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Modelling Biogeochemical Cycles Across Scales: From Whole-Lake Phosphorus Dynamics to Microbial Reaction Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-21)Lakes are ecologically, economically, and culturally significant resources that are, at the same time, very fragile and sensitive to human disturbances. During the last decades, intensified urbanization and discharge of ... -
Modelling Chart Trajectories using Song Features
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-23)Over the years, hit song science has been a controversial topic within music information retrieval. Researchers have debated whether an unbiased dataset can be constructed to model song performance in a meaningful way. ... -
Modelling Dissolution of Precipitate Phases During Homogenization of Aluminum Alloy B319
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-19)Increasing the knowledge about the heat treatment of Aluminum alloys as light metals can be useful since these alloys are used in automotive industry, and optimizing their heat treatment processes can be beneficial ... -
Modelling effects of stormwater best management practices on urban stormwater runoff phosphorus
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-15)Phosphorus (P) is a key limiting nutrient for algal growth in freshwater whose excess loading to freshwater bodies contributes to cultural eutrophication and the associated symptoms of water quality deterioration. Urban ... -
Modelling farmer choices for water security measures in the Litani river basin in Lebanon
(Elsevier, 2019-01-10)Lebanon is facing an increasing water supply deficit due to the increasing demand for freshwater, decreasing surface and groundwater resources and malfunctioning water governance structures. Technological and policy changes ... -
Modelling Fatigue Deterioration and Retrofitting in Bridge Management Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2016-02-11)Similar to any other structure exposed to the elements, bridges deteriorate and degrade over time. This deterioration can result in costly maintenance and repair if it is addressed properly or damage and even loss of life ... -
Modelling Framework for Radio Frequency Spatial Measurement
(University of Waterloo, 2006)The main crux of this thesis was to produce a model that was capable of simulating the theoretical performance of different configurations for a spatial measurement system using radio frequency technology. It has been ... -
Modelling Hospital Acquired Clostridium difficile Infections And Its Transmission In Acute Hospital Settings
(University of Waterloo, 2015-06-24)The thesis explored a number of fundamental issues regarding the development of predictive models for hospital acquired Clostridium difficile infection (HA CDI) and its outbreaks. As predictive modeling for hospital acquired ... -
Modelling Hysteresis in the Bending of Fabrics
(University of Waterloo, 2002)This thesis presents a model of fabric bending hysteresis. The hysteresis model is designed to reproduce the fabric bending measurements taken by the Kawabata Evaluation System (KES) and the model parameters can be derived ... -
Modelling Interactions Between Forest Pest Invasions And Human Decisions Regarding Firewood Transport Restrictions
(Public Library of Science, 2014-04-15)The invasion of nonnative, wood-boring insects such as the Asian longhorned beetle (A. glabripennis) and the emerald ash borer (A. planipennis) is a serious ecological and economic threat to Canadian deciduous and mixed-wood ... -
Modelling Internal Solitary Waves and the Alternative Ostrovsky Equation
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-25)Internal solitary waves (ISWs) are commonly observed in the ocean, and they play important roles in many ways, such as transport of mass and various nutrients through propagation. The fluids considered in this thesis ... -
A modelling investigation into the impacts of the convective parameterization on the tropical circulation
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-15)Many studies have shown that the tropical circulations (Walker and Hadley circulations) will weaken in a warmer world. This is sometimes attributed to changes in the tropical mean water cycling rate (driven by convective ... -
Modelling Issues in Three-state Progressive Processes
(University of Waterloo, 2001)This dissertation focuses on several issues pertaining to three-state progressive stochastic processes. Casting survival data within a three-state framework is an effective way to incorporate intermediate events into an ... -
Modelling lake ice cover under contemporary and future climate conditions
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-26)Lakes comprise a large portion of the surface cover in northern North America, forming an important part of the cryosphere. Further alterations to the present day ice regime could result in major ecosystem changes, such ... -
Modelling Legacy Nitrogen Dynamics in the Transboundary Lake Erie Watershed
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-16)Lake Erie is a source of drinking water, recreation, and commercial opportunity for both the United States and Canada, making the protection of its water quality essential. In the past decades, Lake Erie's ecosystems have ... -
Modelling Legacy Nitrogen Dynamics in the Transboundary Lake Erie Watershed
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-26)Lake Erie is a source of drinking water, recreation, and commercial opportunity for both the United States and Canada, making the protection of its water quality essential. In the past decades, Lake Erie's ecosystems ... -
Modelling Level 1 Situation Awareness in Driving: A Cognitive Architecture Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-29)The goal of this research is to computationally model and simulate the collective drivers’ Level I Situation Awareness (SA). I developed a computational model in a cognitive architecture that can interact with a driving ... -
Modelling Microstructure-Property Relationships in Polycrystalline Metals using New Fast Fourier Transform-Based Crystal Plasticity Frameworks
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-04)The present thesis develops several new full-field, fast Fourier transform (FFT)-based crystal plasticity modelling tools for microstructure engineering. These tools are used to explore elasto-viscoplastic deformation, ... -
Modelling multiple criteria-multiple participant problems, the integrative approach
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Modelling native bird diversity in the Greater Toronto Area
(University of Waterloo, 2005)Human-dominated landscapes often have habitat loss and fragmentation. These characteristics described at the landscape scale, called landscape elements, influence species diversity and distribution. These landscape ...