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Spring 2018

Han, Wei

Blood-metabolite-based biomarkers are useful for the early-stage diagnosis, accurate prognostic prediction and personalized treatment of various diseases. Blood contains a massive number of metabolites that can potentially become biomarkers, but the metabolome coverage of current analytical...

Spring 2018

Prete, Tiffany D

The author of this research study explored Alberta Education’s efforts to teach Albertan students about the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada. Alberta Education (2002b) released the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit (FNMI) policy framework that it mandated for implementation in all Alberta schools. ...

Spring 2017

Inagaki Nagase, Fernanda N

People with diabetes are at a greater risk of developing foot complications and this chronic condition continues to be the leading cause of non-traumatic amputations in Canada. The purpose of this thesis was to examine the impact diabetic foot problems have on health-related quality of life of...

Spring 2017

Faghih Dinevari, Amir Hossein

With the growing population of the elderly and the decline of population growth rate, developed countries are facing problems in taking care of their elderly. One of the issues that is becoming more severe is the issue of companionship for the aged people, particularly those who chose to live...

Fall 2017

Zhang, Jinman

Visualization has long been used in journalism to facilitate news storytelling. Media outlets applying visualization techniques in the news articles to communicate information efficiently and intuitively. This thesis aims to explore the way that visualization is applied in digital journalism with...

Fall 2017

Cunningham, Joshua Michael

The on-going development of micro- and nano-fabrication methods is facilitating interest and investigation into neural probes and implants for use as neurosurgical diagnostic tools and brain-computer interfaces (BCI). Key to the development of all neural probes, from invasive to non-invasive, is...

Spring 2017

Kovalchuk, Olga

Siliciclastic sediments become biostabilized when benthic bacteria penetrate into the pore spaces and secure grains with filaments and extracellular polymeric substances, forming a microbial mat. The cohesive microbial cover changes typical sedimentary dynamics and leads to formation of diverse...

Fall 2017

Jensen, Charles E

Ultrafast terahertz (THz) microscopy is an emerging field of research that leverages the imaging of picosecond electric field transients to explore free carrier responses from a near-field perspective. This thesis presents the first effort made to use an electro-optic imaging system to probe the...

Spring 2017

Anderson, Sharon D

Abstract Background: Family transitions such as the birth of children and retirement often necessitate a redefinition of the marriage relationship, as other roles are added or changed. Stroke is a common, and also a particularly difficult, transition for a married couple. In a third of marriages...

Fall 2017

Puplampu, Gideon L.

In this research, I sought to understand how nurses working in HIV care in Ghana live and work with hope. I tried to make visible how hope enhanced their work over time. Over several months in the summers of 2015 and 2016, I lived alongside five registered nurses as we explored how hope had...