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 2014
This thesis is concerned with the detection of moving objects with a background subtraction algorithm from a pan-tilt camera. Traditionally, motion compensation is performed on the current image to align its pixels with their background models built temporally form their previous measurements....
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A Bayesian Joint Model Framework for Repeated Matrix-Variate Regression with Measurement Error Correction
DownloadSpring 2021
In this thesis, with the purpose of correcting for potential measurement errors in repeatedly-observed matrix-valued surrogates, and examining the underlying association between latent matrix covariates and a binary response, we propose a Bayesian joint model framework. This joint model method...
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Fall 2011
This study explored the implicit messages in narrative fiction relating to the construction of female beauty ideas and ideals. Conversations with three young adult female participants focused on how our media-saturated culture perpetuates beauty myths specifically within fictional narratives and...