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The Long Reach of War: Canadian Records Management and the Public Archives
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-24)This thesis explores why the Public Archives of Canada, which was established in 1872, did not have the full authority or capability to collect the government records of Canada until 1966. The Archives started as an ... -
Long Term Two-Phase Flow Analysis of the Deep Low Permeability Rock at the Bruce DGR Site
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-27)Abnormal pressures have been measured in the deep boreholes at the Bruce site, southern Ontario, where a deep geologic repository for low and intermediate level radioactive waste disposal has been proposed. The pressure ... -
Long- and Short-Term Dynamics of the Wetlands in the Amboseli Savanna Ecosystem, Kenya
(University of Waterloo, 2006)The wetlands of the semi-arid savanna ecosystem of Amboseli are the critical dry-season range for a diverse wildlife population, as well as for livestock and humans. Changes in the migratory patterns and increases in ... -
A Long-acting Ocular Lubricant Eye Drop based on Dextran Hydrogel Nanoparticles
(University of Waterloo, 2019-03-27)Dry eye disease is a highly prevalent condition that affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide. In moderate to severe cases, affected individuals experience considerable difficulty in carrying out their day-to-day ... -
Long-lived Anatexis in the Exhumed Middle Crust from the Torngat Orogen and Eastern Core Zone: Constraints from Geochronology, Petrochronology, and Phase Equilibria Modeling
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-11)The Torngat Orogen (southeastern Churchill Province, Canada) is a transpressional Paleoproterozoic orogen resulting from the collision between the North Atlantic Craton and the Core Zone (an Archean micro-continent) during ... -
Long-term behaviour of GFRP prestressed concrete beams
(University of Waterloo, 2015-11-12)During the last two decades, fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have emerged as prom-ising materials that can be used in lieu of steel for reinforcing concrete structures due to their corrosion-resistant properties, ... -
Long-term changes in spring phytoplankton community composition in five south-central Ontario lakes and their relations with spring water chemistry and climate
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-23)Spring is an ecologically important period for phytoplankton communities, as environmental stressors such as acid deposition and recovery, climate warming, and shoreline development may exert strong influence at this time ... -
Long-Term Consequences of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Younger Adults on Cognitive Performance and Emotional Regulation: Comparisons with Older Adults
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-28)Concussions, or mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI), are common and seemingly innocuous. However, even long after individuals experience a mTBI they often report psychological consequences such as fatigue, unstable mood, ... -
Long-term decline in bat activity using passive acoustic monitoring and an equipment correction factor in Nova Scotia, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-28)Passive acoustic monitoring has grown in popularity as a technique to assess changes in activity levels of various taxa. However, there are few long-term and large-scale acoustic monitoring programs due to the current ... -
Long-term Effects of a Phragmites australis Invasion on Birds in a Lake Erie Coastal Marsh
(University of Waterloo, 2016-12-23)Invasive Phragmites australis threatens the integrity of essential bird habitat in coastal marshes. Located on the north shore of Lake Erie, Long Point, Ontario provides habitat to thousands of breeding and migrating birds, ... -
The Long-Term Effects of Behavioural Interventions on Age-Associated Alterations in Hippocampal Neurogenesis and Memory Interference
(University of Waterloo, 2018-02-27)The process of normal aging results in changes in several cognitive abilities, including the ability to reduce interference between similar pieces of information upon recall. Aging has also been associated with changes in ... -
Long-term effects of concussion: Investigating the relationship between sensory gating and motor learning
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-14)Motor learning relies on the sensorimotor system to interpret, adapt, and integrate sensory inputs to guide motor behavior. A key tenet of the somatosensory system is the ability to inhibit irrelevant information from the ... -
Long-Term Fate of an Emplaced Coal Tar Creosote Source
(University of Waterloo, 2007-10-09)An emplaced source of coal tar creosote within the sandy Borden research aquifer has provided an opportunity to document the long term (5140 days) natural attenuation for this complex mixture. Plumes of dissolved chemicals ... -
Long-Term Renewable Energy Generation Planning for Off-grid Remote Communities
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-13)Electricity is widely seen as a flexible energy source that can potentially improve access to services and economic development in remote locations. Worldwide, there are 1.3 billion people without electricity access, out ... -
Long-Term Statistical Analysis and Operational Studies of Wind Generation Penetration in the Ontario Power System
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-31)Ontario, as the rest of the world, is moving towards a clean energy sector and green economy and to this effect, the Government of Ontario has set a goal of phasing out all coal-fired generation by the end of the year 2014. ... -
Long-time behaviour of a coupled PDE model of high intensity focused ultrasound heating of biological tissue
(University of Waterloo, 2021-11-11)High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) has emerged as a novel therapeutic modality, for the treatment of various cancers, that is gaining significant traction in clinical oncology. It is a cancer therapy that avoids many ... -
Longer Delays in Rehearsal-based Interfaces Increase Expert Use
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-08)Rehearsal-based interfaces are designed to encourage a transition from novice to expert, but many users fail to make this transition. Most of these interfaces activate novice mode after a short delay, between 150 and 500ms. ... -
Longevity Risk Management: Models and Hedging Strategies
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-17)Longevity risk management is becoming increasingly important in the pension and life insurance industries. The unexpected mortality improvements observed in recent decades are posing serious concerns to the financial ... -
The Longitudinal Association of Relationship Satisfaction and Sexual Satisfaction
(University of Waterloo, 2014-07-04)Several prominent models of relationship satisfaction and sexual satisfaction imply directional relationships between these constructs (e.g., attachment theory, social exchange models of relationship satisfaction, the ... -
Longitudinal Data Analysis with Composite Likelihood Methods
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-10)Longitudinal data arise commonly in many fields including public health studies and survey sampling. Valid inference methods for longitudinal data are of great importance in scientific researches. In longitudinal studies, ...