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Common Sense Within the Bounds of Philosophy: Reid’s Philosophy of Common Sense Defended
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-02)I proffer a defense Reid’s Philosophy of Common Sense. I address the initial implausibility that greets most all of us when we stop to consider the prospects for common sense as guide to knowledge and inquiry. I argue that ... -
Common Therapeutic Factors in Psychotherapy and Complementary and Alternative Medicine Treatments
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-31)Dozens of common therapeutic factors have been identified in psychotherapy research, but less attention has been devoted to integrating those factors into coherent theoretical frameworks. Frank and Frank (1991) proposed a ... -
A Commons For Resistance
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-17)Oakland’s housing crisis is starkly visible. In recent years, the tech boom in Silicon Valley has drastically increased costs of living in the Bay Area. Many workers from San Francisco and the peninsula have relocated ... -
Communal Inferentialism: Charles S. Peirce’s Critique of Epistemic Individualism
(University of Waterloo, 2019-12-09)Charles S. Peirce’s critique of epistemic individualism, the attempt to make the individual the locus of knowledge, is a dominant theme in his writings. While scholars often mention this critique, there is, surprisingly, ... -
Communal Orientation and Employee Well-Being: Examining the Mediating Roles of Positive Relational Communication and Perceptions of Customer Interactions
(University of Waterloo, 2023-06-15)Customer interactions can be a significant source of work-related stress for hospitality employees, which can lead to burnout and high employee turnover rates. However, adopting a communal approach to customer relationships ... -
Communautés isolées : survie individuelle et collective en temps d’Apocalypse dans les romans de Christian Guay-Poliquin
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-27)Cette thèse de maîtrise propose une étude de la représentation des communautés géographiquement éloignées en temps d’Apocalypse et de la survie des individus qui en font partie à partir de la trilogie romanesque de Christian ... -
Communicating Change: Public Engagement, Intensification, and Urban Redevelopment
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-20)The role of public engagement is a common subject in the planning literature. This research sought to better understand how different actors view and understand public engagement in their communities, and how is public ... -
Communicating health information in primary care: a multidisciplinary exploration of patient, pharmacist, and physician decision-making
(University of Waterloo, 2019-06-27)Research has yet to clearly define how health care professionals’ (HCPs) use and sharing of information influences how health decisions are made, both independently and collaboratively. Similarly, the manner in which ... -
Communicating leisure: Meanings of leisure in newcomer settlement service provision
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-25)Research suggests that leisure can play an important role in the settlement of newcomers; however, little research has explored meanings of leisure in the context of settlement service providers. Furthermore, little research ... -
Communicating the Pixel: A Strategy for Guiding the Use of Remotely-Sensed Habitat Data in Coral Reef Management
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-04)Over the last decade, coral reef remote sensing research has focused on habitat map development. Advances in field methods, spatial and spectral resolution of remote sensing data, and algorithm development have led to more ... -
Communication Complexity of Remote State Preparation
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-27)Superdense coding and quantum teleportation are two phenomena which were not possible without prior entanglement. In superdense coding, one sends n bits of information using n/2 qubits in the presence of shared entanglement. ... -
Communication over Asynchronous Networks: Signaling and Rate-Reliability Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-16)Asynchronism inherently exists in many communication systems specially in multi-terminal networks mainly due to the effect of multi-path and propagation delay. While in theoretical analysis of communication systems perfect ... -
Communication over Channels with Causal Side Information at the Transmitter
(University of Waterloo, 2007-12-21)This work deals with communication over the AWGN channel with additive discrete interference, where the sequence of interference symbols is known causally at the transmitter. We use Shannon's treatment for channels with ... -
Communication over MIMO Multi-User Systems: Signalling and Fairness
(University of Waterloo, 2007-08-22)Employment of the multiple-antenna transmitters/receivers in communication systems is known as a promising solution to provide high-data-rate wireless links. In the multi-user environments, the problems of signaling and ... -
Communicative practices of resistance in psychotherapy interactions: Patients resistance to solution-oriented questions
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-30)In this thesis, I investigate the practices of linguistic resistance in psychotherapeutic interactions to uncover which communicative practices of resistance patient use in these interactions. I study this interactional ... -
A Community Based Perspective on Accommodation Reviews: The Rural and Small Town Experience
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-04)This study concerns the role of public schools and the process of accommodation reviews in rural Southwestern Ontario. It brings together complementary groups of theory and practice from the related fields of community ... -
Community Based Planning in Post-Disaster Reconstruction:A Case Study of Tsunami Affected Fishing Communities in Tamil Nadu Coast of India
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-25)In the past few years, natural disasters have been taking more lives and, especially more in the lesser-developed countries. There have been debates in the scientific world on what could be the best ways to mitigate disasters ... -
Community Characteristics and Their Influence on Community Renewable Energy Projects: A Case Study of Cang Dong Village, Hainan, China
(University of Waterloo, 2006)This thesis examines the characteristics of a community that positively influence the success of a community renewable energy project. As the first stage of a two-stage inductive research process, a review of relevant ... -
Community choices: Pathways to integrate renewable energy into indigenous remote community energy systems
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-05)Community owned renewable energy generation (electricity and heat) is often associated with improving reliability and affordability of supply, increasing local wellbeing, empowering through new revenues, business opportunities ... -
Community Partner Mobilization Strategies and Practices Employed by Public Health Professionals in Ontario’s Public Health Units to Prevent Falls among Community-dwelling Older Adults
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-05)The prevention of falls among older adults remains a significant and complex problem that cannot be solved without community collaboration, partnership, support, and expertise. Ontario’s Public Health Units (PHU) have a ...