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Resources Needed for Entangling Two Qubits through an Intermediate Mesoscopic System
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-23)One of the main challenges in designing large scale quantum processors is connecting separated qubits. In this thesis, we explore new opportunities that mesoscopic many-body systems provide for creating quantum correlation ... -
Respecting Outcomes in Collaborative Processes: a low water response case study
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-15)Government agencies in Canada are increasingly using collaborative approaches to inform decision-making for complex policy problems. Collaborative approaches encourage participants to share resources and knowledge to build ... -
Responding to Abusive Supervision: Opposing Arguments for the Role of Social Class in Predicting Workplace Deviance
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-03)This research examined the effect of social class on the relationship between abusive supervision and workplace deviance. Within the social class literature we found conflicting theoretical arguments regarding the effect ... -
Responding to COVID-19: Characteristics and Outcomes of Strategic Planning in Social-service Nonprofits
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-15)Forty years after its initial introduction in the nonprofit space (Bryson, 1988; Bryson & Roering, 1987; Nutt & Backoff, 1987), the value of formal strategic planning still remains disputed and lacking an appropriate ... -
Responding to Ethical Dilemmas in the Anthropocene: Sven Böttcher’s Prophezeiung
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-31)This thesis examines Sven Böttcher’s novel, Prophezeiung (2011), a climate change thriller. Prophezeiung does not call into question the reality of climate change or global warming; rather it seeks to come to terms with ... -
Response of cardiac function to environmental contaminants and its significance for energy metabolism in salmonids
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Response of peatland carbon dioxide and methane fluxes to a watertable drawdown experiment
(American Geophysical Union, Wiley, 2007-02-07)Northern peatlands play an important role in the global carbon cycle representing a significant stock of soil carbon and a substantial natural source of atmospheric methane (CH4). Peatland carbon cycling is affected by ... -
Response of Peatland Microbial Community Function to Contamination by Naphthenic Acids and Sodium in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-20)Reclamation of closed oil sands mining operations in former pristine boreal ecosystems of the Athabasca Oil Sands Region of Alberta, Canada (AOSR) requires construction of new fen land uses such as peatlands in order to ... -
Response of vegetation and net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange at different peatland microforms following water table drawdown
(American Geophysical Union, Wiley, 2006-05-17)Northern peatlands are significant stocks of terrestrial soil carbon, and it has been predicted that warmer temperatures and lower water tables resulting from climate change will convert these ecosystems into sources for ... -
The Response of Wild Fish to Municipal Wastewater Effluent Exposures at Sites in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-18)Aquatic receiving environments have long been used to dilute municipal wastewater effluents (MWWE) which are the largest discharge by volume into the aquatic environment in Canada. These treated effluents are a complex ... -
Response of wild fish to municipal wastewater treatment plant upgrades
(University of Waterloo, 2017-03-21)Impacts on aquatic biota residing near municipal wastewater treatment plant (MWWTP) outfalls have been documented globally. These impacts may be directly or indirectly associated with elevated contaminants such as nutrients, ... -
Response Spectra for Seismic Analysis and Design
(University of Waterloo, 2015-04-20)Earthquakes are one of the greatest natural disasters to human life and properties. Following lessons from previous earthquake disasters, the performance-based seismic design is increasingly accepted by engineers to prevent ... -
Response Time Reduction and Service Level Differentiation in Supply Chain Design: Models and Solution Approaches
(University of Waterloo, 2009-05-22)Make-to-order (MTO) and assemble-to-order (ATO) systems are emerging business strategies in managing responsive supply chains, characterized by high product variety, highly variable customer demand, and short product ... -
Response to International Human Rights Norms in Asia: Challenges of Ethnic Movements in Nepal and China
(University of Waterloo, 2023-06-29)This thesis examines the factors that prevent the Chinese and Nepalese governments from recognizing ethnic minorities’ claims to self-determination within their national jurisdictions. The Tibetans in China and the Madheshis ... -
Response-dependent two-phase sampling designs for biomarker studies
(Wiley, 2014)Two-phase sampling designs are developed and investigated for use in the context of a rheumatology study where interest lies in the association between a biomarker with an expensive assay and disease progression. We ... -
Responses of carbon dioxide flux and plant biomass to water table drawdown in a treed peatland in northern Alberta: a climate change perspective
(European Geosciences Union, 2014-02-11)Northern peatland ecosystems represent large carbon (C) stocks that are susceptible to changes such as accelerated mineralization due to water table lowering expected under a climate change scenario. During the growing ... -
Responses to Youth Crime in Canada: An Examination of the Micro and Macro Processes Associated with the Tough-on-Crime Legislation
(University of Waterloo, 2015-04-22)The enactment of tough-on-crime legislation in Canada is questionable given the abundance of research rejecting its underlying premises and goals. While there appears to be ongoing concern in Canada about the tough-on-crime ... -
Responsibility to the rescue? Governing private financial investment in global agriculture
(Springer, 2017-03)This paper examines the recent rise of initiatives for responsible agricultural investment and provides a preliminary assessment of their likely success in curbing the ecological and social costs associated with the growth ... -
Responsible Representation and Collaboration in Supporting Indigenous Maternal Health in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2022-04-05)Honouring the sacredness of pregnancy, childbirth, and the early postpartum period has long been held as integral to the strength and celebration of Indigenous families and communities in Canada. Although the impacts of ... -
Restoration of sustained attention following virtual nature exposure: Undeniable or unreliable?
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-14)Building on previous research examining the influence of natural versus urban images on attention, the purpose of the present experiments was to examine attention restoration with (1) two large samples, (2) a broader image ...