identifier: Sattari, A. (2018). Finite Element Modelling of Induced Rupture on Faults with Non-negligible Cohesion (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32904

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Science
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Eaton, David W.
Garagash, Dmitry I.
Krebes, Edward Stephen
Davidsen, Jörn
Lauer, Rachel M.

subject: Geophysics

abstract: A finite-element (FE) simulation approach is used to investigate earthquake rupture processes on faults with cohesion. This study is motivated by evidence that, unlike tectonically active systems, faults that have been inactive on a timescale of centuries or longer (well-healed faults) have non-negligible cohesion. Inclusion of cohesion, along with friction, into the basic physical model for fault activation may be important for calculating hazards associated with injection-induced seismicity, where earthquakes are typically concentrated in formerly quiescent regions. The problems addressed in this thesis are framed by a series of hypotheses: 1) cohesion loss plays a key role in stress drop and seismic efficiency of well-healed faults; 2) co-seismic stress drop affects only the shear stress acting on a fault in proximity to a free surface; 3) inclusion of dynamic processes in the numerical simulation, such as slip overshoot, has an important effect on the magnitude of surface deformation; 4) fault slip is modified by coupling between dynamic rupture and body waves in the surrounding medium. Chapter 2 tests hypotheses 1 and 2 using an adapted and improved version of a 2-D plane-strain, static FE modelling method for a dip-slip fault. The result of the model is in good agreement with analytical models and shows that both cohesion and friction loss can contribute to stress drop. Chapter 3 uses a similar FE model setup to address hypotheses 1, 2 and 3. In this case, a dynamic FE method is used in which d'Alembert forces (inertial components) are considered, leading to slip overshoot. The results indicate that seismic efficiency increases with the ratio of cohesion to normal stress. A previous theoretical model that places an upper bound on seismic efficiency (0.06) is therefore valid only if cohesion is neglected. Chapter 4 tests hypothesis 4 using a suite of 3-D dynamic FE models of strike-slip faulting, a more common mechanism for induced earthquakes. Rupture is initiated by abrupt loss of cohesion within a discrete fault patch (asperity), thereupon propagating outwards into a marginally stable region of the fault. The results indicate that cohesion loss is sufficient to sustain dynamic rupture. Modelled oscillatory behavior of stress drop is interpreted to be a footprint of dynamic interaction between the rupture front and body waves propagating in the surrounding rockmass.


identifier: Fidyk, A. L. (2006). Silence and eros: beckoning the background forward (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/594

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
viii, 205 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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rights: University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 187-205
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Bucholtz, M. N. (2015). Republic of Violence: The German Army and Politics, 1918-1923 (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27638

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject:
History--Military
Military History
German History
European History
Freikorps
Twentieth Century

abstract:
November 1918 did not bring peace to Germany. Although the First World War was over, Germany began a new and violent chapter as an outbreak of civil war threatened to tear the country apart. The birth of the Weimar Republic, Germany’s first democratic government, did not begin smoothly as republican institutions failed to re-establish centralized political and military authority in the wake of the collapse of the imperial regime. Coupled with painful aftershocks from defeat in the Great War, the immediate postwar era had only one consistent force shaping and guiding political and cultural life: violence.
	This dissertation is primarily an examination of the development of a broad atmosphere of violence created by the deliberate efforts of the Freikorps movement to influence political and cultural activity in Germany in the immediate aftermath of World War I. Principally, it explores the activities of Freikorps units and their allies to use tactics and methods to threaten and intimidate their enemies and the civilian populace, and engage in what Hans von Seeckt called a broader “spiritual battle” for the fate of Germany. It traces the development, proliferation and termination of a violent network of civilian and militant organizations that served as a mouthpiece for a dissident and disaffected segment of German society after the war. It is a history of civil-military relations in an era when the boundaries between the two had become blurred and all but disappeared. It highlights a moment when citizens sought to settle their disputes, not just through democratic elections and political compromises, but also with rifles, pistols and murder.


identifier: Inanloo Dailoo, S. (2009). Takht-e-Soleyman and Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump: the recognition and conservation of world heritage cultural landscapes (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2968

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xvii, 378 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 319-330

abstract: Some pages are in colour.

abstract: This research emphasizes that cultural landscapes are places where tangible and intangible values are integrated, where cultural and natural characteristics of place are subject to change over time, and where people and places are interconnected. They are places characterized by use and continuity. This research examines the factors that contribute to the identification, conservation and management of cultural landscapes and to an understanding of how their conservation affects the critical relationship between culture and nature. It proves that while scholarly literature and institutional guidelines are available to help define, identify and evaluate cultural landscapes, research is weak with respect to their management. Despite the broadening of the concept of cultural landscape during the last two decades, there is a critical need to further develop this concept and to integrate it into a values-based management approach as well as into national legislation. The study of two examples from Canada and Iran highlights the shortcomings of the application of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention and demonstrates the complexities of identifying, designating and conserving cultural landscapes at national and international levels. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump and Takht-e-Soleyman illustrate how a lack of recognition of values and inadequate and often inappropriate legal frameworks at different levels of government have resulted in significant management and conservation challenges. The research concludes that cultural landscapes are not protected and are under threat because of a misapplication of theory in practice, and because of a lack of understanding of the concept of cultural landscape and its categories in local and cultural contexts. Improvements could be achieved by recognizing the complexities and challenges of large-scale, multi-layered cultural landscapes, and by introducing new approaches and perspectives into the broader field of heritage conservation. The development of reference models would illustrate the challenges of applying the concept of cultural landscape in conservation practice and of promoting the application of an integrated and holistic approach for similar heritage properties with tangible and intangible, and cultural and natural values. The conceptual framework that emerges out of this study is intended to be ultimately applied in practice.


identifier: Wrenshall, J. C. (1971). Communication patterns in the computer room (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18798

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

subject:
HF 5549.5 C6 W72 1971
Communication in management
Computation laboratories

abstract: Bibliography: p. 53-54.


identifier: Beck, A. M. (2011). Couples' maintenance of sexual intimacy after treatment for prostate cancer: a grounded theory study (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4119

format:
xi, 284 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 231-249

abstract: Includes copies of ethics approval and copyright permission.  Original copies with original Partial Copyright Licence.


identifier: Sabanpan-Yu, H. (2001). Bridging cultures: the migrant Philippine woman in the works of Jessica Hagedorn, Fatima Lim-Wilson and Sophia Romero (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12399

format:
vi, 111 leaves ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 107-111.


identifier: Ortiz Hernandez, J. P. (2012). Fragmentos verticales: el texto fragmentario como via alterna de trascendencia ontologica (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4992

format:
viii, 299 leaves ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 282-299

abstract: Este estudio se aproxima a la ultima obra del poeta argentino Roberto Juarroz: Fragmentos verticales, desprendiendose del hecho que la pasi6n del poeta argentino par el "sujeto en crisis" y su relaci6n con el otro en el escenario de la postmodernidad es un data relevante en la sociedad contemporanea. La lectura minuciosa del trabajo de Juarroz me ha llevado a estipular que la poesfa y, en especial el texto fragmentado, es masque un vehfculo literario para explorar el lenguaje, el acto de escribir y, par tanto, el acto de leer. Asimismo, propongo que el fragmento, es masque un "pseudo-genera" literario, ya que conjuntamente a la literatura, el "fragmento" alienta un debate filos6fico acerca de  su propia composici6n. Se argumenta en este estudio que el concepto de "verticalidad" se nos da coma una forma de pensar del poeta que, ir6nicamente representa a su propio  "metodo socratico-16gico" para desestabilizar las conceptos tradicionales de lenguaje poetico y generos literarios. Se establece que el poeta nos lleva a preguntarnos si  el "fragmento", par su propia naturaleza, debe ser considerado coma parte de un todo o coma un objeto aut6nomo. Par lo tanto, se traza aqui el proceso que sigue un poema para convertirse en un fragmento, se establece el significado y las implicaciones de un  poema coma fragmento y, par ultimo, propongo la forma en que puede ser lefdo un fragmento coma un texto poetico o texto de una fndole alterna. La obra  poetica de Juarroz me permite unir el pensamiento filos6fico occidental {el problema  del ser y la existencia, la teoria del fragmento), con la filosofia budista {el Zen), a fin de rastrear la travesia poetica juarroziana coma una reflexion existencial que gravita hacia la busqueda de significados ontol6gicos tanto desde la perspectiva occidental coma tambien a la manera Zen. En la obra de Roberto Juarroz, a pesar de ser este una de las figuras de la literatura mas reconocidas de la cultura hispana, siguen existiendo una gran  cantidad de espacios significativos que abordar; yen espedfico, sabre sus escritos ultimas principalmente en el piano del marco internacional.


identifier: Ross, M. S. (1986). Organizational climate and job satisfaction for employees who remain after downsizing (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12818

format:
xii, 190 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HD 58.7 R66 1987
Organizational change
Job satisfaction
Job stress
Burn out (Psychology)
Employee morale
Corporate culture

abstract: Bibliography: p. 155-168.


identifier: Pashak, B. F. (1991). "Dialogical artform: mutual annexations" (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19823

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

subject: N 70 P35 1991

subject: Pashak, Bruce Frederick

subject: Art - Philosophy

subject: Bakhtin, M. M. (Mikhail Mikhailovich), 1895-1975 - Influence

abstract: Bibliography: p. 57-58.


identifier: Knoll, H. M. (2009). Comparative morphology of the neognath furcula and breast shoulder apparatus: relationships to flight style, diet, and phylogeny (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2660

format:
xvii, 272 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract:
Bibliography: p. 258-272
Some page are in colour


identifier: Webber, C. A. (2004). Fibroblast growth factors and axon guidance in the developing visual system (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15349

format:
xix, 234 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 196-234
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Robinson, C. L. (1978). Women in the fiction of Merimee (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17280

title: Women in the fiction of Merimee

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

subject: PQ 2362 Z5 R6 1977 Microfiche

subject: Merimee, Prosper, 1803-1870 - Characters - Women

subject: Women in literature

abstract: Bibliography: p. 107-109.


identifier: Wong, R. V. (1988). Development of a RLG strapdown inertial survey system (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16362

format:
xiv, 103 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QB 321 W66 1988
Geodesy
Electronics in surveying

abstract: Bibliography: p. 93-96.


identifier: Harris, J. J. (2011). Exploring the affect of emotive motion in social human robot interaction (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4507

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 134-142.
Many pages are in colour.


identifier: Bonham-Smith, P. C. (1987). The Establishment of thermotolerance in maize seedlings (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17427

contributor:
Kapoor, Manju
Bewley, J. Derek

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

subject:
QK 495 G74 B64 1987
Corn - Seedlings - Effect of heat on

abstract: Bibliography: p. 160-169.


identifier: Verwaal, N. M. (1998). Ambiguous memory consistency models (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22362

title: Ambiguous memory consistency models

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

subject:
TK7895 .M4 V47 1998
Computer storage devices
Multiprocessors
Random access memory.

abstract: Bibliography: p. 117-120


identifier: Marsden, M. (1989). Stress-induced synthesis of pyruvate kinase in xenopus laevis embryos (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15529

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

subject:
QL 668 E265 M37 1989
Xenopus laevis - Physiology
Pyruvates
Heat-shock proteins

abstract: Bibliography: p. 85-97.


identifier: Roohollah, A. (2013). Surface Wave Analysis and its Application to the Calculation of Converted Wave Static Corrections (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27941

subject: Geophysics

subject: Converted wave

subject: Surface wave analysis

subject: Static correction

subject: Phase velocity

subject: Group velocity

subject: S-wave receiver statics

subject: Slant Stack Generalized S transform

subject: Generalized Stransform

abstract:
Using surface waves, we can estimate an S-wave velocity model to address the S-wave receiver statics of converted waves. Shear wave velocity is estimated from the inversion of either phase or group velocity.
I address three major problems within the realm of S-wave receiver statics and these are the problem of inversion accuracy, misinterpretation of multi-modes, and the optimization of spatial analysis windows.
To improve inversion accuracy, I develop a method to simultaneously estimate the phase and group velocities of surface waves based on the generalized S transform. The method is robust and it returns accurate results. To cope with noise and dispersion in the data, I introduce two cost functions. Though my method is robust where the surface wave is highly dispersed, I find that parameterization becomes ambiguous when the surface wave is multi-modal, and so it is possible for misinterpretation of different modes of the surface wave.
To address multi-modality for the estimation of the group velocity, I develop a slant stack method that is based again on the generalized S transform. To control spectral localization, I use a scaling factor in the generalized S transform. I find that a small scaling factor should be chosen for low frequency surface-waves, whereas for higher frequencies a larger scaling factor should be chosen.
Finally, I determine an accurate S-wave velocity model of the near surface for use in S-wave statics estimation by optimizing the analysis spatial-window. To do this, I enlarge upon the idea of CMP Cross-Correlation of Surface Waves (CCSW). I obtain a precise estimation of a dispersion curve by limiting analysis to seismic traces that lie within a limited spatial window. I find that the optimum window length (aperture) should be close (one to one and half) to the maximum wavelength in a CMP gather. I find that, through experiment, when the aperture is optimum, a high resolution image of each mode within the dispersion curve is observable, and this avoids interpretation of modal interferences. A secondary benefit of my CCSW approach is its faster computational process than the conventional implementation.


identifier: Ketabchi Khonsari, K. (2015). Interactive 3D Content Modeling for Digital Earth (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26602

subject:
Computer Science
Computer Graphics

abstract: In this thesis, we present an interactive system for the creation and editing of 3D content for Digital Earth systems, such as Digital Elevation Models, vegetation, bodies of water and man-made structures. The proposed system employs a set of interactive tools to integrate commonly available data sources, such as orthophotos and Digital Elevation Models (DEM), to facilitate the rapid creation and integration of detailed geospatial content. Consequently, our system can be used to enhance the quality of Digital Earth data by enabling the straightforward creation of new 3D landscapes and urban elements.


identifier: Koimett, S. (1993). Integrating remote sensing and GIS for land cover studies at the urban fringe of Nairobi (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14681

format:
xii, 116 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HT 169 K4 N52 1993
City planning - Kenya - Nairobi
City planning - Remote sensing
Geographic information systems
Image processing - Digital techniques

abstract: Bibliography: p. 110-116.


identifier: Zelenka, K. R. (1985). A Fast current limit for a DC motor drive (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21316

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

subject:
TK 4058 Z44 1986
Electric driving
Electric motors, Direct current

abstract: Bibliography: p. 135-141.


identifier: Khare, J. M. (1978). Laminar flame propagation and quenching in natural gas-air mixtures with particular reference to low temperatures (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18253

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

subject:
TP 321 K52 1978 Microfiche
Combustion research
Fuel research
Gas as fuel

abstract: Bibliography: p. 153-161.


identifier: Wasko, K. (2008). Burgeoning quandary: the urban/suburban/rural cleavage in Canada (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2691

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 103-107


identifier: Armstrong, A. F. (2005). The chemistry of the tetraimidophosphate trianion and related species: synthesis and characterization of the novel series of main group radicals (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/44

format:
xxxiv, 242 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 198-208
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: James, S. (2006). Municipal police and counter-terrorism: can intelligence-led policing work at the local level? (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/429

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 98-111


identifier: Gamage, G. H. (2006). Biomass energy for rural electrification: an analaysis for small scale implementations (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/732

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 133-143


identifier: Georgescu, B. A. (2007). Integrated cmos q-enhanced lc filters for rf application (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1172

contributor:
Finvers, Ivars G.
Ghannouchi, Fadhel

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 191-197


identifier: Jelinek, E. (2022). Investigating versican as a primary inhibitor of remyelination in models of multiple sclerosis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary

contributor:
Yong, V. Wee
Dufour, Antoine

subject:
Multiple sclerosis
remyelination
lysolecithin
oligodendrocyte
demyelination
versican
Neuroscience

abstract: The demyelination that characterizes multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions can be repaired to a degree in some individuals, though in many patients, this repair is inadequate. Remyelination has the potential to restore function in the central nervous system (CNS). In order to promote remyelination in MS lesions, the inhibition of oligodendrocyte precursor cell (OPC) recruitment and differentiation must be overcome. Targeting the deposited extracellular matrix (ECM) factors in the lesion to create a more permissive environment for OPCs is a promising therapeutic strategy. Versican, and likely its V1 isoform, has been identified as a prominent inhibitory chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (CSPG) that is upregulated in the MS lesion. In this thesis, I sought to determine the outcome of the interaction between newly available purified V1 and OPCs in culture. I observed a robust inhibitory effect of V1 as a substrate and as a soluble treatment on OPCs in vitro. Using the lysolecithin (LPC) murine model of demyelination and remyelination, where versican upregulation in CNS lesions appears to be in macrophages/microglia from previous studies, I conditionally deleted versican from CCR2+ monocytes to evaluate the outcome on OPC presence in the lesion. The conditional versican knockout was dependent on the administration of tamoxifen and resulted in reduced V1 in the lesion compared to controls. With less V1 in the lesion, there was an increase in oligodendrocyte lineage cells during the documented period of remyelination in the LPC lesion. These results are promising in proposing a target for future therapeutic strategies to improve remyelination in MS lesions.


identifier: Valestuk-Henderson, E. A. (1997). An airshed management framework for a selected area in south central Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23841

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

subject:
TD883.7 .C32 V35 1997
Air quality -- Alberta
Air--Pollution--Alberta

abstract: Bibliography: p. 157-164.


identifier: Lu, H. (2020). Investigating the Efficacy of Corporate Social Responsibility from A Risk Management Perspective (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Haskayne School of Business
University of Calgary

contributor:
Kleffner, Anne E.
Woiceshyn, Jaana M.
Halek, Martin
Koskinen Yrjo J.
O'Neill, Thomas A.
Weber, Olaf

subject:
Corporate Social Responsibility
Firm Performance
Risk Reduction Mechanism
Risk
Stakeholder Theory
Business Administration

abstract: Should a profit-seeking firm invest its valuable resources in corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities? This question has been argued by academic scholars and practitioners for decades, yet current literature attempting to answer this question shows a great inconsistency in both theoretical arguments and empirical tests. Stemming from the instrumental stakeholder theory, the instrumental view of CSR justifies the intrinsic motivation of managers to contribute to the social wellbeing with economic benefit to shareholders. This dissertation attempts to contribute to the instrumental view of CSR from the risk management perspective.Through three essays I intend to answer the general research questions regarding how CSR impacts, and is impacted by, firm risk portfolio. The goal of this dissertation is to answer the following questions that lack theoretical and empirical understanding: (1) under what risk context do investors perceive CSR as value-enhancing, and under what risk context do they perceive CSR as value-destroying? (2) Can CSR impact firm risk “from inside out” rather than “from outside in”, i.e., Can CSR impact risk by influencing a firm’s risk management decisions rather than influencing stakeholder behaviours? (3) What is CSR’s impact on risk as a combination of ex-ante probability and ex-post severity?The findings of the first essay establish the contingencies that lead to a positive effect of the risk reduction mechanisms. Specifically, the results show that the risk reduction mechanism of CSR is only effective when a firm operates in a high-risk environment and/or have a high earning potential. The findings in the second essay expand the source of the risk reduction mechanism from external influence of stakeholder behaviour to internal influence of a firm’s own decision making. That is, CSR can reduce risk because it creates unique knowledge that will facilitate the adoption of an integrated risk management practice. The third essay contributes toiiithe current literature by integrating CSR’s impact on liability risk into a combined effect of ex-ante probability reduction and ex-post severity reduction, thus providing a holistic view of CSR’s impact on risk. Taken together, the three essays attempt to investigate when and how the risk reduction mechanism of CSR works. I hope this dissertation contributes to the current understanding of the efficacy of CSR from the risk management perspective and answers the call to extend theories in CSR.


identifier: Powell, A. D. (1985). Long-term storage of lettuce seeds in the imbibed state (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15112

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

subject:
QK 740 P68 1985
Germination
Seeds - Storage
Lettuce

abstract: Bibliography: p. 135-145.


identifier: Mortis, W. (1990). Conversational analysis of nurse-patient talk in a Calgary hospital (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16019

publisher:
Education
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
viii, 224 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 209-214.


identifier: Balgowan, W. L. (1973). Terrain analysis by airphoto interpretation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15115

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

subject:
TA 593 B35 1973 Microfilm
Aerial photogrammetry
Photographic surveying
Geology - Alberta - Calgary
Soil-surveys - Alberta - Calgary

abstract: Bibliography: p. 156-166.


identifier: Schellenberg, A. (2006). Probablistic and stochastic optimal power flow (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/504

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 113-118


identifier: Salem, D. R. (2010). Approaches for the combined tracking of gps l1/l5 signals (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3437

format:
xxv, 190 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 167-174
Many pages are in colour.


identifier: Genereux, R. L. (1997). Transformations in narrative thought during late childhood and adolescence (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18374

format:
viii, 157 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: Additonal Copy: 370 EDC 1997 GEN in the Doucette Education Library

subject: BF721 .G46 1997

subject: Children - Writing

subject: Storytelling ability in children

subject: Children--Ability testing.

abstract:
UARC
Bibliography: p. 140-150


identifier: Gue, A. (2013). The geochemistry of saline springs in the Athabasca oil sands region and their impact on the Clearwater and Athabasca rivers (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28159

contributor:
Mayer, Bernhard
Grasby, Stephen

subject:
Geochemistry
Groundwater
Athabasca
Clearwater
oil sands
springs
Alberta

abstract: The geochemistry of saline springs discharging from Devonian carbonate rocks into the Clearwater and Athabasca rivers in northeastern Alberta was characterized using major ions, trace elements, dissolved gases, and PAHs. In addition, stable isotope analyses of H2O, SO4, DIC, Sr, and Cl were used to trace the provenance of spring waters, dissolved solutes, and subsurface processes affecting water chemistry. Spring waters were found to contain Laurentide glacial meltwater, which was supported by radioisotope analyses. The high salinity of the springs was found to be mainly due to evaporite and carbonate dissolution in the subsurface. Spring waters have been affected by bacterial sulfate reduction, methanogenesis, and methane oxidation. Trace elements and some PAHs were present in low concentrations, the origins of which did not seem to be weathering of bitumen. The total discharge of saline groundwater into the rivers over the study reach was estimated using a Cl isotope mass balance approach, which revealed that saline groundwater accounts for only a very small proportion of the annual mass flux in the rivers of trace elements and PAHs, but accounts for a higher proportion of major ions, particularly in the Clearwater River.


identifier: Faught, L. E. (2019). The Physiological Role of Glucocorticoid and Mineralocorticoid Receptor Activation in Zebrafish (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Science
University of Calgary

contributor:
Vijayan, Mathilakath
Harrison, Joe
Muench, Doug
Chelikani, Prasanth
Dickmeis, Thomas

subject:
zebrafish
stress
cortisol
glucocorticoid receptor
mineralocorticoid receptor
Animal Physiology

abstract: Glucocorticoids are key mediators of the vertebrate stress response. In teleosts, the primary glucocorticoid, cortisol, is a ligand for two corticosteroid receptors (CRs), the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR). The affinity of cortisol for these receptors is markedly different, with MR having an almost 10-fold higher affinity for the ligand compared to GR. This led to the hypothesis 30 years ago in mammals, that MR is responsible for basal cortisol function, while GR is active only when cortisol levels are high. In zebrafish (Danio rerio), the role of cortisol-GR signalling during stress is well characterized and is primarily involved in energy substrate mobilization to cope with stress. However, despite the persistence of MR in vertebrate evolution, there is no known physiological role for MR in ray-finned fishes. Ubiquitous knockout of MR (MRKO) and GR (GRKO) in mammals results in death, in utero or postnatally, due to dehydration or delayed lung maturation, respectively. This makes zebrafish an attractive model to study the physiological impacts of GR and MR activation at the systems level. Here we tested the hypothesis that both MR and GR activation are necessary for mediating the effects of cortisol in zebrafish. During embryogenesis (0-5 days post-fertilization [dpf]), the presence of both GR and MR are necessary for the activation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-interrenal axis, and stress-related behaviour. When treated with cortisol, postnatally (5-15 dpf) larvae at 15 dpf are significantly smaller compared to the wildype, and this response was abolished in both the GRKO and MRKO zebrafish larvae. MR activation is necessary for lipid accumulation, while GR activation is required for lipolysis. Both MR and GR activation are also required for growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor 1 axis by GR and MR. However, only GR activation results in an increase in transcript abundance of proteolytic genes. We then tested the hypothesis that under basal cortisol conditions, a loss of GR would have a substantial impact on muscle growth. Indeed, adult GRKO fish had larger body mass, more total muscle protein, increased phosphorylation of eIF4B (protein translation), and a decrease in genes involved in protein catabolism. Taken together this thesis highlights the dichotomy of GR and MR receptor activation; MR acting to promote anabolic processes, while GR is a potent initiator of catabolism during stress. Overall, this thesis establishes a physiological role for MR in ray-finned fishes and indicates that the mode of action may involve either MR activation alone and/or an interaction with GR in modulating metabolism during stress.


identifier: Johnson, M. (1990). Voices: a chamber opera for piano and vocal quartet : score and analysis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13778

format:
v, 356 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
M 1503 J63 V64 1990
Operas - Vocal scores with piano
Schizophrenia - Drama
Johnson, Mark. Voices

abstract: Bibliography: p. 58.


identifier: Gong, X. (2017). Advanced Failure Analysis in Geomaterials: Application to Reservoir Geomechanics (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24722

contributor:
Wan, Richard
Hicher, Pierre-Yves
Coombe, Dennis
Sudak, Les Jozef
Priest, Jeffrey
Wong, Ron Chik-Kwong

subject: Engineering--Civil Failure Geomechanics Geomaterials Reservoir

abstract:
The manifestation of failure in geomaterials and its proper analysis are constitutive
aspects that geotechnical engineers are faced with routinely in design. In most
instances, geostructures are examined at the ultimate plastic state where failure
is deemed to occur along a slip surface where plastic deformations localize. This
plasticity condition is classically analyzed with the Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion.
However, other forms of failure also exist where the localization of deformations
is totally absent such as in the case of static liquefaction. This distinct
mode has been coined as ‘diffuse failure’ which has the peculiarity of occurring at
stress levels well below the plastic limit, thus rendering a classic Mohr-Coulomb
analysis insufficient. Hence, the signature of failure in geomaterials seems to be
directly related to two principal modes by which it is manifested: one with localized
slips, and another variant where deformations are diffused without any
localization phenomena. In order to address the many subtle features of failure, a clear mathematical
representation of the underlying physical phenomena is needed. In this thesis,
failure is considered as an instability of homogeneous deformations, and as such
the observed failuremode is a direct result of the underlying constitutive equations admitting bifurcations in solutions for the material response. Different failure criteria
are derived, serving as failure indicators which signal the various modes that
emerge during loading history following a certain hierarchy. To translate theory into engineering practice, the thesis endeavors to apply
the above mathematical aspects of failure in the study of geomaterials undergoing
multiphasic flow and thermal transport such as in the extraction of heavy oil
from an oilsand reservoir in Alberta, Canada. Governing equations describing the
physics of all phases (solid, water, gas and oil) involved are formulated within
mixture theory using continuum mechanics principles. A special computational
strategy is adopted to solve efficiently the coupled system of equations using both
finite elements and finite differences. Finally, the developed computational model
is tested in the context of an actual oil field case study implicating steam injection
and oil production in an oilsand reservoir in Alberta, Canada. To close the loop,
attention is obviously focused on material failure concepts developed in the first
part of the thesis. Geomechanical properties that enter the computational model
are obtained from a separate comprehensive laboratory testing of shales and oilsands
at high temperature and pressure.


identifier: Ruhl, I. A. (2019). Microbial Taxonomic and Functional Diversity in Canadian Saline and Thermal Springs (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Dunfield, Peter F.
Strous, Marc
Grasby, Stephen E.
Fox, Jeremy W.

subject:
Environmental stress
Thermophile
Salinity
Osmotic stress
GAL08
Microbial diversity
Bioinformatics
Ecology
Microbiology
Biology--Molecular

abstract: By demonstrating a strong effect of salinity on microbial species diversity, this work expanded the known environmental parameters that influence microbial taxonomic diversity. Additionally, this work showed that environmental stress reduces both taxonomic and functional diversity of microbial communities. pH and temperature are strong drivers of microbial taxonomic diversity, with extreme environments supporting reduced diversity. To examine the effect of another environmental parameter, salinity, on diversity, 16S rRNA and 18S rRNA gene amplicon libraries constructed from 55 sediment samples ranging in conductivity from near-fresh to halite-saturated were sequenced on the Illumina platform. Increasing conductivity, as a proxy for salinity, was found to be correlated with a reduction in bacterial taxonomic diversity in a linear manner, with peak diversity occurring at the lowest salinities examined. Conductivity also influenced the diversity of Archaea and microbial Eukarya, and these trends were explained in terms of energetic costs of salinity tolerance and mechanisms of energy production in these organisms. A small number of studies suggest that functional diversity (all of the different metabolic functions within a community) declines with decreasing taxonomic diversity of microbial communities. This relationship was tested using a dataset of 12 geothermal springs ranging in temperature from 24 to 86 °C. Functional diversity was calculated by quantifying the Pfam (protein family) diversity contained within metagenomic libraries constructed from these samples. Functional diversity was found to decrease with temperature in a similar manner to taxonomic diversity. Lastly, a study of an uncultivated clade of Bacteria, GAL08, dominating microbial communities in a geothermal spring at Dewar Creek, British Columbia, was undertaken. Material from Dewar Creek was subjected to single-cell sorting and sequencing, resulting in the identification of 13 partial single-cell genomes belonging to GAL08. Analysis of the genomes revealed the presence of three species of GAL08 at Dewar Creek. Surveys of sediment from Dewar Creek showed that GAL08 is a persistent and stable member of the microbial community, and is thermophilic, with a temperature preference of 55 to 70 °C. Laboratory enrichment experiments determined that GAL08 is likely microaerophilic. By demonstrating that the effect of salinity on microbial species diversity can be explained in terms of energy constraints, this work expanded our understanding of how environmental parameters may drive microbial diversity. Furthermore, this work represented one of the few thorough investigations into the relationship between functional diversity and environmental stress in microbial communities. Elucidating how microbial taxonomic and functional diversity responds to changes in environmental parameters, such as temperature, is timely considering the ongoing changes in global climate.


identifier: Hoar, S. L. (1993). Maintenance strategies in software design (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20123

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

subject:
QA 76.758 H63 1993
Software engineering
Computer software

abstract: Bibliography: p. 117-122.


identifier: Nath, R. (2018). Using Flowband Modelling to Reconstruct Volume Change of Athabasca Glacier in the Canadian Rocky Mountains over the Last Millennium (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/31942

publisher:
Arts
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Marshall, Shawn
Osborn, Gerald D.
Yackel, John J.

subject:
Flowband modelling
climate change
volume loss
Athabasca Glacier
Last millennium
glaciology
Geography
Engineering--Environmental

abstract: Glaciers respond strongly to small climatic shifts, so records of historical glacier change can be used to reconstruct past climate. In turn, understanding glacier sensitivity to climate variability is important for regional water resource management and for projecting glacier response to ongoing climate change. We develop an enhanced flow-band model of glacier dynamics to simulate the past and future extent of glaciers in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, with the aim of coupling this model within larger scale regional climate models of glacier response to climate change. Longitudinal stress and valley shape factors are introduced to provide a more complete treatment of glacier dynamics. This presentation focuses on glacier volume reconstructions over the last millennium for Athabasca Glacier, Alberta, Canada, with a particular focus on glacier reconstructions in the Little Ice Age (LIA). Athabasca Glacier, located on the continental divide of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, is the second largest outlet of the Columbia Icefield.  With the availability of SPOT 5 imagery, digital elevation models, and the ArcGIS Hydro tool, ice catchment properties, glacier width, and LIA moraines have been extracted using automated procedures. I model glacier thickness, volume, and mass change for different climate and glaciological parametrizations that give good reconstructions of LIA ice extent. Dated lateral and terminal moraines provide geological control on the LIA maximum glacier geometry. Mass balance modelling is based on observed temperature records from the region, along with the winter Pacific Decadal Oscillation index as a precipitation proxy. Reconstructions of glacier mass change inform estimates of meltwater runoff over the historical period, and model calibration from the LIA and 20th-century reconstructions will aid in future projections of the effects of climate change on glacier recession. Furthermore, the model developed will be effective for further future studies with ensembles of glaciers.


identifier: Odueyungbo, A. O. (2006). On the distribution of dam content for a dam operating in discrete time (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/666

format:
viii, 79 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 61-64


identifier: Mehra, M. (1978). A Study of boundary-layer control in a radial-flow diffuser at low and high subsonic Mach numbers (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18387

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

subject:
TJ 267.5 D4 M43 1978 Microfiche
Diffusers
Boundary layer control
Fluid dynamics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 109-112.


identifier: Balsden, K. (2015). How do Women Experience and Maintain Positive Embodiment in a Western Sociocultural Context? (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26390

subject:
Educational Psychology
Positive Embodiment
Positive Body Image
Women's Embodiment

abstract:
Body image is one major area that has been emphasized in psychological research. In fact, researchers have long recognized the phenomenon of normative discontent (i.e., extensive body and weight-related dissatisfaction) among women in Western culture. As such, research in the area of body image has largely focused on risk factors for pathology. Since early in the 21st century, researchers have been encouraging others to focus on protective factors and positive, embodied experiences. Embodiment has been conceptualized as involving a broader collection of individual and social experiences, compared to body image. This research explored how women experience and maintain positive embodiment in a Western sociocultural context. Qualitative data was gathered from 10 women and was analyzed through the use of constructivist grounded theory. Results from the preliminary conceptual model suggested that women engage in continuous meaning making and balancing. The results have implications for counselling and
for future research.


identifier: Siegfried, E. V. (2002). Paleoethnobotany on the Northern Plains: the Tuscany archaeological site (EgPn-377), Calgary (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19010

format:
xviii, 445 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 S548

abstract: Bibliography: p. 330-354


identifier: Koon, D. W. (1987). The Rates and regulation of insensible perspiration (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16154

publisher:
Engineering
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xiii, 148 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: QP 221 K64 1988

abstract: Bibliography: p. 111-126.


identifier: Ladner, C. L. (2007). Characterization and development of tryptophan photochemistry with halogenated hydrocarbons for protein chemistry applications (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1409

contributor:
Turner, Raymond J.
Edwards, Robert A.

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 310-322
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Ahmed, F. (2018). Chemical Characterization of Humic and Fulvic Acid Analogs Obtained from Wet Air Oxidation (WAO) at Different Severities (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/31802

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

contributor:
Pereira-Almao, Pedro R.
Moore, Robert Gordon
Mehta, Sudarshan A. Raj

subject:
Asphaltenes
oxy-cracking
Wet Air Oxidation
Engineering--Agricultural
Engineering--Chemical
Engineering--Petroleum

abstract: Due to depletion of conventional oil resources and the increasing energy demand, the role of heavy oils is significantly increasing. The heaviest portions of heavy oils are asphaltenes, which create tremendous problems in transportation and upgrading processes. Removal of asphaltenes from heavy oil improves the quality of oil and makes it easier to process. The oil industry is challenged to explore new alternatives that allow converting asphaltenes into valuable products by economical feasible routes. Wet Air Oxidation (WAO) is one proposed alternative, being herein examined together with fundamental aspects on hydrocarbon oxidation for its proper framing. The solubilization of asphaltenes in water has recently received attention due to the ease of mobilization and high level of dispersion. The WAO of asphaltenes rapidly produces both water-soluble and water insoluble oxygen rich species. The intermediate product of asphaltenes oxy-cracking reaction is Water Soluble Asphaltenes (WSA), and the final product is CO2. At low severities WSA had characteristics similar to humic analogs whereas at high severities, products aromaticity increased and lower molecular weight components (fulvic analogs) were formed. Processed asphaltenes were found to have oxygen functionalties like carboxylic acids and their salts, ketones, sulphoxides and sulphones, responsible for their aqueous solubilization. The effect of pH (base) on oxidation of asphaltene was determined using different experimental conditions. It was found that the concentration of chemical base used as acidic corrosion prevention and as catalysts are the most influential parameter for the solubilization of asphaltene, to achieve high conversion at low temperature. The humic/fulvic acids field of knowledge was identified as key for proper understanding of HC oxidation and other feasible industrial applications, like in agriculture.


identifier: Leung, B. M. (2006). The use of naturopathic medicine in children under the age of 15 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16415

publisher:
Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xii, 87 leaves : ill.
xii, 87 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 66-72


identifier: Mandziuk, G. W. (1994). An ecotourism strategy for the Osoyoos region of British Columbia (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21050

format:
x, 180 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: G 155 C3 M36 1994

subject: Ecotourism - British Columbia - Osoyoos

subject: Tourist trade - Environmental aspects - British Columbia - Osoyoos

subject: Osoyoos (B.C.)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 135-150.


identifier: Sheirah, M. A. (1972). Adaptive control of distributed systems (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22500

title: Adaptive control of distributed systems

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

subject:
TJ 217 S56 1972 Microfilm
Adaptive control systems

abstract: Bibliography: p. 125-132.


identifier: Erman, J. (2007). Offline/realtime network traffic classification using semi-supervised learning (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1228

format:
x, 127 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 114-122


identifier: Onu, E. (2022). Personalized privacy preservation in IoT (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Personalized Privacy Preservation in IoT

contributor:
Barker, Ken
Patrick Keenan, Thomas
Henry, Ryan
Hengartner, Urs
Safavi-Naini, Rei

subject:
Privacy
IoT
Recommender systems
Privacy preferences
Privacy policy
Privacy negotiation
Privacy preserving smart environment
Privacy recommendation
Computer Science

abstract: The widespread use and deployment of the Internet of Things (IoT) devices have been instrumental in automating many of our everyday tasks. Its ability to seamlessly integrate and improve the activities in our daily lives has created a wide application for it in several domains, such as smart buildings and cities. However, despite the numerous benefits associated with the integration of the IoT, there are some privacy challenges. These privacy challenges result from the ability of IoT devices to pervasively collect data about their surroundings, which could reveal sensitive information. Though the data may be collected for genuine purposes such as service personalization, previous research has identified two fundamental causes of privacy concern with data collection: 1) the lack of awareness of the presences and practices of data collecting IoT devices, and 2) the lack of control over data collected by these devices. Current efforts to address the issue of privacy awareness raise a new problem of how to deal with the cognitive burden associated with making several privacy decisions across different contexts. In addition, very little work has developed approaches for giving users control over their privacy in a smart environment. To address the privacy challenges with the IoT, it is vital to create a privacy-sensitive smart environment. A core tool required for such an environment is an intelligent personalized privacy assistant that will mediate the interactions between users and IoT devices around them. Some of the essential requirements for this privacy assistant include notification about data collecting IoT devices, user preference capturing, and privacy recommendations. In this research, we focus on some of the vital requirements for this privacy-preserving smart environment, which include IoT privacy policy modeling, user preference evaluation, user privacy preference prediction, and privacy contract negotiation. Privacy policy modeling is essential for creating privacy awareness and capturing users' preferences. We present important privacy dimensions that should be contained within an IoT privacy policy. Additionally, an understanding of people's privacy preferences is key to giving them control over their privacy and creating a more privacy-sensitive environment. We propose a workflow for analyzing three key preferences of people in an IoT environment: Notification, Control, and Permission. Furthermore, we offer a novel approach for predicting people's privacy preferences using a hybrid of Knowledge-based and Collaborative Filtering (CF), an approach commonly employed in recommender systems. Our approach is based on the premise that people share similar privacy preferences. Therefore, we predict the privacy decisions of a person by considering the privacy decisions made by people who are like them and have made privacy decisions in a similar context. The semantic similarity between two IoT contexts is established through the help of a taxonomy defined over each variable that composes the context. We then evaluate the efficiency of our approach using a dataset that contains the privacy preferences of 172 participants obtained in a simulated campus-wide IoT environment. Finally, we present a privacy contract negotiation protocol for the IoT based on the infrastructures in our privacy-preserving smart environment framework.


identifier: Pell, J. (1984). Stratigraphy, structure and metamorphism of Hadrynian strata in the southeastern Cariboo Mountains, B.C. (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13166

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

subject: QE 653 P44 1985

subject: Geology, Stratigraphic - Algonkian

subject: Geology - British Columbia - Cariboo Mountain region

abstract: Bibliography: p. 173-185.

abstract: Approximately 750 square kilometers of the Southeastern Cariboo Mountains near Thunder River were mapped in detail. The Semipelite-Amphibolite and Middle Marble divisions of the Horsethief Creek Group crop out in that region. They are overlain by the Upper elastic Division of the Horsethief Creek Group which grades upwards into Kaza Group lithologies. The Semipelite-Amphibolite Division is in excess of 500 m thick, with its base not exposed within the study area. The Middle Marble Division varies greatly in thickness, with a maximum thickness of 300 m. Approximately 3800 m of Kaza Group section were measured. The Kaza Group is overlain by slates of the Isaac Formation. Earlier workers correlated the Kaza Group with the basal division of the Horsethief Creek Group and with the Middle Miette Group. In light of the findings in the Thunder River area these correlations cannot all be correct. The Horsethief Creek Group underlies the grits of the Kaza Group. The Kaza Group is still considered correlative with the Middle Miette Group. Shales and carbonates overlie both the Middle Miette and Kaza groups. The strata in the Southeastern Cariboo Mountains were subjected to two major phases of folding during the Jura-Cretaceous Columbian Orogeny. The earliest phase resulted in west facing nappe structures. Fl folds are best developed at deep structural and stratigraphic levels. In the highest stratigraphic units studied there are no Fl folds or Sl schistosity developed. F2 folds are northwest plunging, upright to overturned and characterized by a crenulation cleavage. The F2 folds are conical but can only be recognized as such when mapped for large distances parallel to their trace. Metamorphism in the area ranges from sub-biotite to sillimanite grade. The metamorphic peak is synkinematic with D2. At the sillimanite isograd, sillimanite, kyanite and staurolite all coexist. Pressures and temperatures of 4.7 kb and 530 C were estimated for samples from the sillimanite isograd using garnet-biotite geothermometery and garnet-plagioclase geobarometry. The west-side-down North Thompson River Fault, separates the Cariboo Mountains from the Monashees to the east. Pressures and temperatures of 6.0kb and 655 C were estimated for samples from the sillimanite isograd in the Monashee Mountains. This pressure difference (in excess of 1kb) suggests that there is approximately 4 km of vertical displacement on the North Thompson River Fault.


identifier: Benaifa, N. (2008). Harmonic reduction analysis of synchronized phase-shifted parallel PWM inverters (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1875

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 111-114


identifier: Hawat, P. (1998). The variation in the use of I-CASE toolsets: a grounded theory approach (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19199

format:
x, 223 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: QA76.758 .H38 1998

subject: Additional Copy: QA76.758 .H38 1998 in the MGMT-REF

subject: Computer-aided software engineering

subject: Computer programming management

abstract: Bibliography: p. 201-214


identifier: Morton, S. G. (2007). Procession ritual at Naachtun, Guatemala during the late classic period (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/878

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 177-193
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Sen, V. (2009). Coupled flow and geomechanical modeling of compacting hydrocarbon reservoirs (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2632

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 89-94
Some pages are in colour


identifier: Babalola, A. (1984). Computer simulation of surface light rail transit operation in a mixed traffic system (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18395

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

subject:
TF 727 A6 B32 1985
Street-Railroads - Simulation methods
Street-railroads - Alberta - Calgary
Local transit - Alberta - Calgary

abstract: Bibliography: p. 234-242.


identifier: Mrus, K. J. (2016). Readiness for Interprofessional Education (IPE) and Interprofessional Practice (IPP):  A Mixed-Methods Study of Healthcare Practitioners at Hamad Medical Corporation in Qatar (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27540

contributor:
Jacobsen, D. Michele
Johnson, Bradley
Patterson, Margaret (Peggy)
Seneviratne, Cydnee
Jaques, Lorne
Diack, H. Lesley

subject: Education

subject: Education--Health

subject: Education

subject: Interprofessional Education (IPE)

subject: Interprofessional Practice (IPP)

subject: Health Professions Education

subject: Qatar

subject: Readiness

subject: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC)

abstract:
There is considerable interest, from the healthcare and education domains, for Interprofessional Education (IPE) and Interprofessional Practice (IPP) as means to reform the way in which healthcare professionals are educated and prepared for practice, and to generate shifts in the delivery of care.  Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), the leading healthcare provider in Qatar and employer of over 14,000 healthcare practitioners, is seeking to advance uptake of IPE and IPP amongst its clinical workforce.  Organization Development (OD) approaches suggest that organizational change results from collective individual behavioural change.  Prior research has shown that individual readiness for change is an important precursor to behavioural and organizational change, and advanced exploring attitudes – how one thinks and feels – as a means to understand readiness.  This research seeks, therefore, to understand readiness for IPE and IPP amongst HMC’s practitioners through the lens of their attitudes towards IPE, IPP and healthcare teams, and receptivity for organizational change.
Using a mixed-methods sequential research design, the researcher collected quantitative data (n = 792) through the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale (RIPLS), Attitudes Toward Health Care Teams Scale (ATHCTS), and Organizational Change Recipients’ Belief Scale (OCRBS) – and qualitative data (n = 39) through uniprofessional and interprofessional focus groups.  Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics methods including Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) using Principal Components Analysis (PCA), and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) with post-hoc tests.  Qualitative data was analyzed using Thematic Analysis.
The findings from the research suggest that HMC’s practitioners have strong positive attitudes towards IPE, moderately positive attitudes towards IPP and healthcare teams, and demonstrate considerable receptivity for engagement in organizational change, through individual positive attitudes towards change and perceived organizational support for change.  The findings also provide insights into existing IPE and IPP initiatives at HMC and perceived enablers for, and challenges towards, greater uptake of IPE and IPP within the organization.
The study’s results establish a baseline for an unexplored area of research in Qatar, providing the first glimpse into attitudes towards IPE and IPP amongst practicing clinicians.  Recommendations for stakeholders from HMC and Qatar’s healthcare and health professions education domain are also discussed.


identifier: Oss-Cech Chiacchia, M. C. (2009). The perspectives of students on the experience of creativity in the learning of music, language, and culture in context (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2411

format:
xii, 141 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 123-134


identifier: Wong, J. B.-G. (2019). Afterschool dynamics: The role of peers and the recreational environment in adolescent emotional safety (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Kinesiology
University of Calgary

contributor:
McDonough, Meghan H.
Bridel, William
Culos-Reed, Susan Nicole

subject:
youth
social relationships
built environment
physical activity
Psychology

abstract: Afterschool recreational environments are valued for their contributions to adolescent development, and can be especially beneficial in low-income communities. However, attending a program is not necessarily sufficient for effective development. Afterschool programs can be enhanced by ensuring the spaces are emotionally safe, an attribute valued by adolescents. Social relationships and aspects of the physical environment have the potential to influence feelings of emotional safety; however, most of the existing literature on emotional safety focuses on young children and early adolescents. The purpose of this study was to explore adolescents’ perspectives of their interactions with their peers and the recreational environment, and how these interactions may contribute to their feelings of emotional safety. A qualitative case study was conducted with afterschool programs in low-income neighbourhoods in Calgary, Alberta. Adolescent experiences of emotional safety were explored through interviews with ten 11-15-year-old adolescents, and ten program staff. Adolescents expressed feeling emotionally safe when they and their problems were understood, not attacked, and did not need to be hidden. Youth expressed that the size of, familiarity with, and materials in a space affected their feelings of freedom and their interactions with peers and staff, which had implications for emotional safety. Youth noted that when messages supporting emotional safety were communicated verbally by staff, or displayed throughout the spaces, they supported their emotional safety. Findings suggest the need for youth to have acceptance from their peers, environments that are home-like, and relationships that provide youth an outlet to share. Recommendations are for staff to communicate with youth using language that facilitates trust, having sports and non-sport activities in programming to prevent division and exclusion, and having private areas that allow for youth to separate themselves if needed. These recommendations may also have application in informing development of emotionally safe recreational contexts in communities.


identifier: Wang, X. (2009). Using digital tabletops to support agile project planning (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3038

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 102-106
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Atkinson, D. W. (1971). Clough's literary reputation, 1848-1869: a critical survey of the contemporary reception of his work (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24403

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

subject:
PR 4458 A76 1971 Microfilm
Clough, Arthur Hugh, 1819-1861

abstract: Bibliography: p. 212-218.


identifier: Khan, K. (2001). Land surveys on Indian Reserves: an inquiry into benefits (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18908

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 129-137.


identifier: Moskal, L. M. (1999). AVI multilayer forest classification using airborne image texture (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19218

format:
xi, 136 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: SD 387 R4 M67 1999

subject: Forrests and forrestry - Alberta - Kananaskis Country - Classification

subject: Remote sensing - Alberta - Kananaskis Country

subject: Aerial photography in forrestry

abstract: Bibliography: p. 109-118


identifier: Yeworiew, L. B. (2022). Assessment for learning knowledge, skills, and practices of mathematics teachers in Ethiopian primary schools (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Assessment for Learning Knowledge, Skills, and Practices of Mathematics Teachers in Ethiopian Primary Schools

publisher:
Werklund School of Education
University of Calgary

contributor:
Koh, Kim
Chua, Catherine
Field, James

subject: assessment for learning

subject: formative assessment

subject: assessment for learning knowledge and skills

subject: assessment for learning practices

subject: assessment literacy

subject: Education

subject: Education--Elementary

subject: Education--Mathematics

subject: Education--Teacher Training

abstract: The purpose of this research was to examine second cycle primary school mathematics teachers’ AfL knowledge, skills, and practices, as well as the contextual factors that facilitate and hinder their AfL practices in the Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia. A mixed methods research design, in which qualitative and quantitative data were collected concurrently, analyzed separately, and then combined and interpreted to produce different but complementary data on the same topic, was used. Pragmatism was used as a philosophical paradigm to guide this study and combine quantitative and qualitative data in the investigation. A total of 176 mathematics teachers were recruited using a multistage sampling technique from 53 schools spread across nine districts and three administrative zones. Quantitative data were collected from these teachers using questionnaires: the AfL knowledge and skills inventory (AfLKSi) and the AfL measurement inventory (AfLMi) to assess teachers’ overall AfL knowledge and skills, and their AfL practices, respectively. Furthermore, qualitative data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 18 teachers from 18 schools in nine districts, as well as classroom observations of eight teachers from eight schools in five districts. The quantitative data were analyzed using IBM SPSS V. 27.0, Mplus 8.6, and Microsoft Excel 2016. The quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics methods such as frequency counts, percentages, means, and standard deviations, as well as inferential statistics methods such as one-sample and independent-samples t-tests, one-way ANOVA, and confirmatory factor analysis. The qualitative data, on the other hand, were manually analyzed using a combination of descriptive and process coding and analysis methodologies. The quantitative and qualitative data analysis results were interpreted, combined, and discussed to gain a broader and deeper understanding of the problem than the quantitative or qualitative results alone could provide. The findings revealed that second cycle primary school mathematics teachers in the study area had working knowledge and skills in AfL but were still emerging in their AfL practices. This is understandable given the study’s findings of a wide range of factors preventing teachers from using AfL effectively. The findings have implications for both preservice teacher preparation and inservice teacher professional development programs.


identifier: Pethrick, H. (2021). Experiencing Transition and Mental Distress: Narratives of First-Year University Students (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Groen, Janet Elizabeth
Simmons, Marlon
Russell-Mayhew, Shelly

subject:
Canadian higher education
emerging adults
first-year experience
mental distress
narrative inquiry
transition
university students
Education
Mental Health

abstract: Student mental health and well-being has become an area of increased attention and relevance within Canadian higher education. More university students every year report mental health problems and universities have developed strategies to promote student mental health. Direct-entry first-year university students are in need of unique support for their mental well-being because they are in a critical developmental time in emerging adulthood. The purpose of this inquiry was to explore the narratives of students who experienced mental distress during their first year of university. This inquiry asked: How do direct-entry university students, who identify as having undergone mental distress in their first year, experience the transition from high school to university? I engaged in a qualitative narrative inquiry methodology. I conducted narrative interviews with eight current undergraduate students who had entered university directly from high school and had experienced mental distress during their first year of university. In my analysis, I elucidated individual and collective narratives from these students’ experiences. The participants’ experiences were divided in two subsets of narrative portraits: current first-year students and current upper-year students. The subsets were distinguished by the participants’ temporal positioning to their first-year university experience. Two collective narratives emerged: entangled transitions and waves of mental distress. Through this inquiry, the participants engaged in narrative learning to restory their experience of transition and mental distress. To support the transitional experiences of direct-entry students, universities should implement holistic approaches that frame first-year university students as whole people and emerging adult learners.


identifier: Buchanan, C. C. (2008). "They have presupmtiously opposed the department in many ways": Kainai leadership and Indian act band government, 1880-1920 (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1982

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abstract: Bibliography: p. 307-325


identifier: De Rantere, D. (2014). The Evaluation of the Rat Grimace Scale and Ultrasonic Vocalisations as Novel Pain Assessment Tools in Laboratory Rats (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28137

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Veterinary Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject:
Animal Physiology
Veterinary Science
Pain
rats
Rat Grimace Scale
nociceptive test
ultrasonic vocalisations

abstract: Measuring pain in non-human mammals such as rodents is challenging. Recently, spontaneous behaviours including facial expression and ultrasonic vocalisation have been proposed as novel, alternative measures of pain. The goal of this research was to evaluate the applicability of ultrasonic vocalisations, and the Rat Grimace Scale (a recently developed facial expression pain scale) during gas exposure (for euthanasia purposes) and in models of inflammatory and incisional pain. First, I found that ultrasonic vocalisations were emitted during carbon dioxide, but not during isoflurane exposure. Secondly, the Rat Grimace Scale was able to detect inflammatory and incisional pain in rats. Additionally, the pain score obtained using the Rat Grimace Scale corresponded with the findings of a conventional nociceptive test using von Frey filaments. My work contributes to the further understanding of ultrasonic communicative behaviour and facial expression of rats experiencing pain and the application of grimace scales in in-vivo biomedical research.


identifier: Chan Kent, A. S. (2019). Parental Divorce: The Experience Among Second Generation Chinese-Canadian Women (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Robertson, Sharon E.
Zwiers, Michael L.
Chang, Jeff

subject: Parental Divorce

subject: Chinese-Canadian

subject: Cross-Cultural Studies

subject: Identity Development

subject: Educational Psychology

abstract: As a Chinese-Canadian woman, my experience of parental divorce has increased my awareness of the effects of culture and gender on the development of personal identity. Although existing literature has acknowledged that parental divorce significantly impacts the lives of children within a western context, the consequences of parental divorce on the adjustment of children from Chinese families, including the long-term impact, is largely unknown. As parental separation is seen to sharply intersect with developmental pathways, it may have long term implications for the development of identity later on, particularly during emerging adulthood, a time of reflection on prior life experiences. The objective of this study was to explore second generation Chinese-Canadian women’s understanding of the experience of parental divorce during childhood, and its influence on identity development during emerging adulthood. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six second generation Chinese-Canadian women who had experienced parental divorce in childhood. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was used to examine how individuals understand this experience, resulting in five overarching themes: (a) Parental Divorce Within the Chinese-Canadian Culture; (b) Influence of Parental Divorce on Family Relationships; (c) Influence of Parental Divorce on Romantic and Platonic Relationships; (d) The Process of Adjusting to Divorce; and (e) Developing Self-Identity. These findings are examined within the context of the relevant literature, and implications for future research and counselling are discussed.


identifier: Quigley, L. (2012). Cognitive Inhibition and Its Relation to Emotion Regulation in Dysphoria (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25345

subject:
Psychology--Clinical
cognitive inhibition
Emotion Regulation
dysphoria

abstract: In Phase 1: Trait Emotion Regulation, participants (N = 1625) completed self-report measures of perceived attentional control, habitual use of emotion regulation strategies, and depressive symptoms. Use of rumination, suppression, and reappraisal each significantly partially mediated the relationship between attentional control and depression. In Phase 2: Spontaneous and Instructed Emotion Regulation, dysphoric (n = 66) and non-dysphoric (n = 86) participants completed a measure of cognitive inhibition and watched a sadness-inducing film clip. Participants were randomly assigned to use reappraisal while watching the clip, or were not given specific viewing instructions. No significant associations were observed between cognitive inhibition, emotion regulation, and depression, contrary to hypotheses. However, dysphoric individuals reported greater spontaneous use of rumination and suppression than non-dysphoric individuals, and these strategies were associated with greater negative emotion. Both groups were able to effectively use reappraisal when instructed to do so. Clinical implications and future research directions are discussed.


identifier: Huang, Y. (2006). An economic evaluation of energy substitution in China (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/671

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ix, 86 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 47-52


identifier: Figura, M. (2005). Membrane potential changes via potassium channels in endothelial cells and the resulting effect on leukocyte rolling (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/247

format:
xvii, 110 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract:
Bibliography: p. 94-110
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Caple, N. A. (2012). In Calamity's wake (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4733

title: In Calamity's wake

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v, 269 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 262-269

abstract: In Calamity's Wake is a feminist Canadian Western about a woman who hunts across the badlands of Alberta to the badlands of South Dakota for the mother who gave her up for adoption - the infamous cross-dressing frontierswoman Calamity Jane. With this novel I construct a "meta-historiographic" fiction in the tradition described by Linda Hutcheon in her book, The Canadian Postmodern. Rather than attempt to restore Calamity Jane to coherence, with this book I try to create through Calamity Jane a discursive construct that explodes the linear, coherent narrative of a mostly white, mostly male Old West. I do this to create a new Western that promotes the resistance of violence as a form of heroism and suggests that what women owe to each other, what the feminist/maternal legacy really is, is stories of women's diversity. These stories do not constitute a coherent or a linear tradition, but their circulation helps women to navigate themselves within a wider context. Highlighting diverse precedents contextualizes a broader array of women within the discursive construct of "woman" in history and, in giving women stories against which they may measure their own actions, this novel seeks to provide a mode of redress to the historic exclusion of alternate narratives by gesturing towards the multiplication of stories through the technique of pastiche. The novel is followed by a critical exegesis in the form of an afterword in which I provide critical context for the creative work arranged around the central questions I asked myself as I was writing: Why a Western? Why Calamity Jane? Why a feminist text? Why a mother/daughter story? Each of these questions provides a framework for discussing the history of the novel's production, an exploration of its critical and aesthetic influences, and some explanation of the purpose behind many stylistic decisions.


identifier: Rahman, M. M. (2017). Real-Time Bus Information: Users’ Perspectives and Arrival Time Estimations (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27544

contributor:
Wirasinghe, Sumedha Chandana
Kattan, Lina
Chien, Steven
De Barros, Alexandre
Wan, Richard
Waters, Nigel

subject:
Sociology--Transportation
real-time
bus arrival
distribution
Bayesian
user
value of information
disutility of headway
input
location
horizon
estimate format

abstract: The uncertainty in bus arrival times creates a significant disutility; the provision of real-time bus arrival information is reported as a cost-effective way to reduce this disutility. From a wide viewpoint, this study attempts to contribute on two main topics. One goal is to reveal the transit users’ perspectives regarding real-time bus information by conducting a users’ survey. The other goal is to provide insights on the improvement in reliability of real-time bus arrival estimates. Regarding the users’ perspectives, this study investigated several aspects such as the preferred formats (point or interval estimate) of estimated arrival information, the value of real-time information under different weather condition, and disutility of headway in a scheduled and real-time information system. Results showed that a majority of the respondents preferred the interval estimate over the point estimate. The value of real-time information was $0.59 and $0.41 per trip when the weather was below and above 0°C, respectively. The disutility of bus headway of a real-time information system was found to be around half of the disutility of a scheduled information system. This study investigated the improvement in reliability of bus arrival time estimations in three parts. The first part examined the impact of the time interval of measuring real-time bus location (GPS) data on the accuracy of bus arrival estimations. Incorporating real-time bus location data below a 30-second time interval did not increase the accuracy of the applied estimation models. Estimations based on current and average historical bus speed outperformed other estimations only if the time interval of the location data was short (about two minutes). Estimations that relied on similar historical trips were more accurate when both the estimation horizon and time interval were longer. Horizon is defined here as the distance between the point for which the estimation is made and the location of the bus at the time of estimation. The second part investigated the changes in bus travel time characteristics with horizons. The experimental results showed that a significant change in bus travel time characteristics was observable around a horizon range of 7-8 km. The analysis of changes in probability densities with pseudo horizons showed that bus travel time distribution converges from a rightly skewed distribution to a more symmetrical distribution from a shorter to a longer pseudo horizon in general. Lognormal and normal distributions are found to be the best distributions for before and after a cut-off horizon of 7-8 km, respectively. The third part was about the development of Bayesian models to provide dynamic bus travel time distributions that was updated in light of new observations and include the estimation uncertainty chosen by users or transit service providers. Two models were developed in a Bayesian framework to achieve this objective: Model 1 uses the dynamic linear model (DLM) concept and Model 2 uses the dynamic regression model (DRM) concept. Support vector regression (SVR), which is reported in the literature to outperform several other existing methods is also applied as a benchmark to compare the performance of the developed estimation models. The proposed DLM, DRM, and SVR models were implemented for two different but regular bus routes with diversified service areas in Calgary. The experimental results showed that the proposed DLM and DRM outperformed the SVR model for both routes. It was found that the root mean square error (RMSE) decreased by 13-23% for DLM and DRM compared to the SVR model with the same inputs. The performance of the SVR model was similar to the DLM and DRM for a shorter horizon. However, DLM and DRM yielded much better estimations for a longer horizon. Considering accuracy, computational time, and ability to update the estimation based on the new bus travel time trend, the results of this study suggest that the DLM and DRM are promising real-time bus travel time estimation models, particularly for providing estimations that include the uncertainty of the estimates.


identifier: Briggs, S. (2020). ATRX as a Regulator of Telomerase Activity in Cancer Cells (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Beattie, Tara L.
Cairncross, Gregory J.
Riabowol, Karl T.
Grewal, Savraj S.

subject: Telomerase ELISA Cancer G-quadruplex G4 ATRX ALT Telomere Biology--Cell Biology--Molecular Biochemistry

abstract: Telomere maintenance is the central process governing cellular immortality. The two distinct pathways – 1) telomerase activity and 2) the alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) – result in telomere elongation and allow cells to evade normal cellular ageing mechanisms. Both telomere maintenance pathways can become activated through gene mutations, leading to genetically unstable cells capable of unlimited proliferation. Expression of the chromatin remodeling protein ATRX is lost in almost all ALT+ cancers, suggesting a role for ATRX in ALT repression, however its exact role in telomere maintenance remains unclear. This thesis provides novel evidence suggesting ATRX acts to resolve telomeric G-quadruplexes (G4), thereby facilitating telomerase activity and indirectly repressing ALT. Using RNA interference in human cancer cell lines and a novel DNA ELISA-based technique, the data presented here establish that loss of ATRX expression results in increased G4 at the telomere. This G4 enrichment correlates with a reduction in telomerase activity in vitro which is exacerbated following treatment with the G4 stabilizing agent, Pyridostatin. Further, loss of the full-length ATRX isoform alone does not directly correlate with the ALT phenotype in the selected cell panel. However, a truncated ATRX isoform, ATRXt, was found to be expressed in all selected telomerase+ cells and shown to maintain key functions of the full-length protein. Therefore, alternative ATRX isoforms may act to facilitate telomerase activity through G4 resolution, even in the absence of full-length protein. Taken together, these data provide novel evidence identifying ATRX as an important factor facilitating telomerase-mediated telomere elongation through G4 resolution at the telomere.


identifier: Scott, S. J. (1990). The Construction and preliminary validation of a criterion-referenced music achievement test based on the behavioral objectives of the Waterloo County Board of Education music curriculum (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/451

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xiii, 255 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject: School music - Instruction and study - Ontario - Waterloo County

subject: Achievement tests - Ontario - Waterloo County

abstract: Bibliography: p. 118-125.


identifier: Wu, Q. (1993). Fuzzy logic based power system stabilizer (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22784

format:
xvi, 130 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
TK 1005 W83 1993
Electric power system stability
Fuzzy logic
Signal processing - Digital techniques
Programmable controllers

abstract: Bibliography: p. 105-108.


identifier: Jordheim, D. L. (1987). Families and real estate, Rome 1450-1480 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22395

format:
xiii, 138 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject:
HQ 513 J67 1987
Family - Rome - History
Real property - Italy - Rome - History

abstract: Bibliography: p. 131-138.


identifier: Sasyniuk, T. M. (2004). The inter-rater reliability of a diagnostic shoulder arthroscopy (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13397

format:
ix, 167 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 127-131


identifier: Teucher, A. C. (2007). Factors affecting Ord's kangaroo rats (dipodomys ordii) in natural and anthropogenic habitats (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/989

format:
xii, 167 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 144-167

abstract: Ord's kangaroo rats in Alberta occupy natural habitat which is typified by sand dunes and sandy river-valley slopes, and anthropogenic habitat in the form of sandy roads and fireguards. I studied differences in predation risk, winter microclimate, body condition, and over-winter survival of Ord's kangaroo rats in natural and anthropogenic habitat. Kangaroo rats in anthropogenic habitat appear to be at higher risk of predation than those in natural habitats. Kangaroo rats occupy burrow sites that maximize winter solar radiation, and winter soil temperatures in kangaroo rat burrow locations are colder in anthropogenic habitat than natural habitat. Kangaroo rats in anthropogenic habitat had lower fall body condition than in natural habitat, and body condition was positively correlated with adult over-winter survival. Over-winter survival rates were higher in river valley sites than dunes or roads. My results suggest numerous, potentially cumulative, negative implications for kangaroo rats occupying anthropogenic habitats.


identifier: Nafie, G. H. (2017). Preparation and Application of Polymer Grafted Nanopyroxene for the Removal of Naphthenic Acids from Wastewater (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27415

contributor:
Nassar, Nashaat N.
De Visscher, Alex
Natale, Giovanniantonio

subject:
Engineering--Chemical
Nanopyroxene Grafting
Hybrid polymer nanoparticles
Wastewater treatment
β-Cyclodextrins
organic-inorganic hybrid
Hydrocarbon removal

abstract:
Pyroxene nanoparticles were prepared and grafted with an environmentally friendly monomer for the removal of naphthenic acids from oil sand process-affected water (OSPW) which contributes to its toxicity.  Grafting was utilized to achieve high affinity towards the removal of naphthenic acids (NA) in the OSPW. The prepared grafted nanopyroxenes were fully characterized using FTIR, TGA, BET, XRD, HRTEM and AFM to study and confirm their textural surface properties and morphology. Computational modeling was conducted to provide deep insight on the grafting technique as well as the NA removal mechanism.
An OSPW sample was characterized using FTIR, NMR, TGA, XRD, SimDist and GC-MS to understand the nature of the contaminants in the wastewater. This was followed by the preparation of a synthetic wastewater solution by dissolving two model molecules and commercial NA in water. Macroscopic batch adsorption experiments were conducted to carefully study the removal mechanism analyzed using GC-MS and compare it with the computational modeling study.
The prepared grafted nanopyroxenes were found to interact with the contaminants in the water removing essentially all the two model molecules and about 50% of the commercial NA. The size, shape and structure of the contaminant played a key role in the interaction. The bigger molecules were found to have a stronger interaction with the grafted nanopyroxenes over the smaller ones.
The present work holds great promise for the OSPW remediation and the thesis falls within our efforts to reduce the environmental impact of the oil and gas industry in Alberta.


identifier: Drysdale, E. T. (2019). Juvenile specimens of Prosaurolophus maximus (Hadrosauridae, Saurolophinae) from the marine Bearpaw Formation (upper Campanian, Upper Cretaceous) of southern Alberta, Canada reveal ontogenetic change in crest morphology (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Zelenitsky, Darla K.
Therrien, François
Theodor, Jessica M.
Dutchak, Alexander

subject: Dinosaur Palaeontology Ontogeny Hadrosaur Prosaurolophus Juvenile Bearpaw Histology Morphometrics Anatomy Geology Paleoecology Paleontology Paleozoology

abstract: Three juvenile specimens of Prosaurolophus maximus, represented by both articulated and disarticulated skeletal material, are the smallest known individuals for the taxon. Their cranial anatomy indicates that the diagnostic characters of P. maximus are ontogenetically variable. In the smallest specimen, the crest and deeply-excavated fossa at the caudal margin of the circumnarial depression are poorly-developed or absent. In the larger specimens, the crest approaches the morphology observed in subadult and adult specimens but lacks the robusticity and deep excavation of the circumnarial depression typical of P. maximus. In contrast, the shape of the caudal end of the circumnarial depression is ontogenetically consistent, potentially making it a reliable character for taxonomic identification. Histological sections from the three juvenile specimens and one large individual indicate that the minimum biological age of the known specimens of P. maximus ranges from two to five years. Given that the large P. maximus individual has yet to reach skeletal maturity, the species may reach a maximum body size larger than represented by currently known specimens, perhaps with a skull length approaching the size of Saurolophus angustirostris. The lack of positive allometric growth associated with the P. maximus crest, which undergoes isometric growth from age three onward, differs from that observed in lambeosaurine hadrosaurs suggesting that the crest may not have been the result of sexual selection. However, positive allometric growth of the circumnarial region and the rugosity of the bony crest suggests that soft tissue structures associated with the narial-crest region, rather than the bony crest itself, may have been selected for sexual display in P. maximus. The juvenile specimens were recovered from sediments of the Bearpaw Formation deposited during the Baculites compressus ammonite zone and magnetochrons 33n.3n to 33n.2n. They are stratigraphically younger than P. maximus specimens from the Dinosaur Park Formation, and contemporaneous to 100,000 years younger than specimens from the Two Medicine Formation, extending the taxon’s temporal range. The occurrence of P. maximus in the marine deposits of the Bearpaw Formation and well-drained upland terrestrial deposits of both the Dinosaur Park and Two Medicine formations suggests that this taxon inhabited various palaeoenvironments.


identifier: Slysz, G. W. (2007). Development and evaluation of new tools for mass spectrometry-based protein analysis (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11706

format:
xix, 238 p. : ills.
xix, 238 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract:
Bibliography: p. 220-238
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Nash, T. M. (2016). Life in the Shadows: Examining the Role that HIV Status Plays in the Decision Making Processes of HIV Positive Aboriginal Women in Terms of Their Reproductive Health and Their Decisions to Have a Child or Not (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26760

contributor:
Thurston, Wilfreda Enid
Crowshoe, Lynden John
Patten, Scott Burton

subject:
Education--Health
Anthropology--Cultural
Native American Studies
Ethnic and Racial Studies
WomenÕs Studies
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Public Health
Aboriginal
HIV
Pregnancy
Reproductive
Child bearing
Decision

abstract: This thesis represents a qualitative research study involving three urban dwelling, HIV positive Aboriginal women.  It highlights the factors that participants describe as being influential in their decision to have a child or not, given positive HIV status.  In depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with participants and descriptive construction of emerging themes and categories were developed to explain the results. Key factors that were found to influence participant’s decisions to have a child or not were: intention; fertility options; stigma; fear; social support; personal health status; spirituality; and cultural safety. This study also found that an analysis of the role HIV status plays in the decision making processes of HIV positive Aboriginal women with regards to whether or not to have a child must take into account how colonization, systematic discrimination, racism, early childhood and adolescent experiences, poverty, addictions, homelessness, co-morbidity of illness and culture intersect to influence their decisions.


identifier: Brandes, D. (1975). Relative effectiveness of selected relief representation methods for topographic maps (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15744

format:
ix, 99 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
GA 140 B72 1975 Microfiche
Relief models
Topographic maps
Cartography

abstract: Bibliography: p. 92-99.


identifier: Thomas, B. W. (1974). Synergy: modelling, values and planning (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22330

title: Synergy: modelling, values and planning

format:
ix, 124 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject:
HT 166 T43 1974 Microfiche
City planning
Cities and towns - Mathematical models

abstract: Bibliography: p. 94-100.


identifier: Sell, Y. P. (1998). The good, the bad and the indifferent: An examination of predictors of organizational decision making and moderators of participation-outcome relationships (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19773

format:
xii, 156 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
HD30.23 .S453 1998
Decision-making
Organizational behavior
Psychology, Industrial
Personnel management

abstract: Bibliography: p. 132-142.