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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 2014
DNA strand displacement reaction (SDR) is a fast, isothermal, and sequence specific reaction. In SDR, an invading DNA single strand, also known as the “fuel” strand, unzips a partial duplex to form a more thermodynamically stable duplex. The complementary strand to the fuel strand is referred to...
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Fall 2013
In this study, Specific Energy Consumption (SEC) was used as a basis to optimize the operating conditions (pipe diameter, particle size and solids concentration) for a hypothetical liquid CO2 slurry pipeline, carrying petroleum coke (“pet coke”) or sulfur particles. The optimum particle size and...
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Fall 2023
Curiosity appears to motivate and guide effective learning in humans, which has led to high hopes in the machine learning community for machine analogues of curiosity. While a variety of machine curiosity algorithms have been introduced, they are rarely compared with other existing curiosity...
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Fall 2009
Resonant microcantilevers are promising transducers for bacteria detection because of their high sensitivities. Surface stress and mass from adsorbates affect the resonant frequency. We developed a novel method for decoupling the frequency contributions of a change in mass and surface stress on a...
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Specific reduction in complex I of the mitochondrial electron transport system in long-lived seed beetles
DownloadSpring 2023
Background: Mitochondrial dysfunction is a recognized hallmark of aging that is also directly or indirectly connected to practically all the other hallmarks of aging. As a result, mitochondrial dysfunction seems to be an important regulator of lifespan. Many studies provide evidence of lifespan...