identifier: Inglis, K. (2014). “Delivered at Second Hand”: Translation, Gifting, and the Politics of Authorship in Tudor Women’s Writing (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25543

subject:
Literature--English
Renaissance
Translation
Women's Writing

abstract:
This dissertation explores manuscript translations made by four women of the English Renaissance and argues that these translations subvert dominant modes of discourse through the act of translation, both linguistic and inter-semiotic, and the performance of self/identity through the conventions of gift-giving. Mary Bassett (d. 1572), Jane Lumley (1537-1578), Jane Seager (fl. 1589), and Esther Inglis (1570/1-1624) each translated an existing printed text into English; each woman translated her source text on a linguistic level – from Greek, or Latin, or French into English – but also translated on an inter-semiotic level – from print to manuscript, sometimes with striking additions in terms of painting, drawing, needlework, calligraphy, and bindings. I argue that the late Renaissance offered a transitional moment in the conceptualization of translation and that each of these women recognized and exploited the ambiguities of translational authority during the period so as to maintain the ability to both claim and repudiate a politicized speaking voice.
The early modern women of this study make themselves visible through the materials and partatexts of their manuscripts and through established conventions of gifting and patronage. The particular intersection of translation and Renaissance gift-culture has been little studied, and I argue that Bassett, Lumley, Seager, and Inglis adroitly negotiate the rhetorics of translation and gift-culture in order to articulate political and religious affiliations and beliefs that were allowed no other public outlet. This particular set of translations has not previously been considered as a related group and as a whole this project offers a critical lens through which to read Renaissance translations in relation to the materiality of Renaissance gift culture.


identifier: Johnston, W. A. (1987). An Architectural evaluation case study: activity settings in a children's hospital day room (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22222

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
vi, 142 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: RA 967 J64 1987

subject: Hospitals - Alberta - Design - Evaluation

subject: Architectural design - Evaluation

subject: Children - Hospitals - Alberta

abstract: Bibliography: p. 126-129.


identifier: Wang, C. (2011). A new hybrid estimation method for the gneralized pareto distribution (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4475

format:
vii, 54 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 52-54


identifier: Gupta, A. (1991). Phase partitioning of proteins in aqueous two phase polymer systems in presence of salts (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14285

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

subject:
TP 248.25 P53 G87 1991
Proteins - Separation
Phase partition
Separation (Technology)
Proteins - Effect of salt on

abstract: Bibliography: p. 91-99.


identifier: Mohamadiniaye Roodsari, B. (2015). Applications of Power Electronics for Renewable Energy (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24972

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Nowicki, Edwin
Wood, David

subject:
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
Microhydro Systems
Distributed Electronic Load Controller
Space Vector Modulation
Photovoltaic Systems
Fault Tolerant Space Vector Modulation

abstract: The use of renewable energy sources is growing in popularity despite the world’s present dependence on fossil fuel energy. This growth is driven in part by technological improvements. One form of renewable energy, hydro power, in recent decades has found a role in small scale systems for rural villages, especially in the developing world. For such microhydro systems, it is possible to control the loading on the generator by electronic means. However, the switching nature of the power electronics introduces undesired harmonics and causes stress in the generator. Hence, a new electronic load controller topology is proposed to reduce the level of the injected harmonic content in the generator stator windings. Another issue in microhydro systems is the lack of effective generator utilization where the generator is off for much of the day or power is wasted in a dump load. Hence a novel controller is proposed, the distributed electronic load controller, installed in each household to reduce the wasted energy in the powerhouse. In a different context, solar photovoltaic power usually requires an inverter to produce AC electrical power. However, there are several challenges in the design of inverter control for photovoltaic and other applications. Modern space vector control methods while providing more flexibility as compared to carrier based methods, have become complex in their implementation. A computationally efficient, universal fast Space Vector Modulation (SVM) algorithm is proposed for the multilevel inverter. The multilevel inverter topology is becoming increasingly popular for many industry applications, but has great appeal in photovoltaic systems since multiple DC sources can be taken advantage of. However, one drawback of multilevel inverter topologies is the large number of switching devices.  This increases the probability of failure and decreases system reliability. The high execution speed and simplicity of the proposed fast SVM method is refined and extended in the case of fault tolerant systems and in the case of imbalanced input voltage and power. Simulation and experimental verifications indicate that the proposed electronic load control concepts and SVM concepts are valuable for further investigations.

abstract: 2 years


identifier: Palubicki, W. (2013). A Computational Study of Tree Architecture (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24677

subject:
Botany
Plant Physiology
Computer Science
Self-Organization
Computer modelling
Tree architecture

abstract:
Since their inception in the 1970s, architectural tree models (Hallé et al. 1978) have provided the dominant framework for describing tree forms.  An architectural tree model is viewed as a “genetic blueprint” of tree development: a precise developmental pattern subject to disruptive modifications by the environment (Hallé et al. 1978, p. 74):
Organization in plants reflects the precisely controlled genetic program, which determines their development. [...] This program is disrupted by exogenous, environmental factors.”
On the basis of extensive field data, Halle, Oldeman and Tomlinson distinguished 23 such programs and postulated that they capture the diversity of trees observed in nature.

An alternative perspective of tree form was proposed by Sachs and Novoplansky (1995). They viewed environmentally-mediated interactions – in particular, competition between buds and branches for light and space – not merely as a modifier, but as a key determinant of tree form.  According to their perspective, genetic and molecular mechanisms do not define tree forms directly, but only set up the rules for tree self-organization through competition between branches (Sachs and Novoplansky 1995):
“The form of a tree is generated by self-organization in which alternative branches compete with one another, following no strict plan or pre-pattern.”

In spite of the apparent dichotomy between both views, Sachs and Novoplansky postulated that architectural models and self-organization have a complementary character and the diversity of tree forms in nature results from an interplay between them.  Here in this thesis I examine the concepts of architectural models, self-organization, and their synthesis in light of computer models implementing these paradigms. In particular, among the results is presented a theoretical morphospace constructed by only a small number of model parameters that captures major characteristics of most of the architectural models.

Hallé, F., Oldeman, R. A., & Tomlinson, P. B. (1978). Tropical trees and forests. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
Sachs, T., & Novoplansky, A. (1995). Tree from: Architectural models do not suffice. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 43, 203–212.


identifier: Dmuchowska, N. (2014). The Art of Jaywalking: A Contemporary Approach to Interaction, Creation and Ownership in Public Space (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28010

publisher:
Environmental Design
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject:
Architecture
Design and Decorative Arts

abstract:
The recent loss of interaction in public space has been a topic of debate amongst
scholars, architects, urban planners and municipal authorities. This project was
undertaken with the initial task of increasing interaction in and within public space. It
was imperative to understand the current status of North American public spaces as
well as the psychological importance of individual and collective needs for it. A group of
radical, avant-garde artists known as the Situationist International theorized various
approaches to encouraging awareness of the spaces we dwell in and deemed the term
psychogeography: a method of re-contextualizing and learning about the urban realm
through the construction of situations. Public experience and expression were at the
forefront of their work and led to the final and most pertinent concern regarding public
space – boredom. This Master’s thesis therefore turned into a study of expression and
ownership of public spaces and is concluded with one design solution titled The
C.I.T.E.E. Project.


identifier: Metcalfe, R. Y. (1972). Transvaal in British public opinion, 1876-1881 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12040

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

subject:
DT 926 M46 1972
Transvaal - History - To 1880
Transvaal - History - War of 1880-1881
Transvaal - Foreign opinion, British
Newspapers - Great Britain
English periodicals - 19th century

abstract: Bibliography: p. 88-97.


identifier: Donnelly, S. (2016). Differentiating Sepsis-induced ARDS from Ventilated ICU Controls using Serum Metabolomics (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25711

contributor:
Winston, Brent
Vogel, Hans
Yipp, Bryan
Stringer, Kathleen

subject: Bioinformatics

subject: Biostatistics

subject: Biology--Molecular

subject: Immunology

subject: Medicine and Surgery

subject: Chemistry--Analytical

subject: Biochemistry

subject: Metabolomics

subject: Bioinformatics

subject: Serum

subject: ARDS

subject: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

subject: PCA

subject: Principal Components Analysis

subject: OPLS-DA

subject: Orthogonal Partial Least Squares-Discriminant Analysis

subject: NMR

subject: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

subject: GC-MS

subject: Sepsis

subject: Intensive Care Unit

subject: Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

subject: Metabolome

subject: ALI

subject: Acute Lung Injury

abstract:
Sepsis-induced ARDS is a significant source of ICU morbidity and mortality with no treatments beyond supportive care. Biomarker identification may help predict development of ARDS, differentiate mild ARDS from moderate/severe ARDS, identify treatment targets, and prognosticate patient outcomes. Metabolomics is a systems biology approach to examine metabolic processes and metabolites in response to physiological stimuli, such as disease.
Serum samples from ventilated ICU patients with sepsis or septic shock and ventilated ICU control patients were collected and stored in CCEPTR, an ICU tissue bank. 36 mild ARDS and 36 moderate/severe ARDS patients were age- and sex-matched to 36 ICU controls. Untargeted GC-MS and NMR were performed on ICU day 1 serum samples and last day samples of recovered patients. MVDA was used to identify diagnostic and prognostic biomarker candidates. We identified a candidate biopattern of sepsis-induced ARDS and predicted 28-day/hospital mortality of sepsis-induced ARDS using day 1 serum samples.


identifier: Cowie, B. R. (2013). Stable Isotope and Geochemical Investigations into the Hydrogeology and Biogeochemistry of Oil Sands Reservoir Systems in Northeastern Alberta, Canada (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27867

subject:
Geochemistry
Geology
Hydrology
stable isotope geochemistry
oil sands
Hydrogeology
Biogeochemistry
methanogenesis
Petroleum Geology
Heavy Oil
aqueous geochemistry
Athabasca
Alberta

abstract:
The objective of this thesis was to provide insight into the hydrogeology and biogeochemistry of the heavily biodegraded bitumen reservoirs of the Athabasca oil sands region of Alberta, Canada, using applications of aqueous and stable isotope geochemistry.
Published data were used to generate a regional map of total dissolved solids concentrations in McMurray Formation waters. To explain the regional salinity data, a revised hydrogeological model was developed that incorporates localized upward flow of formation waters from saline Devonian aquifers into the bitumen-bearing McMurray Formation via karst-derived conduits. Where McMurray Formation waters are uninfluenced by connectivity with Devonian aquifers, topographic recharge from meteoric water is the dominant hydrogeological process.
A new method was developed to determine the stable isotope composition and salinity of McMurray Formation waters from porewater samples extracted from drilling fluid-contaminated core. Mixing relationships of δ2H and δ18O values in drilling fluid and formation water were used to calculate the original formation water stable isotope composition and salinity from porewater extracted directly from oil sands drill core. Both vertical and lateral heterogeneity were observed on a reservoir-scale, and topographically-derived groundwater recharge was determined to be the dominant hydrogeological process in Suncor-Firebag lease area.
Biogeochemical aspects of oil sands systems were investigated in two studies. The first study examined the impact of variable aqueous geochemistry on oil sands biogeochemistry, specifically methanogenesis and bacterial sulfate reduction, in laboratory-scale microcosms. Changes in aqueous geochemistry induced changes in the total amount of methane generated, and in the stable isotope ratios of carbon and hydrogen of generated methane. The second
experiment measured natural abundance radiocarbon in dissolved inorganic carbon in a coal-bed methane reservoir in the Powder River Basin, Montana, USA. All samples of dissolved inorganic carbon and methane contained no detectable radiocarbon, and thus the carbon flux from biodegradation of coal was much greater than the carbon flux from recent groundwater recharge into the coal-bed aquifer system.
Improved understanding of hydrogeological processes, and better understanding of reservoir biogeochemistry will lead to better decision making by industry and regulators during the development of oil sands resources, while our society transitions away from fossil energy over the coming century.


identifier: Baradoy, G. (2012). A Physiological Feedback Controlled Exercise Video Game (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24950

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Kinesiology
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Katz, Larry
Parker, James

subject:
Computer Science
Exergame
Active Video Game
Physiological Feedback
Exercise Video Game

abstract:
Purpose: This thesis presents a proof-of-concept for the use of physiological feedback in active video games to control the heart rate of players.
Rationale: Physiological feedback controls can be used to increase or decrease the physical demands of an active video game presented to the user. We introduce DanceBeat, a physiological feedback controlled active video game, designed with the intent to control players’ heart rates.
Methods: A repeated measures crossover study was performed (n=23). Participants were exposed to two bouts of DanceBeat with target HRR zones corresponding to light and moderate intensity exercise.
Results: The Light level kept participants within target zone 87(18)% of the time whereas the Moderate level kept participants in the zone 76(21)% of the time. The 95% confidence interval for mean HRR for both levels fell within the respective target zones.
Significance: DanceBeat has the potential to be an entertaining and effective form of exercise.


identifier: MacKillop, D. L. (1973). Attitudes of potential sex educators toward sex education content (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13014

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

subject:
HQ 56 M22 1973 Microfiche
Sex instruction
Teachers - Attitudes

abstract: Bibliography: p. 91-98.


identifier: Rogers, K. J. (1981). O. D. Skelton and the formulation of Canadian foreign and imperial policies, 1922-1930 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13324

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

subject:
FC 542 R63 1983
Canada - Foreign policy - 1918-1930
Skelton, Oscar Douglas, 1878-1941

abstract: Bibliography: p. 168-178.


identifier: Dupuis, C. L. (1995). A phenomenological study of Dementia of the Alzheimer's type (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11484

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

subject: RC 523 D88 1995

subject: Alzheimer's disease - Patients

subject: Alzheimer's disease - Psychological aspects

subject: Alzheimer's disease - Social aspects

abstract: Bibliography: p. 153-162.


identifier: Hu, K. (2009). Autolearner: design and implementation of an autonomic learning system based on concept algebra (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3226

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 111-119


identifier: Morasch, L. H. (1973). Disaggregate modal split model for Calgary (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11883

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

subject:
HE 357 C34 M65 1973 Microfilm
Traffic engineering
Urban transportation
Roads

abstract: Bibliography: p. 81-82.


identifier: Eliason, P. H. (2021). Youth Ice Hockey Related Injury and Concussion: Informing Prevention Through Modifiable Risk Factors (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Kinesiology
University of Calgary

contributor:
Emery, Carolyn
Hagel, Brent
Palacios-Derflingher, Luz
Patten, Scott
Kerr, Zachary

subject:
Ice hockey
Hockey
Youth
Adolescent
Concussion
Injury
Prevention
Risk Factors
Body checking
Body checking experience
Performance
Skills
Hockey Canada Skills Test
Primary prevention
Epidemiology
Medicine and Surgery
Public Health

abstract: Ice hockey is a popular sport in Canada, yet is considered a high-risk sport for injury. To prevent these injuries, potential risk factors must be identified to inform injury prevention strategies. Further, injury prevention strategies that have been implemented should be evaluated to ensure no unintended injury consequences have occurred. In this dissertation, the potential risk factors for injury and prevention strategies in youth ice hockey are reviewed and limitations of the literature are discussed to help inform the next steps for injury prevention. The association between on-ice skill performance and injury is also examined. This will help provide a better understanding of the potentially modifiable risk factors for injury in youth ice hockey and will further aid in the development of targeted interventions. Additionally, the rates of injury and concussion among under-15 (ages 13-14) ice hockey players playing in leagues allowing body checking, but who have varying years of body checking experience is explored. Finally, the association of body checking experience and rates of injury and concussion in under-18 players (ages 15-17) are assessed. These evaluations will provide important evidence for recent and potentially future body checking policy changes in youth ice hockey. Policy permitting body checking continues to be the most relevant modifiable risk factor in youth ice hockey. A faster time on the transition agility (suggesting higher skill) was associated with a higher rate of injury among 11-17-year-olds. Among 13-14-year-olds participating in a body checking league, there were no significant differences in the rates of injury or concussion among players that had no body checking experience and those that had either 1 year or 2+ years of experience. Among 15-17-year-olds, the adjusted rates of injury and concussion were higher among those with more body checking experience (3 years) than those with less experience (2 years). These studies provide further evidence in support of disallowing body checking in younger age groups in youth ice hockey to reduce injury and concussion rates, with no adverse consequences related to less body checking experience when engaged in leagues allowing body checking in older age groups (ages 13-17).


identifier: Elsayed, F. (2014). Multi-level Delta Sigma Modulator Based Transmitters for GHz Wireless Radio Systems (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27028

contributor:
Ghannouchi, Fadhel
Helaoui, Mohamed

subject:
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
Power Amplifiers
Digital Signal Processing
Delta Sigma Modulator
Wireless Transmitter

abstract:
The delta sigma modulator (DSM) based transmitter is a promising architecture that is suitable for multi-standard wireless applications. The conventional DSM-based transmitter suffers from low overall power efficiency due to the low coding efficiency (CE) of the used two-level DSM circuits. Different approaches are reported in literature to improve the efficiency of DSM-based transmitters with the aim of being competitive with other amplification architectures. Most of the reported architectures suffer from two limitations. First, a fully digital pre-distorter is required to improve the linearity of the transmitter. This increases the complexity of the digital signal processing block and limits the applicability of these architectures for wireless mobile terminals. Second, they have a limited frequency bandwidth.
In order to improve the performance of the DSM circuit, a new multi-level complex delta sigma modulator circuit is proposed. A study of different DSM circuits is performed. The study includes Cartesian, envelope and the proposed complex DSM circuits with different circuit orders and different quantization levels.
Based on the proposed multi-level complex DSM, three new multi-level DSM-based transmitter architectures are proposed. The first architecture is a linearized single branch multi-level DSM-based transmitter. The linearity is achieved through a new simple linearization algorithm, which is proposed to replace a fully digital pre-distorter.
Then, a novel dual-branch DSM-based transmitter is proposed as the second architecture. The proposed transmitter architecture is implemented using a new technique, namely three-level de-multiplexed DSM based transmitter. The transmitter has both a high power efficiency and a high linearity without linearization schemes.
The third transmitter implementation is a wideband dual-branch three-level DSM-based transmitter. The transmitter is based on two broadband power amplifiers that are connected in back-to-back configuration.
Eventually, a new noise reduction technique is reported to improve the adjacent channel power ratio (ACPR) of the transmitted signal.

abstract: 2 years


identifier: Vernon, P. A. (1977). Developing a verbal mediation strategy in mentally retarded adults (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23492

format:
x, 96 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
LC 4815 V47 1977 Microfiche
Mentally handicapped - Education
Verbal learning

abstract: Bibliography: p. 80-84.


identifier: Botteron, C. (2003). A statistical analysis of the performance of radio location techniques (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16092

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

contributor:
Host-Madsen, A.
Fattouche, Michael

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2003 B68

abstract: Bibliography: p. 191-203


identifier: Boorboor, G. (2014). Base Region Topology of Turbulent Wake around Finite Wall-Mounted Cylinder with Application of Low Order Flow Representation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25095

subject:
Engineering--Mechanical
Turbulent Wake
Rectangular Cylinder
Low Order Estimation
Vortex Interactions

abstract: Turbulent flow topology around a rectangular cylinder with h/d=8 is characterized by either dipole or quadrupole mean wake depending on the turbulent boundary layer thickness. This study investigates the physical and mathematical mechanisms giving rise to the two distinct types of flow by considering the phase-averaged velocity field. It was found that the vortex stretching and tilting and the time-averaged representation of tilted vortex shedding are the key terms distinguishing between the dipole and quadrupole wake structures. The other objective is to develop a procedure to estimate the higher-rank low order flow based on Extended Proper Orthogonal Decomposition. Within this technique, the global velocity flow can be reconstructed with correlated surface pressure sensors to have a closer look at the mechanisms leading to dipole and quadrupole wakes. It was observed that optimum choice of sensor locations needs analytical considerations to improve the ability of pressure probes in capturing the coherent structures of interest.


identifier: Singh, R. (2018). Characterization of the Derlin protein, CUP-2, in promoting stem cell proliferation in the C. elegans germ line (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/31769

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Science
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Hansen, David
Cobb, John A.
Muench, Douglas G.
Childs, Sarah J.
Labbé, Jean Claude

subject:
C. elegans
Developmental Biology
Biology--Cell
Genetics
Biology--Molecular

abstract:
Understanding of how tissue homeostasis is maintained is not only essential for furthering our understanding of a fundamental area in Biology, but also has important implications for regenerative medicine and the design of therapeutics for human health.  The germline of the C. elegans nematode serves as an excellent model to study adult stem cells and how the balance between proliferation and differentiation is maintained in this vital tissue. GLP-1/Notch signalling is the principal pathway that promotes proliferation of Germline Stem Cells (GSCs) in this system. In this thesis, the role of a Derlin (Degradation in the ER) protein, CUP-2, in promoting GLP-1/Notch signalling-mediated proliferation of GSCs is presented. Reducing cup-2 activity strongly suppresses germline tumours caused by increased Notch signalling.  However, cup-2(0) is unable to suppress Notch-independent germline tumours, which suggests that cup-2 promotes Notch signalling specifically and not cell proliferation in general. This is further supported by cup-2’s ability to influence the expression of a read-out for Notch signalling, SYGL-1. The cup-2 gene was tagged using CRISPR/Cas9 editing with an epitope tag and CUP-2 was found to be expressed in the germ line, which is consistent with its role in promoting Notch signalling. The ability of cup-2 to promote GLP-1/Notch signalling likely represents a conserved function, since der-2, a Derlin homolog, was also found to contribute to the development of Notch-dependent germ line tumours. In fact, cup-2 and der-2 appear to additively promote GLP-1/Notch signalling. Derlin proteins are known to function in Endoplasmic Reticulum-Associated Degradation (ERAD) of proteins. Therefore, this work sheds light on the importance of ERAD in maintaining the balance between proliferation and differentiation in stem cells.
Investigation into the mechanism by which cup-2 promotes GLP-1/Notch signalling led to the discovery that cup-2 is involved in anchoring the niche cell, the Distal Tip Cell, in place in the aging gonad. This is a novel phenotype not reported before in the literature. The CRISPR/Cas9 tagged cup-2 alleles developed as part of this thesis could serve as a useful reagent for further studies in determining the mechanism by which cup-2 promotes GLP-1/Notch signalling.


identifier: Szabo, E. (2008). ACL transection and electrical stimulation training of the quadriceps in the rabbit: effects on strength and osteoarthritis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2231

format:
x, 70 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 61-66


identifier: Hickey, J. L. (2016). Understanding the Experiences of New Professional Social Workers with a History of Mental Health Concerns (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28567

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Social Work
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Ngo, Hieu
McLuckie, Alan
Jubas, Kaela

subject:
Education--Social Sciences
Social Work
Professional Development
Mental Health
Social Work

abstract: Today, for new social work professionals with a history of mental health concerns, the process of professional development and the demands of practice can present several challenges; however, little research exists on how previous mental health experience may impact professional development. This thesis explores the experience of professional identity development of new social work practitioners (N=4) with a history of mental health challenges using Jonathan Smith’s Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Results include detailed descriptions of the experience of professional identity development and participant insights into areas where social work practice may be improved. Following the results is a discussion of the research implications, including a proposed framework for professional identity development for new social work practitioners with a history of mental health challenges.


identifier: Xu, L. (2008). Electrochemical characterization and cfd simulation of erosion-corrosion of aluminum alloy in automotive coolant (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2862

format:
xvii, 107 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 99-107


identifier: Cole, G. K. (1995). Loading of the joints of the lower extremities during the impact phase in running (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11221

format:
xxvii, 226 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
RC 1220 R8 C66 1995
Running - Physiological aspects
Joints - Physiology
Human mechanics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 188-202.

abstract: The main purpose of this study was to compare the sagittal plane loading (change in magnitude and rate of change) of the joints of the support leg during the impact phase in running to the vertical ground reaction force (VGRF) and to compare these loading characteristics between subjects using a direct dynamics simulation model of the musculoskeletal system. During development of the impact model, the modelling of force production in skeletal muscle was examined, as well as the influences of muscles, soft tissue movement, and foot inversion-eversion on the impact loading of the body. Evaluation of the model with respect to experimental measurements showed that it was able to predict the peak and average rate of change of the VGRF with mean error and standard deviation of 12.4 ± 7.8% and 16.2 ± 9.3%, respectively, for five subjects. In addition, the kinematics of each subject were well represented. The results of the study suggested that muscles generally increased the external loading, but not the loading of the joints. Soft tissue movement generally decreased the external loading and, hence, the internal loading. Foot inversion-eversion generally increased the time to the peak VGRF and, as a result, decreased the rate of loading both externally and internally. The precise influences varied between subjects. Animal experiments in which repetitive loading, similar to the vertical ground reaction force in running, has produced degenerative changes to articular cartilage suggest that runners may be at risk to the development of osteoarthritis. The two results of this study that (a) the loading in the joints of the lower extremities were always less than the external loading and (b) there was considerable variability in joint loading between subjects provide possible explanations why osteoarthritis is not generally observed in runners. A third alternative is also proposed based on adaptation of cartilage to mechanical load. The model developed in this study has the potential to assist in evaluating each of the above possibilities in runners. However, further evaluation of the assumptions and parameters used in the model is first required.


identifier: Machemer, S. D. (1984). Lithofacies and diagenesis of the Cardium Formation, northeast Pembina area, Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23188

format:
xii, 169 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: QE 471 M32 1986

subject: Lithofacies - Alberta - Cardium Formation

subject: Diagenesis - Alberta - Cardium Formation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 154-162


identifier: Russell, P. W. (1984). Machiavelli and Christianity: the political manipulation of religious myth (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18742

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

subject: JC 143 M4 R86 1986

subject: Machiavelli, Niccolo, 1469-1527 - Criticism and interpretation

subject: Christianity and politics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 170-174.

abstract: Any single political theory or set of political teachings ultimately rests upon a few very basic underlying premises or assumptions regarding the nature of man and his relation to the universe. The political maxims of Niccolo Machiavelli are no exception to this rule. However, the vast body of literature available on Machiavelli generally overlooks one of the most fundamental influences upon the Florentine theorist's teachings. Dr. Anthony Parel, in a series of lectures and a forthcoming book has revealed the importance of astrology for Machiavelli's works. The a proper understanding of impact of astrology on Machiavelli's writings and precepts is of major importance yet this been almost entirely neglected. aspect of study has That Machiavelli's cosmological framework has been ignored is surprising given both the prevalence of astrological beliefs and the intense and wide-ranging astrological debates of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. As one shifts the perspective or framework of analysis, Machiavelli's teachings appear in a different light; once the fundamental principles of a body of teaching are questioned and re-examined, a reappraisal of all aspects of the author's work becomes necessary. iii This thesis will examine one aspect of Machiavelli's teachings within the new astrological framework of analysis. In particular this thesis will concentrate upon Machiavelli's conception of religion in its relationship to political power. A cursory examination of Machiavelli's works gives the impression Machiavelli levelled his harshest criticism at the Christian religion while he reserved his highest praise for the rites and ceremonies of the pagan religion of republican Rome. It would appear that, in terms of political utility, Machiavelli believed the pagan religion was a superior tool of state, and this view has been the traditionally accepted interpretation of Machiavelli's conception of religion held by subsequent political theorists. However, this thesis suggests that although Machiavelli judged all religions in terms of political utility due to his astrological framework, he believed the Christian religion to be a more effective and a more powerful tool of state than the pagan religion. Particular attention will be paid to the influence of Girolamo Savonarola upon Machiavelli's ideas and writings, and the role of millenarian "myth" as an agent or catalyst of political mobilization and reformation in order to reveal that Machiavelli's intention was to counsel the "new prince" to use and manipulate the Christian religion to obtain and maintain political power.


identifier: Lui, A. T. (1971). Initial analysis of data from the ISIS 2 scanning auroral photometer (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21360

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

subject:
QC 971 L85 1971
Auroras
Auroral photography

abstract: Bibliography: p. 119-120.


identifier: lackner, S. L. (1991). Cancer patients: the reflexivity of social support (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22915

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

subject: RC 262 L33 1991

subject: Cancer - Patients - Social networks

subject: Cancer - Patients - Family relationships

subject: Social networks

abstract: Bibliography: p. 147-155.


identifier: Cutler, M. J. (2022). The Musical Imagination: Re-imagining a Sound Education Through Musical Boundary Play (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Werklund School of Education
University of Calgary

contributor:
Sengupta, Pratim
Shanahan, Marie-Claire
Kim, Beaumie
Stark, Trevor
Azevedo, Flavio

subject:
Musical Boundary Play
Music Education
Boundary Play
Pivots and the Figured World
Boundary Object
Musical Boundary Object
Music Pedagogy
Fine Arts
Music
Education

abstract: The purpose of this study is to understand what musical boundary play can look like when beginner musicians work with professional musicians with an emphasis on composition. In doing so, my goal is to investigate how music education can be re-imagined through the lenses of boundary objects and boundary play by engaging non-professional musicians in collaborative sound creation, improvisation, and composition along with a professional musician. The literature reviewed for this research explores the epistemological perspectives connected to music education and situates musical boundary play as an alternative approach to the more prevalent paradigms of music education in K-12 settings. A qualitative multiple-case study design was chosen to seek an in-depth understanding of the role of boundary objects and musical boundary play. The study will gather relevant data using audio and video recordings of musical boundary play, artifacts, and observations. Findings from this study can offer insight to the development of a more inclusive music education and potentially yield a pedagogical framework for music education based on musical boundary play, the musical imagination.


identifier: Fallah, R. (2019). THE VOID (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: THE VOID

publisher:
Science
University of Calgary

contributor:
Jacob, Christian
Taron, Joshua M.
Hamel, Catherine
Hushlak, Gerald

subject:
Computational design
adaptive space
Reflexivity
Architecture
Computer Science

abstract:
THE VOID is an approach to thinking and creating new experiential possibilities in lived spaces. This thesis knits a series of separate threads from an array of disciplines to generate new geometrical forms of soft, dynamic and flexible borders - where bodily engagement with the environment is capable of questioning and deforming borders. These acts of design, both in digital and physical realm, are framed as a constant dialogue between form and behavior (information), where each impact the other in a reflexive manner. THE VOID manifests as a
series of original art works that exploit the link between behavior and form while animating a variety of boundaries. The text is an attempt to translate these works into writing – something that is perhaps impossible, but was nonetheless attempted. Chapter 1 of THE VOID describes some of the motivations and initial thinking behind the thesis. Chapter 2 builds out the philosophical lineage of THE VOID and connects it to a series of
architectural and art-based precedents. Chapter 3 takes a close look at slime mold as an example of THE VOID in nature and as code. Chapter 4 describes the catalog of original art works produced during the development of the thesis and serves as the closest and best approximation of THE VOID. Chapter 5 inverts the problem of THE VOID back onto the problem of human subjectivity concluding with questions surrounding being and existence.


identifier: Steffes, D. A. (1988). A Systematic wettability study of selected Alberta oil reservoirs (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20009

format:
xvii, 225 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QE 431.6 P5 S73 1988
Physical geology
Oil sands - Alberta
Petrology - Alberta

abstract: Bibliography: p. 184-188.


identifier: Fursey, L. (2005). Identification of novel interacting partners of the INK4 protein family (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12692

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 161-178


identifier: Islam, A. (2012). Geomechanical Productivity and Injectivity Modeling of Multifractured Horizontal Wells (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26287

subject:
Engineering--Petroleum
Geomechanics
Hydraulic Fractures
Stimulated Reservoir Volume

abstract:
The advances in hydraulic fracturing technology and horizontal well completions have led in recent years to rapid rise in exploitation and development of tight gas and shale plays all over the world, and particularly in North America. The popularity of new field technology has in fact raised many new questions. In particular, for forecasting the productivity and EUR of multifractured horizontal wells, it is not clear if conventional reservoir simulation concepts can be adapted for modeling or if extra physics must be included to obtain realistic solutions.
This work presents various methods to model multifractured horizontal wells in tight gas sands using a conventional reservoir simulator coupled with geomechanics. Two actual wells in the same formation but fractured with different techniques (i.e., X-link gelled water fracs and un-gelled water (slick water) fracs) are studied. Detailed investigation of the role of fracture conductivity, effects of initial permeability level, net pay thickness, assumed size of the stimulated reservoir volume (SRV), pressure or stress dependent permeability of the SRV and formation, and virgin reservoir were carried out by history matching the rate and cumulative production. It was established that i) history match is not possible without use of stress or pressure dependent permeability and ii) permeability dependence on pressure inside stimulated reservoir volume must be larger than in the rest of the formation. It was also observed that the standard method for using the same geomechanical data both in uncoupled reservoir and coupled geomechanical model will give incorrect results in terms of production.
A new method based on uniaxial deformation theory is proposed to more accurately approximate the geomechanical effects in conventional reservoir simulators without running a fully coupled simulator. The production results from the uncoupled reservoir modeling using the new method for correcting the permeability data for poroelastic effects were remarkably similar to rigorously coupled geomechanical modeling. This work will be of importance to engineers in analyzing and forecasting production performance of multifractured horizontal completions using numerical models. It will allow engineers to use uncoupled (conventional) reservoir modeling as a practical approximation of more complex coupled geomechanical models.
Same wells were used to model the injection process. History matching of the field bottomhole injection pressure using uncoupled and fully coupled geomechanical models showed the importance of including the geomechanics. Sensitivity study of several history matching parameters such as fracture permeability reduction factor, limiting length of fracture propagation and Biot’s constant was performed and its effects on injection pressure were discussed. Possibility of shear failure in the SRV during injection was also studied, using the Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion. No shear failure was detected when intact rock shear strength parameters were used, but significant shear regions were generated when failure envelope represented fractured or weakened rock.
The main contributions of this work are i) better understanding of the role of the geomechanical effects in both production and injection modeling, ii) the demonstration of the need for coupled geomechanical modeling in injection, and iii) presentation of techniques for approximating these effects in uncoupled reservoir simulation. In addition, valuable insights were gained into the mechanics of fracturing and reservoir behavior during production.


identifier: Pierzchalski, P. K. (1974). Marital resources: some variables examined (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12089

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

subject:
HQ 560 P52 1974 Microfiche
Marriage - Canada
Family - Canada

abstract: Bibliography: p. 75-79.


identifier: Mulder, K. (1994). The role of adhesins in the pathogenesis of bacterial prostatitis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17684

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

subject:
RC 899 M85 1994
Prostatitis
Urinary tract infections
Pili (Microbiology)
Escherichia Coli
Bacteria - Morphology

abstract: Bibliography: p. 113-122.


identifier: McHarge, C. P. (1988). David French and Bill Glassco: a collaboration (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17717

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

subject: PN 2053 M183 1988

subject: Theater - Ontario - Toronto - Production and direction

subject: French, David, 1939-

subject: Glassco, Bill

abstract: Bibliography: p. 152-165.


identifier: Fathi, B. (2009). A pre-placement net length estimation technique for mixed-size circuits and a feedback framework for clustering (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3117

format:
ix, 138 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 128-136


identifier: Poole, S. J. (2012). Complementarity of multi-photon states in linear and nonlinear optical interfermoters (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4880

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 79-84

abstract: Many pages are in colour.

abstract: Wave-particle duality of photons is analyzed for optical interferometry by using and extending the concept of complementarity between which-way information (W} and visibility (V}.  In the first part of the thesis I explore the duality relation W2+ V2 ?? 1, for various perfect and imperfect measurement schemes of single-photon interference.[1] The duality relation is found to hold in all cases. In the second part I introduce the concept of relative which-way information which instead is related to the conditional probability of finding a photon in one path provided another photon has been found in the same (or the opposite) path.  I demonstrate that relative which-way information is unique under the assumption that it is described by a two-particle operator. Furthermore, commutation relations then also fix the operator for relative visibility. It is shown that the duality relation holds for many-photon states as input for the interferometer.


identifier: Diller, R. (2019). Urning: Representing Karl Heinrich Ulrichs and His Legacy through the Mechanism of Theatre (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Arts
University of Calgary

contributor:
Martini, Clem
Strzelczyk, Florentine
Delong, Kenneth
Finn, Patrick

subject: Theater

abstract: The following manuscript and accompanying artist’s statement examine the process of developing the play Urning.  It explores the life and legacy of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs along with the journey to create a play that illuminates them.


identifier: Hosseini, F. (2019). Probabilistic Virtual Network Embedding under Demand Uncertainty (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Ghaderi, Majid
Krishnamurthy, Diwakar
Wang, Mea

subject:
Network virtualization
Virtual Network Embedding
Demand uncertainty
Computer Science

abstract: This thesis investigates the problem of mapping virtual networks onto physical resources where bandwidth demand is uncertain, since, in real world, traffic demands fluctuate significantly over time. Hence, we consider the problem of mapping virtual links to physical paths subject to a constraint on each virtual link congestion probability under the assumption that bandwidth demands of virtual links are uncertain. The problem is formulated as a non-convex optimization problem. Consequently, an approximate formulation is proposed and this results in a second-order cone program that can be solved efficiently for large networks. Also, an existing virtual node embedding algorithm augmented by the proposed link embedding solution is used in simulations and experiments to show the utility and efficiency of our models in various network scenarios. Our results show that both exact and approximate models satisfy the link congestion constraint, and that the approximate model is very close to the exact model.


identifier: Marsh, J. S. (1972). Man, landscape and recreation in Glacier National Park, British Columbia, 1880 to present (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24208

format:
xv, 611 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: GV 182.2 M35 1971

subject: Outdoor recreation - British Columbia - Glacier National Park

subject: Parks, National - Canada - Glacier

subject: Recreation areas - British Columbia - Glacier National Park

abstract: Bibliography: p. 582-601.


identifier: Van Dijk, T. (2005). Depression-focused recharge and the impacts of land use on the hydrology of small depressions in Calgary, Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2457

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

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


identifier: Abdi Kalow, D. (2022). Siblings of binary relations: the case of direct sums of chains, NE-free posets and trees (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Siblings of Binary Relations: The Case of Direct Sums of Chains, NE-Free Posets and Trees

contributor:
Laflamme, Claude
Woodrow, Robert
Bezdek, Karoly
Cockett, Robin

subject:
binary relations
siblings
partially ordered sets
linearly ordered sets
graphs
trees
Education--Mathematics

abstract: Two structures are called siblings when they mutually embed in each other. This dissertation mainly discusses Thomasse's conjecture and its alternate form for some binary relations. Thomasse's conjecture states that a countable relation has either one, countably many or continuum many siblings, up to  isomorphism and the alternate form says that a relation of any cardinality has one or infinitely many siblings, up to isomorphism. There is also a conjecture due to Bonato-Tardif stating that a tree has one or infinitely many siblings in the category of trees. For a tree which is not a sibling of the graph obtained by adding an isolated vertex to the tree, the Bonato-Tardif conjecture and the alternate Thomasse conjecture are equivalent. Abdi, Laflamme, Tateno, Woodrow verified the ideas of a counterexample to the Bonato-Tardif conjecture claimed by Tateno and they confirmed that the example also disproves Thomasse's conjecture.  This is a major development in the program of understanding siblings of a given mathematical structure. The counterexample is not a subject of this dissertation, however, determining which structures exactly do satisfy the conjectures  is of interest. Laflamme, Pouzet and Woodrow verified both Thomasse's conjecture and its alternate form for chains. Moreover, the alternate Thomasse conjecture was proved for countable cographs by Hahn, Pouzet and Woodrow. In order to tackle the conjectures towards posets, we verify both Thomasse's conjecture and its alternate version for direct sums of chains. We also show that the alternate Thomasse conjecture is true for countable NE-free posets which have strong connections to cographs. Moreover, making use of decomposition trees, we give a proof that each cograph is the comparability graph of some NE-free poset. In order to pose more restriction on trees related to the Bonato-Tardif conjecture, we give a positive answer to one of the open cases of a result due to Hamann. Tyomkyn conjectured that if a locally finite tree has a non-surjective embedding, then it has infinitely many siblings, unless the tree is a one-way infinite path. We  prove that if a locally finite tree has a non-surjective embedding preserving precisely one end, then it has infinitely many siblings, unless the tree is a one-way infinite path. This establishes both conjectures of Bonato-Tardif and Tyomkyn for locally finite trees which do not have non-surjective embeddings preserving precisely two ends. Finally, we give a representation of trees obtained by a technique which is similar to the Cantor-Bendixson derivative of a topological space. This representation helps us to verify the Bonato-Tardif conjecture in some cases.


identifier: Nicholl, D. (2012). Obstructive sleep apnea treatment with continuous positive airway pressure therapy improves renin angiotensin system activity (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27159

subject:
Medicine and Surgery
obstructive sleep apnea
renin angiotensin system
continuous positive airway pressure
angiotensin II
blood pressure

abstract:
Background Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is strongly associated with cardiorenal disease. Limited studies suggest that renin angiotensin system (RAS) activation may mediate this relationship. We sought to determine the effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on the hemodynamic and circulating RAS component responses to Angiotensin II (AngII) infusion.
Methods Twelve moderate-severe OSA subjects with hypoxia were studied in high-salt balance before and 1 month after starting treatment with CPAP. Mean arterial pressure (MAP), plasma renin activity (PRA), and aldosterone were measured in response to AngII (3ng/kg/minx30min, 6ng/kg/minx30min, 30min recovery).
Results CPAP corrected OSA; reduced MAP (95±2 vs 89±2mmHg, p=0.019), aldosterone (179±27 vs 115±14pmol/L, p=0.006), and protein excretion (69[39,341] vs 48[22,204]mg/day, p=0.002); and increased MAP sensitivity to 3ng/kg/min AngII (10±2 vs 15±2mmHg, p=0.019), but not 6ng/kg/min AngII or recovery. RAS component sensitivity was unaffected.
Conclusions CPAP treatment decreased RAS activity and increased hemodynamic sensitivity to AngII, supporting a role for the RAS in mediating OSA-induced hypertension.

abstract: Indefinite


identifier: Flynn, N. (2015). Postsynaptic Mechanisms of Trophic Factor-Induced Excitatory Synapse Formation in Lymnaea stagnalis (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27390

contributor:
Syed, Naweed
Turner, Ray
Ousman, Shalina
Dyck, Richard
Verge, Valerie

subject: Biology--Cell Biology--Molecular Neuroscience Physiology acetylcholine nicotinic Synaptogenesis Lymnaea MEN1 Menin Src LPeD1 VD4 MAPK ERK postsynaptic

abstract: Specialized junctions known as synapses, allow neurons to integrate into the functional networks that underlie behaviour (Colon-Ramos, 2009). However, the precise cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the formation of synapses in the central nervous (CNS) remain largely unknown. In this thesis, I take advantage of the large and individually identifiable neurons of the mollusc Lymnaea stagnalis to study chemical synaptogenesis. In Part One, I present the first direct evidence that activation of the MAPK/ERK cascade is required for the expression of excitatory nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). I further demonstrate that activation of MAPK/ERK by growth factors, may lead to the expression of the transcription factor, menin, a tumor suppressor encoded by the multiple endocrine neoplasia type I (MEN1) gene. I have discovered a novel role for menin, by demonstrating that it is sufficient to induce the expression of excitatory nAChRs in the postsynaptic neuron, left pedal dorsal 1 (LPeD1). In Part Two of my thesis, I explore a novel role for Src family kinases (SFKs) in the CNS, where they appear to be required for the clustering of nAChRs at the synaptic contact site between the presynaptic cell, visceral dorsal 4 (VD4), and postsynaptic cell, LPeD1. While SFKs are known to play a role in the stabilisation of clusters of nAChRs at the neuromuscular junction (Sadasivam et al., 2005), this is the first time that such a phenomenon has been demonstrated in the CNS. While these findings have increased our knowledge of synaptogenesis in Lymnaea, there is potential to extend these discoveries to vertebrate systems as well, due to the fact that there are many synaptic features that have been conserved across evolution (Sheng and Kim, 2011; Chia et al., 2013). While little is known about the mechanisms governing the expression and localisation of nAChRs (Rosenberg et al., 2002; Gaimarri et al., 2007), it is understood that cholinergic systems have been linked to Alzheimer’s disease, as well as certain forms of epilepsy and schizophrenia (Rosenberg et al., 2002). As such, the discoveries I have made regarding the expression and localisation of nAChRs may eventually guide us towards a better understanding of cholinergic-related synaptopathies in the brain.


identifier: Kerber, A. (2022). Exploring the role of the nurse in opioid use disorder treatment: a focused ethnographic study (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Exploring the role of the nurse in opioid use disorder treatment: A focused ethnographic study

publisher:
Nursing
University of Calgary

contributor:
Donnelly, Tam
Lind, Candace
dela Cruz, Aniela

subject:
opioid use disorder
nurse role
harm reduction
focused ethnography
Nursing

abstract: Opioid use disorder (OUD) affects people across the continuum of life, in all geographic locations, irrespective of gender, age, nationality, and socioeconomic status. From January to March 2021, 1792 opioid toxicity deaths occurred in Canada. As front-line healthcare professionals, nurses make substantial contributions toward the prevention, treatment, and management of OUD. However, little research has been conducted regarding the role and impact of the nurses working in these unique practice settings. Using focused ethnography, this qualitative study aimed to explore the understanding of the role and impact of the nurse working in OUD treatment. Individual in-depth interviews were conducted with ten registered nurses who worked across the spectrum of OUD treatment. Analysis of the qualitative data revealed six themes to better understand the role and impact of the nurse: (a) the art of addiction nursing, (b) direct patient care, (c) indirect patient care, (d) the shared experience of stigma, (e) perceived barriers, and (f) looking to the (uncertain) future. The present study offered several implications for nursing practice, education, and research. Study results identify similarities and differences of the role of the nurse working across a variety of treatment programs; future research opportunities exist to explore the role of the nurse in specific OUD treatment programs, and the role of the nurse in OUD treatment transnationally. Nurses working in this practice area are hardworking, compassionate, and deeply committed to providing high-quality healthcare to patients with OUD across various practice areas. Despite this, nurse participants emphasized perceived challenges and barriers that negatively impacted their ability to meet patient’s needs.


identifier: Manalili, K. (2022). Enhancing person-centred practice in primary care: co-designing strategies to implement quality indicators Informed by the patient perspective (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Enhancing Person-Centred Practice in Primary Care: Co-designing Strategies to Implement Quality Indicators Informed by the Patient Perspective

publisher:
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary

contributor:
Santana, Maria Jose
Scott, Catherine
O'Beirne, Maeve
Hemmelgarn, Brenda

subject:
Person-centred care
Quality improvement
Implementation science
Participatory approaches
Quality indicators
Primary care
Health Care Management

abstract: Person-Centred Care (PCC) promotes engagement with patients and caregivers to improve patient experiences and outcomes. Person-Centred Quality Indicators (PC-QIs) are quality improvement (QI) tools that support healthcare providers and organizations to identify gaps in the delivery of PCC and improve the quality of care for patients. Little is known about how to implement PC-QIs effectively so that they are adopted and used to create meaningful change in practice. We aimed to address these knowledge gaps by applying a person-centred and implementation science lens to QI and collaborate with stakeholders to inform the future implementation of PC-QIs for primary care in Alberta, Canada. The first study of this thesis was a systematic review and meta-analysis on the effectiveness of person-centred QI strategies on the management of hypertension in primary care. Our findings suggest that consistent features of person-centered QI interventions that were effective for improving hypertension outcomes included tailored communication with patients, use of health information technology, and multidisciplinary collaboration. The second and third studies of this thesis were mixed methods studies focussed on co-designing the implementation of the PC-QIs for future use in primary care in Alberta. In study two, our findings from an organizational readiness survey and interviews conducted with participants representing both Canadian system-level and Alberta clinical primary care perspectives shed light on key factors that may influence implementation. These factors included: the organization or clinics’ interest and motivation to implement the PC-QIs, resources and capacity to collect and use data for improvements, and the organizational climate for implementation of the PC-QIs, related to PCC and QI. In the third study, we conducted a consensus process with primary care stakeholders to prioritize the PC-QIs for implementation and implementation strategies that were identified, which emerged from our second study. Consensus panelists prioritized PC-QIs related to: patient and caregiver involvement in decisions about care, having a trusting relationship with the healthcare provider, health information technology to support PCC, co-designing care in partnership with communities, and overall experience. The strategies prioritized included: developing partnerships among stakeholder groups, obtaining QI resources, conducting a needs assessment, aligning measurement efforts provincially, and engaging champions.


identifier: Savard, G. K. (1983). Some peripheral circulatory responses to alterations in body temperature in man (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22156

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

subject:
QP 135 S28 1985
Body temperature - Regulation
Body temperature - Measurement
Temperature - Physiological effect
Exercise - Physiological effect

abstract: Bibliography: p. 238-266.


identifier: Crooks, R. J. (2010). Pharmacological investigations into the modulation of hippocampal theta activity by the median raphe nucleus (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3346

format:
xiii, 269 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 247-269


identifier: Turner, D. B. (2002). A comparative study of non-normative or deviant behaviours between an athletic and non-athletic high school population (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/10865

publisher:
Kinesiology
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
vii, 219 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 T875

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 125-142
Missing pages 1-2


identifier: Farassati, F. (2001). Molecular mechanism of HSV-1 oncolysis (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16568

title: Molecular mechanism of HSV-1 oncolysis

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xxiv, 328 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 F37

abstract: Bibliography: p. 265-328.


identifier: Luyendyk, M. (2004). Learning in games: an experimental analysis of how learning takes place in games with stable and unstable nash equilibria (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11910

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 79-83


identifier: Gasser, S. D. (1991). Strategic options for resolving operational and community environment issues at Canadian Forces Base Calgary (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24073

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject: UA 600.6 C34 G36 1993

subject: Military bases - Alberta - Calgary

subject: Canada. Canadian Forces Base (Calgary, Alta.) - Economic conditions

subject: Canada. Canadian Forces Base (Calgary, Alta.) - Social conditions

abstract: Bibliography: p. 133-140.


identifier: Schmidt, K. J. (1990). Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of acyclic sulphur-nitrogen and sulphur-nitrogen-oxygen anions (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/353

format:
xix, 268 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: Anions - Spectra

abstract: Bibliography: p. 259-268.


identifier: Rusnak, T. (2005). The grey film of dust (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2475

title: The grey film of dust

format:
vi, 56 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 54-56
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Fowlow, S. B. (1973). A Medical - genetic survey of a human isolate (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22679

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

relation: Additional Copy: QH 431 F68 1973 Medical

subject:
QH 431 F68 1973
Human genetics
Hutterite Brethren
Inbreeding

abstract: Bibliography: p. 123-132.


identifier: Brown, K. (1999). Reclaiming Winnipeg's history: It begins at the Forks, a design proposal (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24440

format:
viii, 96 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: HT169 .C22 W54 1999

subject: City planning--Manitoba--Winnipeg

subject: Sustainable development--Manitoba--Winnipeg

subject: Winnipeg

subject: Winnipeg--urban history

abstract: Bibliography: p. 88-96


identifier: Clary, K. N. (2011). The vinylogous aza-morita-baylis-hillman reaction and advances toward the total synthesis of cylindricine c (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4608

format:
xxxi, 467 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 444-464
Includes CD containing Appendices 2-15.


identifier: Al-Hindi, M. Y. (2010). Neurodevelopmental and Visual Outcomes of Preterm Infants with Retinopathy of Prematurity (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23130

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 79-89


identifier: Loo, R. (1975). Relationship between trait anxiety and perceptual articulation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14194

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

subject:
BF 431 L64 1975 Microfiche
Psychological tests
Anxiety
Perception

abstract: Bibliography: p. 50-54.


identifier: Abdelrahman, D. M. (2005). Polyphosphazene dendrimer and group 13 and 15 formamidinate complexes (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/86

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 110-116


identifier: MacDougall, R. M. (1988). Evaluation of a parenting group component (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15857

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 144-157.


identifier: Mackenzie, T. A. (1993). A tracery so subtle: interpretive glimpses at patterns within teachers' accounts of the problematic (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24023

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

subject:
LB 2840 M27 1993
Teachers - Alberta - Attitudes
Curriculum change - Alberta
Education - Aims and objectives

abstract: Bibliography: p. 205-214.


identifier: Cohn-Sfetcu, O. (1973). On the so-called "weak pronominals" in modern Romanian (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19103

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

subject:
PC 683 C63 1973
Romanian language - Pronoun

abstract: Bibliography: p. 67-69.


identifier: Soremi, A. (1976). The Use of mobility control fluids for petroleum recovery (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16332

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

subject:
TN 871 S66 1976 Microfiche
Petroleum engineering
Secondary recovery of oil

abstract: Bibliography: p. 109-113.


identifier: Askey, P. J. (2007). Linking ecology and angler dynamics for optimal management of a spatially-structured recreational fishery (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/895

format:
xii, 193 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 175-185


identifier: Spooner, E. (2017). Transforming Sentiment: Adam Smith, Sentiment and Nation in Eighteenth-Century Transatlantic Literature (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28509

contributor:
Oakleaf, David
Halpern, Faye
McKenney, Jenny
Perkins, Pamela
Spangler, Jewel
Binhammer, Katherine

subject: Literature--American Literature--English Philosophy sentimental eighteenth-century spectator transatlantic

abstract:
This thesis addresses points of connection among sentimental texts of the long eighteenth century that have previously been read as inhabiting distinct national literary traditions. Transforming Sentiment brings together the works of Samuel Richardson, Laurence Sterne, Sarah Robinson Scott, Charles Brockden Brown, Jane Austen, James Fenimore Cooper and Olaudah Equiano in order to demonstrate how seemingly disparate texts can be productively read to destabilize homogenous nationalist literary histories.
Transforming Sentiment argues that these British and American sentimental authors can be understood and linked together in light of theories of sympathy and disinterestedness articulated in Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) and specifically embodied by his figure of the impartial spectator. However, these theories resist being confined within national boundaries, and, consequently, these texts may be newly read as part of a transatlantic exchange, an exchange that alters the way we read sentimental texts: not as ineffective effusions of feeling but as possible alternate histories with transcultural potential.
This thesis demonstrates how these authors adapt and interrogate the figure of the impartial spectator to think about the individual and the nation’s relationship to the other—from questioning imperial conquest, through models of benevolent paternalism, to more cosmopolitan views of global citizenship. By situating these texts within a transatlantic context, this thesis reveals the internal tensions within these authors’ texts that stem from an awareness of their global membership. It also demonstrates how this transatlantic intellectual exchange shapes the way these authors think about identity, the scope of moral obligation, and politics of empire.
Transforming Sentiment argues that these authors share a collective discourse of sentiment that helps them reimagine traditional hierarchies of power and reductive social categories —for instance, these texts question the divisions between those who are recognized by the state as political participants with legal rights from those who are not. However, they mould the concepts of sympathy and disinterestedness to promote social reform according to the needs of their historical moment. By adapting Smith’s sentimental theories, these authors question constructions of nation and embrace the potential for a global theory of morality that the transatlantic offers.


identifier: Chaudhuri, S. (2019). Protein phosphatase 2A-B56 regulates mitosis by interacting with LS/TPI/V motif containing proteins (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Moorhead, Greg B. G.
Zaremberg, Vanina
Ng, Kenneth Kai Sing
Holmes, Charles F. B.

subject:
protein phosphatase
mitosis
cell cycle
protein protein interaction
Biochemistry

abstract: Reversible protein phosphorylation is an important post translational modification that controls diverse signaling pathways including the eukaryotic cell cycle signaling. Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is a highly conserved protein phosphatase that removes phosphate groups from serine/threonine residues on proteins. PP2A is a trimeric enzyme consisting of a catalytic or C subunit, a scaffolding or A subunit and a regulatory or B subunit. In humans, B56 is one of the four families of B subunits. PP2A-B56 is an important mitotic protein phosphatase that is essential for proper execution of several mitotic events such as alignment and segregation of sister chromatids. The primary objective of this study was to understand the mechanisms that controls interaction between PP2A-B56 and its mitotic interactors. This study shows that PP2A-B56 interacts with important mitotic regulators through a LS/TPI/V motif. The LS/TPI/V proteins are widespread in the human proteome and are conserved across eukaryotes. The LS/TPI/V proteins take part in multiple signaling pathways including the eukaryotic cell cycle. The interaction between PP2A-B56 and the LS/TPI/V proteins occur in an isoform dependent and phosphorylation dependent manner. Among the five isoforms of B56, B56 gamma 3 and B56 delta have a preference for binding to dephosphorylated LS/TPI/V peptides. The LS/TPI/V motif gets phosphorylated as the cell enters prophase and gets dephosphorylated at mitotic exit. This phosphorylation event is controlled by Aurora Kinase B. B56 delta has a preference for binding to LS/TPI/V proteins when the motif is dephosphorylated. This preference is contributed by the C terminal tail of B56 delta.


identifier: Sheil, P. C. (1995). Solid objects: a written accompaniment to the thesis exhibition (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17135

format:
v, 59 leaves : 13 col. slides ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
ND 160 S53 1995
Painting, Modern - 20th century
Painting - Philosophy
Sheil, Philip Colin - Exhibitions

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 57-59.
Includes slides.


identifier: Shoshan, Y. (2009). An imaging system with watermarking and compression capabilities (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3068

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 56-58


identifier: Bassyouni, A. A. (1979). A cost-effectiveness analysis of individualized and traditional methods of technical learning (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21311

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

subject: LC 1081 B37 1979 Microfiche

subject: Technical education - Alberta - Calgary - Costs

subject: Electronics - Study and teaching (Higher) - Alberta - Calgary - Costs

subject: Individualized instruction - Costs

abstract: Bibliography: p. 177-186


identifier: Ukaga, R. C. (1977). Curricular trends in Igboland: a critical analysis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15084

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

subject:
LA 1633.7 U42 1977 Microfiche
Curriculum planning - Nigeria

abstract: Bibliography: p. 135-145.


identifier: Sandberg, D. J. (1994). Not just a body: negotiating the meaning of the feminine ideal (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19273

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

subject:
BF 697.5 B63 S26 1994
Body image
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Women - Attitudes
Women - Psychology
Nonverbal communication

abstract: Bibliography: p. 146-152.


identifier: Killip, L. (2014). Transcriptional Mediators of Growth and Survival in Response to Nutritional Cues in Drosophila (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28503

subject: Genetics Biology--Molecular Drosophila Growth Survival Nutrition Signaling

abstract:
Dietary nutrition is required for growth in all animals. When nutrients are abundant, animals increase metabolism to drive growth and proliferation. When nutrients are limited, animals must decrease metabolic processes to conserve energy and promote survival. The evolutionarily conserved Insulin/PI3K and TOR pathways are two important signaling pathways involved in coordinating nutrient availability with the physiological processes that mediate growth and survival. However, the effectors that act downstream of the pathways to control these processes, particularly in vivo, are only beginning to be understood. The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is one key model system that is used to identify conserved regulatory mechanisms. In this study I explored novel roles for two transcription factors in mediating growth and survival in response to variations in nutrient levels in Drosophila.
	In the first part of my study, I explored the role of the transcription factor DREF in mediating response to high nutrient levels. I found that in conditions of high amino acid availability DREF is required for cell autonomous growth downstream of the TOR pathway. I identified the transcriptional regulation of protein synthesis and ribosome biogenesis genes as one mechanism by which DREF mediates growth. I also found that DREF expression in one larval tissue, the nutrient sensing fat-body, is required for non-autonomous growth, through a mechanism that influences systemic insulin signaling.
        In the second part of my study, I used an RNAi screen in Drosophila larvae to identify genes that are required to maintain organismal survival in conditions of nutrient deprivation. I found that loss of the transcription factor Hairy led to starvation sensitivity. I further found that hairy mRNA levels are increased upon starvation, and that this is dependent on inhibition of Insulin/PI3K pathway activity. In addition, I explored potential transcriptional targets of Hairy that may be important in mediating starvation survival.
	The results contained in this thesis further our understanding of the mechanisms used to couple nutrition availability to metabolic processes in animals. Both DREF and Hairy are conserved in humans and further studies will explore whether these proteins act similarly in higher eukaryotes.


identifier: Nathoo, S. (2009). Biophysical investigations and imaging of model e. coli systems with membrane protein clusters (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3070

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 97-102
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Ulmer, H. (2006). Interpreting corporate community relations (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/388

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 223-234

abstract: This study explores the ways in which seventeen corporate community relations practitioners experience, learn and interpret their practice. It responds to such questions as: How do the practitioners perceive their work? What are some of the contexts in which they function? What activities are they pursuing, what programs do they develop, and what meanings do they attach to them? Which experiences of their practice do they recall most vividly? How do they learn their craft? The research approach combines two traditions of qualitative inquiry (Creswell, 1998). The principle approach is phenomenology (Moustakas, 1994; Polkinghorne, 1989; Van Manen, 1997); the second is case study (Stake, 1995; Yin, 1989). Research methods include semi-structured interviewing, personal experience stories, personal journaling and participant observation. Procedures for analysing and representing the data are drawn from interpretive processes conceived by Denzin (1989a), Van Manen (1997) and Stake (1994, 1995). The study offers a constructivist learning perspective of corporate community relations practice. Drawing from anecdotes recounted by the practitioner participants, ten themes are developed: defining corporate community relations; learning from communities; transparency and accountability; learning from others; formal and informal learning; learning from failure; learning from success; emotions at work; the need for executive support; and the challenges of practice. The themes are examined within the context of existing theories about corporate community relations and experiential learning, leading to a focus on three overarching themes: community as a source of learning; the congruence of personal and professional values; and the role of emotional and interpersonal intelligences in corporate community relations practice. The overarching themes developed in the study suggest three principles that form the essential structure of good corporate community relations practice: good values are the heart of good corporate community relations practice; a primary responsibility of corporate community relations practitioners is to develop emotional and interpersonal intelligences; and socially responsible corporate community relations practitioners understand themselves and their companies as citizens of the communities and societies in which they live and work.


identifier: Kardal, J. (2022). Children and privacy in microcelebrity apology videos (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Children and Privacy in Microcelebrity Apology Videos

contributor:
Shepherd, Tamara
Keller, Jessalynn
Elliott, Charlene

subject:
youtube
privacy
children
microcelebrity
authenticity
apologies
Mass Communications
Speech Communication

abstract: In recent years, family YouTube channels have gained popularity, and have raised a number of concerns about children, privacy, and exploitation in the context of sharenting and microcelebrity. Sometimes, viewers’ concern about children’s well-being leads to backlash against microcelebrity parents. In response, these parents often release apology videos on YouTube in order to repair their image and maintain good standing with their audience. My thesis examined such apology videos to investigate how microcelebrity parents employ children’s privacy in order to repair their image and further their brand according to the ethos of calibrated amateurism. I performed a textual and visual analysis on four YouTube apology videos from two family channels, Myka Stauffer and DaddyOFive, that found themselves at odds with their viewers when their sharenting practices resulted in significant controversy. I employed both Benoit’s (2014c) theory of image repair and Abidin’s (2017) notion of calibrated amateurism as my theoretical perspectives to identify some key conventions of apology videos. In accounting for the comments on these videos, I further analyzed how apology videos are received when microcelebrity parents deploy notions of their children’s privacy as part of this image repair. I found that the conventions of these family apology videos manifested calibrated amateurism while the microcelebrity parents used the language of privacy to protect their brand image in a way that contradicted some of their previous sharenting practices.


identifier: Carstairs, R. J. (1977). Employer communication expectations of high school leavers (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14403

format:
viii, 53 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HF 5718 C35 1977 Microfiche
Communication in management
English language - Business English

abstract: Bibliography: p. 52-53.


identifier: Bhogal, H. S. (2002). Characterization of galectins in the sheep ileal Peyer's patch (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22698

format:
xiv, 231 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 B56

abstract: Bibliography: p. 210-231.


identifier: Bres, A. F. (2016). From Management to Adaptation: Designing an Organizational Learning Process for Strategic Renewal of Environmental Management at The City of Calgary (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26233

contributor:
Bohac Clarke, Veronika
Lock, Jennifer
Winchester, Ian

subject:
Engineering--Environmental
Adaptation
Complexity
Organizational learning
Complex systems
environmental management
Sustainability

abstract:
Complexity in human systems is both a phenomenon to be studied in research and a process to be applied in practice. In this study, theoretical characteristics of Complex Adaptive Systems (Holland, 2012) are applied to explore the self-organizing, or learning, capacity of a large human Organization, The City of Calgary.  The Design-based Research methodology for testing an organizational learning intervention evolved as initial assumptions were challenged and an understanding of the unique character of The City as a Complex Adaptive System emerged. Through a 16-month interventionist field study involving three different research scenarios, the researcher and participants worked together to ‘solve problems’ using the existing and emerging organizational processes and structures at The City. A design process was developed and tested for designing organizational structures for adaptation, a form of organizing complementary to existing systems-based environmental management.
Systems-based management at The City demonstrated capacity to efficiently control environmental impacts associated with the actions of operationally closed elements (Business Units) of the system, and to mitigate in non-standard conditions. An understanding of complexity characteristics of The City was used to generate a new strategic environmental adaptation framework to coordinate environmental action across operationally closed parts, in alignment with the current strategic direction of The City. Analysis of complexity characteristics of the system informed the design, including nesting of organizational structures, signal/boundaries, dynamic interactions, and a fractal interface between The City and its natural environment. The approval of the design for implementation at The City was an indicator of its validity in the full context of the Organization. An ‘executive function’ defines processes and organizational structures to ensure consistency and alignment between the parts of an Organization and to facilitate coordination of action towards commonly defined strategic goals. A theoretical/philosophical model is presented for practitioners, leaders, and researchers seeking to enhance organizational management through the application of Complexity Theory. This study is a practical example of a dynamic research process capable of having an impact on both theory development and practice, and aims to make human Organizations more adaptive to change as they work to establish non-harmful interactions with the environment.


identifier: Farah, N. (2017). Three Essays on Management of Natural Resources (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28447

contributor:
Boyce, John
Muehlenbachs, Lucija
Tombe, Trevor

subject:
Economics
Natural Resource Management
Environmental Economics
Endangered Species
Water
Unconventional Oil and Gas
Agriculture
Clean Energy

abstract:
This dissertation contains three essays on natural resource management. Each chapter discusses a topic crucial in the field of natural resource economics. The first chapter discusses the effects of a substitute on the extraction of an open access resource, the second chapter discusses the externalities arising from the production of unconventional resources, and the third chapter discusses how countries' energy consumption preference alters with free trade. Each question studied in these three chapters relates natural resource management, production, and exploration to existing economic concepts.

The first chapter studies how the rise of a mammoth ivory substitute in response to a ban on trade in elephant ivory has affected the poaching of elephants. The theoretical part shows that the early success of the ivory ban in increasing the elephant population was driven in part by increasing supply of mammoth ivory. The more recent increases in poaching appear to be driven by increasing demand and falling institutional quality. The empirical analysis finds that absent the eighty tonnes of Russian mammoth ivory exports per annum 2010-2012, that elephant ivory prices would have doubled from their $100 per kilogram level, causing the current poaching level of 34,000 elephants per year to have increased by as many as 50,000 elephants per year, out of a population of a half-million animals.

In the second chapter, exploiting highly detailed data from Alberta, Canada, I quantify the external effects of hydraulic fracturing on agricultural productivity. Hydraulic fracturing (HF), a technique used to extract unconventional oil and gas, can affect agricultural land productivity through crowding out irrigation water and labor, and by affecting soil fertility. To conduct this analysis, I use temporal and spatial variation in the count of wells, in the water used by these wells, and in the agricultural production. I find that the yield of irrigated crops decreases by 4.2% when HF wells are drilled during the agriculturally active months within the township. These effects become smaller and weaker as the distance between the township and the well location increases. This study has implications for potential spatial and temporal regulations on the use of hydraulic fracturing and its associated water use.

In the third chapter, I examine how free trade affects countries' per capita coal consumption. Coal is a leading source of green house gas emissions. Policymakers are concerned if free trade facilitates and increases the use of this polluting fossil fuel. To estimate the effects of openness to trade on per capita coal consumption, I exploit country level data for the period 1965 to 2014. Using geographical characteristics to instrument trade openness, I find that 1% increase in openness to trade decreases per capita coal consumption by 5.3%. This effect becomes more significant if the country is a coal importer. These results suggest that free trade increases countries' clean energy consumption and encourages to substitute coal with cleaner energy resources.


identifier: Dyer, A. C. (1977). Occupational organization in real estate: the Calgary Real Estate Board and the Alberta Real Estate Association (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12543

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

subject:
HD 1382 D78 1977 Microfiche
Real estate business
Real estate agents

abstract: Bibliography: p. 117-120.


identifier: Urbanska, A. M. (2011). Prolactin-mediated breast cancer cell resistance to dna damaging agents involves hsp90 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4603

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 151-180
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Furber, K. L. (2010). New approaches to identifying critical components of the calcium triggered membrane fusion machinery (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3579

contributor:
Coorssen, Jens R.
Syed, Naweed I.

format:
xiii, 162 leaves :ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 120-155
Many pages are in colour.


identifier: Coulombe, C. A. (1993). Amplitude-versus-offset analysis using vertical seismic profiling and well-log data (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20660

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

subject: TN 269 C68 1993

subject: Geophysical well logging - Data processing

subject: Seismic prospecting - Data processing

subject: Seismic reflection method

abstract: Bibliography: p. 143-146.


identifier: Jung, S. (2003). The optimization of reovirus production from mouse L-929 cells in suspension culture (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19098

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 280-289


identifier: Yang, L. (1992). A novel scheduling approach based on binary decision diagram (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20430

publisher:
Engineering
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject: TS 157.5 Y36 1992

subject: Scheduling (Management) - Data processing

subject: Electronic data processing - Electronic circuit design

abstract: Bibliography: p. 84-87.

abstract: In integrated circuit design scheduling plays an important role in determining the overall performance of a high-level synthesis system. This thesis addresses the design of an efficient algorithm to solve the scheduling problem. The traditional integer linear programming (ILP) approach handles the scheduling problem with the combination of the number of input operations and scheduling steps. In this method, the number of input variables is a product of operations and scheduling steps of each operation. Since the valid scheduling steps depend heavily on the timing constraints of the scheduling problem, the input variables and thus the computing time grow drastically as the timing limits increase. An efficient scheduling model based on the binary decision diagram (BDD) is presented. In this approach, data dependent operations in the scheduling problem are handled as a coherent group. Therefore, many redundant variables and constraint equations in ILP formulation are removed. This has significantly improved the efficiency of previous IPL scheduling computation. The experiment results show that ILP variables and equations have been reduced by approximately 10% to 30% in our scheduling model. The advantages of this method become more evident in solving large and complicated scheduling problems.


identifier: Campbell, C. D. (2018). Assessing Validity and Responsiveness of the Rotator Cuff Quality of Life Index (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32657

contributor:
Mohtadi, Nicholas G. H.
Wiley, James Preston
Bois, Aaron J.
Sabo, Marlis T.

subject:
shoulder
psychometric assessment
validity
responsiveness
quality of life
rotator cuff
outcome measurement
Psychometrics

abstract: Background: The Rotator Cuff Quality of Life Index (RC-QOL) was developed to evaluate quality of life in patients with rotator cuff disease (RCD). This study provides additional validity and responsiveness testing over a 2-year period in accordance with the Consensus-Based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN) guidelines. Methods: Sixty-six patients (mean age, 59±10) with RCD were evaluated. Methodology testing included criterion (concurrent) and content validity, and responsiveness. Results: Content validity was confirmed with a Cronbach α of 0.91 (95% CI; range, 0.92-0.95) and an absence of floor and ceiling effects. Criterion (concurrent) validity was confirmed using the Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index as a reference standard (r=0.85, p<0.001). The effect size of distribution-based methods of determining responsiveness were large (0.99-1.09) compared to mixed- and anchor-based methods (0.47-0.8). All responsiveness calculations met minimum requirements for acceptable thresholds. Conclusion: The RC-QOL is a valid and responsive measure of health-related quality of life in patients with chronic RCD. The results of this study added to the methodologic quality assessment of the RC-QOL, completing 7 of 10 COSMIN criteria.