identifier: Green, S. K. (1989). The Impact of setting on the motion picture viewing experience (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16318

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

subject:
PN 1994 G73 1989
Motion pictures - Appreciation
Motion picture theaters
Videocassettes

abstract: Bibliography: p. 132-136.


identifier: Digel, M. (1992). Application of water quality simulation models in river basin planning (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17277

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 126-141

abstract: Different approaches for using water quality simulation models in river basin planning are presented. It is argued that adopting an interactive role for simulation modelling in river basin planning would improve the way that models are utilized and could help bridge the gap between planning and implementation. With an interactive approach, modelling is used as a tool for developing river basin plans rather than simply as a tool for evaluating them. An evaluation of the South Saskatchewan River Basin Planning Programme (SSRBPP) concluded that the overall approach used was not amenable to finding solutions to water quality problems or to the effective use of water quality simulation models. The water quality model used (WQRRS) was too complex a tool to be integrated into the scenario development process. Instead WQRRS was restricted to a passive evaluation and was not part of the scenario development phase. The current approach to developing and implementing river basin plans in Alberta is not amenable to an interactive modelling approach. A simple interactive model application for the Bow River demonstrated the utility of the interactive modelling approach. The Stochastic River Quality Model (SRQM) is relatively simple to use and was effective for rapidly predicting the effects of different planning options. The SRQM modelling revealed that resolution of dissolved oxygen (DO) problems for the Bow River is limited by the inadequacy of fixed DO objectives and by an incomplete understanding of the relationship between aquatic plant densities and fish populations.


identifier: Okoli, E. C. (1996). Reconciling cultural values through drama education (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12473

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject:
PN3171 .O56 1996
Additional Copy: 370 EDC 1996 OKO
Drama in education
Ethnicity in children - Canada
Social values - Cross-cultural studies

abstract: Bibliography: p. 151-155.


identifier: Grierson, C. A. (1997). Site and self: a written accompaniment to the thesis exhibition (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22124

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 89-104.


identifier: Parker, J. R. (1980). Language design to support system sofware development (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19935

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

subject: QA 76.6 P35 1980 Fiche

subject: Software compatibility

subject: Electronic digital computers - Programming

subject: Programming languages (Electronic computers)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 85-87.


identifier: Demjen, S. (1986). Cognitive-affective factors in chronic headache (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12494

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

subject: RC 392 D44 1987

subject: Headache

subject: Cognitive therapy

subject: Headache - Psychological aspects

subject: Chronic diseases - Psychological aspects

abstract: Bibliography: p. 107-114.


identifier: Rempel, S. A. (1990). Estrogen regulation of C-MYC gene expression in proliferating chick oviduct (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12328

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

subject:
QH 450 R45 1990
Genetic regulation
Gene expression

abstract: Bibliography: p. 138-164.


identifier: Singh, K. (2016). Tailoring Perovskite- and Fluorite-Type Oxides for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27971

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Thangadurai, Venkataraman
Birss, Viola
Shimizu, George
Cheng, Frank
Kesler, Olivera

subject: Education--Physical

subject: Education--Sciences

subject: Anthropology--Physical

subject: Energy

subject: Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, Perovskites, Fluorites

abstract:
A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is a high temperature solid state energy conversion device that directly converts the chemical energy of fuels into electrical energy at high efficiency. The objective of thesis is to develop and tune fluorite- and perovskite-type metal oxides that serve as alternate anodes, electrolytes, and cathodes for intermediate temperature SOFCs. Here, the chemical reactivity between a fluorite-based Ce0.7RE0.2Mo0.1O2 (RE = Y, Sm) anode and 8 mol% yttria-stabilized zirconia electrolyte was evaluated at 1000 ºC. The electrical conductivity of the reaction product Ce1-x-y-zRExZrYMozO2 in air and wet H2 was found to be lower than that of Ce0.7RE0.2Mo0.1O2, due to the formation of defect associates and a decrease in concentration of charge carriers.
	The effect of A-and B-site co-doping on the chemical and electrical properties of potential perovskite-type Ba0.5Sr0.5Ce1-x-y-zZrxGdyYzO3-δ (0 < x < 0.5; y = 0, 0.1, 0.15; z = 0.1, 0.2) proton conducting electrolyte was evaluated. Excellent chemical stability under water vapor for 24 h at 90 ºC was observed for all compositions. The electrical conductivity measurements under dry and humid atmospheres revealed the proton conductivity in these oxides. Among the samples investigated, Ba0.5Sr0.5Ce0.6Zr0.2Gd0.1Y0.1O3-δ showed the highest proton conductivity of 10-3 S/cm at 600 ºC in humid air and H2. The effect of sintering temperature on the proton dynamics of Ba0.5Sr0.5Ce0.6Zr0.2Gd0.1Y0.1O3-δ was evaluated by establishing a correlation between the grain boundary space charge effect, electrical conductivity, and dielectric loss of the samples sintered at 1300, 1400, and 1550 ºC. The proton dynamics in local motion and long-range motion appears to be different due to the difference seen in the relaxation time and activation energy of protons in local motion and bulk conduction properties.
	Furthermore, the electrochemical performance of the layered perovskite-type Gd0.5Pr0.5BaCo2O5+δ and Ba0.5Sr0.5Ce0.6Zr0.2Gd0.1Y0.1O3-δ composite cathode, and Ni and Ba0.5Sr0.5Ce0.6Zr0.2Gd0.1Y0.1O3-δ composite anode for proton conducting SOFCs was evaluated through symmetrical cell studies. The symmetrical cell of Gd0.5Pr0.5BaCo2O5+δ-Ba0.5Sr0.5Ce0.6Zr0.2Gd0.1Y0.1O3-δ composite cathode showed an area specific polarization resistance of 2.4 and 1.9 Ω.cm2 at 700 ºC for oxygen reduction reaction in the air and wet air, respectively, and exhibited an activation energy of 1.2 eV in both atmospheres.


identifier: Bedingfield, Nancy Joyce (2022). Improving Infectious Tuberculosis Education and Counselling in Calgary for Patients who are Foreign-born and their Families (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary

contributor:
King-Shier, Kathryn
Fisher, Dina
Lashewicz, Bonnie

subject:
tuberculosis
patient education and counselling
patient and family centred care
qualitative methods
Public Health

abstract: Patients and family members require comprehensive information and support to manage tuberculosis (TB). However, current TB education and counselling practices often fail to address family needs. This is particularly true in low TB incidence settings such as Canada, where linguistic and cultural dissonance between patients and providers is common. The objective of this research was to explore how TB health care workers (TB HCWs) and health systems leaders can focus education and counselling on the needs and preferences of patients and family members who are foreign-born experiencing advanced infectious TB in Calgary, Canada. The case study was conducted in three phases framed on the Social Ecological Model. In phase one, interviews were conducted with patients and family members to learn about their TB-related needs and experiences. In phase two, staff and physicians at the Calgary TB Clinic were interviewed to learn about their perceptions of barriers and supports to education and counselling for this group. In phase three, data from the first two phases were re-analyzed, relevant documents were reviewed, and health services and community leaders were interviewed to learn how health policy and social context influence education and counselling. Patients and family members described significant isolation associated with TB. Although patients and family members were satisfied with education and counselling, there was evidence that communication problems had occurred. TB HCWs reported numerous, multi-level barriers to providing education and counselling but found that continuity of care and clear information provided early reduced communication problems. Data from community leaders’ interviews and document review revealed that operational and public health priorities often took precedence over strengthening education and counselling. Leaders noted promising developments had recently increased attention to the needs of people who are foreign-born. Key recommendations for change include development of patient education and counselling guidelines, improved patient teaching materials, and offering a cultural patient navigator to families affected by advanced infectious TB. Adopting these changes could reduce fear and isolation in patients and family members; however, policy changes is required to realize the equity-enhancing potential of informing and supporting patients and family members affected by TB.


identifier: McLellan, Q. K. (2018). Predictors of Response to Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Treatment in Adolescent Major Depressive Disorder (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/31859

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

contributor:
MacMaster, Frank P.
Arnold, Paul Daniel
Bulloch, Andrew G. M.

subject: adolescent

subject: Major depressive disorder

subject: repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

subject: neuroimaging

subject: biomarkers

subject: predictors of response

subject: Neuroscience

subject: Psychology--Clinical

abstract: Adolescent major depressive disorder has limited treatment options and response is unpredictable. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a novel treatment option while pre-treatment cortical thickness may be an objective biomarker predictive of response. Twenty-three youth (12-21 years; 11 female) with treatment-resistant depression (TRD) underwent 3 weeks of high-frequency rTMS. Baseline left rostral middle frontal gyrus (lRMF) thickness was compared between eventual responders, non-responders and age-matched controls (n=16; 10 female). Symptom-specific treatment response, defined as ≥50% symptom reduction, was evaluated. Demographic and symptom profile differences were explored. Interventional rTMS alleviated both anxious and depressive symptoms. lRMF was thinner in responders than non-responders, and age negatively correlated with lRMF thickness in controls but not TRD subjects. Exploration of demographic and symptom variables showed responders on the depressive measure had greater frequency of past suicide attempts and higher atypical symptom cluster score while social phobia was associated with non-responsiveness.


identifier: Pelletier, G. (1990). A Comparison of behavioral and family characteristics of girls from sexually abusive, dysfunctiona (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21922

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

subject: HQ 71 P4144 1990

subject: Sexually abused children - Attitudes

subject: Girls - Crimes against

subject: Problem families

subject: Alberta. Department of Mental Health

subject: Alberta - Calgary - Hospitals. Alberta Children's - Family Therapy Programme - Patients

subject: Alberta - Calgary - Hospitals. Alberta Children's. Mental Health Programme - Patients

subject: Alberta - Calgary - Hospitals. Alberta Children's. Department of Psychology - Patients

subject: Alberta - Calgary. William Roper Hull Child and Family Services - Clients

subject: Alberta - Calgary. Woods Adolescent Care Centre - Clients

subject: Alberta - Calgary. Salvation Army Children's Village - Clients

subject: Alberta - Calgary. Cambyr Agencies - Clients

subject: Alberta - Calgary. Catholic Family Services

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 176-190.
offsite


identifier: Locklear, L. (1989). Electron spectroscopic imaging of transcriptionally competent chromatin (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23334

format:
xi, 124 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QH 599 L63 1989
Chromatin - Research
Electron spectroscopy

abstract: Bibliography: p. 111-124.


identifier: Rawlinson, D. F. (2010). Exploring the lived experiences of suicide bereavement peer support program participants (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3831

publisher:
Social Work
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 151-165

abstract: Some pages are in colour.

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


identifier: Lawrence, D. C. (1996). Incremental and entity theories of intelligence affecting self-efficacy and the goal-setting-performance process (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12955

format:
xi, 107 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
BF 503 L38 1996
Goal (Psychology)
Performance
Motivation (Psychology)
Self-efficacy

abstract: Bibliography: p. 90-99.


identifier: Wilhelm, A. L. (1992). Noun incorporation in northern Athapaskan (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19532

format:
xiv, 149 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
PM 641.1 W55 1992
Athapaskan languages - Noun
Athapaskan languages

abstract: Bibliography: p. 138-149.

abstract:
The goal of this thesis is to bridge the gap in the study of noun incorporation between current theoretical and Athapaskan linguistics. Traditionally, noun incorporation has been viewed as a lexical process. Although this view was challenged by several linguists over time, Athapaskanists have always treated noun incorporation as belonging to the realm of morphology/the lexicon.
The goal stated above will be achieved by applying two theories to Northem Athapaskan noun incorporation phenomena: the theory developed by Baker (1988), and the functional approach of Giv6n (1984, 1985, to appear). Thus, a better understanding of noun incorporation in Athapaskan, with its morphological as well as syntactic characteristics, will be obtained. This, in tum, will shed new light on the old theoretical controversy of whether noun incorporation is a morphological or a syntactic process.


identifier: Anton, A. R. (1989). Murine nonparenchymal liver cells: quantitative, morphological, phenotypic and functional characterization (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13492

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

subject:
QP 185 A68 1989
Liver cells

abstract: Bibliography: p. 131-146.


identifier: Asiedu, K. (2014). Applying Data Mining and Social Network Analysis Techniques in a Land Tenure Information System (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24976

subject: Computer Science

subject: Engineering--Environmental

subject: Engineering--Operations Research

subject: Social Network Analysis

subject: Data Mining

subject: Evolutionary Land Tenure Information System

subject: Land Administration Models

abstract: Network of social relationships are fundamental attribute of land tenure systems. The primary objective of this research is to develop an evolutionary TTM-based LTIS to cater for requirements dictated by the rapidly evolving social, political and economic conditions in peri-urban communities and to apply data mining and social network analysis techniques to find lineage of interest in customary systems. The method adapts agile software development approach to developing a TTM-based LTIS. Simulated data populated into the system is then extracted for mining and analysis. The results have proven that mining and analysis can facilitate visualizing complex relationships between objects, reveal hidden relationships that emerge as social change take shape as well as drive the development of an evolutionary land administration model and the LTIS developed based on such models. However the success of these methods depends on acquiring relevant data which may sometimes be manipulated to suite one’s agenda.


identifier: Spooner, I. S. (1994). Quaternary environmental change in the Stikine Plateau region, northwestern British Columbia, Canada (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15661

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

subject: QE 696 S726 1994a

subject: Additional Copy: QE 696 S726 1994

subject: Geology, Stratigraphic - Quaternary

subject: Geology - British Columbia - Stikine River region

abstract: Bibliography: p. 289-313.

abstract:
Records of Quaternary environmental change have been resolved on the Stikine Plateau of northwestern British Columbia.
Glacial sediment has been preserved between Early Pleistocene basalt flows on Mt. Edziza and underneath Middle Pleistocene basalt flows in the Stikine River valley. The Mt. Edziza record indicates that regional ice advanced from the southwest and west of Mt. Edziza and inundated the plateau. Radiometric and paleomagnetic dating indicates sediment deposition occurred during isotope stages 24 to 26. Paleomagnetic sampling resulted in the resolution of the Jaramillo normal polarity event within the section. The Stikine River valley section indicates that river blockage and glaciolacustrine sediment deposition occurred at about 330 ± 30 ka (isotope stage 10). The blockage was a result of early ice advance in the Coast Mountains and eventual regional ice cover is indicated by till overlying the glaciolacustrine sediment.
Advance-phase glaciolacustrine sediment deposited in the Stikine River valley is a record of blockage of the Stikine River by alpine glaciation during early Fraser glaciation time. The extent and thickness (>150 m) of the section indicates that a considerable lag occurred between alpine and Cordilleran ice advance into the region. Boulder lags, perched meltwater paleochannels and extensive scouring indicate that post-glacial fluvial incision was swift and that stagnant ice may have resided in the valley during deglaciation.
A palynological investigation of Susie Lake, eastern Boundary Ranges, Coast Mountains, has yielded a comprehensive Late Quaternary biostratigraphic record. Paleovegetational zones record initial colonization (by 10,000 - 7800 BP), establishment of a spruce and fir forest ecotone established by warming climate (about 7800-4200 BP), gradual cooling and precipitation inc·rease accompanied by migration of lodgepole pine into the region (about 4200 - 2100 BP) and moist and cool conditions and a lowering of treeline (about 2100 BP - Present).
Late Holocene oral history records are powerful tools for the resolution of physical environmental change in remote, isolated areas. Landslides have produced river blockage and flooding; the landslides occur in unstable lacustrine deposits and failure is triggered by concentrated spring runoff. Volcanic activity may have occurred as little as 160 years ago. Although subsequent verification is desirable, oral histories may provide the initial evidence of past geological events.


identifier: Bobrovitz, N. (2014). Development and Validation of the Quality of Trauma Care Patient-Reported Experience Measure (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25649

subject:
Health Care Management
Medicine and Surgery
injury
Trauma
psychometric
survey

abstract:
To deliver patient-centered injury care, patient perspectives must be incorporated into quality measurement and improvement. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis was to develop and validate a measure of patient experience for use as a quality improvement tool in injury care.
                                                                                A draft survey measure of patient injury care experience was revised using cognitive interviews with 30 injury patients/surrogates. A multi-site prospective cohort study of 400 patients/surrogates was conducted and provided evidence of the measure's validity, reliability,
and feasibility of implementation. Analysis of responses to the free-text items on the measure indicated that qualitative data obtained from open-ended items may be a valuable supplement to the quantitative component of the measure.
                                                                                The results of this thesis show that the Quality of Trauma Care Patient-Reported Experience Measure (QTAC-PREM) is valid and reliable and could be used as a tool to guide quality
improvement efforts.


identifier: Grebe, K. H. (1984). The domain of noun tone rules in Lam Nso (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19175

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 131-133.

abstract: This study concerns the domain in which lexical tones interact with each other. By lexical tones are meant the inherent tones for which morphemes are specified in the lexicon before being inserted into larger structures. The study focuses primarily on the interaction of the noun root tone with the tones of morphemes that precede or follow the root either within the word or across word boundaries. Lam Nso noun roots are monosyllabic. The most basic form of the noun consists of a root and one or two optional prefixes. The tones on these morphemes do not interact with each other as long as each tone remains in its original segmental domain. Lexical tones only interact when a tone that does not have a segmental domain (i.e. a floating tone) enters into the segmental domain of another tone. Floating tones may originate from the underlying lexical representation where tones may be unassociated or from phonological processes that rob a tone of its segmental domain. Within one segmental domain tones may either fuse or be compounded depending on the type of boundary the floating tone crosses to enter the domain of a segment tone. Tone fusion occurs across formative (morpheme) boundaries while tone compounding occurs across word boundaries. Tone fusion results in two distinct tones becoming one tone while compounding adds tones sequentially without significant changes. Thus, by fusion low and high become mid but by compounding they form the contour, low-high. The study demonstrates that phonological boundaries play a role not only in regulating phonological processes but also in regulating tonological ones.


identifier: Haddad, O. (2011). WAAS integrity investigation for Canadian latitudes (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4533

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 140-147
Many pages are in colour.


identifier: Han, Y. (2003). Non-relecting boundary condition in detonation simulation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17343

format:
xvi, 92 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2003 H3645

abstract: Bibliography: p. 86-92


identifier: Conway, D. G. (1980). An Evaluation of the Job Experience and Training Program (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17731

format:
viii, 71 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: LB 1620.5 C68 1980 Microfiche

subject: Personnel service in secondary education

subject: Vocational guidance

subject: Job experience and Training Program

abstract: Bibliography: p. 61-69.


identifier: Leahey, M. (1984). Nurses' beliefs and assessments concerning single-parent families (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23608

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

subject:
RT 86 L395 1985
Nurses - Attitudes
Single-parent family
Community Health Nursing
Pediatric nursing

abstract: Bibliography: p. 127-134.


identifier: Jin, J. (2014). Photonic Entanglement for a Quantum Repeater (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27340

subject:
Information Science
Quantum Repeater

abstract: Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) has opened a new avenue for secure communication, by allowing one to distribute a random secret key between two users that are connected through a public channel without revealing information to unauthorized parties. If a message is encrypted with the one time pad (a well-known crytography algorithm) using secret keys created by QKD, then the ciphertext is information-theoretically secure and thus unbreakable for adversaries. Despite its unprecedented security, loss in the physical channel has prevented  QKD from being used over distances beyond a few hundred kilometers. Fortunately, quantum repeaters have opened a path for long-distance QKD by providing a means to establish entanglement between distant users. The goal of this thesis has been to develop a source of entangled photon pairs that is suitable for quantum repeaters and then use it to test some of the fundamental building blocks of a quantum repeater :  the heralded creation of entangled photons by means of entanglement swapping with properties that allow interfacing with optical quantum memories; the reversible mapping of quantum states from members of entangled photon pairs in and out of solid-state quantum memories; two-photon interference and a Bell state measurement with photons recalled from separate quantum memories. The demonstration of these key ingredients of a quantum repeater constitutes a significant step towards the establishment of entanglement over hundreds of kilometer distance, and hence long-distance QKD.


identifier: Archer, J. A. (1991). Prairie lifeline: an environmental education unit on prairie conservation for elementary students (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23199

format:
<x>, 132 leaves <88> : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: QH 75 A73 1990

subject: Nature conservation - Study and teaching (Elementary)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 127-132.


identifier: Boguslavsky, T. (2021). Bullying and Self-Esteem in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Werklund School of Education
University of Calgary

contributor:
Climie, Emma
Drefs, Michelle
Schroeder, Meadow

subject: ADHD

subject: Bullying

subject: Self-Esteem

subject: Victimization

subject: Perpetration

subject: Psychology--Developmental

abstract: The current study investigated the relationship between self-esteem and bullying behaviour (bullying and victimization) in children with and without Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The current study included a final sample of 45 children between the ages of 8 to 12 years old, 27 with ADHD (M = 10.44 years, 70% male) and 17 typically developing (M = 10.07 years, 82.4% female). The Behaviour Assessment Systems for Children – Third Edition (BASC-3) was used to measure global self-esteem, while the Reynolds Bullying Victimization Scale (BVS) was used to assess victimization and bullying perpetration. No significant differences were found in self-esteem scores between children with ADHD and children without ADHD. All other results involving bullying behaviour are not definitive nor generalizable and must be interpreted with caution. Detailed limitations, implications for practice, and future research directions are discussed.


identifier: Press, M. A. (1979). Public involvement in the USDA forest service (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19703

format:
xii, 226 leaves : ill., maps ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: SD 565 P72 1979 Microfiche

subject: United States. Forest service

subject: Environmental policy - Citizen participation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 170-175.


identifier: Balasubramaniam, J. (2013). A Novel Approach to White-Box Policy Analysis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24928

subject:
Computer Science
Policy analysis
White-box testing
Change impact analysis
Break-glass reduction
Dead policy
Policy pruning
Policy composition
XACML
Propositional satisfiability
Pseudo boolean satisfiability

abstract:
The access control systems in dynamic environments contain composite access control policies, that combine decisions from multiple component policies using policy combining algorithms. In such dynamic environments, analysis of policies is a challenge.
In this thesis, I propose a white-box policy analysis Decision in Context (DIC), that would analyse component policies situated inside a composite policy. For generality, the DIC query is defined in an XACML-style policy composition framework. The DIC query is implemented via a reduction to either propositional satisfiability or pseudo boolean satisfiability instances, after which standard solvers can be invoked to complete the evaluation. Empirical analyses have been conducted to compare the relative efficiency of the SAT and PBS encodings. The latter is found to be the more effective encoding, in reducing DIC queries containing majority voting policy combining algorithms.


identifier: Commodore, A. J. (2017). The Volumetric Properties for Selected Impurities in Dense CO2 Destined for Re-Injection (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28420

contributor:
Marriott, Robert A
Shi, Yujun
Trudel, Simon
Salahub, Dennis R.

subject:
Chemistry--Physical
Volumetric properties
Dense CO2
Selected Impurities
Re-injection

abstract:
Acid gas re-injection and carbon capture and storage are two technologies now implemented for reducing the industrial emission of CO2 and management of produced CO2. In both cases, impurities such as H2O, H2S, COS, O2, and SO2 can find a way into a CO2 injectate stream. These impurities can impact the thermophysical properties and chemical equilibria within the fluid stream.
In this work, the volumetric influence of H2S, COS, CS2, SO2, and O2 impurities in a dense CO2 phase were studied through high-precision density measurements. The densities were used in calculating the apparent molar volumes. These molar volumes were subsequently used in calibrating the mixing coefficients for reference Helmholtz Energy Equations of State and Fluctuation Solution Theory models. The optimized mixing parameters were validated by comparison to existing density measurements and/or bubble / dew point data. Finally, the mixing coefficients were utilized in a Gibbs Energy Minimization routine to optimize the enthalpy of formation for COS and to calculate the equilibrium quotients. These routines will be expanded in the future to explore high-pressure processes.


identifier: Greenfield, A. (2012). Petrology of ultramafic xenoliths, Rayfield River and Big Timothy Mountain areas, British Columbia (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13332

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Science
University of Calgary
Calgary


identifier: Nicholson, J. M. (1997). The effects of a lower body moderate intensity resistance training program on the vertical force-time curve of a chair rise in the elderly (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13183

publisher:
Kinesiology
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject:
QP301 .N53 1997
Exercise - Physiological aspects
Aged - Care
Aged - Diseases - Prevention
Aged - Diseases - Treatment

abstract: Bibliography: p. 79-88


identifier: Labute, G. J. (1969). Differential compaction over a Leduc reef, Wizard Lake area, Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21347

format:
iii, 61 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: QE 651 L33 1969

subject: Additional Copy: QE 186 L32 1968G GEOLOGY

subject: Geology, Structural

subject: Geology, Stratigraphic

subject: Geology - Alberta - Wizard Lake

abstract: Bibliography: p. 59-61.


identifier: Woodward, S. P. (1991). "The Waiting room": a written accompaniment to the thesis exhibition (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20335

format:
vii, 49 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
ND 249 W68 W66 1991
Artists - Canada - Exhibitions
Woodward, Sian Piper - Exhibitions

abstract: Bibliography: p. 47-49.

abstract: The following paper is in support of the Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition at the Nickle Arts Museum, The University of Calgary, September 6th, 1991. The exhibition contains an installation and various mixed media works. The paper will discuss component parts of the Thesis Exhibition, possible associations the works may have, along with the sources from which the works are derived. These sources include artists who have made reference to or derived their work from occult interests such as magic and alchemy, the history of the occult, the integration of magic into daily life in certain cultures, and superstition and ritual. I have chosen to make reference in my visual art work to these various sources because I feel they in one way or another deal with death and the acceptance of death. The visual art work that will be in the Nickle Arts Museum refers to death on many levels; physical, emotional and spiritual.


identifier: Horne, M. S. (2009). Course 000: the maritime enforcement of Canada's arctic sovereignty and its potential implications for the Canadian navy (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3126

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 141-161


identifier: Salmond, R. (2008). Front-end modeling of a space division multiple access receiver using a direct conversion architecture (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2114

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 169-173


identifier: Scown, D. R. (1974). A History and analysis of the 1971 Alberta general election (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23094

format:
vii, 178 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
JL 499 A15 S34 1973 Microfiche
Elections - Alberta
Voting - Alberta

abstract: Bibliography: p. 172-178.


identifier: Johnson III, B. C. (2000). Remotely triggered slab avalanches (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18380

title: Remotely triggered slab avalanches

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2000 J64

abstract: Bibliography: p. 89-96.


identifier: Kemp, K. A. R. (2020). A Mixed-Methods Exploration to Develop and Test the Alberta Cardiac Surgery Patient Experiences Survey (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Quan, Hude
Santana, Maria Jose
Knudtson, Merril L.
Oddone-Paolucci, Elizabeth

subject:
patient experience
patient-centered care
cardiac surgery
survey
Health Care Management
Medicine and Surgery

abstract: With an increased focus on patient-centred care (PCC), many organizations conduct routine surveys as part of their core business. Many surveys that are used in the hospital setting have been designed to capture the experiences of a wide variety of patients. Thus, they do not ask condition-specific questions which may be important to patients. This mixed-methods thesis focused on examining and improving upon the measurement of patient experience among those who have undergone cardiac surgery. The first part of this thesis used existing survey data linked with administrative records to examine the comprehensive experience of Albertans who underwent cardiac surgery over a four-year period. Part two was a qualitative project, where interviews were conducted to better understand the aspects of care deemed important to patients after cardiac surgery. In the final portion, learnings from our prior quantitative and qualitative work were integrated to develop and test a new condition-specific survey; the Alberta Cardiac Surgery Patient Experiences Survey (ACSPES). In project one, patients reported very positive experiences. However, they did reveal potential areas for improvement. These included communication about potential side effects of new medications, night noisiness of the hospital environment, and cleanliness of their room/bathroom. In project two, participants highlighted five key themes important in their care - overall experience, communication, the physical hospital environment, care needs and ongoing management, and person-centred care. These findings aligned with those from project one, but also served to generate additional items which could be asked in a future survey. Project three demonstrated promising results pertaining to the content validity, test-retest reliability, and acceptability of the newly created ACSPES. This thesis work has increased our understanding and learnings about the experiences of those who have undergone cardiac surgery across Alberta. It has also resulted in the creation of the ACSPES; a tool which may be used to better capture the unique experiences of cardiac surgery patients. Data from the ACSPES may be used to measure PCC in this cohort and may be integrated with administrative and other patient-reported data for future learnings. Additional psychometric testing of the ACSPES is required.


identifier: Lee, N. M. (2018). Personalized and Socialized Need for Power: Scale Construction and Validation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/5431

publisher:
Arts
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Bourdage, Joshua
Lee, Kibeom
Ogunfowora, Babatunde
Hamilton, Leah

subject:
need for power
nPower
socialized
personalized
Leadership
Education--Business
Education--Industrial
Sociology--Organizational
Psychology

abstract: This present study developed psychometrically sound measures of personalized need for Power (nPower) and socialized nPower, and examined the nomological network around these two constructs, by determining the antecedents and consequences of these two sides of nPower. High scores on personalized nPower indicate a high desire to influence others for self-serving means. Conversely, high scores on socialized nPower indicate a high desire to influence others for prosocial, other-serving means. Study 1 focused on item generation and content validation with SMEs. Study 2 focused on refining the final 18-item measure and testing the hypothesized factor structure among a sample of 206 full-time employees spanning various organizations and industries. Overall, the present research suggests that personalized and socialized nPower have factor structures consistent with theory, generates reliable data, is a valid measure, and both nPowers correlate meaningfully with a number of traits (e.g., Honesty Humility) as well as outcomes (i.e., Impression Management).


identifier: Ali, E. (2020). Maternal Prenatal Anxiety, Attachment and Children’s Externalizing and Internalizing Behavioral Problems (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Nursing
University of Calgary

contributor:
Letourneau, Nicole Lyn
Giesbrecht, Gerald F.
Benzies, Karen Marie

subject: attachment theory, secondary data analysis, regression analysis, maternal and child mental health

subject: Human Development

subject: Mental Health

subject: Nursing

abstract: Perinatal anxiety is common, and affects up to 15-20% of women during perinatal period (Abrar, Fairbrother, Smith, Skoll, & Albert, 2020). Regarded as a prenatal programming factor (Madigan et al., 2018), prenatal anxiety (PA) is associated with biological, cognitive, and behavioral development in offspring, increasing risk for later externalizing and internalizing problems and adult psychopathology (Finsaas et al., 2018; Vogel, Jackson, Barch, Tillman, & Luby, 2019). Child behavioral development is also influenced by the postpartum anxiety (Madigan et al., 2018; Vogel et al., 2019). Externalizing behaviors are more often observed in boys and internalizing behaviors are more often observed in girls (Martel, 2013). Maternal-child attachment is defined as an affectionate, mutually satisfying relationship between a child and a caregiver that is involved in making the child feel safe, secure, and protected (Bowlby, 1958). Maternal-child attachment may moderate the association between PA and externalizing and internalizing behavioral problems, and function differently for boys and girls. The first manuscript provides a review of women’s experiences with postpartum anxiety, showing that postpartum anxiety is common, and can have serious implications for the maternal-child relationship. The second manuscript consists of a concept analysis of parent-child attachment to advance the application of this concept in nursing practice. The third manuscript presents the results of testing associations between PA and children's behavioral problems, and the role of maternal-child attachment and child sex as moderators of this association. Maternal-child attachment security moderated the association between prenatal anxiety and children’s behavioral problems; however, the sex of the child did not. The final paper describes the sample from which the third paper was derived, the Alberta Pregnancy Outcomes and Nutrition (APrON) cohort, highlighting findings on maternal and paternal mental health from pregnancy to three years postpartum. The dissertation concludes with recommendations for nursing research, policy, education and practice.


identifier: Fong, D. (1989). Cognitive beliefs and premenstrual change (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12845

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

subject: RG 165 F66 1989

subject: Premenstrual syndrome - Psychological aspects

subject: Women - Attitudes

abstract: Bibliography: p. 129-142.


identifier: Kendrick, N. (2005). Human observation and computer analysis of human running gaits (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/43

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 74-81
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Dubetz, T. P. (2013). Qualifying the Variability of Surface Topography Indices for Detection of Clinical Progression of Scoliosis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27490

subject:
Medicine and Surgery
Engineering--Biomedical
Engineering--Mechanical
scoliosis
Surface Topography
medical imaging
Measurement error

abstract:
Surface topography (ST) measurements of scoliotic deformities offer the potential to
reduce radiation and to provide a more complete description of the deformity when
compared to standard X-rays. These ST measurements must be evaluated within a
clinical context to determine their feasibility for clinical and research applications. This
study quantifies the variability in a set of developed ST indices and estimates a
magnitude of clinically important difference based on current clinical standards. The
variability is compared to the clinically important difference to determine if the system is
adequate for clinical implementation (individual evaluation) or research implementation
(group-to-group comparisons). Nine of ten ST indices were found acceptable for typical
research implementation. One of ten ST indices (aspect ratio) was found acceptable for
typical clinical implementation. Aspect ratio also shows a trend towards differentiating
between progressed and non-progressed scoliosis. However, the estimation of what
constitutes clinically important difference should be examined further.

abstract: 2 years


identifier: Buie, H. R. (2010). Analysis techniques and bone developmental patterns in normal and swim-trained mice using micro-computed tomography (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3449

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 163-187
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Meredith, L. C. (2011). Creating spaces for dialogue: participatory action research in free humanities programs in Canada (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4320

format:
xx, 315 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 256-270

abstract: A page is in colour.

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


identifier: Gratton, M. C. (1998). The management of information technologies in health promotion: the cancer information service (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19946

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

subject:
T58.64 .G73 1998
Information resources management.
Information technology
Health--Information services.

abstract: Bibliography: p. 145-149


identifier: Hirose, J. M. (2012). Glacier meltwater contributions and glaciometeorological regime of the Illecillewaet River Basin, a headwaters catchment of the Upper Columbia River Basin, British Columbia, Canada (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4772

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 109-122

abstract: Some pages are in colour.

abstract: This thesis characterizes the main meteorological parameters influencing glacier snow- and ice-melt and quantifies recent glacier contributions to streamflow in the extensively glacierized Illecillewaet River Basin ( 4.9% of the basin), a sub-basin of the Columbia River Basin. Meteorological and mass balance data collected in 2009 on Illecillewaet Glacier are used to develop and constrain a distributed glacier melt model, based on temperature and absorbed solar radiation. Water isotopes were also collected to support melt contributions. The melt model is applied to the glaciers in the Illecillewaet basin for the summers of 2009-2011. Average glacier runoff for the period May-September is estimated at 122 ± 16 x 106 m3 for 2009-2011, approximately 10.6% of Illecillewaet River yields and in August making up 27% of the river flows. The glacial discharge is split almost equally between runoff from the seasonal snowpack and from melting of glacier ice/firn. For the lowest observed flow year in the basin, 2009, glacier contributions increased to 16% for May to September and 32% in August, with 82% of this glacier runoff derived from glacier storage (ice and firn). Climate sensitivity studies for Illecillewaet Glacier indicate that glacier mass balance is strongly influenced by summer temperature, with a net balance change of -0.6 m w.e. under a 1 °C warming. Winter precipitation increases of approximately 30% are needed to offset this. Winter mass balance measurements are scarce in this region, particularly for the high-elevation snowpack, introducing considerable uncertainty in the estimates of glacier mass balance. Summer balance and glacial runoff are better constrained, as these are most sensitive to summer temperature and cloud cover. These results are initial estimates, and long-term monitoring is essential to capture glacier and climate variability in the region, to refine glacier runoff, and to quantify its sensitivity to glacier retreat.


identifier: Seel, K. E. (1993). Science, curriculum, and teaching: a critical hermeneutic interpretation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19032

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

subject:
Q 181 S48 1993
Science - Study and teaching
Science - Curricula
Science - Curricula - Research
Critical theory
Habermas, Jurgen, 1929-

abstract: Bibliography: p. 210-214.


identifier: Akuoko-Asibey, A. (1990). Water availability and use in the city of Calgary, Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16520

format:
xiii, 90 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TD 227 A6 A48 1990
Water supply - Alberta - Calgary
Water consumption - Alberta - Calgary

abstract: Bibliography: p. 85-90


identifier: Kerluke, B. J. (2011). If you hunt good enough you'll find it: the well-being of urban aboriginal seniors in the Calgary region (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4305

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 172-178

abstract: A couple of pages are in colour.

abstract: Previous research has demonstrated that Aboriginal peoples represent one of the most disadvantaged populations in Canada and they are disproportionately affected by chronic diseases. However, research has failed to explore the aging Aboriginal population in Canadian cities. This study examines what keeps urban Aboriginal seniors well by exploring how they understand their well-being and the factors that affect their health. Using twenty in-depth individual interviews and two focus groups involving Aboriginal seniors over the age of 60 years, this study finds that Calgary's urban Aboriginal seniors hold holistic understandings of well-being and factors such as legacy, place and social engagement are identified as playing a key role in their well-being. Additionally, Aboriginal seniors are enhancing their well-being in urban areas by accessing both formal and informal sources of well-being. These findings have been utilized to develop an Indigenous well-being conceptual framework addressing what keeps Calgary's Aboriginal seniors well.


identifier: Bowes, A. C. (2006). Exmoor blanket bog inventory and restoration plan for English nature (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1453

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 121-126
Some pages are in colour.
Approval page is missing.


identifier: Fyten, M. R. (1978). A Study of parental involvement in ECS Programs: and subsequent involvement in elementary school activities (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21829

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

subject:
LB 1140.5 P33 F9 1977 Microfiche
Education, Preschool
Home and school

abstract: Bibliography: p. 67-69.


identifier: Glozier, N. E. (1989). The Effects of biotic and abiotic factors on the foraging success of a lotic minnow, rhinichthys cataractae (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13927

format:
xiv, 151 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QL 638 C94 G56 1989
Rhinichthys - Food

abstract: Bibliography: p. 141-151.


identifier: Thompson, M. K. (2009). A comparative analysis of the factors influencing policy divergence in liquor retail policies of Progressive Conservative governments in Alberta and Ontario in the 1990s (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3032

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 93-100


identifier: Lu, K. Y. (2016). Design and Implementation of a Wearable Device for Prosopagnosia Rehabilitation (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25570

contributor:
Yanushkevich, Svetlana
Nowicki, Edward Peter
Liang, Hung-Ling (Steve)

subject:
Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
Biometric
Prosopagnisia

abstract:
This study introduces a wearable facial recognition system for face blindness, or prosopagnosia, rehabilitation. Prosopagnosia is the inability to recognize familiar faces, which affects 2.5% of the world population (148 million people). The design and implementation of a facial recognition system tailored to patients with prosopagnosia is a priority in the field of clinical neuroscience. The goal of this study is to demonstrate the feasibility of implementing a wearable stand-alone (not connected to a PC or a smartphone) system-on-chip (SoC) that performs facial recognition and could be used to assist individuals affected by prosopagnosia.
This system is designed as an autonomous embedded platform built on eyewear with SoC and a custom designed circuit board. The implementation is based on the open source computer vision image processing algorithms embedded within a compact-scale processor. The advantages of the device are its lightness, compactness, single independent image processing capability and long operational time. The system performs real-time facial recognition and informs the user of the results by displaying the name of the recognized person.


identifier: Leclerc, Y. Y. (1994). The design of FM: data integration software for the zoning of natural hazards in developing countries (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11390

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

subject:
HT 169.5 L43 1994
City planning - Developing countries
Countries - Data processing
Natural disasters - Planning

abstract: Bibliography: p. 74-79.


identifier: Dohrn, C. (1984). The speech-pad: direct manipulation computer access for the visually disabled based on speech and touch (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12989

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

subject: TK 7882 S65 D62 1986

subject: Automatic speech perception

subject: Keyboards (Electronic)

subject: Computerized self-help devices for the handicapped

subject: Visually handicapped

abstract: Bibliography: p. 99-103.


identifier: Scott, K. G. (2002). The role of T-cells in the immunopathogenesis of small intestinal injury and malfunction in Giardiasis (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12987

format:
xiii, 170 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 S36

abstract: Bibliography: p. 138-168.


identifier: Schwering, M. C. (2012). Drinking Water Microflora Biofilms and Chlorine Susceptibility (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21613

subject:
Drinking Water
Disinfection
Chlorine
Biofilms

abstract: Waterborne disease outbreaks are especially dangerous in immunocompromised individuals and can be caused by biofilm formation in water systems. The aim of this work was to collect a group of environmental isolates, including opportunistic pathogens, from treated water systems with the purpose of creating a model drinking water system biofilm. This model biofilm would be used to explore the resistance of biofilms to chlorine at levels typical of a water distribution system. Isolates for the model biofilm were collected from Calgary and Ontario, sequenced and then as single and multi-species biofilms exposed to chlorine. The resistance, biofilm structure and microbial community were examined. It was found that biofilm organisms are consistently more resistant than planktonic and that multi-species biofilms even more so. Little change was seen in biofilm communities after treatment. The 3D structure of the biofilm appeared to have a role in resistance by limiting diffusion and protecting inner cells.


identifier: White, A. M. (2002). Archaeological predictive modeling of site location through time: an example from the Tucson Basin, Arizona (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11839

format:
xiii, 160 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2002 W449

abstract: Bibliography: p. 146-160


identifier: Moniruzzaman, M. (2022). Redeem with Privacy (RwP): privacy protection framework for geo-social commerce (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Redeem with Privacy (RwP): Privacy protection framework for Geo-social commerce

publisher:
Science
University of Calgary

contributor:
Barker, Ken
Safavi-Naeini, Rei
Willett, Wesley

subject:
social network
privacy
artificial intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science

abstract: Geo-social networks (GSN) are online social networks where people interact based on their location and relationship. These applications have gained popularity due to their innovative features. However, there are numerous privacy risks of using GSNs. Users may expose their mobility history to unknown third parties since many of these applications rely on collecting and sharing users' information. Business organizations encourage people to do a check-in to their store on GSNs by offering promotions and deals. Check-in is a virtual form of visiting a location. When a user performs a check-in to a business organization, the record is shared with the merchant. GSNs lack transparency in explaining how the third parties handle users' information. In practice, a dishonest merchant may use check-in histories to track the user's location. It may cause privacy breaches like robbery, disclosure of meetings, stalking, etc. In my Ph.D. thesis, I investigate privacy issues arising from deal redemption in GSNs. I perform an exploratory study on several GSN datasets to understand when people visit different types of locations. The study shows that there is a high degree of regularity in the user's check-in behavior. Since a typical deal requires multiple check-ins from the user within a short period, the user may become vulnerable to location tracking by redeeming deals. One potential solution is to minimize the volume of check-in information released when the user redeems deals. In this thesis, I propose a policy to identify redundant information that is not essential for a merchant to know and suppress them. I also explore the possibility that a merchant may apply inference attacks to recover the deleted information. Several inference methodologies have been investigated in my thesis, showing that a merchant can recover the data with high accuracy. I study an adversarial technique to improve a user's privacy by increasing the merchant's inference error. A recommendation algorithm is proposed to rank check-ins that a user can follow to redeem deals. Ranking applies various factors that people consider when choosing a check-in date, such as daily routine, the promotional value, and privacy. Results show how different user preferences map to various levels of inference accuracy. It would provide helpful feedback to users on how to change their preferences to enhance their privacy.


identifier: Parchei Esfahani, M. (2020). Kinetic and Mass Transfer of Peroxone Oxidation of Toluene Using Ultra Sonic Spray: Ab Initio Quantum Calculations and Numerical Modeling (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary

contributor:
Gates, Ian Donald
De Visscher, Alex
Kibria, Md Golam
Lu, Qingye Gemma
Soltan, Jafar
Achari, Gopal

subject:
ozone
hydrogen peroxide
peroxone oxidation
Ab initio
computational chemistry
hydroperoxyl radical
Engineering
Engineering--Chemical
Engineering--Environmental

abstract: The application of ozone along with hydrogen peroxide, commonly referred to as peroxone oxidation, is a widely investigated advanced oxidation technique to treat waste gas or wastewater. Degradation of ozone in water is a key step in the pollutant degradation mechanism, particularly in peroxone oxidation. However, the degradation of ozone in water is not well understood. In the research documented here, peroxone treatment is studied in detail via reaction and transport phenomena modeling, as well as computational chemistry simulation. Ab initio studies, using the coupled cluster calculations method, were conducted to investigate the kinetics of ozone degradation in gas and aqueous phases considering the ozone-hydroperoxyl radical reaction and the dissociation equilibrium of the hydroperoxyl radical. The predictions of the ozone degradation rate at low pH (<6) is improved by up to two orders of magnitude over existing models. For peroxone oxidation of toluene, the results from the research reveal that dissolution of ozone in water is the rate determining step in the pollutant degradation mechanism. However, the major issue that limits widespread application of peroxone oxidation for waste gas treatment arises from high energy demands, stiff costs, and deteriorating efficiencies over time due to mass transfer limitations. This research also uncovers that creating small droplets and thus, increasing surface area, significantly raises mass transfer rates from gas to aqueous phases, thus making peroxone oxidation of toluene more efficient. Small droplets increase the effectiveness of the peroxone technique when the diffusion rate of ozone is enhanced in ultrasonic-based aerosol mist systems compared to traditional liquid-gas multiphase reactors e.g. bubble column devices.


identifier: Hu, S. (1971). Some aspects of the Sino-American cultural conflicts arising from trading contacts in the nineteenth century (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20252

format:
121 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
HF 3120 H8 1971
United States - Commerce - China
China - Commerce - United States
China - History - 19th century

abstract: Bibliography: p. 115-121.


identifier: Croskill, J. L. (2020). “Be professional, private and pleasant”: the conscious and unconscious gendering of campaign messages in Canadian and Australian local elections (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: “Be Professional, Private and Pleasant”: The Conscious and Unconscious Gendering of Campaign Messages in Canadian and Australian Local Elections

publisher:
Arts
University of Calgary

contributor:
O'Neill, Brenda
Franceschet, Susan
Young, Lisa
Lucas, Jack
Janovicek, Nancy
Raney, Tracey

subject:
Campaign communication
Australian elections
Canadian elections
Gender and political campaigns
Elections
Political Science

abstract: This dissertation examines Australian and Canadian local campaigns to investigate the extent to which gender and gendered stereotypes consciously affect candidates’ campaign messaging. The data for this study was gathered via in-depth interviews with 92 candidates who contested elections at the state/provincial level between 2010 and 2013. The data collected during the interviews included information on how candidates presented themselves in terms of their appearance, qualifications, character traits and family life; the issues that they highlighted in their local campaigns; the voters they targeted and strategies to connect with them; and information about their opponent relationships such as whether they formed civility pacts, employed negative attack messaging and how they responded if they were negatively campaigned against. The main conclusion is that gender affects political campaigns. Women’s campaign messaging looks different from men’s campaign messaging in several ways. For example, women are less likely to share personal information about themselves and their families and less likely to target an opponent with negative attack messages despite being more likely to be the target of such attacks. Among the most competitive women candidates, the differences found between their campaigns, and men’s campaigns, regardless of competitiveness, started to diminish. In terms of understanding why campaigns are gendered, there was minimal evidence detected that candidates consciously adjusted their messaging in response to what they perceived to be either voter-held or self-held beliefs about gendered stereotypes. Thus, gendered campaign messaging is the result of unconscious gender role stereotypes. By and large, women candidates did not cue gender in their local campaigns by highlighting women’s issues in their messaging, or by appealing to voters to support a woman candidate.


identifier: Bergmann, P. J. (2003). Systematics and biogeography of the neotropical lizard thecadactylus rapicauda (squamata: gekkonidae) (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14593

format:
xiv, 493 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2003 B47

abstract: Bibliography: p. 407-433


identifier: Taerum, R. L. (2011). Effect of mechanical stratigraphy on structural style variations in the central Alberta fold and thrust belt (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24411

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 224-228

abstract: A couple of pages are in colour (including oversized map).

abstract: Includes oversized pages.


identifier: Kwok, A. D. (1993). Information system architecture for intelligent manufacturing (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19931

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

subject: TS 155.6 K85 1993

subject: Production planning

subject: Expert systems (Computer science)

subject: Computer integrated manufacturing systems

abstract: Bibliography: p. 236-253.


identifier: Woo, A. Y. (2014). Structure-property studies of conjugated 1,8-naphthalic anhydrides (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27905

subject: Chemistry--Organic Chemistry--Physical

abstract:
The work in this thesis focuses on investigating the structure-property relationships of conjugated 1,8-naphthalic anhdyrides. Two series of compounds, substituted at the 3- and 4-position of the naphthalic core were designed and synthesized using a variety of aryl groups with different donor strengths. This allowed detailed analysis on how the aryl groups, as well as the position, affect the electronic and photophysical properties of the system. Both series showed a range of quantum yields, intramolecular charge-transfer properties, good electron-accepting character, and good chemical stability.
	The properties of the two series were compared to one another. Fluorescence quantum yields were much higher in the 4-series than the 3-series and intramolecular charge transfer seemed to be more efficient in the 3-series. Electrochemical properties were comparable between the two series of compounds. Finally, a proof-of-concept and attempted synthesis towards the cyclic diketophosphanyl products was discussed.


identifier: Diakow, D. A. (1994). Double cantilever beam compliance and stress corrosion cracking investigation of a high strength low alloy steel (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20021

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

subject:
TA 467 D53 1994
Steel - Stress corrosion
Stress corrosion

abstract: Bibliography: p. 122-132.


identifier: Wheatley, R. W. (2006). Isolation of organisms and characterization of 2-aminotransferases for the asymmetric synthesis of amines (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/879

format:
xix, 358 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract:
Bibliography: p. 309-319
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Chen, H. (1992). The correlation between plantar pressure distribution and shoe comfort (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16812

format:
xiii, 93 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
QP 310 W3C43 1993
Human locomotion
Kinesiology
Foot
Human mechanics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 81-85.


identifier: Farrow, S. C. (2015). Expanding the Role of Oxidoreductases in Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloid Metabolism in Opium Poppy (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26041

subject:
Biochemistry
Opium poppy
Benzylisoquinoline alkaloids
Oxidoreductases

abstract: Benzylisoquinoline alkaloids (BIAs) are a large and structurally diverse group of plant specialized metabolites with several possessing pharmacological properties including the analgesic morphine, the cough suppressant codeine, and the vasodilator papaverine. In opium poppy, the antepenultimate and final steps in morphine biosynthesis are catalyzed by oxidoreductases belonging to the 2-oxoglutarate/Fe(II)-dependent dioxygenase gene family, namely thebaine 6-O-demethylase (T6ODM) and codeine O-demethylase (CODM). When assayed with a wider range of BIAs, CODM, T6ODM, and the functionally unassigned paralogs DIOX2 and DIOX7, renamed protopine O-dealkylase (PODA) and papaverine 7-O-demethylase (P7ODM), respectively, showed novel and efficient O-dealkylation activities, including regioand substrate-specific O-demethylation and O,O-demethylenation. Preferred substrates for O,Odemethylenation by CODM and PODA were protopine alkaloids that serve as intermediates in the biosynthesis of benzo[c]phenanthridine and rhoeadine derivatives. Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) used to suppress the abundance of CODM and/or T6ODM transcripts indicated a direct physiological role for these enzymes in the metabolism of protopine alkaloids, and revealed their indirect involvement in the formation of the antimicrobial benzo[c]phenanthridine sanguinarine and certain rhoeadine alkaloids in opium poppy. Furthermore, the efficient substrate-and regio-specific 7-O-demethylation of papaverine by P7ODM yielding pacodine suggests an unexpected biosynthetic route to pacodine. In addition to these findings, my thesis investigated oxidoreductases from the cytochromes P450 (CYP) and aldo-keto reductase (AKR) gene families. Using the functionally characterized codeinone reductase (COR) AKR translated nucleotide sequence as a query, we identified a COR paralogue from an opium poppy transcriptome database that was fused and in frame with a CYP. The resulting protein fusion catalyzed the S-to-R epimerization of reticuline via 1,2-dehydroreticuline. The fusion protein, renamed reticuline epimerase (REPI), was detected in opium poppy and in Papaver bracteatum, which accumulates the morphinan alkaloid thebaine. In contrast, orthologs encoding independent CYP and AKR enzymes catalyzing the respective synthesis and reduction of 1,2dehydroreticuline were isolated from Papaver rhoeas, which does not accumulate morphinan alkaloids. Suppression of REPI transcripts using VIGS in opium poppy reduced levels of (R)reticuline and morphinan alkaloids and increased the overall abundance of (S)-reticuline and its O-methylated derivatives. Discovery of REPI completes the isolation of genes responsible for known steps of morphine biosynthesis.


identifier: Jass, J. (1990). B-lactam penetration through pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms monitored by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21086

format:
xii, 171 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
RS 431 B48 J38 1990
Beta lactam antibiotics
Drug resistance

abstract: Bibliography: p. 155-171.


identifier: Bourdage, J. (2008). Good citizens versus good actors: exploring the motivational pathways of organizational citizenship behavior (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2159

format:
viii, 91 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: bibliography: p. 68-76


identifier: Aalami, S. (2019). Emergency evacuation modeling with consideration of fairness (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Emergency Evacuation Modeling with Consideration of Fairness

contributor:
Kattan, Lina
Waters, Nigel M.
Vandebona, Upali
El-Sheimy, Naser
De Barros, Alexandre Gomes

subject:
Emergency Evacuation
Fairness
Engineering--Civil

abstract: In the case of a disaster, the most critical task is to relocate population in endangered areas to the safe shelters. When a disaster happens, the demand for available emergency evacuation resources increases considerably and lack of a proper emergency evacuation planning and resource management may lead to an increase in the severity of damages and fatalities resulted from the hazard. Among the three main modes of evacuation (i.e. vehicular, public transit and pedestrian modes of evacuation), vehicular evacuation has received the most attention in the literature while little attention has been paid to the other two modes. In addition, far less attention has been paid to the issue of fairness in emergency evacuation planning. The main body of the thesis is about developing new methodologies to optimally and fairly distribute the available resources among the endangered area population during emergency evacuation. This thesis has focused on public transit and pedestrian modes of evacuation. A variety of techniques including combinatorial techniques, such as computation complexity analysis, approximation algorithms, numerical optimization, mathematical induction and algebra, and computer programming, are used in the thesis.


identifier: Marler, R. M. (2020). Ambiguity in Leadership: Perceptions of the Instructional Leadership Role of the Assistant Principal (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Brandon, James
Spencer, Brenda L.
Friesen, Sharon

subject:
Educational Leadership
Role of the Assistant Principal
Instructional Leadership
Educational Administration
Education
Education--Administration

abstract: This case study utilized multi-methods to address an identified gap in practice and in theory: the role of the assistant principal is largely undefined and unrealized. The purpose of this research was to investigate the distinct role of the assistant principal in instructional leadership by answering the following question: In what ways do assistant principals, as instructional leaders, support high-quality teaching and optimal learning? In this research I combined participant observation, document review, and a questionnaire and an activity log disseminated through Qualtrics Software to Battle River School Division’s (BRSD’s) participating principals and assistant principals to elucidate the following: the roles that are typically filled by assistant principals (i.e., instructional leader, teacher, school manager, student disciplinarian); the ways in which assistant principal roles are determined (i.e., authoritatively assigned and cooperatively determined); the main challenges to instructional leadership (i.e., district budgetary constraints, insufficient time, efficacy and confidence issues, insufficient personal initiative); and opportunities for instructional leaders (i.e., personal growth and learning, professional learning opportunities, and career advancement). The research reveals that assistant principals support high-quality teaching and learning through direct delivery, analysis and exploration, modelling, risk-taking, problem-solving, collaboration and communication, relationship building, organization, and innovation to create educational environments with the following characteristics: a collaborative and cooperative culture that values and builds relationships between all stakeholders; excellent communication; a safe, healthy, and inclusive environment; a dynamic approach to learning and teaching that encourages research-based analysis, innovation, and self-directed and life-long learning. The study concludes with a BRSD Instructional Leadership Model, which features distinct role descriptions for the principal and the assistant principal.


identifier: Nobakht, S. (2013). A Computational Model of Aneurysmal Flow at the Abdominal Aorta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24676

subject:
Engineering--Biomedical
Aneurysm
CFD
Wall Shear Stress

abstract: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm is a dilatation of the aortic artery that occurs in response to degradation of the wall structure. The present research focused on developing a realistic hemodynamic model of the aneurysm using a new method to assign boundary conditions. A three element Windkessel model was coupled to the 3D geometry model of the disease in order to couple inlet flow with outlet pressure. This model resulted in more precise hemodynamic conditions for pulsatile flow: 1- in terms of realistic wall pressure values and pressure curves, 2- realistic geometry effect. Contours of wall shear stress, mean wall shear stress, static pressure, and velocity streamlines were calculated and results were compared for two patients and an ideal geometry of the aneurysm. Finally maps of mean wall shear stress were produced to investigate relationship between values of the mean wall shear stress and histological profiling of aneurysm specimens obtained during surgery.

abstract: 6 months


identifier: Kim, H. C. (1985). A Kinetic study of methane hydrate decomposition (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21996

format:
xii, 321 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
TN 880 K54 1985
Gas, Natural - Hydrates
Decomposition (Chemistry)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 78-79.

abstract:
Gas hydrates are examples of a group of molecular compounds known as clathrates. Clathrates are characterized by nonstoichiometric compound with hydrogen bonds. Gas hydrates are formed when the gas is enclosed in the cavities of water molecules. There have been some basic studies in the kinetics of formation for simple and mixed hydrates of some major components of natural gas. However, no study has been reported on the kinetics of hydrate decomposition.
The primary objective of this study was to obtain experimental data and to formulate a model to describe the kinetics of decomposition of methane gas hydrates. The experiments were designed to collect kinetic data and experiments were conducted under isothermal and isobaric conditions. Experiments were performed at temperatures ranging from 273 to 283 K, and pressures ranging from 1.93 to 6.97 MPa.
The experimental results indicate that the reaction rate of the decomposition of the methane gas hydrate is function of the reaction temperature, pressures, and the amount of methane remaining in the hydrate. The proposed model reveals that the rate of reaction is dependent on the surface area available on the hydrate particles and also that the order of reaction is two-thirds with respect to the moles of methane in the hydrate.


identifier: Wieselman, M. (2003). The social impact of urban environmental contamination: the case of Lynnview Ridge in Calgary (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/10977

format:
viii, 209 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 198-204.

abstract: In May 2001, high levels of lead and hydrocarbon vapours were discovered in the soil beneath the south-east Calgary residential suburb ofLynnview Ridge, the site of a decommissioned oil refinery. This study analyses how the community reacted to the disruption and how it affected individual households. Qualitative interviews were conducted with thirty-one current and former residents to ascertain their response to the disaster. A stage model is used to understand the evolution ofthe crisis from the pre-disaster community to the post-resettlement period. In contrast to most ofthe disaster literature, Lynnview Ridge presents a significant case study ofhow a buyout offer creates a form of involuntary displacement and separates a community into "stayers" and "leavers."


identifier: Ramos-Pallares, R. F. (2017). The Viscosity and Thermal Conductivity of Heavy Oils and Solvents (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28417

contributor:
Yarranton, Harvey William
Yarranton, Harvey William
Taylor, Shawn David
Maini, Brij
Marriott, Robert
Lines, Laurence
Hrymak, Andrew Nick

subject:
Engineering--Petroleum
Petroleum
viscosity
thermal conductvity
Modelling
heavy oil
prediction

abstract:
Viscosity and thermal conductivity are related properties and models for both are required for reservoir and process simulation. In most heavy oil processes, the viscosity must be reduced by heating and/or dilution with solvents. To design and optimize these processes, accurate viscosity models are required for both reservoir and process simulation. Current models are challenging to apply to heavy oils. Thermal conductivity is required for the simulation of heat exchange operations in refineries. Current models are either intended for liquid phases or computationally intensive.

This thesis presents the development of predictive viscosity and thermal conductivity models for reservoir and process simulation. The models were developed based on an experimental dataset collected in this thesis that includes the viscosity and thermal conductivity of whole and diluted heavy oils, partially deasphalted oils, asphaltenes, distillation cuts and pure hydrocarbons. The Expanded Fluid (EF) and the Generalized Walther (GW) viscosity models were updated to predict the viscosity of whole and diluted crude oils and their fractions (such as deasphalted oils). The EF model is suitable for process simulation and is applicable across the whole phase diagram. The required inputs are a distillation assay, the oil specific gravity, experimental or predicted fluid density at the process conditions, and pressure. The GW model is suitable for reservoir simulation and is only applicable to liquids well below their critical point. The inputs are a distillation assay, the oil specific gravity, temperature, and pressure. The EF concept was also used to develop a thermal conductivity model suitable for process simulation using the same inputs as the EF viscosity model.

The updated EF and GW viscosity models and the EF thermal conductvity model are applicable to crude oils over a wide range of API gravities, temperatures and pressures. They have fewer parameters than other models, the parameters have physical significance, and they are easily correlated to fluid properties. The predicted viscosities and thermal conductivities are within 50% and 3% of the experimental values, respectively. The deviations are less than obtained with other available methods. A straightforward tuning procedure allows the models to fit data to within the experimental error.


identifier: Hood, K. J. (2006). Inbetween: the configuration of a new metropolitan infill (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1481

format:
179 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 153-157

abstract: Some pages are in colour.

abstract: A note on page 163 states "9 sets of b&w to be added to main body".


identifier: Woo, C. (1985). The Use of finite element methods for problems with multiple cracks (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15471

format:
xvi, 120 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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subject:
TA 409 W64 1986
Fracture mechanics
Finite element method

abstract: Bibliography: p. 110-114.


identifier: Hagel, J. M. (2004). Metabolic engineering of hydroxycinnamic acid amide in nictoiana tabacum (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/10923

format:
xiv, 101 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract: Bibliography: p. 86-101

abstract: Some pages are in colour.

abstract: Feruloyltyramine and 4-coumaroyltyramine participate in the defense of plants against pathogens through their extracellular peroxidative polymerization, which is thought to reduce cell wall digestibility or otherwise inhibit fungal growth. HydroxycinnamoylCoA:tyramine N-(hydroxycinnamoyl)transferase (THT) and tyrosine decarboxylase  (TYDC) are purported to play key roles in the stress-induced regulation of tyraminederived hydroxycinnamic acid amide (HCAAT) biosynthesis. Transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum cv Xanthi) was engineered to constitutively express tobacco THT.  A T₁ plant over-expressing THT was crossbred with T₁ tobacco expressing opium poppy TYDC2 to produce a T₂ line with elevated THT and TYDC activities compared with wild type plants. The effects of an independent increase in TYDC or THT activity, or a dual increase in both TYDC and THT on the cellular pools of HCAAT pathway intermediates and the accumulation of soluble and cell wall-bound feruloyltyrarnine and 4-coumaroyltyramine were examined. In roots, THT and TYDC activities were not substantially altered in transgenic lines beyond their relatively high wild type levels; thus, no changes in HCAAT precursor or product levels were detected. In leaves, increased TYDC activity resulted in a larger cellular pool of tyramine, and lower levels of phenylalanine. In contrast, elevated THT activity reduced tyramine levels. HCAAT levels were low in healthy leaves, but were induced in response to wounding and accumulated around wound sites. Similarly, endogenous THT and TYDC activities were wound-induced. The initial rate of wound-induced HCAAT accumulation was highest in transgenic plants with elevated THT and TYDC activities. These results show that both THT and TYDC exert partial and synergistic control over the flux of intermediates involved in HCAAT biosynthesis under some conditions.


identifier: Kaminsky, L. A. (2001). Predictors of adaptation in children with recurrent abdominal pain (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11849

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Social Sciences
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xi, 161 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject: RJ456 .A26 K36 2001

subject: Abdominal pain in children - Psychological aspects

subject: Adjustment (Psychology) in children

subject: Depression in children

abstract: Bibliography: p. 106-122.


identifier: Loewen, S. G. (2019). Things seemed to fall apart when he was in the room: Survivors' representations of violence, agency, power, and resistance in their online posts (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Cairns, Sharon L.
Mudry, Tanya E.
Radtke, H. Lorraine

subject: intimate partner violence

subject: discourse

subject: online forum

subject: power

subject: agency

subject: resistance

subject: feminist poststructuralism

subject: Education--Guidance and Counseling

subject: Education--Social Sciences

subject: Linguistics

subject: Women's Studies

subject: Psychology--Social

abstract: In this research, I examined the ways in which survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) negotiated, in their online narratives, multiple IPV and gendered discourses to represent the context of men’s violence and to construct their subjectivities. I analyzed 26 online forum posts using Coates, Todd, and Wade’s (2003) interactional and discursive view of violence and resistance and Baxter’s (2003, 2008) feminist post-structuralist discourse analysis. The integrated findings demonstrated that the survivors drew from multiple competing discourses in their constructions of men’s violence and in constituting themselves as women, partners, mothers, and survivors. The results of analysis also identified how dominant IPV and gendered discourses worked intertextually to position survivors in shifting relations of power, to constrain their agency, and to delimit their strategies of resistance. However, the survivors also resisted IPV in meaningful ways. The limitations and the implications of these findings for research and counselling are discussed.


identifier: Mendis, R. P. (1983). The Fayrfax Manuscript, B.M. Add. MS. 5465 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13581

format:
vi, 130 leaves ; 30 cm.
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subject: PR 529 L8 M44 1986

subject: Fayrfax Manuscript

subject: English poetry - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism

subject: Music and literature

abstract: Bibliography: p. 120-130.

abstract:
The Fayrfax MS. is one of the three extant vocal music mss. of the early Tudor period, of approximately 1500. The period in which
it is composed is a transitional one, in the literary, musical
social and political spheres. The growth of secular power over
Church is evidenced by secular lyrics outnumbering the sacred for the first time in a ms. A growing literacy and the emergence of the printed word encouraged secular literature. Music dominates words
in text settings at this time, as opposed to earlier liturgical practices. The humorous and satirical songs have a "popular" appeal, whereas the main body of love songs is conventional and courtly.
The secular lyrics of the Fayrfax MS. are of a love tradition,
though not of a specific code of courtly love. Though it is convenient to categorize the songs as courtly, popular and religious, they should be viewed as inter-related in literary theme and musical style. The music shows a brilliance of elaboration and an ornamental floridity. The aim of the composers is not musical expressiveness, though instances of tone painting and word painting occur in these songs. The Fayrfax MS. is of social significance, not only because it contains songs of the time of Henry VII, but because it reflects a transition in the history of poetry and music, within its professional limits.


identifier: Hosseini, H. (2018). Optimal Taxation and Innovation in the Presence of Externalities (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/31927

contributor:
Tombe, Trevor
Muehlenbachs, Lucija A.
Boyce, John R.

subject:
Optimal Income Taxation
Consumption Externalities
Biased Technological Change
Intellectual Property Rights
Education--Social Sciences
Economics
Public and Social Welfare
Environmental Sciences

abstract:
The title of my thesis is “Optimal Taxation and Innovation in the Presence of Externalities.” It explores the effects of externalities on optimal income taxation and innovation. On the one hand, governments’ income redistribution policies among households affect pollution since households are different in terms of how much they pollute. This affects the design of an optimal income tax schedule. On the other hand, externalities affect the bias of technological change over time and also how much sectors (or countries) innovate. Firstly, scarcity rents induce biased innovation in the natural resource sector over time, which has important implications for fossil fuels’ prices and
production. Secondly, spillovers from innovative activities among sectors (or countries) affect how much they innovate and necessitate policies, such as patents, to overcome this market failure. The first chapter of my thesis is titled “Optimal Income Taxation in the Presence of Consumption Externalities”. This paper characterizes an optimal income tax and transfer system considering the effects of income redistribution on pollution. Low-income households pollute more per dollar of consumption than high-income households. Therefore, redistributing income towards low-income households can increase pollution. This paper modifies an optimal income taxation model and derives the optimal tax rates that maximize welfare while considering pollution. Income tax provides revenue for the government and results in welfare loss to those who pay taxes. This paper takes into account the fact that income tax also affects pollution through both redistributing income and changing the amount that people work. I derive the optimal income tax rates using the pollution intensities of U.S. households at different income levels. The results show that optimal marginal tax rates are lower and the optimal tax schedule is substantially less progressive compared to models that ignore pollution. This is important because the effect of the current U.S. income tax and transfers on pollution is not trivial. I find that, annually, the U.S. income tax and transfer system contributes roughly 6-9 percent to aggregate pollution of households. This paper further demonstrates that income taxes can complement other policies to efficiently reduce pollution. Market power and scarcity rents, as other kinds of externalities, can bias technological change in the natural resource sector. The second chapter of my thesis is titled “The Upstream Bias in Technological Change with Exhaustible Resources”. This paper focuses on the implications of the bias of technological change in the natural resource sector. In this paper, I collaborate with Dr. John Boyce, a Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary. The main stylized fact that motivates the paper is that for eighty minerals over the past century, exhaustible resource prices have been falling relative to incomes and exhaustible resource production has been rising. In contrast to Hotelling’s theory of exhaustible resources, long-term trends show falling resource prices and rising resource production. We explain this using a theory of an exhaustible resource economy where R&D is endogenously targeted either to the upstream exhaustible resource sector or to the downstream final good sector. An upstream bias in technological change explains the observed trends. This bias is attributed to a low relative upstream state of technology and low scarcity for exhaustible resources. The bias in R&D eventually switches to the downstream sector. Thereafter, exhaustible resource prices rise and exhaustible resource production falls. Per capita consumption grows and the mining share of labor falls all along the equilibrium. In addition to the bias of innovation over time, spillovers of innovative activities among sectors (or countries) provide a positive externality that results in too little innovation in a competitive market. To overcome this market failure and fully reward innovative efforts, many countries commonly use Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs), such as patenting and copyrights. The third chapter of my thesis explores the effects of IPRs on innovation and economic growth. The title of this chapter is “Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation in a North-South Model”. IPRs encourage incentives for innovators but they also have welfare costs by providing innovators with monopoly power for a specific time frame. IPRs might also adversely affect future innovation since they make current discoveries less accessible for potential innovators. In the third chapter of my thesis, I incorporate this adverse effect of IPRs on subsequent innovators into a North-South dynamic general equilibrium model to investigate the overall effect of tighter IPRs on economic growth and welfare. In the model, the North innovates and the South imitates and tighter IPRs not only reduce the South’s imitation rate, but they also lower labour productivity in the R&D sector in the North. The model’s results indicate that tighter IPRs hurt innovation in the long run. Moreover, in contrast to previous models, the short-run effect could also be negative. In addition, I decompose the welfare effects to four components: changes in (a) terms of trade (b) production composition (c) available products, and (d) intertemporal composition of consumption. The model’s results show that tighter IPRs may hurt both the North and the South on account of all these four welfare components, except for the terms of trade from which the North benefits and the South loses.


identifier: Beye, J. (2006). Changes in gene expression in response to connective tissue injury: effects of ligament type and innervation in a rabbit model (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/636

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 79-92
Some pages are in colour.