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The Post-Secondary Decision-Making Process for At-Risk Students in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2020-11-23)An important body of research examines the role of student decision-making on stratification and post-secondary transitions. In an era of expanded options, students often have to draw on personal, family and institutional ... -
Postadolescent Novels in Contemporary German and Canadian Literature: Defining Features and Character Development of In Plüschgewittern’s and The Flying Troutmans’ Protagonists
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-08)Postadolescence is a relatively new sociological and psychological phenomenon. While previous research has primarily read the postadolescent novel as an adolescent novel, this thesis seeks to contribute to existing scholarship ... -
Posthumanist Medicine: Participatory Healthcare, Medical Humanities, and Digital Media
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-24)This dissertation explores the construction of illness in the context of two interrelated processes that both propose a more empowered patient role and a whole person model for healthcare. Specifically, these contexts are ... -
Postman Problems on Mixed Graphs
(University of Waterloo, 2003)The <i>mixed postman problem</i> consists of finding a minimum cost tour of a mixed graph <i>M</i> = (<i>V</i>,<i>E</i>,<i>A</i>) traversing all its edges and arcs at least once. We prove that two well-known linear ... -
Postural control is modified by an interaction of psychological and physiological factors
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Postural Effects on Brain Blood Flow and Cognition in Heart Failure
(University of Waterloo, 2014-02-06)With the aging population on the rise, the prevalence of heart failure is expected to increase in the coming years. Heart failure is independently correlated with cognitive decline and has a negative impact on quality of ... -
Postural motor learning and the effects of age on practice-related improvements in compensatory posture control
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-27)The purpose of this thesis was to examine the capacity for acquisition and retention of practice-related improvements in compensatory posture control and the nature of postural motor learning among healthy young and older ... -
Postural responses to unexpected multidirectional upper body perturbations
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Postural state modulation of cortical balance reactions
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-25)Safe and effective walking is a crucial part of daily human life, but the number of injuries and resulting financial burden from falls during walking is increasing. As a result, it continues to be important to advance ... -
Posture Dependent Vibration Resistance of Serial Robot Manipulators to Applied Oscillating Loads
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-11)There are several advantages to replacing CNC machinery with robotic machine tools and as such robotic machining is emerging into the manufacturing and metal cutting industry. There remain several disadvantages to using ... -
Posturing Horses: Xenophon on Biomechanical Soundness in The Art of Horsemanship
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-12)As early as the Bronze Age, ancient Greek horses shared in the social status of the military elite. The ritual inclusion of horses and their equipment in burial practices from the Bronze Age to the Classical period marked ... -
Potential and Limitations of MCM-41 in Dechlorination Reactions
(University of Waterloo, 2007-04-27)The purpose of this thesis was to conduct preliminary research into the feasibility of using MCM-41 as a catalyst support material in the treatment of organochloride contaminated water. Specifically, the stability of MCM-41 ... -
Potential and Observed Release of Phosphorus from Crop Residue and Cover Crops Over the Non-growing Season in a Cool Temperate Region
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-11)Maintaining crop residue or cover crops on fields during winter is a recommended Best Management Practice (BMP) in temperate regions. However, losses of phosphorus (P) to runoff have been attributed to vegetation following ... -
Potential Applications of Silk Fibroin as a Biomaterial
(University of Waterloo, 2013-06-19)Fibroin is a biopolymer obtained from the cocoons of the Bombyx mori silkworm that offers many unique advantages. In this thesis work, fibroin was processed into a regenerated film and examined for potential biomaterial ... -
Potential Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Counselling and Nicotine Replacement Therapy Coverage in Reducing Smoking-Attributable Lung Cancer Burden in Urban China
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-23)Background: Currently, there are no population-level smoking cessation interventions widely promoted in China. Economic concerns are one of the major barriers to a greater promotion of smoking cessation interventions in ... -
A Potential Field-Based Model Predictive Path-Planning Controller for Autonomous Road Vehicles
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2016-09-26)Artificial potential fields and optimal controllers are two common methods for path planning of autonomous vehicles. An artificial potential field method is capable of assigning different potential functions to different ... -
The potential of peatlands as nature-based climate solutions
(Springer, 2022-09)Purpose of Review Despite covering only 3% of the land surface, peatlands represent the largest terrestrial organic carbon stock on the planet and continue to act as a carbon sink. Managing ecosystems to reduce greenhouse ... -
Potential of surface modified exosomes for extended intravitreal drug delivery
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-30)Diabetic retinopathy is a serious condition affecting retinal cells that can lead to blindness. Intravitreal injection is the only feasible method of drug delivery to the retina. However, intravitreal injections are only ... -
Potential Roles for the Neurotrophic Molecules Agrin and Neuregulin in Regulating Aspects of the Inflammatory Response
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-22)Agrin and neuregulin are neurotrophic molecules well known for their roles at synapses in the peripheral and central nervous systems. The expression of these two molecules is not restricted to these sites however, as they ... -
Potential use of the Oncorhynchus mykiss checkpoint proteins Rad1 and Hus1 as genotoxicity biomarkers
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-13)Cell-cycle checkpoint proteins help maintain genomic integrity by sensing damaged DNA and initiating DNA repair or apoptosis. Checkpoint protein activation to cell-cycle damaging agents can involve post-translational ...