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Substance Use and Marginalization Among Youth Living with Mental Health Conditions in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2022-06-01)Background: Approximately 70% of mental health problems have their onset in childhood or adolescence. In 2019, data from the Canadian population showed that mental and substance use conditions were highest among youth and ... -
Substantive and procedural equity in environmental planning: A case example of planning thermal treatment facilities for municipal solid waste in the Province of Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-01)Over the last few decades, thermal treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW) has been strongly opposed in North America. The reasons for public opposition are complex and could vary from community to community. Typically, ... -
Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) and Superconducting Filters
(University of Waterloo, 2022-04-29)Substrate integrated waveguides (SIW) provide an excellent compromise between size and loss reduction for applications in planar circuits. SIW filters provide a better Q-factor than microstrip filters and a significant ... -
Substrate Specificity and Structure-Function Analysis of Bacterial Glyoxalase I Enzymes
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-29)The glyoxalase pathway is widespread in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. This system utilizes two enzymes (glyoxalase I (GlxI) and glyoxalase II (GlxII)) to catalyze the formation of D-lactate from the substrates ... -
Substructure and Gas Clumping in the Outskirts of Abell 133
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-03)Galaxy clusters are powerful tools for studying various astrophysical principles. Gas accreting onto the cluster is heated to 10^7-10^8 K through adiabatic compression and shocks, making clusters highly luminous in X-ray ... -
Subsurface Analysis of Late Illinoian Deglacial Sediments in East-Central Illinois, United States, and Its Implications for Hydrostratigraphy
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-13)During the Illinoian glaciation (approximately 180,000 to 125,000 years ago) glacial lobes advancing into Illinois deposited an extensive till sheet (i.e., the Vandalia Member till). However, very little is known about the ... -
Subterranean Inscriptions
(University of Waterloo, 2006)This thesis considers the condition of homelessness through its marginal position against society. Exteriority is often perceived as an abnormal state to be resolved through assimilation. To investigate it in its ... -
Subthreshold SRAM Design for Energy Efficient Applications in Nanometric CMOS Technologies
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-23)Embedded SRAM circuits are vital components in a modern system on chip (SOC) that can occupy up to 90% of the total area. Therefore, SRAM circuits heavily affect SOC performance, reliability, and yield. In addition, most ... -
Subtle Effects of Sleepiness on Electrocortical Indices of Attentional Resources and Performance Monitoring
(University of Waterloo, 2007-02-19)In this dissertation, the effect of mild sleep deprivation on attentional allocation and performance monitoring was investigated using a variety of event-related potential (ERP) paradigms with ecologically realistic periods ... -
SUBURBAN IMMIGRANT SETTLEMENTS IN TORONTO AND TRANSPORTATION IMPLICATIONS
(University of Waterloo, 2021-02-12)Immigrants’ social and economic conditions and lifestyles are strong determinants of their residential and transportation choices. Existing studies that analyze immigrants’ transportation behaviour have predominantly focused ... -
Suburban Intensification: cultivating place in the dispersed city
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-17)The sustainable growth and development of our cities are amongst the most important issues of the world today. It is estimated that soon up to ninety percent of the world’s population will live in urban centers. How to ... -
Suburban Rites of Passage: Building, Landscape, and the Mediation of Adolescent Aggression
(University of Waterloo, 2005)This thesis questions contemporary society?s understanding and ability to deal with the universal instinct known as aggression. The investigation identifies the driving forces behind adolescent aggression and the myth ... -
Success and failure in social marketing programs: A qualitative exploration
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-26)The world is facing a number of complex, interconnected crises that require rapid social transformation. Social change approaches such as social marketing have a role to play in this transformation. In order to strengthen ... -
Success on the Ground: Case Studies of Urban Agriculture in a North American Context
(University of Waterloo, 2012-07-09)Urban agriculture (UA) is an increasingly popular land use concept emerging in industrialized nations of the world. Although the phenomenon of UA is a common and well-documented form of food production in developing nations ... -
Succession in the Understory of Red Pine Plantations in Southern Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2011-12-21)Thousands of hectares of red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.) plantations were established during the early 20th century to restore abandoned agricultural lands and increase forest cover. Concern over the ecological integrity ... -
Succinct and Compact Data Structures for Intersection Graphs
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-14)This thesis designs space efficient data structures for several classes of intersection graphs, including interval graphs, path graphs and chordal graphs. Our goal is to support navigational operations such as adjacent and ... -
Succinct Data Structures for Chordal Graphs
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-10)We study the problem of approximate shortest path queries in chordal graphs and give a n log n + o(n log n) bit data structure to answer the approximate distance query to within an additive constant of 1 in O(1) time. We ... -
Succinct Indexes
(University of Waterloo, 2008-02-14)This thesis defines and designs succinct indexes for several abstract data types (ADTs). The concept is to design auxiliary data structures that ideally occupy asymptotically less space than the information-theoretic lower ... -
Succinct Representation of Trees and Graphs
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-29)In this thesis, we study succinct representations of trees and graphs. A succinct representation of a combinatorial object is a space efficient representation that supports a reasonable set of operations and queries on the ... -
Suffering and Storytelling - Exploring Extreme Leisure Through Trails, Trials, and Tales
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-24)The purpose of this thesis is to better understand the motives and outcomes associated with a punishing yet profound leisure experience. A thru-hike was chosen as a venue through which to explore the motives and outcomes ...