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Variable Retention Harvesting: Mortality of Residual Trees and Natural Regeneration of White Spruce
DownloadFall 2010
In this thesis I examined the impacts of variable retention harvesting on residual tree mortality and natural regeneration of white spruce [Picea glauca (Moench (Voss)] in northern Alberta. The VR was done in four overstory canopy compositions (ranging from deciduous dominated to conifer...
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Fall 2014
This thesis develops an efficient quantile-adaptive framework for linear and nonlinear variable screening with high-dimensional heterogeneous data. Inspired by the success of various variable screening methods, especially in the quantile-adaptive framework, we develop a more efficient variable...
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Fall 2016
Variable Speed Limit (VSL), an active traffic demand management (ATDM) strategy, is widely exercised to improved freeway operations by influencing collective driving pattern during congested condition. Since high traffic flow coupled with elevated lane changing rate can onset congestion on...
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Spring 2014
Over the past few decades, several active traffic control methods have been developed and implemented to mitigate freeway congestion. Among them, Variable Speed Limit (VSL) is considered the most efficient control method. In addition, the latest advances in Intelligent Transportation Systems...
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Fall 2011
The use of variable-length codes to construct capacity approaching constrained sequence codes is examined. Constrained sequence codes are commonly used for digital storage and transmission, but have historically been implemented using block codes. A new technique is developed for constructing...
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Spring 2016
Block-oriented constrained sequence codes have historically been used in the digital communications and data storage industry. However, we contend that in certain applications, variable-length constrained sequence codes can be better than block codes in terms of efficiency and implementation...
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Variation by Oncologist in Treatment Patterns of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Colorectal Cancer and End-of-life Care for Colorectal Cancer Patients in Alberta, Canada
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Colorectal cancer is one of major public health concerns in Canada. Prior studies have demonstrated a substantial proportion of patients in Alberta with stage III colon or stage II/III rectal cancer did not receive guideline-recommended adjuvant chemotherapy. Certain patient factors related with...