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Does caring for yourself lead to seeking care from others? Investigating the relationship between self-compassion and interpersonal emotion regulation
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-11)The benefits of self-compassion for intrapersonal emotion regulation have been well-documented, but few studies to date have examined how self-compassion might relate to the use of interpersonal strategies that aim to ... -
Does Cox analysis of a randomized survival study yield a causal treatment effect?
(Springer US, 2015-10)Statistical methods for survival analysis play a central role in the assessment of treatment effects in randomized clinical trials in cardiovascular disease, cancer, and many other fields. The most common approach to ... -
Does History Matter? Pioneering Research on Canada's Attitudes Toward Bygone Days
(The LIterary Review of Canada, 2014-05)A book review of 'Canadians and their past' by Margaret Conrad, Kadriye Ercikan, Gerald Friesen, Jocelyn Létourneau, Delphin Muise, David Northrup and Peter Seixas. -
Does intersex matter? A case study of rainbow darter in the Grand River
(University of Waterloo, 2016-12-21)Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) are present in the environment and can have negative effects on the health of wildlife. Aquatic organisms residing near the outfalls of municipal wastewater effluent (MWWE) are chronically ... -
Does Knowledge Entail Belief?
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-05)In contemporary epistemology, it is a widely shared assumption that knowledge entails belief: as a matter of conceptual necessity, if one knows that P, then one believes that P. This is known as the epistemic entailment ... -
Does Landscape-Scale Habitat Reclamation and the Umbrella Species Concept Work to Conserve Sagebrush Songbirds?
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-20)Declines in the spatial extent of the sagebrush ecosystem have prompted the use of conservation strategies including habitat reclamation and the consideration of the greater sage- grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; hereafter ... -
Does maternal obesity affect hippocampal-dependent spatial learning and memory retention in offspring?
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-02)With a rise in the prevalence of obesity worldwide, behavioural, as well as physiological changes after consumption of a high-fat diet are becoming increasingly recognized. In addition to increased risk of chronic and ... -
Does mixed-use development benefit everyone? Housing affordability in a changing labour market
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-25)Mixed-use development is one of the canonical elements of modern urban planning theory and practice. The principles of this approach to development are applied throughout the world and have seen a resurgence in the last ... -
Does NME even know what a music blog is?: The Rhetoric and Social Meaning of MP3 Blogs
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-19)MP3 blogs and their aggregators, which have risen to prominence over the past four years, are presenting an alternative way of promoting and discovering new music. I will argue that MP3 files greatly affect MP3 blogs in ... -
Does Posture Influence the Stroop Effect ?
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-23)Rosenbaum, Mama, and Algom (2017, Psychological Science, 28, 1864-1867) reported that participants completing the Stroop task (i.e., name the hue of a colour word when the hue and word meaning are congruent or incongruent), ... -
Does psychosocial stress experienced at different points across the rat lifespan cause sex-specific changes in spatial learning and memory and plasticity-related proteins?
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-23)Overview Considering that susceptibility to a range of diseases appears strongly influenced by both sex and exposure to social stress, there is a need to evaluate how adverse experiences across the lifespan (alone and in ... -
Does Sarcolipin Ablation Alter Deflazacort Treatment Effects in mdx Mice?
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-27)Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) and the murine model mdx are degenerative diseases that are characterized by the absence of the protein dystrophin causing membrane instability, calcium (Ca2+) influx, and progressive ... -
Does sex influence the effect of mixed mode exercise training on glycemic control, insulin sensitivity and inflammatory markers in overweight/obese, sedentary males and females?
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-26)Introduction: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) is prevalent within Canada, with a prediction of 5 million people living with this condition by 2025. Exercise reduces the risk of T2D by improving insulin sensitivity. However, ... -
Does sex or exercise modality influence post-exercise glucose handling or insulin sensitivity?
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-20)Exercise has long been recognized for its beneficial effects on glucose handling in both insulin sensitive and insulin resistant populations. However, there is conflicting evidence in regards to the best type and duration ... -
Does Stress-Related Poor Diet Quality Explain Socioeconomic Inequities in Health? A Structural Equation Mediation Analysis in Women and Men
(Oxford University Press, 2021-06)Objectives Individuals with a lower socioeconomic position (SEP) have poorer health than their more advantaged counterparts. Psychosocial stress and diet quality have been shown to individually mediate associations between ... -
Does the Cost Barrier to Contraception Differentially Affect Racialized and Indigenous Women? An Intersectional Quantitative Investigation
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-11)Background: In Canada, 15% of sexually active women of reproductive age do not use any form of contraception (Black et al., 2009; Black, Guilbert, Costescu, et al., 2015; Black, Guilbert, Hassan, et al., 2015). The majority ... -
Does the Financial Reporting Transparency of Securitization Affect Bank Lending Decisions?
(University of Waterloo, 2018-11-06)This thesis examines the effect of financial reporting transparency for securitization on banks' mortgage lending decisions. Prior research (e.g., Mian & Sufi 2009, Keys, Mukherjee, Seru, & Vig 2010} shows that securitization ... -
Does the perception of discrimination mitigate justice-based opposition to affirmative action?
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Does the right cerebral hemisphere contribute to limb praxis?, evidence from limb apraxia following unilateral stroke
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Does the Squeaky Wheel Get the Grease? Negative Expressivity and Partner Responsiveness in Relationships
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-30)Feeling that a partner is responsive to one’s needs is crucial to intimacy (Reis, Clark, & Holmes, 2004). Just as the well-known expression, “the squeaky wheel gets the grease,” suggests that people who voice the most ...