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Longitudinal impact of newly acquired closed-circuit televisions (CCTV) on quality of life for low vision patients
(University of Waterloo, 2007-08-09)Ongoing efforts to quantify changes in quality of life attributable to low vision rehabilitation have focused on the utility of a single test instrument to measure this multidimensional concept. It is hypothesized that ... -
A Longitudinal Investigation of Leader Development and Leadership Emergence
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-21)Although it requires time to develop and emerge as leaders, there is a shortage of longitudinal research on these topics. Across two essays, this dissertation aims to address this gap in the literature. Essay 1 examines ... -
Longitudinal Patterns of Cognitive State Changes and their Predictors in Older Adults
(University of Waterloo, 2020-02-03)Older adults experience diverse patterns of cognitive state changes, including progression to dementia, that depend on genetic and non-genetic factors. With population aging, the global prevalence of dementia is rising. ... -
“Look at me! Am I a security threat?!”: Border crossing experiences of Canadian dual citizens post 9/11
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-16)We live in an era in which security politics are generated and sustained by the ‘war on terror’ (Anderson, 2010; Bhandar, 2008; Mueller, 2006). This war often targets mobile people. As a result, security and tourism have ... -
Looking Wide? Imperialism, Internationalism, and the Boy Scout Movement, 1918-1939
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-31)The Boy Scout Movement is one of the most influential youth movements of the twentieth century. Begun in the context of Edwardian imperialism as a foil to fears of racial decline, the movement’s militarism became a liability ... -
Loop Modeling in Proteins Using a Database Approach with Multi-Dimensional Scaling
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-26)Modeling loops is an often necessary step in protein structure and function determination, even with experimental X-ray and NMR data. It is well known to be difficult. Database techniques have the advantage of producing ... -
Loop Optimization of Tensor Network Renormalization: Algorithms and Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-22)Loop optimization for tensor network renormalization (loop-TNR) is a real-space renormalization group algorithm suitable for studying 1+1D critical systems. While the original proposal by Yang et al. focused on classical ... -
Losing Your Calm or Losing Control: Two Paths to Retaliatory Deviance in Response to Abusive Supervision
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-03)Retaliation is a well-established response to abusive supervision. Leading edge research explains the occurrence of supervisor-directed retaliation through processes associated with the strength model of self-control ... -
Lossy Filter Synthesis
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-26)All telecommunication systems, such as cellular mobile networks (cellphones), object-detection systems (radars), and navigation systems that include satellite positioning systems (GPS), base their functioning on radio wave ... -
Lossy Joint Source-Channel Coding for Energy Harvesting Communication Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2014-12-15)In this work, we study the problem of lossy joint source-channel coding in an energy harvesting single-user communication system with causal energy arrivals, where the energy storage unit may have leakage. In particular, ... -
Lost in Translation: How the perception of Characters change in the German Translations of J.R.R. Tolkiens "The Lord of the Rings"
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-20)It is an accepted paradigm that translated texts will never be the perfect equivalent to the original text in a different language. It is a fact that foreign literary works will influence a culture through translations. ... -
Lost River: The Artefacts of Toronto's Garrison Creek
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-27)Once the founding site of the city of Toronto and its second largest watercourse, the Garrison Creek and its original landscape of dense forest and deep ravines have disappeared beneath an aggressive process of development ... -
Lot-Sizing of Several Multi-Product Families
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-19)Production planning problems and its variants are widely studied in operations management and optimization literature. One variation that has not garnered much attention is the presence of multiple production families in ... -
Love in the Time of Caller ID: Understanding the Role of Smartphone Technology in Committed Relationships
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-23)Smartphones have changed the way our world works, and have had particularly unique impacts on the way human relationships function. Among the most important of those relationships are the ones that people form by choice ... -
Low Cost Thermal Imaging System for Welding Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-29)A significant component of welding research is devoted to studying the relationship between welding parameters and material properties. The fundamental link between process parameters and material properties is established ... -
Low Cost Wet Diaper Detector System
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-12)The role of smart wet diaper detectors to health caregivers cannot be over-emphasized. Prolong wetness in patients and babies is one of the major causes of rashes especially when the wetness is not detected on time. ... -
Low heterospecific pollen deposition on native plant stigmas despite high exotic abundance in southern Ontario meadows
(University of Waterloo, 2015-02-17)In southern Ontario many meadow remnants are found within protected areas, including Conservation Authorities. These meadows occupy a fraction of their former area and are typically dominated by exotic species, yet they ... -
A Low Jitter Analog Circuit for Precisely Correcting Timing Skews in Time Interleaved Analog-to-Digital Converters
(University of Waterloo, 2013-12-02)Time-interleaved analog-to-digital converters are an attractive architecture for achieving a high speed, high resolution ADC in a power efficient manner. However, due to process and manufacturing variations, timing skews ... -
Low Mobility Cable Robot with Application to Robotic Warehousing
(University of Waterloo, 2014-10-17)Cable-based robots consist of a rigid mobile platform connected via flexible links (cables, wires, tendons) to a surrounding static platform. The use of cables simplifies the mechanical structure and reduces the inertia, ... -
Low Power Clock and Data Recovery Integrated Circuits
(University of Waterloo, 2007-10-24)Advances in technology and the introduction of high speed processors have increased the demand for fast, compact and commercial methods for transferring large amounts of data. The next generation of the communication access ...