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Packing: An Architect's Guide
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-19)A study of packing constructs a critique of the everyday: a dialogue between chaos and order, surface and area, interior and exterior, gravity and lightness. In search of tangible expression of the spatial processes I ... -
PACS: Private and Adaptive Computational Sprinting
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-25)Computational sprinting is a class of mechanisms that enables a chip to temporarily exceed its thermal limits to enhance performance. Previous approaches model the optimization of computational-sprinting strategies as a ... -
Pagan Community Online: Social Media Affordances and Limitations in Religio-Political Sociality
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-18)Ultra-conservative and social justice politics in North America have imbued political meaning into ideas of race and religion. Norse Pagans (i.e., Heathens) are factionalizing and contesting the significances of race and ... -
Pain Management within the Long-term Care Setting: An Inquiry into Staff-perceived Contemporary Pain Management Practices
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-06)Background: Chronic pain is a frequent and undertreated ailment within the long-term care community (Herman et al, 2009). The likelihood of experiencing pain increases with age and failure to treat this condition may ... -
The Pair Cache Problem
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-25)This thesis investigates the pair cache problem, a unique variation of the classic cache replacement problem where each element is stored in two pages, and the cache only needs one of these pages to respond to a query. The ... -
Pairing Generation for Airline Crew Scheduling
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-30)Airline planning is a complex and difficult process. The biggest airlines in the world plan for and operate fleets of over 700 aircraft using tens of thousands of crew members. As such, small percentages in savings translate ... -
Pairs Trading Based on Costationarity
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-25)Arbitrage is a widely sought after phenomenon in financial markets: profit without any risk is very desirable. Statistical arbitrage is a related concept: the idea is to take advantage of market inefficiencies using ... -
Pairwise balanced designs and related codes
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Paleo-Ice Sheet and Deglacial History of the Southwestern Great Slave Lake Area
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-28)The western Laurentide Ice Sheet (LIS) is known to have experienced complex ice-flow shifts during the last glaciation due to ice divide migration and increasing topographic influence during deglaciation. Several glacial ... -
Paleoevolution of Pore Fluids in Glaciated Geologic Settings
(University of Waterloo, 2009-06-17)Nuclear power generation is being regarded as a solution to ever increasing demand for electricity, and concerns over global warming and climate change due to the use of fossil fuels. Although nuclear power generation is ... -
Paleoglaciological dynamics in northern Manitoba and the subglacial bed mosaic
(University of Waterloo, 2013-06-24)During the last glacial maximum (LGM), some 20 ka ago, northern Manitoba was situated beneath 3 to 4.5 km of ice, on the outer fringe of a major ice spreading center of the Laurentide Ice Sheet. The region has also been ... -
Paleohydrology of the Wabasca River and relations with past flood regimes at the downstream Peace-Athabasca Delta
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-22)The Peace-Athabasca Delta (PAD; northern Alberta) is internationally recognized for its ecological, historical, and cultural significance, yet controversy persists over the roles of hydroelectric regulation of Peace River ... -
Paleolimnological evidence of the effects of recent cultural eutrophication and climatic variability during the last 300 years in Lake Malawi, East Africa
(University of Waterloo, 2005)Lake Malawi is the second largest lake in Africa, supporting diverse populations of endemic cichlids and supplying essential water resources to Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. However, population growth, rapid deforestation ... -
A paleopathological analysis of juveniles from Thebes: Childhood health in Byzantine Greece
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-15)Limited publications address juvenile health in Byzantine Thebes, Greece. As vulnerable and abundant members of most populations, children are essential to understanding the health experiences of past populations. This ... -
Paleozoic evolution of western Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
(Geological Society of America, 2015-09-01)We report geochemical data from (meta-) sedimentary and igneous rocks that crop out in the Ford Ranges of western Marie Byrd Land and discuss the evolution and reworking of the crust in this region during Paleozoic subduction ... -
Paleozoic transpressional tectonics in the Beishan orogenic collage, Northwest China: Evolution of the Hongliuhe suture zone
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-21)The Beishan orogenic collage is a southern, central subset of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, in Northwest China. It is an accretionary orogen that was active during the early Paleozoic, transitioning to convergent ... -
Palladium Nanoparticles Loaded on Carbon Modified TiO2 Nanobelts for Enhanced Methanol Electrooxidation
(Springer, 2013-09-12)Carbon modified TiO2 nanobelts (TiO2-C) were synthesized using a hydrothermal growth method, as a support material for palladium (Pd) nanoparticles (Pd/TiO2-C) to improve the electrocatalytic performance for methanol ... -
A palliative approach to care for people living with dementia: exploring perspectives from health and social care providers working in long-term care
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-06)Background: The number of Canadians living with dementia is rising as our population ages and is projected to reach 1.4 million people by 2031. Dementia is a terminal neurogenerative condition and is a major contributing ... -
Palmprint Identification Based on Generalization of IrisCode
(University of Waterloo, 2007-01-24)The development of accurate and reliable security systems is a matter of wide interest, and in this context biometrics is seen as a highly effective automatic mechanism for personal identification. Among biometric technologies, ... -
Pan-Canadian Hydro-Economic Model to Study the Economy-Wide Impacts of Climate Change and Water Markets as a Coping Mechanism
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-13)Canada’s economic development and long-term sustainability require having access to water in adequate quantity and acceptable quality. Despite Canada being abundant on water resources, assessing the effect of future water ...