identifier: Arteaga de Anda, C. A. (2019). Exploring conceptual implications of non-cochlear sonic art in sound installations (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Exploring conceptual implications of non-cochlear sonic art in sound installations.

contributor:
Radford, Laurie
Leblanc, Jean-René
Bell, Adam Patrick

subject:
Non-cochlear sonic art
sound installation
music and sound art
Music

abstract: This thesis work explores non-cochlear sonic art in an art installation context. It describes music and the sonic arts and discusses their similarities and differences with the objective of being able to clearly differentiate one from the other. This thesis places non-cochlearity at the heart of the sonic arts as a discursive art practice that enables a dialogue concerning sound’s potential beyond aurality. Sound installation is chosen as the preferred medium for this exploration due to its openness to incorporate sound sculpture, sound objects, sound playback, and sound movement in space. This thesis project is comprised of three different sound installations that explore non- cochlearity through sound, silence, video and objects.


identifier: Wyse, J. P. (1978). Inherited ocular defects in the BW rat (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20633

title: Inherited ocular defects in the BW rat

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

relation: Additional Copy: QL 737 R6 W96 1978 Medical

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

subject:
Rats - Physiology
Retinal degeneration
Eye - Diseases and defects

abstract: Bibliography: p. 235-248.


identifier: Eccles, K. (2014). Environmental Risk Mapping for Contamination of Drinking Water Wells Post Flood in Southern Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25920

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Bertazzon, Stefania
Checkley, Sylvia

subject:
Geography
Physical Geography
Flood
Spatial Analysis
Water Quality
Geographically Weighted Regression

abstract: The objective of this research was to determine if there were more cases of contamination in 2013 than in previous years. To determine private groundwater wells in the Calgary Health Zone were impacted by the flood in June 2013, and finally determine what environmental variables influence contamination during a flooding event. The analysis utilizes, test results of total coliform and E.coli of private water wells were obtained though Alberta Health Services’ Provincial Laboratory (ProvLab) for the period of June 19th to September 30th, 2013. The analysis was completed using ArcGIS 10.2 and R 3.0.2. The results of the regression indicate that total coliform contamination was not impacted by the flood, however, E.coli contamination was impacted by floodways, flood fringe, farms, and intermittent water (sloughs).


identifier: Smith, S. J. (1987). Classical and quantum anharmonic lattice solitons (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21257

format:
x, 125 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QA 171.5 S54 1987
Lattice theory
Solitons

abstract: Bibliography: p. 89-94.


identifier: Scruggs, T. R. (1980). Segmental phonology of nouns in Yamba (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13229

title: Segmental phonology of nouns in Yamba

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

subject:
PL 8799 S35 1980 Fiche
Yamba language - Phonology
Yamba language - Nouns

abstract: Bibliography: p. 84-90.


identifier: Aghakhani, A. (2007). The career development of first and second generation Iranian-Canadians (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1373

format:
xiii, 223 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 178-200

abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that facilitate and impede the career development of first and second generation Iranian-Canadians. The study also investigated the generational differences with respect to acceptable and unacceptable career options and the perceptions of career opportunities and barriers among first and second generation Iranian-Canadians. Fourteen participants (five first generation IranianCanadians and nine second generation Iranian-Canadians) volunteered to participate in this study. Constructivist grounded theory supported by semi-structured interviews and the constant comparative method of data analysis were utilized to extract themes from the data. A grounded theory model specific to the career development of first and second generation Iranian-Canadian participants emerged describing the influence of contextual factors, such as immigration, new home, access to opportunities, loss, fear, unhelpful educators, and the dream for a better life. Implications for counsellors, primary and secondary school educators, and policy makers are discussed.


identifier: Yu, C. (2018). Map aided Low cost MEMS Based Pedestrian Navigation Applications (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32796

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

contributor:
El-Sheimy, Naser
Gao, Yang
Noureldin, Aboelmagd
Gao, Wei
Li, Yibing

subject: Engineering

abstract:
Nowadays, indoor pedestrian location system has a big market requirement, more than 25000 developers in the world are focusing on this market. Various kinds of techniques, such as map based method, inertial navigation based method, Wi-Fi based positioning, Bluetooth technique, vison based technique, could be used to obtain the pedestrian’s position in indoor environment. However, each method has its own drawbacks, therefore, numerous methods have been proposed and integrated for pedestrian navigation by researchers. To date, the major challenges for an indoor pedestrian navigation system is to reduce the cost of the system, including the time-cost and the economic-cost, without decreasing the accuracy of the system. Considering that the MEMS sensor-based inertial sensors are low-cost, convenient, and self-independent, and the global IMU embedded smartphone adoption rate keeping increasing year by year. Therefore, inertial navigation based method is applied in this research to obtain a primary navigation solutions. However, the estimated solution of INS grows with time. Moreover, the accuracy of most smartphone embedded MEMS sensors is not as good as traditional inertial sensors. Specifically, MEMS gyro errors can cause heading errors and position errors; MEMS accelerometer error affect steps detection of Zero Velocity updates. Therefore, aiding constrains, such as Non-Holonomic constraints and Zero Velocity updates are used to correct the inertial navigation errors. In smart cities, the coverage rate of Wi-Fi keeps increasing, and the widespread distribution of Wi-Fi makes Wi-Fi suitable for indoor positioning. Take advantage of the pre-existing Wi-Fi access points, the Wi-Fi fingerprinting estimated positioning can be used to integrate with inertial navigation solutions. However, Wi-Fi signal is not accessible anytime and anywhere. So, Wi-Fi position is only an alternative aiding information for the proposed indoor position system. Map-based navigation is a traditional way to locate a pedestrian, and it is a low-cost method, which does not need any aiding infrastructures. Currently, most of the public building can provide indoor digital maps to users. Therefore, indoor map information can be added to inertial navigation system to improve the inertial navigation solutions.
Map Matching and Map Aiding algorithm are novelty integrated in this research to effectively use the free map information. Map Aiding is accommodating and does not need any assumptions about the path of the user. Map Matching is used for fixed trajectory part, such as corridors in buildings. Two methods are used in this research to complement each other, Map Matching will be added on the map-aided INS solution. A cascade connected Extended Kalman filter and Auxiliary particle filter integration algorithm which comprised a double-deck architecture is presented in this research to fuse all the above information. This structure can take advantage of merits of Extended Kalman filter and Auxiliary particle filter to estimate the navigation solution. The underlying Extended Kalman filter uses Zero Velocity and Non-Holonomic constraints as inputs of Extended Kalman filter to improve the preliminary INS navigation results.
To verify the proposed methods, experiments in different scenarios are conducted in different scenarios. The test results clearly indicate that the cascade structure algorithm can reduce the computational burden of the system. Also, through the proposed methodologies, integrating indoor map information, smartphone embedded sensors, and the pre-existing Wi-Fi, the indoor position system could provide continuous, accurate, and low-cost positions for pedestrians in indoor environments.


identifier: Hmoudah, M. (2016). Nano-Pyroxene for Adsorption and Catalytic Thermal Decomposition of Visbroken Residue Asphaltenes (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27059

subject:
Energy
Engineering--Chemical
Engineering--Environmental
Pyroxene
Aegirine
Nanoparticles
Asphaltenes
Adsorption
Catalysis
Visbroken Residue

abstract: Oil will continue to be a major source of future non-renewable energy, and hence new cost-effective technologies for upgrading and recovery of conventional and unconventional oils are needed. This study presents a new environmentally sound and low-cost, yet highly efficient pyroxene nanoparticles (NaFeSi2O6, PY). Low temperature hydrothermal synthesis route was used to prepare different sized and surface-structural-modified PY nanoparticles, which were characterized by different characterization techniques like XRD, BET, FTIR, TGA, TPD-CO2, TPD-NH3, XPS, SEM and HRTEM. These nanoparticles were applied for the adsorptive removal of violanthrone-79 (VO-79) as an asphaltene model molecule. The adsorption isotherms were described by the Sips isotherm model. Similarly, the prepared nanoparticles were employed for the adsorptive removal of visbroken residue (VR-C5) asphaltenes, and the solid-liquid-equilibrium (SLE) model was used to describe the adsorption isotherms. The promising catalytic effect of PY nanoparticles towards adsorbed VR-C5 asphaltenes was investigated using TGA coupled with mass spectrometry.


identifier: Reid, M. (2019). Whole-Brain Atrophy Rates, Regional Cerebral Blood Flow, and Cognitive Profiles of Transient Ischemic Attack Patients and Controls (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary

contributor:
Barber, Philip A.
Sajobi, Tolulope T.
Coutts, Shelagh B.
Longman, Richard Stewart

subject:
transient ischemic attack
magnetic resonance imaging
cognitive decline
cerebral blood flow
atrophy rate
Neuroscience
Psychology--Cognitive

abstract: Dementia is one of the most common causes of disability amongst the old and the prevalence is expected to double within the next twenty years. Recent prevention trials have failed to find a cure, likely due to inappropriate trial selection and a lack of reliable outcome measurements. Standardized clinical, demographic, imaging and neuropsychological biomarkers will improve selection criteria and therapeutic interventions. Transient ischemic attack (TIA) patients are at an increased risk of late-life cognitive decline due to their common vascular risk factors with dementia and underlying cerebrovascular pathology. We hypothesized that TIA patients would have increased longitudinal rates of cerebral atrophy as measured by T1 magnetic resonance (MR) imaging compared to non-TIA controls over 1 year and that increased cerebral atrophy rates would be associated with poorer cognitive outcomes. Secondly, we hypothesized that at baseline TIA patients would have lower regional cerebral blood flow (CBF) as measured by arterial spin labelled (ASL) MR imaging compared to non-TIA controls, and that CBF would be associated with cognition. Our results suggest that TIA patients show almost double the cerebral atrophy rates of non-TIA controls over 1-year, and in the absence of demonstrated change in cognition, supports that these subjects with TIA are in a preclinical stage of cognitive decline. Our results also show that TIA patients have reduced CBF in the left entorhinal cortex, the posterior cingulate bilaterally and the right precuneus which was associated with poorer memory outcomes. These predictors of early neurodegeneration and vascular changes show that TIA patients are a high-risk population for dementia and could improve inclusion criteria for clinical trials to prevent dementia in the future.


identifier: Izadpanah, A. (2009). Parameterization of GPS L1 multipath using a dual polarized RHCP/LHCP antenna (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2719

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 141-148


identifier: Truch, D. T. (1978). Rydberg Spectroscopy of two alkyl halides (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13518

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

subject:
QD 96 A2 T78 1978 Microfiche
Absorption spectra
Halides

abstract: Bibliography: p. 81-83.


identifier: Cao, W. (1994). Dynamic stability analysis of a sucker rod string in the deviated well (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12852

publisher:
Engineering
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject:
TN 871.5 C36 1994
Sucker rods
Oil well pumps
Structural dynamics
Structural stability

abstract: Bibliography: p. 73-76.


identifier: Liu, J. (1995). Preparation and characterization of activated carbon from western Canadian coals (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13668

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

subject:
TP 245 C4 L58 1995
Carbon, Activated

abstract: Bibliography: p. 129-136.


identifier: Miller, J. G. (1984). Amino acid transport in preimplantation mammalian embryos (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21238

format:
xvi, 255 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QP 561 M54 1985
Amino acids
Biological transport
Embryology - Mammals

abstract: Bibliography: p. 225-255.


identifier: Rees-Whalley, R. (1989). Afterdamp, a novel (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20654

title: Afterdamp, a novel

format:
viii, 466 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: PS 8569 E437 A38 1989


identifier: Wathugala. N. D. (2019). Conjugative Complexities: Defining the requirements for the transfer of Rhizobium leguminosarum plasmid pRleVF39b (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Science
University of Calgary

contributor:
Hynes, Michael F.
Turner, Raymond Joseph
Harrison, Joe J.

subject: Genetics Microbiology Biology--Molecular

abstract: The genome of Rhizobium leguminosarum is compartmentalized into a chromosome and multiple large (> 100 kb) plasmids. Four conjugation systems have been identified that can mediate horizontal transfer of these plasmids, and type IVA-1 was identified on R. leguminosarum VF39SM plasmid pRleVF39b. This category of system is found among multiple Rhizobiaceae members from different geographical locations, on both non-symbiotic and symbiotic plasmids. The type IVA-1 conjugation system on pRleVF39b is distinctive due to the presence of a shorter relaxase gene (traA) compared to canonical relaxases, a repressor, TrbR, belonging to the xenobiotic response element (Xre)-family, and the lack of some common genes found in the other conjugation systems. There are 15 annotated Orfs adjacent to known transfer genes in the type IV conjugation locus that might have important functions in plasmid transfer. A series of deletions in each of the hypothetical genes was created to identify essential and facilitating genes for the transfer of pRleVF39b. The effect of these mutations on transfer of pRleVF39b to plasmid-free Agrobacterium recipients was analyzed. orf23, orf24, orf26, orf27, orf28 and orf29 mutants reduced the plasmid transfer frequency by 10-fold or more compared to wild type, suggesting a key role in conjugation. To define the TrbR regulon of pRleVF39b, putative promoter (P) regions of orf17, trbR, orf24, orf25, orf26 and orf29 were fused to a reporter gene gusA. The expression of promoters in WT VF39, VF39a-, VF39b-, trbR mutant and an orf29 mutant was analyzed using β-glucuronidase assays. PtrbR expression was not reduced due to trbR mutation. Thus, TrbR does not autoregulate itself. P24 showed ~30-fold increase and P25 showed ~10-fold increase in expression in VF39b- and trbR backgrounds, indicating that the operons of orf24 and orf25 are part of the TrbR regulon. These results were validated using qRT-PCR experiments. It was also identified that orf16 and orf17 are not part of the TrbR regulon. The absence of conjugative plasmid pRleVF39a in donors negatively affected plasmid transfer but this result was contradicted by qRT-PCR experiments that showed higher levels of mRNA transcripts for orf23, orf24, orf26, orf27 and orf28 in a pRleVF39a cured background.


identifier: Caso Barrera, L. (1992). The Canadian Metis and the Mexican Mayas: a cross cultural study of native land struggles (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18344

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

subject: FC 3215 B365 1992

subject: Red River Rebellion, 1869-1870

subject: Riel Rebellion, 1885

subject: Yukatan (Mexico : State) - History - Caste War, 1847-1855

subject: Metis

subject: Mayas

subject: Cross Cultural studies

abstract: Bibliography: p. 192-204.


identifier: Clifford, T. K. (1995). An evaluation of the Australian road fuel consumption model (ARFCOM) and the HCM/cinema model (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16882

format:
xi, 274 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TA 1235 C55 1995
Traffic signs and signals
Fuel consumption

abstract: Bibliography: p. 112-114.


identifier: Olsen, G. G. (1995). Armrest-based assisted chair rise for the elderly (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16333

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject:
NA 2545 A3 O57 1995
Architecture and the aged
Architecture - Human factors
Chair design

abstract: Bibliography: p. 129-134.


identifier: Ljubojevic, A. (2019). Interaction of the SHOX2 transcriptional regulator with the Sonic hedgehog signalling pathway in the developing mouse limb (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Cobb, John A.
Chua, Gordon
Childs, Sarah
Hansen, David V.
Childs, Sarah J.

subject: development mouse limb enhancer Biology--Cell Biology--Molecular Psychology--Developmental

abstract: The mouse Shox2 gene is a critical transcription factor for embryonic limb patterning. This work explored how Shox2 is regulated by employing the 4C technique, which allows one to identify DNA sites that frequently interact with a genomic region of interest. Our findings showed that many sites contact Shox2, indicating that its expression is controlled by a collection of enhancers. By using a transgenic reporter line, we found that the SHOX2 protein negatively regulates an enhancer of Shox2. To investigate the genetic relationship between Shox2 and the Sonic hedgehog pathway, we generated compound mutant mouse embryos and found that the characteristic proximal limb truncation in conditional Shox2 mutants was significantly rescued in the absence of functional Shh. Finally, we focused on identifying shared downstream targets of SHOX2 and Sonic hedgehog. Through whole mount in situ hybridization, we tracked changes in gene expression of candidate common target genes in mutant backgrounds.


identifier: Lara Arboleda, I. C. (2019). Cuerpo, dolor y escritura en los escritos de cuatro religiosas de la Nueva Granada colonial. Los casos de Francisca de Castillo, Jerónima Nava, Francisca del Niño Jesús y Gertrudis de Santa Inés (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Arts
University of Calgary

contributor:
Schmidt, Rachel
Torres, Luis
Levey, Ann
Palacios, Joy

subject: Nuns, body, pain, eroticism, mystics, female writers

subject: Imitation of Christ

subject: Education--Language and Literature

subject: Literature--Latin American

abstract: The aim of this research project is to clarify the relation of the nuns Francisca Josefa de Castillo (1671-1742), Jerónima Nava y Saavedra (1669-1727), Francisca del Niño Jesús (1665-1708) and Gertrudis de Santa Inés (1668-1730) with their own bodies. For this matter, the body has been analyzed from the perspective of performativity, which explains the embodiment of the ideals prevailing in specific periods of time depending on the individual, in this case, that period of time is the New Granada in the years when these nuns lived. The above entails the partition of the body in three, found in the writings of the nuns: the social body, the terrestrial body and the body of the soul. In order to analyze the body as a whole, and its process of sociological, symbolic and lived construction, this thesis takes as important parts of this process the following: pain as a symbolism of death, desire and writing, all the above contained in the figure of the imitation of Christ.


identifier: Ritter, C. M. (2019). Cumulative Risk and Mental Health Outcomes in Children Prenatally Exposed to Alcohol (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Werklund School of Education
University of Calgary

contributor:
McMorris, Carly A.
Badry, Dorothy Eleanor
Exner-Cortens, Deinera

subject:
mental health
fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
prenatal alcohol
executive functioning
cumulative risk
Education--Early Childhood
Educational Psychology
Education--Elementary
Mental Health

abstract: Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is caused by exposure to alcohol in utero and is the leading cause of birth defects and developmental disabilities. The timing, frequency, and dosage of alcohol consumed during the prenatal period contribute to the heterogeneous presentation of FASD, which includes physical, adaptive, behavioural, and social-emotional difficulties. Difficulties are often solely attributed to the effects of alcohol, yet alcohol is rarely the only explanatory factor for outcomes. Specifically, prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) often co-occurs with other substances, as well as other environmental factors such as lack of prenatal care or poverty/malnutrition. Children and youth with FASD often experience adverse experiences postnatally, such as abuse or neglect. These factors may cumulatively interact to alter individual trajectories of children with PAE. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between cumulative risk factors (both prenatally and postnatally) on mental health outcomes of children exposed to alcohol prenatally. Additionally, the study aims to investigate what/if clinical neurocognitive factors further explain the variance associated with mental health outcomes, given the high prevalence of neurocognitive difficulties in this population. Results demonstrate that although PAE frequently co-occurs with a variety of other prenatal factors, in our sample, PAE was the most significant predictor of mental health symptoms, as measured by the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia – Present and Lifetime Version (KSADS-PL). Our findings also show that postnatal threat or deprivation occurring after two years of age significantly predicted executive dysfunction. A hierarchical multiple regression was run to determine if the addition of postnatal experiences and EF to PAE significantly predicted symptom count. It was found that postnatal risks and executive functioning abilities better explained total mental health symptom count than PAE alone. The research and practice implications of the present study findings are discussed, in addition to strengths, limitations, and for future research directions.


identifier: Ramirez Capitaine, E. M. (2009). An approach for the fractal characterization of a common alumina  catalyst support (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3439

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 119-125


identifier: Tennent, C. F. (1980). A self-contained senior citizen housing design (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19555

format:
[6], 76 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: NA 2545 A3 T44 1986 Fiche

subject: Architecture and the aged - Alberta - Calgary

subject: Architecture, Domestic - Alberta - Designs and plans

subject: Aged - Alberta - Dwellings

abstract: Bibliography: p. 74-76.


identifier: Ottenbreit, N. D. (2006). An examination of avoidance in the context of depression (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/560

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 127-148


identifier: Edgar, S. (2008). Deciphering the world: a study in Schopenhaurer's metaphysics (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2059

format:
ix, 311 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 303-311


identifier: Vaughan, E. O. (1993). The warehouse district: a concept plan for an inner city historic district in Calgary (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20591

format:
vi, 94 leaves : ill. + maps ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Calgary has a significant stock of commercial buildings dating to the first decades of this century. The largest concentration of these is situated in a 22 block strip of 39.5 hectares adjacent to the Downtown, south of the CPR tracks. Many of the buildings have fallen into a state of disrepair and disuse. The lack of a municipal heritage by-law together with the potentially speculative nature of their location threatens the continuing viability of these heritage resources. Area history, and the existing social, economic, physical, and regulatory environments were assessed using published data and observation to determine the requisites for the development of a heritage area. Based on the present context, a concept plan is presented that outlines possible legislative, economic, and physical design initiatives for the creation of an Historic District to encompass Calgary's warehouses. Principles of historic preservation, economic revitalization and urban design are used to suggest the strategy for the implementation of Calgary's Warehouse District. The study demonstrates the interdependence of preservation, economic activity and physical design in area-wide conservation of historic resources.


identifier: Morgan, A. V. (1966). Lithological and glacial geomorphological studies near the erratics terrain, Calgary area, Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23347

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

relation: Additonal Copy: GB 428.5 C2 M67 1966a Geology

subject: Geomorphology - Alberta - Calgary

abstract: Bibliography: p. 154-163.

abstract: This study is an attempt to determine the lithology of tills in the minity of the Foothills Erratics Train in order to learn more about the origin of this train, the interrelation between Cordilleran and Laurentide ice sheets, and. the glacial history of the Calgary area. Pebble lithology was determined and. recorded at 1.5.5 sites distributed over the study area, using igneous and metamorphic, carbonate, and brown and purple quartzite pebbles as indicatorso Mega-erratics of similar lithology were noted over the entire map region. Isolithological maps were prepared for the respective indicators whilst distribution maps were drawn for the different mega-erratic groupso In the course of field work on pebble lithology a number of different deposits were mapped These included. widespread lacustrine sediments , spillway systems , shoreline levels, deltas and other indicators of former lake levels, as well as areas of ground and hummocky moraine, glacio-fluvial features , and periglacial structures. Landforms such as drumlins and eskers were also mapped in the field , whilst fluting directions and washboard moraine areas were studied on air photographs. Conclusions were reached as to the origin of many of the above mentioned features which were also utilized in reconstructing the glacial history of the area The Foothills Erratics Train possibly originated as a giant rockslide or rockslides onto the surface of a glacier near Mount Edith Cavell, Jasper The quartzite erratics , many in excess of one hundred tons, were emplaced in the study area during the retreat of the Wisconsin ice , and prior to, or contemporaneous with, glacial Lake Calgary. At least three major glaciers covered the study area the Cordilleran ice sheet, the Erratics Train glacier and the Jaurentide ice sheet . The possibility exists that further glaciers may have been incorporated into the western edge of the Laurentide ice. A periglacial environment existed during the deposition of waterworked gravels which cap Nose Hill and Cairn Heights. The gravels are believed to pre-date the earliest ice advance but are probably of Pleistocene age- The first glacial advance is thought to be Cordilleran in origin, followed by a Laurentide advance which went at least as far as the western boundary of the study areao The first Laureritide ice sheet was probably over one thousand feet thicker than the Erratics Train glacier.. During deglaciation a series of lakes was trapped between the ice front and the regional slope Ice retreat north and eastward is marked by a number of meltwater channels and sandurs, both of which are believed to have been partly ice marginal and partly superglacial. A periglacial climate existed after the retreat of the last ice from the region.


identifier: Austin, K. A. (2001). Ethical dilemmas in acute care geriatric discharge: an exploratory study (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12768

publisher:
Social Work
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 139-152.
Bibliography: p. 139-152.


identifier: Lim, H. W. (1997). Prevention of cell-mediated autoimmune diabetes by the suppression of GAD expression in pancreatic B cells in NOD mice (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17001

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

subject:
QP562 .G5 L56 1997
Glutamate decarboxylase.
Amino acids
Diabetes - Immunological aspects

abstract: Bibliography: p. 79-93


identifier: Klaver, M. R. (1993). The play(s) of Sarah Daniels: performing feminisms (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16760

format:
vii, 110 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: PR 6054 A52 Z75 1993

subject: Daniels, Sarah, 1957- - Criticism and interpretation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 97-110.


identifier: Chadwick, J. (2011). An orientation of the heart: essays exploring the lived experience of hope in teaching (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4042

format:
vii, 215 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 197-207
A page is in colour.


identifier: Wu, L. (2020). Exploring Context for Privacy Protection in North American Higher Education and Beyond (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Barker, Ken E.
Denzinger, Jörg
Oehlberg, Lora A.
Lock, Jennifer V.
Veletsianos, George

subject:
privacy
higher education
Computer Science

abstract: Undergraduate students in North American post-secondary institutions are subject to a wide range of data collection. It includes data generated in the course of teaching and learning, but also can include a wide range of other aspects of modern life, such as closed-circuit security cameras, internet and wireless network use, and what students buy and consume. This makes the post-secondary institution an ideal model for understanding the privacy impact of modern and future technologies, as a single organization which collects and potentially uses wide-ranging amounts and kinds of data about our daily lives. This thesis proposes a framework which separates context into three interrelated layers so that systems can be designed which more fully protect the privacy of individuals, examines the ways in which we collect and use data about undergraduate students, and makes a quantitative study of undergraduate privacy behaviours and attitudes. Thus we present the case that context is a core concept for privacy protections which better protect undergraduate students and their privacy.


identifier: Rutherford, J. H. (1988). Use of control specimans during freeze-thaw durability testing (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17029

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

subject: TA 440 R658 1988

subject: Concrete - Testing - Methods

subject: Concrete - Expansion and contraction - Testing

abstract: Bibliography: p. 74-76.


identifier: Wang, D. X. (1995). Multiple-angle canopy data inversion using a neural network approach (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11044

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

subject:
QK 924.5 W36 1995
Plant canopies
Spectral reflectance

abstract: Bibliography: p. 78-84.


identifier: Chen, J. D. (1967). The Radiation chemistry of hydrogen halides (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15731

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

subject:
QD 603 H1 C47 1967
Radiochemistry
Hydrogen bromide

abstract: Bibliography


identifier: Debert, C. T. (2003). Regulation of cerebral blood flow and ventilation by oxygen and carbon dioxide in women (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20821

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2003 D43

abstract: Bibliography: p. 177-187


identifier: Skulmoski, L. K. (2015). Factors that Affect the Retention of Female Apprentices (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26153

subject:
Education--Sociology of
Apprenticeship
Bourdieu
Theory of practice
Vocational habitus
Skilled trades

abstract: The purpose of this study is to help uncover reasons for women’s low participation rates in the field of skilled trades and apprenticeship in Canada. This thesis analyzes data gained through life history interviews with six recently graduated female apprentices, with the objective being to gain their insights on which experiences and factors may have helped contribute to their successes. This thesis offers an analysis of apprenticeship as a gendered space and process of work-related learning. Framed by concepts developed by Pierre Bourdieu, the findings suggest that the structure of the field of skilled trades and apprenticeship acts to reproduce gender through expected, or “taken-for-granted” characteristics of successful apprentices. The findings also depict skilled trades and apprenticeship as a field dominated by men and masculinity, but one in which the female apprentice can successfully practice by exhibiting a culturally-appropriate vocational habitus while maximizing field-specific capitals.


identifier: Atay, E. (2021). Indigenous mentorship for the health sciences (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Indigenous Mentorship for the Health Sciences

contributor:
Murry, Adam
MacInnis, Cara
Madsen, Joshua
Barnabe, Cheryl

subject:
Indigenous mentorship
Mentorship
Intercultural mentorship
Mentorship model
Indigenous theory
Health Sciences
Psychology
Psychology--Industrial

abstract: The present study aimed to establish the credibility and attributed outcomes of an existing Indigenous mentorship (IM) model from the perspective of Indigenous mentees in health sciences and community research. Six mentees from mentorship networks associated with the Canadian Institute of Health Research’s IM Network Program participated in 1-2 hour long semi-structured interviews inquiring: 1) their resonance with the IM model, 2) personal stories related to the behavioural constructs in the model, 3) outcomes their mentors’ behaviours had on them, and 4) components they felt were missing from the model. Overall, the model resonated with participants. Of the model constructs, mentees discussed mentor behaviours associated with practicing relationalism the most frequently (26%), followed by fostering Indigenous identity development (23%), mentee-centered focus (21%), and imbuing criticality (16%). Advocacy (9%) and abiding by Indigenous ethics (5%) were addressed, but not given as much attention as the other constructs. Outcomes included positive career and work attitudes, engaging in more helping behaviours, motivation, overall well-being, and enhanced criticality. Recommendations to expand the model included incorporating: 1) additional mentor behaviours (transference of traditional knowledge, prayer, modeling resiliency, and engaging in trauma-informed practices), 2) higher-order dimensions (e.g., institutional impact), 3) specific mentee characteristics (e.g., age and gender), and 4) additional types of mentoring relationships (e.g., peer, multiple mentors). This research provides valuable insight to the IM model and IM theory more generally. This information can be applied to refine culturally appropriate mentorship practices, mentor selection and support, and evaluation of mentorship programs.


identifier: Ziegler, D. (2003). Mathematics teacher challenge: teaching the Alberta high school applied mathematics program (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14944

publisher:
Education
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 157-162.


identifier: Davidoff, A. W. (2002). Cardiac muscle function after coronary artery ligation in rat (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/10995

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 D38

abstract: Bibliography: p. 209-233.


identifier: Hutchinson, P. N. (1972). Experimental operational technique for assessing reference group perceptions of future-oriented issues in education (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11712

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

subject:
LB 1028 H87 1972 Microfilm
Education - Research
Planning in Education

abstract: Bibliography: p. 86-90.


identifier: Lassi, M. (2005). Du tragique: métamorphoses sociales et catharsis collective chez Ahmadou Kourouma (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/5190

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 125-129


identifier: Smith, M. T. (1997). Treatment of contaminated soils by batch thermal desorbtion (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12996

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

subject:
TD878 .S65 1997
Thermal desorption
Soil remediation
Soil pollution

abstract: Bibliography: p. 110-113.


identifier: Atkins, R. C. (1978). Sensitivity performance of analog delay line filters (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22123

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

subject:
TK 7872 F5 A85 1977 Microfiche
Electric filters

abstract: Bibliography: p. 202-207.


identifier: Scott, A. A. (1993). A community development approach to identifying local planning issues in East Olds (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23061

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 94-105.


identifier: Gunther, A. (2010). Open stacks: a city library (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3329

title: Open stacks: a city library

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 115
Contains oversized pages.
Includes CD of thesis.


identifier: Lei, L. (2014). Downhole Weight on Bit Prediction with Analytical Model and Finite Element Method (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25744

contributor:
Martinuzzi, Robert
Hareland, Geir

subject:
Engineering--Petroleum
Downhole Weight on Bit
Analytical Model
Finite Element Method

abstract:
Horizontal drilling is an innovative technology applied for exploiting unconventional resources in North-America and around the world.
To acquire better drilling performance, weight on bit (WOB) needs to be accurate and monitored. However, the weight on bit recorded on the surface panel is most often incorrect because wellbore friction along the drillstring is not considered. Drillstring force modeling computer simulation can be utilized to economically determine the actual WOB value. In this thesis, two drillstring force models are programmed and compared: an analytical model and a finite element method (FEM). In conclusion the analytical model computes faster, but FEM is more accurate.
Simulations are performed to verify and compare both methods, where friction factors and WOB are calculated for a horizontal well in Western Canada, in a depth interval from 2500m to 3800m. The results from both methods are comparable to results obtained from measured downhole WOB (DOWB).


identifier: Carpenter, B. E. (1999). Synthesis and reactivity of novel bis-(pentafluorophenyl)borylated ferrocenes (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11727

format:
xiv, 144 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QD412 .F4 C37 1999
Ferrocene
Organometallic chemistry
Boranes

abstract: Bibliography: p. 100-104


identifier: Hatt, Travis Benjamin. (2018). Metamorphoses: The Elements of Creativity (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/31852

publisher:
Arts
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Viczko, April
Brubaker, Christine
Hughes, Lisa A.
Viczko, April

subject:
Set Design
Lighting Design
Projection Design
Theater

abstract: The intention of this artist statement is to demonstrate proficiency in scenic, lighting and projection design for the theatre. These design elements were created for a production of Metamorphoses written by Mary Zimmerman and directed by Haysam Kadri, presented in the Reeve Theatre at the University of Calgary from November 24 – December 3, 2017. The following essay is an outline of my process from preliminary design concepts to the fully realized production through research and consecutive readings of the play.


identifier: Prager, C. M. (2001). Exploring self-help literature: promoter or preventer of authentic growth? (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15348

publisher:
Communication and Culture
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xi, 223 leaves : ill.; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 P73

abstract: Bibliography: p. 203-212.


identifier: Firminger, C. R. (2016). Effects of Minimalist Footwear and Stride Length Reduction on Metatarsal Strains and the Probability of Stress Fracture in Running (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25828

contributor:
Edwards, William Brent
Boyd, Steven
Rolian, Campbell

subject:
Engineering--Biomedical
Stress fracture
Minimalist footwear
Finite element modeling
Running injury
Musculoskeletal modeling

abstract: Stress fractures are common running injuries associated with the mechanical fatigue of bone. The metatarsal bones in the foot frequently develop stress fractures due to the repetitive loading they experience while running. Similar to basic engineering materials, the number of loading cycles to bone failure (i.e., stress fracture) increases exponentially with the applied magnitude of loading. Therefore, the objective of this thesis was to examine the relative effects of two potential stress-reducing mechanisms – shoe type and stride length adjustment – on metatarsal strains and the probability of failure in running. Running in a minimalist shoe increased metatarsal strains and the probability of failure, while running with a 10% stride length reduction was not effective at reducing metatarsal strains or the probability of failure. These findings offer an explanation for why metatarsal stress fractures are frequently observed in minimalist shoe users, and suggest that running in traditional footwear lowers metatarsal strains.


identifier: Christoph, D. (1981). Cognitive versus social rigidity in old age: implications for therapy (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14095

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

subject:
BF 724.8 C55 1983
Aged - Psychology
Social psychology
Problem solving

abstract: Bibliography: p. 169-182.


identifier: McElhone, S. (1994). Strategic analysis and site development options for the Boyle Street Community Services Co-Op (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23903

format:
viii, 137 <12> leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: HT 178 C32 E35 1994

subject: Relocation (Housing) - Alberta - Edmonton

subject: Urban renewal - Alberta - Edmonton

subject: Building sites - Alberta - Edmonton

abstract: Bibliography: p. 135-137.

abstract: The Boyle Street Community Services Co-op is an Edmonton inner city multi-service centre that serves a low-income, disenfranchised population. The agency is being forced to relocate to accommodate the construction of a concert hall on the site of its current facility. This study applies the strategic planning model to determine considerations for the agency's relocation. The organization and the trends and forces in the external environment are analyzed in order to identify strategic issues facing the organization. Some of the key issues concern program expansion, clientele, Native self-government, and the agency's role within the social services system. Based in part upon the strategic analysis, site selection criteria are developed. These criteria include site characteristics, proximity to users, proximity to the downtown, proximity to public transportation, proximity to other agencies, proximity to gathering spaces, site context and impact on surroundings. Using these criteria as a framework, potential site options are evaluated and it is determined that the Co-op's preferred relocation option is the adaptive reuse of a commercial building in the downtown warehouse district.  Site development guidelines are presented with . respect to urban design and building design for a future facility. Some relocation implementation considerations are also discussed.


identifier: Asfaha, S. (2000). Epithelial dysfunction following a bout of colitis (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21845

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

subject:
QP88.4 .A84 2000
Epithelium
Colitis.
Intestines - Diseases

abstract: Bibliography: p.132-168.


identifier: Reese, R. J. (2007). Biophysical and risk assessment of the Springbank airport (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1543

format:
xv, 273 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 241-252
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Sohmen, V. S. (1990). Project commissioning management in the oil and gas industry: an empirical study (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11143

format:
xv, 183 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HD 9560.6 S63 1990
Petroleum industry and trade
Industrial project management

abstract: Bibliography: p. 148-158.


identifier: Winterbourne, K. J. (2002). Constitutional and international trade law challenges to provincial regulation of water exports (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23653

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Law
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
ix, 245 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 W567

abstract: Bibliography: p. 235-245


identifier: Wu, B. (2007). Multi-input multi-output apss for rotor angle stability (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1844

format:
xxix, 217 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 195-207


identifier: Barr, P. M. (1990). The Adaptation of adults with learning disabilities in four life domains (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19172

format:
xv, 212 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
LC 4818 B37 1990
Learning disabled - Social conditions

abstract: Bibliography: p. 165-188.


identifier: Jakher, R. K. (1998). Hydrodynamics and mass transfer in different zones of a three-phase fluidized bed (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21820

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

subject:
TP156 .F65 J35 1998
Fluidization
Fluidized-bed combustion

abstract: Bibliography: p. 82-87.


identifier: Fraccaro, R. L. (2021). Stress-Related Growth as an Outcome of Bullying Victimization (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Nordstokke, David
Drefs, Michelle
Schroeder, Meadow
Boon, Susan
Law, Danielle

subject:
Bullying
Stress-Related Growth
Educational Psychology

abstract: After stressful experiences, many individuals identify as having gained something from their suffering. Research on stress-related growth considers the experience of individuals who report positive changes following stressful experiences. Stress-related growth has been explored in a variety of contexts, but it has rarely been discussed with respect to bullying. The present study offers a preliminary examination of stress-related growth in the context of school bullying by addressing three main objectives: (1) to explore stress-related growth as a potential outcome of bullying experiences, (2) to investigate if characteristics related to the individual and the bullying event predict stress-related growth, and (3) to examine if stress-related growth predicts higher levels of well-being (i.e., life satisfaction). A sample of 205 University of Calgary students with previous bullying victimization participated in the present study. Data were collected through an online survey hosted by SurveyMonkey®. The analyses explored if event-related variables (e.g., bullying type, duration, setting, severity, etc.) and variables related to the individual (e.g., gender, Big Five personality traits, optimism) significantly predicted stress-related growth. Stress-related growth was examined as a potential predictor of life satisfaction. Results indicated that individuals who experienced social bullying reported the highest levels of stress-related growth. Stress-related growth scores did not significantly differ based on any of the other event-related variables. None of the event-related variables significantly predicted growth scores. Some variables related to the individual (i.e., optimism, agreeableness) significantly positively predicted growth scores or approached significance (i.e., extraversion), while others did not (i.e., conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness). Stress-related growth scores significantly positively predicted satisfaction with life. A path analysis illustrated significant indirect effects of optimism, agreeableness, and extraversion on life satisfaction via stress-related growth. This study offers a preliminary understanding of stress-related growth as a potential outcome of bullying. The results offer initial evidence regarding factors that predict stress-related growth, and the potential impact on well-being. This study complements the extant literature on bullying outcomes and helps to provide a comprehensive understanding of the aftermath of bullying. Implications for research and practice are discussed and potential avenues for future studies are proposed.


identifier: Richmond, S. W. (2000). Isolation and characterization of seed oleosin genes from arabidopsis thaliana (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20229

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

subject:
QK495 .C9 R53 2000
Arabidopsis thaliana - Genetics
Seeds - Genetics
Gene expression

abstract: Bibliography: p. 180-197.


identifier: Abd El-Rahman, R. (2013). The Role of L- and T-type Ca2+ Channels in Rat Cerebral Arteries (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28330

subject:
Biology--Cell
Biology--Molecular
Physiology
Voltage-gated Ca2+ channels
Ca2+ regulation
Vascular smooth muscle cells

abstract: The overall goal of this thesis was to identify which voltage-gated Ca2+ channels are expressed in rat cerebral arterial smooth muscle and to determine their contributions to myogenic tone regulation. We began by exploring which voltage-gated Ca2+ channels are expressed in cerebral arterial smooth muscle. A combination of molecular, electrophysiological and functional measurements revealed the presence of L- (CaV1.2) and T-type (CaV3.1 and CaV3.2) Ca2+ channel subtypes in rat cerebral arteries. Both types contribute to arterial tone development, although the contribution of the L-type channels to tone development is greater. We then investigated the role of a specific T-type Ca2+ channel subtype, CaV3.2, in cerebral arterial smooth muscle by functional assessment and a structural approach using immunohistochemistry, proximity ligation assay, electron-tomography, and immunogold labeling, combined with computational modeling and electrophysiological measurements. Results indicate that Ca2+ influx through CaV3.2 channels elicits dilation by activating ryanodine receptors and inducing Ca2+ sparks, localized events that activate BKCa channels. In conclusion this work provided evidence for the presence of different types of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels and provided evidence of their diverse functional roles in regulating myogenic tone in rat cerebral arteries.  Overall, the conclusions indicate the importance of the different functional roles of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels, which have substantial physiological relevance to the function of the cerebral vasculature.


identifier: Yang, Y. (2008). Tightly coupled MEMS INS/GPS integration with INS aided receiver tracking loops (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2130

format:
xxi, 184 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibilography: p. 162-173

abstract: some pages are in colour

abstract: Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver positioning capabilities are being challenged by increasing requirements on positioning and navigation under environments with GPS attenuated signal. This dissertation focuses on the performance enhancement of MEMS INS/GPS integrated navigation systems in signal-attenuated environments. MEMS INS/GPS tightly coup led integration with INS Doppler aided carrier tracking loops is studied in this dissertation. Based on an analysis of the conventional carrier tracking loop, carrier tracking capability is enhanced by using INS Doppler aiding. INS aided tracking is implemented by adding INS Doppler estimates to the receiver NCO. To theoretically analyze the performance of aided tracking loop, an IS signal simulator is developed. With helps from the simulator, the analysis concludes that INS aiding can effectively improve a standard GPS receiver tracking performance in weak signals and high dynamics environments. An EKF based MEMS I S/GPS tight integration scheme is used to control aiding errors from a MEMS based INS to the tracking loop. The tightly coupled INS/GPS can work well under the environment of fewer than four satellites. By using non-holonomic constraint for land vehicle applications, the position accuracy can be improved by around 60%. Furthermore, a novel pseudo-signal generation method is proposed to fulfill one gyro and 2 accelero meter. ( I G2A) suboptima l INS configuration . The proposed suboptimal I S/GPS tight integration can maintain the system poitioning enor within 7m, 27m, 38m, or 40m durin g 30s GPS signal outages, with 3, 2, l or O satellite(s) inview, respectively. With the error control by an EKF with INS/GPS tight scheme, MEMS INS Doppler aiding can achieve an additional 3dB - H z margin for the receiver signal tracking, allowing signals with power as weak as 24dB - H z . Furthermore, compared with the conventional tight integration, the position accuracy of the tight INS/GPS integration with aided tracking loops is improved under attenuated signal environments.


identifier: Henderson, L. E. (1989). Characteristics and immune function of meditators and non-meditators: an exploratory study (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20524

format:
xvi, 156 <48> leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
RC 497 H46 1989
Immune response
Meditation - Therapeutic use

abstract: Bibliography: p. (157-164).


identifier: Kelly, D. (2020). Canadian Female Alpine Athletes’ Constructions of Risk and Gender (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Kinesiology
University of Calgary

contributor:
Bridel, William
Din, Cari
McDonough, Meghan H.
Johnston, Dawn

subject: risk; gender; women and the alpine; agency; governmentality; moving interviews; go-along interviews

subject: Sociology--Theory and Methods

subject: Women's Studies

abstract: Female alpine athletes’ constructions of gender and risk are poorly addressed in the academic record. The vast majority of publications focus on the reproductive risks inherent in being in a less oxygenated environment and not on the experiences of female alpinists themselves. For my master’s project, I explored the experiences of female athletes in alpine sport. The primary objective was to gain greater understanding of Canadian female athletes’ constructions of gender and risk in alpine environments and in relation to the larger cultural context. Informed largely by Michel Foucault’s concepts of agency and governmentality, as well as Pirkko Markula’s feminist interpretations of Foucault’s perspectives on the (moving) body, and following the tenets of feminist qualitative research methods, I interviewed women alpine athletes living in and around Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Five participants agreed to complete two one-on-one interviews using go-along or moving interviewing techniques; they also agreed to take part in a guided-group-conversation comprised of all five participants and me. The process of analysis was completed, in part, through participant validation between each interview and thus, participant-driven analysis was integral to this project. Participants constructed gender and risk largely through a comparison of doing what they felt they ought, which usually centred on their careers and families, and what they wanted, which centred on the draw that they felt toward the alpine. Valuable insights were also gained on research methods and (the making of) community.


identifier: Haynes, S. (2006). In praise of Sarasvati: an examination of Tibetan Buddhist ritual in text and life (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/479

format:
vi, 277 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 174-182


identifier: McKay, D. M. (1974). Teachers' perceptions of open area schools (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19758

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

subject:
LB 1029 O6 M22 1974 Microfiche
Open plan schools

abstract: Bibliography: p. 72-74.


identifier: Everett, J. S. (2001). Accounting, auditing and accountability in Canada's national parks (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22961

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

subject: FC215 .E84 2001A

subject: National parks and reserves - Canada - Accounting

subject: National parks and reserves - Canada - Management

subject: National parks and reserves - Canada - Public opinion

subject: Communication in nature conservation - Canada

subject: Conservation of natural resources--Canada

subject: Auditors' reports - Canada

subject: Responsibility

subject: Globalization

subject: Banff National Park (Alta.)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 370-400.


identifier: Graham, M. D. (1977). A Sociological approach to industrial accidents (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21697

format:
ix, <86> leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HD 7262 G72 1977 Microfiche
Industrial accidents
Sawmills - Accidents

abstract: Bibliography: p. 71-75.


identifier: Manikashani, P. (2015). A Phase-Entrained Particle Filter for Human Motion Synchronization (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24946

subject:
Computer Science
Human Motion Synchronization
Phase-Entrainment

abstract: Humans have a specialized ability to synchronize their movements with a perceived auditory feedback. The association between human locomotion and sound feedback is especially profound when the movement has a periodic nature and the feedback is rhythmic. Dancing or marching with rhythmic music are examples of such association. This thesis presents a human motion feedback system capable of generating rhythmic auditory feedback synchronized to a periodic movement. We demonstrate the synchronization in the context of an everyday, yet complex example of human locomotion: normal walking gait. Our system relies on visual measurements provided by a conventional RGB camera and utilizes a phase-entrained particle filter to synchronize an oscillator with a subject's movement in real-time. A long-term prospect of this research is that rhythmic sonic feedback in sync with walking gaits has potential to be used in therapeutic applications for clinical treatment of gait disorders.


identifier: Miles, J. J. (1980). The effect of behavioral self management treatments on nonorgasmic women without partners (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15035

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

subject:
RC 556 M54 1980 Fiche
Sex therapy
Behavior modification
Self-perception - Testing
Women - Sexual behavior
Sexual disorders

abstract: Bibliography: p. 206-219.


identifier: Barrowcliffe, W. T. (1971). Target authoritarianism as a correlate of self-disclosure of adolescents (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16552

format:
ix, 65 leaves : ill. 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
BF 698 B35 1971 Microfilm
Interpersonal relations
Authoritarianism
Adolescence

abstract: Bibliography: p. 44-47.


identifier: Dilruba, R. A. (2017). Quantum-safe Switch-Controller Communication in Software-Defined Network (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Safavi-Naeini, Reyhaneh Alsadat
Wang, Mea
Scheidler, Renate

subject:
SDN
Quantum-safe
MTD
Security
Reliability
Computer Science

abstract: Software Defined Networking (SDN) is one of the key networking technologies with broad applications in data centers, cloud computing, and networking. SDN uses isolation of data planes and control planes to offer more efficient control of data communication. Security and reliability of communication between controllers that manage network control information and network switches that route traffic in the data plane, is essential in SDN architecture. The communication between these two layers uses OpenFlow protocol. We propose a quantum-safe solution for providing security and reliability for OpenFlow communication that exploits multiple paths between a switch and a controller. We analyze our solution regarding security and reliability and show its efficiency is comparable to an alternative solution that does not provide quantum-safe security.


identifier: Mader, A. (2009). Hearing the spivakian subaltern speak in the works of Kamila Shamsie (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3152

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 147-150

abstract: This project examines the role of the Spivakian subaltern within the works of Kamila Shamsie and argues that in writing strategies of resistance that include but do not speak for subaltern women, Shams1e utilizes a fictional environment to illuminate potential methods of bridging the gap between privileged and subaltern communities. My purpose is not to disprove or discredit Spivak's theories; rather, my objective is to identify and examine closely where her theory comes from, how she has shaped it, and, most importantly, where we might take it. It is important not only to locate Spivak's work among that of other influential and foundational postcolonial theorists-particularly Frantz Fanon, Edward Said, and Homi K. Bhabha-but it is also useful to continue to probe Spivak's own theory of the subaltern, which has, in a way, become itself canonized. In my thesis, I examine Spivak's concept of the subaltern and how it has both evolved and stagnated over time. Ultimately, I argue that in order to remain relevant and useful, subaltern theory must tum to recent works of creative fiction and the resistant strategies posed therein. In my thesis, I use three of Kamila Shamsie' s texts-In the City by the Sea, Salt and Saffron, and Kartography to illustrate how, with careful attention to Spivak' s theoretical concept, as well as economics and global politics, creative fiction can be read to find useful and effective strategies of resistance.


identifier: Oler, K. S. (1996). Asymmetric decision feedback equalization (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19217

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

subject:
TK 5103.7 O54 1996
Digital communications

abstract: Bibliography: p. 113-117.


identifier: White, R. W. (1971). Multiple linear regression and analysis of variance techniques for factorial designs with unequal cell frequencies (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11394

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

subject:
BF 76.5 W45 1971 Microfilm
Statistics
Psychometrics
Psychological research

abstract: Bibliography: p. 48-50.


identifier: Odorfer-Butterfield, M. A. (2003). Students' conceptions of the brain and learning (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23989

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 148-168.


identifier: Chatrath, J. (2017). Behavioral Modeling of Mixerless Three-Way Amplitude Modulator-Based Transmitter (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25102

contributor:
Helaoui, Mohamed
Ghannouchi, Fadhel
Vyas, Rushi

subject:
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
Transmitter
Mixerless
Variable Gain Amplifier
Amplitude Modulator

abstract: With an enormous rise in the application of smartphones, the need for highly efficient radio architectures has increased significantly. Modern communication systems will be adopting a 5th Generation (5G) standard for meeting the demands of the users efficiently. Analog mixers are a vital component of any transmitter and perform the necessary task of up-converting a signal. However, there are certain limitations associated with mixers including energy inefficiency. To eliminate these effects, three-way mixerless transmitter (TWMT) architecture has been proposed in the literature. Existing behavioral model for such an architecture make use of the digital splitters and combiners. In this thesis, we propose a Triadic Complex Memory Polynomial based model for the forward and inverse modeling of TWMT using analog combiners and splitters leading to a realistic scenario. Extensive simulations and measurements have been used to validate their performance. The model meet the desired design criteria concerning NMSE and ACLR.


identifier: Pollock, C. R. (1989). Against the tide: the anti-war arguments of the British suffragists during the first world war (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21149

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

subject: JN 979 P64 1989

subject: Suffragettes - Great Britain - Attitudes

subject: World War, 1914-1918 - Protest movements - Great Britain

abstract: Bibliography: p. 108-112.

abstract: The First World War challenged the assumption of pacifism among British suffragists and forced them to choose between a number of responses to the war. The militant suffragettes became jingoistic supporters of the war effort. Millicent Garrett Fawcett called suffragists to dutiful service to their nation in its time of need. But some suffragist leaders stood against the tide of public opinion, opposed the war and worked for peace. The specifically feminist arguments they made against war were rooted in pre-war suffrage arguments: the anti-physical force arguments and the motherhood arguments. The feminist pacifists accepted the idea that women were unable to use physical force because they were naturally oriented toward the preservation of life. They rejected the argument that this disqualified them from political participation. Instead, they criticised the political order and proposed an alternative based on the nurturant values they associated with motherhood. They argued that the inclusion of women in the political process was necessary for the establishment of a better society and lasting peace.


identifier: Lahey, K. (2015). The mechanism of serine protease-mediated barrier enhancement in intestinal epithelial cells (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28245

subject:
Physiology
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
intestinal epithelial barrier
protease

abstract: Apical exposure of the intestinal epithelium to serine proteases results in an increase in transepithelial electrical resistance (TER); however the underlying mechanism(s) governing this response are unknown. We aimed to determine the requirement for proteolytic activity, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) activation, and downstream intracellular signalling in initiating and maintaining enhanced barrier function following protease treatment. Apical stimulation with trypsin and matriptase significantly increases TER of polarized intestinal epithelial monolayers. Proteolytic activity by proteases is required to initiate and maintain protease-mediated increased TER. Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-independent EGFR activation is essential to the sustained phase of the protease response; Src kinases may mediate EGFR activation. Phosphoinositide-3 kinase (PI3K) and ERK1/2 signalling are important in reaching a maximal increase in TER following protease stimulation; however, their upstream activators are yet to be determined. Protein kinase C (PKC)ζ activity is important for epithelial barrier maintenance but likely not involved in protease-mediated increased TER. Our data show a requirement for ongoing proteolytic activity, EGFR transactivation, as well as downstream PI3-K and ERK1/2 signalling in protease-mediated barrier enhancement of intestinal epithelial cells. The enhanced barrier function mediated by proteases may contribute to novel therapeutic targets for intestinal disorders characterized by disrupted epithelial barrier function.


identifier: Stuart, G. S. (1986). An Archaeological and paleoenvironmental correlation for the Kluane-Aishihik area, southwest Yukon, Canada (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21940

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

subject: QE 993 S88 1987

subject: Palynology - Yukon Territory - Kluane National Park

subject: Pollen, Fossil

subject: Paleobotany - Yukon Territory - Recent

subject: Paleontology - Yukon Territory - Kluane National Park

subject: Kluane National Park (Yukon)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 217-238


identifier: McAuley, W. J. (2003). Bad lessons?: training non commissioned members of the Canadian Army Reserve for the realities of the 21st century (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21421

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 114-123


identifier: Kobasigawa, Y. (2006). Meinong plus (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1006

title: Meinong plus

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 160-162


identifier: Ross, J. W. (1973). D.H. Lawrence: the duel for power: a study of selected tales and short stories (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19058

format:
140 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
PR 6023 A93 Z757 1973 Microfiche
Lawrence, David Herbert, 1885-1930

abstract: Bibliography: p. 134-140.


identifier: Tiong, K. S. (1983). Choice of loads for concrete slab design (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18478

format:
xiii, 104, 6 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: TA 683.5 S6 T54 1986

subject: Concrete slabs - Testing

subject: Reinforced concrete construction - Testing

subject: Materials - Dynamic testing

abstract: Bibliography: p. 97-104.


identifier: Gu, W. (2010). Optimization of static and mobile facility location selection: method and case study (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3919

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 91-98
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Berg, N. J. (1986). Political consequences of generational change in Canada: scenarios of the future (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13667

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

subject: JA 76 B47 1987

subject: Political sociology

subject: Political science - Canada - Sociological aspects

subject: Sociology - Canada - Political aspects

subject: Conflict of generations - Political aspects

subject: Age groups - Political aspects

subject: Generations - Canada - Political aspects

abstract: Bibliography: p. 184-208.


identifier: Hoar, B. (2012). Ecology and Transmission Dynamics of Ostertagia gruehneri in Barrenground Caribou (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25780

contributor:
Kutz, Susan
Ruckstuhl, Kathreen

subject:
Ecology
Parasitology
Veterinary Science
Ostertagia gruehneri
Rangifer tarandus
barrenground caribou
climate change
parasite transmission
disease ecology

abstract: Climate change in the Arctic is occurring at an accelerated rate and is predicted to alter the ecology of northern ecosystems, including parasite transmission. Barrenground caribou are a keystone species of the tundra and the majority of herds have recently undergone population declines. Ostertagia gruehneri, the most common gastrointestinal parasite of Rangifer tarandus, has been shown to impact the population dynamics of reindeer through decreased food intake, weight loss, and reduced pregnancy rates. Ostertagia gruehneri has a direct life cycle that includes free-living stages. The development and survival rates of this parasite are influenced by climatic factors and its transmission will be affected by climate change. The aim of this research was to investigate how climate change may impact transmission dynamics of O. gruehneri in barrenground caribou. This aim was achieved by developing a more detailed understanding of the life cycle of O. gruehneri and the current transmission patterns within this system. It was expected that the development rate of O. gruehneri would increase and survival rate would decrease with increasing temperatures. Field and laboratory studies, experimental infections of reindeer, and a survey of natural infections in the Bathurst caribou herd were used to study the ecology of O. gruehneri. Results indicate O. gruehneri infective larvae (L3) are available to infect barrenground caribou throughout the first summer, but the migratory behavior of the caribou likely limits exposure risk until the fall. High overwinter survival for both L2 and L3 and nearly 100% larval inhibition may be adaptations to a short growing season and a migratory host, adding important time lags into the system and resulting in a two year transmission pattern. Climate change may increase overall L3 availability by extending the growing season, but increased maximum temperatures are likely to decrease availability midsummer, dividing transmission into spring and fall peaks. Increased development rate and an extended growing season may shift transmission from a two to a one year cycle. This research has highlighted the importance of the short growing season and the migratory host within this system, and the need to simultaneously consider the host, parasite, and environment when determining transmission dynamics.


identifier: Chen, J. D. (1967). The Radiation chemistry of hydrogen halides (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15820

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

subject:
QD 601 R86 1963
Radiochemistry
Hydrogen bromide

abstract: Bibliography


identifier: Ci, Z. (2019). Applied Economics and Policy Research in Health, Dairy, and Fishery Industries (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Gordon, Daniel V.
Lu, Mingshan
Hall, David C.

subject:
Retirement age
Mental health
Instrumental variables
Policy
Canadian dairy farmers
Supply management
Peer effect
Johne’s disease
Rights-based management
Efficiency
Stochastic frontier analysis
Economics

abstract: Chapter 1: With aging populations, policymakers are encouraging people to work longer to sustain the financial stability of social security systems. However, the effect of postponing retirement on mental health remains uncertain. The US Social Security Amendments of 1983 raised the social benefit age by two months each year for those cohorts born after 1937. These amendments provide a unique opportunity to assess the causal effect of retirement age on mental health. Using data from the 1994 to 2012 waves of the US Health and Retirement Survey, this paper instrumented retirement age with the amendments to control for the biases caused by the endogeneity between retirement age and mental health. This instrumental variable estimation showed that a slight gradual rise in retirement age was beneficial to retirees’ mental health.  Chapter 2: There has been increasing awareness by policymakers of the need to identify the key factors that affect dairy farmers’ management decisions. This study utilizes a theoretic model to illustrate why Canadian farmers might be hesitant about disease control under the supply management system and how peer pressure can induce farmers to improve their efforts. An experiment based on a Johne’s disease scenario was implemented among Canadian dairy farmers to test the theoretic model conclusions. Both the theoretic model and the pilot experiment suggest that without a strong external monitoring policy, optimal effort level cannot be achieved. Chapter 3: The Norwegian purse seine fishery has employed multiple rights-based regulatory instruments to limit the fishing effort. Following the management reforms, this fleet shrunk substantially while the capital investment in this fleet expanded substantially. The comprehensive efficiency change in an era of revolutions are worth exploring, yet ambiguous. This paper evaluates the production and cost efficiency changes among the Norwegian purse seiners using data on Norwegian purse seiners for the period of 1994-2013. The stochastic frontier analysis shows that the purse seiners could reduce production cost significantly by eliminating inefficiencies. Meanwhile, both technical and allocative efficiencies are improving over time. A further investigation suggests that the transferable quota policies had limited impact on efficiencies.


identifier: Ramsey, G. (2022). Barbarization: change or continuity in the late Roman Empire? (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Barbarization: Change or Continuity in the Late Roman Empire?

contributor:
Vanderspoel, John
Driediger-Murphy, Lindsay
Hughes, Lisa
Ferris, John

subject:
Rome
Roman Empire
Barbarians
Barbarization
Late Antiquity
Language--Ancient
Economics--History
History--European

abstract: The term ‘barbarization’ has been frequently used in scholarship to describe the admission of Germanic ‘barbarians’ into the Roman Empire and army in late antiquity, and their impact on the Roman military and society. Barbarization is even linked to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in 476. Despite its frequent usage, the term ‘barbarization’ is problematic. To start with, there is no single definition amongst modern scholars. Even the term ‘barbarian’ was not used in the same way throughout antiquity, nor was it applied exclusively to the Germanic tribes. Moreover, the term ‘barbarian’ itself carries negative connotations in both ancient and modern sources, which carry over into the term ‘barbarization’. Furthermore, ‘barbarization’ isolates the integration of Germanic tribes in late antiquity from the integration of various other peoples, including other Germanic peoples, throughout the history of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire, and thus exaggerates the impact the Germanic peoples had. When the relations between Romans and non-Romans from the different time periods are compared, there is far more continuity with the Roman Empire’s policies than there is change. From the first to third centuries, Rome had integrated many of its neighbours into its empire, with Rome’s auxilia being filled with soldiers from allied, annexed, and conquered people. Additionally, late antiquity was not the first time Rome was influenced by other cultures. Even the Roman military frequently adopted foreign ideas and technology. Moreover, when Rome’s interactions with Germanic tribes are focused on specifically, its general policies towards the Germans had not changed significantly between the first and late fourth centuries. The term ‘barbarization’ has unintentionally separated the study of Classical and late antiquity in a way which exaggerates the impacts of Germanic immigrants on the Roman Empire.


identifier: Bazazi, P. (2018). Dynamics of Oil Dewetting and Two Phase Flow in Microchannels (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary

contributor:
Hejazi, Hossein
Sanati Nezhad, Amir
Hassanzadeh, Hassan
Mohamad, Abdulmajeed

subject:
Two phase flows
Microfluidics
Oil dewetting
Nanofluid
Drop spreading
Education--Sciences
Engineering

abstract:
The motion of three-phase contact lines (TPC), wetting dynamics, and fluid displacements in porous media have a wide range of engineering applications from coating and printing to agriculture, and subsurface flows. This dissertation investigates the early time dynamics of TPC and fluid movements in micro-channels related to subsurface oil recovery mechanisms.

First, the role of the surrounding fluid viscosity on wetting dynamics is investigated. Experiments are designed to visualize the spreading of an aqueous phase droplet on a glass substrate submerged in an oil phase. Experiments reveal that the TPC velocity is a decreasing function of ambient phase viscosity which is found, through a scaling analysis, to depend on both the spreading radius and the geometric mean of drop and ambient fluids’ viscosities.

Second, the effect of surfactants (sodium dodecyl sulfate: SDS) on the TPC dynamics is studied. In contrast to the dominance of viscous regime in pure water droplet spreading, two distinct early-time regimes are identified. The early time spreading dynamics, for the case of SDS added droplet, is characterized by the time exponents close to 0.5 and 1 before transitioning into the Tanner’s regime. Moreover, it is revealed that the SDS concentration has a non-monotonic effect on the early time dynamics. Increasing the SDS concentration initially retards the expansion of wetted area while accelerates the TPC velocity in the second regime.

Finally, the displacement of a viscous oil by an aqueous solution in a network of micro-capillaries is investigated. The effects of silica nanoparticles and various types of surfactants on the fluid-fluid interface evolutions and the heavy oil recovery are characterized using the microfluidic approach and 3D confocal imaging. Addition of untreated silica particles enhances the oil displacement efficiency by decreasing the thickness of the remaining oil film. In the presence of surfactants, the oil phase is divided into many smaller clusters that easily flow through the channels and enhances the rate of oil recovery. Ultimately, the presence of both silica and surfactants yields to the highest level of oil recovery as a result of coupled oil phase breakup and film thickness reduction effects.


identifier: Zhong, W. (2016). Infrastructure Asset Management Challenges and Understanding the Complexity and Uncertainty (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26530

contributor:
Kattan, Lina
Cowe Falls, Lynne
Jergeas, George

subject:
Engineering
Engineering--Civil
Asset Management

abstract:
Aging public infrastructure asset requires new solutions to address the associated risks in terms of potential failure and poor environmental compliance. Two issues are paramount in looking at the aging infrastructure asset that Calgary Fire Department manages: what is the present condition and how to optimally allocate public funds for its asset needs, specifically preventive maintenance.

	Asset owners must allocate such limited budgets among competing alternatives, which makes the situation challenging. Among the competing alternatives, preventive maintenance has presented a series of challenges to asset stewards for public infrastructure asset management, especially within municipal government. For Calgary Fire Department (CFD), asset management professionals from Infrastructure Planning and other divisions have made a significant progress in order to achieve "the best possible service", such as Star Quality Rating, risk register, option analysis, existing station retro-commissioning, and Asset Management Plan etc.

	However, CFD is no exception as other Business Units within The City of Calgary: there are several obstacles stand in the way for asset management practice, specifically capital preventive maintenance expenditures. Nonetheless, with the Five-Step process: Education, Challenge, Environment, Strategy, Delivery (Carroll et al., 2004), there is a great potential to overcome such obstacles.


identifier: Mattatall, F. M. (1996). Disintegrin purification and characterization by biological activity and specificity (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13447

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

subject:
RC684.A6 M38 1997
Anticoagulants (Medicine)
Coronary heart disease

abstract: Bibliography: p. 162-169.


identifier: Deo, M. (2008). Modelling the role of the purkinje system in cardiac arrhythmias (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2854

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 157-177
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Mannerfeldt, J. M. (1985). Intermediate pituitary pro-opiomelanocortin: in vitro biosynthesis and characterization (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18906

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

subject:
QP 572 P52 M44 1986
Pituitary hormones
Biosynthesis

abstract: Bibliography: p. 115-119.


identifier: Minet, C. M. (2021). “We Stick Out Our Tongues” De-essentializing for Decolonization: A Storywork Study on Indigenous Relationality (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Fellner, Karlee
Mudry, Tanya
Wada, Kaori
Domene, Jose
Hanson, Aubrey

subject: Indigenous

subject: Indigenous Storywork

subject: Tlingit

subject: relationality

subject: decolonization

subject: reciprocity

subject: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

subject: counselling psychology

subject: film

subject: poetry

subject: Educational Psychology

subject: Psychology

abstract: For Indigenous people, one of the most powerful acts of decolonization is reclaiming who we are and sharing our stories with the world. Indigenous relationality describes who we are in relation to all of creation. Our relationality is diverse, multifaceted, and inappropriately underrepresented in literature. To date, much of the literature aiming to guide work with Indigenous people is essentializing, reducing Indigenous relationality into pan-Indigenous or uniform formulas that are inaccurate and harmful. This research directly addresses the issue of essentialization through exploring relationality. From an Indigenous (Lingít) research paradigm, I use Indigenous Storywork (ISW) to explore and amplify four Indigenous graduate students’ diverse experiences of their Indigenous relationality. Our filmed research conversations, stories, and poetry took on a life of their own, leading to a collective meaning-making circle and reciprocity poetry as an expression of Indigenous relationality. This study provides insight around the construction and preservation of Indigenous relationality and addresses the essential role of reciprocity within Indigenous relationality. This study is a courageous, decolonizing, reciprocity effort that honours our Indigenous relationality and our respective Indigenous and academic communities. This study responds to the recommendations made in Psychology’s Response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Report, and creates space for reclamation, reconciliatory conversations, and social change.


identifier: Robertson, M. A. (1994). The nature of microphase separation in perfluorinated ionomers (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16320

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

subject:
QD 382 I45 R63 1994
Ionomers
Fluorescence spectroscopy
Organofluorine compounds
Membranes (Technology)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 147-158.

abstract: The microstructural environment of the perfluorinated ionomers produced by Dow and Dupont have been investigated by the use of fluorescent probe techniques. The polarity of the interfacial region in these polymers was found to be more polar for the sulphonate than the carboxylate form, and with increasing ion content. The locations of cesium ion, iodide ion and copper (II) ion were all found to be different, and to change with ion content and the identity of exchange group. This is quantitatively explained in terms of a three phase model which is consistent with previous spectroscopic studies of perfluorinated ionomers. Pretreatment was found to have an effect on the microstructural and bulk properties of these polymers. The polarity of the interfacial region studied using fluorescent probes was found to change after swelling in ethanol and boiling in water. The interface appears to become more polar after swelling in ethanol and less polar after boiling in water. The sorbed water in the polymers was studied using near infrared spectroscopy. Its character was also found to change with pretreatment. The most significant effect of ethanol swelling was a subsequent increase in the relative amount of non-hydrogen bonded OH groups. For the boiling pretreatment, the main effect was to increase the average hydrogen bond strength of sorbed water. This is explained in terms of a structural rearrangement with ethanol swelling and an expansion in cluster size with boiling. The insulator-to-conductor percolative threshold for these polymers was found to occur at lower water contents than predicted for randomly distributed conducting sites. This is explained in terms of the connectivity among the clustering entities in the polymers. The threshold moves to even lower water contents for both ethanol and boiling pretreatments. This is again explained in terms of morphological rearrangements in the polymer structure.


identifier: Egbogah, E. E. (2008). Scalable team oriented multicast routing protocol for tactical mobile ad hoc networks (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1621

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 159-164


identifier: Brooks, B. W. (1972). Spectral analysis of clinical electroencephalographic data (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13810

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

subject: RC 349 E5 B74 1972 Microfilm

subject: Electroencephalography - Computer programs

abstract: Bibliography: p. 70-74.


identifier: Jacobson, P. (1998). Validation of a segmented model of critical speed and its dominant physiological componenets (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11425

publisher:
Kinesiology
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject: GV436.5 .J33 1998

abstract: Bibliography: p. 65-70


identifier: Yadollahi Omran, H. (2013). Long-Term Flexural Performance of Prestressed-NSM-CFRP Strengthened RC Beams (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26783

subject:
Engineering--Civil
CFRP
Near-surface mounted
Prestressing
Strengthening
Reinforced concrete beam
Freeze-thaw
Sustained load
Deformability and ductility
Anchorage system
Finite Element Analysis
Debonding model
Parametric study
Analytical Simulation

abstract: The use of prestressed Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) for strengthening structural members requires gaining further knowledge about the long-term behaviour of these members. In this research, the long-term flexural performance of the prestressed Near-Surface Mounted (NSM) Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) strengthened Reinforced Concrete (RC) beams subjected to accelerated environmental exposure and sustained load condition was studied. The static behaviour of the exposed and unexposed beams was predicted numerically and analytically, and the predicted results were compared with the experimental ones. The prestressing system used for tensioning the NSM CFRP reinforcements was modified. The prestress loss in the NSM CFRP reinforcements was studied. Deformability and ductility of the prestressed NSM CFRP strengthened RC beams were studied in detail. Furthermore, the effects of the different parameters on the flexural behaviour of the NSM CFRP strengthened RC beams and on the pullout capacity of the anchorage system used for prestressing were investigated numerically. The findings showed the significant effect of the applied exposure on the flexural performance of the beams, and furthermore, the high reliability of the developed numerical and analytical models for simulation of the static flexural behaviour of the exposed and unexposed beams. The results of this research lead to an understanding of the long-term flexural behave iour of the RC beams strengthened using prestressed NSM CFRP reinforcements and pursue the evolution of this strengthening system to be used in practical projects with sufficient confidence.


identifier: Potestio, M. L. (2005). Childhood obesity: Preceptions of the Calgary public (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15421

publisher:
Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Robinson-Vollman, Ardene L.
McLaren, Lindsay

format:
xi, 139 leaves.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 105-117.


identifier: Kenyon, J. C. (1967). Nim-like games and the Sprague-Grundy theory (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12004

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject:
Game theory
Nim (Game)
Sprague-Grundy Game Theory

abstract: Bibliography: p. 73-76.