• Are We Increasingly Disconnected in an Increasingly Connected World 

  Bignell, Sanchia (Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, 2020-02-12)

  The study explores factors influencing relatedness and loneliness in the context of digital connectivity. These factors include personality traits, time spent connecting face to face, time spent connecting via digital ...

• Leadership Impact on Lecturer Retention at University Preparation Programs in Malaysia 

  St. Germain, David (Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, 2020-02-11)

  The purpose of this study was to understand the importance of leadership and organizational climate among the possible factors that may influence expatriate lecturers (ELs) working at higher education institutions (HEIs) ...

• Women’s Perception of Mentorship in a Saudi Arabian Post Secondary Context 

  Taylor, Terumi Anne (Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, 2020-02-10)

  Mentorship is an important development process that is assumed to have individual and institutional benefits. Few postsecondary institutions offer formalized faculty mentorship programs despite the perceived benefits for ...

• Insights on the Thermal Efficiency of SAGD from Data Analytics 

  Pinto, Helen (Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2020-02-07)

  The research in this thesis explores three aspects of Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) oil recovery using public information, with the aim of uncovering new insights about field performance that cannot be deduced ...

• Diversity of plant niches available for Hominin settlement during Upper Bed I- Lower Bed II: A phytolith perspective, Oldupai Gorge (Tanzania) 

  Itambu, Makarius Peter (Arts, University of Calgary, 2020-01-09)

  This research focused on reconstructing the diversity of plant landscapes that framed hominin evolution in Oldupai Gorge. The study had two main overarching goals with interrelated objectives. The first goal was to assess ...

• Influence of Inflammation, Insulin Resistance and Excess Body Size on Breast Cancer Risk: A Nested Case-Control Study 

  Haig, Tiffany R. (Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 2020-02-06)

  Background: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy affecting women in Canada. In 2019, breast cancer represented 25% of all new cancers among Canadian women and 13% of all cancer deaths. Excess body size is associated ...

• Development of a Novel Reclaiming Process for Degraded Formulated Solvents from Industrial Gas Processing and Purification 

  Wu, Xueqin (Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2020-01-31)

  Recently mixed amines become the preferred formulated solvents for CO2 capture from flue gases to meet the cleanup targets at minimum energy consumptions in many commercial large CO2 capture operations, such as Boundary ...

• Variability in resting-state brain networks 

  Oliver i Alabau, Isaura (Science, University of Calgary, 2020-02-03)

  Recently, new studies have detected that group average brain networks display distinct organization compared with individual subject networks. In particular, each subject network presents a distinctive topology. How this ...

• Exploring a Banking Training Program from an Adult Learning Perspective 

  Zhu, Hui (Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, 2020-01-31)

  This qualitative case study investigated a bank training program from the perspective of employees who have taken the program. The focus is on how, as adult learners, they experienced the program and viewed the learning ...

• Comparative Techno economic Analysis of Ammonia Electrosynthesis 

  Wang, Miao (Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2020-01)

  Ammonia (NH3) is a valuable chemical that is used as fertilizer, antimicrobial agent, and household cleaner and is among the largest chemicals produced globally. Currently, the Haber-Bosch (H-B) process, which requires ...

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