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My Meal Intake Tool (MMIT) and the Mealtime Audit Tool (MAT) - Criterion Validity and Inter-rater Reliability Testing of two Novel Tools for Improving Food Intake in Acute Care
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-19)BACKGROUND: Forty-five percent of patients in Canada are admitted to hospital already malnourished. Compared to well-nourished patients, those with diminished nutritional status are at an increased risk of in-hospital ... -
"My Name Is Lizzie Bennet": Successfully Adapting Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' (1813) for the Twenty-First Century with 'The Lizzie Bennet Diaries' (2012-2013)
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-03)This thesis argues that The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (or the LBD), the 2012 transmedia YouTube webseries adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, is a successful adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel because – like its source text – ... -
My Other Eyes that See, My Other Ears that Hear
(University of Waterloo, 2014-07-22)Disability is a part of the human condition and has existed since the beginning of time, yet the vast majority of people with disabilities are still expected to live in a built environment designed for what society has ... -
Mycenaean Occupants of Ancient Kallithea: Understanding a Population’s Health, Culture, and Lifestyle Through Bioarchaeological Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-26)The Mycenaean cemetery at Kallithea Laganidia is the first comprehensive study of a cemetery sample from the periphery of the Mycenaean world. Previous studies have focused primarily on remains from palace centers. Even ... -
THE MYTH OF DISENCHANTMENT: RELIGION AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LITERATURE
(University of Waterloo, 2021-03-29)In the following project, I look closely at three living American writers whose work explores the important relations between the religious and ecocritical “turns” in American literature, with particular attention to ways ... -
Mythos und Gnade: Schlagwörter, Topoi und weitere diskurslinguistische Phänomene im RAF Diskurs in der Wochenzeitung Die Zeit
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-09)The terrorist group Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF) and its place in post-war German history have been an important topic and therefore featured in public discourses of the Federal Republic of Germany between 1970 and 2008. The ... -
The N-Dimensional City: Establishing a Vitality Driven Framework for Volumetric Building Networks Through Parametric Design
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-22)The architectural concept of a city within a city, or a three-dimensional urban realm, aims to engage the public and bring the vitality of the city into the building. This concept often manifests in the form of grade-separated ... -
Na0.66(Ni0.13Mn0.54Co0.13)O2 Cathode Coated with Alucone by Molecular Layer Deposition for Sodium Ion Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-16)The importance of batteries has skyrocketed in the twentieth century due to an impending energy crisis arising from a dependence on fossil fuels. Global warming has alerted the world to the environmental dangers of fossil ... -
NADPH Oxidase-dependent ROS Production and Impaired Ca2+ Regulation are Associated with Exercise-induced Cardiac Fatigue in the Rat
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-10)Cardiac fatigue is a phenomenon that is characterized by a transient reduction in left ventricular contractile and/or relaxation function following acute aerobic exercise. Few studies have utilized rodent models to examine ... -
NAFTA and Virtual Water Trade: An estimation of virtual water trade in livestock and livestock products between Canada and the United States
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-22)Canadian agriculture trade with the United States, specifically trade in livestock and livestock commodities, has flourished under the NAFTA regime. However, the benefits of this trade liberalization have hidden environmental ... -
Naive Bayes Data Complexity and Characterization of Optima of the Unsupervised Expected Likelihood
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-21)The naive Bayes model is a simple model that has been used for many decades, often as a baseline, for both supervised and unsupervised learning. With a latent class variable it is one of the simplest latent variable models, ... -
Nano Positioning Control Using Magnetostrictive Actuators
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-18)The focus of this thesis is on the development of control systems for nano- positioning actuators using magnetostrictive materials. Magnetostrictive materials have large strokes and fast responses. However, they are ... -
Nano-confined water within the membrane of self-assembled vesicles
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-01)The hydrophobic metal carbonyl complexes, known as FpR (Fp = (Cp)Fe(PPh3)(CO)(CO−), Cp = cyclopentadiene, R = C3Bithiophene, C6Pyrene, C6Azobenzene or C6), self-assembles into stable colloids in water. The colloids are ... -
Nano-Crystalline &Amorphous Silicon PhotoTransistor Performance Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-24)In this thesis, we compared electrical performance and stability of a novel nanocrystalline Si (nc-Si) thin film phototransistor (TFT) phototransistor and a regular amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) TFT phototransistor for large ... -
Nano-orifice based Dielectrophoretic Manipulation and Characterization of Nanoparticles and Biological Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-02)Dielectrophoresis (DEP) is the motion of a dielectric particle in an aqueous solution due to the polarization effects in a non-uniform electric field. Due to its property of label-free, scalable, and capable of generating ... -
Nanocarbon-containing High Power Cathode for Rechargeable Hybrid Aqueous Battery
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-11)Aqueous batteries have been considered to be one of the most suitable large-scale energy storage systems that require excellent safety, low cost and high power. A new secondary aqueous Zn/LiMn2O4 battery system, called ... -
Nanocellulose in Bioplastics for Sustainable Packaging
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-11)Packaging has become a critical concern due to the prevalence of single-use plastics from petrochemicals, leading to environmental issues. To address this, interest in bio-based materials for packaging has grown, offering ... -
Nanocellulose-based systems for the removal of perfluoroalkyl compounds from water
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-30)The contamination of drinking water sources with poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is a cause for concern. These compounds have been linked to several health problems in humans, and thus there is an urgent need ... -
Nanochemistry on Si(100): Surface Biofunctionalization by Amino-containing Bifunctional Molecules, and Shape Control of Copper Core-Shell Nanoparticles
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-19)The present research involves two projects: a surface science study of the room-temperature adsorption and thermal evolution of allylamine and ethanolamine on Si(100)2×1, studied by using temperature-dependent X-ray ... -
Nanocomposite Based Infrared Photothermoelectric Detectors
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-24)In the last decade, photothermoelectric (PTE) detectors that combine photothermal and thermoelectric conversion have been demonstrated for infrared and terahertz tracking. They are advantageous in terms of facile fabrication, ...