identifier: Al Dulaijan, K. (2017). Inversion of azimuthal velocity and amplitude variations for seismic anisotropy (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Margrave, Gary F.
Rich, Jamie P.
Lawton, Donald C.
Lines, Laurence R.
Yarranton, Harvey W.

subject:
azimuthal
seismic anisotropy
HTI
fractures
inversion
AVAZ
VVAZ
physical modeling
3D seismic
VSP
Geophysics

abstract:
Natural fractures can play a key role in production of hydrocarbon in the form of increased porosity and permeability for efficient fluid flow especially for unconventional reservoirs of low matrix permeability. Thus, knowledge related to fracture orientation and intensity is vital for the development of unconventional hydrocarbon reservoirs, such as tight sand oil and shale gas reservoirs. The most productive horizontal wells are those crossing the most vertical fractures. A pattern of vertical fractures causes the seismic wavefield to exhibit azimuthal anisotropy. The best way known to detect fractures, at large scales, is by recognizing the effect of them on seismic data in attempt of inversing it. The Altamont-Bluebell play is within the Uinta Basin in northeast Utah, and is considered an unconventional play in the sense that natural fractures act as fluid storage and conduits in mostly the tight sandstones and partially in the tight carbonates. Consequently, analyzing the azimuthal variation in the observed amplitudes and velocities of the 3D seismic data acquired over the Altamont-Bluebell field is of great value in ascertaining important and relevant reservoir conditions in terms of porosity and permeability. In the Altamont-Bluebell field, azimuthal anisotropy was analysed using two types of data (3D surface seismic and VSP) and using three different methods (inversion of azimuthal amplitude, inversion of azimuthal travel times, and S-wave splitting). To use the VSP data, several types of VSPs were processed from field files to final products (P and S wavefield images and velocities). All results of different methods and data types were correlated to each other where similarities were pointed out and differences were explained.
Numerical seismic modeling provides a valuable tool for geophysicists to test and validate their methodologies. Fractures make numerical modeling more complicated and introduce complexities that might even require geophysicists to validate their numerical models before using them to assess their methods. Scaled-down physical modeling of seismic surveys provides a unique opportunity to test, validate, and develop methods for characterizing fractured reservoirs, because it can produce experimental data from known physical properties and geometries that can be comparable with both numerical and field seismic data. Therefore, physical modeling is utilized to determine stiffness coefficients associated with the anisotropic material and validate techniques used for anisotropy, such as S-wave splitting.


identifier: Susi, M. (2012). Gait Analysis for Pedestrian Navigation Using MEMS Handheld Devices (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26254

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Lachapelle, Gérard
Renaudin, Valerie

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

subject:
Engineering
MEMS
Sensors
pedestrian navigation

abstract:
Advances in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology play a central role in the design of new generation of smartphones. Indeed MEMS sensors, such as accelerometers and gyroscopes, are currently embedded in most smart devices in order to augment their capabilities.  In the near future, it is expected that these sensors will be further exploited for pedestrian navigation purposes. However, the processing of signals from MEMS sensors cannot provide accurate navigation solutions without external aiding, e.g. from GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) signals, since their signals deteriorate due to significant errors, principally biases and drift which requires frequent sensor resets.
When GNSS is not available and the sensors are mounted on the user’s foot, periodic zero velocity updates can be performed during the identified stance phases of the foot, namely the periods when the foot is flat on the ground. In the case of handheld devices, this approach cannot be adopted, since zero velocity periods are not present. Furthermore, when the sensors are held in a hand, the sensed motion can be decoupled from the global user’s motion rendering the situation much more complex to deal with. For this reason previous studies on pedestrian navigation are mainly focused on the body fixed sensor case.
 In this thesis, algorithms for characterizing the gait cycle of a pedestrian holding an IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) in hand are proposed but without constraining the user in its behaviour and thus taking into account several sensor carrying modes. In view of the variety and complexity of human motions, the recognition of the user’s global motion from handheld devices is first thoroughly examined. A classifier able to recognize several different motion modes, including standing, walking, running, climbing and descending the stairs, is designed and implemented. Then an algorithm for evaluating the linear displacement of a pedestrian walking on a flat plane using only a handheld IMU is proposed.  The complete algorithm comprises the following three modules: (1) Characterization of the user's activity and recognition of the sensor carrying mode, (2) Step detection and (3) Step length evaluation.
The analysis leads to a novel step length model combining the user’s height, the step frequency and a set of three constants. First a universal model is proposed where the three constants have been trained with 12 different test subjects. Then, the same model is used for 10 different subjects to calibrate individually the set of constants. The validity of both universal and calibrated models is assessed in position domain using the above 10 test subjects. The fitted solution achieves an error between 2.5 and 5 % of the travelled distance, which is comparable with the performance of models proposed in the literature for body fixed sensors.


identifier: Ali, K. (2015). In-home PLC to DSL Interference Characterization and Mitigation (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26533

contributor:
Messier, Geoffrey
Lai, Stephen

subject:
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
PLC
DSL
Digital Subscriber Line
Power line communications
Interference Cancellation
Channel Measurements

abstract:
It is often advocated that a solution to the problem of mutual interference between digital subscriber line (DSL) networks and in-home power line communications (PLC) networks is to prevent the PLC networks from utilizing the DSL spectrum. However, this solution will render PLC networks inoperable with the introduction of wide-band DSL technologies like G.fast. As an alternative solution, this thesis proposes to use the common mode (CM) signal, which contains information about the electromagnetic interference (EMI), to estimate and subtract the differential mode (DM) PLC-to-DSL interference from the DM DSL signal.

Since the PLC-to-DSL interference environment within a residential setting has neither been characterized via measurements nor by a model, a measurement campaign is conducted. A set of 480 measurements are collected, within two residential test-sites, to characterize the PLC-to-DSL interference environment for two DSL modem installation scenarios. This campaign shows that the PLC-to-DSL interference channels are frequency selective and vary significantly from room to room within the house.

Two interference mitigation solutions are proposed in this thesis. The first solution relies on scheduling the PLC channel access; while, the second solution pre-multiplies the PLC symbol by the inverse of the DM cross-coupling channel before transmission. Both solutions utilize adaptive frequency domain interference cancellers (FDICs) that are insensitive to the non-stationarity of the PLC channel and the frequency selectivity of the coupling channels. The performances of the proposed solutions are evaluated, and their effectiveness in mitigating the PLC-to-DSL wide-band EMI is demonstrated using analysis that incorporates the measured PLC-to-DSL coupling channels.


identifier: Macedo da Silva, A. (2017). Conceptus-derived Fibrinogen and its Implication in Equine Pregnancy (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25409

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Veterinary Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Klein, Claudia
Wynne-Edwards, Katherine
Kastelic, John
MacPhee, Daniel

subject:
Veterinary Science
Horse
Reproduction
Embryo
Equine Pregnancy
Conceptus Fixation

abstract: The equine conceptus presents an extensive mobile stage from days 9 to 16 after ovulation, during which it becomes fixed to one of the uterine horns. Throughout mobility, the conceptus secretes fibrinogen (an integrin-binding ECM). We hypothesized that conceptus-derived fibrinogen is converted into fibrin and aids in fixation via integrin receptors. We determined that RGD-binding integrins are expressed in endometrial and embryonic/fetal cells and interact with fibrinogen. Moreover, endometrial and embryonic cells presented the machinery to convert fibrinogen into fibrin and maintain the fibrin network. Overall, we demonstrated that conceptus-derived fibrinogen is likely converted to fibrin at the embryo-maternal interface and mediates cell adhesion via RGD-binding integrins.


identifier: Kenward, A. L. (2009). Synthesis and reactivity of organogroup 3 complexes supported by B- diketiminato ligands (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2769

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xxx, 250 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 203-217
Some pages are in colour


identifier: Bellagamba, C. (1993). Characterization of an activated human pp60c-src mutant (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21424

format:
xi, 102 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QP 606 P78 B45 1993
Protein-tyrosine kinase
Phosphorylation
Molecular genetics
Nucleosides
Mutation (Biology)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 93-102.


identifier: Boyd, M. J. (2000). Late quaternary geoarchaeology of the Lauder sandhills, southwestern Manitoba, Canada (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22793

format:
xvi, 300 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: CC77.5 .B69 2000

subject: Archaeological geology--Manitoba--Lauder Sandhills region

subject: Lauder Sandhills region (Manitoba)--antiquities

abstract: Bibliography: p. 246-279


identifier: Rust, S. J. (1972). The Testing machine-specimen interaction in concrete compression tests (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19033

publisher:
Engineering
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject:
TA 440 R656 1972 Microfilm
Concrete - Testing

abstract: Bibliography: p. 137-140.


identifier: Chung, P. (1993). Conodont biostratigraphy of the Carboniferous to Permian Kindle, Fantasque, an unnamed, and Belloy formations, Western Canada (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22078

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

subject:
QE 899.2 C65 C58 1993a
Additional Copy: QE 899.2 C65 C58 1993
Conodonts - Canada, Western
Paleontology, Stratigraphic

abstract: Bibliography: p. 143-154.

abstract: Complicated structural and lithofacies relationships associated with Upper Carboniferous and Permian rocks within the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin make correlations difficult without reliable age control. This has been provided with conodonts recovered from selected cores in the Peace River area and from two surface sections in the Liard River area. Conodonts recovered from the lower Kindle (Permian sensu Halbertsma, 1959) indicate Serpukhovian (Lower Carboniferous) ages whereas specimens from the upper Kindle indicate Bashkirian (Upper Carboniferous) and possibly Moscovian (Upper Carboniferous). The Fantasque, which unconformably overlies the upper Kindle in the Liard River area, is dated as Roadian to Wardian (mid-Permian). A fossiliferous carbonate unit traditionally correlated with the Belloy (Permian), but herein referred to as the unnamed formation, yielded Lower Moscovian conodont faunas. Roadian to Wardian conodonts were recognized from sandy carbonates of the upper Belloy. These revised correlations of upper Carboniferous and Permian strata in the Peace River to Liard River areas will improve the understanding of the geological framework for the region.


identifier: Craig, F. E. (1982). A Critical analysis of social impact assessment and management in energy resource development (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22352

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
vi, 252 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HD 9502 C32 C73 1982
Energy policy - Canada
Energy policy - Social aspects - Canada

abstract: Bibliography: p. 233-252.


identifier: Glover, M. A. (1991). Adolescents' attitudes toward intellectually gifted students (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20733

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

subject:
BF 724.3 G53 G56 1991
Gifted teenagers - Social conditions
Teenagers - Attitudes

abstract: Bibliography: p. 67-72.


identifier: Leduc-Pessah, H. (2017). Increased Microglial Reactivity Alters Morphine Analgesia (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26503

contributor:
Trang, Tuan
Pittman, Quentin
Altier, Christophe
Gilch, Sabine
Gendron, Louis

subject:
Neuroscience
Immunology
Pharmacology
Opioids
Chronic Pain

abstract: Opioids are a potent class of analgesics in the management of both moderate to severe acute pain and chronic pain. Although neuronal response to opioids is well described, we are lacking a complete characterization of the diverse interplay of neurons with other cells types in response to opioids. Microglia, the immune cells of the CNS, are key targets of opioids and their response to repeated opioid exposure is implicated in the severe side effects associated with prolonged opioid use: opioid analgesic tolerance, opioid-induced hyperalgesia and opioid use disorder. In addition, increased microglial reactivity can alter analgesic response to opioids. Thus, understanding the role of microglia in response to opioids is both critical for improving the analgesic efficacy of opioids and for interfering with the negative side effects associated with prolonged opioid use. This thesis explores the contributions of the microglial P2X7 receptor and the microglial transcription factor Runx1 in morphine analgesia and in the development of adverse effects. My over-arching hypothesis is that increased microglial reactivity diminishes the analgesic potential of opioids, such as morphine. Here I show that repeated morphine causes a potentiation in microglial P2X7R function mediated by µ-receptor activation of Src kinase. Specifically, I identified tyrosine residues 382-384 on the P2X7R C-terminal domain as a critical site of phosphorylation and found that interfering with this site attenuated the development of tolerance in rats. I also show that the microglial transcription factor Runx1 regulates microglial reactivity in vitro and in vivo and that inhibition of Runx1 causes a decline in morphine analgesia. I characterized a novel strain of microglial-specific Runx1 knock-out mice and show that Runx1 deficiency causes a reduction in acute morphine analgesia and an exacerbation of opioid tolerance, hyperalgesia, and naloxone-precipitated withdrawal. Collectively, in this thesis I found that increased microglial reactivity, through variable mechanisms causes a reduction in the antinociceptive response to morphine in rodents. In conclusion, the work of this thesis has identified novel targets (P2X7R and Runx1) for interfering with the side effects associated with prolonged opioid use and in the acute analgesic response.


identifier: Camplin, P. B. (1975). A Comparative study of the WISC and the WISC-R (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21141

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

subject: LB 1131 C34 1975 Microfiche

subject: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children

abstract: Bibliography: p. 61-63.


identifier: Ferdous, T. (2019). On the Effect of Ignoring Within-Unit Infectious Disease Dynamics When Modelling Spatial Transmission (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Science
University of Calgary

contributor:
Deardon, Rob
Shen, Hua
Ngamkham, Thuntida

subject: Biostatistics Statistics

abstract: Individual-level models (ILMs) are a class of models that can be used to analyze infectious epidemic data to assist in the understanding of the spatio-temporal dynamics of infectious diseases in discrete time (Deardon et al., 2010). ILMs are generally fitted to epidemic data through Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods in a Bayesian statistical framework. Here, we test the effect of ignoring within-unit (e.g., city) infectious disease dynamics when we model spatial transmission. We do this by generating our epidemic data sets from a true model which considers within unit dynamics. It is often hard to get individual-level data in reality. Also, the R package EpiILM used in this thesis for model fitting does not allow for within unit dynamics. For these reasons, we cannot easily fit our generating model to data. We fitted two ILM models (one model with a covariate representing city size, and the other model without covariates), in which within unit dynamics are not explicitly accounted for. We have found from our analysis that the model with the covariate may be a slightly better model to describe the spatio-temporal dynamics of the epidemic. However, although the model with the covariate is better in describing the epidemic process, the dynamics are still not perfectly captured by this model. Our results show the dangers inherent in ignoring within unit dynamics when modelling spatial disease transmission.


identifier: Chudleigh, M. M. (1976). Bergson's critique of the intellect and its implications for the theory of political obligation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13788

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

subject: JC 261 B47 C588 1976 Microfiche

subject: Bergson, Henri Louis, 1859-1941 - Political science

subject: Natural obligations

subject: Political participation

subject: State, The

abstract: Bibliography: p. 58-64.


identifier: Vidrio-Sahagún, C.T. (2022). Hydrological Frequency Analysis under Nonstationary Conditions (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary

contributor:
He, Jianxun (Jennifer)
Wang, Xin
Zhou, Qi

subject: Hydrology Statistics Engineering Engineering--Civil

abstract: The hydrological frequency analysis (HFA) evaluates the recurrence of extreme flow and precipitation events and guides water-related management and risk assessment. The conventional HFA assumes stationarity in the underlying process. However, climate change and other changes in the watersheds may induce nonstationarity in hydrometeorological variables. Under nonstationary scenarios, the nonstationary HFA (NS-HFA) is the theoretical choice. To implement the NS-HFA with more confidence, further understanding of the impacts of nonstationarity on the analysis and advancements of the existing approaches are desired.This dissertation, therefore, aimed to improve the understanding of the HFA under nonstationarity and advance the NS-HFA applications by: (a) investigating the impacts of ignoring the nonstationarity of different patterns and degrees in the stationary HFA (S-HFA); (b) examining the association between the nonstationarity characteristics and estimated flood hazards; (c) improving the determination of the NS-HFA model by proposing a novel procedure based on the decomposition of nonstationary stochastic processes; (d) enhancing the computational efficiency and numerical stability of the profile likelihood (PL) method, which is theoretically superior to other available methods for quantifying the uncertainty in the NS-HFA; and (e) comprehensively assessing the use of the Metastatistical approach and its simplified version to advance the NS-HFA from the perspectives of fitting efficiency, accuracy, and uncertainty. The results demonstrated that: (a) neglecting the nonstationarity in the S-HFA would lead to decreasing the accuracy and increasing the uncertainty of the analysis; (b) the nonstationarity patterns and degrees are strongly associated with the hydrological hazards; (c) the proposed decomposition-based approach based upon the theoretical decomposition of nonstationary stochastic processes advances the model determination in the NS-HFA from both theoretical and practical perspectives; (d) the proposed methods, which incorporate the classical regula-falsi numerical method and the generalized maximum likelihood principle, effectively reduce the computational burden and numerical instability of the PL method, and consequently facilitate its practical applications; and (e) compared to the NS-HFA based on the generalized extreme value distribution, the use of the simplified Metastatistical approach yields improved performance from various perspectives. Therefore, this dissertation improved the understanding of the HFA and advanced the NS-HFA for real-world applications.


identifier: Zdrazilova, L. (2017). Understanding the Meanings of Abstract Concepts: Keeping it Grounded and Real (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28571

contributor:
Pexman, Penny
Reilly, Jamie
Curtin, Suzanne
Sears, Chris
Oxoby, Robert

subject:
Psychology
Language processing
Cognitive

abstract: Abstract words refer to things and entities in the world that cannot be directly experienced through our senses (e.g., truth, morality). How we learn, represent, and use abstract words is one of the deepest problems in cognitive science today. I investigated this question in two experiments. In Experiment 1, I examined the effects of six semantic richness variables (sensory experience, valence, number of associates, context availability, arousal, semantic neighbourhood, and number of associates) on lexical-semantic processing for 207 abstract nouns. Behavioural tasks were lexical decision (LDT) and semantic categorization (SCT). Results showed that participants were faster to respond in LDT to words high in context availability, and faster to respond in SCT to words high in valence and sensory experience. These results suggest that abstract meanings might be grounded in our experiences with situational contexts and our bodily experiences. To further assess the extent of grounding for abstract word meanings (Experiment 2), I tested thirty-one pairs of undergraduate students in a variation of the Taboo task, in which participants communicated the meaning of the “secret” word (10 concrete, e.g., insect; 20 abstract nouns, e.g., impulse) to a partner in 1 minute or less. Analysis of verbal and gestural data yielded a number of important insights. Most notably, on a majority of trials, participants activated their partner’s concept of self or other (“You”, “Dalai Lama”), then placed that self into a situational context (“in class”) and then described the mental states, feelings, goals, etc. the self may experience. This, together with the results of my quantitative data analyses, suggests extensive recruitment of information derived from our experiences with the social and physical world and that such information is an important aspect of what we know about abstract words.


identifier: Beech, L. (2017). "We Figured Out How to Fight": Couples' Identity Stories on Overcoming Disagreements (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28682

contributor:
Strong, Tom
Boon, Susan
Wada, Kaori

subject:
Educational Psychology
couples
narrative analysis
conflict resolution
small stories

abstract: In this research, I examined couples’ small stories about overcoming a disagreement, while analyzing how they co-constructed a sense of relational identity in these tellings. I completed semi-structured interviews with seven couples who shared stories about what helped in resolving a past conflict, and what they learned from these overlooked successes. Using a narrative analysis framework, I analyzed the content of couples’ stories with Gubrium and Holstein’s (2009) concepts of linkage and composition, and identified narrative practices involved in constructing a sense of relational identity with Bamberg and Georgakopoulou’s (2008) small story approach. Couples identified strategies that helped resolve conflict and discussed the benefits of conflict resolution. I also reviewed how couples positioned their relationship and interacted in their “we” talk to “perform” relational identity. Lastly, I discussed the implications of these findings for couples, research, and counselling, particularly the influence questions have on inviting agentive relational accounts.


identifier: Hosseini Khayat, A. (2010). Distributed wizard of oz usability testing for agile teams (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3374

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 177-185


identifier: Garrett, B. (2000). Voicing grace: Radical utopian politics in Dionne Brand's "No language is neutral" and "bread out of stone" (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13957

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

subject: PS8552 .R2448 Z63 2000

subject: Brand, Dionne, 1953- No language is neutral

subject: Brand, Dionne, 1953 - criticism and interpretation

subject: Brand, Dionne, 1953- --criticism and interpretation

subject: Brand, Dionne, 1953 - No language is neutral

subject: Utopias in literature

subject: Brand, Dionne, 1953- Bread out of stone

subject: Brand, Dionne, 1953 - Bread out of stone

abstract: Bibliography: p. 164-168.


identifier: Bestilny, L. J. (1999). Regulation of telomere length and telomerase activity during aging and immortality (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23981

format:
xvii, 256 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QH600.3 .B47 1999
Telomere.
AIDS (Disease)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 207-256.


identifier: Owoc, M. (1992). Impact of transportation costs on intercity freight flows (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19839

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

subject: HE 199 A2 O84 1992

subject: Freight and freightage - Mathematical models

abstract: Bibliography: p. 108-115.


identifier: Ross, M. (2008). The impact of a one-time injury prevention intervention on adolescent risk-taking behaviour (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2089

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 83-100


identifier: Iverson, A. S. (2020). Refining the amplitude of inverse scattering series internal multiple predictions (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Innanen, Kristopher A.
Trad, Daniel O.
Lawton, Don Caleb
Gilbert, Hersh

subject:
Seismic
Seismic Multiples
Geophysics

abstract: Internal multiples are a form of noise in seismic data that degrades seismic image processing, leading to incorrect interpretations of the data. One method with minimal assumptions to attenuate internal multiples uses the inverse scattering series. Two key improvements with the method are developed. First, a new tool is established referred to as the downward generator space. This space used in combination with higher order terms and 2D adaptive subtraction improves the accuracy of the predicted internal multiples. Second, a non-stationary search limiting parameter is utilized in the time-offset domain allowing for increased flexibility in algorithm implementation. These new tools are applied to both synthetic and real data examples displaying improvement in the prediction and attenuation of internal multiples.


identifier: Baraniecki, E. (1999). Familiarization: An approach to multidisciplinary design (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22328

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

subject:
TA174 .B37 1999
Engineering design
Wheelchairs--design and construction

abstract: Bibliography: p. 92-123


identifier: Gosselink, Y. F. (1984). Liberal ideology and Dene devlopment in the upper Mackenzie Valley: 1670-1984 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17234

format:
xviii, 342 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: E 99 D3 G66 1986

subject: Dene Indians - Social conditions - History

subject: Indians of North America - Canada - Mackenzie Valley - Social conditions - History

subject: Dene Indians - Culture - History

subject: Indians of North America - Canada - Mackenzie Valley - Cultural assimilation - History

abstract: Bibliography: p. 322-342.


identifier: Flintoff, M. M. (1988). Social behavior and emotional adjustment in children with internalizing disorders (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13009

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

subject:
BF 723 I646 F54 1988
Interpersonal relations in children
Internalization
Socialization

abstract: Bibliography: p. 121-134.


identifier: King, N. (1997). Just yell fire: a collaborative creation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12347

format:
vi, 142 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 1997 K56

abstract: Bibliography: p. 66-67.


identifier: Schierbeck, D. (1993). Discourse of discontent: the use of Arthurian legend by Morris, Swinburne, and Burne-Jones (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12588

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

subject: PN 685 S35 1993

subject: Arthur, King

subject: Arthur, King, in literature

subject: Morris, William, 1834-1896 - Criticism and interpretation

subject: Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909 - Criticism and interpretation

subject: Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, Sir, 1833-1898 - Criticism and interpretation

subject: Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892 - Criticism and interpretation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 126-138.


identifier: Whitley, L. A. (1993). Natural selection: the notion of truth in photography; a written accompaniment to the thesis exhibition (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19005

format: vii, 59 leaves : ill. + 45 col. slides ; 30 cm.

subject:
NR 187 W55 1993
Photography - Exhibitions
Photographic criticism

abstract: Bibliography: p. 55-57.

abstract: The exhibition Natural Selection: The Notion of Truth in Photography consists of forty five prints that explore the concept of truth within the photographic media. The main rationale behind these images is the desire to investigate truth as the source of power that has forged the very core of photographic thought. The accompanying support paper begins with a brief historical analysis of the aspect of truth in art and explores how this belief has influenced the photographic medium. Straight and alternative photography are examined, as well as a discussion on the use of syntax and the relationship of photographic truth to the digital and electronic media. The paper concludes with an analysis of the exhibition and how my own photographs fit into this notion of photographic truth.


identifier: Hansen, T. (2021). Geographic Differences in the Risk of Surgery in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (Unpublished master thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary

contributor:
Kaplan, Gilaad
Ma, Christopher
Novak, Kerri

subject: Health Sciences--Medicine and Surgery

abstract: Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), collectively known as the inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), are chronic immune mediated conditions. The pathophysiology of these disease is not well understood but genetic predisposition, dietary and microbiome-related factors, and environment exposures have been previously implicated. These diseases have traditionally been thought of as diseases of Caucasians living in the Western world: North America, Europe, and Oceania. However, the incidence of these diseases has been increasing in newly industrialized countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. In the Western world, a large proportion of healthcare spending related to IBD management has been on biologic agents.These biologic agents are very costly and are thought to decrease the risk of surgery. The risks of surgery among patients with IBD in the Western world is well described. However, the risks of IBD surgery in Asian countries has not been well assessed. Therefore, the aim of this thesis is to determine the risk of IBD surgery among persons in Asia compared to persons living in Western countries.A systematic review was conducted to identify all population-based studies reportingrisk of IBD surgery for Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis among inception cohorts diagnosed in the year 1999 or later. A meta-analysis was performed to pool the risk of surgery for Western and Asian countries. Choropleth maps were generated to highlight regional differences in surgery risk (https://arcg.is/5r48K).


identifier: Choi, R. H. (2012). Entaglement sharing protocol via quantum error correcting code (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4931

contributor:
Sanders, Barry C.
Gour, Gilad

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 74-79

abstract: Quantum secret sharing concerns secure and reliable distribution of classical or quantum information by a dealer to a set of "players" such that authorized subsets of players can access full information and unauthorized subsets are denied any information whatsoever. Exploiting quantum secret sharing concepts and techniques, I introduce a new protocol of "entanglement sharing" wherein half of maximally entangled bipartite states arc encrypted into multipartitc states in such a way that unauthorized players can only establish shared separable (not entangled) states with the dealer. Only authorized subsets of players obtain entangled states, which enable quantum information tasks such as quantum teleportation. Entanglement sharing can reduce the size of shares to individual players by half depending on the choice of encoding operation, as I show with the [[4, 2, 2]] stabilizer code. In fact, the [[4, 2, 2]] stabilizer code induces an optimal and threshold entanglement sharing scheme.  Furthermore, I propose a new secrecy condition of quantum ramp secret sharing based on the bipartite setting of entanglement sharing. Ramp secret sharing relieves the bandwidth requirement of a protocol by reducing the size of shares at a cost of information leakage. Although quantum ramp secret sharing has been studied, to date it has been a challenge to classify leaked information. In this thesis, I define classical and quantum information with respect to the channels through which information is transmitted, and determine whether the information leakage is classical or quantum.  Finally, I establish hybrid entanglement sharing by introducing classical shares in non-perfect entanglement sharing schemes. Hybrid entanglement sharing exploits a technique of locking entanglement with classical information, and can be devised from any quantum error correcting code.


identifier: Ebly, E. M. (1991). Characterization of vagal respiratory reflexes in lambs (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13227

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

subject:
SF 376.5 E34 1991
Lambs - Respiratory organs
Afferent pathways

abstract: Bibliography: p. 180-192.


identifier: Tu, A. (1996). Case study: design of an electric shaver (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13144

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

subject:
TS 171.4 T8 1996
Design, Industrial
Shavers, Electrical

abstract: Bibliography: p. 109-111.


identifier: Kallay, G. J. (1977). Transients: an analysis and recommendation for service delivery in the city of Calgary (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19037

format:
x, 230 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
Transients, Relief of
Social service - Alberta - Calgary


identifier: Oke, C. L. (1996). Social skills of children with cystic fibrosis and their siblings (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12947

format:
viii, 143 leaves
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 89-95.


identifier: Duhamel, F. (1987). Essential hypertension, family functioning, and family therapy (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24038

format:
xxii, 391 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
RA 645 H9 D83 1988
Hypertension
Family psychotherapy
Patient education
Family

abstract: Bibliography: p. 365-386.


identifier: Banka, A. J. (2008). The lived experience of men who leave the ministerial priesthood of the roman catholic church and enter into a committed heterosexual relationship (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1806

format:
viii, 290 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 249-257

abstract: The purpose of this thesis was to provide a deeper understanding of the lived experience of men who have "resigned" from active ministry and entered into committed heterosexual relationships. To explore this phenomenon the author used a qualitative Heuristic methodology. Data in this study was derived from the author's personal experiences and participant interviews with other men who had "left" the priesthood. The composite depiction and creative synthesis present the main concepts emerging from the interviews. The findings suggest that all men within this particular study were sincere in their desire to fulfill their vocation to the priesthood. Since "leaving", each participant has viewed the process of incorporating one's priesthood into their new life-state role is vital. Learning to transition upon "exit" and incorporate their priesthood into their secular roles was seen as a continuation of their call to serve.


identifier: Young, N. (2004). An investigation of antenatal corticosteroid treatment on seizure susceptibility in infant rats (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11649

format:
x, 150 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 141-150


identifier: Maher, P. G. (1985). Torsion in curved prestressed bridges (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19110

title: Torsion in curved prestressed bridges

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

subject:
TG 362 M33 1985
Bridges, Box girder
Torsion
Strains and stresses
Prestressed concrete

abstract: Bibliography: p. 181-185.


identifier: Santos, J. B. (2018). Direct and Indirect Effects of Authoritarianism on Policy Preferences in Canada (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/33072

publisher:
Arts
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Thomas, Melanee Lynn
Stewart, David K.
Tuxhorn, Kim Lee

subject:
authoritarianism
political behaviour
public opinion
political psychology
Canadian Politics
Political Science

abstract: Authoritarianism, as a value orientation that prioritizes conformity over autonomy, is a popular explanation for political preferences and behaviour but it is misunderstood as existing only on the right; as either an all-powerful or insignificant predictor of policy preferences; and as a predisposition that is activated by threat. Our understanding of it is further hampered by a lack of research outside of the United States. I address these problems by constructing a model where authoritarian values, moderated by perceived threat, exert a direct effect on policy preferences and indirect effects through prejudice, ideology, and partisanship. Testing this model on data from the Canadian Election Study, I find evidence that authoritarianism cuts across the political spectrum; is not activated by threat, but rather has greater effects in the absence of threat; and is partially mediated by prejudice and ideology. This shines a new light on some Canadian policy debates (especially the banning of religious facial coverings) and replicates previous American findings.


identifier: Ingles, E. B. (1973). Some aspects of dry-land agriculture in the Canadian Prairies to 1925 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18735

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

subject: HD 1790 P72 I43 1978 Microfiche

subject: Agriculture - Prairie Provinces - History

subject: Dry farming

abstract: Bibliography: p. 145-167.


identifier: Taylor, L. J. (1969). Set characteristics as related to dogmatism (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11416

format:
xi, 85 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
BF 323 D6 T39 1969 Microfilm
Dogmatism (Psychology)
Set (Psychology)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 65-69.


identifier: McCormick, P. J. (1987). A Design for a provincial palaeontological museum and research institute (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24376

creator: McCormick, Patrick J. (Patrick Joseph), 1950-

format:
viii, 58 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: NA 6750 A2 C2 1985

subject: Paleontology - Museums - Alberta - Designs and plans

subject: Architecture - Alberta - Designs and plans

abstract: Bibliography: p. 57-58.


identifier: Saklofske, D. H. (1973). Investigation of Berlyne's theory of aesthetics and psychobiology (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11990

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

subject:
NX 165 S23 1973 Microfiche
Berlyne, D. E.
Aesthetics - Physiological aspects
The Arts - Psychology

abstract: Bibliography: p. 148-165.

abstract:
Berlyne has extended his general theory of exploratory behaviour to include visual-aesthetic stimuli. Exploratory behaviour, including both specific and epistemic exploration, occurs when an individual is confronted with stimuli that produce conflict and a rise in arousal. The collative properties of stimulus material appear to have: a direct influence on arousal and exploratory behaviour. Such behaviour serves to supply the required information and increase the individual' knowledge of his stimulus field. Epistemic behaviour includes epistemic observation, consultation and directed thinking. Berlyne has also suggested that when curiosity is minimal or non-existent, diversive exploration comes to the fore and is directed toward stimu1i possessing appealing collative variables._x000D_
The purpose of this thesis is to observe the effects of the complexity of paintings on measure of specific and epistemic exploration and ratings of attractiveness. The subjects were ninety student nurses enrolled either at the University of Calgary or at the Calgary General Hospital. _x000D_
Three groups of five paintings each formed the levels simple, medium and complex based on ratings of complexity obtained from thirty subjects. It was found that looking time increased significantly with rated complexity. Total number of questions were found to be greatest at the complex level but did not differ significantly between the simple and intermediate levels. When questions were divided on the basis of yes-no questions and specific interrogations, similar result was obtained for the latter type of question as for total number of questions. Yes-no questions did not vary over the three levels of complexity. _x000D_
An inverted U-shaped relationship was found between ratings of pleasingness and preference, and complexity. Rated interest increased over the first two levels of complexity, but exhibited some negative acceleration between the medium and complex levels. _x000D_
After each subject had completed her required task and was therefore relatively familiar with the paintings, she was asked to indicate which painting she would most prefer to spend more time viewing and the one she would least like to view again. The majority of subjects chose paintings of medium complexity for further viewing while least often rejecting them, but simple paintings were least preferred and most often rejected. _x000D_
The results tended to support Berlyne's hypothesis that complexity influences specific and epistemic activity as well as ratings of interest and attractiveness. Diversive exploration appeared to relate more to paintings rated highly attractive and moderately complex and interesting. It was concluded that this study demonstrates the relevance of Berlyne’s theory of Aesthetics and Psychobiology in this investigr1tion of visual-aesthetic stimuli.


identifier: Rousseau, D. M. (1984). The Sportscentre design for the Kananaskis Valley Village project (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13496

format:
xiii, 123, [130] leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: GV 433 C33 K37 1986

subject: Sports facilities - Alberta - Kananaskis Valley

subject: Sports facilities - Designs and plans


identifier: King Rosario, M. (2016). Pregnancy-Related Anxiety in Mwanza, Tanzania: a Qualitative Approach (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27412

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Nursing
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Premji, Shahirose
Raffin Bouchal, Shelley
Este, David

subject:
Mental Health
Nursing
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Public Health
Pregnancy
Mental Health
qualitative
phenomenology
anxiety
Nursing

abstract: Pregnancy-related anxiety is defined as fears and worries related to the health of the woman, the baby, the pregnancy, and delivery; it is a strong determinant of preterm birth and other maternal and infant outcomes. There is limited research on the mental health of pregnant women residing in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) and little exploration into women’s experiences of pregnancy-related anxiety. In this descriptive phenomenological study, ten pregnant and postpartum women participated in semi-structured interviews. Following Colaizzi’s method of analysis, the essence of the women’s experience was described. The findings revealed a state of worry and concern, often causing physical symptoms, and disrupting personal sense of peace. Major themes included: fear for survival of self and child; lack of knowledge about pregnancy, symptoms, and side effects; spirituality and acceptance. Personal relationships, interactions with the healthcare system, and peer support also played an important role in the participants’ experiences.


identifier: Burak, K. W. (2005). Does the MELD score predict mortality before and after liver transplantation in Alberta? (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18230

publisher:
Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xvi, 100 leaves : ill.
xvi, 110 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 95-100


identifier: Wu, K. H. (1985). Pile shaft-soil model for wave equation analysis: verification by dynamic finite element approach (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20472

format:
xviii, 225 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TA 780 W824 1985
Piling (Civil engineering)
Finite element method
Wave equation
Soil mechanics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 167-170.


identifier: Kumar, P. P. (1988). The Involvement of carbon dioxide, ethylene and polyamines in morphogenesis in conifer tissue cultures (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14269

format:
xv, 214 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QK 494 K85 1988
Conifers - Research

abstract: Bibliography: p. 199-214.


identifier: Fortin-McCuaig, M. (2012). Spatial and seasonal differences in the diets of urban and rural coyotes (canis latrans) in the Calgary, AB vicinity (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4664

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 100-117
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Guo, J. (2017). GHG Implications of Downstream Decisions in the Petroleum Industry: A Life Cycle Assessment (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26302

contributor:
Bergerson, Joule
Ponnurangam, Sathish
Pereira Almao, Pedro

subject: Engineering--Chemical Engineering--Environmental LCA GHG

abstract:
Environmental regulations are becoming more stringent in the United States and globally to reduce the climate change and human health impacts of fossil fuel use. This thesis investigates two case studies of current and future environmental regulations by developing a life cycle assessment (LCA) framework to estimate the effect on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of 1) an international 0.5% sulfur marine fuel limit, and 2) regional and seasonal variability in U.S. gasoline and diesel specifications.
Additional modelling capability is added to the previously developed Petroleum Refining Life Cycle Inventory Model (PRELIM), which is used together with other public LCA tools including OPGEE: the Oil Production Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimator and The Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions and Energy Use in Transportation Model (GREET). For PRELIM, empirical correlations from the literature are used to expand the product slate options and user inputs that are available, and model outputs such as product specifications are added.
Using hydrotreated residual marine fuel, distillate marine fuel or unhydrotreated residual marine fuel with on-board scrubbers to comply with 0.5% S marine fuel affect life cycle GHG emissions by only 2-4% from current typical operations, while using LNG engines or biodiesel blending reduce life cycle GHG emissions by 8% and 51% respectively. A life cycle cost analysis is used to compare economic viability of each option.
Gasoline and diesel specifications generally contribute less to refining GHG emissions than crude quality and refinery configuration. However, variability in cetane number is the one exception which contributes largely to refining GHG emissions when comparing across the extremes of cetane standards that currently exist in the U.S.
The outcome of this research provides insights into the magnitude and variability of life cycle GHG emissions as a result of downstream environmental regulations. It provides value to industry, policy makers, consumers and academics who wish to understand the economic, environmental and social trade-offs associated with these environmental regulations and their potential compliance options.


identifier: Lorentz, B. R. (2022). What do you mean I have autism? perspectives of the impact and lived experiences of individuals on the autism spectrum being uninformed of their diagnosis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: What Do You Mean I Have Autism? Perspectives of the Impact and Lived Experiences of Individuals on the Autism Spectrum Being Uninformed of Their Diagnosis

publisher:
Werklund School of Education
University of Calgary

contributor:
McCrimmon, Adam
Makarenko, Erica
Ellard, John

subject:
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
diagnosis disclosure
diagnosis nondisclosure
diagnosis disclosure decision-making
parents
withheld
qualitative research
autism
Educational Psychology
Education--Social Sciences

abstract: Autism (spectrum disorder) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by a range of qualitative impairments in social communication across various settings as well as restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviours, interests, or activities. Many autistic individuals go through the diagnostic process while still a minor, with parents serving as translators of sharing the outcomes of the assessment with their child. Parents are often overwhelmed with contemplating whether to tell their child about the diagnosis as there are considerable stereotypes and stigma associated with the label of autism and parents often associate this when receiving the diagnosis from a clinician. Therefore, considerable time and thought go into the decision of whether to disclose the information to one’s child. The current study investigated the lived experiences of autistics who were not disclosed their autism diagnosis and remained uninformed for at least one year. A qualitative methodology was conducted to understand autistics’ perceptions, understanding, and opinions on nondisclosure of their autism diagnosis. Six participants took part in semi-structured interviews that were then analyzed utilizing interpretive phenomenogical analysis. Six group experience themes emerged from cross-case analysis of individual experiential themes. The findings of the study are discussed in context to existing literature and highlighting new knowledge as well as discussion of clinical and research implications and suggestions for future research.


identifier: Farion, T. D. (2008). The security of Canadian and American transportation systems: has anything changed since 9/11? (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1891

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 131-140


identifier: Rehemtulla, A. (1984). Genetic analysis of regulatory genes for lipopolysaccharide synthesis and F-factor function in enteric bacteria (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15776

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

subject:
QR 171 I6 R43 1986
Intestines - Bacteriology
Lipids
Polysaccharides
Molecular genetics
Genetic research

abstract: Bibliography: p. 76-80.


identifier: Ortiz Villagomez, A. R. (2012). Local alignment applied to grizzly bear gps tracking data (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4739

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 145-175

abstract: A few pages are in colour.

abstract:
Recent advances in GPS collar technologies for Grizzly bear tracking have produced a drastic increase in the volume of data available for scientific analysis. Machine learning methods seem suited to process this ever-increasing volume of data. Comprehensive understanding of the datasets, machine learning methods and similarity measures is fundamental for research of this kind.
To automatically detect frequent movement patterns, the current work implemented three machine learning methods, a Location-Based Services (LBS), a simulated annealing, and a hybrid local alignment approach. Several dataset segmentations were tested to reduce the amount of calculations for similarity measures, without losing relevant data relationships.
Mostly based on my fifteen yea.rs of professional experience in the industry of data.base administration and development, I found the current state of commercial data.base management systems (DBMS) mature enough to conduct fully integrated implementations. In my judgment, that assumption was validated by the results of the local alignment method.


identifier: Plata Sanchez, M. A. (2019). Experimental Study of Heavy Oil Recovery Mechanisms during Cyclic Solvent Injection Processes (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Kantzas, Apostolos K.
Bryan, Jonathan Luke
Maini, B. B.
Aguilera, Roberto F.

subject:
Cyclic Solvent Injection
Solvent mixture
Depletion rate
Heavy oil recovery
Initial oil saturation
Gravity drainage
Engineering
Engineering--Petroleum

abstract: In recent years, the Cyclic Solvent Injection (CSI) process has shown to be a promising method for enhanced heavy oil recovery in Canada. CSI laboratory studies work for only 2 to 3 cycles due to low incremental oil in subsequent cycles whereas field pilots continue for years over multiple cycles This experimental study is intended to capture the production mechanisms responsible for heavy oil production in CSI. Primary production and CSI tests were conducted using physical sandpack models saturated with live heavy oil of 9,530 mPa.s viscosity. The experiments were conducted in horizontal and vertical mode injection at high- and low-pressure depletion rates using two solvent mixtures of CH4 and C3H8. The sandpack was Computed Tomography scanned after every cycle to analyze the evolution of gas and oil saturations. Three cores were used to study the effect of gravity forces, depletion rate, solvent composition, and initial oil saturation (dead/live oil systems) on the performance of CSI processes. CSI after primary in horizontal systems produced negligible incremental oil for both slow and fast drawdown rates due to the large void space and high free gas saturation inhibiting the pressure build up to push the solvent-diluted oil. These CSI experiments were only successful in dead oil systems, where the initial oil saturation was high and pressure gradient was generated through fast depletion rates until conditions of high void space and gas channels were reached. When the sandpack was flipped vertically, CSI cycles exhibited higher incremental oil recovery per cycle. Slow depletion cycles were more efficient in terms of pressure and incremental recovery per cycle, however, faster depletion cycles performed better as a function of time. The higher C3H8 content solvent mixture exhibited better performance in comparison to the lower C3H8 content as higher volume of diluted oil was drained out of the core. These results demonstrate the importance of gravity drainage in the CSI process and its significance on successful oil recovery rates. This study illustrates the limitations of previous horizontal laboratory tests and shows an improved test configuration for modelling and prediction of the improved response observed in CSI pilots


identifier: Wilson, K. L. (2018). Consequences of Spatial Exploitation in Complex Adaptive Social-Ecological Systems: Managing for Sustainable Freshwater Fisheries (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32842

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Science
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Post, John R.
Cartar, Ralph Victor
Galpern, Paul
Pope, Kevin L.
McDermid, Gregory J.

subject:
Fisheries
Sustainability
Social-ecological systems
life-history theory
bioeconomics
landscape ecology
Natural resource management
Ecology

abstract: Freshwater fisheries are complex adaptive social-ecological systems structured by coupled feedbacks between fish and people (e.g., anglers). For example, fishing quality influences angler site choices, and anglers reciprocally impact fish populations at chosen sites through size-selective harvest, thus demonstrating how feedbacks between fish and anglers permeate through whole ecosystems. Overexploitation increasingly threatens these fisheries challenging management with finding robust solutions to sustain these important resources. Yet, we often lack generalization on the social and ecological processes that limit system resilience. This thesis attempts to gain some of that generalization by exploring how whole-system outcomes emerge from cross-scale interactions between fish and anglers. To do this, I used a combination of theory-driven models and empirical case studies on the rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss and lake trout Salvelinus namaycush fisheries of British Columbia and Yukon to find the landscape, social, and ecological consequences of spatial exploitation on these complex systems. In general, I found that system outcomes, like sustainable or overexploited fisheries, strongly depended on both landscape contexts and the strength of social-ecological feedbacks. In doing so, I was able to generalize the kinds of freshwater landscapes at risk of overexploitation. Next, I found that spatial exploitation patterns had cascading effects across freshwater landscapes by influencing ecological processes like the demographic tradeoff between fish body size and abundance or variation in fish life histories. Additionally, I found that angler site choices were influenced by multiple characteristics, like trip contexts, travel costs and fishing quality, allowing me to better identify potential angler impacts on fish populations. I then integrated these spatial, social, and ecological processes to evaluate the kinds of policies that may improve management of the lake trout fishery and found that conservative regulations better balanced both social and ecological objectives. The results of these studies can help inform management on the feedbacks and processes that drive fishery dynamics, how a landscape of fish populations may respond to spatial exploitation, the kinds of landscapes (and populations within those landscapes) at risk of overexploitation, and the efficacy of regulations that target key spatial, social, and ecological processes to sustain freshwater fisheries.


identifier: Grendarova, P. (2016). Advanced Cancer Patients' Perspectives on a Video Decision Support Aid used to Enhance Goals of Care Discussions (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24718

contributor:
Hebert, Marilynne
Carr, Eloise
Trotter, Theresa
Kerba, Marc

subject:
Education--Health
Oncology
Psychology--Behavioral
video decision support aid
goals of care
advanced care planning
advanced cancer

abstract: The purpose of this study was to explore perspectives of advanced cancer patients on the use of a video decision support aid developed to enhance Goals of Care (GOC) discussions and to examine how the video influenced participants' perceptions and knowledge about GOC. A qualitative approach was applied to collect data from participants before and after watching the video. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 participants from an Outpatient Radiation Oncology Bone Metastases Clinic. Extended Elaboration Likelihood Model was the conceptual framework used to guide data analyses. Participants found the video scenarios made the GOC framework more personally relevant. They were able to relate their experiences to the video. Participants found the timing and professional clinic environment appropriate for watching the video. Several participants expressed their intention to initiate discussions with their health care providers and to formalize their GOC plans.


identifier: Frauwallner, M. L. (2009). Catalyst development for hydrogenation at low temperature, pressure, and hydrocarbon space velocity (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3218

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 161-168
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Passi, J. (2018). The Toughest Cases: How Interagency Collaboration and Trauma-Informed Policies within Child Welfare and Criminal Justice Systems Could Better Help Serve Crossover Youth in Alberta (Unpublished master's project). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

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

abstract: This report looked at Albertan crossover youth using information from the AIS-2008 survey. By utilizing systems change and trauma-informed theories, this capstone provides recommendations as to how Children's Services and Justice and Solicitor General Ministries can collaborate to better serve crossover youth in Alberta by enhancing the Youth Criminal Justice Protocol (YCJP). Using complex trauma and systems change theoretical approaches together allows for the analysis and recommendations of this report to consider the broader context of a crossover youth that extends between individual, familial, and systemic factors. Results from an independent samples t-test, cross tabulations, and a logistic regression showed that individuals with crossover status had experienced more types of trauma or adverse experiences during a maltreatment investigation than their counterparts who had only had child welfare system involvement. An independent samples t-test showed a significant difference between those who had crossover involvement and those who only had Child and Family Services (CFS) involvement, with crossover cases experiencing higher levels of trauma or adversity. Cross tabulations added further support and showed that youth with crossover status had less representation within the group experiencing less trauma or adversity (1 or fewer events). Finally, a logistic regression showed that lower socioeconomic status was significant and youth with this characteristic were approximately 3 times as likely to experience 5 or more traumas or adversities. Interaction effects showed that females who had crossover status were 4 times as likely to be in the group with higher trauma or adverse experiences than females without crossover status. In contrast to this, males with crossover status were 8.1 % less likely to be in the group with higher trauma or adverse experiences than males who were in the CFS-only group. Finally, those between 12-15 years of age with crossover status were 3.2 times more likely to experience 5 or more traumas or adversities than their CFS-only involved counterparts. Older youth (16-17 years old) with crossover status were 47.7% less likely to be in the group experiencing higher numbers of trauma or adversity than those with only CFS involvement. The results of this study confirm the importance of socioeconomic status and intersecting qualities between demographics, sex and age, and crossover status regarding experiences of trauma or adversity. Recommendations were made for how the existing YCJP can better serve crossover youth using the Crossover Youth Practice Model (CYPM) as a comparative program. The recommendations to enhance the Alberta YCJP policy are as follows: 1. Integrate Gender Based Analysis Plus (GBA+) and trauma-informed trainings for workers involved with crossover youth to build their capacity and understanding of crossover youth and their complex needs. 2. Ensure that workers within both Ministries have an easy and efficient way to quickly identify crossover youth as they enter the system. 3. Design clear reference points that treatment plans, assessment measures/tools, and outcomes can be compared to in order to gauge if an intervention plan is effective. 4. Prioritize collaborative effmts through the creation of specialized units trained to address family, environmental needs (such as socioeconomic status), and adverse experiences within the home environment when planning treatment for crossover youth. 5. Educate existing leadership within the two Ministries so they prioritize crossover youth and provide a larger thrust behind the YCJP's intention to serve crossover youth in a targeted and collaborative way. 6. Amend current legislation, the YCJA and CYFEA, to ensure they reflect the current science on trauma and specifically identify crossover youth as a population needing better support from both Ministries. Together, these recommendations address top-down and bottom-up considerations in order to give effective, lasting change a real chance by building the capacity within both Ministries to understand the distinct nature of crossover youth and the relevance of their intersecting qualities on their needs and experiences. These are areas where the services under the current YCJP can be enhanced and/or assessed in relation to the current levels of collaboration on cases involving crossover youth.


identifier: Simmonds, K. A. (2016). A Mathematical Model For Optimal Admission Screening For Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus In Acute Care Facilities (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24781

contributor:
Henderson, Elizabeth
Laupland, Kevin
Joffe, Mark
Svenson, Larry
Dean, Stafford
Li, Michael

subject:
Epidemiology
Epidemiology
Mathematical Modeling
MRSA Screening

abstract:
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most common healthcare associated infections (HAIs) worldwide.  It has both an economic and personal cost to the healthcare system and infected individuals.  Admission screening for MRSA is one method to detect MRSA entering the acute care system.  Screening combined with isolation is currently a common method for preventing MRSA transmission in Alberta acute care facilities.  There remains uncertainty about the best methods to screening patients for MRSA.  Universal screening is the testing of all patients admitted to the hospital, regardless of their risk of MRSA colonization; conversely targeted screening only tests a selected patient population considered at greatest risk for MRSA colonization.
Mathematical models for infectious diseases, such as MRSA, are very useful for predicting outcomes with varying scenarios.  The purpose of this project was to develop and validate a deterministic differential equations model for MRSA transmission to determine the optimal screening method for the detection of MRSA infected individuals entering acute care facilities.  Based on the local epidemiology used to develop this model, the conclusions drawn from the model are that targeted screening of 70-90% of high-risk patients will reduce unidentified-infected MRSA positive individuals.  However, this Alberta model that shows a targeted screening program for high-risk individuals with horizontal measures to reduce the hospital transmission rate is the most effective way to reduce MRSA in Alberta acute care facilities.


identifier: Li, J. (1998). The combined effect of silica fume and fly ash on microstructure and properties of high strength concrete (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12962

format:
xxii, 363 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TA440 .L495 1998
High strength concrete
Concrete - Testing
Fly ash
Silica fume
Concrete - Additives

abstract: Bibliography: p. 338-363.


identifier: Cherinet, A. (2021). Violence, Causality, and the Emergence of Mexico's General Law on Forced Disappearance (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Arts
University of Calgary

contributor:
Policzer, Pablo
Kiddle, Amelia
Hiebert, Maureen

subject:
Mexico
Forced Disappearance
Civil Society
Ayotzinapa
Human Rights
General Law
War on Drugs
Literature--Latin American
Law
Political Science

abstract: In November 2017, Mexico passed the General Law on Forced Disappearance, the first comprehensive legal measure of its kind to address the phenomenon of missing persons amidst rising insecurity. At the time of its enactment and after eleven years of extreme violence coinciding with the drug war, more than 35,000 people were considered officially disappeared. Today, it is widely suspected this figure surpasses 70,000. The advent of the General Law followed the emblematic events of the Ayotzinapa tragedy in 2014, which exposed the state-crime nexus and denotated an absolute political crisis for the regime of Enrique Peña Nieto. The case of the forty-three disappeared students received national and international attention as protests erupted throughout Mexico and abroad, and as pressure mounted against the State to finally act. But was there a causal relationship between Ayotzinapa and the Law's passage? This thesis explores the historical and institutional contexts that led to disappearance as a phenomenon, the privatization of violence and discourses of collateral damage that exacerbated it, and traces the development of the General Law on Disappearance. Supported by first-hand interviews with law and policymakers, civil society, and security scholars in Mexico, this project argues that the real causal power of Ayotzinapa, as la gota que derramó el vaso [the drop that spilled the glass], rests within a set of antecedent processes and mechanisms that might otherwise go unseen. Through counterfactual analysis, this paper demonstrates that the event is a proximate rather than ultimate cause of the General Law on Disappearance. Punctuated by Ayotzinapa, this milestone legislation is the hard-earned achievement of civil society and its allies over more than a decade, culminating in a landmark lawsuit against the Mexican State.


identifier: Hossain Loba, T. (2015). Improving Inverter Efficiency at Low Power Using a Reduced Switching Frequency (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26489

contributor:
Wood, David Howe
P. Nowicki, Edwin

subject:
Energy
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
Engineering--Mechanical
Inverter Efficiency
Switching Frequency
Low Power

abstract: The inverter is a major component of a renewable energy system and its performance affects the overall performance of the system. For typical household applications in rural areas, often there is need to operate at low power conditions where inverter efficiency can drop dramatically. Efficient operation at low power is important especially for stand-alone solar systems in developing countries where system cost must be kept low. In this thesis, the impact of switching frequency upon switching loss for a SPWM inverter is investigated. Results, from mathematical modeling, simulation and experimental implementation, show the same trend that reducing the switching frequency reduces switching loss at low power levels thus improves inverter efficiency. This may result in a reduced PV module size requirement and thus lower system cost. The inverter proposed in the thesis operates efficiently at low power (e.g. 9W) as well as at rated power conditions (e.g. 200W).


identifier: Liu, Y. (2017). Adapting Seismic Processing Techniques for Data Preconditioning in  Radar Imaging of Highly Dissipative and Dispersive Media (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24699

contributor:
Fear, Elise
Potter, Mike
Smith, Mike
Ferguson, Robert
Lines, Laurence
Popovic, Milica

subject:
Biophysics--Medical
Geophysics
Remote Sensing
Radiology
Mathematics
Acoustics
Electricity and Magnetism
Optics
Physics--Radiation
Engineering--Biomedical
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
Radar imaging
Gabor deconvolution
Inverse Q filter
Wave attenuation
Dissipative and dispersive medium

abstract:
The concept of using microwave frequency electromagnetic waves for biomedical imaging applications has interested researchers for decades. Promising results have been reported for several approaches to microwave breast imaging, including radar-based imaging applied to realistic numerical breast phantoms and patient studies. However, important problems have also been identified, specifically, low image resolution and sensitivity due to multiple-scattering effects and frequency-dependent attenuation in the presence of highly dissipative and dispersive breast tissues.
Microwave imaging and seismic imaging deal with analogous problems. In seismic imaging, tremendous efforts have been invested in developing data analysis and preconditioning techniques to render the accurate graphical representation of specific portions of the earth’s subsurface geological structure. The overall objective of this thesis is to produce more accurate microwave breast images from ultra-wideband radar signals by adapting advanced seismic imaging techniques. First, we develop a method based on first-breaks to detect the pulse arrival time in the presence of severe waveform distortion. Second, we adapt Gabor nonstationary deconvolution to accurately estimate the subsurface reflectivity in the presence of severe attenuation and dispersion due to EM wave propagation in highly lossy dispersive biological tissues at microwave frequencies. Third, we develop a dual deconvolution processing flow (DDPF) to account for the interfering responses present in a radar reflection measurement system.
The proposed methods are applied to simulated and measured data. The results indicate that the first-break time is able to provide consistent and reliable reference for travel time estimation in the presence of severe waveform distortion and Gabor deconvolution is able to effectively compensate for wave attenuation in highly lossy and dispersive media. The preliminary imaging test demonstrated a significant improvement in the image sensitivity with Gabor deconvolution preconditioned data. Application to the simulations of realistic breast phantoms and experimental patient scans shows that the DDPF method is able to detect the scatterers in the presence of heterogeneous, lossy, and dispersive tissues. Overall, this study demonstrates successful modification of seismic data preconditioning techniques to biomedical radar data, resulting in images with improved accuracy.


identifier: Lacker, E. L. (2003). The sanctification of execution in "bleak house", "Adam Bede" and "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17184

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 79-83


identifier: Malhi, R. L. (2009). "Outside" and "insider" perspectives on Canadian interracial relationships (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3255

format:
viii, 105 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 90-99


identifier: Mathur, A. (1990). Outside the colonial whale: Salman Rushdie's post-colonial vision in Midnight's children (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15485

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

subject: PR 6068 U7 Z78 1990

subject: Rushdie, Salman, 1947- Midnight's children

subject: Rushdie, Salman, 1947- - Criticism and interpretation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 115-125.


identifier: Mustard, K. A. (2000). Organizations and communication technologies: A study of organizational adaptation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13569

format:
viii, 135 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HD30.3 .M87 2000
Communication in organizations
Organizational change
Organizational behavior
Information technology

abstract: Bibliography: p. 123-132.


identifier: Horner, W. N. (1983). Carbon dioxide from flue gas (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24322

title: Carbon dioxide from flue gas

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

subject:
TN 871 H65 1986
Secondary recovery of oil - Costs
Carbon dioxide
Flue gasses

abstract: Bibliography: p. 75-78.


identifier: Delli, M. L. (2012). Permeability of porous media in the presence of gas hydrates (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4987

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 89-104

abstract: Some pages are in colour.

abstract: Gas hydrates which form at high pressure and low temperature conditions, are solid crystalline compounds comprised of a lattice of water molecules that encage gas molecules. Gas hydrates impact society because of their potential as an immense energy source and their role in submarine geohazards. Economical production of natural gas from hydrate reservoirs crucially depends on the formation permeability and the relative permeability of the sediment to fluid flow. Permeability measurements from natural core samples are difficult owing to core disturbance during retrieval and processing. Laboratory synthesized samples provides a viable alternative with the flexibility to form samples with desired morphology and mineralogy. Unfortunately, very few permeability and relative permeability measurements have been performed and thus the range of media properties and saturations expected in natural hydrate bearing sediments is not available. In the absence of reliable experimental data, numerical reservoir simulators employ theoretical models for permeability prediction. However, experimental verification of the theoretical models is still required.  This thesis focuses on understanding the effect of hydrate formation on the relative permeability of porous media to fluid flow. In doing so, a better way to evaluate the suitability of the existing theoretical models has been developed. It also explores if better permeability prediction can be achieved using a combination of available theoretical models. Finally, an experimental program in which relative permeability of porous media in the presence of carbon dioxide hydrate was performed and the results analyzed within the proposed framework of modeling and evaluating theoretical permeability predictions.


identifier: Wright, T. (2014). China's Race towards the Arctic: Interests, Legitimacy, and Canadian Security Implications (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25322

subject:
Political Science
Arctic

abstract: This thesis examines the PRC’s Arctic ambitions and the security and defence implications for Canada in having a more involved China in the Far North. The primary security issue for Canada is economic, more specifically the protection of sovereignty, maintaining control over its resources, avoiding trade vulnerabilities, and even the preservation of jobs for Canadians. Beijing is anxious to participate in Arctic-affairs because it will help diversify its energy imports and thus increasing energy security by guarding against disruptions that may result in instability. Although Beijing has not produced an official Arctic strategy, Chinese scientists, academics, media, PLA-affiliates, and government elites have shed light on how China will approach its involvement in the Arctic. Currently, China’s approach to the Arctic can be characterized by a strategy of buying into Arctic-related projects and participating in diplomatic organizations such as the Arctic Council and the Arctic Circle Forum.


identifier: Christie, D. L. (1975). The Otto Fiord formation: a carboniferous submarine evaporite unit of the Canadian Arctic Islands (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11847

relation: Additional Copy: QE 471 C48 1975G GEOLOGY

subject:
QE 471 C48 1975 Microfiche
Evaporites
Rocks, Carbonate
Limestone - Canada, Northern
Geology - Canada, Northern

abstract: Bibliography: p. 86-90.


identifier: McDonald, K. (2015). Epidemiological Assessment of Bipolar Disorder in Canada (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25924

subject:
Epidemiology
Mental Health
bipolar disorder
Epidemiology
psychiatric illness
cross-sectional studies
Mental Health

abstract:
Objective: The original aim of this thesis was to estimate the prevalence of bipolar disorder (BD) including bipolar I (BDI) and bipolar II (BDII) disorder subtypes, in Canada in 2012 and to characterize persons with BD in terms of demographic features, health status, and mental health service utilization. During the course of this thesis, a third objective emerged which was to examine some indicators of validity of the World Mental Health version of the World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview (WMH-CIDI) classifications of BD.
Methods: Data were from the Canadian Community Health Survey-Mental Health (CCHS-MH; n=25,113) Interviews were based on the WMH-CIDI. The WMH-CIDI uses algorithms to determine the presence or absence of BD. Alternative classification methods were also considered. Using proportions and generalized linear modeling, I estimated prevalence of BD, examined agreement among different methods for classifying BD and described the epidemiology of BD according to the different classifications in terms of demographic features, health status and impact, and mental health service utilization.
Results: According the WMH-CIDI algorithm, the prevalence of BDI and BDII in Canada in 2012 was 0.87% (95% CI 0.67% to 1.07%) and 0.57% (95% CI 0.44% to 0.71%), respectively. I observed a lack of congruence between WMH-CIDI defined and self-reported BD, and few people taking lithium were positive for BD on the WMH-CIDI, which raises concern about the validity of the WMH-CIDI’s assessment of BD.
Conclusion: Prevalence estimates using the WMH-CIDI align with those reported in prior literature. However, existing algorithms used to diagnose BD in the WMH-CIDI appear to result in a large proportion of misclassification. Fully structured interviews may be inaccurate for assessing BD. Future research should aim to develop and evaluate new methods of identifying BD in the general population.


identifier: Brady, D. I. (2011). Executive Functions and Emotional Intelligence in Asperger’s Syndrome: A Neuropsychological Framework (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21948

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Education
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Schwean, Vicki L.
Saklofske, Donald H.

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 145-181
A page is in colour.


identifier: Amer, I. M. (2007). Efficient variable block size selection for an h.264 video encoder (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1672

contributor:
Badawy, Wael
Jullien, Graham

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 121-134


identifier: Eckert, K. J. (1994). Physiological correlates of antisocial behaviour: a meta-analysis of published research (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18543

format:
viii, 112 leaves ; 30 cm,
application/pdf

subject:
RC 455 E27 1994
Deviant behavior - Research
Antisocial personality disorders

abstract: Bibliography: p. 86-109.


identifier: Sehdev, R. K. (2002). Anti-racism and public spheres: an examination of the politicization of anti-racism at the Writing Thru Race conference, 1994 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22227

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 S347

abstract: Bibliography: p. 142-148


identifier: Nayyar, S. (2011). Performance and integration of real time location system in healthcare (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4510

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 155-163.
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Mozaffarian, M. (2012). Formation damage by heavy organic compounds deposition (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4829

format:
xxvii, 268 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 230-246
Thesis is in colour.


identifier: Michelussi, T. M. (2000). Examination of measures for greenhouse gas reductions in Canada's upstream petroleum industry (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20450

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

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 101-104.


identifier: Sudibjo, E. R. (1992). STAR-1 SAR road extraction using texture analysis and mathematical morphology (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18415

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

subject:
TK 6592 S95 S83 1992
Synthetic aperture radar
Imaging systems

abstract: Bibliography: p. 140-153.


identifier: Abdelhamed, Y. (2017). Interception and Analysis of WCDMA Signals (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26610

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Sesay, Abu
Gulliver, T. Aaron
Ghannouchi, Fadhel
Messier, Geoffrey
Nielsen, John
Sesay, Abu

subject:
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
Signal detection

abstract:
Intercepting wireless signal has been of a great interest for law enforcement and military users as it provides precious information about illegal activity or the enemy intention. To intercept the signal, first, the signal existence must be detected. In case of using the spread spectrum, signal detection becomes more challenging since the spread spectrum system could bury the signal below the noise level to hide it. Therefore, a detection system that detects the signal existence even in a low signal to noise ratio (SNR) regime is needed to detect the hidden signal. In the unintended reception scenario, moreover, the receiver does not have any prior knowledge about the signal activity or the detection environment. Hence, the detection system should also operate without any prior knowledge about signal activity in the targeted frequency band or the signal statistics.
This thesis develops an algorithm that utilizes the cyclostationary detector to detect the signal in low SNR regime. Furthermore, the cyclic frequency mismatch concept is used to determine the existence of the signal without any prior assumption about the signal activity. The bootstrap technique is then used to determine the threshold of the algorithm regardless of the noise distribution. To prove the applicability in real time situation, the proposed algorithm is implemented on the SoC FPGA Xilinx board.
The research in this thesis offers the potentials of enhancing the detection performance while reducing the complexity of achieving this enhancement. The numerical results vali- date the efficacy of the proposed detection system in improving the detection performance compared to its counterparts. Finally, the FPGA implementation validates its applicability in real-world usage.


identifier: Cotterill, P. K. (1983). Battered women: private problem or social concern (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22766

publisher:
Social Welfare
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 144-147.

abstract: This item is an MSW "project", not a thesis.


identifier: Boivin, M.-P. (2019). Provenance and Tectonic Implications of LA-ICP-MS Zircon Depth-Profiling, Nanaimo Basin, British Columbia, Canada (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Pattison, David R. M.
Matthews, William A.
Quinney, Annie E.
Hubbard, Stephen M.

format: application/pdf text/xml text/xml

subject:
Tectonics
Provenance
Baja-BC
U-Pb Geochronology
Zircon Depth-Profiling
Geology

abstract: Detrital zircon studies from sedimentary rocks of the Nanaimo Basin provide an important independent test of the Late Cretaceous paleogeographic position for the basin, and the associated Insular Superterrane, Coast Plutonic Complex (CPC), and North Cascades of the North American Cordillera. Detrital zircon populations not derived from the CPC provide the best constraints on paleolatitudes for the Nanaimo Basin in the Late Cretaceous. Non-CPC sources for the basin are restricted to the Lemhi sub-basin (Idaho and Montana), or the Mojave-Sonoran Region (MSR) of the southwestern US and northern Mexico. We distinguish between these potential non-CPC sediment source areas by combining sandstone petrographic observations with detrital zircon depth-profiling of thin zircon rims observed on >30% of zircons from Maastrichtian Nanaimo Group rocks. These data allow us to interpret tectono-metamorphic events that led to rim development in the sediment source region of the Nanaimo Basin, and provide additional provenance constraints for the non-CPC source region. Our results show that zircon rims are ubiquitous on Proterozoic grains but are also present on Mesozoic populations. Rim growth indicates metamorphism and magmatism in the non-CPC source area from ~100 – 69 Ma and 110 – 64 Ma, respectively. Core ages (modes ~1698 Ma and ~1388 Ma) are similar for grains with metamorphic or magmatic rims, suggesting they both derive from a single source region that underwent metamorphism and partial melting in the Late Cretaceous. The timing of rim growth closely matches the timing of tectono-metamorphic events in the MSR, and our data suggest that metasedimentary rocks are the source of non-CPC grains in the Nanaimo Basin. Our interpretation of a metasedimentary source differs from previous claims that Nanaimo Basin sediments derived from crystalline basement rocks and recycled sedimentary successions in the MSR. We interpret that drainages never connected the Nanaimo Basin directly to rocks of the MSR and propose instead that metasedimentary rocks were the source of non-CPC grains in the basin. The arrival of non-CPC detritus in the basin ~72 Ma is interpreted to represent the onset of northward translation of the Baja-BC block from paleolatitudes near modern-day southwestern California to its present position.


identifier: McMurran, L. (2011). Death, bereavement and an architecture for healing (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4270

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 188-189
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Cavedon, M. (2020). Ecological genomics and conservation of caribou in Western North America (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary

contributor:
Musiani, Marco
VonHoldt, Bridgett M.
Mariani, Stefano
Hebblewhite, Mark
Darimont, Chris T.
Ruckstuhl, Kathreen E.

subject:
Forestry and Wildlife
Ecology
Genetics

abstract: Selection can favor different phenotypes along environmental clines. Clines are also compatible with balancing forces, which maintain phenotypic polymorphisms within populations -for example, migratory or sedentary behaviour in caribou. The use of genomics is fundamental to evaluate such evolutionary processes and, in conjunction with ecological information, has also been advocated for to inform conservation planning for endangered caribou. I examined Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) across caribou populations from western North America. I detected population structure and genes under selection within each caribou group. I also analysed seasonal movements and habitat selection using GPS telemetry, and morphological information gathered at capture. Some of the genes under selection in my study were linked to morphological characteristics, migratory behavior, habitat selection and climatic and environmental factors. These findings suggest that exclusive mutations, resulting in different phenotypes, are maintained within caribou groups. Moreover, I detected a signal of balancing selection, a genetic force that maintains genetic polymorphisms within populations. I suggest that this force has a fundamental role in maintaining multiple haplotypes and phenotypes within caribou populations, also including partial migration. In this thesis, I identified genes under selection and patterns of population structure that should be considered in conservation planning and management of caribou populations. Habitats and climate are dramatically changing worldwide, and the genetic aspects of selectivity, that I described, could indicate that caribou may be challenged in their ability to adapt to certain changes. For example, my results indicate a specialization of caribou for cold climates and seasonal foraging in pristine environments, with genes linked to these specializations. In addition, as part of conservation planning, caribou breeding programs have been proposed. A fundamental aspect of these programs is deciding the best source animals, from wild populations, to be used to found captive populations. My population structure results could help inform these programs, as I “practically” suggested for the Southern Canadian Rockies region. Overall, I used an integrative and innovative approach to investigate the link between movement ecology, morphology, genomics, with applications to caribou conservation and conservation of other species, in which genetic traits may also influence behaviour, and limit resilience to changing habitats and climates.


identifier: Lai, P. C. (1978). Alpha-fetoprotein: chemical characterization and fetal maternal distribution in the rat and sheep (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23511

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

relation: Additional Copy: QL 737 R6 L33 1978 Medical

subject:
QL 737 R6 L33 1978 Fiche
Rats - Physiology
Sheep - Physiology
Fetal proteins

abstract: Bibliography: p. 146-167.


identifier: Doran, C. J. (1986). Calculated risks: an alternative history of workers' compensation (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17621

format:
xviii, 815 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HD 7103.6 D65 1987
Workmen's compensation - History
Employers' liability

abstract: Bibliography: p. 788-815.