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Spring 2024

Woodley, William J.

High-energy atmospheric muons originating from cosmic ray interactions in Earth's atmosphere have played a vital role in the field of astroparticle physics for nearly a century. Because the properties of the muons reflect the primary cosmic rays that produce them, they serve as a unique probe for...

Spring 2024

Talebirad, Yashar

The representation of real-world relationships and entities through nodes and edges in a network has found wide applicability across diverse scientific fields. At the core of network analysis are the tasks of community detection and community search, which aim to identify distinct groups within a...

Spring 2024

Morton, Riley C.

The Norian Pardonet formation tops a well-studied Triassic stratigraphy in Western Canada which can be viewed in outcrop along the shores of Williston Lake, B. C. The Pardonet itself, however, has remained rather enigmatic. The formation is composed of dominantly finegrained, organic-rich...

Spring 2024

Memarian, Amirreza

Abnormal events in chemical processes present significant challenges, often disrupting the performance of industrial operations. Accurate detection and diagnosis of abnormal behavior among control system elements are crucial to prevent potential process degradation and associated economic losses....

Spring 2024

Liu, Yang

This thesis as a part of the University of Alberta Energy Management and Sustainable Operations (EMSO) program aims to design an intelligent management tool for the University of Alberta fleet vehicles to achieve the fuel consumption reduction, and driver behavior improvement. To achieve this...

Spring 2024

Joshi, Reema

Ancient philosophers observed and documented fever as an increased body temperature in response to infection. Nowadays, fever is regarded as a symptom of infection and inflammation and therefore is often supressed by NSAID drugs. A common hypothesis for the benefits of a fever is that the rise in...

Spring 2024

Sama Manzoor

The rising levels of carbon dioxide emissions stemming from the combustion of fossil fuels necessitate immediate attention to implement sustainable energy solutions. Hydrogen as a fuel, holds significant potential for establishing CO2-neutral systems, and the utilization of microwave pyrolysis of...

Spring 2024

Pemachandra, Beddage Veenavi W

As the world shifts its focus toward achieving net-zero emissions, every contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, including the electricity industry, is transitioning to eco-friendly solutions such as renewable generation. Simultaneously, the significant increase in electrical consumption has...

Spring 2024

Ghosh, Mridul Kanti

Introduction: Though the number of deliveries by skilled birth attendants and at facilities has increased in Bangladesh, still many deliveries are occurring at home. More than half of all deliveries in rural areas of Bangladesh are assisted by traditional birth attendants (TBAs). Despite their...

Spring 2024

Dias de Andrade Silva, Raiany

Trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) is a dioecious clonal tree species with broad distribution in North America. In dioecious species, sexes are predicted to perform differently, based on the principle of allocation and the energy costs associated with reproduction. Aspen reproduce...