identifier: Jackson, M. H. (1984). Interpretation, natural history and management in the Galapagos Islands (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20635

creator: Jackson, Michael H. (Michael Hume), 1959-

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subject: QH 198 G3 J323 1986

subject: Natural history - Galapagos Islands - Guide-books

subject: Galapagos Islands - Description and travel - Guide-books

subject: Natural parks and reserves - Galapagos Islands - Management

abstract: Bibliography: p. 215-230.


identifier: Downe, P. J. (1990). Competing models of illness and disease: the study of leishmeniasis in Campeche, Mexico (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11614

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
ix, 164 leaves ; 30 cm.
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rights: University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.

abstract: Bibliography: p. 155-164.

abstract: Health intervention programs often fail because the biomedical model and folk model of disease are in competition and are incongruous. There is a need for an integrated explanatory model of disease that accounts for both the clinical and cultural perspectives. The purpose of this study is to construct such a model. The parasitic disease, leishmaniasis, in Campeche, Mexico is the subject of this investigation. Five rural villages in the tropical forest of Southern Campeche were studied in order to determine the cultural perceptions of the disease. This research was conducted over a three month period in association with an ongoing investigation of leishmaniasis centered in the University of Yucatan, Merida. The construction of the integrated model requires that a folk model of the disease be developed first. This involves two processes. The introductory study sets forth the broader, cultural beliefs of health and illness in general. The second study develops a specific model of leishmaniasis encompassing the popular, family and expert models. The results of these investigations show that the concepts of strength, equilibrium, personal responsibility, and the etiological agent are prominent to the people's understanding of disease. The symptomatic severity is determined by the degree of incapacitation, pain, and life endangerment. Criteria for treatment success includes the rapidity of cure, painlessness, and ease of access to the treatment. Patient trust is also crucial to treatment choice. Therefore, herbal and self - administered treatments are preferred for all diseases. Leishmaniasis is considered to be severe given the associated economic loss, role strain, pain, and treatment availability. The biomedical model may be drawn from the ongoing medical investigations and the current literature. Biomedically, leishmaniasis is considered to be very mild and non-burdening. The synthesized model is constructed for the health intervention strategy. The disparities between the two competing models may be resolved by expanding the categories of the existing models or by bridging the two models with a new construct. The contrasting perceptions of the burden of illness is the greatest impediment to the intervention campaign. Therefore, the bridging mechanism proposed is a systematic scoring method that provides a standardized, repeatable measure of burden. This measure accounts for both models and may provide an evaluative mechanism for the intervention. The efficacy of the intervention may improve as the burden of leishmaniasis is clarified and refined, outlining the specific targets of the health care program. The process involved in the construction of these models may be utilized in the study of other diseases and the intervention attempts, particularly when the existing models of the disease are incongruous. This study emphasizes the relevance of anthropological inquiry to the health care intervention process.


identifier: Iftinca, M. C. (2004). Mechanisms of rat basilar artery relaxation in health and in a model of subarachnoid hemorrhage (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20843

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abstract: Bibliography: p. 183-217

abstract: Some pages are in colour.

abstract:
Cerebral vasospasm is a primary complication after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Despite a great deal of research regarding the pathogenesis of arterial vasospasm, the mechanisms involved still remain poorly understood and, as a result, the treatment strategies employed today have controversial results in the prevention and treatment of this disease.
Within the cerebral circulation, the rate of total cerebral blood flow is held within a relatively narrow range, in spite of wide variations of systemic blood pressure. Among the local regulatory mechanisms, a great deal of interest has been focused on the vascular endothelium and potassium channels, with both believed to play a major role in the regulation of vascular tone. Evidence indicates that the abnormalities in cerebrovascular function after subarachnoid hemorrhage, in vivo, may involve alterations m endothelial and/or potassium channel function. The present study was undertaken to examine endothelium-dependent and potassium-induced relaxation of rat basilar artery, as well as the involvement of potassium channels in the relaxation mechanisms, under control conditions and in a single injection rat model of subarachnoid hemorrhage. Effects of vasoactive agonists and potassium channel modulators on basilar artery tone were examined using a wire myograph.
This study provides evidence for a decrease in endothelial-dependent relaxation in spite of an apparent increase in eNOS protein expression after subarachnoid hemorrhage in the rat single injection model. We found that nitric oxide synthesis/release in the endothelium is dependent on endothelial membrane potential and this mechanism appears to be altered after subarachnoid hemorrhage. We also demonstrated for the first time that the ability of extracellular potassium to induce relaxation of basilar artery is partly dependent on nitric oxide release from the endothelium. In addition, this study demonstrates an increase in ouabain sensitivity of the tissue as well as a possible decrease in inward rectifier potassium channel expression/function after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Pretreatment with cerebro-spinal fluid from subarachnoid hemorrhage, but not control rats depressed acetylcholine- and authentic nitric oxide-induced relaxation of basilar arteries. Treatment with cerebro-spinal fluid obtained from control rats and rats with subarachnoid hemorrhage induced rapid changes in ouabain sensitivity of the tissue.


identifier: Al-Ani, A. (2019). Microscale Tissue Engineering and Contributors of the Cellular Niche (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary

contributor:
Ungrin, Mark D.
Biernaskie, Jeff A.
Kallos, Michael S.
Rancourt, Derrick E.
Hirota, Simon Andrew
Gratzer, Paul F.

subject:
Tissue Engineering
Cell replacement therapy
Niche Engineering
Retina
Islets of Langerhans
Pseudoislets
Retinal Pigment Epithelium
Oxygen
Biology
Biology--Cell
Engineering

abstract: The behaviour of cells is modulated by their microenvironment or ‘niche’. While cellular therapies offer promising curative solutions for many diseases, the efficacy of transplanted cells is often hampered by a suboptimal microenvironment. One strategy to overcome this limitation is to reconstruct the niche of the cells of interest prior to transplantation. The central aim of this thesis is to develop novel tissue engineering approaches to further understand and reconstitute the cellular niche. While these approaches were specifically validated in the retinal and islet systems, they were also designed to be easily implemented in other biological systems. One project showcases a novel scaffold-free, scalable and injectable retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) microtissue for minimally-invasive transplantation. While RPE transplantation holds great potential to cure various retinal degenerative diseases, cells transplanted as cellular suspension exhibit suboptimal survival and function. Conversely, transplanting RPE as coherent cellular sheets has yielded better outcomes, but they are complex to transplant and produce at large scale. Our RPE microtissues were designed to capture the benefit of both approaches: namely, simplicity of production and transplantation, as well as enhanced performance. We found that our RPE microtissue exhibited superior cellular behaviour in terms of gene expression and in vitro function when compared to standard adherent culture. Another project presents a unique approach to produce transplants with a reconstituted cellular niche. This approach aims to repopulate the niche by incorporating finite amounts and proportions of niche cells into transplantable constructs. Using it enabled us to produce size-controlled pseudoislet constructs that contained various proportions of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), fibroblast and endothelial cells, and to quantitatively evaluate their in vitro performance. Further, applying this approach led us to discover more than one favourable condition that yielded improvements in islet cell performance in vitro. While the islets of Langerhans were used for biological validation, the approach was designed to be broadly applicable to various biological systems. In sum, this thesis offers several novel approaches for scientists to better understand and enhance the cellular niche. The simplicity, accessibility and scalability of these approaches render them suitable for both scientific applications and clinical translation.


identifier: Bouwsema, K. (2009). Danes in Alberta, 1903-1939: a dynamic culture in an "invisible" ethnic group (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3094

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abstract: Bibliography: p. 138-150


identifier: Rodych, J. (2015). Skilled Behaviour and Bilateral Motor Map Expression (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27799

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject:
Neuroscience
Psychology--Experimental
Epilepsy
Motor Map
Reversible Cooling Inactivation
Seizures
HCN Channel

abstract:
Multiple seizures cause changes to both cortical movement representations (motor maps) and behavioural impairment. The contribution of seizures to motor map alterations and impaired skilled forelimb movement was studied using the electrical kindling model and short-duration intracortical microstimulation (SD-ICMS). Forelimb motor map movements changed considerably from contralateral in sham-kindled rats to ipsilateral and bilateral in rats kindled for over 5 sessions. Furthermore, bilateral movement representations were related to impairments in skilled forelimb subcomponents. Finally, skilled forelimb impairment was also related to the number of bilateral seizures experienced as well as the duration of bilateral seizures.
Next, the role of the ipsilateral hemisphere in bilateral movement representations was examined using SD-ICMS and reversible cooling inactivation. Bilateral representations were produced using electrical kindling as well as pharmacological HCN channel blocker ZD7288. Inactivating the cortex ipsilateral to the skilled forelimb completely eliminated ipsilateral and bilateral movement, indicating its role in bilateral movement representations.


identifier: Eaid, M. (2022). Distributed acoustic sensing: modelling, full waveform inversion, and its use in seismic monitoring (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Science
University of Calgary

contributor:
Innanen, Kristopher
Lawton, Donald
Trad, Daniel
Dettmer, Jan
Ajo-Franklin, Jonathan

subject:
Distributed Acoustic Sensing
Full waveform inversion
Geophysics
Seismic Imaging
Modelling
Geophysics

abstract: Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) is a rapidly evolving seismic acquisition technology. Employing rugged and small optical fibers, DAS offers an opportunity for access to acquisition geometries often not accessible to more conventional geophone sensors. This is a highly attractive property of DAS fibers, that offers access to the often unrecorded transmission wavefield modes that are crucial to support land full waveform inversion (FWI). The inherently different sampling that DAS fibers provide leads to a requirement for modeling strategies that differ from those used to simulate point sensor data. To maximize the potential of DAS which only samples tangential strain, and is therefore a single component sensor, fibers are often shaped to improve their wavefield sampling. In this thesis I propose a robust method for simulating DAS data from arbitrarily shaped fibers, that couples a geometric model of the fiber to an elastic wavefield propagator to provide the strain sensed along the tangent of a fiber. The simulation methods are used to generate a large synthetic dataset that supports a machine learning study for extracting source mechanism information from DAS data, and to support FWI. The shape of the DAS fiber, both on large-scales such as when it tracks a deviated well, or on small scales when it is wrapped in some characteristic shape affects the sensitivity of the fiber to different wavefield components, which has an important influence on the recorded data. The data recorded by a DAS fiber is a function of the fiber shape, and it is therefore expected that fiber shape will have an important influence on parameter estimates in FWI. To address this question, I first develop a method for incorporating data from an arbitrarily shaped fiber in FWI. Using a 2D isotropic-elastic FWI over synthetic toy models, I then examine the role of fiber gauge length, fiber shape, and their interplay in FWI. It is determined that fiber shape has an important influence on parameter resolution, but that the optimal fiber shape is acquisition geometry and model dependent. The work presented in this thesis lays out a sandbox for appraising fiber geometry prior to field deployment, and allows for the optimization of fiber shape to support FWI. It is also shown that short gauge length fibers (where short is described in relation to the fiber geometry) can push DAS fibers towards multi-component point sensors. FWI results obtained with short gauge length fibers and orthogonal-point-sensing geophones agree favorably. To provide confidence to the synthetically derived conclusions, these insights must also transfer to field data. The methods for the inclusion of DAS data in FWI are used to invert field data from a straight DAS fiber both in isolation and in various combinations with collocated accelerometer data from a field research station focusing on the monitoring of injected carbon dioxide. The field FWI is also 2D and assumes isotropic-elastic wavefield propagation, and incorporates a single-parameter parameterization that leverages prior information from well-log data. Models obtained from inversions of each dataset are correlated in their overall structure, but each provides differing models of the subsurface. Incorporation of both datasets into a single objective function is observed to stabilize the inversion, and leads to a more robust estimate of the elastic subsurface parameter distribution. The models obtained in this study can be used as baseline models of the research station to support further time lapse analysis.


identifier: Van Ostrand, G. (1993). The effects of cortical cobalt implants on 2-DG uptake in the rat brain (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14773

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subject:
RC 372.5 V36 1993
Rats - Physiology
Epilepsy - Animal models

abstract: Bibliography: p. 96-106.


identifier: Stewart, A. (2016). Immune Response in Young Men to the 2014/15 Seasonal Influenza Vaccine (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26453

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Kinesiology
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Doyle-Baker, Patricia Katherine
Reimer, Raylene
Vanderkooi, Otto

subject:
Education--Health
Education--Physical
Virology
Immunology
Kinesiology
Physical Activity
Influenza
Vaccine
Men
Body Composition
Immune Response

abstract: Currently there is limited research on the impact of adiposity and physical activity on influenza vaccination. The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate the role of adiposity and physical activity in the immune response of males aged 18-35 to the 2014/2015 seasonal trivalent influenza vaccine. Blood was drawn pre and four weeks post vaccination. Serum samples were analyzed for changes in antibody titers, serum leptin, soluble leptin receptors (sLEPR) and C-reactive protein (CRP). No differences in median percent body fat, leptin, sLEPR or CRP were associated with seroconversion rates. Participants with higher physical activity scores had lower seroconversion rates. Differences were found for the A/Texas strain (p<0.01) with a similar trend observed for the other influenza strains. Further work needs to be done in this area to confirm this trend.


identifier: Masuda, T. E. (2018). Fiber-taper collected photoluminescence characterization of diamond microdisks (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/31924

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Science
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Barclay, Paul E.
Tittel, Wolfgang
Simon, Ch. H.

subject:
nanophotonics
fiber taper
nitrogen vacancy center
Education--Sciences
Physics

abstract: A key architectural element of future quantum photonic networks is an efficient light-matter interface to connect electronic and photonic qubit systems. Nanophotonic resonators can be fabricated on-chip to provide such interfaces for atomic-like defect centers in diamond, which are leading qubit candidates. Fabrication advancements have recently lead to the construction of high quality diamond microdisk resonators, which show potential to reach enhancements with Purcell factor CNV ∼ 50. Here, a room-temperature experimental apparatus integrating free space and visible wavelength fiber-taper measurement capabilities is built to characterize diamond microdisk resonators. Using this setup, microdisk wisphering gallery modes with quality factors at visible wavelengths resonant with defect centers as high as Q ∼ 1 × 105, are observed for the first time. Spectral filtering effects of the taper on the microdisk are analysed to reveal that coupling to these disks may be limited by phase matching requirements. By thinning these disks it should be possible to improve coupling while lowering mode volumes, as desired to optimize Purcell factors.


identifier: Petker, D. C. (1996). The irrigation frontier in southern Alberta, 1885-1915: expectation, adaptation and diversification (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14452

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subject: HD 1741 C32 A47 1996

subject: Irrigation - Alberta - History

subject: Agriculture - Alberta - History

subject: Agriculture - Environmental aspects - Alberta

subject: Alberta - History

abstract: Bibliography: p. 130-145.


identifier: Lockhart, J. S. (2015). Neutrophil Responses to Mixed-Species Anaerobic Biofilms (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27088

subject:
Microbiology
Immunology
Neutrophil
Biofilm
Anaerobe
Oxidative Burst

abstract: Biofilms composed of anaerobic bacteria often result in persistent infections and chronic inflammation. Host immune cells have difficulties in clearing biofilm-related infections and this can result in unnecessary tissue damage due to the overproduction of proinflammatory mediators. The objective of this project was to generate mixed-species anaerobic biofilms composed of two opportunistic pathogens, Fusobacterium necrophorum and Porphyromonas levii and measure neutrophil responses. Neutrophils are a vital component of the innate immune system and the results show that neutrophils exposed to mixed-species planktonic bacteria exhibit a more extensive oxidative response than neutrophils exposed to biofilms composed of the same bacteria. The limited neutrophil response to biofilm bacteria may explain the reduced ability of the innate immune system to eradicate biofilm-associated infections. The results demonstrate that bacterial lipopolysaccharide plays a significant role in the stimulation of neutrophils, however the evidence points to the presence of other stimulatory molecules in the bacterial media.


identifier: Burford, C. T. (1972). Academic achievement of Red Deer College students at Alberta universities (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23697

format:
xii, 171 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject:
LB 2350 B85 1972 Microfilm
Students, Transfer of
Students - Alberta
Academic achievement

abstract: Bibliography: p.167-171.


identifier: Cieslak, M. (2006). Stochastic simulation of pattern formation: an application of l-systems (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/654

contributor:
Prusinkiewicz, Przemyslaw
Lemieux, Christiane

format:
x, 129 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 121-129


identifier: Farkas, S. (2000). The establishment of a model for cigarette smoke exposure in pregnant rats (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17334

format:
xii, 99 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
RG627.6 .T6 F37 2000
Cigarette smoke
Tobacco-physiological effects
Fetus-effect of drugs on
Infants (Newborn)--Effect of drugs on.
Sudden infant death syndrome.
Rats as laboratory animals
Rats - Physiology

abstract: Bibliography: p. 87-99


identifier: Al-Ghamdi, A. A. (2012). Modeling electrical properties in complex carbonate reservoirs using well logs with geological and petrophysical evaluation (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/5112

contributor:
Aguilera, Roberto
Clarkson, Christopher

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 196-205

abstract: Many pages are in colour.

abstract: Electrical properties including the cementation or porosity exponent (m) and the water saturation exponent (n) are the most uncertain parameters in water saturation (Sw) calculations, and by extension in determination of hydrocarbons in place and reserves evaluation in carbonate rocks. Analogy constant values are used during the exploration phase and average values based on laboratory measurements of a small number of samples are used during the development phase. The use of these constant and average values can result in significant errors in the calculation of water saturation. As a result, this dissertation develops new approaches for estimating values of m and n from well logs at each depth point in complex carbonate reservoirs of the Middle East Manifa and Lower Ratawi reservoirs. The geological and petrophysical classification of the studied samples are important for understanding the pore and rock types present in the two reservoirs. Petrographic work reveals that Manifa reservoir has a greater variety of petrophysical properties and lower rock quality than Lower Ratawi reservoir. The non-connected (e.g. vuggy, moldic and fenestral) porosities are associated with lower quality rocks. Grain size has no relationship with rock quality in these carbonate rocks where cementation and dissolution are usually more influential. Comparison of petrophysical rock typing techniques shows that Winland/Aguilera rp35 technique provides robust results for classifying rock types at Manifa and Lower Ratawi. One of the advantages of Winland/Aguilera rp35 is that it does not require extensive quality control on results from well logs. However, quality control should be a regular and careful process with all datasets. An improved triple porosity model is developed to calculate m in vuggy and fractured carbonate reservoirs. The variation in m depends on the relative contribution of influential pore types, interparticle (r/Jb), fracture (rp2) and non-connected porosities (r/Jnc). The contribution of each category changes continuously with depth and as a result a method to calculate each proportion from conventional porosity logs is developed in this study. Manifa reservoir has higher contribution of non-connected porosity, r/Jnc, as compared with fracture porosity, r/)2, which leads to an increase in the estimated average m value to 2.18. Lower Ratawi reservoir has a slightly higher contribution of r/Jnc making the average m value equal to 2.04. The validity of the estimated m values from the improved triple porosity model developed in this thesis is compared with previous models and also against laboratory measurements of m. The comparison with cores indicates that the improved triple porosity model is a solid tool for estimating m values. A new method is also presented for estimating the water saturation exponent (n) for water-wet carbonate rocks with the use of the NMR log. The slope of the relationship between the resistivity index and water saturation is related to the average surface to volume ratio (S/V) of pores and pore throats. For the rocks considered in this research higher S/V ratio lead to larger n values and vice versa. A general correlation is shown to exist between n from laboratory measurements and the geometric mean of the T2 distribution. A regression model is established from this relationship for application in carbonate reservoirs. Estimated n values from the regression model show a better agreement with laboratory measurements as compared with previous models for Manifa and Lower Ratawi. The same approach is anticipated to have application in other carbonate reservoirs around the world. As the estimated electrical properties (m and n) using logs compare well with laboratory measurements, it can be concluded that the methodology developed in this thesis provides higher confidence in Sw calculations and reserves estimation. The Sw calculation using assumed constant values of m and n show large discrepancies when compared with Sw results using variable exponents with depth developed in this dissertation. The study provides proper understanding of m and n exponents coupled with sound theoretical models. The need for the developed models arises particularly in the case of exploration wells where there is generally a lack of experimental data on a timely basis.


identifier: Marcotte, C. (2011). A field study is not enough (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4463

title: A field study is not enough

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abstract: Bibliography: p. 118-121

abstract: A couple of pages are in colour.

abstract: Includes copy of Ethics Review form.  Original with original copy of Partial Copyright Licence form.


identifier: Thomas, D. A. (2006). Investigating the role of proteoglycans in fibril sliding (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/700

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abstract: Bibliography: p. 81-90


identifier: Ibeh, B. O. (2011). Preparation, characterization and hydrodenitrogenation activity of tungsten phosphide catalysts (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4089

format:
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 164-186


identifier: Kuehn, C. (2014). A Second North American Hot-spot: Pleistocene Volcanism in the Anahim Volcanic Belt, west-central British Columbia (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25002

contributor:
Guest, Bernard
Russell, James K.

subject:
Geology
Anahim volcanic belt
Hot-spot volcanism
Volcanism in western Canada
Alkaline volcanism
Canadian Cordillera

abstract: Alkaline and peralkaline magmatism occurred along the Anahim Volcanic Belt (AVB), a 330 km long linear feature in west-central British Columbia.  The belt includes three felsic shield volcanoes, the Rainbow, Ilgachuz and Itcha ranges as its most notable features, as well as regionally extensive cone fields, lava flows, dyke swarms and a pluton.  Volcanic activity took place periodically from the Late Miocene to the Holocene.  A systematic decrease in the ages of individual centres from the western part of the AVB to its eastern end is interpreted as the effect of a hot-spot underlying the Interior Plateau of British Columbia.  Other hypotheses for the existence of the AVB include regional extension, a plate edge/slab window effect along the northern edge of the subducted Juan de Fuca/Explorer plates, and a fracture propagating west to east.  In this study, I first summarise existing works to provide a context for AVB volcanism.  Then I report new whole-rock geochemical data and 40Ar/39Ar age determinations for two previously little-studied cone fields around Satah Mountain and Baldface Mountain in the central part of the AVB.  Individual volcanic centres in these fields are generally small in extent and volume and most have been heavily modified by glacial erosion.  These centers are compositionally heterogeneous but overall the lavas erupted in either field are similar to those erupted from the larger Itcha Range shield volcano nearby.  Rock types include minor alkali basalts and basanites (44−52 wt% SiO2), but more evolved trachyandesites, trachytes and phonolites (59−64 wt% SiO2) are the most abundant lithologies.  Timing of volcanism in the Satah Mtn. field is constrained by 11 40Ar/39Ar ages which indicate volcanism between 2.21 and 1.43 Ma; in the Baldface Mtn. field, seven age data indicate volcanism from 2.52 to 0.91 Ma.  The data further indicate that volcanic activity in these fields was, at least partially, coeval with the Itcha Range.  These new data provide additional support for the mantle plume/hot-spot hypothesis, the only hypothesis that accounts for both the (per)alkaline character of AVB magmatism and the linear age-succession of volcanic centres.


identifier: Sran, B. S. (1982). The Performance of two gas-dynamically coupled pulse-combustors operating in antiphase (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14115

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

subject:
TJ 254.5 S68 1982
Combustion engineering

abstract: Bibliography: p. 106-109.


identifier: Cheng, Y. (2018). Recovery Strategies and Flow Modeling in Fractured Grosmont Carbonates with High Permeability Conduits (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32011

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

contributor:
Chen, Zhangxing (John)
Aguilera, Roberto
Zhou, Qi

subject: Engineering--Chemical Engineering--Petroleum

abstract: Grosmont is a large carbonate reservoir with 407 billion barrels of bitumen in place. However, it has not been commercially developed currently due to its extremely heterogeneous environment with various porosity types. A 3D heterogeneous carbonate model with high permeability conduits representing the Mclean pilot is built to investigate different recovery strategies including steam-based thermal schemes and solvent-aided methods. A vertical well CSS has severe steam override phenomenon and a SAGD process is extremely sensitive to its steam chamber which is hardly formed evenly in Grosmont. An improved hybrid SAGD in a staggered pattern that promotes lateral and downward sweep and retains more heat regardless of its steam chamber shape is presented and studied. Furthermore, a lower density and saturation temperature light solvent-aided process performs especially well in a heterogeneous carbonate reservoir with high permeability conduits. Parameter sensitivity effects are analyzed for each recovery strategy. The Brinkman-Stokes equations are tested in a 2D synthetic carbonate model, showing its possibility to describe the multi-physical flow in both free flow fractures and porous matrix. The application range and validity of Brinkman-Stokes multi-physical flow on karstified carbonates are discussed.


identifier: Dornian, K. (2022). Development and Evaluation of a Framework for Mentor-Based Engineering Outreach (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Behjat, Laleh
Moshirpour, Mohammad
Sengupta, Pratim
Jazayeri, Pouyan

subject:
engineering education
mentoring
STEM outreach
K-12 outreach
Education
Education
Engineering

abstract: Diversity in engineering teams and organizations is needed to solve the complex challenges the world is facing. However, the number of people from historically underrepresented groups—such as women, Indigenous, Black, and Hispanic engineers—falls short of parity with the population [1-4].Mentoring programs successfully improve interest in engineering and perceptions of the field for people in the groups mentioned above [5-8]. Mentor-based outreach is a growing practice that attracts these historically excluded people to study engineering. While frameworks exist for implementing outreach and mentoring programs, there is not yet a framework that informs mentor-based engineering outreach. A solid framework is needed to improve practices and outcomes. In this thesis, I use in-depth analysis of a local mentor-based engineering outreach initiative and review twenty-four external programs to develop a framework for mentor-based engineering outreach. The final framework includes six critical dimensions and eight components to inform design, implementation, and evaluation of programs. This research also shows how structuring mentor-based outreach around technical skill development and relationships encourages positive social and personal development outcomes, such as increasing student interest in engineering. Ultimately, this work provides practitioners and organizations with direction for improving diversity within outreach programs.


identifier: Wilton, C. (2010). A feminist postmodern study of women in an online doctoral degree program: a heuristic inquiry (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3905

format:
ix, 254 leaves ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 202-238


identifier: Sohan, S. M. (2010). Auto-tagging emails and instant messages with user stories to build a knowledge base for distributed agile projects (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3929

format:
ix, 112 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract:
Bibliography: p. 99-107
Many pages are in colour.


identifier: Almeida Costa e Silva, I. (2020). Medium-assisted Microwave Telemetry for Directional Drilling Applications (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Mintchev, Martin P.
Yadid-Pecht, Orly
Onen, Denis
Fapojuwo, Abraham O.

subject:
Drilling
Telemetry
Wireless
Measurement while drilling (MWD)
Radio Frequency (RF)
Education--Technology
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical

abstract: The drilling industry has an increasing reliance on sensor telemetry systems in order to improve process efficiency and safety. Typically measured in terms of throughput, telemetry performance is in constant need for improvements for better measurement and logging while drilling tools to be employed to ensure safer and more cost-effective wellbore drilling, particularly in directional drilling applications. Recent works have shown remarkable improvements in telemetry performance via the use of radio frequency (RF)-based telemetry. However, these systems have not been designed to work in water-based environments because of water's high electromagnetic attenuation effect in the microwave band. In this work, I propose and test a new medium-assisted RF-based telemetry system that allows for improved drilling telemetry performance in water-based scenarios. The approach, named microwave telemetry (MWT), makes use of an added propagation medium to allow for improved radio communication via reduced signal attenuation within the communication channel. To test the foundations of the MWT system, I inserted two XBee S2C RF modules into three dielectric rods made out of different dielectric materials. I show that the addition of the rods into a water-based environment significantly increased the throughput and reduced the bit error ratio and packet loss ratio of the system. I also show that different materials presented statistically significant better network performance in accordance with the order of improved electromagnetic properties. These statistically significant (p-value < 0.05) results indicate a path towards which RF-based telemetry systems could be used in water-based drilling environments.


identifier: Yao, Y. (2021). Deep Learning-based Numerical Methods for Stochastic Partial Differential Equations and Applications (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Qiu, Jinniao
Ware, Antony
Badescu, Alexandru

subject: Education--Finance Education--Mathematics Statistics

abstract: In this thesis, we are concerned with approximating solutions of stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs) and their applications. Inspired by Huré, Pham, and Warin [15], we propose and study the deep learning-based methods for both the forward and backward SPDEs. In particular, the forward SPDEs may allow for Neumann boundary conditions. We also prove the convergence analysis of the proposed algorithms. The numerical results indicate that the performance of the algorithm is quite effective for solving the SPDEs, even in high-dimensional cases. The applications include various pricing problems under exchange rate target zone models as well as under rough volatility models.


identifier: Dewar, A. D. (1985). A Graphical debugger for Prolog (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20963

title: A Graphical debugger for Prolog

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

subject:
QA 76.73 P356 D48 1986
Prolog (Computer program language)
Debugging in computer science

abstract: Bibliography: p. 101-103.


identifier: Min, J. W. (1992). A computerized interactive training system for health care professionals working with the victims of Alzheimer's disease (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23267

publisher:
Social Work
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject: R 837 C6 M56 1992

subject: Medicine - Computer-assisted instruction

subject: Nursing - Computer-assisted instruction

subject: Interactive video

subject: Alzheimer's disease - Treatment

abstract: Bibliography: p. 89-99.


identifier: Roberts, D. L. (1981). Integrating environmental education into the school structure: the environmental encounter approach (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14080

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

subject: LB 1585 R6 1983

subject: Conservation of natural resources - Study and teaching

subject: Interdisciplinary approach in education

abstract: Bibliography: p. 230-239.


identifier: Ma, S. N. (1980). A study of students' learning of logarithmic functions using an adaptive computer assisted instruction system (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23396

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

subject: QA 20 C65 M32 1980 Fiche

subject: Computer-assisted instruction

subject: Logarithmic functions - Computer-assisted instruction

subject: Mathematics - Computer-assisted instruction

subject: Logarithmic functions - Study and teaching

abstract: Bibliography: p. 103-113.


identifier: Hilles, B. (2010). The wisc-iv general ability and cognitive proficiency indexes in intellectually above average children (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3683

format:
vi, 55 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 45-55


identifier: Skaloud, J. (1995). Strapdown INS orientation accuracy with GPS aiding (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23822

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

subject:
TL 588.5 S56 1995
Inertial navigation systems
Global positioning system
Kalman filtering

abstract: Bibliography: p. 84-89.


identifier: Elgabry, A. A. (1991). Shear and moment transfer of concrete flat plates (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14976

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

subject:
TA 681 E54 1991
Concrete construction - Testing
Shear (Mechanics)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 237-246.


identifier: Brown, S. A. (2017). Real-Time Panorama Maps (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27547

title: Real-Time Panorama Maps

contributor:
Samavati, Faramarz
Alim, Usman
Willett, Wesley

subject:
Computer Science
rendering
real-time rendering
non-photorealistic rendering
Digital Earth
panorama maps

abstract: Panorama maps are stylized paintings of terrain often seen at tourist destinations. They are difficult to create since they are both artistic and grounded in real geographic data. In this paper we present techniques for rendering real-world data in the style of Heinrich Berann's panorama maps in a real-time application. We analyze several of Berann's paintings to capture the conventions used for form, shape, projection, colour, and texture. We use this analysis to form algorithms that mimic the style of the panorama map, focusing on replicating the terrain deformation, distorted projection, terrain colouring, tree brush strokes, water rendering, and atmospheric scattering. In our approach, we use freely available digital earth data to render interactive panorama maps without any further design work necessary.


identifier: Dudley, K. H. (1994). Self-esteem and relapse in the treatment of substance abuse (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18384

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

subject: RC 564 D83 1994

subject: Substance abuse - Treatment

subject: Substance abuse - Patients - Rehabilitation

subject: Self-esteem

abstract: Bibliography: p. 105-115.


identifier: Pogue, B. G. (1970). Some aspects of settlement, land-use and vegetation change in the Revelstoke area, B.C., 1885-1962 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19493

format:
x, 169 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: HD 1516 C34 P63 1969

subject: Colonization - British Columbia - Revelstoke

subject: Land settlement - British Columbia - Revelstoke

subject: Land use - British Columbia

subject: Plant succession

abstract: Bibliography: p. 141-147.

abstract:
The purpose of this thesis was to study the effects on
the landscape and vegetation of the Revelstoke area of the impact of white settlement during the period 1885-1962. In the main, evidence put forward was culled from historical and cartographic sources and little fieldwork was carried out. As a preliminary to the main body of the thesis brief attention is given to what is known of exploration and other activity in the area prior to 1885. Thereafter the subject matter is developed in
a series of chapters dealing with transportation, settlements and industry. Changes in vegetation are discussed in Chapter Five and the hazards of flooding in Chapter Six.
Chapter ·rwo surveys the development of railways and roads in the Kootenay area in general during the period 1885-1962.
The network centred on the main CPR line with various northsouth railways and roads linking to,,ms in the district to it.
A main road link with the rest of Canada did not appear until 1940, when the Trans-Canada Highway was completed.
Settlement took two main forms: nucleated settlements
such as Revelstoke and Arrowhead, and scattered milling or agricultural communities such as Wigwam or Xount Cartier. Chapter Three outlines the development of these settlements. Much of the latter part of the chapter is spent in describing the various legislative influences on developnent of settlement.
Chapter Four examines the growth of industries. Since at the beginning of the century the area was rich in timber resources, and since it was able to satisfy demands for timber from the Prairies, a large lumber industry developed. This industry reached a peak of activity about 1910, from which it has since declined. Possibilities for successful mining were few. Agriculture was pursued in the valley, but never developed into more than a supplier of local markets. At the beginning of the 1960's tourism was a growth industry in Revelstoke, servicing the Trans-Canada Highway, but the valley to the south was in economic decline.
As a result of lumbering being the main industry the major changes in the landscape have been in forest cover, much of which has been converted from mature cedar/hemlock to immature pine/Douglas fir associations. Not all the changes, however, were due solely to logging. Fires seem to have been an important cause of successional change, though the relative percentage of outbreaks of man-made as opposed to natural fires has been impossible to determine precisely. Flooding, also, has been a factor in life in the valley and is examined in Chapter Six. The river has on several occasions endangered the Revelstoke townsite by eroding the river bank. Farming in the valley has been precarious since lands along the river were frequently flooded, destroying crops. The concluding chapter summarises the thesis. Some recommendations are made regarding collection and preservation of data on landscape history of the Kootenay area and also regarding conservation of old forest habitats.


identifier: Li, X. (2019). Cognitive Reactivity in Clinical Depression: An Assessment of Explicit and Implicit Dimensions, and their Association with Coping Behaviors (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Arts
University of Calgary

contributor:
Dobson, Keith S.
Sears, Christopher R.
Szeto, Andrew C. H.
Kopala-Sibley, Daniel C.
Strunk, Daniel

subject: depression, cognitive reactivity, implicit, coping

subject: Psychology

subject: Psychology--Clinical

abstract: Scar theories of depression purport that each depressive episode produces a change in underlying causal factors that increase the risk of having future episodes. The dual process model of cognitive vulnerability of depression proposes that both explicit and implicit cognitive vulnerabilities play a role in the development of depression. The primary purpose of this study was to examine the existence of explicit and implicit cognitive ‘scars’ on coping-related cognitive contents, by testing the differential activation hypothesis, which proposes that the negative cognitive processes in those with a history of depression are more easily exacerbated by negative mood compared to those without a history of depression. The secondary purpose was to evaluate the relationships among mood, explicit and implicit coping-related cognitions and coping behaviors. The exploratory purpose was to delineate the nature of other-referent explicit cognitions. Currently depressed (CD, n = 42), previously depressed (PD, n = 61), and never depressed (ND, n = 62) participants were tested on computer-based paradigms designed to measure depression, mood, explicit and implicit cognitions, and self-reported engagement of coping behaviors. As hypothesized, explicit cognitive vulnerabilities universally existed among currently depressed individuals and partially existed among previously depressed individuals. Explicit cognitive ‘scars’ existed among previously depressed individuals with regard to emotional-related contents. Implicit cognitive compensation tendency existed among currently depressed individuals and implicit cognitive vulnerability tendency existed among previously depressed individuals on negative coping. Implicit cognitive ‘scars’ among previously depressed individuals existed on positive coping. Hypotheses regarding the relationships among depression, explicit and implicit cognitions, and coping behaviors were largely supported. Other-referent explicit cognitions are consistently positive across different coping contents, unaffected by mood nor history of depression. This study is the first evaluation of cognitive reactivity in clinical depression with coping-related cognitive contents, and on both explicit and implicit dimensions. The study provides novel insight into the cognitive vulnerabilities of depression and depression recurrence. The theoretical and clinical relevance of the findings, strengths and limitations of the study, and directions for future research are discussed.


identifier: Uribarri, M. J. (2004). Functional abilities and quality of life of Canadian unilateral transtibial amputees as a function of socket design (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20283

publisher:
Kinesiology
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xiii, 224 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 165-170.

abstract:
Quality of life and functional ability levels in unilateral transtibial amputees were evaluated with the SAQLUTA questionnaire, and were compared between subjects using plaster cast prosthetic sockets and those using CAD/CAM sockets. The sample of 102 individuals had a mean age of 55 ±15 years. Reliability was confirmed with good internal consistency across six subscales, and construct validity was supported with factor analysis. Prosthesis use, satisfaction with the prosthesis, and quality of life were high.

Complex locomotor activities posed the greatest challenges. Subjects in the always CAD (AC) group had significantly greater difficulty with mobility and locomotion than subjects in the always plaster (AP) and plaster to CAD (P/C) groups. The challenges reported by women and older individuals appeared to have influenced the performance of the AC socket group. Subjects in the AP group did not report lower levels of functional abilities and quality of life than the AC group.


identifier: Carruthers Den Hoed, D. G. (2018). Recreating parks as places for restoration, reconnection, and reconciliation (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/31887

title: Recreating Parks as Places for Restoration, Reconnection, and Reconciliation

publisher:
Environmental Design
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Quinn, Michael S.
Wolbring, Gregor
Lysack, Mishka
Shapiro, Bonnie L.
Draper, Dianne L.
Wright, Pamela A.

subject:
parks
protected areas
transdisciplinary
Indigenous
Health
connection to nature
Anthropocene
interdisciplinary
Native American Studies
Recreation
Social Work
Ecology
Chemistry

abstract: This integrative research study builds on the emerging theme of valuing parks for providing health benefits through experiences in nature, and explores how transdisciplinary inquiry can inform the role parks play connecting people to nature in the face of current global environmental challenges. The iterative research process drew upon several academic disciplines including environmental studies, health, social work, and education, and co-created knowledge with park managers and through conversations with Indigenous (Stoney Nakoda) elders. The study centered on a quasi-experimental field experience where 34 members of the public spent one hour in urban and remote natural sites—the latter presented as either sacred, undesignated nature, or as a park. Participants completed surveys on place preference and perceived health effects, attention restorativeness, and completed the Connection to Nature Scale instrument. Salivary cortisol samples were collected to assess physiological impacts of nature experiences. Though sample size was small, results provided a rich picture of how people perceived and were affected by experiences in natural settings. The study reveals a preference for remote natural sites, especially when presented as a park, and a spiritual connection with those places. It also reveals potential health effects of elements such as wind and rain, expands the definition health effects of nature to include contributions to wellbeing, and reveals a gap between health benefits of nature and reciprocal care of nature as well as a gap between park managers and the agencies they represent. Though challenging, transdisciplinary inquiry is shown to be a fruitful approach to exploring the role of parks in the Anthropocene. Finally, Indigenous collaboration in transdisciplinary park research offers a possible roadmap for connecting people to nature and a potential role for parks to play in reconciliation.


identifier: Ikram, M.F. (2017). Effective Thermal Properties of Granular Porous Media: A Numerical Study using Lattice Blotzmann Methods (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/5251

contributor:
Hejazi, Dr. S. Hossein
Askari, Dr. Rohollah
Maini, Dr. Brij
Karan, Dr. Kunal
Chen, Dr. Nancy

subject:
Heat Transfer
Porous Media
Lattice Boltzmann Method
Numerical Methods
Geophysics
Computer Science
Engineering--Chemical
Engineering--Petroleum

abstract:
Heat conduction in granular porous media is a phenomenon that is relevant to a broad spectrum of problems in science and engineering disciplines including physical, earth, and biological sciences, to name a few. Effective thermal conductivity in granular porous media is a function of morphological features of the medium such as grain shape, grain size, and geometrical structure. Thermal contact resistance can also affect heat conduction due to topological features such as the surface profile of the grain. Furthermore, the compressive pressure and presence of different fluids in the pore space along with partial saturation can also dictate the nature of the effective thermal properties.
To study the effect of all these factors on the effective thermal conductivity of granular porous medium, we simulate heat conduction by developing a two-dimensional, parallel and thermal Lattice Boltzmann Method (T-LBM) simulator using existing open source libraries. We use this simulator on a digitally reconstructed, two-dimensional granular porous medium that is generated with an existing packing algorithm. We then conduct a progressive investigation by first, introducing thermal contrast resistance as surface roughness on the grains and study its effect on thermal conductivity. Second, we introduce thermal anisotropy in the system by inclusion of elliptical grain packing in the medium. Third, we investigate the effect of partial saturation of water and air in pore space. We use an LBM single component multiphase model to simulate phase segregation in the pore space. We also incorporate elastic deformation of grains based on an existing model, which depicts the surface topology of grains as a self-affine fractal function. This elastic deformation is a function of Young's modulus of the grains and the external compressing pressure.
  Based on our investigation, we observe that thermal contact resistance due to the surface roughness of grains reduces effective thermal conductivity. Elliptical packing of grains, manifest thermal anisotropy in the system and causes local heat flux deviations especially when the grain orientation angle changes. External compressive pressures cause elastic deformation of the grain surface and enhance the thermal conductivity of grains with lower Young’s modulus. Introducing partial saturation of water and air in the pore space offsets the effective contribution in heat conduction from the grains as well as the effect of compressing pressure. All of these observations are further accentuated if the thermal contrast ratio of the granular porous medium is changed. We also compare results for selected observations for consistency.  A qualitative agreement is obtained with the existing experimental data.


identifier: Stevenson, A. (2009). An investigation of the benefits of stress management within a cardiac rehabilitation population (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3166

format:
vi, 44 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 22-28

abstract: Research on whether stress management can improve clinical outcomes for patients in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) has yielded equivocal findings. The present investigation retrospectively examined the incremental impact of exercise and stress management (n = 188), relative to exercise only (n = 1,389), on mental and physical health outcomes at 12-weeks in a CR population. Secondary analyses described the association between the change in CR patients' symptoms of depression or anxiety between baseline and 12-weeks and mental and physical health outcomes at one-year. Participation in stress management was uniquely associated with greater reductions in waist circumference and systolic blood pressure for patients with clinical elevations on these measures. Patients with improved depression and anxiety severity had higher mental quality of life scores and patients whose anxiety severity remained unchanged had higher functional capacity at one-year. These findings suggest that stress management may offer additional benefits over and above exercise in CR.


identifier: Ronald, J. R. (2012). 'Did-do's': engaging a discourse of responses after childhood sexualized abuse (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4726

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 130-141

abstract: Many pages are in colour.

abstract: Current discourses in the area of sexualized abuse convey understandings of women who experienced childhood sexualized abuse (CSA) as being damaged or disturbed. Presently, there is a focus on how individuals are affected by CSA, rather than on how they have responded to it. This research was a collaborative inquiry into response- and resource-based approaches taken by women in overcoming CSA. The objective was to develop shared understandings of the personal and therapeutic practices participants described as helpful in overcoming CSA. Eight adult females who have experienced CSA, participated in six group sessions. Data was analyzed using the mapping procedures of situational analysis. Key practices identified by participants as helpful were: taking action, honouring individual needs and journey, focusing on the positive, a response-based approach, and a group process. This study encourages research and counselling communities to explore how consequences from CSA can be addressed and overcome through resourceful responses.


identifier: Venkatarangan, P. (1972). Interplanetary propagation of low energy solar flare particles (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20228

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

subject:
QB 526 F6 V45 1972
Solar flares

abstract: Bibliography: p. 171-178.


identifier: Raquet, J. F. (1998). Development of a method for kinematic GPS carrier-phase ambiguity resolution using multiple reference receivers (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14742

format:
xxii, 259 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
G109.5 .R37 1998
Electronics in navigation
Global positioning system

abstract:
UARC
Bibliography: p. 215-226


identifier: Bastani, R. (2022). Design for learning through a complexity perspective: a board game redesign approach to enabling learning possibilities (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Design for Learning Through a Complexity Perspective:  A Board Game Redesign Approach to Enabling Learning Possibilities

publisher:
Werklund School of Education
University of Calgary

contributor:
Kim, Beaumie
Davis, Andrew Brent
Sengupta, Pratim

subject:
Complexity research
Complexity research in education
learning sciences
board game
board game design
board game redesign
design-based learning
mathematics learning
science learning
design-based research
mathematics education
complex systems
enabling constraints
Education
Education--Curriculum and Instruction
Education--Technology

abstract: This doctoral study followed a conception of learning as a complex phenomenon and aimed to examine possible ways of supporting it. Drawing on insights from complexity research, particularly the notion of enabling constraints (Davis & Simmt, 2003), I explored the settings for supporting learners’ agency in pursuing their ideas and interests, while stimulating new possibilities of collective understanding and action. A design-based research was used to evaluate the potential of board game redesign in providing the settings for complexity-informed design conditions. The following questions guided this research: How would board game redesign provide the settings for enabling constraints? How would learners’ co-design practices evolve through the game redesign process? and How would learners’ decisions, ideas and interests frame their designs and open the space for using math and science in creating game systems? Using the framework of enabling constraints, the first phase analyzed the commonalities and variations in students’ collaborative practices in redesigning the board game Inversé for mathematics learning, in an elementary classroom. This analysis highlighted the importance of structured constraints at the starting point in supporting a common language. It also indicated the interconnection of the constraining and enabling aspects of the developed commonalities throughout the process. Learners’ emerging ideas and reaching higher conceptual possibilities were enabled as they developed shared goals and understandings through the project structure and cycles of unfolding co-design. The learning design in the second phase explicitly used complexity-informed conditions. It involved engaging middle school students with math and science through redesigning the cooperative board game Pandemic. Drawing on the notions of divergence and convergence of ideas and self-imposed constraints from design and creativity research (Biskjaer & Halskov, 2014; Stokes, 2009), the analytic frame in this phase focused on the processes of the evolution of learners’ practices and understanding. The findings elaborated on how the board game redesign approach not only set some structures but also enabled students to negotiate their interests and choices and collectively make decisions. Learners’ interests and decisions acted as self-imposed constraints that framed their work and could simultaneously expand their design space and engagement with math and science topics.


identifier: Tosic, D. (2011). Elegy for every moment (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4389

title: Elegy for every moment

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 79-83
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Chow, Sam. (2018). Unraveling the Dynamic Nature of Creativity in the Workplace (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32861

publisher:
Arts
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Griep, Yannick
O'Neill, Thomas A.
Bankins, Sarah
Hershcovis, M. Sandy
Boon, Susan D.

subject:
creativity
innovation
industrial/organizational psychology
startup
goal setting
affect
creative self efficacy
Psychology

abstract: Recent research and theories on workplace creativity have construed workplace creativity as a dynamic process. Past research, however, largely examines the phenomenon using crosssectional studies that are unable to test these dynamic theories of creativity. Moreover, scholars have traditionally studied the subject from a motivational perspective or from an affective state perspective. By doing so, the literature is oversimplifying and possibly distorting its understanding of workplace creativity. The primary goal of the study is two-fold: to test a dynamic theory of creativity and to integrate both a motivational and affective states model of creativity. Using daily survey data across ten days from 127 full-time employees, I found no support for a dynamic theory of creativity or integrated model of creativity. However, exploratory methods revealed that creativity is an outcome of both high activation positive affective states and goal orientations. Moreover, I found that this relationship was mediated by creative self-efficacy. Taken together, these exploratory results partially support an integrated model of creativity, albeit not being a dynamic phenomenon. Drawing from the current findings, theories and methodology are advanced towards providing a more robust test of a dynamic theory of creativity. Based on these findings, human resource practitioners are encouraged to engage in creative self-efficacy building by providing employees with feedback on their creative work. Moreover, practitioners should understand the importance of workplace affect in the role of creativity. Practitioners are encouraged to create a positive atmosphere to allow employees to express their creativity


identifier: Scalzo, Z. (2020). Us: Identity, Queer Romance, and Dramatic Writing (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Martini, Clem
Barton, Bruce
Mayr, Suzette

subject:
queer theater
playwriting
intergenerational
writing process
Fine Arts
Theater
Rhetoric and Composition

abstract: The following dramatic text and artist statement examine the process of developing, writing, and editing Us. It explores themes of identity, generationality, and self-definition, and the stakes of representing such complex themes onstage.


identifier: Kelly, E. J. (2006). Functional gap junction communication and its mechanobiological role in the outer annulus fibrosus (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/579

format:
i, 134 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 105-122
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Hjartarson, S. R. (2001). Gathering: a written accompaniment to the thesis exhibition (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11539

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 H537

abstract: Bibliography: p. 61-62.


identifier: Khademi, L. (2004). Reducing the computational complexity of FIR 2D fan and 3D cone filters (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16592

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 104-108

abstract:
Plane waves are an important class of multidimensional signals which are often encountered in array signal processing applications such as, astronomy, radar/sonar, seismology, biomedical imaging, directional audio systems and wireless communications. In many of these applications, it is of interest to selectively filter or enhance PWs on the basis of their space-time directions of arrival.
A class of 2D/3D filters, commonly known as fan (velocity)/cone filters, has been extensively used in various fields of array signal processing applications to accomplish the above mentioned task. In this thesis two novel methods are proposed to reduce the computational complexity associated with the Finite Impulse Response (FIR) implementation of such filters. The first method takes into account the a priori knowledge of the dominant transients of fan/ cone impulse responses and the second method considers spatial undersampling as a means of complexity reduction. It is shown through simulation and numerical examples that both methods provide significant amount of computational savings.


identifier: Wight, M. L. (1988). Membership in public participation: an application of collective action theory (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22796

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

subject:
HM 131 W493 1988
Social participation
Action theory

abstract: Bibliography: p. 110-115.


identifier: Sachro, L. (2003). The effects of prescribed burning on elk forage habitat suitability in the central eastern slopes of Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19607

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xv, 245 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 145-157


identifier: Wissner, H. (2001). Authenticity and sustainability in furniture design: explorations in sustaninable furniture design (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/5173

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

subject:
Furniture design
Design - Research
Sustainable architecture

abstract: Bibliography: p. 100-103.


identifier: Ghoneim, N. S. (1982). Schedule evaluation and zone structuring for urban rail commuter service on planned and existing routes (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17788

format:
xv, 169 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HE 4371 G54 1984
Railroads - Time-tables
Local transit - Cost of operation
Travel time (Traffic engineering)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 132-133.


identifier: Ameh, A. (1994). Design of a solar powered cooking device for use in hot-dry developing countries (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18143

format: xii, 79 <17> leaves : ill. + 6 folded drawings ; 30 cm.

abstract: Bibliography: p. 76-79.


identifier: Velde, B. P. (1993). The meaning of leisure to adults with a physical disability: a phenomenological study (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23917

format:
xv, 319 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
GV 183.5 V44 1993
Handicapped - Recreation
Leisure
Attitude (Psychology)
Quality of life

abstract: Bibliography: p. 287-315.


identifier: Peng, C. (2006). Mitigating real estate presale problems in China (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1534

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 119-127


identifier: Wallace, L. (2011). Perceptions and use of empirically-supported psychotherapies among eating disorder professionals (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4388

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 44-54

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


identifier: Feldberg, J. (1992). R.A. Brown, Jr., and the growth of Home Oil, 1947-1955 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16669

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

subject: HD 9574 C24 H634 1992

subject: Home Oil Company - History

subject: Petroleum industry and trade - Canada - History

subject: Brown, R. A. (Robert Arthur), 1914-1972

abstract: Bibliography: p. 118-120.


identifier: El-Gizawy, M. L. (2003). Development of an ionosphere monitoring technique using GPS measurements for high latitude GPS users (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15767

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2003 E44

abstract: Bibliography: p. 147-156


identifier: Robertson, K. (2007). A lifecycle approach to sustainable design: an analysis of illumination (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1540

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 135
Some pages are in colour.
Pages 35-38 and 42 are missing.


identifier: Colley, D. G. (1968). Continuous chromatographic processing (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13148

title: Continuous chromatographic processing

publisher:
Engineering
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject:
TJ 1417 C64 1968 Microfilm
Separation (Technology)
Feed mechanisms
Chromatographic analysis

abstract: Bibliography: p. 91-92.


identifier: Rowntree, C. I. (1984). An Analysis of the cholinergic mediation of type 2 theta activity in the rat hippocampus (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22900

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

subject:
QP 388.2 R68 1986
Hippocampus (Brain)
Cholinergic receptors
Brain - Localization of functions
Rats - Physiology

abstract: Bibliography: p. 96-109.


identifier: Tchir, T. L. (2000). A model of fragmentation resulting from human settlement in the Boreal Forest of Saskatchewan (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22751

format:
x, 86 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2000 T347

abstract: Bibliography: p. 79-83.


identifier: Xie, C. (2006). Support vector machines for land use change modeling (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/513

contributor:
Huang, Bo
Tay, Richard

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 94-104
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Ferguson, S. A. (1999). Fracturing the gaze in approaching zanzibar (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15520

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 76-79.


identifier: Romaine, A. D. (2009). The development of oral narrative in first nations students (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2745

contributor:
McKeough, Anne
Graham, Susan

format:
viii, 57 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 45-53


identifier: Pearce, C. M. (1997). Central neuropeptide Y control of gastric function (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16435

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

subject:
QP552.N39 P43 1997
Neuropeptides
Gastric juice

abstract: Bibliography: p. 125-140.


identifier: Dunsmoor, H. A. (2002). Entre el lenguaje y el cuerpo: el mono gramatico de Octavio Paz (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18318

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 D86

abstract: Bibliography: p. 92-97.


identifier: Eskofier, B. M. (2010). Application of pattern recognition methods in biomechanics (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3453

format:
xv, 202 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 163-188
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Zhang, J. J. (2001). Time-lapse seismic surveys: rock physics basis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16589

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 Z456

subject: Additional copy: QE431.6 .P6 Z43 2001 (Gallagher)

subject: Rocks - Permeability - Mathematical models

subject: Seismic networks

subject: Fluid dynamics - Mathematical models

subject: Rocks, Sedimentary

abstract: Bibliography: p. 124-132.


identifier: Buloo Karavu, J. B. (2014). Analysis of Spectrum Efficiency and Energy Efficiency of Heterogeneous Cellular Networks (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24823

subject:
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
Wireless Networks
Spectrum Efficiency
Energy Efficiency

abstract:
The rise in the plethora of handheld devices, fuelled by increasing demand for personalized wireless user experience has led to the wide-scale deployment of heterogeneous cellular networks (HetNets) comprising large-scale macrocell base stations (BSs) overlaid with multiple tiers of small cell BSs. While the HetNets are capable of increasing the spectrum efficiency (SE) through higher reuse of the available spectrum, the operation of the BSs comes at a huge increase in the overall network power expenditure, leading to the deterioration of the energy efficiency (EE) performance. For sustainable operation of cellular networks, maintaining both performance metrics (SE and EE) at the highest possible level is of fundamental importance, hence, gaining an in-depth understanding into the interrelationship between the SE and EE is imperative.
This thesis develops a tractable analytical framework for investigating the SE and EE of multi-tier cellular networks, based on which a number of network resource management techniques are proposed for achieving a good balance in the SE-EE tradeoff. First, to realistically model the HetNet BS deployment, mathematical tools from Stochastic Geometry are utilized, following which the SE and EE are analytically characterized when operating under a shared spectrum scenario. Second, the ability to increase the power savings at the BSs while satisfying the users’ Quality of Service requirements is investigated, considering the downlink fractional power control and fractional frequency reuse techniques. Third, to support a higher number of users and to utilize the additional spectrum in different radio access technologies, the inter-operability between the cellular and wireless local area network is considered. Based on this, the feasibility of increasing the SE and EE via the implementation of biased intra- and inter-radio access technologies (RAT) offloading techniques is investigated. Several multi-objective optimization problems that jointly maximize the SE and EE are formulated and solved to give the Pareto optimal operational regimes, specified in terms of the network parameters. Overall, the work done in this thesis provides key insights into the SE and EE interrelationship, instrumental for the development of more advanced network resource management techniques for sustainable future cellular networks.


identifier: Rezel, R. D. (2011). Sensor web scommender system: harnessing collaborative intelligence for geospatial information discovery (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4527

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 80-87


identifier: Lodermeier, E. A. (2022). Disgrace and Agency: Pompeiian Gladiators and Infamia in the Julio-Claudian Period (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Hughes, Lisa
Driediger-Murphy, Lindsay
Carter, Michael

subject:
Pompeii
Gladiators
Roman Empire
Infamia
Julio-Claudian Period
History--Ancient

abstract: Roman gladiators have received no shortage of scholarly and public attention over the last few decades. However, many contradictions remain in our understanding of these individuals. More specifically, the legal term infamia has been central to recent scholarship, yet the focus of these studies does not emphasize the extent to which the concept impacted gladiators. Instead, infamia is generally discussed as a static term that is primarily based on literary evidence as opposed to considering variables like time, location, and the ample material culture from Pompeii, for example. In this study, I question how infamia played out in material culture pertaining to Pompeiian gladiators during the Julio-Claudian period (14-68 CE), a time when the popularity of gladiator spectacles rises. Additionally, Pompeii is an important consideration for this study, not only because of the abundance of material culture (graffiti, epigraphy, and physical representations) pertaining to gladiators, but also because of the local connections to the origins of gladiatorial combat. Additionally, the gendered aspects of infamia require attention since gladiators were subject to infamia partially because of their failure to adhere to Roman society’s gendered expectations for men (viri). Most importantly, graffiti authored by gladiators themselves will be considered as a potential avenue for gladiators to gain agency over their marginalized position in society and as a means of gaining insight into their own subjectivity. I also use other examples of Pompeiian material culture (funerary monuments, advertisements, and physical representations) as supporting evidence to understand the position of gladiators in Pompeiian society and to show how infamia potentially impacted them. Finally, I address the implicit contradictions that arise when studying Pompeiian gladiators. My intention is to provide voices to this group of individuals to gain a deeper understanding of how gladiators themselves may have experienced infamia in their daily lives.


identifier: Amirian, E. (2018). Data-Driven Analytics for Oil and Gas Reservoir Production Forecasting (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/33217

contributor:
Chen, Zhangxing (John)
Fedutenko, Eugene
Maini, B. B.
Moore, Robert Gordon Gord
Lines, Laurence R.
Lu, Qingye
Bahadori, Alireza

subject:
Data-Driven
Data-Driven Analytics
Oil and Gas Reservoir
Production Forecasting
Engineering
Engineering--Petroleum

abstract: Detailed uncertainty analysis on numerical flow simulation models preserving a robust and reliable model of oil and gas reservoir is often deterministic, cumbersome and expensive (manpower and time consuming). Presence of a high-dimensional data space consisting of a large number of operational and geological parameters impedes practical decision making and future performance prediction of oil and gas recovery processes. Thus, the rise of uncertainty-based reservoir development scenarios has provoked reservoir engineers to look for substitute modeling techniques that are capable of being re-evaluated numerous times to examine the impact of specific variables or probing a range of scenarios on production profiles. Static (well logs and core analyses) and dynamic (injection and production history) data sets existing within oil and gas companies are extremely valuable sources of information which can aid operators for a better future field development planning.  Petroleum data-driven analytics workflow, which integrates a comprehensive petroleum data analysis and machine learning methods, suggest an attractive alternate for explicit models of the underlying process that can be instantaneously reassessed. The current study incorporates a systematic data analysis alongside with numerical flow simulations to create a comprehensive data set for different recovery processes such as SAGD, waterflooding, ploymerflooding, and etc. It also entails different characteristics labeling reservoir heterogeneities and key pertinent oil and gas recovery operational constraints. The collected big-data set will then be used to design data-driven models which can forecast production performance of different oil and gas recovery processes. This dissertation has developed and implemented algorithms for the development of novel data-driven models for CMG-CMOST AI 2017.10 version within Proxy Dashboard. This is the unique contribution of this thesis. The presented results and performance characteristics associated with data-driven models which can be re-evaluated much faster than explicit models of the underlying process highlight the great potential of this modeling approach to be integrated directly into most existing reservoir management routines. This research provides a viable tool to overcome challenges related to dynamic assessment of uncertainties during history matching of recovery processes and signifies the ability of data-driven analytics in future performance prediction of various oil and gas reservoirs.


identifier: Humbke, K. L. (2002). Social competence of very low birth weight children (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14380

format:
xix, 301 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 H86

abstract: Bibliography: p. 228-242


identifier: Kim, C. (2008). Object based integration of photogrammetric and LiDAR data for accurate reconstruction and visualization of building models (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2693

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 211-221
Some pages are in colour


identifier: Tawadros, K. Z. (1972). On the Stability of shells under blast waves (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19181

format:
xxxi, 434 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TA 660 S5 T38 1972 Microfilm
Shells (Engineering)
Blast effect

abstract: Bibliography: p. 308-318.


identifier: Rogers-de Jong, M. (2018). It’s all about “we”: Negotiating accounts of we-building therapy interactions and preferred “we” identities with families in therapy (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32882

title: It’s All About “We”: Negotiating Accounts of We-Building Therapy Interactions and Preferred “We” Identities with Families in Therapy

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

contributor:
Strong, Thomas Irvin
Frank, Arthur W.
Robertson, Sharon E.

subject:
Family therapy
Family identity
Identity
Narrative
Discourse
Educational Psychology
Psychology

abstract: I was curious about specific interactions that facilitated we-ness (or mutuality and togetherness) for families in therapy.  I was also interested in how families defined their “we” identities, or preferred sense of who they are together.  Family identity research often privileges individuals and neglects the responsive interactions through which families negotiate “we” identity claims.  Similarly, researchers tend to define we-ness as a stable relationship orientation, without regard for particular exchanges that facilitate a family’s dynamic sense of mutuality and togetherness.  Seven families at the Calgary Family Therapy Centre participated in a video-recorded therapy session and then identified specific we-building interactions.  Families later took part in a joint interview, during which we viewed their selected conversations.  I invited families to account for these we-building interactions, including how members talked and acted together, and for their broader “we” identities.  Drawing on social constructionism (e.g., Shotter, 1997, 2008, 2011), I approached families’ accounts as dynamic, relationally negotiated, and informed by socio-cultural circumstances.  I used the narrative practice approach (e.g., Bamberg, 2004, 2012b; Bamberg & Georgakopoulou, 2008) to analyze families’ interview talk, storytelling, and bodily responses.  I considered what families said about their we-building interactions and “we” identities, how members interacted with one another and with me during the research interviews, and how their accounts related to dominant discourses and master narratives about family. I describe four themes across families’ accounts of we-building therapy interactions, in which members were depicted as taking a fun, light, or humorous tone, communicating effectively, noticing positive changes or progress, and creating new shared understandings.  I then outline how four families negotiated particular preferred “we” identity claims, with a focus on how members demonstrated coordination and agreement during the joint interviews. I end with implications for family therapy and family identity research.  For instance, I propose that the concept of we-building interactions could be useful for therapists and families, by orienting them to specific exchanges that contribute to we-ness for those involved – exchanges that could perhaps be more readily noticed, joined with, and facilitated in future conversations.


identifier: Nzurum, N. U. (2003). Resource management in wireless IP networks (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23303

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 103-107.


identifier: Mattioni Maturana, F. (2016). Determining the Maximal Physiological Steady State in Cycling with Precision: Critical Power Estimations or Self-selected Exercise Intensity? (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25609

contributor:
Murias, Juan M.
Millet, Guillaume Y.
Paterson, Donald H
MacIntosh, Brian
Passfield, Louis

subject:
Physiology
power-time relationship
3-minute all-out
maximal lactate steady state
exercise intensity thresholds

abstract: Giving the inherent limitations of critical power (CP) testing and the demanding maximal lactate steady state (MLSS) protocol, this thesis aimed: i) to compare the power outputs (POs) derived from two methods of estimating CP (i.e., the power-time relationship (CPHYP) and the 3-minute all-out test (CP3MIN)) and the determined MLSS; and ii) to test cyclists’ ability to predict their highest sustainable PO (CPSELF). Thirteen healthy young participants (26±3 yr; 69.0±9.2 kg; 174±10 cm; 60.4±5.9 mL·kg-1·min-1) were tested. PO at MLSS was lower than CPHYP and CP3MIN (p<0.05). PO at CPSELF was similar (p>0.05) to MLSS. The mean difference between the measures of MLSS and CPSELF was zero, and both methods presented similar (p>0.05) metabolic responses. The disagreement between CPHYP and CP3MIN with the PO at MLSS questions the ability of CP to estimate the maximal steady state, while CPSELF may offer an alternative approach to predict it with more precision.


identifier: Yeo, D. P. (1986). An Alliance unrealized: farmers, labour, and the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24167

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

subject: HD 5330 W5 Y46 1987

subject: General Strike, Winnipeg, Man., 1919

subject: Labor and laboring classes - Manitoba - Winnipeg

subject: Farmers - Manitoba

abstract: Bibliography: p. 144-151.


identifier: Walker, H. L. (1999). The landscape of education: The notion and form of education within and for a community centered on sustainability (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16065

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

subject: Additional Copy: 370 EDC 1999 WAL

subject: LB 14.7 W35 1999

subject: Environmental education - Philosophy

subject: Educational sociology

subject: Cooperative societies - Spain - Mondragon

subject: Spain - Mondragon - Cooperative societies

subject: Cooperative societies

subject: Sustainable development - Study and teaching

subject: Education - Philosophy

abstract:
UARC
Bibliography: p. 102-109


identifier: Xue, H. (2011). Studies of corrosion and stress corrosion cracking behaviour of x80 pipeline steel (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4150

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 174-186

abstract: Many pages are in colour.

abstract: Corrosion and stress corrosion cracking (SCC) have been identified as essential threats to the integrity of pipelines. A research program was developed to investigate the fundamentals of corrosion and SCC of the high-strength X80 pipeline steel under conditions relevant to pipelines operation. The microstructure of X80 steel consists of polygonal ferrite and bainitic ferrite matrix, with martensite/austenite constituents distributing along grain boundaries. The inclusions existing in the steel include those enriched with Si, A b O3, Si-ferric carbide and Al-Mg-Ca-O mixture, respectively. The majority of inclusions are Si-enriched. Upon hydrogen-charging, cracks can initiate in the steel in the absence of external stress, which are primarily associated with the Si- and Al2O3-enriched inclusions. The diffusivity of hydrogen in X 80 steel at room temperature is 2.0x 10-11 m2/s, and the estimated hydrogen trapping density in the steel is as high as 3.33 x l027 /m3. Moreover, the effects of welding on corrosion and SCC of X80 steel were investigated. There is the smallest hydrogen permeation rate and hydrogen diffusive coefficient, but the highest hydrogen trapping density at heat-affected zone (HAZ), while the base steel has the highest hydrogen diffusivity and a low hydrogen concentration as well as the lowest hydrogen trapping density. These results are attributed to the typical microstructures of the individual zones of welded X80 steel. In near-neutral pH environn1ent, SCC of X80 steel is attributed to a synergistic effect of hydrogen and stress on the local dissolution of steel at the crack tip. The hydrogen and stress enhanced anodic dissolution of steel was characterized by an in-house photo-electrochemical measurement system, where the photocurrent density was measured on the steel. It is determined that, of the total photocurrent density measured at the crack tip of the charged steel, the photo-induced current density, hydrogen-enhanced dissolution current density and photo-oxidative current density of hydrogen atoms contribute approximately 65.8%, 12.8% and 21 .4%, respectively. A higher photocurrent density is measured at crack tip than the region ahead of the crack for both the charged and uncharged electrodes, demonstrating the high electrochemical activity at the crack tip, and the accumulation of hydrogen atoms locally. The passivity and pitting corrosion behaviour of the steel in a high pH carbonatebicarbonate solution were investigated. It is found that a stable passivity can be established in the absence and presence of chloride ions in the solution. Hydrogencharging does not alter the transpassive potential, but increases the passive current density. When chloride ions are introduced, pitting corrosion will initiate. Photo illumination can enhance the activity of the steel electrode, resulting in an increase of photo-induced anodic current density. Furthermore, the pitting corrosion of the steel under sand bed in COrcontaining systems was characterized and "visualized" in-situ by a localized electrochemical impedance spectroscopy technique. Moreover, the pitting growth rate was measured by monitoring the local current density through a scanning vibrating electrode. A galvanic effect model was proposed to illustrate the initiation and growth of corrosion pits. It also confirmed that the increases of the chloride concentration and flow velocity of the solution favored the growth of corrosion pits.


identifier: Xie, S. (1993). Beyond the linguistic moment: allegories of the political unconscious (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15843

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

subject: PN 98 C6 X54 1993

subject: Jameson, Fredric, 1934- - Political unconscious

subject: Communism and literature

abstract: Bibliography: p. 228-239.


identifier: Mortell, E. R. (1973). Production scheduling and inventory control for a brewery (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23029

format:
<viii>, 89 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: HD 9397 C3 M65 1973 Microfiche

subject: Brewing industry - Canada - Case studies

subject: Production management - Case studies

subject: Inventory control - Mathematical models - Case studies

abstract: Bibliography: p. 74.


identifier: Wilson, G. (2015). Oh Canada: Citizenship on First Nations’ Land (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27167

subject:
Education--Technology
First Nations
citizenship
Educational Technology

abstract:
There is extensive scholarly research on the teaching and integration of citizenship education within formal learning environments (Knight Abowitz & Harnish, 2006; McLaughlin, 2006). Within Ontario it is an integral component of the social studies program developed by the province (Ministry of Education, 2004b), with a distinct focus on what it means to be Canadian (Brodie, 2002) within the grade 5 curriculum (Ministry of Education, 2004b).
	While these topics have been studied there has been limited work completed on the teaching of citizenship, especially Canadian citizenship, to First Nations students. With some researchers stating that First Nations should not be in a state of subjection to the Canadian government (Battiste & Semaganis, 2002), there are First Nation members who argue that they are First Nation and do not want to be recognized as Canadian.
	Therefore, the goal of this phenomenological study was twofold. The first goal was to examine how a teacher, working within a school in a First Nation community planned, delivered and assessed the Ontario grade 5 social studies curriculum titled “Aspects of Citizenship and Government in Canada” (Ministry of Education, 2004b, pg. 8). The second objective was to understand how the students and community members, including the teacher and Elders understood the concept of citizenship.
	After I was able to respectfully obtain assent for completing the research within a community in southwestern Ontario, data collection took place through interviews of grade five students, the teacher and the elder who was a guest speaker in the class. Field notes were also collected by watching the delivery of the unit in the class by the teacher.
	The results of this study demonstrated the complexity of delivering this unit in a school located within a First Nation community, as the teacher had to balance the expectations of the curriculum along with the expectations of the community. The study also provided an opportunity to start understanding the multiple ways citizenship is understood by different members of the community.


identifier: Liao, X. (2001). Carrier phase based ionosphere recovery over a regional area GPS network (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12492

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2000 L53

abstract: Bibliography: p. 113-120