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An exploratory study of experiences of design at hackathons
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-25)Hackathons are popular events where participants “hack” together a project, from ideation through to the final presentation, in 24-48 hours. It is typical for hackathons to be tech-centric; therefore, the attendees tend ... -
An Exploratory Study of Storytelling Using Digital Tabletops
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-25)Storytelling is a powerful means of communication that has been employed by humankind from the early stages of development. As technology has advanced, the medium through which people tell stories has evolved from verbal, ... -
Exploring and integrating local angling guide knowledge for examining tourism sustainability in the Bahamian Flats Fishing Sector
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-27)Tourism globally is ranked as the world’s third largest export category, and 2017 marked the eighth consecutive year of sustained growth in the sector (UNWTO, 2018). Tourism represented 10% of the global gross domestic ... -
Exploring Art as a Communication Interface for Watershed System Resiliency
(University of Waterloo, 2024-03-27)Art has shown promise as a method of communicating the science and attendant need for watershed restoration work to both practitioners and the public. My thesis is exploratory; it explored whether art can convey concepts ... -
Exploring associations between response inhibition and emotion: Effects of valence, motivation, information processing style and emotional reactivity
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-27)Several theoretical accounts postulate an influence of mood on response inhibition, a central component of executive function (EF) that refers to withholding pre-potent responses that are inappropriate within a particular ... -
Exploring Automated Trading: Modeling a Financial System with a Variable Degree of Automation, Display Design, and Evaluation
(University of Waterloo, 2017-11-24)Automation has become more pervasive and started to replace human operation in all information-processing stages (e.g., machine-learning based systems). Typically, automated systems have a variable degree of automation ... -
Exploring Automatic Citation Classification
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-21)Currently, citation indexes used by digital libraries are very limited. They only provide raw citation counts and link scientific articles through their citations. There are more than one type of citations, but citation ... -
Exploring Branding Opportunities for the Ecolodge Market
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-24)The focus of this thesis is on the development of a brand strategy for mid-scale ecolodge businesses. This is an important area of concern within the ecolodge industry as there is no system in place to recognize quality ... -
Exploring certification programs and organizational capacity in Canadian soccer
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-23)Assisting member organizations to achieve certification standards is becoming an activity of interest to many governing bodies who seek to develop capacity within their sport (Van Hoecke, Schoukens & De Knop, 2013). ... -
Exploring Contributions of Liking and Wanting to the Intention-Behaviour Link
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-26)People often express intentions to pursue positive behavioural changes, but successful behaviour change is difficult to implement. Despite one’s good intentions, behaviours are not always carried out as planned (the ... -
Exploring Cornstalk and Corn Biomass Silage Retting as a New Biological Fibre Extraction Technique
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-21)Presently there are two forms of biological fibre extraction, water retting or dew retting, which use bacteria or fungi, respectively. Microbial action results in release of the cellulose fibres due to modification of the ... -
Exploring crime in Toronto, Ontario with applications for law enforcement planning: Geographic analysis of hot spots and risk factors for expressive and acquisitive crimes
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-29)This thesis explores crime hot spots and identifies risk factors of expressive and acquisitive crimes in Toronto, Ontario at the census tract scale using official crime offence data from 2006. Four research objectives ... -
Exploring Differences in Vascular Aging and Cerebrovascular Hemodynamics between Older Adults of White Caucasian and South Asian Origin
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-23)In Canada, the number of older adults has been on the rise over the past several decades. As the aging population continues to rise, the prevalence of chronic illnesses is projected to correspondingly increase at an ... -
Exploring End-of-Life Nutrition Care for Residents of Long-Term Care: A Retrospective Chart Review
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-22)Introduction: Eating challenges are prevalent in long-term care (LTC) and have been associated with mortality, particularly in older adults with advanced conditions such as dementia. However, changes to eating habits and ... -
Exploring factors that constrain and enable sustainable transboundary water governance in the Mackenzie River Basin
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-19)Governance of transboundary water systems is complicated by factors such as institutional fragmentation, social and environmental change, competing values for and uses of water and power dynamics. These challenges exist ... -
Exploring factors that contribute to between-subject variability of reaction time
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-22)For well over a century reaction time has provided researchers with a method to quantify information processing speed. Defined as the interval of time between the presentation of a stimulus to the onset of a response, ... -
Exploring Father Involvement: Fathers' Accounts of Paternal Involvement
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-09)Fathers with children at home account for a substantial portion of the Canadian population. In contemporary Canada, a father’s role no longer consists of distant breadwinning, but rather actively engaging in a family-centered ... -
Exploring functional annotation through genomic and metagenomic data mining
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-09)Functional profiling of genomes and metagenomes, as well as data mining for novel proteins, all rely on computational methods for functional annotation of protein sequences. Standard methods assign protein function based ... -
Exploring Health and Wellbeing in a Low-to-Middle Income Country: A Case Study of Kenya
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-15)The recent past has witnessed an increased interest in the concept of wellbeing both in academia and public policy. Governments and international organizations have developed a policy agenda with the broad goal of improving ... -
Exploring Household Vulnerability: The Compounding Loss of Resource and Service Access in Post-Cyclone Idai Beira, Mozambique
(University of Waterloo, 2022-06-16)The rapid urbanization of secondary cities in the Global South poses significant challenges for equitable household access to basic services and resources. Climate-related disaster impacts within these secondary cities ...