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Beta and bolt hangers: An Actor-Network approach to storying the Niagara Escarpment
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-03)Rock climbing is a messy practice that assembles dynamic landscapes, discursive regimes, processes of defacing, and the interferences of diverse more-than-humans (Barratt, 2012; Rickly, 2017; Rossiter, 2007). This thesis ... -
Beta-parvin Mediates Adhesion Receptor Cross-Talk During Xenopus laevis Gastrulation
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-27)Modulation of cell adhesion is essential to the cell rearrangements that characterize Xenopus gastrulation. The spatial and temporal regulation of cell movement requires a highly coordinated cross-talk between cadherin and ... -
Beta-Testing Architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-29)In the field of architecture, designers traditionally show their building concepts for design analysis mainly through static renderings. The problem with static renderings is that they don’t show us how and if buildings ... -
A Better World is Possible: Agroecology as a Response to Socio-Economic and Political Conditions in Cuba
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Over the past century global agriculture has come to be characterized by high levels of industrial inputs, as well as increasing consolidation of land ownership and a focus on export-oriented monocrop production. In spite ... -
Betting on the Unexpected: The Effect of Expectation Matching on Choice Strategies in a Binary Choice Task
(University of Waterloo, 2012-02-17)Probability matching is the tendency to predict outcomes in accordance with their actual contingencies in a binary choice task. It is, however, a suboptimal response if the aim is to maximize correct predictions. I review ... -
Between Four Walls and City Streets: Urban Challenges and Domestic Adaptations
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-22)The practices of domesticity within the city have expanded the understanding of ‘home’ to encompass a broad range of spaces beyond the physical boundaries of the dwelling. The city itself, by means of its own inherent ... -
Between Indias
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-10)Cultural identity today has become deterritorialized. As mass migration, mobility and interconnectivity between peoples and regions have increased, connections to geographical roots have loosened. People today are enmeshed ... -
Between Technological Flesh and the Technological Field: A phenomenology of the domestic interior
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-22)Swift and radical technological change necessitates a re-appraisal of the phenomenology of the house. Canonical phenomenology often has been technologically averse and the phenomenological appraisal of the house, as offered ... -
Between the Temporal and the Eternal Falls the Shadow
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-19)This thesis is composed of a number of fragments, each revealing an aspect of the dynamic, complex and reciprocal relationship that we form with architecture. Architecture is brought to life through the animation of ... -
Beverage Consumption Patterns and Oral Health Outcomes : Do Milk and Water Confer Protective Benefits against Sugary- or Acidic-Beverage Consumption?
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-27)Background: Diseases affecting the oral cavity are the most prevalent chronic conditions in the world, and affect all ages, sexes, and nationalities. Diet is a strong predictor of oral health, and beverage consumption ... -
Beyond Academia: Examining the Versatile Career Paths of PhDs
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-14)This dissertation employs a mixed-methods approach to examine the career transitions of Canadian PhDs. Moving beyond dichotomous definitions of PhD outcomes (as “academic” or “non-academic”) this research aims to identify ... -
Beyond an Eyesore: Re-Imagining Scarborough’s Strip Malls as a Network of Public Spaces
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-23)This thesis celebrates the vitality and public life of the post war era strip malls located in Toronto’s inner suburb of Scarborough. These spaces are ritualistically utilitarian and informal social destinations due to ... -
Beyond causality: Heuristics for inferring possibility
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-07)Deciding what is possible is an essential human ability, and our judgments about possibility often appear effortless and straightforward. But how do we actually decide whether something is possible or impossible? This ... -
Beyond Considering Surrogates’ Reports at ‘Face Value’: Theorizing and Contextualizing the Autonomy-Related Threats of Surrogacy Arrangements
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-08)As research on surrogacy in Canada is only emerging, this thesis seeks to incite discussion relating to the autonomy of surrogates by analyzing recent studies which capture the experiences of surrogates through surveys and ... -
Beyond CSR: Evaluation of the concept of Corporate Social Innovation as an alternative to CSR.
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-25)Traditionally, businesses respond to social and environmental risks through CSR activities and programs. In the process, businesses go beyond compliance with law and engage in actions that produce social values or societal ... -
Beyond General Relativity: New Structure and Stability Predictions from Modified Gravity and High-Density Interaction Models
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-29)In this thesis a number of topics are explored in an attempt to further understand gravitation and highly dense matter on a fundamental level. The notion of “quark stars” (QS), hypothetical compact stars composed of quark ... -
Beyond Genius Loci: An Analysis of Architectural Design Strategies of Place
(University of Waterloo, 2016-02-17)This thesis explores the contributive role of the genius locus, or “spirit of place”, in the identity of cities and the production of meaningful places. The research addresses the analysis of genius loci as historical ... -
Beyond Natural Language Processing: Advancing Software Engineering Tasks through Code Structure
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-25)Machine learning-based approaches have been widely used to address natural language processing (NLP) problems. Considering the similarities between natural language text and source code, researchers have been working on ... -
Beyond positive affect: enhancing our understanding of diminished positive emotions and experiences in social anxiety
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-28)Social anxiety disorder (SAD) has been found to be associated with decreased positive affect (PA) that is not attributable to depression or comorbidity with other disorders (e.g., Kashdan, 2007). Despite this, little is ... -
Beyond Ruins: The Role of Cultural Capital in Post-Disaster Tourism Revival in Kathmandu Valley
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-25)This study offers an in-depth analysis of the nexus between cultural capital, tourism, and disaster recovery, with a particular focus on the aftermath of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Utilizing ...