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Organic Tissue Stoichiometry of Cladophora glomerata and its Relation to Coastal Land Use in the Laurentian Great Lakes
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-04)The relationships between C:N:P (carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus) stoichiometry of Cladophora glomerata and land use characteristics in selected nearshore areas of the lower Laurentian Great Lakes were determined during ... -
Organic Volunteering: Exploring Understandings and Meanings of Experience
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-30)Volunteer tourism, a sub-sector of the tourism industry, is growing at an accelerated pace subsequently creating socio-cultural, political, cultural, and environmental impacts. Current tourism literature suggests volunteer ... -
Organic-Inorganic Nanomaterial Based Highly Efficient Flexible Nanogenerator for Self-Powered Wireless Electronics
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-01)As the world progresses towards artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things (IoT), self‐powered sensor systems are increasingly vital for sensing and detection. Nanogenerators, a new technology in energy research, ... -
Organically Grown Microgrids: the Development and Simulation of a Solar Home System-based Microgrid
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-16)The United Nations has declared 2012 the ``International Year of Sustainable Energy for All''. A substantial portion of the world's population (some 1.3 billion people) currently live without electricity and development ... -
Organization and Provider Factors That Influence the Utilization of Arthritis Best Practices in Primary Care
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-30)Background: Most treatment for people with arthritis occurs at the primary care level yet many studies have documented the need for improved arthritis management in this environment. The dissemination of clinical practice ... -
Organizational Climate and Turnover in the Health Sector.The Case of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Ghana.
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-15)The study examined organizational climate and turnover in the health sector of Ghana with particular reference to a case study on the country’s premier teaching hospital formally called Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. In the ... -
Organizational Knowledge Creation to Enhance Adaptive Capacity: Exploratory Case Studies in Water Resource Management
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-07)This research focuses on how conservation authorities create organizational knowledge to enhance adaptive capacity to improve environmental policy. Organizational knowledge creation refers to the ability to create, disseminate ... -
Organizational strategy, technology and public participation in municipal planning
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-23)Research focused on public participation in municipal planning typically seeks to evaluate and improve methods for integrating community input into planning decision processes. Research in the use of information and ... -
The Organizational Structure and Effectiveness of Canadian National Sport Governing Bodies
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-15)In this study, voluntary amateur sport organizations were examined from an organizational perspective using Weber's theory of bureaucracy as a conceptual framework. The first purpose was to examine the relationships between ... -
Organized youth sport, parenthood ideologies and gender relations: Parents' and children's experiences and the construction of "team family".
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-25)While the importance and scope of children’s sport participation has been a topic of research, to date, few researchers have explored the impact organized youth sport may have on family life. In particular, little attention ... -
Organocatalytic Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Heteroaryl Moieties to α,β-Unsaturated Enones Using Boronates and 3,3ʹ-Disubstituted Binaphthols
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-30)Asymmetric conjugate addition is an important methodology for carbon-carbon bond formation in organic synthesis. While there is extensive literature on the asymmetric conjugate addition of a wide selection of donors to ... -
Orientation and Transitions of Lyotropic Lamellar Phase under Shear
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-24)The intention of this study is to investigate the evolution and transition of lyotropic lamellar phase and the formation of multi-lamellar vesicles (MLVs) under shear flow, since the shear technology can be used to produce ... -
Orienting to probable stimuli increases speed, precision, and kurtosis. A study in perceptual estimation.
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-15)Stimulus probabilities affect detection performance. Rare targets, even in security or medical screenings, are missed more often than frequent ones. To minimize such probability-related costs, there is a need to understand ... -
Origin of NMR Spectral Features in MCM-41 at Low Hydrations
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-01)Although extensive literature exists on NMR of water in MCM-41, the origin of a number of NMR spectral features in this material had not been understood. Specifically, the OH proton resonance observed in the dry material ... -
The origin, transformation and deposition of sediments in Lake Bosomtwe/Bosumtwi (Ghana, West Africa)
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-21)Recent drought over West Africa (1970s-present) has been a global concern, and the ability to predict the frequency and severity of future droughts is important to mitigate the devastating socio-economic effects of drought. ... -
Orphans and Vulnerable Children: An Analysis Surrounding Jamaica, 1800-1852 with Case Studies
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-13)This article traces the experiences of orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) during the British slave trade between 1800-1852, while looking specifically at connections to Jamaica. The British set out to colonize, ... -
Orthogonal Separation of The Hamilton-Jacobi Equation on Spaces of Constant Curvature
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-24)What is in common between the Kepler problem, a Hydrogen atom and a rotating black- hole? These systems are described by different physical theories, but much information about them can be obtained by separating an ... -
Oscillator-Based Electrochemical Capacitance Imager with Frequency-Division-Multiplexed Readout
(University of Waterloo, 2022-02-24)Electrochemical biosensors, built using complimentary-metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology, have shown promise for various applications in health-care diagnostics, disease detection, and life science research. ... -
An Osteological Study of the Individuals Buried in Grave 3 at Wadi Faynan 100, Jordan
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-21)The main objective of this thesis is to address the paucity of research focussing on human remains at Jordanian archaeological sites by conducting an osteological analysis of Early Bronze Age individuals from a charnel ... -
The Other 90%: Infrastructural Components for the Masses, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-23)Port-au-Prince, Haiti, along with many dense cities in developing countries, are stifled by their rudimentary, undersized and poorly maintained waste, water and sanitation infrastructural systems. Port-au-Prince is a city ...