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Disorder, Geometric Frustration and the Dipolar Interaction in Rare-Earth Magnets
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-30)This thesis will present research that studies the role of disorder, geometric frustration and the long range dipolar interaction on the collective behaviour of several insulating, rare earth magnets. Experiments were ... -
Disorder-based Electromagnetic Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-23)Engineered complex media with unusual and exotic electrical properties, realized through subwavelength building blocks, are leading to the development of new applications and improved functionalities in a variety of fields. ... -
Disparities in knowledge about the health effects of smoking among adolescents following the release of new pictorial health warning labels
(Elsevier, 2018-06-01)This paper examined knowledge about the health effects of smoking among health equity groups following the 2012 introduction of refreshed pictorial health warning labels (HWLs) in Canada. Data are from the 2012/2013 Youth ... -
Dispatching Work: Finding the best dispatching method for real job-shops
(University of Waterloo, 2014-11-11)Motivated by a situation observed by our industry partner, we test if changing dispatch methods within a job-shop can reduce the percentage of late jobs while not reducing the maximum lateness across all jobs, the two ... -
Dispersing representations of semi-simple subalgebras of complex matrices
(Elsevier, 2022-06-01)In this paper we consider the problem of determining the maximum dimension of P?(A!B)P, where A and B are unital, semi-simple subalgebras of the set Mn of n⇥n complex matrices, and P 2 M2n is a projection of rank n. We ... -
Dispersion of a Fluid Plume During Radial Injection in an Aquifer
(AIP, 2022-02)This study outlines a model for radial injected fluid flow with mechanical dispersion in a vertically confined porous aquifer. Existing studies have investigated fully segregated fluid flow in this setting, where the ... -
Dispersion-cancelled imaging with chirped laser pulses
(University of Waterloo, 2013-06-20)This thesis deals with chirped-pulse interferometry, an interferometric imaging technique with a resolution which is unaffected by the normally detrimental effects of sample dispersion. The thesis begins with some important ... -
Displace and Urbanized: Or Why We Build
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-11)I embarked on this research with the aim to study the relationship between the city and the flood, understanding the waterfront as some blurred edge where wild and human forces mix. My hope was to propose a design strategy ... -
Displays of Adaptive Body Image by Others: Examining Their Influence on College Women's Body Image
(University of Waterloo, 2021-03-10)The negative impact of interacting with others who display maladaptive body image has been well documented. Only recently have researchers started to examine adaptive body image, thus the interpersonal impact of displays ... -
Disposable rocking bioreactors for recombinant protein production in Escherichia coli: Physical characterization and assessment of therapeutic protein expression
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-26)Disposable technology has gained increasing acceptance in the biopharmaceutical industry over the last decade, and provides many advantages over conventional stainless steel equipment. Disposable rocking bioreactors (RBs) ... -
The Disposal of Mine Tailings Material
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-29)The mining industry is an important component of the Canadian economy. The principal waste material from this industry is tailings. Numerous failures of tailings dams have caused loss of life and serious pollution ... -
Dispositional Pathways to Trust: The Interactive Effects of Self-Esteem and Agreeableness on Trust and Negative Emotional Disclosure
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-24)Expressing our innermost thoughts and feelings is critical to the development of intimacy (Reis & Shaver, 1988), but also risks negative evaluation and rejection. According to risk regulation theory (Murray, Holmes, & ... -
Disproportionate Division
(Wiley, 2020-10-01)We study the disproportionate version of the classical cake-cutting problem: how efficiently can we divide a cake, here [0,1], among n ≥ 2 agents with different demands α1, α2,..., αn summing to 1? When all the agents have ... -
Dissecting Colloidal Stabilization Factors in Crowded Polymer Solutions by Forming Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold Nanoparticles
(American Chemical Society, 2013-05-21)An ideal colloidal system should be highly stable in a diverse range of buffer conditions while still retaining its surface accessibility. We recently reported that dispersing citrate-capped gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) in ... -
Dissecting the effect of anions on Hg2+ detection using a FRET based DNA probe
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2012-08-07)Many biosensors have been developed to detect Hg2+ using thymine-rich DNA. While sensor response to various cations is often studied to demonstrate selectivity, the effect of anions has been largely overlooked. Anions may ... -
Dissimilar joining of Carbon/Carbon composites to Ti6Al4V and copper by reactive resistance spot welding
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-30)This study aims to develop an innovative and user-friendly method for dissimilar joining of the carbon/carbon (C/C) composites to Ti6Al4V and copper through reactive resistance spot welding to form the hybrid structures. ... -
Dissimilar joining of carbon/carbon composites to Ti6Al4V using reactive resistance spot welding
(Elsevier, 2019-01-25)A 2D C/C composite with a high porosity (low strength) and a 3D C/C composite with a low porosity (high strength) were investigated for dissimilar joining to Ti6Al4V via reactive spot welding. It was determined that ... -
Dissimilar laser welding of NiTi shape memory alloys
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-20)Welding of NiTi shape memory alloys has a great importance since it has a wide application in the medical industry due to the NiTi unique biocompatibility, superelasticity and shape memory effect. Laser microwelding is one ... -
Dissocation of Subjective and Objective Health Status in the Chinese Population
(University of Waterloo, 2011)As the general Chinese population becomes more overweight, pressure mounts to explore the reasons behind this trend. Pooling four waves of the Chinese Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) into two groups—2004 with 2006 and ... -
Dissociating Response Prepotency and Response Conflict within Tasks of Action Inhibition among Individuals Scoring High on the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-30)Theories embedded within evolutionary neurobiology offer useful frameworks within which to understand cognitive impairment in schizophrenia (SCZ). The current research invokes the Dual Trends Theory (DTT), an evolutionary ...