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Fall 2017

Mabrouk, Miriam

My thesis explores the ways in which the re-enactment of an aggressive white masculinity that is heteronormative, militarist, and aggressive, one that is also race- and class-specific, is the cornerstone of the neo-liberal world order in Western Europe and in the U.S. My project turns to...

Fall 2017

McAdams, Brittany N.

Many northern Alberta soils have a thick forest floor that houses the majority of soil biogeochemical processes and biological interactions. Microarthropods dominate the faunal communities in these soils, and oribatid mites are the key detritivores that initiate litter decomposition and maintain...

Fall 2017

Burd, Katheryn

Peatlands in Canada’s western boreal forest are a major source of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) to downstream ecosystems, where DOC regulates carbon cycling, and can affect ecosystem productivity and habitat quality. Subarctic ecosystems are becoming increasingly vulnerable to the effects of...

Spring 2017

Li, Yifan

This thesis examines the imperialization of the Lion Grove, a time-honored scenic site in Suzhou, during the reign of the Qianlong emperor (r. 1736-95) in the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Qianlong visited the garden during five of his Southern Inspection Tours and initiated a rewriting of the...

Fall 2017

Klutsch, Jennifer G.

Tree-infesting organisms have recently expanded their ranges into many novel habitats where they will not only interact with new host tree species, but also with a myriad of other organisms that also share these hosts. Understanding the major factors and mechanisms that mediate...

Spring 2018

Kindrachuk, Nathan

Currently, sport science is the dominant body of knowledge informing coach development, coach education (Cassidy, Potrac, & McKenzie, 2006; Cushion & Nelson, 2013; Jones & Turner, 2006; Piggott, 2012), and coaching research (Cassidy, Jones, & Protrac, 2009; Denison, 2007; Gilbert & Trudel, 2004)....

Fall 2017

Wood, Gentry D

Simple engineering expressions capable of predicting the cross sectional geometry of weld beads deposited using laser cladding technologies are presented. The formulae can determine the width and maximum height of a single clad bead directly from fundamental engineering principles. These...

Fall 2017

Blanes, Milena S

In pig production, sow reproductive efficiency is a key contributor to breeding herd productivity. A major challenge in the implementation of alternative sow housing and piglet management systems is the maintenance of production efficiency. Conventionally, sows are only bred once they come into...

Fall 2017

Shi, Jialin

Cubic equations of state (CEOS) are frequently used to predict the phase behavior and volumetric properties of pure compounds and mixtures encountered in the field of chemical and petroleum engineering. Volume translation is proposed to further improve the accuracy of density predictions by CEOS....

Fall 2017

Lapetina, Diego Lomnitzer

The nucleus is the defining feature of eukaryotic cells and its major function is to house the cell’s genome and segregate it from the surrounding cytoplasm. The membranes encapsulating the nucleus constitute the nuclear envelope (NE). The interactions between the NE and chromatin facilitate the...