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
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Spring 2019
Asphaltenes are the heaviest fraction of crude oils. Asphaltenes are composed of carbon rings with aliphatic side chains, and they are precipitated from crude oils with small-chain alkanes, such as pentane or heptane. This complex class of molecules can be problematic during oil extraction,...
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Towards a Better Understanding of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Microgel-Based Etalons and their Continued Development in Diagnostics
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Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (pNIPAm) microgel-based etalons are photonic materials that exhibit color based on temperature or other environmental stimuli. These materials provide a new and unique method for biosensing and other applications. Therefore it is important to understand these materials...
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Fall 2017
The formation of an abnormal form of proteins in cells can cause aggregation and neurodegenerative pathology, such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and prion diseases, which affects both humans and animals. Nowadays, the understanding of the mechanism of prion misfolding and propagation, including...
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Towards a Critical Colonial Analysis of the Crisis in Higher Education in Zimbabwe: A Case Study of the University of Zimbabwe
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The dawn of independence in Zimbabwe in 1980 was received with high hopes and expectations by the people but after twenty years of black majority rule, the crisis of the post-colonial condition, well documented in other African countries began to be repeated in Zimbabwe. After experimenting with...
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Towards a Decolonial Feminist Performance Praxis: An Exploration of Performance and Women's Leadership in Botswana
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This dissertation reflects on a research process that explores how performance can foster women’s leadership in Botswana. The process began with the question, “where are the women,” which in turn grew out of curiosity about what happens to women between the time they leave the classroom and the...
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Fall 2013
Sodium proton exchangers (NHEs) are polytopic membrane proteins that, in archaea, bacteria, yeast and plants, provide increased salt tolerance by removing excess toxic sodium, and in mammals regulate cell volume, growth, differentiation, proliferation, migration and apoptosis in relation to...