identifier: St-Yves, G. (2015). Statistical properties of defect turbulence in two and three dimensions (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27878

subject:
Condensed Matter
Statistics
High dimensional chaos
Defect turbulence
Pattern formation

abstract:
Spatiotemporal chaos in oscillatory and excitable media is often characterized by the presence of phase singularities called defects. Understanding such defect mediated turbulence is an important challenge in nonlinear dynamics. This is especially true in the context of ventricular fibrillation in the heart, where the mechanism leading to ventricular fibrillation, and the importance of the thickness of the ventricular wall, is contentious. Here, we study defect mediated turbulence arising in many regimes of conceptual models of oscillatory and excitable media and investigate the statistical properties of the turbulent state that results.

Two central ideas are put under scrutiny. First, that the turbulence is driven, and its observables influenced, by the mechanism of breakup and second, that the dimensionality of the medium leads to a different, potentially more complex, turbulence. We find evidences that support the idea of instability driven turbulence for different 2-dimensional instabilities. Furthermore, breakup from purely 3-dimensional instabilities offers a completely different mechanism. For 2D mechanisms in 3D media, we find that the thickness of the medium does not have a significant influence far from onset in fully developed turbulence while there is a clear transition in behavior if the system is close to a spiral instability. We further provide clear evidence that the observed transition is purely a consequence of the dimensionality of the medium. Using 3D defect tracking, we show that the statistical properties arising from 2D instability driven turbulence are different from those in turbulent regimes arising from 3D instabilities, but only close to onset.

As a consequence of this study, we are lead to the counterintuitive conclusion that even in the absence of pure 3D instabilities, 3D simulations may be necessary to capture even the simplest statistical feature of the turbulent behaviour of real 3D systems. However, even if the 3D statistics are different from the 2D ones, they are not distinguishable in a general context, a conclusion that opposes a previous conjecture.


identifier: Bawazeer, S. (2013). Stability and Accuracy of Lattice Boltzmann Method (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27861

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject: Energy Mechanical Lattice Boltzmann Stability MRT LBM

abstract:
The advection di usion and Navier Stokes equation can be recovered from Lattice Boltzmann
equation. The stability and accuracy analysis need to be performed to ensure that
those equations are recovered correctly. The Lattice Boltzmann stability analysis is still an
open research area. The von Neumann stability is used to investigate the maximum stable
velocity of multi-relaxation time (MRT) model as a function of relaxation parameters for
di erent lattice models. The maximum stable velocity is the maximum velocity that keep
the error bounded. The accuracy of each lattice model is investigated as a function of velocity
and number of mesh points. It is noted that the maximum velocity calculated from
stability analysis becomes signi cant when the relaxation parameter is approaching 2 (zero
viscosity), while the maximum velocity that ensures the accuracy becomes signi cant when
the relaxation parameter is away from 2.


identifier: Totino, F. M. (2003). A constructed evil (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24545

title: A constructed evil

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 159-163


identifier: Enman, M. G. (1999). Female persistence in science: Exploring the achievement motivation and epistemological characteristics of post-secondary students (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13804

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

subject: LC1567 .E56 1999

subject: Additional copy: 370 EDC 1999 ENM in the Doucette Education Library.

subject: Women science students--Canada.

subject: Women college students--Canada.

subject: Sex differences in education

abstract: Bibliography: p. 106-122.


identifier: Strong, J. E. (1996). Reovirus-host cell interaction (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19030

title: Reovirus-host cell interaction

format:
xiv, 266 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QR 414 S87 1996
Reoviruses
Host-virus relationships
Virology - Research

abstract: Bibliography: p. 236-266.


identifier: Boswell, H. S. (1997). An evaluation of British Columbia's approach to land use planning (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14755

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
ii , <vi>, 97 leaves, ill. : 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: HD319.B7 B57 1996

subject: Land use - British Columbia - Planning

subject: Land use - Government policy - British Columbia

subject: Environmental policy - British Columbia

subject: Sustainable development - British Columbia

abstract: Bibliography: p. 88-91


identifier: Hawkins, N. C. (1989). Homeobox genes in Caenorhabditis elegans (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15525

format:
xiii, 113 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QL 391 N4 H38 1989
Caenorhabditis elegans - Genetics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 108-113.


identifier: Khan, A. G. (2007). The role of haemophilus influenzae fbpa in iron transport (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1082

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 112-125
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Kudi, M. D. (2018). Poétique des frontières dans le roman francophone africain et caribéen (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/5433

publisher:
Arts
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Gbanou, K. Sélom
Madibbo, Amal
Amedegnato, Ozouf S.
Ouédraogo, Jean
Flynn, Darin M.

subject:
frontier
francophone novel
reconfiguration
interaction
interdependance
transgression
Education--Art
Education--Language and Literature

abstract: This study explores, on the one hand, the interactions between narratives and other art and media forms within the narrative and, on the other, the correlation between fiction and non-fiction. Within the context of new trends in francophone literature since the 90s where the novel has become a genre without limit, the work interrogates the reconfiguration of discursive space of the francophone novel made of interactions and transgressions. It focalises on the mixture of genres, the interaction between the fictional text and the paratextual elements (title, preface, postface, foot and endnotes etc.), the narrative text and media forms of expression, and the violence which characterises the elements of narration. The study is based on six novels of six different writers of sub-Saharan Africa and Haiti. This choice is informed by the desire to compare the aesthetics of these writers of different periods, as well as that of the two territories identified notably by cultural and sociological resemblance. This study will be conducted in the light of a comparative research methodology, using elements of the theory of dialogism of Mikhail Bakhtin, coupled with the concepts of intertextuality, intermediality, and the mosaic which deal basically with the interaction of various discourses, voices, and genres, bringing out the conflicting and complementing relationship within a shared space. The analysis reveals that current media and technological advancement and improved culture of mobility which have banished frontiers, account for the loss identities and the creation multifaceted space in literary works. Besides, the fashionable transgression of discursive practices and subversion of established orders have decompartmentalised the literary expression, widening its horizons and giving it a global and a transfrontiers outlook. To this end, the notion of frontiers in the contemporary francophone novel surpasses the status of a theme and imposes itself rather as a framework for the reading of the novel.


identifier: Tomchyshyn, J. L. (2003). Extended producer responsibility: analysing Canadian voluntary programs (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17980

format:
xxv, 296 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 270-296


identifier: Vennard, L. F. (2011). Ict systems in the post 9/11 context: a comparative US/Canada soft system analysis (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4163

format:
xviii, 379 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 352-379

abstract: This dissertation is a document based analysis of the major social and technology factors involved in developing Canada' s post 9/ 11 response and national integrated security system. The role of ICT (information and communication technology) systems is of special interest. There is a paucity of academic research of Canadian post 9/11 federal responses apart from a narrow focus on the major moves announced, even though the impact extends far beyond these. 9/11 occurred against a background of technological advances and ICT systems already presenting the Canadian federal government with policy, regulatory and legislative challenges profoundly important in shaping the Canadian federal response. These have not received sufficient academic study. A substantial part of Canada's federal post 9/11 national security agenda plays out through ICT systems and the underlying layer of information. This research analyzes actual or intended Canadian federal government action (according to official publicly available documents), and also goes deeper to analyze the role of ICT and information. Significantly, it positions both in Canadian historical and current contexts and includes the central but missing element: information. The research establishes the baseline of soft system components (legislation, institutional organization and strategy) Canada had to draw upon in its post 9/1 1 response. Federal processes for civil defence were established in World War II and the Cold War, and these were brought forward into the post 9/11 context. The research also establishes points in the US homeland security agenda relevant to Canada (according to each country's official publicly available documents). In the aftermath of 9/11 the US federal focus firmly fixed on information, and this has not waivered. ICT systems and ICT critical infrastructure are primary targets for information capture to serve the evolving and expanding homeland security agenda. Canada responded to the US responses to the terrorist attacks, and information is also the central feature of the Canadian response. A major conclusion reached is the post 9/11 Canadian federal integrated security system encompasses not only the announced system, but also a number of other systems. These include hidden and shadow systems, and unannounced and backdoor systems. All involve ICT and information.


identifier: Kroeker, T. J. (2001). Downtown lands redevelopment option - Red Deer, Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20685

publisher:
Environmental Design
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
ix, 216 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 195-216.


identifier: Hamilton, G. (2009). An analysis of injury definitions and risk of subsequent injury in Cirque du Soleil performers (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2801

publisher:
Kinesiology
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract: Bibligoraphy: p. 121-132

abstract: This study explored how different definitions of injury (i.e., medical attention versus time loss) affect 1) injury rates, 2) consequences of injury, 3) risk factor analysis and 4) subsequent injury risk. Cirque du Soleil performers (n=1281) were followed for a total of 812,008 performances over a period of 49 months (2004 to 2008). Cirque therapists used an electronic database as their charting procedure for injuries and treatments. Results showed that the choice of injury definition affected estimates of the injury rate, the consequence of injury and the assessment of statistical significance for risk factors. Using survival analysis techniques and conditioning on the individual, the risk of an index injury was similar to the risk of a subsequent injury (HR=0.97, 95% CI; 0.88 to 1.08), no matter the injury definition. These results suggest that individuals have a fixed ratio for subsequent injuries and an injury may not increase the risk of subsequent injuries.


identifier: Sadikali, A. (2009). Sonification of gait (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2676

title: Sonification of gait

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 63-67
Audio CD included


identifier: Kerr, J. R. (2010). Future-proof design: must all good things come to an end? (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4244

format:
90 leaves : ill. ; 37 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 86-88

abstract: Thesis is in colour.

abstract:
Within consumer culture, the design profession has been a driver in creating a paradigm where products obsolesce with increasing rapidity. This MOP seeks to explore how designers can develop longer lasting products that resist obsolescence through the development of the idea of'Future-Proof' Design (FP Design).
By examining the nature and origins of a consumer culture founded in obsolescence, as well as its social and environmental effects, an argument for the use of FP is developed. An alternative basis for consumer culture, in the form of a Steady State Economy, is also proposed as a supporting tool for FP design.
A model for analyzing obsolescence is developed which seeks to describe the degradation of desirability through the categories of Function, Appearance and Emotional Value. This model is then used to examine a variety of products, FP and nonFP, from which, a set of FP guidelines, using the tools of Technology and Quality, are developed for designers wishing to create such products. These tools are then used in the development of a series of three design concepts that strive to resist obsolescence.
The designs examine those objects needed for 'urban nomads; a user group that are owners of many ephemeral products. Specifically, concepts were developed for the display, storage and transportation of books; functions normally performed by products that are not kept between moves. This application of FP design principles showcases their utility, but also their subjectivity, and how they are applied through attention to detail at both broad and minute scales in the product development process. These tools should provide a departure point for further research in the field of product obsolescence and design.


identifier: Kozak, A. M. (2021). Investigating adaptation in marine threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) recently isolated to Lost Lagoon, British Columbia (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary

contributor:
Jamniczky, Heather
Rogers, Sean
Syme, Douglas

subject:
adaptation
threespine stickleback
eda
contemporary evolution
escape response
Biology
Ecology
Genetics

abstract: Reduction in the number of lateral plates in Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) that have colonized freshwater habitats is a well-studied case of parallel evolution. Parallel evolutionary events provide insight into the processes driving adaptation by highlighting the contribution of natural selection to evolutionary change. Most studies have focused on threespine stickleback populations that have been living in freshwater since widespread glacial melting 10,000 to 20,000 years ago. I recently identified a population of marine threespine stickleback that have been sequestered in Lost Lagoon, BC, Canada since 1916 providing an opportunity to examine evolution on a contemporary time scale. In this thesis, I test the hypothesis that threespine stickleback in Lost Lagoon have adapted genetically and phenotypically to freshwater conditions because of changes in selective pressures following isolation to Lost Lagoon. I conducted genetic and phenotypic comparisons between Lost Lagoon and nearby marine and freshwater populations in Madeira Park, BC. Genetic comparisons involved examining divergence between populations at the ectodysplasin A (Eda) locus, the major genetic control for the number of lateral plates, and calculating neutral genetic divergence using FST from Pooled Sequencing results. Phenotypic comparisons were performed by using microcomputed tomography (µCT) to generate three-dimensional skeletal models that were landmarked to quantify shape phenotype. Results suggest that stickleback in Lost Lagoon have undergone considerable evolutionary change on a relatively short timeline and are in the midst of evolution transition. I also demonstrated the usefulness of this population in testing mechanisms driving selection because of the variation in Eda present on a controlled genetic background by testing the hypothesis that adaptation to freshwater is driven by increased escape response performance. Escape responses were stimulated and filmed in wild fish from Lost Lagoon and in a F1 generation raised in the laboratory. Results suggest that Eda does not contribute to variation in the kinematic variables measured. Collectively, the research in this thesis illustrates that Threespine stickleback in Lost Lagoon appear to be in the midst of evolutionary transition but the mechanistic connection between this transition and the Eda locus remains elusive.


identifier: Zargartalebi, M. (2019). Hydrodynamic instability and heat transfer analysis of nanoflow in semi-porous microchannels (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Hydrodynamic Instability and Heat Transfer Analysis of Nanoflow in Semi-Porous Microchannels

publisher:
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary

contributor:
Azaiez, Jalel
Gates, Ian Donald
Benneker, Anne M.

subject: Nanoparticles, LBM, Microchannel, Heat Transfer, Flow Dynamics

subject: Applied Sciences

subject: Engineering

subject: Engineering--Chemical

abstract: This dissertation focuses on the simulation of nanofluid and fluid flow in a semi-porous microchannel. Despite the wide applications of nanoparticles in recent years, there are still some nano-exclusive phenomena which render the performance of the nanofluid unpredictable. The nano-scale specific properties can be positive or negative depending on the nanoparticle and the surrounding conditions, ignoring which, result in imprecise predictions. Therefore, this dissertation analyzes the hydrodynamic and thermal behavior of nanofluid and fluid flow in semi-porous microchannels, employing the Lattice Boltzmann method. First, the flow instabilities in nanofluid flow in a porous microchannel are studied. It is shown that the nanoparticle effect on instability is highly-dependent on its properties and the surrounding conditions. It is also revealed that nanoparticles behave differently at various viscous regimes, and the instability is controlled by the physical and chemical properties of the nanoparticles. The second part focuses on the heat transfer behavior of the porous microchannel in the presence of nanofluid. It is shown that the nanoparticle distribution plays important roles in heat transfer. Particle size and surface energy are also found to change the whole picture of heat transfer and therefore, a characteristic curve is introduced, using which, nanoparticles can safely improve heat removal. In the third section, the analysis of the second part is extended to randomly distributed pin-based microchannels with special attention to nanoparticle adsorption on pin surfaces. Statistical analysis shows that various random realizations behave differently, and an averaged behavior can be found. Nanoparticle adsorption on the pin surface is found to have double-edged effects and can be beneficial or detrimental to heat removal. Finally, the hydrodynamic and thermal behavior of partially-porous microchannel are analyzed. It is revealed that, unlike the fully-porous microchannel, the thermal performance of these systems is complicated. The study shows existence of hydrodynamic and thermal critical porous medium heights where the impact of the porous medium becomes imperative. A particle tracing technique is adopted to explain the underlying physics and a mathematical model is proposed to explain the interplay between the critical points and the hydrodynamic, geometric, and thermal parameters.


identifier: Sabinin, P. (2000). Regulation of PKR-the ras connection (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23142

title: Regulation of PKR-the ras connection

format:
x, 130 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QP606 .P76 S23 2000
Protein kinases
Interferon
Reoviruses
Ras oncogenes
Cancer - Research

abstract: Bibliography: p. 109-130.


identifier: Fuss, J. (2018). The Paradox of Equalization: Solving Inequity by Increasing Disparities (Unpublished master's project). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

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

abstract: The design of the equalization system is a policy concern in Canada because it has extensive political, social, and economic implications. Equalization is intended to ensure all provinces can offer similar public services and to reduce fiscally induced migration across the country. The program is entrenched in the constitution and has been in operation since 1957. However, equalization has been reformed numerous times over the decades and controversy has followed with each new iteration of the system. In 2018-19, fiscal equalization payments will total $18.96 billion and will be split between six provinces. Quebec will receive $11.73 billion, or 61.88% of the total amount, while Prince Edward Island will receive the most per capita at $2,835. Conversely, the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland & Labrador will not receive any money. This project was designed to determine the level of success equalization has had in meeting its own objectives and constitutional obligations. Specifically, the focus of the project is on the service comparability aspect of the equalization system. Analysis was conducted by collecting data from Statistics Canada regarding eight different education indicators by province. Provinces were then compared to the national average in each category and any outliers were recorded. This statistical analysis provided insight into how “reasonably comparable” services are across provinces in Canada. Key themes from the literature review include equalization’s ability to reduce fiscal disparities, promotion of bad fiscal policy, political influence, and the system’s lack of focus on service comparability. Authors suggested that equalization was important for national unity, but also emphasized that the system is designed for political motives rather than economic efficiency. Findings propose that equalization has enabled services to improve across the country, but service comparability appears to have faltered over time. In fact, service disparities between provinces have not disappeared despite the existence of equalization and may even be increasing as time progresses. Additionally, fiscal equalization may have the effect of enabling provinces which receive payments to achieve greater levels of service than non-recipient provinces. As a direct consequence, some provinces may have lower quality education services solely because of the design of the system. The equalization program is in need of reform. Moving forward, policy should be designed to legislate what “reasonably comparable” levels of service are and develop concrete tools to measure levels of service in order to compare provinces and assess the program’s ability to meet its objectives. In addition, the government should introduce an independent arms-length agency to provide oversight and direction to the equalization program. The agency would be responsible for ensuring effectiveness, making modifications, and achieving the constitutional requirements of the program. As a result, equalization would become de-politicized and progress towards improving service comparability among the provinces. Any policy approach designed to reform equalization should involve expert consultation and a plan to address service disparities.


identifier: Shields, M. D. (2006). Threat and interdependence: NORAD and the Canada-United States defence alliance (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/573

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 151-169


identifier: Robinson, J. E. (1999). Comprehensive needs assessment project for elementary school students (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13442

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

subject: LB1115 .R63 1999

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

subject: Needs assessment - Alberta - Calgary

subject: School children - Alberta - Calgary - Attitudes

subject: Counselling in elementary education--Alberta

abstract: Bibliography: p. 59-65


identifier: Doenni, V. M. (2018). Early-Life Inflammation Affects Amygdala Function and Associated Behaviours in Adolescence and Adulthood (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/5438

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

contributor:
Pittman, Quentin J.
Hill, Matthew N

subject:
Inflammation
Development
Brain
Mental Health
Education--Health
Neuroscience

abstract:
Inflammation is one of the most common results of viral and bacterial infections. While inflammation is a normal mechanism to clear pathogens, there is now emerging evidence that it can have profound effects on brain and behaviour. We discovered a susceptible window around postnatal day (P) 14, when a single exposure to an immune challenge with lipopolysaccharide (LPS - a bacterial, inflammatory compound) can cause changes in physiological and behavioural processes that persist into adulthood.
In this research, I addressed the hypothesis that a single postnatal immune challenge on P14 causes long lasting alterations in amygdala function and associated behaviours. I investigated reciprocal social behaviour, anxiety, startle and fear behaviour in both male and female rats, and found that an immune challenge on P14 decreased sociability and delayed the extinction of a fearful memory of a cue but not context. The effects of P14 LPS were present in both males and females. Acutely at P14, LPS activated cells in the amygdala and decreased concentrations of the endocannabinoid anandamide. In adolescence endocannabinoid concentration, receptor binding and degradative enzyme activity were altered in males and females. When the activity of the anandamide degrading enzyme FAAH was normalized by an inhibitor (oral or intra amygdala), before a social encounter, behavioural changes caused by P14 LPS were normalized to control levels. This lead us to believe that the amygdaloid cannabinoid system is a substantial contributor to changes seen in response to early-life inflammation. Early-life inflammation may substantially shape adolescent social and fear behaviour and contribute to related disorders. I further investigated amygdala-mediated schizophrenia-like behaviours and found that –unlike maternal immune activation- sensorimotor gating and reactions to stressors are unaffected by postnatal inflammation on P14. Lastly, I investigated alcohol drinking as another amygdala related behaviour and found that P14 LPS leads to increased alcohol drinking in the adult, when pre-exposed to alcohol during adolescence. Taken together, my work strongly suggests that inflammation on P14 alters amygdala signalling and behaviour, and could help us understand differences in susceptibility for fear and anxiety disorders, schizophrenia and alcohol disorders.


identifier: Mahadevan, K. (2019). Exploring the Design of Autonomous Vehicle-Pedestrian Interaction (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Science
University of Calgary

contributor:
Sharlin, Ehud
Somanath, Sowmya

subject: Human-Computer Interaction

subject: Human-Robot Interaction

subject: Interaction Design

subject: Virtual Reality

subject: Computer Science

abstract: Autonomous vehicle research today places an emphasis on developing better sensors and algorithms to enable the vehicle to localize itself in the environment, plan routes, and control its movement. Surveying the general public reveals optimism about the technology but also some skepticism about its ability to communicate with vulnerable road users such as pedestrians and cyclists. In today's interaction with vehicles at crosswalks, pedestrians rely on cues originating from the vehicle and the driver. Vehicle cues relate to its kinematics such as speed and stopping distance while driver cues are concerned with communication such as eye gaze and contact, head and body movement, and hand gestures. In autonomous vehicles, however, a driver is not expected to be on-board to provide cues to pedestrians. We attempted to tackle the problem of designing novel ways to facilitate autonomous vehicle-pedestrian interaction at crosswalks. We propose interfaces which communicate an autonomous vehicle's awareness and intent as a means of helping pedestrians make safe crossing decisions. Through our exploration, we make several contributions. First, we propose a design space for building interfaces using different cue modalities and cue locations. From an early exploration of this design space, we prototype interfaces designed to facilitate autonomous vehicle-pedestrian interaction. The interaction between vehicles and pedestrians will become more challenging during the transition period until all vehicles on the road are fully autonomous. During this period which we term mixed traffic, vehicles of varying levels of autonomy will occupy roads, some of which will have drivers, others such as semi-autonomous which may have distracted drivers, and fully autonomous vehicles which may or may not have drivers. To study this problem, we contribute a virtual reality-based pedestrian simulator. Our final contribution relates to the evaluation of interfaces in the real and virtual world where we found their inclusion helped pedestrians make safe crossing decisions.


identifier: Thiara, R. S. (1972). An Analysis of Alberta high school social studies curriculum guides, 1960-1970 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20800

format:
vi, 74 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: H 625 Z5 T52 1972 Microfilm

subject: Social sciences - Study and teaching (Secondary) - Alberta

subject: Education - Alberta - Curricula

abstract: Bibliography: p. 68-74.


identifier: Sakai, Y. (2017). Three Essays in Environmental and Renewable Resource Economics (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28437

contributor:
Taylor, M. Scott
Gordon, Daniel
Magesan, Arvind

subject: Economics

abstract:
The environment and natural resources are fundamental to human life. Clean air is crucial for our health, fossil fuels are the base energy source for the modern economy, and fishery resources are the most important source of protein in many countries. Until the middle of the 20th century, the environment and natural resources were not the main subject of research, as human activities appeared to have negligible effects on them. Since then, however, the consequence of human activities started to manifest themselves. Environmental pollution, climate change, deforestation, and depletion of fishery resources are only a few examples. In effect, we live in an era where the careful management of environment and natural resources has never been more important.

A major challenge in environmental and resource management is their lack of property rights. For example, clean air is a public good, which is nonexcludable and nonrival. This means that one's pollution abatement effort benefits everyone in the population, while the cost of the abatement is borne by that individual. Consequently, everyone tries to free-ride on others' abatement efforts, and the resulting abatement effort level and air quality will be less than the socially optimal level. Similarly, many fishery resources are nonexcludable so that anyone can participate in a fishery. Because the cost of fishing increases as the size of the fish stock shrinks, an additional harvest by a new fisherman raises the cost of fishing for other fishermen. Thus, while the profit from harvests is enjoyed by each fisherman, the cost of harvest is shared by everyone in the industry. Consequently, the total harvest will be more than the socially optimal level. In both examples, an action of one individual affects others without market transactions (i.e. agreeing to incur the costs or benefits). This is the concept of externality. A positive externality exists if one's action benefits others---as in the case of abatement---, while a negative externality exists if one's action generates costs to others---as in the case of fishery.

In this thesis, I examine the management of fishery resources in Chapter 1 and the management of infectious diseases in Chapters 2 and 3. One may wonder why fishery resources and infectious pathogens are in the same thesis, but a closer look reveals that they share two key features. First, they are both renewable natural resources. Both are a part of the ecosystem, and one reproduces in lakes and oceans while the other reproduces in a host's body. The goal of a fishery resource manager is to maximize the rent from the fishery resource, while the goal of a pathogen resource manager (i.e. public health official) is to minimize the cost from the infectious pathogen.

Second, externalities are key in the management of both resources. Infectious diseases transmit from a host to another host without an accompanying market transaction. For many infectious diseases, vaccination exists that reduces the risk of infection. When a person vaccinates, this person bears the cost of vaccination such as money and pain, while everyone in the population benefits via the reduced risk of infection. Thus, everyone tries to free-ride on others’ vaccination decisions, and the vaccination rate will be lower than the social optimal level. This is a classic example of public goods. Therefore, the management of fishery resources and infectious pathogens both center around understanding the nature of externalities and finding the optimal level of resource stocks.

My analytical approach to these two types of resource management is also common. I first use reduced form econometrics to examine the overall relationship between key variables. I then use theory to explain the empirical results, and further explore other possible outcomes based on the theory. In the case of fishery resource in Chapter 1, theoretical models already exist in the literature, so I focus primarily on the empirical analysis. Alternatively, I show a new stylized fact about the relationship between income and vaccination rates in Chapter 2. As there is no theory in the literature that is consistent with this result, I construct a new theory in Chapter 3. The combination of theory and empirics is useful in examining the phenomenon of interest and discussing policy implications.

In Chapter 1, I investigate the impact of fishery subsidies on resource stocks in 23 OECD countries during 1996-2011. Subsidies are common tools to internalize externalities by aligning private and social costs. They are, however, also used for other political purposes. Thus, whether they have positive or negative consequences is an empirical question. My results show that the effect of subsidies depends on the type of subsidy and the management regime. Within this sample, cost reducing subsidies have no effect on stocks if management is individual quota-based but have negative effects if management uses traditional input/output restrictions.  Subsidies for improving fishery management and infrastructure produce beneficial effects on stocks under traditional management, but no effect with individual quota-based management. These results suggest that global efforts to reform fishery subsidies should be carried out in a highly selective manner.

In Chapter 2, I present a new stylized fact about the relationship between income and childhood vaccination. It shows vaccination rates first rise but then fall as income increases. This pattern is observed in WHO country-level panel data, and in US county-level panel and individual-level repeated cross-section data. This data pattern suggests that both low and high-income parents are less likely to follow the standard vaccination schedule, and that such behaviour is reflected in the vaccination rate at the population level. I provide several alternative explanations as to why we observe this data pattern, including avoidance measures, medical care, and social segregation.

Finally, in Chapter 3, I develops a simple model of vaccination decisions in a population where agents differ in their exogenous income. Agents perceive the risk of infection as independent of their decisions, while it is endogenously determined by the population's vaccination rate. I show that while the monetary cost of vaccination prevents low-income agents from vaccinating, the opportunity cost of illness, interacted with the presence of a substitute for vaccination, can naturally generate non-vaccination at the high-income end. These vaccination decisions at the individual level may in turn generate a rise and fall in the vaccination rate as the population's income rises.


identifier: Patten, S. B. (1994). The etiological relationship between drugs and depression (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17665

format:
xviii, 259 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject:
RM 315 P38 1994
Drugs - Side effects
Depression, Mental
Psychopharmacology
Drugs, Testing

abstract: Bibliography: p. 215-248.


identifier: da Rosa dos Santos, L. (2017). The Relationship between Instructors, Academic Leaders, and Educational Developers in the Development of Online Teaching Capacity (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Werklund School of Education
University of Calgary

contributor:
Lock, Jennifer
Groen, Janet E.
Jacobsen, Michele DM
Estefan, Andrew
Simmons, Nicola

subject:
Educational Development
Online Teaching
Capacity Building
Education
Education--Higher
Education--Technology

abstract: Online learning is expanding rapidly among higher education institutions; this requires faculty members to be prepared to teach in online environments. While some may have experience with online teaching and learning, others may feel the need to enroll in educational development programs to help them develop their competence and confidence in teaching online. Using an instrumental single case study approach, this research sought to understand the ways in which instructors from a professional faculty of a western Canadian university developed their capacity to teach online. The following question guided the inquiry: how does the relationship between instructors, academic leaders, and educational developers influence the process of online teaching capacity building in a professional faculty at a western Canadian university? Participants of this study included instructors and academic leaders of a professional faculty, and educational developers working at the university’s centre for educational development. Data were collected using interviews, surveys, and document analysis. Three key findings emerged from the analysis of the data: 1) how technological and pedagogical considerations affected online teaching and its capacity-building processes; 2) initiatives used by instructors to build their online teaching capacity, and 3) factors that influenced the processes for online teaching capacity building. These findings point to the need for synergetic relationships between online instructors, academic leaders, and educational developers for the development of online teaching capacity-building processes and practices that create the conditions for meaningful student learning.


identifier: dos Santos Meira, C. (2023). Leishmania donovani cathepsin B: impact on proteins and ncRNAs of small extracellular vesicles, and on infection metabolism (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Leishmania donovani Cathepsin B: Impact on Proteins and ncRNAs of Small Extracellular Vesicles, and on Infection Metabolism

contributor:
Gedamu, Lashitew
Buret, Andre
Muench, Douglas
Claire Arrieta, Marie
Jardim, Armando

subject: Proteomics Transcriptomics Metabolomics Leishmania Microbiology Parasitology

abstract: Leishmaniasis is a spectrum of chronic diseases caused by protozoan parasites of the Leishmania genus. These parasites can circumvent immune defenses and survive in phagolysosomes of host cells by disrupting signaling processes and cellular functions. Leishmania virulence factors including papain-like cysteine proteases, have been extensively implicated in immune evasion and parasite differentiation. The disruption of the cathepsin B-like cysteine protease of L. donovani was found to attenuate infectivity and induce proteome remodeling in these parasites, affecting the expression of metabolic enzymes and proteins released in extracellular vesicles (EVs). Here, the effects of L. donovani cathepsin B on EV-derived proteins and small non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), and on metabolism of infected macrophages were investigated. L. donovani cathepsin B wild type (WT), cathepsin B knockout (KO), and episomally complemented knockout (CM) parasites were used to generate comparative proteomic and transcriptomic profiles of small EVs (sEVs), and of metabolites in the spent media of infected U937 cells. LC-MS/MS semi-quantitative analyses revealed the cathepsin B-induced modulation of diverse elements in sEVs, including metabolic enzymes, calpain cysteine proteases, kinases, and translation-related components. Protein-protein networks were remarkable in sEVs and cathepsin B-induced alterations in their proteomes seemed to differ from those previously observed in the parasites, indicating selective packaging of protein cargo in these vesicles. The exploration of the Illumina sequenced small RNAs (18-30nt) from sEVs showed striking abundances of tRNA, rRNA and snoRNA fragments originating from a small subset of genes and with suspected regulatory functions. Moreover, ncRNA genes were differentially expressed in WT and CM sEVs, while KO sEVs exhibited significant expression of coding genes. The bioinformatics predictions of miRNA-like and other regulatory elements for non-annotated transcripts identified in sEVs suggested potential non-canonical regulatory mechanisms in Leishmania. The mass-spectrometry-based metabolomics study indicated extensive differences in the metabolism of macrophages infected with L. donovani WT, KO and CM, especially in nucleotide, energy and carbon metabolisms. Several disturbances appeared to correlate with cathepsin B-induced modulation of metabolic enzymes. Overall, the data suggest the participation of cathepsin B in protein and RNA sorting/packaging into Leishmania EVs and demonstrate the potential mechanisms by which this protease affects host-parasite interaction.


identifier: Maharaj, V. (1996). A vibrational circular dichroism study of deoxyoctanucleotides and their daunorubicin complexes (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19048

format:
xvi, 158 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
QP 624.75 D77 M34 1996
DNA-drug interactions

abstract: Bibliography: p. 135-140.


identifier: Dietrich, M. L. (1999). A monitoring programme to assess the use of a natural wetland for stormwater treatment in Calgary (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23713

format:
ix, 86 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
TD657 .D48 1999
Urban runoff--Environmental aspects.
Water pollution
Urban runoff--Environmental aspects.

abstract: Bibliography: p. 80-86.


identifier: Hogaboam, K. (2010). Hail to the chief: government-civil service relations during the Diefenbaker years, 1957-1963 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3918

format:
iv, 87 leaves ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 84-87


identifier: Desrosiers, B. R. (1981). Abstraction and spectator role in group talk (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23082

format:
xii, 252 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject:
LB 1084 D46 1983
Interaction analysis in education
Oral communication
Language arts

abstract: Bibliography: p. 198-203.


identifier: Mulholland, L. S. (1994). Electronic culture: computer mediated communication and cognitive enhancement (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23111

format:
x, 196 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject: P 96 T42 M83 1994

subject: Communication - Technological innovations

subject: Mass media - Technological innovations

subject: Artificial intelligence

subject: Information technology

abstract: Bibliography: p. 181-189.


identifier: Stephenson, A. (2020). Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Receptor Mutations in Non-Autoimmune Hyperthyroidism (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Paschke, Ralf
Robbins, Stephen M.
Grewal, Savraj S.

subject: Education--Health Biology Biochemistry

abstract: Non-autoimmune hyperthyroidism (NAH) is rare and occurs due to a constitutively activating thyroid stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR) germline mutation. Germline mutations in TSHR lead to sporadic and familial NAH (SNAH, FNAH) whereas somatic mutations lead to hot thyroid adenoma (HTA). The role and prevalence of TSHR mutations in NAH have been reported to vary significantly. Furthermore, the result of these mutations appears to vary across different reports. Most interestingly, there is also a proposed role for TSHR in thyroid carcinoma. This thesis seeks to determine the true prevalence of TSHR mutations in HTA (the subset of NAH where the most samples are available), explore the phenotype of germline NAH, provide an overview of all TSHR associated disorders and begin to unravel the role of TSHR in carcinoma. This is done in 4 chapters. The first uses targeted NGS technology to determine the true prevalence of TSHR mutations in NAH (specifically HTA). This found that TSHR is the sole gene responsible for the development of HTA (96% mutation positive in an optimal subset of samples). The second chapter explores the phenotype of germline NAH, the variability of presentation, the consequences of late diagnosis, and the possible role of TSHR in bone through literature review and two novel case reports. The third chapter is an all-encompassing look at disorders associated with the TSHR including thyroid carcinoma, as documented by the TSHR mutation database. Thyroid carcinoma is further explored in the fourth chapter which outlines preliminary results and background for a plan to further evaluate TSHR’s role in thyroid carcinogenesis. This thesis concludes that TSHR signaling is solely responsible for HTA, that NAH can have variable presentations and requires early total thyroidectomy, and that TSHR undeniably plays a role in thyroid carcinoma that warrants further exploration.


identifier: Sutherland, G. (1975). The Transformation of protestant devotional rhetoric in Jean de Sponde's poems on death (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24468

format:
iv, 101 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject:
PQ 1705 S8 Z89 1975 Microfiche
Sponde, Jean de, 1557-1595

abstract: Bibliography: p. 97-101.


identifier: West, K. A. (1980). Flexibility as a component of mathematical ability in solving problems (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20221

format:
ix, 143, [10] leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
Problem solving
Adaptability (Psychology)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 97-102.


identifier: Serra Devecchi, P. (2006). Regulation of a prevalent diabetogenic CD8+ T cell response (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/642

format:
xvi, 333 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract:
Bibliography: p. 296-333
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Crowley, T. J. (1968). The Radioactive labelling of poeciliid spermatozoa (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15890

format:
vii, 75 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QL 638 P73 C7 1968
Poeciliidae
Autoradiography
Radiobiology

abstract: Bibliography: p. 54-59.


identifier: Lo, A. K. (2000). A broadband multiport antenna for a SDMA system (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22735

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

subject:
TK7871.6 .L6 2000
Antennas (Electronics)
Wireless communications systems
Signal processing

abstract: Bibliography: p. 135-136.


identifier: Charlton, S. M. (1982). Pre-retirement planning and counselling: practices in a selected industry (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14795

format:
vii, 245, [14] leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject: Personnel management - Alberta - Calgary

subject: Oil industries - Alberta

subject: Employee counseling

subject: Retirement

abstract: Bibliography: p. [246-259].


identifier: Meloff, L. R. (2001). Assessment of eating disorder symptomatology in patients with cystic fibrosis (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14620

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

subject:
RC552 .E18 M45 2001
Cystic fibrosis - Patients
Eating disorders

abstract: Bibliography: p. 128-144.


identifier: Zhang, J. (2013). Dynamic Pricing and Scheduling for the Coordination of a One-of-a-kind Production Supply Chain (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25759

subject:
Management
Marketing
Operations Research
supply chain management
decentralized coordination
dynamic pricing
stochastic scheduling

abstract: In this thesis work, we study the dynamic pricing strategy (DPS) for different cases and its influences on supply chain coordination. First, we study a DPS for a one-of-a-kind production (OKP) firm with two classes of orders (due-date guaranteed and due-date unguaranteed). We model the DPS using Bellman equation and compare it with a static pricing strategy (SPS). Second, we study the pricing problem for a third-party-logistics (3PL) provider that provides warehousing and less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services. We develop a stochastic-nonlinear-programming (SNLP) model which computes the optimal freight rates for different delivery dates incorporating the 3PL provider's current holding cost and available transportation capacity. We develop an adjusted multinomial logit (MNL) function to predict customer choices so that our SNLP model can obtain near optimal freight rate settings. Finally, we study dynamic pricing based on a practical OKP firm which is currently employing a SPS. For the three cases, we show the increase of the price-setting firm's profit, customer and social welfare when DPS is employed through simulation, and consequently show the DPS's influence on the performance of the supply chain. We also develop a scheduling method for a manufacturer whose suppliers offer different delivery times at different prices. We abstract the problem to a one-machine scheduling problem which is featured by: (a) the release date of each job is compressible and stochastic, (b) each job has to be delivered before its due date (deadline) and (c) the manufacturer can expedite the production with costly overtime. The target is to minimize the total cost including the compressing cost and the overtime production cost. We coin a concept of a job's late-release-impact factor (LRIF) and we propose a LRIF based heuristic algorithm. Through the numerical test, we shows that the LRIF based algorithm can obtain a better schedule comparing to the ones that are commonly used in practice. By this thesis work, we are trying to integrate an OKP supply chain, which is critical to reduce the cost of OKP companies.


identifier: Semper, C. (2016). Characterization of a Group II Intron and its Intron-Encoded Protein (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25267

contributor:
Zimmerly, Steven
Chua, Gordon
Ng, Ken

subject: Genetics Biochemistry

abstract:
Group II introns are a class of mobile genetic elements found in the genomes of bacteria, archaea and in the organellar genomes of some eukaryotes.  They are comprised of a large structural RNA with ribozyme activity and a multi-functional intron-encoded protein.  The IEP encodes four domains: reverse-transcriptase, maturase, DNA-binding and endonuclease domains.  The RNA and IEP interact to form a functional ribonucleoprotien that facilitates the two activities of group II introns, splicing and mobility.  The interaction between group IIA introns and their IEPs has been well characterized; however, many of the details regarding the IIC intron-IEP interaction are poorly understood.  This dissertation examines the interaction between the B.h.I1 group II intron and its intron-encoded protein.
	The B.h.I1 intron is a class IIC intron encoding an IEP that lacks the endonuclease domain.  The intron is found in the organism Bacillus halodurans and exhibits clear evidence of retroelement behaviour, inserting downstream of intrinsic transcriptional terminators.  In order to better characterize the intron-IEP interaction, it was determined that significant improvement to the IEP purification was required.  Through a combination of optimization of expression and FPLC the yield and purity of the IEP was improved significantly.  With purified components in sufficient quantity, the hypothesis that IIA and IIC IEPs recognize different high-affinity binding sites was examined using an in vitro mobility assay.  Ultimately it was determined that IIC IEPs recognize a structurally similar but functionally different high-affinity binding site than is recognized by IIA-encoded IEPs.  During binding site experiments, it was determined that the B.h.I1 intron uses the same IEP binding-site for splicing and mobility, reconciling a previously observed inconsistency.
A kinetic characterization found that the B.h.I1-IEP interaction occurs with lower affinity compared to the IIA intron and that the B.h.I1 intron-IEP interaction relies more heavily on secondary contacts made outside the high-affinity binding site.  Finally, data obtained from cross-linking experiments implicate the IEP in recognition of the 3’ exon, a previously undiscovered function of the IEP in intron mobility.   Though subtle, the differences observed for the IIC intron-IEP interaction appear to facilitate the specific requirements of its genomic niche.


identifier: McAllister, B. (2014). The Effects of Fluoxetine Treatment Following Injury of Medial Frontal Cortex in Mice (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28102

subject:
Neuroscience
Fluoxetine
Medial frontal cortex
Mice
Brain injury

abstract: The drug fluoxetine has been found to have protective properties when administered following brain injury. However, its potential to promote behavioural recovery and the mechanisms by which it might do so require further characterization. To this end, the effects of four weeks of post-injury fluoxetine treatment were examined in mice, using medial frontal cortex (MFC) aspiration lesions as a model of cortical injury. A battery of behavioural tests dependent on MFC function was conducted. MFC lesions reduced locomotion in several tests, decreased anxiety-like behaviour, and impaired contextual association memory. Fluoxetine treatment did not alter the observed hypolocomotion or anxiolysis, but it may have reduced the cognitive impairment. In addition, fluoxetine treatment increased the social dominance of the mice with MFC lesions. These benefits of fluoxetine treatment did not appear to depend on the increased survival of cells born one week after injury or on the induction of hypothermia.


identifier: Roderick, G. M. (1998). The common law and the Justices of the Supreme Court of the North-west Territories, 1887-1907 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13259

format:
vi, 155 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject: FC3216.9.L3 M37 1997

subject: Justice, Administration of - Canada, Northern

subject: Justice, Administration of - Canada, Western

subject: Law - Canada, Western - History and criticism

subject: Law - Canada, Northern - History and criticism

subject: Northwest, Canadian - History - 1870-1905

abstract: Bibliography: p. 141-155.


identifier: Karbalaei, A. H. (2017). A Visual Tool for Comparing the Life Cycles of Major Energy Sources in Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25089

contributor:
Behjat, Laleh
Gates, Ian
Nowicki, Edwin
Moshirpour, Mohammad
Bergerson, Joule

subject:
Information Science
Education--Industrial
Education--Technology
Computer Science
Engineering--Environmental
Engineering--Petroleum
Engineering Education
Energy and Environment
Data Visualization
Gamification

abstract: Air pollution has become one of the major challenges, with which humanity continues to struggle in modern times. The never-ending demand for energy has increased the production and consumption of different types of energy resources. A major part of the energy demand is met through the use of fossil fuels, which is one of the main sources of air pollution. In this thesis, a simple Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) model was created to represent the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) pollution of coal, natural gas and oil sands in Alberta. The model was complemented by developing a user-friendly and interactive visualization tool: The Greener Alberta, using recent software development techniques. The visualization tool enables the general public, especially younger generations, to learn about the industry procedures and to compare GHG emission rates of each energy resource. Finally, research surveys were conducted to verify the effectiveness of the Greener Alberta.


identifier: Harlow, D. (2011). Investigation of aspects of raw materials used in ceramic production in Eastern Tigray (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4230

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 142-156.

abstract: Includes a copy of Ethics Review forms.  Originals with original copy of Partial Copyright Licence.


identifier: Wilson, R. T. (1995). Economic crises, the state and educational policy: an analysis of the secondary education review in Alberta, 1984-85 (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18231

format:
x, 358 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject:
LC 91.2 A4 W56 1995
Education and state - Alberta
Politics and education - Alberta
Education - Alberta

abstract: Bibliography: p. 328-358.


identifier: Fournier, E. (2012). Novice elementary teachers' perspectives teaching mainstreamed special needs students: implications for leadership, preservice education, and professional development (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4787

format:
xii, 257 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 195-208

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

abstract:
Many novice elementary teachers feel challenged by the demands placed upon them to effectively teach mainstreamed special needs students. This study explored the relationship between teachers' preservice education and their experiences with special needs students.
Four conceptual areas (self-efficacy, teacher preparation, teacher socialization, and leadership implications) were deemed to potentially influence the novice teachers' experiences. The literature offered many insights into these four areas (Darling-Hammond, 2005; Feiman-Nemser, 2003; Fullan, 2007). The four areas were interrelated to one another as well as to the novice teachers' belief systems. The construct of self-efficacy put forth by Bandura ( 1997) served as the theoretical underpinning for this study and was examined alongside and in relation to the role of the preservice programme.
This study employed a mixed methods approach and was based on Creswell's (2009) Concurrent Embedded Design which is characterized by one data collection phase where both qualitative and quantitative data are collected simultaneously. There were two main clusters of participants, novice teachers, and faculty who held responsibility for preservice programming.
Findings indicated Bandura's (1997) assertion that mastery experiences are the most powerful indicators of self-efficacy held true within this study. Novice teachers at the top end (7-9) of the self-efficacy scale described how prior experiences with special needs individuals played an important role in their perceived self-efficacy. An equally important role was played by the support system these novice teachers experienced. The findings from the teachers were compared with those from the faculty members. Findings suggest that each participant group valued one aspect of programming over another. The novice teachers highly valued the practical aspects while the faculty members consistently described the need to prepare the next generation of teachers to be deeply analytical, critical thinkers.
A new model, The Fulcrum of Support, was conceptualized from the findings. This model emerged as a possible means to address the needs of a novice teacher with regard to creating balance between their challenging and rewarding experiences. Each aspect of the model has the potential to play an important role in a novice teacher's initial and ongoing support systems.


title: Relationship between video game playing and gambling behavior in children and adolescents

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subject:
Gambling and teenagers
Video games and teenagers
Gambling Literature

abstract: Thesis (M.A.) written for the Dept. of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University.

abstract:
It is suggested that commercial video games and
gambling activities make use of similar types of
intermittent reinforcement schedules. This research seeks to examine the nature of this
relationship amongst children and adolescents. One hundred and four children from grades 4, 6, and 8 participated. A questionnaire exploring issues related to video game playing and gambling behavior was completed and a computerized blackjack game was individually administered.


identifier: Kinney, I. G. (2012). As a result of the fall: explorations of the trauma postmodern (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4983

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 29-31

abstract: Not only does the traumatic event instigate the subject's confrontation with death, but it can also suggest a narrative subject that is multiple and protean. Through a process of narrative  (re)construction, writing about a traumatic event that relates to death (re)actively (re)orients the individual subject to the social world and enables healing. But rather than reconstitute the subject within socially derived narratives and reinforce the logocentric project to signify trauma coherently, a posttraumatic writing may better account for the figural happening of the traumatic event. Posttraumatic writing consents to the indeterminate and comes to terms with that which is unrepresentable to memory and yet which cannot be forgotten. The terms poststructuralism and postmodernism are themselves troubled and troubling figures in a trauma meta-narrative wherein the individual agent no longer operates as the privileged, autonomous subject of modernity, but instead develops fragmented and multiple. By continually (re)arranging 'partial' or 'distorted' phrases and their linkages, my posttraumatic text, entitled "As a Result of the Fall," internalizes the disruption that is poststructuralism, and explores the possibilities of postmodern ism as a liberating, and perhaps even therapeutic aesthetic practice.


identifier: Klatt, G. R. (1981). Microcomputer controlled sonar for sensory enhancement (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15117

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

subject: TK 8315 K43 1981

subject: Imaging systems

subject: Visual perception - Electronic data processing

subject: Remote sensing

subject: Man - Machine systems

abstract: Bibliography: p. 121.


identifier: Chard, L. L. (1977). Make-believe play and conceptual tempo in preschool children (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20549

format:
viii, 62 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
BF 723 P8 B82 1977 Microfiche
Problem solving
Child study
Play

abstract: Bibliography: p. 57-62.


identifier: Nakayama, M. (2006). Masked priming with orthographic neighbors: a test of the lexical competition assumption (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/561

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 56-62


identifier: Luo, Y. (2006). Facial model metamorphosis using geometrical methods (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/846

format:
ix, 113 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 99-111


identifier: Jones, P. G. (1993). Involvement of the annexin proteins in stimulus-secretion coupling (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17230

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

subject:
QP 552 L48 J64 1993
Lipocortins
Calcium binding proteins
Phosphorylation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 177-208.


identifier: Barrett, R. (1980). Thinking, doing and feeling (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12570

title: Thinking, doing and feeling

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

subject:
BF 531 B35 1980 Fiche
Emotions
Thought and thinking
Causation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 107-109.


identifier: Devin, G. J. (1980). Differential scanning calorimetric studies on the tropomyosin-troponin complex from bovine cardiac muscle (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22167

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

subject:
QD 431 D47 1988 Fiche
Proteins - Analysis
Muscle proteins - Analysis
Troponin
Tropomyosin

abstract: Bibliography: p. 121-122.


identifier: Zanewich, D. (1997). Advancing sustainable development in a corporate setting (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23377

format:
xii, 199 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 169-182


identifier: Bertram, K. A. (2019). Science and Sibyls: An exploration of consultation of Sibylline Books at Rome (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Science and Sibyls: An Exploration of Consultation of Sibylline Books at Rome

publisher:
Arts
University of Calgary

contributor:
Driediger-Murphy, Lindsay Gayle
Hume, James Rutherford
Ruparell, Tinu

subject:
Sibylline Books
History--Ancient

abstract: This thesis explores the consultation of the Sibylline Books at Rome in relation to six characteristics of science. The characteristics considered are “Expertise”, “Analysis”, “Regimentation”, “Record Keeping”, “Defined Scope”, and “Observation”. It is argued that all of these characteristics are displayed in consultation of the Sibylline Books, although to varying degrees. It is further demonstrated that consultation of the Sibylline Books influenced Roman public policy in much the same way that science affects public opinion and policy today.


identifier: Sun, J. (2020). Development of Finite Element-based Models for Defect Assessment on Pipelines (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Cheng, Yu
Zhou, Wenxing
Dann, Markus R.
Sun, Qiao
Federico, Salvatore

subject: Engineering--Mechanical

abstract: Pipelines have been the most effective and efficient method for transportation of oil and gas from production sites to their markets and end users. Assessment of corrosion defects and their effect on pipeline integrity are critical to the safe operation of pipeline systems. Although numerous efforts have been made on defect assessment, there are still significant rooms for research and development in assessment of the interaction of multiple features on pipelines. In this work, finite element (FE) based models were developed to assess API X46, X60 and X80 steel pipelines containing multiple corrosion defects, which were either longitudinally aligned, circumferentially aligned or overlapped with each other. The defect size and the grade of pipeline steels were considered to evaluate the interaction between adjacent defects. The critical spacing between the defects with various orientations was determined, enabling assessment whether an interaction existed to affect the failure pressure of the pipeline. FE models enabling predictions of the failure pressure of pipelines containing a dent associated with a corrosion defect were also developed. In addition, a failure pressure-based criterion to properly assess the interaction of the dent and its adjacent corrosion feature was established. The mutual interaction between the adjacent corrosion defects affects not only the local stress and distribution, but also the electrochemical corrosion rate, due to the so-called mechano-electrochemical (M-E) effect. Due to the existence of the M-E effect, a new criterion is proposed to determine whether the mutual interaction exists between the adjacent corrosion defects, i.e., on the ratio of the anodic current density at the defect adjacency to that of the non-corrosion region on the pipe body.


identifier: Rider, C. F. (2014). Modulation of glucocorticoid-inducible gene expression: Effects of inflammatory stimuli and long-acting β2-adrenoceptor agonists (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26976

contributor:
Newton, Robert
Giembycz, Mark Anthony

subject: Biology--Molecular

subject: Health Sciences

subject: Pharmacology

subject: Asthma

subject: Glucocorticoid

subject: Long Acting β2 Adrenoceptor Agonist (LABA)

subject: Resistance

subject: Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)

subject: Corticosteroid

abstract: Glucocorticoids, acting on the glucocorticoid receptor (GR; NR3C1), are the most effective medication for controlling inflammation in the majority of asthmatics. However, some asthmatics, particularly those with severe disease, have reduced responses to glucocorticoids, a condition known as glucocorticoid resistance. Likewise, glucocorticoids have reduced effectiveness in asthmatics who smoke and during exacerbations, which are frequently induced by human rhinovirus (HRV) infection. Glucocorticoids reduce inflammatory protein production by directly inhibiting inflammatory transcription factors, including nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) and by enhancing the expression of potentially anti-inflammatory genes (transactivation). The importance of transactivation in glucocorticoid activity is increasingly apparent, but the impact of inflammatory mediators on anti-inflammatory gene expression is understudied. Human bronchial epithelial, BEAS-2B, cells stably transfected with a 2×glucocorticoid response element (GRE) reporter system, which models glucocorticoid-inducible gene expression, demonstrate concentration-dependent activation by glucocorticoids. However, dexamethasone-induced 2×GRE activation was time-dependently reduced by pre-treatment with inflammatory mediators, including tumor necrosis factor (TNF), interleukin-1β (IL1B) and cigarette smoke extract (CSE). Furthermore, TNF pre-treatment decreased dexamethasone-induced mRNA expression of genes with potentially anti-inflammatory activity, including cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 1C (CDKN1C) and TSC22 domain family protein 3 (TSC22D3/GILZ), in bronchial epithelial and airway smooth muscle cells. Likewise, pre-incubations with HRV or the synthetic double-stranded viral RNA mimetic polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid (poly(I:C)) reduced dexamethasone-induced 2×GRE activation. Poly(I:C) also reduced dexamethasone-induced CDKN1C expression. Approaches to reverse TNF-induced glucocorticoid hyporesponsiveness were evaluated, including addition of long-acting β2-adrenoceptor agonists (LABAs), use of novel GR agonists and inflammatory signalling pathway inhibition. LABAs, such as formoterol, potentiated 2×GRE reporter activation and CDKN1C expression through a time- and PKA-dependent mechanism that did not enhance GR expression, agonist affinity or translocation, but instead allows for gene specific control. Therefore, LABA addition functionally reversed glucocorticoid hyporesponsiveness induced by TNF or poly(I:C). However, novel GR agonist-induced 2×GRE activation was repressed by TNF or poly(I:C) treatment, with the degree of repression correlating with agonist efficacy. Finally, inhibition of the NF-κB and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) mitogen activated protein kinase pathways partially reversed TNF-induced glucocorticoid hyporesponsiveness. These results may contribute to the development of improved treatments for combating glucocorticoid hyporesponsiveness during exacerbations and in severe asthma.

abstract: 2 years


identifier: Paperny, R. D. (2003). Adoption and attachment: a study of attachment in young adult adoptees (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21315

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abstract: Bibliography: p. 87-97

abstract: Extrapolating from the central tenets of attachment theory and research, the present study investigated the implications for the adoption experience on the developing security and pattern of attachment relationships. Differences between adoptee and non-adoptee attachment classifications were explored, and classification differences were analyzed based on their relationship with demographic and theoretically relevant variables. A sample of 34 late adolescent to young-adult adoptee volunteers (20 females, 14 males), ranging from 17 to 32 years of age, were recruited. They were administered the Adult Attachment Interview, the Adult Attachment Projective, and asked questions relating to their adoptions. The sample's distribution of Adult Attachment Projective classifications was compared to norms of community and clinical samples. Consistent with the implications from attachment theory and research, the adoptee distribution differed significantly from that expected for a non-adopted, non-clinical sample (p:S.0001). Furthermore, several features of the distribution pattern were also consistent with projections from attachment theory and research. First, the rate of secure or Autonomous attachment is significantly lower than expected (E) (15%, E = 52%). Second, Dismissing attachment, the most common form of insecurity in normative samples, is nearly absent in this sample (6%, E = 18%). Third, both the Preoccupied (47%, E = 11 %) and the atypical Unresolved/Disorganized (32%, E = 19%) attachment classifications are overrepresented in this sample relative to the comparison norms. These adoptees resembled a clinical sample in their distribution of attachment patterns. Between classification group differences were analyzed by examining their relationship with the following variables: age, gender, age at adoption, professional status, relationship status, parenting status, search for birth family/outcome, counseling experience, and subsequent threats to attachm~nt (loss, trauma, abuse, rejection, and separation). None of these analyses supported an association between any of the independent variables and classification group differences. The findings from this study support the theory that adoptees are at greater risk for insecure attachments than their non-adopted counterparts. It is recommended that future studies make further attempts to identify the source/s of these differences.


identifier: Mutysheva, D. (2009). The empirical analysis of oil demand and GDP relationship in selected countries (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2315

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viii, 84 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract:
Bibliography: p. 87-90
pages numbered incorrectly


identifier: Whitaker, R. H. (1969). Cortical mass action and maze learning (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19225

title: Cortical mass action and maze learning

format:
vi, 34 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
QP 385 W46 1969
Brain - Localization of functions
Learning, Psychology of
Rats - Psychology
Maze tests

abstract: Bibliography: p. 30-32.


identifier: Schram, D. R. (1982). A study of the personal problem solving skills of life skills candidates (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13349

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ix, 61, [10] leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject:
BF 637 C45 S37 1982
Interpersonal communication
Social skills
Problem solving

abstract: Bibliography: p. 50-52.


identifier: Nunez-Betelu, L. K. (1991). Palynology of the Kanguk formation (late cretaceous), Remus Creek, Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19536

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ix, 263 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject: QE 993 N86 1991a

subject: Additional Copy: QE 993 N86 1991

subject: Palynology - Northwest Territories - Ellesmere Island

subject: Palynology - Northwest Territories - Remus Creek

subject: Geology, Stratigraphic - Cretaceous

subject: Formations (Geology) - Northwest Territories - Ellesmere Island

abstract: Bibliography: p. 193-227.

abstract: The stratigraphic nature, palynological constituents, and petroleum potential of the Kanguk Formation and contiguous strata have been assessed by combining palynology, sedimentology, and Rock-EvalffOC pyrolysis. In the northeastern Sverdrup Basin the Kanguk is latest Cenomanian/early Turonian to Campanian in age. It constitutes a depositional sequence bounded by two major unconformities throughout the study area except at Remus Creek. The lower unconformity spans the Albian-latest Cenomanian/Turonian interval whereas the upper unconformity includes the late Campanian-Paleocene interval. Both unconformities are diachronous. In the northeastern Sverdrup Basin the Kanguk Fonnation can be traced from coastal areas (Mount Bridgman) westward to offshore areas (Glacier Fiord). Marine and terrestrial palynomorphs are well-preserved and represented by 428 taxa, including 226 marine and 202 terrestrial species. One new marine dinocyst genus (lbaidinium g. nov.), seven new marine dinocyst species (Chatangiella kangukensis sp. nov., lbaidinium canadensis sp. nov., lbaidinium inuitei sp. nov., lbaidinium mertxei sp. nov., Luehndea brevispinosa sp. nov., Odontochitina octopusa sp. nov., and Trithyrodinium verrucosum sp. nov.) and a new terrestrial pollen species (Wodehouseia arctica sp. nov.) have been recognized. The genus Ibaidinium g. nov. and the species Odontochitina octopusa sp. nov. are age-significant and restricted to the latest Coniacian. Based on the palynological content, the Kanguk Formation can be subdivided into a lower marine dominated interval and an upper terrestrial dominated interval. The formation has been subdivided into four biozones. The upper three biozones roughly correlate with previously established biozones for the Kanguk Formation or equivalent units. A combination of sedimentological and Rock-EvalffOC pyrolysis data supports the presence of three informal members in the Kanguk Formation, namely the "Mount Bridgman member", the "bituminous member", and the "Remus Creek member". The "Mount Bridgman member" and the "bituminous member" are, in part, laterally equivalent and represent coastal and offshore deposition respectively. The "bituminous member" was deposited in anoxic, offshore environments, and is correlative to the worldwide Cenomanianffuronian anoxic event. It may represent a good source-rock for oil and gas, whereas only gas could be generated from the deltaic "Remus Creek member"and the coastal "Mount Bridgman member". The nature of the Kanguk Formation and the marked variations in thickness might be indicative of deposition in a tectonically active basin as suggested also by the abundance of bentonite beds. This tectonic activity would be linked with the Eurekan Orogeny.


identifier: Reynolds, D. M. (2010). Vulnerability assessment of skiiing-dependent business to the effects of climate change in Banff and Jasper National Parks, Canada (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3380

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ix, 205 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 182-194


identifier: Bissett, J. D. (1975). Ecology of fungi occurring in soils along an alpine ridge (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17381

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xvi, 280 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
QK 604 B56 1975 Microfiche
Soil fungi
Alpine regions

abstract: Bibliography: p. 215-223.


identifier: Fermaniuk, B. (2013). Sand Control in Steam Assisted Gravity (SAGD) Wellbores (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27707

subject: Engineering--Petroleum Sand

abstract: Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) is a thermal recovery technology used to produce heavy oil and high viscosity bitumen from Alberta oil sands.  The oil sands of Alberta are unconsolidated sands which require sand control within the horizontal wellbores to reduce the erosive power of the sand and plugging of sand control screens.  Slotted liners have been extensively used in Alberta’s SAGD wells to provide sand control.  Slotted liner slot width specifications can be effectively designed based on the particle size distribution of the in-situ reservoir sands and coupled reservoir parameters.  Modified laser particle size analysis can simulate a sieve analysis to determine slot width sand control requirements and provide a means to estimate the particle size for stable arching of sand around a slot during production.  The slot must be designed to allow free flow of fines and clays through the slot and near well pore space without plugging.  Based on the findings of research documented in this thesis, the minimum slot width for the majority of slotted liners used for sand control in clastic heavy oil and bitumen formations is 0.012” (~300 μm).  The results also reveal that a seamed slot, which provides a “keystone” profile, provides anti-plugging characteristics.  Slotted liner manufacturing is a complex process of metal-to-metal slotting of an interrupted cut.  Pipe grades, process of manufacture, chemical composition and physical properties can dramatically affect the machinability tool-life and sand control. The results of the research also show that machinability of the pipe is largely controlled by the combination of optimal microstructure (manufacture) and chemical composition (specifically sulfur content). Sulphur content has been widely known to improve machinability but too high of a sulphur content can have dramatic effects on the performance of a slotted liner when H2S is present.  Tool-life tests proved that the carbon content of the pipe cannot be used as a predictor of the pipe’s machinability. Taylor’s tool-life equation can be successfully applied to blade slotting and a metric developed here, called the Relative Material Machinability Index, has can be used to relate slot manufacturing performance of differing grades of pipe, microstructure, and chemical composition.

abstract: 2 years


identifier: Churchman, P. M. (2000). Alternative approaches to development regulation in Calgary (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24226

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xviii, 210 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
HT169 .C32 C33398 2000
City planning - Alberta - Calgary
Urban policy - Alberta - Calgary
Land use - Alberta - Calgary
By-laws - Alberta - Calgary

abstract: Bibliography: p. 204-210.


identifier: Thrift, G. I. (2005). The bible, anti-communism, and the A-Bomb: Canadian protestant churches in the cold war era, 1945-1968 (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15541

contributor:
Marshall, David B.
Bercuson, David Jay

format:
x, 394 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 358-394


identifier: Salb, A. L. (2011). Anthrax outbreaks in wild wood bison: descriptive epidemiology and surveillance (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4178

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viii, 118 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 111-118

abstract: A few pages are in colour.

abstract: Includes copy of copyright permission.  Original copy with original Partial Copyright Licence.


identifier: Muralidharan, R. K. (1990). Novel preparations and applications of unsaturated sulfones and sulfonates (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20128

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xvii, 201 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject:
QA 305 S6 M87 1990
Sulphones
Sulphonates

abstract: Bibliography: p. 188-201.


identifier: Tsai, T. (2008). A comparison of Canadian and Taiwanese physician ehtical reasoning using clinical vingettes (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2229

contributor:
Harasym, Peter H.
Donnon, Tyrone L.

format:
xx, 289 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 213-230


identifier: de Jesus, P. (2021). Multi-modal assessment of outcomes in pediatric mild traumatic brain injury (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Esser, Michael
Shutt, Timothy
Dyck, Richard

subject:
mTBI
multi-modal
machine learning
neuropsychology
concussion
Education--Health
Neuroscience
Health Sciences

abstract: Objective: Mild traumatic brain injury is the most common type of head injury among children and adolescents. Symptoms are highly heterogeneous and are affected by several factors pre- and post-injury, making diagnosis and symptom management challenging. This study aims to look at using multi-modal analysis to determine relationships between symptoms and contribute to the understanding of how acute symptoms transition to a chronic pathology. Study design: Participants aged 8-18 years and with a medically diagnosed mTBI were recruited through the Alberta Children’s Hospital Brain Injury Clinic. Age- and sex-matched healthy controls were recruited through word of mouth, sibling matches, and the Healthy Infants and Children's Clinical Research Program (HICCUP). Participants were categorized as follows: 1) symptomatic mTBI (n=26), 2) repetitive mTBI (n=14), and controls (n=27). Study appointments occurred within 6-16 weeks from the initial injury where the following assessments were administered: symptom assessment, balance assessment, neuropsychological evaluation, ERP assessment, neuroimaging, and blood collection for cytokine analysis. Each assessment was analyzed individually, and then used to build a multi-modal elastic-net regression model to identify significant predictors among all of the outcomes. Results: mTBI participants had higher PCSI scores and lower PedsQL scores compared to controls, indicating higher symptom burden. The mTBI groups had more difficulties with school, as reflected by the BASC assessment. No differences were found between groups for the balance assessment or the ERP assessment. On the CNSVS test, female mTBI participants had lower Neurocognition Index scores and faster reaction times compared to female controls. Repetitive mTBI males had faster psychomotor speed compared to symptomatic mTBI males. CTACK levels were elevated in female mTBI groups, SCGF-B levels were lower in male mTBI groups, and MDC levels were lower in female mTBI groups when compared to controls. No differences in FA and MD scores were found between groups and sexes scores for the left and right CPC tracts. Multi-modal assessment revealed important model predictors from the neuropsychology and cytokine assay modalities. Conclusion: Multi-modal assessment is a necessary tool to understand the key factors involved in the secondary injury and symptoms that arise after a pediatric mTBI. It is more informative than looking at individual assessments and highlights the limitations of looking at specific biomarkers in isolation when studying a complex injury affecting multiple systems in the body.


identifier: Elham, N. (2016). Fundamental Modeling of the Alberta Power Market (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26249

contributor:
Ware, Antony Frank
Swishchuk, Anatoliy
Zinchenko, Yuriy
Davison, Matt

subject:
Education--Mathematics
Economics--Finance
Fundamental Models
Modeling Power Price
Supply
Merit Order
Bid Stack
Bottom-up Models

abstract: In this project, we identify the primary price drivers and characterize their dynamics in an engineering-based bottom-up model. This fundamental model is based on the economic theory of supply and demand. The power price is determined by the intersection of demand with the dynamic characteristics of the generators’ supply functions. The dynamics of power prices will be represented naturally while satisfying operational constraints. In view of the uncertainty around the future values, we model independent exogenous variables such as fuel prices, outages, and load, as stochastic processes. A broad analysis of levels of aggregation and model simplification will be a comprehensive reference for future modelers. The downside of this methodology is the onerous data and input parameter requirements and burdensome computational costs.


identifier: Carrington, K. A. S. (2018). Let us greet our young, not eat our young: Nursing preceptors (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32788

title: Let Us Greet our Young, Not Eat our Young: Nursing Preceptors

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Nursing
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Mannion, Cynthia A.
Hirst, Sandra P.
Seneviratne, Cydnee C.

subject:
nursing student
preceptor
attributes
clinical learning environment
satisfaction
preceptorship
Education
Nursing

abstract: Background: During the final term of nursing education programs, students are placed in clinical learning environments (CLE) with assigned registered nurses (RN) commonly known as preceptors. The experiences within a preceptorship are related to students’ satisfaction, job recruitment and, in the long term, retention in the profession. Despite having participated in preceptorships as students, new nursing graduates often report feeling unprepared to enter the profession. In 2010, Willemsen-McBride estimated 35-65% of new Canadian graduates leave their place of employment within their first year. Students who experience unsatisfactory preceptorships are thought likely to leave the profession altogether. Attributes of preceptors which foster positive CLEs contribute to students’ satisfaction and success in preceptorship experiences. Such attributes include: kindness, patience, commitment, support, effective communication skills, clinical competence, providing clinical exposure, role modeling, and positive coaching. Objective: To investigate nursing students’ perceptions of preceptor attributes as these attributes relate to their satisfaction in the CLE, expectations from before and after their preceptorship, and their perceived preparedness for licensure and nursing practice. Method: A pretest-posttest study was conducted during the 2017 fall term of the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta. Students were recruited from the final term course (NURS 599). Participants (n=74) were tested prior to commencing their preceptorship experience and 55 participants were tested at the end of their preceptorship. Demographic data were gathered and participants were asked to complete the Preceptor Attributes survey, the Clinical Learning Environment Inventory (CLEI), and the My Preceptorship tool. Results: Two attributes of preceptors were identified as contributing to students’ satisfaction with their preceptor and with the CLE. The attribute of providing exposure significantly affected students’ satisfaction when compared to the influence of the preceptor in the CLE (t = 3.77, p = .000, [CI 95%: 4.57, 14.91]). Providing exposure also significantly affected students’ satisfaction when compared to the influence of the CLE (t = 3.59, p = .001, [CI 95%: 3.86, 13.64]). The attribute of clear communicator significantly affected students’ satisfaction when compared to the influence of the preceptor in the CLE (t = 3.56, p = .001, [CI 95%: 3.21, 11.47]). Clear communicator also significantly affected students’ satisfaction when compared to the influence of the CLE (t = 3.04, p = .004, [CI 95%: 2.05, 9.99]). Students’ expectations pretest to posttest were not met for CLE aspects of innovation (t = 3.36, p = .002, [CI 95%: 0.85, 3.38]), student involvement (t = 2.96, p = .010, [CI 95%: 0.43, 2.98]), task orientation (t = 2.82, p = .007, [CI 95%: 0.56, 3.33]), or satisfaction (t = 2.64, p = .011, [CI 95%: 0.42, 3.07]) as measured by the CLEI. Approximately half of the students (41%, n=25) reported they did not feel prepared for their licensing exam. Many students reported feeling prepared to practice (92%, n=56) because of their preceptor. Most students were satisfied with their preceptor (95%, n=58) and 53 (87%) wanted to return to the CLE to work post-graduation. No significant difference was reported in students’ perception of preceptor attributes (t = -0.06, p = .956, [CI 95%: -4.59, 4.53]) or of the six CLE aspects (p>.05) for students having two preceptors as opposed to those having only one. Discussion: Students’ satisfaction with their preceptorship in the CLE is highly dependent upon specific attributes of preceptors. Preceptors with effective communication skills who provide exposure to learning opportunities in the CLE are highly prized by students and contribute to their satisfaction throughout preceptorships.


identifier: MacKenzie-Hicks, M. (1994). Scapegoating and power in Shakespeare (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17435

title: Scapegoating and power in Shakespeare

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vii, 223 leaves ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 209-223.


identifier: Topor, Z. L. (1999). Investigation of the human respiratory control system by computer modeling and system identification techniques (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13645

format:
xvi, 216 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
QP123 .T67 1999
Respiration - Regulation
Respiration--data processing
Biological models
Congestive heart failure.

abstract: Bibliography: p. 202-216


identifier: LeBlanc, J. (2009). The Feasibility and Fidelity of Practicing Surgical Fixation of an Ulna Fracture on Virtual Bone (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13675

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Donnon, Tyrone L.
Beran, Tara

format:
xiv, 143 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract:
Bibliography: p. 115-124
Some pages are in colour.