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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Spring 2017
ADP-ribosylation factors (Arfs) play a central role in the regulation of vesicular trafficking through the Golgi. Arfs are activated on cis-Golgi membranes exclusively by the guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) Golgi-specific BFA resistance factor 1 (GBF1), upon recruitment from cytosol....
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Fall 2011
Dynamic service composition involves the run-time selection of service elements that are combined to form a larger more complex composite application. There are several issues in dynamic service composition that are examined in this thesis. First, the existence of a large number of service...
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Fall 2016
Polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) operate with a ternary mixture of fuel and reactants. The majority of numerical models in the literature, including the in-house Open-source Fuel Cell Simulation Toolbox (OpenFCST) software, use Fick’s law of diffusion which is only valid for binary...
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Spring 2012
Voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channels regulate the flow of potassium ions across the cell membrane of nerves and muscles. Proper functioning of these and other voltage-gated ion channels is critical for an animal to sense the environment and respond quickly to stimuli. Dysfunctional Kv channels,...
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A Multi-Method Investigation of Educational Activities for Hospital-Based Healthcare Providers During the Covid-19 Pandemic
DownloadSpring 2023
The Covid-19 pandemic was a period of intense stress for hospital-based healthcare providers (HCPs). Education was frequently proposed as a solution to support HCPs with pandemic-related distress, but little is known about what pandemic training and/or education looked like for hospital-based...