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Fall 2009

King, Martina

The goal of this study is to better understand academic library design, selection, and use of web icons. An additional goal is to discover some of the possible consequences of icon design decisions for student users. This research is meant to help library staff better understand the factors...

Fall 2011

Owens, Corey

This thesis is an ethnographic comparison of two martial arts training systems, with the goal of discovering what methods martial arts teachers employ to define and negotiate relationships with their students. Informed by the approaches employed by previous martial arts scholars, this study uses...

2016-10-14

Salami, Bukola

SSHRC Awarded IG 2017: There is a paucity of research on the factors that shape the pathways from being a Temporary Foreign Worker [TFW] to other status in Canada and how TFWs' agency can be further leveraged to address their precarious migration status in Canada. Drawing on data from Alberta,...

Spring 2013

Becker, Ava

Our current understanding of Spanish heritage language development (HLD) in the English-speaking world is largely restricted to non-refugee Hispanic groups in the United States (Potowski & Rothman, 2011). The present thesis addresses this gap by probing the relationship between the leftist...

Fall 2020

Marcinkevics, Dustin

This correlational study examines the predictive utility of several demographic and psychological variables on problem gambling categorization and severity within a population of post-secondary students and student-athletes. The current research used a integrative model of problem gambling...

2019-12-05

Salim, Saad Y

Proportion of Female/Male Students and Principal Investigators at the University of Alberta, 2016-2019

2021-08-16

Ashley Dugarte, Scott James Perry, Dr. Benjamin Tucker

Word-final rhotics are realized differently across the various dialects of Spanish. This research contributes to our knowledge of this variation by investigating the production of the voiced alveolar tap in Castilian Spanish in word final position by analysing infinitive verbs. The present...

Spring 2013

Selzler, Anne-Marie

Background: Exercise cognitions and beliefs are key associates of exercise behaviour. Self-talk is an intrapersonal communication system that may be a useful technique for studying exercise-related beliefs in pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) patients. The purpose of this research was to determine...

2013-05-23

Hackett, Chris, Eerkes, Deborah

A working group of the University of Alberta's Campus Law Review Committee (CLRC) examined the use of Text Matching Software (TMS) as a tool to detect plagiarism in student work. The group met over the 2012-13 academic year to study the issue and made seven recommendations.

Fall 2012

Rust, Tiana, B

It is estimated that over 1.1 million people in Canada will have dementia by 2038 (Alzheimer Society of Canada, 2010). In the caregiving context it is important that independence be maintained for as long as possible. Previous research has shown that caregivers can inadvertently create excess...