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La représentation de la famille éclatée dans la littérature québécoise pour les adolescents
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-26)Notre thèse examine comment la réalité moderne de l’éclatement familial au Québec est représentée dans cinq romans récents destinés à un public adolescent : No man’s land et La liberté? Connais pas... de Charlotte ... -
La représentation de la honte dans certaines cultures minoritaires autochtones
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-23)La présente étude analyse la représentation de l’expérience de la honte et de la culpabilité vécue par les femmes dans la communauté kabyle en France et dans la communauté algonquine au Québec, et ce, à partir du récit ... -
La représentation de la mélancolie et de la dépression dans quatre textes français de l'extrême contemporain
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-17)Cette thèse aborde la représentation des états de mélancolie et de dépression dans quatre textes français de l'extrême contemporain : Tomber sept fois, se relever huit (2003) de Philippe Labro, À l'abri de rien (2007) ... -
La représentation littéraire de la réussite sociale du sujet migrant post-colonial dans la France contemporaine hexagonale : des révoltes des banlieues de 2005 à nos jours
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-20)This thesis is devoted to the literary representation of the social success of the post-colonial migrant subject in post-revolt hexagonal France 2005. To do this, I use a large fictional corpus centered on the theme of ... -
« La terre qui nous a vus grandir ». Le sujet et le monde chez Mara Tremblay, Ariane Moffatt et Salomé Leclerc
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-19)Cette étude inclut les œuvres de Mara Tremblay, Ariane Moffat et Salomé Leclerc et vise un objectif double : d’une part, il s’agit d’analyser des textes lyriques qui ont une indéniable qualité poétique et d’autre part, de ... -
La vie et les miracles de seint Edmund par Denis Piramus: Une édition critique accompagnée d’une traduction en français moderne
(University of Waterloo, 2017-07-06)Vers la fin du 12e siècle, Dennis Piramus, moine de l’abbaye Bury St Edmunds en Angleterre a écrit de la vie et des miracles du roi et du saint, Edmund d’Est-Anglie. Selon Denis et ses sources, Edmund était martyrisé par ... -
A Label-Free Biosensor for Heat Shock Protein 70 Using Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance
(University of Waterloo, 2012-07-09)Heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) is an important health related biomarker, being implicated as an early stage cancer marker and as an indicator of cardiac health. It also has important implications in wildlife environmental ... -
Laboratory Evaluation of Low to Medium Cost Particle Sensors
(University of Waterloo, 2017-12-21)Low cost instruments for particulate matter monitoring directly benefits researchers, governments, and public with the overall goal of reducing the adverse effects of air pollution. As a result, companies have been rushing ... -
The Labour Market Integration of Immigration and Their Role on Innovation
(University of Waterloo, 2017-12-20)This thesis contains three chapters evaluating the role of labour market skills in determining immigrants' labour market integration and Canada's innovation rate. In Chapter 1, I estimate how the impact of entry economic ... -
Lack of neuroprotective effects by platelet-derived growth factor against beta-amyloid induced toxicity uncovers a novel hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease pathology
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-18)Aβ oligomer-induced neurotoxicity has become an important area of therapeutic development in treating Alzheimer’s disease. Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) has been shown to be able to protect neurons against several ... -
Laconic Evaluation of Branching Programs from the Diffie-Hellman Assumption
(University of Waterloo, 2024-05-02)Secure two-party computation (2PC) enables two parties to compute a function f on their joint inputs while keeping their inputs private. Laconic cryptography is a special type of 2PC in which this is done with asymptotically ... -
Lactate Detection Using Non-Enzymatic Catalytic Materials
(University of Waterloo, 2022-04-29)An Anastomotic leak (AL) can be defined as the leakage of gastrointestinal fluids into the abdominal cavity at the site of an anastomosis. It is a post-operative complication that affects thousands of patients annually ... -
The Lady in Red: Spirit of the Historic Alleyways in the Ancient Capital
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-23)THIS is a record of a place in flux, the hutongs of Beijing. It is a patchwork where the essence of place can be experienced. It is a journey of discovery. It is a document that, in the face of terms such as heritage and ... -
Lagrange: A Three-dimensional Analytic Lens Design Method for Spectacles Application
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-02)Purpose: traditional optical design is a numerical process based on ray tracing theory. The traditional method has the limitation of the application of the spectacle lens because of the necessity of initial configurations ... -
A Lagrangean Relaxation and A Heuristic for the Pooling Problem
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-25)The pooling problem is one of the fundamental optimization problems encountered in the petroleum industry. In the pooling problem, final products are produced using two stages of blending operations. In the first stage, ... -
A Lagrangian Approach for The Airfreight Consolidation Problem Under Pivot-weight
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-23)International airfreight forwarders are faced with the problem of consolidating ship- ments for efficient transportation by airline carriers. The use of standard unit loading devices (ULDs) is a solution adopted by the ... -
Lagrangian Flow Field Reconstruction Based on Constrained Stable Radial Basis Function
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-27)Recent advances in three-dimensional (3D) high seeding density time-resolved Lagrangian particle tracking (LPT) techniques have made diagnosing fluid flows at high resolution in space and time under a Lagrangian framework ... -
A Lagrangian Relaxation Approach to a Two-Stage Stochastic Facility Location Problem with Second-Stage Activation Cost
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-18)We study a two-stage stochastic facility location problem in the context of disaster response network design. The uncertainty inherent in disaster occurrence and impact is captured by defining scenarios to reflect a large ... -
Lake Zooplankton Carbon Sources: The Role Of Terrestrial Inputs And The Effects Of Depth And Taxonomic Composition
(University of Waterloo, 2008-11-28)The relative contribution of allochthonous and autochthonous production in zooplankton nutrition has been of interest since the net heterotrophy of lakes was recognised to be common. I measured the 13C signature of ... -
Lakes of the Peace-Athabasca Delta: Controls on nutrients, chemistry, phytoplankton, epiphyton and deposition of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs)
(University of Waterloo, 2012-02-07)Floodplain lakes are strongly regulated by river connectivity because floodwaters exert strong influence on the water balance, the physical, chemical and biological limnological conditions, and the influx of contaminants. ...