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Life on Mars: Palimpsests of the Forthcoming Martian Res Publica
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-21)Mars is set to be the new frontier of humanity, and as a result poses a unique set of architectural and engineering challenges to be overcome. Interest into both small and large-scale Martian settlements has greatly increased ... -
The Life-Cycle Assessment of a Single-Storey Retail Building in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-26)In North America, the operation of buildings accounts for approximately one third of the total energy use and greenhouse gas emissions annually. Office buildings are responsible for roughly 35% of the total commercial/in ... -
The Lifecycle of a Whiteboard Photo: Post-meeting Usage of Whiteboard Content Captured with Mobile Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2016-06-15)The traditional dry-erase whiteboard is a ubiquitous tool in the workplace, particularly in meeting spaces where they are a key collaboration tool. Although research on whiteboard use and the development of whiteboard ... -
The Lifestyles and Sexual Health of Canadian Snowbirds
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-13)Background. Little is known about HIV risk-behaviour and testing amongst older Canadians. In the United States the prevalence of HIV for those aged 50+ is highest in Florida, a location where many Canadian seniors winter. ... -
The LIFT House: An amphibious strategy for sustainable and affordable housing for the urban poor in flood-prone Bangladesh
(University of Waterloo, 2011-02-02)Bangladesh is known for two things: poverty and floods. It is a delta country burdened with draining large amounts of water from surrounding countries and a heavy monsoon season that have caused numerous severe floods with ... -
The Liftable Mapping Class Group
(University of Waterloo, 2017-07-19)Broadly, this thesis lies at the interface of mapping class groups and covering spaces. The foundations of this area were laid down in the early 1970s by Birman and Hilden. Building on these foundations, there has been a ... -
“Lifting As We Climb”: The Emergence of an African-Canadian Civil Society in Southern Ontario (1840-1901)
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-18)This dissertation examines Black civil society organizations that brought the African-Canadian community closer to their rights as citizens of Canada West from 1840-1901. Past scholars have applied the concept of civil ... -
LIGAND TRANSFER REACTIONS OF HYPERVALENT IODINE REAGENTS WITH PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-23)Many hypervalent iodine compounds are used as versatile reagents in synthetic organic chemistry. Hypervalent iodine reagents are capable of oxidizing trivalent phosphorus compounds into pentavalent, by transferring their ... -
Light Delivery In Turbid Media
(University of Waterloo, 2011-06-17)Light delivery and sample handling systems are essential for any high performance imaging application. The custom design for two such devices with medical imaging applications are presented. The first device, a galvanometer-stage ... -
Light Rail Transit in the Region of Waterloo: A qualitative examination of urban rail’s effects on real estate, development and urban identities
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-11)Transit oriented development has become a staple of contemporary planning practice that is applied in cities throughout the world to help guide the development of sustainable, economic, and social outcomes in urban regions. ... -
Light, Dark, and all That’s in Between: Revisiting the Role of Light in Architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-23)Natural light, aside from its functional roles, has little significance in many contemporary spaces. The decline of its earlier shared cultural values and lack of any other to replace these translates into an impoverishment ... -
Light-Fueled Liquid Crystal Networks for Aquatic Soft Robotics
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-21)The field of soft robotics has developed in response to the need for mechanisms that can operate safely in interaction with humans. Within the field of soft robotics, there is a growing demand for the development of ... -
Light-Matter Interaction Models in Relativistic Quantum Information
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-21)In this thesis, we study the interaction of a first-quantized atomic system with the quantum electromagnetic field within the context of relativistic quantum information (RQI). To that end, we examine common classes of ... -
Light-weight verification of cryptographic API usage
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-15)A pluggable type system is a light-weight approach for compile-time program verification, which provides more powerful types to both developers and compilers. Developers use pluggable types to boost program understanding, ... -
The Lighthouse Keeper
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-25)Lighthouses are the heart and soul of hundreds of communities across Atlantic Canada; they were integral to the survival and growth of their people while acting as a safety net around the coasts. These communities no longer ... -
LightPlay: An Ambient Light System for Video Game Indicators and Notifications
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-11)Video games often have indicators and notifications to convey in-game information. However, displaying these visuals on-screen come with trade-offs, such as consuming screen real estate and an inability for them to be ... -
Lightweight Cellular Concrete as Flexible Pavement Subbase Material: Field Performance and Sustainability Study
(University of Waterloo, 2022-12-01)Enhancing the long-term performance of road infrastructure is an important goal for engineers in Canada, especially with changing climatic conditions. This has brought about varying approaches in design and construction ... -
Lightweight Cellular Concrete: Applicability of Pavement Subbase Layer Materials
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-06)Canada is the second-largest country in the world and has over 1.04 million km of roads. Residents and industries rely on the road network as it contributes significantly to quality of life. Pavement structures built over ... -
A Lightweight Processor Core for Application Specific Acceleration
(University of Waterloo, 2004)Advances in configurable logic technology have permitted the development of low-cost, high-speed configurable devices, allowing one or more soft processor cores to be introduced into a configurable computing system. ... -
A Lightweight Type System with Uniqueness and Typestates for the Java Cryptography API
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-17)Java cryptographic APIs facilitate building secure applications, but not all developers have strong cryptographic knowledge to use these APIs correctly. Several studies have shown that misuses of those cryptographic APIs ...