanding of how narrative identity situates both self-understanding and choice as these elements shape women's experiences of living in the world. Therefore, the study provides a way of seeing how women weigh and measure what is to be said and when, what is to be done and how, accepting that self-determination, who one is, is inseparable from speaking in one's own voice.


identifier: Xu, Y. J. (2016). Outcome and Resource Use of Patients with Liver Disease: Analysis of Chinese Electronic Medical Records (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27238

contributor:
Quan, Hude Jr
Li, Ning Jr
Lu, Mingshan Jr
Dixon, Elijah Jr
Myers, Robert Jr

subject:
Bioinformatics
Biophysics--Medical
Epidemiology
Health Care Management
electronic medical records
data extraction
risk adjustment method
patient cost-sharing
liver disease

abstract:
Researches aiming to improve health care quality, such as the outcome studies of liver diseases, require large databases and rich case mix information to incorporate severity assessment and risk adjustment in order to generate robust results. Researchers worldwide have recognized the potential value of electronic medical record (EMR) and tremendous efforts are underway to advance outcome research using EMR. Chinese EMR provides us a unique chance for analysis of the outcome and resource use of liver disease given the high prevalence of liver disease and widely-used EMR in China. The aim of this thesis was to analyze the outcome and resource use of patients with liver disease through appropriate risk adjustment using information extracted from Chinese EMR.
          Three studies were conducted to achieve the aim of this thesis. The first study was to develop and validate an EMR data extraction method to define clinical conditions, including liver diseases, comorbidities, and treatments. The research from this initial study demonstrated that the data extraction method had high validity and had the potential to be applied to other Chinese EMRs following our framework. The second study aimed to compare statistical performance of the commonly used risk adjustment methods for liver diseases. The study concluded that liver-specific severity scoring methods outperformed the comorbidity methods in predicting in-hospital mortality using a large Chinese EMR database. Combining severity and comorbidity scoring assessments could improve the risk adjustment performance. The third study examined the impact of financial factors on outcome and healthcare resource use. We tested the effect of patient’s cost sharing (reimbursement ratio) on in-hospital mortality, hospital length of stay, total and medication costs in hospital, and use of major procedures after controlling for potential confounding variables. An association was found between the cost-sharing model and healthcare resource use and cost.
         This research has proposed a validated data extraction method for Chinese EMR, provided evidence for appropriate implementation of common risk adjustment methods in analysis of outcome for liver disease, and offered us insight into the impact of financial incentives on health utilization, cost, and outcome.


identifier: Galois, R. M. (1970). Goldmining and its effects on landscapes of the Cariboo (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12156

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

subject: HD 9536 C26 G34 1970

subject: Gold mines and mining - British Columbia

subject: Landscape protection - British Columbia

abstract: Bibliography: p. 170-178.

abstract: The cultural process of gold mining is examined within the context of an area which has been subject to continuous gold mining for over a century, the Barkerville area of British Columbia. The physical background of this area and its position in the general history of gold mining are reviewed. The gold mining of the Barkerville area is considered under three time periods, delimited on the bas is of the predominant form of the mining technology employed. Thus the three periods are "the early period," "the hydraulic period," and "the lode mining period." The extent of mining, the form of its technology, the role of the government, t he organisation of the industry, and the effects of the mining on the landscape, are traced for each period. The landscape effects, under the headings of geomorphology, communications and settlements, and vegetation are mapped whenever possible. A comparative assessment of the effects of the various mining techniques is made: hydraulic mining producing the greatest landscape devastation. The recent introduction of a new land use, recreation, into the Barkerville area is considered in the light of its relationship to past gold mining. Current and possible future land use conflicts arising from this new development are indicated and recommendations made for handling them.


identifier: Millar, G. A. (2001). Regulation of jejunal nutrient and water transport (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22115

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 M555

abstract: Bibliography: p. 90-123.


identifier: Corley, S. M. (2000). Astrocytes attenuate oligodendrocyte death in vitro: involvement of growth factors and intra-cellular kinases (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17093

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

subject: QP363.2 .C67 2000

subject: Astrocytes

subject: Oligodendroglia

subject: Central nervous system - Pathophysiology

subject: Growth factors

subject: Cell interaction

abstract: Bibliography: p. 72-101.


identifier: Johnston, S. M. (1987). Giving freely of her time and energy: Calgary public women, 1910-1930 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23340

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

subject: HQ 1391 C3 J64 1987

subject: Women in public life - Alberta - Calgary

subject: Feminists - Alberta - Calgary

abstract: Bibliography: p. 147-152.


identifier: Parry, R. S. (1970). Teaching staff turnover and organization structure (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24077

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

subject:
LB 2833 P35 1970 Microfilm
Educational administration
Teacher turnover

abstract: Bibliography: p. 143-150.


identifier: Schnider, R. (2022). Stop production in Spanish-English bilingual children (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Arts
University of Calgary

contributor:
George, Angela
O'Brien, Mary
Winters, Stephen

subject:
child language acquisition
phonetics
phonology
acoustic analysis
bilingual
English
Spanish
language input
language attitudes
sociolinguistics
Speech Communication
Education--Bilingual and Multicultural
Education--Early Childhood
Linguistics

abstract: Stop sounds (i.e., [p, t, k, b, d, g]) are relatively early sounds in children’s acquisition and have specific features that can be measured and compared crosslinguistically. Spanish voiceless stops have shorter voice onset time values than English voiceless stops, and Spanish voiced stops vary allophonically to approximants, a process that does not occur in English. Because previous child bilingual language acquisition studies on these sounds have provided dissonant findings (e.g., Macken & Barton, 1978, 1980; Fabiano-Smith et al., 2015), this thesis investigates the phonetic productions of one child who has been exposed to Spanish and English from birth and examines the role of family language practices. The case study data were collected from one Spanish-English bilingual family (child aged 5;3; mother; father). Participants completed a picture naming task and narrative task in both languages. The mother also completed a language survey to gauge the language use and attitudes in the home. The quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed for correlations between the production task results and language input and attitudes. The findings reveal that the child’s Spanish voiceless and voiced productions were within her parents’ production ranges and within monolingual norms, and that her English voiceless stop production differs from her parents’ and falls within the English monolingual range as set out in previous literature, while the child’s English voiced stop acquisition may still be underway. These results provide evidence that her two languages are differentiated. This research adds to the literature on bilingual child language development and aims to improve our understanding of bilingual development to inform families and decision makers.


identifier: Urbaniak, R. (2008). Leśniewski’s Systems of Logic and Mereology; History and Re-evaluation. (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15194


identifier: Baskett, H. K. (1970). Concepts of neighbourhood: perspectives of planners and downtown high-rise dwellers in the city of Calgary (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19479

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

subject: HT 151 B36 1970

subject: Neighborhood

subject: City planning - Alberta - Calgary

subject: High rise apartment buildings - Residents

abstract: Bibliography: p. 86-92.


title: 5-ht modulation of anti-predator responses in lymnaea stagnalis

format:
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 111-122


identifier: Griffin, N. (2013). The Use of Fallback Foods in a Population of Black Handed Spider Monkeys at Runaway Creek Nature Reserve, Belize (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28409

subject:
Physical
fallback foods
Spider Monkey
Primatology
Feeding Ecology
flowers
nutritional ecology

abstract: Seasonal fluctuations in preferred food availability cause some non-human primate species to occasionally rely on less-preferred food types, called fallback foods. Periodic reliance on fallback foods has led, in some cases, to the evolution of morphological traits geared towards their exploitation. However, in species without these traits, fallback foods may instead beget behavioural modifications. Using 21 months of data, I analysed the use of fallback foods, and their behavioural consequences, in a population of highly frugivorous spider monkeys. Spider monkeys have previously been suggested to fall back on leaves, however I found that flowers, not leaves, were used as a fallback food. Seasonal reliance on flowers led to decreases in time spent travelling and increases in time spent feeding, as well as decreases in subgroup size. I interpreted these behaviours as an energy-minimizing strategy adopted to offset the low per-capita energy available in flowers as compared to fruit.


identifier: Aliabadian, E. (2019). Application of Polymer and Nanomaterials for Improving Heavy Oil Recovery (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Sundararaj, Uttandaraman
Chen, Zhangxin
Maini, B. B.
Dong, Mingzhe
Lines, Larry R.
Mohanty, Kishore K.

subject:
Enhancd Oil Recovery (EOR)
Linear and Non-linear Rheology
Flow in Porous Media
Engineering--Chemical
Engineering--Petroleum

abstract: Booming population growth and economic activity have contributed significantly to an increased demand for energy in the last few decades, specifically in Canada. A major source of energy is oil extracted from underground petroleum reservoirs. Utilizing current technology and equipment, only a small portion of oil can be produced and recovered. Steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD), used as a common technique to produce heavy oil in Canada (specifically in oil sands reservoirs), requires a lot of energy and negatively impacts the environment. Using environmentally friendly and cost-effective techniques instead of or combined with SAGD improves the extraction of oil from Canadian oil reservoirs. Reservoir pressure, which is a driving force for pushing oil toward production wells, reduces drastically in the early stages of oil production from underground resources. This leads to a significant decrease in oil production rate. To solve this problem, enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods inject water, gas, or chemical solutions to maintain reservoir pressure. When water is injected (water flooding) into heavy oil reservoirs, it cannot push the viscous oil smoothly because of water’s lower viscosity as compared to oil. As a result, injected water tends to bypass the pores containing trapped oil and the flooding becomes inefficient. To overcome this problem, one method adds polymers to the injected water. The addition of polymers leads to a more uniform flooding by increasing the viscosity of the injected fluid. Unfortunately, this approach suffers seriously from degradation of polymers at high temperatures and precipitation of polymers due to interaction with ions like sodium and calcium in brine. To solve these problems, the addition of nanomaterials to a polymer solution is highly recommended. The main focus of this PhD dissertation is to evaluate the effect of surface chemistry and geometry of nanomaterial on creation of a network with large polymer molecules. In addition, to mimic the large deformations in converging and diverging pores in porous media, linear and nonlinear rheology were employed to characterize the mechanical and flow behaviors of these hybrid dispersions. Sandpacks were used as the porous media to simulate oil reservoirs. Different hybrid dispersions were injected into sandpacks and the yield of recovered oil was reported. Results of this work can pave the way for use of polymer/nanomaterial solutions for heavy oil recovery. This study also demonstrated that large deformation oscillatory shear tests can be employed to distinguish flow behavior of hybrid systems. It was also shown that interaction between polymer and nanomaterial affects network structure and, consequently, oil recovery. Furthermore, size of nanomaterial compared to pore size distribution of porous media is a significant parameter that should be considered. The outcomes of this study could be helpful in improving heavy oil recovery in thin oil formations such as the Cardium, Montney, and Ostracod formations. These formations are too thin to utilize processes like steam-assisted gravity drainage and solvent vapor extraction, making this technique significant for increasing oil recovery in Canadian heavy oil reservoirs.


identifier: Malpani, S. N. (1971). Identification of flow processes (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12160

title: Identification of flow processes

publisher:
Engineering
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
<x>, 105 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TA 357 M34 1971 Microfilm
Fluid mechanics
Differential equations, Nonlinear
Two-phase flow

abstract: Bibliography: p. 63-65.


identifier: Buret, A. G. (1991). Pathophysiology of intestinal infection with giardia lamblia (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12375

format:
xiii, 180 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QR 201 G45 B874 1991
Giardiasis
Giardia lamblia

abstract: Bibliography: p. 140-180.


identifier: Bauer, D. B. (2012). Stratigraphic evolution of a high-relief slope clinoform syste, Magallanes Basin, Chilean Patagonia (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4898

format:
ix, 120 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 7-10, 59-66,105-120

abstract: Many pages are in colour.

abstract: Upper Cretaceous-Paleogene strata that crop-out in southern Chile, including  the Tres Pasos and Dorotea formations, record the final infill of the deep-water Magallanes foreland basin. A depositional dip-oriented exposure of a shelf to slope system that had >900 m of paleobathymetric relief has been ??apped over 200 km2• The stratigraphic framework for the large-scale depositional system is grounded with detailed sedimentological analyses. Stratigraphic architecture characterized by progradational clinoforms is punctuated by two over-steepened slope surfaces that are characterized by substantial evidence for sediment bypass of the slope, and deep-water sand accumulation. Dominant shelf processes (e.g., waves, tides, etc.) and shelf-edge evolution, or trajectory, had a minor impact on the delivery of sand and gravel beyond the shelf-edge relative to the role of margin readjustment in which over-steepened conditions developed. Outcrop observations provide realistic insight into reservoir distribution and characteristics in analogous hydrocarbon-prone clinoform systems.


identifier: Nason, S. F. (2019). Books and Broomsticks: Prairie Indigenous Female Domestic Workers and the Canadian Outing System, 1888-1901 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Colpitts, George
Janovicek, Nancy
Starblanket, Gina

subject:
History--Canadian
Native American Studies

abstract: This thesis discusses the Canadian outing system, a direct feature of industrial schools in the prairie west prominent in the late nineteenth century. Seen as an extension of the school’s vocational training, the outing system became an outlet with which the Canadian federal government’s Department of Indian Affairs (DIA) could integrate into the lower ranks of Euro-Canadian society young Indigenous girls in a hierarchical system of labour. By examining the roles and education of Indigenous female youth in the industrial school system in the Canadian prairies, this study illuminates how, in the name of assimilation, the DIA implemented the outing system. This thesis highlights how young Indigenous women were compelled to work in homes that exemplified settler values, taking on strenuous labour in environments where attitudes of race and class dimensions were prominent. By drawing from 1901 census data and looking at the settler homes, farms, and establishments in which they worked, this thesis provides an important glimpse into the early history of domestic work for Indigenous women and girls in western Canada and offers insights into the very nature of settler colonialism in early Canadian national history.


identifier: Luk, C. C. (2015). Mechanisms of Synapse Formation and Synaptic Plasticity (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26867

format: application/pdf application/pdf

subject:
Neuroscience
Synaptogenesis
Trophic factors
Growth cones
Short-term potentiation

abstract:
Synapses are the fundamental building blocks of the nervous system. Following target cell contact, they are formed through a process that requires the precise orchestration of both pre- and postsynaptic differentiation of synaptic machinery. However, the precise time course of synaptogenesis, and the role of extrinsic factors in synapse formation remains unclear. To examine the time course of synaptogenesis, I developed a novel “growth ball” model to study synapse at the level of isolated growth cones. Specifically, I found that functional synapses can reform in isolated growth cones within minutes of contact with their synaptic partner. However, in the absence of the cell body, these synapses cannot be maintained.
      To further investigate the importance of the cell body, I demonstrate that extrinsic trophic factors can “prime” postsynaptic neurons for synapse formation through the functional expression of excitatory acetylcholine receptors via activity dependent mechanisms. Specifically, trophic factor induced activity follows a specific pattern of progression, which I termed an activity “signature”, that is necessary for proper expression of excitatory acetylcholine receptors.
      Finally, I demonstrate and characterize a novel form of use-dependent short-term potentiation that is observed in the visceral dorsal 1/left pedal dorsal 1 synapse. This synaptic plasticity is induced rapidly by a short presynaptic tetanic pulse and remains potentiated until a subsequent action potential is triggered in a use- rather than time-dependent manner. I show that the molecular switch underlying this form of potentiation is calcium/calmodulin kinase II (CaMKII). Taken together, these studies demonstrate both intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms of synapse formation and identify a novel role for CaMKII in a use-dependent form of synaptic plasticity.


identifier: Silburn, D. (2008). Sheltered elements (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2890

title: Sheltered elements

format:
vi, 246 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 245-246
Missing signature page.


identifier: Alderson, T. (2014). Regularity-Preserving Terrain Simplification For Faster Line-of-Sight (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27578

subject:
Computer Science
Line-of-sight
Terrain simplification
Multiresolution
Subdivision
Reverse subdivision

abstract:
Three-dimensional terrain models play a key role in many applications. Line-of-sight queries, which are important operations in some applications (e.g. battlefield simulations), test whether or not two entities can see each other over the terrain. Given enough entities and a large enough terrain, computing these queries can be expensive. Terrain simplification can be used to speed up the queries, with a penalty to accuracy. To take advantage of the especially fast algorithms that exist for regular terrain models, we introduce regularity-preserving terrain simplification methods based on reverse subdivision and examine their effect on query accuracy. Furthermore, we develop a novel feature preserving reverse subdivision scheme that attempts to improve query accuracy over the pre-existing methods.

Additionally, we have examined the problem of where entities should be located after terrain simplification to maximize accuracy. Using iterative methods that attempt to maximize accuracy, we show that room for improvement exists over the standard projection method. Then, we develop practical relocation methods designed to maximize accuracy over regular simplified terrain models, the first taking a hybrid approach between projection and no relocation and the second using residual vectors to map entities onto the simplified terrain. Accuracy improvements over these basic methods can be achieved by making use of the iterative methods in a pseudo-optimization pre-processing step.

Finally, we introduce a practical line-of-sight algorithm based on hierarchies of simplified terrains that is both fast and accurate. Our approach combines two existing algorithms, using each of their strengths to achieve highly efficient line-of-sight queries in local areas.


identifier: Ridley, S. L. (1986). Sedimentology and diagenesis of pleistocene and holocene limestones: an investigation of diagenetic alteration by an evaporated sea water brine, Salt Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23364

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

subject: QE 471.15 L5 R52 1987

subject: Limestone - West Indies, British

subject: Sediments (Geology) - West Indies, British

subject: Diagenesis - West Indies, British

subject: Geology, Stratigraphic - Pleistocene

subject: Geology, Stratigraphic - Recent

abstract: Bibliography: p. 99-117.


identifier: Cui, T. (2015). Improving Seismic-to-well Ties (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26495

title: Improving Seismic-to-well Ties

contributor:
Margrave, Gary
Lines, Laurence
Rios, Cristian

subject:
Geophysics
Mathematics
Computer Science
seismic-to-well ties
Dynamic Time Warping
anelastic attentuation
Gabor deconvolution

abstract: Seismic-to-well ties are important for seismic interpretation and impedance inversion. Reflectivity can be calculated directly from well logs while its estimation from seismic data requires the determination of the seismic wavelet and the removal of the same. In the presence of anelastic attenuation, the constant-Q theory predicts that the seismic wavelet evolves with amplitude decay and minimum-phase dispersion. Stationary deconvolution estimates and eliminates a single wavelet from the nonstationary trace, resulting in large nonstationary amplitude and phase errors. Gabor deconvolution accurately estimates and eliminates the amplitude spectra of the propagating wavelets, but only corrects the phase to the seismic Nyquist frequency. A phase correction operator is developed to correct the phase to the well logging frequency. Both synthetic and real data examples show seismic-to-well ties can be improved by correcting their time shifts via smooth dynamic time warping and addressing slowly time-variant nonstationarity in a sliding Gaussian window.


identifier: Dorval, C. E. (1999). Relational values in women's career role (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13115

format:
xii ; 146 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: HF5382.6 .D67 1999

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

subject: Career development

subject: Vocational interests

subject: Vocational guidance for women

subject: Social values

abstract: Bibliography: p. 119-136


identifier: Boyle, S. L. (2002). Genetic research: why we do it. Why we should (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16710

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 B69

abstract: Bibliography: p. 119-124


identifier: Thille, P. (2015). The Imperatives of Health and Weight in Primary Care Clinics: Current and Envisioned Practices (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28199

contributor:
Frank, Arthur
McCoy, Liza

subject:
Education--Health
Sociology
Weight Bias
Weight
primary care
Continuing education
stigma
Ethnography

abstract: Biopower imperatives about body weight, eating, and exercise are embedded in primary care practice. The dominant discourses about body weight frame the body as notably malleable, a direct reflection of eating and exercise behaviours, to the exclusion of other influences. In this dissertation, I aim to open dialogue on the question of how to care well for patients in a time when talking about weight, eating, and exercise is both expected and potentially stigmatizing and/or contributing to health disparities. I observed primary care appointments in three Alberta clinics, and a Canadian Obesity Network 5As of Obesity Management™ continuing professional development workshop. I interviewed the observed primary care clinicians, and key informants in the Canadian Obesity Network. Using analytic insights from discourse analysis, actor-network theory, and visual studies, I analysed both clinical practice and the workshop through the theoretical lenses of governmentality and Mol's logics of choice and care. In the clinic, weight-related talk elicited face-saving and confessional talk from most patients (that is, across body sizes), an indication of the strength of dominant discourses that assume malleability of bodies and behaviours, interpret fatness as failure, and reinforce individual responsibility for health. Clinicians’ responses to patients’ face-saving talk, and the ways in which clinicians used epidemiological knowledge to guide action varied. In the continuing professional development workshop, the Network’s vision moved obesity management closer to the logic of care, in part translating some obesities into a chronic disease frame through the folding in of a physiological theory to re-interpret epidemiological studies and clinical trials. This dissertation adds to conversations about anti-fat stigma and discrimination in health care, making visible some modes by which patients, clinicians, and knowledge brokers use and/or attempt to disrupt individualistic, blame-oriented discourses about fatness. The dissertation foregrounds a range of potential mediators that may influence translation of less-stigmatizing clinical practices into primary care clinics.

abstract: 2 years


identifier: Rezai, S. (2018). Fault Identification of UPFC-Compensated Transmission Lines in Complex Microgrids Using an Intelligent Relaying Scheme Based on Discrete Wavelet Transform and ANN Classifier (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32686

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

contributor:
Sesay, A. B.
Nowicki, Edwin P.
Pahlevani, Majid

subject: Fault Identification

subject: Fault detection

subject: Fault classification,

subject: Transmission Line Protection

subject: UPFC

subject: UPFC-Compensated

subject: Compensated Transmission Line

subject: Line Compensation with UPFC

subject: Unified Power Flow Controller

subject: UPFC Controller

subject: Line Compensation

subject: Transmission Line Relays

subject: Transmission Line Relaying

subject: Transmission Relaying System

subject: Transmission Line Relaying System

subject: Transmission Line Relaying Scheme

subject: Protective Relaying Scheme

subject: Protection

subject: Intelligent Protective Relaying Scheme

subject: Intelligent Relaying Scheme

subject: Intelligent Protective Relays

subject: Intelligent Protection

subject: Intelligent Protection Scheme

subject: Single-ended Intelligent Protective Relays

subject: Single-ended Intelligent Protective Relaying System

subject: Single-ended Protection System

subject: Single-ended Protection Scheme

subject: One-ended Protection System

subject: One-ended Protection Relays

subject: One-ended Protective Relaying

subject: One-ended Protective Relaying System

subject: One-ended Protective Relaying Scheme

subject: Single Terminal Protective Relaying

subject: Single-terminal Protective Relaying

subject: Single-terminal Protection

subject: Single-terminal Current-based Relay

subject: Single-terminal Current-based Relaying

subject: Discrete Wavelet Transform

subject: ANN Classifier

subject: DWT and ANN Classifier

subject: Protection based on Discrete Wavelet Transform and ANN Classifier

subject: Protection based on DWT and ANN

subject: Relays using DWT and ANN

subject: Relaying Scheme using ANN

subject: Relaying Scheme using DWT

subject: DWT and ANN

subject: DWT-ANN

subject: DWT and ANN Fault

subject: ANN Fault

subject: DWT Fault

subject: DWT & ANN Fault

subject: ANN Calssification

subject: ANN Fault Detection

subject: Microgrid

subject: Microgrid Protection

subject: Complex Microgrid

subject: Complex Microgrid Protection

subject: UPFC in Microgrid

subject: Microgrid using UPFC

subject: Transmission Line Protection in Microgrid

subject: FACTS in Transmission Line

subject: FACTS Compensated Transmission Line

subject: High-Voltage Transmission Line

subject: High-Voltage Transmission Line Protection

subject: Wavlete energy-based protection

subject: Fast Detection of faults

subject: Early detection of fault

subject: Modular Neural Network Fault Classification

subject: Modular ANN Fault Classification

subject: Fault Identification based on ANN

subject: Fault Identification based on Neural Network

subject: Fault classification based on ANN

subject: Fault Identification based on DWT

subject: Fault detection based on DWT

subject: Single-ended Protective Relaying

subject: Single-ended Relaying

subject: Single-ended Protective Relays

subject: Single-ended Relays

subject: Power System Protection

subject: Power System Protective Relaying

subject: Power System

subject: Simulink modelling of microgrid

subject: Simulink model of microgrid

subject: Simulink modelling of power system

subject: Simulink model of power system

subject: Simulink model of test power system

subject: Test Microgrid Model

subject: Test Power System Model

subject: Fault study

subject: Fault studies

subject: Fault Analysis

subject: Transmission Line Fault Analysis

subject: Transmission Line Short Circuit Analysis

subject: Transmission Line Short-Circuit Analysis

subject: Short Circuit Analysis

subject: Short-Circuit Analysis

subject: Transmission Line Fault

subject: Transmission Line Short Circuit

subject: Line Fault

subject: Education--Technology

subject: Education--Tests and Measurements

subject: Applied Sciences

subject: Artificial Intelligence

subject: Engineering

subject: Engineering--Electronics and Electrical

abstract: Transformation of traditional power infrastructures to modern inter-connected electrical grids has resulted in the emergence of microgrids as modernization of the existing aging transmission and distribution systems. Microgrids allow integration of distributed energy resources (DER) such as wind farms (WF) and may utilize Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) such as Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC). FACTS increase power flow capacity of transmission lines while DERs supply additional electric energy. In these systems, current direction, as well as power injections, may change at any time; hence, the protection task is complicated during fault occurrences. The fault data is highly nonlinear and nonstationary, making a conventional distance relay dysfunctional. To fix this, many researchers have used signal processing and soft computing techniques. However, previous works are inadequate in terms of scope and type of fault data acquired from circuits, which usually have simple topologies and are applicable to specific systems. In contrast, this work proposes a single-ended intelligent relaying scheme for high voltage UPFC-Compensated transmission lines in complex interconnected power systems with mesh/loop configurations. This study uses a microgrid model created in Matlab/Simulink, which includes a constant power source, a WF, a steam turbine synchronous generator (STSG), and UPFC for line compensation. Interestingly, most unpredictable in this circuit is the fault signature as it simultaneously combines the UPFC three-phase symmetric response as well as the responses from other interconnected sources. The study uses discrete wavelet transform (DWT) for feature extraction and artificial neuron network (ANN) for feature classification of fault currents. The main objectives are automatic detection and identification of fault type with the best accuracy, reliability, and reduced computational complexity. Furthermore, to analyze the impact of UPFC on fault, the study considers also:  (i) circuit without UPFC and (ii) circuit without UPFC & DER. Furthermore, using a two-block ANN consisting of two parallel subclassifiers based on whether the fault involves ground or not, further improved the overall performance suggesting a modular ANN is preferred. Finally, the method achieved an early detection time of less than half cycle of post-fault data that is quite useful for breakers’ fast three-phase tripping operations.


identifier: Jordan, J. L. (1990). Inductive coupling in frequency-domain induced polarization (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15527

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

subject:
TN 269.55 J67 1990a
Additional Copy: TN 269.55 J67 1990
Induction logging
Distributed parameter systems
Induced polarization
Electric prospecting

abstract: Bibliography: p. 177-181.


identifier: Bradford, K. J. (2000). Feel-good diversity: A critique of the Alberta social studies (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13453

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

subject: LB3048 .C3 B73 2000

subject: Social sciences--textbooks--evaluation

subject: Textbooks--Alberta--evaluation

subject: Textbook bias

subject: Social sciences - Study and teaching (Elementary) - Alberta

abstract: Bibliography: p. 262-268.


identifier: McEwen, K. (2012). The Embodied Work of Professional Dancers: Understandings of Pain, Injury and Health (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28123

subject: Sociology

abstract: This qualitative study explores how the health and wellness of workers in a relatively low status physical occupation - - in this case professional dancers in Western Canada - - is understood, managed and negotiated within its specific occupational culture. These embodied workers are at risk of pain, injury and other body-related issues, including image and eating issues, in the pursuit of career goals. In-depth interviews with professional theatrical dancers employed in company settings and working as independent artists, and a limited number of clinicians who treat dancers, were conducted. Drawing upon literature from the sociology of dance, sport, health and illness, and work, and framing the discussion in terms of the dramaturgical, phenomenological, and art world perspectives, this project details the lived, embodied experiences of this specific group of workers. A number of important themes (e.g., how pain and injury are hidden and downplayed in a culture of risk, how impressions and potential stigmas related to damaged bodies are managed, how embodied identity is impacted by injury experiences, and how the relationship between dancers and clinicians is negotiated) are explored.


identifier: Batycky, J. (2011). On pedagogical encounters (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4045

title: On pedagogical encounters

format:
ix, 199 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 188-199
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Staflund, J. G. P. (2019). The Influence of Adult Education Principles on Canadian Spoken-Language Interpreter Training Programs: A Case Study (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Werklund School of Education
University of Calgary

contributor:
Roy, Sylvie
Bhowmik, Subrata Kumar
Eaton, Sarah Elaine

subject:
interpreter
pedagogy
training
conference
community
Education--Adult and Continuing
Education--Bilingual and Multicultural
Education--Language and Literature
Education--Teacher Training

abstract: This thesis reports on a one-year, multi-site case study aimed at characterizing current approaches to interpreter training in Canada and determining the influence of adult education principles on that training. The theoretical framework utilized was Malcolm Knowles’ (Knowles, Holton III, & Swanson, 2015) six assumptions about adult learners and eight andragogical design elements. Data collection was carried out in two stages: a recruitment survey sent to all Canadian interpreter training programs known to the research, followed by an in-depth visit of four programs involving document review, 44 hours of observation and 29 interviews. Findings indicate that Canadian programs are primarily utilizing a master-apprenticeship approach to training, which seems to be working well. The programs observed also appear to be incorporating many adult education principles. Additional contributions from the field of adult education are discussed; it is argued that sharing research and expertise in areas such as confidence and motivation building, content and feedback delivery, facilitation techniques, characteristics of adult learners, the strengths and weaknesses of the apprenticeship model, and the role of learning styles, would be beneficial to interpreter trainers and trainees alike.


identifier: Wrightson, G. C. (2012). Greek and Near Eastern warfare 3000 to 301: the development and perfection of combined arms (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26321

subject: Ancient Ancient Military Military

abstract: This dissertation traces the developments in battlefield tactics from the early Mesopotamian societies through to the battle of Ipsus in 301 BCE. The primary concern is an analysis of the system of combined arms and its gradual implementation in the Near East and Greece. This thesis will show that armies using combined arms generally proved to be more successful than those that did not. Moreover the use of combined arms was one of the underlying causes for the many victories of the most successful conquest societies in this period, principally Neo-Assyria and Macedon. Conversely the Persian Empire was created through the use of overwhelming resources but was defeated precisely because of its minimal use of combined arms. Overall this thesis will provide a thorough examination of the history of combined arms in ancient warfare and a detailed analysis of its benefits.


identifier: Mattingly, P. (2022). Measuring a lack of engagement in Raging Skies (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Measuring a Lack of Engagement in Raging Skies

contributor:
Clark, Douglass
Clark, Douglas
Sengupta, Pratim
Greenberg, Matthew

subject:
Engagement
Assessment
Validity
Test Anxiety
Game-Based Assessment
Log Files
Rapid-Guessing Behaviour
Education--Tests and Measurements

abstract: A lack of engagement is bad for measurement via assessment (Kane, 2006). Traditional qualitative measures of a lack of engagement are error prone and expensive (V. Shute & Ventura, 2013). Thus, a quantitative approach is used in this study to attempt to address such issues. This study attempts to find a characteristic behaviour associated with a lack of engagement: Rapid-Guessing Behaviour (RGB; Wise, 2017). Data used during analysis comes from a project by Dr. Man-Wai Chu which studied learner data as they played a Game-Based Assessment (GBA; Chu & Chiang, 2018); A GBA is a game used as a platform for assessment (Ren, 2019). Analysis failed to reveal a strong link between RGB and a lack of engagement in this study. However, it is believed that learners with some behaviour patterns were exhibiting Enjoyment Seeking Behaviour; In short, they disengaged from the assessment to seek enjoyment elsewhere.


identifier: Butterfield, T. A. (2005). Sarcomere number following strain inujury in skeletal muscle (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2423

publisher:
Kinesiology
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xxv, 153 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 135-153


identifier: Broemeling, L. P. (2015). Methods of Complex Function Theory in Some Problems of Analysis: KMS States and Corona Problem (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26896

contributor:
Brudnyi, Alexander
Brenken, Berndt

subject:
Mathematics
KMS States
Corona Problem
Graph Algebras
Riemann Surfaces

abstract:
This thesis surveys a pair of topics which both depend on holomorphic functions and Banach Algebras.
Firstly, the prerequisite background knowledge common to both such as holomorphic functions, Banach spaces and
algebras, and module theory is provided.

Secondly, KMS states arising on Cuntz-Krieger algebras are described.
A Cuntz-Krieger graph algebra A is the universal C^* algebra satisfying certain defining relations between its partial isometries p_v which are derived from the directed graph. It becomes a C^* dynamical system when equipped with a gauge action a_t
defined on partial isometries by
a_t(p_v) = e^{it}p_v.
Its KMS states can now be studied. (The KMS
condition arises in physics in which it is
a local equilibrium condition for the states
of the operator algebra generated by local observables with the action of conjugation
by the (time) evolution operator U_t = e^{it H}.)
Examples including KMS states on matrix algebras and the generalization of Cuntz-Krieger algebras to Cuntz-Pimsner algebras are provided.

Thirdly, algebras of bounded holomorphic functions are discussed. The maximal ideal space for an algebra of bounded holomorphic functions on a Riemann surface R is described.
(In particular, this holds for domains in the complex plane C.) By the correspondence between maximal ideals and algebra homomorphism to $\mathbb{C}$, the maximal ideal
space may be equipped with its induced weak*
topology which is known as the Gelfand topology.
A couple of interesting problems are the corona problem and the complement problem.
The corona problem concerns whether the point evaluations (functionals induced by the canonical map R \to H^(R)*) are weak-star
dense in the algebra of continous functions on the maximal ideal space and the complement problem concerns
whether a nonsquare matrix in the algebra H^(R) can be augmented to become a unipotent matrix of the algebra. Wolff's proof
of the corona theorem for the open unit disk D is given.


identifier: Guillen Castellanos, S. A. (2001). Effects of molecular structure on the sintering of ethylene/a-Olefin copolymers (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1941

format:
xvi, 122 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 109-115

abstract: The objective of this work is to determine the effects of the polymer molecular structure on the sintering process. An experimental study on polymer sintering has been conducted in conjunction with an extensive characterization of the resins used in this work. A combination of rheological, thermal, and spectroscopic techniques was found to be effective in determining the molecular characteristics of the resins. Sintering experiments were conducted under isothermal and non-isothermal conditions using both powder and cylindrical particles. It was found that the trends observed for the sintering of powder were consistent with the predictions of Newtonian sintering models. Sintering results obtained using cylindrical particles, however, showed significant differences not seen when using powder particles. These were attributed to the differences in the surface area between the two types of particles. It is speculated that the effect of material properties other than viscosity and elasticity are enhanced when cylindrical particles are used. It was shown that an ( increase in the molecular weight, which translates into higher viscosity values, has a negative impact on polymer sintering. It was also shown that as the comonomer content increases, the sintering rate decreases. The presence of more side branches in the polymer chain causes a reduction in the degree of crystallinity. The resulting amorphous regions represent an obstacle to self-diffusion that negatively impacts the sintering process. On the other hand, an increase in the comonomer content generally results in a decrease in the melting temperature and the heat of fusion, which favors the onset of sintering. For the resins used in this study, it was difficult to evaluate the effect of the molecular weight distribution, comonomer type, and comonomer distribution on the sintering process. Experimental evidence suggested that copolymers with a more homogeneous structure generally sinter faster than their heterogeneous counterparts. Nevertheless, the presence of some heterogeneities in the molecular structure, while maintaining a relatively narrow molecular weight distribution, seemed to favor the sintering process in a few cases, especially with experiments conducted under non-isothermal conditions.


identifier: MacDonald, R. A. (2010). The travelling lens: Munkaci's travel reportages and weimer identity (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3519

format:
v, 119 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 107-110


identifier: Sharma, S. (1995). Corporate environmental responsiveness strategies and competitiveness in the North American oil and gas industry (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18056

format:
xiv, 370 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: HD 30.255 S47 1995

subject: Petroleum industry and trade - Environmental aspects

subject: Business enterprises - Environmental aspects

subject: Industrial management - Environmental aspects

subject: Environmental protection

abstract: Bibliography: p. 260-274.


title: Physical Modeling and Analysis of Seismic Data from a Simulated Fractured Medium

subject:
Geophysics
Seismic
Fracture
amplitude analysis
physical modeling
Anisotropy

abstract:
This thesis studies the physical seismic modeling of a simulated fractured medium to examine
variations of seismic re
ection amplitudes with source-receiver o set and azimuth
(AVAZ). The intent is to extract information about the fracture orientation and magnitude
of the anisotropy of a naturally fractured medium. The simulated fractured medium
is constructed from phenolic LE-grade material which exhibits orthorhombic symmetry.
For initial characterization of the phenolic model, its elastic sti ness coe cients were
determined from group velocities. The group velocities along various directions were
obtained from three-component physical model transmission data. The phenolic model
approximates a weakly anisotropic layer with horizontal transverse isotropy (HTI).
Three-dimensional (3D) physical model re
ection data were acquired over a model
consisting of the simulated fractured layer sandwiched between two isotropic plexiglas
layers submerged in water. Interference between primary and ghost events was avoided
with a careful 3D seismic survey design. After deterministic amplitude corrections, including
a correction for the directivity e ect of the physical model transducers, re
ection
amplitudes agreed with the amplitudes predicted by the Zoeppritz equations, con rming
the suitability of the 3D physical model data for a quantitative amplitude analysis.
Linear AVAZ inversions for the fracture orientation and HTI anisotropic parameters
(including shear-wave splitting parameter) were performed on P-wave re
ection amplitudes
from the top of the simulated fractured medium. Sensitivity analysis of the inversions
results, including variations of the background velocity model and maximum
incident angle used, con rms the accuracy of the amplitude analysis. The results reveal
that the amplitude analysis of the P-wave data alone allows for extraction the information
about the shear-wave anisotropy con ned in the P-wave multi-o set and multi-azimuth
amplitude data, without any S-measurements.


identifier: MacCannell, A. (2007). Mathematical modeling of electronic interactions between human ventricular myoctyes and cardiac fibroblasts (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1101

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 143-152
Some pages are in colour.