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Spring 2018
We explore the production and observation of high energy (X-ray and ultraviolet/UV) radiation in the context of Galactic, compact binary systems. At the end of the stellar lifecycle, a star collapses into one of three compact objects (COs) depending on the mass at the time of collapse: a white...
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Fall 2017
Trip planning queries are considered an important part of Location Based Services. As the first part of our research, we investigated Sequenced Group Trip PLanning Queries (SGTP) queries. Given a set of source locations and destinations for a group of n users, and a sequence of Categories of...
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Study of the Chinese loess and Siberian flood basalts: new global scale insights to the paleoclimate and geomagnetic field changes
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Paleomagnetism, in conjunction with other earth science methods, studies the behavior of the Earth's magnetic field, the drift of tectonic plate, climate and environmental changes. This thesis implements different applications of paleomagnetism to develop a technique to evaluate age for the...
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Life history strategies of northern form Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma malma) in the western Canadian Arctic
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Northern form Dolly Varden char (Salvelinus malma malma) inhabit cold-water streams in the western Canadian Arctic. They are an important cultural and subsistence resource to local Aboriginal communities, yet little is known about their complex early life histories. Populations of Dolly Varden...
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Computing Velocity of Multiple Objects in Sequences of Images With an Application In Water-Based Bitumen Extraction Process
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Image-based analysis of bitumen extraction process can provide the oil companies with useful information that can be used to assess their performance in retrieving bitumen from the oil sands. In this analysis, several slurry images are taken during the extraction process, and then image...
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Spring 2017
The pulp and paper industry plays a vital role in Canada’s economy, and Alberta’s pulp and paper industry has a 10% production share in Canada. Alberta’s pulp and paper industry is the third largest energy consumer in the province’s industrial sector, and there is significant potential to reduce...
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Spring 2018
With increasing data rate demand, caching popular multimedia content at base stations or routers is emerging as a promising technology for 5G. The primary benefits of wireless caching in cellular networks are traffic offload from macro base stations and decreased delays at the user equipment....
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Spring 2018
Backfill utilization has been necessary for underground mining practices ever since the scarcity of economic minerals near ground surface started shallow underground mining. Economic factors inevitably realized this condition. Mine waste disposal and ground support means led to backfill...
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Fall 2017
Despite the widely acknowledged importance of university leadership, North American universities are facing a scarcity of senior faculty able or willing to take on leadership positions, including department chairships (Luna, 2012; Appadurai, 2009; Gmelch & Miskin, 2011). While professors often...
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Wildlife Management in Parks and Protected Areas: Indigenous Peoples and Stakeholder Perceptions in Elk Island National Park, Alberta
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Elk Island National Park (EINP) is located approximately 35 km from a large urban centre, Edmonton, Alberta. The Park is home to three species of large ungulates, plains bison, wood bison, and elk, that are actively managed. All three species have been used for translocation conservation efforts,...