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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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High-Temperature Thermal Gradient Interaction Chromatography (HT-TGIC) of Polyolefins: Effect of Polymer Molecular Weight, Comonomer Fraction, and Comonomer Type
DownloadSpring 2021
Polyolefins are the most important commodity polymers today. The demand for polyethylene and polypropylene, the two most important polyolefins, has been increasing steadily since their discovery in the late fifties. The properties of polyolefins is defined by their distributions of molecular...
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Spring 2016
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short (~21 nucleotides) endogenous noncoding RNAs. They are widespread post-transcriptional regulators in eukaryotes that bind target messenger RNAs (mRNAs) and regulate the protein expression levels. MiRNAs have attracted substantial amount of research attention and...
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High-κ Complex Oxides for Advanced Gate Dielectric Applications Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition
DownloadSpring 2016
As conventional SiO2 gate dielectric thickness shrank to a few atomic layers, gate dielectric tunneling increased dramatically. The primary way to reduce tunneling is to increase film thickness, which decreases capacitance. High-dielectric-constant (high-κ) oxides were introduced to maintain...
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Fall 2024
Let Cat(oo,oo) denote the (oo,1)-category of (oo,oo)-categories with weakly inductive equivalences. The main objective of this thesis is to demonstrate that Cat(oo,oo) satisfies universal properties with respect to homotopy-coherent internalisation and enrichment. To achieve these universal...
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Fall 2010
This thesis summarizes a study of higher-dimensional distorted objects such as a distorted 5-dimensional Schwarzschild-Tangherlini black hole. It considers a particular type of distortion corresponding to an external, static distribution of matter and fields around this object. The corresponding...
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Higher-Order Gradient Continuum Analysis of Elastic Fibre-Reinforced Solid Subjected to Flexural and Tensile Loads
DownloadFall 2020
Composite is a multiphase material that is artificially made, as opposed to one that occurs or forms naturally. Many composite materials are composed of just two phases; one is termed the matrix, which is continuous and surrounds the other phase, often called the dispersed phase. Composites have...
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Fall 2022
In this thesis we study some aspects of `Airy structures' first proposed in \cite{ks}, as an algebraic reformulation of the Chekhov-Eynard-Orantin (CEO) topological recursion initiated in \cite{eo} and \cite{eo1} in order to study the large $N$ expansion of matrix models. Our primary goal is to...
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Spring 2017
Hybrid magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and radiation therapy devices are capable of imaging in real-time to track intrafractional lung tumour motion during radiotherapy. In the real time tumour tracking treatment scheme, MR images are acquired in real time, then the tumour target is localized...