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2020-01-01

Pourrahimian, Elyar, Al Hattab, Malak, Ead, Rana, Labban, Ramzi Roy, AbouRizk, Simaan

Earthmoving operations are equipment-intensive processes that rely heavily on the proper selection of the equipment fleet and proper scheduling of associated tasks. Early equipment planning decisions have direct implications on schedules, costs, and more importantly, the environmental performance...

2017-01-01

Verma, Aman, Nimana, Balwinder S., Olateju, Babatunde, Rahman, Md. Mustafizur, Radpour, Saeidreza, Canter, Christina E., Subramanyam, Veena, Paramashivan, Deepak, Vaezi, Mahdi, Kumar, Amit

The growth in bitumen and synthetic crude oil (SCO) production in the Canadian oil sands industry has superseded pipeline capacity growth in recent years, leading to the increased interest in the transport of crude oil by rail to desired markets. However, the specific techno-economic parameters...

2016-01-01

Olateju, Babatunde, Kumar, Amit

The demand for hydrogen in conventional and unconventional oil refining industries is considerable. Currently, the predominant source of hydrogen is from fossil fuel production pathways, in particular, steam methane reforming (SMR), which incurs a significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...

Fall 2013

Waye, Arianna E.

Objectives: This thesis consists of 3 partial vaccine economic evaluations. The objectives were to: 1) estimate the effectiveness of Canada’s universal varicella childhood immunization strategy on varicella-related hospitalizations, 2) measure the economic impact of Alberta’s universal childhood...

2017-01-01

Kumar, Mayank, Olagire Oyedun, Adetoyese, Kumar, Amit

This study explores the hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of wood chips to bio-crude followed by upgrading to diluents, which are used to transport bitumen through pipelines. In this study, we considered a 2000 dry t day-1 plant capacity with two scenarios. The first scenario uses hydrogen for...

Spring 2018

Tran, Dat T.

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a global health concern. Despite of a reduction in incidence and mortality in the last several decades, AMI is still the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in many parts of the world, especially high income countries including Canada. Because of...

2007

Lerner, Craig S., Yahya, Moin A.

Introduction: According to a recent issue of Business Week, many hotshots of American industry are fleeing publicly traded corporations for \"the money, freedom and glamour of private equity.\"' Among the reasons cited for their departure is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which not only...

2006-10-10

Tansey, Brendan, Sougstad, Ryan

Two Papers: 1. \"ROI estimation for Service Oriented Computing\". Presenter: Brendan Tansey, University of Alberta,Co-author: Eleni Stroulia, University of Alberta. 2. Value-at-Risk in Systems and Technology Investments: A Framework for Managing Project Portfolio Uncertainties. Presenter: Ryan...

Spring 2018

Bukambu, Enid K

Healthy diets help reduce risk for chronic disease (obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and several cancers). High consumption of non-nutrient dense foods (e.g., sugar-sweetened foods, processed meats, and high fat foods) and low consumption of healthier foods (e.g., vegetables,...

Spring 2016

Tiggelaar, Sean M

Very Preterm Infants (VPI) (<1500g or below 32 weeks gestational age) account for only 5% of all births, but roughly half of all infant and perinatal mortality. Their high level of acuity requires extensive healthcare services during the first year of life, which result in long lengths of stay...