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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Spring 2013
Objective: This study we explore the validity of using the uHearTM application on an Apple Incorporated’s, iOS product to test hearing thresholds in a pediatric population. Methods: 52 participants, ages 5 to12 had their hearing tested in 3 ways. A portable screening audiometer was used as the...
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Spring 2014
Clay flocs exist in different streams of the oil sands extraction process and in tailings treatment. The clay fraction in these streams has a significant effect on design and operation of slurry pipelines, flotation efficiency, sludging in the separation vessel, froth treatment and tailings...
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Fall 2014
Derivatization of fatty acids to produce volatile methyl or ethyl esters (FAME or FAEE) prior to GC analysis is an indispensable procedure in lipid analysis. A lipase immobilized porous polymer monolith microreactor was developed and shown to achieve online and quantitative conversion of...