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Developing a City Scale Emissions Inventory and Exploring Electrification of Transportation: A Case Study of the City of Waterloo
(University of Waterloo, 2020-07-13)Significant growth in the scale of climate action is witnessed globally as cities, nations and environment agencies implement mitigation strategies and try to meet their ambitious emission reduction goals. As a result, ... -
Developing a Colorimetric, Magnetically Separable Sensor for the Capture and Detection of Biomarkers
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-30)Point-of-care testing (POCT) devices have received increasing attention because of their potential to address the urgent need for quick and accurate diagnostic tools, especially in areas of personal care and clinical ... -
Developing a Community: Qualitative Approaches to Understanding the Role of Community Engagement in Gameswork
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-24)Through multiple qualitative approaches, this dissertation contributes to understanding the increased role of addressing, engaging, and managing online communities in gameswork. It pays particular attention to how individual ... -
Developing a droplet microfluidic platform for making double emulsions towards manufacturing polymersomes
(University of Waterloo, 2020-02-24)In recent years, there has been growing interest in the use of double emulsions in various industries such as pharmaceutical, foods, and cosmetics. Polymersomes are one of the promising applications of double emulsions ... -
Developing a First-Time Sustainable Development Report for a Higher Education Institution: Process, Content and Format
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-28)This thesis presents a seven-step process for sustainability report development within the higher education sector. Currently, there exists a variety of sustainability indicators and sustainability assessment tools to aid ... -
Developing a Generalized Model for Neutron Diffraction with Quantum Information Theory
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-31)Due to their high mass and neutral electric charge, neutrons are often used at low energies to probe small-scale structures or measure fundamental constants of nature. To design neutron optical elements for use in these ... -
Developing a Large-Scale, Programmable Trapped Ion Quantum Simulator with In Situ Mid-Circuit Measurement and Reset
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-25)Quantum simulators are a valuable resource for studying complex many-body systems. With their ability to provide near-term advantages, analog quantum simulators show great promise. In this thesis, my aim is to describe the ... -
Developing a Method to Study Ground State Properties of Hydrogen Clusters
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-05)This thesis presents the benchmarking and development of a method to study ground state properties of hydrogen clusters using molecular dynamics. Benchmark studies are performed on our Path Integral Molecular Dynamics code ... -
Developing a More Culturally Appropriate Approach to Surveying Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Indigenous Peoples in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-22)Introduction: Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) are (in a dose-dependent manner) associated with both health-risk behaviours and the development of chronic disease, and thus pose a significant threat to health and ... -
Developing a more effective school-level feedback report based on the needs of school stakeholders: Improving the SHAPES knowledge exchange tool
(University of Waterloo, 2014-02-20)Objective: The primary goal of this study is to understand what factors contribute to teachers and administrators involved in these projects viewing the YSS feedback reports as effective and useable in order to continue ... -
Developing a Non-Invasive Method to Monitor Cardiovascular Control during Orthostatic Challenge Considering the Limitation of the FinometerTM
(University of Waterloo, 2009-03-25)Sensations of dizziness or fainting (pre-syncope or syncope) on standing up from a lying or a seated position are usually associated with impaired blood pressure regulation leading to inadequate perfusion of the brain. The ... -
Developing a Probe for Real-Time Monitoring of Reagent Injections
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-26)Reagent injections designed to provide in stiu mass destruction of soil and groundwater contaminants are commonly prone to failure due to inadequate distribution of the injected reagent. Reagent injections, in particular ... -
Developing a process of risk-stratified care coordination for older adults in primary care
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-04)BACKGROUND Older Canadians with chronic diseases are the highest users of the health care system. Primary health care (PHC) could play a central, coordinating role in assessing older adults and managing their care, but ... -
Developing a Prototype Web-based Application for Non-Point Source Pollution Assessment in the Songtao Watershed, Hainan, China
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-28)The Songtao reservoir, located in the center of Hainan province, is one of the ten biggest reservoirs in China. Since agriculture is the main industry in the watershed, non-point source (NPS) pollution is the primary ... -
Developing a radar-based machine learning snowfall retrieval algorithm
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-03)As global temperatures continue to rise, snowfall patterns are expected to respond in a complex, nonlinear manner. Changes in the quantity of snowmelt-derived freshwater will impact global water-energy budgets, flood ... -
Developing a Risk Assessment Framework for Evaluating and Mitigating Occupational Exposure of Migrant Farmworkers to Enteric Pathogens in Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-30)Seasonal migrant farmworkers are a group of workers that annually participate in the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP), a federally managed labour migration program set up to respond to the labour shortage in the ... -
Developing a Semi-autonomous Robot to Engage Children with Special Needs and Their Peers in Robot-Assisted Play
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-31)Despite the wide variety of robots used in human-robot interaction (HRI) scenarios, the potential of robots as connectors whilst acting as play mediators has not been fully explored. Robots present an opportunity to ... -
Developing a set of criteria for defining the roles and responsibilities of the different types of heart failure disease management programs in Ontario: A mixed methods study
(University of Waterloo, 2015-06-12)As part of the provincial strategy for heart failure (HF) management proposed by the Cardiac Care Network (CCN), an environmental scan survey was conducted to determine the current state of heart failure management in ... -
Developing a Suitability Index for Residential Land Use: A case study in Dianchi Drainage Area
(University of Waterloo, 2006)The conflict between residential land and agriculture land in China is increasingly sharpened, especially when some urban development began to sprawl to the suburban and rural areas. In order to plan land resources ... -
Developing a Thermometallurgical Model and Furnace Optimization for Austenitization of Al-Si Coated 22MnB5 Steel in a Roller Hearth Furnace
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-25)Lightweighting of vehicles while preserving crash-worthiness, in order to satisfy stringent restrictions imposed by the government on the automotive industry, has become a sought after solution which can be realized via ...