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Effects of Threats to Self-Esteem and Goal Orientation on Asking for Help
(University of Waterloo, 2005)This paper studied whether threats to self-esteem and goal orientation affected an individual?s propensity to ask for help. Eighty-two undergraduate students from the University of Waterloo completed a self-esteem and ... -
Effects of Tillage and Fertilizer Placement on Subsurface Phosphorus Loss Following Fall Manure Application over the Non-Growing Season
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-25)Increased phosphorus (P) loadings from agricultural runoff into the Great Lakes can lead to eutrophication, resulting in harmful algal blooms and hypoxic conditions. Many studies have demonstrated that subsurface tile ... -
The Effects of Time Constraints and Document Excerpts on Relevance Assessing Behavior
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-30)Assessors who judge the relevance of documents to the search topics and perform the relevance assessment process are one of the main parts of Information Retrieval (IR) sys- tems evaluations. They play a significant role ... -
The Effects of Trait and State Anxiety on Gait in Healthy Young Adults
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-13)Having an anxious state of mind, often elicited using a height-induced threat, has been consistently shown to alter static and dynamic postural stability in both young and older adults; however, the effects on walking have ... -
Effects of transient borehole deformation on rock stress and rock properties analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-02)Understanding the in-situ stresses and rock mechanical properties is necessary to ensure successful drilling, quality wellbore completion, and reservoir performance analysis. However, the conventional determination methods ... -
Effects of Ultrasound in Microelectronic Ultrasonic Wire Bonding
(University of Waterloo, 2007-12-12)Ultrasonic wire bonding is the most utilized technique in forming electrical interconnections in microelectronics. However, there is a lacking in the fundamental understanding of the process. In order for there to be ... -
The Effects of Uniform Acceleration on the Correlation Harvesting
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-22)Quantum field theory (QFT) in curved spacetime focuses on the analysis of quantum fields—representing fundamental particles and their interactions—within a curved spacetime geometry, accounting for relativistic effects. Among ... -
Effects of Using Examples on Structural Model Comprehension: A Controlled Experiment
(University of Waterloo, 2013-12-03)We present a controlled experiment for the empirical evaluation of Example-Driven Modeling (EDM), an approach that systematically uses examples for model comprehension and domain knowledge transfer. We conducted the ... -
The Effects of Varying Surface Translation Acceleration and Velocity on Compensatory Forward Stepping Responses
(University of Waterloo, 2018-11-16)Introduction: Examination of balance control has often been accomplished via evocation of stepping responses through external perturbations. These external perturbations can take the form of sudden underfoot surface ... -
The effects of vegetation on the estimation of low flows: a high-resolution study in natural streams featuring novel techniques
(University of Waterloo, 2018-07-12)Accurate measurement of stream discharge under low-flow conditions is of utmost importance to many water resources practitioners. In most of the world, discharge is estimated at gauging stations using rating curves. These ... -
The Effects of Video Quality on Online Video Lectures
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-23)With the increase in online learning, there is an increasing need to determine the most effective way to present lectures online (e.g., video lectures). While video lectures have several benefits, when delivered online as ... -
Effects of Visual Perspective in Video Games on Activity Construals and Behavioural Intentions
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-31)The perspective from which people view or imagine a situation has downstream effects on the construal of that situation and subsequent cognitions and behaviours. My study suggests that these effects from the mental and ... -
The Effects of Water Chemistry and Organism Source on Dysprosium Toxicity to Hyalella Azteca
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-14)Rare earth elements (REEs) are a series of seventeen chemical elements, containing mostly lanthanides. Due to their multiple applications in industry and consumer electronics, global demand and production of REE has been ... -
The effects of water table draw-down on the hydrology of a patterned fen peatland near Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2005)Hydrological response to climate change may alter the biogeochemical role that peatlands play in the global climate system, so an understanding of the nature and magnitude of this response is important. Simple hydrological ... -
The Effects of Worker Age on Lifting: Psychophysical Estimates of Acceptable Loads and their Link to Biomechanics
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-27)Canada’s workforce, as well as many other countries, is continuing to age as the baby boomer generation (those born between 1946 and 1964) ages and are remaining in the workforce longer. The number of older workers is ... -
Effects-Directed Analysis of Soluble Organics in Bitumen-Influenced Waters
(University of Waterloo, 2019-06-10)Identification of the organic compounds of concern within bitumen-influenced waters is critical for effective monitoring and reclamation within Canada’s oil sands region. Effects-directed analysis (EDA) is a tool used to ... -
The Efficacy of an Ergonomics Education Program on Sit-Stand Workstation Usage Behaviours: A Field Intervention Study
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-06)Abstract Background: Much is known about the negative aspects of sitting and standing for long periods of time. In recent years there has been a shift in office furniture from non-height adjustable workstations to those ... -
The Efficacy of Source Rate Control in Achieving Fairness in Wireless Mesh Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-18)The use of 802.11-based wireless mesh networks (WMNs) as an alternative network backbone technology is growing rapidly. The primary advantages of this approach are ease of deployment and lower cost. However, such networks ... -
The Efficacy of the DNA Barcoding Proctol in determining species in the red algal orders Batrachospermales and Thoreales and a comparison with the plastid rbcL gene.
(University of Waterloo, 2009-05-01)The red algae (Rhodophyta) is a monophyletic phylum and is comprised of seven classes including the Florideophyceae. The class monophyletic Florideophyceae is postulated to have diverged from the class Bangiophyceae and ... -
The Efficacy of the Meiotic Toolkit in Determining the Sexuality and Evolutionary History of Red Algae (Rhodophyta)
(University of Waterloo, 2015-07-16)Meiosis is a unique mechanism and fundamental process that is shared by sexually reproducing eukaryotic species. Species that undergo meiosis can be determined by identifying the presence of core meiotic genes also known ...