identifier: Rijal, S. (2020). Patterns of helminth and protozoan parasite infections in bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis: sex, season and activity (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Science
University of Calgary

contributor:
Ruckstuhl, Kathreen E.
Reid, Mary L.
Kutz, Susan J.

subject:
bighorn sheep
helminth parasite
protozoan parasite
Ecology
Psychology--Behavioral

abstract: Males and females in sexually dimorphic species show differences in their physiology and behavior. Each sex may invest energy in mating and reproduction, rather than immune function at different times of the year since they have different priorities, i.e., securing mating access vs increasing reproductive events. This means that the two sexes may be more susceptible/ less tolerant to parasites at different times of the year. Since this is an observational study, I will be using fecal egg counts (FEC) in terms of eggs per 4 grams (EP4G) as a proxy for susceptibility/tolerance. Furthermore, when individuals have higher parasite FEC, they may need to spend more time grazing and ruminating to ensure enough energy to be able to invest in immune function. That is, higher FEC may lead to individuals spending more time grazing and ruminating as parasites might be siphoning energy and nutrients away from the hosts. I used bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis, and five of their natural parasites, strongyle, Nematodirus spp., Marshallagia spp., lungworm and Eimeria spp., to investigate seasonality of parasites and host-sex bias and whether higher parasite FEC leads to individuals spending more time grazing. Generalised linear mixed models suggest that parasite FECs are different for male and female bighorn sheep between winter and non-winter seasons. However, the pattern of FECs between the sexes differ based on the parasite group. Strongyle FEC was significantly higher for both sexes during non-winter with male counts being higher than female counts in both seasons. Eimeria spp. count was higher in females compared to males compared in both seasons, but non-winter counts were higher than winter counts. In contrast, FECs for Marshallagia spp., and Nematodirus spp. was significantly higher in females in non-winter, but significantly higher for males in winter months. Following a similar pattern, lungworm larva counts were higher for males during winter, while female counts were lower in winter. Additionally, linear mixed models suggest that bighorn sheep individuals with higher strongyle FEC trended to increase the percent of time that individuals spent grazing, while higher Marshallagia spp. FEC showed a trend in decreasing the percent of time that individuals spent grazing. However, FECs did not affect the time individuals spent ruminating or laying.


identifier: Wilson, A. M. (1972). Differentiation of brain damaged and emotionally disturbed children: with the Halstead Neuropsychological Test Battery for older children (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22559

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

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

subject: BF 698.8 H28 W54 1972

subject: Halstead Neuropsychological Test Battery for Children

subject: Brain-damaged children

subject: Problem children

abstract: Bibliography: p. 50-59.


identifier: Hosseini Amereei, S. A. (2018). Learning and Performance in Serial Crowdfunding (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB..

publisher:
Haskayne School of Business
University of Calgary

contributor:
Keyhani, Mohammad
Hemmati, Hadi
Malhotra, Ayesha

subject:
Serial Crowdfunding
Serial Entrepreneurship
Learning by Doing
Goal Adjustment
Crowdfunding Campaign Design
Education--Business
Business Administration--Management

abstract: Entrepreneurship scholars have long been interested in serial entrepreneurs who engage in multiple entrepreneurial ventures. The opportunity to learn from experience and find ways to systematize entrepreneurship is intriguing, and new technological developments such as the availability of crowdfunding platforms provides new possibilities in this direction. Various theories have been suggested for why past experience may have both positive and negative effects on the subsequent performance of entrepreneurs. In this thesis, I ask: do the theories about the positive and negative effects of past entrepreneurial experience on subsequent performance apply to the crowdfunding context? Do positive effects prevail over negative effects in aggregate? What are the specific mechanisms through which the effects of past crowdfunding experience on subsequent crowdfunding performance are realized? Building on a comprehensive data collection effort, I find that with experience, crowdfunders tend to adjust their goal levels downward, which results in lower pledge amounts for their campaigns (although it increases their chances of success). They also learn through experience to design better campaigns by including more visual elements, more reward tiers, and lengthier descriptions, and these in turn improve subsequent performance. The evidence in this research generally supports the proposition that after controlling for these mediation effects as well as social capital, crowdfunding experience still has a positive direct effect on performance.


identifier: Lee, R. (2019). An Economic Evaluation of Body Checking Policies in Bantam Ice Hockey (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary

contributor:
Currie, Gillian R.
Marshall, Deborah A.
Emery, Carolyn A.
Palacios-Derflingher, Luz Maria

subject:
Health Economics
Costs and Cost Analysis
Economic Evaluation
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Prevention
Adolescents
Sports
Cohort Study
Athletic Injuries
Education--Health
Epidemiology
Public Health

abstract: Sport-related injury is the leading cause of injury in youth and are costly to the healthcare system. Disallowing body checking in Pee Wee (ages 11-12) ice hockey has been found to be effective in reducing the risk of injuries and associated healthcare costs, however the impact on injury risk and costs in Bantam (ages 13-14) remains unknown. The objectives of this study are to compare injury rates and costs between non-elite (lower 70% divisions of play) Bantam players in leagues allowing body checking to where body checking is disallowed, and to project the overall change on the number of injuries and costs to the Alberta healthcare system if body checking were disallowed for all Bantam players over one season. The study found that disallowing body checking reduced injuries by 4.32/1000 player-hours and saved cost by $1,737/1000 player-hours in the public healthcare system. This policy change could potentially prevent 1,102 injuries that occur during games and save $331,522 in the public healthcare system over one season in Alberta. However, this study used injury rates adjusted only for exposure hours and team clustering, but not other covariates or repeated observations. Thus further analysis is required before policy recommendations can be made.


identifier: Koehler, C. E. (1991). The Reproductive ecology of the hoary bat (lasiurus cinerius) and its relation to litter size variation in vespertilionid bats (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13762

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

subject:
QL 737 C595 K63 1991
Vespertilionidae - Reproduction

abstract: Bibliography: p. 76-84.


identifier: Zhu, W. (2005). Rural teachers in China: a student perspective (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12738

publisher:
Education
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 160-169


identifier: Hall, L. (1998). Re-membering the lesbian body: representation in/as performance (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18040

format:
vii, 306 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
PS228 .L47 H35 1998
Lesbian artists in popular culture.
Lesbian theater.
Lesbianism--Drama.
Lesbians in literature.
Lesbianism in literature

abstract: Bibliography: p. 288-297


identifier: Qiu, Y. (2009). A virtual socket ip-accelerated system-on-platform architecture with a novel adaptive motion estimator for h.264 video encoding applications (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3163

format:
xx, 238 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 220-235
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: McCullough, A. & Dennis, D. (1972). Life in a nursing home: selected perceptions (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18572

creator:
McCullough, Annette
Dyck, Dennis

format:
iv, 119 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
Aged - Alberta - Calgary
Institutional care
Nursing homes - Alberta - Calgary
Nursing home patients

abstract: Bibliography: p. 75-77.


identifier: Luft, T. M. (2002). An interpretive inquiry into the meaning of mentoring in the lives of adolescent girls (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22905

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 L84

subject: Mentoring

subject: Teenage girls - Alberta - Canada - Attitudes - Case studies

abstract: Bibliography: p. 187-202


identifier: Singer, R. F. (1984). The Public administration of community economic development planning: a case study of the north Okanagan region (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14204

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject: HC 117 B72 O48 1986

subject: Okanagan Valley (B.C.) - Economic conditions

subject: Provincial-local relations - British Columbia - Okanagan Valley

subject: Regional planning - British Columbia - Okanagan Valley

abstract: Bibliography: p. 210-221.


identifier: Wright, D. S. (1972). A Study of the development of the Early New High German literary language (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/10991

format:
<vii>, 128 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: PF 4043 W73 1972

subject: German language - Middle High German - History

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 112-114.

abstract: An examination of the development of the Early New High German literary language reveals that such development was significantly affected by the influence of areas lacking a previous written tradition in German. In order to form the German literary language, the unification of the various forms of dialectal language into one standard form which would be acceptable in all German-speaking regions was necessary. An examination of the language as it was used in the official correspondence of four influential German monarchs reveals that early progress towards the goal of unification took place in the chanceries. Here written German was used extensively, and the reciprocal influence of chanceries caused a levelling process whereby the language became standardized to a degree. The trend towards language unification was particularly evident in the chancery of the Saxon Electorate in Wittenberg, where the language used represented a combination of Middle German and Upper German features. An investigation of the relationship of both dialect and chancery languages to the origin and development of the literary language reveals that neither localized language forms nor official chancery languages may be singled out and designated as the source of the literary language. During the fourteenth century many localized but supradialectal languages developed. Such languages, which were called literary dialects, became increasingly similar through reciprocal influence, and so showed tendencies towards a unified literary language. Latin influence on the development of the German language occurred initially as a result of the expansion of the Roman Empire. Both during and following this period Latin was the dominant language of Europe o As the German language was beginning to emerge from this period of Latin domination, it was again subjected to the influence of the languages and literature of antiquity through the advent of the humanistic era. Although insistence on the use of Latin in academic, official and literary circles retarded the development of the German literary language, the effects of Latin influence on the clarity and regularity of German were advantageous to such developmenL Luther's effect upon language development was catalystic. The language which he used in his translation of the Bible was based on that used by the chancery of the Saxon Electorate. By modelling his language on one particular linguistic standard, Luther was able to exert a unifying influence upon the German language. His popularity and the wide adoption of his translation of the Bible enabled him to accelerate language development towards uniformity.


identifier: Boogaard, C. (1982). Vesicle-mediated microinjection of protamine and protamine messenger RNA into cultured HeLa cells (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17364

format:
xv, 226 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QP 552 P7 B64 1984
Ribonucleic acid
Protamines
HeLa cells

abstract: Bibliography: p. 213-226.


identifier: Torry, A. (2010). Coachwood park: the animosity between christianity and secularism (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3555

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 48-51


identifier: Zdunich, D. J. (1984). Tuberculosis and the Canadian veterans of world war one (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15647

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

subject:
RC 311.1 Z38 1986
Veterans - Medical care - Canada
Tuberculosis - Patients - Canada
Veterans - Canada

abstract: Bibliography: p. 137-155.

abstract: The thesis examines the neglected question of the disease of tuberculosis and the Canadian veterans of the Great War. It focuses on the programs of medical treatment and the re-establishment efforts of the Dominion government during and shortly after the war. The exsoldiers were the first substantial group in Canada to be cared for in the new therapeutic facility of a sanatorium. Particular attention is directed to two tuberculosis institutions treating the veterans: the Central Alberta Sanatorium in Calgary, Alberta, and the Fort Qu'Appelle Sanatorium in Fort San, Saskatchewan. It was possible to compare the information gained from a detailed examination of the patient medical files at the two sanatoria with the official government reports printed in the Sessional Papers. There were many similarities and several interesting discrepancies which emerged. This study reveals that the federal government was generally able to meet the immediate medical and socio-economic requirements of most returned soldiers; however, for many tuberculous veterans their policies were deficient.


identifier: Klimek, J. J. (1992). Liability for environmental damage in insolvencies (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16981

publisher:
Law
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject: KF 1298 K55 1992a

subject: Liability for environmental damages - Canada

subject: Liability for environmental damages - Alberta

subject: Bankruptcy - Canada

abstract: Bibliography: p. 223-235.


identifier: Gregg, N. A. (1974). Value of social work in the Holy Cross Hospital Emergency Unit (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12311

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

subject:
Medical social work
Emergency medical services

abstract: Bibliography: p. 76-80.


identifier: Lovitt, J. (2017). Quantifying the Impact of Seismic Lines on Methane Release in a Treed Bog Ecosystem using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVS) (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Quantifying the Impact of Seismic Lines on Methane Release in a Treed Bog Ecosystem using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

publisher:
Arts
University of Calgary

contributor:
McDermid, Gregory
Strack, Maria
Bergerson, Joule

subject:
boreal bog
methane emissions
earth observation
unmanned aerial vehicle
microtopography
peatland hydrology
boreal peatland
Hydrology
Physical Geography
Remote Sensing
Environmental Sciences

abstract: Peatlands are extremely complex and sensitive ecosystems, capable of releasing vast amounts of methane in response to disturbance events. To date, little advancement has been made by researchers to quantify the impact of small-scale anthropogenic disturbances on these ecosystems, specifically seismic lines. These “low-impact” linear features present a challenge to researchers as they exist at dimensions too small for the majority of remote-sensing platforms to successfully identify and measure, even though they account for a considerable portion of land disturbance in Canada’s western Boreal, and are anticipated to have extensive, compounding environmental effects. This thesis summarizes how unmanned aerial vehicle photogrammetry can be used to address this knowledge gap by showcasing the ability to generate accurate peatland terrain models, and subsequently estimate seismic-line impacts on both physical parameters (microtopography and depth-to-water) and peatland methane emission, ultimately revealing one of the hidden impacts of seismic lines on Canada’s Boreal peatlands.


identifier: McLaren-Gradinaru, M. (2019). A novel training program for improving spatial orientation: A pilot study (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Iaria, Giuseppe
Callahan, Brandy L.
Lévy, Richard M.

subject: Brain Behaviour Spatial Navigation Orientation Wayfinding Cognitive Map Training Virtual Development Neuroscience Psychology--Cognitive

abstract: The ability to form and use a mental representation of the surrounding is a critical skill for efficient spatial navigation and orientation in humans. Such a mental representation, more commonly known as a “cognitive map”, provides detailed information about landmarks and their relationships with each other in space. The inability to effectively form or use cognitive maps is typically compensated by using lower-level, less efficient approaches to navigation and orientation such as memorizing a series of turns and distances that leads to struggles with navigating the environment, making day-to-day activities more difficult. This study aims to examine the potential to train the ability to form cognitive maps by using a computerized program in a virtual environment designed appositely to simulate the acquisition of this important skill as occurring in children during development. Fifteen healthy adults completed a 12-day training and were administered a comprehensive spatial behavioral assessment before and after the training program. The results showed that the training program significantly improved the participants’ general ability to form cognitive maps. The training program did not significantly improve more specific cognitive functions such as mental rotation and perspective taking, suggesting that the program targets specifically the higher cognitive ability to form a mental representation of the surrounding. These findings provide the very first evidence that the ability to form cognitive map for orientation and navigation is a trainable skill. The use of the novel training program developed for this study could have a significant positive impact in the lives of the many individuals affected by topographical disorientation as a result of a neurological condition or a cognitive decline in the aging population.


identifier: de Groot, L. (2008). Use of the global environmental multiscale model for atmospheric retrieval from radio occulation for Canadian events (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2141

contributor:
Skone, Susan
O'Keefe, Kyle

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 118-124
some pages are in colour


identifier: Brown, S. J. (2003). Seismic response of slab column connections (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15668

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2003 B765

abstract: Bibliography: p. 297-306

abstract: The response of slab/column connections subjected to seismic loading is examined. The work investigates the two main performance criteria a two-way flat slab system may be required to satisfy. In the first case the slab column framing is intended to function as a rigid frame that provides the primary lateral load resisting mechanism in a structure. In the second case the slab column framing is not relied upon to provide the primary lateral load resisting mechanism. In this second case, however, the slab column connections must continue to resist the gravity load tributary to them as the structure deforms under seismic loading. A laboratory program was completed to investigate the above performance requirements. Nine isolated interior slab column connections were tested. All but one of these contained shear reinforcement in the form of headed studs. The primary variables investigated were the extent of the shear-reinforced zone, the degree of concentration of top steel about the column, and the direction of reversed cyclic loading relative to the square column. In order to examine the performance of a slab column frame acting as the primary lateral load resisting system a non-linear finite element software package was created. The behavior of the connections was modeled after the behavior observed in the experimental portion of the work. The connection elements were then introduced into a frame model that was analyzed on a time step basis. A yield line pattern that incorporates unbalanced moment was also derived to study the requirements of connections not considered part of the lateral load resisting system. This is used to determine the maximum shear stress that a slab column connection need be designed to. From the above analysis specific design guidelines are presented for each of the two performance requirements. Specific recommendations for new clauses to be included in the next version of CSA-A23.3 are also presented. Finally, related areas are identified where present knowledge is lacking. Recommendations for further research are suggested.


identifier: Friedman, J. (2003). Inflorescence architecture in grasses (poaceae): morphological associations and pollination consequences (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17226

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2003 F75

abstract: Bibliography: p. 111-123


identifier: Vrbancic, M. I. (1985). Hemispheric lateralization: a function of physical maturity (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22786

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

subject:
QP 385 V73 1986
Cerebral hemispheres
Laterality

abstract: Bibliography: p. 132-182.


identifier: Wallace, A. R. (1972). Education for human sensitivity: learning opportunities with native peoples (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21433

format:
ix, 52 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: E 97 W3 1972 Microfilm

subject: Indians of North America - Alberta - Education

subject: Intercultural education

abstract: Bibliography: p.49-52.


identifier: Ling, J. L. (2005). Burkholderia pseudomallei gene expression in low iron conditions and identification of a novel virulence factor (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/52

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 228-244


identifier: Zahorouski, H. M. (1992). An Investigation into the effect of target shape on movement time in a computer pointing task (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/10804

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

subject:
BF 295 Z34 1992
Movement, Psychology of
Perceptual-motor learning
Computer-assisted instruction
Electronic data processing

abstract: Bibliography: p. 54-59.


identifier: Butt, R. H. (2008). Refining gel-based proteomics: Developing and applying optimized methods of analysis (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17696

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xxii, 426 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 368-400
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Zhu, Y. (2011). Minimum hellinger distance estimation for a two-sample semiparametric cure rate model with censored survival data (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4502

contributor:
Lu, Xuewen
Wu, Jingjing

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 74-77.


identifier: Hentschel, A. (2011). Particle swarm optimization for adaptive quantum-enhanced phase estimation (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4862

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 147-164


identifier: Linardos, T. I. (1991). Kinetics of monoclonal antibody production in chemostat hybridoma cultures (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14159

format:
xxvi, 209 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QR 186.85 L56 1991
Monoclonal antibodies
Hybridomas

abstract: Bibliography: p. 197-207.


identifier: Roccella, G. (2022). Ancient Greek hymns and pastoral gods: comparative studies in poetics and mythology (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Ancient Greek Hymns and Pastoral Gods: Comparative Studies in Poetics and Mythology

contributor:
Bertolín Cebrián, Reyes
Framarin, Christopher
Hume, James
Amedegnato, Senamin
Burgess, Jonathan
Hume, James

subject:
Greek Mythology
ancient Greek poetics
Literature
Indo-European
linguistics
hymns
Homer
pastoral
Homeric Hymns
Apollo
Pan
Hermes
Music
Education--Language and Literature
Language--Ancient
Linguistics
Literature--Classical
Literature--Comparative
Religion
Religion--History of
Anthropology--Cultural
Folklore
History--Ancient
History--European

abstract: The first part of the thesis investigates hymns as a poetic genre in Ancient Greece. Focusing on the early attestations of the term humnos itself and on selected excerpts from Archaic hymnic poetry, the work aims at retracing the main explicit definitions of this genre from the 8th to early 4th century BCE, as well as integrating insights from performance studies, like the notion of embodied literary genre. A study of the performative aspects of hymns, both external (actual) and internal (narrated within the hymns), leads to innovative theories of this genre's function. A comparative and linguistic approach to the etymology of the term humnos furthers the investigation through the possible Proto-Indo-European etymological relation between the Greek and Vedic terms meaning hymn: humnos and sumna-, respectively. In the second part of the thesis, the comparative approach is taken further to investigate the relations and equivalences between some relevant mythological recipients and performers of hymns in the Greek context: Pan, Hermes and Apollo. The mythological and historic-comparative study, expanded to include gods of Indo-European cultures and other contexts as well, helps clarify certain not-yet-well-understood characteristics of these deities. In addition, some possible reasons and explanations for these three gods’ association with hymnic performance are considered. The analysis of their symbolic animal associations, as well as the linguistic comparative study of specific traits and epithets accompanying these gods, pushes forth recent interpretations and approaches that are not confined to the linguistic sphere, but involve the reconstruction of the ideologies, hunting, warfare and initiation practices of ancient Greek-speaking peoples while also harking back to the reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European customs and looking ahead to Roman times with the analysis of a heavily politicized use of a mythological narrative involving Apollo and Pan.


identifier: Gavrilov, D. (1999). Discrete mechanics of granular matter (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13025

title: Discrete mechanics of granular matter

format:
xi ; 183 leaves, ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TA418.78 .G38 1999
Granular materials
Computer simulation
Mechanics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 174-183


identifier: Jacyk, C. M. (1998). The effects of oil price shocks on consumer prices and industrial production in the United States, Canada and Mexico (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18834

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

subject: HD9560.6 J33 1998

subject: Petroleum industry and trade - Venezuela - Government policy

subject: Petroulem prices--North America.

subject: Energy policy--North America.

abstract: Bibliography: p. 149-153


identifier: Hasan, M. (2009). Geometric approaches to path optimization and collision avoidance (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2818

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 82-91
Some pages are in colour


identifier: Hethnawi, A. (2017). Poly(ethylenimine)-Functionalized Pyroxene Nanoparticles Embedded on Diatomite for Removal of Total Organic Carbon from Industrial Wastewater: Batch and Fixed-bed studies (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27380

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Nassar, Nashaat N.
Lu, Qingye
Hejazi, Hossein

subject:
Engineering--Chemical
Pyroxene nanoparticles
Functionalized nanoparticles
Batch adsorption
Fixed-bed column adsorption
Rotary drum filter

abstract:
Abstract

Providing clean and affordable water to meet the human needs is a big challenge in this century. Globally, the water supply for many industries struggles to keep up with the strong demand. This demand issue is exacerbated by industrialization, which led to water quality deterioration, forming polluted wastewater. Existence of treatment processes to overcome wastewater problems are not efficient and appropriate to maintaining the industrial effluent composition within the standard limits. Specifically, presence of dissolved organic compounds not properly eliminated during the wastewater treatment has a negative impact on human health and the environment. As a novel solution, nanotechnology holds great potential in water and wastewater treatment to improve water quality efficiently. Here, we introduce an innovative technique using environmentally friendly, multifunctional, and effective poly(ethylenimine)-functionalized pyroxene nanoparticles to provide an efficient removal of the dissolved total organic carbon from industrial wastewater in batch and contenuious fixed-bed column studies under various conditions. Our study includes arrays of characterization techniques for the prepared nanoparticles and for Diatomite (commonly used filter aid) before and after embedding it with the nanoparticles at a very low mass ratio (<5 wt%). Diatomite, on its own, has a very low adsorption capacity for the dissolved organic contaminants in field applications. Among these applications is the employment of Diatomite with a rotary drum filter (RDF). Therefore, we embedded the nanoparticles to improve the performance of the Diatomite employed with a rotary drum filter used for the removal of dissolved organic pollutants. This followed our bench scale adsorption experiment using a continuous fixed-bed column that is considered to be the best lab scale model for the rotary drum filter.

The experimental results showed that, compared to using activated carbon and magnetic nanoparticles, the prepared nanoparticles were very effective in the removal of dissolved organic contaminants in batch and continuous fixed-bed column experiments. In continuous fixed-bed column experiments, the breakthrough behavior was described using a convection-axial dispersion model that had a good fit with the obtained experimental data. Interestingly, this innovative technique was successfully applied at Executive Mat Ltd, here in Calgary in their rotary drum filter after optimizing some operational conditions.


identifier: Blair, V. E. (1991). Differentiating factors of university females' persisting and withdrawing from mathematics (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22475

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

subject:
QA 27.5 B53 1991
Women in mathematics
Women college students - Attitudes
Sex discrimination

abstract: Bibliography: p. 88-111.


identifier: Garner, D. M. (1983). The Conduct, use, and utility of program evaluation in nursing education in Canada (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14940

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

subject:
RT 73 G35 1983
Nursing schools - Canada - Evaluation
Nursing school administrators

abstract: Bibliography: p. 177-191.


identifier: Parkinson, A. E. (1978). Growth of small urban centres in Alberta: 1971-1976 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15522

format:
ix, <200> leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HT 127 P35 1978 Microfiche
Urbanization - Alberta
Demography

abstract: Bibliography: p. <197-200>.


identifier: Bliss Taylor, C. (2014). Design of a Support Tool for Citizens Engaging in Urban Planning Online (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25588

subject:
Urban and Regional Planning
Urban Planning
participation
engagement
Online
web 2.0
e-planning

abstract: Online engagement in urban planning is accessible and convenient, but lacks face-to-face expert feedback and support. This research undertakes design of online support for lay citizens, to complement online participation environments. The design examines multiple planning strategy alternatives at various scales and perspectives. It calls for communication using visuals, examples, comparison, discussion of trade-offs, and providing for varied communication preferences. It calls for information specific to existing levels of cooperation and agreement, collective interests, values, and responsibilities, need for resource management, costs of strategies, and explicitly addressing value conflicts. A prototype is constructed using a selection of design components, then tested via online survey, and analysed quantitatively and qualitatively. Results indicate that users appreciated the information and features, and felt informed, confident, and more inclined to contribute to planning. It is concluded that the proposed solution can supplement missing support and feedback, should be further developed, and can be adopted.


identifier: Eslami Abyane, A. (2022). Robustness and reliability of federated learning (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Robustness and Reliability of Federated Learning

publisher:
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary

contributor:
Hemmati, Hadi
Abou-Zeid, Hatem
Wu, Huaqing

subject:
Computer Science
Engineering

abstract:
Federated Learning (FL) is a newly introduced distributed learning scheme, which is designed with users' privacy in mind, by never collecting clients' data during the training process. FL's process starts with the server sending a model to clients, then the clients train that model using their local data and send the updated model back to the server (only the trained parameter values of the model not the actual features values from the client's local dataset). Afterward, the server aggregates all the received values and updates the global model. This process is repeated until the model converges. Since clients may become unavailable (e.g., due to their movement) during FL training, and server-client communication is extremely costly, only a fraction of clients gets selected for training at each round using a client selection technique.
Although FL is excellent at preserving privacy, it still faces many challenges, of which we focus on two of the most important ones: robustness and reliability. In FL, attacks or faults may occur on each client, and it is crucial that the system is robust to these problems. Furthermore, clients may be unreliable and become unavailable at each point, so FL needs to withstand these availability changes and be effective and efficient. To address the robustness challenges of FL, we perform a large-scale empirical study from multiple angles of attacks, simulated faults (via mutation operators), and aggregation (defense) methods evaluated on multiple datasets resulting in 496 configurations.
Our results show that most faults (mutators) have a negligible effect on the final trained model when leveraging existing aggregators, but this is not the case with all attacks. However, choosing the most robust FL aggregator depends on the attack type and datasets. Therefore, we propose a simple ensemble of aggregators and show that it results in a more robust solution compared to any single aggregator and is the best choice in 75% of the cases. To analyze the reliability challenges of FL, we consider multiple client selection techniques and propose the first availability-aware selection strategy called MDA. The results show that our approach makes learning faster than vanilla FL by up to 6.5%. Finally, we show that resource heterogeneity-aware selection techniques are effective but can become even better when combined with our approach, making the final solution faster than the state-of-the-art selectors by up to 16%.


identifier: Al-Eryani, S. M. A. (2018). Guidelines for Developing Low Frequency Model Equivalents in Emerging Electrical Grids (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/34922

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

contributor:
Zareipour, Hamidreza
Westwick, David T.
Nowicki, Edwin Peter

subject:
Power Systems
Dynamics
Generation
Reduction
Equivalents
Low Frequency
Aggregation
Static Reduction
Power Electronics
Energy
Engineering
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical

abstract: Dynamic model equivalents of power systems is an ongoing topic that continues to be relevant despite computing power advancements. Today's electrical grids are going through significant changes. The integration and installation of technologies that use power electronic devices pose a continuous need for stability studies in many fronts. Literature focuses on dynamic model equivalent techniques, their development and validation. However, the literature lacks comprehensive guidelines to produce equivalent models consistently. This thesis presents a general procedure and guidelines to develop low frequency dynamic model equivalents. The proposed procedure and guidelines are aimed at developing consistent and reliable low frequency model equivalents. The guidelines will be demonstrated on a test system to validate the recommendations and show the impact of not following a consistent methodology in developing the equivalent. Finally, the procedure and guidelines will be applied on Alberta Interconnected Electric System to demonstrate the application on a real system model.


identifier: Lundberg, U. P. (1989). Multinuclear nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies of plant metabolism (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24266

format:
xxii, 383 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QK 881 L86 1989
Plants - Metabolism
Nuclear resonance spectroscopy


identifier: Shustack, B. M. (1986). Maladaptive competence in chronic depression (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21727

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

subject:
RC 537 S56 1987
Depression, Mental

abstract: Bibliography: p. 152-180.


identifier: Rodriguez Suarez, C. (2000). Advanced Marine Seismic Methods: ocean-bottom and vertical-cable analyses (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22969

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

subject:
TN269.86 .S83 2000A
Verticle seismic profiling
Prospecting - Geophysical methods
Seismic prospecting
Marine geophysics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 180-199


identifier: ALRAZI, TAZRINA. (2014). An Investigation of the Role of Insulin Deficiency and Loss of PI3K-Akt Signaling Downstream Regulators GSK3β -CREB Signaling in the Pathogenesis of the Diabetic Brain (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24919

subject:
Neuroscience
Type 1 diabetes mellitus
cognition
brain
diabetic leukoencephalopathy
transgenic mice model

abstract: Our lab has developed a robust streptozotocin-induced murine model with changes analogous to those observed in  human diabetic brain, and our lab has shown that replacement of insulin in the brain via intranasal delivery prevents diabetes mellitus (DM) mediated neurodegeneration. Insulin is speculated to act through activation of PI3K-Akt signaling. We hypothesized that the neurodegenerative changes and cognitive impairments observed in the chronic type 1 DM brain occur through impaired insulin-mediated phosphorylation of CREB/GSK3β, critical neuronal signals downstream of PI3K-Akt pathway and direct support of these proteins will prevent these neurodegenerative changes. A transgenic murine model with downregulation of CREB in the forebrain was used to complement interventions to attempt to rescue the chronic type 1 DM brain. Intranasal TDZD-8 was used to inhibit GSK3β in wild type mice. Our results are consistent with the hypothesis that CREB is essential for brain insulin signaling but that GSK3β might not be directly involved in this pathway.


identifier: Allison, V. H. (1986). The Development of a computer-aided building bioclimatic analysis model and its application to the region of Fresno, California (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13262

creator: Allison, Victor H. (Victor Herbert), 1952-

format:
iv, 261 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: NA 2542.3 A425 1986

subject: Architecture and energy conservation - California - Fresno - Data processing

abstract: Bibliography: p. 98-100.


identifier: Semchuk, K. M. (1986). Illness behavior of working single mothers (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15358

format:
ix, 195 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HQ 759.48 S45 1987
Working mothers
Mothers - Employment
Sick children

abstract: Bibliography: p. 182-195.


identifier: Fletcher, C. D. (2008). Adaptable design quantification (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1887

title: Adaptable design quantification

contributor:
Brennan, Robert W.
Gu, Peihua

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 117-124


identifier: Manuel, A. (2019). Traffic Safety Meta-Analysis of Reversible Lanes (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
De Barros, Alexandre Gomes
Tay, Richard
Kattan, Lina
Sadeghpour, Farnaz

subject: Sociology--Transportation Engineering Engineering--Civil

abstract: In this study, a meta-analysis was performed to review the potential effects of reversible lanes on traffic safety. After a systematic literature review, ten U.S studies were selected for inclusion in the analysis. These studies employed either a simple before-after comparison or a cross-sectional comparison methodology. Study results were extracted by transforming the collision rates and frequencies of these studies into a log-odds ratio. The results of the meta-analysis suggest that a 30.9% increase in total collisions is expected. Property-damage-only collisions are expected to increase by 16.6% and injury collisions are expected to increase by 34.9%. Peak period collisions are expected to increase by 46.2%, while off-peak period collisions are expected to increase by 12.8%. The results were significant, with the exception of the off-peak period collision result. A meta-regression was performed, which regress variables related to study type, collision type and operational characteristics of the study locations on the extracted log odds ratio. It was found that peak period operations were positively and significantly correlated with an increase in crashes. Study quality as observed through the study type variable was found to be a significant variable. Presence of left-turn restrictions was negatively correlated and significant, suggesting that application of a left-turn restriction can improve the safety of reversible lanes. The presence of delineator/barrier was generally negatively correlated, and both the presence of dynamic traffic control and static traffic control were generally positively correlated. Topics of time/study age trends and transferability were also discussed.


identifier: Liu, C. (2006). An experimental and analytical investigation into the combustion characteristics of HCCI and dual fuel engines with pilot injection (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/786

format:
xxxvii, 438 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 367-395

abstract:
The combustion processes within Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCC!) and dual fuel engines with pilot liquid fuel injection were investigated both experimentally and analytically. An ISUZU 3KC1 engine with a swirl chamber was suitably modified, fitted with the developed necessary instrumentation and supporting data acquisition and calculation software systems. Also, a fully instrumented variable compression ratio single cylinder CFR engine made capable of operation on gaseous and liquid fuels mixtures was used for HCCI operation. In parallel with the experimental investigation, 3D predictive computational models were developed and applied to both the HCC! and dual fuel engine combustion systems. The models, based on the KIV A3 software, incorporate detailed chemical kinetics for the oxidation of hydrogen, n-heptane, and diesel fuel while accounting for the turbulence-chemistry interactions during combustion. Much of the results of the predictive models were validated against the corresponding experimental behavior.
The combustion characteristics and cyclic variation of an n-heptane and n-pentane fuelled HCCI CFR engine were examined. The effects of changes in compression and equivalence ratios, and the additions of nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and different gaseous fuels on n-heptane fuelled HCCI engine were investigated. The optimum values for the addition of N2, CO2, and CH4 to produce higher power and reduce cyclic variation and the intensity of energy release in HCC! combustion were determined and found to depend on the intake mixture strength, the extent of any non-homogeneity, and the specific operational conditions.
The combustion characteristics of the modified ISUZU 3KC1 engine with a swirl chamber when operating as diesel or dual fuel engine were investigated. This included determining the effects of factors such as engine speed and the quantities of the pilot and gaseous fuels on engine performance, emissions, cyclic variation, and combustion noise. It was found that a minimum absolute quantity of diesel fuel is needed to achieve steady combustion and obtain high fuel conversion efficiency for a specific operational condition.
The results of the simulation of the combustion characteristics of n-heptane fuelled HCCI-CFR engine were in good qualitative and fair quantitative agreement with the corresponding experimental values. It was found, for example, that changes in the values of the combustion chamber wall surface temperature influence greatly the autoignition timing and its location within the chamber. For high chamber wall temperatures, autoignition takes place first at regions near to the cylinder surface and the quenching distance is reduced. The effects of the initial intake swirl, temperature and pressure, engine speed, compression and equivalence ratios, and the addition of diluents and gaseous fuels on the combustion characteristics of a hydrogen fuelled HCCI engine were examined. Also, the effects of injection timing and the quantity of hydrogen admitted on the combustion of a diesel/hydrogen direct injection Gardner dual fuel engine with a hemispheric piston crown were investigated through a series of simulations. Furthermore, the corresponding processes within the ISUZU 3KC1 diesel and diesel/methane dual fuel engines with a swirl chamber were examined in detail, and the influence of changes in engine speed, injection timing, and the quantity of diesel and gaseous fuels on combustion and performance were investigated. It was observed that an earlier autoignition can be obtained through injecting the pilot fuel into the small prechamber compared to the corresponding swirl chamber operation. Furthermore, through the early injection of a small pilot liquid fuel into the swirl chamber of the dual fuel engine, a two-stage HCCI combustion can be achieved which may reduce engine emissions and improve thermal efficiency.


identifier: Dickson, G. (2002). The IT evolution: attitudinal audit of commercial real estate industry and information technology (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14962

publisher:
Environmental Design
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
82 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 D53

abstract: Bibliography: p. 80-82


identifier: Jones Ross, R. (2013). Putting the Pieces Together: A Proposed Model of Unforgiveness (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27487

subject:
Social
Unforgiveness
Forgiveness
Transgressions
Interpersonal Relationships

abstract: Previous research and theorizing on unforgiveness has largely focused on the emotional – ruminative aspect of the phenomenon and adverse consequences to health and relationships that are associated with it. In contrast to this, my analysis of fourteen semi-structured interviews with victims of interpersonal offenses indicates that unforgiveness is a much more multi-faceted and nuanced experience. Based on participants’ responses, I identified a possible model of unforgiveness that includes the emotional – ruminative and cognitive dimensions of unforgiveness, as well as a number of components – inner conflict, barriers to forgiveness, and strategies for resolving inner conflict – that affect where a victim of an interpersonal transgression may be charted along the two dimensions. Implications for conceptualizing unforgiveness and directions for future research are discussed.


identifier: Hecker, K. G. (2007). A longitudinal study of medical school curricula on student performance on the United States medical licensing examination, 1992-1999: a multi-level, multivariate study (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/899

contributor:
Violato, Claudio
Donnon, Tyrone L.
Lockyer, Jocelyn

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 132-141


identifier: Nagial, R. (2020). Correlating macroscopic rheological behaviour to microstructure of polymer flocculated Mature Fine Tailings (MFT) (Unpublished master thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary

contributor:
Trifkovic, Milana
Hu, Jinguang
Yarranton, Harvey W

subject: Engineering--Chemical

abstract: Northern Alberta holds over 178 million barrels of proven oil reserves in the form of oil sands. However, these deposits require extensive processing to extract the bitumen and result in generation of vast amount of tailings waste. The growing inventory of tailings represents a huge oil sands industry liability and an enormous environmental issue due to the associated GHG emissions and potential pollution of water bodies in their vicinity. Treatment of tailings with polymers (combined with other processes such as thin-lift drying, atmospheric fines drying) is one of the preferred methods for capturing the suspended solids and releasing the trapped water. However, the fundamental understanding of microstructure of the sludge formed after polymer treatment (i.e. flocculation) is still lacking. The microstructural information is vital for designing enhanced flocculation procedures. In this study, the microstructural and rheological parameters were utilized to understand the effect of processing conditions on the polymer flocculation of mature fine tailings (MFT). Laser scanning confocal microscope (LSCM) was used to capture 3-D images of sludge fabric and microstructural parameters (i.e. porosity and fractal dimension). Oscillatory amplitude sweep tests were performed to acquire rheological signature of the flocculated samples. The effect of overshearing as well as ionic strength of the polymer solution was investigated. It was shown that as the over-shearing time increased from 30 sec to 210 sec, the porosity of flocculated MFT increased from 18.77% to 31.26% and the fractal dimension decreased from ~2.903 to ~2.869. An explicit link between microstructural and rheological parameters was established, wherein bond breakage was quantified both at micro and macro scales. This information can be used to optimize energy input, increase water release and improve sediment strength in MFT flocculation procedures. Flocculation experiments done with process water showed that ionic strength of the process water utilized for polymer dissolution by itself does not change polymer configuration significantly (as compared to model process water) to change the strength of sludge appreciably. However, dilution of MFT resulted in lower sludge strength post flocculation, but these differences became negligible after aging the samples for 30 days due to consolidation effects.


identifier: Henson, A. R. (1984). Attitude and argument in the realist dispute (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11784

creator: Henson, Anthony R. (Anthony Richard), 1956-

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

subject:
B 835 H44 1986
Realism

abstract: Bibliography: p. 83-86.


identifier: Sanjuan Riverol, E. (2008). Studies of corrosion and stress corrosion cracking behvior of high-strength pipeline steels in carbonate-bicarbonate solutions (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1963

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 106-108
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Wagar, J. M. (1991). An Evaluation of a group treatment approach for children who have witnessed wife abuse (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13814

publisher:
Social Work
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject: HV 6626 W225 1993

abstract: Bibliography: p. 125-133.


identifier: Xie, L. (2018). 3D Reconstruction of Building Interiors Using Point Clouds (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/31838

contributor:
Wang, Ruisheng
Shahbazi, Mozhdeh
Hassan, Quazi

subject:
Information Science
Computer Science
Engineering

abstract: The automatic modeling of as-built building interiors, known as indoor building reconstruction, is gaining increasing attention because of its widespread applications. With the development of sensors to acquire high-quality point clouds, a new modeling scheme called scan-to-BIM (building information modeling) emerged. However, the traditional scan-to-BIM process is time tedious and labor intensive. Most existing automatic indoor building reconstruction solutions can only fit the specific data or lack of detailed model representation. In this thesis, we propose two automatic reconstruction methods from 2D linear primitives and 3D planar primitives respectively, to create 2D floor plans and 3D building models. The approach using 2D primitives is well suited for large-scale point clouds through a decomposition-and-reconstruction strategy. Moreover, it can retrieve semantic information of rooms and doors simultaneously. Another method using 3D primitives can deal with different types of point clouds and retain as much as structural details with respect to protruding structures, complicated ceilings, and fine corners. The experimental results indicate the effectiveness of proposed methods and the robustness against noises and downsampling.


identifier: Binder, D. L. (1971). A Study of the changes in attitude and knowledge about the city among reserve Indian children as a result of a unit of study incorporating field trips (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24233

format:
146 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: E 97 B54 1971 Microfilm

subject: Indians of North America - Alberta - Education

abstract: Bibliography: p. 48-54.


identifier: Olding, B. J. (1981). Approaches to comprehensive water resource management for the province of Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18939

format:
iv, 270 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TC 427 A4 O42 1981 Fiche
Water resources development - Alberta
Water quality management - Alberta

abstract: Bibliography: p. 176-193.


identifier: Ahn, J. Y. (2014). Monitoring Regional Vegetation Changes in Seward Peninsula, Alaska, Using Remote Sensing Technique (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27001

subject:
Remote Sensing
Engineering--Environmental
Remote Sensing
Vegetation
Arctic tundra

abstract: Arctic vegetation has been undergoing various transitions depending on its regional characteristics and numerous contributors to these changes include direct human impact and natural changes in the earth’s climate system. The commonest causes of the vegetation change over a large arctic area are climatic. The Seward Peninsula in Alaska was reported diverse vegetation variations induced by possible climatic factors such as warming and drought conditions. Satellite observations have provided retrospective research on vegetation density patterns and changes over a long period in Arctic tundra environment. Landsat imagery has allowed documentation of spatial and temporal vegetation changes and investigation of the relationship to regional weather variations. Completed within this thesis are time-series NDVI maps of Council area in Seward Peninsula performed by both NDVI and change detection methods between 1999 and 2009. The study of vegetation change conducted here are important for monitoring the variations from the past to present and exploring the possible response to the annual weather changes.


identifier: Cardiff, J. (2002). Information and communication technology and distance education in Northern Alberta: preparing for the SuperNet (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19589

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 C365

abstract: Bibliography: p. 93-102


identifier: Keeping, G. T. (2017). School District Effect on Principal Instructional Leadership Efficacy (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27712

contributor:
Friesen, Sharon
Friesen, Dr. Sharon
Gereluk, Dr. Dianne
Jacobsen, Dr. Michele
Kawalilak, Dr. Colleen
Adams, Dr. Pamela
Field, Dr. James

subject:
Education--Administration
district growth culture
collaborative learning structures
central office administrator support
data use
technical skills as efficacy enhancing
administrator autonomy

abstract:
Abstract
This qualitative multiple-case study examined district and other antecedents that contribute to principal instructional leadership efficacy. With increased demands that schools better prepare students for a more complex society, principals need to be able to remain focused on the quality of instruction using a more collaborative, distributed form of leadership. They need to target their own energy and efforts on things that really make a difference. Using a conceptual framework based on sociocognitive theory as well as district and instructional leadership, the research explored how districts currently contribute to principal instructional leadership efficacy and makes recommendations for district improvement and for further academic research. Five principals and 5 district office central office administrators were interviewed to ascertain school district factors that positively impact principal instructional leadership efficacy. As well, factors other than those that were perceived as district related that appeared to affect principal instructional leadership efficacy were brought to light. Three overarching themes arose from the findings. Districts enhance principal efficacy through (a) a district growth culture that provides overarching efficacy support, (b) the support and development of collaborative learning structures, and (c) the provision of district human and financial resources that promote principal autonomy and provide pressure and support. Recommendations include the need to strengthen the cooperation between the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development to create more robust data systems for principals and the need for in-service efficacy training for principals and school district central office administrators.


identifier: Ouellet, J. (2013). Late Paleozoic Chronostratigraphy and Tectonostratigraphy of Pericratonic Terranes near Barkerville, British Columbia: Implications for the Lower Permian (Asselian) Sugar Limestone (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26730

subject: Geology Tectonics Stratigraphy Conodont

abstract: The Lower Permian Sugar limestone unit is a discontinuous calci-tubidite deposit in the Barkerville Terrane near Barkerville, British Columbia. It is here interpreted that the Pundata Thrust, which transported the Slide Mountain Terrane over the Barkerville and Cariboo terranes, separates the Sugar limestone unit from the underlying Hardscrabble Mountain succession. The Sugar limestone unit was likely deposited adjacent to an isolated carbonate platform in the Slide Mountain Ocean, prior to being thrust to its current location. This interpretation is based on the age and localized nature of the Sugar limestone unit, plus its proximity to klippen of the Slide Mountain Terrane. Regional stratigraphy and detrital zircon analysis indicate the Lower Paleozoic units of the pericratonic terranes share affinity with ancestral North America. A structural and stratigraphic reinterpretation, which incorporates ‘accordion tectonics’ was used to explain differences between the Lower and Upper Paleozoic units within the pericratonic terranes near Barkerville.


identifier: Laing, G. P. (1986). Factors associated with married registered nurses' labour force participation (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20690

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

subject:
RT 86.75 C3 L34 1987
Nurses - Employment - Saskatchewan
Wives - Employment - Saskatchewan
Work and family - Saskatchewan

abstract: Bibliography: p. 181-190.


identifier: Veneracion, P. A. (2020). Wounded Hegemon: The 2003 Iraq War and George W. Bush's Grand Strategy of Primacy (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Terriff, Terry
Keeley, James F.
Towers, Frank
Terriff, Terry

subject: United States

subject: George W. Bush

subject: 2003 Iraq War

subject: Iraq

subject: Saddam Hussein

subject: Neoclassical Realism

subject: History--Military

subject: History--United States

subject: Political Science--International Law and Relations

abstract: The 2003 Iraq War stands as one of the most consequential events in the post-Cold War period and yet its causes remain its least understood aspect. This project aims to add to existing discussions by providing a more comprehensive understanding of the war. Using neoclassical realism as its analytical lens, this project argues that the 2003 Iraq War occurred largely as a result of American hegemony combined with the effects of the September 11 terror attacks on the George W. Bush administration. American hegemony set broad parameters for US foreign policy behaviour while September 11 served as the proximate cause. The terror attacks engendered a deep sense of homeland vulnerability that entailed the need to reaffirm American primacy in the international system. The US under George W. Bush saw itself as a wounded hegemon that needed to both tame its external security environment and re-establish its place in the world. In this respect, September 11 shed a new light on Saddam Hussein, his potential weapons of mass destruction, and the possibility that he could either use these weapons directly or pass them on to terrorists. The Bush administration believed that defeating Hussein and transforming Iraq would not only eliminate a longstanding threat and potential source of weapons of mass destruction for terrorists, it would also demonstrate America’s material power and the power of American values. This demonstration, in turn, would restore America’s credibility, prestige, and deterrent threat – it would allay the sense of domestic vulnerability that came as a result of September 11. The factors that formed the decision to invade also shaped the strategy applied in its pursuit. The Iraq War and the Bush administration’s grand strategy of primacy stood on the administration’s belief that America possessed the unparalleled capacity to remake a country in its image.


identifier: Ersan, U. (1993). Degradation of MDEA-DEA mixtures with CO2 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21708

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

subject:
TP 754 E77 1993
Natural gas - Cleaning
Natural gas - Purification

abstract: Bibliography: p. 139-147.


identifier: Mohammadi, N. (2018). Identifying the Seizure Onset Zone using Intracranial EEG-fMRI (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/33046

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

contributor:
Federico, Paolo
Agha-Khani, Yahya
Goodyear, Bradley G.
Scantlebury, Morris H.
Sotero Díaz, Roberto C.

subject:
Epilepsy
Clinical Neuroscience
EEG-fMRI
Epileptiform discharge
BOLD response
Brain Imaging
Education--Health
Neuroscience
Radiology
Psychology--Clinical

abstract: Simultaneous EEG-fMRI has been an effective technique for identification of the seizure onset zone (SOZ) in patients with refractory epilepsy. Recent studies have shown that using intracranial electrodes (iEEG) combined with fMRI offers unique insight into changes in blood oxygen-level dependent (BOLD) responses associated with interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs). However, the concordance level between SOZ and IED-related BOLD clusters has not been quantitatively investigated for different brain structures. This thesis aims to identify patient-specific concordance levels between spike-associated BOLD clusters and IED/SOZ originating from temporal and extra-temporal structures. The distances between the BOLD clusters to IED/SOZ locations were measured for 15 patients with focal refractory epilepsy. The results showed that the spike-generating network was better delineated in patients with temporal discharges compared to those with extra-temporal discharges. Also, we observed shorter distances between the BOLD clusters and the SOZ for mesial temporal lobe seizures compared to frontal lobe seizures. Further investigation into the differences between mesial temporal and frontal structures showed that patients with focal impaired awareness seizures had significantly higher concordance for mesial temporal lobe seizures. This key finding suggests that mesial temporal structures limit spike-associated BOLD activation to the SOZ more than the frontal lobe in patients who have spread of ictal activity to subcortical arousal systems. This mechanistic difference was also complemented by our findings pertaining seizure frequency. Specifically, concordance levels in temporal lobe structures were significantly higher for patients with weekly seizures compared to extra-temporal structures. Based on these findings, we suggest that iEEG-fMRI is a useful technique for identifying seizure onset zone for patients with epileptic spikes and seizures originate in the mesial temporal structures. The work presented in this thesis may assist clinicians to better determine the seizure onset zone, guide epilepsy surgery, and improve post-surgical outcomes for epilepsy patients.


identifier: Doyle, A. W. (2019). Deriving from print: The role of sensorimotor information and context in semantic processing (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Deriving meaning from print: The role of sensorimotor information and context in semantic processing

contributor:
Pexman, Penny M.
Protzner, Andrea B.
Bodner, Glen E.
Graham, Susan A.
Taler, Vanessa
O'Brien, Mary Grantham

subject:
EEG
Cognitive Psychology
Semantic processing
Psychology

abstract: The process by which meaning is derived from words has been described by a number of different theories. Most recently, hybrid theories have claimed that both lexical and perceptual information are involved in deriving meaning from words, and that the relative contributions of each are dependent on context (Zwaan, 2014). In Chapter 2, predictions derived from these theories were tested by examining semantic richness effects in a semantic decision task (SDT) across two conditions. EEG was recorded while participants categorized words rated high or low for body-object interaction (BOI), a sensorimotor semantic richness dimension that measures ease of bodily interaction with the word’s referent (Siakaluk, et al., 2008a). In one condition participants decided whether each word was an entity or non-entity and in the other condition participants decided whether each word was an action or non-action. The behavioural results from Experiment 1 replicated previous findings (Tousignant & Pexman, 2012): a BOI effect (faster responses for high BOI words than for low BOI words) was observed in the entity/non-entity condition only. The results from Experiment 2 showed a significant difference in mean amplitude and rectified area of the P2 component between high and low BOI words in the entity condition only. These results indicate that sensorimotor information was recruited differently in each condition, suggesting that the recruitment of semantic information is a dynamic process, dependent on task demands. Although the BOI dimension has proven useful for investigating the role of sensorimotor information in lexical-semantic processing it is a fairly coarse measure of sensorimotor experience with words’ referents. The research reported in Chapter 4 addressed this issue by collecting ratings for 621 words on seven semantic dimensions in order to investigate which attributes are most strongly related to BOI ratings and to lexical–semantic processing. The results showed that the motor dimensions of graspability, ease of pantomime, and number of actions were all related to BOI, and that these dimensions together explained more variance in semantic processing than did the BOI ratings alone. These findings support hybrid theories of semantic processing, and provide additional insights about the nature of sensorimotor semantic processing.


identifier: Tsai, T. (2002). Pediatric residents' learning gains derived from a high fidelity child mannequin used to simulate critical cases in emergency room (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15225

format:
xvi, 135 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject: AC1 .T484 2002 T73

abstract: Bibliography: p. 82-85.


identifier: Livingston, L. (1990). Vigilance factors and eye movements in human-computer interaction (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19299

format:
xi, 187 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject:
QA 76.9 H85 L58 1990
Human-computer interaction
Eye - Movements

abstract: Bibliography: p. 145-158.


identifier: Ogunsolu, M. (2017). Credit Risk Pricing via Epstein-Zin Pricing Kernel (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25486

contributor:
Sezer, Deniz
Frei, Christoph
Badescu, Alexandru
Ware, Antony
David, Alexander
Liao, Wenyuan

subject: Education--Mathematics

abstract: We present an equilibrium framework for pricing corporate bonds with information delay in an Epstein-Zin setting. As in structural models of credit risk, the default time is modeled as the first hitting time of a default boundary by the unobservable process; the firm's asset value.  The observable state variables; log consumption and volatility are affine processes which drive the unobservable firm's value process. The stochastic pricing kernel is expressed in terms of the state variables. The price of a zero-coupon bond is expressed as the solution of a multidimensional partial differential equation which is solved numerically. Our equilibrium price model is also calibrated to fit available corporate bond and consumption data. Finally, we analyze the implications of investor’s preferences and information delay on the credit yield spreads.


identifier: Schachtel, J. (2010). Numinous (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3559

title: Numinous

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viii, 51 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 46-51


identifier: Aboumrad, M. (2020). Emergency Department Staff Knowledge and Practice of Caring for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities Seeking Mental Health Care (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Lashewicz, Bonnie M.
Hughson, E. Anne
Haines-Saah, Rebecca J.
Lashewicz, Bonnie M.
Hughson, E. Anne
Haines-Saah, Rebecca J.
Estefan, Andrew
Dewey, Deborah

subject: Intellectual Disabilities

subject: Emergency Department Mental Health Care

subject: Education--Social Sciences

subject: Mental Health

abstract: Individuals with intellectual disabilities have limited access to out-patient community-based mental health care. Emergency departments have become a fundamental entry for patients with intellectual disabilities to receive mental health care, leaving patients with intellectual disabilities being frequent users of the emergency department when compared to those without intellectual disabilities. The purpose of this study is to examine and unpack the knowledge, practice, and professional experience of emergency department staff regarding patients with intellectual disabilities seeking mental health care. The study aims to contribute to understandings about the ways in which emergency department staff utilize the emergency department space, time, and resources, and how this utilization impacts how responsive and supportive care is provided to patients with intellectual disabilities. Semi-structured face-to-face and phone interviews were conducted with seven emergency department social workers, registered nurses, and physicians from four emergency departments in Calgary, Canada. A qualitative descriptive study design was employed to collect, analyze, and describe and interpret findings. Emergency department staff described: the emergency department standard practice and procedures, environment, conflicting demands, professional and personal experience in the emergency department, and the ways these descriptions helped or hindered their ability to provide responsive and supportive care to patients with intellectual disabilities. Guided by a critical disability theoretical framing and the author’s experience as a disability service professional, the author has unpacked descriptive findings to illuminate that: the emergency department is not the place for any patient with or without an intellectual disability to receive adequate mental health care, the emergency department prioritizes physical health over mental health, emergency department staff do not have adequate time, space, resources, and academic or clinical training to provide responsive and supportive care, further illuminating how the knowledge, practice, and professional experience of emergency department staff additionally contribute to the marginalization of individuals with intellectual disabilities in various systems and practices, particularly the emergency department.


identifier: van der Velde, P. (1999). Regulation of gastric emptying and food intake (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21463

format:
xv, 226 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QP151 .V36 1999
Gastrointestinal system--research
Stomach - Motility
Indigestion--regulation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 174-226


identifier: Elsawaf, A. F. (1979). The conjugate-Newton method for nonlinear finite element problems (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15121

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

subject:
TA 633 E46 1979 Microfiche
Structural engineering
Nonlinear theories
Algorithms

abstract: Bibliography: p. 176-184.


identifier: Mahoney, J. M. (1984). An evaluation of shelterbelt development in Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16157

format:
[iii], vii, 128 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject: SD 409 M336 1984

subject: Windbreaks, Shelterbelts, Etc. - Alberta

abstract: Bibliography: p. 120-128.


identifier: Nittala, A. S. (2016). SHVIL, PLANWELL, & FLYING FRUSTUM: Spatial Interaction With 3D Physical Maps (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27779

contributor:
Sousa, Prof. Mario Costa
Sharlin, Prof. Ehud
Sousa, Prof. Mario Costa
Sharlin, Prof. Ehud
Takashima, Prof. Kazuki
Viczko, Prof. April A.

format: video/mpeg video/mpeg application/pdf

subject:
Computer Science
Human-Computer Interaction
Tangible User Interfaces
Computer-Supported Co-Operative Work
Augmented Reality
Human-Robot Interaction
Human-UAV Awareness
Situational Awareness

abstract: Spatial representations are crucial when people interact with the physical environment. For example, geographic maps are one of the primary sources for way-finding, spatial planning and navigational activities. Recent technological advancements enable the evolution of current 2D interactive spatial representations of the maps to physical 3D interactive representations using techniques such as 3D printing and mixed reality interaction. In this thesis, we undertake the task of designing collaborative spatial interaction techniques for physical representation of maps. We designed interfaces for the following application scenarios: collaborative terrain navigation, petroleum-well planning, and remote unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) control. We present our research, encompassing three prototypes we designed and implemented: Shvil, an augmented reality interface for collaborative terrain navigation; PlanWell, a spatial user interface for collaborative petroleum well planning; and Flying Frustum, a spatial interface for enhancing human-UAV awareness.


identifier: Henderson, L. D. (2005). Practical applications of chelating bidentate lewis acids: a synthetic, structural and reactivity study of perfluoro-ortho-phenylenediboranes (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22111

format:
xxviii, 301 leavse : ill ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 224-225
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Coates, L. (2004). The architecture of human sustainability: interpreting the artness of complexity (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11822

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 178-181

abstract:
This MDP investigates the associations between architecture's cultural significance and its technologically driven mandate of sustainable practice. It seeks to understand continuing perceptions of imbalance and disparity between the art and science of modern architecture and considers how this perception hinders the assessment of current sustainable practices across all domains. It endeavors to resolve this disparity by showing how the interpretation of cultural indicators can enhance the appreciation and assessment of sustainable architecture.

   An analytical framework is developed to facilitate the integration of architecture's cultural significance with other methods for assessing sustainability. The foundation of the framework establishes an inclusive, ethical context of human sustainability to evaluate architecture's mandate of technological and cultural sustainability. It builds on the current 'triple bottom line' paradigm of environmental, economic and social factors found in advanced sustainability frameworks across all domains.

   The comprehensive human sustainability framework is guided by awareness of thinking and behavior as a basis for the assessment of sustainable practice. It borrows strategies from management science, educational psychology, complexity theory and contemporary art to identify and assess the complex triple bottom line associations that are critical to sustainable practice and assessment across all domains. These strategies are used in the critical evaluation of architectural theories to show how awareness of thinking can enhance the integrated assessment of architecture as a technologically, culturally and ethically inclusive phenomenon.

Key Words: assessment, aesthetics, alternative utterance, art coefficient, complexity, creative destruction, deontic paradigm, explicit, human sustainability, innovation, implicit, mediation, retrospective coherence, stakeholder, tacit


identifier: Montgomery, B. D. (1980). A study of the interaction of reading, talking and writing in the learning processes of adolescents in response to a novel (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12752

format:
xiv, 302 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
LB 1060 M64 1980 Fiche
Reading comprehension
Learning, Psychology of

abstract: Bibliography: p. 295-297.


identifier: Mercier, L. G. (2011). Design, synthesis and characterization of fluorescent organoboron and organosilicon compounds (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4596

format:
xxx, 344 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 225-233
A few pages are in colour.


identifier: Barrett, O. (2016). Measuring Accessibility to Primary Health Care Across the Urban-rural Continuum in the Province of Alberta (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26852

contributor:
Bertazzon, Stefania
Miller, Byron
Hemmelgarn, Brenda
Patel, Alka
Yiannakoulias, Nikolaos

subject:
Geography
Public Health
Statistics
health care accessibility
distance decay
rural-urban continuum

abstract:
The proper estimation of accessibility is necessary to understand the issue of the urban-rural divide in access health care. The main concern with the previously developed accessibility measures is that the urban-rural continuum is treated as a dichotomous variable, while many degrees of rurality exist. While many studies attempted to include a distance decay function to address local travel patterns, it is usually arbitrary and may not exactly reflect the reality. This project is an attempt to improve the current methodology and make it more suitable for provincial settings that include various degrees of rurality.
The past records of health care utilization are analyzed and distance decay coefficients are extracted for each type of urban and rural area. These coefficients are used to enhance a commonly used two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) method to estimate accessibility scores. In addition, health needs and mobility measures are added to the model.
The result of this enhanced methodology is compared to other methods where distance decay is used. The proposed method consistently shows better and more accurate results. The alternative methods often underestimate accessibility, especially in remote areas. The distance decay function derived from actual utilization data also allows use of this approach for large areas such as a Canadian province.


identifier: Taghavi, H. (2015). Broadband RF Power Amplifier Design Methodology Using Sequential Harmonic Characterization (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25171

subject:
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
RF Power Amplifier
GaN HEMT
Multi Octave
In-band Harmonics
Sequential Harmonic Characterization
Software Defined Radio

abstract:
Radio Frequency Power Amplifier (RFPA) amplifies the communication signals to the required power level for transmission. It is the most power consuming stage in a transceiver chain; consequently, any improvement in terms of dissipated power and efficiency of the
power amplifier affects the overall power budget of the transmitter. Also, efficient performance of the RF power amplifier over extended ranges of frequency is one of the most challenging areas in implementing multi-band transmitter systems. In this thesis, a design
methodology for multi-octave RF power amplifiers is presented based on the proposed sequential harmonic characterization. Compared to the conventional method, a more optimal performance is achieved using the proposed technique. To validate the proposed method, a broadband multi-octave power amplifier prototype was designed and fabricated using a
Cree GaN HEMT device that exhibits drain efficiency of 53% - 64% across 0.7 – 4.0 GHz corresponding to the fractional bandwidth of 140%.


identifier: King, C. O. (1983). Education and community in a northern Saskatchewan Cree village (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21181

format:
xiv, 325 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: LC 2629 K5 1985

subject: Indians of North America - Saskatchewan - Education

subject: Cree Indians - Social life and customs

abstract: Bibliography: p. 306-325.


identifier: Liu, Z. (1992). Comparison of statistical methods for the alignment of strapdown inertial systems (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24029

publisher:
Engineering
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject:
TA 549 L58 1992
Surveying - Statistical methods
Kalman filtering

abstract: Bibliography: p. 78-80.

abstract: In the thesis, different numerical methods for the alignment of a Strapdown Inertial Surveying System (SISS) are investigated. Kalman filtering is used as the standard real-time processing method. A new wave filtering method proposed by Salychev and Bykovsky [1991] is presented and successfully used as an alternative to the conventional real-time Kalman filter. For post-mission processing, a recursive least squares method suitable for linear dynamic systems is developed. Repeated Kalman filtering is used as an important means to improve the estimation of the azimuth. Optimal smoothing is also used for refining the azimuth estimation of the SISS. Shown through experimental results using the LTN-90-100 strapdown system is that the different methods can be useful for different purposes. Kalman filtering and wave filtering can be used as real-time alignment algorithms. The wave method reaches a stable state within three minutes while the Kalman filter needs ten minutes. On the other hand, Kalman filtering provides an estimate of the filtering accuracy and this allows statistical testing which is not possible with the wave method. Repeated Kalman filtering, optimal smoothing and least squares methods give comparable results in post-mission processmg. They are accurate within about one arc minute and are stable to about ten arc seconds over a period of ten minutes.


identifier: Baron, C. C. (1995). Teaching mathematics using geometry: a problem solving perspective (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23043

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

subject: QA 11 B355 1995

subject: Mathematics - Study and teaching (Secondary)

subject: Geometry - Study and teaching (Secondary)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 183-193.


identifier: Blue, G. (1998). Discourse of wilderness: Grizzly bears in popular culture (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12676

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

subject:
P96 .A53 B59 1998
Animals in mass media.
Grizzly bear
Popular culture.
Mass media - Influence

abstract: Bibliography: p. 108-115.


identifier: Scourfield, M. W. (1971). Fast temporal and spatial variations in pulsating auroras (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/10827

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

subject:
QC 971 S36 1970
Auroras
X-rays

abstract: Bibliography: p. 119-125.


identifier: Barclay, A. (2017). Mid Infrared Investigation of Two Isomers of the CO-N2O van der Waals Complex (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26913

contributor:
Moazzen-Ahmadi, Nasser
Heyne, Belinda Josiane M.
Thompson, Robert Ian
Jackel, Brian

subject:
Education--Sciences
Spectroscopy
Infrared
van der Waals complexes
CO-N2O
IR
Molecular Clusters

abstract: Infrared spectra in the carbon monoxide CO stretch region (~2150 cm−1) and in the nu3 asymmetric stretch region of N2O (~2223 cm−1) are assigned to the previously unobserved O-bonded form of the CO-N2O dimer (“isomer 2”). This van der Waals complex has a planar skewed T-shaped structure like that of the previously observed C-bonded form (“isomer 1”), but with the CO rotated by 180°. In addition to the fundamental band, combination bands for both isomers are observed and intermolecular frequencies for the out of plane torsion and the in-plane CO-rock, or disrotatory bend are reported. Vibrational assignment of these bands is achieved by comparison with data recently published (A. Barclay et al., Chem. Phys. Letters, 651 (2016) 62), concerning OC-CO2. We show that the most recent ab initio potential energy surface is inadequate in predicting the intermolecular frequencies for both isomers (CO-N2O and OC-N2O).


identifier: Mehrotra, A. K. (1980). The recovery of metals from coal ash by high temperature chlorination in a fluidized bed reactor (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17181

format:
xviii, 227 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TA 455 A63 M42 1980 Fiche
Coal ash
Chlorination
Fluidized reactors

abstract: Bibliography: p. 188-193.


identifier: Booth, J. (2020). Exploring the Relationship Between Diabetes and Physical Activity Behaviours: Results from the Canadian Health Measures Survey (2007-2017)  (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Sigal, Ronald J.
Rabi, Doreen M.
Goldfield, Gary S.
Sajobi, Tolulope T.

subject:
Epidemiology
Public Health

abstract: Background: Diabetes Canada clinical practice guidelines recommend that individuals with type 2 diabetes accumulate a minimum of 150 minutes per week of moderate-to vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) and reduce the amount of time spent sedentary. To our knowledge, there are no nationally-representative studies in Canada that have used objectively-measured physical activity data to assess the associations between physical activity and sociodemographic characteristics or cardiometabolic measures in people with type 2 diabetes. Thus, the objectives of this thesis were to (1) evaluate the associations between physical activity, sedentary time and cardiometabolic health and (2) evaluate the associations between physical activity, sedentary time and sociodemographic characteristics in adults with type 2 diabetes in a representative sample of the Canadian population. Methods: Cycles 1 to 5 of the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) were used. Participants with type 2 diabetes between 20 and 79 years of age who had at least four days of valid activity monitor wear were included. Means, medians and interquartile ranges were used to present estimates of physical activity and sedentary time. Physical activity was stratified by MVPA tertile and cardiometabolic mean values and/or proportions with 95% confidence intervals were compared. Median regression was used to evaluate the associations between 60-minute per week increment in total MVPA with hemoglobin A1c (A1C) and body mass index (BMI). Ordinal logistic regression was used to estimate the odds of achieving lower amounts of MVPA based on sociodemographic factors. Results: Only 21.5% of adults with type 2 diabetes met clinical practice guideline recommendations for physical activity. Higher amounts of MVPA and daily steps were associated with lower BMI, waist circumference and cardiometabolic risk composite score. Female sex, lower income, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2, and being a current or former smoker were associated with lower levels of physical activity. Conclusions: Less than one quarter of adults with type 2 diabetes met physical activity recommendations. We identified important sociodemographic characteristics that were determinants of low levels of physical activity which should be considered by healthcare providers and policy-makers in order to inform and deliver effective physical activity interventions.


identifier: Qi, R. (2020). Simulation Study of Warm VAPEX Process Using Water-soluble Solvent (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Chen, Zhangxin
Hu, Jinguang
Pereira-Almao, Pedro R.

subject:
VAPEX
Solvent
Dimethyl ether
Engineering--Chemical
Engineering--Petroleum

abstract: Vapor extraction (VAPEX) is considered a promising alternative to the SAGD process to recover Alberta's heavy oil and bitumen resources. In the past, researchers have found that the main drawback of the VAPEX process is its slow oil production rate due to the inherent mechanism of relatively slower mass transfer compared to heat conduction and convection. Warm VAPEX, which combines the effect of both heating and solvent dilution, can increase the oil production rate significantly. In this study, the feasibility of injecting dimethyl ether (DME) to extract Athabasca bitumen is investigated through numerical simulations. A synthetic reservoir model with fine grids was developed to investigate the displacement mechanisms in a hot DME VAPEX process. Thermal dynamic properties of a bitumen-DME-water system were modelled and validated with experimental measurements. The performance of hot DME VAPEX is compared with a SAGD process in terms of an oil rate, cumulative oil production and energy input. Simulation results indicate that the oil rate of warm DME VAPEX is comparable to SAGD, and the energy consumption is dramatically reduced. Subsequently, a sensitivity analysis is conducted to examine the effect of various parameters on the overall performance of DME-based warm VAPEX. Injecting DME at higher temperatures is effective in reducing the solvent-oil ratio. Oil production can be significantly promoted by increasing the injection pressure. The original reservoir water saturation also has a significant impact on the performance of warm DME VAPEX. For higher water saturation reservoirs, oil production is enhanced, but more DME is trapped in the water phase.


identifier: Fitzer, K. R. (2005). The role of executive functioning: planning and organization difficulties in written language (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19456

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 131-148


identifier: Springer, W. A. (1989). A Simulation of the motion of clusters of rigid bodies around obstructions (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20671

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

subject: QA 861 S67 1989

subject: Rotational motion (Rigid dynamics) - Computer simulation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 106-107.