identifier: Yan, X. (1995). A graph-based heuristic approach to automated assembly planning (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20877

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

subject:
TS 176 Y36 1995
Production planning - Automation
CAD/CAM systems
Automatic control
Graph theory - Data processing

abstract: Bibliography: p. 108-114.


identifier: Bretherick, G. R. (1977). An Evaluation of C-groups in Educational Psychology 201 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14839

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

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

subject: LB 1033 B638 1977 Microfiche

subject: Communication in education - Alberta - Calgary

subject: Interaction analysis in education

subject: Educational Psychology - Study and teaching (Higher)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 70-73.


identifier: Attalage, D. S. (2021). The Impact of Vegetation on the Performance of Landfill Engineered Biosystems (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary

contributor:
Hettiaratchi, Joseph Patrick
Chu, Angus
Samuel, Marcus
Dunfield, Peter F
Chiemchaisri, Chart
Federico, Salvatore

subject:
Methane mitigation
Landfills
Methanotrophs
Landfill biosystems
Vegetation
Microbiology
Atmospheric Science
Engineering--Civil
Engineering--Environmental
Engineering--Sanitary and Municipal
Engineering--System Science

abstract: Methane (CH4) is emitted from landfills around the world and accounts for approximately 18% of global anthropogenic CH4 emissions. Despite the existing conventional gas collection systems, a considerable amount of landfill gas that is generated is released to that atmosphere as fugitive gas. Engineered landfill biosystems have been utilized to capture this gas that escapes from landfills with the aid of biological CH4 oxidation performed by methanotrophic bacteria. By providing optimum growth conditions, methanotrophic bacteria have been cultivated in a number of engineered biosystems such as biocovers, passively or actively vented biofilters, bio-windows and interim bio-tarps, to mitigate the CH4 emissions in landfills. According to previous studies, the incorporation of plants in landfill biosystems can have both positive and negative impacts on the microbial aerobic CH4 oxidation process. In a column experiment conducted, a significantly lower CH4 oxidation rate was observed in the vegetated flow-through columns, and it was hypothesized that this observation was made due to the preferential pathways created by the plant root systems for CH4 to escape. The bare soil column exhibited the highest CH4 oxidation rate of 455 gCH4/m2/day, while the maximum CH4 oxidation rates for the vegetated columns ranged between 147 to 171 gCH4/m2/day. In the methanotrophic quantification study done, it was observed that population levels were much greater in bare soil columns when compared to vegetated columns. In the lysimeter experiment, the lowest CH4 oxidation rates were observed in the lysimeter with alfalfa plants but there were no statistically significant differences in oxidation rates between the bare soil and native grass covered lysimeters. In addition, Methylobacter was the dominated genus in the lysimeters constructed with the compost mixture while Methylocystis dominated in the lysimeters constructed with topsoil. Investigating the influence of plants on soil-gas diffusivity showed that DP values ranged between 6.50 × 10-6 to 1.02 × 10-6 m2s-1 in the vegetated through-flow column and 2.8 × 10-6 to 2.53 × 10-7 m2s-1 in the bare soil through-flow column. This research showed that the presence of vegetation had a profound effect on the performance of biological CH4 oxidation in engineered landfill biosystems.


identifier: Poser, S. K. (1969). Propositions and entailment (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13855

title: Propositions and entailment

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

subject:
BC 181 P65 1969
Logic

abstract: Bibliography: p. 80.


identifier: Kerr, D. N. (1977). Role of the coffee industry in the history of El Salvador, 1840-1906 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23304

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

subject:
HD 9199 E42 K45 1978 Microfiche
Coffee - El Salvador - History
Coffee trade - El Salvador - History
Agriculture - El Salvador - History

abstract: Bibliography: p. 160-175.


identifier: Hipólito Ramos Mota, M. (2017). From Delegation to Limits on Presidential Power: Brazil in Comparative Perspective (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26230

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Policzer, Pablo
Franceschet, Susan
Kraay, Hendrik
Kiddle, Amelia
Daudelin, Jean

subject:
Political Science
Democracy
Corruption
Institutionalization
Delegative Democracy

abstract: In the early 1990s, observers noted that many new democracies had free and fair elections, while at the same time concentrating power in the executive’s hands. Guillermo O’Donnell (1994) labeled these regimes “delegative democracies” to denote a hybrid system in which the president is considered to be the “saviour” who can govern “above all.” In his view, presidents of such democracies could ignore weak or inexistent institutional checks on their power. And given the lack of incentives for leaders to limit their power, it was unlikely that institutional checks could ever emerge. He anticipated that the future of these democracies was not a bright one, with only two viable options: to remain delegative or follow an even more authoritarian path. Yet despite this pessimistic outlook, Brazil did the improbable: although it was a delegative democracy under President Fernando Collor in the early 1990s, it has seen limits to presidential power emerge in the decades since then. This thesis examines how and why such institutional checks were created in Brazil. I argue that institutional checks emerge because self-limitation becomes the most rational choice for presidents of these democracies when they face a growing uncertainty concerning their future in power. In the case of Brazil, President Collor was impeached in 1992 because he underestimated the uncertainty of his position, governing above all and ignoring the political elite. His impeachment, along with his involvement in a corruption scandal, triggered the creation of limits to presidential power. A comparison between Brazil and other democracies that were once considered delegative—namely Venezuela, Argentina, and Russia—confirms that if a delegative democracy is to last, presidents cannot govern above all, as once thought. If they do so, it will come at the cost of democracy as they will become even more authoritarian rulers. The examination of Brazil’s democracy shows that presidents of delegative democracies are far from unconstrained and “above-all” rulers. Institutional limits to presidential power, ironically, were created in Brazil because a president governed as if he could indeed ignore all political players and bypass all obstacles to his power.


identifier: Francois, K. D. (2022). Understanding parents’ experiences of having a child survive a malignant pediatric brain tumour: a philosophical hermeneutic inquiry (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Understanding Parents’ Experiences of Having a Child Survive a Malignant Pediatric Brain Tumour: A Philosophical Hermeneutic Inquiry

publisher:
Nursing
University of Calgary

contributor:
Moules, Nancy
Estefan, Andrew
Laing, Catherine

subject:
Cancer Survivorship
Neuro-Oncology
Hermeneutics
Childhood Cancer
Psychosocial Oncology
Qualitative Research
Health Research
Philosophical Hermeneutics
Education--Health
Philosophy
Nursing
Oncology
Psychology--Social

abstract: Improvements in the treatment of pediatric cancers, including malignant brain tumours, has resulted in more children surviving this illness well into their adolescent and adult years. It is widely known that survivors of brain tumours often experience long-term side effects of cancer treatments and/or the disease itself. These long-term effects often impact the survivor’s physical, psychological, or social wellbeing and can present significant challenges for the individual as well as for their family. Research on the experience of parents following treatment for their child’s malignant brain tumour is more limited, despite many parents being a central caregiver and source of support in the survivor’s life. The goal of this hermeneutic inquiry was to better understand parents’ experiences of having a child survive a malignant pediatric brain tumour, how interactions with the health care system have shaped the child and family’s experience, and how the survivorship experience can be improved for patients and their families. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the parents of seven pediatric brain tumour survivors (PBTS) to inform understanding of the topic. Data were analyzed in hermeneutic research tradition, as influenced by the philosophical hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer. Findings revealed that, (a) survivorship was an enduring event and one that defined many aspects of parents’ lives, including daily routines and plans for the future, (b) parents struggled to achieve a balance between independence and dependence, especially for survivors who were more severely affected by cognitive, psychosocial, and emotional side effects, (c) survivors and parents felt left behind by multiple systems including health care and education, as well as by peers and in other relationships, (d) parents experienced a repetitive, cyclical nature to survivorship, described as being “frozen in time,” and (e) survivorship was a period of time wrought by emotion, with guilt, regret, and remorse being highlighted. For parents of PBTS, survivorship is highly complex, emotional, and cannot be navigated in isolation. It is expected that the in-depth understanding of parents’ experiences provided through the written interpretations in this study will lead to future research with families of PBTS and for other related populations and contexts.


identifier: Kneppers, K. A. (1998). Relationships between parental characteristics and perceptions of and emotional responses to child behavior (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15407

format:
xiv, 313 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: RJ506 .H9 K64 1997

subject: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

subject: Hyperactive children - Family relationships

abstract: Bibliography: p. 166-172


identifier: Anderson, C. M. (1981). Child sexual abuse: the untold secret, a videotaped presentation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17119

format:
ca. 260 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: Child abuse - Alberta - Calgary

subject: Child molesting - Alberta - Calgary

subject: Sexually abused children - Alberta - Calgary

subject: Incest victims


identifier: Esmaeili, S. (2020). Effect of Temperature on Two-phase Oil/Water Relative Permeability under SAGD Conditions (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Maini, B. B.
Sarma, Hemanta Kumar
Dong, Mingzhe
Kantzas, Apostolos
Wong, Ron
Srinivasan, Sanjay
Harding, Thomas Grant

subject:
Relative Permeability
SAGD
Athabasca Bitumen
Effect of Temperature
Two-Phase System
Engineering--Petroleum

abstract: The successful implementation of any thermal recovery process in heavy oil reservoirs for the enhanced oil recovery requires some indispensable information related to the multi-phase fluid flow characteristics under high-temperature and high-pressure conditions. The relative permeability is an essential element which is required to model the flow performance within porous media. The two- and three-phase relative permeability affect the fluid flow velocity as well as the pressure gradient profile and saturation profile within the oil reservoir during the water flooding or steam and gas flooding. In order to predict the flow performance in thermal recovery processes, in which the temperature changes with position and time, the change of two- and three-phase relative permeability with temperature should be considered. Although numerous researchers have previously studied the variation of relative permeability with temperature since mid-fifties, this issue is still unresolved and remains challenging. Moreover, many contradictory results associated with the temperature’s impact on relative permeability reported in the literature and the relative scarcity of available data points for heavy oil and bitumen systems under thermal recovery conditions make this issue very critical  for a reliable analysis. The aim of this research was to comprehensively investigate the effect of temperature on two-phase oil/water relative permeability in different rock-fluid systems, especially for Athabasca bitumen. In this regard, a reliable rig was developed to include the  necessary elements to measure the steady- and unsteady-state relative permeability of two-phase systems in unconsolidated sand more accurately. This study was carried out in four phases. As per our objectives, the empirical correlations for two-phase oil/water relative permeability curve characteristics as a function of temperature in different rock-fluid systems were proposed first based on data reported  in the literature. In addition, a new data-driven model for two-phase oil/water relative permeability in heavy oil/sand systems was also developed based on the experimentally measured data points. In the second phase, the impact of temperature on two-phase oil/water relative permeabilites was assessed over a wide range of temperatures from 23o to 200 °C in a clean viscous oil/sand system using the unsteady-state approach. In the third phase, the clean viscous oil phase was replaced by an ultra-heavy viscous oil, Athabasca bitumen. In this system, the effect of temperaturet on the two-phase relative permeabilites was evaluated using several core flooding experiments within a temperature range of 70-220 °C under the SAGD pressure (i.e., 2760 kpa). Both steady-state and unsteady-state relative permeability measuring techniques were utilized. In the final phase of this research, a solvent-aided system was employed for the relative permeability measurement at high temperatures to assess the effect of temperature on relative permeability of a diluted Athabasca bitumen/water/sand system in the same temperature range that was used for the unaltered Athabasca bitumen/water systems. Moreover, interfacial tension (IFT) and contact angle measurements were carried out for all systems at different temperatures to evaluate any change in fluid-fluid and rock-fluid interactions with temperature. The history matching of displacement tests was conducted using a reservoir simulator developed in-house. The experimental results revealed that the relative permeability curves in a clean viscous oil/deionized water/sand were practically independent of temperature, even though the viscosity ratio dramatically reduced at higher temperatures. Furthermore, the  reduction of IFT to less than one order of magnitude and a small variation in contact angle at higher temperatures were not enough to alter the relative permeability. In contrast to this clean system, the unsteady-state relative permeability to Athabasca bitumen and water was a strong function of the temperature. At higher temperatures, the endpoint relative permeability to water considerably increased as well as the true residual oil saturation decreased significantly. Moreover, the irreducible water saturation slightly increased and endpoint relative permeability to oil also revealed an increasing trend. The steady-state relative permeability curves demonstrated the same behavior as the unsteady-state relative permeability curves at higher temperatures. A reduction in IFT and contact angle (i.e., a shift towards increased water-wetness) were also observed for this system with increasing temperature. The results obtained from several isothermal core flooding experiments using diluted bitumen at different temperatures confirmed that the two-phase relative permeability curves were still temperature-sensitive; however, the effect of temperature on relative permeability was less pronounced in diluted bitumen systems containing 9 wt. % of n-hexane, in comparison with unaltered bitumen systems. Again, a reduction in IFT and contact angle of a smaller level compared to the unaltered bitumen was captured at increased temperatures in this study.  Since commercial reservoir simulators often consider the relative permeability curves to be insensitive to temperature, we anticipate that the temperature-dependent relative permeability model developed in this research can assist reservoir simulators to more effectively predict the flow performance in TEOR processes, especially for Canadian bitumen in the future.


identifier: Zhang, K. (2014). Experimental Investigation of Dynamic and Metastable Contact Angles (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26060

subject:
Engineering--Mechanical
contact angle hysteresis
droplet impact
metastable contact angle

abstract:
Contact angle phenomena are complicated. There exist many experimental contact angles and many researchers employed them widely in Young's equation for the determination of solid surface tensions. This thesis examined the thermodynamics status of contact angles and experimentally determined the various metastable contact angles. Experimental setup for metastable contact angles was designed by carefully controlling the vibration amplitude via loudspeakers. It has been demonstrated that only the advancing contact angle on smooth surfaces are compatible with Young's equation. Attempts in the literature to determine the true equilibrium contact angle are meaningless in terms of Young's equation. Only the advancing angle on smooth and heterogeneous surfaces is a good approximation of the contact angle in Young's equation.

A new model to determine the maximum and minimum spreading ratio of droplets impacting onto smooth surfaces was also established. Good agreement was found between the predicted and experimental values. Impacting droplet experiments were also employed to examine carbon/polymer surfaces as a new way of characterizing such surfaces.


identifier: Guirgis, A. (2012). Treatment of suspended solids and organics in boiler feed water using physico-chemical and advanced oxidative processes (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/5110

contributor:
Achari, Gopal
Langford, Cooper H.

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

abstract:
Bibliography: 119-129
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Mihai, E. (2010). International civil liability regimes for nuclear, oil transport and industrial activities (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3889

publisher:
Law
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
vii, 218 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 201-218

abstract:
This thesis is concerned with international liability for transboundary consequences arising out of acts not prohibited by international law. Specifically, it considers three civil liability regimes: nuclear liability, oil transport and industrial accidents with consequences for transboundary waters. It explores whether the development of civil liability regimes regulating particular hazardous activities is the appropriate solution to ensure the fulfillment of the duty to prevent harm and the duty to compensate. It also explores whether the three civil liability regimes have changed over the years to provide broader protection and more adequate compensation for the victims of an accident.
The thesis concludes that the development of civil particular liability regimes serves two aims: to allow risky but socially important activities to continue and to provide compensation to those who suffer harm. Some elements of these aims are only partially fulfilled. The obligations of prevention and compensation are not equally emphasized and in particular, the three liability regimes are more concerned with compensation for damage after an accident than with preventing it.
The liability regimes have changed over the years to bring levels of compensation in line with the damages suffered. However, aspects of damage remain uncompensated. Thus these three civil liability regimes do not totally implement the "polluter pays" principle.


identifier: Long, K. (2000). Integration of tallgrass communities in open space systems of southern Ontario municipalities: Development of a site selection process (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15361

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject:
HT169 .C32 O55 2000
City planning - Ontario
Land use, Urban - Ontario
Grassland conservation - Ontario
Restoration ecology - Ontario

abstract: Bibliography: p. 149-158


identifier: Perera, S. (2013). Binocular Sensitivity and Specificity of Screening Tests in Prospective Studies of Paired Organs (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25120

subject: Biostatistics

subject: Ophthalmology

subject: Statistics

subject: copulas, ECCM, ophthalmology, retinopathy

abstract:
Diagnostic and screening studies in ophthalmology frequently involve binocular data where pairs of eyes are evaluated, through some diagnostic procedure, for the presence of certain diseases or pathologies.  It is usually sufficient in practice that at least one eye is positively diagnosed for the patient to be sent for further and more extensive eye examination.  More relevant diagnostic accuracy measures in these cases are therefore the probability of at least one correct positive diagnosis in patients with one or both eyes truly diseased and the probability of two correct negative diagnoses for patients with both eyes truly un-diseased. The former is analogous to sensitivity and the latter to specificity. Predictive values may be similarly re-defined.
The thesis proposes these new sensitivity and specificity measures as alternatives to conventional ones for paired binocular binary diagnostic data arising from screening studies with cross-sectional sampling.  The measures are defined for flexible models based on copulas and extensions of existing models for correlated binary data.  The proposed methodology is illustrated with data from a study on diabetic retinopathy.


identifier: Hoffmann, P. W. (1999). Aspects of independence and determinacy in QM and realism (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23560

format:
xi, 311 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QC174.13 .H64 1999
Quantum theory
Realism
Physics--Philosophy.

abstract: Bibliography: p. 298-309.


identifier: Miana, G. A. (1967). Part I: Studies directed towards a stereo-specific synthesis of muscarine - new approaches for the synthesis of dideoxypentoses. Part II: A study of Wolff rearrangement of alpha-acetoxydiazoketones (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/10846

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

subject:
Chemistry, Organic
Muscarine
Pentoses
Ketones

abstract: Bibliography: p. 31-32, 66-67.


identifier: Ordog, A. (2016). The Magnetic Field in the Galactic Disk from Extended Emission Rotation Measures (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28241

contributor:
Brown, Jo-Anne
Landecker, Thomas
Jackel, Brian

subject:
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Galactic Magnetism
Radio Astronomy
Interstellar Medium
Polarisation
Rotation Measures
Faraday Rotation
Interferometry
Galactic Structure

abstract: I present my analysis of the extended emission (XE) polarisation data from the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey. I used this dataset to determine Rotation Measures (RMs) with the aim of studying the Galactic magnetic field (GMF) structure. I have shown that RMs of the XE do contain useful information, despite predicted difficulties with this kind of dataset. I have found evidence that the large-scale field reversal between the local arm and the Sagittarius arm is not strictly perpendicular to the Galactic plane as previously thought, but has some component within the Galactic disk. This geometry lends credibility to a model of the GMF similar to the Parker spiral Solar magnetic field, an idea proposed in 1982 but rejected shortly thereafter on the grounds of incompatibility with observations available at the time. I have created a Galactic scale version of this model of the magnetic field, constrained by the XE RMs.


identifier: Sheikha, H. (2008). Solution gas drive in heavy oil reservoirs (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1961

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

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


identifier: Sachdeva, R. (2001). A two-stage gate drive scheme for snubberless operation of power MOSFETs and IGBTs (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14019

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 S24

abstract: Bibliography: p. 76-80.


identifier: Bartley, N. R. (1978). A Minicomputer based digital image processing system (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21154

publisher:
Engineering
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xv, 139 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TA 1632 B35 1978 Microfiche
Image processing
Signal processing - Digital techniques
Minicomputers

abstract: Bibliography: p. 135-137.


identifier: Fisher, M. J. (2001). A comparison of two depression measures for people with schizophrenia (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21226

format:
vii, 67 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 F575

abstract: Bibliography: p. 49-53.


identifier: Johnson, C. (1979). Experiments in visitor management at Maligne Canyon, Jasper National Park: a quantitative assessment of the effectiveness of selected channelling techniques in reducing trampling disturbance (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12769

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

subject: GV 191.46 A4 J63 1979 Microfiche

subject: Recreation areas - Alberta - Jasper National Park - Visitors

subject: Jasper National Park (Alta.)

subject: Outdoor recreation - Environmental aspects

abstract: Bibliography: p. 185-190.


identifier: Kaufman, P. A. (1976). A Behavioral study of the efficacy of Penfluridol (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20951

format:
xv, <145> leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
RC 514 K37 1975 Microfiche
Schizophrenia - Chemotherapy
Penfluridol

abstract: Bibliography: p. 127-137.


identifier: Sandy, J. (2015). Names In Stone: War Memorials As Commemorative Intermediaries (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27051

subject:
History--Canadian
History--European
Military Studies
monument
memorial
commemoration
Canada
first
world
war
remembrance
grief
british
Columbia
vancouver
Island
chemainus
courtenay
duncan
ladysmith
nanaimo
parksville
mourning
soldier
sacrifice
Community
local
death
Memory
western
front
experience

abstract: This project examines the function of post First World War memorials as intermediaries between those family, friends, and community members who remained on the home front, and their local soldiers whose bodies were never repatriated after the war. The names engraved in stone on these memorials were, and continue to be, integral to the connection that existed which bridged physical distance during the interwar period, but also links contemporary viewers to the past in a way not achievable where memorials without the names of soldiers are considered. Investigating primarily a combination of local newspapers and soldiers’ personal records, this research presents the case that the relevance of war memorials remains into the present, even as the living memory of the war and its echoes into history have now passed.


identifier: Schroeder, M. (2010). The effect of classroom instruction, attitudes towards science and motivation on students' views of uncertainty in science (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3508

contributor:
McKeough, Anne
Graham, Susan

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 88-107


identifier: Salim, P. H. (1995). Mass transfer study of naphthalene in supercritical CO2 (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13909

format:
xiv, 269 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QC 318 M3 S35 1995
Mass transfer
Naphthalene

abstract: Bibliography: p. 248-263.


identifier: Armstrong, R. L. (1973). A Descriptive study of the day parole program at the Calgary Correctional Institution (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22887

creator: Armstrong, Robert Lorne Thompson, Albert Richard

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

subject:
Parole
Rehabilitation of criminals
Calgary Correctional Institute

abstract: Bibliography: p. 78-80.


identifier: Babu, C. C. (1970). Algorithms for nonparametric pattern classification (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21236

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

subject:
Q 327 B72 1970 Microfilm
Pattern perception
Algorithms

abstract: Bibliography: p. 132-139.


identifier: Plunkett, M. D. (1999). Are genetically modifed foods good?: The welfare implications of agricultural biotechnology (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14077

format:
xii, 158 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: TP 248.65 F66 P59 1999

subject: Food - Biotechnology - Economic aspects - Canada

subject: Agricultural biotechnology - Economic aspects - Canada

subject: Genetically modified foods

subject: Consumers - Canada

subject: Consumer protection - Canada

abstract: Bibliography: p. 142-148


identifier: Dawe, U. (1988). The Determinants of utilization of genetic amniocentesis by late maternal age women (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12352

format:
xv, 255 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
RG 628.3 A48 D38 1988
Amniocentesis
Maternal age
Mothers - Attitudes
Maternal health services

abstract: Bibliography: p. 221-229.


identifier: Soda, F. L. (1989). Urban design as a component of downtown revitalization strategy: a case study of Medicine Hat, Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15479

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 129-132.


identifier: Ramjan,S. (2018). Relationship between Microwave-Derived Snow Thickness on Winter First-Year Sea Ice and Melt-Pond Fraction (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Arts
University of Calgary

contributor:
Yackel, John
Goldblum, David
Kim, J. W.

subject:
Arctic
Sea-ice
Snow
Polarimetric parameters
GLCM textures
Geography

abstract: Early summer melt pond fraction is predicted using late winter C-band backscatter of snow-covered first-year sea ice. Considering the association between melt pond fraction and winter were collected during the 2012 field campaign in Resolute Passage, Nunavut, Canada on relatively smooth first year sea ice to estimate the aerial melt pond fractions. RADARSAT-2 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data were acquired over the study area in late winter. The correlations between the aerial melt pond fractions and late winter SAR parameters (e.g., linear and polarimetric) and texture measures derived from SAR parameters, are utilized to develop multivariate regression models. These regression models are finally employed to predict melt pond fractions. Results demonstrate substantial capability of the regression models to predict melt pond fractions at near range and far range incidence angles (RMSE = 0.11), compared to the mid-range (RMSE = 0.16). These predictions also act as a proxy to estimate the snow thickness variability, as higher pond fraction evolves from the thinner snow cover. We also found that the strength of the regression models enhances when we combined SAR parameters with texture measures. The results also indicate that at far range incidence angles, SAR polarimetric data are needed, whereas for near range and mid-range, linear SAR data are adequate.


identifier: Moggy, M. A. (2016). A benchmarking study of animal care practices related to cattle pain and stress in cow-calf operations in Western Canada (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24632

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Veterinary Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Windeyer, Claire
Pajor, Ed
Thurston, Wilfreda
Campbell, John

subject:
Veterinary Science
animal welfare
beef cattle
management practices
producer perceptions
Pain
stress

abstract: Pain and stress are two major concerns in terms of animal welfare. The “Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Beef Cattle” (COPB) is a Canadian set of guidelines that promotes optimal husbandry practices. Cow-calf producers in western Canada were sent a questionnaire to identify current management practices associated with cattle pain and stress. Fifteen respondents were interviewed on-farm to explore producers’ perceptions of pain in cattle and their rationale for the acceptance or rejection of pain and stress mitigation strategies. The majority of producers did not use pain mitigation at processing, but processed calves at an early age. The majority of respondents did not properly confirm death following on-farm euthanasia, did not use a non-abrupt weaning method, and had not read the COPB. Qualitative results of this study may provide direction for policy-making, research, and extension efforts to encourage the adoption of pain and stress mitigation practices.


identifier: Sampson, M. B. (2018). Exploring Indigenous Women’s Dietary Practices with the Women Warriors Program: Social Determinants and Resilience in Seeking Wellness (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Smart, Alan
Leason, Jennifer
Fellner, Karlee D.

subject:
Indigenous feminism
social determinants of health
food security
Indigenous
Cree
Métis
Education--Social Sciences
Literature--Canadian (English)
Anthropology--Cultural

abstract: Indigenous women (First Nation, Métis, and Inuit) experience nutrition-related chronic illness at disproportionate rates when compared to both Indigenous men and the Canadian population at large. Negative social determinants of health stemming from recent and historical injustices contribute to this reality. Indigenous women’s position in Canada is distinct as they may face marginalization on the basis of sex, race, and socioeconomic status. Despite these realities, Indigenous feminist literature demonstrates that Indigenous women are often at the forefront of anticolonial movements and attempts to improve wellness within their communities. This research investigates what Indigenous women’s dietary practices reveal about their distinct experiences, needs, preferences, and values relating to food and health. It took place on Treaty 6 territory in the city of Lloydminster and its surrounding rural areas, and includes the experiences of Cree and Métis women. Current public health initiatives targeting individual behaviours are ill-equipped to respond to the larger socio-political roots of problematic dietary practices in Indigenous contexts. These include colonial assaults on Indigenous food systems which have resulted in trauma, food insecurity, and the transition away from traditional foods toward store-bought, processed alternatives. My intent in conducting this research was to engage Indigenous Women in conversations about how these factors impact them, how they cope with or combat them, and what supports they seek out and offer to others in light of such experiences. Literature relating to social economy and social capital, the social determinants of health, anticolonial theory, Indigenous perspectives of health and wellness, and Indigenous feminism frame findings collected through interdisciplinary ethnographic methods that include participant observation, dietary recalls, supportive network mapping, and personal narratives. Underlying the research design is the recognition that Indigenous women’s voices should be prioritized in efforts to improve health equity. This study was conducted in partnership with Women Warriors, a holistic wellness program for Indigenous women that promotes cultural safety in its design. Beyond informing future programming, the findings have implications for initiatives and services aimed at improving Indigenous women’s nutrition, access to traditional foods and food knowledges, and wellness more broadly.


identifier: Tjong, J. R. (2018). Examining the Role of NLRP3 in Intestinal Homeostasis and Fibrosis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32695

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

contributor:
Beck, Paul L.
Muruve, Daniel A.
Hirota, Simon Andrew

subject:
Inflammation
fibrosis
inflammasome
Crohn's disease
inflammatory bowel disease
Education--Sciences
Immunology
Chemistry

abstract: Fibrosis is the most common cause of surgery in Crohn’s disease (CD) and the mechanisms of fibrosis in CD are not well understood.  Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptors, including NLRP3, are cytosolic protein sensors involved in inflammatory pathways and implicated in CD pathogenesis.  NLRP3 has been shown to drive fibrosis in various tissues, including the heart, kidney, lungs, liver and pancreas; however, its role in intestinal fibrosis is currently unknown.  The main hypothesis of this project is that NLRP3 mediates intestinal fibrosis.  Primary intestinal myofibroblasts isolated from Nlrp3-/- mice had reduced response to pro-fibrogenic cytokine TGFβ compared to wildtype (WT), with lower phosphorylation of downstream signalling protein Smad2, and decreased induction of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), as well as decreased migration.  Loss of NLRP3 in intestinal myofibroblasts also led to increased resistance to cell death during serum deprivation.  In an in vivo model of chronic colitis, Nlrp3-/- mice had significantly worse disease and susceptibility compared to WT.  However, both Nlrp3-/-  and WT mice had similar levels of intestinal fibrosis.  Relevance to the human disease was further highlighted by the finding that NLRP3 transcript levels in mucosal colonic biopsies from patients with CD were significantly increased, and increased expression correlated with inflammation.  Overall, our data suggest that loss of NLRP3 leads to reduced response to TGFβ in colonic myofibroblasts, and that NLRP3 may potentiate TGFβ beta signalling in the gut.  Further insights into the mechanisms of intestinal fibrosis will significantly impact the development of new tools that will help with assessing and treating patients with CD complications.


identifier: Schneider, R. N. (2002). Hardware Acceleration of the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18730

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 S34

abstract: Bibliography: p. 124-128


identifier: Ogutcen, E. (2016). The Effects of Dispersal and Pollination on Plantaginaceae Diversification (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28100

contributor:
Vamosi, Jana
Harder, Lawrence
Rogers, Sean
Zelenitsky, Darla
Cota-Sanchez, Hugo

subject:
Botany
Ecology
Plant Evolution
Diversification
Speciation
Dispersal
Pollination
Biogeography
Plantaginaceae

abstract:
The rich diversity of flowering plants can be explained by a variety of mechanisms, including geographical distribution, range expansion, and floral variance, which correlates with different biotic pollination forms. Plantaginaceae is an ideal model to examine these mechanisms providing the angiosperm diversity, as the family has diverse distribution patterns both in the Old World and the New World, and the family has representatives of many different pollination syndromes.
     Using molecular phylogenetics, ancestral reconstructions, and phylogenetic modeling and hypothesis testing, this study aimed to investigate the factors affecting the macroevolution of the angiosperm family Plantaginaceae. With 683 species from 72 genera, and a total of 6996 characters from 5 different molecular markers, the phylogenetic reconstruction revealed that Plantaginaceae have 12 strongly supported monophyletic tribes. The family was inferred to have a New World origin, and experienced several long-distance dispersal events between the Old World and the New World. In some cases, these long-distance dispersals were linked to chromosome number changes in the family. Sympatric speciation was shown to be a significant diversification mode in the family, which had some heterogeneity in terms of speciation rates among the tribes. These diversification patterns were not correlated with geographic distribution, as diversification rates in the Old World and the New World were similar. However, long-distance dispersals are found to be the main drivers of speciation within the family. Lastly, pollination was shown to have no effect on diversification in the tribe Antirrhineae
     In summary, this study investigated the diversification patterns within the diverse angiosperm family Plantaginaceae. Since its origin in the New World approximately 48.81 mya, the family has experienced several long-distance dispersal events between the Old World and the New World. Along with the changes in chromosome numbers, long-distance dispersal was found to be a strong contributor to the diversity in the family.


identifier: Garcia, P. L. (1999). Environmental management in multinational oil and gas exploration and production corporations in Latin America (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1771

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

subject: Environmental management - Latin America

subject: Petroleum industry and trade - Environmental aspects - Latin America

subject: International business enterprises - Latin America

subject: Latin America - Environmental conditions

abstract: Bibliography: p. 142-152


identifier: Ramkumar, R. R. (2022). The long-term effect of early life stress (ELS) on serotonin neuron activity and behaviour (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: The Long-Term Effect of Early Life Stress (ELS) on Serotonin Neuron Activity and Behaviour

contributor:
Sargin, Derya
Epp, Jonathan
Lohman, Alexander
Dyck, Richard

subject:
Early Life Stress
Serotonin
Behaviour
Psychology--Behavioral
Psychology--Experimental

abstract: Early life stress (ELS) impacts children and youth populations, leading to long-term mood and emotional consequences including depressive and anxiety disorders. A key neurotransmitter involved in emotion and mood regulation is serotonin, also known as 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT). Serotonin carrying neurons, also referred to as serotonergic neurons, innervate brain-wide regions that are involved in regulating mood and emotion, thus playing a role in regulating different behaviours. Alterations in serotonin levels during critical brain developmental periods are associated with long-term changes in behaviour - however, the mechanisms underlying this association remain unclear. To examine how early life stress (ELS) impacts brain-wide serotonin activity and consequent behaviours, we used a mouse model of chronic developmental stress. We implemented the limited bedding and nesting (LBN) model during the first postnatal week of life (postnatal days [PND] 2-9). Upon adulthood, we performed a standardized behavioural test battery to assess social, anxiety-like, passive-coping, and acute stress response behaviours. Using the Pet1-cre x Ai148 transgenic mouse line, we conducted in-vivo calcium imaging via fiber photometry in mice expressing GCaMP6f specifically in serotonin neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) to visualize neuronal activity during behavioural testing. Finally, we performed immunohistochemistry (IHC) on collected brain tissue and analyzed 5-HT populations in the DRN and markers of neuronal activation (cFos) in downstream serotonergic regions of interest. We found that ELS mice did not show heightened anxiety-like behaviour, did display increased social drive, and exhibited passive-coping behaviours relative to controls. Furthermore, differences in behaviours were observed in females and males. We also observed differences in Ca2+ activity of DRN-5HT neurons among control and ELS female and male mice. Finally, we found higher cFos density in downstream serotonergic regions of interest in ELS mice compared to controls.


identifier: Patrick, M. (2015). Spacecraft Measurements of Ionospheric Poynting Flux (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27838

contributor:
Knudsen, David
Burchill, Johnathan

subject:
Atmospheric Sciences
Geophysics
Fluid and Plasma
poynting flux
Ionosphere
MIT coupling
energy transfer
Plasma Physics

abstract: We present measurements of ionospheric Poynting flux using new data from the EFI (Electric Field Instruments) and magnetometers on the ESA Swarm spacecraft. Global maps of the ionospheric Poynting flux are provided as a function of interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) conditions and geomagnetic activity levels. On average, it is found that the ionospheric Poynting flux is directed downwards into the Earth, indicating that it acts to dissipate elec- tromagnetic energy from the Sun-Magnetosphere system. A preliminary analysis indicates that the total Poynting flux into the ionosphere depends on IMF Bz. It is found that the total dissipation in the northern hemisphere exceeds that which occurs in the southern hemisphere by approximately one order of magnitude. This implies that electrical dissipation structures in the ionosphere are acting as potential, rather than current driven systems.


identifier: Lee, S. (1997). Dynamic characterization of relative forefoot abduction (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11004

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

subject:
QP310 .W3 L44 1997
Foot--Physiology.
Foot-Movements.

abstract: Bibliography: p. 82-88


identifier: Paralikar, A. B. (1970). Chemical constituents of Artemisia (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14479

title: Chemical constituents of Artemisia

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

subject:
QK 865 P35 1970
Botanical chemistry
Sage
Botany - Classification

abstract: Bibliography: p. 64-66.


identifier: Melgård, T. E. (2015). Precise Real-Time Multi-GNSS PPP (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27398

title: Precise Real-Time Multi-GNSS PPP

format: application/pdf application/pdf

subject:
Atmospheric Sciences
Geodesy
Engineering--Marine and Ocean
GNSS
PPP
RTK
AR
Integration
Convergence

abstract:
Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology has undergone enormous developments over the last three decades. The majority of PNT (Positioning, Navigation and Timing) applications are now based on GNSS. This increasing dependence on GNSS technology is acknowledged by several nations, some of which are even developing their own regional or global systems. Several techniques exist to increase accuracy, reliability and availability of GNSSs. Real-time PPP (Precise Point Positioning) is the preferred GNSS positioning technology for most offshore applications that require higher performance than standalone GNSS provides. PPP is possible in any location worldwide without the need of local infrastructure. This makes PPP very advantageous when at sea far away from land. PPP uses precise orbits and precise clocks and can be provided globally with a network of fewer reference stations than any other comparable GNSS augmentation technology.

PPP has over the last few years become the industry standard for offshore vessels operating with Dynamic Positioning (DP) systems. Further improvements of PPP technology are still desirable with respect to availability, reliability, accuracy and convergence time even for offshore applications. The research presented herein addresses improvements in these areas from three different angles, namely integration of different GNSSs, multi-frequency observations and PPP-RTK methods.
The first innovative part of this research is the interchangeable integration of
GPS-Galileo and GPS-BeiDou in PPP. It improves availability and accuracy in situations when few satellites are in view. New ionosphere-free widelane combinations for Galileo, GPS, BeiDou and GLONASS have been developed. These can improve PPP initial position accuracy by a factor two or more, i.e. from the 1.6 m to 0.8 m level. An ionosphere estimation technique for UPDs (Uncalibrated Phase Delays) especially tailored for multi-frequency observations is developed with applications smoothing and merging. Findings show how multi-frequency observations can increase PPP-RTK performance in offshore environments. Furthermore, improved precise clocks using UPDs increase position accuracy of both float PPP and PPP-RTK.

Finally ten recommendations are given. The combination of these, the completion of the new GNSSs Galileo and BeiDou and the scheduled improvements of the existing GPS and GLONASS are expected to make instant high-accuracy PPP-RTK possible.

abstract: 2 years


identifier: Bizhani, G. (2013). Percolation Properties of Complex Networks (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27290

contributor:
Davidsen, Jörn
Grassberger, Peter

subject:
Physics--Theory
Networks
percolation
phase transitions

abstract:
This dissertation is devoted to the study of connectivity transitions in complex networks via classical and new percolation models. Networks of high complexity appear across many domains; from commerce, telecommunication, infrastructure, and society, to gene regulation, and even evolution. In many cases these networks exhibit a sudden emergence (or breakdown) of long-range connectivity as a result of local microscopic events; this is of particular importance since their proper functioning often relies crucially on connectivity.
  One of the well-developed theories that deals with the formation of connected clusters  as a result of random microscopic interactions, is percolation theory. This theory has been frequently applied to the study of epidemics and connectivity in complex networks; however details of most spreading phenomena are more involved, and the minimal assumptions of ordinary percolation are not adequate to describe many of their features. Hence it is necessary to design generalized models of percolation to accommodate more layers of complexity in the study of epidemics and connectivity.
  In this thesis we try to develop and explore new models of percolation by relaxing the main two assumptions of ordinary percolation, namely independence and locality of interactions.
One of the new models we propose is agglomerative percolation, where we let clusters grow along all their boundary instead of a single site. This modification in most cases leads to a novel type of percolation that is in a different universality class than the ordinary type. We study agglomerative transitions on several graphs to extract their scaling properties and critical exponents. We show that agglomerative percolation maps onto random sequential renormalization, a method we developed to study the renormalization group flow of networks, and argue that contrary to previous claims, at least some of the scaling observed in previous renormalization schemes is due to agglomerative percolation rather than an underlying fractality in the structure of networks. In a new class of percolation models called explosive percolation, we show that the sharp transitions observed in numerical data is an artifact of the finite system sizes in computer simulations, and these transitions are actually continuous. We also contribute to the ongoing challenges in the study of percolation properties of  interdependent networks by developing an analytical framework based on epidemic spreading.
Finally, we develop cooperative percolation which can be applied to diverse settings, and show that adding cooperative effects to percolation models can change percolation properties dramatically; thus cooperativity --- which is in fact present in many social and physical phenomena --- needs to be considered in modeling these systems.


identifier: Shukin-Simpson, N. (1995). The remains of language (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13404

title: The remains of language

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

subject: PN 56 P3 S56 1995

subject: Pastoral literature - History and criticism

subject: Opposition, Theory of, in literature

subject: Self in literature

subject: Language and languages

abstract: Bibliography: p. 148-154.


identifier: MacArthur, J. H. (1988). Critical contexts of Astrophil and Stella and Amoretti (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24031

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

subject: PN 1514 M153 1988

subject: Sonnets, English - History and criticism

subject: Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599. Amoretti

subject: Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586. Astrophel and Stella

abstract: Bibliography: p. 203-219.


identifier: Friesen, T. P. (2014). Probing Trapped Antihydrogen. In Situ Diagnostics and Observations of Quantum Transitions (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27441

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Science
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Thompson, Robert Ian
Fujiwara, Makoto

subject:
Physics--Atomic
Antimatter
Antihydrogen
Non-neutral Plasmas

abstract:
Antihydrogen, the bound state of a positron and an antiproton, is the simplest pure
anti-atomic system and an excellent candidate to test the symmetry between matter
and antimatter. This thesis focuses on the magnetic confinement of antihydrogen and
the first ever resonant interaction with trapped antihydrogen, as performed by the
ALPHA collaboration.

The ALPHA apparatus and the techniques that have been developed to form,
trap, probe, and detect antihydrogen atoms will be described in detail. The first
successful demonstration of trapped antihydrogen will then be described. In the initial
demonstrations, 38 trapped antihydrogen atoms were detected after being confined
for at least 172 ms. Since then, over 400 antihydrogen atoms have been trapped and
confinement times of 1000 s (over 15 minutes) have been demonstrated.

Spectroscopy of these trapped antihydrogen atoms is the next major step forward.
As an initial proof-of-principle demonstration, ALPHA induced and observed
resonant positron spin flip (PSR) transitions between the ground states of antihydrogen.
Because of the strong magnetic field dependence of these transition frequencies, the
success of this experiment relied heavily on the ability to measure the magnetic field
seen by the antihydrogen atoms. A novel method to measure the magnetic field in situ
by detecting the cyclotron resonance of a trapped electron plasma is presented. This
method allowed ALPHA to measure the magnetic field strength at the minimum of
the magnetic antihydrogen trap to within 1.4 parts in 1000. Hardware improvements
and further study should allow this resolution to be improved by several orders of
magnitude. The cyclotron resonance measurements can also be applied as a rough
diagnostic of a microwave field within the ALPHA apparatus. This allowed for
important diagnostics of the microwave field used to excite the PSR transitions.
Finally, the experimental results demonstrating resonant PSR transitions in antihydrogen
are presented. This experiment is the first ever spectroscopic measurement of
antihydrogen and an important step towards future precision spectroscopy.


identifier: Kluska, W. (2018). Financial Literacy within Payday Lending Legislation (Unpublished master's project). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Faculty of Graduate Studies
School of Public Policy
University of Calgary

abstract: Payday loans are becoming a larger part of the Canadian credit industry. The most recent report from the Canadian Consumer Finance Association (formally the Canadian Payday Loans Association) indicated that in 2014 there were 4.47 million loans made worth $2.19 billion dollars, which is almost double the number of loans and value from 2010. In the past 30 years, information gathering techniques about borrower credit history have improved in the credit industry. Some have suggested that this has caused many low income or high-risk borrowers to become displaced or pushed out of traditional credit markets. Payday loans have become one alternative credit product that many of these borrowers have substituted to fill their credit needs. A recent report from the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada, (FCAC), indicated that 45% of all respondents used a payday loan to pay for an unexpected expense such as a car repair, and 41% of respondents used a payday loan for an expected expense such as paying for an overdue utility bill. Additionally the FCAC report indicated that 43% of respondents did not understand that a payday loan is more expensive than alternative forms of credit. The net benefit of payday loans has mixed results in academic research, with many indicating that the current regulatory structure of payday loans has led to negative outcomes for many borrowers within the industry. Legislation in Canada has traditionally looked at lowering the price ceiling for payday loans or limiting the amount of a loan that a borrower can obtain, yet this has had little positive effect and has likely caused additional credit rationing behaviours by lenders. Recently, suggestions have been brought forth to focus on improving financial literacy among borrowers so they can make more well informed decisions. To counter some of the gaps in consumer financial literacy some provinces have implemented mandatory financial literacy material handouts to assist borrowers to gain a better understanding of budgeting, credit and overall financial health. Alberta and New Brunswick are the most advanced in their requirements, mandating financial literacy informational material be provided in addition to contact information for credit counselling services for all borrowers. Manitoba has mandated that contact information for credit counselling services be provided to all borrowers, but has not required any form of financial literacy information material be provided. Finally, Ontario has mandated that a portion of the licensing fees paid by payday lending institutions be used to fund the Ontario Payday Lending Education Fund, but do not have any provisions within the legislation as to what the fund is intended or required to provide. The academic literature has fundamentally suggested that financial literacy is most improved through customized, one-on-one training interactions. However, very little effort has been put forward to investigate the effectiveness of financial literacy handout information, and for good reason. It can be difficult to ascertain the retention abilities of the general public from complicated financial handouts. Most survey data analysis is unavailable to properly assess or address these concerns. Payday lending legislation is complicated and heavily influenced by political actors. It is unlikely that regulation focused solely on improving financial literacy outcomes through payday lending regulation will be successful given the research available, however, more data collection and analysis may provide some additional insight into the validity of such efforts.


identifier: Doctor, E. (1981). An activity-oriented second-language learning process: mediating attitudes, motivation, and achievement in French as a second language (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22681

format:
xii, 329 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: PC 2068 C1 D6 1981 Fiche

subject: French language - Study and teaching - Canada

subject: Learning, Psychology of

abstract: Bibliography: p. 61-64.


identifier: Siu, K. C. (2004). Pre-service teachers' attitudes about school bullying: a new perspective (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15141

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 51-67


identifier: Baezner, D. (1991). Language design for parallel simulation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19845

title: Language design for parallel simulation

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

subject: QA 76.58 B34 1991

subject: Parallel programming (Computer science)

subject: Parallel processing (Electronic computers)

subject: Programming languages (Electronic computers)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 139-148.


identifier: Kosciusko, K. A. (1987). Upper Devonian conodont biostratigraphy in Rocky Mountain Front Ranges of Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14733

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

subject: QE 899 K67 1987a

subject: Conodonts

subject: Stratigraphic correlation - Alberta - Rocky Mountain Group

subject: Rocky Mountain Group (Alta.)

subject: Petrology - Alberta - Rocky Mountain Group

subject: Sediments (Geology) - Alberta - Rocky Mountain Group

subject: Geology, Stratigraphic - Devonian

abstract: Bibliography: p.


identifier: Thierrin, R. A. (1996). Environmental Auditing of Prairie Farms (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18637

title: Environmental Auditing of Prairie Farms

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 151-161


identifier: Farrell, P. J. (1993). Cell cycle production of monoclonal antibody from hybridoma and recombinant myeloma cell lines (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14719

format:
xxx, 218 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QR 186.85 F36 1993
Monoclonal antibodies
Hybridomas
Biochemical engineering
Cell cycle

abstract: Bibliography: p. 197-214.


identifier: Nielsen, B. F. (1972). An Exploratory study of bibliotherapy conducted in an elementary school library (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17074

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

subject:
BF 723 S3 N52 1972 Microfilm
Self-respect
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Bibliotherapy
School libraries

abstract: Bibliographies: p. 101-105, 114, 118.


identifier: St. Germain, S. (2015). The Evolution of a Pulsating Supraglacial Stream (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28140

subject:
Physical Geography
Glaciology
Hydrology
Supraglacial Stream
Canadian Arctic

abstract: Supraglacial streams are a significant part of the glacial hydrological regime and important for understanding the dynamics between glacial hydrology, glacier dynamics, and climate change. During the 2014 ablation period on Bylot Island, Nunavut, a supraglacial stream, which flowed over a 13 m high waterfall at the front of Fountain Glacier, began to pulsate. The pulsating phenomenon involved the stoppage of flow over the waterfall for 10-15 s, with a total period of 27 s. The objective of this research was to determine the factors that influenced the evolution of the supraglacial stream. Results show a change in the weather, where multiple rainfall events occurred during the second week of the study. Analysis suggests that the rainfall caused the formation of a step-pool sequence within the streambed. In conclusion, the formation of the step-pool sequence and constructive interference from changes in flow conditions caused the distinctive pulsating.


identifier: Shi, J. (1994). High accuracy airborne differential GPS positioning using a multi-receiver configuration (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24419

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

subject:
TL 798 N3 S55 1994
Global positioning system

abstract: Bibliography: p. 123-129.


identifier: Gakne, P. V. (2018). Improving the Accuracy of GNSS Receivers in Urban Canyons using an Upward-Facing Camera (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32274

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

contributor:
O'Keefe, Kyle P. G.
Gao, Yang
Wang, Ruisheng
Fapojuwo, Abraham Olatunji
Ruotsalainen, Laura

subject:
GPS
GNSS
Satellite
Visual Odometry
Camera
Motion estimation
Tightly-coupling integration
Vehicle navigation
Image Segmentation
3D building model
Upward-facing camera
Clustering algorithms
Statistics
Engineering--Aerospace
Engineering--Automotive
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
Robotics

abstract:
Global Navigation Satellite Systems are widely used as localization systems for various applications in indoor and outdoor environments. Autonomous vehicles for example rely on navigation sensors such as GNSS receivers, INS, odometers, LiDAR, radar, etc. However, none of these sensors alone is able to provide satisfactory position solutions in terms of accuracy, availability and reliability all the time and in all environments. This thesis presents a new tightly coupling method fusing the egomotion of a land vehicle estimated from a sky-pointing camera with GNSS signals and a digital map for navigation purposes in harsh urban canyon environments. The advantages of this configuration are three-fold: firstly, for the GNSS signals, the upward-facing camera will be used to classify the acquired images into sky and non-sky (known as segmentation). A satellite falling into the non-sky areas (e.g., buildings) will be rejected and not considered for the final position solution computation. Secondly, the narrow field of view sky-pointing camera is helpful for urban area egomotion estimation in the sense that it does not see most of the moving objects (e.g., cars) and thus is able to estimate the egomotion with fewer outliers than is typical with a forward-facing camera. Thirdly, the skyline can be extracted and serves as a finger print of the vehicle location in the city. This information can then be correlated with a 3D city model to obtain the vehicle location. In order to obtain an accurate solution from the proposed method, a few intermediate steps had to be taken into account. An improved image segmentation algorithm is presented. The output of this algorithm served for the skyline positioning and the camera-based multipath mitigation. Also, an accurate visual odometry was implemented. Moreover, the monocular-based visual odometry is able to determine the vehicle translation accurately but up to a scale only. An integrated system that tackles the scale factor issue is designed.
From five datasets evaluated in this research, the proposed method has shown to be robust and provide more accurate position, velocity and attitude solution at least 83% of the time than the GNSS-only and loosely coupled GNSS/vision solutions.


identifier: Howell, S. (2019). Novel Approaches to the Assessment of Systemic Circulation and Ventricular Performance (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary

contributor:
Tyberg, John V. T.
Shrive, Nigel
Phillips, Aaron A.
Sheldon, Robert Stanley
Fedak, Paul

subject:
Conductance, driving pressure
Education--Sciences

abstract: The purpose of evaluating the systemic circulation using systemic vascular conductance and head-capacity curve to quantify left ventricle performance is to validate these assessment approaches instead of more commonly used cardiovascular indexes (i.e., systemic vascular resistance and ejection fraction) used for physiologic responses. Systemic vascular conductance is reciprocal of systemic vascular resistance and is defined as the flow to the systemic circulation that determines arterial pressure. Systemic vascular conductance is calculated by dividing cardiac output by arteriovenous pressure difference. Left ventricle performance is assessed using head-capacity curve. It states that left ventricle as a pump, works under a head-capacity curve. The aim of this study is to increase our understanding of systemic circulation and ventricular performance by studying how changing loading conditions using drug interventions (phenylephrine, sodium nitroprusside, and isoproterenol), proximal aortic constriction, and volume loading will affect the systemic vascular conductance and left ventricle performance. The ultimate goal of this study is to combine circulatory and ventricular properties quantitatively and define the relationship between output produced by the heart and input of the circulation. Overall, results are consistent with the hypothesized physiological changes and allow the application of both proposed indices to determine the global cardiovascular performance in a simple manner. These results further enhance our understanding that conductance of each intervention in systemic circulation determines the mean arterial pressure. Systemic vascular conductance changes markedly with changing cardiac index and these changes are mediated by left ventricle. The potential benefits of these assessment parameters will help provide insights to optimize circulatory performance in patients with cardiovascular disease.


identifier: Halvorsen, J. (2022). Interrogating white male allyship: a critical ethnographic study (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Interrogating White Male Allyship: A Critical Ethnographic Study

publisher:
Social Work
University of Calgary

contributor:
Lorenzetti, Liza
Jamal, Aamir
Ferrer, Ilyan
Chowdhury, Turin
Chau, Shirley

subject:
Allyship
whiteness
masculinities
critical ethnography
settler colonialism
Social Work
Ethnic and Racial Studies

abstract: Numerous scholars and activists have contested white men’s attempts at allyship, noting this group’s propensity to dominate discussions, assume positions of leadership, create emotional burdens for the groups they seek to support, and disengage when faced with adversity. The literature on white men’s allyship focuses largely on men’s experiences of engaging in allyship, but there are few studies that demonstrate how white men’s allyship is experienced in anti-racist, anti-colonial, and gender justice movements. Also lacking is knowledge on how white men come to engage in critical reflection and personal transformation as they aspire to trustworthy allyship. In this dissertation, I investigated the tensions and burdens imposed by white male allies on progressive social movements, and the commitments and actions necessary for white men to contribute to social change. My inquiry was guided by a theoretical framework drawing on critical race feminism, masculinities, and whiteness. I adapted a critical ethnographic methodology (Carspecken, 1996; Madison, 2019) to develop a five stage research approach in which I began by interrogating my positionality, and my own aspirations to allyship. Throughout the study, I continued to reflect on my decisions in research and allyship journals. I engaged in relationship building with two social justice organizations. I presented the study plans and recruited an Advisory Group of seven community leaders who identified as Indigenous, Black, and racialized, with whom I participated in a process of inter-relational reflexivity (Gilbert & Sliep, 2009). These members nominated six white men they identified as their allies and I conducted life history interviews and go-along interviews with these men. All participants came together to confirm the findings and plan dissemination of results after the study. The Advisory Group guided me to centre social justice, histories of resistance, and to decenter white men’s allyship. They defined whiteness and masculinities, and outlined their expectations of would-be allies. The white men shared the starting points of their allyship, the change process they engaged in to prepare for allyship, and contoured allyship practice in five relationships they engage in. I concluded the study with a suggested praxis model for allyship.


identifier: Ranson, M. (1978). Gilbert Cesbron romancier (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22785

title: Gilbert Cesbron romancier

format:
v, 106 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject:
PQ 2605 E74 Z82 1978 Microfiche
Cesbron, Gilbert, 1913-

abstract: Bibliography: p. 97-104.


identifier: Augustus, C. (2005). The scrip solution: the North West Metis scrip policy, 1885-1887 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17441

format:
x, 139 leaves ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 117-124

abstract: Metis scrip was administered in Western Canada from 1870 until 1924 as a means of extinguishing the Aboriginal title of mixed-ancestry Aboriginal peoples. This policy was implemented in three basic phases: in Manitoba from 1870 to 1886; in the North West from 1885 to 1887; and in conjunction with First Nation treaties from 1887 to 1924. The second phase - North West scrip, 1885 to 1887 - was integral to the development of the policy and needs to be considered in more detail. The North West Commission, distinct from the Manitoba policy, set the precedent for later commissions by re-defining the process for extinguishing Aboriginal title through unilateral legislation, by creating a new legal category of non-status Aboriginal peoples, and by providing a means for reducing the number of treaty First Nations. Ultimately, Metis scrip served the government's aim to settle the west.


identifier: Shojaei Saadi, H. A. (2011). A comparison of low - versus high - fertility Holstein bulls for identification of fertility markers (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4526

format:
xiii, 94 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 87-94


identifier: Gallucci, A. (2016). A Phenomenological Investigation of Newcomer Youths’ Experiences of Integration into High School and Transition to Post-Secondary Education in Canada (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24948

subject: Educational Psychology

abstract: Integration into the school system often represents the first point of contact with the host society for newcomer youth. Their long-term contributions to Canadian society are largely dependent on their experiences integrating into high school. This descriptive phenomenology aimed to develop an in-depth, contextual understanding of newcomer youth’s integration into high school and transition to post-secondary education. Ten graduated high school students, ages18 through 24, who migrated and attended high school in Canada were interviewed. The central research questions include: What factors throughout high school impact participants’ experiences of school integration? And (b) How did participants’ experiences of school integration impact their transition into post-secondary education? Data analysis revealed five structures: (a) school atmosphere; (b) language transition; (c) curriculum; (d) post-secondary decisions; and (e) post-secondary experience. Implications for counselling and practice, as well as, directions for future research are presented as they pertain to the school integration of newcomer youth.


identifier: Boldt, K. (2020). Exercise and Dietary Interventions in a Rat Model of Cardiac Adaptation (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Kinesiology
University of Calgary

contributor:
Herzog, Walter
Syme, Douglas A.
MacIntosh, Brian R.
Reimer, Raylene A.

subject: Exercise Nutrition Heart Biomechanics Cardiovascular Physiology Engineering--Biomedical

abstract: Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death and disability, and is responsible for approximately one third of all deaths. Conversely, effective functioning of the heart is critical for performance in many sports and recreational activities. Therefore, developing effective strategies for preventing cardiovascular disease and promoting enhanced function of the heart is paramount. The overarching purpose of this thesis was to evaluate how cardiac muscle develops and ways to improve its function through dietary and exercise intervention. The work of this thesis was conducted in three phases. In the first phase, we compared both the structural and mechanical adaptations of the heart in response to aerobic and resistance exercise training. We concluded that exercise affects the structure and function of the heart, and its cellular components in a manner that is specific to the exercise protocol, and that there may be additional benefit of combining aerobic and resistance exercise training. In the second phase, we evaluated the effects of systematic protein supplementation in addition to aerobic exercise on the structural and mechanical properties of the heart. We concluded from these findings that a whey supplemented high-protein diet did not provide additional benefit for cardiac adaptation following aerobic exercise. In the final phase, we compared contractile properties of the heart muscle over the first year of life in rats. We concluded from these findings that many of the previously observed changes in systolic function associated with aging, occur between 12 and 21-33 months of age, while early signs of increased diastolic stiffness manifest sooner. Overall, though more work is required, this thesis presents evidence that structural and mechanical properties of the heart are adaptable and can be modified by either positive (exercise and diet) or negative (obesity and aging) factors.


identifier: Jeppensen-Wigelsworth, A. D. (2010). The portral of roman wives in literature and inscriptions (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3376

format:
xi, 554 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 336-370
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Mayzus, P. P. (2001). Performance of the pulse - tube cryocooler: theoretical model and experimental results (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20386

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 M39

abstract: Bibliography: p. 104-109.


identifier: Jabbari, S. (2010). Radiation therapy of lung cancer (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3717

title: Radiation therapy of lung cancer

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 83-91
A few pages are in colour.


identifier: King, B. (2015). Novel Expression and Roles for IKCa in Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27131

subject: Biology--Cell Neuroscience Pharmacology IKCa CA1 sAHP

abstract: This study reports novel roles of the calcium-activated potassium channel of intermediate conductance, called IKCa, in pyramidal neurons of the CA1 region of the rat and mouse hippocampus. In addition to pharmacological profiling of the IKCa channel in these neurons, conducted using potent blockers of IKCa such as TRAM-34 and ChTx, single channels were found that fit the profile of IKCa including a potassium-selective single channel of ~30 pS conductance activated by calcium influx. In addition, the role of IKCa in generating the calcium-activated slow afterhyperpolarization (sAHP) was investigated. The molecular identity of the sAHP has eluded discovery for over 30 years despite it representing one of the strongest inhibitory responses in the brain. Here it is reported that IKCa channels generate a long-lasting, calcium-activated sAHP in response to bursts of synaptic activity and neuron firing, which is inhibited by TRAM-34. This work is important in identifying a novel ion channel in the brain and one of the primary contributors to the sAHP. These data will help to further our understanding of hippocampus-related phenomena, including behaviours such as spatial memory, with potential implications in other brain regions expressing IKCa channels.


identifier: McComb, C. (2002). Age-related differences in aerial respiration, learning, and memory in Lymnaea stagnalis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23456

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 M393

abstract: Bibliography: p. 191-207


identifier: Li, X. D. (2005). Product development process for one-of-a-kind production (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/275

contributor:
Tu, Yiliu (Paul)
Xue, Deyi

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 89-94


identifier: Fujimagari, L. (1981). Dewey's unprincipled philosophy: pragmatism against the Kantian tradition (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18803

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

subject:
B 945 D44 F83 1983
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804
Dewey, John, 1859-1952
Pragmatism

abstract: Bibliography: p. 123-128.


identifier: Codd, C. (2019). Incidence, Risk Factors, and Mechanisms of Concussion and Musculoskeletal Injury in Youth Soccer Players (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Science
University of Calgary

contributor:
Schneider, Kathryn J.
Emery, Carolyn A.
Yeates, Keith Owen
Palacios-Derflingher, Luz Maria
Reed, Nickolas

subject:
Soccer
Epidemiology
Sport
Concussion
Musculoskeletal Injury
Injury Prevention
Epidemiology

abstract: Objective: Assessment of incidence, risk factors, and mechanisms of concussion and musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries in youth soccer players over one outdoor season of play. Methods: Prospective cohort study conducted. Participants completed a pre-season baseline questionnaire (demographic and injury history questions). A team safety advocate collected exposure and injury data. Results: A sample of 361 players (10-18 years) participated. Most injuries were reported in games (37 MSK, 24 concussions). MSK and concussions occurred at a rate (/1000player hours) of 5.47 (95%CI:2.99-9.18) and 3.12 (95%CI:0.13-6.16), respectively in males and 5.26 (95%CI: 3.33-7.89) and 3.66 (95%CI: 2.09-5.94), respectively in females. In a univariate model, female sex [IRRmsk=1.18(95% CI:1.02-1.36), IRRconc=1.18(95%CI:1.02-1.36)], previous concussion [IRRconc=1.07(95%CI:1.01-1.15)], higher level of play [IRR: 1.02(Tier II) to 0.63(Tier IV), reference Tier I] and older age group [IRR:1.48(U13) to 1.72(U14), reference U12] were risk factors for MSK injury and/or concussion. Conclusions: Injuries and concussions are common in youth soccer players.


identifier: Herwig, L. L. (2006). The art of occupation: an analysis of three case studies (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/328

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
v, 158 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 145-158


identifier: Ghoneim, G. A. (1978). Nonlinear finite element analysis of concrete structures (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15477

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

subject:
TA 681.5 G54 1978 Microfiche
Concrete construction - Testing
Finite element method

abstract: Bibliography: p. 221-229.


identifier: Cornett, S. (1979). Fluvial coal in the Crowsnest River (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22642

title: Fluvial coal in the Crowsnest River

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

subject:
TN 800 C65 1979 Microfiche
Coal
Sediment transport

abstract: Bibliography: p. 70-73.


identifier: Klassen, K. J. (1997). Simultaneous management of demand and supply in services (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20828

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

subject: HD9980.5 .K56 1997A

subject: Additonal Copy: HD9980.5 .K56 1997 in the Management Resource Centre

subject: Service industries - Management

subject: Service industries - Labor productivity

subject: Supply and demand

abstract: Bibliography: p. 176-182


identifier: Cyca, D. L. (2006). A C compiler for implementing FPGA based bit-serial DSP systems (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/709

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 141-152


identifier: MacDonald, W. D. (1994). Stable isotope composition of cave ice in western North America (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17733

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

subject:
GB 601 M33 1994
Ice caves
Ice - Testing
Stable isotopes - Composition
Hydrogen - Isotopes
Oxygen - Isotopes

abstract: Bibliography: p. 191-206.


identifier: Lisanik, M. (2016). Cross-linguistic Differences and The Role Of Working Memory in Processing Double-embedded Relative Clausesed relative clauses (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25492

contributor:
O'Brien, Mary
Sedivy, Julie
Pexman, Penny

subject:
Education--Bilingual and Multicultural
Linguistics
Language--Modern
Literature--English
Literature--Germanic
Psychology--Cognitive
Psychology--Experimental
Working memory
double-embedded clauses
English-German bilinguals
grammaticality illusion
sentence processing
Psycholinguistics

abstract:
English double-embedded clauses, from which the middle verb is omitted, are often perceived as grammatically correct and processed faster than clauses with all mandatory verbs. This phenomenon is called Grammaticality Illusion (GI). It has been hypothesised that this effect occurs as a result of a failing working memory. This is because such sentences require the reader to keep several incomplete dependencies in working memory (WM).
	GI has been consistently found in languages like French and English, but not in German. This led to the assumptions that if GI is caused by failing WM: German native speakers and potentially proficient speakers of German might therefore have a more robust WM. This thesis examines the role of WM in the processing of the double-embedded clauses. It also focuses on the differences in the processing of these clauses among participants in three groups: English-German bilinguals, English monolinguals and German native speakers.


identifier: Habibov, N. (2008). Measuring and explaining the inter-temporal evolution in inequality in Azerbaijan, a low-income country in transition: 1995-2002 (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1781

publisher:
Social Work
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 148-167


identifier: Root, K. G. (1987). Geology of the Delphine Creek area, southeastern British Columbia: implications for the proterozoic and paleozoic development of the cordilleran divergent margin (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19492

format:
xv, 446 leaves : ill., maps ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: Geology - British Columbia - Delphine Creek Region

subject: Geology, Stratigraphic - Precambrian

subject: Geology, Stratigraphic - Paleozoic

abstract: Bibliography: p. 423-446.

abstract: Strati graphic and structural relationships within, and adjacent to, the Delphine Creek area of southeastern British Columbia are consistent with the hypothesis that the Cordilleran divergent margin formed at the western edge of North America following rifting during the Late Proterozoic and continental separation at the approximate start of the Paleozoic (e.g. Stewart, 1972, 1976; Bond and Kominz, 1983). Within the study area, there is evidence for extensional faulting during deposition of the Middle Proterozoic Dutch Creek Formation <Purcell Supergroup), the Upper(?) Proterozoic Mount Nelson Formation, the Upper Proterozoic Toby Formation and Horsethief Creek Group (Windermere Supergroup), the Middle Devonian Mount Forster Formation, and . the Middle and Upper(?) Devonian Starbird(?) Formation. Extensional faulting during the Early Paleozoic is inferred from regional stratigraphic relationships. Syndepositional faulting has had a significant influence on lateral variations in the thicknesses of, and facies distributions within, Proterozoic and Paleozoic stratigraphic sequences. Angular unconformities below the Mount Forster Formation and Starbird(?) Formation record folding events. The Middle Proterozoic Purcell Supergroup is interpreted to have been deposited in a failed rift. The Mount Nelson Formation, which was in previous studies considere d to be part of the Purcell Supergroup, is probably close ly r el ated in age to the ri f t stage deposits of the Upper P roterozoic Windermere Supergroup, and is interpreted as the pre-rift stage deposit o f the margin. Extension, and possible contraction and/or strike-slip tectonism, during the Middle (and Late? ) Devonian may have occurred within a back-arc setting. Uplifted arches present during the Proterozoic and Paleozoic are suggested to have been analogous to the uplifted basin margins that flank modern rifts. Texturally and mineralogically immature sediments of the Upper Proterozoic Horsethief Creek Group were derived from Lower Proterozoic basement rocks and pre-Windermere Supergroup strata that were exposed in uplifts that flanked the Horesethief Creek rift basin on the east, and at least locally, the west side. The northwest-trending Windermere High is considered to have been an arch that was related to lithospheric extension at the outer part of the margin during the Early Paleozoic. The West Alberta . Arch may have been an uplift that was related to mid-Devonian extension. Mesozoic structures in the study area comprise phase one thrust faults, phase two folds (and related faults) that deform the phase one thrusts, and phase three thrusts that cut phase one and phase two structures and may have a component of transcurrent displacement.


identifier: Seagram, J. A. (1985). Sex differences in cognitive style (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11866

title: Sex differences in cognitive style

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

subject: LB 1060 S42 1986

subject: Learning, Psychology of - Study and teaching

subject: Educational psychology - Study and teaching

subject: Cognition

subject: Sex differences (Psychology) - Education

abstract: Bibliography: p. 107-124.


identifier: Rauhut, A. C. (1992). Regularization methods for the solution of the inverse Stokes problem (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19884

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

subject:
QB 343 R38 1992
Astronautics in geodesy
Gravity - Measurement

abstract: Bibliography: p. 203-210.

abstract:
Several approaches with similar concepts for the regularization of improperly posed problems have been developed in different areas of science, especially in geophysics and mathematics. In mathematics, the solution approaches are based on Tikhonov's regularization [TIKHONOV, 1963] which a-priori defines some parameters of the unknown function. In geophysics, a regularization method based on classical logic has been proposed where probability statements are employed as a-priori information [TARANTOLA, 1987]. In surveying engineering, collocation is widely used to incorporate additional knowledge into the least squares solution [MORITZ, 1980; RAPP, 1985]. A theoretical comparison of some regularization methods is given in LOUIS [1989] and SANSO [1989]. However, these methods are seldom applied to actual data due to the enormous computational effort involved.
This research compares several regularization methods for the solution of the inverse Stokes problem for gravity field determination from satellite altimeter data. The comparison is done from a theoretical point of view as well as by practical application. The theoretical comparison discusses equivalences and differences of the approaches. The application of the methods compares the numerical results obtained with the algorithms on two different data sets.
The comparison of the regularization methods shows that the inversion of Stokes problem is only moderately unstable. Thus, a simple inversion routine works under favourable circumstances but provides no safeguard against instability. Tikhonov regularization with cross-validation is a user-independent methods and works well on all data sets. The truncated singular value decomposition gives good results only when the accuracy estimates of the singular values are adequate. Both these methods are very time-consuming due to the singular value decomposition routine. The probabilistic method reduces to a combined least squares adjustment for Gaussian statistics. It produces good results as long as the a-priori error estimates are correct. Collocation performs poorly on these small data sets. However, it is by far the fastest method when FFT algorithms are used. A method, which is fast and user-independent at the same time, would be ideal for gravity field determination from satellite altimeter data.


identifier: Inoue, M. (1984). Characterization of new species of human interferon and human interferon beta by immunological methods (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23650

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

subject:
QR 187.5 I54 1986
Interferon

abstract: Bibliography: p. 56-64.


identifier: Pancoast, R. D. (2003). Is the Kyoto protocol good for the environment?: a general equilibrium consideration of global carbon leakage (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21783

format:
xv, 189 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 164-169


identifier: Miller, L. (2003). Interactions of the molecular chaperone cysteine string protein (CSP) with heterotrimeric G proteins (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17142

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 82-97.


identifier: Olsen, B. M. (1992). Dimensions of expert systems management (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24119

title: Dimensions of expert systems management

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

subject: QA 76.76 E95 O47 1992a

subject: Additional Copy: QA 76.76 E95 O47 1992

subject: Expert systems (Computer science) - Management

abstract: Bibliography: p. 101-104.


identifier: Webber, C. A. (1994). Dividing lines: an architectural inquiry of boundaries and thresholds (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17042

format:
<vii>, <74> leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. <40-43>.