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Spring 2024
The current hot water extraction method to recover bitumen from excavated oil sands ores after surface mining generates large volumes of fluid fine tailings that are temporarily deposited in oil sands tailings ponds. Promising techniques for tailings ponds reclamation such as end-pit lakes are...
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Spring 2024
Bread is considered a staple food in North America and Europe, but due to its neutral pH and high water activity it is vulnerable to spoilage by Penicillium spp., a problem that costs the commercial baking industry millions each year and contributes significantly to global food waste. Common...
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Nurturing the Nurturers: Understanding Support Systems for Early Childhood Educators in Alberta
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The recent Government of Canada initiative to create a national early learning and child care (ELCC) system recognizes the importance of accessible and affordable early learning and child care. The Canada-Alberta Early Learning and Child Care Agreement aims to support the 46% of children aged...
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Spring 2024
This thesis delves into the pivotal role of teachers in effectuating organisational change within K-12 educational settings. The study hinges on the premise that while teachers are at the forefront of implementing change, they are often sidelined in the decision-making processes, leading to a...
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Spring 2024
Boreal caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) populations are declining across their range and the direct cause is predation. Black bears (Ursus americanus) can be significant predators of caribou neonates, but at high black bear densities in the boreal forest only a small proportion of bears could...
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Spring 2024
Human biomaterials are in high demand from a wide variety of stakeholders, giving rise to tension and debate about the amount of control individuals should have over materials derived from their own bodies. As biobanks, universities, governments, and corporations increasingly assert control over...
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Spring 2024
An effective navigation process requires the ability to determine the navigators’ current position and heading in the environment (referred to as self-localization) and localize the points of interest, such as home. Humans and non-human animals typically use self-motion cues (i.e., path...
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Physical Activity in Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Generalized Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder
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Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Generalized Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder (hEDS/G-HSD) are two connective tissue disorders that are tightly intertwined as they both result in joint hypermobility-induced musculoskeletal manifestations and are placed on the same clinical spectrum. The...
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Advancing ECG Analysis through Machine Learning: A Study on Data Generation for ECG Classification and Feature Selection For Individual Survival Prediction
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Electrocardiograms (ECGs) are a valuable and easily-collected measurement of heart health, reflecting its morphology (R peak, QRS duration,..) and rhythm(sequence of multiple heartbeats). With the advance of machine learning, many studies utilize electrocardiogram (ECG) signals for various...
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Spring 2024
As the Canadian population ages, the labour force will also become older. Over the next decade, the contributions of older workers who are aged 55 and older will become more important to the overall productivity of the Canadian economy. The prolonged working life of older workers is viewed by...