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How to Use Creative and Embodied Methods
(SAGE Publications, 2022-07-12)This guide provides an overview of when, how, and why researchers can and should (re)engage with their bodily senses, affects, feelings, and motivations for the purposes of digital social science methodological inquiry. ... -
How Two Librarians Became Co-instructors For a First Year Course
(2015-01-30)In Spring 2014, two librarians co-instructed an undergraduate Pharmacy course at the University of Waterloo. Providing students with the skills to access medical/drug information, this course gave students the skills to ... -
How We Became Legion: Burke's Identification and Anonymous
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-19)This thesis presents a study of how identification, according to Kenneth Burke's theory, can be observed in the media-related practices promoted by the cyber-activist collective Anonymous. Identification is the capacity ... -
How ‘transformative’ is energy storage? Insights from stakeholder perceptions in Ontario
(Elsevier, 2018-10-01)‘Energy storage’ comprises a range of technologies of varying maturity and cost-effectiveness, which are increasingly considered to be an important part in building the electricity system of the future. As with any potentially ... -
HS-SPME-GC-TOFMS Methodology for Verification of Geographical Origin and Authenticity Attributes of Coffee Samples
(University of Waterloo, 2008-02-05)Increasing consumer awareness of food safety issues requires the development of highly sophisticated techniques for the authentication of food commodities. The food products targeted for falsification are either products ... -
Hsp70 Protects Against Peroxynitrite-Induced Inactivation of SERCA2a by Preventing Protein Oxidation and Aggregation
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-18)The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of exogenous peroxynitrite (ONOO-) on the cardiac isoform of the sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA2a) and to determine if overexpression of heat shock ... -
Hub Location Problems with Profit Considerations
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-23)This thesis studies profit maximizing hub location problems. These problems seek to find the optimal number and locations of hubs, allocations of demand nodes to these hubs, and routes of flows through the network to serve ... -
Hubble Spacer Telescope
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-19)Visualizing a model checker’s run on a model can be useful when trying to gain a deeper understanding of the verification of the particular model. However, it can be difficult to formalize the problem that visualization ... -
Human Biomonitoring of and Determinants of Biomarker Levels for Contaminants and Nutrients in Old Crow, Yukon Territory
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-05)Traditional food is an important part of the diet for many Arctic residents, particularly First Nations, and is associated with some improved health outcomes, nutrition, and food security. However, these foods can also ... -
Human Biomonitoring: Levels, Determinants and Sources of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Exposure in the Northwest Territories and Yukon
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-08)Background: Human biomonitoring is a useful tool to assess contaminant exposure levels in human populations. Several human biomonitoring projects have been established in Canada to measure and report analyte exposure levels. ... -
Human Detection And Tracking For Human-Robot Interaction On The REEM-C Humanoid Robot
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-28)The interactions between humanoid robots and humans is a growing area of research, as frameworks and models are being continuously developed to improving the ways in which humanoids may integrate into society. These humanoids ... -
The Human Dimensions of Climate Risk in Africa's Low and Lower-Middle Income Countries
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-30)Climate change impacts are a result of the intersection between the level of climate change, and the socioeconomic conditions that characterize the locale under question. For the low income countries in the world, they ... -
Human dimensions of ecosystem-based management: Lessons in managing trade-offs from the Northern Shrimp Fishery in Northern Peninsula, Newfoundland
(Elsevier, 2018-11-01)Fisheries can have significant impacts on the structure and function of marine ecosystems, including impacts on habitats and non-target species. As a result, management agencies face growing calls to account for the ecosystem ... -
Human Factors in Esports: Investigating performance measures, coaching practices, and stress training in League of Legends
(University of Waterloo, 2022-10-12)This thesis examined a constant problem in Esports in which players do not perform to their expected potential when under stress (also known as choking). The Esports scene is growing exponentially, with teams valued at ... -
The Human Immune System: A Challenging Control Problem
(University of Waterloo, 2004)This work deals with the control of the human immune system. A standard immune system model is modified by introducing control signals corresponding to drug cocktail and immune suppressor treatments. The ultimate ... -
Human Middle Ear: Material Characterization, Analysis of Effects of Uncertainties, and Investigation of Impacts of Medical-Device Attachment
(University of Waterloo, 2022-12-19)The middle ear is a complex organ that plays a vital role in the hearing process. This thesis attempts to investigate different aspects of the biomechanics of the middle ear for diagnosis and treatment. This thesis can be ... -
Human motion estimation and controller learning
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-22)Humans are capable of complex manipulation and locomotion tasks. They are able to achieve energy-efficient gait, reject disturbances, handle changing loads, and adapt to environmental constraints. Using inspiration from ... -
A Human Motor Control Framework based on Muscle Synergies
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-23)In spite of the complexities of the human musculoskeletal system, the central nervous system has the ability to orchestrate difficult motor tasks. Many researchers have tried to understand how the human nervous system ... -
Human Nature and Morality: An invesitgation of the evidence for and implications of genetically-based moral traits
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-10)In his recent book, Moral Minds, Marc Hauser claims that humans are genetically endowed with a moral faculty operating in much the same way as our linguistic faculty, and that this faculty delimits normative moral systems. ... -
Human Performance and Cognitive Workload in Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-17)The ability to efficiently perform a task in a human-in-the-loop system and in multi-sensory virtual environments is highly dependent on the type of sensory feedback the operator is receiving and the amount of workload the ...