The Vault: Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Browse by
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.
If you are a Graduate student submitting your final thesis to PRISM, please ensure you have read and submitted all required documents: http://grad.ucalgary.ca/current/thesis
If you require technical assistance please contact thesis@ucalgary.ca
The electronic theses and dissertations on this site are for the personal use of students, scholars and the public. Any commercial use, publication or lending of them in libraries is strictly prohibited.
Recent Submissions
-
Against Three Arguments for a Free Market in Healthcare
(Arts, University of Calgary, 2018-04-23)Healthcare is not like other commodities. Central features of healthcare undermine the benefits of a free market. A free market in healthcare fails to exhibit the same virtues as markets in other goods and services. ... -
Towards an Understanding of the Influence of Student Leadership Development on Early-Career Engineers
(Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2018-04-23)New engineering graduates must be equipped with diverse skillsets beyond their technical foundations to help solve the challenges of the twenty-first century. Among these skills includes an increasing recognition of the ... -
An exploration of the communication strategies of three early think tanks
(Arts, University of Calgary, 2018-04-20)This thesis discusses the development of communications strategies by three early think tanks. These are the British Socialist Fabian Society founded in 1884, the South African Afrikaner Broederbond founded in 1918, and ... -
Conversion of Petroleum Coke into Valuable Products using Catalytic and Non-Catalytic Oxy-Cracking Reaction
(Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2018-04-20)Every year millions of tons petroleum coke (petcoke) is generated as a by-product from bitumen and heavy oil upgrading due to the increasing demand in energy. Petcoke is a carbonaceous solid consisting of polycyclic aromatic ... -
Experiences and Impacts of a Cross-Cultural Professional Development Program from the Perspective of Chinese Visiting Scholars
(Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, 2018-04-20)Visiting scholar programs as a practice of internationalization in higher education are an increasingly common form of cross-cultural professional development in the era of globalization. Visiting scholars from China are ... -
Efficient Algorithms for Dynamic Cloud Resource Provisioning
(Science, University of Calgary, 2018-04-20)Cloud computing has emerged as a new computing paradigm, with data centers proliferating in today’s Internet. Cloud service providers often adopt static resource provisioning to pack cloud resources to fixed types of virtual ... -
Engaging in the "How to Care, What to Say" Grief and Loss Workshop: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study
(Nursing, University of Calgary, 2018-04-20)The purpose of this study was to evaluate an Alberta Health Services grief education workshop offered to health care providers through the Grief Support Program titled, “How to Care, What to Say.” The goal of the workshop ... -
Creating a Marked Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Vaccine Strain and Detecting Marker-Specific Immune Responses in Calves
(Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, 2018-04-17)Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is the etiological agent of Johne’s disease, a chronic, contagious granulomatous enteritis with a high global prevalence in dairy cattle. This disease causes significant ... -
Disease Control on Dairy Farms with a Focus on Johne's Disease and Veterinary Communication
(Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, 2018-04-19)Motivating dairy farmers to implement disease prevention and control strategies can be challenging. The first objective of this thesis was to assess factors that influence farmers’ management decisions. A literature review ... -
Design and Implementation of a Magnitude Only Bio-Impedance Analyzer
(Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2018-04-18)The increasing interest in the bio-impedance analysis in various fields has increased the demand for portable and low-cost impedance analyzers that can be used in the field. Simplifying the hardware is crucial to maintaining ...
RSS 1.0