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Many Rooms: Mixed Use Reimagining Church Redevelopments in Vancouver
(University of Waterloo, 2021-02-19)In recent decades, Christian congregations in Canada have seen a significant decrease in affiliation and attendance. As congregations dwindled, many of the aging church buildings across the country have been sold, ... -
A Many Splendored Thing
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-18)A Many Splendored Thing is a summation of my artistic production during my masters. -
The Map is Not the Territory
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-24)Hi Donald, It just occurred to me that I might be finished with this fieldwork. I’m sitting at the side of the road looking over this fucked up landscape of cattle, golf carts, trees with turning leaves, being rained on, ... -
Mapping BoxTalk to Promela Model
(University of Waterloo, 2007-06-13)A telecommunication feature is an optional or incremental unit of functionality, such as call display (CD) and call forwarding (CF). A feature interaction occurs when, in the presence of other features, the actual behavior ... -
Mapping community with African-Canadian youth newcomers: Settlement narratives and welcoming communities
(University of Waterloo, 2014-03-03)Immigration is important to Canada and Canadian society in many ways. Leading the G8 group of countries with the highest proportion of foreign-born population, immigrants make up an important part of the Canadian economy ... -
Mapping Snow Pack Depth in the Town of Uxbridge, Ontario Using an Airborne Laser Scanner
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-30)This study aims to present and evaluate a new method for measuring the distribution of snow within built-up environments by differencing elevations collected by an Airborne Laser Scanner (ALS) before, and during peak snow ... -
Mapping Template Semantics to SMV
(University of Waterloo, 2004)Template semantics is a template-based approach to describing the semantics of model-based notations, where a pre-defined template captures the notations' common semantics, and parameters specify the notations' distinct ... -
Mapping the City: Narratives of Memory and Place
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-10)How do we discover a new place and begin to get acquainted with it? In Canadian cities, the sense of place can be difficult to grasp. The relative youth of the built form of our cities and a constant influx of new people ... -
Mapping the Complexity of Mining & Peacebuilding in Guatemala
(University of Waterloo, 2022-10-13)This dissertation examines the intersection between foreign owned mining operations and peacebuilding efforts in Guatemala, responding to a number of academic debates and practical issues. Two mines were comparatively ... -
Mapping the Genres of Healthcare Information Work: An Interdisciplinary Study of the Interactions Between Oral, Paper, and Electronic Forms of Communication
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Electronic Patient Records (EPRs) are becoming standard tools in healthcare, lauded for improving patient access and outcomes. However, the healthcare professionals who work with, around, and despite these technologies ... -
Mapping the Time Use Research Field in the Context of Sustainability: Network Analysis and Scoping Review
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-21)The field of time use research has witnessed a continuous growth in recent decades. Meanwhile, the sustainability discourse also began to incorporate the time use approach. However, there is minimal research about the ... -
Mapping the way to healthier cities: A qualitative case study of food environment mapping tools
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-19)Background: Evidence-based decision-making (EBDM) stems from evidence-based medicine (EBM) and involves integrating up to date, valid, and best available research into the decision-making process. Where EBM relies on ... -
Mapping Youth-led Engagement: Impacts of Youth-led Engagement in English Canada over the Last 35 Years
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-27)This study explores how youth have inspired social change in Canada from 1978 to 2012. The objectives of the research include defining youth-led engagement in Canada, understanding its role as a change agent, and mapping ... -
MAPS: A Comprehensive Feature Model for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis With Multiparametric MRI
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-29)Prostate cancer killed over 33000 North American men in 2013. However, the survival outlook for prostate cancer is very good if it is caught early. Prostate cancer screening is therefore very important. Although many ... -
Marginal Causal Sub-Group Analysis with Incomplete Covariate Data
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-11)Incomplete data arises frequently in health research studies designed to investigate the causal relationship between a treatment or exposure, and a response of interest. Statistical methods for conditional causal effect ... -
Marginal Methods for Multivariate Time to Event Data
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-30)This thesis considers a variety of statistical issues related to the design and analysis of clinical trials involving multiple lifetime events. The use of composite endpoints, multivariate survival methods with dependent ... -
Marijuana Use in Canada: Patterns of Use Among Medical Marijuana Users
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-20)Research evidence supports the use of marijuana for the purpose of relieving medical symptoms and, therefore, the Canadian courts granted Canadians legal access to marijuana for medical purposes. More than 40,000 Canadians ... -
The Marine Feeding Habits of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) in the Northwest Atlantic
(University of Waterloo, 2016-06-07)Investigations on marine feeding of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in the Northwest Atlantic are rather limited in comparison with studies carried out in the Northeast Atlantic. Climate induced changes to food webs in ... -
Marital Communication Behaviour: The Role of Marital Satisfaction, Depressive Symptoms and Proximal Appraisals of Marital Problem-Solving Ability.
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-30)According to Bradbury and Fincham’s contextual model of relationship conflict, communication behaviour is likely influenced by relationship factors at both the distal and proximal level. The overall goal of the present ... -
Maritime Trade of Classical Greece: Commodities Shipped in Transport Amphorae
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-04)Trade practices have long been a concern of anthropological studies but has fallen out of focus in archaeological research. Much can be learned about trade from material remains, especially those from shipwrecks. For this ...