The Vault: Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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This collection is the result of a joint project between the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Libraries and Cultural Resources which provides Graduate students with the opportunity to archive their thesis with University Archives in our digital repository.
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Quantum Phase Characterization via Entanglement Scaling in Fermionic Quantum Wires
(Science, University of Calgary, 2019-10-08)Quantum entanglement is studied in the context of its use as a probe of quantum phases within fermionic non-interacting quantum wires. In particular, we consider the uniform lattice, as well as the Su-Schreiffer-Heeger ... -
Measuring Catastrophic Health Expenditure: Innovation and Validation
(Arts, University of Calgary, 2019-10-04)This research attempts to provide an innovative approach to measuring Catastrophic Health Expenditure (CHE) that captures the dynamics of household assets globally. CHE is a major cause that pushes households into poverty ... -
Deforestation in Indonesia: The Politics of Land Use Change Post Suharto
(Arts, University of Calgary, 2019-10-01)Over the past 25 years over 130 million hectares of natural forest land on our planet has been lost accelerating climate change and threatening the world’s most diverse ecosystems. Although the annual rate of global ... -
Central-place foraging, crop yield, and population change in bees: A study in canola agroecosystems
(Science, University of Calgary, 2019-10-01)Canola (Brassica napus L.) is a valuable crop that occupies a large part of the Canadian prairies, and is visited by wild and managed bees. However, the distribution of foraging bees in mass-flowering crops (MFCs), the ... -
The Effect of Political Ideology on Moral Judgments of Minority Group Members
(Arts, University of Calgary, 2019-09-30)There is evidence liberals are more likely to perceive minority group members as victims of racial discrimination and unfair treatment compared to conservatives. We examined whether perceived victim status affects people's ... -
Anelastic attenuation and anisotropy in seismic data: modeling and imaging
(Science, University of Calgary, 2019-09-30)Anisotropy and attenuation are critical to the modeling and analysis of seismic amplitude, phase, and traveltime data. Neglect of either of these phenomena, which are often both operating simultaneously, diminishes the ... -
TOOLS FOR FOCUSED ULTRASOUND TREATMENT PLANNING
(Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2019-09-27)Focused Ultrasound is earning fast clinical acceptance as a treatment approach that allows sending acoustic energy into the body noninvasively. This energy is concentrated into a small focal point and depending on the ... -
Treatment of Oil-Sands Produced Water by Electrocoagulation
(Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2019-09-23)In Alberta, the oil-sands industry plays an important role in the local economy. However, the industry consumes a large amount of water, which is not economical. Significant capital and operating costs have been invested ... -
Biosensors for the Detection of Naphthenic Acids in Wastewater from Oil Sands Operations
(Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 2019-09-19)Naphthenic acids (NA) are a complex group of acyclic and cyclic alkyl-substituted carboxylic acids that are present in the bitumen mined from the oil sands. NAs accumulate in the tailings waste produced from processing ... -
A Mixed Studies Systematic Review Evaluating the Effectiveness of Adolescent Inpatient Eating Disorder Treatment
(Nursing, University of Calgary, 2019-09-25)Research literature discussing effective treatment components for adolescents with eating disorders remains unclear. To ensure timely and informed decision-making in clinical practice for adolescent inpatient eating disorders ...
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