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Defining the Ideal Applicant: Examining patrol officer perspectives on police organizational recruitment standards
(University of Waterloo, 2014-10-16)Previous research has examined the psychological, psychophysical, and physical traits of police officers and police recruits, however little is known about individuals who aspire or intend to become a police officer. By ... -
Defining the Undefinable: Rhetorics of Democratic T̶o̶r̶t̶u̶r̶e̶ Interrogation
(University of Waterloo, 2017-03-09)Over the past decade and a half, public debate on the issue of torture has increased dramatically, with legal, political, and cultural discourses offering many, often conflicting, perspectives on the meaning and function ... -
Deformation History of the Black Bay Fault, Northwest Territories, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-10)The Black Bay Fault is a major Paleoproterozoic, NE-SW-trending, crustal-scale feature that separates different tectonometamorphic domains of the southern Rae craton in the Canadian Shield. This structure extends from the ... -
Deformation theory of nearly G₂-structures and nearly G₂ instantons
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-30)We study two different deformation theory problems on manifolds with a nearly G₂-structure. The first involves studying the deformation theory of nearly G₂ manifolds. These are seven dimensional manifolds admitting real ... -
Deformation-Driven Element Packing
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-11)A packing is an arrangement of geometric elements within a container region in the plane. Elements are united to communicate the overall container shape, but each is large enough to be appreciated individually. Creating a ... -
Defragmenting Identity in the Life Narratives of Iraqi North American Women
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-02)This dissertation examines contemporary Iraqi North American women’s life narratives within the frame of postcolonial autobiography theory. Through narrating their experiences of oppression, war, and displacement these ... -
Degradation of a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Under Freeze Start-up Operation
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-01)The polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is an electrochemical device used for the production of power, which is a key for the transition towards green and renewable power delivery devices for mobile, stationary ... -
Degradation of Chlorinated Butenes and Butadienes by Granular Iron
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-18)Sites where 2-chlorobutadiene-1,3 (chloroprene) and 2,3-dichlorobutadiene-1,3 (DCBD) are synthesized for use in chlorobutyl rubber have the potential to release a mixture of at least five chlorinated butenes and butadienes ... -
Degraded Reference Image Quality Assessment
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-23)Images/videos are playing a more and more important role in the 21st century. The perceived quality of visual content often degrades during the process of acquisition, storage, transmission, display and rendering. Since ... -
Degree Spectra of Unary relations on ω and ζ
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-13)Let X be a unary relation on the domain of (ω,<). The degree spectrum of X on (ω,<) is the set of Turing degrees of the image of X in all computable presentations of (ω,<). Many results are known about the types of degree ... -
Degrees of Categoricity and the Isomorphism Problem
(University of Waterloo, 2019-06-12)In this thesis, we study notions of complexity related to computable structures. We first study degrees of categoricity for computable tree structures. We show that, for any computable ordinal $\alpha$, there exists a ... -
Delandfill: Reclaiming Ontario's Closed Landfill Sites
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-23)There are over one thousand closed ‘small’ landfills in Ontario, each with differing circumstances and potential problems. This project proposes a method of addressing such dormant sites in situ, based upon a case study ... -
Delay and Queue Length Estimation at Signalized Intersections Using Archived Automatic Vehicle Location and Passenger Count Data from Transit Vehicles
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-19)Signalized intersections are typically the capacity bottlenecks within urban road networks. The performance of signalized intersections is typically quantified on the basis of average vehicle delay and maximum queue lengths. ... -
Delay-Throughput Analysis in Distributed Wireless Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-17)A primary challenge in wireless networks is to use available resources efficiently so that the Quality of Service (QoS) is satisfied while maximizing the throughput of the network. Among different resource allocation ... -
Delaying Payment and Consumer Behavior
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-21)Resource constraint at the time of purchase decisions is one important factor that impose restriction on consumer behavior. Past research has found that a higher available resource reduces the resource depletion people ... -
Deletion of Sarco(endo)plasmic Reticulum Ca2+-ATPase Regulatory Proteins: Impacts on Energy Metabolism and Obesity
(University of Waterloo, 2017-11-28)The sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) is responsible for maintaining low cytosolic [Ca2+] through the ATP-dependent pumping of Ca2+ ions from the cytosol into the SR lumen. SERCA activity has the ... -
Deliberation, Distraction, and the role of the unconscious in Multiple Cue Probability Learning
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-02)Many findings in cognitive psychology suggest that many decisions and judgments rely on processes that are unconscious, that these processes can be disrupted by conscious input, leading to poor decision making. A commonly ... -
Delineating Base Flow Contribution Areas for Streams: A Model Comparison
(University of Waterloo, 2012-06-21)This study extends the methodology for the delineation of capture zones to base flow contribution areas for stream reaches under the assumption of constant average annual base flow in the stream. The methodology is applied ... -
Delving Deeper: The Relationship between Culture, Leisure, and Wellbeing
(University of Waterloo, 2015-02-18)Leisure has been consistently linked to wellbeing for its many potential benefits for over a decade. While a variety of links have been established between leisure and wellbeing, researchers have seldom investigated the ... -
DEMAND MODEL FOR CRUDE OIL RAIL AND PIPELINE SHIPMENTS IN CANADA
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-24)Global energy demand is expected to increase significantly over the next 10-20 years, and in the absence of an increase in pipeline capacity, Canadian crude oil shipments are likely to be diverted to rail. The current rail ...