identifier: Maan, O. K. (2018). Development of polyacrylamide composite hydrogel for removal of humic acid based on interaction studies (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/33128

contributor:
Lu, Qingye
Sundararaj, Uttandaraman
Cheng, Y. Frank

subject:
Polyacrylamide
Metal Organic Frameworks
Humic Acid
Adsorption
Engineering

abstract: In the field of wastewater treatment and environmental remediation, tried and true materials such as the hydrophilic polymer, polyacrylamide (PAM), are taking a backseat to emerging technologies like metal organic frameworks (MOFs), whose ultrahigh porosity and surface area make them a very exciting and attractive subject matter. However, there’s still much that isn’t known about how PAM interacts with major constituents of the environment, one of which is humic acid (HA), such interactions ultimately determine PAM’s behavior, transport, and remediation performance. Having a clearer picture of the interactions between PAM and HA is important because it can help optimize wastewater treatment and agricultural operations, as well as influence the development of efficient technologies in those industries. In this thesis work the fundamental molecular interactions between PAM and HA were determined to better understand the role and evolution of PAM in the environment. PAM was found to not have a strong affinity for HA and low adsorption capacities. The low performance of PAM gels, as predicted by the interaction studies, was then addressed by the integration of a metal organic framework (Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework 8, ZIF-8) into the gel matrix. The composite PAM-ZIF-8 hydrogel demonstrated good adsorption capacities compared to pure PAM hydrogels, and easy handling and application compared to pure ZIF-8 powder. The results of this work show that the PAM-ZIF-8 composite is a promising new material for the treatment of polluted waters that may be further developed and improved. The thesis demonstrates how a fundamental understanding of the inter-molecular and surface interactions of environmentally complex systems can be obtained at a micro and macroscopic scale, and further used to provide scientific guidance on the development of novel materials/devices for wastewater remediation.


identifier: Baba, H. (2016). Effect of Indomethacin on Kidney Development in Postnatal Period in Rats (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25801

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Wade, Andrew
Smith, Francine

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:
Psychology--Physiological
Kidney development
Indomethacin, NSAID
nephrogenesis

abstract:
Nephrogenesis in the human ends by the 36th week of gestation. In premature infants,
nephrogenesis is assumed to continue after birth. Indomethacin (NSAID) is commonly used to
treat patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in premature infants. We hypothesized that administration of
indomethacin in the newborn rats would cause a reduction in glomerular number. Four dosegroups
of rats (n=7 in each) were injected intraperitoneally with three different doses (0.1, 0.5, 1
mg/kg) of indomethacin or a saline control for 11 days after birth. At the endpoint, blood was
collected to measure indomethacin plasma concentrations and kidneys were collected for
morphological measurement. Stereological techniques were used to measure the glomerular
number and volume in these animals. We observed no significant differences in glomerular
number (p=0.39) and volume (p=0.98) between the different treated groups. In conclusion,
administration of indomethacin, while the process of nephrogenesis is ongoing, does not
significantly reduce/change the glomerular number.


identifier: Baylis, P. J. (2009). The therapeutic alliance as experienced by children and its effect on neurological functioning (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2486

publisher:
Social Work
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 126-150

abstract: Clinicians and researchers recognize the central role the therapeutic alliance plays in treatment outcome with adults and research with children is beginning to support similar correlations between the strength of an alliance and treatment outcome. However, unlike adult research, child process research has yet to coalesce around a definition of a child centered construct of the therapeutic alliance. The dominant exploratory qualitative section of this combined methodology thesis, seeks to develop a guiding theory of clinical interactions that enhance the development of an al1iane, as informed by children's experiences, and to better understand what children value in a therapeutic alliance. The Child Centered Alliance Development framework emerged highlighting a progressive approach to the development of an alliance moving back and forth between initiating and responsive behaviours. Also, children valued an active approach to counseling with a nice person who respected their confidentiality and helped them develop skills to solve their difficulties. Furthermore, research from the field of neuroscience has begun to demonstrate that supportive and patterned therapeutic relationships in psychotherapy produces changes in neurological functioning and morphology associated with positive outcomes in therapy. A second section of the thesis intended to explore the relationship between treatment outcome, neurological functioning, and the therapeutic alliance with children using a pre-test post-test exploratory design. Due to the resulting small sample size no inferential analysis was conducted with the data collected.


identifier: Roman-Smith, H. M. (1999). The development of a self-report scale for the assessment of stigma and discrimination as experienced by individuals with schizophrenia (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14434

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xiii, 247 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
RC514 .R645 1999
Schizophrenia - Social aspects
Schizophrenia--Public opinion.
Self-report inventories.
Stigma (Social psychology)
Discriminaton.

abstract: Bibliography: p. 115-127.


identifier: Arrison, N. L. (1972). Butyl acetate system (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16844

title: Butyl acetate system

format:
xix, <237> leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: TP 248 B85 A76 1972 Microfilm

subject: Butyl acetate

subject: Electrical engineering - Electronic data processing

subject: Esterification

subject: Vapor-liquid equilibrium

abstract: Bibliography: p. 6.07-6.10 <i.e. 165-168>.


identifier: Park, E. V. (1993). The rhetoric of antecedence: Latin in middle English poetry (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15070

format:
v, 272 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: PR 311 P37 1993

subject: English poetry - Middle English, 1100-1500 - Latin influences

subject: English poetry - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism

subject: Langland, William, 1330?-1400? Piers the Ploughman

subject: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400. House of fame

abstract: Bibliography: p. 251-272.

abstract: Much English writing of the later fourteenth century incorporates a Latin presence. Latin may appear within the English text overtly, in direct quotation, or it may be introduced somewhere on a continuum of distance that ranges from close translation through allusion to announced reduction or omission of an antecedent Latin text. Making reference to selected works of Middle English prose and poetry, the dissertation looks at how English writers exploit the resources of both Latin and their own vernacular, developing what is termed a rhetoric of antecedence. At the level of style, the English authors use devices such as translation, allusion, interlingual word-play and the twin techniques of amplificatio and abbreviatio to appropriate elements of Latin texts and reposition them in their own, drawing on the expressive capacities of both linguistic universes. At the level of content, they identify the presence of antecedent Latin texts through various strategies then treat the intertextual relationship as a rhetorical place of invention, a place in which the authority of the antecedent Latin text becomes subject to inquiry and revision. Chapter One surveys attitudes to the Latin and English languages expressed in prefaces to English prose works of translation, then discusses Patience as an example of how close translation of an antecedent Latin text, influenced by its accompanying glosses and commentaries, makes possible the creation of an amplifying vernacular poem. Two chapters study Latin in Piers Plowman, the first treating aspects of macaronic style and the second treating passages in which the poet turns the space between his two working languages into a generative rhetorical locus. A final chapter comments on Chaucer's attitude to Latin textual antecedence, concluding with a study of literary ecphrasis in The House of Fame.


identifier: Warren, J. R. (1989). Precipitation climatology of the Lake Superior basin (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23977

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

subject: QC 925.1 C3 W37 1989

subject: Superior, Lake - Climate

subject: Climatology

subject: Precipitation (Meteorology) - Superior, Lake

abstract: Bibliography: p. 106-110.


identifier: Stirling, R. I. (1993). Image and essence: an architectural design for a collaborative community in Calgary (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15952

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
v, 61 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: NA 9053 N4 S75 1993

subject: Architecture - Alberta - Calgary - Designs and plans

subject: Community development, Urban - Alberta - Calgary

abstract: Bibliography: p. 59-61.


identifier: Morsy, D. E. (2012). Functional characterization of murine cd20 (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4704

format:
xviii, 232 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 189-232

abstract: A few pages are in colour.

abstract: CD20 is a tetraspanning membrane protein that is expressed on B lymphocytes, and functions in B cell receptor (BCR)-mediated calcium entry. The effect of murine CD20 deficiency on calcium mobilization was examined in two previous studies, with inconsistent findings. Humoral immunity induced in the context of murine CD20 deficiency was characterized by a reduction in T -independent responses, but normal Tdependent (TD) immune responses. In the current study, I examined the in vitro calcium responses of murine CD20-1- B cells, and the in vivo TD immune responses of CD20-1- mice. I confirmed that BCR-mediated calcium mobilization was reduced in CD20-1- B cells following BCR stimulation. However, calcium responses following CD 19 ligation, and following BCR-CD 19 co-ligation were enhanced, suggesting an indirect role for CD20 in calcium entry rather than direct involvment as a calcium channel. TD immune responses against adeno-associated virus (AA V) and sheep red blood cells (SRBC) were characterized by reduced neutralizing antibody response to AA V, and reduced primary (IgM) and secondary (IgGl and IgG2b) responses to SRBC. The anti-SRBC response was associated with reduced germinal center B cell numbers. Further evaluation of B cells from unimmunized CD20-1- mice revealed increased CD20-1- B cell adhesion, enhanced LF A-1 expression and activation, and enhanced transmigration. The current data characterize a new phenotype for murine CD20 deficiency, and support a role for CD20 in in vivo B cell function.


identifier: Davidson, N. (2008). Liszt in Italy:musical representation in annes de pelerinage, deuxieme annee and troisieme annee (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2150

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 135-148

abstract: Programme music was a hotly debated concern in the Romantic period and one that found a champion in the figure of Franz Liszt. The extramusical ideas represented in his work went far beyond previous conception of mere word-painting or even narrational scheme and became the impetus that redefined not only formal structure, but the very approach to composition. Sposalizio and Il penseroso from Annees de Pelerinage Deuxieme Annee: Italie, and the two Aux Cypres de la Villa d'Este: Threnodie and Les jeux d'eaux a la Villa d'Este from Annees de Pelerinage Troisieme Annee, form the basis of a discussion relative to Liszt's engagement with a wide range of extramusical stimuli at psychological, iconographical, symbolic, and archetypal levels. Hi personal and musical aesthetic , modem harmonic language, new approaches to formal consideration, key relation hip, thematic transformation, and musically symbolic reference are explored in relationship to hi programmatic intents.


identifier: Tse, A. M. (1989). Electrophysiology of isolated intracardiac parasympathetic neurons from bullfrog (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24193

format:
xviii, 341 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QP 363.3 T83 1989
Nervous system, Parasympathetic

abstract: Bibliography: p. 319-341.


identifier: Selim, E. S. (2012). Requirements and reuse in an agile environment for tabletop-based gis applications (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4737

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 145-162

abstract: Some pages are in colour.

abstract: This work studies an approach for gathering requirements, designing and developing an interactive collaborative multi-touch tabletop Geographic Information System (GIS) in an agile software development environment to support the operation of control centers in utility companies and potentially other similar domains. The research is based on two case studies. The first study focuses on agile approaches for gathering requirements and iteratively designing gesture-based, multi-touch GIS applications utilizing digital tables, where a prototype - eGrid - is developed for supporting the operation of the control centre in a local electricity company. The design is iteratively enhanced and assessed through interviews and observation sessions. The second study proposes an agile approach for generalizing the design and extracting a library of reusable components - GISforTT - to support the development of other interactive GIS applications. The two studies proposed agile software engineering practises that were found helpful in designing and supporting reuse of interactive tabletop applications.


identifier: Elfner, E. J. (2006). The Mora in Blackfoot (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/731

title: The Mora in Blackfoot

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 131-135


identifier: Sawada, E. K. (1999). Dangerous appropriations: online fans, cultural forms, and questions of ownership (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16869

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

subject: PN1590 .F36 S29 1999

subject: Simpsons (Television program)

subject: Fans (Personas)

subject: Performing arts - Law and legislation - United States

subject: Popular culture - United States

subject: Intellectual property - United States

abstract: Bibliography: p. 140-150


identifier: Ronksley, P. E. (2008). Association between Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Health Care Utilization (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15585

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Hemmelgarn, Brenda
Tsai, Willis

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 86-102


identifier: Leigh, R. (2016). Movement Biomechanics and Personalized Exercise Interventions in Individuals with Hip Osteoarthritis (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27017

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Kinesiology
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Ferber, Reed
Dukelow, Sean
Culos-Reed, Nicole
Duffett-Leger, Linda

subject:
Rehabilitation and Therapy
Osteoarthritis
Hip
Exercise
Gait

abstract:
Hip osteoarthritis (OA) is a prevalent musculoskeletal disorder that results in increased patient morbidity and dysfunction. While exercise is a common therapeutic modality employed in the management of this disorder, effect sizes remain small.  Given this finding, the overarching aim of this thesis was to better understand the 3-dimensioanl (3D) gait biomechanics of this clinical population and subsequently test novel exercise interventions to improve clinical outcomes in individuals with mild-to-moderate hip OA.
Following the Introduction, Chapter 2 explored whether tester experience influenced the reliability with which 3D gait data can be collected. This study was important since 3D gait collections would be a major part of the final two chapters. Using a coefficient of multiple correlation (CMC) statistic to estimate within-tester reliability, we found that within-tester CMC values exceeded 0.90 for both novice and experienced testers across all kinematic variables.
Chapter 3 summarized the current hip OA and exercise literature and determined whether land-based exercise is an effective intervention in hip OA subjects not awaiting surgery. Pooled data from 7 studies demonstrated exercise had no effect on pain or self-reported function immediately post intervention and the overall effect sizes remained small.
Chapter 4 characterized the 3D kinematic gait patterns of individuals with mild-to-moderate hip OA considering that to this point, the lower extremity kinematics of hip OA patients had not been fully described. We reported that hip OA subjects walked with greater peak hip abduction, reduced peak hip extension, and greater peak hip external rotation compared to age and body mass index (BMI) matched healthy controls. Whether these subtle biomechanical abnormalities could be used as treatment targets was explored in the capstone investigation.
In Chapter 5, we targeted these 3D gait abnormalities with a novel tailored exercise intervention in mild-to-moderate hip OA subjects. This exercise protocol was compared to a tailored intervention that was based on a standard clinical assessment. No significant improvements in pain were found across either group at 8-weeks follow-up and a 3D gait derived exercise program did not result in improved clinical outcomes.


identifier: Lau, L. (2011). The role of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans in remyelination (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4485

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 201-220

abstract: Some pages are in colour.

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


identifier: Al-Anazi, A. F. (2011). Support vector machines for petrophysical modelling and lithoclassification (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4092

contributor:
Gates, Ian D.
Azaiez, Jalel

format:
xxiv, 370 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 362-370

abstract: Given increasing challenges of oil and gas production from partially depleted conventional or unconventional reservoirs, reservoir characterization is a key element of the reservoir development workflow. Reservoir characterization impacts well placement, injection and production strategies, and field management. Reservoir characterization projects point and line data to a large three-dimensional volume. The relationship between variables, e.g. porosity and permeability, is often established by regression yet the complexities between measured variables often lead to poor correlation coefficients between the regressed variables. Recent advances in machine learning methods have provided attractive alternatives for constructing interpretation models of rock properties in heterogeneous reservoirs. Here, Support Vector Machines (SVMs ), a class of a learning machine that is formulated to output regression models and classifiers of competitive generalization capability, has been explored to determine its capabilities for determining the relationship, both in regression and in classification, between reservoir rock properties. This thesis documents research on the capability of SVMs to model petrophysical and elastic properties in heterogeneous sandstone and carbonate reservoirs. Specifically, the capabilities of SVM regression and classification has been examined and compared to neural network-based methods, namely multilayered neural networks, radial basis function neural networks, general regression neural networks, probabilistic neural networks, and linear discriminant analysis. The petrophysical properties that have been evaluated include porosity, permeability, Poisson's ratio and Young's modulus. Statistical error analysis reveals that the SVM method yields comparable or superior predictions of petrophysical and elastic rock properties and classification of the lithology compared to neural networks. The SVM method also shows uniform prediction capability under the effect of small sample sizes.


identifier: Meyer, T. (2010). Dosimetric impact of implant uncertainties in prostate brachytherapy (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3819

format:
ix, 133 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 114-119
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Bachor, P. (1973). A Study of some aspects of computer-assisted language instruction (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22909

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

subject:
LB 1028.5 B32 1973 Microfiche
Computer-assisted instruction
Language Arts (Elementary)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 58-63.


identifier: Motture, J. E. (1972). Survey of non-professional tasks performed by administrators in the public junior high schools (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17147

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

subject:
LB 2805 M66 1972 Microfilm
School management and organization
Junior high schools
School administrators

abstract: Bibliography: p. 98-100.


identifier: Calderwood, M. (1991). The effect of a positive peer culture model on self-concept and moral climate of young offenders in a secure custody facility (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14438

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

subject:
HV 9076.5 C34 1991
Juvenile delinquents - Attitudes
Peer pressure
Juvenile detention homes

abstract: Bibliography: p. 129-141.


identifier: Woytowich, E. A. (1974). Environmental chemistry for the non-science major (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19062

format:
v, 68 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: QD 40 W68 1974 Microfiche

subject: Chemistry - Study and teaching

subject: Conservation of natural resources - Study and teaching

abstract: Bibliography: p. 62-64, 67-68.


identifier: Mahon, H. A. (1972). Predictor variables of academic success with adult students at the Alberta Vocational Centre, Calgary (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12013

format:
viii, 46 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: HD 5715 C32 M33 1972 Microfilm

subject: Occupational training - Alberta - Calgary

subject: Adult education

subject: Academic achievement

subject: Prediction of scholastic success

abstract: Bibliography: p. 43-46.


identifier: Kasper, A. R. (1975). An Analysis of the relationship between the Vocational Preference Inventory and the Personality Research Form (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24170

format:
viii, 68 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
BF 698.9 O3 K36 1975 Microfiche
Personality and occupation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 58-62.


identifier: Watt, I. (1981). The marketing of agricultural inputs in Fiji (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20413

format:
xiv, 304 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: HD 2197.7 W36 1981

subject: Agriculture - Economic aspects - Fiji

subject: Agricultural assistance, European - Fiji

subject: Agricultural development projects - Fiji

subject: Fiji - Foreign economic relations

abstract: Bibliography: p. 259-271.


identifier: Jacques, H. A. (2001). The structure of emotions in elementary and high school students: the role of gender and relations with anxiety and depression (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15895

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Social Sciences
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 J33

abstract: Bibliography: p. 33-39.


identifier: Baer, P. (2006). Body language: interactivity in sound and art (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/796

contributor:
Woodrow, Paul
Eagle, David

format:
xi, 59 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 41-46

abstract: Includes CD-Rom with audio file and DVD-Rom with video file.


identifier: Kakoullis, R. C. (2001). Loneliness and coping: an exploratory study of examining gender and sexuality (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14531

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 K357

subject: Additional copy: 370 EDC 2001 KAKO

subject: Loneliness - Sex differences

subject: Adjustment (Psychology) - Sex differences

abstract: Bibliography: p. 161-169.


identifier: Al Khatib, I. (2022). Characterizing TOP1MT variants provides novel mechanistic insights into TOP1MT functions (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary

contributor:
Shutt, Timothy
McGhee, James
Shearer, Jane

subject: Biology--Cell Genetics Biology--Molecular

abstract: Mitochondria are organelles that have their own genome (mtDNA), which encodes 37 genes crucial for oxidative phosphorylation. Proper regulation of the mtDNA is critical for cellular functions, while impairment of its regulation can lead to disease. Mitochondrial topoisomerase 1 (TOP1MT) is a protein involved in mtDNA maintenance through its ability to bind mtDNA and relax supercoiled structures. In addition, TOP1MT is involved in the translation of mtDNA encoded proteins. To begin to understand how TOP1MT mechanistically performs these various roles, we characterized three candidate pathogenic variants (R198C, V338L and P193L) in the TOP1MT protein. We investigated how these variants affect the topoisomerase activity of TOP1MT, influencing mtDNA transcription and general mitochondrial health and function. We also examined the involvement of TOP1MT in replication and mtDNA protein translation. Combined with structural modelling, our functional characterization suggests an unexpected role for the nucleic acid binding domain of TOP1MT in controlling translation. Further, we detailed how these variants differ from each other and from wild-type protein. We demonstrated that the TOP1MT variants we investigated are not fully functional and are thus potential candidates to contribute to disease. During these studies, we also identified a novel role for TOP1MT, as its loss triggers mtDNA release into the cytosol and activation of cGAS-STING innate immune signaling. This novel finding was exciting, as the P193L variant was found in a family with autoimmune disorders. Interestingly, P193L could not rescue cGAS-STING activation in cells lacking TOP1MT, consistent with a role in autoimmune dysfunction. Overall, the molecular analysis we performed on these TOP1MT variants broadens our understanding of the different functions performed by TOP1MT, how its different roles are related, and the likelihood that TOP1MT is a disease gene.


identifier: Nowroozi Charandabi, D. (2017). Integration of seismic data with rock physics and reservoir modeling in the FRS project (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26585

contributor:
Lawton, Donald Caleb
Lines, Laurence R.
Hassanzadeh, Hassan

subject:
Geophysics
CO2 injection
Shallow target CO2 injection
FRS project
Alberta, Canada
Reservoir Simulation
Rock physics
Seismic forward modeling
RTM
Time-lapse seismic
4D seismic study

abstract:
This thesis is related to a CO2 injection project from the well logging to seismic modeling and imaging, so many disciplines are involved. The reservoir is at a shallow depth of 300 m, so it is at a low temperature and low-pressure state. A compositional method was used for the fluid flow simulation. The change of phase possible around the anticipated pressure and temperature for CO2 injection is another limitation for a compositional simulation, and it means lower density change after injection in the formation, so the gas phase injection was selected for the flow simulation modeling. The simulation results show that the plume diameter for bottom hole pressure equal to 4.9 MPa will be 185 m after 5-year injection. A mathematical routine was introduced for the long-term CO2 plume shape estimation as the compositional simulation is a time taking procedure. Also, the rock physics study shows that the CO2 injection will decrease the density of formation around 3% and the P-wave velocity between 7 and 15% based on the fluids mixed type. It can also affect the S-wave velocity up to 1%, and in the seismic studies, there is enough of a change in the S-wave velocity to consider PS and SS-wave data for the reservoir characterization. The rock physics equations solved for the pressure changes by the Equation of State for CO2 and for the brine and a set of curves related to the fluid mixed type were introduced.
The seismic studies based on the rock physics models show that the fluids mix type is a determinative factor for interpretability of a reservoir.  Seismic forward modeling was undertaken using both acoustic and elastic finite difference approaches, and imaging was done using reverse time migration. Acquisition configuration (well or surface seismic) influence was checked in the current research and results show a better amplitude change due to the reservoir activity in the well seismic data and a better imaging condition for surface seismic acquisition. For patchy or semi-patchy saturation, mixed with a linear (or near linear) converter, the saturation is calculated with an acceptable error by the acoustic, seismic response. In a parabolic converter as Reuss average in a fine mixed type, the time-lapse acoustic response is insufficient to identify saturation explicitly, and the results of the fluid flow simulation is another key to invert available data to the reservoir saturation. The final results show that the reservoir characterization and time-lapse study by seismic is an entirely non-deterministic and data from fluid flow simulation results of the reservoir can be a powerful component for a successful saturation inversion.


title: Proximity Mines, Archives: The Problem of Fictional Realism

publisher:
Arts
University of Calgary

contributor:
Vandervlist, Harry
Mayr, Suzette
Hanson, Aubrey
Dobozy, Tamas
Clarke, Michael

subject:
Creative Writing
Short Story
Literature
Literature--Canadian (English)
Literature--English

abstract:
The twenty-five short stories that comprise the creative component of Proximity Mines, Archives, while not linked in any strict formal sense, do share, in breadth of theme and comic temperament, a certain fixation on the psychological, social, and narratological difficulties attendant to the creation of realistic fiction. Employing a range of styles, from the subdued, minimalist strategies of Lydia Davis, Amy Hempel, and Raymond Carver, through the more exuberant, genre-dissolving prose of Donald Barthelme, David Foster Wallace, and Joshua Cohen, the collection performs and, in its sequencing, enacts a story of artistic maturation. Featuring a large cast of would-be writers and academics, the collection is at once deeply self-conscious and satirical. In composing a collection of disparate, fiendishly protean, short stories—from the stylistically sedate first-person narrative of “Terminal” through any number of long, one-sentence stories, pastiches, and nimbly ironic adaptations of canonical works (e.g., “Hills Like White Elephants, POV Hill”)—the collection both traces and challenges traditional forms of fictional representation.
The accompanying critical afterword to this collection considers the relationship between creative writing and academic commentary, particularly as these roles fall to one author. Eschewing a standard, or purely theoretical approach, I undertake a vigorously subjective examination of the wide range of literary influences underpinning the stories in this collection. While examining the stylistic practices of a variety of writers (Mark Anthony Jarman, Stanley Elkin, Yann Martel), I make a case for my own aestheticism, aligning myself with those writers for whom the sentence serves as first philosophy. Finally, I argue that the inclusion of self-conscious or metafictive elements in a piece of fiction is not antithetical to literary realism.


identifier: Wilson, B. A. (1995). Estimating forest structure using SAR texture analysis (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24499

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

subject:
SD 387 R4 W55 1996
Forest mapping
Forests and forestry - Remote sensing

abstract: Bibliography: p. 116-126 leaves.


identifier: Nelson, W. H. (1979). Endostructure of modules (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15686

title: Endostructure of modules

format:
ix, 156 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QA 247.3 N44 1979 Microfiche
Modules - Algebra
Rings (Algebra)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 155-156.


identifier: Walde, D. A. (1994). The Mortlach Phase (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13854

title: The Mortlach Phase

format:
xvi, 433 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject: E 78 S2 W35 1994

subject: Saskatchewan - Antiquities

subject: Excavations (Archaeology) - Saskatchewan

subject: Indians of North America - Saskatchewan - Antiquities

subject: Pottery, Prehistoric

abstract: Bibliography: p. 175-194.

abstract: This dissertation has re-examined the latest precontact/early contact archaeological assemblages of southern Saskatchewan and related materials in northeastern Montana, northwestern North Dakota, and southwestern Manitoba. The Mortlach Phase, first proposed by Joyes (1973) and often questioned by other investigators, is redefined and offered again to the archaeological community. This phase is divided into two contemporaneous sub-phases (Lozinsky and Lake Midden) on the basis of differences in external social relationships reflected by participation in different lithic raw material exchange systems and the presence of different "foreign" pots in the two subphases. The northern Lozinsky Sub-phase has strong evidence of interaction with Selkirk peoples of the boreal forest in central to northern Saskatchewan while the southern Lake Midden Sub-phase demonstrates interaction with Middle Missouri village peoples. Written records, artifact decoration, and archaeological data are used to support a contention that the Mortlach Phase people were ancestors of Assiniboine peoples. Locations of the Lozinsky and Lake Midden Subphases are demonstrated to coincide with those of ethnographically known northern and southern subdivisions of Saskatchewan Assiniboine groups.


identifier: Valencia-Perez, A. Z. (2012). How to blow out a molecular lantern: interaction of aequorea victoria green fluorescent protein and its variants with singlet oxygen (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4590

format:
xxiii, 154 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 147-152

abstract: Herein, we studied the interaction between Aequorea victoria Green Fluorescent Proetein and some of its mutants with exogenous single oxygen using spectroscopic and electrophoretic techniques. According to our results, exogenous 02 mainly oxidizes the ??-barrel of the proteins, resulting in formation of a covalent protein dimer. Further characterization of the underlying mechanism utilizing monomeric variants, suggested the interface of the natural occurring dimer as the initial area of oxidation, specifically the histidine in position 148 (H148). By mutating this residue to a less reactive side chain, its involvement in the 02 mediated mechanism was corroborated. The reactivity of endogenous 02 towards fluorescent proteins, was also analyzed by direct excitation of the proteins chromophores. Spectroscopy data suggested a variety of complex mechanisms, including generation of 02 and photodecarboxylation, occurring upon irradiation of the protein. Taken together, these results indicate that production of exogenous and/or endogenous 02 during standard imaging techniques influences fluorescent proteins, which could deteriorate the data obtained from the studied system.


identifier: Ha, M. M. (1998). Indoor air quality: Office health, saftey and well-being (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15102

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 85-91


identifier: Saha Mandal, A. (2019). Predicting the Evolutionary and Medical Significance of Human Genetic Variations with Machine Learning (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
De Koning, A. P. Jason
Bernier, François P.
Wasmuth, James D.
Rodrigue, Nicolas

subject: bioinformatics, genomics, machine learning, genomic variants, classification, pathogenic, benign, rare disease, genetics

subject: Bioinformatics

subject: Genetics

subject: Artificial Intelligence

subject: Computer Science

abstract: The advent of inexpensive and high-throughput genome sequencing technologies has facilitated the acquisition of patient exome and genome sequences at a vast scale. One of the primary challenges of such data is its functional interpretation, and specifically, the ability to distinguish functionally important, deleterious, and pathogenic variants from neutral or benign variants (“variant impact prediction” or VIP). Over the last two decades, many approaches have been proposed for VIP, which utilize data from patterns of evolutionary conservation, population genomics, protein structures and other sources to inform machine learning classification algorithms. However, existing approaches are fraught with limitations, especially when they are trained on databases of putatively pathogenic variants that may have been identified with reference to existing prediction methods (a type of ‘circularity’). This dissertation identifies shortcomings of existing variant impact prediction methods and discusses how they can be better understood (Chapter 1). Approaches to overcome these shortcomings are presented (Chapter 2), and a new method, TAIGA (Transformation and Integration of Genomic Annotations), is developed. The utility of this method and its accompanying refinements are evaluated (Chapter 3) and later scrutinized (Chapter 4). As part of this work, I have produced TAIGA scores for all protein coding positions of the human genome, and I show these have substantially superior performance in distinguishing known pathogenic variations from neutral variations in a number of high-quality datasets. Variant prediction scores from TAIGA are later integrated with clinical information from human phenotypes (Chapter 5) and this extension demonstrated the highest sensitivity and smallest candidate gene search space over a large set of rare genetic disorders. It is my hope that TAIGA will aide clinicians and researchers alike in the new era of personalized genomic medicine in which we find ourselves.


identifier: Nestoruk, P. (1988). Political cleavage and ideological linkage in the commonwealth (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13574

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

subject: JF 2071 N38 1988

subject: Party affiliation - Commonwealth of Nations

abstract: Bibliography: p. 140-144.


identifier: O'Neill, J. L. (1987). A Luxury hotel for Calgary: fitting new architecture with heritage structures (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20880

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 120-122.


identifier: Umbsaar, D. A. (2021). Crystal Chemistry of Wulfenite (PbMoO4) and Wolframite ([Fe,Mn]WO4) (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Science
University of Calgary

contributor:
Antao, Sytle
Cuthbertson, Jennifer
Spencer, Ronald
Antao, Sytle

subject:
Minerals
X-ray diffraction
Crystallography
XRD
Synchrotron
HRPXRD
Education--Sciences
Geochemistry
Geology
Mineralogy
Chemistry--Inorganic
Materials Science

abstract: This study examines the crystal chemistry of some natural simple molybdate and tungstate minerals, namely wulfenite (PbMoO4) and wolframite ([Fe,Mn]WO4). Historically, these mineral species have been a challenge to analyze through X-ray diffraction (XRD) methods, due to the presence of large atoms (Pb, Mo, and W) within the structure. These large atoms dominate in scattering X-rays, and Pb also has high absorption, making it a challenge to accurately determine the position of the oxygen atoms, which are much lighter and do not contribute to the diffraction pattern as strongly. Wulfenite samples that are analyzed in this study are from: (1) Laurion, Greece; (2) Red Cloud Mine, Arizona; (3) Glove Mine, Arizona; (4) Taco Mine, Utah; (5) Mezica Mine, Slovenia; (6) Touissit, Morocco; and (7) Los Lamentos, Mexico. Wolframite samples that are analyzed in this study are from: (1) Tong Wah (Tae Wha) mine, Korea; (2) Oregon Mine, Boulder, Colorado; (3) Silverton, Colorado; and (4) Pasto Bueno, Peru. These minerals were examined using the electron probe microanalyzer (EPMA), however only the crystal structure of the wulfenites were examined using synchrotron High Resolution Powder X-Ray Diffraction (HRPXRD). The wulfenite samples were very pure, (ranging within Pb0.99-1.00Mo0.99-1.00O4) with only trace amounts of V5+, Cr6+, W6+, and S6+ detected by the EPMA. Wolframite samples showed a compositional range between (Mn0.65Fe0.37)Σ1.02W0.99O4 and (Mn1.00Fe0.00)Σ1.00W0.99O4. Each wolframite was quite homogeneous, except for the sample from Oregon Mine, Colorado, whose Mn-contents ranged from 0.746 to 0.864 apfu throughout the crystal indicating it may be a multiphase sample. For the wulfenite samples, structural Rietveld refinements confirmed tetragonal space group I41/a and achieved the following reduced χ2 and overall R(F2) values: Laurion, Greece (2.055, 0.0798); Red Cloud Mine, Arizona (1.698, 0.0939); Glove Mine, Arizona (1.903, 0.0684); Taco Mine, Utah (1.785, 0.0911); Mezica (Mies) Mine, Slovenia (1.782, 0.1045); Touissit, Morocco (1.958, 0.0827); and Los Lamentos, Mexico (1.589, 0.1046). Wulfenite crystals were homogeneous, single phases, and displayed no hemimorphic morphologies or hemimorphic symmetry reductions, as has been reported by some previous studies. Bond distances were quite similar between samples, however minute variations may be due to trace element substitution in the B-site or crystallinity differences. Edge Length Distortions (ELD) and Tetrahedral Angle Variance (TAV) were calculated to quantify Mo tetrahedral compression.


identifier: Dastangoo, P. (2021). Multi-contact stability of multi-legged robots operating in unstructured spaces (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Multi-contact Stability of Multi-Legged Robots Operating in Unstructured Spaces

publisher:
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary

contributor:
Ramirez-Serrano, Alejandro
Pieper, Jeffrey
Lee, Jihyun

subject:
Humanoid stability
Multi-contact locomotion
Multi-legged robotics
Engineering--Mechanical
Robotics

abstract: According to International Labor Organization, about 2.3 million work-related incidents occur annually globally. In Canada, this number is also high with 3000 people being disabled due to work-related accidents annually. One approach to reduce these numbers is providing workers with robotic tools in high-risk workspaces. The approach taken in this research is to develop an effective multi-contact locomotion system for multi-legged robots enabling them to operate in unstructured spaces. The solution allows humanoids to use not only their feet but also any other parts of their body to contact the environment and enhance their locomotion. Within the literature, the most relevant methods used today provide effective results for robots operating on structured surfaces such as stairs and hard flat surfaces. Although effective, such methods are not useful for unstructured surfaces, or in cases where robots must employ a multi-contact approach in their locomotion. In this regard, a modified version of Contact Wrench Set (CWS) method was developed in this research utilizing three arbitrary contact points to demonstrate the physics of contact and test for stability. The developed method can be utilized for a variety of terrains and environments such as mines and industrial facilities extending the past capabilities of the CWS formulation. The development of the proposed theoretical formulation is presented, and a novel visualization tool used to show the stability severity level of stable modes is also provided. Thorough verification of the new formulations was investigated using a comprehensive set of computer simulations tests via a multi-body dynamic simulation software. In this analysis, different types of surfaces with different characteristics have been evaluated. The results of the simulation show a reasonable consistency between the theoretical model and simulation for both flat and sloped surfaces. Finally, the method was experimentally tested on a life-size humanoid via the development of a set of Robot Operating System (ROS) packages. The contribution of this research is the development of novel stability mechanisms for humanoids locomotion enhancing the deployment of multi-legged robots in hazardous spaces, thus reducing the number of work-related casualties and injuries.


identifier: Windrim, R. J. (2005). Educating for citizenship within social studies: an interpretive inquiry (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/147

format:
x, 275 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 263-275


identifier: Crowther, V. E. (1987). Grandparents of out-of-wedlock children (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12073

title: Grandparents of out-of-wedlock children

format:
xii, 161 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
BF 723 G68 C74 1988
Grandparent and child
Illegitimate children
Unmarried mothers
Children and the aged

abstract: Bibliography: p. 105-112.


identifier: Holub, A. (2003). Construction of the gambling cognitions inventory (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11087

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 69-76


identifier: Kolkman-Quinn, B. J. (2022). Time-lapse VSP monitoring of CO2 sequestration at the CaMI Field Research Station (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Lawton, Donald Caleb
Innanen, Kris
Dettmer, Jan

subject:
CO2
Carbon Dioxide
CCS
Geological Carbon Sequestration
Seismic monitoring
VSP
Vertical Seismic Profile
Time-lapse
CaMI
FRS
CaMI.FRS
DAS
Distributed Acoustic Sensing
Borehole geophysics
Detection threshold
CCUS
Carbon Capture and Storage
Time-lapse processing
VSP processing
Time-lapse VSP processing
Containment and Monitoring Institute
Field Research Station
MMV
Measurement Monitoring and Verification
containment
Geophysics

abstract: The Containment and Monitoring Institute Field Research Station (CaMI.FRS) is a carbon sequestration field experiment near Brooks, Alberta. CO2 is injected into a saline aquifer in the 6 m thick, 10% porosity Basal Belly River Sandstone at 300 m depth. This CO2 plume simulates a shallow leak scenario from an industrial scale CO2 storage reservoir. Vertical Seismic Profiles (VSP) were collected between 2017 and 2021 to determine a detection threshold and delineate the plume. These data had high repeatability, with permanent borehole sensors and identical source coordinates. Seasonal variations in surface and near-surface conditions were the main source of dissimilarity between baseline and monitor data. A time-lapse compliant processing workflow was developed for the 10 Hz – 150 Hz shallow data. This workflow produced directly comparable amplitudes between baseline and monitor data, except at higher frequency bands affected by variable near-surface filtering. Spectral differences were eliminated with high-cut filters designed for each source location. Avoiding the use of shaping filters preserved the subtle amplitude response of the CO2 plume in the remaining bandwidth. After 33 t of injection, the CO2 plume produced an observable time-lapse amplitude anomaly on multiple geophone datasets on two monitoring lines. The interpreted CO2 plume matched forward modeling expectations of approximately 50 m lateral extent, but with an asymmetric distribution around the injection well. Equivalent DAS datasets possessed lower signal strength than geophone data, with instrument noise interfering with the CO2 amplitude response. A weak seismic anomaly was observed on only one DAS monitoring line. The high-confidence geophone results establish a leak detection threshold at 33 t of CO2 for this geological setting. The ability to detect a 33 t CO2 plume with VSP field data lends confidence to Measurement, Monitoring, and Verification capabilities at industrial operations with injection rates of kilotonnes or megatonnes per year. The time-lapse compliant VSP workflow will help inform shallow monitoring procedures, while the CO2 delineation will contribute to future multi-disciplinary studies at CaMI.FRS.


identifier: Vaughan, N. (2004). Investigating how a blended learning approach can support an inquiry process within a faculty learning community (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/10933

publisher:
Education
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 185-196


identifier: Grabinski, P. (1990). Mixing of an acoustically excited air jet with a confined hot crossflow (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20040

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 138-143.


identifier: Montgomery, C. A. (1998). The Gurkhas and colonial knowledge (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/5156

title: The Gurkhas and colonial knowledge

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

subject:
Gurkha soldiers--History.
Ethnology--India.
Masculinity.
India - History - 19th century
India - History, Military

abstract: Bibliography: p. 151-163

abstract: This thesis examines the origins and development of martial race discourse, the belief that Gurkhas were more warlike than other Indian 'races' , and their selective recruitment into the British Indian Army during the early nineteenth century. It seeks to reconcile the relationship between discourse and material forces by interrogating 'orientalism', examining the way in which colonial knowledge was gathered by British officers and surveyors and the relationship between this knowledge, military experience of the Gurkhas and colonial policy. It focuses on the shift from pre-war stereotypes of the 'barbarous' and 'insolent' Gurkha to those of a martial race; manly, brave, hardy, chivalrous and faithful, by examining the British discourses that developed on the Anglo- Nepalese War (1814-1816). ' Orientalism' and the construction of martial race theory was mediated by environmentalism, literary tropes of the day, military agendas and changing conceptions of masculinity, as 'martiality' became inextricably associated with manliness within the Army.


identifier: Rasmussen, K. (2013). Vengeful Decisions: The Role of Perceived Effectiveness and Costliness of Revenge (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28638

publisher:
Arts
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject:
Social
revenge
perceived consequences
justice

abstract: Conventional wisdom suggests that individuals who decide to get even are driven by their emotions and cannot be swayed by considering the potential consequences of their actions. If this is the case, then perceptions of revenge’s consequences—its effectiveness and costliness—should be unrelated to the likelihood of taking revenge. The present study examined the relationships between these variables among 199 undergraduates. We had participants imagine that their romantic partners had cheated on them, and asked them to list the consequences, both positive and negative, of getting even, along with their perceptions of how effective and how costly revenge would be. We also asked participants to rate their endorsement of particular goals following a provocation. Ratings of revenge’s effectiveness are largely related to the positive consequences of getting even, while ratings of revenge’s costliness are largely related to revenge’s negative consequences. Goal endorsement is related to perceiving some potential responses to a provocation as more effective than others. Judgments of effectiveness and costliness predicted significant variance in the likelihood of engaging in revenge (R2 = .59) suggesting that perceptions of effectiveness and costliness may play a more important role in revenge decision making than previously thought. A significant Effectiveness X Costliness X Anger interaction (β = .89, p = .02) helps clarify how such perceptions are related to the likelihood of getting even. Implications and future directions are discussed.


identifier: Man, R. C. (1979). Trade and industrialization in the ASEAN region (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15325

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

subject:
HF 3752 M34 1979 Microfiche
Asia - Commerce
Developing countries - Commerce
Asia - Economic conditions

abstract: Bibliography: p. 85-87.


identifier: Yip, F. K. (1967). The Motion of small air bubbles rising in stagnant and flowing water (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14017

contributor:
Govier, George W.
Venart, J. E. S.

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

subject:
QC 161 Y55 1966 Microfilm
Bubbles
Fluid dynamics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 108-111.


identifier: Wood, E. A. (2004). Teachers' attitudes in implementing a new high school mathematics curriculum (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19333

format:
xi, 130 years : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 111-117


identifier: Gana, R. (2022). The experiences of End-of-Life in-home caregiving by immigrant family caregivers (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: The Experiences of End-of-Life In-home Caregiving by Immigrant Family Caregivers

publisher:
Nursing
University of Calgary

contributor:
Raffin Bouchal, Shelley
Wallis, Mary
Dela-Cruz, Añiela

subject:
Immigrant
informal caregiving
in-home caregiving
End-of-Life
constructivist grounded theory
Education--Health
Anthropology--Cultural
Nursing

abstract: The de-institutionalization of healthcare systems around the world has led to the rise of home care services as a preferred option. Many people with life limiting illnesses have expressed their wish to stay at home during End-of-Life (EOL) care. The ability to die at home is made possible partly by significant levels of informal caregiving from family members and friends. In-home caregiving presents many positive and negative experiences that are common among Canadian family caregivers and their loved ones. However, cultural values and norms for immigrant family caregivers may shape the experience of in-home caregiving in unexpected ways. The purpose of this research is to understand the immigrant family caregiver’s experience of End-of-Life in-home caregiving. Using a Constructivist Grounded Theory methodology, I interviewed immigrant family caregivers who described their experience of taking care of a loved one dying at home. Semi-structured interviews with guided questions were the means by which seven immigrant family caregivers described their experience of EOL in-home caregiving. I analyzed the data using coding, memo-writing, theoretical sampling, and constant-comparative processes. This analysis led to the co-construction of the theory Immigrant family caregiver experience of EOL in-home caregiving: A Relational Process of Maintaining Dignity in Dying. Encompassed within this theory are three interrelated categories and nine sub-categories.


identifier: Mah, D. C. (1989). Studies on the expression of the reovirus serotype 3 S1 gene in eukaryotic cells (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14842

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

subject:
QR 482 M34 1989
Viral genetics - Research
Eukaryotic cells

abstract: Bibliography: p. 268-299.


identifier: Ullman-Petrash, L. M. (1993). The relationship of Jung's thinking and feeling decision-making preferences to Belenky et al.'s separate and connected ways of knowing: an exploratory study (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11669

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

subject:
HQ 1206 U427 1993
Women - Psychology
Women college students - Psychology
Knowledge, Theory of
Thought and thinking
Decision-making

abstract: Bibliography: p. 184-214.


identifier: Davidow, R. S. (1965). The Radiation chemistry of gaseous hydrogen chloride (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15635

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

subject:
QD 601 D37 1965
Radiochemistry
Hydrogen Chloride

abstract: Bibliography: p. 93-97.


identifier: Gueldenpfennig, J. (1990). Resident conduct disorders and staff practices: an environmental analysis and change project (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22056

format:
viii, 235 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: HV 3004 G825 1989

subject: Group homes for the developmentally disabled - Employees - Attitudes

subject: Inmates of institutions - Attitudes

abstract: Bibliography: p. 160-179.


identifier: Xiao, F. (2011). Experimental and numerical investigation of diesel combustion processes in homogeneously premixed lean methane or hydrogen-air mixtures (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4136

format:
xxxv, 354 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 299-318


identifier: Burge, L. M. (1997). Meandering river eddy accretions: sedimentology, morphology, architectural geometry, and depositional processes (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16305

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

subject:
QE471 .B86 1997
Sedimentary structures
Sedimentology

abstract: Bibliography: p. 94-99.


identifier: Larson, N. L. (2020). A Multilevel Examination of Trust: The Role of Team Members’ Psychological Needs in the Formation and Emergence of Intrateam Trust (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
O'Neill, Thomas A.
Turner, Nick
Ellard, John H.
Weatherhead, Julie G.
Colquitt, Jason

subject:
Teams
Psychological needs
Trust
Intrateam trust
Team dynamics
Team performance
Individual differences
Social relations modeling
Emergence
Education--Business
Business Administration--Management
Psychology

abstract: Trust is critical for team effectiveness. As a team state, intrateam trust is assumed to emerge from bottom-up processes and properties, such as individuals’ characteristics and the relational patterns and interactions between members. Despite this recognition, there is little integration across levels in the study of intrateam trust. To address this, I formulated and tested a multilevel, multi-theoretical, and multi-period framework designed to provide greater theoretical specification of the intrateam trust development process. In Study 1, I focused on the micro-level processes involving trustors and trustees that contribute to trustworthiness. Specifically, psychological needs (i.e., achievement, affiliation, and power) were found to have both negative and positive effects on trustworthiness, depending on the trust loci (i.e., trustors versus trustees). Drawing from conservation of resources theory, I suggested that needs specify team members’ unique vulnerabilities, and thus why/when they may view other members as a threat. At the same time, trustees’ needs were found to facilitate trustworthiness. In Study 2, I delineated the process by which early mutual trustworthiness ties between members coalesce to predict later emergence of intrateam trust. Briefly, results of this study revealed that ability- and integrity-based ties had the strongest effect on later levels of intrateam trust. Whereas, team-level need for affiliation also predicted the emergence of intrateam trust. Moreover, trustworthiness ties and need for affiliation were indirectly related to team performance through intrateam trust. This study also demonstrated that change in intrateam trust consensus was negative. Meaning members’ perceptions of intrateam trust became dissimilar over time. Interesting, early trustworthiness ties predicted the rate of change in consensus. Taken together, this dissertation reveals several novel insights pertaining to the intrateam trust development process occurring at different levels (i.e., individual, dyad, team, and time), and contributes to both the teams and trust literatures.


identifier: Dyment, J. (2015). Unnamed Encounters: Articulating the Psychological and Physiological Responses in Voice and Movement Training (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28588

contributor:
McCaugherty, Dawn
Campbell, Valerie

subject:
Dance
Speech Communication
Theater
Education--Teacher Training
Theater
Actor
Training
Psychology
Physiology
Voice
Movement
Pedagogy
Emotions

abstract: This thesis seeks to articulate the physiological and psychological responses that arise from voice and movement training in drama by providing a context of some of the training lineages and methods, outlining physiological and psychological responses based on observation and research, and examining the current approaches to both articulating and responding to them within the field of actor training. Following a Practice as Research (PAR) methodology this thesis reviews the current body of published work on several primary vocal and movement techniques utilized in theatre performance training comparing the commonalities and differences of their vocabularies. It looks to psychology and neurobiology to identify the effects of performance training on actors. Interviews with voice and movement teachers regarding their methods and terminology are utilized as well as case studies of a voice technique and a movement practice in order to study articulation within a methodology.


identifier: Heath, C. L. (1972). Group influence, mass media, and musical taste: a study of third year male students in the University of Calgary (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14409

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

subject:
HM 258 H42 1972
Mass media
Culture
Communication
Music - Philosophy and aesthetics
Social groups

abstract: Bibliography: p. 95-103.


identifier: Ospina Latorre, D. (2018). In-hand Manipulation by Underactuated Hands with Differential Transmission (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/5415

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

contributor:
Ramirez-Serrano, Alejandro
Federico, Salvatore
Sun, Qiao

subject:
underactuation
manipulation
grasping
robot hand
multibody
Applied Mechanics
Engineering--Mechanical
Robotics

abstract: The limited dexterity that existing hand prostheses provide to users contrasts with the manipulation abilities exhibited by state-of-the-art robot hands. This thesis explores the potential use of underactuated hands in the development of hand replacements with in-hand manipulation capabilities. Initially, the thesis presents a mathematical framework developed to analyze the ability of a given underactuated hand to manipulate objects in-hand. The framework comprises two parts: i) a methodology to model underactuated hands during the execution of in-hand manipulation maneuvers, and ii) mathematical tools to quantify the in-hand manipulation ability of a given underactuated hand. Subsequently, the thesis presents a case study using a specific underactuated hand architecture, representative of many existing underactuated hand prototypes. The hand presented in the case study is modelled and its ability to manipulate objects of different geometries is analyzed. Based on the findings, a manipulation strategy suitable for prosthetic applications is proposed. The strategy enables the hand to manipulate objects in-hand without any information of their geometry or physical properties. Finally, the thesis describes the experimental test conducted to validate the theoretical results.


identifier: Xu, J. (2006). What factors influence parent compliance with the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prevention program? (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23930

publisher:
Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 86-95
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Ferguson, F. R. (1986). Steam assisted gravity drainage model incorporating energy recovery from a cooling steam chamber (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19750

publisher:
Engineering
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xiii, 132 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TN 871 F43 1986
Thermal oil recovery
Injectors
Steam - Thermal properties

abstract: Bibliography: p. 131-132.


identifier: Robinson, P. S. (1984). The Falklands crisis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12294

title: The Falklands crisis

creator: Robinson, P. Stuart (Peter Stuart), 1958-

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

subject:
JX 1395 R62 1986
International relations
Falklands Islands War, 1982

abstract: Bibliography: p. 142-147.


identifier: Crookes, G. P. (2008). Mozi on warfare: a critical analysis of Mohist military thought (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2049

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 155-159


identifier: Ziv, B. (1983). Hypnotherapeutic approach to weight loss and its maintenance (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23257

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

subject:
RC 552 O25 Z58 1983
Obesity - Treatment
Hypnotism - Therapeutic use

abstract: Bibliography: p. 138-148.


identifier: Yu, B. (2005). Inference protection through query translation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16891

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 87-92


identifier: Sezgin, M. (1983). Some mixed boundary value problems in magneto-hydrodynamics (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21979

format:
xiv, 298 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QA 920 S49 1983
Magnetohydrodynamics
Boundary value problems

abstract: Bibliography: p. 295-298.


identifier: Barnard, Z. G. (2011). Conversion of petroleum coke to activated carbon and its application to naphthenic acid removal from tailings pond water (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4120

format:
xvi, 173 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 144-155


identifier: Manickavasagam, M. (2014). Sensitivity Dependent Chance Constrained Programming for Uncertainty in Power System Planning (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27752

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject:
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
Chance Constrained Programming
Uncertainty
Power System Planning

abstract: This thesis develops iterative algorithms for solving joint Chance Constrained Programming (CCP) based stochastic problems in power system planning. A generation expansion problem with load uncertainty is formulated as joint CCP and solved by incorporating sensitivity in the iterative algorithms. These algorithms exploit the characteristics and the response of the system with respect to the variations in the load. The buses in the system are classified according to its stress level and depending on contribution of each bus to the system reliability, it is treated uniquely in the iterative algorithm. By employing sensitivity, a few mathematical challenges in solving joint CCP problem is addressed and also optimal expansion solutions are obtained due to the correct estimation of the uncertain load. The IEEE 30- and 118- bus test systems are used to demonstrate the algorithms and results from the proposed algorithms are compared with the other existing algorithms for solving the joint CCP problem.


identifier: Fitzgerald, C. (2004). The characterization of fibrous sheath and outer dense fiber proteins of the rat sperm tail (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20490

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 116-124
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Holder, M. T. (1982). An Evaluation of a pre-retirement planning programme (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14331

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

subject:
HQ 1062 H64 1984
Retirement - Planning

abstract: Bibliography: p. 65-69.


identifier: Reid, B. A. (2010). The momentous city: reconceptualizing urban design (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3301

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 148-151
Thesis is in colour.
Signature page has not been included.


identifier: Tung, E. T. (1999). A multiport antenna for an indoor PCS smart antenna system (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21239

format:
xxi, 166 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TK7871.6 .T86 1999
Antennas (Electronics)
Adaptive antennas.
Wireless communication systems

abstract: Bibliography: p. 141-145.


identifier: Zhou, Z. (1998). Simplification of triangulated meshes (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18785

title: Simplification of triangulated meshes

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

subject:
T385 .Z46 1998
Computer graphics.

abstract: Bibliography: p. 105-110


identifier: Mehmet, Y. (1973). Hydrogen sulphide/sulphoxide reaction (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/5144

title: Hydrogen sulphide/sulphoxide reaction

format:
xvi, 181 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QD 341 S6 M44 1973
Hydrogen sulphide
Sulphoxides
Chemical reactions

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 164-170.
PL


identifier: Appell, J. (1977). The Joint effect of counsellor mode and student personality on outcome (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15135

format:
xii, 188 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
LB 1027.5 A66 1977 Microfiche
Counseling
Student counselors
Students - Psychology

abstract: Bibliography: p. 132-146.


identifier: Konavattam Shanmugam, S. (2008). New enhanced sensitivity detection techniques for gps l1 c/a and modernized signal acquisition (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1812

contributor:
Lachapelle, Gérard
Nielsen, John

format:
xxi, 266 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 255-263
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Mozafari Jovein, Y. (2022). Integrated Expansion Planning of Electricity, Heat, and Gas in Presence of Demand and Wind Uncertainty (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Rosehart, William
Bergerson, Joule
Westwick, David
Zinchenko, Yuriy
Yanushkevich, Svetlana
Gokaraju, Ramakrishna

subject:
Power systems expansion planning
Integrated energy systems
Wind and demand uncertainty
Clustering
Robust optimization
Energy
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical

abstract: Recent shift towards higher renewable penetration in power systems, has resulted in increasing gas-fired generation capacity in power systems, implying electricity and gas infrastructure interdependency. Furthermore, highly efficient combined heat and power (CHP) units lead to heat and electricity interdependency. It is crucial to consider these interdependencies in the expansion planning of energy systems for an effective and reliable investment planning and policy design. In this thesis, the problem of integrated expansion planning of electricity, heat, and gas in presence of demand and wind uncertainty is addressed. A comprehensive multi-area planning model including generation, CHPs, boilers, transmission network, and gas pipeline expansion is proposed. The advantages of integrated approach versus the non-integrated approaches in terms of cost and emission is illustrated through simulations on a simplified Alberta energy system model. Representative operating scenario selection method is used to model wind and demand uncertainties, and to address computational complexity of a central planning model. Load duration curve technique is compared with k-means and k-means++ clustering, the impact of initialization is investigated, and the impact of spatial data correlation on the solution is analyzed. To overcome drawbacks of k-means clustering, application of algebraic multi-grid clustering in scenario selection for integrated energy system expansion planning is explored. The simulation results on a modified IEEE-118 bus test system and a 14-node gas network shows that the algebraic multi-grid clustering outperforms the classical methods such as k-means by following the benchmark case more closely. Finally, to ensure robustness of the obtained investment plan, an adaptive robust optimization model including electricity demand, heat demand, and wind uncertainty is proposed. The model ensures reliability targets in both electricity and heat sector are met. The simulation results on the IEEE-118 bus test system verify the effectiveness of the proposed model in dealing with uncertainties and meeting future electricity and heat demand reliably.


identifier: Teame, D. (2020). Multiple Lives: A Narrative Autoethnography Exploring Women’s Migration Experience (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Rankin, Janet M.
Dela Cruz, Añiela M.
Goopy, Suzanne E.

subject: Ethiopia, migration, Middle East, Canada, domestic workers, autoethnography, intersectionality, gender, race, nationality, citizenship, ethnicity, class, healthy immigrant effect, deskilling of immigrants, feminized migration.

subject: Education

subject: Education--Bilingual and Multicultural

subject: Education--Social Sciences

subject: Literature--African

subject: Gender Studies

subject: Social Work

subject: Ethnic and Racial Studies

subject: Nursing

abstract: This autoethnographic research investigates my shifting positions of privilege and oppression that are part of my personal experience of global migration. Using a theoretical framework of intersectionality, this research develops a deeper understanding of my varied migratory journeys. I identify as an East African Canadian who resides in Qatar. There are women in my life, such as my mother and domestic workers in Qatar who share similar identities, yet their experiences are significantly different from mine. This observation has led me to examine current literature that links to migration experiences and experiences constructed by identities that result in oppression and privilege. My experiences rooted from my multiple identities such as, female, Canadian, Ethiopia, Eritrean, immigrant, and black continuously shift placing me in positions of being privileged or being oppressed, a phenomenon that I have refer as my multiple lives. In this autoethnography, I deconstruct my multiple lives to expose the systemic imbalance of power in society that link into my intersecting identities, which refers to how, where and which of my multiple identities intersect. Evocative story telling is used as a strategy to expose how my nursing work is enmeshed with my activist work and my moral conviction that health is a fundamental human right. The work entreats readers to develop a personal knowledge, built in relationship with my multiple lives and expose the day-to-day injustices being perpetrated within globalized migration.


identifier: Paul, S. J. (1991). Local government development planning for Alberta 'No longer new' towns: case study of the Swan Hills colloquium (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12351

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

subject: JS 1724 S93 P38 1993

subject: Local government - Alberta - Swan Hills

subject: Swan HIlls (Alta.) - Politics and government

abstract: Bibliography: p. 142-147.


identifier: Malig, T. (2016). Assessing Ryanodine Receptor Inhibition and Antioxidant Ability of Carvedilol and its Abilities (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25020

contributor:
Back, Thomas George
Ling, Chang-Chun
Derksen, Darren
Heyne, Belinda

subject: Chemistry--Organic Metabolites Antioxidants Carvedilol

abstract: The antioxidant ability of the commonly prescribed antiarrhythmic medication carvedilol was assessed using two distinct assays. The first assay monitored the depletion of the stable radical DPPH via hydrogen atom abstraction utilizing UV-VIS spectrophotometry. The second assay involved monitoring the inhibition of a radical chain reaction initiated by UV light. Three metabolites of carvedilol were synthesized and assessed in each assay along with carvedilol and several benchmark antioxidants to ensure assay validity. It was determined that carvedilol possessed negligible antioxidant ability in both assays, while the metabolites possessed moderate-high antioxidant strength. It is therefore concluded that the antioxidant ability of carvedilol originates from the phenolic metabolites and not from carvedilol itself. The primary function of carvedilol to regulate calcium handling in cardiac myocytes was also assessed for each metabolite using a mutant embryonic cell line. It was determined that metabolic deactivation via hydroxylation pathways is minimal.


identifier: Liu, B. (2004). Water, waste, and wonder: revisiting the relationship of hydraulic infrastructure and the built environment (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17699

contributor:
Lee, Tang Gim
Drew, Robert

format:
xiii, 177 leaves : ill. ; 38 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 156-159


identifier: Voegtlin, S. (2023). Formation of biologically influenced palladium nano/microstructures and resulting limitations of metabolic functions by Desulfovibrio species (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Bryant, Steven
Hubert, Casey
Siegler, Hector

subject:
Bionanohybrid
Bio-Pd
Desulfovibrio
Nanoparticle
Nanowire
Palladium
Scaffold
Biology--Cell
Microbiology
Biogeochemistry
Engineering
Engineering--Chemical
Engineering--Environmental
Materials Science

abstract: A wide range of bacteria is known to be capable of synthesizing metallic nanoparticles. One such bacterium, Desulfovibrio desulfuricans, can reduce palladium ions to elemental palladium (Pd) and form nanoparticles that attach to the surface of the cells. Previous research has been concerned with utilizing this ability as an innovative method for the production of precious metals, but the impact of these surface associated metallic nanoparticles on bacterial metabolism has not previously been investigated. In addition, the amount of Pd that a microbe can reduce in this manner has also not been explored. Desulfovibrio species can exist as members of the microbial community inside low carbon steel oil and gas pipelines and play a role in internal microbially influenced corrosion as a result of the production of hydrogen sulfide from sulfate reduction and the oxidation of steel. This study demonstrates the remarkable extent to which Desulfovibrio desulfuricans and Desulfovibrio ferrophilus IS5 can be coated with locally generated metal nanoparticles, with individual cells carrying more than 100 times their mass of palladium metal. The effect of metal coating mass on metabolism and replication for a wide range of loadings is also studied, revealing that Desulfovibrio spp. are unable to utilize sulfate for iron oxidation at a specific threshold which further prevents the formation of corrosive sulfide. This work also demonstrates for the first time that the Desulfovibrio spp. studied are capable of self assembling a variety of structures through metal reduction, forming unique biological-palladium scaffolds. Furthermore, D. ferrophilus IS5 rapidly produces microbial nanowires in response to palladium reduction, interlinking with neighbouring bacterial cells. This further adds to the complexity and range of potential self assembled nanomaterials. These findings offer a new method for preventing internal pipeline corrosion and a novel approach to self-assembled materials.


identifier: Parr, N. A. (2011). Predictors of parastism in wild white-faced capuchins (cebus capucinus) (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4142

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 91-105

abstract: A page is in colour.

abstract: Includes oversized pages.

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


identifier: Boyle, T. (2011). Drawing: the eternal medium (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4299

title: Drawing: the eternal medium

format:
xii, 389 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 355-389


identifier: Moraes Righi, T. (2016). Evaluation of Catalytic Steam Cracking Process for Total Acid Number Reduction of Heavy Oils (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25982

contributor:
Pereira-Almao, Pedro
Hassanzadeh, Hassan
Roberts, Edward
Salahub, Dennis

subject:
Engineering--Chemical
Engineering--Petroleum
Heavy oil processing
Total acid number
Catalytic Steam Cracking

abstract: This study aims to evaluate the performance of different catalysts and conditions in the activity and deactivation patterns of catalytic steam cracking for total acid number reduction in northern Alberta bitumen. Several heavy oil properties relevant for their commercialization were also investigated. The conditions tested varied from 360-390oC and 800-4,200kPa. The results showed a great activity towards total acid number reduction, further enhanced when using a hydrogenating function containing catalyst. A kinetic study was performed initially excluding the effects of deactivation. The study over extended hours of continuous operation revealed a progressive deactivation. In response to this behavior a guard reactor was implemented. This deactivation was modeled and a regeneration test was successfully performed. Poisoning by metal deposition was found to be negligible over time-on-stream thus deactivation was mainly due to coke deposition. A commercial reaction scheme was proposed and economically evaluated.


identifier: Lowry Johnston, D. J. (1986). Concerns and criteria for siting hazardous waste facilities (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19989

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

subject: TD 811.5 J63 1987

subject: Hazardous waste sites - Environmental aspects

subject: Hazardous waste sites - Hygienic aspects

subject: Health risk assessment

abstract: Bibliography: p. 111-120.


identifier: Rahman, F. (2013). Interface Between The River and The City in a Historic Mixed Use Urban Context: Comprehensive Urban Waterfront Development Design Strategies in The Context of Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26611

publisher:
Environmental Design
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject: Urban and Regional Planning

subject: Urban waterfronts, South Asian City, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Density, Buriganga River, Mixed land use pattern, Urban design, Waterfront development design strategies.

abstract: This research addressed the issues and challenges in developing urban waterfronts in the context of a densely populated and ever-changing South-Asian city, Dhaka, in Bangladesh. Waterfront developments in most South-Asian cities are facing a different set of challenges than other parts of the world, because of very high density and environmental issues. The city of Dhaka is no different in this regard, but being an old historic city located on the banks of a major river (the Buriganga River), there are even more difficult challenges regarding historic preservation and in accommodating mixed land use patterns and their different functions along the water edge gracefully. Dhaka is a changing megacity, where the river still acts as sustainable life blood for the whole region. This research addressed these and other factors and proposed a series of waterfront development design strategies.


identifier: McGinley, P. J. (1971). Validity theory with applications to a behaviour and consequence record (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12123

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject:
LB 3051 M18 1971 Microfilm
Educational tests and measurements
Behaviorism (Psychology)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 77-82.


identifier: Sharp, C. R. (2002). The role of inhibitory competition in activation-based models of word identification (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20332

format:
vii, 167 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 S533

abstract: Bibliography: p. 136-162


identifier: Jensen, T. M. (2012). Using unstructured questions to enhance critical thinking in an asynchronous, online, introductory financial accounting course (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4970

format:
x, 244 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 226-244

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

abstract: Stakeholders are concerned that accounting graduates cannot consistently demonstrate critical thinking (CT) skills. Assessments such as unstructured questions have been used successfully in both face-to-face and online senior courses in an effort to enhance CT skill development, but little is known about the impact of such interventions in online junior courses. This study invited students enrolled in an asynchronous, continuous-enrollment, online offering of an introductory accounting course to participate in a control and experimental group. An intervention aimed at enhancing a student's CT skill development was introduced to students in the experimental group. The intervention engaged students in a web-based, active learning method that required them to respond to unstructured questions to which peers provided and assessed reciprocal feedback. Although peer assessments were not included as part of a student's course grade, students received a maximum of 5% based on their rate of participation with the intervention. Two sources of data were collected: 1) survey responses from the experimental group regarding students' experience with the intervention, and 2) differences in the midterm and final exam results between the control and experimental groups. An analysis of the survey data collected from the experimental participants indicated that their perception regarding the impact of the intervention on their learning was generally favourable despite concerns raised about the reciprocal feedback process. However, the validity of the respondents' feedback was put into question because of the significant non-response rate. Based on an analysis of the midterm and final exam grades, the null hypothesis that no statistically significant difference existed between the midterm and final examination results of the control and experimental groups was accepted. This conclusion does not mean, however, that CT cannot be measured, nor does it mean that the intervention did not enhance CT skill development. It is more likely that the results from this study mean that grades were not a sufficient indicator of CT. This interpretation raises the question of what, then, would be an effective measure of CT? The results demonstrate that continued research is required to determine what strategy(s) might be effective in measuring CT.


identifier: Tanner, J. N. (2004). Why labour works: the valuation of subsistence economies (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12836

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 152-165


identifier: Hawkins, A. (2009). [in]variant architecture: designing for transnational communities (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2905

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
v, 132 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 131-132
Many pages are in colour.
Missing signature page.


identifier: Gowdayyanadoddi, N. (2015). Ultra-High Sensitivity GNSS Signal Acquisition Using Precise Oscillators (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28544

contributor:
Lachapelle, Gérard
Curran, James

subject:
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
GPS
GNSS
Precise Oscillators
Multipath
Ray Tracing
Multipath phase rate
Multipath frequency
Coherent Integration
Doppler difference

abstract:
The benefits of an ultra stable oscillator are studied in this thesis. The factors that limit
the coherent integration period extension given an ultra stable oscillator are first
analysed. Coherent integration of over 100 s is demonstrated using such an oscillator
and assistance data. It is shown that there is no significant benefit in using precise
instead of broadcast ephemeris to perform long coherent integration. It is demonstrated
that the position accuracy indoors is limited by multipath errors after the signal
sensitivity is resolved. Dealing with weak signal indoors when the signal is subject to
several reflections, experimental results show that there is no added advantage in
having large and costly antennas instead of small helix antennas.
A ray-tracing technique is proposed to study Doppler differences (DD) between LOS
and NLOS signals and it is shown how ray-tracing simulation derived DDs can be used
as input to multipath mitigation methods. The ray-tracing simulation results are
confirmed using a ground multipath model and actual measurements. Using 120 s of
coherent integration on GPS signals it is shown that LOS and NLOS signals can be
separated in the frequency domain even for a static case, leading to improvement in
measurement accuracy. Three possible ways of using ray-tracing based DD as a
means of alleviating multipath errors are proposed.
Experimental results show that it is possible to increase the probability of LOS and
NLOS signal separation in the frequency domain with a few seconds of coherent
integration using a slowly moving antenna, as opposed to a few hundred seconds for a
static antenna. Positioning results suggest that the moving case has a higher probability
of improving accuracy compared to that of the static case.


identifier: Wall, F. (1997). Lessons from the cooperative invasion of Christianity (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15628

format:
iv, 188 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 1997 W35

abstract: Bibliography: p. 178-185.


identifier: Rizvi, S. K. (2016). Identifying Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening in South Asian Muslim Immigrant Women (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26426

contributor:
Dickinson, Dr. James
Hebert, Dr. Marilynne
Bejoy, Dr. Thomas

subject:
Oncology
Public Health
Cervical cancer
Muslim women
Pap testing
Immigrant
South Asian
Pap smear
Screening

abstract:
We sought to identify the barriers to cervical cancer screening among South Asian Muslim
immigrant women in Calgary. Qualitative, semi-structured in-depth interviews, by snowball
sampling, were conducted with South Asian Muslim immigrant women of Calgary who were
unscreened or infrequently screened for cervical cancer. Eighteen women were interviewed and
the majority (66%) never had a Pap test. Major findings include: misunderstanding about Pap
test reminders, strong preference for a female physician who also speaks their language, negative
experiences with healthcare providers including painful Pap test experience. Major barriers
involved: lack of knowledge about cervical cancer, fatalist beliefs, transportation, language and
unavailability of female physicians. Separate centers for Pap testing, awareness and
encouragement by healthcare providers to get tested were strategies participants suggested.
Different healthcare strategies are needed at the system and provider level to improve healthcare
experience of these women and to promote cervical cancer screening.


identifier: Sailunaz, K. (2018). Emotion and Sentiment Analysis from Twitter Text (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32714

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Science
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Elhajj, Reda S
Elhajj, Reda
Rokne, Jon
Krishnamurthy, Diwakar

subject:
Text Emotion Analysis
Computer Science

abstract: Online social networks have emerged as new platform that provide people an arena to share their views and perspectives on different issues and subjects with their friends, family, and other users. We can share our thoughts, mental states, moments and stances on specific social, and political issues through texts, photos, audio/video messages and posts. Indeed, despite the availability of other forms of communication, text is still one of the most common ways of communication in a social network. Twitter was chosen in this research for data collection, experimentation and analysis. The research described in this thesis is to detect and analyze both sentiment and emotion expressed by people through texts in their Twitter posts. Tweets and replies on few recent topics were collected and a dataset was created with text, user, emotion and sentiment information. The customized dataset had user detail like user ID, user name, user's screen name, location, number of tweets/followers/likes/followees. Similarly, for textual information, tweet ID, tweet time, number of likes/replies/retweets, tweet text, reply text and few other text based data were collected. The texts of the dataset were then annotated with proper emotions and sentiments according to some benchmark models. The customized dataset was then used to detect sentiment and emotion from tweets and their replies using machine learning. The influence scores of users were also calculated based on various user-based and tweet-based parameters. Based on those information, both generalized and personalized recommendations were offered for users based on their Twitter activities.


identifier: Beirami, A. (2006). Direct neural-adaptive control of robotic manipulators using a forward dynamics approach (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/711

format:
x, 68 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 64-68


identifier: Troyer, J. G. (1972). Socialization in a Canadian penal setting (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11541

format:
xv, 179 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HV 7428 T74 1972
Prisoners - Canada
Rehabilitation of criminals - Alberta

abstract: Bibliography: p. 127-131.