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Assessing the Circulation Response to Snow Albedo Feedback in Climate Change
(University of Waterloo, 2012-12-19)Snow Albedo Feedback (SAF) in response to climate change is a process that can amplify the climate warming response to increases in anthropogenic atmospheric CO2 concentrations from the 20th to the 21st Century. Warmer ... -
Assessing the Connectivity of Groundwater Wells to Surface-Water Using a Volumetric Capture Delineation Tool
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-06)Existing groundwater modeling methods for determining the degree of groundwater well connectivity to surface-water either provide weak guidance (i.e., analytical methods), only examine the hydrological impacts of pumping ... -
Assessing the Consistency of Subnational Agreements with International Norms: Water Policy in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Watershed
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-03)The purpose of this study is to assess whether the subnational water agreements that apply to the Great Lakes-St Lawrence River watershed are consistent with international norms and principles as articulated at United ... -
Assessing the Effects of Deep Release and Surface Release Reservoirs on Downstream Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities in the Grand River Watershed: Implications for Planning and Management
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-25)River regulation and reservoirs can provide a variety of services including flood protection, flow management and flow augmentation, however, there is increasing concern regarding these effects on downstream lotic environments ... -
Assessing the Effects of Disruptive Issues on the CSR of Canadian Multinational Gold Companies
(University of Waterloo, 2017-11-20)Mining activities provide significant economic and social benefits to Canada, and to the areas in which Canadian multinational mining companies operate internationally. However, mining activities also present both social ... -
Assessing the Environment Domain of the Canadian Index of Wellbeing: Potentials for Leveraging Policy
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-29)This thesis is aimed at understanding the environment domain of the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW) and how it can further contribute to communicative strategies that promote strategic sustainable development. Several ... -
Assessing The Erodibility of Cohesive Media in Southwestern Ontario With In-Situ Mini-JET Methodology
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-25)Despite research indicating that the resistance of cohesive sediments to fluvial erosion is related to the geologic media, regulators and industry in Southern Ontario do not typically consider the diversity in geologic ... -
ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS ON THE REPORTED PROBABILITY OF HEAT PUMP ADOPTION
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-10)It is regarded that targeted energy efficiency improvements to residential, commercial, and industrial buildings are essential components of an effective climate action plan. While the energy performance of buildings in ... -
Assessing the Impacts of Sea Level Rise in the Caribbean using Geographic Information Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-30)Numerous studies project that climate change will accelerate the rise in global sea levels, leading to increased coastal inundation, greater potential damage from storm surge events, beach erosion and other coastal impacts ... -
Assessing the Influence and Effectiveness of Watershed Report Cards on Watershed Management: A Study of Watershed Organizations in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2010-10-28)The concept and practice of watershed management have evolved since the early twentieth century and continue to change. Contemporary watershed management, as a means to improve environmental, social, and economic well-being, ... -
Assessing the influence of canopy snow parameterizations on snow albedo feedback in boreal forest regions
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-09)Variation in snow albedo feedback (SAF) among CMIP5 climate models has been shown to explain much of the variation in projected 21st Century warming over Northern Hemisphere land. Prior studies using observations and models ... -
Assessing the Intergenerational Effects of Maternal Exposure to Drought in Early Life Before and After Prenatal Supplementation and the Seasonality Effects on Birth Outcomes in Rural Malawi
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-19)BACKGROUND Prenatal supplementation can positively influence birth outcomes by addressing and improving the nutritional status of infants in resource-poor settings. Nevertheless, evidence from historical disasters such ... -
Assessing the Legitimacy of Sustainability Standard Programs in the Mining and Minerals Sector
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-15)This research aims to evaluate the extent to which mining sector sustainability standard programs and their certified entities adopt input legitimacy in their deliberative processes. A framework to assess this was developed ... -
Assessing the Performance of Two Stormwater Management Ponds in Waterloo, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-07)Stormwater (SW) runoff in urban areas represents a major pathway for pollutant transfer to receiving waters. Best management practices (BMP) were introduced in the 1970s to help mitigate the negative effects of SW. In the ... -
Assessing the Potential of Integrating the Health Impact Assessment in Normative Architectural Practice in Order to Promote Population Health and Health Equity in Design Decision-Making
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-07)Scientific research has demonstrated that the design of the built environment can negatively contribute not only to ‘mortality’ (life/death) outcomes in populations, but also to ‘morbidity’ (overall health and well-being) ... -
Assessing the Practicality of a Simple Multi-node Quantum Repeater
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-25)This thesis assesses the theoretical performance of a realistic multi-node quantum repeater that is implementable with current technology. A quantum repeater, by definition, allows for communication rates in a channel to ... -
Assessing the Pre-occupancy and Post-occupancy Baseline Sustainability Practices of Multiple Tenants in a Zero-Carbon Office Building
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-23)This research assesses the baseline sustainable lifestyle patterns of occupants in a multi-tenant office building in Waterloo, ON designed for next-generation sustainability standards. The building is designed to be ... -
Assessing the Public Participation Process for Brownfield Revitalization Projects
(University of Waterloo, 2013-12-16)The public participation process is a vital and necessary part of planning that provides citizens with the opportunity to express their concerns and suggestions about projects that affect the overall well-being of their ... -
ASSESSING THE RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE NETWORK ENGAGEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE: CAN ENGAGEMENT PREDICT KNOWLEDGE USE IN A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE?
(University of Waterloo, 2006)A disconnect exists between research and practice that is impeding the flow of knowledge between researchers, practitioners and decision makers. This obstruction of knowledge is acting as a barrier to the use of evidence ... -
Assessing the Reliability of Deep Learning Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-01)Deep Learning (DL) applications are widely deployed in diverse areas, such as image classification, natural language processing, and auto-driving systems. Although these applications achieve outstanding performance in terms ...