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Spring 2014
Seven Ni-WC tubular wires utilized in this study were characterized by the nickel sheath area, powder composition, and overall initial carbide volume fraction of the wire prior to welding. The electrical resistivity of steel, stainless steel, and Ni-WC welding consumables were measured from...
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Spring 2019
This thesis aims to demonstrate the feasibility of using System Dynamics (SD) techniques to develop a transparent, open-source and reproducible model capable of simulating long-term soil water dynamics in a tailings-cap system subject to upward flux from a consolidating tailings substrate. The...
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Diabetes Knowledge, Self-care Behaviours, Acculturation, and Health Outcomes in Arabic-speaking Adults with Type 2 Diabetes in Edmonton, Canada
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The number of Arabic-speaking immigrants in Canada is growing, as is the prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in this population. Understanding of T2D knowledge, self-care management, and diabetes-related outcomes in this population is lacking. Our objective was to examine the level of diabetes...
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Documenting a Punk Scene in Edmonton, Alberta 1979-1985: Place, Legitimacy and Belonging Articulated Through Mainstream and Independent Media
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This thesis explores the emergence of a punk music scene in Edmonton, utilizing archival research, participant interviews and analysis of mainstream and independent media to determine how a genre that was arguably considered a British phenomenon came to have local characteristics and...
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Does Data Matter? Exploring how nonprofits working with abuse victims in Edmonton utilize data to inform service delivery
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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 2020
Edmonton in situ is a multimedia project containing letters, poetry, images, WhatsApp threads, and essais. My aim is to explore the City of Edmonton/amiskwaciwâskahikan as a site of connective tissues between humans and non- or other-than-human beings. The work is necessarily convoluted and...
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Spring 2014
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the nature of murders and attempted murders in the City of Edmonton with a particular focus on the demographic and geographic distribution of these crimes across the city and its inhabitants. By examining violent crimes in a specific urban setting, this...
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Spring 2020
Albertan oil sands ores are becoming more difficult to process efficiently as the clay content of the ore increases and the grade of the ore worsens. A key to improving the extraction of bitumen from low-grade oil sands, thereby increasing the longevity of this critical resource, is reducing the...
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Estimation of the Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Bitumen-Derived Petroleum Fuels using Enhanced Solvent Extraction Incorporating Electromagnetic Heating (ESEIEH) and Toe-to-Heel Air Injection (THAI) Extraction Technologies
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There is increased focus on reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to reduce global warming. Combustion of fossil fuels are a key contributor to emissions of GHG. Alberta is the largest hydrocarbon base in North America due to its oil sands deposit. Bitumen from oil sands is refined to...
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Ethnic Identity Discourses of Recent Ukrainian Immigrants to Canada: Interactions between New Ukrainian-Canadians and the Established Ukrainian-Canadian Diaspora
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Ukrainian-Canadians are a relatively well-established group in this country. This thesis focuses on an as yet unstudied segment of this community, namely the new, post-Soviet Ukrainian immigrants. As an interdisciplinary project, the thesis researches the ethnic identity discourses of recent...