identifier: Casselman, G. (1999). An electric upright bass (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21693

title: An electric upright bass

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject:
ML921 .C37 1999
Double bass--construction
Bass guitar construction
Musical instruments, Electronic
Design, Industrial

abstract: Bibliography: p. 149-150

abstract:
Electric upright basses are stringed musical instruments that combine elements of the acoustic double bass and the electric bass guitar. The vertically-oriented interface they present resembles that of the double bass. They rely, however, on electronics to amplify their sound instead of the hollow wooden body of the acoustic. The current interest in electric upright basses (EUBs) seems to be driven primarily by jazz and pop musicians looking back to the tradition of upright bass playing but insisting on the advantages that modern musical instrument technology has to offer.
This project is the design of an electric upright bass through the application of the industrial design process. The history of bass design, EUB design precedents, the interface between the instrument and the player, material and technological considerations and manufacturing processes are addressed. The environmental sustainability of the design and human factors concerns are presented.
The primary focus of the project is the appropriateness of the form and function of the design. A prototype, constructed for this project, will demonstrate the decisions made in the design process and will serve as a basis for a discussion of these decisions. It will also help identify areas within the design that can be improved on or developed further.


identifier: Edwards, B. C. (2013). Home ranges, resource selection, and parasite diversity of urban versus rural elk (Cervus elaphus) (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26378

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

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:
Ecology
RSF
Cervus elaphus
Home Range
fragmentation

abstract: Increased human development and accessibility to nature preserves is a mounting pressure on wild populations, forcing animals to abandon areas or modify behavior in response to habitat fragmentation. In this study, I examined the effects of development within the Bow Valley corridor on: home ranges, resource selection, and parasites; in four populations of urban and rural elk (Cervus elaphus). Total home range and core home range size was smaller in urban herds (Canmore and Banff). In proportion to habitat availability, urban animals selected against steep slopes, high elevations, cover habitat (white spruce), and high road density, while selecting for grazing habitat. Rural animals (Bow Valley Provincial Park and Deadman’s Flats) selected against steep slopes and high road densities and in favor of grazing habitat types, but selected for cover habitat. Overall, parasite prevalence, intensity, and diversity were greatest in the urban centers and lowest in rural herds.


identifier: Maes, M. A. (1980). Effects of environmental and material characteristics on the behavior of concrete structures (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14831

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject:
TA 440 M32 1980 Fiche
Concrete construction - Testing
Concrete - Testing

abstract: Bibliography: p. 167-172


identifier: Boras, Andrea. (2017). Carbon Leakage- A North American Look Into Oil Sand Competitiveness. (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

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


identifier: Mazur, M. J. (2000). The seismic characterization of meteorite impact structures (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18283

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

subject:
TN269.8 .M39 1999
Seismic prospecting
Meteorite craters.

abstract: Bibliography: p. 162-163.


identifier: Prescott, D. R. (1992). Differential migration in the evening grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus): a test of the hypotheses (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21768

format:
xiv, 198 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QL 696 P246 P73 1992
Grosbeaks - Behavior
Birds - Migration

abstract: Bibliography: p. 173-195.


identifier: Vanvelzer, D. (2021). Assessment in higher education as a policy implementation issue: A case study of how actors and multi-level contextual factors influence assessment implementation at an institution in the UAE (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Werklund School of Education
University of Calgary

contributor:
Chua, Dr. Catherine
Koh, Dr. Kim
Eaton, Dr. Sarah

subject:
policy analysis
assessment
leadership
higher education
Policy implementation
Education
Education--Higher

abstract: Although it has been established that assessment of learning is an important part of quality in higher education, there is a dearth of research on assessment policy implementation in developing countries and how this cascades down and plays out at the micro level. Using semistructured interviews and documentation, this single exploratory case study examined the issue of assessment policy implementation in one department at an institution in the United Arab Emirates. Adapting Contextual Interaction Theory (CIT) and using multi-level analysis, it explored how actors and contextual factors influenced the implementation of assessment policy. The study found that at the macro level, globalization and the UAE’s own vision initiated large scale education reform, which in higher education, was directed at improving quality and accountability to produce highly skilled graduates for a knowledge-based economy had specific influence over the meso level. At the institutional level, a multitude of factors influenced the micro level such as a highly centralized, top-down approach to implementation, the institutional strategic plan underpinned by quality and accountability, a multi-campus structure, and a continuous culture of institutional change. Additionally, the policy was an important determinant which influenced actors in unintended ways. Finally, at the micro level, the study revealed how the context impacted actors’ motivation, cognition, and power, which in turn, affected their interaction during the implementation process. The results of this study offer policymakers, institutional leaders, and faculty insights into assessment policy and its implementation, potentially helping with the refinement of policy and understanding of implementation in order to improve the process in the UAE or other contexts.


identifier: Allison, D. (1984). Die Dietrichepen und die Bylinen des Kiewer Zyklus: ein Vergleich (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20105

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

subject: PT 1413 D5 A44 1986

subject: Dietrich, von Bern - Legends - History and criticism

subject: Byliny - History and criticism

subject: Literature, Comparative - German and Russian

subject: Literature, Comparative - Russian and German

subject: Epic poetry, German - History and criticism

subject: German literature - Middle High German, 1050-1500 - History and criticism

subject: Epic poetry, Russian - History and criticism

abstract: Bibliography: p. 57-69.


identifier: MacKinnon, A. E. (2013). L’Autofiction en procès : genre ou procédé littéraire ? De l’immolation de soi à l’auto-engendrement d’une nouvelle voix (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26733

subject:
Modern
Autofiction
Contemporary French literature

abstract: Les catégories littéraires traditionnelles comme la fiction et l’autobiographie tendent à devenir de plus en plus floues.  Dans la littérature contemporaine de langue française, l’autofiction connaît une popularité croissante. Pourtant, ce phénomène soulève des questions de classification.  Une tendance est de définir l’autofiction comme un genre littéraire, tout en reconnaissant son caractère hybride. Cependant une telle classification peut selon nous se révéler problématique.  À travers une analyse de trois textes, ce travail cherche à envisager l’autofiction plutôt comme un procédé littéraire qui mettrait en valeur le projet subjectif de l’auteur.  Dans un contexte où chaque auteur s’efforce d’apprivoiser ses conflits internes par l’intermédiaire de son texte, nous nous interrogeons sur l’hybridité et « l’entre-deux » au sens où nous nous demandons si l’autofiction est un phénomène littéraire représentatif de notre temps.


identifier: Kelly, J. G. (2000). "Analyze if you wish, but listen.": Aboriginal women's lifestorytelling in Canada and Australia and the politics of gender, nation, aborginality, and anti-racism (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24169

format:
vii, 303 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: PS 8089.5 W6 K45 2000

subject: Women authors - Canadian (English) - Biography - History and criticism

subject: Women authors - Australian - Biography - History and criticism

subject: Canadian literature - Indian authors - History and criticism

subject: Australian literature - Australian aboriginal authors - History and criticism

subject: Autobiography - Women authors

subject: Feminist literary criticism

subject: Decolonization in literature

subject: Nationalism in literature

abstract: Bibliography: p. 285-298


identifier: Yang, J. (1993). Alternative MRI reconstruction techniques using modeling (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/10877

publisher:
Engineering
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject:
RC 78.7 N83 Y36 1993
Magnetic resonance imaging
Image processing - Digital techniques

abstract: Bibliography: p. 96-100.


identifier: Dent-Cox, T. (1993). Play with and without objects: effects on the sense of self of the child with Down Syndrome (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11940

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

subject: RJ 506 D68 D46 1993

subject: Down's Syndrome - Psychological effects

subject: Child development

subject: Self in children

subject: Mentally handicapped children - Psychological testing

subject: Play - Psychological aspects

abstract: Bibliography: p. 128-137.


identifier: Raghupatruni, S. R. (1977). Creep production and creep analysis for concrete structures: a critical appraisal of the literature (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23328

format:
xix, <235> leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TA 683.2 R33 1976 Microfiche
Reinforced concrete construction
Concrete - Creep

abstract: Bibliography: p. 218-222.


identifier: Breitling-Winkler, B. M. (2008). Being true to self: the experience of congruence in cancer survivors (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1873

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 162-199


identifier: Ai, C. (2019). Polyaniline-coated Nanoporous Carbon Scaffold for Energy Storage and Water Deionization Applications (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary

contributor:
Ponnurangam, Sathish
Birss, Viola I.
Roberts, Edward P. L.
Benneker, Anne M.

subject:
Electrochemistry
Capacitive deionization
Nanoporous carbon scaffold
Conformal polyaniline coating
Energy
Engineering--Chemical
Engineering--Environmental
Materials Science

abstract: The world’s rapidly growing population urgently calls for more clean water. However, current water treatment technologies, e.g., reverse osmosis and distillation, are very energy demanding. Capacitive deionization (CDI) has emerged as a promising new technology for the production of clean water from brackish or even seawater at a high efficiency and at low cost, also showing promise in storing energy while simultaneously achieving desalination. In this work, a novel nanoporous carbon scaffold (NCS), a binder-free, free-standing, and 100% carbon film with a highly tunable nanoporous structure, has shown excellent promise as a CDI electrode. However, its surface area of 200-400 m2/g for the 50 and 85 nm diameter pore-sized NCS materials, limits the obtainable double layer capacitance. To further increase the electrochemical capacitance of the NCS material, polyaniline (PANi), a conducting polymer with a very high electrochemical capacitance (~750 F/g), was deposited on the NCS using cyclic voltammetry (CV), resulting in a PANi/NCS composite. A range of conformal PANi layers of controllable thicknesses were obtained, without blocking the pores of the NCS, as observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The conformal PANi coating is uniform throughout the thickness of the NCS, as seen from SEM and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy element mapping. Both CV and galvanostatic charge/discharge (GCD) methods were used to demonstrate the capacitive behavior of the PANi/NCS composite, with the capacitance increasing by 5 to 20 times of that obtained from the original NCS, thus possessing an excellent energy and power density. The PANi-coated NCS also demonstrates good cyclic stability, retaining ca. 85% of its original capacitance after 1000 GCD cycles. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) confirmed that the time constant of the PANi/NCS composites decreased with an increase in the PANi thickness, from 3 to 20 nm.  A flow-through CDI test was carried out using three different cell configurations, including a symmetric NCS cell, a symmetric PANi/NCS cell and an asymmetric cell containing a PANi/NCS anode and an NCS cathode. When using the asymmetric CDI configuration, the salt adsorption capacity was 2.6 mg/g (0.019 mg/m2), while the salt adsorption can be completed very rapidly in only 2-10 seconds.


identifier: Bano, S. (2011). The nsg waiver for India: implications for the non-proliferation regime (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4432

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 153-159


identifier: Choudhury, N. (2008). The internet and empowerment: a study on women internet users in Bangladesh (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2054

format:
x, 122 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 114-121

abstract: This study poses the question of whether and under what conditions the Internet was or was not an empowering tool for women Internet users in Bangladesh. Hence, the focus is on home-based female Internet users. The main thrust of the study was on those women who were not associated with technology, academically or professionally. In other words, my target people were plain and simple home-based women Internet users. The study is based on the domestication of technology theory and on the concept of empowerment in terms of agency. In-depth interviews were conducted among sixteen participants from two different cities in Bangladesh. The aim of the research was to attain information on women's use of the Internet, what they understood by empowerment and if their use of the Internet contributed in any way to their empowerment. The data show that compared to men, women are late on joining the Internet phenomenon in Bangladesh. The study also shows that women are using the Internet for many interesting purposes. Similar to other developing countries, this study has found that the respondents belong to middle and upper-middle class families with higher levels of education. According to their definition of empowerment, women respondents believe that their use of the Internet is bringing empowerment to them. In a male dominated society, this is definitely a significant move forward.


identifier: Bian, Y. (2011). Polarimetric and interferometric sar statistical analysis and signal processing (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4464

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 226-271.

abstract: Some pages are in colour.

abstract: Includes a copy of Copyright Permissions.  Originals with original copy of Partial Copyright Licence.


identifier: Basyouny, A. (2020). Multiphase flow analysis of Desanders Sand Separators (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Wood, David H.
Morton, Chris R.
Hugo, Ronald J.
Johansen, Craig T.
He, Jennifer
Tachie, Mark Francis

subject:
Multiphase flow
Sand Separation
Horizontal Separators
Engineering
Engineering--Mechanical
Engineering--Petroleum

abstract: Multiphase flows have been a significant problem in the oil and gas industry, with many recent reports of failures in industrial piping and equipment due to erosion either from long-term liquid impingements or solid particles. One of the most efficient horizontal sand separators is the product developed by Specialized Desanders Inc., which is called the “Horizontal Desander.” It is a gravity-based separator, and the associated multiphase flow physics has been investigated in this research. This study analyzes the phase separation by applying multiphase numerical analysis using Star CCM+ software. Experimental testing with the two-phase flow (air and water), and three-phase flow (air, water, and sand) were performed and compared to the numerical results. After confidence is established in the numerical model, a four-phase simulation was performed to analyze the sand distribution at different operating pressures. The Particle Image Velocimetry measurements applied to the two-phase experiment showed that the time-averaged, RMS of velocity fluctuations and the frequency analysis of the air-liquid interface are in an acceptable agreement with the simulation results. Both the experiment and the simulation results have shown that 99% of sand has settled within 54% of the Desander length. The four-phase simulations show that higher operating pressures reduce the liquid level, and this affects the velocity of phases inside the Desander. The velocity changes result in changes to the trajectory of sand particles, causing them to travel further downstream at higher operating pressure. Knowledge of the different phase interactions and behavior of multiphase flow is essential in developing and optimizing gravity separators.


identifier: Jackson, P. (1991). The Soldier as statesman: the French military mission to Czechoslovakia and the Munich crisis of 1938 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12115

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

subject:
D 742 C95 J33 1991
World War, 1939-1945 - Causes
Czechoslovakia - History - 1918-1938

abstract: Bibliography: p. 128-143


identifier: Serediuk, Z.B. (2017). Principal leadership competencies and collective teacher efficacy: an interpretive multi-case study (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Principal Leadership Competencies and Collective Teacher Efficacy: An Interpretive Multi-Case Study

contributor:
Donlevy, James Kent
Kawalilak, Colleen
Patterson, Margaret Edna

subject:
Principal Leadership Competencies
Collective Teacher Efficacy
Social Cognitive Theory
Education--Administration
Education--Elementary

abstract:
This qualitative interpretive multi-case study explores the relationship between principal leadership competencies and collective teacher efficacy. The case examined principals engaged in collective teacher efficacy in the bounded case of elementary schools. The primary research question was, "Is there a relationship between specific principal leadership competencies and collective teacher efficacy as demonstrated and understood by a select group of principals?" Focus groups and individual interviews were used to gather appropriate data. The case study was based upon the research-supported assumption that if school leaders created an environment where a strong sense of collective efficacy was present among teachers, it may lead to increased indicators of a staff that had a strong sense of collective efficacy (Goddard, 2000, 2001). From the data analysis, various themes emerged as having a positive impact on collective teacher efficacy: embodying visionary leadership, fostering effective relationships, leading a learning community, and providing instructional leadership. Indicators of such collective teacher efficacy were strong teacher practice, collaboration, conversations/language, and positive relationships. Results from this study provide new insights on how principals can effectively develop collective teacher efficacy as part of their school culture.
Keywords: collective teacher efficacy, principal leadership competencies, social cognitive theory


identifier: Currier, K. M. (2020). In-Home Data and Data Visualization (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: In-Home Data and Data Visualization

publisher:
Science
University of Calgary

contributor:
Carpendale, Sheelagh
Tang, Tony
Wang, Mea
Forlini, Stefania

subject:
Data Visualization
Information Visualization
Computer Science

abstract: In this thesis, I present an exploration of in-home data and data visualization. I conducted a study that takes an exploratory look at ubiquitous computing in homes from the perspective of data and visualization. Through in-context interviews during home walkthroughs, I explored people’s opinions about the data they live with and how they imagine incorporating data visualization displays into their lives and their homes. I discovered that most of our study participants already live with many types of data and visualizations, and these experiences influence their proposals for future visualizations. This qualitative study raises potential factors about the future of data and data visualization as an essential part of smart home environments. Using the results of the study, I propose a flexible framework of visualization characteristics to consider when discussing visualizations for the home.


identifier: Shen, Y. (1997). Characterization of soil microbial communities involved in bioremediation by molecular biological techniques (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11084

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

subject:
TD192.5 .S44 1997
Bioremediation
Soil remediation
Microbial biotechnology.
Microbial ecology

abstract: Bibliography: p. 115-121


identifier: Sagidova, G. (2007). Theoretical and empirical analysis of the environmental impact of Kyoto protocol (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/979

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 136-140
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Wang, X. J. (1996). A unified analysis of the bei and the ba constructions in Chinese (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15131

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

subject:
PL 1101 W36 1996
Chinese language - Grammar

abstract: Bibliography: p. 106-110.

abstract: In this thesis, we propose a unified analysis of two long-disputed structures in Chinese: the bei and the ha constructions, which exhibit a number of unexpected properties given standard assumptions with respect to passivization and Case theory since: i) the bei passive cannot suppress the verb's Case and theta-role assigning abilities; ii) the Agent DP is not demoted; iii) DP movement does not occur to satisfy the Case Filter. It is shown that many of the puzzling properties in these constructions, especially the unusual word order, can be treated as consequences of some general principles. While the standard analysis of passivization is challenged, strong empirical evidence is found favoring the VP-Internal Subject Hypothesis, the UTAH (Baker 1988), the proposal that DP movement occurs to satisfy the requirement that a Case assigner discharge Case (Fukui and Speas 1986), and that a chain may receive more than one Case feature.


identifier: Chandler, B. D. (2007). Function from structure: design, synthesis, and physiochemical characterization of fexible metal-sulfonate materials (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/863

contributor:
Shimizu, George K. H.
Cramb, David T.

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 265-284


identifier: Vanderberg, R. D. (1987). OPEC, a political analysis (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20044

title: OPEC, a political analysis

creator: Vanderberg, Richard D. (Richard Dee), 1940-

format:
xiii, 542 leaves : 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: HD 9560.1 O66 V34 1987

subject: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

subject: Petroleum industry and trade - Political aspects

subject: World politics - 1975-1985

subject: World politics - 1985-1995

subject: International economic relations

abstract: Bibliography: p. 524-542.


identifier: Sierralta, I. E. (2000). Modification of conduction, drug interactions and gating in skeletal muscle sodium channels by -conotoxins (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1837

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

subject:
Sodium channels
Muscles - Electric properties
Musculoskeletal system
Peptides

abstract: Bibliogrpahy: p. 98-112.

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


identifier: Papagapiou, M. (1989). The Role of excitatory amino acids and lactic acidosis in hypoglycemic brain damage (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19371

format:
xvi, 135 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
RC 661 A1 P36 1989
Hypoglycemic agents
Diabetes

abstract: Bibliography: p. 115-135.


identifier: Mallett, S. R. (2006). "Newhouse": creating a culture of fear (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/806

title: "Newhouse": creating a culture of fear

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 62-63


identifier: Harvalik, P. (2017). Factors Affecting Parental Help seeking for Children with Mental Health Problems (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26145

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Nursing
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Kingston, Dawn
Arnold, Paul
McDonald, Sheila
Goldsworthy, Sandra

subject:
Mental Health
Nursing
Help-seeking
children
Mental Health
emotional
behaviours
parents
barriers
facilitators

abstract:
Background.  Childhood mental health problems have an early onset, are highly prevalent, and persistent into adolescents’ and adulthood, and left untreated, mental health problems are exacerbated by comorbid disorders.  Early screening and intervention for childhood mental health is key to improved outcomes.  Very young children that experience emotional or behavioural problems rely primarily on their parents for help-seeking on their behalf.  Parents often do not recognize problematic behaviour that requires further evaluation and treatment.  Without parental help-seeking, these children’s mental health problems remain undetected and untreated throughout the lifespan.  Understanding what perceived barriers and facilitators exist for parents that have children with problematic behaviours, can inform the development of early intervention programs aimed at very young children (i.e., 5 years old and under).  The aim of this thesis by publication was to examine the barriers and facilitators to help-seeking for parents with children that have emotional and behavioural problems.
Methods.  Two published studies of perceived barriers and facilitators to help-seeking for parents of young children were identified through searches using PubMed, PsycINFO, Embase, and CINAHL databases.  Data was extracted and summarized in tables.
Results.  Parents reported perceived barriers to be: (a) child’s problems being identified as transient and part of a stage that will go way on their own, (b) not knowing what services were available, and (c) not knowing what sources were available for help.
Conclusions.  Increased research and development of early screening and intervention programs that target parents of very young children will improve mental health outcomes for children, their families, and communities.


identifier: Haddad, T. (2011). The city speaks: site-specificity and performance in the "York corpus Christi play" (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4341

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 105-112
A few pages are in colour.
Includes an oversized page.
Includes a page of overhead film.


identifier: Hasubek, B. E. (2000). Analysis and design of passive rotor transverse flux machines with permanent magnets on the stator (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21492

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

subject:
TK 454.4 M3 H37 2000
Magnetic materials - Machining
Electric circuit analysis
Electromagnetic fields
Magnetic flux

abstract: Bibliography: p. 146-150


identifier: Cieslewicz, D. (1999). Near-surface seismic characterization using three-component buried geophones (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19783

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

subject: TN269 .C49 1999A

subject: Additional copy: TN269 .C49 1999 in the Gallagher Library of Geology and Geophysics

subject: Seismic prospecting

subject: Seismic waves - Measurement

subject: Geophone.

abstract: Bibliography: 90-93.


identifier: Salaun, J. P. (1975). Giono et les demons de la vie (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23010

title: Giono et les demons de la vie

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

subject:
PQ 2613 I57 Z8 1975 Microfiche
Giono, Jean, 1895-1970

abstract: Bibliography: p. 101-104.


identifier: Niknafs, A. (2016). A Hybrid Search Method for Evolutionary Dynamic Optimization of the 3-dimensional Personnel Assignment Problem and its Case Study Evaluation at The City of Calgary (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24763

contributor:
Ruhe, Guenther
Jacob, Christian
Kremer, Rob

subject:
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science
Engineering--Operations Research
Evolutionary dynamic optimization
Epigenetics
Assignment problem
Personnel assignment problem
Genetic Algorithm
Search-based optimization
Multidimensional assignment problem

abstract:
Evolutionary dynamic optimization is receiving more attention as it continues to deliver value in more application areas. In this thesis, an evolutionary dynamic optimization method for solving both static and dynamic personnel assignment optimization problems is proposed. This evolutionary method is based on the idea of genetic algorithms. Starting with the static scenario, I build an evolutionary algorithm that utilizes two variations of an OR-tree-based search method in generating the initial population and offspring. I then use the evolutionary algorithm for the static scenario as a framework into which I integrate two new strategies for tackling dynamism in the problem. In this thesis, I focus on the type of changes that require getting new (i.e. up-to-date) solutions as fast as possible right after the change. This type of changes has many applications in areas such as aircraft landing and take-off scheduling and mobile wireless network routing.
Motivated by a real-world problem (at the City of Calgary), I focus on the changes in the availability of personnel in personnel assignment problems. I have two proposed solution approaches to the dynamism which utilize OR-tree-based search features and epigenetics mechanisms (both inside the evolutionary algorithm). Three additional strategies for tackling other types of changes are also presented. In this research, multidimensionality and dynamism are for the first time brought together into the personnel assignment problem. Using both real-world data (for the case study) and synthetic data (for additional evaluation) in the experiments, the experimental results prove the usefulness and responsiveness of my proposed solution approaches. Moreover, the feedback from the domain experts and higher level management in the case study show a strong preference for using my system and its outputs over the current practice.
The case study took place in the Waste and Recycling Services business unit at the City of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. The synthetic data was generated based on the real-world data.


identifier: Paikari, E. (2013). Model-based Planning and Control for Balancing Functionality and Quality in Iterative Software Construction (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26933

subject:
Computer Science
Decision Support System
Software Project Management
System Dynamics Simulation Model
CBR-based Defect Prediction Model
software engineering

abstract:
Software project management is the art and science of planning and controlling software projects. Software project management incorporates activities that ensure software is delivered on time, within budget, and in accordance with the requirements. Regarding challenges such as growing size, complexity, and continuous change, projects must be managed effectively; otherwise the results can be destructive for the organization.
The focus of this thesis is on a decision support system for planning and controlling an iterative software development process as a novel and evolutionary method. The main contribution lies in the design, application, and validation of a decision support system through modeling the process while integrating static defect prediction model and dynamic SD simulation models. On the other end of capabilities, this decision support system conducts the analysis to cope with balanced functionality and quality during the iterative development process. In this thesis effort was made to model certain aspects of the development processes and to integrate all available data, knowledge, and experience with a sound methodology to provide the foundation for making effective project decisions. To reach the defined objectives the major key contributions are:
(i)	Modeling a real-world iterative software development process with the system dynamics modelling approach to support project management decision scenarios to control the balanced functionality and quality during the construction phase.
(ii)	Designing and evaluating an attribute weighting technique using sensitivity analysis based on a neural network and employing it in an analogy-based defect prediction model.
(iii)	 Providing customization support for developing a CBR-based defect prediction model with a rule set defined by the source code and project information.
(iv)	 Refining the models through process progression, in addition to employing results from the prediction model, iteratively, to update built-in predicted parameters of the SD model.
(v)	Employing a bi-criteria decision support method during planning to provide trade-off scenarios for balanced functionality and quality, considering the risk and value of features, according to the premise of providing a target quality level.
(vi)	Prototype DSS development, incorporating a knowledge base and dashboard, and initial evaluation for the case study project.

abstract: 2 years


identifier: Li, D. (2010). Nonlinear partial least square regression with applications in geosciences (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3868

format:
vii, 43 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 42-43
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Kay, I. (1996). Seismic modelling in non-ideal media with finite element methods (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14973

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

subject:
QE539.2 .S4 K39 1996A
Additional Copy: QE 539.2 S4 K39 1996
Seismic waves - Mathematical models
Seismic waves - Measurement
Viscoelasticity
Elasticity

abstract: Bibliography: p. 136-144.


identifier: Ambrose, A. D. (2021). Models of Citizenship: A Comparative Analysis of Crowdsourced and Local Mapping Projects (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Arts
University of Calgary

contributor:
Burns, Ryan
Farías, Mónica
Kraay, Hendrik

subject:
digital geographies
crowdsourcing
crowdsourced mapping
citizenship
critical technology studies
Latin American studies
digital technologies
informal settlements
humanitarian mapping
Geography
Political Science
Psychology--Social

abstract: Citizenship is contested, re-negotiated, and evaluated in shifting sociopolitical and economic contexts: it is scalar, spatialized, embedded with power relations and exclusionary at its foundations. Digital technologies shift conceptualizations of citizenship in humanitarian, legal, social and urban development work contexts. Digital technologies in these contexts produce emergent, digitized power asymmetries between mappers and the communities they map, including places and ideas that are translated into mapped data. These power asymmetries are characterized by dominant forms of knowledge producing digital categories through which mapped individuals become perceived, reinforcing stigmatized views of the Other. This thesis details a cross-organizational case study undertaken in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which explored how citizenship is modulated by, and embedded within, digital mapping practices and the organizational approaches that underlie them. In this research I engage with ways that citizenship is both conceptualized and performed in digital mapping projects. I primarily argue that digital citizenship, a performative tool, is a key way that socially excluded communities seek justice within digital mapping practices and that crowdsourced mapping volunteers in turn perform a digital citizenship that introduces complex power dynamics.


identifier: Miller, E. V. (1971). Proposed structural aspects of Calgary's future rapid transit system (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13770

format:
xi, 74 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TA 1205 M54 1971 Microfilm
Urban transportation
Local transit
Calgary (Alta.) - Transit systems

abstract: Bibliography: p. 63-65.


identifier: Darragh, J. J. (1988). Adaptive predictive text generation and the reactive keyboard (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23212

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

subject:
HV 3011 D37 1988
Physically handicapped - Services for
Keyboards (Electronics)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 138-146.


identifier: Al-Kadi, A. S. (2011). Simulation in laparoscopic surgery training: a meta-analysis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4208

contributor:
Donnon, Tyrone L.
Hecker, Kent

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 72-83


identifier: Palakkathodi Kammampata, S. (2014). Porous Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Microstructures for SOFC Anode Fabrication (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27387

subject:
Chemistry--Physical
SOFC
Ni infiltration
Porous YSZ

abstract:
Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are electrochemical devices that convert fuels, such as hydrogen and natural gas, to electricity at high efficiencies, e.g., up to 90 %. SOFCs are emerging as a key technology for energy production that also minimize greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional thermal power generation. SOFCs, which are normally based on nickel-yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) anodes, undergo degradation with time due to their high operating temperatures and their susceptibility to damage due to anode oxidation (redox cycling) and poisoning. Ni infiltration into porous YSZ scaffolds is considered to be a promising approach for overcoming some of these problems and enhancing their redox tolerance. However, long-term instability of the morphology of these types of anodes is an important problem. The focus of this thesis was therefore to develop methods to form porous YSZ scaffolds and attempt to construct stable Ni-YSZ anodes with reasonable electrochemical performance by infiltration.
In this work, the issue of long-term instability was considered to originate from both the porous YSZ scaffold microstructure and the Ni infiltration precursor employed. To study this more closely, two different porous YSZ scaffold microstructures were developed by using tape casting, followed by Ni infiltration using a polymeric precursor, known to form a continuous Ni phase, rather than electrically separated Ni particles.
Ni infiltration into porous YSZ scaffolds with large grains (0.5 µm) and large pores (two types of pores: ~0.5 µm and 5 µm) resulted in extensive Ni particle growth that resulted in poor stability and poor electrochemical performance (0.5 Ω cm2 per electrode at 800 °C). Ni infiltration into a scaffold having finer grains and pores (~200 nm each) resulted in anodes with a much lower polarization resistance of 0.11 Ω cm2 per electrode at 800 °C, increasing by ~ 5 % after 108 hours at this temperature.


identifier: Morgan, J. P. (1993). Cooperative management of wildlife in northern Canadian national parks (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16698

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

subject: SK 470 M67 1993

subject: National parks and reserves - Canada - Management

subject: Wildlife management - Canada, Northern

subject: Wildlife conservation - Canada, Northern

abstract: Bibliography: p. 92-105.


identifier: Sherif, A. G. (1991). Analysis and construction of multispan cable-stayed bridges (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21324

format:
xxi, 243 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: TG 405 S44 1991

subject: Bridges, Cable-stayed - Design and construction

abstract: Bibliography: p. 222-224.


identifier: Zandieh, O. (2016). Multi-modal, Ultrasensitive Detection of Trace Explosives Using MEMS Devices (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27030

contributor:
Kim, Seonghwan (Sam)
Mohamad, Abdulmajeed
Murari, Kartikeya
Park, Simon

subject: Engineering--Mechanical Explosive Infrared Spectroscopy Calorimetry

abstract: Multi-modal chemical sensors based on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) have been developed with an electrical readout. Opto-calorimetric infrared (IR) spectroscopy, capable of obtaining molecular signatures of extremely small quantities of adsorbed explosive molecules, has been realized with a microthermometer/microheater device using a widely tunable quantum cascade laser. A microthermometer/microheater device responds to the heat generated by non-radiative decay process when the adsorbed explosive molecules are resonantly excited with IR light. Monitoring the variation in microthermometer signal as a function of illuminating IR wavelengths corresponds to the conventional IR absorption spectrum of the adsorbed molecules. In addition, micro differential thermal analysis, which can be used to differentiate the exothermic or endothermic reaction of heated molecules, has been performed with the same device to provide additional orthogonal signal for trace explosive detection and sensor surface regeneration. We have demonstrated the successful detection, differentiation, and quantification of trace amounts of explosive molecules and their mixtures.


identifier: Sellinger, G. P. (1978). The Ideological bases of pupil motivation: a conceptual analysis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13845

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

subject:
LB 1065 S433 1978 Microfiche
Motivation in education - Philosophy

abstract: Bibliography: p. 81-84.


identifier: Weshah, N. (2015). Developing an Interface Management (IM) Model for Construction Projects (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25615

contributor:
Cowe Falls, Lynne
Jergeas, George

subject:
Engineering--Civil
Interface Management (IM)
Project Management
Construction Management

abstract:
Interface management (IM) is a main factor in the success of construction projects. Although there is no agreement about the definition of interfaces and IM, many researchers discuss the boundary conditions between tools, phases, systems, physical elements/components, people, organizations, and other elements. For the last two to, three decades there has been less than necessary awareness of the essentials of IM and the severity of interface problems, and this has negatively affected project performance. Failure to properly manage interfaces impacts project performance as defined by scope control, quality, schedule, cost, safety, and resources.
The objectives of this study are twofold: (a) enhancing the IM among different project participants involved in the construction projects and (b) increasing the effectiveness of IM throughout the project lifecycle, focusing specifically on the engineering/design phase. The study uses both qualitative and quantitative approaches (mixed methods) to investigate, identify, and classify interface problem factors in construction projects.
This study is divided into three phases. The first phase categorizes IM factors contributing to interface conflicts among different project participants engaged in construction projects. The second phase then makes use of these variables to develop a multiple-regression analysis to develop models between underlying interface problem factors and project performance indicators. Finally, based on the results of the first and the second phases, the third phase consists of developing a conceptual framework (RIBA framework) and use case models to study the IM relationships among owner, contractor, and designer to identify the main responsibilities for each one, highlight the critical IM areas, and consequently provide suggestions for improving and enhancing IM.
The results of this research study could assist engineers, architects, and others within the construction industry to study and examine the interfaces and the project performance during the project’s early stages. This could in turn serve to minimize project delay and cost overruns and reduce conflict among different project participants involved in the construction projects, which will influence project performance positively.


identifier: Gallant, S. (2013). Imagination in Exemplary Religious Narratives:  An Examination of a Saint, a Goddess, and the work of Paul Ricoeur (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26447

subject:
Philosophy of
Imagination
Narrative
Exemplarity
Paul Ricoeur
Hagiography

abstract:
This thesis examines the imaginary process employed in the construction of exemplary religious narratives.  Exemplary narratives present figures that demonstrate specific virtues or ideals to be imitated, such as the saint in Christian hagiography.  Hagiographical scholars, like Peter Brown, have alluded to the fact that the imagination plays a significant role in the construction and reception of these narratives, but have not, thus far, rigorously defined the imagination or its role in narrative construction.  Similarly, contemporary writers, like Carol P. Christ, who are presently engaged in the construction of exemplary narratives in order to provide alternative role models and figures, openly acknowledge that they are employing their imaginations during this narrative process.  However, they, too, have not presented a clear definition of the imagination nor adequately explained how it is being employed.
This thesis proposes one possible approach to imagination and narrative construction based on the work of Paul Ricoeur.  Ricoeur asserts that the imagination is a crucial component in narrative construction, which he refers to as “emplotment.”  However, he does not take these constructions at face value.  Ricoeur’s “hermeneutics of suspicion” requires that a distanced evaluation of these narrative proposals be undertaken, which helps to discern biases and other distortions that may be introduced during this imaginative process.  He identifies certain forms of ideology and utopia as possible distortions, thereby establishing a template by which imaginary constructions may be examined.
This thesis utilizes Ricoeur’s approach to narrative construction to examine two exemplary narratives that present particular models of conduct for women, “The Life of Umiliana de’ Cerchi,” written by Vito of Cortona, a Franciscan friar in the thirteenth century, and the contemporary Goddess narrative presented by spiritual feminist Carol P. Christ.  Although these two narratives present extremely different types of figures, a humble saint and a confident goddess, the imagination is employed by both authors.  The “emplotted” nature of these exemplary narratives and the possible distortive tendencies of the exemplary models constructed in this imaginary process are examined.


identifier: Muruganathan, S. D. (2008). Computationally efficient receiver designs for ofdm systems with space-frequency diversity (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2866

format:
xx, 199 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 186-199
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Shintre, K. (2007). The Calgary exhibition and stampede: an urban plan expressive of Calgary urban fabric (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1551

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 61

abstract: Approval page is missing and supervisor unknown.


identifier: Tjia, W. M. (2011). Characterization of bacillus licheniformis ce19a and minicellulosome production in bacillus subtilis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/5086

format:
xv, 234 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 215-227

abstract: Some pages are in colour.

abstract: Includes copy of copyright permissions.  Original copy with original Partial Copyright Licence.


identifier: Syeda, M. (2014). Relationship between Parenting Stress and Children's Attributional Style in Childhood Anxiety (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27603

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Werklund School of Education
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject:
Educational Psychology
Psychology--Clinical
childhood anxiety
Parenting stress
attributional style

abstract: Parenting stress and children's maladaptive attributional style have been known to be risk factors of childhood anxiety. The current study extends the literature by examining the effect of these two risk factors on children's anxious symptoms with respect to their age, sex, ethnicity and their own perception of their parents' stress in a sample of 8-12 year olds and their parents. Caregiving demands were direct predictors of parents' reports of their children's anxious symptoms, whereas girls' maladaptive negative attributional style and their own perception of their parents' stress directly predicted their reports of their anxious symptoms. Caregiving demands and parents' personal stressors had an indirect effect on girls' reports of their anxious symptoms through their maladaptive negative attributional style. Girls' perception of their parents' stress also interacted with their maladaptive negative attributional style to predict their anxious symptoms. Demographic differences with respect to parenting stress and children's maladaptive attributional style were also found.


identifier: Dong, A. (2013). Data Stewardship in Electronic Medical Records and the Policy Challenges for Research Programs: A Canadian Perspective (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25521

contributor:
Godlovitch, Glenys
Noseworthy, Thomas

subject:
Public Administration
Policy Ethics
Secondary Data Use
Electronic Health Records

abstract: Research access to personal health information presents a challenge to policy makers and researchers alike. It is usually framed as a conflict between data access for the benefit of society and the protection of privacy. This thesis examines the policy challenge by studying the data access policies of several organizations that are affiliated with academic institutions and provide research access to personal health information. By applying a policy ethics framework that combines the Veatch matrix and the Accountability for Reasonableness conditions of Daniels and Sabin the data access policies reveal an ethically justifiable resolution of the policy challenge. A case study conducted on one of the organizations yields a policy model that interviewees report, worked well in practice in the years 1996 to 2002. The policy options that emerged from the model could be adapted for use in any jurisdiction whose legal regime is similar to that of Canada’s provinces and territories.


identifier: Lamers, M. (2010). Anchors: time, change and memory in the contemporary city (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3325

format:
137 leaves : ill. ; 43 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 132-134
Thesis is in colour.
Includes a CD copy of the thesis.
Thesis is oversized.


identifier: Chen, Y. (2014). The Effects of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine TNF-α on Rat Mesenteric Lymphatic Pumping and Its Signaling Pathway (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28114

subject:
Physiology
Pathology
Pharmacology
TNF-α
Lymphatic Pumping
Signaling Pathway
Inflammation

abstract:
Upregulated TNF-α production and dysfunctional lymphatic pumping are observed in inflammatory bowel disease pathogenesis. It has been previously demonstrated that iNOS is involved in impaired mesenteric lymphatic pumping in animal model of intestinal inflammation and studies showed that TNF-α could decrease arterial contractility via iNOS activation. We hypothesized that TNF-α may induce impaired lymphatic pumping in intestinal inflammation and investigated the effects of TNF-α on rat mesenteric lymphatic pumping and its signaling pathway.
Using pressure myography, we showed that the contraction frequency of isolated rat mesenteric lymphatic vessels was significantly decreased after TNF-α treatment, an effect restored following administration of PDTC, 1400W, ODQ or glibenclamide. Upregulation of phospho-IκB in TNF-α-treated vessels was demonstrated by western blot. We also showed upregulation of iNOS mRNA in TNF-α-treated vessels by quantitative real-time PCR and its suppression when PDTC was added.
These findings suggest that TNF-α decreases lymphatic contractility via TNF-α- NF-κB- iNOS pathway.


identifier: Rock, L. (2005). Assessment of the usefulness of the isotopic composition of surface water nitrate (d15N and d18O) for identifying its sources in a watershed with differing land use (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15209

format:
xvii, 363 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 251-272


identifier: Blazecka, P. G. (1992). A new, concise synthesis of the brassinosteroids castasterone and brassinolide (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19579

format:
xvi, 111 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QK 898 B85 B59 1993
Brassinolide
Brassinosteroids - Synthesis
Botanical chemistry

abstract: Bibliography: p. 103-111.


identifier: Zylstra, N. (1996). The Bacchae of Euripides: Ritual theatre (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14177

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

subject:
PA3983 .Z95 1996
Euripides. Bacchae
Euripides - Stage history

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 114-116.
UARC


identifier: Elliott, G. E. (1994). Native and non-Native social work students and their learning styles (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17754

publisher:
Social Work
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject: E 96.65 A4 E55 1994

subject: Indians of North America - Education - Alberta

subject: Social work education - Alberta

subject: Indigenous peoples - Education - Alberta

subject: Learning, Psychology of

abstract: Bibliography: p. 75-83.


identifier: Thirnbeck, A. R. (1971). Analysis of a group of prairie settlements north-east of Calgary, Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22607

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

subject:
HD 1516 C25 T53 1971
Colonization - Alberta
Land settlement - Alberta

abstract: Bibliography: p. 114-117.


identifier: Tinubu, A. (2022). Important sideshow: Nigerian soldiers and the Cameroon campaign of the First World War - (1914-1916) (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Important Sideshow: Nigerian Soldiers and the Cameroon Campaign of the First World War - (1914-1916)

contributor:
Stapleton, Timothy
Bercuson, David
Apentiik, Rowland

subject:
World War 1
African Military
Nigerian Soldiers
Cameroon
Amphibious Operation
Economics--History
History--African
History--Black
History--Military
Military Studies

abstract: During the First World War, the warring parties included their colonial possessions in the hostility, either directly or indirectly. In West Africa, the proximity between the colonies of Germany and Britain ultimately made the region a theatre of war. Immediately the war started in Europe in 1914, hostility began between British Nigeria and German Cameroon lasting until 1916 when the Germans were defeated and ousted to the Spanish colony of Muni. This thesis seeks to explore the operational history of the war between British Nigeria and German Cameroon. Notably, the role of the Nigerian soldiers who formed the bulk of the British force facing a “peer-enemy” for the first time. This work will examine their movement from Nigeria to Cameroon, the successful amphibious landing at the Duala harbour, and their involvement in the eventual ousting of the Germans from Cameroon.


identifier: Sawatsky, A. J. (2013). The Effect of Vastus Medialis Transection on Patellofemoral Contact Pressure and Patellar Tracking (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28093

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Kinesiology
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject:
Anatomy
Rehabilitation and Therapy
Patellofemoral pain
Knee mechanics
Patellar tracking
Muscle weakness
Joint contact pressure
Knee rehabilitation
Joint biomechanics

abstract: The purpose of this thesis was to examine the effects of imbalance between the forces exerted by vastus medialis (VM) and vastus lateralis on patellofemoral peak contact pressures, areas, shapes, and patellar tracking before and after the removal of VM. New Zealand White rabbits were used and patellofemoral contact mechanics were evaluated at 30°, 60° and 90° and patellar tracking was recorded from 30°-90° before and after VM transection. Following removal of VM, there were no changes in patellofemoral contact mechanics and patellar tracking. We conclude that VM weakness does not cause changes in rabbit patellofemoral contact mechanics. Since muscular alignment and knee joint geometry are similar in human and rabbits, we question the idea of VM weakness as a cause for patellar mal-tracking and patellofemoral joint pain.


identifier: Jarada, TN R.  (2020). Computational Drug Repositioning Based on Integrated Similarity Measures and Deep Learning (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Science
University of Calgary

contributor:
Rokne, Jon G.
Alhajj, Reda S.
Özyer, Tansel
Helaoui, Mohamed
Sadaoui, Samira

subject:
Computational Drug Repositioning
Integrated Similarity Measures
Neural Network
Collective Variational Autoencoder
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Network Analysis
Computer Science
Biology--Bioinformatics

abstract: Drug repositioning is an emerging approach in pharmaceutical research for identifying novel therapeutic potentials for approved drugs and discover therapies for untreated diseases. Due to its time and cost efficiency, drug repositioning plays an instrumental role in optimizing the drug development process compared to the traditional \textit{de novo} drug discovery process. Advances in the genomics, together with the enormous growth of large-scale publicly available data and the availability of high-performance computing capabilities, have further motivated the development of computational drug repositioning approaches.  Numerous attempts have been carried out, with different degrees of efficiency and success, to computationally study the potential of identifying alternative drug indications, which slow, stop, or reverse the courses of incurable diseases.   More recently, the rise of machine learning techniques, together with the availability of powerful computers, has made the area of computational drug repositioning an area of intense activities.   In this thesis, the integration of various biological and biomedical data from different sources to improve the quality of biomedical knowledge in the computational drug repositioning field is addressed. The main contribution of this thesis is four-fold. First, it provides a comprehensive review of drug repositioning strategies, resources, and computational approaches. Second, it develops an approach for identifying disease-specific gene associations, which can be further used as a resource for computational drug repositioning methods. Third, it proposes a robust framework that utilizes known drug-disease interactions and drug-related similarity information to predict new drug-disease interactions. Fourth, it introduces a novel integrative framework for predicting drug-disease interactions using known drug-disease interactions, drug-related similarity information, and disease-related similarity information. The two proposed frameworks leverage advanced similarity calculation, selection, and integration to understand the functional and behavioural correlation between drugs and diseases. Furthermore, they employ the most advanced machine learning tools in predicting hidden or indirect drug-disease interactions for potential drug repositioning applications.


identifier: Ordog, A. (2020). Deciphering Galactic Magnetism from Polarisation Structures in the Northern Sky (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Brown, Jo C.
Landecker, Thomas L.
Haverkorn, Marijke
Knudsen, David J.
Fear, Elise C.

subject: Galactic magnetism, Interstellar medium, Radio astronomy, Polarisation, Faraday Rotation

subject: Astronomy and Astrophysics

abstract: The Milky Way is permeated by magnetic fields ranging from stellar scales up to coherence lengths comparable to the Galactic spiral arms. Determining the Galactic magnetic field (GMF) morphology over a range of spatial scales is necessary in understanding the Galaxy’s formation and evolution, and the role of magnetism in its interactions with other Galactic constituents. While ambient magnetic fields do not radiate, they can affect radiation, the results of which are observable in polarisation via Faraday rotation. The aim of my thesis is to explore three-dimensional GMF properties using new observational techniques. I present my analysis of two complementary radio polarisation datasets: the Synthesis Telescope (ST) data from the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey (CGPS) and the Global Magneto-Ionic Medium Survey (GMIMS) single-antenna data. While the CGPS ST data provide high angular resolution, the broad frequency coverage of GMIMS allows for detection of Faraday complexity along the lines of sight. I found that over large regions in the Galactic disk, the extragalactic (EG) and extended emission (XE) rotation measures (RMs) of the ST trace similar patterns with Galactic longitude, indicative of the two observables probing similar volumes through the disk magnetic field. Modelling reveals basic GMF configurations describing the observed ratio of approximately two between the EG and XE RMs. Examining latitudinal variation in both the EG and XE RMs, I found further evidence of the diagonal orientation of the large-scale magnetic field reversal in the inner Galaxy, in agreement with an earlier study of mine. In GMIMS, I found overall large-scale agreement with previous observations of EG RMs at high latitudes. At low latitudes, differences between the GMIMS and the ST RMs are likely the result of beam depolarisation. I observed Faraday complexity along the line of sight towards a depolarising HII (ionised hydrogen) region, which I show to be useful in probing the surrounding GMF. My experiments in spatial filtering of a combined GMIMS and ST dataset revealed that the large-scale field reversal is obscured in GMIMS by an apparent foreground structure of significant angular size.


identifier: Komolafe, O. D. (2010). Combating electronic waste disposa in West Africa: looking beyond the public-private partnership option (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3809

publisher:
Law
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 149-179


identifier: Eggenberger, J. C. (1971). Application of the strong vocational interest blank to Holland's theory (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17090

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

subject: HF 5381 E43 1971 Microfilm

subject: Vocational guidance

subject: Holland, John L. Theory of Personality Types and Model Environments

abstract: Bibliography: p. 59-61.


identifier: Riazanova, Isabel. (2017). Impacts of Alberta's Climate Leadership Plan on Natural Gas. (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

abstract:
The Climate Leadership Plan (CLP) was implemented in Alberta to reduce carbon emissions. However, two components of this plan, the coal phase-out and the installation of 5,000 MW of renewable energy, could impact the economy in the province by producing changes to the demand of natural gas through the installation of natural gas based capacity.
The results of this study suggest that the coal-phase out encourages the increase of natural gas demand, but the installation of renewables works in the opposite direction. Overall there is an increase in natural gas-fired generation but this is reduced the more aggressive are the policies to expand the use of renewables. Given the larger investment and employment impacts associated with increases in natural gas based generation compared to that for renewables, this factor should be taken into account in setting renewable energy policy goals.


identifier: Penner, L. R. (2013). The Epigraphic Habits of the Slaves and Freed Slaves of the Julio-Claudian Households (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28131

subject:
Ancient
Ancient
ancient Rome
Latin epigraphy
Julio-Claudians
slaves
freed slaves
Roman household
Roman family

abstract: This study examines the epigraphic evidence and literary texts relating to the slaves, freed slaves, and staff of the households of the Julio-Claudians. Rather than focusing on the Julio-Claudian emperors alone, the integration of their relatives places the Imperial household in its full domestic context, without separating it from other households which shared the same physical space and social situation. While the literary sources provide important context and details, the bulk of the information concerning the Julio-Claudian household comes from the epigraphic material, with nearly 1,800 names surviving. Through the use of rigorous statistical analysis, it becomes possible to achieve a thorough, multifaceted understanding of the Imperial household itself, its early development, and its interactions with other households with which it was closely associated. The epigraphic evidence plainly illustrates the shift from senatorial household to Imperial household, the development of separate domestic and civil service components, and the gradual formation of a new social class of Imperial slaves and freed slaves. Those belonging to the emperors themselves as well as to their relatives shared similar commemorative patterns, particularly with regard to the importance of occupation as a marker of Imperial identity and a way of recording one’s position in the complex occupational hierarchy. Their marriage patterns and the epigraphic habits of their own households illustrated their high social status relative to their peers of equivalent legal status. As for the Julio-Claudian households themselves, there was a great deal of overlap between them, in terms of the transfer of slaves, the sharing of staff, the creation of familial units across household boundaries, and the development of a functional system for running joint households. These Julio-Claudian households tended to specialize in particular areas, strongly delineated by gender: male-owned households had very different gender and occupational distributions of household staff than did female- owned households. This would have prevented occupational redundancy and enabled the smooth and regular integration and dissolution of joint households, emphasizing that elite households – and even the Imperial household – were not intended to function entirely self-sufficiently, but instead within the larger domestic context of the extended family.


identifier: Hickey, C. (2004). Evolution of neural networks for gait animation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20219

contributor:
Jacob, Christian
Wyvill, Brian

format:
x, 76 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 58-61

abstract:
In this thesis, we describe efforts to create a system that automatically produces realistic real-time animations of walking figures.
In traditional computer graphics, the animator is forced to use intuition about the physical world in specifying the motions of objects in a scene, but manual control techniques have generally proven to be unsatisfactory for realism. The use of dynamics greatly improves motion realism and shifts control of the animation from specifying absolute positions of objects to applying forces and torques to the objects in the scene. This is a much more difficult task for a human to control, whereas a neural network is well suited for this task. Through the use of a genetic algorithm, one can determine the performance of a neural network as a whole, and select for whatever behavior is desired. Animator control is then directed through model design and behavior choices.


identifier: Pickering, B. J. (2020). Sharing Stories, Building Bridges, Moving Mountains: An Action-Oriented Inquiry with Children of Incarcerated Parents (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Strong, Tom
Walsh, Christine Ann
Sitter, Kathleen C.

subject:
Dialogical
Narrative
Children of Incarcerated parents
Action Oriented Research
Participatory
Visual Data
Education--Social Sciences
Criminology and Penology
Individual and Family Studies
Psychology--Developmental
Psychology--Social

abstract: Most people rarely think about children of incarcerated parents (COIPs) and when they do, these children are usually dismissed as not worth the effort. However, in Canada there are likely more than 400,000 children affected by parental incarceration. This became apparent to me when I was working with women recently out of prison, most of them mothers, who mentioned the hardest part of their experience was being separated from their children and the lack of support. There is a body of predominantly quantitative research that tells a bleak story of how COIPs are destined to have trouble in school, misuse substances, be gang involved, have contact with the justice system, and likely be incarcerated themselves. I was curious about a different, and less problem-saturated, life story that COIPs might tell. In this research I invited seven adult COIPs to share their experiences in a collaborative relationship that would privilege strength and resilience with the hope that we could turn toward some type of advocacy through action-oriented practices. Informed by Collaborative Therapy and Allan Wade’s Response-Based Practice, and the ethical guideposts of Vikki Reynolds, I joined participants in creating safe spaces for their stories to emerge. The research design unfolded in three stages. Stage I included two individual interviews and a focus group: Seven participants engaged in at least one interview, five completed a second interview, and four joined together for the focus group. The four participants who agreed to join the focus group chose to engage in discussion around ways to engage in advocacy for COIPs. Consequently, Stage II consisted of 10 group meetings that culminated in the planning and filming for a documentary. Stage III became the editing processes with the eventual release of the documentary Bonds that Hurt; Bonds that Heal to the public. This is the story of our journey.


identifier: Chantraprasert, S. (1996). Geometry of the foothills structures between Turner Valley and Bragg Creek, Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20369

format: xii, 104 leaves : ill. & folded maps ; 30 cm.

subject: QE 628.5 A42 C53 1996A

subject: Additional Copy: QE 628.5 A42 C53 1996

subject: Geology, Structural - Alberta - Turner Valley Region

subject: Geology, Structural - Alberta - Bragg Creek Region

abstract: Bibliography: p. 96-104.

abstract: Foothills structures in the area between Turner Valley and Bragg Creek are interpreted based on surface and subsurface data. The structures involve sedimentary sequences ranging from Devonian to Tertiary in age. The interpretation shows an east-verging allochthonous wedge with a lower detachment at the base of the Mississippian sequence and an upper detachment within the Upper Cretaceous Belly River Formation. Backthrusts branch from the upper detachment in a foreland directed sequence. Detachments occur at various levels resulting in separate duplexes in individual stratigraphic units. The wedge comprises four structural packages separated by the upper, lower and top-Mississippian detachments. Each package develops and varies geometrically along strike and affects the overlying structures. Average shortening is 52% and 38% respectively at the Cretaceous and Mississippian levels and 17% in the hangingwall of the upper detachment. Faults that cut across package boundaries are interpreted as out-of-sequence.


identifier: Hitch, D. (1981). Central Asian Brahmi palaeography: the relationships among the Tocharian, Khotanese, and old Turkic Gupta scripts (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16185

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

subject:
PK 119 H56 1981 Fiche
Indo-Aryan languages - Writing
Brahmi alphabet
Tokarian language
Khotanese language

abstract: Bibliography: p. 154-159.

abstract:
It has been assumed that Tocharian and Khotanese Brahmi
writing were not related and that both systems arose through Indian missionary activity. But since the Central Asians had been Buddhist for at least 500 years, it is here maintained that the introduction and transmission of the Brahmi were strictly indigenous developments. It is suggested that two cultural events happening in India influenced the Khotanese to relinquish Kharosthi script and the Gandhari Prakrit
..
as the media of administration and religion: the supercedence of the Kharo??ihI by the Brahmi, and the evolution of a hybrid form of Sanskrit as the lingua franca of Buddhism.
In order to prove and illustrate the relationships among
the Central Asian Brahmi scripts, use is made not only of character morphology but also of orthographic principles. An examination of
the Turkic Brahmi reveals it to have been the intermediary between
the Khotanese Formal and the Tocharian Slanting Gupta.. The dual function of the diaeresis in Tocharian as vowel and virama marking
is shown to be the result of immitation of the Turks. Similarly,
the parallel dual function of the Tocharian 'doublets' as vowel and virama indicators is also demonstrated as having had a Turkic (and Khotanese) origin.


identifier: Kearley, H. L. (1992). The pedagogy of Keith Johnstone: the role of improvisation in teaching and acting training (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13314

format:
ix, 239 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: PN 2071 I5 K43 1992

subject: Improvisation (Acting) - Study and teaching

subject: Johnstone, Keith

subject: Acting - Study and teaching

abstract: Bibliography: p. 230-234.


identifier: Higgins, L. A. (2009). Action centered attention: the influence of attentional set and action affordance (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2686

publisher:
Kinesiology
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
viii, 118 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 115-116


identifier: Yee, C. (1985). Steam condensation in the presence of non-condensable gases in porous solids (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20059

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

subject:
QC 320.2 Y42 1986
Heat - Transmission
Mass transfer
Gases
Condensation
Steam
Solids

abstract: Bibliography: p. 86-90.


identifier: VanderWerf, J. P. (2002). "Everybody is looking at me": imaginary audience, identity and social context (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19063

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

subject:
AC1 .T484 2002 V365
Self-perception in adolescence
Adolescent psychology
Social perception
Identity (Psychology) in adolescence

abstract: Bibliography: p. 60-65

abstract: The relationships between the imaginary audience and identity development, gender and the social educational context were explicated. One hundred and nineteen post secondary students (mean age 22.57, 100 females, 19 males) completed the Extended Objective Measure of Ego-Identity Status, Adolescent Egocentrism Scale and New Imaginary Audience Scale. Demographic information was also collected. ANOV AS, t-tests and correlations were run to investigate group differences in imaginary audience effects based on gender, identity status and social context (primarily educational status: newer vs. more experienced students). Two results contradict earlier studies: there was no significant difference based on gender, and non-crisis identity statuses (foreclosure and diffusion) showed greater audience effects than crisis identity statuses (moratorium and achievement). Some direct and indirect support was found for the hypothesis that social context plays a role in creating the imaginary audience.


identifier: Phillips, M. (1985). Sexual adjustment during first pregnancy and postpartum (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12840

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

subject:
RG 560 P53 1985
Pregnancy - Psychological aspects
Pregnant women - Sexual behavior
Puerperium - Psychological aspects

abstract: Bibliography: p. 179-184.


identifier: Al-Durgham, M. M. (2007). Alternative methodologies for the quality control of LiDAR systems (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1216

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 91-94

abstract: Some pages are in colour.

abstract: The ever improving capabilities of GNSS/INS direct geo-referencing technology is having a positive impact on the widespread adoption of LiDAR systems for the acquisition of dense and accurate surface models over extended areas. Unlike with photogrammetric techniques, derived footprints from a LiDAR system are not based on redundant measurements, which are manipulated in an adjustment procedure. Consequently, there are no associated measures (e.g., variance component of unit weight and variance-covariance matrices of the derived parameters) that can be used to evaluate the quality of the final product. In this regard, a LiDAR system is usually viewed as a black box that lacks a well defined set of quality control procedures. This research introduces alternative procedures for evaluating the internal quality of LiDAR data. However, these procedures could be used for external quality control as well. The main premise of the proposed methodologies is that overlapping LiDAR strips will represent the same surface if and only if there are no biases in the derived surfaces. Therefore, the quality of coincidence between overlapping strips will be used as the basis for deriving the quality control measures.


identifier: Rued, A. C. (2009). Social Structure and Female Foraging Strategies in White-Collared Lemurs (Eulemur cinereiceps) (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13162

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Social Sciences
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 89-121


identifier: Leung, T. B. (1972). Sulphur plant stack dispersion (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13819

title: Sulphur plant stack dispersion

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

subject:
TD 885.5 S8 L48 1972 Microfilm
Air-pollution - Measurement
Sulphur dioxide
Diffusion

abstract: Bibliography: p. 64-67.


identifier: Amatya, P. L. (2004). Evaluation of factors affecting biological treatability of flare pit waste in western Canada (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16536

contributor:
Joshi, Ramesh C.
Hettiaratchi, J. Patrick A.

format:
xxiv, 376 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 254-287

abstract:
The upstream oil and gas industry used flare pits (FPs) for decades to store and/or burn produced fluids generated at well sites, compressor stations, and batteries. FPs usually contain high levels of hydrocarbons, metals, and salts that could inhibit the microbial activity during bioremediation. Slurry- and solid-phase laboratory treatability experiments demonstrated that they serve as a potential effective screening tool for developing treatability predictions for FP waste.

Slurry-phase experiments investigated the effects of salinity, nutrient, soil type, and temperature on the ultimate biotreatability of FP waste. The primary effect of soil type was highly significant; with higher clay content resulting in lower biodégradation. Temperature (30°C/40°C), salinity (up to 40 dS/m) and nutrient (up to 700 mg N/L) did not show any statistically significant primary or interaction effects on hydrocarbon degradations. The major portion of the hydrocarbons was biodegraded within 10 to 70 days resulting in overall Oil and Grease (O&G) removal of 18 to 40%.

Two separate slurry biotreatment experiments based on factorial design studied the effects of two metals (cadmium and zinc) and their interaction effects with salinity on hydrocarbon biodégradations in FP waste. The results showed 42 - 52.5% hydrocarbons were removed in the slurries spiked with Cd, and 47 - 62.5% in the slurries spiked with Zn. The Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) showed that primary effect of cadmium and cadmium-salinity interaction effect were statistically significant. Zinc's primary effect and zinc-salinity interaction effect on hydrocarbon degradations were statistically insignificant, but its quadratic effect was significant.

Solid-phase bioremediation study employing a statistical fractional factorial experimental design investigated the effects of nitrogen (500, 1,250, or 2,000 mg/kg of soil), phosphorus (100, 250, or 400 mg/kg of soil), salinity (0, 20, or 40 dS/m), and incubation temperature (20°, 30°, and 40° C) on hydrocarbons biodégradation in the soil contaminated with FP hydrocarbons over a period of 270 days. The highest O&G reduction was 34% in the soils incubated at 30° C Soil temperature had significant influence on biodégradation rates. High phosphorus levels (up to 400 mg P/kg) had no detrimental effect, while high salinity levels reduced the hydrocarbon biodégradation.


identifier: Hoover, H. S. (1976). ALEX: a string processing language (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20965

title: ALEX: a string processing language

format:
vi, 106 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: QA 76.73 A23 H66 1976 Microfiche

subject: ALEX (Computer program language)

subject: Programming languages (Electronic computers)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 106.


identifier: Harris, N. C. (1991). Case study : an investigation of selected environmental impacts and their cummulative effects in Banff townsite and environs (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12930

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject: TD 194.68 A52 B343 1991

subject: Environmental impact analysis - Alberta - Banff

abstract: Bibliography: p. 93-99.


identifier: Spinaris, C. (1981). Automatic activation in memory as a function of age in adulthood (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17022

format:
x, 199 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
BF 378 A35 S63 1984
Memory
Ability, Influence of age on
Age (Psychology)
Psychology, Physiological

abstract: Bibliography: p. 157-170.


identifier: Green, S. (2007). Honouring the resistance: understanding single mothers' pursuit of postsecondary education (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1695

format:
ix, 122 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 118-122


identifier: Van Sickle, M. (2006). The role of the endogenous cannabinoid system in the regulation of emesis (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1053

format:
xiii, 187 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 157-186

abstract: Some pages are in colour.

abstract: Cannabinoids inhibit nausea and vomiting (emesis), but their mechanism is unknown. The aim of the following studies was to determine if cannabinoids are part of an endogenous cannabinoid system involved in inhibiting emesis in the brainstem. An anatomical substrate for the anti-emetic effect was demonstrated by the presence of the cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1r) in the nucleus of the solitary tract and the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus in the brainstem by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting. CB1r was also found in the myenteric plexus of the stomach and duodenum. A role for the CB1r in the modulation of emesis was revealed by observing a reduction in the number of episodes of retching and vomiting in ferrets that had been administered an emetic stimulus and a CB1r agonist and showing that the action of cannabinoids was reversed by a selective CB1r antagonist. A low dose of the cannabinoid delta-9- tetrahydrocannabinol inhibited emesis when applied directly to the brainstem demonstrating a central site of action. Fos immunohistochemistry was used to show that cannabinoids reduce emesis-induced neuronal activation in the area postrema, nucleus of the solitary tract and dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve. The presence of endocannabinoids was demonstrated by evaluating the anti-emetic potential of endocannabinoids and determining their levels in the brainstem during an emetic response. The enzymes that degrade endogenous cannabinoids were also found in the brainstem by immunohistochemistry. A relationship between endocannabinoids and other neurotransmitter systems involved in emesis was suggested by the comparison of the immunoreactivity of CB1 r with substance P, the NK1 receptor and serotonin. Another cannabinoid receptor, CB2r, was shown to be present and functional and involved in the antiemetic effect of cannabinoids. The involvement of the endocannabinoid system in emesis and the establishment of the site of action in the dorsal vagal complex of the brainstem provides new avenues for further study of the targeting of pharmaceuticals and future research into the cellular mechanism of cannabinoids in the brain.


identifier: Jalkotzy, M. G. (1982). Reintroduction of river otters in Kananaskis country, Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12201

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

subject: QL 737 C2 J34 1982

subject: Otters

subject: Animal ecology - Alberta - Kananaskis area

abstract: Bibliography: p. 128-137.


identifier: Crane, R. A. (1984). Increasing residential density in the inner city: three development scenarios (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12785

format:
v, 171 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HD 7305 C3 C72 1986
Housing - Alberta - Calgary
Apartments - Alberta - Calgary

abstract: Bibliography: p. 161-171.


identifier: Brosz, J. D. (2011). The flexible projection framework (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4173

title: The flexible projection framework

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 194-200

abstract: Most pages are in colour.

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


identifier: Kremer, C. S. (2013). The Landscape Genetic Patterns of Culaea inconstans (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28227

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Rogers, Sean M.
Vamosi, Steven M.

subject:
Ecology
bottlenecks
culaea inconstans
drift
fragmentation
landscape genetics
winterkill
Stickleback

abstract: Landscape genetics is a new field that investigates the consequences of landscape features on population genetic patterns. The small lakes of Alberta, and the brook stickleback (Culaea inconstans) that inhabit them, provide a unique system where populations are highly fragmented and isolated from one another. These lakes are prone to winterkills hypothesized to precipitate frequent bottleneck events in brook stickleback populations. As predicted, brook stickleback populations exhibited a high degree of population structure, and were hierarchically structured by small scale watersheds. AIC analyses of the role of spatial features found support for basin characteristics in driving patterns of genetic diversity, which was also consistent with the detection of recent bottlenecks in at least five of the sampled lakes. These results suggest that brook stickleback population genetic patterns are primarily controlled by processes that accelerate genetic drift, reinforcing the importance of connectivity in the maintenance of genetic diversity in fragmented landscapes.


identifier: Sennara, M. (2002). Influence of culture and trust on international projects (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17831

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
x, 149 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 S466

abstract: Bibliography: p. 116-129

abstract:
Companies are increasingly depending on international projects to remain in business. The need to be faster, better, and cheaper than the competition drives the need to explore new grounds for improvement. The projects that a company decides to pursue will impact the risks it incurs. Culture is one of those risks. As a factor in the success of international projects, practitioners all too often undermine its importance.
The objectives of this research were to explore the intercultural business and social dimensions that contribute to project risks, and derive a general check list that will benefit companies conducting international projects to help them in their planning and managing of such projects. The results presented in this thesis are based on current practices from a survey conducted on Canadian and Egyptian projects that spanned Oil & Gas, construction, Information technology, and development industries. The research was focused solely on the big picture of the project management field, so was not restricted to any one industry. The developed questionnaire and associated in-depth interviews addressed the five main phases of an international project's life cycle and considered the perspective of two cultures involved on the same project.
The findings of this research could be divided into two distinct tracks: Cultural risks on an international project, and the influence of culture on how people appraise trust. However, the two tracks are parallel and the results demonstrated that the issue of trust is an essential ingredient that contributed to the increase or decrease of cultural risks on international projects.
A checklist and trust models of the two sample cultures for this research are proposed. This research provides valuable results and recommendations for projects between Canada and Egypt and a guide for future work in those countries.


identifier: Parthasarathi, P. (2004). Deposition and aging of waxy solids from paraffinic mixtures (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/10901

format:
xvi, 152 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 131-137


identifier: Griener, T. P. (2010). Assessing the roles of human serum amyloid p component and neutrophils in shigatoxemia (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3424

format:
xxiv, 335 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 288-335
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Walker, M. (2013). Cognitive Humanoid Robot Design Using Vision-based Learning from Demonstration (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25344

subject:
Electronics and Electrical
Robotics
Robotics
situation assessment
learning from demonstration
Computer Vision
object manipulation

abstract: Humanoid robots have shown success in many domestic applications. State-of-the-art robots can deliver drinks, fold laundry, cook meals, and even automatically plug themselves in for charging. When developing a new robot system capable of executing such tasks, many di erent subsystems must work in concert, such as sensors for perception, drivers for low-level actuation, and some kind of intelligent, task-executive control. In this research, a situational awareness framework is proposed that combines these elements within an information fusion hierarchy to solve the problem of complex task execution. The framework is implemented on a H20 humanoid robot using the Robot Operating System (ROS) for system management and using the Point Cloud Library (PCL) for perception algorithms. The framework represents the overall control of the robot through an intuitive layering of low-level sensor readings to high-level action execution and establishes a proof-of-concept pick-and-place behaviour built within a vision-based Learning from Demonstration (LFD) architecture.