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Reinvestigating Access to Healthcare Services and Unmet Healthcare Needs Among Immigrants in Canada: Results from the 2014 Canadian Community Health Survey
(University of Waterloo, 2019-12-17)Objective: To compare the differences in the reported experience of unmet healthcare needs of recent immigrants (i.e. immigrants living in Canada for five years or less) and Canadian-born adults and to determine if the ... -
Relational Mealtimes in Long-Term Care: Understanding the context of care at mealtimes for residents with eating and other mealtime challenges
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-21)Background: Mealtimes in long-term care (LTC) are essential to resident health and well-being, as eating with others helps to reinforce relationships between those who live and work in these homes and their relationships ... -
The relationship between adolescent physical activity, brain health, and academic achievement
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-03)Background: In addition to the numerous physical and mental health benefits attributable to regular physical activity, physical activity has more recently been hypothesized to improve academic performance via its beneficial ... -
The Relationship between Class and Reading: An Examination of the Cultural Omnivore Hypothesis
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-01)The relationship between socio-economic status (SES), and breadth of book genre readership was tested utilizing Canadian secondary data. Grounded in the cultural omnivore hypothesis, higher levels of SES were expected to ... -
The Relationship Between Heart Rate and Self-reported Sickness in Commercially Available Virtual Reality Environments
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-13)Virtual reality (VR), while beneficial in research, training, and entertainment has the tendency of causing cybersickness (CS). The symptoms range from mild to severe depending on the individual. There exists a gap in the ... -
Relationship between Mercury Concentrations in Hair and Blood in Dene/Métis Communities of the Northwest Territories
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-27)Background: Mercury (Hg) is a global environmental pollutant as well as a growing concern to public health. Indigenous populations in the Northwest Territories (NWT) may experience elevated Hg exposures due to higher ... -
The Relationship Between Muscle Capacity Utilization During Gait and Pain in People With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-29)Muscle capacity refers to an individual’s ability to utilize their muscle strength and power in order to efficiently and effectively complete physical activities (Brady & Straight, 2014). Muscle capacity is associated ... -
The relationship between online gaming and wellbeing among post-secondary students
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-06)As the “fastest growing form of entertainment in the world” (Tran, 2019, p. 76), gaming has become a significant part of our society (Groening & Binnewies, 2019). Considering its widespread popularity as a leisure activity ... -
Relationship between the Magnitude and Location of Thigh-Calf Contact Force in High Flexion and Anthropometric Measures
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-21)The soft-tissue contact between the thigh and calf during deep knee flexion results in tibiofemoral joint contact force reductions at angles beyond 134º of flexion (Caruntu et al., 2003; Zelle et al., 2009; Hirokawa et ... -
The relationships of prolonged standing induced low back pain development with lumbopelvic posture and movement patterns
(University of Waterloo, 2014-11-10)Over 80% of individuals will suffer from low back pain at least once in their lifetime. The cause within the population is not homogenous, leading to sub-classifications of non-specific low back pain. One such sub-classification ... -
Representing fine-wire EMG with surface EMG in three thigh muscles during high knee flexion movements
(Elsevier, 2018-12-01)Activation waveforms of vastus intermedius, adductor magnus, and semimembranosus have not been reported for high knee flexion activities such as kneeling or squatting, likely due to the invasive procedures required for ... -
Resident Attitudes towards Tourism Development in Conservative Cultures: The Case of Qatar
(University of Waterloo, 2010-07-15)Over the past decade, Persian Gulf countries witnessed an increase in tourism development and the number of international tourists. Though tourism development plays an important role in enhancing economies, tourism ... -
Resolving the influence of work sequencing which includes overhead work: implications for job cycle designs
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-25)Many industrial workplaces involve tasks that require work to be performed in overhead postures. Epidemiological evidence suggests that working in these unavoidable, awkward postures leads to development of shoulder fatigue, ... -
Rethinking drinking: an exploration of the discourses surrounding binge-drinking among first-year university students that live in residence
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-08)Over one-third of Canadian university students engage in heavy drinking, with even higher rates reported amongst those who live in on-campus residences (CAMH 2004; Kypri, Paschall, Langley, Baxter & Bourdeau, 2010). At the ... -
Right Ventricular Function, Peripheral Edema, and Acute Kidney Injury in Critical Illness
(Elsevier, 2017-11-01)The cardiorenal syndrome generally focuses on left ventricular function, and the importance of the right ventricle as a determinant of renal function is described less frequently. In a cohort of critically ill patients ... -
Risk Assessment and Interventions for Individuals at Risk of Osteoporotic Fractures
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-30)Older adults, especially with low bone mass, hyperkyphosis or vertebral fractures (OVF), and individual with spinal cord injury (SCI) are at increased risk of fragility fractures. Individuals with SCI and OVFs are subgroups ... -
Risk Factors for Falls in Home Care and Long-Term Care Settings: A Focus on Dementia and Parkinson's Disease
(University of Waterloo, 2013-06-21)It is well established that there are many intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors associated with falls in older adults. Less well-known is what risk factors predict falls in more vulnerable populations, such as those with ... -
Risky performances: A feminist, dramaturgical exploration of the female diarist as resistant
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-26)This study seeks to explore the meaning of diary-keeping for women. In particular, this research is focused on the relationships between the diary and leisure, the diary and performance, and the diary and dominant gender ... -
A Roadmap for Activated Motivation in HCI
(University of Waterloo, 2021-11-01)Everyday, millions of people use technologies like their fitbit, smartwatch, or smartphone for self\--improve\-ment. These devices and their associated apps have become both inexpensive and pervasive; they monitor our ... -
The Role of Activities of Daily Living in Healthy Vascular Aging
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-05)Normal aging leads to endothelial dysfunction and arterial stiffening implicated in cognitive decline. Cerebral blood flow also declines with aging. Elevated blood flow during exercise produces laminar shear stress which ...