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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Tick Tock: Insect Figuration, Temporal Estrangement and Historiographic Critique in Postmodern and Contemporary Literature, Art, and Film
DownloadSpring 2019
This dissertation engages with posthumanist and postmodern theory, critical animal studies, and critiques of modern temporality and historiography to examine how insect figures trouble dominant understandings of historical time in contemporary Western literature, film, and art. It argues that...
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Tiered Behaviour Architecture for Virtual Characters using Cyclic Scheduling and Behaviour Capture
DownloadSpring 2015
A story-based video game contains many characters. A few are controlled by the player and the majority are virtual characters, controlled by artificial intelligence. In recent years, video game artificial intelligence has developed slower than other aspects of video games, such as graphics,...
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Spring 2017
Budgeted Red-Blue Median is a generalization of classic k-Median in that there are two sets of facilities, say R and B, that can be used to serve clients located in some metric space. The goal is to open kr facilities in R and kb facilities in B for some given bounds kr,kb and connect each client...
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TIGHT GAS RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION IN MONTNEY FORMATION, NORTHEASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA, WESTERN CANADA
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The Montney Formation is a primary focus of unconventional gas reservoir in northeastern British Columbia, Western Canada. This study presents the sedimentology and ichnology, Rock-Eval geochemistryand reservoir potential, C13 and O18 isotopic composition, and magnetostratigraphy correlation of...
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Fall 2023
The COVID-19 epidemic forced schools all around the globe to switch quickly to online learning. Teachers had to swiftly find, modify, adopt, and adapt digital educational approaches that suited students' demands. It has presented unforeseen difficulties for EFL (English as a Foreign Language)...
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Tile Embeddings: A General Representation for Procedural Level Generation via Machine Learning
DownloadSpring 2023
Procedural Level Generation via Machine Learning (PLGML) refers to the application of machine learning techniques to the automated generation of game levels. PLGML researchers have investigated different level generation techniques to generate new game levels matching the style of a training...
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Tillage Reversal and Nitrogen Fertilization Affected Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Soil Carbon Stability Differently in a Black Chernozem and a Gray Luvisol
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Improving soil carbon (C) sequestration through land management practices is of great interest due to concerns over global climate change caused by increased atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations. Soil disturbance by conventional tillage (CT) generally accelerates soil organic carbon...