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“The System is Built to Exclude Them”: Using Sociality to Manage Health Amongst Women Experiencing Homelessness
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-22)The lives of women experiencing homelessness are often invisible from both statistics and the public eye. Yet, to support the population, specifically their health, their lived experiences must first be understood. Practicing ... -
System Justification and the Defense of Committed Relationship Ideology
(University of Waterloo, 2011-07-13)A consequential ideology in Western society is the uncontested belief that a committed relationship is the most important adult relationship and almost all people want to marry or seriously couple (DePaulo & Morris, 2005). ... -
A System Level FMCW RADAR Optimization For Automotive Powertrain Control Application Requirements
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-25)A full system level analysis, design, and ealization of frequency-modulation / continuous-wave (FMCW) RADAR is presented in this thesis. RADAR technology has been around for over half a century, and has found itself in a ... -
System of Systems Engineering for Policy Design
(University of Waterloo, 2013-10-02)A system of systems (SoS) framework is proposed for policy design that takes into account the value systems of multiple participants, harnesses the complexity of strategic interactions among participants, and confronts the ... -
System Performance Analysis of Cooperative Communication in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-07)Wireless ad hoc networks have been attracting more and more attentions in recent years from both academia and industry, because of their low deployment costs and broad applications. Due to the scarcity of the radio spectrum, ... -
A systematic approach for modeling of waterflooding process in the presence of geological uncertainties in oil reservoirs
(Elsevier, 2018-03-04)In this paper, a systematic approach which is able to consider different types of geological uncertainty is presented to model the waterflooding process. The proposed scheme, which is based on control and system theories, ... -
Systematic Approaches to Identification of Dynamic Flux Balance Models
(University of Waterloo, 2018-06-11)Mathematical modelling of biological systems is an essential tool for better understanding and for optimizing biological processes. Simulating the experiments before performing them is a time-saving strategy when seeking ... -
Systematic Characterization Framework of Row-Column Ultrasound Imaging Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2015-04-30)3-D ultrasound imaging offers unique opportunities in the field of non-destructive testing that cannot be easily found in A-mode and B-mode images. To acquire a 3-D ultrasound image without a mechanically moving transducer, ... -
A Systematic Comparison of Municipal Solid Waste Management Systems: Case Studies of Dalian City, China and the Region of Waterloo, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2008-06-11)Since the 1990s, Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) has shifted to a more comprehensive approach with an emphasis on managing Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) through the whole process from generation to disposal. Meanwhile, ... -
Systematic Conservation Prioritization Centered on Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), in a Region of Competing Land Uses
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-27)The once expansive sagebrush habitat in the western United States has suffered substantial losses largely due to the encroachment of development for extractive and renewable resource-based industries. Sage-grouse (Centrocercus ... -
Systematic Design of Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Systems for Modeling and Control with Applications to Modular and Reconfigurable Robots
(University of Waterloo, 2010-07-20)Fuzzy logic systems (FLSs) are well known in the literature for their ability to model linguistics and system uncertainties. Due to this ability, FLSs have been successfully used in modeling and control applications such ... -
A Systematic Review of Multimedia Tools for Cybersecurity Awareness and Education
(ACM, 2021-01-02)We conduct a comprehensive review covering academic publications and industry products relating to tools for cybersecurity awareness and education aimed at non-expert end-users developed in the past 20 years. Through our ... -
Systematic Review of Practice Facilitation and Evaluation of a Chronic Illness Care Management Tailored Outreach Facilitation Intervention for Rural Primary Care Physicians
(University of Waterloo, 2009-03-25)Nearly two decades of research on translating evidence-based care guidelines into practice has resulted in a considerable body of primary and secondary evidence about guideline implementation strategies and the individual, ... -
Systematic Reviews and the Evolving Role of Librarians
(2014-01-29)The demand for systematic reviews (SR) in research intensive health related departments is rapidly increasing, and academic librarians have the expertise necessary to support these comprehensive reviews. In summer 2013, ... -
Systematic Search and Reporting Techniques Applied to the Gray Literature: A Review of Canadian School Breakfast Program Guidelines
(2015-01-30)This poster was presented at the Mosaic ’16 (Medical Library Association) Conference on May 17, 2016, Toronto, Ontario. Abstract: Methods: A grey literature search plan was developed to incorporate four different searching ... -
Systematically Detecting Access Control Flaws in the Android Framework
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-25)Android's permission model is used to regulate access to the Application Program Interfaces (APIs) within the Android system services, which provide access to sensitive system resources, such as the camera and microphone. ... -
Systems and Algorithms for Dynamic Graph Processing
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-10)Data generated from human and systems interactions could be naturally represented as graph data. Several emerging applications rely on graph data, such as the semantic web, social networks, bioinformatics, finance, and ... -
A Systems Approach for Rural Energy Intervention Design in India: Integrating Women, Resources, Technologies, and Processes
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-16)One of the greatest challenges facing a developing country such as India is how to meet the domestic energy needs of a substantial and growing rural population in an ecologically sustainable manner. Over the past three ... -
A Systems Approach to Examining Co-operative Education: A Case Study
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-28)Co-operative education (co-op) is a model of learning where students alternate between academic and work terms. Co-op offers potential benefits for three key stakeholder groups: students, employers and academic institutions. ... -
Systems for Graph Extraction from Tabular Data
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-28)Connections amongst real-world entities provide significant insights for numerous real-life applications in social networks, semantic web, road maps, finance, among others. Graphs are perhaps the most natural way to model ...