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 2014
In this research, the relationship between microscopic car-following models and macroscopic models has been explored and it was found that, based on the traditional assumption that traffic density is the reverse of space headway under steady-state homogeneous traffic conditions, most of the...
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Fall 2012
Active traffic control and management requires traffic state estimation with high accuracy. Although an inductive loop detector can achieve high accuracy in terms of volume, speed and occupancy estimation, it cannot provide accurate segment-based traffic parameters, such as segment speed and...
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Trained panel sensory evaluation of m. longissimus thoracis, m. gluteus medius and m. semimembranosus from Angus crossbred steers: the influence of hormonal growth promotants, ractopamine hydrochloride, and selection for high or low residual feed intake.
DownloadFall 2019
Selection of cattle for residual feed intake (RFI) does not affect rate of weight gain; rather, low RFI cattle consume less feed than high RFI animals to attain a similar final body weight and are thus considered feed efficient. Reducing production costs by selecting low RFI cattle and...