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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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Fall 2010
Fictional characters pose interesting questions both to metaphysics and philosophy of language. We appear to have two incompatible intuitions about fictional characters: 1) fictional characters are created and 2) fictional characters are nonexistent. To say something is created is to say that it...
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Home Care Case Managers' Integrated Care of Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions: An Institutional Ethnography
DownloadFall 2018
Background: Over 90% of Canadians age 65 and over live at home or in community assisted living settings. Of this, 33% have two or more chronic conditions, with one in six of this population receiving home care services. Multi-morbidity is a predictor of decreased quality of life, premature...
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Home Economics as an Education in Material Relationships: What Curriculum Guides, 1956 and 1969, tell us About Girls, Women, Homes, and Dress
DownloadFall 2021
This research set out to explore the question, how do home economics curriculum guides for high-school courses present ideas of home and dress in connection to the lives of the girls and young women who would take these courses as students? Specifically, this research considers how a 1956...
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Fall 2024
In 2021, the City of Edmonton (CoE) released an Energy Transition Strategy and Action Plan (ETSAP) outlining how Edmonton can achieve ``net zero" greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. The plan indicated that 83\% of GHG emissions could be reduced between 2020 and 2050 through energy savings and...
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Fall 2001
The purpose of this systematic review was to provide a valid overview of the best scientific evidence available regarding the physiological and psychosocial outcomes of home intravenous anti-infective therapy (HIVAT). More than eleven hundred potentially relevant studies were identified from a...