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Vadose zone flow patterns and their implications for sodium transport and aquifer recharge in a reclaimed fen watershed in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-02)The reclaimed Nikanotee Fen watershed consists of an upland tailings sand aquifer, capped with a finer soil cover (LFH-mineral mix, or LFH) to support vegetation, that supplies groundwater to a low-lying fen peatland. ... -
Vadose Zone Response to Pumping in Unconfined Aquifers
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-30)The interaction between drainage from the variably saturated zone above the water table, and the response of an unconfined aquifer to pumping has been the source of debate for many decades. While various field tests (Nwankwor ... -
Validating a Global Measure of Severity in Children with Chronic Conditions
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-25)Background: Approximately 20% of children live with a chronic physical condition, such as asthma, epilepsy, or diabetes. These conditions place considerable burden on children, their families, clinicians, and the health ... -
Validating CloudSat-CPR retrievals for the estimation of snow accumulation in the Canadian Arctic
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-31)Snow is a critical contributor to our global water and energy budget, with profound impacts for water resource availability, snow albedo feedback and flooding in cold regions. The vast size and remote nature of the Arctic ... -
Validation and Parameter Estimation of a Behaviour-Modification Model
(University of Waterloo, 2015-07-09)In this thesis, an attempt at validating and identifying parameters of a quantitative model of attitudes and behaviours is presented. The model, established in earlier work, describes the dynamics of a subject's attitude ... -
Validation Methodologies for Construction Engineering and Management Research
(University of Waterloo, 2013-07-19)Validation of results is an important phase in the organization of a researcher’s work. Libraries and the internet offer a number of sources for guidance with respect to conducting validation in a variety of fields. However, ... -
The Validation of a Novel Dynamic Visual Acuity Test, and Examination of the Effects of Different Factors on Dynamic Visual Acuity
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-22)Purpose: When a target is in motion, two thresholds can be measured: dynamic visual acuity (DVA, the smallest target size at which an observer can resolve target detail) and speed threshold (the fastest target speed at ... -
Validation of precipitation phase estimates from CloudSat-CPR across Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-23)Snow is an important component of the global climate system with significant impacts on local weather, fresh water resources, and energy balance in high latitude cold countries. Therefore precise snowfall monitoring is ... -
Validation of Volumetric Contact Dynamics Models
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-05)A volumetric contact dynamics model has been proposed by Gonthier et al. [1, 2, 3] for the purpose of rapidly generating reliable simulations of space-based manipulator contact dynamics. By assuming materials behave as a ... -
The Valuation and Risk Management of a DB Underpin Pension Plan
(University of Waterloo, 2007-08-02)Hybrid pension plans offer employees the best features of both defined benefit and defined contribution plans. In this work, we consider the hybrid design offering a defined contribution benefit with a defined benefit ... -
Valuation and Risk Management of Hedge Fund Investments under Alternative Fee Structures
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-21)Hedge funds have specialized fee structures, often including performance fees designed to align the incentives of investors and fund managers. However, hedge funds have faced intense scrutiny since the financial crisis, ... -
Valuation of Carbon Emission Allowances and Sustainable Investment
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-25)Rising awareness of the impacts of climate change is leading to a rapid development of emission trading schemes (ETS) globally as a market-based means of emission control. Under a typical ETS, emission allowances are issued ... -
The Valuation of Economic Earnings and Income Shifting of U.S. Multinationals in Domestic and Foreign Jurisdictions
(University of Waterloo, 2022-02-15)I study U.S. multinationals' economic earnings and income shifting across their domestic and foreign jurisdictions. This study develops the concept of economic earnings, measures economic and shifted earnings, tests their ... -
Value Congruence in Perception and Support of Organizational Visions
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-30)Leadership scholars assume that the values espoused in an organizational vision have motivational effects on employee actions, but this claim has rarely been subject to empirical testing. Two studies examined whether ... -
The Value of Agricultural Census Data in Carbon Cycle Studie
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-24)Agricultural census data have been identified to possess the potential to provide constraints on carbon uptake by croplands at the regional scale. In this study, we build on previous efforts and further assess this potential ... -
The Value of Ornament
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-19)This thesis recognizes ornament as not simply an excessive accessory, but an innate human desire to imbue objects with beauty and meaning. Ornament’s prominence throughout disparate architectures regardless of culture, ... -
Values and Co-production: Examining the Interface of Indigenous Peoples’ Understandings and Scientific Understandings
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-31)In this thesis I will examine the role values play in the co-production of knowledge between traditional knowledge and science. In order to understand the role values play, I will first develop clearer definitions of ... -
Valuing Hedge Fund Fees
(University of Waterloo, 2006)This thesis applies a Partial Integral Differential Equation model, along with a Monte Carlo approach to quantitatively analyze the no arbitrage value of hedge fund performance fees. From a no-arbitrage point of view, ... -
(VANET IR-CAS): Utilizing IR Techniques in Building Context Aware Systems for VANET
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-18)Most of the available context aware dissemination systems for the Vehicular Ad hoc Network (VANET) are centralized systems with low level of user privacy and preciseness. In addition, the absence of common assessment models ... -
VAPEX Experiments in an Annular Packing of Glass Beads and the Numerical Simulation of VAPEX using Comsol®
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-26)Vapour Extraction (VAPEX) is an in-situ bitumen recovery technique that utilizes light hydrocarbons to reduce the viscosity of bitumen. The mechanism of VAPEX is governed by the mass transfer of light hydrocarbons into ...