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Consumer Decision Making and Word of Mouth Communication
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-26)Word of mouth (WOM) communication has been a form of additional information for consumers wishing to make a purchase decision where there was uncertainty, lack of knowledge or just a general desire for more information. ... -
Consumption Communities: An Examination of the Kitchener Market as a Third Place
(University of Waterloo, 2010-06-24)Leisure time, leisure activities, and leisure spaces largely surround matters of consumption. However, the role consumption plays in the reproduction and performance of community is a necessarily contested topic among ... -
Contact and Continuity
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-23)Wayfinding. Embodied Learning. Craft Culture. That material can harbour life inspires careful consideration of the craft of building. Building is the agency of architecture; material—its medium. The act of building ... -
Contact Dynamics Modelling for Robotic Task Simulation
(University of Waterloo, 2007-10-26)This thesis presents the theoretical derivations and the implementation of a contact dynamics modelling system based on compliant contact models. The system was designed to be used as a general-purpose modelling tool to ... -
Contact lens fitting characteristics and comfort with silicone hydrogel lenses
(University of Waterloo, 2012-02-24)Purpose To examine soft contact lens fitting characteristics using anterior segment imaging techniques and comfort. The specific aims of each chapter are as follows: Chapter 2: To calibrate the new ZEISS VisanteTM ... -
Contact Lenses and Tear Film Lipids.
(University of Waterloo, 2017-12-20)Introduction Lipids are essential tear components that aid the stability of the tear film (TF) to protect it from excess evaporation. The composition, conformation, and function of TF lipids are jeopardized by external ... -
Contact Lenses for Ciprofloxacin Drug Delivery
(University of Waterloo, 2014-07-31)PURPOSE The purpose of this thesis was to evaluate the potential of contact lenses as ciprofloxacin drug delivery devices. METHODS Investigations into ciprofloxacin uptake and release characteristics, and the possibility ... -
Contact Modelling for Forward Dynamics of Human Motion
(University of Waterloo, 2017-02-15)Multibody forward dynamics models of the human body are often used in predictive simulations of human motion. An important component of these models is contact modelling. For example, foot-ground contact plays a crucial ... -
Contact-sensing Input Device Manipulation and Recall
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-30)We study a cuboid tangible pen-like input device similar to Vogel and Casiez’s Conte. A conductive 3D-printed Conte device enables touch sensing on a capacitive display, and orientation data from an enclosed inertial ... -
Contemplating a New Danwei Urbanism
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-26)Market-driven Capitalist urbanization is no longer a viable option for China as it has produced increasingly monotonous and segregated cities that deny culture, history, ecology, and human connection. Cultural efficiencies ... -
A Contemplation on the Ideal Built Environment of Ethical Tourism
(University of Waterloo, 2012-10-22)This thesis gives an overview and seeks to establish a framework for creating the built environments that would support an ethical and environmentally aware global counterculture in travel and tourism. It seeks to advocate ... -
Contemplative Space: Design for Generative Parametric Tessellations Applied to a Shell Structure
(University of Waterloo, 2017-02-21)This thesis focuses on surface articulation of a shell structure constructed through a generative, parametric, modular design process. The shell form uses vault topology that adapts to varying site conditions such as ... -
Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Dry Eye
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-31)Introduction Dry eye (DE) disease is characterized by symptoms including, but not limited to, ocular stinging, burning, and tearing. The symptoms can range from being mildly irritating, to severely debilitating and ... -
A Contemporary Examination of the A Fortiori Argument Involving Jewish Traditions
(University of Waterloo, 2010-02-22)This study proposes to clarify the a fortiori argument’s components, structure, definitions, formulations, and logical status, as well as the specific conditions under which it is to be employed, both generally and in a ... -
Contemporary Forest Harvesting Impacts on Drinking Water Quality and Treatability
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-31)Forested watersheds supply ~75% of global accessible freshwater resources and serve as important sources of drinking water. Both natural and anthropogenic landscape disturbances in these regions can deteriorate water quality ... -
Content Caching and Delivery in Heterogeneous Vehicular Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-06)Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs), which enable information exchange and content delivery in real time, are expected to revolutionize current transportation systems for better driving safety, traffic efficiency, and ... -
A Content Delivery Model for Online Video
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-27)Online video accounts for a large and growing portion of all Internet traffic. In order to cut bandwidth costs, it is necessary to use the available bandwidth of users to offload video downloads. Assuming that users can ... -
A Content Enhancement Framework for Multi-Projector Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-04)Projectors are a convenient technology for displaying content on large, abnormal, or temporary surfaces where mounting other forms of light emitting devices is too impractical or too expensive. Common uses of projectors ... -
Content-Adaptive Non-Stationary Projector Resolution Enhancement
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-18)For any projection system, one goal will surely be to maximize the quality of projected imagery at a minimized hardware cost, which is considered a challenging engineering problem. Experience in applying different image ... -
Content-based Image Retrieval of Gigapixel Histopathology Scans: A Comparative Study of Convolution Neural Network, Local Binary Pattern, and Bag of visual Words
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-04)The state-of-the-art image analysis algorithms offer a unique opportunity to extract semantically meaningful features from medical images. The advantage of this approach is automation in terms of content-based image retrieval ...