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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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Spring 2012
The patient teaching relationship is entwined within the dialogue between nurse and patient. Using interpretive phenomenology, consistent with the philosophy of Martin Heidegger, this research study explores the meaning of the relationships that develop for patients with nurses during their...
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End-to-end Fine-grained Traceability Analysis in Model Transformations and Transformation Chains
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Over the last few decades, model-driven code generation has been the flagship paradigm used to promote adoption of model-driven engineering among the general software-engineering community. Model-driven code generators integrate model-to-model and model-to-text transformations to build...
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Fall 2024
Procedural content generation (PCG) algorithms have been utilized for automating the creation of game content such as levels, assets, and narratives. One specific type, Exhaustive PCG (EPCG), systematically generates all possible variations of content before selecting the best, embodying a form...
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Spring 2023
Background Peripheral nerve injury is common, effecting 3% of the population. While surgery can be effective in moderate cases, complete neurologic and functional recovery are often not possible in severe cases of proximal nerve injury. Poor outcomes are attributable to the long-distance nerves...
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Endemic Pains and Pandemic Traumas: The Narrative Construction of Public Memory in Iran, Palestine, and the United States
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Once limited to clinical psychology, trauma, broadly defined as a disruptive pain, an extraordinary malaise that may leave an indelible mark on one’s memory, has been extended in the past decades to describe abruptly horrific experiences on the communal level. Wars, revolutions, genocides, or...
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Fall 2014
Circumambulation is a universal cultural phenomenon. In Tibetan society, it is not only a particularly religious practice, but also the ritual embodiment of the Tibetan ethos. This research examines the types of circumambulation and their symbolic meanings in Tibet. Through specific expressions...