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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
- 477Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
- 2Department of Biological Sciences
- 2Department of Mechanical Engineering
- 1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- 1Department of Computing Science
- 1Department of Public Health Sciences
- 7Frei, Christoph (Mathematical and Statistical Sciences)
- 7Hillen, Thomas (Mathematical and Statistical Sciences)
- 7Kong, Linglong (Mathematical and Statistical Sciences)
- 7Lewis, Mark (Mathematical and Statistical Sciences)
- 6Han, Bin (Mathematical and Statistical Sciences)
- 6Kashlak, Adam (Mathematical and Statistical Sciences)
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Fall 2012
Mathematical models are used to simulate the behavior of the electrical activity of a single cell or multiple cells of the heart. Single cell models contain a system of ODEs (ordinary differential equations) while multi-cell models consist of a coupled system of ODEs and PDEs (partial...
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Fall 2011
We first find all the irreducible complex characters of the general linear group GL(2, Z/p^l Z) over the ring Z/p^l Z, where l is an integer >1 and p is an odd prime, and determine all the character values. Our methods rely on Clifford Theory and can be modified easily to get all the irreducible...
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Fall 2009
In this paper we find irreducible characters of G=SL(k,Z/p^nZ) where n >= 2, k=2,3 and, p is an odd prime. In the case k=2 we give a construction for every irreducible character of G without calculating the character values. Our method is based on finding a normal subgroup of G and applying...
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Fall 2013
In this thesis, I study irreducibility on Banach lattices. First, I study irreducible positive operators on Banach lattices. I develop a uniform approach to several comparison theorems of positive operators. I also use a comparison theorem to show that if one of the two semi-commuting positive...
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Spring 2010
This thesis develops an optimal interpolation method that takes daily precipitation values collected from weather stations and produces precipitation estimates on a grid. The method, called Hybrid 2.0, combines EOF-based linear interpolation with the nearest-station method. Gridded monthly...
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Spring 2014
Geometrical lattice equivalences are used to generate over 100 new quadratic identities involving classical modular forms, Jacobi theta functions, θ2, θ3, θ4, and the Dedekind eta function η. Generalizations are examined and a seemingly new observation on the nature of η is noted.
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Fall 2013
The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability is the inertial destabilization of a parallel shear flow in a density stratified fluid under the influence of gravity. For example, this type of instability manifests itself as surface waves in the ocean when wind blows over the water surface. In this thesis we...
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Leveraging Natural language Processing and Machine Learning Techniques to find Frailty Deficits from Clinical Dataset
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Introduction Frailty is a syndrome that is often associated with aging. It can be identified through specific frailty scales or a comprehensive assessment by a healthcare provider. In Alberta, it appears that there are no specific billing or diagnostic codes for frailty. So, healthcare providers...
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2006
Landscapes are heterogeneous and animals respond to this heterogeneity by altering their movement patterns. This thesis was motivated by the need to understand the impact of a particular type of heterogeneity, anthropogenic linear features, on wolf (Canis lupus) movement in the central east...