Browsing Theses by Title
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Sexual Minority-focused Sport Group Involvement in Reducing the Impact of Homophobic Stigmatization on Internalized Homophobia and Degree of Disclosure
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-24)The homophobic stigmatization that many gay and lesbian individuals are exposed to, can have negative implications for their well-being. Sexual minority-focused sport group involvement is one way to boost well-being in the ... -
Sexual Self-Schemas and Sexual Satisfaction in Romantic Relationships
(University of Waterloo, 2013-10-02)The aim of the present research was to investigate the association between how individuals in romantic relationships conceptualize themselves sexually, and levels of reported sexual satisfaction for both themselves and ... -
SFour: A Protocol for Cryptographically Secure Record Linkage at Scale
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-23)The prevalence of various (and increasingly large) datasets presents the challenging problem of discovering common entities dispersed across disparate datasets. Solutions to the private record linkage problem (PRL) aim to ... -
Shades of Care: Understanding how BIPOC mothers and children experience paediatric care in Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-09)BACKGROUND: Race and ethnicity are determinants of health which play significant roles in shaping the quality of care and health outcomes for a child. In Canada’s increasingly diversifying patient populations, it has been ... -
Shades of gray in vaccine decision making: Understanding, exploring, and addressing the challenges of influenza vaccine hesitancy in Ontario community pharmacies
(University of Waterloo, 2019-12-19)Background: Two-thirds of Canadian adults currently do not receive the annual influenza vaccine. Vaccine hesitancy (VH), the voluntary delay or refusal of vaccination services despite availability is a significant contributor ... -
Shadow of the Wall
(University of Waterloo, 2008-02-07)A rapid economic boom in the past decade has completely transformed China’s urban landscape into a theme park of skyscrapers. Architecture has become a means to showcase ambition and desire. Architects are forced to fit ... -
Shakespeare Adaptations in a Canadian Context and the Question of Canadian Identity.
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-24)The doctoral thesis, Shakespeare Adaptations in a Canadian Context and the Question of Canadian Identity examines the representation, production and interpretation of Canadian identity through Shakespeare’s plays at two ... -
Shakespeare, Youth, and Comic Books
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-29)This thesis examines how Shakespearean play-texts are adapted into comic books in order to appeal to young readers. By analyzing four different adaptations including two comic book series and two manga series, it seeks to ... -
ShallowForest: Optimizing All-to-All Data Transmission in WANs
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-23)All-to-all data transmission is a typical data transmission pattern in both consensus protocols and blockchain systems. Developing an optimization scheme that provides high throughput and low latency data transmission can ... -
Shamanic Sequences: Gateways between the Corporeal, Virtual and Spiritual Realms
(University of Waterloo, 2007-01-24)This thesis explores the multi-dimensional aspects of space by engaging three primary “modes of knowing”: the corporeal, the virtual and the spiritual. The crossings of these modes are investigated through the development ... -
Shanghai lilong: an intertwined relationship between the dwellers & the architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-03)The thesis investigates the lilong neighbourhoods of Shanghai, known for their high-density housing organized around narrow longtangs (alleyways), during the 1970s and 1980s. It unfolds the intertwining relationship between ... -
Shape & cutoff in superconducting qubits, work fluctuations in correlation creation, & critical commentary
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-22)Part I We apply the Unruh-DeWitt model for a qubit interacting with a quantum field to a superconducting qubit. We use the flexibility of this model, as compared to the spin-boson model used widely in the literature, ... -
Shape Control of Composite Structures with Optimally Placed Piezoelectric Patches
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-29)The problem of shape control of composite laminated smart structures with piezoelectric patches placed at optimal location is considered in this thesis. Laminated plate structures with piezoelectric patches for shape ... -
Shape dynamics and Mach's principles: Gravity from conformal geometrodynamics
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-26)We develop a new approach to classical gravity starting from Mach's principles and the idea that the local shape of spatial configurations is fundamental. This new theory, shape dynamics, is equivalent to general relativity ... -
Shape Modeling of Plant Leaves with Unstructured Meshes
(University of Waterloo, 2005)The plant leaf is one of the most challenging natural objects to be realistically depicted by computer graphics due to its complex morphological and optical characteristics. Although many studies have been done on plant ... -
The Shape of Agency: Fostering Agency in Qualitative Research through Data Visualization
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-08)Qualitative data analysis is important to the field of healthcare since it allows researchers to understand the lived experience of patients, practitioners, and everyone in between. However, qualitative data requires time ... -
The Shape of Dark Matter Haloes: Results from Weak Lensing
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-25)Dark matter haloes are expected to have a triaxial shape, appearing elliptical in projection. Understanding the orientation of these dark matter haloes, and how they are aligned, has implications for theories of structure ... -
Shape Optimization of Vertical-type Probe Needle Integrated with Floating Mount Technology
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-09)Wafer probing is a testing process to inspect semiconductor wafers before packaging for defects by checking the electrical conductivity via physical contact between the wafers and the probe card. During the contact process, ... -
Shaping of Biodegradable Bone Implants Using Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) Multi-Axis Machining
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-24)This thesis presents the use of Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) machining as a method to manufacture anatomically-shaped synthetic grafts made from Calcium Polyphosphate (CPP) ceramic. Tissue-engineered cartilage is ... -
Shared Community Energy Storage Allocation and Optimization
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-13)Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) have been playing an increasingly important role for managing households energy costs. DERs consist primarily of energy generation and storage systems utilized by individual households ...