identifier: Hanley, B. J. (2021). A Pragmatic Epistemology of Causal Selection in Safety Science (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Waters, C. Kenneth
Ereshefsky, Marc
Delehanty, Megan
Turner, Nick
Woodward, James

subject:
Philosophy of science
Safety
Causation
Disasters
Bhopal
Challenger
Systemic
John Stuart Mill
Pragmatism
Philosophy

abstract: Disasters in sociotechnical systems are caused by many factors. For example, the tragic chemical disaster in Bhopal, India, was caused by a leaky valve and a maintenance error. Safety scientists and investigators call these proximate factors. But the tragedy was also caused by what experts call systemic factors, which include the facility’s design, the organization of its workforce, and the safety culture of the plant and surrounding community. Other disasters share a similarly complex causality, depending on a multitude of proximate and systemic factors. Investigators and scientists distinguish between these different types of factors because they think each has distinctive causal features and also because they often think some factors are more significant causes of disasters than others. In this dissertation, I analyze these distinctions and the reasoning experts use when selecting important causes of disasters in cases like the Bhopal gas tragedy and the Challenger shuttle loss. Using James Woodward’s interventionist theory of causation, I explicate three causal concepts that can be used to distinguish among causal factors: amplifying/damping, causal inertia, and causal delay. I employ these concepts to elaborate and clarify the causal features safety scientists identify to draw distinctions among different types of causal factors, and their reasons for thinking some causes are more important than others for understanding disasters. My dissertation takes a pragmatic approach to causal selection. Although philosophers have emphasized John Stuart Mill’s remark that selecting individual causal factors is “capricious,” I base my approach on Mill’s deeper thinking about the logic of causal selection and the philosophical challenge it poses. I show that selections of causal factors in investigations of disasters and the surrounding discussions of safety are motivated primarily by the dual aim of preventing future disasters and making systems safer. Considering these purposes is essential to understand why investigators single out causes with certain features. Analyzing causal selection in terms of why certain types of causes with certain kinds of features are more useful than others for particular purposes clarifies vital reasoning about the important causes of disasters and enriches our understanding of causal knowledge.


identifier: Pritchard, R. G. (1970). Torsion shear interaction of reinforced concrete beams (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19378

publisher:
Engineering
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xiv, <146> leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

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

subject:
TA 683.5 B3 P75 1970 Microfilm
Concrete beams
Reinforced concrete construction

abstract: Bibliography: p. 107-110.


identifier: Dalhouse, M. (1995). Parent-child political value congruency (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22107

title: Parent-child political value congruency

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
ix, 96 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HQ 784 P5 D35 1995
Children and politics
Parent and child
Political socialization
Family

abstract: Bibliography: p. 78-84.


identifier: Hearn, M. T. (1972). Anger and reciprocal inhibition therapy (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18416

title: Anger and reciprocal inhibition therapy

format:
vii, 75 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
BF 575 A5 H42 1971 Microfilm
Anger
Aggressiveness (Psychology)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 42-45.


identifier: Christensen, P. A. (1986). The Plain dealer and The deputy: a study in technical direction and sound design for the theatre (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16407

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

subject: PR 3774 P42 C56 1987

subject: Wycherley, William, 1640-1716. Plain dealer

subject: Hochhuth, Rolf. The deputy

subject: Theater - Production and direction

subject: Theaters - Sound effects

abstract: Bibliography: p. 82-84.


identifier: Wilton-Clark, A. (1996). Re-designing suburbia (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15663

title: Re-designing suburbia

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
v, 71 <6> leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HT 166 W567 1996
City planning - Alberta - Calgary
City planning - Environmental aspects
Suburbs - Alberta - Calgary

abstract: Bibliography: p. <72-77>.


identifier: Vestrum, R. J. (2021). Local Factorization of Multidimensional Differential Operators to Optimize Implicit Solution Methods (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Science
University of Calgary

contributor:
Lamoureux, Michael P.
Trad, Daniel Osvaldo
Liao, Wenyuan

subject:
Hyperbolic PDE
Partial Differential Equation
Implicit Finite Difference Method
Local Grid
Back-Substitution
Finite-Difference Method
Factorization
Laplace Operator
Education--Mathematics

abstract: Solving multidimensional differential operators using implicit finite-difference methods involves a computationally intensive step of calculating the solution to a system that involves both the current and future state of the system. If a linear operator can be expressed as an affine combination of sufficiently many orthogonal finite-difference approximations, then it is possible to factor the operator as product of an upper triangular matrix and that matrix's adjoint. Using the factor calculated in this Affine Local Grid Factorization (ALG-F), it is possible to solve the system by simple back substitution followed by forward substitution resulting in an implicit scheme that is O(N)  rather than O(N^2) typical in implicit finite-difference schemes. Included are the equations to calculate the ALG Factorization for the wave equation in two and three dimensions to demonstrate the method provides robust and accurate results.


identifier: Campbell, M. A. (2008). Transverse electromagnetic (tem) horn antenna and balun for ultra-wideband (uwb) microwave breast imaging (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1614

contributor:
Fear, Elise
Okoniewski, Michal

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 122-129
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Salluzzi, M. (2010). Understanding the limitations in dynamic susceptibility contrast magnetic resonance perfusion studies: the role of partial-volume averaging in the arterial reference function (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3697

contributor:
Frayne, Richard
Smith, Michael Richard

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 235-254
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Graspointner, A. (1977). Some aspects and problems of the archaeology along the Milk River in southeast Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18559

format:
xiii, 186 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: Milk River region, Alberta - Antiquities

subject: Indians of North America - Alberta - Antiquities

abstract: Bibliography: p. 129-135.


identifier: Mehmuda, A. A. (2023). Anti-freeze: high-quality adaptive live streaming with real-time transcoder (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Anti-Freeze: High-Quality Adaptive Live Streaming with Real-time Transcoder

contributor:
Wang, Mea
Krishnamurthy, Diwakar
Drew, Steve
Zhao, Richard

subject:
streaming
transcoding
HEVC
containers
Computer Science

abstract:
Video streaming constitutes more than 80% of Internet traffic [1], and the demand continues to rise as interactive video applications like virtual conferencing/collaboration as well as augmented/mixed reality emerge. Such interactive video applications pose a challenge for real-time video transcoding and streaming. Transcoding is a computationally intense process and if not performed efficiently it can result in unwanted delays, which further limit the Quality-of-Service (QoS) delivered by the streaming protocol. In this thesis, we aim to address the real-time challenge and propose Antifreeze, a complete end-to-end solution for real-time transcoding and streaming. We propose a machine-learning solution to estimate the transcoding time and resource requirement, which is used to direct our real-time transcoder to transcode video segments at the rate matching their frame rate. We complete the Antifreeze design with a novel quality adaptation algorithm that not only considers visual quality and bandwidth dynamics, but also transcoding time and necessary computing resource allocation. Our results show that Antifreeze significantly reduces the playback stalls and substantially improves the visual quality in interactive video streaming sessions under various bandwidth
profiles.


identifier: Hill, G. (2017). Bayesian Calibration for Logit Model Microsimulations: Case for PECAS SD in San Diego (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25096

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Hunt, John Douglas
Kattan, Lina
Dann, Markus
Wang, Xin

subject:
Urban and Regional Planning
Statistics
Engineering--Civil
Land use models
Microsimulation
Bayesian inference
Model calibration

abstract:
Bayesian inference is a versatile method for incorporating new information into a model while still respecting existing knowledge. One application of Bayesian inference is the calibration of models that are controlled by a large number of parameters, but where the data usable for calibration is incomplete or unreliable. Microsimulation models of urban development fit both of these criteria, but calibrating them is further complicated by their non-determinism.
I investigated a calibration method called Bayesian Expected Value Calibration, which is designed to overcome non-determinism while incorporating existing knowledge, in the context of the PECAS Space Development model of the San Diego area. The test consisted of creating synthetic data using known behavioural parameters, calibrating the Space Development model to targets derived from the synthetic data and with priors reflecting imperfect existing knowledge, and assessing how closely the calibrated parameters matched the true values.
I found that BEVC was generally effective at converging towards the true values of the parameters, and often received meaningful contributions from both the prior knowledge and the new observations under a range of plausible conditions. As would be expected from Bayesian theory, increasing the number of observations or the amount of useful prior knowledge improved the accuracy of the calibration. The method was robust under reasonable levels of human fallibility in creating the priors, and only suffered from significant loss of accuracy under extreme assumptions. However, more sophisticated methods of objectively determining the weights to assign to the data sources did not significantly improve calibration accuracy.


identifier: Mohammed Shakeel, F. (2021). Adaptive Hierarchical Control in V2G Integrated Micro-grids (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary

contributor:
Malik, Om
Knight, Andy
Nowicky, Ed
Epstein, Marcelo
Gole, Aniruddha
Malik, Om

subject:
Micro-grids
Self-tuning control
Grid-tied inverter
Electric vehicle
Vehicle-to-grid
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical

abstract: An adaptive hierarchical control system for utilizing electric vehicle (EV) batteries to provide energy storage service in a Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) integrated micro-grid is presented in this thesis. The control system consists of an on-line self-tuning (ST) adaptive inverter controller at the primary level and an Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) based energy management system (EMS) at the secondary level of the micro-grid hierarchical control system. A micro-grid test system based on a dc fast charging station is developed in order to utilize electric vehicle batteries for energy management. A grid connected voltage source inverter is used to connect the charging station to the point of common coupling. Development and implementation of an on-line self-tuning adaptive controller for the grid-connected inverter, that overcomes the limitations of conventional fixed gain PI controllers is described in the first part of the thesis. The proposed ST controller uses recursive least squares identification with a variable forgetting factor for system identification, and pole-shifting control with a variable pole-shift factor for control synthesis. In Part II of the thesis, an ANFIS based EMS is proposed for micro-grid energy management at the secondary level of the hierarchical control system. The control algorithm takes into account various uncertainties associated with micro-grid operation like intermittent power generation from renewable energy sources, random availability of EVs for storage, dynamic load demand etc., and allocates the power optimally among the available resources. After independently analyzing the performance of the primary and secondary level controllers, comprehensive case studies are carried out to analyze the performance of the overall hierarchical control system in Part III of the thesis. The coordinated operation of the primary and secondary level controllers was able to maintain an optimal power balance in the micro-grid by utilizing the fast response and reserve capacity of EV batteries, while also minimizing the power transfer to/from the main grid. A comparison between self-tuning and PI based inverter controllers at the primary level is done to re-emphasize the superiority of adaptive controllers over fixed gain controllers in giving an optimal performance during changes in system operating conditions.


identifier: Norris, D. (1992). Factor structure of the Preschool Behavior Questionnaire: sociometric and social cognitive correlates (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21774

format:
x, 96 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
LB 1124 N67 1992
Behavioral assessment of children
Preschool children

abstract: Bibliography: p. 85-96.


identifier: Kepford, C. R. (1968). An Electron spin resonance study of hindered and unhindered aromatic radicals (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22224

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

subject:
QD 591 K44 1968
Electron paramagnetic resonance
Spectrum analysis
Chemistry, Organic

abstract: Bibliography: p. 112-115.


identifier: Delisle, C. L. (2001). Success and communication in virtual project teams (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11905

format:
xiv, 428 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HD69 .P75 D45 2001
Project management
Virtual work teams
Success in business
Communication and technology

abstract: Bibliography: p. 338-373


identifier: Gilroyed, B. H. (2010). Anaerobic digestion of feedlot cattle manure and specified risk materials: energy production and prion degradation (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3884

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 140-160


identifier: Hildebrand, L. J. (2007). Canadian cosmopolitanism: youth perspectives of citizenship for the postmodern era (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1288

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 127-130


identifier: Slater, J. A. (2013). Quantum Correlations for Fundamental Tests and Quantum Communication (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27511

subject: Physical Atomic Optics

abstract:
Quantum correlations arising from measurements on pairs of entangled particles are often referred to as the most non-classical feature of quantum mechanics. As such, they have found a role in many fundamental tests of quantum mechanics and most emerging applications in the field of quantum communication. The most well-known fundamental test is the Bell inequality. Its repeated violation in countless experiments has convinced physicists that local hidden variables cannot describe the correlations arising from measurements on entangled particles. On the application side, quantum correlations have been used in quantum key distribution, which aims to provably secure messages during transmission, and quantum repeaters, which are essential for future long-distance quantum communication.

The main goal of this thesis was to use quantum entanglement for new fundamental studies and quantum communication applications. Towards this end, we developed a high-fidelity source of entanglement and used it in a fundamental test where we bounded the predictive power any physical theory could have about the outcomes of measurements on entangled particles. Secondly, we made use of entangling measurements to develop a new quantum cryptography system based on the promising MDI-QKD protocol, which protects users from otherwise undetectable hacking attacks. We developed a detailed model of MDI-QKD systems with which one can optimize any implementation, deployed our MDI-QKD system across the city of Calgary, and demonstrated the feasibility of this protocol and of long-distance entangling measurements. Thirdly, we have built a source of entanglement compatible with quantum memories, which is an essential ingredient of quantum repeaters. We then demonstrated several crucial steps towards a functioning quantum repeater, including the preservation of entanglement during storage and, more generally, the entire photonic wavefunction. While further work is required to bring our demonstrations to real-world applications, we are confident that they will prove useful in guiding future developments.


identifier: Stacey, M. (1999). Becoming and remaining pedagogically strong (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23727

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

subject:
LC196 .S73 1999
Critical pedagogy

abstract: Bibliogrpahy: p. 135-145.


identifier: Liu, C. (1998). Physical and rheological characterization of selected polymer modified asphalts (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16660

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

subject:
TA443 .A7 L58 1998
Asphalt--Additives.
Polymers
Asphalt--Rheology.

abstract: Bibliography: p. 199-210


identifier: Fei, Z. (2000). Refinements of geodetic boundary value problem solutions (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17607

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

subject: QB281 .F45 2000

subject: Geodesy - Mathematics

subject: Boundary value problems - Numerical solutions

subject: Gravity - Measurement

abstract: Bibliography: p. 192-198.


identifier: Balon, Y. (2006). Psychological well-being in adults with congenital heart defects (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/753

publisher:
Nursing
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
x, 130 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 99-114


identifier: Hemphill, G. L. (1973). Practical on-line FFT system identification (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22274

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

subject:
QA 402 H45 1973 Microfiche
System analysis

abstract: Bibliography: p. 99-100.


identifier: Stabler, L. G. (1989). Asante residence: options and obligations (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18855

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

subject: DT 507 S695 1989

subject: Ashantis (African people) - Social life and customs

subject: Ghana - Social conditions

abstract: Bibliography: p. 166-172.


identifier: Purighalla, S. (2011). Non-linear digital-to-analog converters for low voltage (3.3v/1.8v) applications (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3971

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 125-130


identifier: Wooding, K. (2010). The sieve problem in one- and two-dimensions (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3480

contributor:
Williams, Hugh C.
Dimitrov, Vassil

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 181-190


identifier: THOMPSON, CARMEN. (2016). Enhancing the Patient-Provider Relationship in the Provision of Prenatal Care to Women with Low Income (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25909

contributor:
Cairns, Sharon
RAMSDEN, VIVIAN
Steeves, Phyllis
DRUMMOND, NEIL
Strong, Tom
DAHLKE, RITA

subject:
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Prenatal care
Low income
Patient-provider relationship
Action research

abstract: Prenatal care is valuable for women who are at risk of poor birth outcomes due to psychosocial vulnerabilities, including poverty. It is, however, well established that women with low income receive less prenatal care than women of higher socioeconomic status. The patient-provider relationship is an aspect of quality care that mediates the relationship between service provision and equitable care for socially vulnerable populations. There is a dearth of literature that examines how provider characteristics influence the use of prenatal care or interventions to improve access by improving the quality of patient-provider relationships. This gap persists, despite evidence that difficulties in interactions between providers and patient with low income are a barrier to care. This research employed pragmatic action research to engage patients and providers of a community health clinic in articulating practices to enhance relationships between women with low income and prenatal care providers. Pragmatic AR is a cyclical process of data collection and analysis designed to address a community concern and in which knowledge is expressed, analyzed, and tested by participants. The research aims were threefold: (1) to identify critical events in relationships between women with low income and prenatal care providers; (2) to have patients develop vignettes depicting critical events in prenatal care encounters and discussion points to facilitate dialogue about these; (3) to have health care providers and patients use the vignettes and discussion points to identify and evaluate practices to improve the quality of patient-provider relationships. The patient generated vignettes illustrated difficulties associated with judgment and patient involvement with Child and Family Services (CFS). Participant generated management strategies centered on practices for the delivery of non-judgmental care, assessing and communicating about risk, preparing patients for possible CFS involvement, and improving continuity of care. Development of strategies for management of critical events in relationships between patients and provider is a first step towards addressing inequitable access to services and health outcomes. Use of pragmatic AR, which incorporated strategies for patient engagement, has resulted in the development of strategies that are relevant to patients and providers, increasing the uptake of findings.


identifier: Pizandawatc, M. (1996). Training manuals for aboriginal planning and community development: Part 1 Linking healing and community development for planning in aboriginal communities (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1708

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

abstract: Bibliography: 86-91


identifier: Ng, E. K. (1964). Spectroscopic studies of nitroso compounds and of triaryl carbonium ions (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14754

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

subject:
QC 463 N8 N4 1964 Microfilm
Spectrum analysis
Nitroso-compounds - Spectra
Aromatic compounds - Spectra
Carbonium ions

abstract: Bibliography: p. 155-159


identifier: Morrison, A. (2010). High latitude ionospheric scintillation: detection and isolation from oscillator phase noise as applied to gnss (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3691

contributor:
Lachapelle, Gérard
Cannon, M. Elizabeth

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 157-170
Many pages are in colour.


identifier: Abma, G. S. (2004). Implementation framework for an agricultural business development zone: the case of Northeast Edmonton (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20457

contributor:
Tyler, Mary-Ellen
Quinn, Michael S.

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 110

abstract:
A recently annexed block of prime agricultural land and ecologically significant natural areas in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada provides an ideal case study to illustrate the application of the Business Revitalization Zone (BRZ) concept to 'greenfield' development in the urban-rural fringe. Based on the current land use issues in northeast Edmonton, five objectives for the creation of an implementation tool to guide an alternative to conventional suburban development were established. A literature review provided precedents and other urban-rural fringe innovations to inform an alternative development vision. A tool to implement the vision was developed by integrating a BRZ with a preferential tax treatment program, permanent agricultural zoning, and transfer of development rights program to create an Agricultural Business Development Zone. Finally, a roadmap for how the implementation tool will guide alternative development was created.

Key Words:   Business Revitalization Zone, Urban-Rural Fringe, Agriculture, Suburban Development, Sustainable Development


identifier: Pullin, W. M. (1988). Psychosocial factors associated with lagtime to diagnosis of breast cancer (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18936

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

subject:
RC 280 B8 P84 1988
Breast - Cancer - Psychological aspects
Breast - Cancer - Social aspects
Cancer - Prevention

abstract: Bibliography: p. 113-119.


identifier: Igonin, N. (2021). Hydraulic-fracturing induced seismicity in Alberta, Canada: Analysis and interpretation using dense local arrays (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Eaton, David
Lauer, Rachel
Lawton, Donald

subject:
Microseismic
Earthquake
Hydraulic fracturing
Induced seismicity
Geophysics

abstract: Unconventional oil and gas development is associated with anthropogenic earthquake activity worldwide. In particular, hydraulic fracturing, which involves the injection of high-pressure fluids into the subsurface, has been observed to trigger induced seismicity in some areas. The Duvernay Formation in Alberta is a target of hydraulic fracturing and has experienced induced earthquakes up to magnitude 4.2. To study hydraulic fracturing-induced seismicity in greater detail, a local dense array of sensors was used to collect four weeks of passive seismic data over a 4-well pad. In this thesis, this dataset is processed and interpreted using a variety of techniques. Supplementary information, such as waveform data from broadband seismometers and an accelerometer that were co-located with the dense geophone array, is also used to aid the interpretation. In some cases, it is found that the magnitude-frequency distribution obtained from the monitored seismicity deviates from the expected power-law form associated with the Gutenberg-Richter relationship. In particular, the largest earthquakes, greater than Mw 3.0, are larger than statistically expected given the observed seismicity. Spectral analysis of a subset of events reveals complex source spectra. For example, some of the events show evidence of a double corner frequency and a source time function with multiple peaks. A detailed analysis of the timing of events relative to the hydraulic fracturing stages reveals that natural fracture networks within the Ireton Shale, overlying the target Duvernay Formation, provided permeable conduits for an expanding region of elevated pore pressure. Using simple diffusive modelling, it is shown that these fracture networks allowed pore pressure to perturb fault systems at distances of over 1 km, consistent with observations of fault activation during treatment. In two datasets that are used in this thesis, shear-wave splitting analysis of microseismic waveforms provides evidence for stress rotation near the largest faults. Integration of these investigations provides a basis for a new working model for induced seismicity in the Fox Creek, Alberta, area.


identifier: Irvine, N. M. (1992). Synthesis and spectral characterization of naphtho[1,8-bc]thiophene and 3,4-disubstituted benz0[b]thiophene compounds (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11996

format:
xviii, 191 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QD 403 I77 1992
Thiophene - Spectra
Thiophene - Synthesis
Organic cyclic compounds
Ergot alkaloids

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 183-191.
Archive Copy: offsite


identifier: Ma, X. (2023). Non-suspended optomechanical cavities (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Non-suspended optomechanical cavities

contributor:
Barclay, Paul
Sanders, Barry
Oblak, Daniel
Friesen, Tim

subject:
Optomechanics
Diamond
Nano-optics
Photonic crystal
Spin-mechanics
Simulation
Non-suspension
Optics

abstract:
Phonon-photon interactions mediated by optical radiation pressure are powerful tools for quantum information transduction, for example between a quantum system used by a quantum computer or quantum memory and a quantum system used by a quantum communication network. Cavity optomechanics enhances photon-phonon interactions by co-localization of optical fields and mechanical resonances. The implementation of phononic localization in the majority of cavity optomechanical devices relies on creating suspended devices whose substrate has been selectively removed. However, this approach hinders integration with other quantum computing and communication components.
As an alternative, we have developed optomechenical cavities based on a gallium phosphide-on-diamond platform with no substrate removal. This new platform takes advantage of the high speed of sound in diamond to confine phonons via total internal acoustic reflection. We have designed a device that is predicted to allow an optomechanical photon-phonon coupling rate g0~110 kHz between photons in its cavity mode and phonons in its fundamental mechanical breathing mode. Our devices also have a great potential as an optomechanical interface for coupling electron spins of defect centers in diamond crystal lattice to telecommunication wavelength photons via optomechanically induced strain.


identifier: Saha, P. (2014). Microscopic characterization of a putative ER-membrane targeted  Puf RNA-binding protein in Arabidopsis thaliana (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26909

subject:
Biology--Cell
Biology--Molecular
RNA-Binding Proteins
Puf proteins
Microscopic characterization

abstract:
Cellular messenger RNAs (mRNAs) are associated with RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) that form ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes. These RNP complexes are the functional units that participate in post-transcriptional gene regulation activities. One group of RBPs that plays an important role in regulating cytoplasmic post-transcriptional control is the Puf family of RNA-binding proteins. Some of the general characteristics of plant Puf proteins, including their biochemistry, systematics and cell biology, have been studied in the Muench laboratory. The research reported in this thesis was aimed at conducting a microscopic characterization of a Puf protein, APUM6 that potentially targets to the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The ER is an organelle that has an essential role in protein synthesis. APUM6 does not appear to possess a signal peptide that is common in ER targeted proteins. Hydrophobicity plots further indicate the presence of a weak hydrophobic region that could assist in ER-anchorage.
The hypothesis of this thesis is that APUM6 anchors to the membrane of the ER and that this membrane anchorage is facilitated by a palmitoylation, a post-translational modification that attaches a palmitate to a cysteine residue in the protein to increase membrane-protein interactions. Also, it is proposed that the cytoskeleton plays an important role in the localization of APUM6. First, the subcellular localization of APUM6 was determined by expressing it as a fluorescent fusion protein in epidermal cells of fava bean and Arabidopsis using confocal laser scanning microscopy. These experiments determined that APUM6 is indeed localized to the ER membrane. Second, using cytoskeletal disrupting drugs, it was demonstrated that cytoskeleton was not involved in the localization of APUM6. Also, palmitoylation inhibitor 2-bromopalmitate treatment showed that palmitoylation likely is not mediating the anchoring of APUM6 on the ER membrane. The possible role for an ER targeted Puf protein could be to facilitate targeting of mRNAs that encode secretory or cytosolic proteins to the ER surface in order to enhance the efficiency of translation/and or import into the ER.

abstract: 2 years


identifier: Dang, C. T. (2015). Mechanistic Modeling, Design, and Optimization of Low Salinity Waterflooding (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26869

contributor:
Chen, Zhangxing (John)
Nghiem, Long

subject:
Engineering--Petroleum
Low Salinity Waterflooding
Enhanced Oil Recovery
Wettability Alteration
Multiple Ion Exchange
Geochemistry
Waterflooding
Water-Alternating-Gas
Robust Optimization

abstract:
Low Salinity Waterflooding (LSW) is an emerging attractive enhanced oil recovery (EOR) method because of its oil recovery performance and relatively simple, environmentally friendly implementation, when compared with conventional high salinity waterflooding and EOR approaches. Most studies on the subject have focused on the experimental and theoretical work, with varying, sometimes contradictory conclusions. This dissertation presents a systematic study of the LSW process and its potential for improved oil recovery.
The starting point for this research is an investigation of the underlying mechanisms of LSW by reviewing and analyzing the broad range of results that have been published over the past twenty years. Wettability alteration, leading to increased water wetness due to ion exchange and geochemical reactions, has been found to be the primary LSW mechanism. Based on the above findings, this thesis introduces one of the first mechanistic LSW models that can be used to design LSW process and interpret its laboratory and field-scale performances. A comprehensive ion-exchange model, fully coupled with geochemistry specially designed for the modeling of LSW physical phenomena, has been developed and successfully implemented in Computer Modelling Group’s GEM™ reservoir simulator. Not limited to pure LSW, it can also be used to model and design hybrid EOR LSW techniques such as Low Salinity Water-Alternating-CO2. Simulation results from new model were validated against the following: (1) PHREEQC geochemistry software; (2) North Sea sandstone coreflooding; and (3) Texas sandstone coreflooding. In these tests, validation results were excellent, in terms of average oil saturation, ion evolution and effluent pH profile.
Although the advantages of LSW have been reported, none of the systematic approaches has addressed the issue of modeling and predicting LSW field-scale performance. The new modeling approach introduced in this research can effectively capture the critical effects of geology in the LSW process. This integrated modeling approach involves the use of geological software, a reservoir simulator, and a robust optimizer in a closed-loop for sensitivity analysis, history matching, optimization, and uncertainty assessment. To capture clay effects, a new empirical correlation for cation exchange capacity has been developed. A 2D geostatistical LSW model was used to investigate the effects of geology on process performance. The field-scale benefits of secondary and tertiary LSW is then proven.
An important advantage of LSW is that it can be integrated with other EOR methods (in hybrid LSW processes). The merits of combining LSW with CO2 injection is investigated, and a novel EOR method, Low Salinity Water Alternating CO2 (CO2 LSWAG), is proposed. CO2 LSWAG injection promotes the synergy of the mechanisms underlying these methods which further enhances oil recovery and overcomes the late production problems frequently encountered in conventional WAG. CO2 LSWAG has been evaluated in both one-dimensional and full-field scale with positive results compared with conventional high salinity WAG.
The last part of this work presents an optimization approach for LSW well placement. The optimization results show that oil recovery can be significantly increased by locating wells for optimal wettability alteration and sweep efficiency. Robust Optimization for LSW was introduced based on multiple geological realizations, which overcomes the current weakness of optimization based on single geological realization. Robust Optimization is demonstrated to be an excellent approach for reducing the effect of geological uncertainty in LSW projects. Finally, preliminary screening and implementation guidelines for LSW operation are presented for both laboratory investigation and field-scale applications.


identifier: Avery, B. J. (1982). An evaluation of the nutritive processing assistance program in Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17899

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

subject: HD 9014 C32 A82 1982

subject: Food industry and trade - Canada

subject: Agricultural processing - Valuation

subject: Agricultural price supports - Alberta

subject: Feed processing - Economic aspects - Alberta

abstract: Bibliography: p. 253-258.


identifier: Harrigan, M. (2004). Defining the role of a green building consultant (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20917

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 147-151

abstract:
Typically the need for consultants is a direct result of trends in business and industry. These trends include the development of new technologies and programs, public and corporate awareness of issues, growing time constraints, underdeveloped skill sets, and human resource availability.
Green building is a relatively new industry and there is a growing trend evolving in North America creating momentum around this industry. Buildings and construction contribute directly and indirectly to most of our environmental problems; we are running out of resources and polluting the environment. For building owners and those involved in the design and construction of buildings, the decline in resource availability and the increase in utility costs will likely have a dramatic impact on the future.
Benefits of green building include environmental, economic, and social aspects. There is a need for buildings to be built better, there is a market developing for greener buildings, the market exists beyond the traditional boundaries of what other professionals typically offer, and there is vast opportunity for consultants in the green building field. There is no single definition for what a green building consultant is or does; for there are many opportunities available for someone to be successful at green building consulting who has the knowledge, skills and experience to enter this field.


identifier: Miller, G. W. (1977). Formal translation theory applied to information retrieval (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12066

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

subject:
Information retrieval
Machine translation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 59.


identifier: Francis, P. D. (1985). Agrarian transition, stabilization and decline in the prehistoric uplands of south-west England (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21150

format:
xxvi, 599 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
DA 90 F72 1985
England - Antiquities
Agriculture, Prehistoric - England

abstract: Bibliography: p. 547-599.


identifier: Ashraf Syed, N. (2020). Fear Decorated (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Fear Decorated

publisher:
Arts
University of Calgary

contributor:
Huynh, Kim
McQuitty, Jane
Rusted, Brian
Hamel, Catherine

subject: Security, Barricades, Power, Control, Exploitation of  Authority by a State, Surveillance, Pakistani artist, Female, Pakistan, Installation art, miniature painting.

subject: Fine Arts

subject: Landscape Architecture

subject: Education--Art

subject: Psychology--Social

abstract: My art practice is an ethical and imaginative discourse around Pakistan’s security culture anti-terrorism and its dependence on the production of cognitive illusions in the citizenry. My works elaborate on the use of urban furnishings of danger to rapidly create, continually reinforce and normalize the acceptance of surveillance. Concentrating on this subject matter, I use signs/elements such as razor wire, security barricades, which are painted in their original color theme of yellow, black, red, and white to visualize my lived experience under security surveillance. This thesis is a critical reflection on my creation throughout the MFA program. It is also an investigation of the use of traditional Mughal painting technique and Western art techniques, mediums, and methods within my art practice.


identifier: Jimenez Tellez, N. (2022). Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying anesthetic-induced cytotoxicity, and their impact on learning and memory (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary

contributor:
Syed, Naweed
Rice, Tiffany
Shutt, Tim
Yusuf, Kamran

subject: Anesthetics Sevoflurane Dexmedetomidine Cognition Behaviour Mitochondria Neuron Biology--Cell Biology--Molecular Neuroscience Biochemistry

abstract: Anesthetics are required for most – if not all – clinical procedures, ranging from surgery to dentistry practices. However, the precise mechanisms underlying anesthetic modes of action remain to be fully defined. Moreover, notwithstanding their essential requirements for all surgical procedures, recent animal studies have raised concerns regarding anesthetic’s long-term cytotoxic effects – especially on the nervous tissue. I designed this study to first, search for potential sites of anesthetic toxicity, and then aimed to decipher potential mitigating strategies accordingly. To achieve my objectives both in vitro and in vivo rodent models were used. For the in vitro studies, frontal cortical and hippocampal neurons were extracted from rat pups at postnatal day zero, and these were then exposed to various clinically relevant concentrations of sevoflurane and dexmedetomidine (DEX). Specifically, I tested sevoflurane, to determine its effects on cell viability, growth, synapse formation, mitochondrial function and morphology using a variety of morphological and molecular tools. All of the above-mentioned aspects examined in this study were compromised by sevoflurane. Furthermore, the sevoflurane-induced effects were then compared with DEX, which is thought to be less toxic and deemed potentially neuroprotective. I found that indeed DEX was not only safer, but it also exerted neuroprotective effects, rescuing neurons from sevoflurane-induced cytotoxicity. To test for the effects of these compounds on long-term effects on learning and memory, I used a battery of memory tests, which included open field, Morris water maze, novel object recognition testing and contextual fear-conditioning. I discovered that sevoflurane exposure of the neonates compromised learning and memory in the adult animals in several subtle, albeit important ways. Some, but not all aspects of sevoflurane-induced learning and memory deficits were however rescued by DEX pre-treatment. Moreover, the expression patterns of a host of genes were also found to be specifically perturbed by sevoflurane. These data were then correlated with the observed effects on cellular viability and learning and memory. This study thus underscores the importance of re-examining our position vis-à-vis the long-term effects of anesthetic exposure on the developing brain and invoking behavioural enrichment strategies in instances where anesthetic use becomes unavoidable.


identifier: Yuksel, Y. (2011). Design and analysis of inertial navigation systems with skew redundant inertial sensors (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4174

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 176-182


identifier: Xu, Z. (2004). Stochastic models for gas prices (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22619

title: Stochastic models for gas prices

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 108-110


identifier: Knott, C. (2007). Battered but not broken: exploring aboriginal women and intimate partner abuse (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1243

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

abstract: Bibliography:  p. 131-138


identifier: Barron, S. (2016). 'Thinking it Savors of the Miraculous': The Manitoba Institute for the Deaf and Dumb and the Growth of Deaf Public Life in Manitoba, 1884-1909 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28428

contributor:
Marshall, David
Stortz, Paul
McCoy, Liza

subject:
History
History--Canadian
Deaf History
Manitoba
Deaf education
Disability History

abstract: This study analyzes the role of the Manitoba Institute of the Deaf and Dumb in the growth of deaf communities in Brandon and Winnipeg, Manitoba. It asserts, using Habermas’s theoretical model of the growth of the public sphere, that while the school was built in response to an educational crisis for deaf school-age children in an emerging region of Canada, it also increasingly served to publicise and advocate for the concerns and politics of deaf people in Manitoba. Through an analysis of government correspondence, newspapers, and publications from the MIDD itself, this study argues that the school contributed to an increased political visibility of people with sensory disabilities in Western Canada between 1889 and 1909.


identifier: Powell, G. L. (1982). The Eastern short-horned lizard in Alberta: basic field ecology of northern marginal populations (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22877

format:
xvi, 343 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QL 666 L2 P68 1982
Horned toads

abstract: Bibliography: p. 310-343.


identifier: Mohammed, E. (2013). Clinical Decision Support System with Adaptive Software Framework for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia Cell Classification (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25333

contributor:
Far, Behrouz
Naugler, Christopher

subject:
Biomedical
Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS)
Machine Learning
Adaptive Software Framework
Classifier Fusion
Dempster-Shafer Theory
Tailored Wrapper Design Pattern
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL)
Bioinformatics
White Blood Cells
Data Mining

abstract:
This thesis presents a new clinical decision support system (CDSS), which operates within an adaptive software framework and a tailored wrapper design pattern for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) cell classification. The system goes through a sequence of steps while working with the lymphocyte images: it segments the lymphocyte with average segmentation accuracy of (97% ±0.5 for lymphocyte nucleus and 92.08% ±9.24 for lymphocyte cytoplasm); it extracts features; it selects from those features the relevant ones; and, it then classifies the selected features. The proposed system composite classifier model has a trust factor of 84.16%, accuracy of 87.0%, 84.95% true positive rate, and 10.96% false positive rate.
The framework along with the wrapper pattern became a generic interface for any new algorithm. The framework built on top of the data-centric architecture which provides a great flexibility to the system design. The wrapper verifies the new algorithm interface against built-in test procedures.


identifier: Xiaohui, M. (2007). Water migration and uptake on humic substances coated on clay minerals using nuclear magnetic resonance (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/869

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 87-90


identifier: Pavelka, J. (2010). Leisure negotiation within amenity migration (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3402

format:
xv, 445 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 401-418


identifier: Mohamed, H. (2011). Assessing the Impact of the Directly Observed Treatment Short-Course (DOTS) for the Control of Tuberculosis in DOTS-Recipient Countries: Cross-National Evidence for 1996-2006 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13348

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
ix, 96 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 68-73


identifier: Embleton, M. (1996). Community safety audits (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20679

title: Community safety audits

contributor:
Jamieson, Walter
Lyons, Glenn

format:
vi, 93 <26> leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: HV 7431 E63 1996

subject: Crime prevention - Alberta - Calgary

subject: Crime prevention - Calgary - Citizen participation

subject: Community policing

abstract: Bibliography: p. <113-119>.


identifier: Rajakaruna, R. M. (1989). A Comparative study of two pulse width modulation techniques (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21225

creator: Rajakaruna, Rajakaruna Mohotti Appuhamilage Sumedha

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

subject:
TK 7868 P8 R34
Pulse-duration modulation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 156-162.

abstract: As a help in selecting a PWM technique for a given application, a comparative study of the performance of a three-phase induction motor is made for current hysteresis modulation and conventional sinusoidal voltage modulation. Frequency domain analysis as normally applied for sinusoidal voltage modulation using the Fourier series representation of the waveforms is inapplicable for the analysis of current hysteresis modulation, because the waveforms are aperiodic. Since the switching instants of the current hysteresis modulated inverter can only be determined from a time domain analysis, a time domain technique using the system eigenvalues is applied for the analysis of both PWM strategies. The comparisons made for average values of torque and power loss, waveforms and spectra of line currents and e.m. torque for various operating conditions lead to the conclusion that highly variable inverter switching frequency of current hysteresis modulation brings many adverse results and thereby make it inferior to the sinusoidal voltage modulation.


identifier: Zender, M. U. (1999). Diacritical marks and underspelling in the classic Maya script: Implications for decipherment (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19313

format:
xiii, 225 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
F1435.3 .W75 Z46 1999
Mayan languages--writing
Mayan languages--diacritics

abstract: Bibliography: 145-164


identifier: Badescu, I. (2011). The effect of female kinship and relatedness on infant handling in ursine colobus (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4210

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 121-137.

abstract: Includes copy of Certification of Animal Protocol Approval form.  Original with original copy of Partial Copyright Licence.

abstract: A few pages are in colour.

abstract: I examined the effect of female kinship and relatedness on natal attraction and infant handling in wild Colobus vellerosus, an egalitarian, female philopatric species. Female kin categories were determined using known pedigree information and pairwise r values (nDNA genotyping by E. Wikberg). I observed twelve infants from June to November 2010 using ten-minute focal animal sampling, and compared female matrilineal kin versus non-kin behaviors towards the infants. Female kin exhibited more natal attraction than non-kin. Mothers resisted interactions from non-kin subadult females, yet subadult kin handled infants for longer durations. Kin and non-kin subadults handled at similar frequencies. Adult female non-kin infant handled more than kin. Results emphasize the gentle nature of infant handling and the easy-going temperaments of C. vellerosus mothers. Infant handling may be a mechanism of female bonding - exchanged between unrelated females of different matrilines in a group, to establish, maintain, and strengthen their social relationships.


identifier: Jakobsen, P. (1996). Touring strange lands: women travel writers in western Canada, 1876 to 1914 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20081

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

subject: PR 778 T78 J35 1997

subject: Travelers' writings, English - Women authors - History and criticism

subject: Women travelers - Great Britain - Biography - History and criticism

subject: Authors, English - 19th century - Journeys - Canada

abstract: Bibliography: p. 117-127.


identifier: Doddabasappla Basavarajappa, K. (2021). Cough Event Recognition Using Signal-Processing Based Feature Sets and Machine Learning, with Tri-Axial Accelerometer Sensor Worn at Multiple Body Points (Unpublished master thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary

contributor:
Vyas, Rushi J.
Murari, Kartikeya
Yanushkevich, Svetlana N
Medeiros de Souza, Roberto

subject:
Machine Learning
Convolution Neural Network
Accelerometer
Cough
Human Activity Recognition
Sensor
Signal processing
Frequency spectrum
Wearable technology
Artificial Intelligence
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
Computer Science

abstract: Human activity recognition (HAR) from time-series accelerometer and gyroscope sensor data has seen tremendous progress in recent years. Laying, standing, sitting, walking, walking down, and walking upstairs are the daily human activities that are commonly classified using sensor data. Cough is a common human activity and is also a symptom of various diseases including the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Cough detection and classification are well investigated in recent literature to varying levels of success. But, in most of the studies, sensor data for cough activity is collected during still conditions such as sitting or standing and from a specific location such as chest and neck only. The body position of data recording considerably impacts the data, significantly affecting the classification accuracy. In our study, we place tri-axial accelerometer sensors at different spots on the human body where a smartphone or wearable device such as earphones or headphones are commonly worn. We studied the data with statistical and machine learning (ML) based signal processing methods to find the best accelerometer sensor position to detect coughing events accurately on the human body. Our study finds the most suitable sensor position for cough recognition considering the noise introduced by walking and considering different human heights. The proposed multi-band frequency-domain features such as Spectral Summation, Spectral Maximum, and Spectral Spread of acceleration signal offer higher classification accuracy for cough activity.


identifier: Brown, A. A. (2010). Re-examining dissociations of remembering and knowing: orthogonal judgments vs. independent scales (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3565

format:
vii, 48 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 35-40


identifier: Kaasten, S. (2001). Integrating back, history and bookmarks in web browsers (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13817

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Science
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 K33

abstract: Bibliography: p. 97-98.


identifier: Chung, H. J. (2017). A Non-Canonical Function for NLRP3 and AIM2 in Kidney Diseases (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24925

contributor:
Muruve, Daniel
Hollenberg, Morley
Altier, Christophe

subject:
Biology--Cell
Immunology
Kidney
NLRP3
AIM2
Podocytes
Innate immunity
Inflammasomes
Non-Canonical
Apoptosis

abstract: NLRP3 and AIM2 are inflammasome-forming proteins that have been mostly studied in leukocytes. Canonical NLRP3 or AIM2 inflammasomes regulate cytokine maturation and pyroptosis via ASC and caspase-1 activation. Emerging studies demonstrate that NLRP3 or AIM2 is expressed in non-haematopoietic cells such as tubular epithelial cells (TEC) in the kidney. The central hypothesis of this thesis is that NLRP3 and AIM2 regulate host response to renal injury in the kidney. Primary mouse TEC lacking Nlrp3 displayed reduced caspase-8 activation downstream of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor and CD95. TNFα/cycloheximide treatment induced NLRP3/ASC/caspase-8 speck-like complex formation at the mitochondria during apoptosis. The assembly of NLRP3/ASC/caspase-8 specks was downstream of TNFR signaling and independent of caspase-1 or -11 activation. This data shows that NLRP3 and ASC form a conserved non-canonical platform for caspase-8 activation, independent of the inflammasome that regulates apoptosis within epithelial cells. Interestingly, AIM2 was detected primarily in podocytes in the glomerulus and distal tubules at a low level. In a mouse model of nephrotoxic serum (NTS)-mediated anti-GBM, Aim2-/- mice displayed increased glomerular cellular crescent (multilayered accumulation of activated parietal cells) formation, tubular injury and inflammation, and worse renal function compared to wild-type controls. In vitro outgrowth of podocyte lacking Aim2 was greater than wild-type and Aim2-/- podocytes did not express Nhps2 (podocin) mRNA, a podocyte maturation marker. Furthermore, AIM2 was found to augment transcriptional activity of Wilm’s tumour-1 that regulates Nphs1 expression. This data suggests that non-canonical AIM2 regulates podocyte maturation, proliferation and potentially podocyte-to-parietal cell trans-differentiation during cellular crescent formation in vivo. In a mouse model of kidney ischemia/reperfusion in vivo, a significant difference in tubular injury was not detected between wild type and Aim2-/- mice. In vitro, tubular Aim2 did not regulate caspase-8 activation during apoptosis, confirming a limited role for Aim2 in tubular cell death. However, Aim2 deficiency attenuated TGFβ-mediated Smad phosphorylation and αSMA induction. Overall, these data increase the understanding of NLRP3 and AIM2 biology in the kidney diseases and highlight overarching non-canonical roles for NLRP3 and AIM2 to regulate critical biological processes in the kidney independent of inflammasome activation


identifier: Zhou, J. (2005). A traditional Chinese medicine wholesale market in China: an urban design project (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1575

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 131-132
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Narang, R.  (2020). Developing a microfluidic-microwave platform for real-time, non-invasive and sensitive monitoring of pathogens and antibiotic susceptibility testing (Unpublished master thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Sanati-Nezhad, Amir
Murari, Kartikeya
Zarifi, Mohammad H,

subject:
Microfluidics
Microwave Sensing
Biosensors
Microwave Resonators
Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing
Pathogen Monitoring
Biology--Cell
Biology--Microbiology
Health Sciences--Epidemiology
Health Sciences--Medicine and Surgery
Health Sciences--Public Health
Engineering--Biomedical
Engineering--Chemical
Physics--Electricity and Magnetism

abstract: Microfluidics and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are areas of studies that have become highly valued for their point-of-care (POC) and high-throughput potential, particularly in healthcare and biomedical applications. However, lab-on-a-chip devices often require supplementary equipment to operate such as pumps, computers, analyzers, valves, etc. This creates a lab-around-a-chip environment. Therefore, capillary fluidics has been developed to eliminate the need of some external machines such as pumps and valves. By capitalizing upon geometric changes to create a specific hydrodynamic profile, capillary fluidics creates an autonomous fluid delivery system for microfluidics which renders devices simple to use in POC environments. Furthermore, it is easily implemented with various sensory methods, such as optical, electrochemical or microwave sensing. One application in which capillary fluidics can vastly improve the quality of service is infection diagnosis and antibiotic susceptibility testing. Due to issues with infection diagnosis and outdated antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) methods, physicians are over-prescribing broad-spectrum antibiotics. This coupled with patients’ non-compliance in antibiotic administration gives pathogens the ability to evolve a resistance to antibiotics. The root of the underlying issue creates a critical need to focus on bacterial infection diagnosis and AST, as contemporary practices require up to two weeks, are expensive, labor intensive, and lack the potential for point-of-care testing. Therefore, diagnosis and AST are not performed in most cases leading to broad-spectrum antibiotic prescriptions being overused. For the application of monitoring pathogens and performing AST, microwave sensing was selected for highly sensitive and relatively inexpensive implementation. Microwave resonators generate electrical fields and detect dielectric shifts within their sensing zone to characterize bioassays in a real-time, sensitive and non-invasive manner. Currently, microwave sensors are being optimized with multiple resonators to further optimize sensitivity and selectivity for biomedical applications. This makes microwave sensing an attractive approach to couple with capillary microfluidics for infection diagnosis and AST. This work aims to provide a proof of concept in coupling capillary microfluidics with planar microwave resonators to create a sensing platform to monitor the growth and antibiotic susceptibility of E. coli.


identifier: Wiltshire, J. (2011). Exploring potential moderators of the relationship between perceptions of organizational politics and its outcomes (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4418

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 52-60

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

abstract: While there is extensive research demonstrating that employee perceptions of politics are related to a number of negative workplace outcomes, there is little attention given to the possibility that these relationships may be moderated by a number of factors related to the perception an individual has towards his/her situation at work and of his/her abilities or skills to function successfully within it. The present study sought to investigate how certain dispositional and behavioural tendencies may influence employee attitudes and behaviours when perceiving their organization to be political. Data was collected online and cross-nationally from 268 full-time employees with varying vocational backgrounds. Results indicated that the adverse effect of POP on its outcomes is exacerbated for those employees who are willing to engage in political behavior (low Honesty-Humility), as well as those who actually do (high impression managers). Implications of these findings are discussed.


identifier: Gong, F. (2015). Studies on IT, Logistics, and the Structure of Production (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27915

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Haskayne School of Business
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject:
Business Administration--Management
Information Technology
Inout-Output Tables
Logistics
The Structure of Production
Production Theory
Production Interdependence

abstract: Information Technology (IT) has changed how firms and industries run their businesses and how they organize production. This thesis examines the relationships between IT and three important aspects of production organization: the usage of logistics outsourcing, the interde-dependence with upstream suppliers for intermediate inputs, and the structure of production in an economy. The first essay examines whether the advent of the Internet coincided with a move to the market in one of the most connected industries in the economy: logistics. We find that the effects of IT on outsourced logistics have changed with the advent of the Internet. The second essay examines the impact of an industry’s IT investment on its production interdependence with upstream suppliers, where we measure interdependence as direct backward linkage (DBL), and examines the relationship among DBL, total factor productivity (TFP), and value-added. We find that an industry’s IT investment reduces its production interdependence with suppliers and leads to greater value-added. The third essay explores the relationship between IT and the structure of production in an economy. We take a unique perspective, network analysis, to generate a variety of measures of the structure of production which we categorize as connectivity among industries in an ego-centric network and concentration in an ego industry’s supplying market. It is found that an industry’s IT investment is associated with an increase in the connectivity within its supplying network and a decrease in concentration in the supplying market.


identifier: Balasubramanian, S. (1997). A metamorphic control architecture for holonic systems (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23512

format:
xvii ; 209 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: TS156.8 .B335 1997

subject: Process control

subject: Real-time control

subject: Manufacturing processes - Automation

subject: Flexible manufacturing systems

subject: Computer integrated manufacturing systems

abstract: Bibliography: p. 197-209


identifier: Yue, R. (1997). The investigation of anodically formed oxide films at a mg alloy surface (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14109

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

subject:
TA462 .Y84 1997
Corrosion and anti-corrosives
Magnesium alloys

abstract: Bibliography: p. 154-159.


identifier: Wong, M. J. Q. (2018). Characterizing the Role of the Type VI Secretion System in Interbacterial Species Interactions and Pathogenesis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Dong, Tao G.
Devinney, Rebekah
Schriemer, David C.

format: video/quicktime video/quicktime video/quicktime video/quicktime video/quicktime video/quicktime application/pdf

subject:
Vibrio cholerae
Aeromonas hydrophila
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
T6SS
type VI secretion system
bacterial competition
microbial communities
T6SS signaling
Biology
Microbiology

abstract: Bacteria require molecular mechanisms to properly sense and respond to their environment. This allows them to compete for specific niches, persist in polymicrobial communities, and contribute to virulence and pathogenesis. One mechanism Gram-negative bacteria have adapted is the use of type VI secretion systems (T6SS). The T6SS is a large needle complex that spans across the entire bacterial cell wall and functions through a contraction mechanism that results in the delivery of toxic effector proteins into neighbouring cells. Virulence is achieved through the targeting of essential components found in either eukaryotic or prokaryotic organisms, including cell wall, membrane lipids, and DNA. Despite the importance of the T6SS as an interbacterial weapon, there still exists an incomplete understanding of how T6SS expressing species can co-exist and the implications of antagonistic responses in shaping polymicrobial communities. Further, these species are often subject to a changing environment and yet, the role of environmental signals and their influence on interspecies interactions and the expression of the T6SS, remain largely unknown. Here, I examined the role of the T6SS in the context of multispecies communities. Using a mix of two antagonistic T6SS strains, Vibrio cholerae V52 and Aeromonas hydrophila SSU, both species co-existed despite active bacterial killing. Fluorescence microscopy analyses revealed survival was possible through the formation of sister-cell clusters. Cluster formation was dependent on T6SS effector delivery, highlighting a unique mechanism where destructive responses can mediate protection within a community. I also examined the environmental signals that activate the T6SS using Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1, a strain with a tightly regulated T6SS, as a model system. Results reveal that extracellular DNA, prevalent in cystic fibrosis sputum, activates the H1-T6SS cluster of P. aeruginosa. The addition of excess magnesium ions in the media negates the effect of eDNA on T6SS activation, suggesting eDNA may be a chelator of membrane ions and T6SS activation is a consequence of a perturbed membrane. Overall, I provide new insight into how bacterial communities are shaped, and the type of adaptations bacteria undergo to better survive and compete in the environment.


identifier: Lumb, R. G. (1978). Introducing social services to District #7 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23587

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

subject: Social service - Alberta - Calgary

subject: Institutional care

subject: Social work with the aged

subject: Social work with the physically handicapped

subject: Social work with the chronically ill

abstract: Bibliography: p. 79-80.


identifier: Shahroodi, M. (2021). Three dimensional topology and structural differences in the turbulent wake of cantilevered square and circular cylinders protruding thin boundary layers (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Martinuzzi, Robert
Mohamad, Abdulmajeed
Hassanzadeh, Hassan

subject: Engineering--Mechanical

abstract: A comparative experimental study is conducted of the flow around cantilevered circular and square-section cylinders to investigate the effects of the cylinder geometry and the boundary layer state on the wake structures and flow topology. Detailed velocimetry results are presented in the wake of circular and square cylinders protruding a thin laminar boundary layer at a nominal Reynolds number of 10500. The results are compared to those for similar cylinders protruding a thin turbulent boundary layer at a nominal Reynolds number of 12000. In all cases, the wake is turbulent and characterized by quasi-periodic, K´arm´an-like vortex shedding with Strouhal numbers ≈ 0.1. For all cases, the signature of the shed vortices are dipole vortical structures imprinted on the mean wakes. The square cylinder in the laminar boundary layer, however, exhibits a more complex mean wake with additional structures: a secondary pair of descending vortices, far-wake and plate junction vortices. It is shown that the boundary layer state affects the wake dynamics. A low-frequency instability is observed at higher elevations of both cylinders in the laminar boundary layer, yet this instability is not directly related to instabilities of the laminar horseshoe vortex system. Unlike the circular cylinder, the low-frequency instabilities are shown to interact with the K´arm´an shedding process for the square cylinder wake. For the square cylinder, regions of bi-stable flow are observed. Locally, the flow switches between two-preferred states. While for laminar boundary layers, bi-modality is observed around half-height, for the turbulent boundary layer, bi-modality is observed close to the ground plane and close to the free-end of the cylinder. Surprisingly, perhaps, the mean wake structure for the circular cylinder does not appear sensitive to the boundary layer state. This work establishes the importance of the boundary layer state on the mean wake structure and topology, which ostensibly is a result to a modification of the wake dynamics. The outcome of the work also establishes that circular and square cylinder wakes differ in some important fundamental aspects. This result is potentially of applied importance as many engineering applications, for examples building standards, do not distinguish between circular and square cantilevered geometries.


identifier: Kipp, A. J. (2018) Heterogenous Change in Neuronal Bursts Following Recovery from Activity Silencing (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32789

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

contributor:
Colicos, Michael A.
Turner, Ray W.
Davidsen, Jörn

subject:
neuronal network
tetrodotoxin
avalanche
complexity
excitatory balance
inhibitory balance
activity silencing
Calcium Imaging
netcal
OASIS
fluo-4
synaptic change
heterosynaptic
silent synapse
homeostatic scaling
hub neuron
bursting
hippocampal culture
rat
Biology--Cell
Neuroscience
Toxicology
Engineering--System Science

abstract: Silencing of activity in hippocampal neuronal cultures was used to study how dynamic neuronal activity achieves a state of homeostasis, using calcium imaging to detect neuronal firing patterns. Recovering cultures were found to display abnormal activity patterns after 48hrs of exposure to tetrodotoxin, as indicated by paradoxical spike and correlation statistics. It was found that the cultures recovering from activity silencing did not resemble a neuronal system with enhanced excitation, but differed significantly from control experiments. Using a newly developed measure of homogeneity it was found that activity patterns in cultures recovering from silencing were more heterogeneous during bursts, which is in contrast to the current perception that bursting activity is a homogeneous event. It was also observed that there were more active neurons during the recovery period. It is hypothesized that these changes in neuronal system dynamics are brought about due to the insertion and heterogenous manipulation of silent synapses. Results suggest a mechanism through which the interplay between homeostatic scaling, silent synapses and bursting behavior could mediate neuronal network homeostasis.


identifier: Burns, C. (2013). Developing a Usable API for Multi-Surface Systems (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25621

contributor:
Maurer, Frank
Costa Sousa, Mário

subject:
Computer Science
Multi-Surface

abstract:
A multi-surface system brings together a variety of different devices – such as a tabletop, tablet, mobile phone and wall display – into a single cohesive system. This integration allows users to take advantage of the unique capabilities of each device in ways that would not be possible using those devices separately. But creating usable interactions for moving content and control between all these devices has proven a difficult problem. Spatially augmented gestures, which are gestures which incorporate the spatial layout of the room as well as the people and devices in it, might provide a solution to this problem. Building such gestures into a multi-surface systems is difficult and tedious to develop. It represents too large an investment of time and effort for developers to bear. To decrease the cost of developing such systems, we have created an API – called MSE-API – that allows developers to quickly and efficiently add gestural interactions to multi-surface applications. In developing such an API we focused especially on making it usable for developers. Specifically we insured the API was learnable and discoverable for inexperienced developers but still an efficient tool for more experienced developers.
This thesis presents the requirements and structure of an API for developing multi-surface systems with spatially augmented gestures. The result of two case studies, in which the API was used to develop real world multi-surface applications, are also presented.


identifier: Arablou, Z. (2019). Analysis of Financial Transmission Rights Obligations and Hourly Congestion Prices in PJM Markets (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Ware, Antony Frank
Swishchuk, Anatoliy V.
Wu, Jingjing

subject: Financial Transmission Rights, PJM market, Power market, Mathematics

subject: Education--Mathematics

abstract: In this research we analyze patterns of FTR obligation contracts using hourly data from January 1st, 2015 through December 31st, 2018 between PJM Western and AEP Dayton hubs and concluded that there are positive net profits in FTR obligation contracts if someone were to buy and hold the contracts until they were actualized. We applied Schwartz’s one-factor log-model to changes in congestion prices, but our tests showed that residuals of the model are not normally distributed. We then applied OU process to outright congestion prices and used recursive approach proposed by Clewlow and Strickland (2000) to remove jumps from OU residuals. We concluded that non-jump and jump data sets are not normally distributed in both PJM Western and AEP Dayton hubs. Given congestion prices showed fat-tails and non-normal distributions for both jumps and non-jumps data points, we applied Johnson’s Unbounded Distribution to congestion prices and calibrated its parameters for both congestion prices. We defined a variable to filter out hourly data depending on how much of transmission interface were used in different hours and we recalibrated sets of parameters for those cases.


identifier: Gunarathne, D. G. (2002). Quantification of landfill gas emissions (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13582

publisher:
Engineering
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xxvi, 193 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 G865

abstract: Bibliography: p. 174-193


identifier: Helm, J. B. (2007). Implementing an innovative 'fit breaks' program with elementary school teachers in cohort and non cohort groupings: issues of attitude, adoption, creativity and engagement (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1088

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 135-144

abstract: Implementation of innovations for classroom use is commonplace for teachers. The objectives of this investigation were to use innovation and change theory research to develop a model of the linear nature and stages of change; to examine the effect of treatment (training and support visits by the researcher as a change agent) on the attitudes and beliefs of teachers implementing a new educational program, F.I.T. Breaks; to evaluate the F .I. T. Breaks program; and to revise the Model based on the study outcomes. First, the Helm-Katz Model was developed to address issues such as need for change, drivers of change, willingness or unwillingness to participate, and implementation, re-invention, or celebration of change. Next, 36 teachers were recruited and non-randomly assigned to either a Cohort group, which received training, support, and weekly meetings, or a No Training group, which only received materials at the beginning of the study. Data was collected via three questionnaires, logbooks, and a follow-up email. Factor analysis and calculation of composite variables (Level of Engagement and Level of Creativity) was used to reduce the data set. MANOV As followed by ANOV As were performed on the derived factors and composite variables and compared between the two treatment groups before and after the study. Comments on the questionnaires were classified and tabulated. There was a difference after implementation between the Cohort group and the No Training Group on a factor concerning belief that the program benefits students (significant at P = 0.027) and a factor concerning program use and enjoyment (trend at P = 0.123). Additionally, ANOV As identified two non-significant variables of interest. A factor concerning benefit and recommendation of the program was higher in the Cohort group, and the number of comments on the Post-Study was higher in the No Training. Evaluation of teacher comments revealed that the F.I.T. Breaks program was highly successful. The Helm-Katz model was redesigned with respect to the role of the change agent, effect of the complexity of the change on intention, and importance of both engagement and creativity in the adoption of an innovation.


identifier: Brumley, L. M. (1971). The Narrows Site in Waterton Lakes National Park (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15136

format:
xiii, 316 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: F 5766 B77 1971 Microfilm

subject: Waterton Lakes National Park - Antiquities

subject: Alberta- Antiquities

abstract: Bibliography: p. 77-87.


identifier: Russell, S. M. (2011). The Treatment of Carbon Capture and Storage Projects Within Emissions Trading Systems (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11854

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Law
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 140-154


identifier: London, C. L. (2006). A grounded theory of moral choice for male department chairs (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/283

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 200-213


identifier: Sprecher, B. W. (1995). Scientific studies and their application to policy development in Canada (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19297

format:
xii, 155 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
Q 127 C2 S67 1995
Science and state - Canada
Technology and state - Canada

abstract: Bibliography: p. 139-147.


identifier: Lewis, B. (2017). Critical thinking and Empathy in the Helping Professions (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25490

contributor:
Stam, Henderikus
Boon, Susan
Radtke, Lorraine
Zhao, Xu

subject:
Psychology--Social
Critical Thinking
Empathy
Helping Professions
Postsecondary Education
Discourse Analysis

abstract: As espoused by most institutions of post-secondary education, critical thinking is considered one of the most important outcomes of that education. Despite this, the literature does not provide a coherent or concise meaning for this term. In previous research, examining students’ understandings and discursive uses of critical thinking, empathy was occasionally implicated in a relationship with critical thinking. This research project attempted to further examine students’ understandings of critical thinking and its implicated relationship with empathy through focus groups of graduate students and students pursuing a professional degree in a subset of the helping professions. Using a form of discursive psychology for analysis, three major findings were presented. First, students’ discussions produced a wide array of meanings for critical thinking, but an interpretative repertoire for critical thinking was not made evident. Secondly, students’ talk also demonstrated the rhetorical use of critical thinking to account for what should be occurring in practices of students’ profession or academic disciplines. Finally, students’ discussion of empathy did not evidence an interpretative repertoire for a relationship between critical thinking and empathy. Rather students’ accounts demonstrated considerable discursive flexibility in their talk of critical thinking, which appeared to account for the relationship between critical thinking and empathy found in previous research.


title: Enhancing Exploratory Testing with Rule-Based Verification

publisher:
Department of Computer Science
University of Calgary

abstract: Yes


identifier: Renger, R. F. (1992). Predicting success in professional ice hockey (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11065

format:
xvi, 281 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
GV 847 R46 1992
Hockey players
Hockey players - Ability testing
Career development
Success

abstract: Bibliography: p. 266-274.


identifier: Blackburne, R. M. (1975). Effect of turnover costs on the demand for labour in Canadian manufacturing (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12414

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

subject:
HF 5549 B623 1974 Microfiche
Labor turnover - Canada
Personnel management
Canada - Industries

abstract: Bibliography: p. 104-108.


identifier: Osterlin, D. W. (1971). Optimum strategies for obtaining a maximal set of random variables from a sequence of independent random variables (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11937

format:
vi, 53 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QA 273 O86 1971
Probabilities
Decision-making

abstract: Bibliography: p. 49.


identifier: Fishley, D. (2016). Slavoj Zizek, Radical Theology, and the Materialist Defense of Christianity (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27800

contributor:
Ruparell, Tinu
Ruparell, Tinu
Joy, Morny
Moran, Brendan

subject:
Philosophy
Religion
Religion--Philosophy of
Theology
Slavoj Zizek
Thomas Altizer
Radical Theology

abstract: This thesis explores the theological assertions of the philosopher Slavoj Žižek. Žižek, an atheist and a materialist, has produced a rather substantial body of work concerning Christianity in general and Christian theology specifically. My aim here is several. First, to provide an intellectual portrait of the dominant themes and ideas that emerge from Žižek’s earliest writings to his most recent. Second, to show how certain tensions which emerged in these earlier writings provided the impetus for his later interest to Christian theology. As well, I will argue that Žižek’s specific form of Christian theology echoes the themes and tensions announced by Radical theology, I shall show this via a study of the dominant themes that are prevalent in Thomas Altizer’s Death of God Theology. Finally, in my analysis of Žižek’s various theological claims I set out to describe the actual form of Christianity which surfaces from Žižek’s encounter with Christianity, by asking: what is the image of Christ that emerges from Žižek’s analysis? Why did Christ incarnate in flesh and have to die according to Žižek’s theology? And what does it mean to be a Christian, transformed by Christ, resulting from the interaction between Žižek and Christian theology?


identifier: Epping, K. A. (2018). The Impact of Parental Involvement on Student's Academic Achievement, Parental Well-Being, and Parent-Teacher Relationships (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/33079

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

contributor:
Nordstokke, David William
Brandon, Jim
Roessingh, Hetty

subject:
family-school partnerships
parental involvement
student academic achievement
parental well-being
parent-teacher relationships
Educational Psychology
Education--Elementary
Psychology--Developmental

abstract: From an ecological perspective, there is great pressure in today’s society to bond the linkages between home and school environments to positively influence childhood outcomes, in which parental involvement and family-school partnerships have been highlighted in the education system. Research to date has heavily focused on the impact of parental involvement on children’s academic achievement, but minimal research has been devoted to exploring the influence that such practices may have on other partners involved, such as parents and teachers. Thus, the present study is threefold in nature as it aims to better understand the impact that parental involvement can have on childhood outcomes, parental well-being, and parent-teacher relationships. Specific types of parental involvement practices were found to be associated with children’s numeracy achievement, parent’s reported levels of daily stress, and communication within parent-teacher relationships. Recommendations are provided to assists schools in their attempts to foster joint partnerships between home and schools that go beyond basic communications.


identifier: Wickel, P. E. (1987). Effects of interconnecting the electric systems of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan on the reliability of supply in Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16195

publisher:
Engineering
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xvi, 201 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: TK 3091 W525 1987

subject: Electric power distribution - Alberta - Reliability

subject: Electric power systems

abstract: Bibliography: p. 178-180.


identifier: Reader, M. L. (2006). How 'dew' you spell that word?: a developmental analysis of the role of working memory in children's spelling of consistent and inconsistent rimes (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/779

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 65-70


identifier: Vieyra, D. (2003). Biochemical and molecular studies on the candidate tumor suppressor ING1 during apoptosis and senescence (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17285

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 229-254
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Boyd, H. J. (1993). Simulated secants and overlapping ovoids (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18952

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

subject:
QA 273.5 B68 1993
Stochastic geometry
Random variables

abstract: Bibliography: p. 150-157.


identifier: Deng, L. (1996). Exploring potential energy surfaces using density functional theory and intrinsic reaction coordinate methods (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15178

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

subject:
QD 461.5 D46 1996
Excited state chemistry
Molecular dynamics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 197-208.


identifier: Mitchell, B. (2023). Making nationalism work: German attempts at liberalism and nationalism, 1848-1871 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Making Nationalism Work: German Attempts at Liberalism and Nationalism, 1848-1871

contributor:
Timm, Annette
Dolata, Petra
Wagner, Martin

subject:
Germany
Liberalism
Nationalism
Nineteenth Century
Bismarck
Metternich
France
Italy
1848
Economics--History

abstract: Between 1815 and 1848, a burgeoning liberal democratic movement challenged the conservative monarchies of Germany. During the Revolutions of 1848, that movement was able to seize power and establish a new Germany which promised a nation-state based on rights and freedoms. However, by 1871 and the establishment of the German Empire Germany had gone from a burgeoning liberal state to a military autocracy clad in the garb of a federation. By examining the constitutions of the two states, as well as the reasons behind the structures of those constitutions and the decisions which went into writing them, this thesis examines how exactly the liberal movement in Germany lost so decisively that within nearly 20 years of a temporarily successful revolution the liberal movement in Germany had been marginalized and reduced to relying on the support of Otto von Bismarck. It concludes that the German liberal movement had started off internally divided, and therefore when they took power in 1848 they were faced with the realization that while they had thought they shared a common perception of what rights and freedoms meant they in fact disagreed about all of the details. Their attempt to resolve these differences took a long enough time that they were unable to overcome the difficulties their broader political situation posed, and therefore a counterrevolution succeeded. Otto von Bismarck was able to present himself as a better version of the liberals, who could provide everything they had offered while also successfully compromising with the existing power structure in Germany. By doing so, he was able to establish a united German state. This is reflected in the differences between the two constitutions. The 1848 constitution very carefully allocates powers, while Bismarck’s 1866 and later 1871 constitution defers to existing treaties between the German states. This explains the differences between the two constitutions, and also the degree to which the liberal movement in Germany was weakened.


identifier: Salazar-Arcila, C. (2013). Investigating the effects of CSF-1R and PI3Kdelta inhibition on a breast cancer bone metastasis model (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26639

subject: Oncology

subject: Biochemistry

subject: CSF-1 Receptor

subject: GW2580

subject: Breast cancer bone metastasis

subject: ABT-869

subject: MDA-MB-231

abstract:
Development of breast cancer-induced bone loss depends on the activation of osteoclasts
by tumor-derived factors that promote osteoclastogenesis and osteolysis. The PI3K
pathway is activated by several of these factors, in particular CSF-1. Given the ability of
PI3K signaling to promote osteoclast survival and activity in a CSF-1R dependent
manner, we hypothesized that inhibition of CSF-1R or PI3K signaling with compounds
GW2580 and ABT-869, and IC87114, respectively, would decrease osteoclast
development and activity leading to decreased osteolysis. Using bioluminescence
imaging and μCT, we identified that GW2580 and ABT-869 significantly decreased
osteolytic lesions and tumor growth in MDA-MB-231 bone metastases. Also, GW2580
increased bone mass in normal C57BL/6 mice, validating the effect of this inhibitor on
CSF-1R-expressing osteoclasts in vivo. Since IC87114 failed to reduce tumor growth and
osteolytic damage, we concluded that CSF-1R signaling, independent of PI3K p110δ
signaling, contributes significantly to tumor growth and to tumor-induced osteolysis in this model.


identifier: Szumlas, B. M. (2000). The nature of advice shared in formal mentoring experiences (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15633

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

subject: LB1731.4 .S98 2000

subject: Mentoring in education - Alberta - Case studies

abstract: Bibliography: p. 130-137.


identifier: Burgess, K. R. (1984). The Respiratory effects of upper airway cold receptors (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13944

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

subject:
QP 458 B87 1986
Smell
Respiration

abstract: Bibliography: p. 115-121.


identifier: Bolkan, Y. G. (1991). An Efficient algorithm for optimal pipeline design and operation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21245

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

subject: TJ 930 B64 1991

subject: Pipelines - Design and construction - Computer programs

subject: Petroleum - Pipelines

abstract: Bibliography: p. 93-97.


identifier: Blodgett, C. F. (1990). Application of data fusion techniques to panchromatic and multispectral SPOT imagery, southwest Yu (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15737

format:
xii, 174 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: QK 63 B46 1990

subject: Vegetation mapping - Yukon Territory - Kluane National Park

subject: SPOT (Artificial satellite)

subject: Yukon Territory - Kluane National Park - Cartography

subject: Yukon Territory - Kluane National Park - Remote sensing

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 152-156.
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