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Foraging for Meaning: Harvesting Wild Plants as the Basis for an Ecological Worldview
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-01)Redeveloping a meaningful connection between people and the Earth may serve to heighten our ecological awareness, foster environmental values, and promote a more sustainable cultural worldview. Various environmental ... -
Foraging in internal and external environments: developing behavioural assays for boredom proneness.
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-30)Previous research has shown that boredom proneness is associated with failures of self-regulation. As yet few studies have directly explored the behavioural consequences of this relationship. The goal of this study was to ... -
Forays into Mathematical Physics
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-27)Two different works in mathematical physics are presented: A construction of conformal infinity in null and spatial directions is constructed for the Rainbow-flat space-time corresponding to doubly special relativity. ... -
Force Control of a Unilateral Master-Slave System Using a SCARA Robot Arm
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-15)Industrial manipulators have several applications in a multitude of disciplines. The use of industrial manipulators has increased rapidly, and they are more refined in many applications due to advances such as fast response ... -
Forced Convection From a Pair Of Spheres: A Three-Temperature Problem
(2015-05)Interaction of spherical particles in a fluid flow is important in combustion, chemical processes and air pollution. In this study, a recently developed technique for characterizing multi-temperature convective heat transfer ... -
Forecasting northern polar stratospheric variability using a hierarchy of statistical models
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-02)The northern polar stratosphere plays an important role in modulating the wintertime near-surface temperature conditions in midlatitudes. Forecasting northern polar stratospheric variability will have the potential to ... -
Forecasting Pavement Surface Temperature Using Time Series and Artificial Neural Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2008-06-19)Transportation networks play a significant role in the economy of Canadians during winter seasons; thus, maintaining a safe and economic flow of traffic on Canadian roads is crucial. Winter contaminants such as freezing ... -
Forecasting seat sales in passenger airlines: introducing the round-trip model
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-13)This thesis aims to improve sales forecasting in the context of passenger airlines. We study two important issues that could potentially improve forecasting accuracy: day-to-day price change rather than price itself, and ... -
Forecasting the Local Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and the Effects of Prevention Programs Using Spatial Microsimulation: Development and Use of the TropISM Model
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-17)Simulation modelling has become an important tool in social science research, though such models are less commonly used in population health. Spatial microsimulation models provide a unique way to estimate health outcomes ... -
Foreign travellers’ recommendation of culinary tourism in India based on cuisine image and satisfaction with experiences at culinary establishments: an exploratory study
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-01)The role of food in tourism has recently received increased attention within the spheres of destination marketing, tourism development, and academia. Cuisine appreciation is an indelible aspect of the holistic, polysensual ... -
Forensic Analysis in Access Control: a Case-Study of a Cloud Application
(University of Waterloo, 2019-11-27)We discuss a case-study we have conducted on forensic analysis in access control. The case-study is an application in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud provider. Forensic analysis is the investigation and analysis of ... -
Forest Fire Prediction Using Heterogeneous Data Sources and Machine Learning Methods
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-18)Forest fires pose a significant and urgent threat to ecosystems and human lives, necessitating accurate prediction for effective mitigation strategies. Predicting forest fires has been a longstanding challenge due to the ... -
Forest health based scenario building as an accessible tool for climate change management in Bruce Peninsula National Park
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-22)The global climate is changing; there are many predictions about the ecological impacts, and even more uncertainty. Predicted ecological impacts include northward shifting biomes, invasive species, decoupling of biotic ... -
The forest transition and ecological thresholds: resilience, recovery, and predictions
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-19)A central topic in modeling land use change is to understand the forest transition from deforestation to net reforestation. Agricultural land use change is the main driver of this phenomenon; classically, agricultural ... -
Forested Watersheds and Water Supply: Exploring Effects of Wildfires, Silviculture, and Climate Change on Downstream Waters
(University of Waterloo, 2023-06-13)Drinking water supplies for much of society originate in forests. To preserve the capability of these forests to produce clean and easily treatable water, source water supply and protection strategies focus in particular ... -
Forging links between innovation and sustainability:An empirical examination of the effects on a firm’s financial performance
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-29)Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the North American energy and energy-intensive materials production sectors account for more than 50 percent of total GHG emissions. Based on the argument that CO2 emissions need to be ... -
Forging Preform Design Optimization for Structural Magnesium Components
(University of Waterloo, 2023-11-30)An increasing emphasis on emissions reduction and improved fuel economy is leading to a broader utilization of magnesium (Mg) alloys in vehicle light-weighting applications. Mg alloys are the lightest structural metals and ... -
Forging specimen design for Mg alloys
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-25)The automotive industry is seeking every possible way to reduce the vehicle weight in order to achieve better fuel efficiency. Forged magnesium (Mg) alloys, due to low density and high stiffness-to-weight ratio, have ... -
Forgotten Landscapes: Restoring our Rural Imagination
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-21)As our world becomes increasingly interconnected through technology and global trade, urban populations are more and more detached from the realities of our consumption and the cultivated land that supports us. These food ... -
Formability Characterization of Sheet Metals using the Angular Stretch Bend Test
(University of Waterloo, 2023-06-15)This thesis investigates the mechanics of the angular stretch bend test (ASBT) and analytical models using three different advanced high strength steels (AHSS) and finite element simulation. The three steels, 590R, 3rd Gen ...