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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 2016
Peptides have a host of beneficial physiological effects and are often considered for therapeutic application to treat disease. However, poor bioavailabilities, problems with administration, sensitivity to environmental factors, and susceptibility to proteases limit them. The work presented in...
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Fall 2024
This thesis delves into the advancements in visual anomaly detection (AD), a challenging task in identifying outliers in images such as defects and lesions, which is crucial in many applications including medical diagnosis and industrial manufacturing. This thesis addresses two main challenges:...
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Fall 2016
Accurate information is the foundation of correct clinical diagnoses. Physicians are increasingly relying on new devices and tools to improve the quality of information used in their decision making. Wrong, misleading, or hard to interpret data can prevent patients from receiving proper...
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Enlightening Encounters: The Role of a Human Library in Shaping Pre-Service Teachers' Future Trauma-Informed Approaches
DownloadFall 2024
Due to the striking impact of childhood trauma on development and well-being (Mandelli et al., 2015; Paquola et al., 2016; Statistics Canada, 2015), there has been a movement towards systemic implementation of trauma-informed approaches (TIAs). TIAs are meant to help working professionals...
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Enquête sur les limites de l'engagement: Les lustes comme illustration de l'influence et de la tentation russes chez Albert Camus
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Abstract in French and English. Text in French.
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Enrollment in Multidisciplinary Clinical Care for Pediatric Weight Management: Predictors, Reasons, Facilitators, and Recommendations
DownloadFall 2017
Background: One-third of Canadian children meet the criteria for overweight or obesity. While multidisciplinary clinical care (MCC) can be effective to manage pediatric obesity, many eligible children are not referred to this level of care and many of those who are referred do not enroll in...
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Fall 2018
With the development of modern technology, researchers in various fields are equipped with powerful tools to collect ultrahigh dimensional data, where the number of features p could grow exponentially with the sample size n. It is challenging to extract useful information due to the huge number...