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The Qinghai-Tibet Railway and Tibet Tourism: Travelers’ Perspectives
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-22)With the distinguished natural and cultural tourism resources, Tibet is undoubtedly a desirable travel destination both domestically and internationally. With the newly opened Qinghai-Tibet railway to Lhasa in July 2006, ... -
Quality of Care for Long-term Care Residents Living with Heart Failure in Ontario and Predictors of Hospitalization
(University of Waterloo, 2014-10-22)Background Heart failure (HF) is a disease that is on the rise, particularly in the aging population. It is common amongst residents of long-term care homes (LTCHs). Complicating the diagnosis and treatment of HF is ... -
Quality of Care Transitions for Rehabilitation Patients with Musculoskeletal Disorders
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-24)Background: Care transitions are a common and frequently adverse aspect of health care, resulting in a high-risk period for both care quality and patient safety (Coleman, 2003; Forster et al., 2003; Picker Institute 1999; ... -
The quality of citizen scientists’ bee observations: An evaluation of PollinatorWatch at Royal Botanical Gardens and the rare Charitable Research Reserve
(University of Waterloo, 2014-02-12)Citizen science engages members of the nonscientific community in academic research, contributing to our collective knowledge of the natural environment through biological monitoring and environmental observations. Observation ... -
Quantifying Aquatic Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potential in Riparian Agroforestry Zones
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-27)Agricultural intensification in Canada has led to a loss of riparian areas, which has resulted in the degradation of freshwater aquatic ecosystems due to an increasing amount of fertilizer and nutrients being introduced ... -
Quantifying the soil organic carbon sequestration performance and carbon emissions offset potential of the City of Calgary’s Willow Biomass and Marginal Land Reclamation Demonstration Project
(University of Waterloo, 2019-06-10)The primary objective of this study was to measure the soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration performance of The City of Calgary Dewatered Biosolids Land Application Program – Willow Biomass and Marginal Land Reclamation ... -
Quantifying Tree Community Assemblages on Habitation sites in the Great Bear Rainforest
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-31)Identifying how past human actions have influenced their environment is important for understanding how current ecosystems function. Heavy intertidal resource use by Indigenous Peoples for the past several millennia has ... -
Rapid Understory Restoration of a Thinned Red Pine Plantation in Algonquin Provincial Park
(University of Waterloo, 2022-10-20)Tree plantations can be used as a restoration tool to quickly re-establish canopy cover in degraded areas. A red pine plantation was established in the 1970s for just this purpose in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario. ... -
Raptor Mortality and Behavior at Wind Turbines Along the North Shore of Lake Erie During Autumn Migration 2006-2007
(University of Waterloo, 2011-02-18)During 2006 and 2007 behavioral observations surveys of raptors were conducted at 12 turbines of a 66-turbine wind farm near Port Burwell, Ontario, Canada. Mortality surveys were conducted at all turbines in the wind farm ... -
(Re)Organizing Toronto Households during COVID-19 Lockdown: A case study on an Imposed Degrowth Scenario
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-17)By design or by disaster, the growth-oriented capitalist economy must come to terms with the biophysical limits of our finite planet. Many ecological economists make the intentional contraction – or degrowth – of total ... -
Read all about it! Comparing media discourse on energy storage in Canada and the United Kingdom in a transition era
(Elsevier, 2020-12-01)Energy storage (ES), both grid-scale and behind-the-meter, will depend largely upon domestic acceptance of the technology in the public sphere. Recognizing the role that media play in this socio-technical process, we compare ... -
A realistic account of evidence-informed tobacco control practice in Ontario public health agencies
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-06)Policy-makers, research funders, and practitioners acknowledge the need for theories about the uptake of scientific evidence into policy and programs to reduce population-wide risk factors for the major avoidable chronic ... -
Rehabilitation Therapy Services For Older Long–Stay Clients in the Ontario Home Care System
(University of Waterloo, 2013-02-15)BACKGROUND Rehabilitation therapies are effective for older persons in home-based settings, and have the potential to save money for the health system, while also improving the quality of life for older adults who may ... -
Reintegrating Canadian Agriculture and Ecological Land Management
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-21)There are three distinct motivating factors behind this research: 1) ecosystems are threatened across Canada and require locations within which to establish or re-establish natural features to support native species; 2) ... -
The Relationship Between Schools, Friends and Smoking Initiation in Elementary School Students
(University of Waterloo, 2005)Smoking rates among senior students have been related to smoking initiation in younger students. Opportunities to select smoking friends may be one explanation, however our understanding of this process has been limited ... -
Relationship of Driving Comfort to Perceived and Objective Driving Abilities and Future Driving Behaviour
(University of Waterloo, 2007-08-30)Introduction: Bandura’s self-efficacy theory postulates that confidence is a stronger determinant of behaviour than one’s actual skills or abilities. The Day and Night time Driving Comfort Scales (D-DCS and N-DCS) are new ... -
Relationships among the number of food stores around schools, school level academic performance and school neighbourhood household income
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-27)Abstract Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the number of food stores (FS) within 500m, 1000m and 1500m of Region of Waterloo schools and describe them by type: full-service restaurants, fast food restaurants, ... -
Relationships between Quality of Life and Selected Resident and Facility Characteristics in Long Term Care Facilities in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-04)Background: Quality of life (QoL) of long term care facility (LTC) residents is being recognized as an important outcome of care by LTC providers, researchers, and policy makers. For residents, measurement of QoL is a ... -
Remedial agriculture: Reconciling ecological restoration and agriculture in the design of a wetland complex
(University of Waterloo, 2004)Reconciling human landscapes with wildlife needs can demand innovative solutions. Enhancing wildlife conservation in agricultural landscapes requires habitat restoration; returning marginal farmlands to wetlands in a way ... -
Remembering Water: Immigrant water narratives in Waterloo Region
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-06)What water priorities are embedded in the personal water narratives of immigrants in Waterloo Region? How can immigrant water meanings transform local waters? The purpose of this qualitative research was to understand ...