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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Therapeutic commitment and care of persons with mental illness: a survey of nurse practitioners' role perceptions
DownloadSpring 2011
This study explored Canadian nurse practitioners’ (NPs) levels of therapeutic commitment (TC), role competency (RC) and role support (RS) when caring for persons with mental illness and mental health problems. Knowledge and experiential factors that impact these levels were examined and a model...
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Therapeutic Contextual Factors in Physiotherapy: Magnitude, Mechanisms and Contributors of Placebo Mediated Analgesia in Chronic Low Back Pain
DownloadSpring 2013
Fuentes Contreras, Jorge Patricio
Mechanisms through which physiotherapy influence musculoskeletal pain include both the specific ingredient of an intervention as well as contextual factors inherent to clinical encounters including the therapist, patient and setting. These contextual factors are often termed “non-specific”...
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Therapeutic effects of ganlgioside GM1 and gangliomimetic compounds in multiple models of Huntington disease
DownloadSpring 2016
Huntington disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that results in motor, cognitive and psychiatric deficits. The disease is caused by the expansion of a polyglutamine stretch in huntingtin (HTT), a ubiquitous protein with unclear functions. The molecular mechanisms underlying...
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Therapies for preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction: restoration of uterine blood flow tested in mouse models
DownloadSpring 2013
Preeclampsia (PE) and fetal growth restriction (FGR) complicate over 10% of human pregnancies and contribute significantly to fetal and maternal morbidity and mortality. Although the causes of PE and FGR are not well understood, they are known to be associated with impaired uterine artery blood...
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Therapists’ use of Routine Outcome Monitoring (ROM) in Clinical Practice: A Qualitative Multiple Case Study
DownloadFall 2021
Routine outcome monitoring (ROM) has been shown to have a significant effect on clinical outcome. However, the process behind the effect of ROM intervention is not well understood. In this qualitative dissertation study, the process of experienced users of ROM was explored. A multiple case study...