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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Portfolio of Works: Exploring Multimovement Structure, Storytelling through Large Ensemble Orchestration, and Creating Music with Social Impact
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This portfolio includes three original music compositions that explore long forms with multimovement construction, storytelling through large ensemble orchestration, and writing music that has social impact. Instrumentation for these pieces range from a minimum of two to seventy performers and...
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Spring 2023
Process industries involve processes that have complex, interdependent, and sometimes uncontrollable/unobservable features that are subject to a variety of uncertainties such as operational fluctuations, sensory noises, process anomalies, human involvement, market volatility, and so forth. In the...
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Spring 2023
This dissertation seeks to examine the evolving politics of planning and governance of climate risks in Bhubaneswar city in India, by analyzing how climate risk governance has evolved and its implications on future adaptation possibilities. Southern cities such as Bhubaneswar have been at the...
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Predicting Uterine Deformation Due to Applicator Insertion in Pre-Brachytherapy MRI Using Deep Learning
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In locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC), brachytherapy (BT) remains the gold standard for boosting to curative doses in radiotherapy. Progress towards balancing target and routine tissue dosimetry for better clinical outcomes has been made possible by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided...
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Spring 2023
Plasmonic nanostructures have received increasing attention due to their unique ability to mediate the conversion of light into different forms of energy. This opens pathways for numerous applications from ultrasensitive surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) materials characterization to...
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Spring 2023
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) have been reported as a major issue among construction workers, and governments have spent billions of dollars on the problem. However, the number of case reports is still growing steadily year by year. Multiple factors can lead to WMSDs, but the two...
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Spring 2023
Background Peripheral nerve injury is common, effecting 3% of the population. While surgery can be effective in moderate cases, complete neurologic and functional recovery are often not possible in severe cases of proximal nerve injury. Poor outcomes are attributable to the long-distance nerves...
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Numerical Study on the Hydraulics of Stormwater Catch Basin Grate Inlets under Clean and Clogging Conditions
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Accurate assessment of urban drainage system is vital for municipalities. Stormwater catch basin (CB) inlets are critical linkages between the two dimensional (2-D) urban street flow and the 1-D underground sewer network flow. So far, extensive studies have been conducted to quantify the...
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Spring 2023
This thesis explores how extremism manages to survive in moderated online spaces. This work follows the attempts of the Instagram platform to minimize the presence of the right-wing extremist groups, specifically the Boogaloo movement, as a means of understanding how such groups survive and...