Browsing Theses by Subject "Stress"
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Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis, Cognitive Flexibility, and Depression
(University of Waterloo, 2016-02-23)Depression is a serious and complex mental health disorder that is becoming increasingly prevalent, and is among the leading causes of global disease burden. Although depression is thought to be primarily an affective ... -
Fast Stress Detection via ECG
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-23)Nowadays stress has become a regular part of life. Stress is difficult to measure because there has been no definition of stress that everyone accepts. Furthermore, if we do not get a handle on our stress and it becomes ... -
Fatigue Analysis of Welded Joints Using Local Reference Stress
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-24)Of the many parts of a machine, welded joints are the most susceptible to fatigue loading. The unusually complex geometry of a welded joint combined with the heating process during welding produces a high amount of stress ... -
Healing Through Architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-26)Numerous studies show evidence of the body’s ability to “self-heal” when put into positive healing environments. This healing is enabled by the ability of the body to ‘tap into our internal pharmacies’ by activating the ... -
Rock Stability under Different Fluid Flow Conditions
(University of Waterloo, 2003)It is widely known in oil industry that changes in fluid flow conditions such as water breakthrough or unsteady flow due to well shut-in can lead to sand destabilization, with a possible consequent sand production. In ... -
Stress and metabolic responses to municipal wastewater effluent exposure in rainbow trout effluent
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-30)Municipal wastewater effluent (MWWE) is an important source of pollution in the aquatic environment impacting fish. MWWE is a complex mixture of chemicals including pharmaceuticals, personal care products, industrial ... -
Stress-Immune-Growth Interactions in Fish: Mechanisms and Nutritional Modulation
(University of Waterloo, 2014-06-13)The primary adaptive organismal response to stress involves the activation of the hypothalamic-sympathetic-chromaffin cell (HSC) axis leading to rapid secretion of catecholamines, predominantly epinephrine. The ...