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A Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of a Tourism Destination Community (A Case-Study of Oistins, Barbados)
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-29)The Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has documented substantial evidence for human influence as the dominant cause of global climate change. As some degree of further climate change ... -
Climate Change Vulnerability of St Lucia Tourism
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-24)The UN IPCC reports that global annual average temperature has increased by approximately 1°C since the pre-industrial era, and projects that it will rise up to 5.7°C by 2100, depending on the emissions scenario, leading ... -
Climate Change Vulnerability of the US Northeast Ski Sector: a multi-methods systems-based approach
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-14)In its Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change estimated that global mean temperature will increase between 1.8 to 4.0°C by the end of the 21st century. An increase in global temperature ... -
Climate Change, Forest Fire Management & Interagency Cooperation in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2012-10-26)Climate change has begun to affect the frequency, intensity, and duration of weather related disaster events. This trend may foster a greater probability of encountering 2 or more disaster events simultaneously, increasing ... -
Climate impacts on hydrometric variables in the Mackenzie River Basin
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-25)The research described in this thesis examines how the hydrologic cycle is affected by climate changes in the Mackenzie River Basin (MRB) in northern Canada. The study focuses on five hydro-meteorological variables; runoff, ... -
Climate Policy and International Tourism Arrivals to the Caribbean Region
(University of Waterloo, 2009-06-19)Increasingly the body of research shows that tourism is vulnerable to climate change. Tourism is also a non-negligible contributor to climate change, primarily through rapidly increasing air travel. Recently, a number of ... -
climate-induced environmental change and the future of tourism at the Athabasca Glacier in Jasper National Park
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-29)Nature-based tourism is an important element of the tourism industry in North America and a sizeable share occurs in national parks located in the mountainous regions of western Canada and the United States. However, the ... -
Climatological trends and predictions in snowfall over the Canadian snowbelts of the Laurentian Great Lakes Basin
(University of Waterloo, 2018-06-11)The leeward shores of the Laurentian Great Lakes are highly susceptible to lake-induced snowfall that is either driven by extratropical cyclones or lake effect processes. During the late autumn and winter season, cold air ... -
CLINICAL AND ANALYTICAL STUDIES IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN SYMPTOMATIC OF DRY EYE
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-22)Introduction Menopause which is defined as a permanent physiological, or natural, cessation of menstrual cycle, plays an important role in the development of ocular surface dryness symptoms and there is an increased ... -
Clinical assessment of body composition after spinal cord injury. An observational study.
(University of Waterloo, 2009-11-19)Background: Persons who sustain a spinal cord injury (SCI) experience a dramatic loss of muscle and bone, and a dramatic increase in adipose tissue. It has been suggested that the muscle atrophy, obesity, and sublesional ... -
Clinical pharmacists and nurses' perceptions on implementing anticoagulation therapy recommendations for the frail elderly: An exploratory study based on psychological theory
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-15)Background: Stroke is a leading cause of mortality and disability in Canada. Persons with atrial fibrillation (AF) have a five-fold increased risk of developing a stroke. AF is a significant contributor to stroke at all ... -
Clinical Predictors of Protracted Length of Stay in Complex Continuing Care Facilities
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-26)Purpose: The purpose of this research project was to describe the clinical characteristics of regular and long-stay Ontario CCC patients, identify a group of clinical characteristics available to care planners on admission ... -
Clique minors in dense matroids
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-23)The objective of this thesis is to bound the number of points a $U_{2,\ell+2}$- and $M(K_{k+1})$-minor-free matroid has. We first prove that a sufficiently large matroid will contain a structure called a tower. We then use ... -
Cliques, Degrees, and Coloring: Expanding the ω, Δ, χ paradigm
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-09)Many of the most celebrated and influential results in graph coloring, such as Brooks' Theorem and Vizing's Theorem, relate a graph's chromatic number to its clique number or maximum degree. Currently, several of the most ... -
Clock Edge Timing Adjustment Techniques for Correction of Timing Mismatches in Interleaved Analog-to-Digital Converters
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-28)Time-interleaved analog-to-digital converters make use of parallelization to increase the rate at which an analog signal can be digitized. Using M channels at their maximum sampling frequency allows for an overall sampling ... -
Cloning and characterization of new cellulases from Cellulomonas fimi and Cellulomonas flavigena
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-27)Lignocellulose is one of the most abundant carbon sources in nature. This naturally-occuring substance is an underutilized source of bioenergy. A major bottleneck in biofuel processing is the enzymatic hydrolysis of ... -
Cloning and characterization of voltage-gated sodium and calcium channel homologs from the single-cell choanoflagellate, Salpingoeca rosetta
(University of Waterloo, 2016-12-15)We have isolated a complement of gene homologs from the simplest extant eukaryotic species to possess voltage-gated sodium (Na+) and calcium (Ca2+) channels, Salpingoeca rosetta. The isolated channels share the same 4 ... -
Cloning and expression of Cyt2Aa1 toxin and characterization of its mode of action
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-19)The discovery of the pore-forming toxins produced by Bacillus thuringiensis, which are toxic to insects but not to mammalians, has provided a new successful means to control harmful plant-feeding insects biologically. The ... -
Close Others as Context: Understanding Treatment Attitudes in Anxiety and Related Disorders
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-03)Up to one-quarter of the North American population suffers from excessive anxiety and the associated impaired quality of life. While there is evidence that anxiety treatment is effective, it is underutilized, with most ... -
Closed Loop Geothermal System Design
(University of Waterloo, 2022-06-17)In contrast to other renewable sources (e.g., wind and solar) that may only be intermittently available throughout a day or year, geothermal resources provide a carbon-free and sustainable source of energy for base-load ...