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a House to be Home
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-19)Architecture exists in context. Buildings are designed for, and exist in, a place and time. The vast majority must adhere to a relative strict set of construction, regulatory, and cultural considerations; all of them are ... -
House(Craft): Mobile Housing for a New Generation
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-14)We have been called the “entitled” generation. We want to be your boss before we’ve stepped through the door. We grew up in the Internet Age; being told we were special, unique, and capable of anything we wanted. We are ... -
Household Decision-Making Dynamics Associated with the Adoption of High-Involvement Renewable Energy Technologies: A Case Study of Consumer Experiences in the Adoption of Residential Ground Source Heat Pump Systems in Rural Southwestern Ontario (Canada)
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-22)In the province of Ontario, 88 percent of residential energy demand is for space heating, cooling and water heating, accounting for 99 percent of the residential sector's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (data are for 2011 ... -
Household Food Insecurity in Canada Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from the International Food Policy Study 2018-2020
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-13)Background: Food insecurity refers to constrained food access due to inadequate financial resources. Those living in food-insecure households are at risk for compromised nutrition, including inadequate nutrient intakes. ... -
Housing Development in Post-war Japan: Historical Trajectory, Logic of Change, and the Vacancy Crisis
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-19)1) As evidenced by existing studies, housing development plays a central role in capitalism. However, little research has explored the logic of that role. This thesis contributes to filling this knowledge gap through a ... -
Housing for an Emerging Middle Class: Rethinking the Development of Military Bases in Metro Manila
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-20)A shortage of affordable housing in Metro Manila, Philippines, has become an issue for those who work in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry. While this housing shortage has existed since World War 2, the ... -
The housing market impacts of wastewater injection induced seismicity risk
(Elsevier, 2018-11-01)Using data from a county severely affected by the increased seismicity associated with injection wells since 2009 in Oklahoma, we recover hedonic estimates of property value impacts from nearby shale oil and gas development ... -
Housing Urbanism_Living With Neighbours
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-28)My thesis explores how new social relationships can be reinforced by architectural spaces in residential projects in today’s complex, cross-cultural, political, and economic urban conditions. In Toronto, some newer types ... -
How a dry year affects spatial variability of ground thaw and changes the hydrology of a small Arctic watershed
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-28)The summer of 2021 in the Inuvik area, NWT was warm and dry. As recorded in Siksik Creek, a sub-catchment of Trail Valley Creek located 50 km north-east of Inuvik, this was the 7th warmest summer and driest July recorded ... -
How are molecular crowding and the spatial organization of a biopolymer interrelated
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016-10-21)In a crowded cellular interior, dissolved biomolecules or crowders exert excluded volume effects on other biomolecules, which in turn control various processes including protein aggregation and chromosome organization. As ... -
How are response properties in the middle temporal area related to inference on visual motion patterns?
(Elsevier, 2020-01)Neurons in the primate middle temporal area (MT) respond to moving stimuli, with strong tuning for motion speed and direction. These responses have been characterized in detail, but the functional significance of these ... -
How awareness, motivations, constraints, and organizational facilitators influence participation in campus recreation
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-08)Participation in campus recreation provides an opportunity for students to improve their health and well-being, develop connections with other students and the university, engage in enjoyable and personally meaningful ... -
How Canadian Local Governments Enhance Food Security: Exploring food security approaches in urban, rural, and suburban contexts on Southern Vancouver Island
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-24)The objective of this research is to identify what actions local governments are taking in the urban, suburban, and rural context, and how food security has been conceptualized. Food security is commonly understood to ... -
How Consumers Manage Textile Waste
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-27)Past studies have considered the impact of fashion on consumer textile disposal behaviour, but have focused mainly on drivers of clothing waste. There is a paucity of studies that have sought to model consumer attitudes ... -
How Context Influences Knowledge Use in Public Health Units
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-07)Objective: The effectiveness and efficiency of health promotion programs and policies relies on evidence to inform and guide these practices in an age of increased cost-efficiency and accountability. To achieve impact and ... -
How do close others to those with anxiety feel about treatment? Development and validation of the Treatment Concerns Questionnaire - Close Others
(Springer, 2022-07-19)Background. The close others (e.g., family members, romantic partners) of people with anxiety and related disorders are typically involved in their treatment decisions. However, we know little about close others’ attitudes ... -
How do people respond to role models?, the role of analogical reasoning and self-esteem in comparisons to superior others
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How do people's perceptions of their former selves affect their current self-appraisals?
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How do Syrian refugee women seek and find work? A feminist grounded analysis of work integration experiences in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-05)Close to 58,000 Syrian refugees have resettled in Canada since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011. Half of these are women. When guaranteed income supports cease (provided for up to one year by governments and ... -
How do tax and accounting policies affect cross-border mergers and acquisitions?
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-21)Using a large sample of mergers and acquisitions from 27 countries over a 16-year period, I investigate how differences in tax and financial reporting policies affect the premium and structure of cross-border mergers and ...