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Theoretical and Numerical Analyses of Laryngeal Biomechanics: Towards Understanding Vocal Hyperfunction
(University of Waterloo, 2023-06-08)Speech is a cornerstone in human communication and an irreplaceable tool for several academic, legal, and artistic careers. Producing intelligible speech is an extremely complex process, involving coupling between ... -
Theoretical Description of the Forces on a Point Charge Moving Parallel to a Supported Two-dimensional Material
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-22)A charged particle, moving at a certain distance and parallel to a target, experiences a stopping force that slows it down and an image force that deflects it towards the target's surface. In this work, we aimed to describe ... -
Theoretical foundations for efficient clustering
(University of Waterloo, 2019-06-07)Clustering aims to group together data instances which are similar while simultaneously separating the dissimilar instances. The task of clustering is challenging due to many factors. The most well-studied is the high ... -
Theoretical Investigation of Catalytic Methane Cracking and Carbon Nanotube Growth
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-14)Methane cracking on transition metal surfaces is a catalytically important reaction. It is a key step to produce hydrogen and carbonaceous nanomaterials, such as carbon nanotubes (CNT) or carbon nanofibers (CNF), which ... -
Theoretical Investigation of Contact Effects on the Performance of 2D-Material Nanotransistors
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-28)Two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted significant attention for electronic device applications since the first graphene transistor was demonstrated in 2004. Various 2D materials not only exhibit excellent carrier ... -
Theoretical Investigation of Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS2) Field-Effect Transistors for Electronic and Optoelectronic Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-19)After the first demonstration of graphene, 2D materials have attracted tremendous attentions in the electronic devices community. Graphene was regarded as a promising material for electronics due to its extremely high ... -
Theoretical Investigations on Two-Dimensional Optical Ion Trapping
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-25)Trapped ion systems have become one of the important platforms for quantum information processing (QIP) experiments. However, conventional Paul ion traps suffer from micromotion effect, which makes it difficult to extend ... -
Theoretical studies of frustrated magnets with dipolar interactions
(University of Waterloo, 2009-12-18)Several magnetic materials, in the first approximation, can be described by idealised theoretical models, such as classical Ising or Heisenberg spin systems, and, to some extent, such models are able to qualitatively expose ... -
Theoretical Studies on Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers for Device Design Guideline
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-27)Terahertz (THz) quantum cascade laser (QCL) is the most promising THz light source for the next-generation THz technologies of imaging, spectroscopy, and wireless communication. However, room-temperature operation of THz ... -
A Theoretical Study of Clusterability and Clustering Quality
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-16)Clustering is a widely used technique, with applications ranging from data mining, bioinformatics and image analysis to marketing, psychology, and city planning. Despite the practical importance of clustering, there is ... -
Theoretical study of non-relativistic electron dynamics under intense laser fields
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-09)Strong field approximation (SFA) is the most important approximation in the analytical theory of intense laser matter interaction. Based on SFA many analytical theories have been developed such that a broad spectrum ... -
The Theory and Applications of Homomorphic Cryptography
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-27)Homomorphic cryptography provides a third party with the ability to perform simple computations on encrypted data without revealing any information about the data itself. Typically, a third party can calculate one of the ... -
Theory and Applications of Josephson Photomultipliers
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-31)This thesis describes the back action of microwave-photon detection via a Josephson photomultiplier (JPM), a superconducting qubit coupled strongly to a high-quality mi- crowave cavity, and the applications of these devices. ... -
Theory and Mitigation of Crosstalk on Quantum Information Processors
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-08)Successfully implementing large-scale quantum computation has proven to be an exceptionally arduous task. Decoherence and imperfect control limit the coherent manipulation of large ensembles of particles. While quantum ... -
Theory and simulation of interactive membrane-macromolecule structures in biological systems
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-11)This thesis focuses on one of the branches of soft matter: biological systems. More specifically, we study the morphological transformation of lipid bilayer membranes induced by interacting with macromolecules. Recent ... -
Theory of measurement-based quantum computing
(University of Waterloo, 2008-12-10)In the study of quantum computation, data is represented in terms of linear operators which form a generalized model of probability, and computations are most commonly described as products of unitary transformations, which ... -
Theory of Spatial Similarity Relations and Its Applications in Automated Map Generalization
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-11)Automated map generalization is a necessary technique for the construction of multi-scale vector map databases that are crucial components in spatial data infrastructure of cities, provinces, and countries. Nevertheless, ... -
Theory, Design and Development of Artificial Magnetic Materials
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-24)Artificial Magnetic Materials (AMMs) are a subgroup of metamaterials which are engineered to provide desirable magnetic properties not seen in natural materials. These artificial structures are designed to provide either ... -
Theory, Design and Development of Resonance Based Biosensors in Terahertz and Millimeter-wave
(University of Waterloo, 2009-11-30)Recent advances in molecular biology and nanotechnology have enabled scientists to study biological systems at molecular and atomic scales. This level of sophistication demands for new technologies to emerge for providing ... -
The therapeutic application of Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide and double stranded (ds)RNA as immunostimulants and antiviral agents in crustaceans
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-16)Currently valued at 28 billion USD per year, the global shrimp market is growing faster than any other aquaculture industry. The initial fast-paced global industry expansion led to many catastrophic viral shrimp pandemics. ...