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Using the Instructional Design Process to Effectively Apply UDL to OER: Considerations, Limitations, and Best Practices
(Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), 2024-03)The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework has begun to have a significant impact on the instructional sphere of academic libraries, shifting how programs are designed, developed, and delivered. In related work, ... -
Using The New 3D Digital Model Of Ontario’s Paleozoic Geology To Bridge Gaps In The Traditional Education Framework
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-13)The demand for competent geoscientists and engineers is high, and the development of a new resource has addressed a gap in the traditional education framework. Spatial understanding is a key component of geoscience competency, ... -
Using Very High Resolution Remotely Piloted Aircraft Imagery to Map Peatland Vegetation Composition and Configuration Patterns within an Elevation Gradient
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-28)GIS has developed over the decades from theory to highly accurate scientific observation using satellites that provide high resolution imagery. Over the last decade drones have been introduced to the world of GIS and ... -
Using Wireless Communications To Enable Decentralized Analysis and Control of Smart Distribution Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-16)The smart grid is a multidisciplinary approach that aims to revolutionize the whole electricity supply chain including generation, transmission and distribution systems in order to overcome the multiple challenges currently ... -
Using Transit AVL/APC System Data to Monitor and Improve Schedule Adherence
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-29)The implementation of automatic transit data collection via Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) and Automatic Passenger Counting (APC) systems provides an opportunity to create large, detailed datasets of transit operations. ... -
Utilitarian Cops: Jeremy Bentham and The Rise of Modern Policing
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-29)It is widely accepted that modern policing first came into existence with a bill passed in 1829, establishing the Metropolitan London Police under British Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel. It is Peel after all, who has been ... -
The Utility of Using Multiple Conceptual Models for the Design of Groundwater Remediation Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-30)The design of pump and treat systems for groundwater remediation is often aided by numerical groundwater modelling. Model predictions are uncertain, with this uncertainty resulting from unknown parameter values, model ... -
Utilization of biodegradable organic matter by biofilms in drinking water distribution systems
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Utilization of Biorenewable Polymers for Functional Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-30)The need to transition to more sustainable and renewable technology has resulted in a focus on the two bio-renewable polymers, cellulose and lignin. Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and lignin can be the materials of the ... -
Utilization of Cellulosic Materials by Caldicellulosiruptor species
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-11)Caldicellulosiruptor is a genus of thermophilic, anaerobic, Gram-positive, non-spore-forming cellulolytic bacteria and is capable of fermenting a wide spectrum of carbohydrates. Both Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus ... -
Utilization of Cellulosic Materials by Thermotoga petrophila
(University of Waterloo, 2011-12-08)Thermotoga petrophila is a hyperthermophilic anaerobic bacterium that grows optimally at 80° C. It can utilize plant biomass to produce biofuels, including ethanol and hydrogen, which are alternative and renewable sources ... -
Utilization of Industrial Waste Alloy as An Alternative to Micron-Al in Energetic Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-22)Aluminum-enhanced solid propellant is one of the most commonly used propellants people have ever developed. It is cost-effective, simple to store and handle, and energetic for thrust production due to the extremely high ... -
Utilization of Predictive Analytics & Constrained Metaheuristics to Achieve Optimal Operation of a Liquid-fueled Industrial Process Heater
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-11)The operation of industrial combustion devices to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions, is necessary in many respects. Increasingly stringent environmental regulations and the present volatility of the price of ... -
Utilization of Soft Matter as a Structure Directing Agent for the SYnthesis of Nanostructured Materials
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-19)Sol-gel methods combined with the adaptive structuring properties of soft matter, have been used to create templates and synthesize mesoporous materials or nanoparticles from them. For example, micelles formed with non-ionic ... -
Utilizing Channel State Information for Enhancement of Wireless Communication Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2007-10-25)One of the fundamental limitations of mobile radio communications is their time-varying fading channel. This thesis addresses the efficient use of channel state information to improve the communication systems, with a ... -
Utilizing Construction Safety Leading and Lagging Indicators to Measure Project Safety Performance: a case study
(University of Waterloo, 2018-07-10)Background Construction accounts for 22% of all workplace fatalities in Ontario (Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada, 2015), although construction only accounts for 7% of Ontario’s workforce (Statistics ... -
Utilizing Indigenous Conservation in Canada to Strengthen Contributions to Environmental Targets and Reconciliation Goals
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-27)Indigenous-based conservation provides enhanced safeguarding techniques and hands-on stewardship over lands, waters, and ice, resulting in numerous environmental welfare and reconciliation processes that can be applied to ... -
Utilizing the Canadian Long-Term Pavement Performance (C-LTPP) Database for Asphalt Dynamic Modulus Prediction
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-05)In 2007, the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) was successfully approved as the new American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) pavement design standard (Von Quintus et ... -
Utilizing UV-LED pulse width modulation on TiO2 advanced oxidation processes to enhance the decomposition efficiency of pharmaceutical micropollutants
(Elsevier, 2019-04-01)The presence of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) in aquatic systems has been a growing cause for concern. Advanced oxidation processes such as UV/TiO2 (ultraviolet light/titanium dioxide) can break down ... -
Utilizing ‘Power-to-Gas’ Technology for Storing Energy and to Optimize the Synergy between Environmental Obligations and Economical Requirements
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-05)This work develops a generalized modeling framework using several approaches for assessing the feasibility of storing energy in order to demonstrate the economic and environmental benefits of managing the existing power ...