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“Stop paddling and see where we are”: A postcolonial mobile deconstruction of environmental discourses (re)produced on summer camp canoe trips through Algonquin Park
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-30)Residential summer camp canoe trippers are important. They are agents of socialization who amalgamate their campers into socially constructed accepted regimes of truth (Csikszentmihalyi, 1981; Grimwood, Gordon & Stevens, ... -
Storage Matters: Managing Grain, Securing Finance, and Building Markets
(University of Waterloo, 2016-06-15)This dissertation analyzes the nexus of agriculture and finance, specifically the mediating role of grain storage. How grain markets are organized and governed is foundational to food security. Hundreds of millions of ... -
Storage System Management Using Reinforcement Learning Techniques and Nonlinear Models
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-21)In this thesis, modeling and optimization in the field of storage management under stochastic condition will be investigated using two different methodologies: Simulation Optimization Techniques (SOT), which are usually ... -
Storey-Based Stability Analysis for Multi-Storey Unbraced Frames Subjected to Variable Loading
(University of Waterloo, 2008-07-23)For decades, structural engineers have been using various conventional design approaches for assessing the strength and stability of framed structures for various loads. Today, engineers are still designing without some ... -
Storey-based Stability Analysis of Unbraced Steel Frames at Ambient and Elevated Temperatures
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-09)A fundamental task in structural stability analysis is to ensure the safety of structures throughout their operational life so as to prevent catastrophic consequences either at ambient or elevated temperatures. This thesis ... -
The Storey-Based Stability of Steel Frames Subjected to Variable Gravity and Fire Loading
(University of Waterloo, 2020-02-20)The concept of storey-based stability has been developed over the past several decades, and includes powerful methods to holistically assess the structural integrity of unbraced and semi-braced steel frames. Recently, it ... -
Stories in Play: Narrative Formation in Sports and Esports
(University of Waterloo, 2021-11-11)Sports depend on narrative to function as media content, yet sports are difficult to narrativize because they are unpredictable. This project proposes a model for analyzing the narrative formation in sports broadcasts by ... -
Stories of House & Fire
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-12)For Gottfried Semper fire was the “first and most important, the moral element of architecture.” The symbol of the soul of the city and of the house, it has become a fundamental element in the rituals of urban and domestic ... -
The Story of the Hands: On Earth and Community
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-23)The phenomenon that the universalization of the urban (and rural) form has disadvantaged many Iranian cities and villages of a sense of place, culture, and identity, is not a very recent one. Neither is it a novel understanding ... -
STPA-Sec Applied to Path Planning: Quantum-Safe Autonomous Vehicles
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-12)Autonomous vehicles and quantum computers are two emerging technologies that will transform our world in the not-too-distant future. This thesis examines the safety and security of autonomous vehicles in a world where ... -
Straight Line Movement in Morphing and Pursuit Evasion
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-24)Piece-wise linear structures are widely used to define problems and to represent simplified solutions in computational geometry. A piece-wise linear structure consists of straight-line or linear pieces connected together ... -
A Strain Energy Function for Large Deformations of Curved Beams
(University of Waterloo, 2008-12-05)This thesis develops strain and kinetic energy functions and a finite beam element useful for analyzing curved beams which go through large deflections, such as a hockey stick being swung and bent substantially as it hits ... -
Strain engineering and bioprocessing strategies for biobased production of porphobilinogen in Escherichia coli
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-04)Strain engineering and bioprocessing strategies were applied for biobased production of porphobilinogen (PBG) using Escherichia coli as the cell factory. The non-native Shemin/C4 pathway was first implemented by heterologous ... -
Strain Rate Dependent Properties of Younger Human Cervical Spine Ligaments
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-20)The cervical spine ligaments play an essential role in limiting the physiological ranges of motion in the neck; however, traumatic loading such as that experienced in automotive crash scenarios can lead to ligament damage ... -
A Strange Loop: An Exhibition of Painting
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-17)“A Strange Loop” explores abstraction through a series of paintings that begin from a single point and evolve infinitely to create a self-contained, self-referential, and yet endlessly self-generating world. The series was ... -
Strangers in the Sky: A Designer’s Guide to Tackling Urban Loneliness
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-19)Research in cognitive science has revealed that being social is a fundamental component of being happy and studies have shown that mental health is greatly affected by the spatial and social construct of the built ... -
Strategic and Stochastic Approaches to Modeling the Structure of Multi-Layer and Interdependent Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-12)Examples of complex networks abound in both the natural world (e.g., ecological, social and economic systems), and in engineered applications (e.g., the Internet, the power grid, etc.). The topological structure of such ... -
Strategic Blockchain Adoption in Supply Chain Operations
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-17)Supply chains have often benefited from breakthroughs in information technology. Most recently, blockchain is promising to revolutionize the way supply chains are designed and operated. In this thesis, we explore blockchain ... -
Strategic design of flow structures for single (bio) particle analysis using droplet microfluidic platform
(University of Waterloo, 2019-12-10)This thesis is designed to meet the need for knowledge of droplet-based encapsulation strategies by carrying out systematic fundamental studies based on a double-cross configuration. This configuration has been commonly ... -
Strategic Location Planning for Broadband Access Networks under Cooperative Transmission
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-28)To achieve a cost-effective network deployment, employing state-of-art technical advances provides a practical and effective way to enhance system performance and quality of service provisioning. Cooperative transmission ...