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Predictors of Palliative Home Care Costs in Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-21)Background: The demand for palliative care in Canada is expected to grow in coming years due to a confluence of factors that include population aging, a more gradual dying process, emphasis on the early provision of ... -
Preference Elicitation in the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-25)Flexible approaches for eliciting preferences of decision makers involved in a conflict are developed along with applications to real-world disputes. More specifically, two multiple criteria decision making approaches are ... -
A Preference Judgment Interface for Authoritative Assessment
(University of Waterloo, 2023-02-06)For offline evaluation of information retrieval systems, preference judgments have been demonstrated to be a superior alternative to graded or binary relevance judgments. In contrast to graded judgments, where each ... -
Preference Uncertainty and Trust in Decision Making
(University of Waterloo, 2007-04-12)A fuzzy approach for handling uncertain preferences is developed within the paradigm of the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution and new advances in trust modeling and assessment are put forward for permitting decision ... -
A preference-based, multi-unit auction for pricing and capacity allocation
(Elsevier, 2018-03-01)We study a pricing and allocation problem of a seller of multiple units of a homogeneous item, and present a semi-market mechanism in the form of an iterative ascending-bid auction. The auction elicits buyers' preferences ... -
Preferential flowpaths and fertilizer placement influence subsurface P transport across soil textures and seasonal conditions
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-14)Agricultural tile drains are a source of phosphorus (P) contributing to eutrophication. Preferential flowpaths can rapidly transport P to tile drains, but their activation in different soil textures and under variable ... -
Preferential recharge in a reclaimed tailings sand upland: Implications on solute flushing
(Elsevier, 2021-12)Study region: A peatland watershed was constructed on a post-mined oil sands lease in Northern Alberta, Canada, with the intention of replicating the function of natural wetlands removed by surface mining. Study focus: ... -
Pregnancy intention and gestational age at first antenatal care (ANC) visit in Rwanda
(Elsevier, 2019-01-01)Background With antenatal care (ANC) coverage now widely seen as a success story in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA), attention has begun to shift towards exploring the full life-saving potential that ANC holds. Objectives This ... -
The Pregnant Self
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-02)Pregnancy, a human phenomenon experienced throughout the world and throughout history, has been largely ignored by the philosophical community. A preference for the abnormal and the extraordinary has left this common yet ... -
Prehydrated Electron and Its Role in Ionizing Radiation Induced DNA Damage and Molecular Mechanisms of Action of Halogenated Sensitizers for Radiotherapy of Cancer
(University of Waterloo, 2012-10-05)Despite advances in technology and understanding of biological systems in the past two decades, modern drug discovery is still a lengthy, expensive, difficult and inefficient process with low rate of new therapeutic ... -
Preliminary Development of a Microfluidic Tool for the Characterization of Molecular Machines
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-06)Transmembrane proteins cross the membranes of biological cells and perform integral cell functions that often must be described using quantum mechanics. Developing a better understanding of these quantum mechanical behaviours ... -
A Preliminary Field Study to Examine the Potential of Hydrogeophysical Methods to Monitor Soil Moisture Dynamics in Quaternary Outwash Materials
(University of Waterloo, 2015-04-28)This thesis examines the capacity of a suite of near-surface geophysical techniques (i.e., ground-penetrating radar (GPR), electromagnetic induction (EMI) and electrical resistivity tomography (ERT)) to monitor soil moisture ... -
A preliminary investigation into the ecological significance of headwater drainage features in Southern Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-21)Within Southern Ontario urban development is rapidly devouring headwater systems, and this can have significant repercussions to the health of entire river networks. The ecological contributions of headwaters to downstream ... -
Preliminary validation of a single self-report question as a screening tool for depression in older adult populations: Analyses using the Minimum Data Set Depression Rating Scale
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-24)Objectives: The primary objective of this research was to inform the criterion validity of the single self-report depression screening question in the interRAI-Contact Assessment (CA) against the validated Depression Rating ... -
PRELOADING : A Transformative Approach to Flood Preparation and Relief
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-23)For islands and coastal cities, the body of water that nourishes the land can easily become a leading source of threat. Natural disasters are mostly unpredictable and often have devastating impact on life and property. ... -
Premotor and prefrontal contributions to modulating upper limb somatosensory input into non-primary motor areas
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-15)Upper limb motor control requires the use and integration of afferent somatosensory input from peripheral receptors to help plan and prepare movements. Cortical surface electroencephalography can be used to measure the ... -
Prenatal exposure to recreational drugs affects global motion perception in preschool children
(Springer Nature, 2015-11-19)Prenatal exposure to recreational drugs impairs motor and cognitive development; however it is currently unknown whether visual brain areas are affected. To address this question, we investigated the effect of prenatal ... -
Preparation and Characterization of Polymer TiO<sub>2</sub> Nanocomposites via <em>In-situ</em> Polymerization
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Polymer nanocomposites are already a part of many important of worldwide businesses: automotive (molded part in cars), electronics and electrical engineering, household products, packaging industry, aircraft interiors, ... -
Preparation and Characterization of Temperature-Responsive Polymeric Surfactants
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-28)Canada has large reserves of heavy oil stored in the form of oil sands in the Athabasca region. This type of heavy oil does not flow at room temperature and its agglomeration with sand complicates its extraction. Consequently, ... -
The preparation and properties of CuInSe¦2 thin films and CuInSe¦2/CdS thin film solar cells
(University of Waterloo, 1997)