identifier: Dika, H. I. (2015). Effects of Anti-seizure Drugs on Motor Maps and Neurovascular Function (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25817

subject:
Animal Physiology
Neuroscience
Pharmacology
anti-seizure drugs
motor maps
neurovascular network
seizure induced hypoxia
bumetanide

abstract: Seizures and epilepsy are known to alter motor map expression. Seizures also induce severe local brain hypoxia. Antiepileptics are drugs used to controls seizures in patients with epilepsy. Most of these drugs suppress seizures without preventing or reversing epileptogenesis. Therefore, they are preferably called anti-seizure drugs (ASDs). ASDs inhibit neuronal activation and/or suppress synaptic or neuromuscular transmission to control seizures. Although these drugs alter neuronal and neuromuscular function, their effects on motor maps expression have not been explored. The role of ASDs on prevention of severe seizure-induced hypoxia (SISHE) is also unknown. Moreover, a loop diuretic, bumetanide, has shown anticonvulsant activity in neonates and is currently under clinical trials for managing neonatal seizures. Anti-seizure activity of bumetanide are thought to be through reversing GABA depolarizing effect in immature neurons, by inhibiting Na+,K+ and Cl- co-transporter (NKCC1) which is the cellulullar chloride importer. Furthermore, bumetanide has recently reported to reduce seizure frequency in adult patients. Despite of these facts, study of bumetanide’s effects on motor maps expression is sparse and its role in controlling seizures in adults has not been given attention.  In vivo experiments using young adult rats were carried out to determine the effects of several ASDs and bumetanide on motor maps expression. Intracortical microstimulation was done to derive the motor maps both pre- and post-drug application. Young adult rats were kindled and used to investigate the effects of bumetanide on seizure activity, which were measured 30 minutes post-bumetanide intraperitoneal treatment.  Furthermore, kindling of rats was done to determine the effects of the ASDs and bumetanide on SISHE.  Results showed that ASDs reduces the responsiveness of the motor cortex evidenced by forelimb map hypotrophy and elevated movement thresholds.  This study has also demonstrated that bumetanide inhibits seizure activity in matured rats, which implies that anticonvulsant activity of this drug is not exclusively due to blockage of NKCC1. Further findings show that with the exception of ethosuximide which reduced the expression of SISHE, other ASDs and bumetanide neither affected brain oxygen level nor severity of SISHE.


identifier: Cairns, D. J. (1990). Sedimentologic and diagenetic evolution of an ooidgrapestone shoal complex within the Caicos Bank interior, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/394

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
ix, 197 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:
Geology - Turks and Caicos Islands
Geology, Stratigraphic - Holocene
Oolite

abstract: Bibliography: p. 129-137.


identifier: Whyte, D. (2010). Comfort levels of gynecology cancer patients receiving intraperitoneal chemotheraphy: a pilot study (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3837

publisher:
Nursing
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 100-111


identifier: Ramesar-Fortner, N. S. (1999). Physiological control of shoot apical meristem formation in brassica napus cv topas (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18449

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

subject:
QK495 .C9 R36 1999
Rape (Plant) - Embryology
Shoot apical meristems

abstract: Bibliography: p. 150-156.


identifier: Sawford, K. E. (2011). Animal health surveillance for early detection of emerging infectious disease risks (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19514

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Veterinary Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xiii, 234 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 206-234

abstract: A couple of pages are in colour.

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


identifier: Levinstein Rodriguez, A. (2022). When articles go missing: analyzing optionality in Spanish prepositional relative clauses (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: When Articles Go Missing: Analyzing Optionality in Spanish Prepositional Relative Clauses

publisher:
Arts
University of Calgary

contributor:
Storoshenko, Dennis Ryan
Ritter, Elizabeth Ann
Cuervo, Maria Cristina

subject:
linguistics
syntax
experimental syntax
prepositional relative clauses
article alternation
Spanish
Acceptability Judgement Task
Spanish syntax
Linguistics

abstract: This thesis project presents a comprehensive overview of article optionality in Spanish prepositional relative clauses. This definite article, which is part of the operator phrase, is subject to a complex pattern of variation that regulates whether it can be present or absent in a given phrase. Through a mixture of experimental and formal analysis, this project investigates (i) the syntactic and semantic factors that influence the presence or absence of the article and (ii) the role of the article within the syntactic structure of Spanish prepositional relative clauses. A corpus study found that the article was significantly more likely to be absent when the antecedent of the relative clause was definite, inanimate, or plural, or when the embedded clause was not negated. In addition to these factors, a significant effect of preposition and an interaction between definiteness and the preposition en, which had not been attested in the literature, were found. Subsequently, an acceptability judgement task conducted on eighty-eight Mexican Spanish speakers showed higher acceptability ratings for article presence, definite antecedent, and the preposition en. The en:Definiteness interaction was replicated in post-hoc testing. Based on these results, I present a modified version of Cinque’s (2020) double-headed structure. I propose that prepositional relative clauses without the article follow Cinque’s matching analysis-like derivation, while those with the article contain a larger relative operator with a [+specific] feature, thus avoiding deletion. This project presents an updated understanding of an under-researched area of Spanish grammar. It provides empirical support to the claim that the presence or absence of the article is not a matter of free variation, and makes headway on identifying the factors that mediate the presence or absence of the article, as well as the mechanisms that underlie them.


identifier: Bowd, A. (1971). Cross-cultural study of environmental influences and mechanical aptitude in several Indian groups (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/10817

format:
xv, 270 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
BF 433 M4 B69 1971 Microfilm
Mechanical ability
Indians of North America - Psychology
Educational tests and measurements

abstract: Bibliography: p. 206-207.


identifier: Heron, S. M. (1987). The Development of Alberta's child welfare legislation: an exercise in participatory decision making (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13660

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

subject:
HV 745 A7 H45 1987
Child welfare - Alberta
Social service - Alberta
Alberta. Child Welfare Act

abstract: Bibliography: p. 84-87.


identifier: Dozois, E. (1991). Remailed: post-ing "The drover's wife" (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17612

title: Remailed: post-ing "The drover's wife"

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

subject: PR 6023 A94 Z66 1991

subject: Lawson, Henry, 1867-1922. Drovers's wife

subject: Australian fiction - History and criticism

abstract: Bibliography: p. 109-116.


identifier: Craw, D. (1977). Metamorphism, structure and stratigraphy of the Park Ranges (western Rocky Mountains), British Columbia (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12535

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

relation: Additional Copy: QE 187 C685 1977G GEOLOGY

subject:
QE 187 C685 1977 Microfiche
Geology - British Columbia
Geology, Structural
Geology, Stratigraphic
Metamorphism (Geology)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 129-133.

abstract: The Southern. Park Ranges lie immediately east of the Rocky Mountain Trench, near the Big Bend of the Columbia River, B.C. They are composed of quartzites, pelites and carbonates in an uninterrupted sequence from the Proterozoic Windermere Supergroup, through the Lower Cambrian Gog Group, to the Middle· Cambrian Tsar Creek and Kinbasket units. Two phases of folding and metamorphism are recognized. The first phase of folding (F1) occurred before and during the first phase of metamorphism (M1), while the second phase of folding (F2) was associated with a second (very minor) phase of metamorphism (M2). F1 is seen only as minor structures at the mesoscopic and microscopic scale, although there is some minor-fold vergence evidence for F1 macroscopic structures. F2 structures are seen on microscopic, mesoscopic, and macroscopic scales and are all apparently associated with the Porcupine Creek Anticlinorium, a major fold complex trending NW-SE across the eastern part of the study area. Commonly, F2 folds are nearly concentric with some thickening of incompetent units in the fold hinges. Associated with F2 folds are several west dipping thrust faults, some of which terminate upwards into the cores of F2 anticlines. All structures are cut by late-stage, west-dipping normal faults. Quartz c-axis orientation data show that a distinct postmetamorphic fabric has been imprinted on quartzites near thrust fault and normal fault zones, confirming that both of these fault types are post-metamorphic. The first phase of metamorphism resulted in a Barrovian sequence of .isograds such that chlori te zone rocks occur in the east and sillimanite zone rocks occur in the west. Phase equilibria studies suggest that the metamorphic temperatures in the area ranged from less than 480°c (east)to 570°c (west) _while under a pressure of approximately 5 kb. The pelitic rocks were studied to determine the nature and sequence of prograde metamorphic chemical reactions within the rocks, and the bearing of these reactions on observed textures (e.g., poikiloblastic kyanite). The reactions are depicted on a T-X (Fe-Mg) phase diagram similar to those proposed by Thompson (1976b). Calculations show that potassium released in the reactions almost certainly remained in the rock, causing potassium enrichment of K-bearing phases. The isograds outline a thermal antiform whose western limb is truncated by the Purcell Fault (a major Cordilleran structure) on the western slopes of the study area. A comparison of main metamorphic phases between the Park Ranges and the Selkirk and Monashee Mountains across the Purcell Fault, suggests that the western (Selkirk-Monashee) terrane was subjected to temperatures approximately 40°C higher than the study area (for equivalent metamorphic zones) and a pressure between 2 and 3 kb higher than the study area. This pressure difference suggests that there has been a minimum of 7 km post-metamorphic vertical motion on the Purcell Fault. A difference in structural style across t:;he Purcell Fault, due to a higher ductility in the western terrane, is considered to be a result of the difference in depth during the deformation of the two terranes.


identifier: Gannoruwa, R. M. (2009). Development of an efficiency model for optimal construction productivity through effective supervision of worker performance (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2347

format:
xix, 302 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 240-252


identifier: Durrant, P. M. (1995). The licensing of Russian possessives (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17501

title: The licensing of Russian possessives

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

subject: PG 2261 D87 1995

subject: Russian language - Possessives

subject: Grammar, Comparative and general - Possessives

subject: Russian language - Pronoun

subject: Russian language - Adjective

abstract: Bibliography: p. 98-100.


identifier: Clough, S. S. (1989). A Critical study of foundational assumptions affecting the psychology of religion in western academia (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23268

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

subject:
BL 53 C56 1989
Psychology, Religious
Religion - Study and teaching

abstract: Bibliography: p. 143-148.


identifier: Gebara, D. (2006). WaveQ: combining wavelet analysis and clustering for effective image retrieval (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/433

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 84-94


identifier: Mooney, L. R. (2021). Fostering an Inclusive Leadership Team: A Critical Ethnography of a Learning Support Team for Students with Severe Intellectual Disabilities (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Werklund School of Education
University of Calgary

contributor:
Kowch, Eugene
Lashewicz, Bonnie
Lock, Jennifer
Scott, Shelleyann
Specht, Jacqueline

subject:
collaboration
critical ethnography
educational leadership
high school reform
inclusive education
learning support team
severe intellectual disability
teamwork
Education
Education--Administration
Education--Curriculum and Instruction
Education--Secondary
Education--Special
Education--Teacher Training
Education

abstract: High school principals grapple with how to effectively reform the bureaucratic and social culture of their schools to be more inclusive of students with severe intellectual disabilities while also maintaining high standards of academic excellence for all students. There is a paucity of scholarship examining leadership from within an inclusive learning support team (LST) for high school students with severe intellectual disabilities. The purpose of this study was to describe how a learning support team informs inclusive leadership practice. The researcher studied learning support team members from one Alberta school and district, including a director of learning, a learning support specialist, a high school principal, a learning support teacher, two secondary teachers and two education assistants. The inquiry was guided by this research question: How does a learning support team for high school students with severe intellectual disabilities inform inclusive leadership practice? A critical ethnography approach was taken and involved both observations and interviews, with a systems analysis of the findings informing concepts like teamwork and the distribution of power among the learning support team. The resulting model for fostering an inclusive leadership team provides guidance for school leader teams in similar contexts when including students with severe intellectual disabilities. Specifically, the model emphasizes the need for a coherent relationship between the classroom, school leadership and district leadership teams so together they can: (1) make curriculum connections for students; (2) provide reflective practice opportunities for staff; (3) integrate teamwork into professional development activities; (4) innovate high school instruction to be more inclusive of this population of students; and (5) develop more inclusive policy directions. Conclusions point to a need for modified curriculum development at the high school level and collaborative professional development among principals, teachers, and education assistants.


identifier: Craig, H. L. (2021). Helping, Hurting, and Hoping in Inclusive Education: Exploring Teachers’ Experiences on Inclusive Education in Alberta (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Wilcox, Gabrielle
Gereluk, Dianne
Nordstokke, David
Burns, Amy
Andrews, John (Jac)
Borgen, William

subject:
Inclusive education
Alberta
Teachers
Education
Educational Psychology

abstract: Inclusive education classrooms serve over 100,000 students in Alberta who have disabilities (Alberta Education, 2021). From a Canadian context, limited information is known about factors that support and impede the implementation of inclusive education (Lyons et al., 2016; McGhie-Richmond et al., 2013). Twelve teachers across Alberta with an average of 14 years of experience participated in this study. Using Enhanced Critical Incident Technique (ECIT), many critical incidents were identified regarding what helps or hinders the implementation of inclusive education and factors teachers wish they had. Across all critical incidents and wish list factors, the notion of additional support from personnel was distinctive. From these critical incidents and wish list factors, four underlying assumptions emerged. Much like the literature, this study found that teachers had a diverse understanding of the meaning of inclusive education and what a successful inclusive education classroom looked like. Teachers' descriptions of parental involvement were viewed as transactional in inclusive education rather than a collaborative process like research suggests. The teachers also described the role of teacher training programs as insufficient in building their knowledge and described the additional sources they sought out in their teaching practice. Teachers emphasized the crucial role personnel play in implementing inclusive education, noting that without this support, inclusive education may not meet all students' needs. Notably, some aspects were missing from the interviews, including a lack of dialogue and general understanding about inclusive education pedagogy, promotion of general education strategies as inclusive education practices, and a lack of self-reflection of teaching practices. Together, this information suggests that providing additional support without at least minimal shifts to the education system and teaching practices may not benefit inclusive education; rather, it may perpetuate questionable teaching practices that do not support the learning of students with exceptionalities. Implications of this study are discussed in the context of educational shifts, which add to the current system of inclusive education and educational restructuring, which suggests a fundamental change to the current education system in Alberta. Considerations of study strengths, limitations, and recommendations for future research are also discussed.


identifier: Yousif, M. F. (1986). V-modules and generalized V-modules (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12920

title: V-modules and generalized V-modules

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

subject:
QA 247.35 Y68 1986
Algebraic number theory
Modules - Algebra
Rings (Algebra)
Torsion theory (Algebra)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 100-103.


identifier: Habibi, B. (2008). The and-land: a proposal for a transit oriented development in south Calgary (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2882

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 101-103
Thesis is in colour.
Missing signature page.


identifier: Cobb-Zygadlo, D. (2009). Focus on targeted forms in beginner German as a second language learners synchronous computer mediated communication (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2616

format:
xii, 192 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 133-144


identifier: Bateman, L. D. (2005). A novel psychoacoustic approach to speaker recognition (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20181

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 124-131


identifier: Nash, I. (2004). Making the most of older housing: exploring methods for maintaining and improving single detached residential housing in established Calgary communities (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1522

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 144-150
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Diamond, D. C. (1977). What children see and remember about pictures (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20171

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

subject:
BF 723 P36 D52 1976 Microfiche
Perception in children
Visual perception
Visual perception - Testing
Recognition (Psychology)
Recollection (Psychology)
Memory

abstract: Bibliography: p. 74-78.


identifier: Mackin, F. E. (1986). Tourism development in Grenada, West Indies (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20166

format:
xvi, 319 leaves : ill., maps ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
G 155 G84 M33 1987
Tourist trade - Grenada

abstract: Bibliography: p. 284-307.


identifier: Shaheen, E. A. (2004). Carbon fibre reinforced reactive powder concrete (CFRRPC) anchorage system (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24401

format:
xxxvii, 292 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 260-292


identifier: Matwie, C. T. (2004). Guidelines for conducting the safety audit of bikeway systems (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16287

format:
x, 262 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 104-107
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Fawcett, S. L. (1998). Visual perceptual anomalies in congenital strabismus: investigating the central origins (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12488

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

subject:
RE771 .F39 1998
Strabismus.
Eye - Diseases and defects

abstract: Bibliography: p. 180-204


identifier: Lee, M. (2017). An Investigation into Topology Optimization for Innovation in Engineering Design (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24910

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Li, Dr. Simon
Xue, Dr. Deyi
Ramirez-Serrano, Dr. Alex
Jazayeri, Mr. Seyed Pouyan

subject:
Engineering--Mechanical
Mechanical Engineering
Engineering Design
Topology Optimization
Innovation

abstract: In engineering design, engineers can be influenced by their previous experience, existing forms, or the economic and technological requirements of a project. This inherently places limitations on the engineer, hindering their ability to be innovative. Topology Optimization presents an approach that reduces bias. Topology Optimization can mathematically generate an optimized geometry based solely on the design requirements. Topology Optimization however, is not a popular tool in engineering design. The purpose of this research is to investigate the usage of Topology Optimization for innovation in engineering design. To achieve this, “Innovative Value” criterion is defined, and a Topology Optimization aided design process is proposed. This is then applied in two design cases. Furthermore, the optimization parameters are investigated simultaneously, determining their effect on the result. It is concluded that Topology Optimization is conditionally acceptable for innovation in engineering design. Recommendations are made towards the generation of successful optimizations based on the optimization parameters investigated.


identifier: Weaver, L. E. (1980). An investigation of the relationships between perception of self and perception of an environmental challenge: the energy situation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15802

format:
ix, 86, [22] leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
BF 632.5 W42 1980 Fiche
Control (Psychology)
Man - Influence on nature
Adjustment (Psychology)
Environmental policy

abstract: Bibliography: p. [102-105].


identifier: Campbell, C. S. (1985). The Social organization of Alberta casinos (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11055

subject:
HV 6711 C34 1986
Casinos - Social aspects - Alberta

abstract: Bibliography: p. 220-228.


identifier: Grossman, J. P. (2005). Theory of nonstationary filtering in the Gabor domain with applications to seismic inversion (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2465

contributor:
Margrave, Gary F.
Lamoureux, Michael P.

format:
xviii, 135 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 121-132


identifier: Almishri, W. (2015). Regulatory Immune-Responses Occurring within the Liver Downstream of Hepatic iNKTcell activation (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27592

subject:
Pathology
iNKT
liver injury
anti-inflammatory
hepatitis
alpha-galactosylceramide
Bregs
CD73
IL-22
IL-22BP
Innate immunity
PD-L1
IL-10
Hepatitis C
hepatitis B
PSC
PBC
AIH
Regulatory
innate-like
Marginal zone B cells
B1 B cells
TGF-B

abstract:
Despite its` high prevalence, the pathogenesis of immune-mediated liver injury is poorly understood. Invariant Natural killer T (iNKT) cells are a distinct innate immune T cell believed to orchestrate a balance between pro-and-anti-inflammatory responses within the liver during immune mediated liver injury. However, the regulatory roles of iNKT cells in the modulation of the hepatic immune response are still poorly defined. In this work we utilized the alpha-galactosylceramide-induced hepatitis model, a model of specific iNKT cell activation, to help us dissect basic immune regulatory mechanisms occurring in the liver during hepatic innate immune activation. We have now documented the rapid recruitment and activation of innate-like regulatory B cells in the liver subsequent to iNKT cell activation. These regulatory B cells were recruited from the spleen and peritoneum. Moreover, depletion of B cells exacerbated iNKT cell-driven liver injury, in association with a profound alteration in the hepatic cytokine milieu and enhanced neutrophil recruitment. This suppression of hepatic inflammation was IL-10 and TGFβ1 independent, and involved activity of ecto-5'-nucleotidase/CD73. IL-22 is an innate cytokine which has been broadly implicated in the regulation of hepatic immunity, and IL-22BP is a secreted specific IL-22 antagonist. In our second paper, we found that activation of hepatic iNKT cells led to the striking, parallel early recruitment of both IL-22 and IL-22BP producing immune cells. Additionally, we found a marked increase in the hepatic expression of both IL-22BP and IL-22R1 in liver biopsies obtained from patients with viral and autoimmune liver diseases compared to normal livers. We also found that the inflammasome plays an important role in regulating IL-22BP expression within liver recruited immune cells and hepatocytes.

In this dissertation we have uncovered previously unrecognized regulatory mechanisms induced by activated iNKT cells within the liver. These findings give insight into pathological changes occurring in various human liver diseases in which iNKT cells have been implicated, and in which liver injury is immune-mediated. These findings could potentially be used to develop new regulatory B-cell-based and/or cytokine-based therapies to beneficially alter hepatic innate immune responses in patients suffering with immune-mediated liver diseases.


identifier: Cohn-Sfetcu, S. (1973). EPR spectrometer sensitivity studies 1: an investigation of the application of digital Fourier analysers to optimize the performance of EPR spectrometer systems (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21947

format:
xv, 135 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QC 373 S7 C64 1973 Microfilm
Spectrometer
Electron paramagnetic resonance

abstract: Bibliography: p. 131-135.


identifier: Wilson, M. C. (1981). Once upon a river: archaeology and geology of the Bow River Valley at Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15302

format:
xxx, 464 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

relation: Additional Copy: QE 699 W54 1981G Geology

subject: FC 3697.56 W54 1981 Fiche

subject: Geology, Stratigraphic - Quaternary

subject: Geology - Alberta - Bow River Valley

subject: Glacial landforms - Alberta - Bow River Valley

subject: Bow River Valley - Antiquities

abstract: Bibliography: p. 422-464.

abstract:
Late Quaternary geology and archaeology of the Bow River valley at Calgary, Alberta, Canada are considered in terms of archaeological visibility, defined as recognizability of any archaeological manifestations or patterns, in the field or laboratory.
Geological factors selectively obscured portions of the record in the west Calgary study area (Bow Valley, Happy Valley Park to Elbow River mouth). Multiple tills suggest at least an interglacial age for the valley. Wisconsin Laurentide ice dammed glacial Lake Calgary, which left silts over ~0 m deep.
With ice retreat, escaping waters cut spillways across south Calgary
and incised the inner Bow Valley through lake deposits, leaving Late Wisconsin or older high terraces. Valley-bottom gravel fill (Bighill Creek Formation) 10,000 to 11,500 yr old was deposited after the valley was scoured through till to bedrock. Mammuthus sp., Equus conversidens, Camelops cf. hesternus, and Bison bison antiquus were recovered from these gravels at Calgary. Dated Holocene fills record deposition from about 9500- 9000 B.P., 8300-5000 B.P., 4700-?3000 B.P., and ?2000-150 B.P. Deposition through the Hypsithermal contrasts with erosion in
the southern Plains and shows the danger of extrapolating that
sequence too far north. Hypsithermal fill (to T3 filltop) is largely in areas where chutes had been cut into the Bighill Creek Formation T~ fillstrath, away from the Bow channel. The Bow armored its channel and has not cut far enough laterally to reveal many such deposits in cutbanks. The chutes, perhaps with fringing vegetation, were arenas for bison kills; components 8200, 6700, 5400, and 5100 yr old were revealed at the Mona Lisa site (EgPm-3, south city core). Mummy Cave complex projectile points from the two upper kills resemble later point types, indicating a problem of typological visibility added to that of
burial away from river cutbanks. These factors account for at least part of the 11Altithermal hiatus n in the archaeological record. A black paleosol is pre-Hypsithermal (ea. 9000-8300 B.P.) and other Alberta nAltithermal1 soils are possibly of similar age. Mazama ash in alluvial (overbank) and slopewash fan settings is an early Hypsithermal marker; later ashes are obscure, if present. At EgPm-127 (Point Mackay, N.W. Calgary) sedimentary structures (transverse ribs) indicate overbank flow strong enough to have removed all bones. Stone features were partially displaced, flake clusters were apparently not displaced, and bones were removed, reflecting differential entrainment and hence an important visibility constraint. Holocene landscape changes were significant and modern topography is at best a crude guide in site reconstruction. Because cities provide excavated profiles in areas not
exposed by natural processes, selective river erosion, mass-wasting, and other taphonomically significant processes are partly countered, aiding archaeological visibility. Cities therefore have potential for vigorous prehistoric archaeological programs.


identifier: Turner, R. J. (1990). Nanosecond time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy of tyrosine in peptides and calcium-binding pro (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16569

format:
xviii, 301 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QP 519.19 F56 T87 1990
Tyrosine
Fluorescence spectroscopy

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 258-286.
offsite


identifier: Noel, K. T. (2006). Biophysical and anthropogenic influences on elk distribution in a rapidly developing landscape in southwestern Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/441

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 103-113
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Watson, B. A. (1996). Epithelial and smooth muscular consequences of gut inflammation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21772

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

subject:
QP 180 W38 1996
Gastrointestinal system - Motility
Gastrointestinal system - Diseases

abstract: Bibliography: p. 85-101.


identifier: Kharat, P. (2014). Power, Helplessness and Compromising: Influences of Resettlement on Incidence of Intimate Partner Violence (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27394

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Social Work
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject:
Education--Health
Canadian Studies
WomenÕs Studies
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
SOUTH ASIAN IMMIGRANTS
RESETTLEMENT
power
COMPROMISING
HELPLESSNESS
IMMIGRANT MEN
Social Work

abstract:
ABSTRACT
	Violence against women is a violation of human rights. Canada spends approximately $1 billion annually providing services to prevent violence against women. This study aimed to understand resettlement and its influences on incidents of intimate partner violence among the South Asian community. Due to the intimate nature of violence, the term “intimate partner violence” was adopted in this study. To gain a holistic perspective, this study included the voices of immigrant South Asian women and men experiencing intimate partner violence in Canada. Informed by Charmaz’ constructivist approach, the inquiry process consisted of interviews with 6 women and 5 men.
A search of the literature indicates lack of studies to understand resettlement and its influences on incidents of intimate partner violence among the South Asian community. To address gaps in the literature, this study included the voices of both men and women immigrant South Asians. By including the voices of men in this study, the aim was to address gaps in the literature with regards to including the perspectives of immigrant men, on resettlement and intimate partner violence.
The analysis unearthed complex interplay of interdependent pre- and post-migration factors and brought forth a grounded theory of power imbalances, and helplessness that forces immigrants to compromise to live with intimate violence. According to the proposed theory, many immigrant South Asians are confronted by societal norms that are often gender specific, and fear societal incrimination due to separation and divorce. In addition are the systemic, structural and institutional barriers and stereotypes that prevail in the dominant community.
The theory illuminates that immigrating to a developed country does little to eradicate patriarchal attitudes, attitudes to societal norms such as arranged marriages and dowry and associating woman’s behaviour to family honour. Exacerbating these circumstances are the realities of lack of appropriate resources, fear of living in poverty and isolation, and fear of involving external service providers.
The dissertation addresses implications of the study with respect to theoretical development and social work practice. By broadening current perspectives, this study makes valuable contribution to understanding intimate partner violence among immigrants from South Asia residing in Canada.


identifier: Snider, B. A. (1972). Alienation and anomie among single male transients and implications for preventive and rehabilitative measures (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21404

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

subject: HM 136 S55 1972

subject: Alienation (Social Psychology)

subject: Anomy

subject: Social isolation

subject: Transients, Relief of - Alberta - Calgary

abstract: Bibliography: p. 89-91.


identifier: Shaker, T. (2011). Roles of the proneural genes neurog1 and neurog2 in olfactory development in the mouse (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4517

format:
xix, 202 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 160-202.
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Girvan, M. L. (1994). Frameworks and issues influencing two elementary school teachers' art curriculum decision-making (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15775

format:
xiv, 353 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
N 350 G57 1994
Art - Curricula - Decision-making
Curriculum planning
Art - Study and teaching (Elementary)
Art teachers - Attitudes

abstract: Bibliography: p. 310-326.


identifier: Getty, W. E. (1975). A Case history and analysis of Stoney Indian-government interaction with regard to the Big Horn Dam: the effects of citizen participation - a lesson in government perfidy and Indian frustration (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/10779

format:
x, 230 leaves : maps ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: Assiniboin Indians

subject: Indians of North America - Alberta

subject: Indians of North America - Canada - Government relations

subject: Big Horn Dam (Alta.)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 137-142.

abstract: A basic tenet of responsible government is citizen participation. However, participation only has significance when people feel that it will give them some control over the forces that affect their lives. In Canada, the significant disparity in wealth and power between those who "have" and those who "have not" has resulted in a situation of alienation and powerlessness for many Canadians. Community organization is directed towards redressing this wrong by enabling groups to regain some measure of power over their lives. This case history relates how a group of Indians organized to assert their right s as a minority group in a democratic system. They tried to achieve a just solution to their problem, but instead, they encountered an insensitive government whose actions served only to increase the Indians' frustrations. Two events of the case history are analyzed , using the framework of the social action model of Community organization to help understand the role of the organizer, the processes of forming strategy, and the use of tactics in achieving established goals. The Government of Alberta and the Calgary Power Company started work on the Big Horn Dam project in the Fall of 1968. The Big Horn Indians (a branch of the Stoney Tribe living on the Kootenay Plains 100 miles west of Rocky Mountain House in Central Alberta) were the only people living in the immediate area to be affected by the dam. They opposed this construction and, subsequently, they organized to stop the project. After meeting with the Provincial Government, and having their requests totally rejected, the Big Horn inhabitants decided to end their opposition to the construction of the dam and, instead, to negotiate for land as compensation for losses suffered as a result of the construction. Again their requests were rejected by the province. The Stoneys then embarked upon a research project to prove a treaty entitlement to land in the district to be flooded. Upon completion of the research in April 1972, the Stoneys met with the Provincial Government in an effort to obtain compensation and assistance to help the Big Horn residents adjust to the new environment being created by the project. They were rebuffed with a promise that the government would deal with the problems sometime in the future. New actions and legislation by the Provincial Government continued to erode the Big Horn people's economic base until, finally, they were no longer able to earn a living from the land and became dependent upon welfare payments. A further effect was the gradual breakdown of social and cultural patterns within the reserve. The Federal Government recognized the Big Horn inhabitants' claim for land under treaty rights and asked the province to supply the needed land under the provisions of the 1930 Natural Resources Act. The Government of Alberta refused to comply and is presently referring the case to the court for settlement. As a result of the Provincial Government's inaction and insensitivity towards the problems, the Big Horn people have experienced a continuing build-up of frustration over their inability to make the government concerned enough to act constructively. Unless governments are prepared to act justly towards native citizens' claims and aspirations, native people will be forced to use power tactics in an effort to make the governments respond in a more realistic and meaningful way to their problems.


identifier: Li, S. (2021). Breast Tissue-Mimicking Phantom for Combined Ultrasound and Microwave Imaging (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary

contributor:
Curiel, Laura
Fear, Elise
Di Martino, Elena

subject:
Phantom
Ultrasound
Microwave
Breast cancer
Engineering--Biomedical

abstract: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women and persists to be one of the top threats to women’s health. Early diagnosis and treatment are the keys to defeat breast cancer. There are plenty of methods and devices, such as X-ray, CT, and MRI, to detect tumours and malignant breast tissues. More recently, ultrasound imaging has become a standard cancer detection method, and microwave imaging has gained interest in diagnosing breast tumours for its moderate biological effects. Using a combination of these two modalities can provide high-resolution images with improved contrast that can make up for the lack of a single approach. A vital step to achieve this combination is the development of tissue-mimicking phantoms that can satisfy both microwave and ultrasound physical properties at the same time before clinical application. This thesis mainly focused on the breast tissue-mimicking phantom for combined ultrasound and microwave imaging. Four breast tissues (skin, fat, fibroglandular and tumour) were mainly mimicked by canola oil, coconut oil and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) powder with agar and glass beads. First of all, in order to determine the formulae used to mimic different tissues, the interactions between the ratio of ingredients and properties were established by preparing 36 recipes and then measuring both ultrasound and microwave properties. Secondly, after deciding on the formulae to meet the requirements, five box phantoms based on gross breast anatomy with different internal structures had been fabricated and were scanned by a microwave transmission system and an L7-4 ultrasound transducer to obtain microwave and ultrasound images separately. Finally, microwave permittivity maps in horizontal direction were obtained from microwave imaging scan, and 3D images were obtained after segmentation and reconstruction of ultrasound images. The interior design of the five box phantoms could be observed and distinguished by microwave and ultrasound imaging.


identifier: Smith, A. D. (2008). Evaluating tile drainage systems as a method of salt remediation in Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15005

publisher:
Science
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xii, 171leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: Geoscience

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 150-156
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Inoue, A. (2003). Sports dressing room environment | a 'workspace' for athletes (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16203

format:
vii, 149 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 123-124.

abstract: The role of a modern professional athlete is more complex then ever before; they are expected and demanded to perform at their highest level on a daily basis. Accomplishing this requires the implementation of the most advanced tools available to them. High-tech equipment, advanced physical training methods, and sport psychology are common elements in creating a high performance athlete. However, the environment which they spend the most time in, the dressing room, has been forgotten and left untouched. In allowing them to succeed in their sport, this preparation area and personal station must provide for their every physical and psychological need. As a result, an environment that addresses these issues must be supplied. Consequently, the goal of this Master's Degree Project (MOP) is to create an adequate workspace that meets the physical and socio-psychological needs of professional athletes. More specifically, aspects of privacy, comfort, storage, and space will be considered in developing a final design. The design process will involve a background research, analysis of player needs, and design developments.


identifier: Puplampu, M. N. (2000). La reconstruccion de la identidad en las tinieblas de tu memoria negra de Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21008

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

subject: PQ 8619 N36 T5637 2000

subject: Ndongo - Bidyogo, Donato, 1950 - Tinieblas de tu memoria negra

subject: Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature

subject: Equatorial Guinean literature (Spanish)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 91-95


identifier: McHugh, M. (1991). Directing the dream: Brook, Reinhardt, Barker (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11531

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

subject: PR 3091 M225 1991

subject: Theater - Production and direction

subject: Brook, Peter, 1925-

subject: Reinhardt, Max, 1873-1943

subject: Granville-Barker, Harley, 1877-1946

subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream

abstract: Bibliography: p. 118-121.


identifier: Chugh, U. (1985). Compliance profile for health technologists (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12407

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

subject:
R 856.25 C48 1986
Biomedical technicians - Psychology
Compliance

abstract: Bibliography: p. 182-191.


identifier: Gerhart, S. G. (1983). Sea urchin cytogenetics (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21298

title: Sea urchin cytogenetics

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

subject:
QL 384 E2 G45 1983
Sea urchins
Cytogenetics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 116-122.


identifier: Westcott, C. N. (1997). La oveja negra y demas fabulas: influencias e innovaciones (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20700

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

subject: PQ7297 .M62 W47 1997

subject: Authors, Mexican--20th century--Criticism and interpretation.

abstract: Bibliography: p. 99-102


identifier: Crouse, A. (2015). Community Fecal Immunotesting for Colorectal Cancer Screening (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25362

subject:
Epidemiology
Colorectal Cancer
Screening
Laboratory Medicine

abstract:
Community fecal immunochemical testing screening programs are important for detecting early disease and are a common way of promoting colorectal cancer screening by primary care physicians.
Fecal Immunochemical testing has advantages to the patient as well as to clinical laboratories, but screening rates remain low across Canada and may be associated with sociodemographic factors.
This research assesses the operational test characteristics of a FIT pilot program in Calgary, Alberta.  Data from a new community-based screening program were also used to test associations of screening rate with sociodemographic variables.
The performance of FIT in this clinical setting was very good for detecting carcinoma, but marginal for detection of colonic adenomas.  There was also significant geographic variation in screening rates in Calgary.  These are associated with a number of sociodemographic factors.


identifier: Kanji, M. S. (2001). The changing Canadian electorate: a secondary analysis of the Canadian election studies (1965-1997) (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19930

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Social Sciences
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xi, 361 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 K366

abstract: Bibliography: p. 321-361.


identifier: Radlein, D. S. (1970). Applications of Green's functions in molecular studies (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17596

format:
61 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QD 462 R33 1970
Quantum chemistry
Green's function
Molecules

abstract: Bibliography: p. 58.


identifier: Papathanasiou, A. (1987). Dynamic modelling of an immobilized enzyme bioreactor (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11532

publisher:
Engineering
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject:
QP 601.5 P37 1987
Immobilized enzymes
Diffusion

abstract: Bibliography: p. 81-84.

abstract: Dynamic experiments provide an excellent means for the determination of crucial process parameters, such as the axial Peclet number, the intraparticle and external mass transfer coefficient and the intraparticle reaction rate constant, in fixed or liquid fluidized bed immobilized enzyme bioreactors. The absence of a complete and comprehensive solution of the model equations in the real time domain, as well as significant advances in the area of statistical moments analysis has rendered the latter approach the dominant one for parameter estimation in fluid-solid reacting systems. Nevertheless, an efficient and easily implementable solution of the model equations in the real time domain, as opposed to the solution in the Laplace domain needed for the statistical moments analysis, opens new possibilities in the design of fixed or fluidized bed bioreactors since, apart from parameter estimation via dynamic experiments, it is suitable for simulation, optimization and control. This paper presents a dynamic model for a fixed or liquid fluid bed immobilized enzyme bioreactor, along with a novel method for the solution of the coupled partial differential equations in the real time domain. Both, the tanks-inseries and the dispersion models have been used to describe the non ideal axial mixing in the reactor. The solution, in its final form, comes in both cases as a system of simultaneous ordinary differential equations; this is readily implementable on a computer and can be easily solved by commercially available software packages. Based on this solution, a complete parametric analysis was performed. That analysis revealed the importance of intraparticle and external mass transfer resistances, intraparticle chemical reactio?? and axial dispersion on the transient behaviour of the reactor. Most important, that analysis revealed ways for parameter estimation and system identification via simple dynamic experiments. The design and optimization implications of the study are finally demonstrated by using the derived solution to simulate the performance of an immobilized urease bioreactor with a recycle loop. Such a configuration is characterized by time varying feed concentration and can be used, as part of an extracorporeal artificial kidney device, for the treatment of uremic patients.


identifier: Sang-Nourpour, N. (2017). Characterization of Surface-Plasmon Polaritons and Electromagnetic Waveguides With Positive, Negative and Near-Zero Permittivity and Permeability (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25291

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Tabriz
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Sanders, Barry C.
Kheradmand, Reza
Hobill, David Wesley
Potter, Mike
Braverman, Elena
Sipe, John E.

subject:
Education--Physical
Surface-Plasmon Polariton
Electromagnetic Waveguide
Lossy Planar Single-Interface
Lossy Curved Single-Interface
Characterization
Metamaterial
Robustness Analysis
Conformal Mapping
Duality of Electromagnetism

abstract:
This thesis reports advances in characterization of electromagnetic waveguides and surface-plasmon polaritons. I advance the applications of electromagnetic waveguides through investigations of electromagnetic duality in waveguides and the tunability of particular waveguide modes. Moreover, an accurate and precise procedure is devised for characterizing surface-plasmon polaritons at lossy planar and curved interfaces. The explanations of each step in this work are summarized as follows.

A description of waveguides that respects the duality of electromagnetism, namely the symmetry of the equations arising through the inclusion of magnetic monopoles in addition to electrons, is presented in the thesis. To ensure manifest electromagnetic duality in waveguides, I employ generic electromagnetic susceptibilities that are dual in both electric charges and magnetic monopoles using the generalized Drude-Lorentz model. Our description accommodates exotic media, such as double-negative, near-zero and zero-index materials.

I consider metamaterials and metamaterial waveguides, as well as metal waveguides, as examples of waveguides constructed of electromagnetic materials. In particular, in the slab and cylindrical waveguides, exchanging electric and magnetic material properties leads to the exchange of transverse magnetic and transverse electric modes and dispersion equations, which suggests a good test of the potential duality of waveguides. Our advances establish an intuitive microscopic-level understanding of the electromagnetic duality in waveguides and its applications.

The properties of metamaterials are then employed to tailor the modes of metamaterial-dielectric waveguides operating at optical frequencies. I survey the effects of 3D isotropic metamaterial structural parameters on the refractive index of metamaterials and on the modes in slab metamaterial-dielectric waveguides. Hybrid modes refer to hybrid ordinary-surface-plasmon polariton modes in the waveguide structures. I investigate how robust metamaterials are to fluctuations in their structural parameters; specifically, the effects of Gaussian errors are examined on the metamaterials EM behaviour. Our survey enables us to determine the allowable fluctuation limits and from this to identify appropriate unit-cell structure for further applications of metamaterials in waveguides technologies.

I also characterize surface-plasmon polaritons at lossy planar interfaces between one dispersive and one nondispersive linear isotropic homogeneous media, i.e., materials or metamaterials. Specifically, Maxwell's equations are solved to obtain strict bounds for the permittivity and permeability of these media such that satisfying these bounds implies surface-plasmon polaritons successfully propagate at the interface, and violation of the bounds signifies propagation is impeded, i.e., the field delocalizes from the surface into the bulk. Our characterization of surface-plasmon polaritons is valuable for checking viability of a proposed application, and, as an example, our method is employed to falsify a previous prediction that surface-plasmon propagation through a surface of a double-negative refractive index medium occurs for any permittivity and permeability; instead our results show that propagation can occur only for certain medium parameters.

Finally, a theoretical study of surface-plasmon polaritons propagation along lossy curved interfaces is presented here. Specifically, conformal transformation is employed to map the curved interface between one lossy dispersive and one nondispersive linear isotropic homogeneous material to a planar interface between inhomogeneous materials. My characterization of surface-plasmon polaritons is valuable for checking the viability of a proposed application.


identifier: Byrne, M. T. (1983). L'Chaim - to life (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23965

title: L'Chaim - to life

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

subject:
BJ 1581.2 B85 1986
Conduct of life
Social service

abstract: Bibliography: p. 102-104.


identifier: McLeod, R. G. (1998). Minimum reinforcement for high-performance concrete slabs (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18577

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

subject:
TA445 .M38 1998
Cement
Reinforced concrete
Concrete slabs
Concrete

abstract: Bibliography: p. 145-150


identifier: Dering, J. C. (1964). Sensitivity considerations in electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometers (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22059

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

subject:
QC 373 S7 D45 1964 Microfilm
Spectrometer
Electron paramagnetic resonance

abstract: Bibliography: p. 66-67.


identifier: Kasinska, B. M. (1971). Student activism in Poland: 1968 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23148

title: Student activism in Poland: 1968

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

subject:
LA 843.7 K36 1970
Student movements - Poland

abstract: Bibliography: p. 180-185.


identifier: Khan, U. T. (2010). Bioretention cell efficacy in cold climates (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3886

contributor:
Valeo, Caterina
van Duin, Bert

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 129-137
Many pages are in colour.


identifier: McKenzie, D. I. (1985). Structure and developmental regulation of genes expressed in the developing testes of rainbow trout (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19161

format:
xvii, 240 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QL 638 S2 M185 1986
Rainbow trout - Genetics
Salmonidae - Genetics
Fishes - Genetics
Molecular genetics
Generative organs - Fishes

abstract: Bibliography: p. 232-240.


identifier: Leon Coria, A. (2018). Distinct roles of the mucus layer and microbiota in conferring innate host defense and susceptibility to disease (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/31921

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

contributor:
Chadee, Kris C.
DeVinney, Rebekah
Surette, Michael G. G.

subject:
Microbiota
Mucus layer
Entamoeba histolytica
inflammatory bowel disease
Education--Sciences
Microbiology
Immunology

abstract: The intestinal epithelium is covered with a thick viscous MUC2 mucin bilayer that acts as a protective barrier and is the habitat for 1014 microorganisms that form the microbiota. Even though disruption of colonic mucus and alterations in microbial composition are intimately linked to gastrointestinal health and disease, their distinct contribution in the pathogenesis of colonic injury is not well understood. In this thesis, I interrogated the impact of alterations in the microbial composition in animals with and without Muc2 mucus in colonic epithelial barrier dysfunction and inflammation, using chemical and pathogen-induced colitis models. For all studies Muc2+/+ and Muc2+/+ littermates were used to normalize the microbiota. To induce dysbiosis (alterations in microbial composition) and reduce bacterial numbers, mice were treated with a broad-spectrum cocktail of antibiotics. Basally, Muc2-/- littermates showed low-grade ongoing inflammation, gastrointestinal permeability and alterations in tight junction proteins that were restored after antibiotic treatment.  Muc2+/+ microbiota had a protective innate role against DSS-induced colitis, while microbiota from Muc2 deficient animals did not. Muc2+/+littermates that received Muc2-/- microbiota exhibited a shift in bacteria families and increased susceptibility to DSS and Citrobacter rodentium-induced colitis, demonstrating a critical role for Muc2 mucus in shaping a healthy microbiota in intestinal homeostasis. I also investigated the interdependent relationship between the mucus layer and colonic microbiota in Entamoeba histolytica (Eh)-induced secretory and inflammatory responses, using Muc2-/- and Muc2+/+ littermates and germ-free mice. Following microbial disruption with antibiotics, Eh elicited increased water and mucus secretions and enhanced pro-inflammatory responses. Eh also dysregulated the transcription factor for secretory goblet cells, Math1, which was microbiota dependent. Germ-free mice showed decrease pro-inflammatory and mucus secretagogue responses towards Eh, demonstrating that commensal microbiota plays an important role in mediating host protection against Eh and that dysbiosis can render the colonic epithelium susceptible to Eh-induced pro-inflammatory responses and tissue injury. These findings unravel the interconnected role of a healthy Muc2 barrier and commensal microbiota in maintaining intestinal innate host defense against colonic injury.


identifier: Mercier, A. J. (1983). Neural and horomonal control of gill ventilation in the shore crab, Carcinus maenas (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22659

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

subject:
QL 444 M33 M45 1985
Carcinus maenas
Crabs
Branchialarch
Gills (Anatomy)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 134-148.


identifier: Lyons, N. (2007). Quliaq tohongniaq tuunga (making histories): towards a critical inuvialuit archaeology in the Canadian western arctic (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1326

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 261-310

abstract: Some pages are in colour.

abstract: The Inuvialuit of the Western Canadian Arctic have been both underrepresented and misrepresented in the annals of written history. The present study has sought to redress this gap both theoretically and methodologically through the process of undertaking a community-based archaeology project with the Inuvialuit. This study was formulated within a critical perspective, with a view to developing a localized critical theory suited to Inuvialuit worldviews and social needs. Methodologically, the project aimed to enfranchise Inuvialuit into the process of (re)telling their histories through the identification and (re)interpretation of Inuvialuit material culture. Inuvialuit Elders superseded this task by situating their traditional objects in a rich tapestry of personal stories, experiences, and remembrances. They demonstrated how Inuvialuit approaches to the past are fundamentally different from western perspectives of linear history. The study explores the convergences and divergences between how the Inuvialuit past is portrayed by insiders and outsiders, and also suggests how such representations are constructed within present cu ltural and sociopolitical circumstances . Inuvialuit Elders and community leaders asserted that their identities are constituted by their knowledge of a shared history and by their relationship to the land, and that these representations of the past are critical to understanding their present and to negotiating their future. The relationship developed over the course of this project between the Inuvialuit and archaeological communities has made strides towards both a critical Inuvialuit archaeology and towards the decolonizing of archaeological theory and practice in the Canadian north.


identifier: Williams, S. L. (1991). Nobody's business: the escort industry in Calgary (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13323

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

subject:
HQ 150 C3 W54 1991
Escort services - Alberta - Calgary
Prostitution, Alberta - Calgary

abstract: Bibliography: p. 175-186.

abstract: This exploratory research investigates the escort industry in Calgary during the 1980's. Within the context of the legal, historical, social, demographic and economic milieu of the greater society, the world of off-street prostitution is examined from a micro-interactive as well as a macro-structural economic perspective. Two approaches have been suggested for entry to prostitution: personal pathology and rational choice. A supply and demand model is proposed to explain the expansion and contraction of both the cohort of individuals working in the escort business and the demand for their services. The agents of social control, the City of Calgary Licensing Department and the Calgary Police Service, and the federal and municipal legislation which regulate prostitution generally -- and the escort industry particularly -- are examined in light of the ambiguity and inherent tension between the conflicting demands of morality and legality. A cost/benefit and an economic analysis at the provincial level suggest that the state of the oil and gas industry has a profound effect on the increase or decrease in the numbers of licensed escorts through its effect on the employment of both men and women. This ground breaking project provides a base for future research into the marginalized and mysterious world of off-street prostitution -- the escort industry.


identifier: Kupchak, C. (2013). Complete Characterization of Quantum Optical Processes with a Focus on Quantum Memory (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25380

subject: Physics--Atomic Optics

abstract:
This thesis introduces and implements a characterization procedure called coherent state quantum process tomography and applies it to a selection of quantum operations. The procedure holds advantages over previous quantum process tomography methods, a pri- mary one is that a process can be characterized by measuring its effect on a set of coherent states which are readily available from a laser source.
After introduction of the characterization procedure, the method is tested on a simple process of an electro-optical modulator and polarizing beam splitter. The accuracy of the characterization is verified by comparison of the predicted action of the reconstructed process tensor versus the actual experiment involving a squeezed vacuum state. The algorithm is then implemented and verified on a quantum memory system based on electromagnetically induced transparency, a system that was previously shown capable of storing a squeezed vacuum state.
Lastly, a new optical storage system based on a gradient echo memory scheme is con- structed and optimized to achieve memory retrieval efficiencies of >80%. To characterize this system, a modified coherent state quantum process tomography algorithm based on the method of maximum likelihood estimation is employed. Despite the high efficiency values, the presence of excess noise resulted in the degradation of the storage device per- formance to be below the benchmarks of a quantum memory system. This estimation algorithm is also successfully implemented on the non-deterministic processes of photon creation and annihilation.


identifier: Rowse, A. (2009). Back to the future: an integrated approach to heritage conservation and community planning (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2925

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 158-165
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Miller, D. L. (1999). Perceptions and reactions to layoff fairness: examining the role of accountability using a policy-capturing approach (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17598

format:
vii, 99 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HF5549.5 .D55 M55 1999
Employees--dismisssal of
Employees--Attitudes.
Downsizing of organizations - Canada
Employee rights
Organizational justice
Fairness

abstract: Bibliography: p. 77-91


identifier: Cox, P. (2001). 'Splash and ripple': making results-based planning and management useful within social development organizations (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15609

publisher:
Environmental Design
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
viii, 134 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HD30.28 .C69 2001
Strategic planning
Social planning
Community development
Nonprofit organizations - Planning
Planning
Management

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 85-88.
Appendices: p. 89-134.


identifier: Laing, G. T. (1994). A centre for western Canadian history (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24370

title: A centre for western Canadian history

format: viii, 75 leaves : ill. (oversize drawings) ; 30 cm.

abstract: Bibliography: p. 63-66.


identifier: Yang, M. (2014). Towards a Biochemical Reconstitution of Nepenthes Pitcher Fluid for the Treatment of Celiac Disease (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28475

subject:
Biochemistry
Celiac Disease
Mass spectrometry
Enzymes

abstract: Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune disorder that is triggered by the incomplete digestion of gliadins in dietary gluten due to the abundance of P and Q residues in their protein sequence(s). This thesis provides an initial assessment of the proteolytic activity of Nepenthes plant extracts, which is attributed to the aspartic proteases, nepenthesin I and II, potential as an oral protease therapeutic for CD. To this end, nepenthesin I and II were produced recombinantly and characterized. The recombinant nepenthesins were able to reconstitute the proteolytic activity of Nepenthes extracts except for cleavage after P, which was attributed to a previously unidentified protease. Nevertheless, the Nepenthes extracts and recombinant nepenthesin I/II were assessed for their capacity to detoxify gliadins. Although the recombinant nepenthesins alone did not appear sufficient, the Nepenthes plant extracts appeared to efficiently detoxify gliadin, which supports the proposed formulations potential as an effective oral therapeutic for CD.


identifier: Calistrate, M. (1996). Binary subdivision schemes (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16947

title: Binary subdivision schemes

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

subject:
QA 221 C35 1996
Approximation theory

abstract: Bibliography: p. 110-112.

abstract: This thesis presents the general theory of uniform binary subdivision schemes with emphasis on the convergence of such algorithms. Also, a generalization of a known result to the case of any set of initial data is stated and proved. In terms of applications, known subdivision schemes and a new one together with graphical examples are discussed in view of properties such as interpolatory, polynomial preserving and the smoothness class of the limit function.


identifier: Jayasuriya, K. M. (2009). Determination of first spike latency in deep cerebellar nuclei (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2804

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 109-121
Some pages are in colour


identifier: Allen, R. K. (1983). The Social organization of migration: an analysis of the uprooting and flight of Vietnamese refugees (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11224

subject:
HV 640.4 V5 A64 1986
Refugees, Political - Alberta - Calgary
Vietnamese - Alberta - Calgary
Refugees, Political - Psychology

abstract: Bibliography: p. 261-267.


identifier: Rodberg, G. (1982). Concept of self as a learner (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19309

title: Concept of self as a learner

format:
xii, 143 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: QA 11 R595 1984

subject: Mathematics - Study and teaching (Secondary)

subject: Self-perception

subject: Academic achievement

abstract: Bibliography: p. 127-138.


identifier: Deutsch, O. H. (1972). Study of science courses offered at two-year colleges in three selected regions of Canada and the United States (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17905

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

subject:
Q 181 D48 1972 Microfilm
Science - Study and teaching

abstract: Bibliography: p. 7?-76.


identifier: Coffey, M. C. (1998). The molecular biology of reovirus (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13398

title: The molecular biology of reovirus

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

subject:
QR414 .C64 1998
Reoviruses
Molecular biology

abstract: Bibliography: p. 154-179.


identifier: Palacio, T. J. (1973). Teacher education in Belize with suggestions for improvement (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18339

subject:
LB 1719 B5 P34 1973 Microfilm
Teachers, Training of - Belize

abstract: Bibliography: p. 131-135.


identifier: Kendall-Smith, R. P. (2013). An Analysis of Market Power in the Alberta Electricity Market (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24831

subject: Economics Electricity Market power Alberta

abstract: The thesis analyzes the ability of suppliers to influence the price of electricity in Alberta.  To do this, the thesis develops two structural measures of market power using data on hourly offer curves and market clearing quantities from the Alberta wholesale electricity market over the period September 1st 2009 to June 30th 2012.  These market power measures quantify the ability that the larger generating companies in Alberta had to influence the market price in each hour, and are used by the thesis to characterize the nature of competition within the Alberta wholesale electricity market.  The structural measures of market power are also used in a regression analysis to show how the larger generating companies in the market changed their offer behaviour as their ability to exercise market power varied.


identifier: Addo, P. (2017). Development of Fuel Electrodes for Reversible Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Applications (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25678

contributor:
Birss, Viola
Marriott, Robert
Thangadurai, Venkataraman
Shi, Yujun
Pagnier, Thierry

subject:
Chemistry--Physical
Energy
Fuel Cells
Reversible solid oxide fuel cells
Solid oxide electrolysis cells
Electrochemistry
Electrocatalysis
Carbon capture and utilization
Impedance spectroscopy
Perovskites
CO2 electrolysis
Nickel
Renewable Energy

abstract:
The stability, sulfur tolerance, and electrochemical performance of Ni-YSZ (yttria-stabilized zirconia) composites and single phase La0.3M0.7Fe0.7Cr0.3O3-δ (M = Sr, Ca, (LMFCr)) perovskites, for use as fuel electrodes for reversible solid oxide fuel cell (RSOFC) applications, were investigated in detail. RSOFCs are electrochemical devices that can be operated in both the solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) modes. Although Ni-YSZ is the most common fuel electrode for RSOFC applications, it is prone to sulfur poisoning in ppm H2S levels at operating temperatures > 650 oC, thereby decreasing the rate of the hydrogen oxidation/reduction reaction (HOR/HER).
It is shown that, at ≤ 650 oC, exposure of Ni-YSZ to ≤ 10 ppm H2S unexpectedly enhanced the HOR activity, while at higher temperatures, conventional Ni poisoning was seen.  It was concluded that the activation behaviour at ≤ 650 oC was due to the formation of a catalytic Ni-S species (e.g., Ni3S2) at the triple phase boundary where the HOR/HER occurs. The sulfur tolerance of LCFCr electrodes was also investigated in H2 + low ppm H2S, with LCFCr showing the inverse behavior of Ni/YSZ. At > 700 oC, exposure of LCFCr to ≤ 10 ppm H2S activated the HOR/HER, while deactivation was seen at ≤ 700 oC. It was concluded that exposure of LCFCr to H2S at higher temperatures led to an increase in the density of surface FeO2 terminated species, the proposed active site for the HOR/HER.
The LSFCr materials were also shown, for the first time, to be very active (comparable or better than other oxide materials (e.g., La1-xSrxCr1-yMnyO3-δ)) and stable electrocatalysts in CO/CO2 gas environments in both the SOFC and SOEC reaction directions at 600-800 oC. LSFCr was shown to be structurally stable in pure CO2 and 70% CO2:30% CO mixtures at 800 oC, with no major impurities detected. Also, extensive electrochemical characterization, based on both 2-electrode and 3-electrode full and half cell configurations, showed that LSFCr was more active as an electrocatalyst for the reduction of CO2 than for the oxidation of CO. Furthermore, it was found that the surface interaction of CO2 with LSFCr (adsorption, dissociation, electron transfer) was the slowest step in the reaction, relative to oxide ion transport processes.


identifier: Hepler, C. T. (1994). On the complexity of computing characters of finite groups (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16992

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

subject:
QA 171 H46 1994
Characters of groups
Group theory
Finite groups

abstract: Bibliography: p. 106-112.


identifier: Li, H. (2006). Adaptive wavelet collacation methods for option pricing PDEs (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/553

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 187-194


identifier: Hruska, P. (2015). Neural Areas of Activation During Clinical Reasoning and Decision Making (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27078

contributor:
Hecker, Kent
Beran, Tara

subject:
Education
Education--Health
Education
Psychology--Cognitive
fMRI
Medical Education
Clinical Reasoning
Clinical Decision Making

abstract:
Background: Neural areas of activation involved in clinical reasoning and decision making were assessed using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in novice and expert clinicians as they reasoned through and assigned clinical diagnoses to sixteen different clinical cases (eight easy, and eight hard).

Results: During the clinical reasoning phase, novices had increased activation in the left anterior temporal cortex during easy and hard clinical cases, and the prefrontal cortex during hard clinical cases.  There were no significant differences in brain activity between groups during clinical decision making for the easy cases.  During clinical diagnoses on hard cases, novices had increased left anterior temporal cortex and left ventrolateral prefrontal cortex activation, whereas experts had increased activations in the right parietal cortex and right dorsolateral and ventrolateral prefrontal cortex.

Conclusion: Two modifiers of neural activation during clinical reasoning and clinical diagnoses include clinician level of expertise and task difficulty. Novice clinicians rely more heavily on semantic memory, when reasoning and as well demand more working memory (WM) when reasoning through cases. While both novices and experts demand use of the pre frontal cortex (PFC) during decision making, differences in hemispheric activations could suggest WM and supporting areas of the PFC evolve from use of semantic, factual knowledge that is rule-based guided by basic causal explanations in novices, to processes dedicating more attention to evaluative assessment in experts where comparisons between exemplars with more internal experiences are used.

abstract: 2 years


identifier: Nzekwe, O. J. (2013). The Impact of the Implementation of the Nigerian Curriculum Initiatives on Secondary School Administrators and Teachers in Enugu State (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28192

subject:
Education--Curriculum and Instruction
Curriculum
Implementation
Classroom practices

abstract:
This study explored the impact of the implementation of the new Nigerian curriculum initiatives on the professional practices of selected school administrators and teachers from 4 secondary schools in Enugu education zone. Ten teachers and one school administrator each from Anglican, Catholic, Public, and Private secondary schools participated in the study. I employed qualitative case study utilizing the constructivist paradigm. Data collection was done using a one-time 60-90 minutes face to face semi structured interviews with each participant, document analysis, and site observation of participants’ schools.
	Combining Stake (1995) categorical aggregation and direct interpretation, data analysis and interpretation was done by reading and re-reading the interview scripts, memos, and the observation field notes underlining emerging themes and categories. MacShane and Von Glinow’s (2003) MARS model of individual behaviour and performance was applied as a theoretical framework to make meaning of the emerging themes and categories.
The findings of the study showed that school administrator participants who carry heavy workload, lack institutional autonomy, lack funds to provide teacher’s needs, and are poorly paid have their professional practices negatively impacted by the implementation of the new Nigerian curriculum initiatives as they could not function well as facilitators of the curriculum implementation. Findings also showed  lack of principal’s support and motivation, work overload, poor remuneration, and lack of instructional materials as what made the implementation of the new Nigerian curriculum initiatives impact negatively on teachers’ professional practices.
The findings suggest providing teachers and administrators with relevant instructional materials, support and motivation, commensurate remuneration, and manageable workload as they struggle with the implementation of the new curriculum initiatives. Findings also suggest the necessity of allowing school administrators some autonomy in running their schools and providing them with necessary funds to achieve their goals.


identifier: Lazar, M. S. (1994). Applications of a multiresolution analysis in multidimensional signal processing (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17423

format:
xxviii, 305 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TK 5102.9 L39 1994
Signal processing - Digital techniques
Signal theory (Telecommunication)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 292-305.


identifier: Pal, Z. M. (1987). An Electrical transmission line model of a pipeline (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21497

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

subject: TK 3001 P34 1987

subject: Electric power transmission - Equipment and supplies

abstract: Bibliography: p. 117-122.


identifier: Maitland, M. E. (1996). Longitudinal measurement of tibial motion relative to the femur during passive displacements and femoral nerve stimulation in the ACL-deficient cat model of osteoarthritis (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14607

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

subject:
RC 932 M35 1996
Joints - Diseases
Knee - Wounds and injuries
Knee - Wounds and injuries - Treatment
Osteoarthritis
Cats as laboratory animals

abstract: Bibliography: p. 85-94.


identifier: Bullock, A. W. (1971). Effects of reference groups upon the formation of attitudes (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17892

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

subject:
HM 131 B84 1971
Reference groups
Attitude (Psychology)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 108-112.


identifier: Siegel, S. M. (2005). Geophysical interpretation of the Fort Simpson Basin, southwest Northwest Territories (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/163

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 102-104
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Peng, H. (2004). Hydrogen and oxygen isotope abundance variations in precipitation at Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22177

format:
xviii, 229 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 211-229


identifier: Burke, S. A. (2012). Restoring high elevation whitebark pine systems in the crown of the continent: a resilience approach (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4586

format:
xi, 171 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 145-151

abstract: Some pages are in colour.

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


identifier: Woodend, J. D. (2014). Immigrant Workers’ Perceptions of Workplace Attitudes as a Predictor of Job Satisfaction (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26450

subject:
Educational Psychology
Education--Vocational
Counselling
Immigration
Multicultural

abstract: A model predicting Canadian immigrant workers’ job satisfaction was investigated to determine potential differences due to demographic variables. There were 96 participants; 66.7% men, and 33.3% women with an average age of 34 years. Participants completed standardized measures of job satisfaction, workplace attitudes, bicultural competence, English acculturation, and social support. ANOVA and t-test analyses revealed that there were no differences in job satisfaction based on gender or age group, but that workers who had been in Canada for less than one year had significantly lower job satisfaction than those who had been in Canada for more than five years. A regression analysis showed that as workers’ perceptions of a more inclusive workplace environment and social support increased, so did their reported level of job satisfaction. Study limitations and implications for immigrant workers, career practitioners, counsellors, employers, and policy-makers, as well as future research directions are discussed.


identifier: Da Silva, C. (2021). The Genetics Underlying Male-Female Facial Sexual Dimorphism (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Hallgrimsson, Benedikt
Wilson, Warren
Cote, Susanne

subject:
Geometric morphometrics
GWAS
Facial sexual dimorphism
Anthropology
Biology
Genetics

abstract: The genetic mechanisms underlying facial sexual dimorphism are currently unknown. My thesis addresses this gap by shedding light on the genetic and biological mechanisms underlying sexual dimorphism in human facial shape, as well as normal facial variation more broadly. I evaluated the shape differences between males and females, scored their shapes for sexual dimorphism, and looked for genetic loci and genes that had significant associations with sexually dimorphic facial shape. While none of the SNPs reached genome-wide significance, testing revealed seven independent signals with suggestive associations (p < 1 × 10-5) to facial sexual dimorphism, spanning coding regions in four different genes. Three of these genes, RBFOX1, CACNA2D3 and ATP6V1E1, have previously been implicated in processes of craniofacial development. I also examined the shapes and genetic aetiologies associated with sex chromosome aneuploidies, Turner syndrome (X0) and Klinefelter syndrome (XXY), which yielded no clear indication of the role of the X chromosome in sexual dimorphism of the face. These findings support the most recent evidence that the same genes influence facial sexual dimorphism in both males and females. Furthermore, by identifying genes previously linked to normal facial variation, I provide preliminary evidence for developmental mechanisms underlying shared variation in facial sexual dimorphism between the sexes. Only by properly understanding the mechanisms underlying facial sexual dimorphism will we be able to form a complete picture of its role in human evolution.


identifier: Dersch, A. T. (2011). Past, present, and future land use of Swan River First Nation (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4285

contributor:
Kooyman, Brian P.
Yeung, Edward C.

format:
vii, 230 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 216-227.

abstract: Some pages are in colour.

abstract: Includes copy of Ethics Review form.  Original with original copy of Partial Copyright Licence.


identifier: Schissel, C. A. (1994). Capitalism and indigenous resistance: analysis of a community development project in western Guatemala (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23941

format:
viii, 187 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: HC 144 S37 1994

subject: Guatemala - Economic conditions - 1985-

subject: Economic development projects - Guatemala

subject: Capitalism - Guatemala

subject: Indians of Central America - Guatemala - Economic conditions

abstract: Bibliography: p. 165-176.


identifier: Liu, X. (2003). A robust video streaming platform over wireless networks (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16593

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 82-90


identifier: Matthews, C. (2002). The politics of division: social collectivism and free society (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18097

format:
v, 175 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 M383

abstract: Bibliography: p. 160-167


identifier: Pickup, D. H. (1998). Aggregate and agitation: an analysis of risk utilizing an example of community organization in western Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23508

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

subject:
HD61 .P53 1998
Social responsibility of business
Risk management--Canada--Calgary.

abstract: Bibliography: p. 77-84


identifier: Tsoi, R. (2007). Precise gps relative navigation for future godetic satellite formation flying missions (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1206

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 146-157
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Buccheri, M. (2012). Development of nickel-based carbon tolerant bi-layer anodes for solid oxide fuel cells (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/5066

format:
xxv, 243 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 193-206

abstract: A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is an electrochemical device that continuously coverts the chemical energy of a fuel directly into electricity and heat at high efficiency ( ~ 70 %). Of all fuel cell types, a SOFC can operate with carbon monoxide, synthetic gas and other hydrocarbon fuels. The objective of this thesis is the development of Nickel- (Ni) based anodes for SOFC that can be operated directly with methane without significant deactivation.  In the first part of this thesis, the effect of the cell support (i.e. anode- versus electrolyte-supported SOFC) was evaluated. With hydrocarbon fuel (e.g. methane), the type of support plays a significant role in determining the gas-phase composition at the anode functional layer. For the cells that are supported by the anode, Ni in the support catalyzes the cracking and reforming reactions of methane, resulting in a gas-phase composition that is more easily electrochemically oxidized at the anode functional layer. It was shown that methane is not directly converted into electricity, but the electrochemical conversion proceeds through the oxidation of hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon. Results show that the surface-chemical reactions play a significant role in determining the electrochemical activity of the anode and, for this reason, the type of support and current collector should be taken into account. Finally, the carbon that forms on a Ni/YSZ is a function of location within the anode. Specifically, the carbon that forms at the anode functional layer is reactive and hydrogenated, while the carbon that forms on the Ni support is stable and causes severe damage to the cell.  By replacing the Ni of the anode conduction layer (ACL) with either a metal (Cu) or  a perovskite-type material (La03Sr0_7 Ti03), it resulted in much improved stability in methane. The bi-layer anode - Cu/YSZ + Ni/YSZ - was operated at 100 mA cm-2 and 1023 K for nearly 5 days directly with methane. A small quantity of a reactive type of carbon was formed on the Cu/YSZ + Ni/YSZ bi-layer anode, and this carbon did not significantly degrade the cell performance.


identifier: Wu, Z. (2001). Altruism and the family firm: some theory (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20739

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 W83

abstract: Bibliography: p. 104-112.


identifier: Peters, M. M. (2014). Spatial and Temporal Evolution of Snow Cover on Landfast First-Year Sea Ice (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27843

subject:
Atmospheric Sciences
Physical Geography
Physical Oceanography
Snow
sea
Ice
Spatial
temporal
Statistics
semivariogram
kriging
Arctic
Hudson
Bay
landfast
coast

abstract: In this thesis, the spatial distribution and temporal evolution of snow depth over sub-Arctic landfast first-year sea ice in Hudson Bay, having smooth and rough microscale surface texture forms, was characterized and modeled for the late winter-to-early spring transition period prior to sea ice melt. Quantitative and qualitative in situ meteorological, snow depth, and sea ice surface roughness data were acquired and analyzed with descriptive and nonparametric statistics, bivariate linear regression, h-scatterplots, experimental omnidirectional semivariograms, and kriging. Snow cover was characterized as complexly layered. Thin/thick snow was observed over smooth/rough microscale sea ice surfaces, but were not directly correlated. Snow depth was highly variable over spatial and temporal scales, as were spatial autocorrelation decay distances. Snow depth predictions through semivariogram and kriging models were accurate for areas exhibiting gradual snow thickness fluctuations and that were densely sampled. Suggestions for future snow depth modeling were presented.


identifier: Kovitz, K. E. (1974). Comparing group and individual methods for training parents (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22627

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

subject:
LB 1051 K68 1974 Microfiche
Educational psychology
Behaviorism (Psychology)
Parent and child
Group counseling
Child study

abstract: Bibliography: p. 96-104.


identifier: Kunduraci, A. (2013). Turkish Noun-Noun Compounds: A Process-Based Paradigmatic Account (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28535

subject:
Linguistics
morphology
Turkish
Compounding
Paradigm Structure
Possessedness
Semantics

abstract: This study concerns word-formation in Turkish within the scope of theoretical morphology. I propose a paradigmatic analysis of Turkish Noun-Noun compounding and subsequent derivation within a process-based approach to morphology. I propose that Noun-Noun compounds (NNCs) such as kar ışıltı-sı (snow brightness-sI) ‘brightness of snow’ are produced by the morphological component, which is separate from both lexicon and syntax, and describe the nature of morphological operations in Turkish. This involves accounting for the semantic combination and the structure of NNCs, including the presence of the compound marker underlined above. I propose that the compound marker appears in order to create a lexeme from an N-N stem, which signals that a word-formation process has taken place. This makes -sI a derivational suffix in NNCs. I also propose that the compound marker is in a slot competition with certain derivational suffixes on the basis of non-permitted sequences in derivations involving compounding, e.g. kar tane(*-si)-li(*-si) (snow flake-(*-sI)-lI(*-sI)) ‘with snow-flake’. Namely, the compound marker and certain derivational suffixes are involved in a paradigm structure of word-formation. The proposed paradigm structure highlights the importance of paradigmatic selection in word-formation and accounts for permitted and non-permitted sequences. I also propose that the semantic rule responsible for the associative semantics of NNCs maps onto the compounding of the two nouns rather than -sI suffixation, which follows it. I further propose that the same form rule suffixing -sI also applies in possessive constructions (PCs), e.g. kar-ın ışıltı-sı (snow-GEN brightness-sI) ‘the brightness of (the) snow’. This accounts for why the same formal element appears in two distinct structures and why the sequence *-sI-sI is not allowed. Unlike the compound marker, the function of -sI in PCs is to mark the possessum: -sI in PCs is inflectional. A process-based approach to morphology, which assumes the separation of form and meaning, and treats affixes as rule elements, can easily deal with such cases. Further, I claim that -sI in PCs does not mark (3rd) Person but marks only the value ‘possessed’ of the grammatical category Possessedness in Turkish: it distinguishes possessed vs. non-possessed entities rather than 3rd vs. 1st/2nd Persons.