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Patterns of preschool children's screen time, parent-child interactions and cognitive development in early childhood: a pilot study
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Background: The objectives of this pilot study were to examine total duration and patterns of screen time use in preschool children, the correlations between total duration and patterns of screen time and cognitive development, and the differences in quality of parent–child interactions for two...
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Fall 2022
The compartmentalization of subcellular functions facilitates the regulation of biochemical reactions and cellular processes. The compartmentalization of the eukaryotic genome into the nucleus by the nuclear envelope (NE), for example, facilitates various DNA metabolic activities. The NE is...
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Fall 2022
This thesis describes the theory, fabrication, and characterization of monolithic integrated membrane-in-the-middle (MIM) optomechanical Fabry-Perot resonators and elliptical birefringent Fabry-Perot optical resonators. Both types of devices were fabricated on a silicon wafer using a thin-film...
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Disinformation, Stochastic Harm, and Costly Effort: A Principal-Agent Analysis of Regulating Social Media Platforms
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The spread of disinformation on social media platforms is harmful to society. This harm may manifest as a gradual degradation of public discourse; but it can also take the form of sudden dramatic events such as the 2021 insurrection on Capitol Hill. The social media platforms themselves are in...
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Supporting Quality and Longevity in Alberta’s Family Day Home Educators: A Qualitative Study
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Quality and longevity are two integral components in early learning and childcare. However, for family day home educators working in isolated and decentralized environments, providing quality and longevity in childcare is easier said than done. The current research on early childhood education...
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Microstructure, mechanical properties, corrosion, and wear behavior of high-entropy alloy AlCoCrFeNix (x>0) and medium-entropy alloy (x=0)
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As one of the early studied high-entropy alloys, AlCoCrFeNi drew considerable attention due to its attractive mechanical properties. Efforts were made to improve this material by alloying with additional elements or modifying the ratio of its elements for improved properties. On the other hand,...
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Fall 2022
Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) is an extremely successful search-based frame- work for decision making. With an accurate simulator of the environment’s dynamics, it can achieve great performance in many games and non-games applications. However, without a perfect simulator, the performance...
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Fall 2022
Background and Rationale: Obstetric ultrasounds have become a routine practice in pregnancy management globally. Evidence, however, suggests that while obstetric scans in high-income countries are associated with positive experiences to mothers, the technology may not be having similar positive...
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The Twenty-Four Preludes of John Burge: Scholarly Notes to Accompany a Performance and Recording Project
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The full thesis for this degree consists of three components: a recording of John Burge’s Twenty-Four Preludes for solo piano, scholarly notes to accompany this recording, and a final solo piano recital presenting this work. The recording was produced in May, 2016 at the University of Alberta’s...