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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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Fall 2024
Sialylation is a crucial post-translational modification that covalently attaches sialic acid to glycoproteins and glycolipids, and is driven by a superfamily of enzymes called sialyltransferases (STs). Alterations in sialylation have been identified in different biological contexts including...
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Screw-Propelled Omni-Directional Robot: Automation of Waypoint Navigation and Control System Integration
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Helix-25 is a screw-propelled mobile robot designed by Copperstone Technologies® to survey hazardous ponds and fields. Currently this robot is manually operated, which may not be feasible during various circumstances. The control strategies for screw propelled robots have been limited, with a...
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Fall 2013
SCROLL / NETWORK / HACK is a poetics of ASCII text files published and distributed by means of electronic bulletin board systems from the early-1980s until the mid-1990s. This medium offered computer users a means to share information and opinions with one another, but it also gave rise to an...
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Fall 2010
The sea ice fields produced by the NEMO sea ice/ocean coupled model’s prognostic simulation drift from reality in the Labrador sea. Thus four additional data assimilation experiments were conducted in order to obtain satisfactory sea ice fields. In the first two experiments the model’s sea ice...
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Fall 2021
In northern Baffin Bay, of the Canadian Arctic, resides Pikialasorsuaq. Pikialasorsuaq mean \enquote{great upwelling} in Greenlandic. Also known as the North Water Polynya, polynya are regions of open water surrounded by thick pack ice. The open water generates conditions which enhance primary...
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Seal or No Seal? A Bayesian (FRUITS) Modeling of Hunter-gatherer Diet in the Little Sea Micro-Region of Lake Baikal
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The non-specific nature of stable isotope analysis limits interpretive assessments of diet to relative contributions of food sources. In an attempt to address this issue, scholars have focused on mixing models as a potential avenue to provide quantifiable measurements of dietary source...
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Spring 2020
Two-Player alternate-turn perfect-information zero-sum games have been suggested as a testbed for Artificial Intelligence research since Shannon in 1950s. In this thesis, we summarize and develop algorithms for this line of research. We focus on the game of Hex — a game created by Piet Hein in...