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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Towards Aquaponics 4.0: A Framework for Automation, IoT, and Smart Systems Implementations in Indoor Farming
DownloadFall 2020
Aquaponics is a farming method that promises to be a good alternative against the food and environmental problem the world is facing. It is a combination between aquaculture (farming of fish) and hydroponics (growing plants without soil), being a technique to grow plants with the aquaculture...
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Spring 2022
Radiology reports are the primary medium through which physicians communicate findings and diagnoses from patients' medical scans. Examples include radiology reports for chest radiographs, CT scans of the brain, medical reports of retinal images, and more. However, the process of writing medical...
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Fall 2013
Rosette nanotubes (RNTs) are bio-inspired nanomaterials generated from the self-assembly of a guanine-cytosine motif called the “G∧C” base. These nanotubular architectures are promising 2-D coating materials for bone tissue engineering applications, and delivery scaffolds for hydrophobic drug...
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Fall 2018
Surgical sutures are used for wound closure in surgeries and injuries by bringing the edges of an open wound together. Conventional way of applying surgical sutures is to secure the wound with surgical knots and tight stitches. Compared to conventional ones, braided sutures have advantages in...
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Spring 2023
Dialogue systems powered by large pre-trained language models exhibit an innate ability to deliver fluent and natural-sounding responses. Despite their impressive performance, these models fail to conduct interesting and consistent exchanges of turns and can often generate factually incorrect...