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Yao-dong as a Spiritual Shelter for the Young Peasants
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-12)A yao-dong is a vernacular architecture in northern China. “Dong” means a cave. A cave is one of the earliest human shelters. In thousand years of Chinese history, caves evolved into yao-dongs. A yao-dong is the spiritual ... -
Years Between Stations: The Dream of America in Steve Erickson
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-04)Steve Erickson is an author so worried about the meaning of his country that his thematic obsessions influence and dictate the form and content of his writing. This project follows his thematic fixations over the course ... -
Yes but No: Havana Peace Agreement’s Ambiguous Sway on Colombia’s Rural Development Policy
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-26)On 24 November 2016, the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) signed a peace accord to end a six-decade war. One of the items included in the accord was the Comprehensive Rural Reform ... -
Yes, We Are!: An Examination of Teachers' Understanding of their Work as Part of a Profession
(University of Waterloo, 2011-02-24)The sociological literature on professions often portrays medicine and law as ideal-type professions. This is asserted largely on the basis of a list of criteria that tends to commonly include: extended education, specialized ... -
You Can Never Go Home
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-16)My thesis exhibition, You Can Never Go Home, reflects the idea of irreconcilable, parallel homes, one that’s here and one that’s there. Moving from Calgary, Alberta, to Waterloo, Ontario, to pursue my Master of Fine Arts, ... -
“You do realize that I'm like totally winging this?”: Exploring the diagnosis, disclosure and coping experiences of persons living with ALS
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-16)Background: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), an incurable motor neuron disease, primarily affects those between the ages of 60-79, and sees an approximate post-diagnosis life-expectancy of only 2-5 years. The condition ... -
Young Adult Experiences with a Mobile Smoking Cessation Application: A Qualitative Evaluation of Crush the Crave
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-22)Canada has had tremendous success with reducing smoking prevalence among its population. However, the decline in rates is not observed equitably among various sub-populations and tobacco continues to cause preventable ... -
Young adult smoking cessation: What predicts success?
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-22)Background: Across North America, smoking prevalence is highest among young adults (YAs). Understanding the cessation behaviours of YAs is critical given their higher smoking rates; however, there is a paucity of prospective ... -
Young Children’s Ability to Integrate Social and Numerical Information: The Origins of Base-rate Neglect
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-02)The seminal work of Kahneman and Tversky (1973) sparked an interest in the biases that govern decision-making, notably due to their findings on adults’ tendency to neglect base-rate information (i.e., prior probability) ... -
Young, Wild*, and (somewhat) Free: A Narrative Exploration of Married Second- Generation East Indian Canadian Women and Their Relationship with Leisure
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-02)Stemming from my personal experiences of a second-generation East Indian (SGEI) woman living in Canada, I explore the complexities of leisure within marriages. I employ postcolonial feminist theorization to contextualize ... -
“Your Sons and Daughters Shall Prophesy”: Visions, Apocalypticism, and Gender in Strasbourg, 1522-1539
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-05)This study examines the life and work of Lienhard and Ursula Jost, two peasant religious visionaries active in Strasbourg between 1522 and 1539, in the midst of the religious turmoil of the early Reformation. The Josts ... -
Youth Homelessness and Social Exclusion: A "Methods from the Margins" Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-27)Social exclusion is the restriction of participation in one’s community; it is the denial of access to rights, services, dignity and respect. Youth who are homeless experience social exclusion on numerous fronts, as they ... -
Youth Service Program Participants in Canada: Perceptions on Motivations for Volunteering, Level of Engagement, and Level of Impact
(University of Waterloo, 2022-06-17)Encouraging young people to be active in their communities and understanding of and responsive to the issues around them, especially through volunteer and service programs, allows these young people to be healthy and ... -
Z3str4: A Solver for Theories over Strings
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-15)Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT) solvers supporting rich theories of strings have facilitated numerous industrial applications with the need to reason about string operations and predicates that are present in many ... -
Zigzags of Finite, Bounded Posets and Monotone Near-Unanimity Functions and Jónsson Operations
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-25)We define the notion of monotone operations admitted by partially ordered sets, specifically monotone near-unanimity functions and Jónsson operations. We then prove a result of McKenzie's in [8] which states that if a ... -
Zinc Remediation by Zero-Valent Iron and the Associated Isotope Fractionation: Batch Experiments
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-19)Zinc is a bio-essential micro nutrient which is essential to the health of humans and other organisms. However, high Zn concentrations, as has been observed in mining waste water and urban runoff, can be harmful. The major ... -
The Zombie in American Culture
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-13)My research explores how the oft-maligned zombie genre reveals deep-seated American cultural tendencies drawn from the nation's history with colonization and imperialism. The zombie genre is a quintessentially American ... -
Zonal Energy Management and Optimization System (ZEMOS) for Smart Grid Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-15)In the context of implementing the smart grid, electric energy consumption, generation resources, should be managed and optimized in a way that saves energy, improves efficiency, enhances reliability and maintains security ... -
Zone-Distributed Optimization System for Energy Management in Smart Grids
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-24)Energy management system (EMS) is an important component of smart grid operation. A proper EMS is the key to the integration of smart grid (SG) features, which include two-way communication, smart metering as well advanced ... -
?Zur Zeit Maler und Dichter? ? DER DOPPELTE GEORGE GROSZ: INTERMEDIALE BEZÜGE ZWISCHEN GROSZ? LYRISCHEM WERK UND AUSGEWÄHLTEN ZEICHNUNGEN
(University of Waterloo, 2005)The following thesis examines the poetic oeuvre of George Grosz in relation to selected drawings from the same period of time. A survey of the research on George Grosz shows that the scholarly focus has so far mainly ...