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Magnetotransport in Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Semimetals
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-02)In this thesis, we study the large magnetoresistance in MoTe2, and non-linear anomalous Hall effect in MoTe2 and WTe2. Thin flakes cleaved from layered single crystals exhibit high mobility, and semimetals show nearly ... -
The Magnitude and Time Course Effects of an Acute Bout of Moderate Intensity Resistance Training on Cognitive Function
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-19)Resistance training (RT) is a common form of physical activity that forms a core part of physical activity recommendations. RT has well-documented benefits to metabolic and musculoskeletal health. Emerging research also ... -
Mainland Chinese International University Students’ Travel Motivations, Travel Information Sources, and General Travel Patterns within Canada: A Case Study at the University of Waterloo
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-26)Many international students conduct tourism activities in the host country during their overseas living experience, which is significant for the country’s tourism industry and overall economy. Chinese international students ... -
Maintaining Quality of Service for Adaptive Mobile Map Clients
(University of Waterloo, 2001)Mobile devices must deal with limited and dynamically varying resources, in particular, the network quality of service (QoS). In addition, wireless devices have other constraints such as limited memory, battery power, ... -
Maize and precolonial Africa
(Elsevier, 2019-01-01)Columbus's arrival in the New World triggered an unprecedented movement of people and crops across the Atlantic Ocean. We study a largely overlooked part of this Columbian Exchange: the effects of New World crops in Africa. ... -
Major liver resection, systemic fibrinolytic activity, and the impact of tranexamic acid
(Elsevier, 2016-12-01)Background: Hyperfibrinolysis may occur due to systemic inflammation or hepatic injury that occurs during liver resection. Tranexamic acid (TXA) is an antifibrinolytic agent that decreases bleeding in various settings, but ... -
Majority in the Three-Way Comparison Model
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-28)In this thesis, we study comparison based problems in a new comparison model called three-way, where a comparison can result in { >, =, < }. We consider a set of n balls with fixed ordered coloring. Particularly, we are ... -
Make or Buy? Professional Designations, Human Capital and Sustainable Competitive Advantage
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-30)Over the last two decades, the use of professional designations as selection criteria has increased. In order to develop selection criteria, recruiters assess candidates from both job and organizational perspectives ... -
Makers and Quilters: Investigating Opportunities for Improving Gender-Imbalanced Maker Groups
(ACM, 2019-11)Recent efforts to diversify participation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) activities through informal learning environments, such as hackathons and makerspaces, confirm a real desire for inclusion among ... -
Making babies, representations of the infant in 20th century Canadian fiction
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Making CNC Machines Smarter
(University of Waterloo, 2019-12-16)CNC machines are a commonly used manufacturing tool. Over the years, they have become increasingly sophisticated. While there is a lot of research into making the machines more sophisticated, there is little research into ... -
Making Connections at the Personal & Curricular Levels
(2013-04-19)Making personal connections and building relationships. Connecting people to information at points of need is at the heart of what we do. As Health Sciences Liaison Librarians at the University of Waterloo, these Librarians ... -
Making Decisions with Incomplete and Inaccurate Information
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-25)From assigning students to public schools to arriving at divorce settlements, there are many settings where preferences expressed by a set of stakeholders are used to make decisions that affect them. Due to its numerous ... -
Making Home for Vancouverites: An Incremental Approach to Vancouver's Missing Middle and Affordability Challenge
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-19)The current housing landscape in Vancouver is characterized by exorbitant housing costs and low rental vacancies, posing great challenges to quality of life and urban vitality. This reality is formed by the urban manifestation ... -
Making institutional bodies: Socialization into the nursing home
(University of Waterloo, 2007-08-02)In recent years, research related to older adults and long-term care has been growing. Although much research in the past was focused on biomedical issues, more recent research has examined psychosocial issues faced by ... -
Making Manifest : Grounding Islam
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-21)The Caveat For many reasons, names have had to be concealed within this document. The events depicted are real and the discussions true. This is an attempt to legitimize the informal, seemingly mundane and sometimes ... -
The Making of Chang-Shin District: A Study in Top-Down and Bottom-Up Urban Development
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-18)This thesis studies the process of urban development as a mass phenomenon involving top-down and bottom-up paradigms, which work as a whole to achieve distinct characteristics seen in urban neighbourhoods. In this study, ... -
Making Renewable Energy Certificates Efficient, Trustworthy, and Private
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-19)Although renewable energy costs are declining rapidly, producers still rely on additional incentives, such as Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), when making an investment decision. An REC is a proof that a certain amount ... -
Making sense of precarity: talking about economic insecurity with millennials in Canada
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)While there are many effective metrics for quantifying economic precarity, talking to young people about their experiences in the labour and housing markets reveals a gap in explanatory language around living in/through ... -
Making Sense of the Fractal Urban Form and Function: an Agent-Based Modelling Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2015-04-27)Despite their complexity, cities exhibit very similar fractal properties in various aspects of their form and function, including their social and spatial profiles. These similarities reveal underlying forces behind the ...