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Thresholds and Sediment Transport Dynamics in an Interbedded Shale and Limestone Controlled Urban Watercourse
(University of Waterloo, 2017-02-13)Sediment transport is a fundamental component of research into river morphology and related engineering practices. The relationship between flow and sediment particle entrainment underpins many of the empirical models used ... -
Thriving on the New Décarie Expressway: Reconciling Trenched Urban Expressways with the City
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-21)During the 1960s large trenched expressways were introduced into our urban centres to accommodate the booming vehicular traffic. These expressways were built on an enormous scale, often traversing entire cities. Unfortunately, ... -
Through the Ups and Downs: Workers' and Families' Experiences with Seasonal Resource Employment in a Prairie Province
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-06)Subject to both seasonal patterns and fluctuating market conditions, workers in resource-based industries routinely experience employment volatility as workloads ebb and flow through peak and off-seasons and through ‘boom’ ... -
Throughput and Expected-Rate in Wireless Block Fading Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-26)This thesis deals with wireless channels in uncorrelated block fading environment with Rayleigh distribution. All nodes are assumed to be oblivious to their forward channel gains; however, they have perfect information ... -
Throughput Limits of Wireless Networks With Fading Channels
(University of Waterloo, 2007-12-21)Wireless Networks have been the topic of fundamental research in recent years with the aim of achieving reliable and efficient communications. However, due to their complexity, there are still many aspects of such ... -
Throughput Optimization in Multi-hop Wireless Networks with Random Access
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-19)This research investigates cross-layer design in multi-hop wireless networks with random access. Due to the complexity of the problem, we study cross-layer design with a simple slotted ALOHA medium access control (MAC) ... -
Throughput Scaling Laws in Point-to-Multipoint Cognitive Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2010-07-08)Simultaneous operation of different wireless applications in the same geographical region and the same frequency band gives rise to undesired interference issues. Since licensed (primary) applications have been granted ... -
Tian-jing: Hunan skywell compounds in modern China
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-20)Tian-jing, or skywell, is a small courtyard that is both an interior and an exterior space. It is an interstice which both disconnects and joins the surrounding chambers. The opening acts as a conduit for the heavens within ... -
Tickle Trunk: a Toolkit for Communication and Brainstorming Between Hapticians and Non-Hapticians
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-25)This thesis introduces the Tickle Trunk, a haptic communication toolkit designed to support communication and brainstorming for haptic and tangible interaction design. Haptic technology is becoming increasingly popular in ... -
The ties that bind: Connections, patterns, and possibilities for marine protected areas
(University of Waterloo, 2015-11-30)The purpose of this doctoral research is to characterize and assess how social networks enhance and inhibit the governance of marine protected areas (MPAs). Specifically, I examine the structure and function of multiple ... -
Till We Have Faces: C. S. Lewis's Textual Metamorphosis
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-12)C. S. Lewis’s novel, Till We Have Faces, has been misunderstood by both scholars and readers alike. This paper seeks to read the text through the lens of Lewis’s own literary criticism. It begins by presenting Lewis’s ... -
Time Allocation and the Weather
(University of Waterloo, 2012-07-31)The overriding theme of my dissertation is the use of short-term weather fluctuations to study how people allocate their time across activities. In Chapter 1, a theoretical model is developed to distinguish malfeasant from ... -
Time change method in quantitative finance
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-28)In this thesis I discuss the method of time-change and its applications in quantitative finance. I mainly consider the time change by writing a continuous diffusion process as a Brownian motion subordinated by a ... -
Time Domain Reflectometry Measurement of Water Content and Electrical Conductivity Using a Polyolefin Coated TDR Probe
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-20)The use of time domain reflectometry (TDR) to determine water content (θv) from the measurement of the apparent dielectric constant (Ka) or the square root of the apparent dielectric constant (Ka 0.5) in highly saline ... -
Time Resolved Laser Induced Incandescence Analysis of Metal Aerosols
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-29)Synthetic nanoparticles are finding widespread adoption in a growing number of commercial and research applications. Their size dependent properties offer researchers a variety of ranging including targeted drug delivery, ... -
Time Synchronization in Distributed Systems without a Central Clock
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-11)Time synchronization and a common understanding of the concept of time is an essential and important aspect of modern computing. Among the drawbacks of current and popular methods, such as the Network Time Protocol, ... -
TIME VARYING GENDER AND PASSIVE TISSUE RESPONSES TO PROLONGED DRIVING
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-15)Background: Prolonged sitting in an automobile seat may alter the passive tissue stiffness of the lumbar spine differentially in males and females. Gender specific ergonomic interventions may be indicated for the ... -
Time- and Space- Resolved Solid-phase Microextraction for In Vivo Study
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-13)Although solid-phase microextraction (SPME) technique has gained wide applications from in vitro environmental investigations to in vivo pharmacokinetic studies, there are still challenges for utilizing SPME to track fast ... -
Time-Aware Dynamic Binary Instrumentation
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-23)The complexity of modern software systems has been rapidly increasing. Program debugging and testing are essential to ensure the correctness of such systems. Program analysis is critical for understanding system’s behavior ... -
Time-Cost Optimization of Large-Scale Construction Projects Using Constraint Programming
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-22)Optimization of time and cost in construction projects has been subject to extensive research since the development of the Critical Path Method (CPM). Many researchers have investigated various versions of the well-known ...