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Wireless Sensors and their Applications in Controlling Vibrations
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-18)As wireless devices are becoming more powerful, more flexible and less costly to produce, they are often being applied in new ways. Combining wireless technology with new types of sensors results in the ability to monitor ... -
WiseBench: A Motion Planning Benchmarking Framework for Autonomous Vehicles
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-01)Rapid advances in every sphere of autonomous driving technology have intensified the need to be able to benchmark and compare different approaches. While many benchmarking tools tailored to different sub-systems of an ... -
Wish You Were Here: Representing Trans Road Narratives in Mainstream Cinema (1970-2016)
(University of Waterloo, 2019-12-02)When Christine Jorgensen stepped off a plane in New York City from Denmark in 1952, she became one of the first instances of trans celebrity, and her intensely popular story was adapted from an article to a memoir and then ... -
The Witch’s House
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-18)The site of this thesis is the witch’s house. A dissident and agitator in society, the witch and her respective home are both grounds for resistance and a place of refuge. The Witch’s House is a playful and experimental ... -
With Chinese Characteristics: Documenting Patterns of Cultural Implantation, Intersection and Infiltration
(University of Waterloo, 2007-01-23)This thesis explores the global traffic in culture and its effects on the urban environment. Two overlapping forces are documented: first the proliferation of Western models and cultural signifiers in China and second the ... -
With Them And Against Them: Canada's Relations With Nicaragua, 1979-1990
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-02)Canada's relations with Nicaragua changed greatly during the 1980s after the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) came to power in a revolution which overthrew the Somoza dynasty. For the first few years of the ... -
Within the Ruin is Colour: making with twenty-eight chromatic encounters
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-23)Through twenty-eight encounters, this thesis explores site history differently; colour becomes a lens of site analysis that traces social, economic, and environmental accounts of materials, while challenging the familiarity ... -
Within These Walls
(University of Waterloo, 2011-06-22)The Cork Good Shepherd Magdalen Asylum opened in the summer of 1872, and was abandoned in 1994. The number of women who passed through its walls remains unknown. Ireland’s Magdalen Laundries, a system of religious-run ... -
WKB Analysis of Tunnel Coupling in a Simple Model of a Double Quantum Dot
(University of Waterloo, 2008-12-16)A simplified model of a double quantum dot is presented and analyzed, with applications to spin-qubit quantum computation. The ability to trap single electrons in semiconductor nanostructures has led to the proposal of ... -
WLAN Interface Management on Mobile Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-15)The number of smartphones in use is overwhelmingly increasing every year. These devices rely on connectivity to the Internet for the majority of their applications. The ever-increasing number of deployed 802.11 ... -
WO3/SnO2-Modified Graphite Felts as Novel Carbon-Based Positive Electrodes for Zinc-Cerium Redox-Flow Battery (RFB)
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-21)Redox flow batteries (RFBs) are promising large-scale energy storage devices that are potentially cost-effective, easily scaled up in size, safe and versatile. RFBs use the chemical reactions of redox species which are ... -
Women and (dis)interest in government: How the status quo affects attitudes toward female politicians and intentions to participate in politics
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-28)When people are motivated to justify their socio-political systems they come to view the current status quo as the most desirable status quo--a process termed injunctification (Kay et al., 2009). Here, two studies suggest ... -
Women and Environmental Change: A Case Study of Small-Scale Fisheries in Chilika Lagoon
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-24)In recent decades, many lagoons around the world have experienced environmental degradation resulting from impacts of various drivers of change (e.g., natural disasters and aquaculture). This has created adverse consequences ... -
Women and tourism in White Harbour, Newfoundland: Filling the Gap between Tradition, Innovation, and Globalization
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-26)Rural communities, often called outports, throughout Newfoundland are currently experiencing important socio-economic changes. External forces, such as the ever-growing oil industry in Alberta and provincial planning based ... -
Women and Weights: Lived Experiences of Women Within a Mixed-Gendered Gym
(University of Waterloo, 2014-06-18)The gym has the potential to be a valuable resource for adult physical activity. Yet, despite this, the gym environment remains a particularly underdeveloped area of study. Women’s gym experiences in particular is an area ... -
"Women Don't Belong to Prison, They Belong to Communities": Governing the Criminalized Mother under the Auspices of Canada's Institutional Mother-Child Program
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-12)Since its inception in 1996, the institutional mother-child program has suffered from a lack of funding, increased restrictiveness in eligibility for participation, and in some cases has been cancelled entirely. Over the ... -
Women in Management: A Canadian Perspective
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-21)The gender distribution in the Canadian labour force has changed significantly over the course of the past few decades. Women have gained employment in areas of industry and occupational sectors where they were previously ... -
A Women's Place: The Design of a Transitional Housing Comminuty for Women and Children
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-30)Transition homes are critical sources of support for women and children fleeing domestic violence or facing difficulties with housing and poverty. More than just a safe place to stay, transition homes offer residents ... -
Women's Shelters: Governance, Neoliberalism, and the Creation of the “Shelter-Citizen”
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-12)In this thesis, I expand upon existing governance research by examining the strategies deployed in women's shelters and theorize them as neoliberal mechanisms of governance intended, through “gentle coercion” (Cruikshank, ... -
Wood Fiber Polyamide Composites for Automotive Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-13)The automotive industry is currently experiencing environmental, legislative, and consumer pressure to improve the environmental sustainability of passenger vehicles. Just one of the approaches being taken to address this ...