• What Makes a Founder? : Determining the Founder of New Thought 

  Shopf, Kevin (Arts, University of Calgary, 2018-08-14)

  This thesis both rekindles the debate over the title of “founder” of New Thought and presents a definitive statement on who should be considered the “founder.” In this debate, the long-standing and most accepted “founder” ...

• Enhancing Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage Applications in Challenging and Non-Challenging Oil Sands Reservoirs 

  Austin-Adigio, Maureen Emakpor (Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2018-08-13)

  Unlike the relatively clean or non-challenging ones, difficult-to-produce oil sands reservoirs with respect to Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) are so named because of adverse geological features present in them, ...

• What Really Happened that Night in Kingston? A National Conversation 

  Willerth, Melanie Lyne (Arts, University of Calgary, 2018-07)

  The CBC released a new digital strategy, entitled A Space for Us All, which highlights their desire to break away from traditional broadcasting and break into the digital sphere. This thesis outlines how they completed ...

• Stratigraphic Characterization of an Early Cretaceous Channel-belt Avulsion: Implications for Paleoenvironmental Interpretations of the McMurray Formation, Alberta 

  Martin, Harrison Kirby (Science, University of Calgary, 2018-08-08)

  Deposits of the Early Cretaceous McMurray Formation, in the southeast Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) Alberta, Canada, compose a world-class archive of fluvial-deltaic deposition. The integration of uniquely dense wireline ...

• Navigation of UAV in Denied GNSS Environments Using Multi-Sensor Systems 

  Mostafa, Mostafa Mohamed Ahmed (Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2018-08-10)

  There have been extensive market demands over the past 10 years for deploying small autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in enormous civil and military applications such as search and rescue, disaster management, ...

• Immuno-Modulating Properties of Tulathromycin in Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus-Infected Macrophages In Vitro. 

  Desmonts de Lamache, Dimitri (Science, University of Calgary, 2018-08-10)

  With a total cost of productivity losses estimated at $600 million annually in the U.S alone, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is a major concern in the swine industry. PRRS etiological agent, the porcine ...

• Will women interact with technology to increase physical activity? 

  Hildebrand, Kathy Louise (Nursing, University of Calgary, 2018-08-09)

  Background: Cardiovascular disease continues to be one of the leading causes of death for women. New approaches need to be identified that will enable women to recognize modifiable risk factors (i.e., smoking, diabetes, ...

• Securing Land and Land Transactions in Accra: Land Registration and Off-Register Strategies. The Case of Oyibi and Dansoman 

  Sewornu, Rita Esinu (Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2018-08-09)

  This doctoral thesis develops theory to explain how landholders secure their land and land transactions and why they use or do not use land registration and off-register land-securing strategies in urban and peri-urban ...

• Lake and River Level Monitoring in Canada Using Satellite Altimetry 

  Akbarighadikolaei, Masume (Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2018-08-09)

  Canada has many lakes and rivers, and studying these inland water resources requires information about their water level changes. Until recently, the knowledge of the spatiotemporal variations of continental waters in ...

• Identification and Characterization of Moesin-, PIP2-mediated Solid Particle Phagocytosis 

  Tu, Zhongyuan (Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 2018-08-09)

  Phagocytosis is the defining feature of professional phagocytes of the innate immune system. This function is typically carried out by phagocytic receptors on the cell surface. These receptors can mediate binding and ...

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