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Are plant traits a practical indicator for monitoring ecological restoration projects?
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-23)In order to restore ecosystems, we must have reliable monitoring indicators to identify the success of ecological restoration, and make effective management decisions. Indicators must be simple and inexpensive to measure ... -
Are screens to blame? Children’s digital media use and emotional problems during the COVID-19 pandemic
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-03)This study examined the relationship between digital media (“screen use”) and mental health in children during the COVID-19 pandemic. A multinational sample of caregivers (n = 549) provided bi-monthly reports on their ... -
Are There Sex-Linked Differences Across the Longitudinal Axis of the Rat Hippocampus Following Ischemic Injury?
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-14)Ischemic strokes occur when an occluded blood vessel limits the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to neurons, and can result in widespread cell death. Although stroke is the third leading cause of death and a major cause ... -
Are We There Yet? A Study of Public Space in Midtown Kitchener-Waterloo
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-11)With the introduction of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) route, Midtown Kitchener-Waterloo is now easily accessible from other areas in the Region via several transit options without the need to rely on personal vehicles. The ... -
Are We There Yet? Parent's Perceptions of Risk Associated with Family Vacations
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-13)The study explored risk perceptions and novelty dimensions associated with family vacations. In particular, the study focused on households containing married or common law partners, blended families, single parents and ... -
“Are you the real police?” “No. We’re the campus police.” An examination of the way Ontario Special Constables govern risk on post-secondary campuses
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-17)This dissertation examines the role of special constables on Ontario post-secondary campuses and where they are positioned in relation to the broad range of state and non-state law enforcement entities in Canada. Through ... -
Area and Energy Optimizations in ASIC Implementations of AES and PRESENT Block Ciphers
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-25)When small, modern-day devices surface with neoteric features and promise benefits like streamlined business processes, cashierless stores, and autonomous driving, they are all too often accompanied by security risks due ... -
Area-Efficient Drawings of Outer-1-Planar Graphs
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-29)We study area-efficient drawings of planar graphs: embeddings of graphs on an integer grid so that the bounding box of the drawing is minimized. Our focus is on the class of outer-1-planar graphs: the family of planar ... -
Ares Infinite: Creating a 3D Printed Vernacular for an Evolving Research Station on Mars
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-10)This thesis proposes the design of a habitat built on Mars. It speculates on the usage of 3D print technology as a construction method to address the extreme environmental conditions of the planet, as well as the changing ... -
Arginine-Rich Ionic Complementary Peptides and Their Drug Delivery Potential
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-30)Ellipticine (EPT), a natural plant polyphenolic compound, has long been known for its significant anticancer and anti-HIV activities. Recent study on its photophysical properties has revealed that ellipticine has three ... -
Arguments in the Streets Became More Frequent
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-23)Our contemporary societal condition is comprised of an involuntary association of humans to a system which prioritizes Authoritarianism, hierarchy, and capitalism. In other words this system supports a systemic or enforced ... -
Ariadne’s Thread: A Letter to Descartes
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-23)As Galileo peered through a lens to see the twinkle of the Jovian moons, and Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek did the same to study the tremulous basis of all life, so the fabric of threads we weave across time and space – the vast ... -
Art and the City - Building Community at Jane and Finch
(University of Waterloo, 2009-11-30)In rapidly growing North American cities, large-scale urban developments struggle to create a distinctive sense of community. Responding to increasing trends of isolation, decentralization, cultural and artistic expressions, ... -
“The Art of Getting Drunk:” Martial Masculinity, Alcohol, and the British Army in the Canadas in the War of 1812
(University of Waterloo, 2023-02-14)This thesis argues that alcohol consumption, both real and perceived, played a key role in the construction and negotiation of masculine identities within the British army in the Canadas during the early nineteenth century. ... -
Arthur Schnitzlers Traumnovelle - Stanley Kubricks Eyes Wide Shut. Das Geheimnis der Ehe.
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-30)This Master’s Thesis is a compared analysis of Arthur Schnitzler’s Traumnovelle which was published in 1925 and its cinematic adaption by Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut in 1996. The story focuses on a married couple ... -
The Artifacts of No-Place
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-27)This thesis assembles within it a glimpse of ‘a life’. It traces a path of disillusion to dissolution in navigating a search for identity in an increasingly globalized world. Settling into the trajectory carved by ... -
An artificial intelligence framework for vehicle crashworthiness design
(University of Waterloo, 2021-11-24)Numerical crash test simulations are crucial for vehicle safety design. In the automotive industry, frameworks based on finite element methods are most common as they are precise and reliable. A few of the setbacks are ... -
An Artificial Intelligence Teaching Assistant for Microelectronic Circuits Problems
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-14)For several decades, personal computers have been used as a tool to enhance training and education. Some of the early computer systems used in this field, referred to as Computer Based Training (CBT) and Computer Aided ... -
Artificial Magnetic Materials for High Gain Planar Antennas
(University of Waterloo, 2011-03-30)A new method is proposed to enhance the gain and efficiency of planar printed antennas. The proposed method is based on using artificial magnetic materials as a superstrate for planar printed antennas while maintaining the ... -
Artificial Magnetic Materials: Limitations, Synthesis and Possibilities
(University of Waterloo, 2010-10-01)Artificial magnetic materials (AMMs) are a type of metamaterials which are engineered to exhibit desirable magnetic properties not found in nature. AMMs are realized by embedding electrically small metallic resonators ...