Browsing University of Waterloo by Type "Book Chapter"
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Badges: Abzeichen als sprechende Objekte
(De Gruyter, 2017-05)This article presents early findings regarding the interplay between script (text) and image on medieval badges, which are small, brooch-like objects made from lead-tin alloy (pewter) and adorned with familiar images drawn ... -
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Applied to a Glass Vaporization Chamber for Introduction of Micro- or Nano-Size Samples into Lab-Based ICPs and to a CFD-Derived (and Rapidly Prototyped Via 3D Printing) Smaller-Size Chamber for Portable Microplasmas
(IntechOpen, 2018-02-14)Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is used extensively in many industries ranging from aerospace engineering to automobile design. We applied CFDs to simulate flows inside vaporization chambers designed for micro- or ... -
Disabling cities
(Oxford University Press, 2017-01-13)Geographic research on disability and cities is wide-ranging and encompasses the lives of people dealing with disability, physical impairment, and issues of mental ill health. This chapter focuses on what makes cities more ... -
Endocrine Regulation of Phosphate Homeostasis
(Elsevier, 2018)Phosphate, a component of nucleic acids, DNA and RNA, is incorporated in the structure of phospholipids in cell membranes, and is involved in many biological functions such as cell signaling, energy metabolism, and bone ... -
La gerçure énorme » de l’être à venir chez Yves Préfontaine
(Presses Universitaires du Québec, 2012)Dans l’article signé par Élise Lepage sur Pays sans parole (1967), d’Yves Préfontaine, on assiste au démantèlement de cet optimisme. Le corps, la parole et le territoire sont de partout craquelés, et l’aspiration verticale, ... -
Of, By, and For the Internet: New Media Studies and Public Scholarship
(Routledge, 2018)This paper proposes we must actively work to craft a new media studies of, by, and for the internet, one that must seek to transform rather than simply disrupt both scholarship and the broader social landscape, or our ... -
Path Following for Mobile Manipulators
(Springer, 2017-07-25)This paper presents a framework of path following via set stabilization for mobile manipulator systems. The mobile manipulator is modelled as a single redundant dynamic system. The mobile base considered belongs to a large ... -
The Philosophy of Behavioral Biology
(Springer, 2012)This volume offers a broad overview of central issues in the philosophy of behavioral biology, addressing philosophical issues that arise from the most recent scientific findings in biological research on behavior. It thus ... -
Poly(Lactic Acid)-Based Biomaterials: Synthesis, Modification and Applications
(InTech, 2012-01-20)Chapter 11 entitled "Poly(Lactic Acid)-Based Biomaterials: Synthesis, Modification and Applications" from: "Biomedical Science, Engineering and Technology", book edited by Dhanjoo N. Ghista, ISBN 978-953-307-471-9, Published: ... -
The Proof is in the Pudding: Building a Local Repository for Online Learning Objects
(Association of College & Research Libraries, 2021)Libraries are increasingly building collections of learning materials in electronic formats. As the availability grows, it becomes necessary to consider the long-term discovery, access, management, and local ownership ... -
Science Communication Sample Slide Deck
(Springer Nature, 2021-01-26)Sample slides to accompany the book chapter: Weaver, K. D., Mercer, K., & Lamont, G. (2021). “The RADAR framework for evaluating sources of information.” In S. Rowland & L. Kuchel (Eds.) Science + SciComm + Work: A guide ... -
Standalone Tensile Testing of Thin Film Materials for MEMS/NEMS Applications
(In Tech, 2012-03-28)The microelectronics industry has been consistently driven by the scaling roadmap, colloquially referred to as the Moore’s law. Consequently, during the past decades, integrated circuits have scaled down further. This ... -
Thought Suppression
(Oxford University Press, 2020-01-30)The idea that suppressing an unwanted thought results in an ironic increase in its frequency is accepted as psychological fact. Wegner’s ironic processes model has been applied to understanding the development and persistence ... -
Usage of Interactive Event Timelines in Collaborative Digital Tabletops with Automation
(Springer, 2016)Tabletop computers are increasingly being used for complex scenarios, such as emergency response. In such scenarios, maintaining situation awareness of dynamic changes automated by the system is crucial for users to make ... -
Welcome to the web: The online community of GeoCities during the early years of the World Wide Web
(UCL Press, 2017-03)As the World Wide Web entered mainstream North American society in the mid-to late 1990s, GeoCities was there to welcome users with open arms. GeoCities helped to facilitate their first steps into publishing, so they could ...