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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
- 1Altitude
- 1Breath Holding
- 1Coaching
- 1Exercise, Hematologic cancer survivors, intention-behavior gap
- 1Foucault
- 1Lowlander
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Spring 2018
Introduction: Low altitude dwellers (Lowlanders) that ascend to altitude are met with the challenge of a chronically low oxygen environment (hypoxia). Muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) becomes augmented under hypoxia in an attempt to redistribute blood towards oxygen critical tissues....
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The First Women's World Ice Hockey Championship and the Emergence of the Routine of Women's Elite Hockey
DownloadSpring 2018
ABSTRACT Ice hockey is Canadaâs national winter sport (Government of Canada, 1982). Men's hockey has been an event in the Olympic Games since 1920. The addition of a womenâs version of the game was in 1998 (IIHF, 2016). A watershed moment that advanced the growth of womenâs hockey was the...
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Understanding and influencing exercise behavior in hematologic cancer survivors: An examination of the intention-behavior gap
DownloadSpring 2018
Background: Regular exercise participation improves health and quality of life (QoL) in hematologic cancer survivors (HCS), yet many are insufficiently active. Because few who intend to exercise actually translate their intention into behavior, examining the intention-behavior gap (I-B gap) in...
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Warming Up to Race: Exploring Foucauldian Inspired Coaching Practices in Swimming through Coach Development
DownloadSpring 2018
Currently, sport science is the dominant body of knowledge informing coach development, coach education (Cassidy, Potrac, & McKenzie, 2006; Cushion & Nelson, 2013; Jones & Turner, 2006; Piggott, 2012), and coaching research (Cassidy, Jones, & Protrac, 2009; Denison, 2007; Gilbert & Trudel, 2004)....