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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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Conversation Analysis: a study of institutional interaction and gender in a Russian classroom
DownloadFall 2009
This dissertation analysed the interactions between instructors and students in a language classroom in Russia. Using video-recorded data, instructor interviews, and student assessments from English classes at a private language school for children in the Urals region of Russia, a Conversation...
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Fall 2022
In recent years, conversational agents have been widely used in education to support student learning. Conversational agents have the capability to enhance learning by improving interaction, motivation, feedback, and personalization. To date, researchers have designed and used different types of...
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Fall 2020
Conversational agents, also known as chatbots, are designed to have a real-time conversation with humans. Closed domain chatbots are limited to a specific task they’re designed to do. They can be rule-based or information retrieval based chatbots while open domain chatbots are meant to mimic...
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Fall 2016
Gelatin - a gel-forming, multifunctional biopolymer obtained from the processing of collagen - has long been used in the food industry. Gelatin hydrolysates obtained by enzymatic hydrolysis have various bioactivities. Although porcine and bovine sources are principally used for commercial gelatin...
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Spring 2023
Modern civilization has become dependent on fossil fuels as a source of energy and chemicals. As a result, the rapid industrial development and growing energy demand are pushing toward two imminent problems, the depletion of fossil fuel reserves and the negative impact on global climate....
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Conversion of Cycloalk-2-en-1-ones into 2-Methylcycloalkane-1,3-diones and Formation of meta-Substituted Phenols
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The first chapter of this thesis describes the studies towards conversion of cycloalk-2-enones into 2-methylcyclo-alkane-1,3-diones. The key step is a Tamao–Fleming oxidation where a silyl group serves as a masked hydroxy group. Examination of various Tamao-Fleming procedures are discussed. In...
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Fall 2019
Canada is committed to reducing its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to mitigate the effects of global warming. A major source of GHG emissions is coal-based power generation. Replacing (fossil) coal with biomass-based feedstocks for the generation of electricity could help reduce these emissions....
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Spring 2016
Sourdough fermentation can generate various peptides and amino acids to improve bread quality, such as taste, flavor and texture. The aim of this PhD dissertation was to investigate the synthesis mechanisms of bioactive and taste active peptides or amino acids during fermentation and their effect...
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Spring 2014
Conversion of protein-rich biomass waste into value-added industrial products via chemical cross-linking reactions was explored. Two types of cross-linking reagents were investigated: dialdehydes and epoxy resins. Reaction chemistry was the main focus of this investigation and the main reaction...