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Fall 2016
Drawing on ideas from turbulent plume theory, a novel solution is presented for buoyant convection from an isolated source in uniform and non-uniform porous media of finite extents. In the former case, the problem is divided into three flow regimes: (i) a negatively-buoyant plume, (ii)...
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Localization and Trafficking of the Death-Inducing Fas Ligand Protein in Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes
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Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) can kill tumor cells and cells infected with intracellular pathogens. Their two major killing mechanisms are the degranulation pathway and the Fas-FasL pathway. The degranulation process consists of the release of cytolytic perforin and granzyme molecules that are...
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Fall 2014
This thesis is concerned with the ultrasonic heart image segmentation problem using parametric active contour model. Most of the existing parametric models consider only either the edge or the regional information. In this thesis, we propose a new parametric active contour model considering both...
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Quantification of Performance of Wildfire Chemicals using a Custom-Built Sensible Enthalpy Rise Calorimeter
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A simple and effective laboratory experiment was developed to investigate the relationship between coverage level, fuel load, and fire intensity for different vegetative fuels. The experiment consisted of a fuel bed consisting of known quantities of fuel load and applied coverage, and an...
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Spring 2011
This study examines the progress of young adult (YA) literature in the twenty-first century, as influenced by Web 2.0 social networking technology and sliding structural temporalities of age and maturity in these digital times. The context is Stephenie Meyer’s popular Twilight saga, a pioneering...
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Fall 2009
Policy emphasis on education as a medium to alleviate poverty and to achieve development is this thesis’s topic. Long enforcement of this approach has led us not only to believe in the education-for-prosperity link, but also to reproduce it and create a social system that works in line with it....
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Erosion and Erodibility from Off Highway Vehicle Trails in Alberta's Southern Rocky Mountains
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Runoff, sediment production, and erodibility from off highway vehicle (OHV) trails was studied using rainfall simulation experiments and natural rainfall observations in Alberta’s south-west Rocky Mountains to evaluate the suitability of models such as Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) to...