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Extracting Non-Functional Requirements from Unstructured Text
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-18)Non-functional requirements (NFRs) of a software system describe desired quality attributes rather than specific user-visible features; NFRs model stakeholder expectations about pervasive system properties such as performance, ... -
Extraction and Concentration of Glutathione from Yeast
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-19)Glutathione is a tripeptide present in most mammalian tissue. It has a great variety of significant physiological functions, such as regulating cell growth and division; helping DNA synthesis and repair. Glutathione can ... -
Extraction of Digital Terrain Models from Airborne Laser Scanning Data based on Transfer-Learning
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-30)With the rapid urbanization, timely and comprehensive urban thematic and topographic information is highly needed. Digital Terrain Models (DTMs), as one of unique urban topographic information, directly affect subsequent ... -
Extraction of DNA staining dyes from DNA using hydrophobic ionic liquids
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013-05-18)The partition of oligonucleotides and DNA staining dyes into a few hydrophobic ionic liquids has been studied, where the oligonucleotides remain in the aqueous phase and all the DNA staining dyes are extracted in the ionic ... -
Extraction of Oil from Oil Sands Using Thermoresponsive Polymeric Surfactants
(American Chemical Society, 2015-03-18)Several thermoresponsive block copolymers constituted of a poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and a poly(2-(2-methoxyethoxy) ethyl methacrylate) (PMEO(2)MA) block were prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and ... -
Extremely fast (a,b)-trees at all contention levels
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-26)Many concurrent dictionary implementations are designed and evaluated with only low-contention workloads in mind. This thesis presents several concurrent linearizable (a,b)-tree implementations with the overarching goal ... -
Extremely Partisan Samples Impact Perceptions of Political Group Beliefs
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-05)Accurately inferring the beliefs of a partisan group (e.g. Democrats, Republicans) can be challenging when exposed to extremely partisan beliefs from that group. Across two studies (total N = 566), we tested whether people ... -
Extrudable hydroxyapatite/plant oil-based biopolymer nanocomposites for biomedical applications: Mechanical testing and modeling
(Elsevier, 2019-07-15)Towards developing bone-inspired, high performance composite biomaterials, two nanocomposite inks, consisting of a plant oil-based biopolymer resin (soybean oil epoxidized acrylate (SOEA)) and silanized nano-hydroxyapatite ... -
Extrusion of polymers and polymer blends with supercritical carbon dioxide
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Extrusion-based 3D Printing and Characterization of Edible Materials
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-19)3D printing food offers the ability to customize shapes, texture, as well as nutritional content. In addition, it can automate the cooking process to save time and produce meals on-demand to minimize waste. One potential ... -
Exurban land cover and land market evolution: Analysis, review and computational experimentation of spatial and agent heterogeneity from the bottom up
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-25)This dissertation investigates selected empirical and theoretical aspects of land-use and land-cover change (LUCC) in exurban areas. Two challenges – observation and monitoring of LUCC, and spatially explicit modeling, are ... -
An eye (region) sensitivity during early face perception: The N170 is modulated by facial context and featural fixation
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-20)The N170 is a face-sensitive ERP component that also demonstrates a particular sensitivity to the eyes. Specifically, the N170 responds maximally to isolated eye regions (i.e., two eyes), as well as to eye fixations within ... -
Eye gaze and head orientation modulate the inhibition of return for faces
(Springer, 2015-11-01)The present study used an inhibition of return (IOR) spatial cueing paradigm to examine how gaze direction and head orientation modulate attention capture for human faces. Target response time (RT) was measured after the ... -
« Échos » et « brèches » dans la poésie de Louis-Jean Thibault
(Département de français de l'Université d'Ottawa, 2011)Résumé Autour de la décennie 1960, toute une génération de poètes prêtait sa voix au pays à venir. Mais faute de pays réel, clairement défini, cette poésie était confinée à l’abstraction, évoquant « l’âme » d’un ineffable ... -
Écrire la relation mère-fille au XXIe siècle : le roman familial au service du souvenir dans "Autour de ma mère" (2007) de Catherine Safonoff, "Décidément je t’assassine" (2010) de Corinne Hoex et "Rien ne s’oppose à la nuit" (2011) de Delphine de Vigan
(University of Waterloo, 2013-10-25)Notre thèse de maîtrise se consacre à une analyse psychanalytique du roman familial, et en particulier de la relation mère-fille dans trois œuvres du XXIe siècle. Les textes, Autour de ma mère (2007) de Catherine Safonoff, ... -
Les éléments de l’existentialisme dans les pièces d’Eugène Ionesco, dramaturge du Théâtre de l’Absurde
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-01)« Est absurde ce qui n’a pas de but…Coupé de ses racines religieuses ou métaphysiques, l’homme est perdu, toute sa démarche devient insensée, inutile, étouffante ». Voilà la conception de l’absurde selon Eugène Ionesco ... -
Effective Strategies for Improving Peptide Identification with Tandem Mass Spectrometry
(University of Waterloo, 2011-12-21)Tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) has been routinely used to identify peptides from protein mixtures in the field of proteomics. However, only about 30% to 40% of current MS/MS spectra can be identified, while many of them ... -
Efficient Hardware Realization of Convolutional Neural Networks using Intra-Kernel Regular Pruning
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-24)Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have proven their success in a wide range of applications. While CNNs boast remarkable performance, they require significant computational and memory resources for operation. As research ... -
F2:F3b Ratio and BOC-Adjusted PHC F3 Approach to Resolving False Detections of Crude Oil and Diesel Drilling Waste in Clean Soils and Manure Compost
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-11)The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) endorsed the Reference Method for the Canada-Wide Standard (CWS) for Petroleum Hydrocarbons (PHC) in Soil – Tier 1 Method in 2001. The purpose of the CWS is to ... -
Fabrication and Analysis of Bottom Gate Nanocrystalline Silicon Thin Film Transistors
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-25)Thin film transistors (TFTs) have brought prominent growth in both variety and utility of large area electronics market over the past few decades. Nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si:H) TFTs have attracted attention recently, ...