identifier: Barnieh, L. J. (2004). Organ and tissue donation in the Calgary Health Region: a population based study on intensive care unit practices (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12544

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 99-103

abstract: Some pages are in colour.

abstract: Organ and tissue donation are part of quality end-of-life decisions in the intensive care unit. The efficacy of any organ and tissue donation process lies on the efficiency of individual steps in the process and not on reporting crude statistics. An examination of these individual steps allows not only for the identification of any possible shortcomings within a process, but provides a base on which comparisons to other systems can be made. The results of this study demonstrate that a process whereby organ and tissue donation is viewed as a measure of quality end-of-life care, and a process that is inherent to critical care, is efficient and could be adopted by other critical care groups. Further, if an efficient process exists, the ethical propriety of increasing organ supply using alternative sources can be examined.


identifier: Tariq, H. (2011). Regulation and function of cdk5 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4518

title: Regulation and function of cdk5

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
ix, 117 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 101-117.

abstract: A few pages are in colour.

abstract: Includes a copy of Animal Protocol Certificate.  Original with original copy of Partial Copyright Licence.


identifier: Detchev, I. (2016). Image-based Fine-scale Infrastructure Monitoring (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26445

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Habib, Ayman
Lichti, Derek
El-Badry, Mamdouh
El-Sheimy, Naser
Sadeghpour, Farnaz
Sohn, Gunho

subject:
Remote Sensing
Optics
Engineering--Civil
geomatics engineering
Photogrammetry
optical metrology
structural health monitoring
Calibration
cracks

abstract:
Monitoring the physical health of civil infrastructure systems is an important task that must be performed frequently in order to ensure their serviceability and sustainability. Additionally, laboratory experiments where individual system components are tested on the fine-scale level provide essential information during the structural design process. This type of inspection, i.e., measurements of deflections and/or cracks, has traditionally been performed with instrumentation that requires access to, or contact with, the structural element being tested; performs deformation measurements in only one dimension or direction; and/or provides no permanent visual record. To avoid the downsides of such instrumentation, this dissertation proposes a remote sensing approach based on a photogrammetric system capable of three-dimensional reconstruction. The proposed system is low-cost, consists of off-the-shelf components, and is capable of reconstructing objects or surfaces with homogeneous texture.

The scientific contributions of this research work address the drawbacks in currently existing literature. Methods for in-situ multi-camera system calibration and system stability analysis are proposed in addition to methods for deflection/displacement monitoring, and crack detection and characterization in three dimensions. The mathematical model for the system calibration is based on a single or multiple reference camera(s) and built-in relative orientation constraints where the interior orientation and the mounting parameters for all cameras are explicitly estimated. The methods for system stability analysis can be used to comprehensively check for the cumulative impact of any changes in the system parameters. They also provide a quantitative measure of this impact on the reconstruction process in terms of image space units. Deflection/displacement monitoring of dynamic surfaces in three dimensions is achieved with the system by performing an innovative sinusoidal fitting adjustment. The input data for the adjustment comes from either model-based image fitting or full surface fitting procedures. The crack characterization, i.e., estimation of the average crack width, approximate length and overall orientation, is achieved directly in three dimensions by detecting cracks in a region of interest in a truly-rectified photo via image processing techniques. This hybrid approach combines the use of both geometric and radiometric data, and it performs best in a multi-epoch setting.


identifier: Alberts, P. E. (1970). Comparison of kinesthetic effect of two different kinds of dance instruction given to elementary school children (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23403

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

subject:
GV 1799 A42 1971 Microfilm
Dancing - Children's dances
Creative dancing - Study and teaching
Square dancing

abstract: Bibliography: p. 59-63.


identifier: MacGougan, G. D. (2003). High sensitivity GPS performance analysis in degraded signal environments (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12159

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 216-219


identifier: Bellon Manzi, M. (1996). A broadcast station for radio and television (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22804

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
<vi>, 69 <8> leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
NA 2543 M37 B45 1996
Mass media and architecture


identifier: Higgins, B. R. (2013). Exploring Relationships Between Socio-Economic Status and the Health Correlates of Excess Weight Among Canadians (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26101

subject:
Social Sciences
social inequality
Body Weight
population/public health

abstract: Previous studies have examined the relationship between social class and body mass index (BMI) in Canada, illustrating a class gradient in body weight. Few researchers have examined the relationship between social class and comorbidities of excess weight. Using the Canadian Health Measures Survey (Cycle 1), I employ multivariate linear and logistic regression techniques to explore the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES), sociodemographic characteristics, and weight-related health (BMI and comorbidities of excess weight) among Canadians. I use the Edmonton Obesity Staging System to operationalize comorbidities of excess weight as sub-clinical indicators of medical conditions associated with excess weight (aerobic fitness), medical symptoms (hypertension), and functional limitations. I find that the relationship between SES and weight-related health varies by gender, measure of SES, and measure of weight-related health, concluding that to better understand how social class influences weight-related health, researchers need to expand how ‘weight’ is measured.


identifier: Kozoriz, M. G. (2003). Galanin modulates neurotransmission in electrophysiologically identified supraoptic oxytocin and vasopressin neurons (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23872

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 92-111.


identifier: Mahmoodi, M. (2013). Electrical, Thermal, and Machining Behaviour of Injection Moulded Polymeric CNT Nanocomposites (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25856

subject:
Mechanical
Engineering, Mechanical
Engineering, Plastics Technology
Engineering, Nanocomposites

abstract:
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are promising additives for thermoplastics, resulting from their superior electrical, thermal and mechanical properties. Due to the desirable properties of CNT/polymer composites and their wide application in technological devices, these materials have attracted a great deal of attention from both academia and industry. A considerable amount of research has been devoted to the processing of CNT-filled nanocomposites, but only a few investigations have focussed on the injection moulding of these nanocomposites.
This research was aimed at the study of the flow-induced alignment of CNT/polymer nanocomposites through the injection moulding process. We focussed on the understanding of the alignment of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) in a thermoplastic matrix and the investigation of the alignment’s effect on the electrical, thermal and machining characteristics of the injection moulded nanocomposites.
The nanocomposites were first prepared with a melt mixing technique (i.e. twin screw extrusion), and they were then injection moulded under various processing conditions and mould geometries. High aspect ratio nanotubes could be partially aligned in the parallel-to-flow direction, resulting from the in-plane shear flow exerted on the polymeric melt in the injection cavity. It can be concluded that the volume resistivity of the moulded samples could be varied up to 7 orders of magnitude by changing the processing conditions and gate type in the injection moulding process.
The electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness (EMI SE) of the moulded composites was studied by considering the alignment of the MWCNTs. The EMI SE decreased with an increase in the alignment of the injection moulded MWCNTs in the polymer matrix. Anisotropic thermal conductivity was observed for the injection moulded nanocomposites. It was shown that thermal conductivity can be enhanced by aligning the nanotubes in the parallel-to-flow direction.
The post-processing of injection moulded CNT nanocomposites, such as their machinability, plays an important role in their economic viability. The addition of CNTs to polymers can improve the machinability of the polymers, mostly due to the high thermal conductivity of these nano particulates. However, there are some challenges in the machining of CNT-filled nanocomposites, such as the absence of comprehensive knowledge of the material properties, especially at the high strain rates encountered in machining.
In this study, the micro mechanical machining of injection moulded MWCNT-filled nanocomposites was examined, and some of their machining characteristics were compared with those of pristine polymers. In addition, the effect of the nanotube alignment on the cutting forces was experimentally investigated, and a mechanistic micro-milling force model was used to predict the cutting forces.
It was found that the CNT alignment and concentrations influence the micro cutting forces, and the force model was verified with the experimental milling forces. The machinability of the CNT nanocomposites was improved over that of pure polymer, due to the enhanced thermal conductivity and mechanical characteristics. In addition, better surface quality and dimensional stability of the machined slots was observed for CNT-based nanocomposites.
From the results obtained in this study, one can determine the optimal processing conditions for the injection moulding of CNT-filled thermoplastics. It can be concluded that the electrical and thermal conductivities of these nanocomposites strongly depend on the alignment of the nanotubes within a polymer matrix, which can be controlled by selecting proper processing conditions and mould geometry. These parameters can be selected based on the desired application of the product.  In addition, this research work provides a fundamental understanding of the material removal behaviour of CNT-filled composites, which is very important in the design of these novel materials for specific engineering applications.


identifier: Thorner, T. (1977). The Not so peaceable kingdom: a study of crime in southern Alberta, 1874-1905 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18447

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

subject: HV 6809 A52 T566 1976 Microfiche

subject: Crime and criminals - Alberta, Southern - History

subject: Frontier and pioneer life - Alberta, Southern

abstract: Bibliography: p. 172-187.

abstract: In most popular and scholarly accounts concerning the settlement of the Canadian West, some mention is made of the high degree of law and order. However, in contrast to what many of these works appear to assume, this supposition is not selfevident. Despite the countless claims, no one has yet come to grips with the complexities of this subject or presented a complete analysis of the nature of crime. This study represents an attempt to do so for one part of the Canadian West-- Southern Alberta. The predominance of unfounded assumptions about crime may simply reflect the difficulty of the subject matter. Discovering the pattern of crime from the legal records of the past, and analyzing its various forms, is not a task for which most historians have been trained to undertake. Apart from the difficulties of dealing with crime, another reason for the lack of detailed study may be the special problems posed by the Canadian situation. The image of a peaceful western frontier has persisted so long that many people undoubtedly accept it as historical fact. Moreover, this image has become part of Canada's national identity. Many writers claim that ours neither is, nor has been, a lawless society. Safe from the ugliness and reality of life, Canadian society has been characterized as a "peaceable kingdom." This national self-assessment makes it difficult for people to question the existence of crime in the nineteenth century. Thus, for a variety of reasons, we are left with incorrect notions or ignorance about much of the subject. Nevertheless, a phenomenon as complex as crime deserves more scholarly attention than it has previously received. The sources necessary to construct an empirical analysis of crime have always been available. For the most part these sources have been judicial records, supplemented by the descriptions of more or less knowledgeable people--Mounted Policemen, Indian Agents, and Justices of the Peace--concerning the conditions of the time. The utilization of these bodies of evidence can provide a more satisfactory judgment about the nature of crime. The central theme, which provides the main analytical framework for this investigation, is the relationship between criminal behavior and the frontier in Southern Alberta. What form and frequency did the incidence of crime take? What causal factors influenced criminal behavior? What were the attitudes of the local community toward crime? The answers which are provided undermine some common assumptions, not only about criminal behavior, but also about frontier life in general.


identifier: Gale, S. P. (1991). Expression of reovirus sigma 1 protein in baculovirus (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17215

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

subject:
SB 942 G34 1991
Baculoviruses
Reoviruses

abstract: Bibliography: p. 110-127.


identifier: Calvert, M. M. (1998). Changes in the hermeneutics of understanding: comparing Friedrich Schleiermacher's "Understanding of the author" with Paul Ricoeur's "Understanding the world of the text" (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19306

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

subject:
B2799. C78 C35 1998
Comprehension (Theory of Knowledge)
Knowledge, Theory of
Reading comprehension - Philosophy

abstract: Bibliography: p. 91-95


identifier: Macé, F. (2017). Stratégies et constructions identitaires des locuteurs de langue française en Alberta : Évolution de la référence nominative (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Werklund School of Education
University of Calgary

contributor:
Roy, Sylvie
Lohka, Eileen
Amedegnato, Ozouf
Zaidi, Rahat
Cavanagh, Martine

subject: Analyse Critique de Discours; Francophonie Minoritaire; Méthode qualitative; Sociolinguistique pour le changement; Stratégies identitaires; Transculturalisme.

subject: Critical Discourse Analysis; Identity Strategies; Minority Francophonie; Sociolinguistics for change; Qualitative Method; Transculturalism

subject: Education--Bilingual and Multicultural

subject: Language

subject: Literature--Canadian (French)

subject: Anthropology--Cultural

subject: Canadian Studies

subject: Psychology--Social

abstract:
Cette recherche doctorale s’intéresse à la francophonie minoritaire albertaine, en particulier à la pluralité des locuteurs de français évoluant à Calgary et à leurs répertoires identitaires. Compte tenu du contexte actuel, du passé francophone de l’Alberta et du type de discours prévalent en matière de francophonie, je me suis attachée à étudier l’évolution de la référence nominative en relation à l’expression de certaines identités impliquant le français. L’objectif principal a été d’approfondir l’interdépendance entre langues, cultures et identités chez les locuteurs de français que l’on ne qualifierait généralement pas de « francophones » : les nouveaux arrivants, les finissants de l’immersion et les francophiles.
Pour mener à bien ce projet, j’ai procédé en trois temps : d’abord, à travers une analyse critique de discours d’articles de journaux représentant les pratiques discursives albertaines au XXe siècle, puis en proposant un questionnaire de sélection à une centaine de personnes et enfin, une entrevue à un échantillon d’une trentaine de participants issus du questionnaire. L’approche défendue tout au long de ce travail s’est voulue sociolinguistique et critique puisqu’elle s’inscrit d’emblée en faveur du changement. Ma recherche a donc pour but de se pencher sur les représentations et les idéologies linguistiques et culturelles des acteurs de la francophonie vivant à Calgary à travers leurs discours et leurs dynamiques de rapprochement et d’éloignement. L’inclusion au sein de la francophonie calgarienne de locuteurs ayant le français en partage permet de proposer une nouvelle alternative transculturelle reflétant les changements sociolinguistiques ayant lieu dans une telle métropole. L’idée sous-jacente est de partir des expériences sociales et du sens donné à celles-ci afin de construire le savoir nécessaire à la compréhension des phénomènes sociolinguistiques en présence. À partir d’entrevues semi-guidées, la voix de divers locuteurs de français se fait entendre sur des thématiques telles que le bilinguisme et les valeurs qui lui sont associées : l’attraction, le prestige, le pouvoir, l’hégémonie linguistique, et l’implication de se présenter comme francophone, francophile ou bilingue ou comme Canadien, Franco albertain, Québécois ou Franco-Canadien.


identifier: Pallesen, L. C. (1970). Teacher satisfaction with a computer-assisted placement in the secondary schools of a large urban system (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19250

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

subject: LB 1780 P34 1970 MIcrofilm

subject: Teachers - Selection and appointment - Data processing

subject: Secondary schools

abstract: Bibliography: 156-161.


identifier: Walter, F. S. (2003). Glacier fluctuations and glacier hypsometry on Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada, using remote sensing methodology (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23873

contributor:
Sjogren, Darren B.
Moorman, Brian J.

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 89-111


identifier: Iorhemen, O. T. (2019). Development of Aerobic Granular Sludge Membrane Bioreactor (AGMBR) to Mitigate Fouling (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary

contributor:
Achari, Gopal
Hettiaratchi, Joseph Patrick A.
Vijayan, Mathilakath M.
Ponnurangam, Sathish
Dhar, Bipro Ranjan

subject: Aerobic granular sludge (AGS)

subject: Aerobic granular sludge membrane bioreactor (AGMBR)

subject: Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS)

subject: Membrane fouling

subject: Wastewater treatment

subject: Engineering

subject: Engineering--Civil

subject: Engineering--Environmental

abstract: In this research, the integration of aerobic granular sludge and membrane filtration to develop aerobic granular sludge membrane bioreactor (AGMBR) was explored. The main focus was on the in-depth study of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in AGMBR. Firstly, the long-term stability of aerobic granules (AG) was investigated in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR). This was followed by an in-depth analysis of EPS in a continuous-flow submerged AGMBR. And, the capability of AGMBR to remove organic matter, nitrogen, and phosphorus was determined. The combined strategy of long anaerobic slow feeding, fixed 1:3 ratio of feast-famine period within each SBR cycle, and continuous wasting of mature granules controlled EPS content at a suitable level to allow for long-term AG stability. High proteins/polysaccharides (PN/PS) ratios for loosely-bound EPS (LB-EPS) and tightly-bound EPS (TB-EPS) allowed for stable reactor operation for over 240 d without AG disintegration. EPS producers - Thauera, Flavobacterium and Meganema - and slow growing bacteria - Acinetobacter and Simplicispira - contributed to AG stability. The AGMBR exhibited high PN in the TB-EPS, resulting in high PN/PS ratios of 2–16. AG trapped most of the EPS in their matrix. Low soluble EPS resulted in acceptable rise in transmembrane pressure at membrane flux of 12.5 L/m2.h. An increase in soluble EPS PN correlated with increase in membrane fouling (r = 0.581). Compared to conventional membrane bioreactor, the AGMBR achieved seven times reduction in permeability maintenance cleaning frequency of the membrane. The COD showed a significant main effect on both PN and PS components of TB-EPS at α < 0.05. Water jet easily sloughed off the developed membrane cake layer, eliminating the need for chemical cleaning. The AGMBR system achieved 98.7±1%, 99.7±0.5%, 50±30%, and 35±18% removal for organic matter, ammonia-nitrogen, total nitrogen, and phosphorus, respectively. Meganema and Thauera, responsible for organic matter degradation, were present throughout the experimental duration. Nitrosomonas and Nitrospira allowed for complete nitrification. The presence of Azoarcus and Thauera points to anoxic conditions in AG, indicating some denitrification activity. Negligible phosphorus-accumulating organisms were detected; hence, the low phosphorus removal is attributed mainly to consumption for growth, struvite and biologically induced precipitation pathways.


identifier: Itwaru, S. (2017). How Important is Quality Teaching and Learning within the Community College System and What Supports are Available and Effective in Promoting Quality Teaching? (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26391

contributor:
Scott, Dr. Donald
Groen, Dr. Janet
Winchester, Dr. Ian
Brown, Dr. JoAnne
Deluca, Dr. Chris

subject: Education--Higher

subject: instructor education pedagogy adult education community college faculty development

abstract:
The interconnection between teaching and learning in higher education has been the subject of academic investigation for some time. However, within the community college context, the efficacy of pedagogically trained instructors on student learning has remained an under-examined area of scholarly research. This study advances greater understanding regarding the importance of quality teaching within the community college system in Ontario and endeavours to explore how institutional policy and practices support or impede the promotion of quality teaching.
A mixed methods sequential explanatory design was employed at a Toronto college in order to gauge the perspectives of participants in three sub-groups of the College strata: administrators, instructors, and students. A pragmatic approach was utilised from which multiple methods of data collection (i.e., semi-structured interviews, focus groups, and online questionnaires) were selected to exhaustively address the primary research question.
Key findings revealed that formal instructor pedagogical education was perceived by the majority of participants as foundational to effective teaching practice, and that more comprehensive academic development was needed to improve both current practice and student academic achievement. Most instructors and students concurred that learner-centred approaches, both in class and in field placements, led to a deeper level of learning. From an institutional standpoint, participants also believed that college policy and practice were misaligned with respect to promoting quality instruction, and that greater strides towards this end were necessary. This study adds to the current instructor education discourse by providing impetus for institutional change towards the professionalisation of college instructors and also recognises the inextricable tie between instructor education and student learning.


identifier: Reichenbach, M. E. (1981). Lithofacies analysis for the lower cretaceous glauconitic sandstone in the Medicine River area, central Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23125

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

subject: QE 471.15 S25 R43 1981

subject: Sandstone - Alberta - Medicine River area

subject: Lithofacies - Alberta - Medicine River area

subject: Glauconite

subject: Geology, Stratigraphic - Cretaceous

abstract: Bibliography: p. 190-202.


identifier: Babey, S. K. (1978). An Electro-optical all-sky photometer (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22370

title: An Electro-optical all-sky photometer

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

subject:
TA 1750 B33 1977 Microfiche
Electrooptical devices
Photometry

abstract: Bibliography: p. 10-11, 71-72, 105-106, 155.


identifier: Malacrida, C. A. (1996). Mourning the dreams: how parents create meaning from perinatal loss (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21654

format:
x, 231 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
BF 575 G7 M35 1996
Bereavement - Psychological aspects
Perinatal death - Psychological aspects
Perinatal death

abstract: Bibliography: p. 209-213.

abstract: In this qualitative exploratory study, based on my own personal experience of perinatal loss and T. A. Rando's model of Complicated Mourning, I conducted long interviews with 25 individuals, attended several parent bereavement support group meetings, facilitated a focus group and held informal interviews with helping professionals to examine experiences of perinatal loss and perinatal mourning. I discuss the interaction between social, psychological and physiological factors that contribute to complicate mourning in order to develop a picture of why perinatal loss is so difficult to resolve. I also describe the methods parents employ to honour their feelings and experiences of loss, and how, through loss and their creative responses to it, parents find themselves and their worldviews transformed. As a. finishing step in the research, I conducted a followup survey to explore the therapeutic effects of research participation on interviewees. Finally, I discuss how this research has affected my understanding of my own perinatal loss.


identifier: Sullivan, M. (2019). Development of a Scalable Self-Regulation Intervention in Support of Lifelong Learning for First-year Engineering Students (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Brennan, Robert William
Sun, Qiao
Rosehart, William Daniel
Li, Simon
Weinhardt, Justin M.

subject: Lifelong learning, Self-regulated learning, Engineering education

subject: Education

subject: Engineering

abstract: Lifelong learning is a Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) graduate attribute and thus a fundamental component of engineering education, and yet, unlike many core engineering concepts such as thermodynamics or heat transfer, there is no agreed upon approach to teach it to students. This work narrows in on the self-regulation component of lifelong learning and draws on research from the learning sciences, motivation theory, and psychology to develop a scalable intervention for first-year engineering students. Several research-based instructional strategies were modified into four workshops and sets of reminders, each with an emphasis on higher purpose, learning strategies, metacognition, or growth mindset. They were offered to first-year engineering students during the winter term and impact on student performance and beliefs were measured. This thesis presents the details of the workshops, results from their first implementations, two frameworks to evaluate the learning intervention, and suggestions for future work. While this thesis cannot provide conclusive results, it does provide evidence and support that self-regulation can and should be explicitly taught to engineering students.


identifier: Almohsen, A. (2011). A computer tool for managing logistics in construction industry (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4328

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 183-188

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


identifier: Matishak, A. M. (1999). Computer mediated communication and spiritual experience: On-line discussion of the numinous (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17545

format:
ix, 276 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
BL37 .M37 1999
Computers--Religious aspects.
Communication--Religious aspects.
Spirituality
Phenomenology
Computer networks--Social aspects.
Social interaction

abstract: Bibliography: 256-271.


identifier: Zoldak, N. (2008). Waterline: engaging green infrastructure and urban design in recovering potential (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2891

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 116-118
Thesis is in colour.
Some pages are oversized.
Missing signature page.


identifier: Herron, A. G. (1972). Preliminary development of a technique for on-line identification of AC power apparatus (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13109

format:
xiv, 138 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TK 3141 H46 1972 Microfilm
Electric currents, Alternating
Electric power systems

abstract: Bibliography: p. 129-131.


identifier: Liske, N. J. (1970). Unique individualism of Marcel Duchamp as illustrated in his life and art (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12384

format:
55 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
ND 553 D774 L55 1970
Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968
Art, modern - 20th Century

abstract: Bibliography: p. 51-55.

abstract: The purpose of this thesis is to illustrate that the life-style and art of Marcel Duchamp is unique in his development in relation to modern society. Trends that were set in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are important background to Marcel Duchamp's work. Writings in literature, politics, philosophy, and the natural sciences contributed important discoveries and insights into the way man was living and developing because of industrialization. The arts, however, lagged behind in fully comprehending and utilizing the new elements within this rapidly changing process. By the turn of the twentieth century artistic reactions were developing against limited areas of society, but the majority of this work was still done in a traditional framework. Marcel Duchamp was among the few who made a very dominant and radical break with tradition by analyzing elements within society and then illustrating that they did have a significance outside the conventional level of acceptance. His approach was unique in that he objectively contradicted the obvious, and applied an element of doubt to even the most secure and rational elements of science. His approach was intellectual, his major concern individualism, and humour was his most effective tool in uncovering the high seriousness that is so prevalent in modern society. To Marcel Duchamp, art became a way of life. In conclusion, it is hoped that some of his philosophy and attitudes in this regard can be validated to the degree that they may serve as useful guide lines as long as they can be applied to contemporary times.


identifier: Fu, S. (1998). Prediction of electrophoretic mobilities in capilllary zone electrophoresis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11406

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

subject:
QD79 .E44 F8 1998
Capillary electrophoresis

abstract: Bibliography: p. 154-159


identifier: Zarabi, T. (1998). Analysis of x-ray / gamma-ray tomographic imaging data to describe hydrodynamic properties of gas-polyethylene fluidized beds (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23225

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

subject:
TP156 .F65 Z37 1998
Fluidization
Tomography
Image analysis.
Hydrodynamics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 131-138


identifier: Zangeneh, S. (2021). Test2Vec: An Execution Trace Embedding for Behaviour Coverage Analysis of Test Cases (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Hemmati, Hadi
Far, Behrouz Homayoun
Uddin, Gias

subject:
Software Engineering
Software Testing
Machine Learning
Behaviour Analysis
Test Adequacy
Software Analysis
Education--Technology
Education--Tests and Measurements
Chemistry--Analytical
Engineering

abstract: In software testing, test adequacy metrics are mostly based on the source code and ignore the dynamic behavior of the program. In this thesis, we demonstrate that code coverage metrics are not able to distinguish between a Failed and Passed behavior in most cases. Neural program embeddings have shown much promise recently for a variety of program analysis tasks. We propose a new embedding approach called Test2Vec with an attention layer for test representation in order to capture behavioral patterns of test cases. We used test execution traces including the input values as the training dataset and evaluated our approach on 93 real faulty versions of 4 open source Java projects. Our results show that Test2Vec can rank the failing test in the top 5, 10, and 20 tests, on average, 20.43%, 32.26%, and 44.09% of the times, while branch coverage and statement coverage can only distinguish the failing tests in 13% and 16% of cases, respectively.


identifier: Barva, C. J. (2005). Educational experiences of high-achieving women diagnosed with learning disabilities (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20362

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 171-199


identifier: Oberding, L. K. (2016). Methanogenic Paraffin Biodegradation and the Underlying Syntrophic Relationships (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26892

contributor:
Gieg, Lisa
Voordouw, Gerrit
Hubert, Casey

subject:
Microbiology
Microbiology
Environmental Microbiology
Petroleum Microbiology
Syntrophy

abstract: Petroleum hydrocarbons are important for their energy value and the environmental concerns they pose when spilled. Methanogenic biodegradation through syntrophy plays an important role in their degradation, with implications for remediation and oil recovery. There is still much to learn about methanogenic biodegradation of recalcitrant hydrocarbons such as paraffinic n-alkanes, or the overall syntrophic metabolism underlying these processes. Here, methanogenic solid and liquid paraffin-degrading enrichments were established, with Smithella identified as the hydrocarbon degrader. Fumarate addition was identified as the putative hydrocarbon activation mechanism through alkylsuccinate synthase gene presence and expression, and factors (biosurfactant production) which affect biodegradation were determined. In addition, gene families related to energy transfer were found to distinguish known and potentially syntrophic environments using metagenomic analysis. This approach was used to determine gene families which may play unknown roles in syntrophy. Together, these studies give key insights into how hydrocarbons are degraded under methanogenic conditions.


identifier: Berry, C. (1996). Attitudes toward child sexual abuse, gender differences and prevalence: a comparative study (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13141

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

subject:
HV 6570 B47 1996
Child abuse - Sexual

abstract: Bibliography: p. 92-102.


identifier: Luders, L. G. (1974). Further education needs assessment in the Olds community (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22574

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

subject: LC 5254 L82 1974 Microfiche

subject: Continuing education centers - Alberta - Olds

subject: Olds Community College

abstract: Bibliography: p. 111-113.


identifier: Rodgers, A. (2019). Emotional Intelligence and Social Skills in Adolescents with ASD with Intact Intellectual Functioning after the Participation in PEERS (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
McCrimmon, Adam W.
Brandon, Jim
Burns, Amy

subject: Autism Spectrum Disorder

subject: Emotional Intelligence

subject: Social Skills

subject: Intervention

subject: Educational Psychology

subject: Mental Health

subject: Rehabilitation and Therapy

subject: Psychology--Behavioral

abstract: The purpose of this study is to examine the relation between social skills and two main frameworks of Emotional Intelligence (EI): Ability Emotional Intelligence (AEI) and Trait Emotional Intelligence (TEI) among adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intact intellectual functioning after participating in the Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS; Laugeson & Frankel, 2010).  PEERS is an evidence-based social skills intervention for adolescents with ASD to help them learn skills to make and keep friends. Both a caregiver and teen participated in PEERS, once per week for 90 minutes, over the duration of 14 weeks. Measures of EI and social skills as reported by teens and a caregiver were examined one week prior to the start of the intervention (pre-test), one-week post intervention (post-test), and 14 weeks after completion of the program (follow-up). Results of the study indicate significant improvements in social skills as rated by caregivers from pre-test to post-test, with large effect sizes. Further, treatment gains appeared to be maintained at 14-week follow-up. Self-reported AEI and TEI measures at pre-test indicated average abilities and no improvements were found from pre-test to post-test.  Additionally, only self-reported TEI was found to correlate with both pre- and post-test self-reported social skills. The implications of these results for practice, limitations, and future directions are discussed.


identifier: Reed, T. (1995). Optical music recognition (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21371

title: Optical music recognition

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

subject:
TA 1632 R44 1995
Optical data processing
Music - Data processing
Computer vision
Musical notation - Data processing

abstract: Bibliography: p. 115-125.


identifier: Zhang, Z. (2004). A bayesian loss reserving model with random effects (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20724

format:
viii, 117 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 113-117


identifier: Victorino, C. (2014). The Determinants of Childhood Injury (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28051

title: The Determinants of Childhood Injury

contributor:
Gauthier, Anne
Johnson, David

subject:
Public Health
injury
children

abstract: Unintentional injuries is an important health concern among children in that it is a major cause of hospitalizations and disability in North America, and is the leading cause of death for children in Canada. This is in light of the fact that a majority of unintentional injuries can be avoided. The current literature looking at predictors of unintentional non-fatal injuries has produced mixed findings. This dissertation examines this important topic using large, nationally representative Canadian and American datasets using a social determinants of health framework. The social determinants of health framework allows one to examine a behaviour or outcome in a more holistic manner, therefore getting closer to uncovering the “root” causes of an outcome, as medical sociologists describe it. Focusing on unintentional injuries occurring in/around the home or in a non-recreation/school setting, this topic was analyzed cross-sectionally, longitudinally, and in a cross-national comparison between Canada and the U.S. Cross-sectionally, the key finding was surprisingly a lack of statistically significant findings. One possible reason for this is the cross-sectional nature of the analysis, in that the influence of variables such as family structure may be more relevant when examined longitudinally i.e. as changes over time.  Longitudinally, the key finding was that a change in mixed family structure had a significant and independent association with the occurrence of child injury, even after controlling for factors such as employment status and household income. In the cross-national comparison between Canada and the U.S., there was evidence supporting the notion that a country which has a greater emphasis on policies of economic equality (such as Canada), is less likely to see major differences in the occurrence of adverse child health outcomes between differing socio-economic groups.  While unintentional injuries among children has an element of randomness, they are nevertheless still related to social factors including family structure and neighbourhood income, particularly among young children. Due to the importance of injuries to children's health, it is essential to use the information from studies such as this when creating and putting in practice injury prevent programs and policies.


identifier: Kominek, H. I. (2008). The royal institution for the advancement of learning: an examination of its educational agenda in lower Canada, 1818-1833 (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1657

format:
xii, 294 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 281-294


identifier: Harrison, J. J. (1989). MOGL: a motion geometry language (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13655

title: MOGL: a motion geometry language

format:
xi, 117 leaves : 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: QA 76.754 H37 1989

subject: Programming languages (Electronic computers)

subject: Kinematic geometry - Computer programs

abstract: Bibliography: p. 103-105.


identifier: Sinclair, L. G. (2003). Stories of young adults with permanent ileostomies (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23170

publisher:
Nursing
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
viii, 133 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 118-123.


identifier: Dodampe Gamage, R. (2021). Empirical analysis and forecasting of yield curves (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Science
University of Calgary

contributor:
Ambagaspitiya, Rohana
Jiang, Wenjun
Lu, Xuewen

subject:
Interest rate models
Principal Component Analysis
Generalized Method of Moments
Ordinary Least Square Estimation
CIR model
Education--Finance
Education--Mathematics
Statistics

abstract: In this thesis, we focus on term structure models. An accurate estimate of the current term structure of interest rates plays an important role in many areas of finance. In addition, it is important to forecast the futures term structure. Therefore, a lot of research work is devoted to determining how to best estimate, model, and predict the interest rate structure. The first part of this thesis focuses on modeling and forecasting the yield curves. We used the Principal Component Analysis(PCA) , Nelson Siegel(NS) model, and Gaussian Regression Process(GPR) in order to fit and forecast the European yield curve with different maturities. The second part of this thesis focuses on the calibration of the term structure model, since calibration is a highly challenging task, in particular in multiple yield curve markets. We simulate rates for both single-curve and multi-curve frameworks using the exact method and Milstein method and then calibrate parameters of simulated rates using the Ordinary Least Square Estimation(OLSE) method and the Generalized Method of Moments(GMM).


identifier: Stockden, O. (2009). Vernacular liminality in the ancrene wisse group (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3165

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 106-112

abstract: In this thesis I argue that despite their seemingly strong alignment with Latinate traditions, there are grounds for perceiving in the early thirteenth-century anchoritic texts Ancrene Wisse, Hali Meiohad, and Seinte Katerine elements of Middle English vernacularity as described in critical writing such as the 1999 anthology The Idea of the Vernacular. I approach this issue by frrst establishing a theoretical and historical schema within which one may perceive the presence of a "vernacular ideology" in these works, and then proceed to analyse the individual instances of vernacularity they contain as evinced in, for instance, translations and subversions of the Latin socioliterary sphere. I argue in conclusion that these writings represent not only a unique, linguistically hybridised textuality, but that their vernacular elements create an unusual space of freedom for their female anchoritic readers and may offer us further insight into the spiritual practices of thirteenth-century anchoresses.


identifier: Gafonova, O. V. (2001). Role of asphaltenes and resins in the stabilization of water-in-hydrocarbon emulsions (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21129

format:
xvi, 177 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2000 G34

abstract: Bibliography: p. 165-177.


identifier: BinMahfouz, H. (2013). The Effect of Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors on the Induction of Gene Expression by Long-Acting beta2-Adrenoceptor Agonists and Glucocorticoids (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28088

contributor:
Newton, Robert
Giembycz, Mark

subject:
Molecular
Molecular
Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors
Long-Acting beta2-Adrenoceptor
Glucocorticoids
Anti-inflammatory genes
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

abstract: Recently, phosphodiesterases (PDE)4 inhibitors have received approval as a complementary anti-inflammatory treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients who are already taking long-acting β2-agonists (LABA)/inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) combination therapy. However, this benefit is seen only in patients of the severe, bronchitic, frequent exacerbator phenotype. Several strategies have been proposed to enhance the clinical efficacy of PDE4 inhibitors. One of these is the use of dual PDE3/4 inhibitors, which in addition to providing superior anti-inflammatory activity when compared to a PDE4 inhibitor alone, will also promote bronchodilatation. The present study demonstrates that a PDE3 plus a PDE4 inhibitor successfully sensitized BEAS-2B airway epithelial cells transfected with a cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP)-response element luciferase reporter to the LABA, formoterol. Furthermore, PDE3 plus PDE4 inhibitors in combination prolonged and/or sensitized the ability of formoterol to induce several genes in BEAS-2B cells that have anti-inflammatory potential in the absence and presence of the glucocorticoid, dexamethasone. Collectively, these data suggest that LABA/ICS combination therapy in conjunction with an inhibitors of PDE3 and PDE4 may together improve clinical outcomes in larger a population of severe COPD patients.


identifier: Pelikan, J. B. (2012). The regulation of human airway epithelial expression of viperin by human rhinovirus (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28289

subject: Health Sciences

abstract: Human rhinovirus (HRV) is a major trigger of exacerbations of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Cigarette smoke is the primary cause of COPD, and 25% of asthmatics smoke. Asthmatic subjects who smoke have more severe disease. Smokers also have more frequent and severe viral infections. Viperin is a novel antiviral molecule that is induced in airway epithelial cells following HRV infection and that inhibits replication of HRV in these cells. We investigated the mechanisms of HRV-induced epithelial viperin expression, and the effect of cigarette smoke extract (CSE) on this expression. We show that viperin expression is transcriptionally regulated and is dependent on induction and DNA binding of interferon regulatory factor 1 (IRF-1). We showed that CSE inhibits HRV-induced viperin mRNA and protein expression but that CSE does not alter HRV-induced promoter activation, raising the possibility that CSE-mediated inhibition of viperin induction is due to epigenetic regulation.


identifier: Lai, P. (2017). Biophysical Characterization of Nanoparticle Interactions with Lung Surfactant Models for Enhanced Pulmonary Drug Delivery (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25135

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Science
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Prenner, Elmar J.
Edwards, Robert Allan
Amrein, Matthias
Heyne, Belinda
Lavasanifar, Afsaneh

subject:
Biophysics
Biophysics
nanoparticles
Lung Surfactant

abstract: Inhalable nanoparticles for drug delivery has shown promising results in the treatment of lung disease. The impact of these small sized drug carriers on the lungs is remains unclear. One of the first barriers that nanoparticles will encounter upon inhalation is the lung surfactant that lines each alveolus. This is a single molecule layer of lipids and proteins that forms at the air-water interface on top of the alveolar lining fluid. Its main role is to lower surface tension preventing the collapse of the alveoli during the breathing cycle. Impairing surfactant function results in collapse of the alveolar sacs leading to respiratory distress. The aim of the thesis was to use in vitro studies to identify which components of lung surfactant that are potentially impacted or influenced by the presence of nanoparticles. This was conducted using a model system for lung surfactant made up for phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol and the neutral lipid cholesterol. This was compared to a clinical surfactant BLES that is used in surfactant replacement therapy. Surface activity was measured using a Langmuir trough with two Teflon barriers to mimic the air-water interface and compress the surfactant monolayer. Imaging of the monolayer was conducted with Brewster angle microscopy to visualize changes in the organization of the surfactant models. Gelatin and polyisobutylcyanoacrylate nanoparticles are both biocompatible materials that have been tested for inhalable drug delivery and are used in these experiments. In vitro testing was done to evaluate three different methods of adding nanoparticles to the surfactant monolayer to develop a better in vitro model to study nanoparticle surfactant interactions. These nanoparticles were either mixed with surfactant before application on the trough, added to the subphase or sprayed from the air as dry powder.  Cholesterol was found to play a major role in nanoparticle-surfactant interactions by enhancing the formation of spike-like structures from the surfactant monolayer. The Langmuir trough was shown to be a useful tool for studying in vitro interactions. Further optimization of the spraying dry powder nanoparticles onto the Langmuir trough can potentially be a useful tool in vitro tool to predict potentially harmful in vivo effects


identifier: Sequeira, C.-L. A. (2019). The Development of Di-N-Acetyl-L-Pyranosides for the Synthesis of Pseudaminic Acid and 8-epi-Legionaminic Acid (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Ling, Changchun
Sutherland, Todd C.
Derksen, Darren J.
Back, Thomas George
Roesler, Roland

subject:
pseudaminic acid
synthesis
Immunology
Chemistry--Organic

abstract: Pseudaminic acid, Legionaminic acid, and epimers are key bacterial nonulosonic acids found in the flagella of pathogenic bacteria. These sugars are found to be crucial to flagellar assembly and are thus attractive targets for raising an immune response against. By retrosynthetic analysis, we hypothesized that using L-sugars as starting materials for synthesis of the key hexose intermediates was a novel and practical route. The primary goal of the thesis was to develop a synthetic methodology that was adaptable to synthesizing both di-2,4-N-acetyl-2,4,6-trideoxy-altropyranoside and di-2,4-N-acetyl-2,4,6-trideoxy-Lgulopyranoside: the key intermediates in the biosynthetic pathways of Pseudaminic acid and 8-epiLegionaminic acid from L-fucose and L-rhamnose respectively. Chapter 1 gives a brief introduction to immunity and bacterial nonulosonic acids; particularly, Pseudaminic acid and 8-epi-Legionaminic acid. The biosynthetic pathways of Pseudaminic acid and Legionaminic acid are also summarized. Chapter 2 provides detailed reviews on the chemical methodologies reported in the literature for the synthesis of Pseudaminic acid and 8-epi-Legionaminic acid. Chapter 3 contains the bulk of the work of this thesis toward the development of a new methodology toward the synthesis of the key hexoses di-2,4-N-acetyl-2,4,6-trideoxy-altropyranoside and di-2,4-Nacetyl-2,4,6-trideoxy-L-gulopyranoside. Chapter 4 details the experimental procedures and spectroscopic data of all synthesized compounds given in Chapter 3.


identifier: Pattabhiraman, M. V. (1968). A Spectral decomposition for a polynomial operator (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22692

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

subject:
QA 320 P36 1967
Functional analysis
Banach spaces

abstract: Bibliography: p. 93-96.


identifier: Sirk, A. H. (2004). Sol-derived (Co,N,C,O) catalysts for oxygen reduction in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16800

format:
xviii, 194 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 185-194
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Loewenhardt, T. J. (2007). Commercial community: a better big box (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1128

title: Commercial community: a better big box

format:
iv, 63 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 62-63

abstract: Some pages are in colour.

abstract: This Master's Degree Project examines the condition of the large-scale retail environment and its potential to net positive contribution to the public realm of the city. It challenges the notion of the "big-box" within its current context to provide more than a one-dimensional shopping experience, and become of succinct part of the urban experience. This design exploration, through analysis and synthesis, proposes a recalibration of the existing commercial components in order to create a diverse commercially based community that merges the pedestrian within an auto-centric culture. Through this recalibration of the key components that comprise the existing largescale shopping environment - parking, scale, access - and those that provide a more human experience of public space - diversity, engagement, activity - a new application of the existing shopping typology is created; one of social and economic intensity.


identifier: Ho, M. O. (2016). Law Firm Mergers Among Canadian Law Firms: The Effect on Lawyer Retention (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26734

contributor:
Beaulieu, Eugene
Tingle, Bryce
Mourali, Mehdi
Whalley, Alexander

subject:
Business Administration
Economics--Labor
Law
Law
Firm
Merger
Lawyer
Retention
Growth

abstract: Before the turn of the 20th century the Canadian legal environment experienced a surge in mergers of local law firms to form law firms with a national presence. More recently, instances of law firm mergers once again increased, this time on an international basis. Notwithstanding these trends, the general effect of law firm mergers on lawyer retention is unknown. The aim of this research is to collect the data necessary to analyze whether law firm mergers had any impact on lawyer retention at merged law firms. Using a 20-year sample of data collected specifically for this research growth rates were calculated and compared for 28 instances of mergers. Analysis of the data reveals that while there were similar trends between law firms that did merge and those that did not, law firms that participated in mergers generally had smaller growth rates than those law firms that did not merge.


identifier: Cassetta, B. D. (2018). Working Memory and Processing Speed Training in Schizophrenia: A Randomized Controlled Trial (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/31998

publisher:
Arts
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Tomfohr-Madsen, Lianne M.
Addington, Jean
Goldberg, Joel
Sears, Christopher R.
Ewashen, Carol J.

subject:
Schizophrenia
Cognitive Training
Working memory
Processing Speed
Mental Health
Rehabilitation and Therapy
Psychology--Clinical

abstract: Individuals with schizophrenia are generally found to experience cognitive deficits in most domains of cognition. Moreover, greater cognitive deficits have been associated with poorer daily functioning in schizophrenia. Given these findings, cognitive training has been a burgeoning area of research in recent years, with some evidence suggesting that cognitive training programs may improve cognition for individuals with schizophrenia. However, the state of the literature remains unclear as to which domains of cognition should be targeted to produce the most widespread benefits for individuals with schizophrenia. One suggestion is that targeting lower-level cognitive processes that are important for higher-level and more complex aspects of cognition may produce the most widespread and durable benefits in cognition and everyday functioning. In particular, working memory (WM) and processing speed (PS) have been named as two key areas of deficit in schizophrenia, and two domains of cognition that may be linked to higher-order cognition and daily functioning. This study aimed to investigate the near-transfer (transfer of gains to related contexts), far-transfer (transfer of gains to unrelated contexts), and real-world gains associated with WM and PS training in schizophrenia. To this end, 83 participants with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder were recruited and randomly assigned to computerized WM training, PS training, or a no-training control group. Results showed that PS training led to significant gains in untrained PS tasks as well as gains in far-transfer tasks that required speed of processing, relative to the other groups. WM training did not lead to gains in untrained WM tasks, and showed inconsistent effects on some far-transfer tasks. These results suggest that there can be benefits of domain-specific cognitive training, specifically PS training, in schizophrenia. Far-transfer of gains to other cognitive domains and to real-world functioning may not occur after targeted WM or PS training, though non-specific effects (e.g., through behavioural activation, increased motivation) may lead to improvements on some cognitive tasks. Future studies should continue to investigate the mechanisms by which cognitive training may lead to enhancements in cognition and functioning in schizophrenia.


identifier: Chiew, R. N. (2003). Business cycles synchronicity and the fixed exchange rate system (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16523

format:
vii, 106 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2003 C479

abstract: Bibliography: p. 103-106.

abstract: Printed from the National Archives copy due to water damage to the original.


identifier: Knight, G. A. (1971). Communications function in the United Arab Republic (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18883

format:
78 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
JQ 3881 K53 1971
Egypt - Politics and government
Political socialization
Political psychology
Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 1918-1970
Nationalism - Egypt

abstract: Bibliography: p. 74-78.


identifier: Ellis, N. M. (1986). A Study of the effectiveness of computer assisted instruction for teaching introductory geometry to slow learners (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11255

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

subject: LC 4694.3 C34 E44 1987

subject: Slow learning children - Education - Alberta - Calgary

subject: Geometry - Study and teaching (Secondary)

subject: Geometry - Computer-assisted instruction

subject: Computer-assisted instruction

abstract: Bibliography: p. 105-110.


identifier: Smith Wuitchik, S. J. (2019). Ecological consequences of genetically-based thermal traits in fishes (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Rogers, Sean M.
Barrett, Rowan D. H.
Syme, Douglas A.
Vijayan, Mathilakath M.

subject:
Thermal tolerance
Thermal preference
QTL mapping
Species distribution models
Climate change
Education--Sciences
Animal Physiology
Bioinformatics
Ecology
Genetics
Zoology

abstract: Unprecedented contemporary rates of environmental change risk irreversible loss of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in aquatic systems, with population persistence dependent on resiliency in thermal physiology and thermoregulation. The association between thermal physiology and behavioural traits can predict population persistence, range shifts, and evolution in the face of contemporary climate change, but the mechanisms underlying these relationships are unknown. In this thesis, I characterize the impact of abiotic environmental factors on population distributions, assess the relationship between thermal tolerance and preference traits, characterize the genetic architecture of these thermal traits, and use these empirical data to construct a mechanistic species distribution model for a genetically similar cluster in a marine environment. I found that temperature and water volume are significant drivers of age- and size-class distributions within a wild marine population of Oligocottus maculosus. I also found that population and generation significantly impacted various thermal tolerance traits, and that there were significant correlations between physiological and behavioural thermal traits in Gasterosteus aculeatus across generations and populations. I also show that the thermal tolerance limits of freshwater populations of G. aculeatus are closer to observed thermal extremes in their natural environments than their marine counterparts. Using phenotypically-divergent populations of G. aculeatus, I identified four significant quantitative trait loci (QTL) that were associated with thermal tolerance traits and that many of these traits co-localized to the same two QTL. Using these genetically-based thermal traits, I predicted a conservative but northward shift in the geographic range of the marine populations of G. aculeatus. Collectively, these data demonstrate that the inclusion of both physiological and behavioural data will be important in forming more robust predictions regarding species’ responses to climate change, with an emphasis on temperature-associated behaviours when considering predictions regarding population persistence. By integrating multiple responses to climate change and facilitating collaboration across fields, we can begin to produce more accurate and robust predictions concerning the fate of populations, communities, and ecosystems under contemporary climate change.


identifier: Sun, Y. (1996). On efficiency of multibody approach in granular dynamics simulations (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15718

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

subject: TA418.78 .S86 1996

subject: Computer simulation--mathematical models

subject: Granualr materials

abstract: Bibliography: p. 141-146.


identifier: Begoray, J. (1990). The Development of computer based software tools to support the organizing process of expository w (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14941

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 175-181.
offsite


identifier: Smith, J. W. (1974). Northeastern Asian-Northwest America microblade tradition: and the Ice Mountain microblade and core industry (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18674

format:
xi, 197 leaves :ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
GN 498 B78 S53 1974
Arrowheads
Projectile points

abstract: Bibliography: p. 153-173.

abstract: This thesis deals primarily with two archaeological problems: first, the technological and typological nature of the Ice Mountain microblade and core industry and its relationships with other similar industries in Northwest North America and Northeast Asia; and second, the technological-typological, temporal-spatial character of one particular and distinctive trans-Beringian industrial tradition. Specifically, it is proposed that there existed in Upper Palaeolithic and post-Pleistocene times a lithic industrial tradition which is identified by the title "Northeast Asian-Northwest American Microblade Tradition," and abbreviated as NANAMT. It is further proposed that peoples carrying that tradition had arrived in northern British Columbia by approximately 9,000-8,000 years ago, leaving behind remnants of their subsistence activity in the form of the Ice Mountain microblade and core industry. A demonstration of this proposal is set out based upon comparisons of the Ice Mountain material with other specimens and microblade industries known from Northwest North America and Northeast Asia. These comparisons are based, in part, upon the morpho-typology exhibited by the diagnostic features of such industries--the form of the cores from which micro blades were i;·e.moved. In larg.er part, emphasis is placed upon the unity exhibited in the manufacturing patterns, and a techno-typology is established which organizes the primary features of these patterns into manipulative categories.


identifier: Anderson, L. G. (1997). Regulation of lipoprotein lipase in cultured cardiac myocytes (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22525

format:
xiii, 114 leaves : Ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 101-114.


identifier: Severson, P. A. (1993). Asante goldweights: a measure of change and continuity (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18770

format:
xiv, 173 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
NK 7889.6 G5 S48 1993
Goldweights, Ashanti
Brasswork, Ghana
Art metal-work
Goldweights - Ghana - Exhibitions

abstract: Bibliography: p. 155-170.


identifier: Jiang, L. (2005). A framework for the requirements engineering process development (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2448

contributor:
Eberlein, Armin
Far, Behrouz Homayoun

format:
xxi, 326 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 187-215


identifier: Anslow, F. S. (2004). Development and testing of a temperature and radiation based melt model for glaciers in the Canadian Rockies (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12234

format:
xxii, 182 leaves : ill. ; 30cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 126-142

abstract: A snow and ice ablation model was developed for the Haig Glacier, Rocky Mountains, Alberta through measurements of mass balance, ablation, and albedo over the 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 mass balance years. Results suggest that the difference in summer balance between the two seasons is partly due to the albedo effects of summer snowfalls in 2002 and the large area of ice that was exposed in 2003. Albedo measurements show a decrease in snow albedo with time that is a function of temperature, and that variation of albedo with changing solar angle is important. Ice albedo showed weak elevation and spatial dependence. Ablation measurement comparisons show that the model is useful for modelling ablation over hourly and seasonal time-scales. However, results indicate that the weak dependence of ablation on elevation in the model as formulated may make application to glaciers with greater elevation span than the Haig Glacier difficult.


identifier: Radomski, M. A. (2009). Sedimentology and tectonic controls on the preservation of the middle triassic halfway formation, elmworth and wapiti fields, west central Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2708

contributor:
Henderson, Charles M.
Moslow, Thomas F.

format:
xi, 114 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 105-114

abstract: Some pages are in colour

abstract: The Middle Triassic Halfway Formation in west-central Alberta is interpreted as a series of prograding shoreface facies associations in a ramp setting within a progradational series of parasequence sets. These parasequence sets have been reworked syndepositionally by laterally discontinuous tidal inlet channels cutting perpendicular to the shoreline trend. During the course of this study 131 core from the Middle Triassic Halfway Formation were analyzed which have led to the documentation of ten lithofacies from the Halfway Formation. Depositional environment interpretations range from offshore marine to arid continental. From these ten lithofacies, five genetically related facies associations have been created by grouping together commonly occurring lithofacies. These facies associations include: distal shoreface and proximal shoreface siliciclastics, tidal inlet/channel bioclastic fill, continental evaporates, and biostrome carbonates. Major hydrocarbon exploration targets from this region include tidal inlet/channel fill as well as proximal shoreface sandstone. Evidence gathered in this study suggests a complex geological history to the region including multiple events of deposition, tectonism, and erosion prior to hydrocarbon emplacement. Extensive sedimentary structures indicative of seismic activity are observed in the study area suggesting that the Elmworth and Wapiti field areas were subjected to tectonic activity during or shortly after deposition of the Halfway Formation. This tectonic activity has complicated sequence stratigraphic correlations by creating over-thickened Halfway Formation sandstone intervals. This study has also documented the first Middle Triassic biostrome discovered in the subsurface of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. This biostrome consists primarily of terebratulid brachiopods and sedimentological interpretations suggest it was formed within the lower shoreface. If discovered to have undergone the ideal paragenesis, biostrome deposits such as documented in this study could become highly significant hydrocarbon reservoirs within the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.


identifier: Beavan, N. R. (1995). A marine fossil assemblage from the Foremost Formation (Cretaceous, Campanian), southern Alberta, and an evaluation of North American Cretaceous elasmobranch biostratigraphy (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21237

format: xiii, 162 leaves : ill., maps, plates ; 30 cm.

subject: QE 688 B43 1995a

subject: Additional Copy: QE 688 B43 1995

subject: Geology, Stratigraphic - Cretaceous

subject: Chondrichthyes, Fossil - Alberta - Foremost Region

subject: Foremost Formation - Alberta

abstract: Bibliography: p. 111-134.

abstract:
A transgressive-regressive cycle located within the transitional marine to terrestrial Foremost Formation marks the last major landward incursion of the Pakowki Sea during its overall regression. A hardground surface occurs at the point of maximum flooding, and is overlain by a mixed parautochthonous-allochthonous fossil assemblage. Physical characteristics of the fossil assemblage, and its position with respect to the shoreline, suggest it was formed by a single high energy depositional event.

The elasmobranch fauna collected from the study site includes the following genera: Hybodus, Centrophoroides, Squatirhina, Odontaspis, Carcharias, Synodontaspis, Archaeolamna, Squalicorax, Paraorthacodus, Synechodus (new species), Protoplatyrhina, Myledaphus and Ischyrhiza This assemblage is characteristic of Campanian-Maastrichtian elasmobranch faunas from North America.

Elasmobranch teeth possess the necessary attributes of index fossils. However, past errors associated with the collection and identification of elasmobranch teeth have limited their use, and must be corrected before their full potential can be realized.


identifier: Paul, M. (1981). A comparison of reading achievement among four subtypes of dyslexic adolescents (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23827

format:
viii, 94 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
LB 1050.5 P38 1984
Reading disability
Dyslexia

abstract: Bibliography: p. 89-94.


identifier: Zelt, B. (2001). The role of attachment in adaptive functioning in early adolescence: a community and clinical sample comparison (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17941

publisher:
Education
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xiii, 168 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 Z45

subject: Adolescent psychology - Alberta - Calgary

subject: Attachment behavior in children - Case studies

abstract: Bibliography: p.132-144.


identifier: Gonzalez, R. (2014). DPL: A Data Patching Language (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25747

title: DPL: A Data Patching Language

subject:
Computer Science
data, patching, language

abstract:
Patching applications remains one of the
most effective techniques for defending against exploitation of vulnerabilities and is a
basic defensive mechanisms against attacks. However,
it entails unwanted complications for the user, such as restarting the application after it
gets patched. Restarting the application influences the user to stop updating applications and operating systems,
making out of date software that presents an attractive target for exploitation. Even though many authors address this issue by proposing frameworks and tools for
applying these patches {\it on the fly}, most modern systems and applications do not implement
this technique. One of the biggest challenges for mainstreaming this
technique is the fact that patches not only change source code but also the state or
semantics of the application.

This thesis proposes a mechanism that aids the activity of hot patching applications by
updating its data semantics while dynamically applying a patch. More precisely, the mechanism updates the data
structures of an application according to what a patch entails by making sure that the application's
state is updated according to the new semantics introduced by the patch. For this,
we present a proof of concept of a framework that is capable of patching the
data semantics (i.e., data structure modifications according to a security patch) of an application.

This thesis explores the question of what makes a patch feasible for hot--patching
according to how it modifies the semantics of an application. We also
study the application of machine learning algorithms to predict patches
that were considered to be feasible for hot--patching based on an empirical study.
We also explain the design and implementation
of a proof of concept capable of hot--patching data structures of applications.

As in many other scientific studies, we found that there is a subset of patches that
we are not able to use for hot--patching because of the operations they are introducing.
By studying this subset of patches, we learned that certain data operations introduce
changes in the control flow that can create conflicts when hot--patching. We explain
what type of operations defined a patch to be infeasible -- according to our heuristics --
and we hot--patched the statements that we found to be feasible. Our system
is capable of hot--patching different types of data structures according to the aforementioned
feasible operations with a very low performance overhead.

At the end, we present the evaluation and results of our investigation. We learned
that 13 out of 75 security patches that modify data structures are not feasible to implement
using our heuristics, making them difficult to update because of the semantics
the patch introduces. On the other hand, we found 38 out of 75 security patches feasible to
implement by using our set of data operations and the remaining 24 were not modifying
data semantics. In conclusion, we found that, if patch developers are aware
of the type of statements that introduce conflicts when hot--patching, they could make
hot--patching a feasible activity.


identifier: Julyan-Gudgeon, J. H. (1999). Nitric oxide and form-deprivation myopia (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12096

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

subject:
QP535 .N1 J85 1999
Nitric oxide--Physiological effect.
Myopia.
Chicks--physiology

abstract: Bibliography: p. 135-163


identifier: Gafka, A. C. (1991). Visual development in the rat: a 2-DG study (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11426

format:
ix, 72 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QP 475 G34 1991
Visual cortex - Research
Vision - Research

abstract: Bibliography: p. 65-72.


identifier: Parreno, J. (2008). In vitro mechanical loading of osteoblast-like mg-63 cells: insights into bone remodelling (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1772

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 117-125


identifier: Rushton, C. (2015). Motherland: Country of the Healer, Country of the Healed (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27011

subject:
Fine Arts
Autopsychotherapy
Craft
Duality
Ecology
Embroidery
Goddess
India
Meditation
Metaphysics
Relation
Spirituality

abstract:
In support of my thesis project and exhibition, Motherland: Country of the Healer, Country of the Healed, this paper contextualizes Motherland, a 66” x 66” hand embroidery on Belgian linen that evolved from a growing body of vision drawings, small gouache and graphite compositions sketched intuitively after meditation, as part of a continuing venture to reconcile the position of self in the world.

Motherland functions as a work of art, a work of craft, a therapeutic process, and a meditative discipline, to raise and address questions about how humans participate in an expanded reality. The metaphysical landscape Motherland depicts speaks to the universal condition of birth and death. The response it offers to this condition is a possibility. The project itself envisions a collective attitude of relatedness: being in the world harmoniously, and facilitating reciprocal relationships with the natural world, spirit, each other, and ourselves.


identifier: Kalischuk-Tymensen, L. (2007). Pathological interactions between campylobacter jejuni and the intestinal epithelium (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1393

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

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


identifier: Dandyk, P. J. (1974). A Day care center (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20183

title: A Day care center

format:
1 v. <unpaged> : ill. ; 29 x 43 cm.
application/pdf

relation: Additional Copy: NA 2543 Y6 D34 1974E EVDS

subject:
Day care centers
Architecture and youth


identifier: Yamniuk, A. P. (2005). The structure and interactions of EF-hand proteins: variations on a common theme (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/47

format:
xxii, 248 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 213-248
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Davidson, P. M. (2023). Process innovation in Colombia: engaging front-line employees in a high power distance national culture (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Process Innovation in Colombia: Engaging Front-Line Employees in a High Power Distance National Culture

publisher:
Haskayne School of Business
University of Calgary

contributor:
Verbeke, Alain
Hinings, Bob
Schulz, Robert
Osiyevskyy, Oleksiy

subject:
Innovation
Culture
Power Distance
Process Innovation
Colombia
Education--Business
Business Administration--Management

abstract: While hierarchy may benefit efficiency, scholars have shown that hierarchy is not conducive to innovation. Other scholars focus on the importance of innovation in strengthening firms and national economies. Both findings correlate strongly with my extensive practitioner experience in a Central American nation that demonstrates high levels of power distance. However, even in nations with high power distance, innovative firms exist that overcome this challenge. This existence raises the question, how do firms succeed at process innovation under conditions of a national culture of high power distance? This thesis integrates three papers to investigate this problem of practice. The first study presents an integrative paper that combines learnings from the Doctorate of Business Administration program with a conceptual practitioner-scholar model to demonstrate how to pursue this investigation with academic rigor. Critical realism plays a significant role, given the complexities of culture and innovation. Next, a survey-based study explores Colombian employees’ impressions of the impact of power distance on their innovation participation levels and their firm’s ability to reach innovation objectives. This survey also investigates intentional design and communication’s role in increasing lower-level employees’ (implementers) participation in innovation design. Finally, chapter four builds on the survey findings to present a case study of five Colombian firms, all of whom have completed some innovation training yet show different systems and intentionality to incorporate implementers’ tacit knowledge in process innovation. These studies found that innovative firms’ employees see their firm as having less power distance than the typical Colombian firm. Secondly, management’s will to use systems and opportunities to encourage participation impacts implementers’ input into process innovation design more than the system or structure itself. Finally, most firms showed limited implementer involvement at the ideation stage but had extensive use of employee feedback before implementation. Some innovative firms in Colombia intentionally use their existing hierarchy to obtain feedback on ideas proposed by the mid and upper levels of the hierarchy, contrary to the western ideal of inclusion, where innovation leaders and implementers collaborate at the same level.


identifier: Dholabhai, P. D. (1989). Incipient equilibrium conditions for methane hydrate formation in aqueous mixed electrolyte solutions (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11720

publisher:
Engineering
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject:
TN 880 D46 1989
Gas, Natural - Hydrates

abstract: Bibliography: p. 57-64.


identifier: Floyer, J. A. (2008). Layer detection and snowpack stratigraphy characterization from digital penetrometer signals (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2182

format:
xvii, 253 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 213-233
some pages are in colour


identifier: Aguilar Rosas, E. A. (2007). Path tracking control for an autonomous four rotor mini-helicopter (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1159

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 126-134

abstract: This work presents a path tracking methodology developed for a four rotor minihelicopter, also called X4-flyer or quadrotor. Although previous work has successfully, to some degree, achieved trajectory tracking with similar UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) moving at relatively low speeds and over short distances, the proposed methodology described in this thesis works for vehicles moving at low and high speeds. The methodology combines linear and fuzzy control that enables the quadrotor to fly in the presence of disturbances and can be used with any pose (attitude) controller previously developed by other researchers. In this thesis, it is assumed that the path that the vehicle will follow is given by a set of waypoints provided by the user. The proposed methodology comprises an attitude, a position, and a straight-line path controller. These controllers combine classic and intelligent control schemes which enable the vehicle to move under nominal ( without disturbances) and unexpected scenarios (with wind gusts). Classic control techniques are used for cases when the vehicle is hovering or close to its intended hovering position (e.g., close to the target position) while fuzzy logic is employed for situations where the difference between the vehicle's current position and its goal is greater than a pre-specified amount. Thus, fuzzy logic is used during the vehicle's displacement ( travel) while classic control is mainly used for hovering. So, the switching between these two control schemes is dynamic, based on the state of the vehicle. The proposed methodology has been designed for path tracking in the horizontal plane (xy) and simulated in 3D. Complex curved paths are broken into straight-line segments that represent the desired path, to certain degree, based on user requirements, the task and the desired precision of the vehicle's motion. Straight-line and complex path simulation studies are used as proof of concept to show how the methodology reacts to diverse scenarios and different disturbances. Simulation results are used to show the performance of the proposed methodology compared with previously developed control mechanisms.


identifier: Hofstetter. K. (2019). Studies on Chemical and Electrochemical Stability of Li-stuffed Garnets for Next Generation Lithium Batteries (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Thangadurai, V.
Sutherland, Todd C.
Welch, Gregory C.

subject:
Lithium Battery
Li-stuffed Garnet
Garnet Stability
Chemistry--Inorganic
Chemistry--Physical

abstract: State-of-the-art lithium-ion batteries are responsible for the portable electronics revolution, enabling the use of cell phones, laptops, and other gadgets. However, even when fully developed, the energy density and safety are insufficient to meet the demands in electric vehicles and grid storage. Next generation batteries are projected to consist of a solid electrolyte, metallic Li anode and either O2 or S cathode. Specifically, aqueous Li-O2 batteries are very attractive due to their high theoretical energy density and increased safety. Among the solid Li-ion electrolytes, Li-stuffed garnets are deemed a very promising electrolyte due to their wide electrochemical window (> 6 V vs. Li/Li+), chemical stability against metallic Li, and high ionic conductivity (~ 1 mS cm-1) at room temperature. Even with these attributes, there is a lack of understanding towards the stability of Li-stuffed garnets with aqueous environment, CO2, and moisture. In this thesis, the chemical and electrochemical stability of various garnet-type ceramic electrolytes for next generation lithium batteries are reported. For next generation aqueous Li-O2 batteries, garnet-type Li6.5La2.5Ba0.5ZrTaO12 was treated with H2O, D2O, 1 M LiOH, 1 M LiCl, or brine (0.1 M LiCl, 0.1 M NaNO3, 0.1 M K2CO3) for up to 10 days to encourage a spontaneous H+ or D+/Li+ ion-exchange reaction. In all cases, an increase in ionic conductivity was observed after the first 24 hours of submersion, while the crystal structure was unaltered. Samples were characterized with a variety of methods including powder X-Ray diffraction (PXRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). With a more in depth understanding of the aqueous stability of lithium-garnets, Li6.5La2.5Ba0.5ZrTaO12 was employed as a protective Li anode material in a Li-O2 cell, showing a promising and stable ~ 3 V. iii. Further gaseous stability of garnet-type Li7La2.75Ca0.25Zr1.75Nb0.25O12 with and without a thin Al2O3 layer under 3% H2O and CO2 rich atmospheres were investigated in regards to Li-ion conductivity. When exposed to CO2 rich atmospheres, samples without the coating show an ~ 8 % increase in resistance over 1000 h, whereas coated samples only show ~ 1 % increase over the same environmental and time duration. However, in the presence of 3% H2O, both coated and uncoated samples show large grain-boundary resistance, which is recoverable on removal of 3% H2O. Complete stability characterization was carried out using EIS, PXRD, SEM, atomic force microscopy (AFM) and cyclic voltammetry (CV).


identifier: Zess, L. J. (2021). Sometimes Sad People Are Hard to Be Around: Fragility, Failure, and Resilience Through Clown (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Arts
University of Calgary

contributor:
Viczko, April
Brubaker, Christine
Loosen, Hanne
Viczko, April

subject:
Fine Arts
Theater

abstract: This artist’s statement will explore the creative and analytical processes that supported my thesis production of Just Like the Moon by Lizz Windnagel et al. at the University of Calgary. The production opened and closed on November 27th 2020. PART I - DREAMS emphasizes my research and the conceptual phases of the work. PART II - REALITY delves into specific challenges, practical applications of the design, in-studio development and technical rehearsal process, and reflects on the iterative and generative power of failure.


identifier: Cumbria, N. M. (2003). Robust controlled artificial neural network flux estimation for induction motors (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19126

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2003 C86

abstract: Bibliography: p. 132-137.


identifier: Marr, E. J. (1989). Revelations (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14725

title: Revelations

format: x, 123 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. + 37 col. slides

subject:
ND 249 M347 M37 1989
Women artists - Canada - Exhibitions
Marr, E. Joan - Exhibitions

abstract: Bibliography: p. 111-116.


identifier: Leedale, J. G. (1981). The Principle of effective market classification and Canadian economic policy: 1962-1970 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11414

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

subject:
HG 3883 C3 L42 1981
Balance of payments - Canada
Monetary policy - Canada
Canada - Economic policy
Mundell, Robert A.

abstract: Bibliography: p. 92-93.


identifier: Seeger, T. (2015). Cortical Excitability after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Children (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25470

contributor:
Barlow, Karen
Kirton, Adam
Dunn, Jeff
Gallagher, Clare
Esser, Michael

subject:
Neuroscience
Traumatic Brain Injury
Concussion
mild traumatic brain injury
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Cortical Silent Period
Paediatrics

abstract: Introduction: Mild traumatic brain injury is frequently complicated by post-concussive syndrome. It is unknown why these symptoms persist, but recent research suggests that cortical excitability may play a role. Objectives: To determine if cortical excitability is different in pediatric mTBI, and if it correlates with symptom persistence. Methods:This was a cross-sectional controlled cohort study. Cortical excitability was measured using a variety of TMS paradigms in children with (symptomatic) and without (asymptomatic) persistent symptoms at one month post injury. The primary outcome measure was the corticalsilent period (cSP) (thought to represent GABAergic inhibition). Results: 57 children with mTBI (44% male; age 14.23 (SD:2.49)) and 28 controls were compared. cSP was similar between groups (F(2, 70)=0.53, p=0.591). There were no other significant group differences in cortical excitability. Conclusions: TMS was well tolerated in children with mTBI. Cortical excitability is similar to normal children at one-month following the injury.


identifier: Peon Anaya, R. (2006). Solid state home lighting systems: a brighter option for the developing world (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/510

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 188-193


identifier: McDonough, R. A. (2009). An Examination of Admission and Discharge Policy and Practice in Assisted Living Facilities in Calgary, Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20748

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Social Work
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 141-150


identifier: Wong, A. Y. (1983). Trip generation study of suburban office buildings (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14730

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

subject:
HE 336 T8 W64 1986
Trip generation
Origin and destination traffic surveys
Parking lots
Offices - Location
Urban transportation - Planning

abstract: Bibliography: p. 77-79.

abstract: The urban transportation planner is often confronted with questions concerning the impact of traffic generated from a suburban office development upon the transportation network, and amount of parking spaces to be provided to en.sure adequate supply. In order to answer these questions with confidence, it is necessary to have a clear view of the trip generation characteristics of suburban office development and establish design and/or evaluation standards. The objective of this thesis research is to establish the relationship between trip generation characteristics and building characteristics for the suburban office development. Field surveys were conducted to collect the required parameters. Conventional analyses such as trip rate analysis, regression analysis, as well as new techniques were used to determine the trip generation pattern of various types of suburban office development. A computer program was developed to simulate the trip generation pattern based upon the results of the category analysis and the size of the development. A hypothetical building was used to test the sensitivity of the simulation model. The results indicated that the existing parking by-law requirement is inadequate. The thesis concludes with recommendations to revise the parking requirements for suburban offices.


identifier: Qu, S. (2022). Beyond virus (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Beyond Virus

contributor:
Huynh, Kim
Wong, Yoke-Sum
Xie, Shaobo

subject:
Appropriation
Paintings
Racism
Recontextualization
Stereotype
Social Crisis
Comics
Art History
Fine Arts

abstract: Beneath the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic, we have witnessed not only a global public health emergency but also other social crises, such as anti-Asian racism, the Black Lives Matter movement, etc. The pandemic has created an environment for potential social crises and has exacerbated existing social crises. However, when social and cultural crises explode, art responds to them. As an Asian artist who was educated in China and Canada, the existing social issues toward people of color inform my concerns about North American multiculturalism and my art practice. This thesis is divided into five sections: a brief introduction of the background of discrimination in North America and my art practices (Chapter One); the illustration of art appropriation, text-based and comic style artworks that influence my art practices (Chapter Two); how artists’ works reflect their position on social issues (Chapter Three); my thesis exhibition (Chapter Four); and my conclusion (Chapter Five). This paper, alongside the paintings created for my exhibition, explores the usage of appropriation in my art practice and the strength between original works and my recontextualization as well as the roots of racial discrimination and stereotypes.