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.
To retrieve all theses and dissertations associated with a specific department from the library catalogue, choose 'Advanced' and keyword search "university of alberta dept of english" OR "university of alberta department of english" (for example). Past graduates who wish to have their thesis or dissertation added to this collection can contact us at erahelp@ualberta.ca.
Items in this Collection
- 2Herzog, Jens A
- 2Miyashita, Tetsuto
- 2Richardson, Evan Shaun
- 2Vernygora, Oksana V
- 1Abbott, Sean P. (Sean Patrick), 1966-
- 1Abd Elhafiz, Areeg
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Spring 2017
Pulses of ecdysone, a steroid hormone, play an integral role during insect development however, how these ecdysone pulses are regulated has been relatively unexplored. I have shown that the presence of nitric oxide (NO) within the larval prothoracic gland (PG), the principal source of larval...
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Examining the Biology and Monitoring Tools of Sitodiplosis mosellana in the Peace River region, Alberta
DownloadSpring 2019
Wheat midge, Sitodiplosis mosellana Géhin (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), is an invasive pest of wheat that has spread into the Peace River region of Alberta, Canada. The biology and monitoring of wheat midge has not previously been examined in this region. Wheat midge overwintering density and...
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Examining the Effects of Cytoplasmic Tail Splicing Event in Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Leukocyte Immune-type receptors
DownloadSpring 2024
The innate immune system is important in clearing infections and maintaining homeostasis. Across vertebrates, innate immunity is capable of executing potent effector responses through the actions of highly specialized cells. Effector responses, such as phagocytosis and cytokine secretion, are...
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Examining the impact of climate change on snowshoe hare demography and community interactions in the northern boreal forest
DownloadSpring 2020
Ecologists are under increasing pressure to predict the influence of climate change on species demography along with the broader impacts on community and ecosystem structure. Predicting community responses to climate change, however, is a formidable challenge, that can be ameliorated by...
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Fall 2020
Ecdysone, the primary steroid hormone in insects produced primarily in the prothoracic gland during larval development, is responsible for coordinating developmental transitions such as larval molts and metamorphosis during the Drosophila life-cycle. The ecdysone biosynthesis pathway, which...
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Exploiting novel Acinetobacter Oligosaccharyltransferases for the development of glycoconjugate vaccines against the Pneumococcus
DownloadSpring 2016
Vaccines bring many diseases under control, an example of which is the Streptococcus pneumoniae, or the Pneumococcus. Pneumococcus is one of the leading causes of meningitis in children under 5 years, and is responsible for almost a million child deaths annually, with more than 90 serotypes...
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Exploring above- and belowground behavioural responses to nutrients and neighbours in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
DownloadSpring 2022
Taking in environmental information and responding in ways that maximize their ability to thrive and reproduce, plants exhibit behaviour through constant changes in biomass development and spatial distribution. Studies aiming to map this behaviour often use model plants like sunflowers and...
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Exploring nitrifier denitrification in Nitrosomonas communis and Nitrosomonas europaea through physiology and proteomic analysis
DownloadSpring 2023
The current understanding of how ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) produce the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide is incomplete and inaccurate since most studies are focused on the model organism for the group, Nitrosomonas europaea, which does not represent the physiological diversity of AOB....
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Fall 2017
In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in using bacteriophages as an alternate agent for the treatment of multi-drug resistant bacteria. One such highly drug-resistant group of bacteria is the Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc), which causes chronic infections in cystic fibrosis (CF)...