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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 2015
Poor design of indoor architectural spaces can contribute to an increased risk of falling for older adults. Thus, this research aims to provide an architectural design assessment system to integrate state-of-the-art evidence-based research into an assessment process by which to evaluate the risk...
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Fall 2019
The main purpose of this thesis is to reconcile a free-will defense with Thomas Aquinas’ metaphysics. The Free-Will Defense is an attempt at answering the logical problem of evil, which states that the existence of God and the existence of evil are logically incompatible. However, the Free-Will...
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Spring 2015
The carbonate succession on Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac, located close to each other in the Caribbean Sea, includes the Bluff Group that is formed of the unconformity-bounded Brac Formation (early Oligocene), Cayman Formation (middle Miocene), and Pedro Castle Formation (early Pliocene), which...
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Evolution of Left ventricular Function and Its Tolerance of Tachycardia in Early Infancy: a Simultaneous Invasive and Noninvasive Assessment in Neonatal and Young Infant Piglets
DownloadSpring 2016
Background: The literature examining ventricular function of the neonate and young infant is fragmented. Furthermore, the clinical implications of the observed differences have been largely extrapolated from adult studies. Clinical echocardiography-based investigations at rest, for instance, have...