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Molecular and Machine Learning Based Characterization of Human Skeletal Muscle to Decipher Complex Biological Processes Governing Muscle Wasting in Surgical Patients with Cancer
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Cancer cachexia is a multifactorial syndrome characterized by progressive loss of weight (WL), muscle, and fat tissues. Skeletal muscle wasting, in particular, is strongly associated with morbidity and mortality. Understanding the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying muscle wasting in humans...
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Spring 2022
In recent years it has been established that electrons become strongly spin polarized when transmitted through chiral compounds and their polarization is dependent on the chirality of the medium. This effect is known as chirality induced spin selectivity or CISS. CISS could be used to realize...
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Spring 2023
Current trends of knee injuries and anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), as well as incidence of and factors associated with primary and recurrent ACLR in Alberta, are not well understood. This thesis aims to fill this knowledge gap by using administrative data from Alberta’s...
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To Copy, Camouflage or Do Neither? The Role of Asocial and Social Information in Affecting Nest Material Choices of Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata)
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Animals can use asocial cues from the environment or information obtained from other individuals, called social information to make decisions. Further these different sources of information can be simultaneously available. How do animals evaluate and prioritize asocial and social information...
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Spring 2023
The susceptibility of pipeline steel to hydrogen induced degradation is closely related to the interaction between hydrogen and some microstructural features of the steel such as precipitates, inclusions, phase type and grain size. These microstructural features can act as hydrogen traps...
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Factors Influencing Nurses' Turnover Intentions during the COVID-19 Pandemic in The Bahamas
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Background: Nurses in The Bahamas like their colleagues across the globe have had to navigate the varied effects of the protracted COVID-19 pandemic on their work environments. One of the effects was the exacerbation of already low/limited availability of job resources (e.g., staff and...
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Spring 2022
Polymer based materials have been utilized widely for applications that can be of benefit to human health and the environment. This thesis covers the general scope of polymer materials on bases of star-shaped polymer and temperature-responsive poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) (pNIPAm) microgels,...
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Spring 2022
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is an insidious, progressive neurodegenerative disease responsible for the majority of dementia cases worldwide. Despite extensive research and clinical trials, there are currently no approved treatments that alter the progression of the disease. Treating classic...
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Spring 2023
In this thesis, novel battery-less wireless sensor architectures and sensing elements are proposed and demonstrated. The proposed passive wireless sensor architectures integrate a UHF RFID chip, and a UHF sensing element to enable the reading of environmental conditions wirelessly, without...
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Integrated analysis of anomalous microseismic behavior in a Montney treatment: Engineering parameters, locations, moment tensors, and geomechanics
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Microseismic monitoring is crucial for evaluating hydraulic fracturing operations and understanding the subsurface. Processing and analyzing microseismic signals induced by fracturing fluid injection provides insights into pore pressure and in-situ stress changes. However, the large volume of...