Degree: Master of Science Abstract: This study investigates the role hybrid poplar may play in reducing the cost of achieving self-sustaining status in herds of boreal caribou, an ecotype of woodland caribou, Rangifer tarandus caribou found in northeast Alberta. Boreal caribou are currently listed a...

Specialization: Plant Science Degree: Doctor of Philosophy Abstract: Triacylglycerol (TAG) is the major storage lipid in higher plants and has great nutritional and industrial value. Plant storage lipid biosynthesis involves different subcellular compartments and a complex network of enzymes and pro...

Specialization: Land Reclamation & Remediation Degree: Master of Science Abstract: Research Problem Since the introduction of open pit mining of the Athabasca Bituminous Sands (ABS) in 1967, this industry has generated considerable quantities of mineral dust that when released is injected into the a...

Degree: Master of Science Abstract: Prescription of high dose antipsychotics remains a common practice, contrary to available evidence. Studies have found that, on average, high daily doses of antipsychotics are no more effective or are less effective than are moderate doses, and have indicated that...

Degree: Master of Science Abstract: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health problem. Incorrect or missed serodiagnosis for TB, especially in resource-limited settings, is one of the main reasons for TB epidemics. Clinically, serological tests that use circulating antibodies are attractive because...

Some consequences of non performance of an obligation or a prayer is evaluated under the title of Qadha (Making Up). Qadha appears in a lot of acts with its cause and effects. Qadha is to get out of an obligation by giving the same thing or an equivalent one as what is retained is someone else’s rig...

The aim of the study: In the process of dealing with diabetes every day the sense of coherence plays an important role. This construct in the salutogenesis theory determines the ability ofan individual to skilfully utilize the available resources for their own wellbeing. In many works the influence...

f-baeaf.The adoption of international accounting standards in Brazil enabled companies to assess items of fixed assets at fair value, using the deemed cost, as a procedure authorised to provide a new monetary translation for those items, in return for liquid assets and possible reflections on liabil...

Conceptual, axiological and systematic misunderstandings of law include the seed and the entire tree of theories and practices that shape, confirm or anchor the plight of socio-ecological injustice. In essence, apart from the oldest religious and philosophical currents, the ethical and legal harshne...

This study aims to to understand and illustrating the effort to encourage school a competitive advantage well as to the vendors angkringan order to be able to maintain a venture thus being able to compete in the city of ponorogo. Was used in the study a qualitative approach was adopted by applying a...

Our personal information, habits, likes and dislikes can be all deduced from our mobile devices. Safeguarding mobile privacy is therefore of great concern. Transparency and individual control are bedrock principles of privacy but making informed choices about which mobile apps to use has been shown...

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy Abstract: The increasing awareness of the sustainable implications of the construction industry requires an expansion in the types of assessment criteria used to evaluate the systems deployed in building. This expansion allows engineers to consider several criteria of va...

This study explores the role of exchange in creating, solidifying, or de-stabilizing the bonds and hierarchies structuring social and power relations in early modern England. The symbolic economies of gift and commodity--in social practice and as constructed in treatises and the theater--provided th...

Fourteen college students in science, engineering, or mathematics (SEM) programs who have a vision/hearing/motor impairment were interviewed to investigate: (1) What might explain why proportionately fewer students with disabilities pursue SEM than others? (2) In light of those factors, why and how...

The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which the educational status of music listeners is reflected in the content of their written discourse about a serial composition to which they listen in a non-directed situation. The problem was stated as follows: what difference in the conte...

Specialization: Mining Engineering Degree: Doctor of Philosophy Abstract: High resolution spatial numerical models of metallurgical properties constrained by geological controls and more extensively measured grade and geomechanical properties constitute an important part of geometallurgy. The spatia...

Degree: Master of Science Abstract: The expansion of the human footprint across the world is increasing the number of interactions between humans and wildlife. Many studies have quantified wildlife behavioural responses to humans, as this is an active area of research with practical implications for...

Specialization: Energy Systems Degree: Master of Science Abstract: Facing the trend of rapid-growing solar PV capacity, there is an increasing demand for achieving efficient and reliable energy conversion between distributed PV plants and the utility power grid. Varieties of the three-phase transfor...

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy Abstract: The purpose of the study was to examine a particular division-level implementation of the Health-Promoting Schools (HPS) Approach, the Battle River Project (BRP). Schools have become an important setting to positively affect health behaviors of children and you...

Specialization: Chemical Engineering Degree: Master of Science Abstract: Athabasca Bitumen and other heavy hydrocarbon resources are high-mean-molar-mass and structured organic materials with complex phase behaviors at the nano- and micro- meter length scales. Diffusion of light hydrocarbons, and no...

Degree: Master of Science Abstract: Poplar forestry plantations have the potential for genomic improvements in growth rates and yields. In order to examine the potential for establishing future plantations of improved poplars in Alberta, this thesis seeks to provide an understanding of the price beh...

Degree: Master of Science Abstract: For the last two decades the Canadian province of Alberta has experienced rapid conversion of former farmland into residential and industrial uses. The resulting loss of prime agricultural land and the low density of housing and industry have prompted new interest...

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Degree: Master of Science Abstract: This study develops the water requirement factors for different thermo-chemical and biochemical biomass conversion pathways for production of biofuels and biopower. Twelve biomass conversion pathways based on six biomass feedstocks are assessed. For all these path...

Collection of articles from the 26th Colloquium of CerLiCO, Language Circle of the Centre de l’Ouest, held at University Michel de Montaigne-Bordeaux 3 on 1 and 20 June 2012. Under the leadership of Catherine Moreau, Jean Albrespit and Frédéric Lambert.Other title: Diversity of languages and metalin...