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Nanocomposite Based Infrared Photothermoelectric Detectors
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-24)In the last decade, photothermoelectric (PTE) detectors that combine photothermal and thermoelectric conversion have been demonstrated for infrared and terahertz tracking. They are advantageous in terms of facile fabrication, ... -
Negotiation Support System with Third Party Intervention
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-21)A flexible methodology is developed to specify how a desired outcome can be reached in a given conflict by determining the preference structures required for the decision makers to find it stable. The objective of this ... -
Neural control of the healthy pectoralis major from low-to-moderate isometric contractions
(American Physiological Society, 2021-07-01)The pectoralis major critically enables arm movement in several directions. However, its neural control remains unknown. High-density electromyography (HD-sEMG) was acquired from the pectoralis major in two sets of experiments ... -
A neural model of the motor control system
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-16)In this thesis I present the Recurrent Error-driven Adaptive Control Hierarchy (REACH); a large-scale spiking neuron model of the motor cortices and cerebellum of the motor control system. The REACH model consists of ... -
Neural Network Classifiers for Human Tissue Classification in NIR Biomedical Multispectral Imaging
(University of Waterloo, 2018-06-11)Near infrared imaging (NIR) is an imaging modality that has gained traction for solving biomedical problems in recent years. By leveraging the NIR spectrum, multiple spectra from the NIR range can be used to extract ... -
Neural Plausibility of Bayesian Inference
(University of Waterloo, 2018-07-31)Behavioral studies have shown that humans account for uncertainty in a way that is nearly optimal in the Bayesian sense. Probabilistic models based on Bayes' theorem have been widely used for understanding human cognition, ... -
A Neurocomputational Model of Smooth Pursuit Control to Interact with the Real World
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-24)Whether we want to drive a car, play a ball game, or even enjoy watching a flying bird, we need to track moving objects. This is possible via smooth pursuit eye movements (SPEMs), which maintain the image of the moving ... -
A neurocomputational model of the mammalian fear conditioning circuit
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-24)In this thesis, I present a computational neural model that reproduces the high-level behavioural results of well-known fear conditioning experiments: first-order conditioning, second-order conditioning, sensory preconditioning, ... -
Neuromuscular Clinical Decision Support using Motor Unit Potentials Characterized by 'Pattern Discovery'
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-21)Objectives: Based on the analysis of electromyographic (EMG) data muscles are often characterized as normal or affected by a neuromuscular disease process. A clinical decision support system (CDSS) for the electrophysiological ... -
New Energy Management Systems for Battery Electric Vehicles with Supercapacitor
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-23)Recently, the Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) has been considered to be a proper candidate to terminate the problems associated with fuel-based vehicles. Therefore, the development and enhancement of the BEVs have lately ... -
A New Look Into Image Classification: Bootstrap Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2012-03-15)Scene classification is performed on countless remote sensing images in support of operational activities. Automating this process is preferable since manual pixel-level classification is not feasible for large scenes. ... -
New membrane technologies for dialysis
(University of Waterloo, 2016-12-15)Hemodialysis, developed in 1960s, has served as a treatment for patients with end stage renal disease. However, the 5 year mortality rate of hemodialysis patients is 65%. Research shows that some protein-bound toxins, ... -
Non-invasive brain stimulation interventions for management of chronic central neuropathic pain: a scoping review protocol
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2017-10-16)Introduction Pain can affect people regardless of age, gender or ethnicity. Chronic central neuropathic pain (CCNP) is a debilitating condition that affects populations such as stroke survivors, amputees, spinal cord injury ... -
Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Reduction Strategies for Real-time Optimal Control
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-15)This thesis presents a variety of strategies to accelerate the turnaround times (TATs) of nonlinear and hybrid model predictive controllers (MPCs). These strategies are unified by the themes of symbolic computing, nonlinear ... -
Nonparametric Neighbourhood Based Multiscale Model for Image Analysis and Understanding
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-28)Image processing applications such as image denoising, image segmentation, object detection, object recognition and texture synthesis often require a multi-scale analysis of images. This is useful because different features ... -
Nonsmooth Modeling of Vibro-Impacting Euler-Bernoulli Beam
(Hindawi, 2012-06-17)A new technique to simulate nonsmooth motions occurring in vibro-impacting continuous systems is proposed. Sticking motions that are encountered during vibro-impact simulation are imposed exactly using a Lagrange multiplier, ... -
A novel deflection shape function for rectangular capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer diaphragms
(Elsevier, 2015-07-15)A highly accurate analytical deflection shape function that describes the deflection profiles of capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUTs) with rectangular membranes under electrostatic pressure has been ... -
A novel micromechanical model of nonlinear compression hysteresis in compliant interfaces of multibody systems
(Springer, 2016-07)A micromechanical model of nonlinear hysteretic compression between interacting bodies of multibody systems, covered with fibrous structures, has been created and validated experimentally in this work. As an application, ... -
Novel Motion-Aware Strategies for Efficient and Accurate Video Analytics
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-05)Recent advances in machine learning strategies have led to improved results across a variety of fields. A field that would benefit greatly from improved machine learning strategies is video analytics: the analysis of video ... -
Novel Multi-Scale Architecture for Medical Image Registration
(University of Waterloo, 2022-12-21)Medical image registration is an integral component of many medical image analysis pipelines. While registration has conventionally been carried out using optimization techniques, there is growing interest in the application ...