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
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Acadiens, Cadjins, and Cadiens: Exploring How Cajun Identity Is Depicted and Negotiated in Une fantaisie collective
DownloadFall 2015
This thesis investigates how Cajun identity, linguistic, cultural, ethnic, or otherwise, is depicted in the collection of theatrical pieces by Le Théâtre Cadien: Une fantaisie collective: Anthologie du drame louisianais cadien. It examines portrayals of Cajuns by analyzing variations in spelling...
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Accelerated Dewatering and Drying Treatment of Oil Sands Tailings by Electrical Resonant Auto-Transformer
DownloadFall 2014
Canada has world’s third largest oil reserves in the form of oil sands and 20% of those are easily accessible by surface mining. The hot water bitumen extraction process has been used since 1967 and the process produces vast amount of tailings which are stored in ponds. Tailings ponds pose a...
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Fall 2012
Processing of oil sands ores to extract bitumen generates large volumes of tailings which are deposited into large settling basins, where the solids settle by gravity over 3-4 years to become mature fine tailings (MFT). Methanogenesis has been correlated with increased water recovery from and...
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Accelerated Diagnostic Protocols for Evaluating Patients with Chest Pain to Improve Emergency Department Efficiency
DownloadSpring 2023
Most emergency departments (ED) within North America report issues with overcrowding. Overcrowding is defined as an inability to provide quality care in an appropriate time course to ED patients. Delays to see a care provider produce poor patient outcomes; recent research demonstrates...
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Accelerated Verification of Integrated Circuits Against the Effects of Process, Voltage and Temperature Variations
DownloadSpring 2016
As Moore's Law continues to drive the advancement of new complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology generations toward feature sizes in the sub 10 nm regime, the role of process, voltage and temperature (PVT) variations have become increasingly important when designing integrated...
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Accelerated Zero-stress Hydrothermal Aging of Dry Glass, Basalt, and Carbon Fibers and Service Life Prediction Using Arrhenius Model
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The utilization of fiber-reinforced polymer composites (FRPC) has rapidly increased over the past few decades because of their attractive mechanical properties, comparatively low volumetric mass density, and excellent corrosion resistance compared to traditional engineering materials like steel...
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Accelerating Polymer Degradation to Explore Potential Long Term Geotechnical Behaviour of Oil Sands Fine Tailings
DownloadFall 2021
Many tailings’ technologies used in the Athabasca oil sands require the use of chemical amendments such as synthetic flocculants to densify tailings by releasing water. It is anticipated that the synthetic flocculants will eventually degrade with time leaving only a mineral soil structure behind....