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Fall 2021
Current mainstream fertilizers are disruptive to the environment. This includes pollution, soil quality degradation, and even air pollution. Alternative methods for supplying nutrients to plants is important, as there is a high demand for improving crop yields to sustain the growing population....
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Valorization of waste protein biomass for bio-based plastics, composites and adhesives development
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The increasing demand and cost escalation of raw materials for industrial chemicals, materials and energy impel the development of sustainable strategies of resource utilization. Such resource demand spurred investigation for the utilization of agricultural wastes and by-products. The emergence...
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Spring 2010
The research presented in this thesis focuses on determining the value of irrigation water in southern Alberta. Utilizing a stated preference method, the research represents a successful attempt at applying contingent behavior scenarios to estimate irrigation water supply and demand, and thus...
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Value and compensation: subsistence production in the Dene economy, Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories
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Masters thesis. Proposes an alternative framework for assessing the significance of the bush-subsistence sector of the Dene economy using a political economy/mode of production analysis. Critically reviews previous research on valuing the subsistence production of northern Native economics.
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Spring 2024
Optimistic value estimates provide one mechanism for directed exploration in reinforcement learning (RL). The agent acts greedily with respect to an estimate of the value plus what can be seen as a value bonus. The value bonus can be learned by estimating a value function on reward bonuses,...