identifier: MacPherson, P.T. (2018). Charter Schools and Educational Diversity in Alberta: Assessing the success of Alberta charter schools and the potential for expansion in Alberta and other Canadian provinces (Unpublished master's project). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

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

abstract: Charter schools have been operating in Alberta for over twenty years, yet their growth has been limited in the province and the model has not expanded to the rest of Canada. Functioning as autonomous, government-funded, non-profit schools which charge no tuition – each offering a unique educational approach and performing independent research – charter schools represent an innovative model of public education. An analysis of provincial enrollment data shows charter school enrollment is growing relative to total school age population in Alberta, and anecdotal evidence shows strong parental demand for charter schools. An analysis of grade six and nine Provincial Achievement Test (PAT) score data in Alberta between 1997/98 and 2016/17 shows that charter schools on average almost always outperform all other types of schools – notably outperforming independent schools – while operating at a much lower cost to government than traditional public schools. When broken down school by school, it has been shown that charter schools achieve consistently high average PAT scores, and the few charter schools that fall below the traditional public school average scores have shown steady improvement over time. Yet, the provincially mandated cap on the number of schools in the province has not been reached. It appears that regulatory and practical barriers have constrained the expansion of charter schools in the province. The Alberta government could implement policy reforms to remove these barriers, reallocate additional funding for transportation and some capital costs, and encourage charter school growth. For decades, charter schools have served as an integral part of the educational choice frameworks in both Alberta and the United States, and represent an opportunity for other Canadian provinces looking to increase diversity within their education systems and better engage students who are not best served by traditional public schools. A review of the education systems in each Canadian province and a literature review of existing research on charter schools in the United States and Alberta demonstrate that charter schools likely cannot be introduced without overcoming some political barriers. However, charter school policies bring great potential for offering a wider range of educational options to students of all income levels, and may be exceptionally valuable for engaging disadvantaged student populations in classroom learning. By several measures, the Alberta government’s experiment with charter schools has proven successful for students, but there is room to grow. The introduction of charter schools is a worthwhile policy for other provincial governments to consider, and the Alberta model offers useful lessons to aid in the process.


identifier: McMullen, S. (1997). Disunity and dispossession: Nawash Ojibwa and Potawatomi in the Saugeen Territory, 1836-1865 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16532

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
vii, 118 leaves ; 30 cm.
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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: E78.O5 M36 1997

subject: Native peoples - Ontario - History

subject: Indians of North America - Ontario

subject: Objibwa Indians - Ontario - Government Relations

abstract: Bibliography: p. 100-107.


identifier: Lenz, S. P. (1995). Lithium enhances survival in murine models of autoimmune disease: evidence for target organ effects (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23017

format:
xvii, 149 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject:
QP 535 L5 L46 1995
Lithium - Physiological effect
Immune response - Regulation
Autoimmune diseases - Molecular aspects
Lupus Immunological aspects
Diabetes - Immunological aspects

abstract: Bibliography: p. 132-148.


identifier: Scott, R. E. (1984). Electron microscopical, electrophoretic, enzymological, and physiological studies of the transition from growth to antibiotic production in Penicillium urticae (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23250

format:
xxvii, 370 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
QD 377 P4 S34 1985
Penicillium urticae
Penicillium patulum
Microbiological synthesis

abstract: Bibliography: p. 349-370.


identifier: Wesley, J. (2009). Solving the prairie paradox: codes and party politics in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2798

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vii, 426 leaves ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 384-426


identifier: Laplante, L. D. (2009). Native spirituality: spirit piracy and Native sweat lodges (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2981

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abstract: Bibliography: p. 215-225

abstract: This research is an investigation into a social phenomenon that I refer to as Spirit Piracy. Set in the context of the Native sweat lodge ceremony, the main points that address this phenomenon focus on: 1) an age-old process of spiritual fragmentation; 2) protocols and natural laws of communication between humans and the spirit world; and 3) developing an awareness of spiritual interconnectedness that exists throughout the universe. The Indigenous Cree three-tiered universe is used to demonstrate the natural order of the universe-something humans have reinterpreted over time. Results from a literature review and a synthesis of eight interviews conclude that the "spirit of colonialism" has entered the lodge. The concept of Spirit Piracy has a broad application and in this research is used to emphasize the need to protect the Native sweat lodge ceremony as a natural and spiritual resource that defines cultural identities and heritages.


identifier: Kohls, J. (2002). Stream stewardship recommendations for the town of Okotoks: maintenance of riparian areas (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13639

publisher:
Environmental Design
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xix, 211 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject: AC1 .T484 2002 K64

abstract: Bibliography: p. 188-196


identifier: Sakata, M. (2012). Perceptions and Understanding of Family Violence Among Japanese Canadians (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27285

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Social Work
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject:
Social Work
Family Violence
Multi-culture
Japanese

abstract: This study explores and describes how Japanese Canadian participants in Edmonton and Calgary perceive and understand family violence.  A qualitative descriptive methodology was utilized as the research method, and data was collected from ten Japanese Canadians through individual and focus group formats.  Findings indicate that participants appeared to have a bounded view toward family violence.  A bounded understanding of family violence included actions that were direct, intense, visible, and frequent.  Participants indicated that Japanese culture influences participants’ perceptive on family violence.  Language coveys culture and may limit perceptions; a strong patriarchal value places males at risk to abuse wives and children.  This study also examines the barriers to reporting incidence of family violence and to access services.  This study presents implications and direction for social work practice with Japanese heritage group and may also be applicable to wider social work practice inter-culturally.


identifier: Howard, R. A. (2004). Development of a method for robotic reproduction of in-vivo joint motion (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2369

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abstract: Bibliography: p. 313-317

abstract: Some pages are in colour.

abstract: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease which has been shown frequently to follow injury of the connective tissues of the knee. In order to restore the mechanical function of the joint following such injury, a more complete understanding of joint mechanics is necessary. In this study, a system was developed for the measurement of in-vitro joint and structure loads during robotic application of in-vivo kinematics to the ovine stifle joint. In-vivo kinematics of 3 animals were measured, following which kinematics were re-applied in-vitro using a parallel manipulator. Resulting joint and structure loads were measured, and the sensitivity of these load measurements to kinematic perturbations determined. The development of this method demonstrated the importance of spatial positioning in obtaining valid load measurements. Future directions involve improvement of spatial accuracy, following which the system is expected to provide a useful tool for the estimation of in-vivo joint and structure loading.


identifier: Bacque, D. (2013). Cenozoic Cooling Patterns from the Canadian Cordillera using the Uranium-Thorium-Helium Method (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25240

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject:
Geology
Tectonics
Thermochronology
Canadian Cordillera

abstract: The Cenozoic cooling history of the Canadian Cordillera is important for understanding large-scale processes and relative importance of smaller geologic features. Our study uses the uranium-thorium-helium method, which provides a cooling history for upper crust (~2-6 km). Our data helps resolve near surface problems such as the amount and extent of overburden removed during the Cenozoic, the possible mechanisms to explain the loss of the thick overburden (i.e. tectonic, climate, erosion), and how our regional cooling history fits into the cooling histories we already have for the Cordillera. Using our data we estimated the amount of overburden removed from the Foreland Belt portion of our study, since the L. Paleocene, to be 5-9 km and did extend further west into the Cordillera. Using hanging wall and footwall relationships, we found that faulting, despite lying in the extensional regime in the current model did not control cooling.


identifier: Moffat, I. W. (1980). Geometry and mechanisms of transverse faulting, Rocky Mountain Front Ranges, Canmore, Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20284

format:
xvi, 193 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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relation: Additional Copy: QE 606.6 C2 M63 1980G Geology

subject: QE 606 M62 1980 Fiche

subject: Faults (Geology) - Alberta - Canmore area

subject: Geology, Structural

abstract: Bibliography: p. 164-182.

abstract: Although well documented from worldwide foreland belts, an actual mechanism for the formation of faults oriented at high angles to the predominant structural trend appears somewhat enigmatic. With this in mind, a system of Transverse faults contained within the major Rundle and Sulphur Mountain thrust sheets have been mapped in detail at a scale of 1:12,000. Structural observations at the 1) megascopic 2) mesoscopic and 3) microscopic scales were conducted in order to more accurately delineate relative timing and kinematics of the major deformational features. Shortening within the Rundle Thrust sheet has been accomplished by folding and imbricate thrusting whereas the Sulphur Mountain thrust sheet is deformed solely by the latter. Analysis of available field data suggests a progressive eastward advancing deformation, characterized by early thrusting in the Sulphur Mountain sheet, followed by folding and then thrusting in the Rundle sheet. The transverse fault system consists of a major fault which offsets the Sulphur Mountain Thrust and terminates at a major imbricate thrust of the Rundle Thrust sheet, as well as several minor transverse faults restricted to the individual thrust sheets. Analysis of palinspastic cross sections constructed for the time interval following folding but prior to thrusting, illustrates that the imbricate thrust steepened rapidly northwards in the immediate vicinity of the present location of the transverse fault. This geometry determines that northern strata wi1l be forced higher than southern counterparts during thrusting, thus resulting in a transverse fold and, with further displacement, a transverse fault. The initiation of transverse folding determines that the maximum shortening strain manifest by calcite and dolomite intragranular strains would rotate from an original position within the a-c tectonic plane to one within the b-c tectonic plane. Displacement along minor transverse faults has either occurred prior to the major faulting event, as demonstrated by one minor fault in the Sulphur Mountain thrust sheet, or contemporaneously with the major event as a response to extensional strain. Following the major faulting event, the two thrust sheets are essentially separated into two distinct structural domains. As lock up occurs along the lower thrust, further shortening within the sheet proceeds by sliding along pre-existing hanging wall thursts. Eventual erosion results in the deceptive appearance of structural discontinuity across the transverse fault zone.


identifier: Mullan, J. J. (1983). The Evolution of the French novella (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19442

title: The Evolution of the French novella

format:
vi, 346 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject: PQ 631 M84 1983

subject: Short stories, French - History and criticism

abstract: Bibliography: p. 80-86.


identifier: Edgar, L. J. (1988). Joy: <an accompaniment to the thesis exhibition> (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/200

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vii, 67 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
Autobiography
Photography of women
Creative ability

abstract: Bibliography: p. 64-67.


identifier: Li, J. (2006). New insights into the oxidation behaviours of crude oils (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/917

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abstract: Bibliography: p. 239-254

abstract:
Sustainable economic development of many of the world's oil reservoirs requires application of novel technologies. High pressure air injection (HPAI) into light oil reservoir has been proven as a new alternative improved oil recovery (IOR) method for both secondary and tertiary recovery processes.
The normal aim of a high-pressure air injection process is for the oxygen from the injected air to react with a small fraction of the reservoir oil at an elevated temperature to produce a mixture of carbon dioxide and nitrogen, which mobilizes the oil downstream and sweeps oil towards the production wells. However, what is actually taking place upon air injection into oil reservoir has not been fully understood. Some misconceptions of concerning high pressure air injection process still exist because of the complexity of oxidation reactions for crude oils.
The goal of this investigation is to fingerprint the oxidation behaviour of hydrocarbons and to determine which physical and chemical processes can significantly affect the interpretation the oxidation performance for crude oils using two thermal analysis techniques, thermogravimetry and pressurized differential scanning calorimetry (PDSC), accelerating rate calorimetry (ARC).
Systematic studies are performed to investigate oxidation behaviours of several pure paraffin and aromatic hydrocarbon compounds using the thermal analysis techniques. Then; the oxidation behaviours of saturates, aromatics, resins and asphaltenes (SARA) fractions of three different types of crude oils (the light oil, medium oil and Athabasca bitumen) are determined. Systematic experiments are also conducted on four crude oils with different compositions (the two light oils, one medium oil and Athabasca bitumen). This study looks at the effect of pressure on the energy generation associated with the oxidation reactions in the different temperature ranges. In the end, a simplified mathematical model is developed as an aid to better understand the thermal behaviour of hydrocarbons. In this study, the preliminary tests are performed to investigate the feasibility of improving ignition characteristics by adding certain chemicals into the selected light oil sample using thermal analysis techniques.
This study addresses the important aspects of the oxidation behaviours of light oil and Athabasca bitumen. It is concluded that the behaviour of light crude oil is substantially different from that of heavy oils. For the light oils tested, in the low temperature range (<350°C), vaporization is a dominant physical process. Under certain conditions, such as high pressure and a suitable concentration of evaporated hydrocarbon fraction or/and decomposed fraction in the vapour phase, bond scission reactions in the vapour phase may be dominant. Therefore, the oxygen addition or low temperature oxidation reactions in the liquid phase and bond scission reactions in the vapour phase may overlap. The largest amount and the highest rate of energy generation occur in the low temperature range. The combustion or high temperature oxidation reactions in the high temperature range are weak for the light oils and the medium oil tested, due to insufficient fuel availability for those reactions. In contrast, for Athabasca bitumen in the low temperature range, oxygen addition reactions are dominant but the energy generation is at a low level. In the temperatures above 400°C, bond scission or high temperature oxidation (combustion) reactions are intensive, with the higher amount and the faster rate of energy generation.
The experimental data further addresses the effect of composition of crude oils on their oxidation behaviours, which can be an aid to understanding the difference in oxidation behaviours between the light oils and Athabasca bitumen. These data provides a better understanding of the oxidation reaction mechanism for crude oils. This information is vital for interpreting and optimizing field performance during air injection process into light oil reservoirs.


identifier: Dresser, A. (2009). Investigation of DNA repair, replication and recombination gene disruptions on switching at vlse in borrelia burgdorferi (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2313

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abstract:
Bibliography: p. 96-105
some pages are in colour


identifier: Kopp, D. (2021). Understanding the roles for CELF2 in post-transcriptional regulation for the fate of neural stem cells (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Understanding the roles for CELF2 in post-transcriptional regulation for the fate of neural stem cells.

publisher:
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary

contributor:
Long, Quan
Yang, Guang
Bousman, Chad
Nguyen, Minh Dang

subject:
neurodevelopmental disorders
CELF
Bioinformatics
Neuroscience
Biochemistry

abstract: The development of the mammalian brain is built by neural stem cells (NSCs) which differentiate into neurons, glial cells and will self-renew to grow the NSC population. The balancing of self-renewal and differentiation is precisely orchestrated as the brain develops. The fate of NSCs are achieved by intrinsic gene regulation along with extrinsic environmental factors. As gene regulation is an essential process for all cells, understanding its coordination is important to understand how the fate of cells are determined. Gene regulation can occur at three main levels: transcriptional, post-transcriptional and post-translational. Regarding NSCs, transcriptional and post-translational regulation have been studied extensively, while post-transcriptional regulation has had limited research. An understudied post-transcriptional regulator, CELF2, has been found to be associated with neural developmental disorders. Further studies from our lab found that CELF2 is essential for NSC fate decisions. My thesis aims to understand what transcripts are targeted by CELF2 using bioinformatics analysis. With this data, the targeted genes can be categorized into groups based on their functionality. Using this data, I aim to determine what genes and what cellular functions are most impacted by CELF2. Furthermore, as the CELF family is not well studied evolutionarily, I wish to construct a phylogenetic tree to understand how the family may have evolved in association with complex animals. With these findings, I am to expand the field of post-transcriptional regulation and its impact on the developing brain.


identifier: Mah, S. S. (2011). A Case Study of Telehealth Usage in Three First Nation Communities: Understanding the Role of Technology Users in Health Care Practice (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21139

publisher:
Arts
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xi, 251 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 222-237.

abstract: Includes a copy of Ethics Review forms.  Originals with original copy of Partial Copyright Licence.

abstract: A few pages are in colour.


identifier: MacLeod, D. J. (1976). A Study of nursing students from a feminist perspective (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21698

format:
x, 113 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject:
RT 82 M22 1976 Microfiche
Nursing as a profession
Nursing - Social aspects

abstract: Bibliogarphy: p. 103-106.


identifier: Kacelenga, R. V. (1990). Digital filter design using simulated annealing (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23247

format:
xii, 138 leaves ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 129-133.


identifier: Kroch, U. (2009). The experience of being a dependent adult (ward) (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2312

publisher:
Social Work
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xiii, 248 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 226-235


identifier: Xu, J. (2018). Modelling and Analysis of the Axial Vibration on BHA of Horizontal Drilling Rig (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/31869

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

contributor:
Tu, Yiliu
Xue, Deyi
Li, Leping
Fapojuwo, Abraham O.

subject:
vibration
dynamic methematical model
Engineering--Mechanical

abstract: Horizontal drilling technology is a widely applied well drilling technology due to its capability of reducing drilling time and cost, and at same time increasing the production. In practice, oil and gas production companies employ rotary steerable system or positive displacement motor to steer the drill bit to follow a pre-planned well trajectory along a desired direction. Therefore, the efficiency and accuracy are the main concerns for the improvement of horizontal drilling technology and drill string vibration is the factor to influence these two major concerns. This thesis illustrates a dynamic mathematical model for the vibration of the bottom hole assembly (BHA) which is an important part of drill string. The mathematical model considers the friction between the wellbore and the BHA and the effect of drilling fluid. It investigates the major influencing factors on the vibration, such as weight on bit, friction coefficient, viscous damping coefficient, and the number of stabilizers. The dynamic mathematical model is validated by the finite element simulation and analysis. Moreover, it can monitor the deformation of BHA real time and help drillers adjusting the parameters when the well path deviates from the original planned trajectory.


identifier: Nettleton, J. (2019). Dietary Modulators of Gut Microbiota: Impact on Metabolic Health and Behaviour (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Kinesiology
University of Calgary

contributor:
Reimer, Raylene
Shearer, Jane
Borgland, Stephanie

subject:
Gut microbiota
Autism
Low-calorie sweeteners
Sweeteners
Glucose tolerance
Insulin sensitivity
Behaviour
Probiotic
Prebiotic
Synbiotic
Nutrition

abstract:
Background The ability of the gut microbiota to influence metabolic health and the potential to alter behaviour has been well-established. Therefore, targeting the gut microbiota to improve its’ composition through dietary agents is an attractive strategy to improve chronic diseases, like obesity, and impaired behaviours in neurodevelopmental conditions, like autism spectrum disorder.
Objective This dissertation examines how dietary additives, including low-calorie sweeteners (LCS), and probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics can alter metabolic, microbial and behavioural outcomes in rodents. Specifically, the objectives of this thesis were to: 1) assess the impact of maternal aspartame and stevia consumption on dams and offspring metabolism and gut microbiota; 2) determine the effects of long term low-dose stevia consumption in young male rats; 3) examine the impact of prebiotic, probiotic and synbiotic consumption on behaviours in an autism spectrum disorder mouse model.
Methods 1) Diet-induced obese female rats consumed aspartame or stevia alongside a high fat diet during gestation and lactation; 2) Young male rats consumed stevia for nine-weeks; 3) Male BTBR mice were fed diets supplemented with prebiotic, probiotic, or synbiotic for three-weeks. In the first two studies, body composition, gut microbiota composition, and glucocentric and mesolimbic reward parameters were examined in dams, offspring, and male rats. In the third study, body weight and feces were measured/collected weekly and behaviour was tested at the end of treatment.
Results The primary findings from our three study objectives were: 1) Maternal LCS consumption increased body weight and impaired glucocentric parameters in early life in offspring and changes were mediated by the gut microbiota; 2) Stevia intake reduced the relative abundance of cecal bifidobacteria taxa; 3) Probiotic consumption improved sociability and repetitive behaviour whereas prebiotic worsened sociability and had mixed effects on communicative variables, yet probiotic, prebiotic and synbiotic treated mice all had alterations in gut microbiota composition that indicated potential improved gut health.
Conclusion Our results provide evidence for the role of low-calorie sweeteners in perpetuating obesity by altering gut microbiota composition and the potential for probiotic, prebiotic, and synbiotic to modulate behaviours associated with autism spectrum disorder.


identifier: Faria, M. M. (2009). Characterization of pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from hutterite cystic fibrosis patients (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2648

format:
xvi, 219 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract:
Bibliography: p. 198-219
Some pages are in colour


identifier: Ju, Y. (2012). Numerical reconstruction of 3d pore structure and analysis of the mechanical properties of reservoir rocks (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4710

contributor:
Epstein, Marcelo
Sudak, Les Jozev

format:
xxvi, 223 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 205-223

abstract: Some pages are in colour.

abstract: Includes copies of copyright permission.  Original copies with original Partial Copyright Licence.

abstract:
In a variety of engineering applications such as petroleum, mining, hydrogeology, tunnelling, metallurgy, geophysics, and contaminant cleanup, rock is the main concerned material which involves a large number of discontinuous, multiscale and geometryirregular pores. These pores significantly affect the physical and mechanical properties of rock. Accurate prediction of the physical and mechanical properties of porous rock and the influences of pore structures has become a great concern to scientists and engineers.
Numerical reconstruction modelling provides an effective and economic way for predicting the mechanical and physical properties of rock. In this study, the statistical reconstruction algorithms of three-dimensional (3D) pore structures of reservoir rocks with varied connectivity were developed based on the geometrical and statistical characteristics of pore space acquired from two-dimensional (2D) CT thin sections of rock samples. The statistical probability functions and Monte Carlo method were adopted to realize 3D reconstruction of lowly connected pore structures. In order to take into account the irregularity and connectedness of highly connected pore structures, a fractal correction function characterizing the clustering and self-similarity features of pore space was introduced into 3D reconstruction procedures. A so-called pore-developing algorithm was incorporated with simulated annealing method to improve reconstruction efficiency and accuracy. By means of 3D finite element modelling and laboratory experiments the author verified accuracy of the reconstruction models in predicting the mechanical and physical properties of rocks. Comparison indicates that there is good comparability in the geometrical, topological, statistical and mechanical features of pore structures between the reconstructed and the reference systems of rock. The proposed method significantly improved 3D reconstruction efficiency by saving much computation time as compared to the conventional method. The influences of pore structures on the static and dynamic mechanical properties of reservoir rocks were investigated by means of 3D numerical simulation and laboratory tests. The mechanisms of pore deformation and failure governing the macroscopic properties such as strength, fracture and energy dissipation of reservoir rocks subjected to static and dynamic loads were analyzed.


identifier: Mowchenko, M. (1996). Intelligent independent features: manufactured features which ensure their own manufacturability (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15781

format:
xix, 196 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject:
TA345 .M69 1996
Computer-aided design
Engineering - Data processing
Computer-aided engineering

abstract: Bibliography: p. 161-183.


identifier: Martens, L. (1998). The psychological well-being of family members of individuals with schizophrenia (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13761

format:
viii, 108 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject:
RC514 .M368 1998
Schizophrenia--Family relationships.

abstract: Bibliography: p. 85-90.


identifier: Adams, R. P. (1981). The effects of sulphur dioxide on the floristic composition of Lodgepole pine communities (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11564

format:
ix, 87 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
QK 753 S85 P35 1983
Sulphur dioxide - Environmental aspects
Plants, Effect of sulphur dioxide on
Lodgepole pine

abstract: Bibliography: p. 81-87.


identifier: Bell, K. M. (2018). Biostratigraphy of Cretaceous and Paleogene Strata from Northern Yukon Territory and District of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/31864

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Science
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Henderson, Charles M.
Lane, Larry S.
Hubbard, Stephen M.

subject:
Palynology
biostratigraphy
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Canadian northern basins
Pulcheripollenites
Paleontology

abstract: The biostratigraphic utility of the angiosperm pollen genus Pulcheripollenites is improved through the development of new biozones. Species of Pulcheripollenites, including one new species, P. sweetii, aid interpretations and correlations within three northern Canadian basins, in combination with additional new palynostratigraphic data and previously published biozonation schemes. Palynological assemblages recovered from the Bonnet Plume, Eagle Plain and Brackett basins determine relative ages and establish correlations with existing biozones that constrain intra- and interbasinal correlations for Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene strata. Strata from the upper Bonnet Plume Formation of the Bonnet Plume Basin range in age from the late Campanian to late Paleocene/early Eocene. The diverse assemblages recovered from the Bonnet Plume Basin contribute to paleogeographic and phytogeographic determinations and point to issues of diachroneity. Assemblages recovered from the Eagle Plain Basin were very impoverished compared to the Bonnet Plume and Brackett basins and contained reworked palynomorphs, making age determinations and biostratigraphic correlations problematic. New biostratigraphic data, including marine macrofauna, foraminifera, and palynomorphs provide significant constraints on the age of the Eagle Plain Group. Strata from the Cody Creek Formation, the youngest unit of the Eagle Plain Group, contained assemblages of six distinct ages including: Late Albian to Cenomanian (or younger), Turonian (or younger), mid-Coniacian (or younger), Santonian to possibly early Campanian, mid- to late Campanian and late Maastrichtian. Distribution of biostratigraphic ages confirms deposition of the Eagle Plain Group as a prograding succession and that Cody Creek strata are time transgressive from south to north. Strata from the East Fork and Little Bear formations of the Brackett Basin range from Turonian (or younger) to mid-Maastrichtian. A marine age equivalent of the Summit Creek Formation is recognized within the East Fork Formation based on palynological analysis. Recycled palynomorphs are common in strata of the Little Bear and East Fork formations and the age of recycled populations are stratigraphically inverted providing evidence for progressive unroofing of the orogenic wedge during Cordilleran orogenesis. This research provides a foundation for regional geologic mapping, basin evolution studies and resource assessment in these northern Canadian basins.


identifier: English, E. A. (1997). Cultural tourism planning: a case study, Dawson City, Yukon (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13879

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject: G155. Y85 E54 1997

subject: Heritage tourism

subject: Tourist trade--Yukon Territory-- Planning

abstract: Bibliography: p. 119-128


identifier: Meeuwisse, W. H. (1994). Development, implementation and validation of the Canadian Intercollegiate Sport Injury Registry (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12850

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

subject: GV 204 C33 C365 1994

subject: Canadian Intercollegiate Sport Injury Registry - History

subject: Sports injuries - Canada

abstract: Bibliography: p. 193-204.


identifier: van der Eide, E. F. (2009). Synthetic and mechanistic studies on ruthenium-catalyzed alkene metathesis (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3176

format:
xxv, 271 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 185-198

abstract: The mechanism of the ruthenium-catalyzed alkene metathesis reaction has been examined, providing insight into the catalytic cycle of this important chemical transformation. New neutral and cationic ruthenium phosphonium alkylidene complexes, varying in the steric bulk of the phosphorus substituents, have been characterized. The reaction of ruthenium carbide complexes (H2 1Mes)(PR'R2)(Cl)2Ru=C with hydrochloric acid affords five-coordinate trichlorides (H2 1Mes)(Cl)3Ru=C(H)PR'R2. Abstraction of a chloride anion from the trichlorides proceeds cleanly and quantitatively with B(C6F5)3, leading to ion pairs [(H21Mes)(Cl)2Ru=C(H)PR'R2t[ClB(C6F5)3r. Depending on the size of the phosphorus substituents, the cations may undergo reversible dimerization in solution to form doubly chloride-bridged, centrosymrnetric dimers. Thermodynamic and kinetic parameters for this dimerization process have been obtained. The dimers are not reactive toward ethene, whereas the monomers are very reactive toward ethene, forming a ruthenacyclobutane relevant to alkene metathesis. The reactivity of two cationic, monomeric, four-coordinate ruthenium phosphonium alkylidenes ([(H21Mes)(Cl)2Ru=C(H)P;Pr3t and [(H21Mes)(Cl)2Ru=C(H)PCy3t) toward a series of alkenes is compared. Both complexes undergo reactions with alkenes to generate transient, four-coordinate ruthenium alkylidenes (H2 1Mes)(Cl)2Ru=C(H)R. The triisopropyl-substituted ruthenium phosphonium alkylidene is found to be several orders of magnitude more reactive toward alkenes than the tricyclohexyl-substituted one. The study of a bicyclic ruthenacyclobutane of relevance to the ring-closing metathesis of dimethyl diallylmalonate is described. The ruthenacyclobutane was generated in high yield in CD2Cb solution and was fully characterized at low temperatures through spectroscopic and kinetic studies. 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, 13C-labeling studies and theoretical calculations indicate that the more substituted ruthenacycle C-C bond in this intermediate is weaker than the less substituted ruthenacycle C-C bond. Kinetic studies of the reaction of the ruthenacyclobutane with ethene have shed light on the species involved in the ring-closing metathesis of dimethyl diallylmalonate. In the phosphine-free system that was studied, the dissociative loss of the RCM product dimethyl cyclopent-3-ene-l, 1-dicarboxylate from the bicyclic ruthenacyclobutane constitutes the rate-limiting step of the catalytic cycle, with a free energy barrier of only 65 kJ mol-1. The reactive, four-coordinate methylidene (H2 1Mes)(Cl)2Ru=CH2 is shown to be involved in the catalytic cycle. The mechanistic studies evidence the high inherent alkene metathesis reactivity that can be achieved with the Grubbs second generation catalyst platform.


identifier: Seward, U. (2002). Reconciling regional needs and global wants: a museum of agrarian culture in Westlock (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12562

format:
viii, 125 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject: NA747 .W48 S49 2002

subject: Architecture - Alberta - Westlock

subject: Museums - Alberta - Westlock - Designs and plans

subject: Globalization

subject: Regionalism

subject: Westlock (Alta.) - Buildings, structures, etc.

abstract: Bibliography: p. 104-106.


identifier: Baez Duran, M. E. (2000). La oralidad en la muerte como elemento subversivo en Pedro Paramo (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20640

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

subject:
PQ7297 .R89 P434 2000
Rulfo, Juan. Pedro Paramo
Death in literature

abstract: Bibliography: p. 94-99.


identifier: Kim, T. (2021). Effects of a pharmacological activator of Ca2+-activated K+ channels (KCa2/3) on recovery from acute myocardial Infarction in mice (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Effects of a Pharmacological Activator of Ca2+-activated K+ Channels (KCa2/3) on Recovery from Acute Myocardial Infarction in Mice

contributor:
Braun, Andrew
Belke, Darrell
Patel, Vaibhav
Duff, Henry
Rose, Robert

subject:
Myocardial Infarction
Vascular Pharmacology
Cardiology
Cardiovascular Science
Physiology
Biophysics--Medical
Health Sciences
Pharmacology

abstract:
The goal of this project is to investigate the potential cardio-protective effects of a small molecule activator of endothelial KCa 2.3 and KCa 3.1 channel activity (i.e. SKA-31). Recent studies from our group have demonstrated that acute SKA-31 treatment improved agonist-evoked vasodilation in resistance arteries from multiple vascular beds and species, and this effect remains robust in arteries from Type 2 Diabetic tissues. Prolonged administration of SKA-31 to aged male rats also improved both their cardiac and vascular functions. In my research, I have hypothesized that enhancement of endothelial function by in vivo SKA-31 administration would improve recovery of the heart following an acute injury, such as myocardial infarction (MI). Experimentally, male mice (12-15 weeks of age, C57BL/6 strain) were subjected to surgical ligation of the left-anterior descending coronary artery to establish an acute MI. Sham surgeries involved all the same surgical procedures, except for the coronary ligation. Within 48 h post-surgery, MI and sham surgery mice were treated orally with either vehicle or 10 mg/kg of SKA-31 daily for 6 weeks. Echocardiography, Pressure-Volume (P-V) loop measurements and histological analysis were implemented to assess cardiac performance and structure, respectively, in each of the four treatment groups.
Myocardial damage in MI mice was confirmed by histological staining. Echocardiographic assessment of cardiac function 4 weeks post-surgery revealed that Ejection Fraction (EF), Fractional Shortening (FS), end systolic volume (ESV) and end diastolic volume (EDV) were similar in sham animals treated with either vehicle or SKA-31. In contrast, the MI animals treated with vehicle displayed ~50% decreases in EF and FS, and significantly larger values for ESV and EDV, compared with sham-treated mice. In addition, the MI animals displayed elevated EDPVR values of ~0.7 compared to ~0.3 observed in sham animals. This finding indicates that the left ventricular wall is stiffer following infarction and strongly suggests the presence of diastolic dysfunction. However, no significant changes in other diastolic parameters, such as [dP/dt]min and Tau, were detected in MI groups compared to the sham groups. These functional and structural parameters thus confirm the presence of sustained cardiac dysfunction in the MI mice. Treatment of MI mice with SKA-31 did not lead to improvements in EF, FS, ESV or EDV compared with vehicle treated MI animals. The results of my study show that a pharmacological intervention designed to enhance endothelial function did not significantly improve cardiac function in the setting of an acute injury. A potential confounding factor in this study is the possible effect of SKA-31 on the robust cardio-immunological responses in the post-MI heart, due to the expression of KCa3.1 channels within pro-inflammatory immune cells such as monocytes, neutrophils and macrophages.


identifier: Pittman, L. G. (2005). The percutaneous coronary intervention patient perception study (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/447

publisher:
Nursing
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xi, 140 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 87-106


identifier: Warthe, D. G. (2011). The development of the dating relationship scales for young adults (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3770

format:
ix, 254 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 157-184.

abstract: Includes ethics permission forms.  Originals with copy of orginal copy of Partial Copyright Licence.


identifier: Salonius, L. (1997). Foreign funding and national cinema: a case study of the Irish film industry (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11010

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

subject:
PN1993.5.A1 S33 1997
Motion picture industry - Finance
Motion picture industry - Ireland

abstract: Bibliography: p. 135-143.


identifier: Horne, M. L. (1990). Plant preference of the alfalfa leafcutter bee, megachile rotundata (fabricius) (hymenoptera : meg (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11062

subject: QL 568 M4 H67 1990

subject: Alfalfa leafcutting bee

subject: Alberta - Lethbridge. Agriculture Canada Research Station

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 115-121.
offsite


identifier: Mortier, R. A. (2014). Age and Dose Dependent Susceptibility to Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis Infection in Dairy Calves (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24739

contributor:
De Buck, Jeroen
Barkema, Herman W.

subject:
Veterinary Science
Paratuberculosis
Susceptibility
dairy calves

abstract:
Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) causes Johne’s disease (JD), a chronic enteritis in ruminants. Control programs focus on prevention of infection of susceptible individuals: calves < 6 months of age. However, this age-cut-off for susceptibility is not well supported scientifically. Additionally, control programs struggle with low sensitivity of diagnostic tests in the early stages of JD.
The main objective of this thesis was to determine age-dependent susceptibility in dairy calves. Additionally, the course of immune responses as well as fecal shedding was assessed. Furthermore, gross lesions, histology and MAP-culture from tissues were used to confirm infection status of each calf, and to investigate age-dependent susceptibility.
Fifty calves were inoculated per os on 2 consecutive days at 2 weeks and 3, 6, 9, or 12 months. Within each age group calves received either a high (5 x 109 CFU) or low dose (5 x 107 CFU) of MAP. Six calves served as a negative control group. Serum, whole blood and fecal samples were collected regularly until necropsy at 17 months of age. Macroscopic and histological lesions were assessed and bacterial culture was performed on tissue samples.
Calves were successfully infected with MAP up to 1 year of age even with a low dose of MAP. Calves inoculated at 2 weeks, 3, or 6 months of age with a high dose of MAP had more severe necropsy lesions, were shedding MAP in feces more frequently, and had a stronger humoral and cellular immune response, than calves inoculated with a low dose. Shedding and humoral immune responses differed between individual calves and were detected in about half of the calves, which was more than anticipated. A dose-dependent cellular immune response was detected in each inoculated calf soon after inoculation using an interferon-gamma release assay and is therefore a good candidate test for early diagnosis. To conclude, calves are susceptible to MAP infection up to 1 year of age and could be infectious to other calves. Keeping the infection pressure low on-farm could reduce the severity of JD. Early diagnosis of MAP-infection is possible and this could improve the potential to control JD on-farm.


identifier: O'Brien, J. R. (2010). Destination retirement: construction of place identity amongst North American retirees expatriating to Yucatan, Mexico (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3737

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vi, 174 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 160-167

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abstract: The phenomenon of Canadian and US American baby-boomers moving to foreign locations for the purpose of retirement is a growing demographic trend. This study examines expatriate retiree place identity formation in Progreso, Yucatan, Mexico. The findings of this study argue that the continual 'acculturation' into a demographically similar social 'in-group' of expatriates, and the formation of a social identity and social space that occurs therein, feeds the development of a sense of place imbued with positive meanings, and an identity linked to that place. The cyclical nature of the cultural insertion process is continued with the strengthening of the group-based social identity via the expatriate in-group's rejection of those places - namely, the 'local' place - with which they do not identify, and their celebration of the place with which they do identify, a place that is continually being socially constructed by its inhabitants.


identifier: Ramdin, S. (2001). The traumatic nexus of race, history, and narrative in the work of William Faulkner (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11672

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 R363

abstract: Bibliography: p. 123-125.


identifier: Fridhandler, S. (2006). The experience of studying abroad and returning home to Canada (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/769

format:
xi, 143 leaves ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p.134-138

abstract: The overarching goal of this study was to illuminate the lived experience of studying abroad and returning to Canada. Also of interest was how this experience influenced students' personal identity, worldview, and plans for the future. Six participants shared their experience studying abroad in Mexico and discussed the meaning(s) that this experience held for them. A phenomenological research methodology was employed and five categories with twenty-two themes emerged. Data were considered from the perspective of various models of cross-cultural adaptation, cross-cultural learning, culture shock, and reverse culture shock. The findings suggested that participants experienced significant transformations in their personal identities, worldviews, and cross-cultural competence. Furthermore, the findings illustrated the challenges of returning home and underscored the importance of developing and implementing re-entry preparation and support programs to assist with this segment of the study abroad experience. This study supplements the existing literature with an intimate and vivid description of what it is actually like to study abroad and return to Canada.


identifier: Chan, S. J. (1992). The evolution of carbon stars (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18836

title: The evolution of carbon stars

format:
xxiv, 415 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QB 843 N12 C428 1993
N stars
N stars - Spectra
Astronomical spectroscopy

abstract: Bibliography: p. 246-260.


identifier: Lehman, D. R. (1991). Perceptions of friendship based on the views of people with and without cognitive disability (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18026

format:
xii, 182 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject:
BF 575 F66 L44 1991
Friendship - Social aspects
Cognition disorders

abstract: Bibliography: p. 153-167.


identifier: Yamakawa, G. (2014). Non-Photic Phase Shifting: Acetylcholine and Arousal (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27124

subject:
Neuroscience
Psychology--Behavioral
Psychology--Experimental
Circadian
Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
Non-photic

abstract: Non-photic stimuli are capable of producing large phase advances of the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) during the midday in a manner that is different than light. Two prominent non-photic stimuli include confinement to a novel running wheel, and sleep deprivation by gentle handling. It was hypothesized that these stimuli both provide a sustained level of behavioral arousal to the animals in order to bring about phase shifts. If this was the case, then neurotransmitters involved in behavioral arousal should also participate in non-photic phase shifting. Neurotransmission of acetylcholine (ACh) is involved in bringing about arousal and also has been shown to play a role in the circadian system. The purpose of these experiments was to determine if ACh plays a role in non-photic phase shifting and to what extent arousal is involved. First, it was shown that Fos expression is increased in general areas containing ACh, orexin and histamine in Syrian hamsters undergoing sleep deprivation. Next, it was found that Fos expression specifically in cholinergic cells of the forebrain is increased in animals undergoing novel wheel confinement, but not sleep deprivation. It was then found that in vivo electrical stimulation of the basal forebrain region containing cholinergic neurons phase advanced circadian rhythms of wheel running activity at midday. The phase shifts to these stimulations was found to be dependent on a direct cholinergic input into the SCN. Finally, it was shown that blocking cholinergic neurotransmission in the SCN attenuates phase advances to novel wheel confinement. Taken together, these results show that ACh participates in non-photic phase shifting of the SCN through direct projections from forebrain cells. This also provides evidence for a role of behavioral arousal in novel wheel confinement induced phase shifts and a system that can feedback information on behavioral state onto the SCN.


identifier: Jensen, S. C. (1999). Word-families and the mental lexicon: Testing for a morpho-semantic lexical network (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18872

format:
xiii, 282 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
PE1175 .J46 1999
English language - Word formation
Lexicology
Psycholinguistics

abstract: Bibliography: 222-240.


identifier: McNeill, J. L. (1969). The Claim to know in the educational context (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11915

format:
v, 82 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
LB 19 M23 1969 Microfilm
Education (Philosophy)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 81-82.


identifier: Rich-Zendel, S. (2011). Unraveling fair trade: perceptions of women textile weavers in Nepal (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4334

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 94-100

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


identifier: Houghton, J. R. (1971). The Calgary public school system, 1939-1969: a history of growth and development (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17748

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

subject:
LA 419 C3 H67 1971 Microfilm
Education - Alberta - Calgary

abstract: Bibliography: p. 189-193.


identifier: Nauta, M. (2012). Development of the Finite Difference Time Domain Method on a Lebedev Grid for Anisotropic Materials (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25689

contributor:
Potter, Mike
Okoniewski, Michal

subject:
Engineering--Electricity and Magnetism
Computer Science
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
FDTD
Anisotropic Materials
Computational Electromagnetics

abstract: The finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method is derived on a Lebedev grid, instead of the standard Yee grid, to better represent the constitutive relations in anisotropic materials. The Lebedev grid extends the Yee grid by approximating Maxwell's equations with tensor constitutive relations using only central differences. A dispersion relation with stability criteria is derived and it is proven that the Lebedev grid has a consistent calculus. An integral derivation of the update equations illustrates how to appropriately excite the grid. This approach is also used to derive the update equations at planar material interfaces and domain edge PEC. Lebedev grid results are compared with analytical and Yee grid solutions using an equal memory comparison. Numerical results show that the Lebedev grid suffers greater dispersion error but better represents material interfaces. Focus is given to generalizing the concepts that make the Yee grid robust for isotropic materials.


identifier: Hannaford, S. A. D. (2018). An interpretive ethnography: Nursing culture for people with dementia and behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in the acute care environment (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32928

title: An Interpretive Ethnography: Nursing Culture for People with Dementia and Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia in the Acute Care Environment

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Nursing
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Venturato, Lorraine
Fox, Loralee
Holroyd-Leduc, Jayna M.
Raffin Bouchal, Shelley

subject: Nursing

subject: Dementia

subject: Ethnography

subject: Qualitative

subject: Acute Care

subject: Nursing

abstract:
Objectives: Acute care nurses care for people with dementia (PWD) who suffer from behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) in care environments that may worsen BPSD. The purpose of this study is to understand the nursing culture of care that exists for PWD with BPSD, and align this culture of care with the theory of person-centered dementia care (PCC).
Methods: An interpretive ethnography approach was used, and data was collected on a general medicine unit at one acute hospital through 75 hours of participant observation and five semi-structured interviews with registered nurses and licensed practical nurses. Data was thematically analyzed.  Results: A number of facilitators (teamwork, creativity, knowing the person, care plans, flexibility) and barriers (time constraints, safety, restraint use) for prevision of PCC to PWD and BPSD were identified. The culture of care for PWD with BPSD is shaped by formal protocols, informal protocols or unwritten rules, and beliefs about PWD and the nurses’ role in acute care. Nurses’ ability to provide PCC is limited by the incompatibility between the needs of the PWD and the acute care environment, and risk-averse safety culture that promotes physical safety over the needs and wants of the PWD.  Conclusion: PWD with BPSD should be supported outside of the acute care environment when possible. The acute care environment needs to become more dementia friendly, and nurses need support and permission on a systems and individual level to re-conceptualize the meaning of risk for PWD with BPSD.


identifier: Rey, L. T. M. (2021). Quantifying the Role of Prosody in the Perception of Deception (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Arts
University of Calgary

contributor:
Winters, Stephen
Zhao, Richard
Darin, Flynn

subject:
Deception
Speech Perception
Linguistics
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science

abstract: This work investigates the relationship between inflection and perceived honesty in Canadian English, specifically testing whether a terminal rising inflection is perceived as more dishonest than a falling terminal inflection. Canadian English listeners heard pairs of sentence stimuli which differed only in terms of a final falling, neutral, or rising intonation contour and judged which sentence in each pair sounded more “honest”. I found that speech with a rising intonation is perceived as significantly less honest than speech with either flat or falling intonation. Then, I trained an Exemplar model (Johnson, 1997) and a neural network model, which were both able to match listener performance with roughly 60% accuracy. This result is significantly better than chance, but leaves much room for improvement. It provides a realistic view into how intonation clearly influences the perception of honesty, but with it being just one of many factors playing a role in this judgment.


identifier: Zerna, A. C. (2020). Expanding the evidence of endovascular treatment for acute ischemic stroke: patient–centered outcomes, population–level impact, and patients presenting with mild stroke symptoms (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Hill, Michael D.
Demchuck, Andrew M.
Rabi, Doreen M.

subject: Epidemiology

abstract: Endovascular treatment (EVT) for anterior circulation acute ischemic stroke due to large‐vessel occlusion is the new standard of care resulting in reduced disability compared to medical treatment. Practice guidelines recommend the use of EVT but can only speak to the evidence provided by clinical trials and might not be appropriate when complex medical decisions need to consider the heterogeneity of patients in routine clinical care. Brought about by the limitations of the clinical trials, the work described in this doctoral thesis aimed to assess the long–term sustainability of efficacy of EVT, the utilization of post–stroke outcomes that are patient–centered and more meaningful to affected individuals, and the effectiveness of EVT in patient populations that have not been part of clinical trial cohorts. These are commonly older patients with comorbidities and patients presenting with mild stroke symptoms. The miFUNCTION scale was shown to display greater granularity in the mild to moderately–severe disability range post–stroke compared to the modified Rankin Scale and thus provide more insight into the patient's ability and capacity to engage in meaningful life roles after EVT. In a population–based analysis, adult patients undergoing EVT spent on average more than one week longer at home within the first 90 days compared with patients receiving medical treatment. Home‐time was used as a novel, health‐economic, and patient‐centered outcome. For patients presenting with mild symptoms, EVT resulted in similar 90–day outcomes compared to medical management despite an increased risk of neurological deterioration at 24 hours. Due to uncertainty regarding the risk–benefit–ratio, a well–designed clinical trial will need to establish how best to treat these patients. Overall, the work described here provides greater understanding of how the benefits and risks of EVT might vary across the population and differ from the rather homogenous patient cohort that has been assessed in the clinical trials. The results of this research will be meaningful to patients who experience acute ischemic strokes caused by large vessel occlusion and also aid with economic and regulatory decisions to more broadly offer and organize EVT across Alberta and beyond.


identifier: Li, G. (1994). A preemptive scheduling heuristic (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20346

title: A preemptive scheduling heuristic

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

subject: TS 158 L54 1994

subject: Critical path analysis

subject: Programming (Mathematics)

subject: Scheduling (Management) - Mathematical models

abstract: Bibliography: p. 87-90.


identifier: Owen, K. A. (2021). Towards MDI QKD using quantum dot single photon sources (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Towards MDI QKD using Quantum Dot Single Photon Sources

publisher:
Science
University of Calgary

contributor:
Oblak, Daniel
Simon, Christoph
Donovan, Eric
Gomes da Rocha, Claudia

subject:
Quantum Optics
Quantum
Cryptography
information-theoretic
Security
Quantum Dots
QKD
MDI
Physics
Condensed Matter
Optics

abstract: It is only a matter of time until quantum computers will be capable of breaking all of our current encryption. In the light of this cryptography crisis, it is vital to experimentally realize Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) protocols, which are information-theoretic secure. This form of security, which has never been possible with classical cryptography protocols, states that the protocol will remain equally secure regardless of the computational power of eavesdroppers and hackers. Although one form of QKD is already commercially available, it is susceptible to side-channel attacks based on flaws in how it is physically implemented. The most common attacks are detector-based attacks, and photon-number splitting attacks. For my thesis, I designed the first implementation of Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution (MDI QKD) using quantum dot single photon sources. This form of QKD is not only information-theoretic secure, but also inherently secure against all possible detector and photon-number-splitting side-channel attacks.


identifier: Ferguson, A. L. (2019). Temporizing Uncertainty: A Constructivist Grounded Theory of Advanced Practice Palliative Care Nurses' Prognostication in Non-Malignant Illnesses (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Nursing
University of Calgary

contributor:
Raffin Bouchal, D. Shelley
Simon, Jessica
Sinclair, Shane
Venturato, Lorraine
Duggleby, Wendy

subject:
Palliative Care
Constructivist Grounded Theory
Prognostication
Non-Malignant Illnesses
Advanced Practice Nurses
Nursing

abstract: Palliative care nursing practices combine the science and art of nursing in unique ways. Prognostication is a valued core skill that requires knowledge, intuition, curiosity, conceptualization, and decision-making. The praxis of prognostication is complicated and foundational to the culture and work of advanced practice PCN. This researcher, a member of the group of study provides a unique glimpse into this culture of PCN. The study sought to understand and discover a theory about the experiences of prognostication of individuals with non-malignant illnesses by eleven PCN in a palliative care program, across care sectors. Ten of the eleven nurses were advanced practice nurses in consultant roles and one in a front-line home care position. All eleven nurses held positions that included the regular work of prognostication in fulfillment of their nurse-patient role, especially related to care transitioning. The experiences of these nurses were captured through observation of a nurse-patient prognostic consult followed by participant interviews. The data consisted of one-to-one interviews with each PCN which were then transcribed verbatim. Data analysis began following transcription with line-by-line coding. Analysis was strengthened by the constant comparison method and use of field notes and memoing. The analysis sought descriptions, patterns and relationships from the PCN for shared meaning around prognostication in non-malignant illnesses. There were three main categories that were identified which formulated the theoretical model of the factors and process of prognostication by advanced practice PCN. The core category of ‘Temporizing Uncertainty’ suggests that at the centre of the experiences of the complex process and decision-making in prognostication, PCN are subjected to conflicting and challenging cognitive and affective psychological factors that influence the conative work of prognostication. These findings offer insight into PCN practices and carry implications for education and future research in palliative care. The future aim is to enhance advocacy for end-of-life transitions for patients and their families faced with chronic illnesses and in supporting clinical decision-making.


identifier: Chieffo, D. (1983). The Influence of various environmental and nutritional factors on the growth and survival of Geomyces pannorum in a reclaimed coal mine spoil (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11132

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

subject: QR 111 C53 1956

subject: Soil fungi - Alberta - Luscar

subject: Strip mining - Environmental aspects - Alberta - Luscar

subject: Reclamation of land - Alberta - Luscar

abstract: Bibliography: p. 194-211.


identifier: Jones, B. C. (2001). Social commitments and the contract net (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14304

title: Social commitments and the contract net

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 J66

abstract: Bibliography: p. 115-119.


identifier: Ahmed, S. J. (2010). Multi-stakeholders' engagement for collaborative decision-making in strategic watershed planning (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3880

format:
xvii, 249 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 164-185
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Wilson, L. C. (1973). Behavior modification in the natural environment with juvenile offenders (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/10993

format:
ii, 120 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject:
Behavior modification
Juvenile delinquents
Parent and child
Rehabilitation of juvenile delinquents

abstract: Bibliography: p. 62-66.


identifier: Richel, M. G. (1983). An Examination of decision processes by students responding to multiple-choice test questions in reading and literature (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20975

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

subject:
LB 3060.32 M85 R52 1986
Multiple-choice examinations
Examinations - Alberta
Decision-making

abstract: Bibliography: p. 108-112.


identifier: Gifford, P. M. (1995). Alkali-aggregate reaction and freeze-thaw durability of activated blast furnace slag cement concrete (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22215

format:
xx, 326 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: TA 440 G53 1995

subject: Concrete - Testing

subject: Slag cement - Testing

subject: Aggregates - (Building materials)

subject: Alkali-aggregate reactions

subject: Concrete - Expansion and contraction - Testing

abstract: Bibliography: p. 274-294.


identifier: Onozawa, Y. (2009). A bodhisattva's act of teaching: an analysis of a teacher's maturation (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3015

format:
x, 205 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 192-203


identifier: Meyer, R. (1998). Sedimentology, petrololgy and permeability characterization of the Upper Cretaceious Virgelle member, Milk River formation, Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12481

format:
xxii, 456 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: QE688 .M49 1998A

subject: Additional Copy: QE688 .M49 1998 in the Gallagher Library of Geology and Geophysics

subject: Sedimentation and deposition

subject: Formations (Geology) - Alberta - Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park

subject: Milk River Formation (Alta.)

subject: Petrology - Alberta

subject: Permeability

abstract: Bibliography: p. 340-361


identifier: Nandez Hernandez, I. A. (2010). Production mechanisms in heavy oil in waterflooding (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3548

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 109-117
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Hinds, S. J. (2002). Stratigraphy, structure and tectonic history of the Pink Mountain anticline, Trutch (94G) and Halfway River (94B) map areas, northeastern British Columbia (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13376

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 H564

subject: Geology, Stratigraphic - Cretaceous

subject: Geology - British Columbia - Pink Mountain Region

subject: Geology, Structural - British Columbia - Pink Mountain Region

subject: Diagenesis - British Columbia

abstract: Bibliography: p. 98-104


identifier: Austin, M. (1998). Wolverine winter travel routes and response to transportation corridors in Kicking Horse Pass between Yoho and Banff national parks (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15656

format:
iv, 40 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QL737 .C25 A87 1998
Wolverine
Animal Migration

abstract: Bibliography: p. 36-40


identifier: Klewchuk, P. (1972). Mineralogy and petrology of some granite rocks in the Canadian Shield north of Fort Chipewyan, Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17921

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

subject:
QE 462 G7 K54 1972
Granite
Petrology - Alberta - Fort Chipewyan
Mineralogy - Alberta - Fort Chipewyan

abstract: Bibliography: p. 126-134.


identifier: Oberg, C. A. (1999). The visionary architect in practice: A memory palace (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19881

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 82-85


identifier: Lorway, N. (2009). can't stop won't stop: music for two pianos (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3242

format:
vi, 49 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 27-28


identifier: Sharman, D. (1985). The Child in Stifter's Bergkristall, Katzensilber, Turmalin, and Der Hagestolz (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23994

format:
v, 92 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: PT 2525 Z5 S52 1986

subject: Stifter, Adalbert, 1805-1868 - Criticism and interpretation

subject: Children in literature

abstract: Bibliography: p. 88-92.


identifier: Acton, T. T. (1985). Callaghan's early fiction: genesis and development (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20197

format:
<vi>, 157 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: PS 8505 A41 Z545 1986

subject: Callaghan, Morley, 1903- - Criticism and interpretation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 152-157.


identifier: Shi, C. (2019). Assessment of the magnitude of geographic variation and socioeconomic contextual effects on children’s dental caries: a multilevel cross-sectional analysis of a population-based sample (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
McLaren, Lindsay
Faris, Peter D.
Aparicio-Ting, Fabiola E.
Patterson, Steven M.

subject: dental caries, dental health, children, multilevel, contextual effects

subject: Public Health

abstract: Background: Revealing geographic variation and assessing area contextual influences are important for reducing social inequalities in dental caries. The objective of this study was to investigate area contextual effects on children’s dental caries. Methods: This cross-sectional study included data from Grade 1 and 2 school children attending schools in the Public or Catholic school systems in the urban areas of Calgary and Edmonton in 2013/2014, in Canada. Three sources of data were used: (a) open mouth examinations, (b) parents’ questionnaires, and (c) Pampalon Material Deprivation Index derived from census data. Two dental caries outcomes were considered: (1) presence of dental caries, and (2) caries experience. Data were analyzed using multilevel modelling with two levels: school children (level 1) and dissemination area in which the child’s school was located (level 2). Results: The analytic sample included 5,677 school children attending school in 220 DAs. The study confirmed the existence of geographic variation; levels of dental caries were significantly higher among children attending schools in the most materially-deprived DAs than among those in the least materially-deprived DAs. After controlling for different population compositions in those areas, the DA-level variance represented a small but significant part (5-9%) of total variance in dental caries. Although the highest risk of having dental caries was found in the most materially-deprived DAs, the largest number of children at risk were more thinly spread across all deprivation quintiles. Conclusions: The school DA’s context may have an impact on children’s dental caries, beyond individual- and family-level factors. The study findings are relevant to Alberta Health Services’ practice of basing their selection of targeted areas for dental public health programming on school-DA’s material deprivation level and delivering preventive services to children attending schools in those selected DAs. Specifically, although risk of dental caries is highest in the most deprived quintiles, strategies focusing exclusively on the highest deprivation areas would miss many of the vulnerable children. Multilevel interventions are thus necessary to reduce social inequalities in children’s dental caries.


identifier: McIntosh, W. A. (1971). The United Farmers of Alberta, 1909-1920 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13321

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

subject:
JL 499 A5 U52 1971 Microfilm
United Farmers of Alberta
Alberta - History
Alberta - Politics and government

abstract: Bibliography: p. 115-124.


identifier: Gushnowski, M. L. (2007). The relation between preschoolers' attachement narratives and social/behavioural functioning (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1061

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 78-93

abstract: This study aimed to look at the relationship between attachment narratives and social and behavioural functioning, and replicate the findings of previous studies using the Attachment Doll Play tool. A total of 41 preschoolers were assessed using both the Attachment Doll Play and the Social Skills Rating System (SSRS). It was hypothesized that children classified as insecure would demonstrate higher levels of behaviour problems and children classified as secure would demonstrate higher levels of social skills. Results suggested significant support for these hypotheses. However, results of the study did not replicate the distributions reported in the original study using the Attachment Doll Play. The results of this study demonstrated that there is a significant relationship between attachment classifications and social skills and behaviour problems. However, more studies should be conducted to replicate previous findings and support the reliability of the Attachment Doll Play.


identifier: Bower, C. J. (1973). Petrographic studies of Northwestern Plains ceramics (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11844

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

subject: E 78 N8 B68 1973

subject: Indians of North America - Northwestern states

subject: Indians of North America - Pottery

subject: Indians of North America - Antiquities

abstract: Bibliography: p. 65-69.

abstract: The value of petrographic analysis as a tool for investigating ceramic ecology was outlined and its specific application to pottery from the Northwestern Plains was tested. Body sherds from surface collections and excavated sites in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Montana were examined petrographically. Eighty-three thin sections were analysed, using stratigraphically controlled material from the Morkin Site, DlPk 2, Alberta, as a base. It was determined that potters of the nomadic bison-hunting tribes adhered to a generalized ceramic technological tradition. The widespread use of alluvial clays and crushed granitic rock temper produced a soft porous pot adapted to cooking over an open fire. At the Morkin Site correlations existed between the surface finish of the pots and the raw materials used (specific types of clay and granitic temper).


identifier: Swainger, J. S. (1987). Law in the parkland: a history of the Red Deer Judicial District, 1907-1920 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23880

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

subject: KF 345 ZA3 S93 1987

subject: Judicial districts - Alberta - Red Deer - History

subject: Red Deer (Alta.) - History

subject: Law - Alberta - Red Deer - History

abstract: Bibliography: p. 134-141.


identifier: Vinturache, A. E. (2012). Cardiovascular and renal effects of ANG II and NO in the newborn: roles of AT1Rs and /or AT2Rs (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25214

subject:
Physiology
Physiology
Human Development
postnatal maturation
Newborn
angiotensin
angiotensin receptor
nitric oxide
kidney
Cardiovascular
AT1R
AT2R
haemodynamics
renal function

abstract:
The vasoactive factors angiotensin II (ANG II) and nitric oxide (NO), and the balance between them play a major role in regulating cardiovascular and electrolyte homeostasis. During the perinatal period, both factors are elevated, yet their physiological roles have not been clearly defined. Furthermore, the temporal and spatial expression of the receptors for ANG II (AT1Rs and AT2Rs) is developmentally regulated, although their physiological roles are also unknown. The present study aimed to elucidate for the first time, the physiological effects of ANG II on the kidney during postnatal maturation, as well as the potential role of the ATRs in initiating these physiological effects. In addition, this study investigated for the first time the interaction between ANG II and NO in regulating cardiovascular and renal function during the period of adaptation of the newborn to life after birth.
Two study protocols were carried out in conscious lambs at two stages of postnatal maturation - one and six weeks. The first protocol evaluated (a) the individual functions of ATRs and (b) any possible interaction between them in mediating haemodynamic and renal physiological responses of ANG II. The second protocol investigated the roles of ATRs in modulating physiological roles of endogenoulsy produced NO during development.
Results from these experiments show for the first time, that there does not appear to be any interaction between AT1Rs and AT2Rs in mediating haemodynamic effects of endogenous ANG II early in life. In contrast, the renal effects of ANG II are mediated through AT1Rs in an age-dependent manner, whereas AT2Rs buffer these effects. My research also shows for the first time, that ANG II modulates the effects of NO on renal haemodynamics and function but not systemic haemodynamics in an age-dependent manner through activation of AT1Rs and AT2Rs. Furthermore, it appears that AT2Rs interact with AT1Rs in mediating the renal effects of NO in developing newborn animals. This is the first description of renal effects of ANG II and a new and important interaction between ANG II and NO under physiological conditions early in life.


identifier: Mashrik, M. A. (2011). Performance evaluation of circular and square concrete columns wrapped with cfrp and sfrp sheets (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4448

format:
xxiv, 275 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 192-200


identifier: Millar, J. (1989). The god within you (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19515

title: The god within you

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

subject:
PS 8564 I398 G63 1989
Short stories, Canadian (English)
Nepal - Fiction


identifier: Siamaki, A. R. (2001). The role of sulfur and hydrogen sulfide in prebiotic organic systhesis in hydrothermal sub-sea vents (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12729

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 S53

abstract: Bibliography: p. 134-143.


identifier: Brusse-Gendre, T. (2002). A toolbox approach to engineering design education (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23726

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 B786

abstract: Bibliography: p. 103-110


identifier: Ansari Esfeh, Z.  (2022). A Stochastic Model for Power Prices in the Alberta Electricity Market (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Ware, Antony Frank
Swishchuk, Anatoliy
Sezer, Ayse Deniz

subject:
Electricity market
Risk hedging
Power forward price
Prediction
Optimization
Education--Mathematics
Statistics

abstract: While energy companies commit to provide the required amount of electricity to meet the power consumers’ demand, several factors can affect the demand for electricity and consequently, affect the electricity pricing. Example of these factors are weather conditions, cost of power generation, and government tax policies. Therefore, energy companies must deal with the problem of hedging load and price risk. Power prices typically exhibit some characteristics that are crucial to be considered in modelling power prices. In Alberta, periodicity, mean-reversion, and sudden power price spikes are the most common characteristics of power prices that can be explained by changes in supply and demand for electricity. The other significant feature of power prices in Alberta is the strong link between power prices and fuel prices. Therefore, it is important to obtain a power price model which shows the stochastic dynamics of fuel prices and energy demand (i.e., load) in Alberta. For this purpose, we propose a power price model considering the strong link between power price and load which facilitates the energy companies’ hedging purposes. We use the structural model for power price modelling in which the power spot price is assumed to be a parametric function of the influential factors, such as, fuel prices and load, and the dynamic features of power prices are specified by the stochastic processes of these influential factors. Incorporating these factors in the power price model allows to capture the significant features of power prices. This model also provides the opportunity of finding a closed form formula for power forward prices.


identifier: Mintz, R. (2003). Fuzzy logic modeling of surface ozone concentrations (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22865

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 120-125.
1 CD included.


identifier: Scammell, C. M. (1996). The Royal Navy and the strategic origins of the Anglo-German Naval Agreement of 1935 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16584

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

subject: DA 578 S33 1996

subject: Great Britain. Royal Navy - History - 20th century

subject: Great Britain. Treaties, etc. - Germany, 1935 June 18

subject: Germany. Treaties, etc. - Great Britain, 1935 June 18

abstract: Bibliography: p. 140-148.


identifier: Gordon, C. J. (1970). Comparative study of the word skills of good and poor readers at the seventh grade level (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22384

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

subject:
LB 1632 G65 1970 Microfilm
Reading
Grade Seven students
Vocabulary

abstract: Bibliography: p. 143-157.


identifier: Grushevska, I. (2018). Optimal Policy for Blood Inventory Management Problem (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32830

contributor:
Braverman, Elena
Sabouri, Alireza
Zinchenko, Yuriy
Alp, Osman

subject:
Optimal policy
Inventory management problem
Education--Mathematics

abstract: Blood units that are used for transfusion can be stored for a limited amount of time. The blood that is older than 42 days must be discarded. In order not to face shortage usually the oldest blood is used. But the risk of complications after surgery is growing as the age of used blood is growing as well. In this work we find the optimal policy to use blood for transfusion for two blood types. The main goal is to find the policy that will reduce the shortage and minimize the risk of complications at the same time. For this purpose, we use two methods (Linear Programming and Approximate Dynamic Programming) and compare the results of two approaches.


identifier: Chung, C. P. (2013). "Since Time Immemorial": China's Historical Claim in the South China Sea (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27791

contributor:
Wright, David
Ferris, John

subject: Asia, Australia, and Oceania

subject: International Law and

subject: China

subject: South China Sea

subject: U shape line

subject: Territorial dispute

subject: Spratly

subject: Paracel

subject: Macclesfield Bank

subject: Pratas

subject: Island

subject: Nine dash line

subject: Republic of China

subject: People's Republic of China

subject: ROC

subject: PRC

subject: United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea

subject: UNCLOS

subject: Maritime

subject: History

subject: Qing

subject: Guang dong hai fang hui lan

subject: Sovereignty

subject: 1947

abstract: Four archipelagos in the South China Sea are territorially disputed: the Paracel, Spratly, and Pratas Islands, and Macclesfield Bank. The People’s Republic of China and Republic of China’s claims are embodied by a nine-dashed U-shaped boundary line originally drawn in an official Chinese map in 1948, which encompasses most of the South China Sea. Neither side has clarified what the line represents. Using ancient Chinese maps and texts, archival documents, relevant treaties, declarations, and laws, this thesis will conclude that it is best characterized as an islands attribution line, which centres the claim simply on the islands and features themselves. It does not delineate a historic rights waters zone, which confer certain exploitation and regulation privileges over all of the waters the line contains on the basis of historic Chinese dominance. The period of time examined is from 1644 to 2013; from the Qing Dynasty to the present.


identifier: Cloutier-Davis, N. (2000). Negatividad como afirmacion en la obra de dos escritoras latinoamericanas (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1876

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

subject: Ferre, Rosario - Criticism and interpretation

subject: Alvarez, Monserrat - Criticism and interpretation

subject: Feminist theory

subject: Negativity (Philosophy) in literature

abstract: Bibliography: p. 103-107.


identifier: Kendall, L. R. (1972). Investigation of junior high school teachers' perceptions of the semester system (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12699

format:
xiv, 163 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
LB 1623 K44 1972 Microfilm
Junior high schools
Education, Secondary - Curricula
School year
Junior high school teachers
Semester system

abstract: Bibliography: p. 140-145.


identifier: George, J. K. (2018). Using finite element models under multiple loading conditions to improve the association between radius and tibia microarchitecture and prevalent osteoporotic vertebral fracture (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/31976

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

contributor:
Boyd, Steven Kyle
Kuo, Arthur D.
Duncan, Neil A.

subject:
Finite Element Analysis
HR-pQCT
fracture
bone microarchitecture
Radiology
Engineering--Biomedical
Engineering--Mechanical

abstract: Bone microarchitecture differences at the tibia and radius, measurable by high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) exist between individuals with a prevalent vertebral fracture and healthy controls. As fracture is a result of mechanical failure, FE models of these sites in physiologically relevant loading conditions (compression, torsion, bending) may reveal insight into fracture pathogenesis uncaptured by microarchitecture. In this study, HR-pQCT scans at the tibia and radius were collected from post-menopausal women with prevalent vertebral fracture and healthy controls, from which microarchitecture and finite element outcomes (Pistoia failure load, apparent modulus) were calculated. At the tibia, a one standard deviation increase in compressive failure load was most strongly associated with fracture risk reduction (OR= 0.369, p=0.002), followed by compressive apparent modulus (OR= 0.473, p=0.010), torsion apparent modulus (OR= 0.493, p=0.023), and bending apparent modulus (OR=0.550, p=0.010). At the radius, failure load was the only FE outcome associated with fracture risk reduction (OR=0.534, p=0.023). None of the FE outcomes improved fracture discrimination compared to measures of bone microarchitecture. This study demonstrates the applicability of using FE under multiple loading conditions to evaluate bone structure changes related to osteoporotic fracture.


identifier: Block, D. C. (2001). Bond dissociation energies of small biomolecules from quantum mechanical and monte carlo calculations (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22914

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
x, 108 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 B565

abstract: Bibliography: p. 60-65.


identifier: Correia, A. R. (2005). Evaluation of level of service at airport passenger terminals: individual components and overall perspectives (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16876

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 217-223

abstract:
The level of service (LOS) subject is a theme of special concern for airport and airline operators. One of the main issues is the lack of meaningful standards, because most recommendations utilized by airports worldwide are based on arbitrary and hidden assumptions. Many academic studies developed during the last decades have also proven to be very limited, because none of them have been able to provide an overall LOS evaluation methodology according to user perceptions.
Presented in this thesis is a complete methodology for the LOS evaluation at airport passenger terminals. It is capable of evaluating the LOS of individual components and for the terminal as a whole. All standards are based on the user perceptions, obtained by observation and surveys done at various airports. Psychometric scaling, correlation and multiple regression techniques are fully employed in this research.
The LOS standards provided in this thesis are based on a sample of 400 interviewed and observed passengers. Data have been collected in a period of five weeks with the help of four full time interviewers. All interviewed passengers have been thoroughly observed during airport activities; because of this, it was possible to collect important data representing the characteristics of passenger and respective used facilities.
One of the main contributions of this thesis is the overall LOS standards provided. First the whole airport has been evaluated as a function of overall measures (total time, walking distance, and orientation). Second, the terminal has been evaluated as a function of individual components (check-in, lounge, etc.).
Future research is recommended to extend the application of this methodology to a great number of airports worldwide to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the LOS perceptions by different types of users.


identifier: Auger-Crowe, J. E. (1985). Tonality and elusiveness in selected melodies by Gabriel Faure (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18201

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

subject:
MT 145 F38 A83 1986
Faure, Gabriel, 1845-1924. Songs
Faure, Gabriel, 1845-1924 - Harmony

abstract: Bibliography: p. 152-157.


identifier: Roach, R. (1999). To love a tainted world: Nietzsche on truth and power (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17950

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

subject:
B 3318 T78 R63 1999
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984
Truth
Power (Social Sciences)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 90-97


identifier: Alexander, S. M. (1997). A GIS decision support system for resolving land allocation conflicts (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24528

format:
xiii, 205 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 1997 A44

abstract: Bibliography: p. 194-201.


identifier: Brown, R. M. (1990). Rupture of the ties that bind: Lubicon Lake Cree women and their society (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12400

format:
viii, 177 leaves : 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: E 98 W8 B76 1990

subject: Indians of North America - Alberta - Lubicon Lake Region - Women

subject: Indians of North America - Alberta - Lubicon Lake Region - Social conditions

subject: Women - Alberta - Lubicon Lake Region - Social conditions

abstract: Bibliography: p. 167-177.


identifier: Dunsmore, C. M. (1976). A Study of the relationship between auditory discrimination and oral reading of beginning readers (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14198

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

subject:
LB 1573.5 D85 1976 Microfiche
Oral reading
Auditory perception
Reading (Primary)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 95-101.


identifier: Zhan, J. (2018). Multi-scale Numerical Studies on Characterization of Shale Gas Reservoir Development (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB doi:10.11575/PRISM/31931

contributor:
Chen, Zhangxing (John)
Moore, Robert Gordon
Huang, Haiping
Jia, Na
Hejazi, Seyed Hossein

subject: Engineering Engineering--Petroleum

abstract: From three different perspectives, this thesis addresses one issue: how to reliably and objectively assess and forecast the shale reservoir performance with an advanced understanding of the shale reservoir specialty.  With enhanced hydraulic characterization, Chapter 2 provides an advanced modelling scheme using the commercial platform to reduce history-match errors and forecast uncertainty. In Chapter 3, an integrated multi-scale numerical simulation platform is established.  Based on the multi-scale characterization platform, the insights obtained at the micro-scale such as nanopore surface coverage evolution and induced heterogeneity can provide a better understanding of the macro reservoir performance, which leads to more reasonable and objective evaluation on the reservoir transient response. In Chapter 4, based on an integrated modelling workflow, the reservoir performance for carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration in both dry and liquid-rich shale reservoirs is assessed. A more accurate shale reservoir model representing the most important features of shale formations is proposed. The objective of the work is to determine the most critical factors dominating the success of the CO2 sequestration and enhanced oil and gas recovery (EOR/EGR), which gives valuable guidance in field applications.