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Relational Mealtimes in Long-Term Care: Understanding the context of care at mealtimes for residents with eating and other mealtime challenges
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-21)Background: Mealtimes in long-term care (LTC) are essential to resident health and well-being, as eating with others helps to reinforce relationships between those who live and work in these homes and their relationships ... -
Relational Urbanism: A Framework for Variability
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-07)In a context of rapid urbanization and increasingly standardized built environments, urbanism must find new methods of creating appropriate conditions for the variability of contemporary urban life. The city, understood ... -
The Relationship Between Active Galactic Nuclei and Metal-enriched Outflows in Galaxy Clusters
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-25)Clusters of galaxies are host to powerful Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) that greatly affect the thermal history of clusters. By keeping X-ray emitting gas from cooling, massive, run away star formation does not occur in the ... -
The relationship between adolescent physical activity, brain health, and academic achievement
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-03)Background: In addition to the numerous physical and mental health benefits attributable to regular physical activity, physical activity has more recently been hypothesized to improve academic performance via its beneficial ... -
The Relationship Between Attachment Insecurity and OCD Symptom Severity: The Mediating Role of Fear of Compassion
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-17)Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by distressing intrusive thoughts and compulsions implemented to neutralize the thoughts or mitigate potential harm. Attachment focused approaches to conceptualizing OCD ... -
The relationship between children's executive functioning, theory of mind, and verbal skills with their own and others' behaviour in a cooperative context: Changes in relations from early to middle school-age
(Wiley, 2017-02-28)Learning to behave in socially competent ways is an essential component of children's development. This study examined the relations between children's social, communicative, and cognitive skills and their behaviours during ... -
The Relationship between Class and Reading: An Examination of the Cultural Omnivore Hypothesis
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-01)The relationship between socio-economic status (SES), and breadth of book genre readership was tested utilizing Canadian secondary data. Grounded in the cultural omnivore hypothesis, higher levels of SES were expected to ... -
Relationship between Corneal Sensation, Blinking, and Tear Film Quality
(Wolters Kluwer, 2016-05-01)Purpose: To examine the possible role of corneal sensitivity and tear film quality in triggering a blink by investigating the relationship between blink rate, central corneal sensitivity threshold (CST), ocular surface ... -
The relationship between demographics and consumers' propensity for rewarding or punishing a company based on social responsibility
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-23)This research aims to understand the relationship between demographic factors and socially conscious consumption behaviors. Research has been conducted on the relationship between demographic factors and green or socially ... -
The Relationship Between Embodiment Perception and Motor Learning in Virtual Reality-based Interventions
(University of Waterloo, 2024-05-10)Virtual reality (VR) is a rapidly evolving technology that offers immersive experiences by simulating realistic environments and interactions. In the context of motor learning and rehabilitation, VR has emerged as a promising ... -
The Relationship Between Firm Size, External Affiliations and Adoption of Sustainable Business Practices by SMEs in Kitchener-Waterloo Region
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-31)Businesses have traditionally been focused on financial growth and short-term profits. However, in recent years there is an increasing realization of the potential that Sustainable Business Practices (SBPs) can play in ... -
Relationship between firm’s sustainability strategic behaviour and performance: a meta-analytic review and theoretical integration
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-30)Most theories that attempt to describe the relationship between corporate sustainability strategies and a company’s triple bottom line also make the assumption that there is insufficient evidence to produce generalizable ... -
The Relationship Between Heart Rate and Self-reported Sickness in Commercially Available Virtual Reality Environments
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-13)Virtual reality (VR), while beneficial in research, training, and entertainment has the tendency of causing cybersickness (CS). The symptoms range from mild to severe depending on the individual. There exists a gap in the ... -
Relationship between Mercury Concentrations in Hair and Blood in Dene/Métis Communities of the Northwest Territories
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-27)Background: Mercury (Hg) is a global environmental pollutant as well as a growing concern to public health. Indigenous populations in the Northwest Territories (NWT) may experience elevated Hg exposures due to higher ... -
The Relationship between Metamotivational Knowledge and Performance
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-20)Self-regulation research increasingly highlights the performance trade-offs of different motivational states. For instance, eager motivation promotes performance on divergent creativity tasks (e.g., brainstorming), and ... -
The Relationship Between Muscle Capacity Utilization During Gait and Pain in People With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-29)Muscle capacity refers to an individual’s ability to utilize their muscle strength and power in order to efficiently and effectively complete physical activities (Brady & Straight, 2014). Muscle capacity is associated ... -
The relationship between online gaming and wellbeing among post-secondary students
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-06)As the “fastest growing form of entertainment in the world” (Tran, 2019, p. 76), gaming has become a significant part of our society (Groening & Binnewies, 2019). Considering its widespread popularity as a leisure activity ... -
The relationship between retail type and transportation emissions
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-03)This study investigates the relationship between three types of retail, Big Box, traditional and online retail, and their transportation related emissions. The study takes a comprehensive approach by examining both the ... -
The Relationship between Retinal Vascular Reactivity and Arteriolar Diameter
(University of Waterloo, 2006-12-18)ABSTRACT Purpose: The primary aim of the study (i.e. Chapter 3) was to compare the magnitude of retinal vascular reactivity in arterioles of varying diameter in healthy, young subjects. The secondary aims were to determine: ... -
The Relationship between Rewards and Recognition, Service-Oriented Organizational Citizenship Behaviour, and Customer Satisfaction
(University of Waterloo, 2009-06-10)Abstract It is widely acknowledged that employees with positive attitudes towards their leaders and working environment can contribute to significant organizational outcomes; which can include customer satisfaction, ...