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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Spring 2018
Database-driven Websites and the amount of data stored in their databases are enormously growing. Web databases retrieve relevant information in response to usersâ queries; the retrieved information is encoded in dynamically generated Web pages in the form of structured data records....
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Spring 2020
The need to build communities of empowered and socially responsible youth is becoming increasingly important among all levels of government across Canada and globally. This qualitative study examined how traumatized youth with high-risk conditions (e.g., mental health disorders, poverty,...
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Spring 2023
To compete in the growing market of integrated circuit design, designers are required to ideally develop circuits which consume less power, occupy lower area, and have a better performance. Yet, the trade-offs between power, area, and performance set limits for the designers. As a result,...
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A Qualitative Analysis of a Novel Face-Tracking Application and a Proposed Research Design to Study Glossectomy Speech using this Method
DownloadFall 2021
Background: Following glossectomy, patients often utilize compensatory articulatory behaviors (CABs) to compensate for their acquired speech impairments. Incidental findings have indicated the presence of lower lip inversion CABs, but no study has investigated these inversions directly. A...
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A Qualitative Analysis of Counsellors’ Experiences Working with Individuals Diagnosed with FASD
DownloadFall 2012
This study used qualitative inquiry guided by phenomenology in effort to make explicit the experiences of three registered psychologists and one registered clinical social worker, who counsel individuals with FASDs. An interview was conducted with each participant and then each interview was...
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A Qualitative Analysis of Criminal Justice Professionals’ Perceptions of Police Use of Community Notifications and Re-entry of High-risk People Post-incarceration
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This thesis explores the perceptions of criminal justice professionals on police use of public disclosures for people re-entering the community post-incarceration. To better understand the practice of public disclosures, this thesis includes a qualitative thematic analysis of in-depth...
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Fall 2021
Risk-aversion is prevalent in North America, and the literature (Brussoni et al., 2012) has suggested that Adventure Playgrounds may be an appropriate intervention to re-introduce risky play into children’s lives. However, even within spaces that allow for more risk-taking during play, children’s...