identifier: Lo, H. P. (1981). Invariant abundance distributions: the structure and the statistics (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24048

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

subject:
QA 176.7 L6 1981 Fiche
Sampling (Statistics)
Distribution (Probability theory)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 143-148.


identifier: Giles, P. T. (1996). Classification of slope units from digital elevation and remote sensing data, southwest Yukon, Canada (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21911

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xvii, 273 leaves : ill., maps ; 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: GB 448 G55 1996a

subject: Additional Copy: GB 488 G55 1996

subject: Slopes (Physical geography) - Yukon Territory - Remote sensing

subject: Geomorphology - Yukon Territory - Remote sensing

abstract: Bibliography: p. 212-223.


identifier: Bishop, A. (2013). Over the Rainbow: Exploring how Life Gets Better for Gay Males (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27241

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject:
Educational Psychology
Guidance and Counseling
General

abstract: Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth are often victims of homonegativity and bullying related to their affectional orientation. This negativity can have serious consequences including social withdrawal, academic problems, mental health concerns, and suicidality. However, not all LGB youth experience such consequences and many live a satisfying life similar to their non-LGB peers indicating resiliencies in this population. Utilizing Internet video blogs from a non-profit organization called the “It Gets Better Project,” the current study explored the process of life improvement in gay male youth by analyzing 33 videos. A grounded theory is presented in two phases. Phase 1 represents life prior to getting better and an experience of life dissatisfaction and Phase 2 represents life as it becomes better and an experience of life satisfaction.


identifier: Woods, M. E. (1981). Family life and sex education curricular needs assessment: parent and student opinions from two Calgary public high schools (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23181

format:
xi, 95 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HQ 57.3 W64 1983
Family life education - Evaluation
Sex instruction - Evaluation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 93-95.


identifier: Orsi Barioni, N. (2021). Spinal Oxygen Sensors: location, function and mechanism (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary

contributor:
Wilson, Richard JA.; Whelan, Patrick.
Zocal, Daniel B
Ousman, Shalina S
Thompson, Roger J
Gordon, Grant RJ.

subject:
Oxygen sensing
Preganglionic neurons
Autonomic nervous system
Breathing
Respiratory
NOS1
NOX2
Gasp
Health And Environmental Sciences
Biological Sciences

abstract: In hypoxic conditions, the mammalian body composes cardiorespiratory responses aimed to increase oxygen supply to vital organs. Although the carotid bodies are the primary oxygen chemoreceptors for breathing, data in the literature show that hypoxia-triggered cardiovascular responses remain in their absence, suggesting the existence of an additional hypoxia sensor responsible to elicit those responses. In the present work, my objectives were to determine 1) the origin of the cardiovascular responses to hypoxia in the absence of the carotid bodies; 2) the function of these oxygen sensors in rescuing cardiorespiratory control under hypoxia; and 3) the oxygen sensing mechanism through which these cells compose the hypoxic response. Using in vivo, in situ, en bloc and patch clamp preparations combined with pharmacological, immunological and genetic approaches, our data show that thoracic spinal preganglionic neurons (SPNs) are highly oxygen sensitive and this sensitivity is not mediated by surrounding glia (although spinal glia also seem to be oxygen sensitive). Additionally, these spinal oxygen sensors (SOS) are not only capable of increasing phrenic activity independent of the brainstem, but also modulating the brainstem’s process of gasp generation under asphyxia by increasing sympathetic output and promoting autoresuscitation – in some cases producing gasps on its own. Furthermore, our results suggest that the SOS are equipped with a novel oxygen sensing mechanism involving neuronal nitric oxide synthase (NOS1), expressed abundantly in SPNs. The high expression levels of NOS1 in SPNs causes high levels of NADPH consumption. However, as oxygenation decays in hypoxia, NOS1 becomes dormant due to its high KmO2, making NADPH available for NOX2 in the production of ROS. The increased ROS concentration inside the SPNs triggers TRP channels and IP3R, culminating in elevated intracellular calcium and, consequently, neuronal depolarization. In conclusion, the present thesis investigates a spinal oxygen sensor which potentially contributes to survival behaviours and appears to use a novel oxygen sensing mechanism.


identifier: Romero Vivas, I. L. (2002). Experiences of aboriginal HIV/AIDS programs in Calgary: the great teacher of compassion (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23578

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 R665

abstract: Bibliography: p. 166-181

abstract: This is a qualitative study of how the urban Aboriginal population in Calgary, Alberta, Canada faces HIV/AIDS. It strives to understand how a global disease is translated within a particular historical and social context. Contemporary Native people face many social challenges, a consequence of colonisation, Residential Schools and historical and on-going racism. HIV/ AIDS Aboriginal prevention agencies try to combine Western and Native perspectives, but they privilege the western one, since they are planned, implemented and funded by non- Aboriginal initiatives. According to Native people, HIV/ AIDS is the Great Teacher of Compassion that "is here to teach the people how to live again as partners, families and communities". A "culturally appropriate" prevention model would acknowledge history and follow a wholistic health approach, involving body, mind, emotions and spirit. It would involve Aboriginals at all stages of the program, since HIV/AIDS is closely related to identity processes, self-esteem, Treaty rights and re-gaining self-control.


identifier: Ledgerwood, D. (1996). Incidence of nosocomial infections in an adult intensive care unit and risk factors for nosocomial pneumonia (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11288

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

subject:
RA 644 N66 L44 1996
Nosocomial infections
Communicable diseases
Pneumonia

abstract: Bibliography: p. 133-143.


identifier: Morrison, G. D. (1991). A frequency domain measurement system for indoor ultrahigh frequency radio propagation studies (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24551

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

subject:
TK 6553 M67 1991
Time-domain analysis
Radio measurements
Radio frequency

abstract: Bibliography: p. 105-111.


identifier: Nijjar, T. S. (1994). Effect of aging and overaging on fatigue behavior of 2024-T3 and 7075-T6 aluminum alloys (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22708

format:
xxi, 178 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TA 480 A6 N55 1994
Aluminum alloys - Fatigue
Aluminum alloys - Testing
Precipitation hardening

abstract: Bibliography: p. 174-178.


identifier: Cullingham, C. M. (2013). New Mothers' Networks in the Canadian Context: A Combined Methods Investigation into the Characteristics, Function, and Dynamics of First Time Mothers' Social Networks (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27096

publisher:
Arts
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Godley, Jenny
Scott, Cathie

subject:
Sociology
Social networks
social support
first time mothers
combined methods
Social Network Analysis

abstract: In this combined methods study, semi-structured qualitative interview data and quantitative social network survey data were used to describe the characteristics, functions, and dynamics of new mothers’ social networks in the Canadian context. The social networks of the mothers who participated were largely composed of a core network of close family and friends who provided a range of social support. First time mothers’ networks also included network members who provided support specific to the context of new motherhood, such as daytime companionship during the regular work week, which they found through existing ties when possible. When not, new mothers often sought this companionship through acquaintances or new friends, particularly other new mothers. Comparison of structured social network data with semi-structured interview data led to recommendations for better eliciting and describing these context specific ties in new mothers’ networks, including the use of a multi-pronged, context aware approach.


identifier: Begum, S. (2019). Defining How Entamoeba histolytica Modulates Macrophage Functions (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary

contributor:
Chadee, Kris C.
McCafferty, Donna Marie
Peters, Nathan C.

subject:
HMGB1, alarmin, ATG16L1
Microbiology

abstract: Entamoeba histolytica (Eh) colonizes the colonic mucus layer to establish asymptomatic infection and under certain circumstances not completely known, Eh breaches mucosal barriers to cause intestinal and extraintestinal amebiasis. Eh adherence and invasion to host cells triggers robust pro-inflammatory responses that are critical in disease pathogenesis. At present, it is unclear why there is an aggressive pro-inflammatory response that intensifies at the site of parasite invasion. In this study, I hypothesize that Eh contact with macrophages induces the release of the endogenous alarmin molecule HMGB1 to alert non-contacted cells of imminent Eh invasion to escalate innate host defenses. Preformed nuclear HMGB1 is a well-known alarmin protein that upon secretion plays critical roles in the pathogenesis of infectious inflammation. Eh in contact with macrophages induced rapid and early secretion of HMGB1. This was facilitated by Eh surface Gal-lectin mediated activation of PI3K and NF-κB signaling pathways and increased nuclear histone acetyltransferase activity that resulted in the acetylation of HMGB1 to cause active secretion without significant host cell death. In contrast to endotoxemia, Eh induced HMGB1 secretion was independent of caspase-1 mediated inflammasome activation and gasdermin D pores. Neutralization of HMGB1 in mice significantly inhibited Eh-induced pro-inflammatory responses in colonic loops, demonstrating a critical role for HMGB1 in shaping pro-inflammatory responses towards Eh.  The second aim of this study was to investigate the role of autophagy associated protein ATG16L1 in response to Eh-induced pro-inflammatory responses. Autophagy maintains and regulates excessive inflammatory responses and tissue damage. Interestingly, Eh in contact with macrophages at the intercellular junction induced rapid degradation of ATG16L1 protein and dissociation of ATG5 from ATG12-ATG5 conjugates, which are essential components of immune regulatory autophagy processes. The cellular mechanism of ATG16L1 protein degradation was mediated by Eh induced activation of caspase-6. In vitro cleavage assays demonstrated that ATG16L1 protein was a potential proteolytic substrate for active caspase-6 and the presence of Eh increased ATG16L1 protein susceptibility towards degradation, which leads to dysregulation of immune regulatory processes with excessive inflammation. Taken together, these results revealed two distinct but novel interconnected outcomes following Eh interaction with macrophages at the intercellular junction 1), induction and secretion of the alarmin molecule HMGB1 to establish amplified pro-inflammatory responses and 2), caspase-6 activation that mediates proteolytic degradation of ATG16L1 to dysregulate immune responses to escalate the magnitude and duration of pro-inflammatory responses.  Both these processes can play major roles in innate host defenses and/or disease pathogenesis in amebiasis.


identifier: Maicher, B. (1982). High school dropouts: an evaluation of a placement program (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11895

format:
viii, 229 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: HQ 799.2 D7 M33 1987

subject: High school dropouts - Employment - Alberta - Calgary

subject: Dropouts - Employment

abstract: Bibliography: p. 174-185.


identifier: Martinez Fernandez, P. E. (2014). Application of a finite-difference scheme for the time-domain computation of 1D anelastic wavefields to fractured media. (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24955

subject:
Geophysics
Anelasticity
Seismic wave
Non-welded contact

abstract:
In this work, I develop a 1D finite-difference formulation that is capable of simulating non-welded contact boundary conditions in anelastic media. I include, in the linear-slip boundary conditions for non-welded contact, the memory variables that are obtained as a result of considering a generalized Maxwell rheology. Then I proceed to obtain a heterogeneous formulation which is a result of the introduction of a fictitious points scheme for the boundary conditions. In other words I obtain a generalized homogeneous formulation. I solve the resulting system of equations and substitute the amplitudes obtained into the equation of motion.
I analyze the numerical results obtained and compare these with an analytical solution and two other anelastic formulations for the welded contact case. I examine different scenarios such as anelastic-anelastic and elastic-anelastic wave propagation in welded and non-welded contact by looking at the transmitted and reflected pulse in welded as well as non-welded contact.


identifier: Weppler, S. J. (2020). Artificial Intelligence to Advance Adaptive Radiation Therapy (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Science
University of Calgary

contributor:
Smith, Wendy Lani
Schinkel, Colleen
Davidsen, Jörn
Quon, Harvey C.

subject:
Oncology
Physics--Radiation
Artificial Intelligence

abstract: The precision of head and neck cancer radiotherapy may be adversely affected by changes in patient and tumor anatomy occurring over the 6-7 weeks of daily treatment. Adaptive radiation therapy (ART) is used to correct precision losses by replanning treatment in response to anatomical changes. However, the resource costs associated with routine ART may be prohibitive. This thesis considers various open questions in head and neck ART including: protocol performance; workflow streamlining and patient selection criteria; and the potential clinical implications of plan adaptation. We first proposed a framework to compare physician dose-monitoring priorities against protocol capabilities and assessed a common ART protocol monitoring changes in patient external contour. We found this protocol’s performance is comparable to randomly selecting patients for ART. Artificial intelligence techniques allowed us to more effectively model interactions between anatomical and dosimetric changes, and propose new patient selection practices. A novel heuristic converted models into simple criteria for clinical use. Various ART correction goals were considered with promising performance on an external validation dataset, including: parotid gland sparing (sensitivity=0.82, specificity=0.70), and pharyngeal constrictor sparing (sensitivity=0.84, specificity=0.68). Selection criteria relied only on pre-treatment patient data, allowing ART consults to be scheduled in advance. Deformable image registration (DIR) is a workflow tool capable of further streamlining ART. However, not all DIR implementations produce equivalent results. We proposed a data clustering method to identify representative examples of DIR differences that most affect ART output. In addition, we provided a general framework to derive workflow-specific DIR performance requirements that ensures ART workflow equivalence. To estimate the potential clinical benefit of ART, we compared patient-reported outcomes with planned and delivered radiotherapy doses. Results indicated that ART may be most beneficial in reducing patient-reported dysphagia, conferring a ≥5% decrease in absolute dysphagia risk in 1.2% of patients with dose increases, with a ≥5% decrease in relative risk in 23.3% of patients. This suggests a novel goal for ART, given that the literature primarily focusses on xerostomia reduction. The results from these studies have prepared our centre to be among the first to lead a randomized clinical trial in ART.


identifier: MacGregor, J. (2011). Evaluation of a group intervention for people with HIV, substance use and trauma (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3760

publisher:
Social Work
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 118-130.

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

abstract: This mixed method study evaluated the utility and perceived impact of a twelve week trauma and substance-use group intervention for people who have HIV and histories of substance abuse, and who are considered at risk for poor psychosocial and health outcomes. Administration of a psychometric measure, the Detailed Assessment of Post traumatic Stress (DAPS) was conducted to pre group (n=25) and post group (n=7) participants to determine traumatic symptomatology levels. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with participants post group (n=7). Findings demonstrated that a group for people with HIV which provides concurrent treatment for trauma and substance use, utilizing cognitive-behavioural, case management and interpersonal strategies, shows promise for its ability to serve as a catalyst for moving participants into contemplation and action toward decreased substance abuse and increased medication adherence. It may also provide an increased sense of agency in key areas of psychosocial functioning. The mechanisms behind positive and negative feedback loops that function as triggers and reenactments to traumatic stress and substance use were explored as useful clinical tools. Short-term, clinical interventions should be seen as part of a more holistic, traumafocused, ongoing treatment plan for those patients that have complex posttraumatic stress diagnoses.


identifier: Mitton, C. R. (2001). Priority setting in regional health authorites: program budgeting and marginal analysis (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18864

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

subject: RA395 .A54 M58 2001

subject: Public health - Alberta - Decision making

subject: Public health - Economic aspects - Alberta

subject: Health planning - Alberta

subject: Program budgeting - Alberta

abstract: Bibliography: p. 186-195.


identifier: Abercrombie, H. J. (1989). Water-rock interaction during diagenesis and thermal recovery, Cold Lake, Alberta (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17365

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

subject: QE 431.6 W38 A23 1988a

subject: Water-rock interaction - Alberta - Clearwater Formation

subject: Diagenesis - Alberta - Clearwater Formation

subject: Formations (Geology) - Alberta - Clearwater Formation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 165-174.


identifier: Yeo, M. V. (1998). Drug-related illness in older women: Perceptions of factors affecting nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug self-management practices (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22390

format:
xiii, 246 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
RC953.7 .Y46 1998
Geriatric pharmacology.
Aged--Drug use.
Aged--Canada--Drug use.
Medication abuse--Prevention.

abstract: Bibliography: p. 187-218.


identifier: Busch, A. J. (2005). Adoption and maintenance of regular participation in leisure time physical activity in women with fibromyalgia (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21399

publisher:
Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xvi, 249 leaves : ill.
xvi, 249 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 194-211
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Finn, P. J. (2009). The play's the thing: producing and performing an ensemble "Hamlet" (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4864

format:
One DVD
application/pdf

abstract: The thesis is a collection of multimedia material stored on a DVD-R.  No other material is associated with the work.

abstract: The thesis was related to the website "www.hamlet.ucalgary.ca" when created.


identifier: Tézli, A. (2013). Captain of the Ship, Not Master of the Sea: The Social Organization of Service Delivery to Sheltered Homeless Families (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25208

subject:
Sociology--Organizational
Public and Social Welfare
homelessness
family homelessness
homeless shelters
Nonprofit sector
service delivery

abstract:
Despite decades of research, homelessness remains a paradoxical feature of even the most affluent societies, including Canada. Since the early 1980s, there has been a renewed academic and policy interest in homelessness. Existing research is predominantly quantitative in nature and focuses on the identification of individual-level factors contributing to homelessness. A growing body of research focuses on the ways in which institutional environments produce “the homeless” as knowable subjects and shape their day-to-day experiences. My dissertation explores ethnographically the social organization of service provision to homeless families at the Guest House, a Calgary family shelter. I conducted in-depth interviews with shelter guests and staff, engaged in participant observation, and analyzed various documents, such as institutional records, policy documents, and news reports.
	My discussion begins with an account of individual experiences of becoming homeless and shelter life, which is based on nine in-depth interviews with shelter guests. My attention then shifts to the social practices that shaped these experiences. To understand the context in which services to homeless families are provided at the Guest House, I examine the processes that shaped the institutional foundation of the Guest House. My discussion continues with an examination of the complex, socially organized processes, such as policy mandates, funding stipulation and structures of accountability, that shape day-to-day practices of shelter staff and administrators. This discussion is based on data I generated through extensive participation in those shelter practices as a volunteer and frontline staff member.
	Using the example of shelter-admission decisions, I show how homeless families are transformed into shelter residents. While staff members have the discretion to admit or reject shelter-seeking families, their decisions are shaped by realities that are beyond the control of individual actors, such as economic conditions, the real estate market organizational stipulations, funding provisions, and political mandates imposed by Calgary’s Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness. My discussion demonstrates that institutional practices do not originate exclusively within the institution itself, but are organized by principles located outside the organization. In other words, shelter staff might be the captain of their ship, but they are not the master of the sea.


identifier: Isaacs, C. A. (2006). A binding of community: storytelling and identity construction in black Canadian literaure (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/787

format:
viii, 204 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 193-204


identifier: Kyser, J. (2012). Improving Aboriginal Housing: Culture and Design Strategies (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26484

publisher:
Environmental Design
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject: Anthropology--Cultural

subject: Urban and Regional Planning

subject: Environmental

subject: Aboriginal, First Nations, Métis, Inuit, North American Indian, housing, culture, cultural appropriateness, green building methods, clean technologies, alternative energy, capacity building

abstract: Aboriginal housing in Canada is in a state of crisis. The status quo is characterized by substandard and culturally inappropriate buildings, and insufficient access to essential services. This reality undermines individual and community health, wellbeing and socioeconomic development. Emerging green building methods and clean technologies have the potential to address key issues and problematic conditions in this context, where occupant health and safety, durability, and reduced operating and maintenance costs are primary concerns. Considerations for Aboriginal cultures are also essential to improved housing design, where their absence has perpetuated a legacy of cultural oppression. Adopting cultural considerations into Aboriginal housing design may increase sense of identity, belonging, ownership and responsibility. This research examines the integration of green building methods, clean technologies, and Aboriginal cultural design considerations as bases for improving Aboriginal housing. Recommendations are based on qualitative case studies within the Seabird Island, Saugeen, and Treaty 7 First Nations.


identifier: Francis-Poscente, K. R. (2009). Learning to play with mathematics online (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2417

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 375-402


identifier: Strickland, B. M. (2009). De garder a bajtin: la communicacion mediada por ordenador y su impacto en la clase de lenguas (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3020

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 131-137

abstract: Some pages are in colour.

abstract: This thesis describes an action research project that was carried out with first semester students of Spanish at the University of Calgary to evaluate the impact of a pedagogical innovation on their motivation and attitudes towards Spanish speakers and the Spanish language. The study combines the theories of attitudes and motivation developed by social psychologist R.C. Gardner with the descriptions oflanguage and language acquisition proposed by Russian linguist and literary critic Mikhail M. Bakhtin. We propose that projects of intercultural contact through Computer Mediated Communication in the language classroom can not only improve students' attitudes and motivation, but also allow them to experience characteristics of language that are usually absent in the classroom setting. Among these features are language heteroglossia, the importance of the communicative utterance, and the impact that the other, or the potential audience, has on the utterance.


identifier: Morton, S. G. (2015). Pahn-Ti-Pan: The Rise and Fall of Complex Socio-Political and Economic Systems as Attested in Subterranean Site Contexts of Central Belize, C.A. (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27245

subject:
Archaeology
Ancient Maya
Cave Ritual
Polity Development
Speleoarchaeology
Belize

abstract: The question that drives this dissertation is “As integrated and varied ritual contexts, how do changing patterns of pre-Columbian cave use inform on the complex of historical, social, political, economic and related ideological processes in action during the inception, florescence, and collapse of Tipan Chen Uitz and other nucleated centres in the region [Central Belize]?” It is intended to highlight, and within the specific regional context of this dissertation address, a tendency within the speleoarchaeology of the Maya area to isolate itself from broader topics of discourse. Following a brief introduction to the study area and the research project that supports work there—the Central Belize Archaeological Survey project—the remainder of this manuscript is divided into two broad sections. The first is structured along a chain of related concepts and datasets extending from the broad body of literature on ritual and religion, through discussion of the conceptual cave context drawn from epigraphic and iconographic sources, its invocation as recorded in contemporary (or at least, relatively recent) ethnographic contexts and earlier post-Columbian indigenous historic sources, and finally along the well-travelled paths of the archaeological study of caves. This forward section constitutes the web of theories, concepts, methods, and histories within which the rest of my study is caught. The second section deals explicitly with my own primary research in a number of caves located in Central Belize. While the identification of specific ritual motivations—through reference to material and environmental contexts—fell short of initial expectations, I am able to parse patterns from this body of work that serve to distinguish variability in behaviour within these contexts and define a regional pattern of ritual cave use. Thus defined, this manuscript finishes by turning from the dark passages of the Maya cave context to discuss the implications of these patterns on discussions of broader trends/developments in socio-political and economic systems in this region, and particular, in reference to the recently discovered civic-ceremonial centre of Tipan Chen Uitz.


identifier: von Mammen, S. (2009). Swarm grammars: modeling computational development through highly dynamic complex processes (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2812

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 147-167
Some pages are in colour


identifier: McCrank, M. J. (2009). Seismic Detection and Characterization of a CO2 Flood in Ardley Coals, Alberta, Canada (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13871

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Science
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 180-191
Some pages are in colour


identifier: Hogan, K. M. (1983). The moment of grace in Flannery O'Connor's fiction (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13487

format:
vi, 92 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
PS 3565 C64 Z72 1986
O'Connor, Flannery
Grace (Theology) in literature

abstract: Bibliography: p. 89-92.


identifier: Pham, S. N. (1996). Improvement of material handling and resources utilization for a small manufacturer: an application of cellular manufacturing layout and genetic algorithm-based scheduling (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23258

format:
xii, 192 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TS157 .P43 1997
Production planning
Production management
Manufacturing cells
Scheduling (Management)
Manufacturing processes

abstract: Bibliography: p. 137-143.


identifier: Missaghi, B. (2018). The Human Microbiome: Implications for Health and Disease (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32926

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

contributor:
Barkema, Herman Wildrik
Kaplan, Gilaad G.
Ronksley, Paul Everett

subject:
Microbiome
Clostridium difficile
inflammatory bowel disease
ulcerative colitis
colectomy
Antimicrobials
Education--Health
Microbiology
Epidemiology
Immunology
Medicine and Surgery
Nutrition

abstract: The human microbiome is the collective genome of native microbial flora that have evolved with us over millennia and which are typically consistent, despite geographic, ethnic and dietary differences around the globe. Studies have revealed that agitation to the normal development of the microbiome during the first year of life, such as with antimicrobial use, can lead to atrophy later on, resulting in the development of autoimmune diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Moreover, dysbioses, such as those seen with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), have an accelerated deleterious effect on patients who have already developed inflammatory bowel disease, potentially resulting in life-threatening complications, including ileus, toxic megacolon, and death. We composed a review article which presents an outline of the loss of a normal microbiome as an etiology of immune dysregulation and IBD pathogenesis initiation. Moreover, we summarized the knowledge base with respect to the role of a healthy microbiome in terms of its diversity and important functional elements, and synopsized some of the therapeutic interventions and modalities that are being explored as potential applications of microbiome-host interactions. Additionally, we conducted a systematic review of the literature and a meta-analysis in order to clarify the risk of colectomy among the subset of IBD patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) subsequent to their development of CDI. We determined that UC patients with CDI are indeed at an increased risk of colectomy relative to their counterparts without CDI, but that future better quality prospective studies, ideally with a population-based approach and with long term follow-up of outcomes, would be helpful to better evaluate this potential relationship under different circumstances.


identifier: Okanga, F. I. (1987). Alkaloids of Delphinium macrocentrum (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22361

title: Alkaloids of Delphinium macrocentrum

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

subject:
QK 495 R215 O424 1987
Delphinium
Alkaloids

abstract: Bibliography: p. 73-77.


identifier: Leishman, D. (1989). A Principled analogical tool: based on evaluations of partial correspondences over conceptual graphs (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21333

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

subject:
QA 76.63 L44 1989
Programming (Electronic computers)
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
Reasoning

abstract: Bibliography: p. 119-122.


identifier: Deng, Q. C. (2015). Statistical Analysis of Internal Corrosion of Sour Gas Pipelines (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27875

subject: Engineering--Mechanical Corrosion sour pipelines

abstract:
Gas gathering pipelines have played and will continue to play a critical role in safe, reliable transportation of sour gas. Highly corrosive gases and  unstable operating conditions in gathering pipelines often contributes and results in serious internal corrosion.

This study focuses on statistical analysis of the in-line inspection (ILI) data on sour gas gathering pipelines to understand the parametric effects on internal corrosion of the pipeline.

The ILI data showed that the bottom of the pipeline does not experience appreciable corrosion. The serious corrosion was observed to always occur at the interface between gas and liquid phases. Studies also showed that internal corrosion defects were more likely to occur on the uphill segment of pipeline than the downhill segment.

Simulations of the flow patterns in the pipelines confirm that the uphill segment has the slug flow pattern which is likely a key factor in causing internal corrosion.


identifier: Fraser, B. M. (1990). Molecular characterization of exon VIII mutations in the factor IX gene of two haemophilia B patients (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/302

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abstract: Bibliography: p. 109-118.


identifier: Tanner, A. (2016). Exploring Flood Risk Perceptions and Risk Management Preferences in the Aftermath of the Calgary Flood of 2013 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26085

contributor:
Draper, Dianne
Arvai, Joe

subject:
Geography
risk
Flooding
Risk Perception

abstract: Many studies have examined the general public’s flood risk perceptions; however, discussion continues around clarifying the variables that drive perceptions and management preferences. This thesis examines flood risk perceptions and management preferences of the general public within the City of Calgary in the aftermath of the 2013 Alberta flood. The findings reveal that short-term flood risk is influenced by direct experience with flooding, while long-term risk perceptions are not. Using perceptions of distance, direct experience was found to influence perceptions of distance, and by proxy, risk perceptions. Further, participants’ views towards climate change were found to be more influential in shaping risk perceptions than being evacuated due to the risk of flooding. In addition, it was found that response-efficacy and flood mitigation preferences were influenced by direct experience during the flood. These results are significant in understanding the role evacuation experience plays in risk perception formation and shaping mitigation preferences.


identifier: Cao, K. (2018). Determination of Mode I Fracture Toughness, Tensile Strength and Adhesion of Compacted Clays (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32930

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

contributor:
Wong, Ron
Wan, Richard
Dong, Mingzhe

subject:
Mode I Fracture Toughness
Tensile Strength
Adhesion
Compacted Clay
Engineering--Civil
Geotechnology

abstract:
Tensile strength and fracture toughness are two parameters used to define the ability of resisting fracture under tensile stresses. Adhesion of clays to metals is the strength of soil-metal interface. These properties of cohesive soils are fundamental and essential for geotechnical problems. Two types of compacted clays were used in this research — Calgary till and Regina clay.
The fracture toughness KIc and tensile strength σt of two clays were measured by straight notched disk bending (SNDB) method and uniaxial direct tensile test, respectively. Results showed that the variations of σt with respect to moisture content and dry density were very similar with that of KIc. A strong positive correlation between these two properties was found. The tensile strength of compacted clays was curve fitted based on a double-porosity concept which considers the water among micropores and macropores in clay structure and their contribution to the strength of soils. The adhesion of compacted clays to stainless steel was measured using a modified direct shear box test. To obtain the adhesion factors, the adhesion was correlated with unconfined compressive strength of compacted clays. The effects of moisture content and pre-consolidation pressure on adhesion were investigated.


identifier: Li, A. (2021). Wake Response to Constant Frequency Actuation of Rectangular Prisms using Synthetic Jet Actuators (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary

contributor:
Martinuzzi, Robert
Hu, Yaoping
Ziade, Paul
Azaiez, Jalel

subject:
Fluid Mechanics
Flow Control
Synthetic Jets
Engineering
Engineering--Mechanical

abstract: This thesis investigates the wake response of rectangular prisms to synthetic jets driven at a constant frequency. The purpose of this investigation is two-fold. First, to determine the difference in the wake response of rectangular prisms with thickness-to-chord ratios in different dynamic regions. Second, to determine how perturbations of the shear layer affect the vortex shedding response. To this end, the actuator is placed at the leading edge of the obstacle. Experiments were conducted on two geometries (thin-plate: B/D = 0.3, square: B/D = 1.0) in a small-scale wind tunnel. The actuation frequency was varied across a wide range of frequencies and only the pressure response was recorded. This was done for three separate Reynolds numbers, 8000, 10000, and 12000. Cases at select actuation frequencies were chosen for particle image velocimetry experiments. These were conducted at Re = 8000 and 10000 for the thin-plate and square prism, respectively. The thin-plate showed a relatively insensitive response to actuation. The mean coefficient drag was increased with increasing actuation frequency, and there was no effect on the Strouhal number. In contrast, the square prism showed a varied response. The coefficient of drag generally decreased and varied rapidly from a local maximum to a local minimum in synchronization bands. The Strouhal number showed a rapid variation between a local minimum and a local maximum in the synchronization bands. Between these synchronization bands, the St had a step-like increase relative to the baseflow. This difference in the response was attributed to the presence of the afterbody. The characteristics of the wake response to shear layer perturbation were investigated for the square prism. The different observed flow con figurations were due to when the actuation pulse interacted with the shedding cycle. For the synchronized  flow cases, the difference across the synchronization band was due to a phase difference in the actuation pulse relative to the shedding cycle. The mechanism in which the actuator influenced the shear layer was predominately via the decay of vorticity in the shear layer via cross-diffusive annihilation. Changes in the St were shown to be from a modification of the circulation density.


identifier: Beattie, E. T. (1984). Structural style affected by Devonian facies change, Ram Range, Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18816

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subject: QE 446 A4 B42 1986

subject: Petrology - Alberta - Rocky Mountains

subject: Lithofacies - Alberta - Rocky Mountains

subject: Facies (Geology) - Alberta - Rocky Mountains

subject: Geology, Stratigraphic - Devonian

abstract: Bibliography: p. 111-117.


identifier: Piett, C. (2016). The Role of Polynucleotide Kinase/Phosphatase in Non-Homologous End Joining (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28346

contributor:
Lees-Miller, Susan
Goodarzi, Aaron
Cobb, Jennifer

subject: Oncology cancer Radiation Biochemistry PNKP

abstract: Ionizing radiation (IR) is the predominant form of therapy for a wide variety of cancers. IR induces numerous variations of genomic lesions which can reduce cell proliferation and growth. The most cytotoxic of these DNA lesions is the double strand break (DSB). A DSB occurs when single stranded breaks (SSBs) occur in close proximity to one another on opposite DNA strands. IR-induced DNA strand breaks frequently contain non-ligatable 5’-hydroxyl and/or 3’- phosphate groups. Human polynucleotide kinase/phosphatase (PNKP) exhibits 5’ DNA kinase and 3’ DNA phosphatase activities, making it ideal for converting “dirty” DSB ends to compatible ends prior to ligation. This work examines DSBR kinetics of PNKP-deficient cells in an isogenic background, and demonstrates that PNKP deficient cells exhibit a late DSB repair defect in a cell cycle dependent manner. Live cell imaging demonstrates that PNKP requires its FHA domain, DNA-PKcs, and PARP for recruitment/retention to DNA damage sites in vivo.


identifier: Williamson, W. J. (2004). Understanding work experience: a discourse analysis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11516

publisher:
Education
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
viii, 183 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 167-174

abstract: The objective of this research is to examine the discursive construction of Work Experience Education. Work Experience Education is an increasingly popular approach to vocational education in Alberta, Canada. It provides high school students opportunities to develop vocational skills, explore careers and in some cases gain hours towards trades certification, by working off-campus for employers in the business community while still gaining high school course credits for their efforts. Often viewed as a common sense approach, helping students develop employability skills through working with employers, Work Experience Education has largely evaded critical research. Through the use of Critical Discourse Analysis, both as a theoretical framework and as a method of inquiry, this study traces the growth of Work Experience Education and then examines the talk and policy involved its promotion and administration. Particular attention is given to the discourses or patterns of meaning that have come to dominate communication about Work Experience Education. This thesis highlights discursive tensions between managerial and marketing discourses in Work Experience Education and educational discourses about its plausibility as a form of learning, the accountability of participating schools and employers and the rights of student workers. In this thesis I examine the discourses of work and learning at play in Work Experience Education. I also raise questions regarding the impact of Work Experience Education on how educators understand the purpose of education more broadly.


identifier: Butalia, S. (2012). Clinical, sociodemographic, and environmental factors associated with hospitalizations for acute complications in adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4734

format:
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 92-100

abstract: Includes copies of ethics approval.  Original copies with original Partial Copright Licence.

abstract:
Objective: To identify factors associated with hospitalizations for acute complications in adults with type 1 diabetes. Within this thesis, three discrete studies were conducted which assessed 1) clinical and sociodemographic factors; 2) driving distance to diabetes care sites; and, 3) seasonality.
Methods: This thesis used clinical, administrative, and geographic data. Analysis included descriptive statistics, logistic regression models, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) methodology.
Results: The results showed: 1) Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) hospitalization was associated with shorter duration of diabetes, higher hemoglobin Ale, gastroparesis, and psychiatric disorders. Hypoglycemia hospitalization was associated with longer duration of diabetes and neuropathy; 2) Driving distance to diabetes care sites overall was not associated with hospitalizations; and, 3) DKA and hypoglycemia hospitalizations had seasonal variation.
Conclusions: This thesis identified unique factors associated with hospitalizations for acute complications. This information could inform specific initiatives to improve the health and well being of adults with type 1 diabetes.


identifier: McKillop, J. A. (2002). Toward culturally appropriate consultation: an approach for Fort McKay First Nation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/10980

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
v, 108 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject: AC1 .T484 2002 M397

abstract: Bibliography: p. 96-108

abstract: Resource extraction from the traditional lands of Aboriginal peoples without appropriate consideration for traditional land use activities has transformed social and cultural structures, compromised economies, and restricted access to resources. Industrial intrusion into the traditional lands of Fort McKay First Nation, located within the Athabasca oil sands region of northern Alberta, reveals the need to develop an effective approach for consultation that addresses the implications of resource extraction for traditional activities and associated social and cultural values. This MDP establishes that existing frameworks do not recognize the rights of Aboriginal people and do not meet the standards for consultation set by the courts. Current approaches to the assessment of impacts on traditional land use are inadequate due to their lack of recognition of what landscapes are most important to the community. A Culturally Significant Ecosystem (CSE) approach is developed to define patterns of resource harvesting according to intensity of use, an approach that is founded in the values and interests of community in the use of natural resources and geographic distribution of harvesting activities. A more appropriate development assessment framework is proposed, one that relies on a CSE approach, the development of a communitybased environmental management strategy, and is cognizant of the rights of Aboriginal peoples. This framework represents a movement from consultation toward true participation of the community, and recognizes both the desire and ability of Aboriginal people to make decisions about what affects their lives and their livelihoods.


identifier: Benjamin, M. W. (2014). The Mountaineering Experience: Determining the Critical Factors and Assessing Management Practices (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28251

subject:
Recreation
Recreation
Mountaineering
Recreation experience
Parks and protected area management
Visitor experience
Wilderness resource management
Adventure recreation
Ethnography
phenomenology
Interdisciplinary research
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Cairngorms National Park
European Alps

abstract: Recreational mountaineering is a complex pursuit that continues to evolve with respect to demographics, participant numbers, methods, equipment, and the nature of the experience sought.  The activity often occurs in protected areas where agency managers are charged with the inherently conflicting mandate of protecting the natural environment and facilitating high quality recreational experiences.  Effective management of such mountaineering environs is predicated on meaningful understanding of the users’ motivations, expectations and behaviours.  This research explores the mountaineering experience through content analysis of mountaineering literature and key informant interviews to identify the critical factors that constitute optimal outcomes.   These factors, the 7Cs of the Mountaineering Experience, provide the means to assess how management practices in the Canadian Rockies, Scottish Highlands and European Alps facilitate or hinder the mountaineering experience.  Research results inform unique, visitor experience-based recommendations for improved management of mountaineering in the Canadian Mountain National Parks.


identifier: Bennett, R. I. (1996). Student evaluation in senior high school instrumental music: perceived effects on student achievement, motivation, and self-concept (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23555

format:
x, 137 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject: LB 2822.75 B46 1996

subject: Educational evaluation

subject: Education, Secondary - Canada - Evaluation

subject: School music

abstract: Bibliography: p. 126-132.


identifier: Law, V. (2014). A Novel Role of Cdk5 in the Cell Cycle (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24931

title: A Novel Role of Cdk5 in the Cell Cycle

subject: Biology--Cell Cdk5 Cell Molecular cancer Proliferation

abstract: Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) is a small 33 kDa serine/threonine kinase belonging to the cdk family. It was originally identified based on the structural similarity to Cdk1 (Cdc2) and Cdk2, key regulators of eukaryotic cell cycle progression. Unlike other members of the Cdk family however, Cdk5 is not activated by cyclins, but rather by non- cyclin proteins p35 and p39. The majority of reports regarding Cdk5 relate to neuronal development, particularly in the brain, and so whether Cdk5 functions in cell division has remained a mystery. Further studies by various groups revealed additional roles of Cdk5 outside the neuronal context, including functions in cancer progression. Recently, Cdk5 was shown to play a role in modulating the cell cycle. Here in this study, we further explore the potential function of Cdk5 in cell cycle progression, particularly in non- neuronal cells. Using both siRNA and genetic approaches, we found that the absence of Cdk5 enhances cell proliferation. The loss of Cdk5 causes an upregulation of Cyclin D1 expression, while levels of the cyclin-depdent kinase inhibitor proteins p21 and p27 are reduced. Furthermore, based on flow cytometry analysis, cells lacking Cdk5 results in cells moving from G1 to S faster than normal cells, indicating a potential function in the G1/S transition. Ionizing radiation (IR) studies also reveal that the absence of Cdk5 reduces p53 phosphorylation, and maintains the presence of γH2AX foci, indicating a disruption in DNA repair process, which may cause genomic instability. Collectively, these results support the idea that Cdk5 may play an important role in regulating the cell cycle of non-neuronal cells, particularly at the G1/S transition.


identifier: Agashae, Z. (1999). Leader-follower dynamics: Testing learning theory in a Canadian energy company (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24135

format:
xiii, 148 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject: HD58.82 .A39 1999

subject: Additional Copy: 370 EDC 1999 AGA in the Doucette Education Library

subject: Organizational learning

subject: Adult learning

subject: Learning strategies

subject: Learning

subject: organizational behaviour

subject: Employees, Training of

subject: Leadership

abstract: Bibliography: p. 105-119


identifier: Girard, F. M. (1999). Understanding the myocardial infarction experience from onset to three months post-MI (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24472

format:
xi, 346 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject:
RC 685 I6 G57 1999
Myocardial infarction - Nursing
Nursing - Philosophy
Phenomenology

abstract: Bibliography: p. 321-342


identifier: Gajjar, K. (2004). A cultural catalyst redefining Riley Park in Calgary (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20784

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abstract: Bibliography: p. 125-126

abstract: Some pages are oversized.

abstract: This Master's Degree Project explores the potential of architecture as a facilitator. It attempts to understand the role of the Architecture of the Everyday, our Community Centres in promoting cultural connections and exchanges in our communities. By using the game of cricket, a form of cultural expression as a starting point, relationships between the game, culture, community, community buildings, and urban parks are explored in the thesis. These explorations combined with an understanding of the site, acquired by means of an extensive site analysis helps develop architectural strategies that culminate in the design of a Community + Recreation Centre, a Cricket Clubhouse, and a Viewing Shelter. The interventions intend to facilitate a richer cultural dialogue at the site and transform Riley Park into a cultural catalyst.


identifier: Gomez, M. J. (2017). Fluid flow effects on nanoparticle localization in zebrafish vessels and cultured human endothelial cells (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26195

contributor:
Rinker, Kristina D.
Childs, Sarah J.
Cramb, David T.
Di Martino, Elena

subject:
Engineering--Biomedical
nanoparticles
shear stress
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Endothelial Cells
Zebrafish

abstract: Assessment of nanoparticle distribution in the vasculature is important for determining drug delivery, molecular imaging efficacy, and risk profiles. Even though most medical nanoparticle applications require a vascular administration, factors affecting nanoparticle association with vessel walls in the presence of fluid forces are poorly understood. We evaluated the effect of fluid flow on the distribution of 200 nm carboxylate-coated polystyrene nanoparticles in flow-exposed endothelial cell cultures and zebrafish embryos. We combined confocal imaging of nanoparticle injected transgenic zebrafish, 3D modeling, and computational fluid dynamics to assess nanoparticle distribution under flow. Highest nanoparticle localization occurred in regions of disturbed flow and low shear stress found at branch points and downstream of bumps and curves in the zebrafish vasculature. Similar findings were obtained in human endothelial cells in vitro. Overall, fluid shear stress magnitude, flow disturbances, and flow-induced changes in endothelial physiology contribute to the vascular localization of nanoparticles.


identifier: Davidson, H. (1980). Age differences in the effects of reverberation and pauses on sentence intelligibility (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21807

format:
vii, 85 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
RF 294.5 S6 D37 1980 Fiche
Speech perception - Testing
Audiometry, Speech
Aged, Deaf
Presbycusis

abstract: Bibliography: p. 76-81.


identifier: Cantafio, L. (2012). Groundwater-surface water interaction, non-point source chloride loading, and flow generation along an urban river (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26328

subject: Sciences Hydrogeology Groundwater chloride

abstract: Local volumetric groundwater (GW) contributions and non-point source (NPS) chloride loading to the Bow River were evaluated at the city scale in Calgary, Canada. In ten sampling and stream gauging events, discharge did not increase measurably between four locations three to five km apart.  Mean chloride concentration and chloride mass flux (FCl-) increased with downstream distance due to NPSs. The major NPS of chloride was alluvial GW (379 mg/L, attributed to road salting). Mass-flux-based estimates of alluvial GW discharge were small (mean 0.02 m3 s-1 km-1) and spatially and seasonally similar. Local alluvial GW discharge to the Bow River was volumetrically insignificant (≤2% of river discharge), but at 7 g s-1 km-1, the chloride load was significant. The FCl- -based estimate of GW contribution to Bow River flow was consistent with long-term river discharge data that demonstrated that the majority of flow generation occurs upstream (92-95%) by mountain block recharge


identifier: Morsy, U. A. (1995). Non-linear finite element modelling of dynamic loads on offshore structures (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15646

format:
xx, 262 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject:
TA 347 F5 M67 1995
Finite element method
Structural dynamics
Strains and stresses
Offshore structures
Drilling platforms

abstract: Bibliography: p. 243-252

abstract: Structures utilized for the exploration and development of hydrocarbon resources in ice-covered water are by nature expensive and complex. Molikpaq, Gulfs Mobile Arctic Caisson, is one of such structures which was used successfully to drill in the Canadian Beaufort Sea. During one deployment of the caisson, it was subjected to ice interaction events resulting in critically large dynamic loads. Various models have recently been developed to describe the interaction between moving ice sheets and structures. While these models show considerable promise to adequately describe the problem, they do not provide a full description of the process nor have they yet met the challenge of modelling actual interactions. The main objective of this study is to develop a detailed non-linear finite element model which is capable of predicting the dynamic loading on offshore structures due to the movement of ice against them, and to study the behaviour of such structures under these dynamic effects. Molikpaq is taken as a study case in this work. The complete model consists of three major components: The structural model for the steel caisson and the sand core, the moving intact ice sheet, and the interaction between them. The structural model is developed using the sub-structuring technique to model the complicated steel caisson, while the sand core is modelled using simple three dimensional isoparametric elements. Continuum damage mechanics is employed to model the behaviour of the moving intact ice. A new finite element is developed to model the interface between the structure and the ice sheet. The element has two components: one to model the deformation and damage accumulation in the intact ice nearest to the structure, and one to model the extrusion of the pulverized ice between the intact ice and the structure. Details of the model components, and the parameters which affect them most, are explained in detail. The complete model is used to simulate some actual recorded events. It accurately predicts the loading and the structural response. The behaviour of the structural elements under these loadings is analyzed.


identifier: Kan, W. H. (2014). Development of mixed ion-electron conducting metal oxides for solid oxide fuel cells (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25682

subject: Chemistry--Inorganic

subject: solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs)

subject: perovskite

subject: barium calcium niobate (BCN)

subject: Sr2PbO4-type

abstract:
A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is an energy conversion device, which directly converts chemical fuels (e.g., H2, CxHy) into electricity and heat with high efficiency up to 90%. The byproduct of CO2 can be safely sequestrated or subsequently chemically transformed back into fuels(e.g., CO, CH4) by electrolysis using renewable energy sources such as solar and wind. The stateof-the-art Ni-YSZ anode is de-activated in the presence of ppm level of H2S and forming coke in hydrocarbons. Currently, mixed ion and electron conductors (MIECs) are considered as alternatives for Ni-YSZ in SOFCs. The key goal of the research was to develop mixed ion-electron conducting metal oxides based on B-site disordered perovskite-type Ba(Ca,Nb)1-xMxO3-δ (M = Mn, Fe, Co), the B-site 1:1 ordered perovskite-type (M = Mn, Fe, Co) and the Sr2PbO4-type Sr2Ce1-xPrxO4 for SOFCs.
Ba2(Ca,Nb)2-xMxO6-δ was chemically stable in 30 ppm levels of H2S at 600 °C for 24 h and
in pure CO2 at 800 °C for 24 h. The thermal expansion coefficients (TEC) of the as-prepared
ordered perovskites was found to be comparable to Zr0.84Y0.16O1.92 (YSZ). The near-surface
concentration of Fe2+ in Ba2Ca0.67Fe0.33NbO6-δ was found to be about 3 times higher than that in the bulk sample. The electrochemical performance of Ba2Ca0.67M0.33NbO6-δ was assessed by ac
impedance spectroscopy using a YSZ supported half-cell. The area specific polarization resistance (ASR) of all samples was found to decrease with increasing temperature. The ASR for H2 gas oxidation can be correlated to the higher concentration of low valence Fe2+ species near-surface (nano-scale). BaCa0.335M0.165Nb0.5O3-δ crystallizes in the B-site disordered primitive perovskite (space group Pm-3m) at 900 °C in air, which can be converted into the B-site 1:2 ordered perovskite (space group P-3m1) at 1200 °C and the B-site 1:1 ordered double perovskite phase (space groupFm-3m) at 1300 °C. The chemical stability of the perovskites in CO2 and H2 highly depends on the B-site cations ordering. The B-site disordered primitive perovskite phase is more readily reduced in dry and 3% H2O in 10% H2 balanced with 90% N2, and is less stable in CO2 at elevated temperatures, compared to the B-site 1:1 ordered double perovskite phase. The thermal decomposition is highly suppressed in Sr2Ce1−xPrxO4 compounds for Pr > 0, suggesting that Pr improves the thermal stability of the compounds. Rietveld analysis of PXRD and SAED supported that both Pr and Ce ions are located on the 2a site in Pbam. Conductivity increases with Pr content in Sr2Ce1−xPrxO4. The highest total conductivity of 1.24 x 10−1 S cm−1 was observed for Sr2Ce0.2Pr0.8O4 at 663 °C in air.


identifier: Newhouse, N. J. (1990). Approaches to promoting conservation through development of wildlife viewing programs (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19124

format:
<ix>, 100 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 92-100.


identifier: Caron, M. (2007). Spring geochemistry: a tool for mineral exploriation in the South Nahanni River Basin, NWT (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16628

publisher:
Science
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Ryan, M. Cathryn
Grasby, Stephen E.


identifier: Hanks, D. N. (1993). Rhetoric and reality: the eastern question as ideology, 1876-78 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16261

format:
viii, 148 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject: D 376 G7 H36 1993

subject: Eastern question

subject: Great Britain - Foreign relations - 1837-1901

subject: Great Britain - Politics and government - 1837-1901

abstract: Bibliography: p. 143-148.


identifier: McGraw, D. C. (1974). An investigation into the role of gibberellins in apical dominance in the Cupressacease (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11369

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

subject:
QK 753 G5 M18 1973 Microfiche
Gibberellin
Cupressaceae

abstract: Bibliography: p. 132-153.


identifier: Gunn, C. (2017). Role of the Alzheimer's predisposition factor CD2AP in brain endothelial cells (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27685

contributor:
Nguyen, Minh Dang
Gordon, Grant
Sanati Nezhad, Amir
Poulin, Marc

subject: Biology--Cell Biology--Molecular Neuroscience CD2AP Alzheimer's Brain

abstract:
Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most prevalent form of dementia in the elderly. Vascular degeneration plays a critical role in AD pathogenesis. For instance, APOE4 allele, the main genetic risk factor for AD, is linked to reduced cerebral blood flow and increased blood brain barrier (BBB) leakiness. CD2-associated protein (CD2AP) is an adaptor protein that regulates receptor endocytosis and recycling. Two single nucleotide polymorphisms in CD2AP are associated with higher risk for AD and levels of CD2AP are decreased in lymphocytes of sporadic AD patients. Recent human studies also show that CD2AP is linked to the burden of Aβ plaques, memory deficits and modulates AD symptoms in APOE4 patients. Interestingly, CD2AP is enriched in the brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMECs), a key component of the brain microvasculature. However, the basic functions of CD2AP in BMECs and its contribution to brain vasculature dysfunction in AD remain totally unknown.
Here we show that siRNA-mediated depletion of CD2AP in both human brain endothelial cell line and mouse primary BMECs leads to the deregulation of proteins involved in AD pathogenesis. Of particular interest, we found that CD2AP interacts with one of these proteins, ApoER2, the receptor for ApoE that is targeted to degradation upon ligation by AD allele ApoE4. Similar to ApoE4, CD2AP loss reduced the levels of ApoER2. Finally, we discovered that downregulation of ApoER2 in CD2AP-depleted cells is modulated by Rab5 GTPase activity.


identifier: Steward, G. (2014). Between the Lines: Canadian Foreign Correspondents and the Construction of Canada's Cold War Identity (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25113

subject:
Canadian Studies
Canada
Cold War
Suez
Berlin
Vietnam
Nicaragua
Canadian Identity
Foreign Correspondents
War Journalism
Journalism
Critical Discourse Analysis

abstract: The purpose of this study was to reveal how Canadian foreign correspondents constructed a Canadian perspective in their reports on key Cold War conflicts.  Four Cold War conflicts and four correspondents were selected; The Suez Crisis (1956) as reported by Peter Worthington for The (Toronto) Telegram; erection of the Berlin Wall (1961) as reported by Stanley Burke for CBC Television; the Vietnam War (1971-73) as reported by Joe Schlesinger for CBC Television; Nicaragua’s civil war (1981-1984) as reported by Oakland Ross for The Globe and Mail.  With the application of critical discourse analysis the reportage revealed that there was a common, unspoken, Canadian perspective or sensibility expressed by the correspondents. Most of their reports focus on people who are victimized by the clashes between the super powers.  They dwell on the people who are caught in the middle of violent Cold War conflicts over which they have very little control. Analysis also revealed that except for Worthington’s reports from The Suez Zone in 1957-58, the mention of Canada or Canadians is rare, as is the posturing by the Soviet Union and the United States, posturing that sometimes threatened to break out into nuclear war. Instead, these Canadian correspondents were more concerned about the hapless men, women and children, caught in the crossfire of the proxy wars fought by the Soviet Union, the United States, and China. Although interviews with correspondents revealed that they hadn’t given much thought to what a Canadian perspective would entail, the perspective in their reportage reflects Canada’s history and identity as a country that values surviving rather than domination.  It also reflects Canada’s history as a country that often found itself caught between the demands of two super-powers – Britain and the United States.  During the Cold War federal leaders sought to carve out a role for Canada in which it sought common ground with smaller nations rather than become completely subservient to the demands of its key ally – the United States.  This public shunning of the U.S. is another key theme in the reports of the four foreign correspondents.


identifier: Seguin, M. (2015). Ultra-Wideband Microwave Cardiac Output Monitoring: Approaches to Modeling the Heart at Microwave Frequencies and Validation of a Proof of Concept System (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28549

subject:
Engineering--Biomedical
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
Cardiac Output
Microwave Monitoring
Ultra-Wideband

abstract:
Cardiac output is an important hemodynamic parameter in critical care and has
proven difficult to measure accurately, non-invasively, and without a highly skilled
operator. Microwave technologies have been shown to be a possible alternative to
current methods for cardiac output determination. However, previously reported
microwave systems had limitations including low signal change over the cardiac cycle.
In this thesis, we specifically address improving signal change over the cardiac cycle by
introducing an ultra-wideband transmission system. We characterize the system using
heart models and show that wave propagation through the chest is complex, making
the system sensitive to antenna placement. Additionally, a semi-dynamic heart model
for characterization of the system in hardware and in simulation is developed. This
model shows comparable performance to a complex MRI based heart model. On a
human test subject, ultra-wideband readings showed up to 6 dB of magnitude variation over the cardiac cycle.


identifier: Albahari, M. (2004). The two-tiered illusion of self (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12733

title: The two-tiered illusion of self

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ix, 273 leaves ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 263-273

abstract: Parties from traditions in both East and West have claimed that the self lacks reality. I defend a version of this claim that uses some concepts and ideas drawn from an unorthodox (but argued-for) reading of the Buddhist doctrine of no-self (anattd). On this reading, the ordinary self is an illusion; its singular impression created by input from two sources. One source pertains to what I refer to as underlying witness-consciousness or awareness: this, I argue, is neither illusory nor mentally constructed. I argue that, through its very nature, awareness brings to the 'self a host of non-illusory features: a subjective sense of presence, the elusiveness to its own observation, unity (disparate percepts appearing to a single point of view), endurance and invariability (non-perduring, unchanging sense of presence). The other source pertains to what I call 'boundedness', and it brings to the 'self an ontological distinctness, such that the self is felt to be an individual, personalised entity with all the features of awareness. I argue that boundedness is not intrinsic to awareness, but comes about through desire-driven thoughts and emotions. When infused with the 'awareness source', their content depicts a separate self as their subject. Input from the 'boundedness-source' makes the self a mental construct, and the constructedness bestows on the self an illusory status. (For the self does not subjectively seem to be the mental construct it actually is: the self seems to be an unconstructed entity which thinks the thoughts rather than an entity whose existence depends on thoughts). In virtue of its two sources or 'tiers' - one constructed and one unconstructed -1 term the phenomenon a 'two-tiered illusion of self. The theory is to be contrasted with standard Western theories of self-as-illusion (e.g., Hume, James, Dennett) which tend to pin the selfs illusory status on unity and endurance, by regarding these features as illusory in themselves.


identifier: Asgar-Deen, M. (2003). Stratigraphy, sedimentology and paleogeography of the lower jurassic nordegg member (gordondale member), west-central Alberta, Canada (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12952

format:
xiv, 207 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2003 A84A

subject: Additional copy: AC1 .T484 2003 A84 (Gallagher)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 165-174

abstract: Includes one CD-Rom containing thesis appendices.

abstract: Appendices were printed out by Digitization Centre September 2010 - includes approximately 250 colour pages.


identifier: Alam, M. (2003). DWT and DCT parallel-pipelined architectures for real time applications (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24035

contributor:
Badawy, Wael
Jullien, Graham

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2003 A433

abstract: Bibliography: p. 94-100


identifier: Amundson, K. R. (1996). The effects of inflammation on the proportions of neuronal subtypes in the guinea pig ileum (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17166

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

subject:
QL 737 R634 A68 1996
Guinea pigs - Anantomy
Guinea pigs - Diseases
Neural circuitry

abstract: Bibliography: p. 131-147.


identifier: Diaz, R. (2017). Immigration and Depression in Canada: Is there really a Healthy Immigrant Effect? What is the Pattern of Depression by Time since Immigration? (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26451

contributor:
Patten, Scott
Bulloch, Andrew
Thomas, Bejoy
Sajobi, Tolulope

subject:
Epidemiology
Mental Health
Immigration
Depression
Major depressive episode
Healthy immigrant effect
Age

abstract:
Objective: This study aimed to contribute to the understanding on inequalities in mental health in Canada by exploring whether or not immigrants have lower prevalence of past-year major depressive episode (MDE) than non-immigrants (i.e., the healthy immigrant effect HIE).
Methods: Data were from ten cross-sectional Canadian population health surveys. Survey-specific log odd ratios were calculated, and then pooled using random effects meta-analytic techniques.
Results: Evidence of the HIE on MDE was found; however, the HIE disappears with age. The pattern of the HIE by age was observed overall, and when the analysis was conducted by sex, country of birth, and time since immigration. Elder immigrants seem to be at similar or higher risk of MDE than elder Canadian-born.
Conclusion: More research is needed to replicate this findings, and to understand why elder immigrants may be at higher risk of MDE than elder non-immigrants.


identifier: Lam, L. S. (2013). Derivation of Stem Cells from in vivo Produced Goat Embryos (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25560

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Veterinary Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject:
Veterinary Science
Goat blastocyst
Stem cell derivation
Embryonic stem-like cells
Trophoblast
Embryo culture

abstract: Studying embryonic stem cells (ESCs) can further our understanding of biological processes in developmental biology, transplantation, and transgenesis. Mouse and human ESC lines have been established, yet domestic animal ESC studies are lacking. Recently, a goat ESC line has been reported. The aim of this research was to characterize previously cryopreserved goat embryo-derived cell lines and generate additional goat ESC lines for future studies. Results suggest that the cells lines represent mixed populations of inner cell mass and trophoblast derived cells. Moreover, many embryos used for ESC derivation failed to attach, thus media and feeder cell types were tested for their ability to support embryo attachment, an important first step to ESC derivation. The study findings indicate the need for more studies on culture conditions for embryo attachment and efficient inner cell mass isolation for derivation of domestic animal ESCs.


identifier: Ng, M. W. (2018). Petro-fied: Oil Town Uncertainty – Creating a Unique Identity Despite Undefined Futures in Fort McMurray (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/33229

contributor:
Peric, Sabrina
Dolata, Petra
Yessenova, Saulesh
Peric, Sabrina

subject:
oil town
Fort McMurray
resource town
Oil Sands
community
gender roles
uncertain futures
Education--Social Sciences
Anthropology
Canadian Studies
Economics--History
Geography
Industrial and Labor Relations
Urban and Regional Planning

abstract: Fort McMurray’s history as a resource town has resulted in its various changing identities over the years with historical roots as a fur trading post, lumber and salt processing mine, and freshwater fish plant prior to its current identity as an oil town. The wildfires of 2016 and current depressed global oil prices have led many to speculate about Fort McMurray’s future existence and growth. In this thesis, I explore the topic of uncertainty in Fort McMurray and its influence on the sense of community in Fort McMurray. Uncertainty is often mitigated through the control of social and labour time. As the division of labour in Fort McMurray is often gendered, uncertainty and its temporal mitigations often become masculinized or feminized. I also examine uncertainty in the context of the future of the community of Fort McMurray and the future of my informants with regards to the sacrifices and decisions they choose to make for a future-anterior approach. However, it is also this uncertainty that allows individuals to form unique identities found only in Fort McMurray because of competing interpretations of the idea of community. There are multiple experiences of Fort McMurray that are all valid and therefore no singular monopolized definition of community exists. The lack of conformity enables uncertainty about gender roles, a definitive future, and the very definition of community. This makes Fort McMurray unique in that it allows for multiple experiences of Fort McMurray and demonstrates that resource town life can be quite variable in contrast to the stereotypes portrayed by the media.


identifier: Maroney, S. D. (1986). Effects of risk taking and inattention on driving (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18147

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject: TL 152.3 M27 1987

subject: Motor vehicle driving - Psychological aspects

subject: Motor vehicle drivers - Psychology

subject: Risk-taking (Psychology)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 126-134.


identifier: Nakajima, K. (1997). Use of an acetylenic sulfone as an alkene dipole equivalent in the total synthesis of (+-)-pumiliotoxin C (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16863

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

subject:
QP631 .N35 1997
Alkaloids
Toxins

abstract: Bibliography: p. 93-99.


identifier: Xia, M. (2004). Experimental investigation of noncausal iterative learning control (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11360

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 92-97


identifier: Sutterlin, L. M. (1985). Interpretation of bears in Waterton Lakes National Park (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20797

format:
[viii], 71, 64 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: QL 737 C27 S86 1986

subject: Grizzly bear

subject: National parks and reserves - Interpretative programs - Alberta - Waterton Lakes National Park

subject: Bear attacks - Alberta - Waterton Lakes National Park

subject: Bears - Study and teaching

abstract: Bibliography: p. 55-57.


identifier: Zhao, F. K. (2002). A laboratory program for data interpretation of core analysis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22518

format:
xi, 185 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 Z439

abstract: Bibliography: p. 120-137


identifier: Bujak, C. A. (1974). Recent palynology of Goat Lake and Lost Lake, Waterton Lakes National Park (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23980

format:
ix, 64 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: QE 993 B84 1974 Microfiche

subject: Palynology

subject: Pollen, Fossil

subject: Parks, National - Canada - Waterton Lakes

abstract: Bibliography: p. 58-60.

abstract: Thesis is bound

abstract: Includes 4 oversized illustrations at back of thesis.


identifier: Johnson, P. J. (2007). Cross-cultural variants of body image and eating behaviour among women living in Canada and India (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1167

format:
ix, 66 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 34-39


identifier: Henrikson, C. E. (2014). Integrated Radio Frequency Isolator (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26572

title: Integrated Radio Frequency Isolator

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Magierowski, Sebastian Claudiusz
Belostotski, Leonid

subject:
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
Isolators
Circulators
Gyrators
Hall effect devices
Ultra wideband technology
Indium antimonide

abstract: Radio frequency isolators based on ferrite junction circulators have been the dominant isolator technology for the past fifty years, yet they have not been integrated practically because ferrites are generally incompatible with semiconductor processes and their size is inversely proportional to their operating frequency. Hall isolators are another approach whose operating frequency is independent of their size, are compatible with semiconductor processes and are thus appropriate for integration. Through simulation, this thesis demonstrates that these devices can be on the order of microns in size and have a bandwidth from DC to over a terahertz. Measurements of an unoptimized Hall element demonstrate an operating bandwidth from DC to 1127 MHz. A technique using multi-contact Hall plates is shown to reduce isolator insertion loss to 0.89 dB, which is competitive with ferrite-based devices.


identifier: Mousavi, A. (2009). Inference of emergent behaviours of scenario-based specifications (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2707

format:
ix, 151 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 141-151


identifier: Tassone, V. (2004). Application of cubic equations of state to solid-liquid phase equilibrium of mixtures of hydrocarbons and related materials (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15662

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 145-157


identifier: Sorensen, M. E. (1972). Structural aspects of apocope in medieval Spanish (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17224

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

subject:
PC 4736 S65 1972
Spanish language - Morphology
Spanish language - To 1500

abstract: Bibliography: p. 36-37.


identifier: Mende Anjaneyalu, A. (2019). Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Effectiveness of Hybrid Polymer Nanocomposites (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Sundararaj, Uttandaraman
Kim, Seonghwan
Lu, Qingye

subject:
multiwall carbon nanotubes
nanowires
hybrid fillers
EMI
nanocomposites
Education--Technology
Chemistry--Polymer

abstract: In recent years, electronics have become pervasive in our society. This has resulted in an increase in electromagnetic (EM) pollution, which has significant impact on many sectors. In order to attenuate the radiation from the EM pollution, extensive investigations are performed with different materials for attenuating this radiation. For EM wave attenuation, conductive polymer nanocomposites (CPN) is a promising candidate due to low cost, lightweight, easy processability, high flexibility and tailoring properties and nanocomposites also attenuates microwaves by absorption mechanism. Using single nanofiller, CPN has shown higher shielding effectiveness with higher fraction of nanofillers and thicker sample size. Dual nanofillers in CPN also help attain good EMI shielding properties, but with lower fraction of nanofillers and thinner sample compared to single nanofillers. This is attributed to the synergetic effect of both the fillers to attenuate the incoming EM waves. In this dissertation, the primary objective is to investigate the effect of secondary fillers in the hybrid polymer nanocomposites on the electrical properties, i.e., electrical conductivity, dielectric and EMI shielding properties. Due to the low mass density, high aspect ratio and lower electrical percolation threshold in the polymer matrix, multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) were used as primary conductive nanofiller in most of the studies. Various secondary conductive, magnetic and dielectric nanofillers were employed to study the effect of secondary nanofiller properties on EMI shielding performance of polymer-based nanocomposites. Different mixing techniques, such as melt mixing and solution mixing technique were also investigated. The results show that, the addition of secondary nanofillers improves the dispersion quality of the primary nanofillers in both mixing techniques. Additionally, based on geometry and aspect ratio of the secondary nanofillers, the shielding properties of nanocomposites were improved through the synergistic effect associated with hybrid fillers. Using the dual filler approach, CPN showed higher EMI shielding effectiveness (SE) with low filler content and lower thickness, which makes it a potential candidate for numerous commercial applications as microwave absorber.


identifier: Chow, V. M. (2001). Elementary teachers' thinking (beliefs) about number sense and its pedagogy (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11006

format:
vii, 88 leves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 C465

subject: Mathematics teachers - Attitudes - Case studies

subject: Number concept

subject: Mathematics - Study and teaching (Elementary)

subject: Arithmetic - Study and teaching (Elementary)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 84-88.


identifier: McCarthy, M. E. (1987). Analysing science teaching for non-academic students in secondary school (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21045

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

subject: Q 181 M16 1988

subject: Science - Study and teaching (Secondary)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 108-112.


identifier: Miles, M. A. (2007). A microeconomic model of security expenditures (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1718

format:
vi, 47 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 42-43


identifier: Veltman, T. (2011). Quantitative and Qualitative Techniques for Assessing Learning Outcomes in Engineering Education (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14561

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 107-127.

abstract: A few pages are in colour.

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


identifier: McIntyre, L. C. (2003). Aboriginal management of salmon in Canada and the United States: expanding environmental justice (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22119

publisher:
Law
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 142-159


identifier: Jagielko, L. (2006). A discriminant approach to deriving a geo-statistical landsliding signature, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/884

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 116-132
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Zhang, H. (2019). Moment-tensor analysis of seismicity related to hydraulic fracturing in North America (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Moment-Tensor Analysis of Seismicity Related to Hydraulic Fracturing in North America

contributor:
Eaton, David W. S.
Innanen, Kristopher A.
Gilbert, Hersh J.
Lines, Laurence R.
Zhang, Haijiang

subject:
Moment-Tensor Inversion
Stress Inversion
Hydraulic Fracturing
Induced Seismicity
Microearthquake
Geophysics

abstract: Various types of seismic arrays are being used to monitor seismicity associated with oil and gas operations. These different types of recording systems exhibit significantly different characteristics in azimuthal coverage, magnitude detection threshold, signal-to-noise ratio and waveform frequency content. Taking these factors into account, this thesis focuses on implementing source-mechanism inversions for three typical monitoring geometries including the regional seismic network, sparse surface array and dense shallow borehole array. With the aim of investigating potential indicators for the discrimination between fluid-injection induced seismicity and natural earthquakes in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, the waveform-fitting-based moment-tensor inversion is performed for eight induced earthquakes with M > 3 and a nearby M 5.3 inferred natural earthquake, all of which were recorded by regional seismic networks. Based on the inverted parameters, the focal depth is found to be the most robust for parameter to distinguish the induced seismicity from natural earthquakes since the induced events considered here are significantly shallower than one observed nature event and most intraplate earthquakes in the Canadian Shield. Moreover, in addition to a dominant double-couple (DC) mechanism this is common to nearly all events, non-negligible non-DC components (typically > 25%) are observed within the moment-tensor solutions for most of the induced events. To overcome limitations of typically low signal-to-noise ratio and poor azimuthal coverage for the sparse surface array, a novel regularized approach is developed to estimate a composite focal mechanism from a set of microearthquakes recorded by this type of array. It operates by minimizing the weighted misfits of both SH/P amplitude ratios (in absolute sense and logarithmic scale) and P-wave polarities, using a regularization parameter determined from the trade-off curve for these values. The regularized approach reduces the multiplicity of solutions and avoids the use of signed amplitude ratios, which may be ambiguous for data with low signal-to-noise ratio. For the hydraulic-fracturing induced event sequences recorded by a dense shallow borehole array near Fox Creek area, a least-squares inversion based on 3C P-wave amplitudes has been implemented, which avoids fitting the relatively high-frequency waveforms and the picking of S-wave amplitudes that are contaminated by P-wave coda. The recovered source mechanisms are dominantly strike-slip with sub-vertical nodal planes, although a distinct cluster of events is characterized by more complex mechanisms with slip on a shallow-dipping plane accompanied by significant (> 30%) non-DC components. The non-DC components may be due to tensile crack opening and/or co-slipping on several fault strands that have been mapped using 3D seismic data. In addition, in the absence of direct stress measurements, moment-tensor solutions of the hydraulic-fracturing induced event sequences are used to estimate the local stress field near the Fox Creek area. The estimated orientation of SHmax differs from the median regional SHmax direction by ~ 15º, but it agrees with the nearest available borehole measurement from the World Stress Map. Mohr circle analysis indicates that N-S trending faults, which hosted the largest events (MW > 1.5), are mis-oriented for slip and required a relatively large increase in pore pressure (12 ± 4 MPa) in order to be brought to a state of incipient failure.


identifier: Boddie, S. (2013). Existentialism and Vocal Instruction in Higher Education (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26038

subject:
Music
Education--Philosophy of
Education--Teacher Training
Existentialism
Voice
Facilitation
Music

abstract:
This study explores the source of inconsistent and unemotional performances by voice students in higher education music programs. The emphasis will be on how to address this through vocal instruction. Many varying approaches to vocal instruction exist in higher education programs which appear to prolong inconsistency and unengaged performing. The research explores several existentialist principles of Jean-Paul Sartre and how these principles may inform and enhance current vocal teaching practice in higher education and perhaps better prepare new voice teachers. The following study will consider the effectiveness of the application of Sartre’s existentialist principles and how they may inform vocal instruction and improve vocal development.
Keywords: vocal instruction, freedom, responsibility, facilitation, artistry