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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
- 1Akbari, Ali
- 1Azim, Mohammad Alaul
- 1Babii, Oksana
- 1Beckers, Nicole
- 1Berke, Sheldon S
- 1Bruns, Fritjof
- 9Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
- 9Department of Chemistry
- 8Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science
- 4Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- 3Department of Biological Sciences
- 3Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- 2Goss, Greg (Biological Sciences)
- 2Semagina, Natalia (Chemical and Material Engineering)
- 1Babadagli, Tayfun (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Babadagli, Tayfun (School of Mining & Petroleum Engineering)
- 1Babadagli, Tayfun (School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering)
- 1Boluk, Yaman (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
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Spring 2014
A new aerosol particle classifier, the Aerodynamic Aerosol Classifier (AAC), is presented with some of its applications. The instrument uses a centrifugal force and sheath flow between two concentric rotating cylinders to produce a monodisperse aerosol classified by aerodynamic diameter. Since...
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Aquatic nanotoxicity testing: Insights at the biochemical, cellular, and whole animal levels
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Aquatic organisms are susceptible to waterborne nanoparticles and there is only limited understanding of the mechanisms by which these emerging contaminants affect biological processes. The unique properties of nanomaterials necessitate evaluation of standard toxicity testing techniques to...
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Fall 2010
The purpose of this project was to formulate, modify and evaluate nanoparticles for targeting asialoglycoprotein receptor found in large numbers exclusively on hepatocyte surfaces. Our goal is to increase the efficacy, reduce the side effects and the cost of the hydrophilic drugs administered to...
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Fall 2017
Chicken feathers are byproduct of poultry industries and except some minor low end application, they are generally dumped into landfills. An effort has been made to utilize this by-product by transforming them into nano-reinforced bioplastics which is not only a solution to feather waste disposal...
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Bioinspired Strategies to Develop Dual-Functional Polymer-Based Antibacterial Coatings for Biomedical Applications
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The main objective of this thesis is to construct bifunctional coatings by combining the functional polymers with tannic acid, dopamine, and dopamine methacrylate via strong covalent bonds to enhance the mechanical stability of the coatings. Hydrophilic polymers and bactericidal agents have been...
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Spring 2011
The objective of this thesis is to design nanoparticle (NP)-based drug delivery systems suitable for treatment of bone diseases. Two types of nanocarriers, (1) polymer coated bovine serum albumin (BSA) NPs and (2) lipid based NPs (micelles and liposomes) were investigated. The BSA NPs were...
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Cell-electronic Sensing of Cellular Responses and Toxicity Induced by Nanoparticles and Arsenic Species
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We demonstrate the development of a real-time cell analysis (RTCA) platform for studying nanoparticle- and arsenic-induced cytotoxicity with potential applications to risk assessment, environmental toxicity monitoring, and drug development. RTCA is an impedance-based in vitro detection system...
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Characterization of magnetic nanoparticles as contrast agents and their application for quantitative magnetic susceptibility monitoring of the waterflooding of heavy oil in real time
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Waterflooding is one enhanced oil recovery process used in heavy oil reservoirs such as at Cold Lake in North-Eastern Alberta. However, little has been published in terms of imaging heavy oil waterfloods, mainly due to the similar densities of water and heavy oil, which makes it difficult to...
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Characterization of Particulate Matter Morphology and Volatility for Two Direct-Injection Engines
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Particulate matter emitted from two direct injection engines has been characterized by morphology, volatility, mass-mobility exponent, effective density, and size distribution using tandem measurements from a centrifugal particle mass analyzer (CPMA) and differential mobility analyzers (DMA). The...
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Fall 2012
Dendritic cells (DCs) play a central role in shaping antigen-specific immune response. Antibody-mediated antigen targeting to DC-specific surface receptors is a promising approach to enhance vaccine efficacy. The objective of this thesis was to develop DC-targeted nanoparticulate formulations for...