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2003

Blanchet, Warren, Schofield, Curtis, Stroulia, Eleni, Liu, Ying, Wong, Ken, Xing, Zhenchang

Technical report TR03-19. In most engineering disciplines, it is assumed that the education of their professionals involves an apprenticeship component, in addition to their formal training. This is why most undegraduate software-engineering programs involve a capstone project course, where

2010-08-11

BGC Engineering Inc.

BGC Engineering Inc. (BGC) conducted a review of existing tailings technologies for the Oil Sands Research and Information Network (OSRIN). Over the years, many technologies have been proposed and field tested but they have been rejected for lack of technical or economic feasibility. With no

unique and acceptable solution yet in sight, research is now focusing on schemes which utilize more than one technology and combining them into a disposal package. This report presents an in-depth review of the state-of-knowledge related to oil sands fine tailings treatment technologies. All information

is from publicly available sources at the time of writing. The aim of this report is to serve as a fundamental planning document for future research initiatives by OSRIN and other research agencies to support, promote, and improve the oil sands industry’s capability to deal with the challenges of

1975-01-01

Mussavind, T. V.

Conservation Board and under the direction of B.C. Doell study co-ordinator. In March, 1974, the study was awarded to Thurber Consultants Ltd. who had submitted a joint proposal with Crippen Engineering Ltd. and Northwest Hydraulic Consultants Ltd. The Consultants' report was submitted in two volumes in

early February, 1975. This is a summary of the Consultant’s findings. It should be noted, however, that owing to the complicated conditions at Crooked Rapids, a summary of reasonable length cannot cover all aspects of the situation. Consequently, Volume 1 of the Consultant’s report must also be read

before a full appreciation of the various problems can be obtained. The Consultants were requested to carry out preliminary studies to determine the technical feasibility and estimated cost of constructing a dam in the vicinity of Crooked Rapids. The study was to encompass all engineering considerations

2006

Qin, Xuejie, Yang, Herb

Technical report TR06-09. This paper presents a new technique, called aura 3D textures, for generating solid textures based on input examples. Our method is fully automatic and requires no user interactions in the process. Given an input texture sample, our method first creates its aura matrix

the evaluation results using human subjects, we conclude that our algorithm can generate faithful results of both stochastic and structural textures with an average successful rate of 76.4%. Our experimental results also show that the new method outperforms Wei & Levoy's method and is comparable to

2012-01-31

Kelso, Kaali

results on the Children’s Communication Checklist – Second Edition (CCC-2), a parent report measure, were compared to their scores on the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals – Fourth Edition (CELF-4). Although the individual subtests on the assessment were not correlated, the overall structural

the CELF-4 and the CCC-2. Ideally, assessment of children who were adopted internationally should include both parent reports, such as the CCC-2, and standardized tests.

2006

Li, Yuxi, Bai, Baochun, Harms, Janelle, Holte, Robert

Technical report TR06-11. Intra-domain traffic engineering is essential for the operation of an Internet Service Provider (ISP). Demand-oblivious routing (Applegate and Cohen 2003) promises excellent performance guarantee with changing and uncertain traffic demands. However, it is non-trivial

1982

Lindsay, J. D., Turchenek, L. W.

, agriculture, engineering, wildlife and recreational uses, and soil sensitivity to acidic deposition. Data for representative soil profiles are presented in RMD Report L-80, \"Soils Inventory of the Alberta Oil Sands Environmental Research Study Area: Appendix 9.4\".

A soil survey of the Alberta Oil Sands Environmental Research Program (AOSERP) study area was initiated in 1976 as part of the program objective to establish a data base for the area. The purpose of this report and accompanying soil maps is to provide data on the kinds, characteristics, location

means of air photo interpretation and supporting field checks on 1:50,000 airphotos. Recurring patterns of soils, landforms, and vegetation were delineated. The information was transferred first to 1:50,000 preliminary maps and then to eight 1:126,720 maps which accompany this report. General

1996

Liu, Ling

Technical report TR96-30. The increased complexity of object-oriented models necessitates the enhancement of adaptiveness and robustness of an object-oriented design towards changing requirements. The understanding of what properties are critical for construction of an adaptive schema design

. They encourage the reuse of operational specifications against the structural modification of an object-oriented schema. Propagation pattern refinement is suited for the specification of reusable operational modules. The main innovations are in raising the level of abstraction for behavioral schema

design, and for making possible the derivation of operational semantics from structural specifications. We argue that, by using these adaptive specification techniques, the workload required for reorganization and reprogramming of the existing investment (object base and programs), after parts of the

2013

Smith, Malinda .S.

hiring bridged the gender gap at the University of Alberta? This AASUA Equity Report analyzes the 2011 University of Alberta Employment Equity Census data for 17 faculties2 and finds the following: First, there is a gender gap at all ranks and levels. Male professors outnumber women 2:1.Second, the

, male full professors outnumber male new scholars and mid-career scholars by almost 2:1, meaning most male faculty at the University are concentrated at the highest rank. Third, the gender gap varies across the 17 faculties examined in this report. The most significant gender gaps are in 8 faculties

that have between 10 to 30% female professors. The 8 include the faculties of Science, Engineering, Business, Medicine & Dentistry, Augustana, Law, School of Public Health, and Physical Education & Recreation.

1988

Scott, J. D., Zinter, G., Pauls, D. R., Dusseault, M. B.

This is one of a series of reports that presents the findings of the Plains Hydrology and Reclamation Project (PHRP), an interdisciplinary study that focuses primarily on hydrologic aspects of reclamation of surface coal mines in the plains of Alberta. This research has been conducted by the

also in the surrounding area. This report focuses on PHRP Sub-objective A5, which is concerned with subsidence behaviour in reclaimed mine spoil. Differential subsidence of reclaimed surfaces has been demonstrated to create water—holding depressions that disrupt farming operations and to cause

pavement distress in roads crossing reclaimed areas. Subsidence depressions have the potential to delay granting of reclamation certification in the Plains region of Alberta. As part of our study of this phenomenon, we have reviewed the available engineering literature relative to subsidence of reclaimed