identifier: Sturgess, M. D. (1999). Size matters: an analysis of intrasite variability of lithic debitage assemblages from Tasiarulik, a late Dorset habitation site (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23461

format:
xi, 235 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: FC4316 .S87 1999

subject: Stone implements--Nunavut--Little Cornwallis Island

subject: Tools, prehistoric--Nunavut--Little Cornwallis Island

subject: Excavations (Archaeology)--Nunavut--Little Cornwallis Island

subject: Dorset culture--Nunavut--Little Cornwallis Island

subject: Little Cornwallis Island (Nunavut)--antiquities

abstract: Bibliography: p. 206-221


identifier: Zimmerman, C. (2007). Red tag windigo (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1833

title: Red tag windigo

publisher:
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
v, 128 leaves ; 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. 128


identifier: Halleran, A. A. (2003). Depositional environment and diagenesis of the Lower Mannville Sunburst Member, Bantry Field, SE Alberta (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24188

format:
xvii, 370 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2003 H35A

subject: Additional copy: AC1 .T484 2003 H35 (Gallagher)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 287-299


identifier: Nagarajan, S. (2015). An investigation of nutrition-dependent mRNA translation in Drosophila larvae (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24913

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject:
Genetics
Biology--Molecular
Polysome analysis
Translation
Drosophila

abstract: Dietary nutrients promote organismal growth via activation of cellular pathways that are necessary for cellular growth and division. However, upon conditions of nutrient scarcity, organisms ranging from yeast to mammals alter their metabolism to conserve nutrients and energy. One of the key cellular events required for sustained growth downstream of nutrition is mRNA translation. In order to coordinate cellular and organismal growth with nutrient availability, organisms have devised several control checkpoints to limit the energy consuming process of translation under starvation. Work on mammalian cell lines have shown that mRNA translation is inhibited in response to a multitude of stresses including nutritional stress, DNA damage, viral stress, hypoxia and oxidative stress. However, it is unclear as to how an organism in general responds to starvation in terms of mRNA translation. I have used polysome gradient analysis in developing Drosophila larvae to show that starvation led to a rapid decrease in translation, seen as early as 30 minutes after removal of larvae from food. A maximal decrease in translation was observed after 6-18 hours of starvation. Using qRT-PCR I have looked at the translation profile of 18 individual genes and observed that starvation led to a general decrease in translation, irrespective of the starvation-mediated change in total transcript levels. Sugars and amino acids have been shown to be important regulators of translation in animal cells. I have determined that neither sugars nor amino acids were sufficient to maintain translation in larvae removed from food. However, a complex diet such as yeast was sufficient to maintain translation in larvae removed from food. The majority of work in the field of translation suggest three main signaling pathways functioning downstream of nutrition to regulate translation - insulin signaling,TOR signaling and eIF2α signaling. I have shown that TOR signaling is required for translation in fed conditions. On the other hand, genetic activation of TOR and/or insulin signaling was not sufficient to prevent the starvation-mediated inhibition of translation. I have also shown that the eiF2α kinases - GCN2 and PERK were not required for starvation-mediated suppression of translation.


identifier: Fitz-Earle, B. (2007). Living design: the integration of biological systems into products (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1471

publisher:
Environmental Design
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 60-62

abstract: Approval page missing and supervisor unknown.


identifier: Chang, D. (2015). Experiments Towards the Realization of a Nanofiber Guided Dipole Trap (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26072

publisher:
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Lvovsky, Alex
Barclay, Paul
Simon, Christoph
Shi, Yujun
Murari, Kartikeya

subject: Education--Sciences Physics--Atomic Optics Nanofiber atoms Interaction

abstract: In this thesis I present a developing project to elaborate a scientific platform towards the realization of light-matter interaction based on tapered optical nanofiber (TNF) that enables optical fields to interface with trapped neutral atoms in their vicinity. In such a configuration, the guided light exhibits a large portion of evanescent field into the vacuum thus laser cooled atoms can couple to the fiber mode. By trapping and cooling atoms around the nanofiber I investigated the interaction of the atoms with the field. My work presented in this thesis includes: Calculating the evanescent modes propagating through our fiber; Implementing fiber pulling setup using oxyhydrogen flame and analyzing nanofiber’s thermal dynamics and degradation; Constructing a Rubidium 87 MOT and characterizing its critical parameters; Realizing some atom-light interface through an experiment on coupling spontaneously emitted photons from MOT into TNF; Calculating two-color dipole trap parameters for our nanofiber.


identifier: Purdey, A. F. (1992). Guatemalan maya refugees in Mexico: mothers and the treatment of children's illness (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15777

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

subject: RA 410 P87 1992

subject: Refugees - Guatemala

subject: Women refugees - Mexico - Attitudes

subject: Women refugees - Medical care - Mexico - Utilization

abstract: Bibliography: p. 125-136.


identifier: Hoar, R. (2004). Multi-agent modeling and analysis of pedestrian and vehicular traffic (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22658

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 93-98

abstract: Evaluating urban infrastructures through computer models is a useful way of gathering feedback and improving a proposed design before finally implementing it in concrete. Many current models focus on vehicular traffic, to the detriment of pedestrians. To address this shortcoming, this thesis contributes a multi-agent model of vehicular and pedestrian traffic, where agents can plan, adapt and execute, producing statistical feedback, and an intuitive visualization. This includes a description of how the environment is represented and how the agents plan and execute. Through the use of a software prototype, analysis of traffic flow is explored in several simple scenarios, highlighting the effect of agent variations. Through a model of the University campus, a more realistic and holistic scenario is analysed, demonstrating the applicability and limitations of the model.


identifier: Hwang, J. M. (2004). Leukocyte recruitment in contact sensitivity (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16049

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 105-120

abstract: Some pages are in colour.

abstract: Contact sensitivity is an inflammatory disorder characterized by leukocyte recruitment. We used intravital microscopy to directly visualize leukocyte rolling and adhesion. By blocking specific adhesion molecules, we elucidated the molecular mechanisms mediating early leukocyte recruitment to be E- and P-selectin and then demonstrated that leukocyte recruitment in the late phase had a different adhesive profile (mainly a4- integrin). Complete blockade of E- and P-selectin within the first 2 hours of leukocyteendothelial cell interactions eliminated selectin-independent leukocyte recruitment at 24 hours. Specific elimination of CD4, lymphocytes in the early phase eliminated the late response. Addition of these same CD4+ lymphocytes two hours after antigen challenge was too late for these cells to home to the skin. We further established that mast cells act to modulate the T-lymphocyte response in CS. In the absence of mast cells, T1-1l cells preferentially adhere to vascular endothelium, whereas T112 cells preferentially adhere in wild-type mice.


identifier: Martin, S. (1994). Sex offender treatment: an uphill journey (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12402

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

subject:
RJ 506 S48 M37 1994
Teenage sex offenders - Rehabilitation
Behavior therapy for teenagers
Adolescent psychology
Sex offenders - Rehabilitation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 148-160.


identifier: Miclat, J. (2018). Calcium Regulation of a Slow AHP in Hippocampal Pyramidal Cells (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB doi:10.11575/PRISM/31781

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

contributor:
Turner, Raymond Joseph
Whelan, Patrick J.
Zamponi, Gerald W.

subject:
slow afterhyperpolarization
hippocampus
CA1
hippocalcin
calmodulin
KCa3.1
KCNQ
Neuroscience

abstract: A slow afterhyperpolarization (sAHP) in CA1 hippocampal pyramidal cells is calcium-dependent and involves activation of KCa3.1 and KCNQ potassium channels. Both KCa3.1 and KCNQ channels bind calmodulin (CaM) as a calcium sensor, with an additional role proposed for the protein hippocalcin. We measured the calcium sensitivity of the IsAHP and potassium channel associations with CaM or hipppocalcin. In recordings in hippocampal tissue slices in vitro the KCa3.1-mediated IsAHP steadily increased over 10 min equilibration to 0 µM calcium electrolyte, but decreased upon infusing 1 µM calcium, while the KCNQ-mediated IsAHP responded in an opposite manner. KCa3.1 channels contributed to the IsAHP in rat but not mouse pyramidal cells. Coimmunoprecipitation occurred between KCa3.1 and both CaM and hippocalcin, but only KCNQ and CaM. These data reveal a species-specific expression pattern for two potassium channels and in calcium sensor proteins present to generate the sAHP in the same class of hippocampal neuron.


identifier: Stewart, J. K. (2009). Understanding the lived experiences of physically active women with knee osteoarthritis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2596

publisher:
Kinesiology
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 71-75

abstract: Osteoarthritis is a progressive degenerative disease which requires modification to a person's lifestyle. Physical and psychological shifts are needed to accommodate the disease. To gain an understanding of how women who are physically active were able to return to exercise after their diagnosis, a phenomenological study design was employed. Insight provided by seven women regarding constructing the exercise persona will add important knowledge to the experience of exercising with osteoarthritis. Individuals physically active previous to the diagnosis need to acquire knowledge for the construction of the exercise persona. Construction begins with moving emotionally from shock and disbelief to accepting the diagnosis, setting goals, and developing a plan to attain those goals. Encouragement from knowledgeable health professionals is advantageous to establishing confidence to perform exercise successfully. Exercise recommendations provided by physiotherapists or exercise professionals on frequency, intensity, type, and duration provide the necessary knowledge to return to exercise.


identifier: McDouall, J. (2016). The Role of Personality in Person-Organization Fit: An Examination of Fit Styles (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28343

contributor:
Chapman, Derek
Lee, Kibeom
Ellard, John
Steel, Piers

subject:
Psychology
Psychology--Industrial
Personality
Fit style
Person-organization fit

abstract: Person-organization fit has often been examined as a predictor of important workplace outcomes, but research examining the antecedents of PO fit is lacking. To date there is little information on how fit perceptions form, or if individuals react similarly to different types of fit. The present program of research aimed to gain further insight into the role that personality has on perceptions of PO fit by examining the possibility of fit styles. Data was collected online cross-nationally from 300 employees spanning various organizations and industries. Results demonstrated that personality is predictive of some fit styles, and that work outcomes are affected by interactions between fit styles and fit perceptions. Furthermore, personality was predictive of fit perceptions, suggesting that the salience of fit dimensions is partly affected by individual differences such as personality.


identifier: Fitzmartyn-Harrison, G. (1979). Impact and recovery of horse supported group camps in Banff National Park, Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18903

format:
xv, 345 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: SB 481 F56 1979 Fiche

subject: Parks - Alberta - Management

subject: National parks and reserves - Alberta - Management

subject: Man - Alberta - Influence on nature

subject: Recreation - Environmental aspects

subject: Banff National Park (Alta.)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 237-249.


identifier: Spice, P. J. (2015). Nkx3.2 regulates zebrafish vascular stabilization through recruitment of mural cells (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27107

subject:
Biology--Cell
zebrafish
mural cell
endothelial cell
Vascular development
stabilization

abstract: Vascular stabilization is the process during vascular development where the immature endothelial cell tube gains structural support through the recruitment and adhesion of perivascular mural cells; pericytes and vascular smooth muscle cells (vSMC). When vessels are not well supported by mural cells hemorrhage can occur. Nkx3.2 deficient zebrafish embryos hemorrhage, have reduced expression of a mural cell marker, and the endothelial layer makes less contact with mural cells compared with controls. I found that nkx3.2 regulates the expression of two genes with known roles in neural crest migration and specification; pdgfrα and sox10. Further, nkx3.2 functions autonomously in neural crest cells, where knockdown of nkx3.2 causes abnormal migration of neural crest cells in the head. These results show that nkx3.2 regulates genes involved in neural crest migration and in turn supports recruitment of mural cells to mediate vascular stabilization.


identifier: Brideau, C. (2018). Polarization Controlled Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering Microscopy for Determination of Structural Order of the Myelin Sheath (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/31926

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

contributor:
Stys, Peter K.
Frayne, Richard
Barclay, Paul
Colicos, Michael A.
Fear, Elise C.
Potma, Eric Olaf

subject:
CARS Microscopy
Nonlinear Optics
Multiple Sclerosis
Anisotropy
Neuroscience
Engineering--Biomedical

abstract: Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (CARS) is a laser-scanning microscopy technique that generates a strong label-free signal in lipid. The myelin sheath surrounding nerves is up to 80% lipid, and therefore is an ideal candidate for CARS imaging. The long lipid chains forming the myelin wraps have a directional preference when the myelin is healthy, with CH2 bonds aligned parallel to the axis of the nerve. The optical polarization dependence of the CARS signal can be used to probe the orientation of CH2 bonds in the sheath and determine their nanoscopic orientation. As myelin becomes unhealthy the organization of the lipids begins to loosen from their native organized packing structure. In the early stages this is not visible by conventional microscopy, however polarization-resolved CARS can measure the increasing disorder in the arrangement of the bonds before obvious morphological changes can occur. The degree of disorder is also measured to provide a metric of myelin disorganization in disease models.


identifier: Robertson, E. C. (2006). Late quaternary landform development, paleoenvironmental reconstruction and archaeological site formation in the Cypress Hills of southeastern Alberta (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/761

format:
xxi, 424 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 272-302


identifier: Bryce, L. H. (1995). Self-invention, self-construction, self-reinvention: versions of self in the novels of Virginia Woolf (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19035

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

subject: PR 6045 O72 Z5828 1995

subject: Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 - Criticism and interpretation

subject: Self in literature

abstract: Bibliography: p. 93-94.

abstract: This thesis describes Virginia Woolf's representation of the self in three novels. In Mrs Dalloway, the self is a continuously-changing entity, confronting through particular memories former selves from the perspective of the present moment and the present self. Therefore the self is made up of a successive series of selves, progressively moving towards the present composite self. Woolf retains this view of the self in To the Lighthouse and The Waves, but alters the way in which she presents self-composition. In To the Lighthouse, the self is rendered as a painting. Woolf reinvents the self in The Waves by minimizing the narrator's voice so that the selfhoods of the six characters emerge entirely from their thought processes. Jacob's Room introduces this study, showing Woolf's initial work towards her fully-constructed vision of selfhood. Between the Acts is considered in the conclusion as a novel emphasizing that the Modernist self is fragmented to the point of disintegration.


identifier: Farran, A. (2014). The KATP -Knockout Mouse: A Model of Susceptibility to Post-Concussion Syndrome (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28226

subject:
Neuroscience
Concussion
Susceptibility
Heat Shock Protein
Traumatic Brain Injury

abstract: Approximately 1.4 million people in the United States each year sustain a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Unfortunately, approximately 15% of these patients will have post- concussive symptoms that last longer than three months. Knowledge of the pathophysiological processes underlying susceptibility to poor outcomes is limited, which has impaired the development of effective therapeutics for patients with a mTBI. The present study was designed to assess behavioral and molecular changes post-mTBI in an animal model of genetic susceptibility to poor neurological outcomes, the Kir6.2-knockout mouse. We conducted multiple behavioral tests and analyzed the cellular stress response through assessment of heat shock protein (Hsps) gene expression. We hypothesized that following mTBI, Kir6.2-knockout mice would have increased behavioral deficits, and aberrant Hsp expression. Results from behavioral and molecular analyses demonstrated that outcomes post-mTBI depended on sex and genetic make-up, and that the influence of these factors changed throughout the recovery process.


identifier: Li, Z. (1997). Multiresolution approximation in gravity field modeling (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12363

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

subject:
QC 178 L5 1996
Gravitational fields
Field theory (Physics)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 174-180.


identifier: Kremer, R. (1997). Constraint graphs: a concept map meta-language (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24241

format:
xiii, 217 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
QA76.754.K74 1997
Graph theory

abstract: Bibliography: p. 210-217.


identifier: Sahota, D. S. (1996). A new design approach to serviceability using activity based costing, fuzzy logic and modular design (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19759

format:
xii, 262 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject:
TA 409.2 S24 1996
Service life (Engineering)
Manufactures - Design
Manufactures - Costs
Activity-based costing
Fuzzy logic

abstract: Bibliography: p. 249-255.

abstract: This thesis presents a methodology to assist the product designer in calculating and reducing product life-cycle service costs during initial design stages. A simple and effective format has been devised to represent the product disassembly sequences in a hierarchical form. Activity Based Costing (ABC) has been used to calculate the part service costs. This costing technique supports the tracing of the service costs to the service characteristics of the respective parts. Two strategies have been explored for reducing the product service costs. The first technique grades all the parts according to their service requirements. The second technique involves combining the parts, having similar service requirements, into modules. Both techniques provide suggestions (possible design modifications) to decrease the product service costs. The modifications are evaluated for corresponding decrease in service cost to test their efficacy. Finally, the methodology is tested using two case study products to check its versatility.


identifier: Schurch, T. (2013). El desierto y el duelo: una poética de resistencia a la violencia y al olvido en Lluvia en el desierto de Marjorie Agosín (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25853

subject: Philosophy

subject: Latin American Chile Memory Dictatorship Landscape

abstract: The objective of the present thesis on Lluvia en el desierto / Rain in the Desert (1999) by the Chilean-American poet Marjorie Agosín is to explore the problem of mourning, memory and identity in the context of the dictatorship and post dictatorship in Chile through the poetics of the desert. In this first in-depth analysis ever done on this collection of poems, I consider how Agosín’s use of prosopopeia of the desert creates the spatial and temporal flexibility through which we can access poetic knowledge. This knowledge traverses social, cultural, psychological, spiritual and historical aspects. This thesis seeks to elucidate and include Agosín’s Lluvia en el desierto in the framework of Chilean artistic tradition of the Desert of Atacama. According to this conceptualization, diverse artists have employed the image of the desert as a form of resistance to forgetting injustice and political violence, both before the military coup of 1973, such as in the verses of Pablo Neruda, Andrés Sabella and Gabriela Mistral, and after, in Patricio Guzmán’s documentary film Nostalgia de la luz (2010) as well as Ariel Dorfman’s book Memorias del desierto (2004). This investigation also proposes to illuminate inter-textual connections in Agosín’s poems that go beyond the desert, to works such as the Chilean Arpilleras, and beyond the Chilean context, to the mystical poetry of san Juan de la Cruz. Through the analysis of Agosín’s poems in conjunction with other works, I conclude that the artistic expression of mourning represents an ethical act that struggles to restore a sense of dignity and place to victims of violence, such as the “disappeared” of the Pinochet dictatorship, their family members and other survivors. In addition to the identification of pain, suffering and ineffable loss in the context of military violence, the artistic expression of mourning exemplified through the poetics of the desert, reveals a search for peace and healing where the evocation and preservation of silenced memories in the poetic word symbolizes not only a place to give homage, but also to celebrate life and hope.


identifier: Hogan, D. T. (2019). Generation and transformations of cationic heteroaromatic molecules (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

title: Generation and Transformations of Cationic Heteroaromatic Molecules

publisher:
Science
University of Calgary

contributor:
Sutherland, Todd C.
Heyne, Belinda
Derksen, Darren J.
Shimizu, George K. H.

subject: Education--Physical Chemistry--Organic

abstract: This thesis contains three chapters, each of which has been published in relevant journals. While the applications of each chapter are unrelated to one-another, the compounds involved fall under the broad class of cationic heteroaromatics either by using such systems directly (chapters one and two) or by forming them during investigation (chapter three). Instead of employing novel methods, the synthetic focus was to use the simplest and shortest possible routes, both to save material and extend the time available for characterization. Investigations in the first two chapters involved reduction electrochemistry, transforming the cationic heteroaromatic compounds into the analogous heteroatomic radicals or anions. How easily this could be accomplished and how long the nascent radicals/anions lived after generation drove the studies. The third chapter is unique because it involves no electrochemistry – instead solely photophysics – and starts with neutral organic compounds, generating the cationic analogues as a method of sensing metal cations.


identifier: Struik, L. C. (1980). Geology of the Barkerville-Cariboo River area, central British Columbia (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19237

format:
xvii, 335 leaves : ill., maps ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

relation: Additional Copy: QE 187 S85 1980G Geology

subject: QE 187 S85 1980 Fiche

subject: Geology - British Columbia - Barkerville area

subject: Geology - British Columbia - Cariboo River area

subject: Geology, Stratigraphic

subject: Sedimentation and deposition

abstract: Bibliography: p. 325-335.

abstract: An area lying along a northwest-southeast orogeric trend in the Barkerville-Cariboo River area was mapped at scales of 1:20,000 and 1:50,000. The study was undertaken to determine the internal stratigraphic relationships and to establish possible correlations with the stratigraphy of other areas in the Canadian Cordillera. The hypothesis of a Devona-Mississippian Cariboo Orogeny was tested in the light of stratigraphic and structural data. The Cambro-Hadrynian stratigraphy of Barkerville-Cariboo River is equivalent to that determined by Campbell et al. (1973) for the Cariboo Mountains to the east. This Cambro-Hadrynian shelf sequence and the unconformably overlying Upper Ordovician to Permian rocks are part of the North American Craton. The Ordovician unconformity becomes more pronounced westward, bevelling through Cambrian and into Hadrynian strata. The Ordovician event responsible for this unconformity is here named the Little Diastrophism. Deposition from the Upper Ordovician to the Permian or Triassic is interrupted by a possible Silurian erosional event and several younger hiati. The Ordovician to Permian strata represent primarily, a black shale basin with intermittent shallow-water carbonate developement, a Devonian volcanic and volcaniclastic event and elastic debris flows. An Upper Devonian debris flow, the Guyet conglomerate is deposited into a moderately deep, black shale basin. The conglomerate's composition, internal features and relationship to surrounding rocks do not suggest a local pre-depositional orogeny. The Devona-Mississippian Cariboo Orogeny does not exist as defined by Johnston and Uglow (1926), Sutherland Brown (1957, 1963) and White (1959). The Guyet conglomerate is a "elastic wedge" which may signify distant tectonism. It is suggested that the term Cariboo Diastrophism be applied to such a possible Upper Devonian tectonic event. This Cariboo Diastrophism has no structural manifestation in the Barkerville-Cariboo River area. The Snowshoe Formation is considered to consist of unconformably juxtaposed Kaza Group, Ordovician to Permian strata and rocks younger than the sub-Triassic unconformity. The Antler Formation is in part of Lower Pennsylvanian age and is thrust from the west in at least a portion of the area. The thrusting must be post-Lower Perrnian and is probably post-Upper Triassic. The Antler has suffered the affects of the Columbian Orogeny and was in place prior to the climax of that orogeny. There are four phases of folding, the first three of which are associated with cleavage developement. Only the second phase is pervasive, forming the mesoscopic and macroscopic folds. There are at least four phases of faulting; northeast to southwest thrust; steep reverse and normal; steep, south side down transverse; and northnortheast trending right-lateral strike-slip. The fold and fault phases belong to the Jurassic to Cretaceous Columbian Orogeny. The metamorphism occurred during and just after the major structures. It, too, must then be Columbian. Elliott's (1970) strain measurement technique was computerized and used to analyze the strain of the Guyet conglomerate. A method was devised and partially computerized for determining the strain ellipsoid from strain ellipses measured on three perpendicular planes not parallel to the principal strains.


identifier: Aggarwal, U. R. (1971). The Feasibility of teaching probability at grade five level (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14266

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

relation: Additional Copy: 519.2 AgF c.01 EMC 370 EDC 1971 AGG

subject:
QA273 .A39 1971 Microfilm
Probabilities
Mathematics - Study and teaching

abstract: Bibliography: p. 62-67.


identifier: Ching, H. E. (2020). Losing the Cosmos: Arendt and Voegelin on the Origins of Modernity (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Arts
University of Calgary

contributor:
Cooper, Barry
Goldstein, Joshua D.
Keeley, James F.

subject:
Modernity
Cosmos
Political Theory
Hannah Arendt
Eric Voegelin
Political Science

abstract: Engaging the work of Hannah Arendt and Eric Voegelin, two foundational twentieth-century political philosophers, I examine the historical origins of the loss of cosmos, interpreted here as the ongoing crisis of modernity characterized by alienation and Gnosticism. Three themes are discussed with reference to Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition and Eric Voegelin’s The New Science of Politics: i) the reversal of orders; ii) gnostic alienation; and iii) history. Chapter one situates the crisis in the work of Hannah Arendt, who contends that three pre-modern events––the discovery of America, the Reformation, and the invention of the telescope––shaped the modern age, transforming the vita activa, active life. Chapter two examines Voegelin’s account of political existence in history and the gnostic victory of modernity. In this context, I examine the de- and re-divinization of society, Joachitic eschatology, and the concept of an eidos of history. Two conclusions are drawn from these accounts: i) Arendt’s account of doubt and Voegelin’s account of uncertainty form an argument for the metaphysical loss of cosmos; and ii) the divinization of the human being is the fulfilment of the social loss of cosmos.


identifier: van Halst, W. G. (1991). Democracy, Meech Lake and constitutional reform (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22921

format:
xii, 286 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: JL 27.5 V36 1991

subject: Canada - Constitutional law - Amendments

subject: Canada. Constitution Act, 1982

subject: Canada - Politics and Government - 1904-

abstract: Bibliography: p. 242-269.


identifier: Garden, A. (1987). The Effects of a simulated acid precipitation on leaf litter decomposition in a lotic ecosystem (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13577

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

subject:
TD 196 A 25 G37 1987
Acid rain

abstract: Bibliography: p. 122-130.


identifier: Ryan, S. D. (2005). The application of the principles of sustainable community tourism developmnent to Wawa, Ontario, a peripheral destination (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/151

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 239-259
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Lai, X. (2018). Identity Perception of Chinese Immigrant Youth at a Mandarin Bilingual School (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32654

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Werklund School of Education
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Roy, Sylvie
Chapman, Olive
Dressler, Roswita

subject:
Chinese immigrant
Identity
Education--Bilingual and Multicultural

abstract: This study explored identity perception of youth from Chinese backgrounds in the context of a Mandarin/English bilingual education program in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The study was based on the theory proposed by Grosjean (2015) on bilingualism and biculturalism, together with bilingual identity negotiation framework by Fielding (2015). Six students from Grades 7 to 9 were individually interviewed about how they used languages and how they perceived their identities as a person from Chinese backgrounds in the Mandarin/English bilingual program. Results indicated that bilingualism is a dynamic process. Some participants in this study started with one language as the dominant language, but after a transition period, the first language became the weaker language and the second language the stronger language. Meanwhile, results revealed their creative uses of languages. Most participants engaged in code-switching in their language use both in the interviews and in their home usage of languages. Through this program, they learned how to value their own languages and cultures as well as feeling proud of being Chinese. Implications of the study suggested the need to emphasize the importance of affirming identities in language learning for immigrant students. In order for students’ bilingual competence to develop, the immigrant students’ heritage background should be seen as a valuable resource and be fully respected.


identifier: Domansky, K. (2018). Post-Somalia Reform in the Canadian Armed Forces: Leadership, Education, and Professional Development (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/34926

publisher:
Arts
Graduate Studies
University of Calgary
Calgary

contributor:
Bercuson, David Jay
Herwig, Holger H.
Keeley, James F.
Hiebert, Maureen S.
Horn, Bernd

subject: History--Canadian

subject: History--Military

subject: Military Studies

subject: Political Science--International Law and Relations

abstract: After the “Somalia Affair” of the early 1990s, a government investigation concluded that the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) had become dysfunctional as a professional military force and needed to be comprehensively reformed. It was perceived to be a deeply-flawed institution whose soldiers were ill-prepared, without discipline, and lacking leadership, leading to systemic breakdown and pointing clearly to an inappropriate organizational culture. The subsequent reform movement initiated by the government in 1997 to address these perceived problems covered a range of issues, but a critical focus was the need to redress the failure of military leadership, alter the way in which the Canadian military perceives of itself as a professional organization, and to inculcate an ethos appropriate to the CAF. This dissertation analyzes that reform process, applying concepts of military innovation and change, organizational culture, and organizational learning to determine which factors had the greatest influence on the introduction and process of change in the post-Somalia context. It assesses the degree to which the reforms specifically dedicated to officer training, education, and professional development have been implemented and the impact they have had on the CAF as an institution. Ultimately, it concludes that the CAF is a fundamentally different institution today than it was when the post-Somalia reform program was first launched. This is undoubtedly a result of its engagement with the reforms and efforts made to introduce new concepts, values, narratives, and behaviours into CAF practices, procedures, and expectations.  While it is still not clear that the CAF has completely institutionalized all of the intended changes, a shift in culture has occurred, improvements can be identified, and the process of change and introspection remains ongoing.


identifier: Braun, J. B. (1969). Experimental study of the phenomenon of bias in teachers' evaluation of essay responses (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12417

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

subject:
LB 3058 C25 B72 1969 Microfilm
Grading and marking (Students)
Teachers - Attitudes
Prejudices and antipathies

abstract: Bibliography: p. 55-59.


identifier: Siriwardana, C. S. (2016). An Integrated Framework for Worker Planning and Supervision in Construction (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24906

contributor:
Ruwanpura, Janaka
Hewage, Kasun
Jergeas, George
Lozon, James

subject:
Engineering--Civil
Construction Productivity
Worker Planning
Worker Grading
Technical Skills Assessment
Worker Performance Assessment

abstract:
Construction is a highly labour-intensive industry; therefore, the planning of worker crews is vital to achieving quality, cost, schedule and productivity targets. However, current construction practices do not initiate worker planning during the early stages of construction, nor do they pay attention to the full life cycle of the project. These pitfalls lead to worker demotivation and performance and productivity losses.

Comprehensive worker performance measurement evaluation criteria the Construction Worker Performance Index (CWPI) was developed. A pilot study was carried out to test the applicability and validity of the conceptual framework. After conducting an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) analysis, relative weights for the technical skills assessment framework of Borcherding et al. (2001) were refined; and, the technical skills assessment framework was expanded by adding more sub-attributes to make it suitable for assessing construction workers of Alberta, Canada.

The CWPI worker performance measurement formula was finalized using two rounds of surveys based on Delphi survey principles. A worker grading scheme was developed that classifies workers beyond current conventional worker planning, which is based only on skill levels.

A cohesion measurement framework was developed based the guidelines provided Carron et al. (1985) and Widmeyer et al. (1985). By integrating different aspects related to worker planning, an overall worker planning framework was created to cover the full life cycle of a construction project.

The applicability of the developed framework was field-tested on a construction site in Alberta, Canada. The CWPI and cohesion values of 114 construction workers were measured and documented. Nine construction worker crews (further divided in to twenty sub-groups) were observed, and the structures of the worker crews were studied. Characteristics of high and low performing worker crews were identified, and relationships between factors were investigated. Management level perspective about the developed framework was obtained through a survey conducted among 28 building industry practitioners.

Relationships among the factors of the framework were investigated using a correlation analysis. A regression analysis was conducted to determine the causality between input factors and the cohesion level of worker crews. Finally, the limitations of the research were identified, and recommendations for future research were provided.


identifier: Teminsky, J. G. (1992). Eco-logical science: towards an integrated approach (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16533

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

subject:
Q 181 T445 1992
Science - Study and teaching

abstract: Bibliography: p. 101-106.


identifier: Liao, L. (2007). The effect of src tyrosine kinase on the sodium/calcium exchanger ncx1 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23997

publisher:
Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 95-136
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Wang, J. J. (1997). Gene expression and isoform structure-function relationship of mouse fast skeletal muscle troponin T (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13455

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

subject:
QP321 .W365 1997
Musculoskeletal system
Muscles
Gene expression

abstract: Bibliography: p. 179-193.


identifier: Cuthbert, S. V. (2001). Kinetic studies on the thermal cracking of middle distillate using a helical coil reactor (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14602

format:
xxiii, 309 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: AC1 .T484 2001 C88

abstract: Bibliography: p. 75-132.


identifier: Parker, B. (2010). The revolution to come: towards a radical politics of deconstruction (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3620

contributor:
Xie, Shaobo
McCallum, Pamela M.

format:
ix, 260 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 248-260


identifier: Hufnagle, D. (2008). Input cues affecting the organization of grammatical knowledge in early acquisition (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2065

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 108-117


identifier: Stanton, P. Y. (1993). Definition and reality of double monasticism in Medieval Europe: a case study: the Anglo-Norman monastery of St. Albans (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20990

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

subject: BX 2592 S73 1993

subject: St. Albans Abbey

subject: Monasticism and religious orders - England - History

abstract: Bibliography: p. 129-138.

abstract: The term "double monastery" suggests a medieval monastery in which women and men lived together. This subject has not attracted many historians, and of those which it has attracted few either define the phrase "double monastery" in consistent terms or develop the topic. This thesis investigates the historiographical usage and definition of the term "double monastery," and develops a theoretical definition of the phrase to compare with the examples of double monasteries identified by historians as existing from fourth-century Egypt to twelfth-century England. The theoretical definition is then tested through a case study of a medieval monastery, St Albans Abbey in England.


identifier: King, F. W. (1971). Mechanism of long-range proton hyperfine coupling in the rigid bicyclic organic radicals (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19849

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

subject:
QD 255 K54 1971
Radicals (Chemistry)
Protons
Electron paramagnetic resonance

abstract: Bibliography: p. 108-111.


identifier: Pavel, B. I. (2004). Experimental and numerical investigation of heat transfer enhancement using porous media (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24250

format:
xiv, 88 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 84-88


identifier: Fang, W. (2016). A Study of the Multiple-Unicast Network Coding Conjecture Using Riemannian Manifolds (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25044

contributor:
Li, Zongpeng
Hoyer, Peter Christian
Niu, Di

subject:
Computer Science
network coding
multiple-unicast conjecture
Riemannian manifolds

abstract: Network coding encourages information mixing at the intermediate nodes within a network. The multiple-unicast conjecture proposed by Li and Li [18] in 2004 is one of the most well-known unsolved problems in network coding field. The conjecture asserts that, for multiple independent unicast transmissions in an undirected network, network coding has no advantage over traditional routing. In this thesis, we study the conjecture by embedding graphs into Riemannian manifolds using a geometric framework developed by Xiahou el al. [32]. We prove that isometric embedding of graphs into a Riemannian manifold is impossible. Then, interestingly, we construct an embedding that achieves an infinitesimally small distortion. We show that if the multiple-unicast network coding conjecture is true on Riemannian manifolds, it is also true for undirected networks. Our hope is to develop a Riemannian geometry approach for making new progresses against the long-time open conjecture.


identifier: Eustergerling, B. D. (2008). Application of laser ionization and electron ionization to the deposition chemistry in the hot-wire chemical vapor deposition process with sih4-nh3 gas mixtures (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2010

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

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 168-174
Some pages are in colour.


identifier: Couture, J. C. (2011). The casino problem: media constructions of first nations gaming in Alberta (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4028

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 158-182.


identifier: Wightman, T. (2008). Parliament and Canadian foreign policy (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1969

title: Parliament and Canadian foreign policy

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 119-128


identifier: Henson, P. E. (2007). Future policy directions for managing chemicals in Canada (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1701

format:
xii, 304 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 217-240


identifier: Nippard, E. (2013). Organizational Identity Formation in a Virtual Education Organization: A Case Study (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27226

subject: Education Education--Secondary Organization Identity Virtual Culture Leadership

abstract: The origin and delineation of organizational identity (OI) as a construct has been well studied and documented by researchers. This research has suggested that insufficient study has been conducted on how organizational identity formation takes place from organizational inception, which factors influence this formation (Gioia, Price, Hamilton, & Thomas, 2010), and that there is a limited understanding of how organizational identity forms. More specifically, there is limited knowledge of how organizational members perceptions of leadership, and of professional identity, impact organizational identity formation. This descriptive, single case study grounded in the interpretive qualitative paradigm and featuring a sample of thirty-five organizational members of a virtual education organization, examines organizational identity formation in a virtual education organization, and advances rich data regarding such an organization’s identity formation. Data were collected using interviews and through the examination of organizational documents. Analysis of the data used case study procedures and the constant comparative method borrowed from grounded theory. Findings indicated that organizational identity formation is impacted by the members’ perceptions of formal and informal leaders and their leadership style, but that organizational identity resides in an amalgam of referents that are difficult to isolate as a function of a single impactful influence such as organizational leaders/leadership The perceived ability to establish a professional identity also influenced organizational identity formation. Organizational complexity negatively impacted the members’ abilities to develop professional identities, and influenced their perceptions of the organization’s culture and influenced the organizational identity formation.


identifier: Cioni, M. L. (1970). The Holiest pretence: Sir Robert Cecil and the state of the secretary's place, 1596-1606 (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12199

format:
149 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: DA 378 S2 C54 1970 Microfilm

subject: Salisbury, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of, 1563-1612

subject: Great Britain - History - Elizabeth I, 1558-1603

subject: Great Britain - History - James I, 1603-1625

abstract: Bibliography: p. 127-134.


identifier: Campbell, G. (2005). Distribution, census and habitat preferences of primate species in the Dahomey Gap (West Africa), with particular emphasis on the Red-bellied Guenon (Cercopithecus erythrogaster erythrogaster) (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16023

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 103-114

abstract: Some pages are in colour

abstract: The Dahomey Gap, a forest-savanna mosaic found in Togo and Benin, creates a discontinuity in the lowland forest zone of West Africa. Few primate studies have been conducted in this area. This study was intended to 1) survey diurnal primate species present in the Dahomey Gap; 2) evaluate two methods for censusing red-bellied guenons (Cercopithecus erythrogaster erythrogaster); and 3) compare primate community structure in different forest types in southern Benin. During this study: 1) seven diurnal primate species were found in Togo and seven in Benin; 2) a higher population estimate for the redbellied guenon was derived with the point count method than for the line transect method, and 3) differing structures in primate communities were correlated with the different habitat types. The results from this study can be used in the elaboration of management plans for this region.


identifier: Sangari, S. (2022). Studying the Interaction of RACK-1 and GLD-1 in the Germline of Caenorhabditis elegans (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

contributor:
Hansen, Dave
Cobb, John
Samuel, Marcus
Childs, Sarah

subject:
GLD-1
RACK-1
Caenorhabditis elegans
Germline Stem Cells
Immunoprecipitation
CRISPR
Education--Sciences
Genetics
Biology--Molecular
Biochemistry

abstract: Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that can proliferate to produce more stem cells or differentiate to produce specialized cells. Two gonad arms are present within the germline of the hermaphrodite C. elegans, where proliferating germline stem cells (GSCs) are located at the distal end while meiotic cells occur more proximally, eventually differentiating as gametes. The balance between proliferation and differentiation allows this spatial patterning to be maintained in the germline. Our lab has been studying the influence of highly conserved scaffold protein RACK-1 (Receptor for Activated C Kinase 1) and translational repressor GLD-1 (Defective in Germline Development 1) on the proliferation differentiation decision of GSCs. RACK-1 is involved in ribosome assembly and the miRISC pathway. Meanwhile, GLD-1 functions in germline stem cell entry and progression through meiosis as well as oogenesis and sex determination. Previous work had shown that an absence of rack-1 results in lower GLD-1 levels as well as GLD-1 mis-localization to P granules. Furthermore, an absence of rack-1 resulted in an over-proliferation phenotype in a glp-1(ar202gf) background. As a result, a model was proposed where a potential interaction between RACK-1 and GLD-1 was predicted. In this thesis, I investigated the possible physical interaction between RACK-1 and GLD-1. RACK-1 strains were tagged using CRISPR technology. These strains were shown to behave similarly to a wildtype organism through immunostaining and brood size assay experiments. As a result, the strains were used as reagents for co-immunoprecipitation experiments to detect an interaction between GLD-1 and RACK-1. The same CRISPR tagged strains were used to show that RACK-1 was expressed in the cytoplasm and on cellular membranes in the germline. Several variations of co-immunoprecipitation experiments were performed, where an interaction between RACK-1 and GLD-1 was detected when GLD-1 was immunoprecipitated. The pulldown of RACK-1 with GLD-1 indicated a physical interaction within the cytoplasm that may be direct or indirect. This research gave us insight into the potential influence of this interaction on the proliferation differentiation decision of GSCs. RACK-1 may help GLD-1 by stabilizing it, in turn allowing it to function normally as a translational repressor, which allows for an organized germline.


identifier: Dembeck, D. C. (2003). Dynamic numerical integration using randomized quasi-monte carlo methods (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/11796

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

subject: AC1 .T484 2003 D465

abstract: Bibliography: p. 94-102.


identifier: Dolcecore, S. (2015). Queer and Poliical: Exploring Transgender Resistance (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27515

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Social Work
University of Calgary
Calgary

subject:
Psychology--Social
Transgender
Resistance
Queer Theory

abstract: This qualitative study investigated forms of oppression and resistance among transgender individuals. This constructivist grounded theory study answered these research questions: (1) how does oppression affect self-identified transgender individual’s performance of gender, and (2) how does gender performance illustrate collective and individual forms of resistance? The author interviewed 14 transgender individuals living in Canada about their lived experiences with oppression and resistance. The exploration of this phenomenon was encompassed human experience, social environments, and the complexity of life illustrated by those directly experiencing oppression as transgender individuals. The performance of gender describes the use masculine, feminine and gender neutral qualities to express identity. This study suggests that transgender resistance is a method for overcoming one’s vulnerability related to traditional gender discourses. The use of resistance provides a way for radical self-determination, one that helps in promoting authenticity and solidarity with others in the trans and queer community.


identifier: Carcamo, H. A. (1997). Effects of sulphur pollution on forest floor invertebrates (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19061

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

subject:
QH545 .S92 C37 1997
Pollution - Environmental aspects
Sulphides - Environmental aspects
Sulphur - Environmental aspects

abstract: Bibliography: p. 171-182.


identifier: Pereles, L. R. (1994). Geriatric continuing medical education: community needs and physician priorities (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21851

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

subject:
RC 952.5 P47 1994
Geriatrics
Medical education
Physician and patient

abstract: Bibliography: p. 65-72.


identifier: Sjoblom, C. (2000). Aggression and social information processing in typical children and children with developmental delays (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23627

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

subject: BF 723 A35 S58 2000

subject: Aggressiveness in children - Alberta - Calgary - Case studies

subject: Developmentally disabled children - Alberta - Calgary - Case studies

subject: Social perception in children

subject: Social interaction in children

abstract: Bibliography: p. 116-132


identifier: Hu, Y. (1993). Heavy oil recovery by electromagnetic heating and gas injection (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21357

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

subject:
TN 871 H695 1994
Thermal oil recovery
Oil wells - Gas lift
Oil reservoir engineering
Injection wells

abstract: Bibliography: p. 78-85.

abstract: Experiments were carried out to determine the effectiveness of electromagnetic heating on heavy oil recovery from thin pay zones (< 10 m) typically found in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Higher electromagnetic frequencies were found to provide faster heating rate and can overcome problems associated with discontinuity of the media through which electromagnetic waves must propagate in the reservoir. Heat loss can also be minimized with the use of higher frequencies. For moderate heavy oil reservoirs (less than 1,000 mPa.s), it is not necessary to heat the entire pay zone. Heating of the wellbore vicinity is sufficient. Recovery can be improved further by gas injection. Oil recovery as high as 45% of OOIP (Original Oil in Place) was achieved using electromagnetic heating and gas injection compared to estimated primary recovery rates of less than 5%. The results obtained in this work clearly show that electromagnetic heating provides an effective mean of recovering heavy oil from reservoir with thin pay zones.


identifier: Churchward, M. A. (2009). The Roles of Cholesterol in Calcium Triggered Membrane Merger (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15893

contributor:
Coorssen, Jens R.
Walsh, Michael P.

format:
xix, 233 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 164-200
Many pages are in colour.


identifier: Herrera, Y. (1999). Performance limitations of a force-controlled industrial manipulator (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20046

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

subject:
TS191.8 .H47 1999
Robots, Industrial.
Manipulators - Mechanism
Manufacturing processes - Automation

abstract: Bibliography: p. 89-93.


identifier: Philpotts, P. P. (1985). Drama and language in adolescence (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21096

title: Drama and language in adolescence

creator: Philpotts, Patricia (Patricia Elizabeth), 1954-

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

subject: PN 3171 P48 1986

subject: Drama in education - Research

subject: Language and languages - Study and teaching (Secondary)

subject: Adolescence - Education

abstract: Bibliography: p. 147-151.


identifier: Kadr, A. A. (1977). Large-signal modelling of microwave transistors for oscillator design (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21532

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

subject:
TK 7871.9 K46 1977 Microfiche
Transistors, Microwave

abstract: Bibliography: p. 168-178.


identifier: Khambati, H. K. (2009). The role of tyrosines in bacterial iron acquisition by periplasmic ferric binding proteins (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4808

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 120-133

abstract: Many pages are in colour.

abstract: The human host-specific Gram-negative human pathogen H. influenzae and the porcine pathogen A. pleuropneumoniae can utilize transferrin as their main source of iron for growth. A surface receptor complex made of transferrin binding proteins (TbpA and TbpB) facilitate the release of iron from host transferrin into the periplasm, where it is, in turn, sequestered by a periplasmic iron binding protein. In H. influenzae, this protein is called ferric binding protein A (FbpA). The iron coordination site of FbpA is analogous to that of transferrin and lactoferrin, giving it the term, bacterial transferrin. The results from structural and functional studies in this thesis support a model in which the initial step in iron binding is mediated by a pair of adjacent tyrosines on the C-terminal domain of FbpA. A series of site-directed mutants of the adjacent tyrosine residues show abrogation of iron binding ability in in vitro binding studies and a severe defect in iron transport in a reconstituted H. influenzae FbpABC pathway in E. coli; this is in support of prior evidence discovered for host glycoproteins transferrin and lactoferrin. Collectively these results demonstrate that the presence of a twin-tyrosine motif common to many periplasmic iron binding proteins is critical for initially capturing the ferric iron released by the outer membrane receptor complex. Also characterized in this thesis is periplasmic protein AfuA, identified previously as a functional homologue of FbpA. Sequence analysis and in vitro binding assays demonstrate, however, that AfuA is not a true FbpA homologue, but rather may represent a novel class of ferrous binding proteins. A reconstituted afuABC operon in a specialized iron-deficient strain of E. coli was found to be capable of periplasm-to-cytoplasm iron transport.


identifier: Buchik, P. M. (1984). Adaptive reuse of the Okotoks railroad station (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23503

creator: Buchik, Patricia M. (Patricia Mary), 1953-

format:
vii, 66 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: NA 6315 C62 O63 1986

subject: Railroads - Stations - Remodeling for other use

subject: Railroads - Alberta - Okotoks - Stations

subject: Community centers - Alberta - Okotoks

abstract: Bibliography: p. 62-66.


identifier: Perron, S. R. (1983). Computer-assisted career counselling in Alberta schools (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14996

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

subject: HF 5381 P44 1986

subject: Vocational guidance - Computer-assisted instruction

abstract: Bibliography: p. 90-95.


identifier: Moynihan, D. P. (2012). Metamorphism and Deformation of the Central Kootenay Arc, Southeastern British Columbia (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12001

publisher:
Graduate Studies
Science
University of Calgary
Calgary

format:
xix, 279 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract:
Bibliography: p. 197-214
Many pages are in colour.


identifier: Ou, Y. Y. (2002). The centrosome in animal cells: structure and protein placement (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19594

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 183-224


identifier: Yuen, D. W. (2016). EUKARYO: An Agent-Based, Interactive, Virtual Reality Simulation of a Eukaryotic Cell (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25962

contributor:
Jacob, Christian
Denzinger, Jörg
Katz, Larry

subject:
Biology--Cell
Computer Science
Simulation
Modelling
Visualization
Agent-based model
Virtual Reality

abstract: Game engines provide sophisticated tools for rendering virtual environments. Their capabilities make them suitable for constructing detailed virtual environments. In this thesis, we present Eukaryo, an interactive, 3D model of a eukaryotic cell that was implemented in Unity and Unreal Engine. Eukaryo utilises mathematical modelling towards modelling enzyme kinetics, and agent-based modelling to illustrate the interaction between the individual proteins in the cell. Using hybrid modelling, Eukaryo is able to model the interactions for a diverse range of biological processes, such as protein activation pathways and cytoskeleton self-assembly. Further to this, Eukaryo provides support for virtual reality devices, such as the CAVE and Oculus Rift headset; users can immerse themselves in a virtual biomolecular environment. By combining state-of-the-art biological simulations with the 3D visualisations and real-time interactivity, Eukaryo provides an innovative environment for exploring cellular processes to convey the complexity in systems that constitute the machinery of life.


identifier: Khadra, K. S. M. A. (2020). Remote Sensing For An Improved Geospatial Flash Flood Susceptibility Modeling Over An Arid Environment (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

publisher:
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary

contributor:
El-Sheimy, Naser
Hassan, Quazi K.
Zhang, Yun
Kattan, Lina
Wang, Xin
Charif, Omar

subject: Flash Flood, Satellite Precipitation Estimates, DEM, Susceptibility Modeling, Arid Areas.

subject: Geology

subject: Environmental Sciences

subject: Engineering

abstract: Flash floods are the foremost cause of irretrievable environmental damage in the arid Arabian Peninsula. The better understanding of the geomorphologic, topographic, climatic, and hydrologic characteristics of a selected watershed, and determining their geospatial relationships with respect to the flood extent are the core steps for mitigating and minimizing negative impacts of flooding. Therefore, the overall aim of the current study was to employ different remote sensing datasets in predicting prone areas to flash floods in the 'wilayats' (i.e., cities) of El Hamra, Bahla, and Nizwa, Ad Dakhiliyah Governate, the Sultanate of Oman as an example of the arid areas. Precipitation is a crucial variable for studying various climate-related research such as flash flood monitoring and prediction. The performance of five global satellite precipitation estimates (GSPEs) was evaluated using the available sub-daily and daily ground rainfall records. Generally, the five sub-daily and daily GSPEs showed good performance compared to the in-situ measurements. Moreover, statistical error models were employed to quantify the uncertainties in the daily GSPEs. Accurate digital terrain model (DTM) and channel network/orders with fine spatial details are mandatory for flood extent modeling. The DTM and its derived channel network have been employed successfully in many studies to extract various geomorphometric, topographic and hydrologic attributes. Therefore, a new pixel-based method was developed to quantify the horizontal accuracy of channel networks/orders-based three global DEMs using those extracted from LiDAR datasets as references. The vertical accuracy of global DEMs were also evaluated utilizing reference LiDAR elevation data. PALSAR DTM (12.5 m) and its derived channel network/orders were found to be the optimal candidates to derive geospatial layers required for flood susceptibility modeling. Flood susceptibility models were developed to define the likelihood of future flash flooding in the study area. The spatial relationships between flood triggering factors and flood inventory map were quantified. The integrated bivariate and multivariate statistical methods-based flood susceptibility models provided precise maps to predict future flood-prone areas under a rainfall intensity close to that which prevailed during the past flood event, at both high- and low- lands. The developed flood susceptibility models can contribute to mitigating the negative impacts of flash floods.


identifier: McCarthy, R. W. (2011). The relationship between motor map expression and skilled behaviour following seizures in two strains of rats that differ in their propensity for epileptogenesis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4509

format:
ix, 117 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract:
Bibliography: p. 101-117.
A few pages are in colour.


identifier: Haines, V. A. (1980). Ecosystems and urban systems: a critique of the ecological approach (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19740

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

subject:
Urbanization - Environmental aspects
Land use, Urban - Environmental aspects

abstract: Bibliography: p. 221-266.


identifier: MacDonald, D. (1989). Teaching science for understanding implications of spontaneous conceptions and the history of science (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/23907

format:
x, 295 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

subject: LB 1585 M23 1989

subject: Science - Study and teaching (Elementary)

subject: Concepts in children

abstract: Bibliography: p. 251-259.


identifier: Klassen, P. (2017). Modelling Palaeohydrological Controls in Postglacial Mountain Drainage Basins (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26960

contributor:
Martin, Yvonne
Johnson, Edward
Sjogren, Darren
He, Jianxun

subject:
Geology
Hydrology
Physical Geography
Hydrology
Hydrogeology
Postglacial
Mountain
Drainage Basin
Palaeohydrology
Modelling
Till
Glaciofluvial
Hydrogeosphere
U-Shaped Valley
Glaciated

abstract: Quaternary glacial processes were a driving factor in the formation of the landscape of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Modelling of basin scale hydrology in glaciated mountain regions, including the associated morphology and sedimentology, has not previously been undertaken. The present study investigates drainage basin hydrology for the Kananaskis Valley immediately after glaciation. Low order drainage basins are analyzed to define a prototypical basin to facilitate groundwater modelling. The surface and groundwater modelling software HydroGeoSphere is used to model the prototypical drainage basin hydrology. Results show that glaciated mountain valley morphology and glacigenic sediments are pertinent controls on both the surface and groundwater dynamics in low order drainage basins. Sediments with high hydraulic conductivity were found to play the most significant role for the fate of precipitation in mountain drainage basins. Understanding how a history of glaciation affects mountain drainage basins is crucial for fully conceptualizing the hydrology of these regions.


identifier: Singh, M. (1975). The Lateral stability of a simplified truck-trailer (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/16488

publisher:
Engineering
University of Calgary
Calgary

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

subject:
TL 230 S55 1975 Microfiche
Truck trailers
Motor trucks - Dynamics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 116.


identifier: Brown, D. I. (1985). Widowhood in a senior population in Calgary (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/13216

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

subject: HQ 1058.5 C3 B76 1987

subject: Widows - Alberta - Calgary - Conduct of Life

subject: Widowers - Alberta - Calgary - Conduct of Life

subject: Loss (Psychology)

abstract: Bibliography: p. 140-150.


identifier: Fellows, G. K. (2010). Negotiated settlements and intergenerational equity in the pipeline service market: borrowing from Pete jr. to pay Paul sr. (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/3366

contributor:
Hollis, Aidan
Auld, M. Christopher

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 137-140

abstract: The movement from traditional regulatory hearings to negotiated settlements represents both a departure from cost of service regulation and a relaxation of regulatory oversight in the regulation of oil and gas pipeline tolls. Under negotiated settlements pipelines and shippers are able to renegotiate inclusions in their cost of service while simultaneously creating a profit margin for the pipeline where none existed under the cost of service outcome of a traditional hearing. Predicated on the observed preference of pipelines and shippers for negotiated settlements; most economic literature assumes that these settlements represent increased efficiency over hearings. Various claims have been made as to why negotiated settlements are more efficient than hearings but little attention is paid to other elements that affect these preferences without increasing efficiency. This thesis constructs a model to illustrate the existence of positive gains to pipeline and shipper from the re-allocation of expenses through time. This inter-temporal reallocation implies higher tolls for future shippers which is a concern for the National Energy Board (responsible for regulating Canadian oil and gas pipelines) as it places an unfair burden on future shippers and future end consumers of oil and gas. Behaviour consistent with the model is observable in anecdotal and econometric evidence provided in this thesis. Empirical investigation by Littlechild (2007) into settlement procedures in the Florida electricity market reveal similar findings; however, this analysis represents the first attempt to model the behaviour formally and provide econometric results. The econometric analysis uses new data collected and compiled specifically for this thesis.


identifier: Hossain, M. S. (1989). Gas-liquid two phase flow in vertical pipes (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24589

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

subject:
QD 504 H68 1989
Thermodynamics

abstract: Bibliography: p. 82-87.


identifier: Kuenzig, M. E. (2016). The Impact of Study Methodology on Studying Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for the Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28191

contributor:
Kaplan, Gil
Seow, Cynthia
Barnabe, Cheryl
Eksteen, Johannes

subject:
Epidemiology
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Crohn's disease
Ulcerative Colitis
smoking
NOD2
Asthma
gene-environment interactions

abstract: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), comprised of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, results from a complex interaction between genetic and environmental factors. NOD2 and cigarette smoking are two of the most commonly replicated genetic and environmental risk factors, respectively, for Crohn’s disease. Studies examining the interaction between NOD2 and smoking in patients with Crohn’s disease have reached heterogeneous conclusions. Study methodology may explain these differences. Chapters Three and Four evaluate NOD2-smoking interactions in Crohn’s disease with a focus on study methodology. Chapter Three is a systematic review and meta-analysis that found a negative interaction between NOD2 and smoking. However, this interaction is SNP-specific and influenced by the definition of smoking used (i.e., dichotomizing smoking status vs. separately analyzing current, former, and never smoking). Using a case-only study design (Chapter Four), the impact of age at diagnosis was explored as a potential mechanism for the negative interaction between NOD2 and smoking. Age at diagnosis exhibits opposing trends in the proportion of individuals that carry a NOD2 mutation and smoke, with NOD2 being significantly more common among young individuals while smoking is more common among those older at diagnosis. Combining individuals of all ages artificially results in a negative interaction between these two factors. Chapter Five assesses the association between smoking and the need for surgery in patients with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis in a systematic review and meta-analysis only including studies that separately analyzed current, former, and never smokers. Included studies also incorporated disease duration in the analysis. In the final manuscript, a case-control study using administrative data from Alberta Health was used to examine the association between asthma and Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis. Age at diagnosis modified the association between ulcerative colitis and asthma and these two diseases were only associated for individuals under the age of 17 or over the age of 40. The association between asthma and Crohn’s disease was consistently observed across all ages. The conclusions of all four manuscripts emphasize that study methodology may influence study results; this includes how exposure (genetic or environmental) and how sub-phenotypes (i.e., early- or late-onset) of disease are analyzed.


identifier: Dunkley, K. (2013). Light: The Fundamental Expression (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26763

title: Light: The Fundamental Expression

subject:
Fine Arts
Light
Art
Installation
Sculpture
Science
technology
Space
Time
Movement
Infinity
Kinetic

abstract:
This paper is in support of two years of artistic research concerning ideas about light as the ultimate medium for sculptural expression. Specifically, this paper makes a case for light as the ultimate expression of movement, space, time, and the notion of infinity.

Curiosity is a human condition. We make observations about our environment, embark on scientific and artistic explorations, and attempt to formulate and answer questions. Of the senses that we have, vision is the most pronounced, and is prominent in the way that we make these observations. The paper takes this a step further to show how light is fundamental to the human visual experience, and is the foundation for information that we gather about our environment.

The writings go on to discuss man’s fascination with light and movement in the environment, and how artists and scientists have explored light as a material, a medium, a signifier of time, and an indicator of space. The paper examines how parallel discoveries in science and fine art have informed the advancement of technologies used to explore and articulate light, leading to increasingly minimalist examples of kinetic light-based artistic expressions. Examples are presented showing the evolution of kinetic art and its convergence with light-based explorations. In tandem with technological advances, this convergence and evolution has resulted in an ultimate expression of space, time, and movement to date, the LASER.

The paper concludes by discussing the evolution of my own work throughout the course of the program. I outline my transformation as an artist, moving from the creation of tangible artifacts to the creation of light-based installations, and my own explorations with various types of light technologies to articulate movement, space, time and the notion of infinity.


identifier: Santodomingo Garzon, T. (2011). Natural killer t cells (nkt): regulators of the hepatic immune response (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4545

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 133-176

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


identifier: Walker, V. M. (2013). Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Early Diagenesis of Pennsylvanian-Permian Mixed Carbonate-Siliciclastic Cyclothems, SW Ellesmere Island, Nunavut (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27888

subject:
Geology
Pennsylvanian
Permian
Mixed Carbonate-Siliciclastics
Cyclothems
Early Diagenesis
Subaerial Exposure
Meteoric Diagenesis
Microfacies
Canadian Arctic
Raanes Peninsula
Canyon Fiord Formation
Belcher Channel Formation
Nansen Formation

abstract: Nine stratigraphic sections of Lower Moscovian (Pennsylvanian) to Sakmarian (Lower Permian) mixed carbonate-siliciclastic strata, belonging to the Canyon Fiord, Belcher Channel and Nansen formations were examined on SW Ellesmere Island, Nunavut.  This succession is represented by fifteen microfacies indicative of environments ranging from open marine, reef, back-reef, shoal, lagoonal carbonates to nearshore sandstones.  The studied succession is part of two long-term transgressive and regressive sequences bounded above and below by regional unconformities. These sequences are dated as Bashkirian-Kasimovian and Gzhelian-Sakmarian based on foraminiferal biostratigraphy. Superimposed on this trend are fifth-order sequences, or cyclothems, likely resulting from glacio-eustatic fluctuations. The recognition of distal and proximal cyclothems provided the basis to decipher the paleogeographic history of the area. The upper part of proximal cyclothems displays petrographic and isotopic evidence of subaerial exposure and meteoric diagenesis, which played a role in secondary porosity development, thus contributing to the economic potential of this succession.


identifier: Contreras Puerto, O. (2014). Wellbore Strengthening by Means of Nanoparticle-Based Drilling Fluids (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28684

contributor:
Husein, Maen
Hareland, Geir

subject: Engineering--Petroleum Nanoparticles wellbore Strengthening

abstract: Wellbore strengthening is the mechanism of increasing the fracture pressure of the rock at depth. Application of wellbore strengthening in the drilling industry enable safe drilling by preventing mud losses, drilling in narrow mud windows, accessing reserves in depleted reservoirs, and also has the potential to reduce the number of casing runs. Until now, the predominant wellbore strengthening mechanism and its occurrence in ultra-low permeability media such as shales is a subject of discussion. This dissertation presents original research that concludes that fracture tip resistance by the development of an immobile mass is the predominant wellbore strengthening mechanism for sandstone and shale formations. Wellbore strengthening in sandstones and shales was achieved with a fracture breakdown pressure increase of 65% and 30%, respectively. Oil based mud (OBM) containing in-house prepared nanoparticles (NPs) was used for hydraulic fracturing experiments performed in an experimental set-up that scaled a drilled, cased and cemented wellbore in a core. Optical microscopy, scanning electron microscope (SEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) analysis were performed on the cores post-testing and the fracture seal was characterized. This research demonstrated the successful application of nanoparticle-based drilling fluids in the presence of graphite in reducing mud filtration at high-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) in porous media and low-pressure low-temperature (LPLT) in filter paper. Mud filtration reductions of 76% and 100% were achieved respectively. A strong match between wellbore strengthening and mud filtration was discovered for iron-based (NP1) and calcium-based (NP2) NPs. NPs performance in virgin vs. recycled mud was quantified and the effect of NPs preparation procedure on blends performance was addressed. These results are anticipated to have a significant impact in drilling and completions operations. This dissertation was conducted by the author in a cooperative agreement between the University of Calgary and the Missouri University of Science and Technology.

abstract: 2 years


identifier: Nagle, M. C. (1981). Normal K5 logics (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18351

title: Normal K5 logics

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

subject:
BC 199 M6 N33 1984
Modality (Logic)
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical

abstract: Bibliography: p. 134-136.


identifier: Gao, D. (2008). Cycloadditions of acetylenic sulfones in solution and on solid supports (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2004

format:
164 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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abstract:
Bibliography: p. 154-163
Some pages are in colour.
Includes CD containing xray data.


identifier: Halverson, G. (2014). Managing Dual Relationships in Rural and Remote Practice Settings (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26822

subject:
Social Work
dual relationships
Ethics
rural practice

abstract: In social work in Ontario, a dual relationship exists when a social worker or social service worker, in addition to the professional relationship, has one or more other relationships with a client. Traditionally, dual relationships have been thought to be a circumstance where boundary violations, coercion, exploitation, or other misuse of power might take place. Social work codes of ethics/standards of practice, therefore, recommend avoiding dual relationships whenever possible. One practice setting where this is not always possible, however, is in rural and remote communities where, in fact, workers are often required to manage dual relationships as part of their day-to-day practice. To provide a better understanding of how non-sexual dual relationships are being managed in these communities there was a clear need for research grounded in social workers’ first-hand experiences with the process. Through the use of qualitative inquiry and grounded theory methodology, this study interviewed 25 social workers and social service workers familiar with rural and remote practice about their professional experiences with dual relationships. Specifically, the study explored the process of managing dual relationships in social work and social service work in small rural and remote communities. From the data/findings a substantive theory emerged that suggests that managing dual relationships in these practice settings is, in large part, an informal, emotional/intuitive process informed by workers’ subjective personal experiences, personal values/beliefs, and personal interpretations of codes and policy, as well as by community and agency expectation.


identifier: Wyman, T. M. (1993). Effects of estrus state on female-female interactions in pan paniscus (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/14917

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

subject:
QL 795 C57 W96 1993
Primates - Behavior
Pygmy chimpanzees

abstract: Bibliography: p. 92-98.


identifier: Xu, H. (2017). Determination of Reservoir Characteristics Using Geostatistical Analysis (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25606

contributor:
Innanen, Kristopher
Russell, Brian
Lines, Laurence
Trad, Daniel

subject: Geophysics Geostatistics Cokriging Characteristics

abstract:
Geostatistics offers a robust way to estimate the spatial distribution of reservoir properties. Geostatistical methods, such as kriging, cokriging, and sequential simulation have been applied to integrate well-log data and seismic attributes. However, conventional deterministic methods of geostatistics, kriging and cokriging often have difficulty identifying the characteristics of lithologic reservoirs because only one secondary attribute is incorporated. To decrease the uncertainty and improve the definition of the final estimate, two modified techniques, cokriging with multiple secondary attributes and block cokriging with multiple secondary attributes, are implemented. However, these deterministic methods can only provide one predicted result, which has trouble capturing the natural heterogeneity of reservoirs and assessing the uncertainty of the predicted map. To solve this issue, an improved stochastic technique, sequential simulation using multi-variable cokriging, is presented.

All these presented techniques are applied to real datasets. Case studies are presented to predict the thickness of the reservoir, total organic carbon, and porosity. The final predicted maps demonstrate that these methods can enhance the lateral resolution. Leave-one-out cross-validation is used to evaluate the construction models, and shows that the uncertainty of the estimate can be reduced due to the use of more seismic attributes than traditionally implemented, while still optimizing cross-validation.


identifier: Coy Plazas, L. A. (2013). Experimental Simualtion Of Hot Fluid Injection Process for In-reservoir Upgrading (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26064

subject:
Engineering--Petroleum
Catalyst
In-situ Upgrading
Porous Meidum
Vacuum Reidue

abstract:
Nowadays, the industry recovers bitumen by injecting heat via steam to reduce bitumen’s viscosity in the reservoir so it flows easily to the surface. A high heat capacity fluid could eventually replace steam in this role. Vacuum Residue (VR) is the heaviest, most viscous and richest in contaminants amongst the different bitumen fractions, thus is the one deserving most upgrading, and it also has the highest heat capacity of oil fractions. The Centre for In Situ Energy at University of Calgary has proposed the use of VR to simultaneously recover and upgrade in situ, as it can be a carrier of heat but also of nano-dispersed catalysts and dissolved hydrogen into a reservoir which can enhanced upgrading.
The design and construction of a new reactivity test unit for evaluating the injection of ultra-dispersed catalyst suspended on Athabasca vacuum residue (AVR) using dispersed hydrogen in sand pack media has been completed and extensively tested in this work. The deposition of the catalyst particles on the surface of the porous medium was studied and the amount of metal inside the reactor quantified. The results for catalytic evaluation showed a residue fraction conversion of up to 23 wt. %.
Finally, the study of the injection of industrial VR and Athabasca bitumen to a porous medium with ultra-dispersed catalyst was carried out at typical reservoir conditions. The results showed a considerable improvement of the feedstock producing a conversion in the residue fraction of 32 wt. % and 15 wt.% respectively.

abstract: 12 months


identifier: McRae, C. (2014). Hydroxyl-Radical Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence Imaging of Turbulent Supersonic Combustion (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26405

subject:
Engineering--Aerospace
Supersonic Combustion
Flow Visualisation
Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence

abstract: Flow visualisation and statistical analysis of a supersonic, turbulent reacting flow from non-intrusive hydroxyl radical (OH) planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) images are presented. The OH PLIF images show instantaneous structures of turbulence in two combustor configurations at different fuel equivalence ratios in the University of Virginia Supersonic Combustion Facility (UVaSCF). Proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) and autocorrelations are performed on the OH PLIF data to extract quantitative information about turbulent fluctuations and length scale correlations. Changes in integral length scales and turbulent energy flow patterns are observed as a function of position in the combustor and fuel equivalence ratio. Dual-mode operation with supersonic and subsonic combustion is demonstrated in the facility. This work has been performed in collaboration with other non-intrusive diagnostic techniques in the UVaSCF to develop a comprehensive database for the validation of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models.


identifier: Dam, S. C. (2016). Artistry in Social Science Research (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24998

title: Artistry in Social Science Research

contributor:
Rusted, Brian
Einsiedel, Edna
McCoy, Liza
Estefan, Andrew
Pink, Sarah

subject:
Art History
Fine Arts
Mass Communications
Sociology
Sociology--Theory and Methods
Photography
Hermeneutics
Visual Communications
Aesthetics
Visual Research
Practice Theory

abstract: This interpretive research study is an inquiry into social science researchers’ aesthetic practices in relation with photographic-based research practices. Specifically, it is an hermeneutic study that probes their experiences of practice careers and trajectories of practitioners in relation to expectations, traditions, and conventions of visual research communities. I explore through my conversations with five visual researchers from diverse social science disciplines the relevancy of aesthetics in evolving photographic research practices guided by philosophical hermeneutics and practice theory. Participants demonstrate that photographic-based research practices are messy, interdisciplinary, and complex because of the shared, entwined histories of photography, disciplinary traditions, and emerging aesthetic practices. The inquiry explores changing practices over time and space, creating a possible trajectory of aesthetic practice in photographic-based research practices. This trajectory is based on participants’ recollections of practice careers and literature about photography’s emergence into multiple histories across disciplines and fields and its ultimate establishment as a legitimate social science approach to data collection, analysis, and dissemination. It probes participants’ expectations, traditions, desires, and values of photographic-based research practices and relationships with aesthetic practices as their visual research careers evolved over time and space. Visual researchers face increasing complexity and challenges in their individual practices because of evolving shared practices. This includes their place(s) within visual research and disciplinary communities, borrowing from other disciplines, challenges to traditional expectations of collective practices, and their own desires to innovate and contribute to visual research methods. Aesthetic practices further complicate both individual and community practices, as aesthetics is still viewed by some practitioners as the domain of the arts and irrelevant to social science while others explore social worlds with aesthetic experience and expressions.


identifier: Mancilla Polanco, A. A. (2017). The Phase Behavior of Heavy Oil and Propane Mixtures (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28272

contributor:
Yarranton, Harvey
Moore, Robert Gordon
Ponnurangam, Sathish

subject:
Engineering--Chemical
Engineering--Petroleum
heavy oil
propane
pitch
onset
yield
cubic equation of state

abstract: The phase behavior of propane diluted bitumen was mapped from temperatures between 20 and 180°C and pressures up to 10 MPa. Both vapor-liquid (VL) and liquid-liquid (LL) regions were observed. High pressure micrographs demonstrated that the heavy phase (a pitch phase) transitioned from a glass to a liquid state with increased temperature and feed propane content. Pressure-temperature and pressure-composition phase diagrams were constructed from saturation pressure and pitch phase onset data. The amount and composition of the heavy phase was also measured. Solvent-free pitch yields as high as 70 wt% of the bitumen were observed. Pseudo-ternary diagrams were also constructed to observe the partitioning of the species between the phases. Finally, the ability of a cubic equation-of-state with two forms of mixing rules were explored to model the data. The results can be used in the design of in situ and surface processes involving the addition of propane to bitumen.


identifier: Al-Saber, S. (2007). The true life fiction of Mata Hari: marching towards immortality (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/519

contributor:
Farfan, Penelope
Dugan, James

format:
v, 59 leaves ; 30 cm.
application/pdf

abstract: Bibliography: p. 56-59

abstract: Diane Samuels' The True Life Fiction of Mata Hari was presented at the Department of Drama at the University of Calgary, in the Reeve Theatre from November 28th to December 8th, 2006, as part of the Drama Department's 2006-2007 mainstage season. This artist's statement discusses the creation of the production from text analysis to rehearsal to performance. The research, along with the processes of design and rehearsal, spanned the period between March 2006 and December 2006. The figure of Mata Hari, as represented in the play, is a collection of countless myths. The text analysis and the context research were based on the work of biographers Russell Warren Howe, Erika Ostrovsky and Julie Wheelwright, focusing on Mata Hari's transformation from public figure to timeless legend. Finally, the techniques of director Anne Bogart provided a methodology for the creation of dynamic stage pictures and the building of the acting ensemble.


identifier: Khan, N. (2004). The use of "contingent valuation method" for valuing medical services (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15228

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

abstract: Bibliography: p. 127-129

abstract: It is desirable to know how one can value goods that are not traded in a market, so there is no market price to indicate the economic value of the good. One way is to ask the users or potential users about the monetary value they would place on a particular public good. This method is called the 'contingent valuation method.' However, a number of questions have been raised about the validity and reliability of the results obtained through this method. This study tests the reliability of the contingent valuation method in valuing medical services by focusing on a cheap-talk design, which is thought to improve the reliability of responses given in a hypothetical contingent valuation study.


identifier: Parkinson, B. M. (1998). The effects of the dissolution of the monasteries on the county of Cheshire (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12195

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

subject: BX2594 .C44 P37 1998

subject: Monasticism and religious orders--England--Cheshire--History.

subject: Secularization--England--Cheshire--History.

subject: Church and state--England--History--16th century.

subject: Cheshire (England)--History--16th century.

abstract: Bibliography: p. 179-185