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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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Items in this Collection
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Does 18F-Fluodordeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Correlate with Disease Activity in Patients who are Receiving Treatment for Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA): a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
DownloadSpring 2023
Introduction: The utility of obtaining follow up 18-F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET) imaging in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) is unclear. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine how often vascular FDG PET uptake improves or normalizes...
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Does attachment style moderate the relationship between negative urgency and adult ADHD symptoms?
DownloadFall 2024
Few studies have examined adult ADHD's connection to negative urgency, a form of impulsive emotion dysregulation. Adults high in ADHD symptoms may be more prone to negative urgency due to neural differences in self-regulation, reward and emotion. Identifying malleable personality traits that...
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Does botulinum toxin type A alter the consequences of recurrent laryngeal nerve transection in the rat model?
DownloadFall 2014
Introduction: Laryngeal paralysis (LP) is a disorder that impacts significantly the health and the quality of life of patients. It causes a dysfunction of vocal folds (VF) movement as a result of affection of the laryngeal neural supply. While several theories have been proposed to explain the...
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Spring 2012
Asthma is a common chronic condition in Canadian adolescents. Stress is a proposed risk factor for asthma development. Allostatic load (AL) is a composite measure of chronic stress exposure, and its role in the development of asthma in adolescents was the focus of this thesis. In study 1, we...
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Does Data Matter? Exploring how nonprofits working with abuse victims in Edmonton utilize data to inform service delivery
DownloadFall 2018
This study explores data collection and utilization at four non-profit service organizations in Edmonton, Alberta. Participating organizations work with female victims of violence, abuse and exploitation. Through in-depth, semi-structured interviews, I explore the types of data collected at each...
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Fall 2024
In 1954, the Soviet government announced the transfer of the Crimean Peninsula to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Neither Russia nor Ukraine could have predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union less than four decades after the transfer, but it was consequential in determining the fate...
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Does fluctuating selection maintain variation in nest defense behavior in Arctic peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus tundrius)?
DownloadFall 2021
Within populations, individuals often exhibit repeatable among-individual differences in behavior, and in some cases, these are linked to different fitness outcomes. Several mechanisms have been proposed to contribute to the maintenance of repeatable among-individual variation in behavior. Here...
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Does Indigenous Involvement Matter? Indigenous Political Participation and Representation in Canadian Electoral Institutions - Assessing the Forty Second Federal Election and Parliament
DownloadFall 2024
This doctoral thesis seeks to consider whether or not Indigenous participation in Canadian federal electoral politics matters and whether such participation can effect change. In order to answer this question, this doctoral thesis will first analyse the complex relationship between Indigenous...