Browsing University of Waterloo by Type "Doctoral Thesis"
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Accounting Conservatism and Risk Disclosures
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-22)This thesis adopts a broad view of conservative financial reporting—managers can use two ways to communicate business uncertainties to outsiders, namely, conservative accounting via timely loss recognition and narrative ... -
Accounting Conservatism and the Consequences of Covenant Violations
(University of Waterloo, 2011-12-20)Recent studies document that covenant violations intensify the conflicts of interest between lenders and borrowers, and lead to greater restrictions on borrowing firms’ financing and investment activities (Chava and Roberts, ... -
Accounting for misclassification in binary longitudinal data
(University of Waterloo, 1999) -
Accounting for the Effects of Power System Controllers and Stability on Power Dispatch and Electricity Market Prices
(University of Waterloo, 2005)Recently, the widespread use of power system controllers, such as PSS and FACTS controllers, has led to the analysis of their effect on the overall stability of power systems. Many studies have been conducted to allocate ... -
Acoustic Monitoring for Leaks in Water Distribution Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-21)Water distribution networks (WDNs) are complex systems that are subjected to stresses due to a number of hydraulic and environmental loads. Small leaks can run continuously for extended periods, sometimes indefinitely, ... -
Act Small and Think Big: Exploring the Plurality and Complexity of Shrinking Cities
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-31)Demographically and economically, there is an ongoing global shift that has resulted in the uneven development and distribution of monetary, human and knowledge capital, and the emergence of global and shrinking cities. ... -
Activating Values to Enhance e-Participation in Environmental Decision-making
(University of Waterloo, 2019-07-26)A participatory modeling approach is designed to connect citizens and decision-makers during the selection of the most appropriate alternative solution to an environmental project based on user values systems. First, a ... -
Active Acoustics for Monitoring Unreported Leaks in Water Distribution Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-08)Water distribution networks (WDNs) are critical infrastructure elements conveying water through thousands of kilometers of pipes. Pipes - one of the most critical elements in such systems - are subjected to various structural ... -
Active Aerodynamic Modification of Wind Turbine Blades to Reduce Load Fluctuation
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-16)Wind turbines operate predominantly in relatively unsteady flow conditions and are typically misaligned with the incoming wind. Moreover, as wind turbines increase in size, the loading on the blades becomes more problematic ... -
Active and Marginal Religious Affiliates in Canada: Describing the Difference and the Difference it Makes
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-19)In 2002, Reginald Bibby surprisingly asserted that a renaissance of religion is, or soon will be taking place in Canada. However, the assertion clashes with the dominant belief based largely on Bibby’s accumulated data ... -
Active and Semi-Active Bushing Design for Variable Displacement Engine
(University of Waterloo, 2006)The Variable Displacement Engine (VDE) is a new generation of engines that are designed to decrease the fuel consumption at the cruise speed of a vehicle. The isolation of the VDE's new vibration pattern is beyond the ... -
Active filtering of AC harmonics from HVDC converters
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Active Matrix Flat Panel Bio-Medical X-ray Imagers
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-28)This work investigates the design, system integration, optimization, and evaluation of amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) active matrix flat panel imagers (AMFPI) for bio-medical applications. Here, two hybrid active pixel sensor ... -
Active Pixel Sensor Architectures for High Resolution Large Area Digital Imaging
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-02)This work extends the technology of amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin film transistors (TFTs) from traditional switching applications to on-pixel signal amplification for large area digital imaging and in particular, is aimed ... -
Activity-Based Data Fusion for the Automated Progress Tracking of Construction Projects
(University of Waterloo, 2012-03-09)In recent years, many researchers have investigated automated progress tracking for construction projects. These efforts range from 2D photo-feature extraction to 3D laser scanners and radio frequency identification (RFID) ... -
An activity-based travel needs model for the elderly
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Actuarial Inference and Applications of Hidden Markov Models
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-17)Hidden Markov models have become a popular tool for modeling long-term investment guarantees. Many different variations of hidden Markov models have been proposed over the past decades for modeling indexes such as the S&P ... -
Actuarial Ratemaking in Agricultural Insurance
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-06)A scientific agricultural (re)insurance pricing approach is essential for maintaining sustainable and viable risk management solutions for different stakeholders including farmers, governments, insurers, and reinsurers. ... -
Acute Regulation of Vascular Tone by AMP-activated Protein Kinase in Arteries of Healthy, Hypertensive and Aged Rats
(University of Waterloo, 2011-12-21)Background, Rationale and General Purpose: Several seminal observations suggest that AMPK mediates vascular tone: 1) in endothelial cell culture and in vitro isolated protein experiments, activation of AMPK stimulates ... -
Adaptation in bipedal locomotion, insights from dynamic modelling, numerical optimization, and neuro-fuzzy-genetic programming
(University of Waterloo, 1998)