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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Fall 2019
Q-learning can be difficult to use in continuous action spaces, because a difficult optimization has to be solved to find the maximal action. Some common strategies have been to discretize the action space, solve the maximization with a powerful optimizer at each step, restrict the functional...
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Fall 2015
This study is about a series of operational acts of identification, such as interpretations, categorizations, representations, classifications, through which past materials have acquired their meaning and therefore identity. Furthermore, this meaning-making will be demonstrated always to be...
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Acts of living with: Being, doing, and coming to understand Indigenous perspectives alongside science curricula
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This inquiry engages with the complexity of bringing Indigenous and Western ways of knowing, being, and doing together; both in K-12 science curricula and research. It responds to Canadian provincial/territorial policies and programs, adopted since the turn of the century, that mandate...
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Fall 2018
Linsky and Zalta present a possible way to reconcile the Barcan Formula with actualism by positing contingently non-concrete objects. However, it has been argued that an actualism based on the existence of contingently non- concrete objects is not genuinely actualist, because contingently...
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Spring 2023
Choosing an appropriate action representation is an integral part of solving robotic manipulation problems. Published approaches include latent action models, which train context-conditioned neural networks to map lowdimensional latent actions to high-dimensional actuation commands. Such models...
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Spring 2016
This thesis examines the cellular basis of the acute (<1 hour) anti-allodynic actions of the clinically-approved neuropathic pain drug gabapentin (GBP) in rats at the level of the spinal dorsal horn and primary somatosensory cortex. Although the clinical effectiveness of the alpha-2-delta (α2δ)...
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Acute Isolated Increased Renal Venous Pressure and Kidney Functions in an Experimental Rat Model
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Increased renal venous pressure is a recognized risk factor for kidney dysfunction. It is not rare in clinical settings with venous congestion, such as heart failure, and is associated with worsening kidney function and increased mortality. However, the underling mechanisms are not well...