identifier: Daniels, C. P. (2013). All My Relations: A Process-Indigenous Study In Comparative Ontology (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24772

subject:
Philosophy
Religion
Religion--Philosophy of
Comparative
Whitehead
Indigenous
Process
Cobb

abstract:
Over the past few decades, issues associated with how to understand the diversity of religions and the religious ‘other’ have been at the forefront of Religious Studies. There have been numerous critiques of both the ‘New Comparative Theology,’ which advocates practical engagement in dialogue and/or textual comparison between traditions, and ‘Theologies of Religions,’ which is a more theoretical approach to how the diversity of religions are, or should be, understood. These critiques have centred around accusations of imperialistic hegemony, the use and reification of categories, and whether the variety of religions can, or should, be understood in a manner that acknowledges rough equality in epistemic and soteriological value.
This thesis argues that the particular theological perspective and methodology of John Cobb Jr., based on the process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead, manages to avoid most, if not all, such critiques by advocating a form of complementary, transformationist, pluralism. Cobb understands the diversity of religious perspectives as potentially complementary rather than contradictory, and argues for mutual transformation of the traditions involved, based on the understanding that each has something to be learned from the other.
The process approach and perspective presupposed by Cobb is not only uniquely suited to address the issues of religious diversity but also promotes equal openness to the religious ‘other.’ To illustrate this, I undertake a comparative experiment between a Whiteheadian metaphysic and Indigenous ontology to show that a process based, relational metaphysic is better capable of interpreting and accommodating Indigenous ontology/epistemology than the traditional Western, materialistic/mechanistic view. The experiment reveals how universal relationality and interconnectedness in process terms are exemplified through various Indigenous concepts, language structures, cultural and religious practices, and epistemology. I contend that process thought not only provides a better understanding of religious pluralism but also meets the challenge posed by Indigenous scholars who call for a Western perspective that reconciles the contemporary worldview of science with the relational ontology of Indigenous cultures and facilitates a recognition of Indigenous peoples as equal partners in inter-religious and inter-cultural encounters and dialogue.


identifier: Dorais, J. M. (2000). Lower Mount Royal cohousing: in search of a community (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17497

publisher:
Environmental Design
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

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

subject: NA7243 .C34 D67 2000

subject: Architecture, Domestic - Alberta - Calgary - Lower Mount Royal

subject: Housing, Cooperative - Alberta - Calgary - Lower Mount Royal

subject: Architecture - Designs and plans

subject: Lower Mount Royal (Calgary, Alta.)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 129-131.


identifier: Spriggs, E. L. (1996). Aneuploidy in human sperm: Results in multicolour fluorescence in situ, hybridization and single-sperm typing (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13457

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject:
Spermatoza
Human beings - Spermatoza

abstract: Bibliography: p. 128-163.


identifier: Swenson, D. L. (1980). The effect of humor on short-term and long-term retention (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17920

format:
ix, 89 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
LB 1060 S95 1980 Fiche
Humor in education
Learning, Psychology of
Memory

abstract: Bibliography: p. 86-89.


identifier: Lei, S. S. (2001). On the application of the Efron bootstrap for accessing confidence measures on software metrics (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16918

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

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 L45

abstract: Bibliography: p. 81-84.


identifier: Westcott, P. L. (1965). Study of the relationship of the selection process in education to social change (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21136

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

subject:
LC 191 W46 1965
Social change
Educational sociology
Students' socio-economic status

abstract: Bibliography: p. 139-160.


identifier: Reed, W. (2013). Anxiety and Social Skills in Children with High Intellectual Ability and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24941

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject:
Educational Psychology
ADHD
resilience
Social Skills
anxiety
Gifted
High Intelligence

abstract: The current study investigated the relationship between anxiety and social skills in high intelligent (HI) children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) aged 8 to 11 years old.  Fifteen HI children with ADHD (twice-exceptional) were matched one-to-one on age to children with HI (FSIQ ≥ 120), those with ADHD-C (average intelligence), and typically-developing children.  Overall, results indicated no significant differences between self-reported anxiety and social skills; however, ADHD parent-reports of anxiety were significantly higher than typical parent-reports of anxiety.  Twice-exceptional self-reports and HI self-reports were significantly lower than their parent’s reports of anxiety.  For social skill abilities, twice-exceptional self-reports were significantly higher than their parents’ reports.  It was also determined that anxiety was a significant predictor of twice-exceptional children’s social skills.  Results of this study suggest that additional research should focus on HI as a possible risk factor for the development of anxiety and poor social skills in children with ADHD.


identifier: Guzzardi, D. G. (2018). Acquired Mechanisms of Bicuspid Aortic Valve-Associated Aortopathy (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32321

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

contributor:
Fedak, Paul
O'Brien, Edward
Di Martino, Elena S.

subject:
bicuspid aortic valve
aortopathy
fluoroquinolone
extracellular matrix
wall shear stress
Medicine and Surgery

abstract: Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV)-associated aortopathy is characterized by progressive aortic extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling leading to aneurysm, dissection or rupture. The cause of this aortopathy is unclear; a genetically-driven basis has been favoured, but recent studies implicating an acquired valve-mediated hemodynamic mechanism have challenged this long-standing view despite no clear link between aortic hemodynamics and ECM remodeling having been delineated. We hypothesized that aortopathy in human BAV patients is influenced by valve-mediated wall shear stress (WSS) in a regionally-dependent manner. Aortic tissue specimens from BAV patients that received pre-operative 3-dimensional time-resolved phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging (4D flow MRI) to compute regional WSS were assessed quantitatively for their expression of aortopathy. Compared to aortic tissue subjected to normal WSS, adjacent tissue from the same BAV aortas subjected to regionally-elevated WSS exhibited demonstrably worse elastic fiber histopathology, increased protease expression and elevated levels of transforming growth factor β-1 (TGFβ-1) consistent with maladaptive aortic ECM remodeling. We also observed that incremental increases in aortic WSS in the human BAV aorta correlate with increased severity of elastic fiber histopathology, and that this association is most strongly observed in BAV patients with primary stenosis and in mildly-dilated (< 4.5 cm) aortas in the earlier stages of disease. These novel data support a critical role for valve-mediated hemodynamics in coordinating the expression of BAV-associated aortopathy and dispute the assumption that aortic pathology in these patients is primarily driven by genetics. Fluoroquinolone (FQ) antibiotic use constitutes another acquired mechanism of aortopathy that may place BAV patients with pre-existing aortic pathology at risk of disease exacerbation. However, no cellular mechanism has been provided underlying this association. We hypothesized that in aortic myofibroblast cells from BAV-associated aortopathy patients, FQ exposure would alter the proteolytic profile favouring ECM dysregulation and modulate collagen expression. We observed that FQ exposure generates a functional increase in ECM degradation driven by reduced tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (TIMPs) alongside impaired compensatory collagen-1 expression. These findings may explain the increased incidence of acquired FQ-associated aortopathy and encourage judicious use of FQ in BAV patients with pre-existing aortic pathology.


identifier: Obeng-Akrofi, A. (2015). The Challenges of African Immigrants’ Entrepreneurship in Canada: A Case Study of African Immigrants Residing in Calgary (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28027

subject:
Ethnic and Racial Studies
Immigrant
Entrepreneurship

abstract: The goal of this research is to analyze the challenges that African immigrants encounter in entrepreneurship. The Canadian government acknowledges that immigrant entrepreneurship is important for the economic growth of the country and thus has made Canada a viable place for immigrant entrepreneurs.  Little is known about African immigrant in entrepreneurship. Therefore this study gives a voice to African immigrant entrepreneurs by employing a qualitative in-depth interview method to understand the challenges encountered by these entrepreneurs in Calgary. Major findings of the study include: racism from whites, internalized racism and gender differences. Critical Race Theory and Feminist theory were the theoretical frameworks used in the study.  The study has also examined how racism and sexism interplay and disadvantage Black women in entrepreneurship. This research is to fill in gaps in literature on immigrant entrepreneurship in Canada by adding the experiences of African immigrants and analyzing how racism against racialised groups in Canada continues to exist.


identifier: Kmet, L. M. (1999). A small area study of motor vehicle crash fatalities in Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21250

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

subject:
HE 5614.5 C2 K58 1999
Traffic accidents - Alberta
Motor vehicles - Accidents - Alberta
Alberta - Traffic accidents

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 108-118
UARC


identifier: Ju, D. (2017). Modeling of a Wind Turbine Rotor-Blade System and its Applications (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26945

contributor:
Sun, Qiao
Pieper, Jeff
Wood, David
Kuo, Arthur
Xi, FengFeng

subject:
Energy
Engineering--Mechanical
Wind Turbine
blade vibration
coupling
fluid structure interaction
estimation

abstract:
In order for wind energy to become a viable replacement for fossil fuels, recent years have seen an intense effort to address wind turbine efficiency and cost. A significant amount of attention has been placed on innovative blade design, advanced control strategies, and cost reduction, for example by minimizing turbine downtime through preventative maintenance. An accurate model can help in turbine system design, validation, performance evaluation, and optimization. It can also become an integral part of model-based control and model-based machine health condition monitoring solutions. This thesis develops a dynamics model for a rotor blade system in horizontal axis wind turbines. Although there exists the well-known FAST model, its great advantage of being general purpose also poses great limitations. For example, it does not enable root cause analysis in machine health monitoring solutions. This thesis proposes to improve model accuracy by including additional coupling terms.
    Our model was validated against FAST while suppressing the coupling terms. By including the fine details of the coupling between the rotor gross motion and the blade elastic deformation, blade vibration as a result of load distribution or blade health condition can be observed from rotor behavior with much greater sensitivity. With the proposed model, we designed an observer in order to estimate the wind speed from the rotor-blade dynamics response, which will help improve wind turbine performance.  We have also demonstrated the use of our model to investigate the relation between rotor-blade motion and the generator behavior. The result is helpful in developing effective techniques for detecting faulty blades from generator signals.


identifier: Chan, R. K. (2018). Exploring the Role of ATF4 in Circadian Photic Phase Shifting (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32693

publisher:
Arts
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Antle, Michael C.
Spanswick, Simon C.
Mychasiuk, Richelle
Epp, Jonathan Richard

subject:
Circadian Rhythms
ATF4
Photic Phase Resetting/Shifting
siRNA
CREB
Genetics
Neuroscience
Psychology--Behavioral
Psychology--Experimental

abstract: The phenotypic role of activation transcription factor 4 (ATF4) in the mammalian circadian system has yet to be characterized. Previous research has provided evidence that ATF4 may play a key role in modulating molecular circadian activity, and it has been hypothesized that it may also be important for modulating photic resetting of the clock as a repressor of CREB. The main objectives of this investigation were to characterize the circadian expression of ATF4 protein in different lighting conditions, and to examine if downregulation of ATF4 using small interfering RNA (siRNA) technology would significantly potentiate photic phase shifts. In the Syrian hamster, ATF4 appeared to have a circadian expression in a light/dark cycle, but not when animals were in constant darkness. Light sufficiently increased ATF4 protein expression 2-3hrs following light exposure suggesting light plays an important role in regulating ATF4 expression. However, downregulation of ATF4 via siATF4 did not significantly potentiate phase advances to light as hypothesized. Rather, injections of siATF4 appeared to significantly alter an animal’s phase angle of entrainment. In summary, ATF4 plays an important role in the rhythmicity of the clock as light appears to be important in driving ATF4 circadian expression and its downregulation resulted in increased phase angle. However, the function of light-induced ATF4 expression remains to be determined.


identifier: Seabrook, H. J. (2016). Informal Learning Using Tablet Computers and Apps: A Multi-Method Study of Older Adults Self-Managing Diabetes (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26524

contributor:
Lockyer, Jocelyn
Edwards, Alun
Kopp, Gail

subject:
Education
Education--Health
Education--Technology
Education
tablet computers
mobile apps
informal learning
aged
Self-management
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

abstract:
Background: Mobile software applications (apps) and online health information are a growing resource for diabetes self-management. Apps and online resources may confer benefits, yet a lack of relevant guidance continues to impede the design and implementation of effective interventions that use them. Alternative learning designs that align with older adults’ preference for informal learning and diverse needs could facilitate the continued learning and self-management essential to maintaining their well-being.
Methods: Guided by the technology acceptance theory of Venkatesh and colleagues, Phase 1 of this study adapted a systematic review methodology to identify apps for self-management of diabetes and used principles to assess them. Phase 2 used a multi-case study approach in which older adults were provided personalized instruction to help them use the tablet computer and apps. Transcripts were analyzed to identify themes within and across cases.
Results: In Phase 1, two apps were selected from 1,936 search results. Critical quality issues varied depending on an app’s purpose. Apps with self-management information neglected to reference their source (attribution). Apps that supported other self-management activities had safety and usability problems. In Phase 2, a conceptual model was developed in which participants’ self-perceived needs and preferences influenced use of the intervention and consequently their outcomes. Personalized training facilitated use. Participants benefitted from convenient, easy access to appropriate resources. They experienced challenges ranging from app-level usability issues to the system-level problems. Outcomes included review, problem-solving, data visualization, showing information face-to-face, and technology adoption.
Conclusions: Few of the apps currently available are appropriate for use by older adults for diabetes self-management. Some means of ensuring access to a pool of vetted apps is recommended and there is a need for a decision-matrix for screening apps to ensure they are optimally selected for patient use. Detailed criteria and an approach are provided to further this work. The study also provides a new understanding of older adults’ use of tablet computers and apps to facilitate learning and self-management. The conceptual model and framework of design and implementation considerations could guide learning designers in developing effective interventions for older adults.


identifier: Ivanov, A. (2020). EvoIsland: An Island-Inspired Spatial User Interface Framework for Interactive Evolutionary Systems (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Science
University of Calgary

contributor:
Jacob, Christian P.
Willett, Wesley J.
Maurer, Frank
Ruhe, Guenther

subject:
evolutionary computing
interactive evolutionary systems
procedural modelling
generative design
information visualization
3D modelling
image synthesis
generative adversarial networks
graphical user interfaces
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science

abstract: We present EvoIsland, a scalable interactive evolutionary user interface framework inspired by the spatially isolated land masses seen on Earth. Our generalizable interaction system encourages creators to explore a wide range of design possibilities through the combination, separation, and rearrangement of hexagonal tiles. As these tiles are grouped into island-like clusters, localized populations of designs form through an underlying evolutionary system. The interactions that take place within EvoIsland provide content creators with new ways to shape evolutionary populations suited for displaying, assessing, and manipulating systems that produce a wide range of solutions with visual phenotype outputs.


identifier: Smith, J. A. (2004). The applications of cloning to the conservation of rare and endangered species (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11115

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 88-93


identifier: Paine, S. H. (1987). Information extraction from digital landsat imagery for integration into an LRIS (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19756

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

subject: Cartography - Data processing

abstract: Bibliography: p. 190-200.


identifier: Pidgeon, C. M. (2000). Physiological and molecular aspects of light-regulated development in seedlings (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18279

format:
xvi, 286 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: QK495 .L52 P53 2000

subject: Common bean - Seedlings - Effect of light on

subject: Seedlings - Research

subject: Plants, Effect of ethylene on

abstract: Bibliography: p. 243-286.


identifier: Li, Y. C. (2000). Airborne gravimetry for geoid determination (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/10791

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

subject:
QB334 .L495 2000
Gravity - Measurement
Geodesy
Global positioning system
Inertial navigation systems

abstract: Bibliography: p. 148-156.


identifier: Kolodziej, M. A. (1983). Exercise and memory (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22087

title: Exercise and memory

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

subject:
BF 378 E8 K66 1986
Memory
Exercise

abstract: Bibliography: p. 68-89.

abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine whether prior exercise had an influence on one's ability to memorize and recall a consonant vowel consonant (CVe) word list. Thirty college students were randomly assigned to one of three groups. Prior to learning the eve list the control group did no exercise, the easy and moderate exercise groups pedalled a bicycle ergometer for ten minutes at an intensity which would raise the heart rate to 110-120 beats per minute and 130-140 beats per minute, respectively. Short term recall was measured immediately after learning the eve list, and long term recall was measured after a five minute mathematical distractor task was performed. An analysis of covariance design was used to test for significance. Results showed that exercise, regardless of intensity, provided for superior performance of letter recall (p <-05). It was determined that recall time increased with exercise (p < .05). There were no significant differences between short and long term recall. A chi square analysis on the number of words recalled showed no significant differences. Overall results of this study support the "inverted U hypothesis of activation" namely, that an optimal amount of tension exists for performance on recall of a eve word list. Deviation from this optimal amount of tension in either direction results in poorer performance.


identifier: Yearsley, J. (2011). Tort theory and liability rules for carbon capture and storage projects (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4059

publisher:
Law
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 206-217


identifier: Ayoub, A. S. (1989). Fracture analysis of ice forces on offshore structures (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15008

publisher:
Engineering
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject:
TA 409 A96 1989
Icebergs
Fracture mechanics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 88-90.


identifier: Brynen, R. J. (1987). Sanctuary and survival: the PLO in Lebanon 1969-1982 (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14903

format:
x, 571 leaves : 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: DS 119.7 B746 1988

abstract: Bibliography: p. 537-558.


identifier: Bondoc, L. L. (2003). The experience of older adults making end of life medical decisions: hoping for the best and planning for the worst (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20410

format:
x, 182 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2003 B655

abstract: Bibliography: p. 153-161.


identifier: Thomas, S. (2005). Pervasive learning: always on education (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2494

title: Pervasive learning: always on education

format:
278 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 250-260


identifier: Beatty, J. (2015). The Impact of Giardia duodenalis on Human Intestinal Microbiota Biofilms: A Role in Chronic Post-infectious Gastrointestinal Disease Development? (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28181

subject:
Microbiology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Microbiome
Giardia duodenalis
polymicrobial

abstract:
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) represents a common cause of altered gastrointestinal function seen in individuals throughout the developed world. Despite its prevalence, the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying IBS remain incompletely characterized. Numerous reports indicate post-infectious IBS (PI-IBS)-symptoms in upwards of 36% of patients previously subject to acute enteric infections. Distinct differences in the species distribution of the microbiota of IBS patients are well documented.  On the other hand, disruptions in the microbiota structure, which normally exists as a series of biofilm communities, have yet to be analyzed in the context of IBS pathophysiology. Considering PI-IBS, it is inherently important to examine the possibility that disease pathogenesis may be determined by a pathogen-mediated disruption in the homeostatic function of the resident intestinal microbiota. Giardia duodenalis infections (giardiasis) represent a highly prevalent cause of acute diarrheal disease in symptomatic patients, worldwide. Recent outbreaks in Italy and Norway have elucidated a link between inititial Giardia infection, and subsequent development of PI-IBS symptoms in many patients. Giardia represents a novel model that can be used to study the complex polymicrobial interplay that occurs between a pathogen and the resident intestinal microbiota, while also providing insight into the mechanisms thorugh which chronic gastrointestinal disturbances, such as PI-IBS, are initiated. Additionally, much of our understanding of the role of the microbiota in PI-IBS has come from studies focusing on populations collected from fecal samples, or single species, and therefore not entirely representative of the host microbiota composition and biofilm structure. Consequently, an in vitro model system that encompasses the complex community structure, and species distribution of the mucosal mibrobiota, used in concert with an infection model through which poly-microbial interactions can be assessed, represents an important tool in understading the early initiation events underlying PI-IBS development.
This work employed the use of a novel model system, representative of the human resident intestinal microbiota, to characterize the impact of G. duodenalis on intestinal microbiota biofilms. Collectively, our findings illustrate the consequences of polymicrobial interactions that occur during acute enteric infection, and offer insight into the mechanisms leading to post-infectious chronic gastrointestinal disorders, such as PI-IBS.


identifier: Macmillan, N. S. (2022). Preliminary pilot study of current practices and preferences of school psychologists in Canada (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Preliminary Pilot Study of Current Practices and Preferences of School Psychologists in Canada

publisher:
Werklund School of Education
University of Calgary

contributor:
Andrews, Jac
McCrimmon, Adam
Drefs, Michelle

subject: Educational Psychology

abstract: The current descriptive preliminary/pilot study examined the roles, practices, challenges, and aspirations of practicing school psychologists within Canada, building from previous research done by Jordan et al. (2009). Online self-report measures were utilized with a small sample of 21 respondents who represented five Canadian provinces and the Northwest Territories. The tentative results indicate that practicing school psychologists report similar challenges to previous research, with most feeling understaffed, overworked, and limited in their roles and functions. These findings have possible implications for the field of school psychology, as well as foundations for future research post-pandemic.


identifier: Winand, K. A. (1998). A smart indoor receiver (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21418

title: A smart indoor receiver

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

subject:
TK7871.6 .W56 1998
Antennas (Electronics)
Adaptive antennas.
Wireless communication systems

abstract: Bibliography: p. 102-105.


identifier: Scarlett, D. (2001). The effect of medial septal stimulation on hippocampal neuronal activity (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19013

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Social Sciences
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 S33

abstract: Bibliography: p. 149-176.


identifier: Petersen, M. A. (2006). Dietary calcium intake of young adolescents: knowledge, beliefs, exposures, and locus of control (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/843

contributor:
Fouts, Gregory T.
Meadows, Lynn M.

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 158-185


identifier: Raz, S. (2016). COM-Poisson Clustering of Correlated Bivariate Over- and Under-Dispersed Counts (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25384

contributor:
de Leon, Alexander R.
Alp, Osman
Wu, Jingjing
Qiu, Chao

subject:
Statistics
Gaussian copula

abstract: Ruan (2015) recently proposed using a finite mixture model with components modelled by Gaussian copula with Poisson margins (BP-GCD) as the basis for model-based clustering of bivariate correlated counts. Although the Poisson distribution is a useful model for modelling count data, the distribution is constrained by its equi-dispersion assumption. Motivated by this limitation, the thesis introduces a more flexible model, one with Gaussian copula models as components but with Conway-Maxwell Poisson (COM-Poisson) margins (BCOM-GCD) which allows the accounting of under- and over-dispersion in the correlated count data. We test our proposed method on a variety of simulated settings and on data from the Australian National Health Survey to explore the impact of ignoring the non-equidispersion. Our simulations and real-life data analysis indicate that using BCOM-GCDs as mixture components instead of BP-GCDs provides a better and more flexible approach for performing model-based clustering for under- or over-dispersed counts.


identifier: Rangel Ruiz, R. (2000). Nonparametric and semi-nonparametric approaches to the demand for liquid assets (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16915

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2000 R36

abstract: Bibliography: p. 133-137.


identifier: Rajewicz, R. (1990). Changes in Calgary's groundwater levels and some related environmental consequences: a four-dimensional model (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/346

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

subject:
Water, Underground - Alberta - Calgary
Urban hydrology - Alberta - Calgary
Soils - Alberta - Calgary

abstract: Bibliography: p. 75-80.


identifier: Johnson, J. N. (2011). The role of j proteins in mutant huntingtin aggregation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4200

format:
xiv, 147 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 117-147
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Goodman, T. M. (2002). Assessing the economic, legal, and environmental factors affecting Canadain bulk water exports (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13012

format:
xvii, 416 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 G66

abstract: Bibliography: p. 384-411


identifier: Stilling, J. M. (2019). Treatment of Persistent Headache Attributed to Mild Traumatic Injury to the Head in Patients with Persistent Post Concussion Symptoms using Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary

contributor:
Monchi, Oury
Debert, Chantel T.
Amoozegar, Farnaz
Dukelow, Sean P.

subject: post-traumatic headache, post-concussion, mild traumatic brain injury, concussion, transcranial magnetic stimulation.

subject: Education--Technology

subject: Biophysics--Medical

abstract: Persistent post-traumatic headache (PTH) following a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is one of the most prominent and highly-reported persistent post-concussion symptoms (PPCS). Non-pharmacologic treatment alternatives, including non-invasive neurostimulation technologies, have been proposed for use. After a systematic review investigating transcranial magnetic and direct current stimulation (TMS/tDCS) for management of headache, we designed a double-blind, sham-controlled, randomized trial investigating repetitive TMS (rTMS) for treatment of persistent PTH in patients with PPCS. Our primary outcome was a change in headache frequency and severity at one-month post-treatment. Twenty participants underwent rTMS therapy to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). Headache diaries and clinical questionnaires assessing function, cognition, and mood were completed. Headache severity demonstrated a significant time effect, while headache frequency demonstrated a reduction across all time points for both the real and sham groups, based on descriptive analysis. Secondary outcomes demonstrated improvements in function, reduced PPCS, and depression in the real-treatment group, with no serious adverse effects. A phase II study is warranted.


identifier: Nordquist, S. E. (1990). High temperature analog circuit design techniques (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12426

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

subject:
TK 7874 N67 1990
Linear integrated circuits

abstract: Bibliography: p.91-94.


identifier: Rahimi, S. M. (2014). Activity-based and Behavior-based Location Recommendation in Location Based Social Networks (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24693

subject:
Artificial Intelligence
Location Recommendation
Recommendation Systems
Cold-start problem

abstract:
Location-Based Social Networks (LBSNs) are social networks with functionalities that let users share their location information with other users. Location recommendation is the task of suggesting unvisited locations to the users. A good location recommender should make user-specific recommendations based on users’ preferences, geographical constraints and time.
In this thesis we investigate the development of two novel location recommendation methods for Location-Based Social Networks (LBSNs), the Probabilistic Category-based Location Recommender (PCLR) and the Behavior-based Location Recommender (BLR). The PCLR method finds the temporal and spatial patterns of users’ activities in the form of temporal and spatial probability distributions. It then uses the patterns to select the right category of locations and recommend nearby locations of that type to the user. On the other hand, the BLR method first extracts user behaviors from their check-in history. It then utilizes a collaborative filtering technique to extract common behaviors and predict behavior of the user at a given time. Finally, BLR filters locations in the user’s proximity based on the predicted behavior when making the location recommendation. PCLR and BLR methods go through a set of experiments on a real-world check-in dataset. These experiments show that PCLR and BLR methods improve the performance of the existing location recommenders in terms of precision and recall. Additionally, the BLR method produces much better recommendations for the cold-start users.

abstract: 2 years


identifier: Kelly, A. M. (2004). Down Sterling Road: a novel (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20532

title: Down Sterling Road: a novel

format:
vii, 478 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 478

abstract:
"Down Sterling Road" is a novel that both underwrites and interrogates the conventions of the Künstlerroman, or novel of the artist's formation and development. Set in Southeastern Ontario during the International Year of the Child, 1979, the novel focuses on the means by which Jacob McKnight, a boy of twelve, and his father, John, attempt to resolve the grief and guilt caused by the accidental death of Jacob's twin, Cailan, and the resulting separation of Jacob's mother and father. Those means include long distance running, and, for Jacob, visual art and anatomical study.   If, by the novel's conclusion, Jacob considers becoming (among other things) a visual artist, drawing is--for him-primarily a vehicle through which he revisits memories of his brother and mother. Drawing, in other words, is a means by which Jacob begins to effect healing of himself, and of his troubled father.
In contrast, the traditional Künstlerroman often depicts a Byronic artist-hero who, by virtue of his inborn genius, is divorced from normative society. He struggles, often at the expense of family and others, to realize his vocation and to enter the secular priesthood of Art.   As the critical Preface to "Down Sterling Road" suggests, twentieth century fiction writers and critics have, with anachronistic exceptions, been critical of the Romantic and androcentric ideologies that underlie the traditional Künstlerroman.  Nevertheless, the Preface argues, writers from Virginia Woolf to John Fowles betray a marked ambivalence about abandoning Romantic models of art and the artist.
“Down Sterling Road” shares that ambivalence, despite its author’s critically informed self-consciousness.  While the novel certainly troubles tropological hallmarks of the artist-novel, it negotiates a middle passage, ultimately, between Romantic aesthetics and contemporary cultural materialism.


identifier: Boga, M. (2005). Interface (r)evolution: architecture as interface (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/5184

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 78-87.
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Jain, B. C. (1976). In situ recovery of oil sands (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24594

title: In situ recovery of oil sands

format:
xvi, 172 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TN 873 C22 J35 1976 Microfiche
Oil sands - Alberta
Secondary recovery of oil
Thermal oil recovery

abstract: Bibliography: p. 137-154.


identifier: Boughton, D. G. (1973). Satisfaction and ability changes in junior high school students from directed observation lessons in figure drawing (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16262

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

subject:
N 350 B57 1973 Microfiche
Art - Study and teaching

abstract: Bibliography: p. 89-92.


identifier: Burgoyne, J. (1979). Constancy and change: a dramaturgical approch to Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and The Cherry Orchard (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23404

format:
v, 168 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. The Cherry Orchard

subject: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. Uncle Vanya

subject: Theater - Production and direction

abstract: Bibliography: p. 142-149.


identifier: McDermid, J. E. (1969). Inductorless bandpass filter design using allpass elements (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15697

format:
viii, 80 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TK 7872 F5 M14 1969 Microfilm
Electric filters

abstract: Bibliography: p. 69-71.


identifier: Restrepo, M. (2012). Isolation and characterization of rhizobium leguminosarum phages from western Canadian soils (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4871

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 116-130

abstract: A few pages are in colour.

abstract: Rhizobiophages are bacteriophages that infect members of the Rhizobia, a bacterial group that nodulates and fixes nitrogen inside the nodules of legume plants. Rhizobiophages have been used for phage typing of rhizobial populations and as tools for molecular genetics due to their transduction abilities, but their diversity remains largely uncharacterized. At the start of this study very little was known about Rhizobium leguminosarum rhizobiophages. Isolation of phages from soil samples in Alberta and Saskatchewan was performed. Thirty rhizobiophages were trapped from these soils using strains of R. leguminosarum (3841 or VF39SM) and R. gallicum. Optimal storage conditions, classification based on: host range, TEM and RAPD-PCR, and phage transduction abilities were determined. Two phages were selected for detailed study and genome sequencing: L338C, a Siphoviridae and Pl0VF, a Myoviridae. Finally qPCR was demonstrated to be a viable tool for the detection of Pl0VF in the soil.


identifier: LeBlanc, R. J. (1987). An Alternate design for a physical education building at the University of Calgary (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24558

format:
<x> 59 <10> leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: GV 405 L43 1987

subject: Physical education facilities - Alberta - Calgary - Design

abstract: Bibliography: p. 53-55.


identifier: Owusu, E. K. (2014). Regulation of Operational Pollution from Offshore Oil and Gas Activities in Ghana: Tales from Norway (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27588

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Law
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject:
Law
Prescriptive-Based Regulation
Performance-Based Regulation
Offshore Oil and Gas Regulaation
Environmental Regulation
Ghana
Norway

abstract:
Operational pollution from offshore oil and gas exploration and production has become a major environmental problem for governments. Regulators have adopted either prescriptive or performance-based regulation to address this problem. This thesis examines both approaches and argues that performance-based regulation is best suited for the purpose of regulating operational pollution.
The thesis further identifies essential elements of effective performance-based regulation and identifies the key elements in the Norwegian regime for regulating offshore operational pollution including: the use of performance-based regulation; comprehensive legislative arrangement; and a regulator with clearly defined roles and responsibilities. The thesis then explores the extent to which these elements identified are present in the Ghanaian regime to regulate operational pollution. The thesis concludes by recommending a transfer of the key elements from Norway to Ghana to ensure that an effective regime is in place for regulating operational pollution from the offshore oil and gas industry going forward.


identifier: Lai, L. (2006). The "I" of the storm: practice, subjectivity and time zones in Asian Canadian writing (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/722

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 249-254


identifier: LaRouche, L. N. (1984). Towards a definition of quality of teachers' work life: a model validation study (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11859

format:
xvi, 206 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
LB 2840 L35 1986
Teachers - Job satisfaction
Teachers - Job stress
Quality of work life
Teaching satisfaction

abstract: Bibliography: p. 190-192


identifier: Ardley, S. G. (2005). Seasonal variation in the dietary adequacy of the Rupununi Makushi of Guyana, South America (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21130

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 104-113


identifier: Tepperman, B. L. (1975). Interaction of nerves and gastrin on the parietal cells of the stomach (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16549

format:
xix, 222 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QP 193 T44 1975 Microfiche
Gastric mucosa
Gastrin
Stomach

abstract: Bibliography: p. 212-222.


identifier: Nemeskeri, R. L. (1994). Illumination ergonomics in computerized offices (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15696

format:
ix, 146 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TA 166 N46 1994
Human engineering
Environmental engineering
Office practice - Automation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 97-104.


identifier: Falconar, N. (2019). Sensorless Control Techniques for the Flyback-Type Solar Tile Microinverter (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary

contributor:
Pahlevani, Majid
Murari, Kartikeya
Nowicki, Edwin P.

subject:
Renewable
Photovoltaic
Microinverter
Flyback
Sensorless
Control system
Energy
Engineering
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical

abstract: Typically, while operating a photovoltaic (PV) microinverter, the current must be measured to perform maximum power point tracking (MPPT). The current measurement is required as it is used to calculate the power generated by the PV module. This dissertation studies the operation of a flyback-type PV microinverter without the use of current measurement and explores associated current estimation methods. Four methods of estimating the current are tested and compared. Two are already present in the literature; they are based on integrating the flyback transformer's primary-side sawtooth current waveform over a half-grid cycle. The other two are novel methods using the voltage ripple over the capacitor present at the direct current (DC) input of the microinverter to calculate the input current. One novel method also includes an estimate for the magnetizing inductance of the  flyback transformer in the control loop, providing adaptability to a varying inductance. Each current estimation technique is derived mathematically, simulated, and implemented experimentally. A solar microinverter is designed and built to carry out practical tests on an experimental setup. The current estimation methods are compared by studying their effects on MPPT performance.


identifier: Bansil, K. R. (1968). Droplet oscillations in liquid liquid systems (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22025

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

subject:
QC 151 B34 1967 Microfilm
Oscillations
Drops
Fluid mechanics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 97-100.


identifier: Dyjur, L. (2015). Nurses' Medication Work: The Social Organization of Rule Breaking to Keep Patients Safe (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27149

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Nursing
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
White, Debbie
Rankin, Janet

subject:
Nursing
Medication Work
Nursing Work
Institutional Ethnography

abstract: Patient safety has emerged as one of the most important and widely accepted aims of contemporary health care organizations. Medication errors are common and pose potentially serious threats to the safety of patients. Consequently, initiatives to improve patient safety often target nurses’ work with medications. A plethora of research studies examine medication errors and contribute to dominant formulations that impose stringent rules thought to enhance medication safety. However, little literature has examined the materiality of medication work and few research studies are oriented to the knowledge practices of nurses. This study used an institutional ethnographic approach, grounded in nurses’ everyday experiences, to contribute a different way of knowing about medication work. The study findings revealed a disquieting disjuncture between theoretical accounts of medication work and the actual everyday practices of nurses working with medications. Nurses routinely use their professional judgment and discretion to adapt stringent rules in order to keep patients safe and accomplish medication work effectively. However necessary and sensible it may be, nursing work that does not adhere to standard practice and institutional policy may be perceived as “breaking the rules”. Rule breaking is risky for nurses, as their professional competence is scrutinized and evaluated through regulatory and theoretical frameworks that value adherence to rules as the only way to demonstrate safety. The core argument developed in this analysis is that discretion is an essential element of competent medication practice, and that framing discretionary work within a rule based discourse obscures the safety work that nurses are routinely and regularly engaged in.


identifier: Brown, J. A. (2002). The magnetic field in the outer galaxy (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19446

title: The magnetic field in the outer galaxy

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 B76

abstract: Bibliography: p. 131-136.


identifier: Lalande, V. M. (1991). Adult self-development during divorce: a qualitative inquiry (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22673

format:
xi, 218 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HQ 814 L339 1991
Divorce - Psychological aspects
Adulthood - Psychological aspects

abstract: Bibliography: p. 204-216.


identifier: Randall, A. (2003). A stakeholder interpretation of corporate social responsibility: the case of company towns (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15821

format:
5, 109 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 106-109


identifier: Hazelwood, M. E. (1997). Two solitudes: single mothers on welfare (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17622

publisher:
Social Work
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject: HV700 .C3 H39 1997

subject: Single mothers - Economic conditions - Canada

subject: Single mothers - Government policy - Canada

abstract: Bibliography: p. 195-211.


identifier: Carter, L. (2023). A narrative inquiry of teacher perceptions of autonomy during emergency remote teaching (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: A Narrative Inquiry of Teacher Perceptions of Autonomy During Emergency Remote Teaching

contributor:
Aukerman, Maren
MacDermott, Mairi
Hansen, Aubrey

subject:
Teacher Autonomy
Covid-19
Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT)
Google Classroom/Google Meet
In-Person Learning
Digital Platform
Education--Curriculum and Instruction

abstract: Research indicates that professional autonomy plays an important role in determining overall levels of teacher job satisfaction (Johnson & Spector, 2007), leads to increased teacher retention rates (LaCoe, 2006), and positively impacts student achievement (Preedy, Bennett, & Wise, 2012). A study conducted by Hyslop-Margison & Sears (2001) established a link between educational quality and teacher autonomy, with researchers indicating that “the quality of education is undermined when teachers are held accountable to an external authority rather than to themselves, their colleagues, and their professional associations” (p. 1). Similarly, Preedy, Bennett, & Wise (2012) established the presence of positive impacts on student achievement when educational goals were established by teachers themselves rather than by external agents in the education process. With evidence to suggest that professional autonomy is mutually beneficial for both students and teachers, classroom-based educators continue to report dissatisfaction with overall levels of autonomy, while teachers’ perceptions of professional autonomy continues to decline (Walker, 2016). Set in the context of emergency remote teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic, my work will uncover factors identified as negating or promoting teacher autonomy, while identifying how some educators appear more successful in attaining autonomy over others under similar environmental and social conditions. A qualitative narrative inquiry methodology is undertaken to identify and explore the understandings and experiences of educators as they navigate their need for autonomy in Alberta’s current educational climate. Semi-structured interviews, observations, and field notes used during the data collection stage, are analyzed to derive answers to questions about participants’ experiences with and perspectives on teacher autonomy.


identifier: Seyed, A. (2013). Examining User Experience in Multi-Display Environments (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26034

contributor:
Maurer, Frank
Costa Sousa, Mário

subject:
Computer Science
Multi-Display Environments
Multi-Surface Environments
User Experience
MDE

abstract:
With a large number of interactive displays and devices available for users today, multi-display environments are becoming both increasingly common and complex. This complexity also has an effect on a fundamental interaction that users frequently perform in multi-display environments – transferring content. The devices and displays in a multi-display environment – such as digital tabletops, tablets, and high resolution wall displays – now allow users to transfer content in a variety of different combinations.
A review of existing research literature revealed that many of the interactions designed for transferring content in multi-display environments were created by system designers and were not necessarily interactions that users would find usable in real-world multi-display environments. From a user experience perspective, these interactions in multi-display environments require a focus on users, whose real-world experiences and perceptions play a significant role in the interactions themselves. This thesis presents research that identifies better interaction design for multi-display environments. This is accomplished by performing an elicitation study to determine the interactions that users are both comfortable with and prefer for transferring content in a multi-display environment. The result is a set of interaction metaphors and guidelines for user experience professionals to draw upon when creating new gestures and interactions for transferring content in multi-display environments.


identifier: Regier, C. N. (2009). Dynamic modeling of a cryogenic system at the Canadian light source (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3007

format:
xx, 218 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 208-217


identifier: Lawson, D. M. (2003). Use of the multifacet rasch model to adjust for the error variance due to the examiner stringency/leniency effects in OSCEs (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17864

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 69-72


identifier: Tomic, A. (2012). Nonlinear elasticity, fluid flow and remodelling in biological tissues (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4867

format:
x, 258 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 195-213
A few pages are in colour.


identifier: Puri, R. (2022). Mutations of succinyl-CoA synthetase to study the swinging of the phosphohistidine loop (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Fraser, Marie
Moorhead, Gregory

subject:
succinyl-CoA synthetase
phosphohistidine loop
Education--Sciences
Biology--Cell
Genetics
Biology--Molecular

abstract: Succinyl-CoA synthetase (SCS), an enzyme of the citric acid cycle, has two active sites 35 Ȧ apart. A histidine in the α-subunit gets phosphorylated during the reaction and is on a loop that swings between the active sites. The goal was to gain insights into the mechanism of the swinging of the phosphohistidine loop. To test whether a previously published mutation of a second histidine in the α-subunit (Luo, G. X., & Nishimura, J. S. (1991). Site-directed mutagenesis of Escherichia coli succinyl-CoA synthetase: Histidine 142α is a facilitative catalytic residue. J. Biol. Chem. 266, 20781-20785) affected the swinging of the phosphohistidine loop, the mutation was made in human GTP-specific succinyl-CoA synthetase (G-SCS) by site-directed mutagenesis. The mutant protein was produced in E. coli and purified by nickel-nitrilotriacetic acid, size exclusion and ion exchange chromatography. Its specific activity and apparent Michaelis constants (Kmapp) were measured, with the expectation that the specific activity would be low compared to the wild-type, but the Kmapp values would be similar. When the human G-SCS mutant protein had high specific activity, the mutation was made in E. coli SCS, as done by Luo and Nishimura. Unexpectedly, the E. coli SCS mutant protein also had high specific activity, contradicting the previously published results. In case a different histidine had been mutated by Luo and Nishimura, the remaining four histidine residues in the α-subunit were mutated, and all four mutant proteins had high specific activity. It was concluded that the previous publication had a second, accidental mutation present in their mutant protein.


identifier: Mashhadi Ebrahim, M. J. (2020). Black-box Behavioral Model Inference for Autopilot Software Systems (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Hemmati, Hadi
Krishnamurthy, Diwakar
Uddin, Gias

subject:
Software Engineering
Deep Learning
Specification Mining
Automated Testing
Computer Science

abstract: Inferring behavior model of a running software system is quite useful for several automated software engineering tasks, such as program comprehension, anomaly detection, and testing. Most existing dynamic model inference techniques are white-box, i.e. they require source code to be instrumented to get run-time traces. However, in many systems, instrumenting the entire source code is not possible (e.g., when using black-box third-party libraries) or might be very costly. Unfortunately, most black-box techniques that detect states over time are either univariate, or make assumptions on the data distribution, or have limited power for learning over a long period of past behavior. To overcome the above issues, in this thesis, I proposed a hybrid deep neural network that accepts as input a set of time series, one per input/output signal of the system, and applies a set of convolutional and recurrent layers to learn the non-linear correlations between signals and the patterns, over time. I have applied this approach on two real UAV autopilot case studies: one from our industry partner, MicroPilot (MP in short), with half a million lines of C code, and one widely used open-source solution: Paparazzi. I ran more than 1200 system-level tests in total (to generate the input data) and inferred the system’s internal state, over time. In case of Paparazzi, as it did not include system tests like MP, I created a tool that generates and executes meaningful test scenarios. Comparison with several traditional time series change point detection techniques showed that this approach improves their performance by up to 102% in MP’s case and 94% in Paparazzi’s, in terms of finding state change points, measured by F1 score. I also showed that this state classification algorithm provides on average 90.45% F1 score for MP and 82.23% for Paparazzi, which improves traditional classification algorithms by up to 17% in MP’s case and 20% in Paparazzi’s. In addition, by creating a hyper-parameter tuning pipeline using grid search technique, despite having a way smaller training set in the second case study (7 times smaller compared to the first one), I managed to get a better performance, up to 48% better, out of the neural network model as measured by 8 metrics. The tuning performance is compared to using the same hyper-parameters that worked for MP’s case, for Paparazzi.


identifier: Ma, J. J. (2016). Geochemical Characterization of the Second White Speckled Shale Formation, Western Canada Sedimentary Basin and the Mass Fraction Maturity Defining Thermal Maturity Level (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26279

contributor:
Larter, Stephen Jr
Huang, Haiping Jr
Oldenburg, Thomas Jr
Lines, Laurence Jr

subject:
Geochemistry
maturity
source rock
SWS
mass fraction
absolute concentration

abstract: Source rocks with database of maturity variation from the Second White Speckled Shale Formation (SWS) were characterized geochemically by traditional source-related and maturity parameters. The changes of absolute concentrations with increasing thermal maturity was concluded. Biomarkers are initially generated and concentrated at immature to low mature stages during diagenesis, then their concentrations decrease dramatically with increasing maturity during catagenesis. n-Alkanes, especially light n-alkanes, are generated from kerogen thermal cracking and their concentrations increase continuously with thermal maturity in the whole oil generation window. Most polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are generated at early oil window to peak oil generation then destroyed at post mature stage. It is uncontroversial that crude oils are mixtures of different components charged from source rocks at different temperatures. Traditional thermal maturity parameters are unreliable when tracking maturities of crude oils. Combining absolute concentration profiles, mass fraction maturity model is mentioned for assessing maturity of crude oils.


identifier: Dean, W. L. (1989). Abundance and localization of small nuclear RNAs for RNA processing in early mouse embryos (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23429

format:
xii, 151 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QP 623 D43 1989
RNA - Research

abstract: Bibliography: p. 139-151.


identifier: Chandramouli, M. (2007). Integration of ga-based multiobjective optimization with vr-based visualization to solve landuse problems (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1669

contributor:
Gao, Yang
Huang, Bo

format:
xiii, 120 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliopgraphy: p. 114-120
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Fitzsimmons, D. P. (2007). On message: US military strategy, groupthink, and media coverage in Vietnam and Iraq (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1387

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 126-140


identifier: Fields, J. A. (2020). Exploring the leadership of multidisciplinary collaboration in child maltreatment service organizations: A case study of the Southern Alberta Children Advocacy Centre (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Social Work
University of Calgary

contributor:
Perrault, Ellen L. J.
Walsh, Christine Ann
Ayala, Jessica S.
Badry, Dorothy Eleanor
Jacobsen, Michele
Fuchs, Don M.

subject:
Collaborative leadership
Education--Social Sciences

abstract: This qualitative case study aimed to provide an understanding of collaborative leadership at the newly established Southern Alberta Child Advocacy Centre (SACAC). Specifically, the purpose of the research was to 1) describe the particular activities the senior leadership team engaged in to guide collaboration, and 2) how each team member contributed to, and experienced, the leadership process while working towards providing child maltreatment services to children and their families in the Lethbridge and Medicine Hat communities. The study was conducted with seven participants – senior executives from social service organizations – over an 18-month period. Data was collected from individual semi-structured interviews and participant observation at six team meetings, and the review of meeting minutes and draft organization documents including the Business Plan and by-laws. Case study research was the methodology of choice. NVivo was used to organize the data. Boyatzis’ (1998) and Crabtree and Miller’s (1999) thematic analysis were used to analyze the data and yielded major themes and thematic categories: 1) creating and sharing a vision; 2) the need for planning; 3) the need for planned intentional collaboration; 4) demonstrating respect; 5) utilizing self-identified leadership styles; 6) leadership roles; 7) benefits of leadership; and 8) challenges to leadership. Leadership theories including transformational, transcendent, and facilitative, and models of collaboration utilized in healthcare, were examined to provide an understanding of the application of leadership and collaboration in social service settings. Discussions in this dissertation were guided primarily by the Reclaiming futures: Communities helping teens overcome drugs, alcohol, and crime framework (termed the RF Framework), which focused on collaborative leadership. The study built on the foundation provided by the RF Framework to propose a Child Advocacy Centre (CAC) Model of Collaborative Leadership and presented a discussion on its implications for social work practice and education, and policy development. Limitations of the study and areas of future research were also outlined.


identifier: Zorrilla Martinez, J. J. (2003). Authenticity in the context of ethnic tourism: the local perspective (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16005

format:
x, 283 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 268-279


identifier: Austin, N. P. (2010). Insights into the in vivo mechanical properties of human skeletal muscle during dynamic contractions (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3486

publisher:
Kinesiology
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 83-90
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Raffai, R. (2005). The royal Hungarian army's modernization efforts (1932-1936): the consequence of schism and paralysis in neo-baroque Hungary (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16506

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
128 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 121-128

abstract: The conservative aristocracy and the Right Radicals dominated the Counterrevolutionary Era (1919-1945) of Hungarian history. Their ideologies and outlook were founded on the "injustice" of the Treaty of Trianon and Hungary's post-war national collapse. As such, both factions identified the restoration of "Greater Hungary" as interwar Hungary's chief policy. At the same time, however, these two factions represented two very dissimilar groups, resulting in an era defined by two unstable, contradictory and diverging ideologies. The conflicting nature of these two responses eventually resulted in a schism between the two factions. Consequently, the strategies meant to realize Hungary's policy proved as irreconcilable as the two factions themselves. Fueled by inter-war Hungary's social and economic conditions, this schism created an environment of division and paralysis. This development engulfed Hungarian society and, consequently, the Royal Hungarian Army.


identifier: Ursenbach, M. G. (1992). An Overview of laboratory in situ combustion behavior of Athabaska oil sands (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20669

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

subject: TN 871 U77 1992

subject: Thermal oil recovery - Mathematical models

subject: Secondary recovery of oil - Mathematical models

subject: Oil sands - Alberta

subject: Athabasca Tar Sands

abstract: Bibliography: p. 109-112.


identifier: Stanford, B. (2019). Conservation genomics of the endangered Banff Springs Snail (Physella johnsoni) using Pool-seq (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Rogers, Sean
Lepitzki, Dwayne
Vamosi, Jana

subject: Education--Sciences Bioinformatics Ecology Genetics Biology--Molecular

abstract: Understanding how species persist and adapt to local habitats is a fundamental question for species of conservation concern. Located in Banff National Park, the endangered snail, Physella johnsoni, inhabits seven highly specialized thermal springs. P. johnsoni undergo yearly population bottlenecks with minimal to no dispersal among springs. The consequences of these processes on genetic population structure are unknown. To investigate effects of habitat and life history on P. johnsoni’s genome and to test the hypothesis of a single panmictic population, I collected 20 to 40 snails/population for P. johnsoni and a closely related snail, P. gyrina, in adjacent, non-thermal water. Using whole genome pooled-sequencing, millions of single nucleotide polymorphisms were captured. These genetic variants resolved significant genetic divergence between P. johnsoni and P. gyrina. In addition, I detected distinct genetic clusters and reduced nucleotide diversity within each spring, indicative of strong micro-geographical population structure and suggestive of a role for genetic drift. These results suggest that P. johnsoni from each spring represent a distinct genetic unit, which has conservation implications for the designation of designatable unit status under COSEWIC, and where mixing of snails may reduce the consequences of genetic drift.


identifier: Pashka, L. (1987). Dunsany's other worlds: the prose fantasy of Lord Dunsany (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23248

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

subject: PR 6007 U6 Z77 1988

subject: Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron, 1878-1957 - Criticism and interpretation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 94-98.

abstract: Lord Dunsany (1878-1957) creates non-realistic ''worlds" in which he examines some of the forces influencing his epoch, the early twentieth century. In his alternative, fantasy worlds, he reacts to modern society. His reaction is a conscious escape, but it is also a means of confronting squarely the evils--loneliness, repression, war--Dunsany perceived in his own world. The result in Dunsany's prose works are idyllic pastoral landscapes, but scenes of brutal killing and fear also occur. With such diverse approaches to fantasy and "reality," Dunsany's range of topics is wide and consequently his works are difficult to categorise. This thesis considers two important devices Dunsany uses to create fantastic worlds--the border and the dream. The approach to Dunsany is partly biographical--a search for and suggestion of what it was in Dunsany's life that caused, influenced and is reflected in his prose fantasies. A loosely psychoanalytical method is employed to aid in the consideration of themes in Dunsany's life and work, and some theories of fantasy are put forward to frame the discussion of Dunsany's works in terms of a real world/other world opposition.


identifier: Taplin, JG. (2021). A Retrospective Cohort Study of Health Service Utilization and Costs of People Experiencing Homelessness Following Community Paramedic Care (Unpublished master thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary

contributor:
Clement, Fiona; Barnabe, Cheryl
Cipriano, Lauren
Blanchard, Ian
Crowshoe, Lynden

subject:
Community Paramedic
Mobile Integrated Health
Prehospital Care
Homelessness
Health Sciences--General

abstract: The City Centre Team (CCT) is a community paramedic program that delivers care to people experiencing homelessness in Calgary, Canada. This study compares the rates and characteristics of health service utilization and the associated costs of patients interacting with the service by linking multiple administrative databases (including hospitalizations, emergency department and urgent care centre visits, emergency medical services (EMS) events, physician claims, and pharmaceutical dispensations) in a pre-post retrospective cohort study. The primary outcome is the difference in ambulatory care sensitive condition-related hospitalizations in the year preceding the initial CCT visit and in the following year.  Secondary outcomes are the differences between periods of all-cause hospitalizations, emergency department and urgent care centre visits, EMS events, physician claims, pharmaceutical dispensations, and costs. In the post-period, CCT patients had increased ambulatory care sensitive condition-related hospitalizations and associated costs compared to the pre-period. Except for all-cause hospitalizations, there was increased utilization and costs of health services between periods, with significant increases in community-based care in those that were previously underserved. The study characterizes and shows the impact on health service utilization in the initial 18-months of a community paramedic program directed at people experiencing homelessness. These findings inform decision-makers of a health service that can be developed in response to the complex health needs of an underserved population using community paramedics.


identifier: Kpobi, H. E. (2022). La langue française et le peuple Akan du Ghana: un cas (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Arts
University of Calgary

contributor:
Amedegnato, Senamin Ozouf
Faivre, Cyrielle Marie Perrine
Gbanou, Komlan

subject: Education--Language and Literature

abstract: Many countries have embraced the necessity to produce graduates with a fluency in more than one language in order to compete in the global economy. With globalization, knowing more than one language is no longer a choice but a requirement for businesses in today's global economy, and this provides many employment opportunities. Ghana has also recognised the importance of mastering other foreign languages including French in order to develop the human capital that drives the economy, as the country is surrounded by French speaking countries namely: Togo, Cote d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso. Nevertheless, the teaching/learning of the French language in the country poses certain challenges. One of which is the lack of interest in learning the language. This thesis therefore aims to identify the challenges Ghanaian students face in their study of the French language, which make them show less interest in the learning of the language, to instigate the causes of these challenges, and to propose solutions as well as new directions and innovations that will help change these students' attitudes about the importance of foreign language learning. The data for the study was collected from Akan third-year secondary school students and their teachers in form of questionnaires and interviews respectively. Our results validated the assumptions that the students’ geographical location, their mother tongue and their teachers’ way of teaching all have some negative effect on their study of the French language. In addition, the fact that most of these students are forced to learn the French language is precisely what makes them lose interest in it. Moreover, these students do not know the importance of the language to them and to the country at large, hence they display some lackadaisical behavior towards learning the language. All these things combined constitute what hinders the Akan students’ learning of the French language.


identifier: Wachoski-Dark, G. L. (2018). Investigation into Equine Papillomavirus Type 2 Prevalence and Diagnosis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/33154

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Veterinary Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Knight, Cameron G.
Klein, C.
Czub, Markus
Munday, John S.

subject:
EcPV-2
equine papillomavirus type 2
Veterinary Science
Epidemiology
Pathology
Engineering--Biomedical

abstract: Equine papillomavirus type 2 (EcPV-2) has been consistently associated with most equine genital cancers and a subset of cancers at other locations. The prevalence of EcPV-2 in healthy horses has been estimated to be <20% for DNA presence, and 10-36% for anti-EcPV-2-L1 seroprevalence. However, no study has thus far examined the prevalence of EcPV-2 at the herd-level or over multiple timepoints. This thesis examined EcPV-2 prevalence in a predominantly closed herd with a known EcPV-2 infected horse over three timepoints. We found that DNA prevalence (0-4%) was equivalent to the general horse population, but that seroprevalence (51.5%) was higher. Additionally, no study has examined the distribution of EcPV-2 infection in situ, nor compared such a technique to PCR. We found that RNA ISH concorded with PCR in 80% of cases. We also recapitulated previous results concerning EcPV-2 distribution in situ as well as found EcPV-2 in numerous novel locations.


identifier: Ball, M. G. (2005). Auroral pulsations measured with a high speed photomultiplier (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15672

contributor:
Donovan, Eric F.
Knudsen, David J.

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 102-107
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Filipenko, N. R. (2003). Structure-function analysis of intracellular annexin II (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20571

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2003 F55

abstract: Bibliography: p. 181-202


identifier: Sun, T. (2010). Structural studies of truncated human atp-citrate lyase (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3632

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 112-123
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Wei, S. (2011). Signal estimation of highly correlated signals in noise: theory and applications (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4667

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 111-117


title: Rojo, amarillo y verde; Mito e Identidad en la Tradición Literaria Latinoamericana

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Torres, Luis
Sánchez, Fresia
Bertolín, Reyes

subject:
Literature--Latin American
Anthropology--Cultural
History--Latin American
Culture, Latin America, Literature

abstract: The purpose of this thesis is to show in Rojo, amarillo y verde, the novel by Alejandro Saravia, the experience of a Latin American exiled in Canada during the 1980´s. This experience is revealed in this novel in relation to the tradition of Myth and Archive in Latin American literature, using the works of Roberto González Echevarría as a theoretical base. Special emphasis is given to the challenges the storyline faces in order to show how, through polyphony, the characters outline the changing features of their identity in Canada. This identity is distant from the essentialism of the 19th century, which was supported by a series of stereotypical national symbols, such as the flag, the coat of arms, the anthem and one´s nationality. This notion of an integral and shared commonality is now under challenge by the in-between identity found in the cultural frontiers of nations and by the increasing process of transculturation.


identifier: Mucsi, A. D. (2012). The nature of regulatory t cell interactions with dendritic cells (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4954

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 93-103

abstract: Some pages are in colour.

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

abstract: The immune system has developed several mechanisms responsible for discriminating against self and non-self antigens and preventing autoimmune responses from occurring within the body. Inactivation of auto-reactive lymphocytes and elimination of these cells prevents the generation of autoimmune responses ensuring that tolerance results in the periphery. A specialized subpopulation of CD4+ T cells, regulatory T cells (Tregs ), maintains peripheral self-tolerance through a diverse set of mechanisms. The mechanisms utilized by regulatory T cells are vast; however, the mechanisms by which Tregs modulate their suppressive function are not yet fully understood. Utilizing atomic force microscopy, we demonstrate that IL-2 stimulated Tregs interact intensely with dendritic cells (DC), which is dependent upon the LFA-1/ICAM-1 adhesion molecule. We propose that LF A-1 regulation differs between Tregs and CD4+ CD25- T cells, allowing Tregs to interact intensely with DCs abrogating any interaction with antigenspecific T cells. Our results illustrate how Tregs interact with DCs and its association with LF A-1 avidity regulation.


identifier: Lewis, R. (1982). Piagetian seriation tasks in children's music development (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19438

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

subject: BF 723 C5 L48 1982

subject: Seriation by children (Psychology)

subject: Music - Instruction and study - Juvenile

abstract: Bibliography: p. 90-99.


identifier: Tysowski, N. A. (2013). Personal cell phones in a high school classroom: A teacher hermeneutic-phenomenological inquiry (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27315

subject:
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
Education
phenomenology
Hermeneutics
Learning Environment

abstract: This thesis consists of a high school classroom teacher-researcher’s critical narrative reflections on student usage of personally owned cell phones. The teacher-researcher explores, with assistance from scholarly voices, evidentiary exemplar data between a school based policy and her students and their use of cell phones. The teacher-research seeks understanding of the complexities and tensions that arise from the introduction and acceptance of digital smart cell phones in a classroom. The research comes to focus on questions regarding school/classroom policy for the inclusion of cell phones in a school and students’ practices with them, the “essence” of a cell phone, the “power” embodied in cell phone technology, the phone’s “mediating” abilities, and the phone’s connection to “posthumanism”. The teacher-researcher concludes with a summary understanding regarding impacts of such a device on her teaching practice.


identifier: Kazemipur, B. (2015). Computer Vision Aiding Smartphone Sensors for Indoor Location Applications (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25403

subject:
Engineering
Computer Vision
Indoor Navigation
Sensor Fusion

abstract: Modern mobile phones are powerful processing devices with a host of onboard technologies of interest to navigation system designers. In the absence of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) information, the accelerometers and gyroscopes within a smartphone can be used to provide a relative navigation solution. However, these micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) based sensors suffer from the effects of various errors which cause the inertial-only solution to deteriorate rapidly. As such, there is a need to constrain the inertial positioning solution when long-term navigation is needed. GNSS positions and velocities, and WiFi positions when available, are the most important forms of updates available for the inertial solution. However, updates from these two sources depend on external signals and infrastructure that may not always be available. One attractive source of updates is through the use of a vision sensor. This work describes the development of a vision-based module that determines the device heading misalignment and context based on a sequence of images captured from the device camera. The vision aiding module checks for static periods and calculates the device heading misalignment when in motion. Context classification is assessed for five common use cases: (1) fidgeting the phone while standing still (“fidgeting” context), (2) phone on ear on one floor (“single floor calling” context), (3) phone on ear on stairs (“stairs calling” context), (4) phone in hand on a single floor (“single floor texting” context), and (5) phone in hand on stairs (“stairs texting” context). The module was tested using real-time video and inertial data collected using a Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone running the Android 4.0 operating system. The results show successful detection of the aforementioned use cases and accurate device angles. Integration of the vision aiding module with a pedestrian dead reckoning (PDR) system shows improvements to the position solution.


identifier: Donnelly, J. K. (1981). An Ultrastructural and morphometric evaluation of inherited schwann cell ensheathment of ganglion cell axons in the BW rat retina (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22373

publisher:
Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject:
QL 737 R6 D64 1983
Axons
Rats
Retina

abstract: Bibliography: p. 115-125.


identifier: Whitehead, J. (2017). Response of the Arctic Marine Inorganic Carbon System to Ice Algae and under-ice Phytoplankton Blooms (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27651

contributor:
Else, Brent
Yackel, John
Gieg, Lisa
Mundy, C.J.

subject:
Oceanography
Biogeochemistry
Environmental Sciences
Chemistry--Inorganic
inorganic carbon
ice algae
phytoplankton
Arctic
carbon dioxide

abstract: Research on the inorganic carbon cycle in the Arctic winter to spring transition process has revealed that ice algae could play a role in the inorganic carbon cycling under sea ice. A ten-week case study was conducted near Qikiqtarjuaq, NU, Canada, in which dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and was collected from the water column. Samples were collected near the start of an ice algae bloom, and continued until early stages of an under-ice phytoplankton bloom. During the ice algae bloom period, there was no significant decrease in DIC or pCO2sw prior to sea ice melt. DIC fixation calculations show that previous studies may have overestimated the drawdown of DIC from ice algae, but that sloughing ice algae or an under-ice phytoplankton bloom can dramatically reduce DIC and pCO2sw. This case study provided insights that under-ice phytoplankton blooms are a more important biological mechanism preconditioning the Arctic surface mixed layer.


identifier: MacDonald, R. J. (1975). Une question de survivance/a question of survival: the struggle for language rights in education in contemporary Quebec (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11767

format:
2 volumes (ix, 681 leaves) ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
LA 418 Q3 M16 1975 Microfiche
Education - Quebec (Province) - History
Bilingualism - Quebec (Province)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 618-650.


identifier: Khalil, A. B. (1977). Minimum cost design of concrete slabs (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18433

title: Minimum cost design of concrete slabs

format:
xxv, <263> leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TA 683.5 S6 K46 1977 Microfiche
Concrete slabs
Reinforced concrete construction

abstract: Bibliography: p. 245-252.


identifier: Bilodeau-Goeseels, S. (1996). Changes in RNA abundance in early bovine embryos (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18881

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

subject:
SF 767.5 B55 1996
Cattle - Embryos - Physiology
Livestock - Embryos
RNA

abstract: Bibliography: p. 138-153.


identifier: Woltjen, K. (2006). Orpheus recombination: development and application of novel phage recombineering tools for custom targeting vector construction (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1596

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 253-256


identifier: Grieef, L. A. (2006). Establishing a groundwater monitoring network using rural wells in the West Nose Creek Watershed, Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/557

format:
x, 250 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 120-125
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Carr, B. J. (2017). Molecular Targets of Atropine- and Mamba Toxin 3-Mediated Inhibition of Form-Deprivation Myopia in the Chick: A Case of Mistaken Receptor Identity? (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26995

contributor:
Stell, William Kenyon
Hollenberg, Morley Donald
Kurz, Ebba
Gordon, Grant

subject:
Neuroscience
Ophthalmology
Pharmacology
Atropine
Myopia
Non-Specific
Off-Target
Muscarinic Antagonist
Mamba Toxin 3
Nitric Oxide
Affinity
Alpha2-Adrenoceptor

abstract:
Myopia is a refractive disorder characterized by the inability to see distant objects clearly. It is the most common childhood vision disorder, and the leading cause of adult visual impairment world-wide. Myopia prevalence is rising rapidly; it is estimated that 2.5 billion people will be affected by 2030, and any degree of myopia increases the risk of blindness-inducing comorbidities.

There are no universally accepted pharmaceutical therapies to slow myopia progression, but some success has been found with the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR) antagonist atropine. There remains a paucity of investigations into the ocular signalling cascades modulated by atropine-treatment. Research in this area has been based on the assumption that because atropine, and a few other mAChR antagonists, inhibit myopia at extremely high concentrations, mAChRs must regulate myopia progression. Regulation of eye growth by mAChRs has never been proven conclusively.

Here, I report that myopia-inhibition by atropine is dependent on induction of nitric oxide (NO), and that exogenous NO is sufficient to inhibit experimentally-induced form-deprivation myopia (FDM) on its own. In addition, I provide evidence that disproves the assumption that mAChRs are responsible for atropine- and mamba toxin 3-mediated myopia-inhibition in the chick. First, I demonstrate that alpha2-adrenoceptor (ADRA2) agonists can dose-dependently inhibit FDM. Second, I show that myopia-inhibiting mAChR antagonists can bind to, and block signalling by, human alpha2A-adrenoceptors (ADRA2A). Furthermore, I show that the relative inhibitory potencies (pIC50’s) of myopia-inhibiting mAChR antagonists at ADRA2A correlate better with their reported abilities to inhibit FDM in the chick than their relative pIC50’s at human and chicken mAChR M4.

My data further our understanding of how the eye may know how large to grow. They provide two novel alternative targets for anti-myopia therapies (NO & ADRA2s), both of which would eliminate the most significant side-effects of atropine-treatment. They provide a range in which mAChR antagonists should be expected to act in a “specific” manner at human and chicken mAChR M4, and reinforce the need for caution in attributing the effects of high concentration drug to a specific receptor target.


identifier: Phelps, J. S. (1970). Study of discriminating variables between drop-outs and completions among mature, non-matriculant students at the University of Calgary (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17225

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

subject: LC 6254 P52 1970 Microfilm

subject: Adult education dropouts

subject: Adult education

subject: College attendance - Alberta - Calgary

subject: University of Calgary - Students, Mature

abstract: Bibliography: p. 62-67.


identifier: Murchie, T. J. (2015). Investigating the Antiquity of Inter-Regional Contact between Southern Yukon and the Northern Northwest Coast through an Ancient DNA Analysis of Cryogenic Wooden Biofacts Recovered from Alpine Archaeological Sites in the Northwestern Subarctic (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26636

subject:
Archaeology
Botany
Genetics
Ancient DNA
subarctic archaeology
chloroplast DNA
salix phylogeography
cryogenic archaeology
ice patch archaeology
wood DNA
aDNA
northwestern subarctic interactions
precontact alpine glacial travel
bioarchaeology
paleogenetics
wood artifacts
wood biofacts
Yukon archaeology

abstract: The antiquity of contact between Eyak-Tlingit in Southeastern Alaska and Athabaskans in Southern Yukon is poorly understood. Archaeological evidence of inter-regional interaction is currently confined to the Late Period, although there is ethnographic evidence of more ancient networks. The discovery of a cryogenically preserved stick (willow [Salix sp.]), from the Kluane Icefields may represent the region’s earliest evidence (2430 ± 20 14C BP) of glacial travel. Ancient DNA was used in an attempt to assess the specimen’s origin based on a phylogeographic analysis of modern Salix distributed on either side of the Saint Elias Range. DNA could not be amplified from the target specimen, leading to an investigation of the viability of paleogenetics for wooden artifacts using biofacts from alpine ice patches in Southern Yukon. A considerable lack of plastid variability was observed in modern Salix ssp., although three loci were identified that may be amenable to phylogeographic applications.


identifier: Ebrahimi, S. (2016). Modelling Sensitivity of Surface Energy Balance and Melt on an Alpine Glacier: Its Past and Future Under a Changing Climate (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26963

contributor:
Marshall, Shawn
Moorman, Brian
Yackel, John

subject: Physical Geography

abstract: Glacier surface melt is governed by the atmosphere-glacier surface interactions. This study, uses full energy balance (EB) model to investigate the physical mechanisms governing melt energy, in the past and future. First, a new parameterization for estimating the atmospheric emissivity was derived as a function of near surface vapour pressure, relative humidity and sky clearness index. Testing this model’s transferability to a different site showed that it can be easily transferred to other glaciers with similar skill. This is a step forward in expanding the application of a full EB model on glacierized regions. Secondly, this thesis used a point-scale first-order profile model to present new data on Haig Glacier’s EB. Climate sensitivity analysis was run using in situ observations. The perturbation approach was adapted to construct the longterm past EB climate relationship evolution using 36 years of North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR) data. Testing the temperature, specific humidity, wind speed, incoming shortwave radiation, and glacier surface albedo perturbation runs showed the Haig’s summer melt energy has the strongest sensitivity to interannual variations in incoming shortwave radiation, albedo, and temperature, respectively. To test more realistic perturbations, meteorological forcing from NARR was used to reconstruct the long-term EB from perturbing the NARR anomalies. Results indicated a ~10% increase in summer melting over the historical period, with increases in most of the energy fluxes on Haig Glacier. In the third and last part of this dissertation, the EB analysis was extended to future scenarios using the CM3 climate model of the U.S. Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL). Daily meteorological variables from both historical runs and future projections were used to estimate Haig’s EB under four radiative forcing pathways: RCP2.6, RCP4.5, RCP6.0 and RCP8.6. The interannual, decadal and century-scale variations in the glacier energy budget were assessed. Future projections suggest that net radiation and temperature remain the key controls of melt energy, and all EB terms are expected to increase this century. The model suggests that this will lead to a 75-156% increase in melt rates on the glacier by the end of the century – should Haig Glacier survive this long.