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Perceptual and Memory Deficits in Unilateral Neglect
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-26)Unilateral neglect is a disorder in which patients behave as if the left half of space has ceased to exist. The disorder typically arises from right hemisphere brain damage involving the inferior parietal and superior ... -
Perceptual Geographies of Crime: Exploring university students’ spatial responses towards the threat of crime in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2017-12-11)The Waterloo Regional Police Service has identified the post-secondary students in their jurisdiction to be at greater risk to certain crimes than other residents. This study describes how students perceive crime in the ... -
The Perceptual Mechanisms of Probability Effects
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-13)Environmental statistics impact human behaviour. The more likely something is to occur, the faster and more accurate we are at detecting it. This probability effect has been studied in numerous forms. However, there is no ... -
Perceptual Quality Assessment of High Dynamic Range & Wide Colour Gamut Images and Video
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-15)While many successful algorithms have been proposed in the field of Image Quality Assessment (IQA) and Video Quality Assessment (VQA) through the years, High Dynamic Range (HDR) Wide Colour Gamut (WCG) technology and content ... -
Perceptual Quality-of-Experience of Stereoscopic 3D Images and Videos
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-11)With the fast development of 3D acquisition, communication, processing and display technologies, automatic quality assessment of 3D images and videos has become ever important. Nevertheless, recent progress on 3D image ... -
Perceptual Video Quality Assessment and Enhancement
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-21)With the rapid development of network visual communication technologies, digital video has become ubiquitous and indispensable in our everyday lives. Video acquisition, communication, and processing systems introduce various ... -
Perceptuomotor incoordination during manually-assisted search
(University of Waterloo, 2012-07-03)The thesis introduces a novel search paradigm, and explores a previously unreported behavioural error detectable in this paradigm. In particular, the ‘Unpacking Task’ is introduced – a search task in which participants use ... -
Perfect Hash Families: Constructions and Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2003)Let <b>A</b> and <b>B</b> be finite sets with |<b>A</b>|=<i>n</i> and |<b>B</b>|=<i>m</i>. An (<i>n</i>,<i>m</i>,<i>w</i>)-<i>perfect hash</i> family</i> is a collection <i>F</i> of functions from <b>A</b> to <b>B</b> ... -
THE PERFECT STORM: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY OF IN-PATIENT MENTAL HEALTH RECOVERY (TRAUMA AND SUBSTANCE-USE): A NARRATIVE EXPLORATION
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-21)Given the marginalizing effects of a mental health diagnosis, individuals with a mental health diagnosis, more specifically those in early recovery of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance-use disorders (SUDs), ... -
Performance Analysis of Distributed MAC Protocols for Wireless Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-10)How to improve the radio resource utilization and provide better quality-of-service (QoS) is an everlasting challenge to the designers of wireless networks. As an indispensable element of the solution to the above task, ... -
Performance Analysis of Distributed Virtual Environments
(University of Waterloo, 2006)A distributed virtual environment (DVE) is a shared virtual environment where multiple users at their workstations interact with each other. Some of these systems may support a large number of users, e. g. , massive ... -
Performance Analysis of Drive-thru Internet Access
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-19)Drive-thru Internet is considered to be an important solution to provide Internet access for vehicles. By deploying cost-effective and high bandwidth roadside WiFi networks, a vehicle can upload/download considerable data ... -
Performance Analysis of Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-20)Solar energy is one of the most promising renewable resources that can be used to produce electric energy through photovoltaic process. A significant advantage of photovoltaic (PV) systems is the use of the abundant and ... -
Performance Analysis of TCAMs in Switches
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-26)The Catalyst 6500 is a modern commercial switch, capable of processing millions of packets per second through the utilization of specialized hardware. One of the main hardware components aiding the switch in performing its ... -
Performance Analytics for Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion of Ti-6Al-4V
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-21)Titanium alloys are widely used in biomedical, aerospace, marine, energy and chemical industries because of their unique properties. Ti-6Al-4V, an α+β alloy, offers desirable properties such as high strength-to-weight ... -
Performance and Degradation of a Battery-Free Water Leak Detection Device
(University of Waterloo, 2022-12-21)Water waste is one of the major causes of water scarcity, and it has become an alarming issue these days. According to the reports from UNICEF, it is estimated that by early 2025, half of the world's population may be ... -
Performance and Wearability of Electronic and Infrared Stealth Textiles
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-28)The functionality of smart textiles continues to make progress, but its wearability is often not guaranteed at the same time. The rough and porous fabric surface, the added materials (eg. electronic materials) not possessing ... -
Performance characterization of shielded metal arc welding power supply designs
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-28)Engine driven welding power supplies are widely used for Shielded metal arc welding process in field applications such as pipeline industry, where there is a lack of electricity grid. Being a manual process, the welder’s ... -
Performance Comparison Between Variable and Fixed Signature Codes in DS-CDMA Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-30)In a CDMA or SCMA system, users can use a fixed signature for the whole transmission interval. But there is the possibility for two users to have highly correlated signatures. Hence, high interference exists in the system, ... -
Performance Comparison of Large Diameter Residential Drinking Water Wells
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-20)Published scientific work indicates that residential large diameter drinking water wells are at a higher risk of contamination from surface water impacts than drilled wells. The possibility of a higher incidence of ...