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License to Misbehave: Organizational Citizenship Behavior as a Moral License for Deviant Reactions to Abusive Supervision
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-29)Abusive supervision research has found that subordinates engage in deviance following abuse despite the negative consequences of doing so. Why do individuals engage in deviance despite the expected sanctions? To explain ... -
LIDAR Odometry with Joint Geometric and Appearance Landmarks
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-08)Odometry is the problem of estimating the motion of a moving platform relative to its environment without measurements to a fixed reference point. This is a critical problem for mobile robotics applications where ... -
LiDAR-MIMO: Efficient Uncertainty Estimation for LiDAR-based 3D Object Detection
(University of Waterloo, 2022-02-09)The estimation of uncertainty in robotic vision, such as 3D object detection, is an essential component in developing safe autonomous systems aware of their own performance. However, the deployment of current uncertainty ... -
Life After Harm: Exploring the Impact of a Restorative Justice Peer Support Group for People Who Have Sexually Offended
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-25)In recent decades, restorative justice approaches such as victim-offender conferences and circle processes have emerged as a response to people who have caused sexual harm. The traditional legal responses to sexual offending ... -
Life Cycle Assessment of a Hybrid Biobased Panel for Insulated Concrete Forms Used in Residential Buildings
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-28)Buildings are a large contributor to climate change, as they require large amounts of fossil energy to maintain indoor comfort for occupants, either as heating in cold climates or cooling in warmer climates. Insulation ... -
Life Cycle Assessment of a Hybrid Poly Butylene Succinate Composite
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-24)Poly butylene succinate (PBS) is a biodegradable plastic polymer that has physical and mechanical properties similar to common petroleum plastics like polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE). PBS may be produced from ... -
Life Cycle Assessment of Medical Oxygen
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-15)Medical oxygen is a vital healthcare resource provided to a patient to achieve their minimum required oxygen blood saturation. There is a growing interest in medical oxygen due to supply shortages experienced during COVID-19. ... -
Life Cycle Assessment of Residential Buildings Considering Photovoltaic Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-05)Nowadays, energy consumption in the building sector is considered one of the main contributors to increased carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, which is having an enormous negative environmental impact worldwide. Correspondingly, ... -
Life cycle sustainability assessment of asset management plans for municipal wastewater systems
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-24)Municipal governments have the responsibility to provide safe drinking water and handle polluted water to protect their citizen’s health and safety. Maintaining water infrastructure systems, including wastewater collection ... -
Life History Analysis with Response-Dependent Observation
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-14)This thesis deals with statistical issues in the analysis of dependent failure time data under complex observation schemes. These observation schemes may yield right-censored, interval-censored and current status data and ... -
Life history and population dynamics of Eastern Sand Darter (Ammocrypta pellucida) in the lower Thames River, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2009-06-17)Eastern Sand Darter (Ammocrypta pellucida) is listed as Threatened under the Canadian Species at Risk Act. Canadian populations are declining primarily due to the siltation of sandy depositional areas, the preferred habitat ... -
Life history characteristics of Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis), Cisco (Coregonus artedi), and Northern Pike (Esox lucius) in rivers of the Hudson Bay Lowlands
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-15)Many northern fishes display plasticity in life history and trophic ecology that can influence productivity of fisheries and bioaccumulation of contaminants, such as mercury. Cisco (Coregonus artedi), Lake Whitefish ... -
Life History of Dwarf Longnose Sucker (Catostomus catostomus) in the Elk River Watershed
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-01)In 2004, a population of dwarf longnose sucker was discovered co-existing with the normal form within the Elk River Watershed of south-eastern British Columbia. This thesis evaluated morphological, genetic and life history ... -
Life of the Woods: A Study of Emily Dickinson
(University of Waterloo, 2013-10-24)Beginning with T.W. Higginson, the poet’s first public critic and posthumous editor, the prevailing view of Emily Dickinson has been of a maker of “wonderful strokes and felicities, and yet an incomplete and unsatisfactory ... -
Life on Mars: Palimpsests of the Forthcoming Martian Res Publica
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-21)Mars is set to be the new frontier of humanity, and as a result poses a unique set of architectural and engineering challenges to be overcome. Interest into both small and large-scale Martian settlements has greatly increased ... -
The Life-Cycle Assessment of a Single-Storey Retail Building in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-26)In North America, the operation of buildings accounts for approximately one third of the total energy use and greenhouse gas emissions annually. Office buildings are responsible for roughly 35% of the total commercial/in ... -
The Lifecycle of a Whiteboard Photo: Post-meeting Usage of Whiteboard Content Captured with Mobile Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2016-06-15)The traditional dry-erase whiteboard is a ubiquitous tool in the workplace, particularly in meeting spaces where they are a key collaboration tool. Although research on whiteboard use and the development of whiteboard ... -
The Lifestyles and Sexual Health of Canadian Snowbirds
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-13)Background. Little is known about HIV risk-behaviour and testing amongst older Canadians. In the United States the prevalence of HIV for those aged 50+ is highest in Florida, a location where many Canadian seniors winter. ... -
The LIFT House: An amphibious strategy for sustainable and affordable housing for the urban poor in flood-prone Bangladesh
(University of Waterloo, 2011-02-02)Bangladesh is known for two things: poverty and floods. It is a delta country burdened with draining large amounts of water from surrounding countries and a heavy monsoon season that have caused numerous severe floods with ... -
The Liftable Mapping Class Group
(University of Waterloo, 2017-07-19)Broadly, this thesis lies at the interface of mapping class groups and covering spaces. The foundations of this area were laid down in the early 1970s by Birman and Hilden. Building on these foundations, there has been a ...