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The assessment of spine movement dysfunction by a commercial dynamometer, EMG and an EMG assisted model
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An Assessment of Sustainable Banking Regulations in Emerging Economies
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-19)The drive for sustainable finance practice is growing globally. This development is being driven by the growing global interest in Environmental and Social Governance (ESG) which has compelled banks to take Environmental ... -
An Assessment of the Burden of Disease Attributable to Ambient Air Toxics in Ontario: a Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY) Methodology
(University of Waterloo, 2007-07-11)Hazardous air pollutants (HAP’s) are assumed to act without threshold meaning any level of exposure can theoretically initiate the carcinogenic process. With approximately 57,000 new cancer diagnoses and 25,900 deaths ... -
Assessment of the cell cycle proteins Cdc7 and PCNA as markers of colon carcinogenesis in obese and lean rats
(University of Waterloo, 2009-11-23)Obesity increases the risk of colon cancer as well as the expression of many cancer markers, ostensibly due to the interaction between insulin resistance and adipocyte production of hormones, mitogens and cytokines which ... -
Assessment of the Emission Trading Policy: A case study for the Acid Rain Program in the United States
(University of Waterloo, 2004)Various environmental standards have been established for the sake of public health and ecosystem diversity since environmental awareness was awakened in the late 1960s. However, the results were often unsatisfactory. ... -
An Assessment of the Interplay between the Shoulders and the Low Back in Occupational Tasks: A Manual Patient Handling Example
(University of Waterloo, 2010-12-16)Redundancy and variation are characteristics of humans. Many muscles contribute to producing a movement at a joint, allowing different strategies for task performance. Further, the shoulders and back are involved in many ... -
Assessment of the Potential Functional Diversity of the Bacterial Community in a Biofilter
(University of Waterloo, 2006)A biofilter removes biodegradable contaminants from air by passing it through a biologically-active packed bed. The microorganism community is of fundamental interest but has been the focus of few studies. This work ... -
An Assessment of the School System Planning Process for Primary and Secondary Schools: The Case of Saint George Grenada
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-04)School system planning involves decisions of where to build a new school, close or expandan existing school. It is important for community members to be involved in the school system planning process so that the process ... -
An Assessment of the Spatial and Temporal Variability of Biological Responses to Municipal Wastewater Effluent in Rainbow Darter (Etheostoma caeruleum) Collected along an Urban Gradient
(PLOS, 2016-10-24)Municipal wastewater effluent (MWWE) and its constituents, such as chemicals of emerging concern, pose a potential threat to the sustainability of fish populations by disrupting key endocrine functions in aquatic organisms. ... -
Assessment of the thermomechanical performance of continuous glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic laminates
(Elsevier, 2018-05-01)The effects of temperature on the static tensile behavior of continuous E-glass/polyamide laminates were studied in order to assess the feasibility of using the material system for structural applications. Uniaxial tensile ... -
Assessment of toxic cyanobacterial abundance at Hamilton Harbour from analysis of sediment and water
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-09)The western embayment of Lake Ontario, Hamilton Harbour, is one of the most polluted sites in the Laurentian Great Lakes and in recent years has seen a reoccurrence of cyanobacterial blooms. This study uses a multidisciplinary ... -
An Assessment of Voluntary Codes of Conduct in the Financial Sector – A case study of the GABV, UNEP-FI and UNPRI
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-07)As a result of the key roles financial institutions play in the world today, they are pivotal in addressing arguably the biggest challenge the world faces today – sustainable development. Several pioneering financial ... -
An Assessment of, and Improvements to, the Digital Forensics Acquisition Process of a Law Enforcement Agency
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-17)Forensics addresses the collection and analysis of evidence. Digital forensics is forensics in the context of digital devices. It is a rapidly evolving field employed in various organizations such as law enforcement, ... -
Assessment, Planning and Control of Voltage and Reactive Power in Active Distribution Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-25)Driven by economic, technical and environmental factors, the energy sector is currently undergoing a profound paradigm shift towards a smarter grid setup. Increased intake of Distributed and Renewable Generation (DG) units ... -
Asset Return Correlations in Episodes of Systemic Crises
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-22)This thesis explores asset return correlation dynamics in relation to systemic crises. The eigenvalues obtained from principal component analysis performed on the sample return correlation matrix equal the variance explained ... -
Asset Valuation: A Performance Measure for Comprehensive Infrastructure Asset Management
(University of Waterloo, 2017-12-14)Asset valuation is an essential component of effective asset management. It is an important method to demonstrate proper management of public assets and effective utilization of government’s budgets. Several government ... -
Assigning Closely Spaced Targets to Multiple Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-29)This research addresses the problem of allocating closely spaced targets to multiple autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) in the presence of constant ocean currents. The main difficulty of this problem is that the non-holonomic ... -
Assimilation of Remotely Sensed Soil Moisture in the MESH Model
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-25)Soil moisture information is critically important to weather, climate, and hydrology forecasts since the wetness of the land strongly affects the partitioning of energy and water at the land surface. Spatially distributed ... -
Assisted Dying in Swiss Literature: Power and Agency in Max Frisch’s Jürg Reinhart and Lukas Bärfuss’ Alices Reise in die Schweiz
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-05)The following thesis deals with the representation of themes of assisted dying in Max Frisch’s 1933/34 novel Jürg Reinhart and Lukas Bärfuss’ 2005 play Alices Reise in die Schweiz (Alice’s Trip to Switzerland), and discusses ...