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Représentation du sujet féminin dans les romans francophones de l’Île Maurice et l’archipel des Comores de 1990 à 2020 : entre soumission et désir d’agentivité
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-29)La présente étude a pour objectif de faire connaître les auteurs moins connus de la région indianocéanique. De plus, il s’agit de démontrer que les écrivains contemporains de la région insulaire indianocéanique ont recours ... -
Reproducing youthified landscape character: An evaluation of diversity of built-forms in young adult neighbourhoods
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-28)The purpose of this thesis is to examine the built-form of young adult neighbourhoods across North America to assess the similarities and differences that exist across these landscapes. The thesis seeks to answer the ... -
rePublic: Examining & reestablishing the public role of the city hall
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-29)City halls have long been regarded as the social, organizational, perceptual and physical centers of cities. A successful city can be recognized by the success of its city hall. As a city develops, so must its city hall. Over ... -
Reputation-based Trust Management in Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-12)Trust is required in file sharing peer-to-peer (P2P) systems to achieve better cooperation among peers and reduce malicious uploads. In reputation-based P2P systems, reputation is used to build trust among peers based on ... -
Requirement-based Root Cause Analysis Using Log Data
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-14)Root Cause Analysis for software systems is a challenging diagnostic task due to complexity emanating from the interactions between system components. Furthermore, the sheer size of the logged data makes it often difficult ... -
Requirements and Barriers to Strengthening Sustainability Reporting Among Mining Corporations
(University of Waterloo, 2010-07-28)Mining depletes, processes, and relocates mineral resources while profoundly changing landscapes and socio-economic patterns of affected regions and communities. For millennia these impacts have been “accepted” by society ... -
Requirements Engineering and Management Effects on Downstream Developer Performance in a Small Business Findings from a Case Study in a CMMI/CMM Context
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-17)Abstract— This thesis is a case study explaining how I tried to improve the requirements engineering process at company X (not its real name), a small software development company in Waterloo, ON, Canada. I assessed X’s ... -
A Requirements-Based Partition Testing Framework Using Particle Swarm Optimization Technique
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-23)Modern society is increasingly dependent on the quality of software systems. Software failure can cause severe consequences, including loss of human life. There are various ways of fault prevention and detection that can ... -
Research and Development of Long Life Lead Carbon Battery for Energy Storage
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-19)This thesis is a summarization of a lead acid battery research and development work. The first four sections present briefly the lead acid battery (LAB) history, battery structure, fundamental theory, application in ... -
Researching Human-AI Collaboration through the Design of Language-Based Query Assistance
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-03)Interactions with artificial intelligence (AI) are uniquely difficult to design because of the complexity of its output and the uncertainty of its capabilities for designers. Additionally, AI can be error-prone and needs ... -
Researching the Researcher: A Social Network Analysis of the Multidisciplinary Knowledge Creation Process
(University of Waterloo, 2006)This research describes the relationship between several social network characteristics and knowledge creation outputs in the form of patented intellectual property of researchers by investigating the case of the University ... -
ReserveTM: Optimizing for Eager Software Transactional Memory
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-26)Software Transactional Memory (STM) helps programmers write correct concurrent code by allowing them to identify atomic sections rather than focusing on the mechanics of concurrency control. Given code with atomic sections, ... -
Reservoir Geomechanics and Casing Stability, X1-3Area, Daqing Oilfield
(University of Waterloo, 2007-01-24)It is widely understood that injection and production activities can induce additional stress fields that will couple with the in situ stress field. An increased shear stress may cause serious casing stability issue, and ... -
Reservoir screening criteria for deep slurry injection
(University of Waterloo, 2005)Deep slurry injection is a process of solid waste disposal that involves grinding the solid waste to a relatively fine-grained consistency, mixing the ground waste with water and/or other liquids to form slurry, and disposing ... -
Resident Attitudes towards Tourism Development in Conservative Cultures: The Case of Qatar
(University of Waterloo, 2010-07-15)Over the past decade, Persian Gulf countries witnessed an increase in tourism development and the number of international tourists. Though tourism development plays an important role in enhancing economies, tourism ... -
Resident Perceptions of Tourism in a Rapidly Growing Mountain Tourism Destination
(University of Waterloo, 2006)It is generally agreed that tourism results in both positive and negative impacts for residents of tourism destinations. There is a need to study resident perceptions of tourism because local residents are the ones who ... -
Residential encroachment within suburban forests: Are Ontario municipal policies sufficient for protecting suburban forested natural areas for the long term?
(University of Waterloo, 2007-10-25)Many natural areas and systems within urban landscapes are small or narrow. Landscape ecology studies within forested and agricultural landscapes have found that small natural areas that are protected from development or ... -
Residential Solar Energy Adoption in a Community Context: Perceptions and Characteristics of Potential Adopters in a West Toronto Neighbourhood
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-25)In the summer of 2007, a single neighbourhood in downtown Toronto contributed at least 13 percent of all residential grid‐tie solar photovoltaic (PV) systems sold in the Canadian province of Ontario. On average, PV ... -
Residents’ and tourists’ perspectives on potential introduction of casino industry and its role in tourism and community development: the case of the Republic of Cyprus
(University of Waterloo, 2008-04-25)For years, the gambling industry has been gaining popularity among a variety of countries and communities for its contribution to tourism development and thus, to the economy. At the same time, the addictive nature of the ... -
Residual Stresses In Circular Thin Plates Using Two Dimensional X-ray Diffraction And Finite Element Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-23)There are many causes of structural failure. One of the most important factors leading to material failure is residual stress. This stress represents effects left in structures after processing or removal of external ...