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Dual-polarization (HH/HV) RADARSAT-2 ScanSAR Observations of New, Young and First-year Sea Ice
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-31)Observations of sea ice from space are routinely used to monitor sea ice extent, concentration and type to support human marine activity and climate change studies. In this study, eight dual-polarization (dual-pol) (HH/HV) ... -
Dual-task effects of concurrently coupling aerobic exercise with virtual navigation
(University of Waterloo, 2021-03-01)Aerobic exercise is a modifiable lifestyle factor that is important for maintaining or improving both physical health and brain health. Maintaining or improving executive function throughout the lifespan is a prominent ... -
Duality relations in finite queueing models
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-21)Motivated by applications in multimedia streaming and in energy systems, we study duality relations in fi nite queues. Dual of a queue is de fined to be a queue in which the arrival and service processes are interchanged. ... -
Dually Crosslinked Composite Membrane as Cation Conducting Solid Electrolyte for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage System
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-30)Ion exchange membrane (IEM) is a key component of redox flow batteries (RFB) that heavily influences the electrochemical performances, energy efficiency and long term stability of the system. Ionic conductivity, ionic ... -
Duetto: Latency Guarantees at Minimal Performance Cost
(IEEE Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference (DATE), 2021-02-05)The management of shared hardware resources in multi-core platforms has been characterized by a fundamental trade-off: high-performance arbiters typically employed in COTS systems offer no worst-case guarantees, while ... -
Dum Vivimus Vivamus: The Lost Identity of the Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute Second World War Dead
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-09)This thesis examines the adolescent and wartime experiences of the Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute Second World War dead and how they were commemorated after the war. The memorial plaques on the walls of the ... -
Dunhuang Tectonic Belt in northwestern China as a part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Structural and U-Pb geochronological evidence
(Elsevier, 2018-11-13)The Dunhuang Tectonic Belt (DTB) is located about 100 km south of the Beishan–Tianshan orogen in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt in NW China. It was previously considered as a part of the Tarim or North China craton. ... -
Dunning-Kruger effects in reasoning: Theoretical implications of the failure to recognize incompetence
(Springer, 2017-12)The Dunning-Kruger effect refers to the observation that the incompetent are often ill-suited to recognize their incompetence. Here we investigate potential Dunning-Kruger effects in high-level reasoning and, in particular, ... -
DuoMC: Tight DRAM Latency Bounds with Shared Banks and Near-COTS Performance
(ACM International Symposium on Memory Systems (MEMSYS 2021), 2021-09-27)DRAM memory controllers (MCs) in COTS systems are designed primarily for average performance, offering no worst-case guarantees, while real-time MCs provide timing guarantees at the cost of a significant average performance ... -
Dup-boug-a-dad
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-16)Dup-boug-a-dad is a video installation that is curious about different ways of being in the world. Its form and content address the body and some of the many ways of being bodied. In parts intervention, documentary, document, ... -
The Durability of Airfield Concrete Exposed to Aircraft De-icers
(University of Waterloo, 2007-10-01)A large portion of an airport property is occupied by runways and taxiways, which must be kept in excellent condition to ensure the safety of the airplanes, and the people on board. Any free objects on the airfield can ... -
The durability of concrete using concrete plant wash water
(University of Waterloo, 2007-06-18)Hundreds of ready-mix concrete trucks are dispatched daily from ready-mix concrete plants. On average, a concrete truck has a carrying capacity ranging from 7 to 9 cubic metres of concrete, requiring about 1500 litres of ... -
Durability of Reinforced Concrete Incorporating Recycled Concrete as Aggregate(RCA)
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Abstract, <br /> The interest in using recycled construction materials is derived from the growth in construction and demolition waste due to rehabilitation and natural and technological disasters. The driving force for ... -
Durable High Surface Area Electrodes for Rechargeable Zinc Air Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-21)People have shown significant interest in metal air batteries throughout history due to their high energy storage capacities, safety, and low cost. These batteries do not require oxygen, one of their constituent fuels, to ... -
Duration Data Analysis in Longitudinal Survey
(University of Waterloo, 2003)Considerable amounts of event history data are collected through longitudinal surveys. These surveys have many particularities or features that are the results of the dynamic nature of the population under study and of ... -
Dust Near Galactic HII Regions
(University of Waterloo, 2012-11-15)The distributions of physical properties, such as the temperature, mass, or density of the dust grains in molecular clouds near Galactic massive star forming regions are relatively poorly understood. These properties are ... -
The Duty to Consult and Environmental Assessments: A Study of Mining Cases from across Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-01)In 2004, two pivotal court cases, Haida First Nation v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests) and Taku River Tlingit First Nation v. British Columbia (Project Assessment Director), were heard by the Supreme Court of Canada. ... -
Dwelling as Method: Lingering in/with Feminist Curated Data Sets on Instagram
(DIGSUM, 2024)This article proposes and delineates “digital dwelling” as one method of grappling with a central methodological challenge that we, as feminist researchers, face of how researchers might account for the multiple entanglements ... -
Dwelling In Motion: Reinterpreting Flinders Street Station as Urban Public Landscape
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Flinders Street Station in Melbourne, Australia currently serves a dual purpose, providing both a transient space that links the city to its suburban roots and creating a physical barrier between the city and its watercourse. ... -
Dwellings for the Goryan: Re-crafting Bulgarian Post-Soviet Identity at the Site of the Friendship Monument
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-18)My interest begins in present day Bulgaria at the prominent site of a ruined Soviet monument which the country’s previous communist regime built in 1979. Their monuments expressed communist philosophy through their ...