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2015-07-29

Perez-Leon, Pollock, Karen, Mullen, Chloe

of CAC who had participated in earlier studies. Parents of 20 new control participants completed the Children’s Communication Checklist – 2 and the parent report form of the Social Skills Improvement System, and their results were compared to those of the matched group of CAC. When matched to their

non-adopted peers for parent age and education, the CAC group did not differ from the control group on the General Communication Composite of the CCC-2 or any of the subscales for vocabulary and structural aspects of language. Ultimately, CAC performed comparably to other children with highly educated

parents on the structural aspects of language. However, group differences were found on subscales of Nonverbal Communication and Social Relations. While no significant group differences were found on the SSiS composite scores for Social Skills or Problem Behaviours, the subscale for Autism Spectrum

1974

Athabasca Tar Sands Corridor Study Group

, highways and railways. The Corridor Concept is applicable. \"Alberta Skaro Terminal\" is the provisional name used in this report for the major provincial terminal. The purpose of this terminal is to receive, measure, pass-through, transfer, or direct liquid hydrocarbons by pipeline, railway or truck

Development Plan covered: the social and physical environment, engineering and economic considerations, hydrocarbon supply and demand, decentralization of urban growth, continued support of existing facilities, export of surplus products and the location constraints of each facility. Those participating in

the \"Corridor Concept\" part of the plan involved the public, citizens' groups, industry and the multi-discipline consultant group. After this participation and additional study the consultant group prepared the plan contained in this report. Optimistic projections were made to ensure flexibility in

2016-01-01

Abdelhakim, Tidjani Assad, Allard, Justis, Cherlet, Erin, Cichowska, Carla, Langat, Sandra, Lee, Janelle, Milner, Leon, Park, Na-Yeong, Pederson-Macnab, Michaela, Renner, Ashlyn, Stewart, Joshua, Stromberg, Dana, Way, Nikki, Davidson, Debra J.

This report represents the culmination of the final capstone team research project conducted by the undergraduate students of the University of Alberta’s Environmental and Conservation Sciences Program, Human Dimensions Majors, and Environmental Studies major. The research project was supervised by

the use of renewable energy sources in Alberta’s electricity grid, while bringing unique perspectives and skills to the project. The students were divided into three working groups according to their interests: one focused on science and engineering aspects of renewable energy technologies, one

Premier. The new ruling party entered with a climate change and energy platform that departed notably from its predecessor, and therefore the political landscape governing energy in the Province shifted significantly during the preparation of this report. While the Instructor assumed responsibility for

2010-08-10

BGC Engineering Inc.

BGC Engineering Inc. (BGC) conducted a scoping study of the state of knowledge related to technologies for reclaiming oil sands tailings substrates to upland boreal forests and wetlands for the Oil Sands Research and Information Network (OSRIN). The objective of the scoping study is to help

establish an understanding of the status of fine tailings reclamation technology in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR). Relevant research was compiled from peer reviewed and non-peer reviewed sources including journals, conference proceedings, magazine articles, internal and consultant reports

2002

MacDonald, Steve

Technical report TR02-02. Parallel programming offers potentially large performance benefits for computationally intensive problems. Unfortunately, it is difficult to obtain these benefits because parallel programs are more complex than their sequential counterparts. One way to reduce this

ensure correctness. Lower layers gradually provide access to the generated structural code and other low-level facilities. The CO2P3S parallel programming system is an example of a tool that supports the PDP process. It generates multithreaded Java frameworks for a set of supported design pattern

1994

Peters, Randal J.

Technical report TR94-06. Object-oriented computing is influencing many areas of computer science, including database systems. Despite many advances, object-oriented computing is still in its infancy and a universally accepted definition of an object-oriented model is virtually nonexistent. In

of objects, defines a clear separation between primitive components, and incorporates a uniform semantics over objects. A behavioral model definition specifies the semantics of objects and this is integrated with a structural model to form a complete model definition. The meta-model is uniformly

1990

Pigot, M. E., Macyk, T. M., Moran, S. R., Trudell, M. R.

pond was perched above the water table. This pond was instrumented in September 1987 to monitor the subsurface water and salinity regime. Observations that continued throughout 1988 and 1989 provide the basis of this report. The closed basin responsible for the existence of pond S195 was formed by

produced a hydraulic barrier with sufficiently high density and low hydraulic conductivity that rapid downward drainage of the ponded water was prevented. The hydraulic conductivity was further reduced by sealing of the upper surface of the spoil as a result of structural collapse of sodic clay in

2019-03-20

Baker, Kathleen, Macciotta, Renato, Hendry, Michael T, Lefsrud, Lianne M

workers. This final report serves to provide a thorough review of the research completed as part of the creative sentencing project resulting from that fatality. It represents an unprecedented collaboration and initiative between the oil sands industry, regional contractors, the Province of Alberta, and

as training, permits, and hazard assessment to protect worker safety. This value was confirmed by engineers who indicated that engineering controls and elimination and substitution methods are implemented in the design phase, but administrative controls are the primary method to mitigate hazards in

the Canadian Institute of Mining Convention 2018, Petroleum Safety Conference 2018, Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference 2017 and 2018, GeoEdmonton 2018, and 2018 Geohazards 7. The attendees at these presentations provided valuable feedback on the project at every stage of the research process

1997

Fantino, Alberto A., Veeman, Terry S., Peng, Yanning

, and rising living standards. Therefore, the performance of the industry is critical to Alberta's economy. In the thirty-two year period of 1961-1993, the Alberta food and beverage industry has experience fundamental structural changes toward greater scale economies featured by higher levels of

profitability and market share. Total factor productivity, measured by the index number approach, has been used to assess the performance of the food and beverage industry in both Alberta and Canada in the report. Although both output and inputs grow faster in Alberta than in Canada, Alberta's TFP growth in the

subsector, has benefited from structural change in the industry, the exploitation of economies of scale, and increases in labour productivity. Finally, it is important to note the beneficial impacts that productivity improvement is primary agriculture has on the processing sector, and vice versa. Gains in

2010-11-30

Welham, C.

young reclamation plantations at the Kearl Lake mine. The report begins with an introductory chapter that defines core concepts and project objectives. Dendrochronology The dendrochronology work examined the relationship between climate and tree growth (specifically ring width) for four species (white

may better explain ring chronologies. The full report is provided in Section 2. Habitat suitability analysis Habitat suitability indices (HSIs) were calculated from equations for 10 boreal forest wildlife species (moose, black bear, snowshoe hare, lynx, red-backed vole, fisher, Cape May warbler

degree of biodiversity on the reclaimed landscape. 6. When habitat recovery rates on reclaimed sites are considered in conjunction with the overall mine footprint, it suggests that the negative impact of the operation is not trivial with respect to habitat loss. The full report is contained in Section 3