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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.
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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Fall 2023
Sound waves can be generated by shining a pulsed laser on an object of interest. The resulting sound waves can be observed with an ultrasound transducer, and then reconstructed to form an image of the object. The entire process is called "photoacoustic imaging". Medical photoacoustic imaging aims...
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Fall 2011
Data is growing at an unforeseen rate, with TBs being generated daily. A large part of this data is unstructured in nature. This has pushed the traditional techniques of storing it in relational databases to its limit and new alternatives are necessary. Cloud databases have emerged as a viable...
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Spring 2010
Risk identification is the first step of risk management for construction projects. Project experts use many different methods to identify risk factors, such as decision trees, standard checklists, questionnaires and the Hazard and Operability procedure, but brainstorming sessions are among the...
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Fall 2012
Many rural Alberta communities face critical issues of sustainability including rural-urban migration by youth and young adults. Drawing on research in Alberta, this thesis identifies the factors influencing rural-urban migration and discusses ways of empowering communities. A survey of youth...
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Fall 2019
Search query understanding is a trending topic in the field of Information Retrieval (IR). The goal is to learn higher-level representations for the intents or concepts behind a search query and utilize these representations to further enhance down-stream services like content recommendation....
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Enhancing space modeling and mobile resources planning in construction operations through a simulation driven visualization framework
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Simulation modeling is a strong tool that has not been utilized to its expected potential in day to day construction industry activities. One of the reasons contributing to that is the inability of simulation models to depict changes in site space in an intuitive way. This research tries to...
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Enhancing the Architecture of Context-Aware Driver Assistance Systems by Incorporating Insights from Naturalistic Driving Data
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Driving assistance systems (DASs) have received a great deal of attention in the past decades as an active and effective collision countermeasure. DASs potential benefits will be attained by enhancing the systems’ awareness regarding the dynamic driving context including the change in the driver...
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Enhancing the Performance of Smart Grids via Applying Machine Learning Methods to Smart Meter Data
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Conventional distribution systems need to undergo several updates to be able to meet modern energy requirements. While conventional grids have been able to satisfy the objectives they were designed for, lack of sensors and powerful communication systems, primitive control and management methods,...
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Enhancing the Safety and Reliability of Canadian Railways: Analysis of Highway Railroad Grade Crossing Accidents and Railcar Inspection Technology Assessment
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The railway industry is one of the major contributors for the transportation of goods and the backbone of Canada’s economy. Safe railway operation is vital for public safety, the environment, and property. Concurrent with climbing amounts of rail traffic on the Canadian rail network are increases...