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Voluntary Simplicity as a Value Orientation in the Lifestyle, Leisure, Well-being Relationship
(University of Waterloo, 2002)Leisure typically has been regarded as a positive component in people's lives, and evidence points to its central rather than peripheral role in lifestyle. Further, studies of leisure suggest it is conducive to psychological ... -
Volunteer Tourism: An Exploration of Socially Responsible Tourism Practices
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-25)This study explored the practices of commercial volunteer tourism operators in order to determine their perspectives on the role certification may play as a strategy for socially responsible volunteer tourism. It was ... -
The Volunteering Self: Ethnographic Reflections on “The Field”
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-28)This thesis explores the author’s experience of fieldwork in Western Ghana while volunteering to promote gender equality at an elementary school. Analyzing the stages of preparation for fieldwork, situating the self in ... -
Von Neumann Algebras for Abstract Harmonic Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-28)This thesis develops the theory of operator algebras from the perspective of abstract harmonic analysis, and in particular, the theory of von Neumann algebras. Results from operator algebras are applied to the study of ... -
The Vortex Dynamics of Laminar Separation Bubbles
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-15)Laminar separation bubbles (LSBs) are common features in low Reynolds number flows, and can have considerable performance impacts in applications such as hydrofoils, small-to-medium scale wind turbines, micro and unmanned ... -
Vortex Dynamics within the Laminar Separation Bubble over a NACA 0018 Airfoil at Low Reynolds Numbers
(University of Waterloo, 2015-11-02)The structures formed in the separated shear layer within a Laminar Separation Bubble (LSB) over a NACA 0018 airfoil at a chord Reynolds number of 100,000 and Angles of Attack (AOA) of (5°, 8°, and 10°) were investigated. ... -
Vortex-induced vibrations of a pivoted circular cylinder and their control using a tuned-mass damper
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-19)Vortex-induced vibrations of a pivoted circular cylinder and control of these vibrations were investigated experimentally. A novel experimental setup was employed to reproduce orbiting response observed in some engineering ... -
Voting-Based Consensus of Data Partitions
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-29)Over the past few years, there has been a renewed interest in the consensus problem for ensembles of partitions. Recent work is primarily motivated by the developments in the area of combining multiple supervised learners. ... -
vProfile: Voltage-Based Sender Identification on Controller Area Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-25)Modern vehicles are becoming more accessible targets for cyberattacks due to the proliferation of wireless communication channels. The intra-vehicle Controller Area Network (CAN) bus lacks sender authentication, exposing ... -
The Vulcan game of Kal-toh: Finding or making triconnected planar subgraphs
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-28)In the game of Kal-toh depicted in the television series Star Trek: Voyager, players attempt to create polyhedra by adding to a jumbled collection of metal rods. Inspired by this fictional game, we formulate graph-theoretical ... -
Vulnerability and Viability: The Intersectionality among Small Scale fisheries (SSF) in James Town and Teshie Nungua - Ghana
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-24)Small-scale fisheries (SSFs) contribute to food security and income for millions of people around the world. Women in small-scale fisheries communities, on the other hand, are often marginalized and vulnerable because of ... -
Vulnerability Assessment of Rural Communities in Southern Saskatchewan
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-30)Water resources in Canada are of major environmental, social and economic value. It is expected that climate change will be accompanied by more intense competition for water supply in water-stressed agricultural areas such ... -
Vulnerability measures for flood and drought and the application in hydrometric network design
(University of Waterloo, 2014-07-02)Climatic variability and change can have profound impacts on human societies and wildlife habitats. Extreme events and natural hazards such as floods, droughts, and windstorms, can lead to loss of lives, economic damages, ... -
Vulnerability to Climate Related Events: A Case Study of the Homeless Population in Waterloo Region
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-24)Waterloo Region (population 470,000) is the eleventh largest urban region in Canada (2006 Census tract). Within this region, in 2007, 2,831 homeless people defined as commonly living or sleeping in indoor or outdoor spaces ... -
The Walk Home: Re-imagining the Ontario Greenbelt’s Commuter Rail Communities
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-21)Dominated by a low-density urban sprawl growth model post-World War II, the Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH) has expanded rapidly without limitation resulting in extensive exhaustion of its open space, greenfield lands, and ... -
A Walk in the Park: Exploring the Impact of Parks and Recreation Amenities as Activity-Promoting Features of the Built Environment
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-16)Social ecological models of physical activity (PA) promotion embrace a wide range of factors and disciplines that may contribute to active living. Parks, trails, and recreation facilities have been acknowledged as important ... -
Walk the line: Balancing conflicting goals through tension systems
(University of Waterloo, 2008-06-20)Although our society esteems individuals who achieve it all, the 24-hour day and our limited resources means that attaining multiple goals is a difficult undertaking. This research draws upon Lewin’s theorizing on goal ... -
A walk through quantum noise: a study of error signatures and characterization methods
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-17)The construction of large scale quantum computing devices might be one of the most exciting and promising endeavors of the 21st century, but it also comes with many challenges. As quantum computers are supplemented with ... -
Walking City: The transformative role of pedestrians in public space
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-21)Vancouver’s downtown peninsula symbolically describes the sense of place unique to the city as a whole. It is a livable city with a strong connection to its natural surroundings, witnessed in its very active population. ... -
Walking Onions: Scaling Distribution of Information Safely in Anonymity Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-07)Scaling anonymity networks offers unique security challenges, as attackers can exploit differing views of the network’s topology to perform epistemic and route capture attacks. Anonymity networks in practice, such as ...