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Supporting Voice-Based Natural Language Interactions for Information Seeking Tasks of Various Complexity
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-25)Natural language interfaces have seen a steady increase in their popularity over the past decade leading to the ubiquity of digital assistants. Such digital assistants include voice activated assistants, such as Amazon's ... -
Supportive Housing for Mental Health Recovery: A Bio-Psycho-Social Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2007-01-31)This thesis responds to the lack of psychiatric and infrastructural support during the transition from inpatient to outpatient care, and proposes a supportive housing model for patient recovery. It establishes an ... -
Suppression and characterization of decoherence in practical quantum information processing devices
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-01)This dissertation addresses the issue of noise in quantum information processing devices. It is common knowledge that quantum states are particularly fragile to the effects of noise. In order to perform scalable quantum ... -
Supramaximal Testing to Confirm the Achievement of V̇O2max in Acute Hypoxia
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-23)Incremental exercise tests are often used to quantify an individual’s maximal oxygen uptake (V̇O2max). To confirm V̇O2max, a bout of supramaximal exercise can be performed after maximal exercise and if V̇O2 is within the ... -
Supramolecular Assembly of Three-Dimensional Protein Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-02)Intense interest is being focused on self-assembling biological networks and their practical applications, making them powerful tools for the next-generation of advanced bionanomaterials. This thesis project explores ... -
SURF: Software Update Registration Framework
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-25)BlockSURF (Blockchain-based Secure Update Registration Framework) or SURF, in short, is a software framework designed to enable developers to build a blockchain-based secure update system which distributes trust over a ... -
The Surface and Subsurface Distribution and Transport of Sodium within a Constructed Fen Peatland in a Post-mined Landscape in the Alberta Oil Sands Region
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-27)Nikanotee Fen Watershed is an engineered upland-fen peatland system in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region constructed from salvaged peat and forest soils, overburden and tailings sand materials. Sodium-rich leachate from ... -
Surface Chemistry of Hexacyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons on (2x1) and Modified Surfaces of Si(100)
(University of Waterloo, 2004)Room-temperature chemisorption of hexacyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on the 2x1, sputtered, oxidized and H-terminated Si(100) surfaces, as well as those upon post treatments of hydrogenation, oxidization and electron irradiation ... -
Surface Code Threshold Calculation and Flux Qubit Coupling
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-02)Building a quantum computer is a formidable challenge. In this thesis, we focus on two projects, which tackle very different aspects of quantum computation, and yet still share a common goal in hopefully getting us closer ... -
Surface Design for Flank Milling
(University of Waterloo, 2007-06-18)In this dissertation, a numerical method to design a curved surface for accurately flank milling with a general tool of revolution is presented. Instead of using the ruled surface as the design surface, the flank millable ... -
Surface Dynamics, Glass Transition, and Crystallization of Atactic Polystyrene
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-29)How polymers behave near the glass transition is one of the deepest questions in condensed matter physics. In the past two decades, the surface dynamics, glass transition, and crystallization of polymer thin films have ... -
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Environmental Analysis: Metal Sensing and Solvent Effect
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-27)Raman spectroscopy is a form of molecular spectroscopy that can provide structural information on analyte molecules based on the scattering of incident light. However, Raman scattering is intrinsically weak which makes ... -
Surface Geometry and the Haptic Rendering of Rigid Point Contacts
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-23)This thesis examines the haptic rendering of rigid point contacts in virtual simulations. The haptic renderers generate force feedback so that the operator can interact with the virtual scenes in a realistic way. They ... -
Surface interactions between nanocrystal cellulose and liposomes
(University of Waterloo, 2015-02-05)Cellulose nanocrystal (CNC),which is produced from acid hydrolysis of native cellulose fibers, is a nanoparticle with exceptional strength and physicochemical characteristics. It is renewable, biodegradable, non-toxic and ... -
Surface Interactions of Proteinogenic Biomolecules and Gold Nanostructures on Si(111)7×7
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-16)The site-specific surface interactions and film growth mechanisms of adsorption of gold and of proteinogenic sulfur-containing amino acids, i.e., L-cysteine and L-methionine, on Si(111)7×7 are studied for the first time ... -
Surface Modification and Characterization of Cellulose Nanocrystal for Biomedical Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-09)There is an ever-increasing desire to develop novel materials that could control the release of active compounds and increase their stability. Replacing petroleum-based synthetic polymers with sustainable materials has ... -
Surface modification of cellulose nanocrystal for advanced applications
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-18)Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) are bio-based nanoparticles, which display an array of interesting properties related to their renewability, biocompatibility, high tensile strength and elastic modulus, high aspect ratio, low ... -
Surface Modification of Stainless Steel by Electro-Spark Deposition
(University of Waterloo, 2016-12-13)Electrospark Deposition (ESD) is a pulsed micro-welding process that is used to apply surface coatings for repair of damaged high value precision products or modify their surfaces for specific properties. The low heat ... -
Surface Modification Studies on Lithium-rich Layered Oxides
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-02)The importance of developing energy-dense lithium-ion batteries has gained much attention due to the rapid advancement in portable electronic devices to electric vehicles. In order to fulfill the energy requirement of those ... -
Surface Partitioning for 3+2-axis Machining
(University of Waterloo, 2007-08-01)Despite the inbuilt advantages offered by 5-axis machining, the manufacturing industry has not widely adopted this technology due to the high cost of machines and insufficient support from CAD/CAM systems. Companies are ...