identifier: Farshidfar, F. (2016). Metabolomic Biomarkers for Colorectal Cancer (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26885

contributor:
Bathe, Oliver F.
Vogel, Hans J
Kopciuk, Karen A
Hilsden, Robert
Buie, W. Donald

subject:
Biostatistics
Biology--Molecular
Oncology
Biochemistry
Cancer biomarker
Colorectal Cancer
Metabolomics
Prognosis
diagnosis
Staging
Mass spectrometry

abstract: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cancer in the North America. It is also a huge burden for society. Remarkable efforts have been and are being made to improve CRC diagnosis, to enhance the effectiveness of treatments, and to eventually improve the outcome of these patients. Metabolomic profiling, as a method for describing metabolic state and alterations in the molecular constituents and capable of yielding unique and invaluable information about tumor biology, has been employed. Using a range of spectroscopy and mass spectrometry techniques, we have sought to characterize the changes in the serum metabolome that appear as a result of malignant and pre-malignant lesions in the colon and rectum. In Chapter 2, Application of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy for staging CRC is described. Chapter 3 describes a larger study of 320 CRC and 31 colorectal adenoma cases as well as their matching controls by GC-MS, which led to the identification of validated metabolomic signature for identification of CRC and a proposed signature for identification of colorectal adenoma. In chapter 4, an effort for quantitative profiling of 62 CRC cases and 31 colorectal adenomas and their matching controls by tandem mass spectrometry is illustrated, and a validated quantitative signature for diagnosis of CRC is reported. Chapter 5 is dedicated to studying the prognostic value of metabolomic profiling in colorectal liver metastatic patients, and a novel workflow for estimation of recurrence risk using high-dimensional data is proposed. Challenges and pitfalls confronted in different steps of the project were addressed when possible by the use of available methods. Where no reliable method was available, we made an effort to develop one. This thesis, therefore, is focused on the metabolomic characterization of CRC and the adaptation of this knowledge for the development of clinically valuable biomarkers.


identifier: Moritz, R. (2007). Automated design of nonlinear systems using genetic programming with application to satellite communications (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/902

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 88-95


identifier: Portigal, M. (1995). School-based decision making teams: are schools ready? (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18383

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

subject: LB2806.35 .P67 1995

subject: Additional Copy: 370 EDC 1995 POR - Doucette Library

subject: School-based management

abstract: Bibliography: p. 154-159.


identifier: Kwafo, R. (2021). Landscape composition and configuration affect nest founding but not success of bumble bee colonies in agroecosystems in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Arts
University of Calgary

contributor:
Galpern, Paul
Cartar, Ralph
Vamosi, Jana
Post, John

subject: Ecology

abstract: Landscape structure influenced by land-use is likely to affect pollinator demography. Using naturally colonized nest boxes placed at 27 sites in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, I assessed demographic responses of bumble bees to the availability of resources as inferred from landscape structure (i.e., landscape composition and configuration), and examined the spatial scale that best explained responses to the landscape. I used mixed model regression analysis to model the influence of semi-natural habitat, beneficial agriculture, suburban cover, and habitat edge density, all measured in six radii (250 m - 2500 m) around colonies, on nest founding and success of bumble bee colonies. Semi-natural habitat had no relationship with nest founding and colony success. Nest founding decreased in surroundings with more “beneficial agriculture” cover (i.e., mass flowering berry crops), however, nest founding increased at locations with more edge habitats. Higher amount of suburban cover decreased nest founding. Nest founding was best explained by the landscape at a 1500 m radius around the nest, however, there was no evidence of colony success responding to the landscape at any spatial scale. I conclude that beneficial agriculture and suburban cover had negative consequences for nest founding in bumble bee populations within my study landscape. Edge habitats seemed to attract more bumble bee queens to nest and may maintain bee populations while serving as sources of wild bumble bee pollinators, who might forage within nearby commercial blueberry crops to improve crop yield.


identifier: Morrice, B. (1988). Effects of altering mechanical properties on manual tracking performance in humans with cerebellar incoordination (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12853

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

subject:
QP 379 M67 1988
Cerebellum - Congresses

abstract: Bibliography: p. 114-117.


identifier: Thompson, Austin. (2017). Evaluating For-Profit Ridesharing Regulatoins in Canada. (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Evaluating For-Profit Ridesharing Regulations in Canada

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

abstract:
The proliferation of smart phones with access to mobile data has revolutionized the for-hire transportation industry. New for-profit ridesharing firms offer taxi-style services by connecting paying passengers to a network of casually employed drivers via a mobile application. Unlike taxi companies, for-profit ridesharing firms can change their fares in real time to adjust to market conditions. The variable fare system encourages more drivers to work when the demand for rides is high, and it discourages drivers from working when they are not needed.1 This business model benefits consumers by providing an alternative transportation option that tends to cost less and arrive more quickly than comparable taxi services.2 Further, for-profit ridesharing's responsiveness to market conditions could help regulators achieve the elusive goal of matching supply and demand in the for-hire transportation market. Despite these benefits, legalizing and regulating for-profit ridesharing is ongoing struggle in many Canadian cities.
For-profit ridesharing is a unique transportation service that demands unique regulatory treatment. A survey of the economic literature suggests that for-profit ridesharing suffers from only one major market failure: asymmetric information regarding safety. Passengers are not as well informed as their driver about the safety of their ride, and therefore might benefit from regulations that impose minimum safety standards. A regulatory regime that is focused on improving safety will improve market outcomes according to economic theory. Other common for-hire transportation regulations, such as fixed fares and entry restrictions, cannot be justifiably imposed on for-profit ridesharing and will worsen market outcomes if they are.
The for-profit ridesharing regulations chosen by Canada's provincial and municipal governments are not always aligned with economic theory. An examination of four Canadian cities' regulations exemplifies a range of responses. Vancouver's ongoing ban on for-profit ridesharing is typical of many cities' reluctance to engage with the issue in timely manner. Vancouver and cities like it are missing out on the benefits that for-profit ridesharing offers. In Montreal, for-profit ridesharing services will be subject to the same regulations as taxis, including price and entry controls. This decision is misguided because price controls and entry restrictions on for-profit ridesharing do not rectify a market failure, and these policies come with an efficiency cost. The cities of Calgary and Ottawa have each adopted a regulatory regime that reflects economic rationale by focusing on safety and abstaining from entry restrictions and fixed fares. Other Canadian cities could benefit by following the model adopted by Calgary and Ottawa. That said, Calgary and Ottawa differ on how best to achieve safety for drivers and passengers. To make the most for-profit ridesharing, cities will need to be forthcoming with data that can help determine which safety regulations offer the greatest protection at the lowest cost.


identifier: McWilliams, B. (2015). Influence of Habitat Disturbances on Endemic Grassland Bird Distributions in Loamy Ecological Range Sites at Canadian Forces Base Suffield, Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26516

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject: Ecology disturbance grassland bird

abstract: Many grassland birds are at risk and habitat disturbance may have an important influence on the persistence of these species. Military bases provide an opportunity to examine the influence of habitat disturbance on grassland birds, whose distributions are influenced by vegetation structure. Spatial autocovariate generalized linear models were developed for four primary endemic grassland bird species from point count data collected in loamy ecological range sites during spring 2013 and 2014. These models indicated habitat disturbances influenced bird distribution, but the response differed among species. The strongest response was to fire; relative abundance of two species increased with greater fire impact while the other two decreased. A Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test of matched burned and unburned areas showed fire reduced remotely sensed grassland vegetation (p < 0.001). These results indicate disturbed and undisturbed areas provide a range of habitats suitable to the endemic grassland bird species studied.


identifier: Plaxton, A. G. (1974). On the distribution of the characteristic roots of stochastic and doubly-stochastic matrices (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17348

format:
viii, 71 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QA 188 P56 1974
Matrices

abstract: Bibliography: p. 68-69.


identifier: Hui, K. (2000). Molecular determinants of μ-conotoxin block of single sodium channels (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15901

format:
xx, 177 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QP321 .H844 2000
Musculoskeletal system
Muscles - Electric properties
Sodium channels
Ion channels

abstract: incomplete title - a symbol in front of 'conotoxin', not recognized in the Gencat database

abstract: Bibliography: p. 153-177.


identifier: McArthur, A. D. (1996). Inhibitory mechanisms, interference,and the attentional blink in younger and older adults (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21192

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

subject:
BF724.85 .M45 M33 1996
Memory
Memory - Ability testing

abstract: Bibliography: p. 71-77.


identifier: Peitchinis, J. A. (1970). Nonvisual deficits and posterior neocortical lesions (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17930

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

subject:
QP 443 P45 1970
Space perception
Orientation
Psychology, Physiological
Rats - Physiology

abstract: Bibliography: p. 56-60.


identifier: Raeside, R. P. (1982). Structure, metamorphism and migmatization of the Scrip Range, Mica Creek, British Columbia (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21555

format:
xiii, 204 leaves : ill., maps ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: QE 475 A2 R32 1984

subject: Metamorphism (Geology) - British Columbia - Mica Creek area

subject: Geology - British Columbia - Mica Creek area

abstract: Bibliography: p. 170-184.


identifier: Brunn, M. (2006). Curve synthesis by example (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/609

title: Curve synthesis by example

contributor:
Costa Sousa, Mário
Samavati, Faramarz F.

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 102-106
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Cameron, D. (2016). The Effectiveness of a Learning Community in Bringing About Changes to Instructional Practices in the Area of Assessment for Learning (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28071

contributor:
Friesen, Sharon
Jacobsen, Michele
Scott, Shelleyann
Koh, Kim
Steeves, Larry

subject:
Education--Administration
Education--Curriculum and Instruction
Education--Teacher Training
Professional Learning Communities
Assessment for learning

abstract:
Professional learning communities and assessment for learning have been proven to have significant impact on student learning.  However, what still remains unclear is why these practices are not resulting in improved student learning the way research has indicated.  The intent of this descriptive case study was to determine what schools and school divisions were doing to aide teachers in embracing these two practices. This study examined the following question, In what ways does a professional learning community support and enable teachers to implement assessment for learning within their daily practice?, within the context of the two sites that were being studied. Four educators from two different schools in the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan took part in the research.  From this study seven findings were revealed.  The findings include:
•	time was not provided to collaboratively discuss student learning;
•	discussions about students focused on student behavior as opposed to student learning and teacher actions;
•	support and follow through was minimal at best;
•	participants could not identify the essential work  of a PLC or key elements of assessment for learning.
The research utilized triangulation of data through participant observations, in-depth interviews and physical artefacts.  The following conclusions were attained using a Findings, Interpretations and Conclusions Matrix:
•	teachers were not able to change their philosophical beliefs because the PLC framework was not present;
•	collaborative time must be protected like instructional time;
•	teachers must be held accountable for their discussions and actions around student learning;
•	participants were not utilizing observations, conversations and products to gain a more accurate account of student learning; and
•	leadership is critical if the PLC framework and assessment for learning is to have any impact on teacher practices.


identifier: Currie-Wood, R. (2016). Playing in the Margins: Collaboration Between Local Party Organizations in the Canadian Party System (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27370

contributor:
Sayers, Anthony M.
Stewart, David K.
Thomas, Melanee

subject:
Education--Social Sciences
Canadian Studies
Political Science
political parties --- Canada
party systems --- Canada
party finance --- Canada

abstract: Collaboration between local party organizations is a peculiar organizational trait for Canadian political parties. It is peculiar because local party organizations were once conceived to be solely concerned with electoral activities in their own district, while central parties helped local campaigns in strategically important ridings. Collaboration also goes against the prevailing theory that political parties will centralize operations under new party finance law. Despite this some local party organizations in the Conservative Party of Canada began helping campaigns in other ridings. The population of financial data are assessed for the Conservative, Liberal, and New Democratic Party between 2007 and 2011 in order to determine why parties at the constituency level mobilize their own resources in other constituencies. Playing in the Margins reveals that collaboration occurs in order to better utilize campaign effort made in competitive and uncompetitive ridings, and may even be a new component of intra-party contests.


identifier: Sawa, M. R. (1996). Load-deflection characteristics of spherical inflatables (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/10942

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

subject:
Th 1099 S39 1996
Air-supported structures
Structural dynamics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 109-112.


identifier: Nixon, K. L. (2001). Domestic violence and child welfare policy: an examination of Alberta's child welfare legislation and the impact on child welfare practice (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19399

publisher:
Social Work
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 N59

abstract: Bibliography: p. 116-124.


identifier: Alshmakhy, A. B. (2012). Foamy oil behaviour and heavy oil recovery: an experimental approach (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4685

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

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


identifier: Galloway, M. B. (1978). User adaptation of wartime housing (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18047

title: User adaptation of wartime housing

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject:
NA 7241 G34 1978 Microfiche
Dwellings - Canada - Remodeling
Architecture, Domestic - Canada
Housing - Canada

abstract: Bibliography: p. 214-219.

abstract: Wartime and veterans' homes, Canada's first standardized tract housing, were studied in order to identify and describe residents' adaptations since the original construction was completed (1941-1952). The subdivisions studied ranged from 150 to 350 units, and were located in Vancouver, British Columbia; Calgary, Alberta; Ajax, Ontario; Quebec City, Quebec; Fredericton, New Brunswick; and Halifax, Nova Scotia. These locations were chosen to represent characteristic changes related to Canada's major regions. A survey of thirty families in the Renfrew district of Calgary, Alberta was done to discover types, sequence, and frequency of adaptations. The relationship between demographic changes and housing changes was also investigated. Photography and observation, supplemented by archival material and interviews, were used to record changes to the original three standard unit types. Pertinent sociological and psychological studies relating to adaptation are drawn upon.  This research found that minimum-standard small houses which were detached, surrounded by buildable land, and owned or controlled by residents, were continually adapted to accord with owners' needs and economic possibilities. Standardized house plans allowed residents to share ideas and skills needed to make adaptations. Physical and social conditions of adjacent areas influenced the type and amount of change. Stably-employed manual workers, and rural migrants to the city, who possessed the skills to make the adaptations themselves, were found to be satisfied with small incremental changes. The 300 dwelling units contained a population sufficient to foster development of shared community facilities, which increased opportunities for social participation outside the small homes. Therefore, residents were satisfied with more limited private spaces, as public spaces compensated for any lack by offering alternative places for childrens' and adults' activities. The evolution of a socioeconomically homogeneous working-class population resulted in shared values concerning family and neighbourhood standards, which encouraged permanent commitments to the adaptation and improvement of both the houses and the community.


identifier: Berg, G. (1997). Interface design guidelines for world wide web planning initiatives (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18251

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

subject: TK 5105.888 B47 1997

subject: Computer interfaces

subject: Human-computer interaction - Canada

subject: World Wide Web (Information retrieval system)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 136-143.


identifier: Shortt, M. W. (1993). The Happy Valley bison kill (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24085

title: The Happy Valley bison kill

format:
xv, 329 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: FC 3697.39 S57 1993

subject: Happy Valley (Calgary, Alta.) - Antiquities

subject: Excavations (Archaeology) - Alberta - Calgary

subject: Man, Prehistoric - Alberta - Calgary

subject: Animal remains (Archaeology) - Analysis

subject: Animal remains (Archaeology) - Alberta - Calgary

subject: Bison, Fossil

abstract: Bibliography: p. 310-326.


identifier: Harvey, G. (2018). Revisiting the Fork in the Road: Exploring the Meaning of Critical Incident Stress Among Intensive Care Unit Nurses (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Nursing
University of Calgary

contributor:
Tapp, Dianne M.
Venturato, Lorraine
Wulff, Dan

subject:
critical incident stress
critical incident stress
trauma in nursing
stress in ICU nursing
Nursing

abstract: The nature of registered nurses’ (RNs’) work in the intensive care unit (ICU) places them at risk for encountering work-related critical incident stress. Critical incident stress is a term used to describe the broad and diverse range of responses that occur following a sudden and unexpected event known as a critical incident. Critical incident stress in the context of ICU nurses has been understudied. The purpose of this inquiry was to expand understanding of the meanings of work-related critical incident stress for RNs working with adults in the ICU. This research study was conducted using an interpretive approach based on Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics. Nine ICU RNs were interviewed to gain insight and further understanding of this topic. The interpretations from this work suggested that nurses attempted to cope with critical incident stress by functioning in “autopilot,” altering their ability to critically think and conceal emotions. Critical incident stress was influenced by the perception of judgment from co-workers and by the organizational culture. Participants emphasized the importance of timely crisis interventions tailored and individualized to support those in need of assistance. The concept of co-worker support underpinned by an authentic way of being with another through relating and connecting with team members was one element of crisis intervention considered beneficial. This study highlighted that critical incident stress was transformative in how ICU nurses’ practiced and in their view of nursing. For some participants, transformation took place in the form of an altered professional self-identity. Understanding the experience of critical incident stress in the context of ICU RNs has implications for nurses, the discipline, and the health care system.


identifier: Sharpe, H. (2013). Equine-Facilitated Counselling and Women With Eating Disorders:  Articulating Bodily Experience (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25931

subject:
Education--Guidance and Counseling
Eating Disorders
equine-facilitated counselling
hermeneutic phenomenology

abstract:
Disordered eating is on the rise and our current conceptualization and treatment of such problems neglects a corporeal-relational understanding in favour of a more cognitive approach.  In this hermeneutic phenomenological study, I explore the experiences of fourteen women with eating disorders who took part in an Equine-Facilitated Counselling group.  The participants engaged in group and individual interviews that helped to articulate a language for understanding their bodily-relational experiences.
Through dialogic movement and communication with their horses, the participants were able to attune in different ways to themselves and their worlds, thus interrupting some of the habitual practices of disordered eating.  These changes in attunement occurred during moments of communion with their horses, but also had an influence afterwards, in a variety of ways that led to the creation of preferred ways of being and relating for a number of the participants.  These changes and the moments that made a difference are explored through stories pertaining to five of the women and their horses.  Implications for counselling theory, practice, and possible future research are discussed.


identifier: Hashemian, M. (1995). A computational model for assisting designers in conceptual design of mechanical devices (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22739

format:
xiii, 237 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: TJ 233 H37 1995

subject: Machine design - Data processing

subject: Computer-aided design - Research - Canada

subject: Machine design - Research - Canada

abstract: Bibliography: p. 213-221.


identifier: McKay, R. D. (2020). Cenozoic exhumation history of the northern Richardson Mountains: Results from apatite and zircon (U-Th-Sm)/He analysis (Unpublished master thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Science
University of Calgary

contributor:
Enkelmann, Eva
Hadlari, Thomas
Enkelmann, Eva
Hadlari, Thomas
Hubbard, Stephen
Eaton, David

subject: thermochronology tectonics deformation Cordillera Geology

abstract: New low-temperature thermochronology data from clastic sedimentary rocks in the northern Richardson Mountains, Canada, indicate significant exhumational cooling during late Eocene–early Oligocene time. Apatite (U-Th-Sm)/He (AHe) data were collected from 19 Proterozoic–Paleocene rocks across a 115 km transect. Eighty-eight single-grain AHe dates range from 300 ± 5 Ma to 16 ± 4 Ma but most dates (65%) range 56–24 Ma. AHe dates are generally younger than the stratigraphic ages, indicative of thermal resetting by burial. Additionally, zircon (U-Th)/He (ZHe) data were collected from two Jurassic sandstones. The ten ZHe dates range from 831 ± 12 Ma to 291 ± 4 Ma and are older than the stratigraphic age, which limits maximum burial to <160°C. Our results from thermal history modeling indicate three phases of cooling, during the Paleocene–early Eocene (>65–50 Ma), late Eocene–early Oligocene (40–30 Ma), and late Oligocene–early Miocene (30–15 Ma). Most samples were sensitive to cooling during the first and second phases, whereas the third phase is not as well constrained. The rocks were close to surface temperatures and below the sensitivity of AHe analysis since the early–middle Miocene. The results suggest a previously unrecognized phase of cooling and inferred deformation in the northern Richardson Mountains during late Eocene–early Oligocene time. Our findings contribute to previous work that recognizes Late Cenozoic deformation along the eastern margin of the Northern Cordillera, in the northeastern Brooks Range (e.g. O’Sullivan et al., 1993; 1998b) and in the Mackenzie Mountains (Enkelmann et al., 2019). We investigated the potential mechanisms of this widespread deformation and found that the exhumation may relate to kinematic changes of the North American plate relative to structural trends along the margin of the Northern Cordillera.


identifier: Smith, N. B. (1996). The role of Expo 86 and BC Place Limited in the economic and social restructuring of Vancouver's False Creek waterfront (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19524

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

subject: HT 177 V3 S65 1996

subject: Urban renewal - British Columbia - Vancouver

subject: City planning - British Columbia - Vancouver

abstract: Bibliography: p. 116-128.

abstract: Vancouver's Expo 86 was quite a party. It lasted for six months. Guests came from around the world; the final attendance figure of more than 20 million well exceeded that forecast. Visitors could explore pavilions and displays from nine provinces and territories, 54 countries, and major corporate exhibitors like General Motors (GM) and Canadian Pacific (CP). They could also amuse themselves on the many midway rides or dine at one of numerous fast food establishments, including a floating restaurant on False Creek nicknamed the "McBarge. When the decorations and the temporary pavilions came down, however, something very valuable remained -- over 200 acres of prime waterfront land. Now called Pacific Place, this tract of land is touted as one of the largest urban renewal projects in North America. The high-rise residential and commercial development under way here will greatly affect Vancouver's city form.


identifier: Wang, H. (2023). Understanding brain signal variability and why it matters in maturation from childhood to adulthood (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Understanding Brain Signal Variability and Why it Matters in Maturation from Childhood to Adulthood

contributor:
Protzner, Andrea
Iaria, Giuseppe
Dukelow, Sean
Borowsky, Ron
Kopala-Sibley, Daniel

subject:
fMRI
aging
brain signal variability
Psychology
Psychology--Cognitive
Psychology--Developmental

abstract: Blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) signal variability characterizes the inherently time-varying features of brain signal and has provided complementary perspectives into aging research. As a strong age predictor, age-related brain patterns that are associated with BOLD SD barely overlap with those from the mean BOLD signal. The three studies in this thesis elucidate what BOLD signal variability (quantified by standard deviation (SD) of BOLD time series) can tell us about brain structure and function relationships across the lifespan from childhood to adulthood. Study 1 explored the association between BOLD SD, age, and white matter development during early childhood. Across- and within-participant analyses demonstrated that white matter maturation was closely linked to alterations in brain function as measured by BOLD SD. Study 2 examined the relationship between age and brain function for healthy men and women using a context memory task. Although men and women performed equally well behaviorally, neurotypical aging showed different trajectories between the sexes; BOLD SD in women showed age vs performance trade-offs in widespread cortical and subcortical regions, whereas in men, BOLD SD patterns associated with age and performance were orthogonal and task-specific. To better understand how BOLD SD relates to other, more commonly used measures of brain function, Study 3 related BOLD SD to other metrics, some of them reflecting brain dynamics, e.g., BOLD signal complexity (quantified by multi-scale entropy), functional connectivity and dynamic functional connectivity. This work suggests that the relationship between BOLD SD and complexity is time scale dependent, with a positive correlation at fine scales but a negative one at coarse scale. The link between BOLD SD and dynamic functional connectivity preserved only part of the associations between BOLD SD and static functional connectivity, which revealed how brain signal and brain functional connectivity co-evolved over time. Taken together, these studies suggest that BOLD SD can be used to elucidate maturational-, aging- and sex-associated differences in brain structure and function. Relating BOLD SD to other measures of brain function may improve our understanding of how the dynamic features of brain states evolve across the lifespan.


identifier: Reynolds, B. A. (1989). Transport characteristics of cytoskeletal proteins during regeneration of rat sciatic sensory axons (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11592

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

subject:
QP 356 R49 1989
Nervous system - Regeneration
Cytoskeletal proteins

abstract: Bibliography: p. 126-153.


identifier: Johnson, D. B. (1963). A Functional comparison of the central retail district with two regional shopping centres in Calgary, Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20789

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

subject:
HF 5429.6 C34 J63 1963
Retail trade - Alberta - Calgary
Shopping centers - Alberta - Calgary

abstract: Bibliography: p. 106-108.


identifier: Glazier, J. (2017). Knowledge is Power: Examining the Association Between Parents’ Knowledge of Attention- Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Parenting Stress, and Symptoms of Child Anxiety (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26707

contributor:
Mendaglio, Sal
Drefs, Michelle
Brandon, Jim

subject:
Educational Psychology
ADHD
Parenting stress
Anxiety

abstract: This study investigated the roles of parents’ knowledge of ADHD and parenting stress on symptoms of anxiety in children with and without ADHD aged 8 to 12 years. Thirty-nine parent-child dyads from Calgary and Toronto were studied, with 21 dyads in an ADHD group and 18 dyads in a non-ADHD group. Results overall indicated no significant differences between groups in parents’ knowledge of ADHD scores; however, parenting stress was significantly higher in ADHD than in non-ADHD parents. Parenting stress was not a significant predictor of anxiety symptoms in children with ADHD, and parents’ knowledge of ADHD did not moderate this relationship. Parents’ knowledge of ADHD alone was, however, a significant predictor of anxiety symptoms in children with ADHD. Results of the current study suggest that additional research should focus on parents’ knowledge of ADHD as a possible risk factor for the development of anxiety symptoms in children with ADHD.


identifier: Paul, R. W. (1988). Studies on reovirus receptors (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14243

title: Studies on reovirus receptors

format:
xvi, 197 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QR 414 P38 1988
Reoviruses

abstract: Bibliography: p. 167-195.


identifier: Leckie, B. M. (1989). Integrated switched capacitor cyclic algorithmic converters (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13468

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

subject:
TK 7887.6 L43 1989
Digital-to-analog converters

abstract: Bibliography: p. 74-75.

abstract: A switched capacitor cyclic algorithmic converter circuit is presented. The cirÂcuit is capable of performing both digital to analog and analog to digital conversions using a number of published algorithms. Error sources that limit converter resolution are investigated and circuit designs that minimize these errors are described. Test reÂsults from an integrated CMOS prototype indicate that the simpler algorithms outperÂform schemes that attempt to compensate for circuit nonidealities.


identifier: Huang, S. (2009). Identification and tracing of hopf bifurcation in power systems using biproduct matrix and test function (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2652

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 84-93


identifier: Snively, E. (2006). Neck musculoskeletal function in the tyrannosauridae (theropoda, coelurosauria): implications for feeding dynamics (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/623

format:
xxxii, 445 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 383-405
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Gödöllei Lappalainen, A. F. (2017). Game-Based Assessments of Cognitive Ability: Validity and Effects on Adverse Impact through Perceived Stereotype Threat, Test-Taking Motivation and Anxiety (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26255

contributor:
Griep, Yannick
Bourdage, Joshua
O'Neill, Thomas
Thomas, Melanee

subject:
Psychology--Industrial
game-based assessment
cognitive ability
Selection
racial performance gap
adverse impact
perceived stereotype threat
test-taking motivation
Anxiety

abstract: Games offer an innovative new method for assessing cognitive ability. We hypothesize that game-based assessments correlate with traditional assessments of cognitive ability, and exhibit smaller racial differences in performance. We integrate perceived stereotype threat, test-taking motivation, and anxiety to explain how games might reduce racial differences in performance. In a mock selection situation, participants applied for a job by completing game-based and traditional assessments. Results showed that game-based assessments were positively correlated with traditional assessments (r = .35-.50), and exhibited smaller racial differences than one of the traditional assessments. We found that perceived stereotype threat mediated the race-performance relationship and that game-based assessments were associated with higher test-taking motivation and lower anxiety than some of the traditional assessments; however, our proposed mechanisms did not account for the reduction in racial differences on the game-based assessments. We recommend further investigation into the validity of game-based assessments for selection.


identifier: Whittal, J. (2008). Fiscal cadastral systems reform: a case study of the general valuation project 2000 in the city of Cape Town (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2284

format:
xxxii, 493 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 429-454

abstract: some pages are in colour

abstract:
In 2000, the City of Cape Town generated market values of approximately 550 000
residential properties in Metropolitan Cape Town, employing Computer Assisted Mass
Appraisal (CAMA). These valuations form the basis for local government property
taxation. A high level of risk and, hence, uncertainty, dominated the landscape of complex
change, such as that undertaken in Cape Town’s General Valuation Project 2000 (GV2000
Project). To guide policy and practice in complex situations, current research in the area of
fiscal cadastral reform focuses on formulating an appropriate framework for reform, with
CAMA as a primary element. This research identifies a suitable theoretical and
methodological framework for fiscal cadastral systems reform. This framework is informed
by theory which is tested in application on the case study of the GV2000 Project and
thereafter inductively extended. The main contributions of the research are in the
exploration of an appropriate philosophical paradigm for fiscal cadastral systems research,
the application of social systems theory in the consideration of the processes of property
valuation and taxation as sub-systems of a fiscal cadastral system, which in itself is part of
a larger whole (the cadastral system), and in the development of a methodological
framework for fiscal cadastral systems reform. The findings of this research are that critical
realism is a suitable theoretical basis for research in fiscal cadastral systems, that a social
systems approach facilitates a holistic investigating including both the natural and social
aspects of the system, that a pluralist multimethodological approach accommodates both
positivist and interpretivist approaches and facilitates the identification of a suite of suitable
and complementary tools for research and analysis of cases of fiscal cadastral systems
reform. A further research outcome is the inductive extension of what are understood to be
“best practices” in property valuation and taxation to an integrated, social systems, strategic
framework for reform of fiscal cadastral systems.


identifier: Wu, T. F. (2006). Lymphatic vessel function in a guinea pig model of intestinal inflammation, and the role of inflammatory mediators (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4804

contributor:
von der Weid, Pierre-Yves
MacNaughton, Wallace K.

format:
xiii, 176 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 152-169

abstract: A few pages are in colour.

abstract: Lymphatics play a vital role in the maintenance of tissue homeostasis, and are especially important in the resolution of inflammation-associated edema. Whether this function is preserved under inflammatory conditions has to be demonstrated. The aim of this thesis was to (1) develop a protocol for investigating lymphatic vessel function during gastrointestinal inflammation (2) characterize the response of the lymphatics to gastrointestinal inflammation, and (3) investigate possible mechanisms of altered lymphatic vessel behaviour under these conditions. Specifically, the role of cyclooxygenases was investigated. Experiments were conducted both in vivo and in vitro using a guinea pig model of gastrointestinal inflammation. Results showed that lymphatic vessel behaviour was indeed altered during inflammation; the degree of alteration was found to correlate with the severity of inflammation, lymphatic contractile activity was partially abolished, vessels were distended, and the amplitude of lymphatic wall constrictions was altered. Flow rate and stroke volume were also significantly reduced. These functions were partially restored by the inhibition of cyclooxygenases.


identifier: Iranmanesh, S. (2013). Removal of Naphthenic Acid from Water Using Biomass-based Activated Carbon (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27627

contributor:
Harding, Thomas Grant
Abedi, Jalal
Layzell, David

subject:
Environmental Sciences
Engineering--Chemical
Naphthenic Acid
Activated carbon
CO2 activation
Adsorption

abstract:
Abstract
In oil sands mining operations, water is an essential ingredient of the extraction process, however, it becomes contaminated through contact with bitumen at high temperature, and ultimately ends up in tailings ponds. Through repeated recycling of produced water, concentration of contaminants increases over time. Similar contamination of water occurs in oil sands in-situ recovery operations where high pressure saturated steam is commonly used to contact bitumen in the reservoir.  Some of the most troublesome of the contaminants found in the produced water are naphthenic acids, naturally occurring compounds in bitumen. Naphthenic acids are a mixture of alkyl-substituted acyclic and cycloaliphatic carboxylic acids. Studies have shown that the concentration of naphthenic acids in tailings ponds and produced water from in-situ recovery operations is substantial and that they are corrosive and toxic making their removal from water crucially important. In addition, the presence of dissolved organic compounds in tailings pond water is thought to contribute, through bacterial degradation, to the emission of methane from the ponds into the atmosphere, methane being one of the most potent greenhouse gasses.

Several methods have been reported for removing naphthenic acids from water, such as catalytic reactions, membrane separation, microbial reaction and adsorption. In this work, the removal of naphthenic acids by adsorption using activated carbon was investigated since among a variety of adsorbents, activated carbon is considered to be highly effective. Sawdust was selected as the raw material for producing activated carbon due to its abundance and anticipated low cost.  In addition, biomass-based activated carbon can play a role as a carbon sink so it can contribute to reducing the carbon emission footprint of oil sands operations.
The methods employed in this work for producing activated carbon from sawdust were physical activation using carbon dioxide (CO2) and chemical activation using phosphoric acid (H3PO4). For comparison, a commercially activated carbon was also used. The physically activated carbons were found to have lower surface area than the chemically activated carbon. In biochar production, the carbonization temperature showed the strongest effect on yield of produced biochars. Heating rate and activation time were ranked second and third respectively.   Generally a yield of around 20-30% is expected during the production of biochar from sawdust. During physical activation of the biochar, activation temperature was shown to be the most important factor affecting the surface area of the activated carbon and an optimum activation temperature of 825 °C was determined. The Langmuir Isotherm provided the best fit of experimental data for the physically activated carbons suggesting mono-layer adsorption. The Sip isotherm provided the best fit to the data for the chemically activated carbon.

Naphthenic acid adsorption tests were done at different initial concentrations, in order to obtain the isotherm for each activated carbon. In the adsorption tests, the chemically activated carbon showed greater uptake of naphthenic acid, which can be attributed to the higher surface area and increased mesopore size. It was observed that both the chemically and physically activated carbons had greater naphthenic acid uptake than the commercially activated carbon.  A removal range between 60-90% of total organic carbon (TOC) was achieved using ACs produced in this study for different concentrations of contaminants


identifier: Tavathia, S. (1991). Analysis of knee vibration signals by linear prediction (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24387

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

subject:
QM 131 T38 1991
Knee - Physiology
Biomedical engineering

abstract: Bibliography: p. 84-88.


identifier: Mowat, W. M. (1979). The Roots of real concepts: expressive talk and evolved learning processes (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16238

format:
xiii, 299 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
LB 1060 M67 1979 Microfiche
Learning, Psychology of
Concept learning
High school students - Psychology
Psycholinguistics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 259-273.


identifier: Patterson, J. E. (2009). Fracture mechanics and geochemical factors influencing the emplacement mechanisms of the stewart lithia gem bearing granitic pegmatite, pala district, San Diego County, California (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2694

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 408-476

abstract: Some pages are in colour

abstract: Two volumes , so two sets of roman numerals


identifier: Munteanu, D. (2004). A hardware programmable network processor (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21931

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 98-101


identifier: Walsh, J. (1971). Basic lines and some of their applications as distributed-RC circuit elements (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22695

contributor:
Trofimenkoff, Frederick N.
Swamy, M. N. S.

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

subject:
TK 454 W34 1971 Microfilm
Electric networks
Electric circuits
Electric lines

abstract: Bibliography: p. 146-151.


identifier: Green, T. L. (2007). An examination of male patient, wife-caregiver, and marital dyad outcomes over a three-month period following minor stroke (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1323

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 160-175


identifier: Kumarage, A. S. (1990). Intercity travel demand modelling for developing countries (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17483

format:
xx, 260 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: HE 311 D44 K85 1990

subject: Transportation - Developing countries - Planning

subject: Transportation - Social aspects - Developing countries

abstract: Bibliography: p. 237-257.


identifier: Mahdavi-Amiri, A. (2015). ACM: Atlas of Connectivity Maps (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24660

title: ACM: Atlas of Connectivity Maps

subject:
Computer Science
Semiregular
Connectivity Maps
Data Structure
Subdivision
Multiresolution
Digital Earth
Discrete Global Grid Systems

abstract: Semiregular models are an important subset of the graphical models used in computer graphics. They are typically obtained by applying repetitive regular refinements on an initial arbitrary model and, as a result, their connectivity exhibits a high degree of regularity. Although data structures exist for regular or irregular models, a data structure designed to take advantage of this semiregularity is desirable. We introduce such a data structure called the atlas of connectivity maps (ACM), which efficiently represents semiregular models resulting from various types of refinements. This atlas maps the connectivity information of vertices and faces onto separate 2D domains called connectivity maps, and handles connectivity queries within each connectivity map using simple algebraic operations or between connectivity maps using a set of linear transformations. We demonstrate the effectiveness of ACM for use in subdivision, multiresolution, and Digital Earth applications. In addition, the generality of ACM has been examined on a variety of face-types (e.g. triangles, hexagons, quads) as well as uniform and adaptive refinements. We compare the performance of ACM to various data structures including the standard half-edge, and show that the performance of ACM is better than these available data structures in supporting important queries such as neighborhood finding and hierarchical traversal.


identifier: Chung, K. W. (1970). Prime ends of simply connected domains (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17945

title: Prime ends of simply connected domains

contributor:
Holland, Antony S. B.
Ursell, H. D.

format:
67 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QA 360 C37 1970
Conformal mapping

abstract: Bibliography: p. 63-66.


identifier: MacDonnell, B. (1977). The Immigen settlement, Baffin Island: an example of post-contact Eskimo habitation structures (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14267

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

subject: E 99 E7 M145 1977 Microfiche

subject: Eskimos - Northwest Territories - Baffin Island

subject: Eskimos - Dwellings

abstract: Bibliography: p. 132-138.


identifier: Brisby, T. E. (2007). Sound community: increased community interaction through design for experience and cultural ergonomics (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2831

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 219-225

abstract: Thesis is in colour.

abstract: The contemporary global economy sees the transfer of ideas around the world; land development is no exception with more and more international firms shaping the landscape of countries other than their own. There is an opportunity for industrial designers to positively impact these developments and design artifacts for the public spaces that appropriately address and respond to their location and as a result positively affect community interaction. The goal of this project was to increase community interaction through an industrial design intervention where the design intervention is the design of a public artifact or system modified by cultural ergonomics and design for experience. This particular design solution was focused on the new residential development Charlotteville in New Providence, The Bahamas and the design solution was informed by the literature review, contact research and unobtrusive research. Analysis and coding of this research lead to a number of themes that provided the direction for the conceptualization. The final design intervention is an ensemble of four interactive musical instruments designed for outdoor use. All of the instruments are percussion in nature with three drum-type instruments and one bell instrument.


identifier: Manafu, A. (2006). Non-locality and non-separability in quantum mechanics (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/744

contributor:
Landry, Elaine
Rickles, Dean

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 100-102


identifier: Sojoudi, A. (2018). Novel Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysis Approaches for Investigations of the Dynamics of Resting-State Functional Connectivity (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32843

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

contributor:
Goodyear, Bradley G.
Smith, Michael Richard
Dukelow, Sean P.
MacIntosh, Bradley
MacMaster, Frank P.
Sotero Díaz, Roberto

subject:
functional MRI
dynamic functional connectivity
hierarchical observation modeling
regional homogeneity
Bayesian inference
Engineering--Biomedical

abstract: Spontaneous fluctuations of blood-oxygenation level-dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging (BOLD fMRI) signals are highly synchronous between brain regions that serve similar functions. This provides a means to investigate functional networks of the human brain; however, most data analysis techniques assume functional connections are constant over time. This is problematic when studying brain processes associated with aging or neurological disease, where functional connections may become highly variable. Proposed methods of examining moment-to-moment changes in the strength of functional connections over an imaging session (so called dynamic connectivity) are not well established, and there are several pitfalls in current analysis approaches. In this thesis, novel analysis frameworks are developed to address several issues associated with dynamic resting-state fMRI analysis techniques. These techniques are then used to analyze the dynamics of functional connectivity within long-range and local brain networks. Specifically, a hierarchical observation modeling approach is proposed to permit statistical inference of the presence of dynamic connectivity at any point in time. Also, a sliding-window regional homogeneity approach is developed to examine the dynamics of local functional connectivity, to gain even further insight into the global functional organization of the human brain. Finally, the proposed methods are used in a study to determine resting-state local and long-range connectivity changes related to healthy aging, and further, how these changes demonstrate that age changes the proportion of time the brain occupies certain functional states. The studies in this thesis greatly further our understanding of the functional architecture of the human brain, in terms of how local and long-distance interactions are organized both in space and time. This thesis also helps establish a framework for dynamic resting-state fMRI analysis with consistency and reliability.


identifier: Hodgan, M. (2013). A Critical Assessment of The Bridges Redevelopment Process in Calgary (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24686

publisher:
Environmental Design
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject:
Urban and Regional Planning
urban regeneration
inner-city redevelopment
city planning

abstract:
ABSTRACT

A Critical Assessment of The Bridges Redevelopment Process
in Calgary, Alberta

Supporting the development of sustainable, vibrant inner-city neighbourhoods is an essential element in contemporary city building. Extensive evaluation of ongoing city redevelopment projects like The Bridges ensures lessons learned are understood and potentially applied to future projects.

This case study of a City-led redevelopment project offers an opportunity to analyze the planning, design and implementation process for an award-winning master-planned community currently underway. It includes an examination of key stakeholders involved with its vision and implementation.

Methods
Research was conducted between the fall of 2011 to winter 2012. The study includes a literature review of relevant topics such as innovative inner-city redevelopment, City-as-developer projects, redevelopment assessment, private-public land development, and institutional memory, along with The Bridges document review, and 27 semi-structured key informant interviews.

Interviews were divided into seven stakeholder groups (City Administration, Private Consultants, PAC members, Politicians, BRCA members, Local Business owners, Private sector builders). Questions were organized around key themes that include the successes and challenges of the project, what could have been done differently, and lessons learned that might be applicable to other redevelopment projects within the City.

Conclusion/implications
Through analysing interview responses, The Bridges senior project manager’s recommendations, and a study of relevant literature and project documentation, the basis for my recommendations in this case study were formed. Recommendations are targeted to each of the seven stakeholder groups in the study. Because The Bridges is not yet completed, there may be an opportunity to use the recommendations in the final stages of its implementation.


identifier: Chouinard, K. L. (2012). Disconnect (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4999

title: Disconnect

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 22-23, 126

abstract: This creative prose poetry manuscript challenges the boundary between fact and fiction through the story of a displaced narrator and other unnamed characters, all of whom are disconnected from chronological time. Beginning in Windsor, Ontario, and continuing to Calgary, the second-person narrator interrogates the events that occur both before and immediately following her cross-country move in an attempt to feel connected to both cities. Disconnect interrogates the validity of memory and how one goes about creating a life from a handful of seemingly unrelated events, questioning whether the story is really yours if you remember it from a different point of view. The introductory essay examines the roles of autobiography, biotext, and confessional writing in contemporary Canadian women's literature through the works of Lynn Crosbie, Nicole Markotic, Damian Rogers, and others, and well as the influence of genealogy on the works of Daphne Marlatt and Robert Kraetsch.


identifier: Nesbit, P. R. (2020). 3D Geologic Mapping and Characterization Using Digital Outcrop Models Generated from Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles and Structure-from-Motion Photogrammetry (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Hugenholtz, Chris H.
Hubbard, Stephen M.
Sjogren, Darren Boyd

subject:
Geologic Mapping
Digital Outcrop Model
DOM
Virtual Outcrop
Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle
UAV
Drone
3D
Structure-from-Motion
Photogrammetry
Stratigraphic Mapping
3D
Visualization
Geography
Geology
Remote Sensing

abstract: Outcrops are a primary source of geologic information and key in developing knowledge for teaching, training, and research. Observations from outcrop exposures provide opportunities to directly characterize detailed sedimentological composition, architectural characteristics, and link observations across various scales. Conventional field mapping techniques have remained largely unchanged for the past two centuries and are commonly limited in their ability to quantitatively constrain measurements, extend observations laterally, and document features at multiple scales. Recently, technological advances in uninhabited/unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have prompted wide use in various geoscience disciplines to supplement field data with quantifiable digital information. However, application of UAVs to geologic mapping has been limited, due to unique challenges in data collection, processing, analysis, and visualization predominantly associated with intricate 3D exposures in complex topographic settings. This dissertation is focused on detailed investigation of 3D mapping, analysis, and dissemination from UAV-derived digital outcrop models (DOMs) that can potentially provide multi-scale perspectives and quantitative measurements that were previously difficult, or impossible to achieve with conventional field methods alone.


identifier: Farhan, A. (2019). Network-Level Safety Prediction Models for Long-range Transportation Planning (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary

contributor:
Kattan, Lina
Tay, Richard
Easa, Said
Waters, Nigel M.
de Barros, Alexandre Gomes
Taron, Joshua M.

subject:
Collision Prediction Models
Autonomous Vehicle
System Dynamics
Transportation Planning
Sociology--Transportation

abstract: This research develops a holistic, proactive approach for integrating traffic safety into transportation planning to effectively evaluate the network-level safety impacts of transportation plans and policies. The research enhances the regional transportation model (RTM) framework by incorporating a network-based collision prediction model (NCPM) as a fifth step in the traditional four-step RTM modelling structure, allowing the model to predict the number of collisions on major and local roads at the planning stage. In addition to traditional estimates of traffic demand, the developed integrated RTM-NCPM framework also predicts the number of collisions for base and future planning horizons. The obtained results show promise in their ability to replicate observed collision frequencies and types in the base year, pointing to the robustness of the proposed framework. The approach developed in this thesis was rigorously evaluated for various future scenarios using the City of Calgary’s RTM as a case study. A sensitivity analysis was conducted to test model performance under several congestion pricing and transit fare policies. The RTM-NCPM framework showed a decrease in Property Damage only (PDO) and fatal and injury (FI) collisions of 13% and 6%, respectively, on local roads and of 8.5% and 8.6%, respectively, on major roads when fuel price was doubled. PDO and FI collisions decreased by 8% and 5%, respectively, on local roads and by 4.1% and 3.6%, respectively, on major roads when parking costs were doubled. When transit fares were reduced by half, PDO and FI collisions decreased by 5% and 2%, respectively, on local roads and by 3.8% and 3.4%, respectively, on major roads. The research develops a system dynamics (SD) modelling approach that models future impacts of autonomous vehicles (AVs) on the number of collisions. This approach captures the complex interactions resulting from the introduction of AVs while taking inputs from the RTM model. The developed model was used to examine the effectiveness of potential future AV-related policies and scenarios in reducing collisions. These scenarios and policy changes include: higher AV penetration rates, shared AVs with higher passenger occupancy, and improvements to sensing and communication technologies. The SD model for a scenario with shared autonomous vehicles (SAVs) with an average occupancy rate of 1.4 showed an increase in collisions through the year 2060, followed by a decrease in collisions. This scenario’s results suggested that the extreme assumption regarding the highest level of SAV mode share, with an average occupancy rate of 12 and a total shift of AVs to SAVs, would result in the lowest number of collisions compared to other scenarios.


identifier: Qin, J. (1991). Capacitance-to-frequency converters (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23565

title: Capacitance-to-frequency converters

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

subject:
TK 2799 Q54 1991
Frequency changers
Capacitors
Transducers

abstract: Bibliography: p. 121-123.


identifier: Asamoah Boateng, K. (2007). Development of sulfur-resistant hydrodearomatization catalysts using fluidization chemical vapor deposition (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1667

format:
v, 285 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 167-178


identifier: Jacobs, C. T. (2021). Notch signalling in spinal cord patterning: Crosstalk and fate decisions (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary

contributor:
Huang, Peng
Hansen, David
Brook, William

format: video/avi video/avi video/avi application/pdf

subject:
Developmental Biology
Cell signalling
Spinal cord
Zebrafish
Biology--Cell
Biology--Molecular
Neuroscience

abstract: The spinal cord is a highly complex structure. During development, initially equivalent neural progenitors divide and give rise to a specific pattern of differentiated neurons. Understanding how this pattern arises would have far reaching impact, not just in developmental biology but also in the understanding of developmental disorders. Building on the decades of work from other groups, this thesis focuses on the extrinsic cues that guide pattern formation in the zebrafish spinal cord, with particular focus on the highly conserved Notch signalling pathway. The major, and most well studied, role of Notch signalling during neural development is progenitor maintenance. This thesis explores the additional roles of Notch signalling in signalling crosstalk and cell fate decisions. The action of Hedgehog signalling during spinal cord development is well characterised, providing the spatial information to drive the patterning of the ventral neural progenitors. In chapter two, I reveal a novel mechanism by which Notch signalling maintains Hedgehog response in spinal cord progenitors. This occurs at the level of the Gli family of downstream transcription factors, not at the primary cilia as previous reports suggest. This raises the interesting question of whether the Notch mediated control of Hh signalling is providing the instructive cues that guide fate determination in the ventral spinal cord. In chapter three, I analyse this through examining the Notch signalling dynamics of the lateral floor plate domain. This reveals that different cell types in the lateral floor plate display discrete durations of Notch signalling. It is the duration of Notch signalling that instructs cell fate determination, as prolonged exposure is required for the later-born cell fates. How the neighbouring progenitors in the lateral floor plate temporally restrict their Notch response remains an open question, though it is likely mediated through differential ligand-receptor interactions. Collectively, this thesis highlights the pleiotropic nature of Notch signalling during neural development. Alongside the classical involvement in progenitor maintenance, Notch signalling also functions to maintain cellular response to key developmental signals and directly guide cell fate decisions.


identifier: Sainty, G. E. (1968). Some predictors of success in a course for academic upgrading of adults at a Canadian vocational training centre (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22545

format:
xii, 127 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
LB 1134 S33 1968 Microfilm
Prediction of scholastic success
Dropouts
Adult education

abstract: Bibliography: p. 76-81.


identifier: Wagner, G. W. (1988). A Phenomenological study of caregiver loss by death of a patient, client or parishioner (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11377

format:
viii, 208 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
BF 789 D4 W34 1988
Caregivers - Attitudes
Death - Psychological aspects

abstract: Bibliography: p. 200-208.


identifier: Ross, M. (1986). Protection des terres agricoles et zonage agricole: une etude comparee des cas de la Colombie-Britannique, du Quebec et de l'Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14720

format:
x, 232 leaves : maps ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
S 451.5 A1 R66 1987
Agricultural ecology - British Columbia
Agricultural ecology - Alberta
Agricultural ecology - Quebec

abstract: Bibliography: p. 222-232.


identifier: Titchener, G. E. (1990). Maritime transportation and the structure of international trade in the eastern Caribbean (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12357

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

subject:
HD 1496.5 T58 1990
International trade
Caribbean, Eastern - Commerce
Shipping - Caribbean, Eastern

abstract: Bibliography: p. 254-263.


identifier: Kline, T. J. (1990). Aspects of tactical and strategic decision-making at middle and upper managerial levels (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24106

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

subject:
HD 30.23 K57 1990
Decision-making - Psychological aspects
Executives - Attitudes

abstract: Bibliography: p. 163-175.


identifier: Proctor, H. C. (1988). The Life history and predatory biology of unionicola crassipes (Muller) (Arcari : unionicolidae) in an Albertan foothills pond (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17769

format:
xi, 284 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QL 458.2 U5 P76 1988
Water mites
Ponds - Alberta - Environmental aspects

abstract: Bibliography: p. 265-284.


identifier: Cabral e Silva, R. R. (2016). Heavy Oil Recovery by Gas Assisted Gravity Drainage in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26347

contributor:
Maini, Brij
Sarma, Hemanta
Hassanzadeh, Hassan
Hejazi, Hossein
Lines, Laurence
Rao, Dandina

subject:
Engineering--Chemical
Engineering--Petroleum
Reservoir Engineer
EOR
GAGD
Gas Injection

abstract:
Most of the consolidated rock reservoirs are to some extent naturally fractured, but when the fractures do not affect the fluid flow, they are not taken in account and the reservoirs can be modelled as conventional reservoirs. However, in some reservoirs the fractures play a large role in the fluid flow. In such cases, the fracture properties must be considered in modeling the flow processes and the reservoir must be modelled as a naturally fractured reservoir (NFR).
The exploitation activity related to the NFR, is often limited to the primary recovery. Only recently, the industry has started to implement Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) techniques in such reservoirs. With advancements in the data acquisition technologies, it is now possible to determine the fracture direction, length, thickness, morphology and angle. Such information is crucial for the implementation of EOR processes in NFRs.
The laboratory modelling of EOR processes in NFRs is also challenging and the models used in the past were limited in terms of the number and the direction of the fractures. This work has developed a physical model that can mimic various multi-fractured systems and work at high pressures and elevated temperature. This model was used to investigate the performance of the gas injection under different conditions of injection rate and operating pressure. The operating pressure covered the range over which the gas moves from being immiscible with the oil to achieving first contact miscibility with the oil.
In terms of recovery, the results were good in all tests and the oil recovery factor achieved ranged from 37 % to 43%, showing that even in a multi fractured system the oil can be recovered by gravity drainage and solvent extraction. The increase in pressure from immiscible conditions to first contact miscible condition resulted only in a modest increase in recovery. The effect of gas injection rate on recovery performance was significant for immiscible runs but at pressures higher than the minimum miscibility pressure the recovery factor versus pore volumes injected curve was not significantly affected by the injection rate.
 This analysis of recovery performance was complemented by using a numerical simulation model for investigating the effects of parameters that could not be changed easily in the experiment model. A sensitivity analysis was performed to see which parameters affect the recovery more strongly. It showed that the recovery is very sensitive to matrix capillary pressure. Other parameters that affect the performance significantly include matrix wettability and fracture spacing. These results showed that the simulator can provide good production forecasts, but accurate representation of all physical phenomena, such as asphaltene precipitation and matrix-fracture interaction, would require fine grid simulation and a huge amount of numerical work.


identifier: Jolly, S. A. (2012). Automated testing of an industrial supervisory control and data acquisition (scada) software system (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/5096

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abstract: Bibliography: p. 161-166

abstract: This MSc project involved the application of two empirical software engineering approaches, case study and action research, during the systematic testing of a part of an evolving industrial SCADA software system. We performed black-box unit testing (BBUT) on this system according to the developers' requirement where we assess sect the behavior of 57 functions from the system-requirements perspective. Because of the inefficiency of a ailable te ting tools in our context, a customized BBUT tool, AutoBBUT, was developed. This was utilized as a part of this research to automatically generate NUnit test cases satisfying equivalence class partitioning, boundary value analysis and n-way testing. Afterward, we applied two white-box testing technique , code coverage measurement and mutation testing to verify and enhance the strength of these test cases. Finally, effectiveness of symbol and branch coverage was empirically evaluated based on their fault detection ability~ branch coverage was observed having more fault detection ability.


identifier: Bouchet-Bert, L. (2002). When humans entered the northern forests: an archaeological and palaeoenvironmental perspective (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11596

format:
xi, 166 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject: AC1 .T484 2002 B68

abstract: Bibliography: p. 140-161.


identifier: Fetherston, D. W. (1976). Food consumption patterns of the students of a senior high school in a large urban school district (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23524

format:
xi, 108 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
TX 361 Y6 F46 1976 Microfiche
Youth - Nutrition
Nutritional surveys - Alberta - Calgary

abstract: Bibliography: p. 94-96.


identifier: Thomas, C. (2016). A Prospective Study of the Relationship between Peritraumatic Distress and Attentional Avoidance of Trauma-Relevant Threat in the Prediction of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24986

publisher:
Arts
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Sears, Christopher
Bui, Eric
Dyck, Richard
Dobson, Keith

subject:
Psychology--Clinical
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Attentional Bias
Peritraumatic distress

abstract:
The purpose of this prospective study was to increase what is known about the relationship between peritraumatic distress and threat-related attentional bias to non-recovery from trauma exposure, with the goal of improving post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) risk identification in a hospital emergency department setting. To do so, attentional bias and peritraumatic distress were assessed in physical assault and motor vehicle accident survivors within six hours of hospitalization, and PTSD symptom assessment was then conducted at 1- and 3-months post- trauma exposure. Primary analyses examined the role of attentional bias and peritraumatic distress in the development of PTSD symptoms, whereas secondary analyses explored the relationship between peritraumatic distress and threat-related attentional bias to independent symptom clusters comprising PTSD as a syndrome, as well as the moderating effect of blood alcohol presence on symptom prediction. Key results revealed that peritraumatic distress predicted 1-month symptoms in the study’s sample, and provided some degree of indication that attentional threat avoidance following acute trauma exposure may be related to greater 1-month PTSD symptoms. Although these variables emerged to be independent of one another, results point to the need for further investigation into the potential utility of combining peritraumatic distress and attentional bias as a screening protocol in an emergency room setting. Further, results revealed that baseline PTSD symptoms predicted greater peritraumatic distress severity, thereby offering novel insight with respect to pathways by which prior trauma exposure increases PTSD risk. Finally, it was found that peritraumatic distress and attentional bias have distinct relationships with the individual PTSD symptom clusters, and that each of these may hold different implications with respect to PTSD symptom heterogeneity. Considered together, the results contribute to researchers’ and clinicians’
understanding of PTSD onset and chronicity.


identifier: Ling, S. (2004). Regulation of large conductance calcium-activated potassium channel by protein tyrosine phosphorylation and SNARE protein syntaxin 1A (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22198

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xxii, 243 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 184-241


identifier: Buhr, J. R. (1986). Pursuit of a vision: persistence and accommodation among Coaldale Mennonites from the mid-nineteen twenties to World War II (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/10851

format:
vi, 263 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject: FC 3700 M4 B83 1987

subject: Mennonites - Alberta - Coaldale - History

subject: Coaldale (Alta.) - History

abstract: Bibliography: p. 248-261.


identifier: Fow Low, L. D. (1992). Duality and dream: A children's arts centre in the spirit of lewis carrol (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22777

format:
vii, 99 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 31-34


identifier: Rehman, M. (1976). A Study of multiple-inlet valveless pulsed-combustor (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21419

format:
xiii, 221 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TJ 254.5 R44 1976 Microfiche
Combustion engineering

abstract: Bibliography: p. 191-199.


identifier: Nickle, T. C. (1993). Conversion failure in Daucus carota: an investigation of the role of abscisic acid (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16104

format:
x, 126 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
QK 495 U48 N52 1993
Carrots - Morphogenesis
Botany - Embryology
Plant propagation
Abscisic acid

abstract: Bibliography: p. 118-126.


identifier: Boyd, J. M. (2018) Development and Evaluation of Risk Models to Predict Readmission or Death Following Discharge from an Adult General Systems Intensive Care Unit (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32355

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

contributor:
Stelfox, Henry Thomas
James, Matthew T.
Zuege, Danny J.

subject:
critical care
intensive care unit
transitions of patient care
prediction models
readmission
in-hospital mortality
meta-analysis
logistic regression
Health Care Management

abstract: Transitions of care from intensive care unit (ICU) to ward are high-risk periods of healthcare delivery associated with ICU readmission and post-ICU mortality. Evidence-based processes for transitions are crucial for improving outcomes. Validated prediction models that include consistently associated risk factors for ICU readmission or post-ICU mortality may help to improve these practices. This mixed-methods thesis was comprised of three distinct phases: 1) systematic review and meta-analysis; 2) development of prediction models for ICU Readmission and Post-ICU Mortality using two approaches (literature-derived coefficients, data-derived coefficients [Derivation Cohort]), 3) validation of the models in an external Validation Cohort. The models for ICU Readmission showed limited discriminative ability whereas the Post-ICU Mortality models were stronger. Developing prediction models using pooled measures of association is a feasible approach, producing similar results to more the traditional data-derived method. Additional investigation to further validate the findings is required.


identifier: Sahragardjooneghani, B. (2021). When the truth hurts: ordinary selling price regulation in a monopoly (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Hollis, Aidan
Beall, Reed
Migrow, Dimitri

subject:
Signaling
Monopoly
Ordinary selling price
Regulation
Economics

abstract: How does restricting firms to communicate a truthful ordinary selling price affect pricing and profits when some consumers are uncertain about product quality? In this thesis we analyze a two-period monopoly model to study the welfare effect of ordinary selling price (OSP) regulation. In the model, quality is observed by  informed consumers who buy in the first period. However,  consumers who arrive in market in the second period are not able to discern quality, but must infer it indirectly through prices. We first characterize the necessary conditions for OSP regulation to make the first-period price informative for second-period consumers. We show that OSP regulation has no effect when the proportion of uninformed consumers is high. This means regulation is ineffective when it would be most useful. We then compare the equilibrium outcome when OSP is effective to the equilibrium outcome in an unregulated environment. A simple welfare measure indicates that restricting firms to communicate a truthful first-period price has no effect on the uninformed consumers' expected surplus, but does create a deadweight loss from deceptive pricing in the first period. This deceptive pricing occurs because  OSP regulations provide incentives for a low-quality firm to charge a high initial price when doing so enables it to earn excess profits in the second period.


identifier: Foster, G. E. (2009). Effects of intermittent hypoxia on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular function: implications for obstructive sleep apnoea (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2978

contributor:
Poulin, Marc J.
Hanly, Patrick J.

format:
162 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 137-151

abstract: Intermittent hypoxia is thought to be an important contributor to the increased risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease observed in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). This thesis reports findings from three major experiments designed to examine the relationship between OSA, intermittent hypoxia, and vascular function. In Study 1, the cerebral vascular response to hypoxia was assessed in newly diagnosed patients with OSA, both before and after 4-6 weeks of continuous positive airway pressure (CP AP). The cerebral blood flow response to hypoxia was found to be significantly reduced in patients with OSA and treatment with CPAP normalized this response. An attenuated cerebral blood flow response to hypoxia may contribute to an increased risk for cerebral vascular disease. In Study 2, the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular responses to acute hypoxia were assessed following exposure to prolonged bouts of intermittent hypoxia in healthy human subjects. The results from this study demonstrate that intennittent hypoxia can enhance the presser response to hypoxia and increase resting arterial pressure. Furthermore, the cerebral vascular response to hypoxia and the production of nitric oxide were reduced with intermittent hypoxia. These findings suggest that intennittent hypoxia affects blood pressure and cerebrovascular regulation which is, therefore, likely to contribute to the pathogenesis of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease in OSA patients. Study 3 was designed to assess the importance of the angiotensin-II type-I receptor in the cardiovascular response to a single six-hour bout of intermittent hypoxia. Healthy human subjects took part in a double blind, placebo-controlled, and randomized, crossover study. The results demonstrate the importance of the type-I angiotensin-II receptor in mediating the hypertensive response associated with intennittent hypoxia. Taken together, the results from these three studies provide evidence to support the hypothesis that intermittent hypoxia exposure similar to that experienced by OSA patients can contribute to changes in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular regulation. Ultimately, these regulatory changes may be precursors to the development of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease in OSA.


identifier: Karlsson, J. K. (1987). The Overtures of Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714-1787): the evolution of an idea (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11926

creator: Karlsson, Joanne K. (Joanne Kathleen), 1950-

format:
xv, 128 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject: MT 130 G48 K35 1988

subject: Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787. Operas/Overtures

abstract: Bibliography: p. 113-125.


identifier: McFarlane, I. M. (1983). Wildlife habitat retention on private agricultural lands (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13702

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

subject:
QH 352 M17 1983
Wildlife management - Remote sensing
Animal populations
Land use, rural

abstract: Bibliography: p. 105-114.


identifier: Tabasinejad, F. (2011). Phase behavior of high pressure and temperature gas reservoirs (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4411

contributor:
Moore, R. Gordon
Mehta, S. A. (Raj)

format:
xxiii, 239 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract:
Bibliography: p. 172-192.
Many pages are in colour.


identifier: Chen, D. S. (2015). Development of Innovative Hybrid Steel-Free Multi-Girder Bridge Deck System (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25679

subject:
Engineering--Civil
Hybrid
FRP
UHPC
bond
Finite Element
steel-free bridge
post-tension

abstract:
The focus of this dissertation is the design and development of a functional three-dimensional steel-free multi-girder bridge deck system composed of longitudinal Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) hollow box beam girders reinforced with Carbon FRP (CFRP) sheets on the bottom tensile face.  An integrated cast-in-place Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) slab was placed overtop of the assembled girder system, with a two-part bond system used between the top flange of the GFRP hollow box beams and the UHPC slab.  Transversely, a system of GFRP threaded rods was used as horizontal straps, horizontal post-tensioned GFRP rods as well as diagonal cross-bracing rods to provide transverse composite action between the adjacent girders.  Small-scale experimental testing results led to the use of unbonded non-prestressed vertical GFRP threaded rod at the GFRP-UHPC interface in conjunction with an epoxy bonded coarse silica sand aggregate layer.  Similarly, GFRP threaded rods post-tensioned to 2.5% of the ultimate strain capacity were used.  Large-scale experimental testing of a quarter-scale bridge deck system specimen under service load conditions exhibited negligible signs of creep and stress relaxation when subjected to repeated loading.  The performance of the bridge deck specimen under various concentric and eccentric wheel load configurations led to live load distribution factors of 25-30% for interior girders and up to 50% for outer girders.  Experimental testing of the bridge deck specimen under ultimate load condition confirmed global pseudo-ductile behaviour in the system with good load transfer provided by the composite action systems.  The governing areas of potential failure included cracking in the UHCP slab, tensile failure in the CFRP sheet and GFRP bottom flange, compressive buckling in the GFRP cross-bracing bars and anchorage failure in the post-tensioned GFRP rods.  The developed three-dimensional finite element model was validated for global load-deflection behaviour as well as local performance in the main structural elements; however, it is not recommended for predictions of local strain in the horizontal and vertical GFRP threaded rods without additional model refinements.

The work performed in this research program led to the development of a functional transverse composite action system containing solely GFRP material.  The previously designed hybrid FRP-UHPC girders were successfully incorporated in a feasible multi-girder bridge deck system capable of effective three-dimensional load distribution between adjacent structural elements.  The developed hybrid steel-free multi-girder bridge deck system exhibited the desired pseudo-ductile global behaviour and performed in accordance with ultimate and serviceability load requirements in the current Canadian code.


identifier: Cheung,  T. T. (2019).  Establishing High-Resolution Hydrogeological, Geochemical and Isotopic Baseline Conditions of the Fresh Water Zone at a Field Research Site Near Brooks, Alberta, Canada (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Science
University of Calgary

contributor:
Mayer, Bernhard
Lawton, Don C.
Cey, Edwin E.
Tutolo, Benjamin M.

subject:
Hydrogeology
Geochemistry
Isotopes
Baseline Studies
Carbon Storage
Carbon Sequestration
Geochemistry
Geology

abstract: A high-resolution baseline characterization of dissolved gases in groundwater at the CMC field research site from 25.0 to 106.3 m depths was conducted. Data was collected from a continuously cored 106.3 m deep borehole, a 100.0 m deep Westbay® multi-level system and a 67.1 m deep domestic well. The multi-level well with 26 ports revealed variability and stratification in hydrogeology and hydrochemistry. Ports completed in coals had high flow rates and yielded sodium bicarbonate water type, water isotope compositions resembling local meteoric water, elevated methane and ethane concentrations, and biogenic d13C-CH4 values of <-82‰. Below the coals, ports were characterized by lower flow rates, higher d18O and d2H values of water and variable water types. Methane and ethane concentrations were lower compared to samples obtained from coals and d13C-CH4 values ranged between -75‰ and -60‰. The domestic well yielded groundwater with chemical and isotopic compositions resembling groundwater from only the high-flowing coal-containing aquifer portions.


identifier: Caouette, J. (2018). Assessing The Moral Evaluations of Pharmacological Enhancements (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Assessing the Moral Evaluations of Pharmacological Enhancements

contributor:
Glannon, Walter
Fantl, Jeremy
Migotti, Mark
Levey, Ann
Jotterand, Fabrice

subject: Philosophy Engineering--Biomedical Psychology--Cognitive Psychology--Experimental Psychology--Social

abstract: There are a variety of ways to accomplish a goal. But how we choose to accomplish a goal matters, morally speaking. The focus of my dissertation is on the ways in which the use of pharmacological enhancements should affect our moral evaluations. I’m concerned with this central question: how should our decision to enhance or not affect our evaluation of the act or person in question? I discuss a number of moral evaluations including deontic evaluations of human action, which concern assessments of actions being right, wrong, or obligatory; agent evaluations, which include assessments of how we should treat people; these include assessments of moral responsibility and just punishment; and outcome evaluations which include whether or not the completion of a goal is an achievement or not and whether such an achievement is meaningful or hollow (Bradford 2015a). These latter evaluations have received much less attention and one goal in this dissertation is to remedy that gap in the literature. After carefully examining many of the arguments against the use of pharmacological enhancements and casting doubt on them, I conclude that utilizing various pharmacological enhancements is not only permissible in many contexts but may be obligatory in far more cases than has been previously suggested.


identifier: Colp, S. M. (2012). Examining the Effectiveness of an Orthographic-Based Intervention for Children with Reading Disabilities (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26022

publisher:
Education
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject:
Education--Early Childhood
Reading Development

abstract: It has been well-documented that combined phonological awareness and word-identification training provide the most effective way of strengthening reading ability in children with Reading Disabilities (RDs). With that said, these findings are based on the assumption that all children with RDs represent a homogenous population and react similarly to specific intervention approaches. Recognizing the heterogeneity within the RD population, preliminary research has surfaced which challenges the combined approach in favor of techniques which address the relative deficit in either phonological or word-discrimination (orthographic) processes. Continuing in this line of research, a study was conducted to examine the effectiveness of an orthographic-based intervention design to improve reading ability for children with orthographic skill deficits. The study took place at a private, not-for-profit, school designed for children with a variety of Learning Disabilities. Through utilizing a single-case multiple-baseline research design, 12 children with RDs in grades 3 through 6 (3 students per grade) were matched on reading ability and intelligence prior to beginning the intervention. The results of this study will be discussed in relation to the importance of assessing and intervening for specific reading difficulties within RD populations.


identifier: Keong, J. H. (1999). Determining heading and pitch using a single difference GPS/GLONASS approach (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22474

format:
xviii, 144 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject: TL 798 N3 K46 1999

subject: Aids to air navigation.

subject: Global positioning system

subject: Artificial satellites - Attitude control systems

abstract:
UARC
Bibliography: p. 134-144


identifier: Zhou, W. (2016). Investigation of Initial Water Mobility and its Effects on SAGD Performance in Oil  Sands (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26656

contributor:
Dong, Mingzhe
Chen, Shengnan
James, Lesley
Wong, Ron Chik-Kwong
Mahinpey, Nader
Hassanzadeh, Hassan

subject: Energy

subject: Engineering--Petroleum

subject: Bitumen reservoirs, Oil sands, Initial water mobility, Triangular tube bundle model, Steam assisted gravity drainage, Wax, Convective heat transfer, Reservoir simulation, 2-D physical model, Flood test

abstract:
Steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) has become a primary commercial in-situ thermal recovery method for oil sands in Alberta. Evidence of initial water mobility during the SAGD process has been observed by many previous field studies. However, no its effective determination method and little research about its effects on SAGD performance have been reported.
In this thesis, a novel method is proposed to effectively determine the mobility of initial water existing as the continuous wetting phase in oil sands. More specifically, wax is used for the first time to simulate the immobile oil phase. Laboratory experiments are conducted to determine the initial water mobility with a stationary oil phase. To obtain a general correlation of initial water saturation and its mobility, a triangular tube bundle model is constructed to simulate the measured experimental data. A correlation of the initial water mobility is developed by matching the experimental results with the constructed triangular tube bundle model.
To conduct a lab-scale study of initial water mobility, a new two-dimensional physical model with a water flowing boundary is proposed for the first time. The greatest novelty of the 2D model is that the capillary pressure generated from the very fine sands with very strong water wettability, can prevent the oil from flowing into the fine sands zone, but can allow the water flow into the fine sands zone. It is proved by the experiments for the first time that the mobile initial water can promote the vertical and lateral growth of the steam chamber.
To investigate effects of initial water mobility on SAGD performance at the field-scale, an elaborated numerical simulation study, with the properties of a typical Athabasca oil sands, is conducted. Initial water mobility is firstly classified into two categories (low and high) based on their steam chamber shapes. The simulation results show that, for a single well pair, low initial water mobility can benefit the steam chamber growth, but high initial water mobility has a negative impact. For the adjacent steam chambers in the same pad, low initial water mobility case with the same injection pressure has the highest NPV.