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An Intelligent Ambulatory Fall Risk Assessment Method Based on the Detection of Compensatory Balance Reactions and Environmental Factors
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-18)Falls in older adults are a critical public health problem worldwide and impact one in three older adults at least once each year. In addition to physical consequences (e.g., hip fracture) falls can lead to negative ... -
Intelligent Condition Assessment of Power Transformer Based on Data Mining Techniques
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-18)In recent years, the trade-off between quality and cost of power system components has become a matter of interest for many utilities. The widespread use of costly electricity networks either in residential or industrial ... -
An Intelligent Expert System for Decision Analysis and Support in Multi-Attribute Layout Optimization
(University of Waterloo, 2005)Layout Decision Analysis and Design is a ubiquitous problem in a variety of work domains that is important from both strategic and operational perspectives. It is largely a complex, vague, difficult, and ill-structured ... -
Intelligent Fastening Tool Tracking Systems Using Hybrid Remote Sensing Technologies
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-21)This research focuses on the development of intelligent fastening tool tracking systems for the automotive industry to identify the fastened bolts. In order to accomplish such a task, the position of the tool tip must be ... -
Intelligent Low Voltage Series Arc Detection System
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-15)Protection from electric power hazardous has been used ever since applications of electricity were discovered. Hazards in the electric system can be in the form of over voltage or over current leading to catastrophic system ... -
Intelligent Medical Image Segmentation Using Evolving Fuzzy Sets
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-22)Image segmentation is an important step in the image analysis process. Current image segmentation techniques, however, require that the user tune several parameters in order to obtain maximum segmentation accuracy, a ... -
Intelligent Microwave Detection of Surface and Sub-Surface Anomalies
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-21)Microwave near-field testing is a promising nondestructive testing method because of its unique capability to interrogate metallic surfaces and multi-layer dielectric structures. Due to today's need for lighter, stronger, ... -
Intelligent Microwaves-Based Modalities for Breast Cancer Detection
(University of Waterloo, 2020-03-13)Breast cancer is considered to be one of the major causes of mortality in women worldwide. Detection of breast tumors in their early stage is the key factor for possible successful treatment and can significantly reduce ... -
Intelligent Multi-Dimensional Resource Management in MEC-Assisted Vehicular Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-27)Benefiting from advances in the automobile industry and wireless communication technologies, the vehicular network has been emerged as a key enabler of intelligent transportation services. Allowing real-time information ... -
An Intelligent Multi-stage Channel Acquisition Model for CR-WBANs: A Context Aware Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2017-07-31)Cognitive Radio (CR) came as a solution to mitigate challenges that wireless body area networks (WBANs) suffer from. CR is an intelligence-based technology that senses, observes, and learns from its operating environment ... -
An Intelligent Neural Network Controlled Atmospheric Pressure Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition System for Tunable Metal Oxide Thin Films
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-22)Atmospheric pressure spatial atomic layer deposition (AP-SALD) is a novel thin film fabrication technique to create conformal and pin-hole free films. The growth rate of AP-SALD is hundreds of times greater than conventional ... -
Intelligent Robotic Recycling of Flat Panel Displays
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-29)As the population and prosperity continue to rise the demand for high-tech products is rapidly increasing. Displays are a huge part of this market with millions being created each year. We have a finite amount of resources ... -
Intelligent Scheduling of Medical Procedures
(University of Waterloo, 2009-12-07)In the Canadian universal healthcare system, public access to care is not limited by monetary or social economic factors. Rather, waiting time is the dominant factor limiting public access to healthcare. Excessive waiting ... -
An Intelligent Sensor Management Framework for Pervasive Surveillance
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-29)The nature and complexity of the security threats faced by our society in recent years have made it clear that a smart pervasive surveillance system constitutes the most effective cure, as it presents a conducive framework ... -
An Intelligent System for Bearing Condition Monitoring
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-24)Rolling-element bearings are widely used in various mechanical and electrical applications. Accordingly, a reliable bearing health condition monitoring system is very useful in industries to detect incipient defects in ... -
An Intelligent System for Induction Motor Health Condition Monitoring
(University of Waterloo, 2015-04-08)Induction motors (IMs) are commonly used in both industrial applications and household appliances. An IM online condition monitoring system is very useful to identify the IM fault at its initial stage, in order to prevent ... -
Intelligent Vehicle Development through Scalable Data Collection Processes and Simulation
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-28)With current automotive trends in both vehicle electrification and intelligent features such as Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS), there is a significant need for a modern vehicle development process which makes ... -
Intelligentia Spiritualis: Platonism, the Latin Polemical Tradition, and the Renaissance Approach to the Prophetic Sense of History
(University of Waterloo, 2022-07-25)This study sheds light on key figures and trends in the medieval Latin West that influenced the intellectual lives of the humanist theologians Marsilio Ficino (1433–99) and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463–94), specifically ... -
Intense laser field ionization of atom and molecular ion
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-24)In order to understand how does the intense laser interact with matter we first of all study the ionization process. In this highly nonlinear region the conventional perturbation theory will fail to predict the experimental ... -
Intensifying Toronto
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-13)How cities grow is set to change. In the Greater Toronto Area, both Ontario’s Greenbelt Plan and Growth Plan for the Golden Greater Horseshoe are set to have a significant impact on how and where urban growth will occur ...