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Green Bonds an investment tool for resilient future: Helping to achieve Circular Economy business models
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-26)Climate change is one of the biggest collective action problems in society, it brings up the need for countries to transition towards smart, low-carbon economies over the next 20 years. To reach the emission reduction ... -
Echoes of decolonization | From North Africa to Europe: questioning the trip back home
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-26)The Colonial Modern enterprise in North Africa produced unique architectural responses in the twentieth century, oscillating between rupture with the past and continuity of the tradition, negotiation of indigenous expression ... -
Aging in Place amid Studentification: Seniors’ Place Attachments in a University Town
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-26)Since its formal recognition by the World Health Organization in 2005, the age-friendly planning movement has gained traction and shifted attention towards the diverse needs and experiences of seniors. There is growing ... -
Investigating the Outer Envelope Localization of OEP 18 in A. thaliana Chloroplasts
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-26)Plastids are plant organelles with specialized functions including photosynthesis. The specialized function of each plastid is informed by its distinct and dynamically regulated proteome. The majority of plastid proteins ... -
Condominium Towers: Habitus and alienation in the new urban framework
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-26)Since 2002, over 180000 new dwellings have been built in Toronto through condominium ownership, filling the downtown core with towers and locking much of the city’s society into a relatively new model of property ownership ... -
Examining the Influence of Scratch Card Structural Characteristics on Psychophysiology, Motivation, and Gambling Behaviour
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-26)Scratch cards are a popular and accessible form of gambling. Although scratch cards, like other lottery products, are typically cast in an innocuous light, this gambling form contains structural features that resemble slot ... -
Effect of polymer additives on transitioning and turbulent boundary layers
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-26)Injection of small quantities of polymer solutions in various internal and external turbulent flows can produce a substantial reduction of skin friction drag. This phenomenon, known as Toms phenomenon, has been actively ... -
Participatory Augmented and Virtual Reality: A comparative case study recognising its viability in citizen participation
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-25)With technology’s growth in recent years, governments have begun adopting new methods of citizen participation into decision-making. New technologies require a deep analysis of their implementation, to understand and ... -
Distributed Secondary Control of Hybrid ac/dc Microgrids
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-25)This thesis focuses on studying hybrid ac/dc-microgrids, composed of an ac-microgrid and a dc-microgrid, connected by Interlinking Converters (ICs). Specifically, this work is focused on developing distributed secondary ... -
Investigating the Spatial Patterns of Income Inequality and Crime: Applications of Spatiotemporal Data Analysis Techniques
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-25)Income inequality and crime are two social problems concerning many nations around the world. Such social issues can have detrimental effects on society and are interconnected, meaning that high crime rates may be associated ... -
Speaker Diarization Using Improved SincNet Models to Extract Speaker Embeddings
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-25)Speaker diarization is the process of identifying who spoke when in an audio stream, and it is applied in many fields, such as information retrieval and psychotherapy. Speaker embeddings extraction is a crucial step in any ... -
Augmentation of Visual Odometry using Radar
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-25)As UAVs become viable for more applications, pose estimation continues to be critical. All UAVs need to know where they are at all times, in order to avoid disaster. However, in the event that UAVs are deployed in an area ... -
Machine-Learning Framework for Efficient Multi-Asset Rehabilitation Planning
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-25)While smart cities are viewed as the way of the future, the infrastructure assets expected to support the different smart services are currently managed using frameworks that are outdated, subjective, and inefficient. Such ... -
Learning Quantum States Without Entangled Measurements
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-22)How many samples of a quantum state are required to learn a complete description of it? As we will see in this thesis, the fine-grained answer depends on the measurements available to the learner, but in general it is at ... -
Understanding Mode and Modality Transfer in Unistroke Gesture Input
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-22)Unistroke gestures are an attractive input method with an extensive research history, but one challenge with their usage is that the gestures are not always self-revealing. To obtain expertise with these gestures, interaction ... -
Fingerprint-based indoor positioning and intensity classification using an improved machine learning framework
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-21)Covid-19 has changed the world in terms of business, public, and many other fields. Millions of livelihoods have been affected by the pandemic. Amidst the upheaval, work from home and restrictions on indoor gatherings have ... -
Impacts of seismic line restoration on CO2, CH4, and biomass
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-21)Oil and gas exploration has resulted in over 300,000 km of linear disturbances, known as seismic lines, throughout boreal peatlands across Canada. Sites are left with altered hydrologic and topographic conditions that ... -
Identifying Fenton-Reacted Trimethoprim Transformation Products Using Differential Mobility Spectrometry
(ACS Publications, 2018-04-17)A transformation product of trimethoprim, a contaminant of emerging concern in the environment, is generated using an electro-assisted Fenton reaction and analyzed using differential mobility spectrometry (DMS) in combination ... -
Ligand Specificity and Affinity in the Sulforhodamine B Binding RNA Aptamer
(Elsevier Inc., 2020-07-18)Binding affinity and selectivity are critical properties of aptamers that must be optimized for any application. The sulforhodamine B binding RNA aptamer (SRB‐2) is a somewhat promiscuous aptamer that can bind ligands ... -
A Scalable Recoverable Skip List for Persistent Memory on NUMA Machines
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-20)Interest in recoverable, persistent-memory-resident (PMEM-resident) data structures is growing as availability of Intel Optane Data Center Persistent Memory increases. An interesting use case for in-memory, recoverable ...
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