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Calibration of Hydrologic Models Using Distributed Surrogate Model Optimization Techniques: A WATCLASS Case Study
(University of Waterloo, 2009-02-20)This thesis presents a new approach to calibration of hydrologic models using distributed computing framework. Distributed hydrologic models are known to be very computationally intensive and difficult to calibrate. To ... -
Can Message-Tailoring Based on Regulatory Fit Theory Improve the Efficacy of Persuasive Physical Activity Systems?
(MDPI, 2019-11-08)Background: Many behaviour-change technologies have been designed to help people with a sedentary lifestyle to become more physically active. However, challenges exist in designing systems that work effectively. One of the ... -
Can Message-Tailoring Based on Regulatory Fit Theory Improve the Efficacy of Persuasive Physical Activity Systems?
(MDPI, 2019-11)Background: Many behaviour-change technologies have been designed to help people with a sedentary lifestyle to become more physically active. However, challenges exist in designing systems that work effectively. One of the ... -
Canada’s Oil Sands: Strategic Decisions to Make Canada an Energy Superpower
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-31)Systems methodologies are employed to investigate strategic decision problems regarding the development of the oil sands in Canada. Many countries believe energy to be one of their most important national security factors ... -
Cancer Classification in Human Brain and Prostate Using Raman Spectroscopy and Machine Learning
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-27)Real-time assisted classification of cancerous and healthy human tissue is useful to surgeons since visual classification of cancer boundaries is almost impossible to the naked eye. Raman spectroscopy can be used to ... -
Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers (CMUTs) for Humidity Sensing
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-11)In the last two decades, capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUTs) have proven themselves to be promising for various ultrasound imaging and chemical sensing applications. Although holding many benefits for ... -
Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers for Non-destructive Testing Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-07)Ultrasound is a popular technique for industrial non-destructive testing (NDT) applications. By sending ultrasonic waves into an object and observing the amplitude and the delay of the reflected or transmitted waves, one ... -
Carbon Nanotube and Carbon Fibre Based Radiation Dosimetry
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-25)The principle of radiobiology and, hence, clinical outcomes in radiotherapy are inherently dependent on accurate radiation dosimetry. Over the last few decades, ionization chambers, thermoluminescence dosimeters (TLDs), ... -
Carbon nanotube field emitter array and its application to novel X-ray systems
(University of Waterloo, 2018-06-15)With the emergence of ever more demanding X-ray imaging applications, including radiotherapy, radiography, computed tomography and tomosynthesis, there is a tendency to use field emission (FE) to take the place of thermionic ... -
Cell Manipulations with Dielectrophoresis
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-24)Biological sample analysis is a costly and time-consuming process. It involves highly trained technicians operating large and expensive instruments in a temperature and dust controlled environment. In the world of rising ... -
Characteristics of quasistationary near-wall turbulence subjected to strong stable stratification in open-channel flows
(American Physical Society, 2020-06-05)Characteristics of near-wall turbulence at quasistationarity under strong wall cooling are studied using direct numerical simulation of open-channel flow. It is shown that if turbulence reaches quasistationarity, then the ... -
Characterization and Application of a Human Corneal in vitro Model for Controlled Release of Ophthalmic Drugs
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-30)The cornea acts as a transparent shield protecting the eye from germs, dust and pathogens as well as regulating the ocular environment by controlling the diffusion of external substances like oxygen or drugs via the tear ... -
Characterization of Carbon Nanotube Based Thin Film Field Emitter
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-16)In recent years, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have emerged as one of the best field emitters for a variety of technological applications. The field emitting cathodes have several advantages over the conventional thermionic ... -
Characterization of Neuromuscular Disorders Using Quantitative Electromyographic Techniques
(University of Waterloo, 2016-02-04)This thesis presents a multifaceted effort to develop a system that allows electrodiagnostic clinicians to perform a quantitative analysis of needle detected electromyographic (EMG) signals for characterization of neuromuscular ... -
Class Based Strategies for Understanding Neural Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2020-02-07)One of the main challenges for broad adoption of deep learning based models such as Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), is the lack of understanding of their decisions. In many applications, a simpler, less capable model ... -
Class Incremental Learning in Deep Neural Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-28)With the advancement of computation capability, in particular the use of graphical processing units, deep learning systems have shown tremendous potential in achieving super-human performance in many computer vision tasks. ... -
Classification of Compact Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar Images
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-27)The RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) was launched in June 2019. RCM, in addition to dual-polarization (DP) and fully quad-polarimetric (QP) imaging modes, provides compact polarimetric (CP) mode data. A CP synthetic ... -
Cleanup Memory in Biologically Plausible Neural Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2005)During the past decade, a new class of knowledge representation has emerged known as structured distributed representation (SDR). A number of schemes for encoding and manipulating such representations have been developed; ... -
Climate Change-Accelerated Ocean Biodiversity Loss & Associated Planetary Health Impacts
(Elsevier, 2022-01)A planetary health perspective views human health as a function of the interdependent relationship between human systems and the natural systems in which we live. The planetary health impacts of climate change induced ocean ... -
Clinician-Driven Design of VitalPAD–An Intelligent Monitoring and Communication Device to Improve Patient Safety in the Intensive Care Unit
(IEEE, 2018-03-05)The pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) is a complex environment, in which a multidisciplinary team of clinicians (registered nurses, respiratory therapists, and physicians) continually observe and evaluate patient ...