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Assessing Visitors' Satisfaction at Parks Canada Sites
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-08)This study addresses the measurement of satisfaction. In doing so, it proposes a hypothetical conceptual framework for examining visitors’ satisfaction with their experiences in nature-based settings. Visitors’ overall ... -
Assessing Workers’ Ability to Recognize Lifting Risk Factors for Low Back Pain: Investigating the Efficacy of a Simple Educational Message.
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-21)Introduction: Participatory ergonomic approaches have been shown to be an effective method for identifying work place hazards. Since in many workplaces, expertise in ergonomics is not available, simple educational messages ... -
Assessment and Comparison of Continuous Measurement Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2014-12-10)In this thesis we critically examine the assessment and comparison of continuous measurement systems. Measurement systems, defined to be the devices, people, and protocol used to make a measurement, are an important tool ... -
Assessment and validation of liquid breakup models for high-pressure dense diesel sprays
(Springer, 2016-06-01)Liquid breakup in fuel spray and atomization significantly affects the consequent mixture formation, combustion behavior, and emission formation processes in a direct injection diesel engine. In this paper, different models ... -
Assessment Methods for Advanced Masonry Work Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2021-03-19)The physically strenuous and demanding nature of construction tasks exposes workers to injury risks, can reduce productivity, and contributes to undesirable early retirement. In spite of these risks, human performance in ... -
Assessment of Affordable Housing Options using Collaborative Geospatial Software
(University of Waterloo, 2007-12-03)The scale of the affordable housing problem in Canada is enormous and the situation is worsening due to a number of recent social trends. Continued wealth inequality, an aging population, increased immigration, changing ... -
Assessment of Battery Capacity Fading in Partially-Decoupled Battery-Supercapacitor Hybrid Energy Storage System Topologies for Electric Vehicles
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-16)Battery energy storage system (ESS) is a major component of an electric vehicle (EV), as it supplies the entire propulsion power, constitutes a significant share of the EV’s cost and weight, and plays a key role in EV ... -
An assessment of community-based climate change planning practice in Nova Scotia
(University of Waterloo, 2021-11-08)Climate change poses serious threats to Canadian communities. Are communities prepared to manage the impacts of climate change? Are they ready? This research set out to explore and analyze how communities in Nova Scotia ... -
Assessment of corrosion defects in pipelines
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Assessment of Crack in Corrosion Defects in Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-28)Pipelines are one of the safest forms of transportation for oil and gas. However, pipelines may experience some defects, such as cracks, corrosion and cracks in corrosion, during service period. In this thesis, the current ... -
Assessment of Current and Next Generation of Colour Vision Tests for Occupational Use
(University of Waterloo, 2018-06-19)Introduction: Individuals with congenital colour vision deficiencies are at a greater risk of making an error in colour judgment. Computerized colour vision tests are now available to screen for colour vision defects and ... -
An assessment of early-stage forest restoration outcomes and the instruments used to evaluate ecosystem recovery
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Ecological restoration projects are considered successful when identified goals are achieved and the ecosystem progresses along a predicted successional trajectory. My study examined the progress of early-stage forest ... -
An Assessment of Environmental and Sustainability Provisions in Trade Agreements
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-30)Trade agreements have begun to incorporate far reaching, more comprehensive environmental and sustainability provisions, alongside their originally intended trade provisions. This trend which has been adopted in recent ... -
Assessment of failure toughening mechanisms in continuous glass fiber thermoplastic laminates subjected to cyclic loading
(Elsevier, 2019-03-15)Tensile fatigue behaviour of glass fiber/polyamide composites, including unidirectional ([0]8, [90]8) and cross-ply ([02/902]s, [04/904]s and [904/04]s) laminates, was studied and compared to that of similar glass fiber/epoxy ... -
An assessment of genomic sequence restoration in Arabidopsis thaliana
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-27)A fundamental tenet of classical Mendelian genetics is that allelic information is stably transmitted from parent to progeny. Work in our laboratory has revealed a novel exception to this law where Arabidopsis thaliana ... -
Assessment of Geometrical Features of Internal Flaws with Artificial Neural Network Optimized by a Thermodynamic Equilibrium Algorithm
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-21)In nondestructive testing (NDT), geometrical features of a flaw embedded inside the material such as its location, length, and orientation angle are critical factors to assess the severity of the flaw and make post-manufacturing ... -
Assessment of Germanane Field Effect Transistors: From Intrinsic Device to CMOS Circuit Performance
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-02)Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors such as transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and black phosphorus (BP) have been in the spotlight for next-generation complementary metal-oxide- semiconductor (CMOS) technology due ... -
Assessment of Germanane Field-Effect Transistors for CMOS Technology
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2017-10-13)Using self-consistent atomistic quantum transport simulations, the device characteristics of n-type and p-type germanane (GeH) field-effect transistors (FETs) are evaluated. While both devices exhibit near-identical off-state ... -
Assessment of High-Frequency Performance Limit of Black Phosphorus Field-Effect Transistors
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2017-05-18)Recently gigahertz frequencies have been reported with black phosphorus (BP) field-effect transistors (FETs), yet the high-frequency performance limit has remained unexplored. Here we project the frequency limit of BP FETs ... -
An Assessment of Hydro-ecological Changes at Two Closed-drainage Basins in the Peace-Athabasca Delta, Alberta, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Diatom analyses were carried out on sediment cores collected from two low-lying, closed-drainage basins (PAD 9 - 58º46. 46?N, 111º19. 48?W; PAD 12 - 58º57. 29?, 111º19. 74?) in the Peace sector of the Peace-Athabasca ...