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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
In model-based reinforcement learning a model is learned which is then used to find good actions. What model to learn? We investigate these questions in the context of two different approaches to model-based reinforcement learning. We also investigate how one should learn and plan when the reward...
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Spring 2014
Each patient with Type-1 diabetes must decide how much insulin to inject before each meal to maintain an acceptable level of blood glucose. The actual injection dose is based on a formula that takes current blood glucose level and the meal size into consideration. While following this insulin...
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Spring 2016
The unprecedented escalation in the data traffic demand due to rapid proliferation of smart phones and tablets cannot be fulfilled with the advancement in radio link technologies only as the radio link efficiency is fast approaching its limit. This problem motivates new paradigms of network...
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Modeling and Control for Renal Anemia Treatment with Erythropoietin Using Physics-Informed Neural Network
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Patients with renal anemia are usually treated with recombinant human erythropoietin (EPO) because of insufficient renal EPO secretion. Clinically, this treatment process is labor intensive. It requires trained personnel to assess monthly Hgb levels, consider intra-patient variability and make...
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Spring 2013
In this thesis, methods for improving needle steering during prostate brachytherapy are studied. Brachytherapy is a minimally-invasive, out-patient therapy for prostate cancer treatment with a fast recovery time. Success of brachytherapy depends on precise placement of needle tips in pre-planned...
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Spring 2023
COVID-19 is one of the high-level infections that have caused considerable damage to the lives of millions of people worldwide. Many studies confirm that indoor environments are the hotspots for the transmission of COVID-19 infectious. Thus, improving indoor air quality in enclosed areas is an...
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Fall 2017
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) affects millions of people throughout the world today. One of the major side effects of this disease is the inability to regulate the body’s red blood cell production, and subsequently the mass of the protein called hemoglobin within the body. The health of these...