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Importance of regional variation in conservation planning: a rangewide example of the Greater Sage‐Grouse
(Ecological Society of America, 2016-10-13)Abstract We developed rangewide population and habitat models for Greater Sage?Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) that account for regional variation in habitat selection and relative densities of birds for use in conservation ... -
The Importance of Social and Emotional Needs for the Psychological Well-Being of Cancer Survivors: An Application of Socioemotional Selectivity Theory
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-26)As the number of cancer survivors continues to rise, there is an increasing need for psychological research to better understand and help individuals cope with their cancer journey. According to Socioemotional Selectivity ... -
Importance of the Cervical Capsular Joint Cartilage Geometry on Head and Facet Joint Kinematics Assessed in a Finite Element Neck Model.
(Elsevier, 2021-06-23)Finite element human neck models (NMs) aim to predict neck response and injury at the tissue level; however, contemporary models are most often assessed using global response such as head kinematics. Additionally, many NM ... -
Importance Sampling and Stratification for Copula Models
(Springer, 2018)An importance sampling approach for sampling from copula models is introduced. The proposed algorithm improves Monte Carlo estimators when the functional of interest depends mainly on the behaviour of the underlying random ... -
Importance Sampling and Stratification Techniques for Multivariate Models with Low-Dimentional Structures
(University of Waterloo, 2017-12-22)Many problems in finance and risk management involve the computation of quantities related to rare-event analysis. As many financial problems are high-dimensional, the quan- tities of interest rarely have analytical forms ... -
The Impress Context Store: A Coordination Framework for Context-Aware Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2006)The dream of weaving technology into our everyday fabric of life is recently being made possible by advances in ubiquitous computing and sensor technologies. Countless sensors of various sizes have made their way into ... -
Impression Cytology of the Lid Wiper Area
(Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2016-09-08)Few reports on the cellular anatomy of the lid wiper (LW) area of the inner eyelid exist and only one report makes use of cytological methods. The optimization of a method of collecting, staining and imaging cells from the ... -
The Impression Management Strategies of Leaders in the Nonprofit Sector
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-02)Leadership represents a diverse and dynamic area of study, occupying a vast area in sociological literature. However, the nonprofit sector is somewhat neglected in literature that examines leadership as a performance. ... -
An Improved Algorithm for Tor Circuit Scheduling
(University of Waterloo, 2010-07-08)Tor is a popular anonymity-preserving network, consisting of routers run by volunteers all around the world. It protects Internet users’ privacy by relaying their network traffic through a series of routers, thus concealing ... -
Improved and Practical Energy Management Systems for Isolated Microgrids
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-10)There are many remote communities around the world which do not have interconnection with the power grid because of technical and/or economic constraints, and thus have to manage their energy requirements independently, ... -
Improved approximation guarantees for lower-bounded facility location problem
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-28)We consider the lower-bounded facility location (LBFL) problem (, also known as load-balanced facility location), which is a generalization of uncapacitated facility location (UFL) problem where each open facility is ... -
Improved Bayesian Network Structure Learning in the Model Averaging Paradigm
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-10)A Bayesian network (BN) is a probabilistic graphical model with applications in knowledge discovery and prediction. Its structure can be learned from data using the well-known score-and-search approach, where a scoring ... -
Improved convergence in block copolymer self-consistent field theory by Anderson mixing
(American Institute of Physics, 2004)A modification to real space polymeric self-consistent field theory algorithms that greatly improves the convergence properties is presented. The method is based on Anderson mixing (D. G. Anderson, J. Assoc. Comput. Mach. ... -
An Improved Convex Optimization Model for Two-Dimensional Facility Layout
(University of Waterloo, 2007-01-23)The facility layout design problem is a fundamental optimization problem encountered in many manufacturing and service organizations that was originally formulated in 1963 by Armour & Buffa. This thesis derives a convex ... -
Improved Data Uncertainty Handling in Hydrologic Modeling and Forecasting Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2019-03-15)In hydrologic modeling and forecasting applications, many steps are needed. The steps that are relevant to this thesis include watershed discretization, model calibration, and data assimilation. Watershed discretization ... -
Improved Diagnostics & Performance for Quantum Error Correction
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-04)Building large scale quantum computers is one of the most exciting ventures being pursued by researchers in the 21st century. However, the presence of noise in quantum systems poses a major hindrance towards this ambitious ... -
Improved Dynamic Latent Variable Modeling for Process Monitoring, Fault Diagnosis and Anomaly Detection
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-04)Due to the rapid advancement of modern industrial processes, a considerable number of measured variables enhance the complexity of systems, progressively leading to the development of multivariate statistical analysis (MSA) ... -
Improved Electric Vehicle Powertrain Incorporating a Lithium-Ion Battery and a Range Extender Zinc-Air Battery, plus Associated Health and Economic Benefits
(University of Waterloo, 2019-11-26)As the world confronts the serious challenge posed by anthropogenic climate change, electric vehicles have emerged as a serious candidate to displace gasoline-burning vehicles. In spite of the environmental and operational ... -
Improved Environmental Operation of Alcohol Breathalyzers with Functionalized Graphene Nanocomposite Membranes
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-06)Driving under the influence of alcohol is prohibited or restricted in almost every country on the planet. In Canada, a Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) of 0.08 g dL-1 results in a Criminal Code offense and vehicle impoundment. ... -
An Improved Framework for Watershed Discretization and Model Calibration: Application to the Great Lakes Basin
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-20)Large-scale (~103–106 km2) physically-based distributed hydrological models have been used increasingly, due to advances in computational capabilities and data availability, in a variety of water and environmental resources ...