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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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.
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A Machine Learning Approach to Detect Unexpected Behaviours in Scenario-Based Specifications
(Arts, University of Calgary, 2022-11)Scenario-based specification languages such as Message Sequence Charts (MSCs) and UML sequence Diagrams (SDs) are popular means for eliciting, documenting and validating software requirements. However, each scenario ... -
A shifting “man-scape”: Exploring the narratives and counter-narratives of masculinity and allyship
(Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, 2022-11)As discussed in the work of Pringle and Hickey (2010), in a time of “high modernity” (Giddens, 1991), masculine identities can be understood as “peculiarly robust and fragile” (p. 116) in that day-to-day action is constantly ... -
Alternative Albertan Agriculture
(Arts, University of Calgary, 2022-11)Humanity is facing multiple crises. We are simultaneously experiencing a climate crisis, ecological degradation, rising inequality, and issues in access and distribution of nutritious food. While there is no panacea for ... -
The Meaningful Experiences of Young Indigenous Filmmakers While Learning Filmmaking Techniques and Creating and Sharing Films
(Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, 2022-11)Although there has been some research involving Indigenous youth and digital media, there is a gap in the literature involving filmmaking as pedagogy with Indigenous youth. This qualitative research study employed a broad ... -
Constrained LASSO for Sparse Identification of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems (SINDy)
(Science, University of Calgary, 2022-11-28)Our work explores and expands on (Brunton, Proctor, and Kutz, 2016) with regard to bluff body vortex shedding. We have adapted the SINDy method by applying a transformation of the data to reduce the number of dimensions ... -
Gaining more from Tweets: Knowledge, Actions, and Requirements Elicitation by a Hybrid Method of Natural Language Processing
(Science, University of Calgary, 2022-11-28)In Decision Support Systems (DSS) one of the most important types of input data for supporting the final decisions is textual data. However, in this era, there are significantly more volumes of textual content generated ... -
Blood, Sweat, and Oil: An Ethnographic Examination of Worker Well-being and Culture in Alberta’s Petroleum Industry
(Social Work, University of Calgary, 2022-11-25)Natural resource extraction is an industry that provides crude oil, minerals, and gas for global consumption. Despite the increasing visibility of the environmental, economic, and political harm attributed to the petroleum ... -
Examining Brain Structure after Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
(Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 2022-11-28)Mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs) affect millions of children annually and present a huge burden to the public health care system. mTBIs often lead to emotional, cognitive, and physical difficulties, together known as ... -
Leadership Practices of Founding School Leaders in Canadian Private Schools
(Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, 2022-10-12)In Canada, and around the world, in recent years there has been a proliferation in school choice. School choice includes options for K-12 students that include public, Catholic, charter, private schools, home schooling, ... -
Energy Districts: energy efficiency evaluation and solar strategies for representatives’ Canadian neighbourhoods (Canadian Archetypes)
(Environmental Design, University of Calgary, 2022-11-24)This thesis examines the energy performance of existing Canadian neighborhoods using a method that analyzes the urban layout and multiple archetypes that are representatives of urban communities in Canada. The method ...