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Rare Events Prediction: Rogue Waves and Drags
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-24)Rogue waves are rare events with unusually large wave amplitudes. In this thesis the multicanonical procedure is applied to the one-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation in conjunction with a high order finite difference ... -
Rat, Plastic, Wood
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-19)Rat, Plastic, Wood is an exhibition of hybrid sculptures centering the physical manifestation of interspecies intra-action and natural forms of contamination-as-collaboration. In the gallery space a central structure of ... -
Rate Distortion Theory for Causal Video Coding: Characterization, Computation Algorithm, Comparison, and Code Design
(University of Waterloo, 2012-02-17)Due to the sheer volume of data involved, video coding is an important application of lossy source coding, and has received wide industrial interest and support as evidenced by the development and success of a series of ... -
Ratings of Everyday Executive Functioning (REEF): A parent-report measure of preschoolers’ executive functioning skills
(APA, 2016-04-07)Executive functioning (EF) facilitates the development of academic, cognitive, and social-emotional skills and deficits in EF are implicated in a broad range of child psychopathologies. Although EF has clear implications ... -
Rational approximations on smooth rational surfaces
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-09)In this thesis, we study a conjecture made by D. McKinnon about rational approximations to rational points in algebraic varieties. The conjecture states that if a rational point P on a variety X lies on a rational curve, ... -
Rational Design and Green Fabrication of Antimicrobial Metal Nanoparticle/Cellulose Nanocrystal Composites
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-21)The primary goals of the work presented in this thesis were to better understand how metal nanoparticles (MNPs) affect antimicrobial activity, and to develop green synthesis protocols for the fabrication of nanocomposites ... -
Rational Design of Nanostructured Electrode Materials for High-performance Supercapacitors
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-14)As is well known, the update of various electronic products is getting faster and faster to meet the requirements of electronic market. In this proposed circumstance, supercapacitors with high performance including energy ... -
Rational Structure Design of Transition Metal Chalcogenide Multifunctional Sulfur Immobilizer for Fast and Durable Li-S Performance
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-12)Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are one of the most promising candidates for next-generation energy storage owing to their high energy density, environmental benignity and cost effectiveness. However, the practical application ... -
Rationality and Group Decision-Making in Practical Healthcare
(University of Waterloo, 2006)In this paper, a view of non-compliance in practical healthcare is provided that identifies certain non-compliant behaviours as rational. This view of rational non-compliance is used to update a current form of doctor ... -
Rationalization and Regret among Smokers in Thailand and Malaysia
(University of Waterloo, 2007-01-11)The current study examines two psychological experiences—rationalization and regret—among smokers from Thailand and Malaysia and the behavioural impact of rationalization and regret—intentions to quit. More specifically, ... -
Rationally Designed Nucleobase and Nucleotide Coordinated Nanoparticles for Selective DNA Adsorption and Detection
(American Chemical Society, 2013-12-17)Nanomaterials for DNA adsorption are useful for sequence-specific DNA detection. Current materials for DNA adsorption employ electrostatic attraction, hydrophobic interaction, or π–π stacking, none of which can achieve ... -
Rationally Engineering Porous Carbon-Based Metal Nanocomposites for Efficient and Durable Electrocatalysis Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-26)Electrocatalysis plays an essential role in electrochemical energy storage and conversion, enabling a number of sustainable processes for future technologies such as metal−air batteries, sulfur-based batteries, and carbon ... -
A Ray Optics Framework for the Computation of The Sieve Effect Factor for Blood
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-20)Light may traverse a turbid material, such as blood, without encountering any of its pigment particles, a phenomenon known as sieve effect. This phenomenon may result in a decrease in the amount of light absorbed by the ... -
Rayleigh Property of Lattice Path Matroids
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-22)In this work, we studied the class of lattice path matroids $\mathcal{L}$, which was first introduced by J.E. Bonin. A.D. Mier, and M. Noy in [\ref{Bonin 2002}]. Lattice path matroids are transversal, and $\mathcal{L}$ is ... -
RC Snubber Design using Root-Loci Approach for Synchronous Buck SMPS
(University of Waterloo, 2005)This thesis presents an analytical approach using Root-Loci method for designing optimum passive series RC snubbers for continuous-current synchronous buck switch mode power supply (SMPS). Synchronous buck SMPS is ... -
(Re)Connect: Architecture and the Senses
(University of Waterloo, 2013-06-19)I live in a society where a state of multi-tasking and over-stimulation is common. I am inundated with excessive information and seemingly addicted to distraction. My love affair with hi speed digital devices devours all ... -
(Re)Organizing Toronto Households during COVID-19 Lockdown: A case study on an Imposed Degrowth Scenario
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-17)By design or by disaster, the growth-oriented capitalist economy must come to terms with the biophysical limits of our finite planet. Many ecological economists make the intentional contraction – or degrowth – of total ... -
Re-(en)visioning Salome: The Salomes of Hedwig Lachmann, Marcus Behmer, and Richard Strauss
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Oscar Wilde overshadows the German reception of <I>Salome</I> (1891), yet his text is a problematic one. Wilde's one-act drama is a mosaic text, influenced by the abundance of literary and artistic treatments of the ... -
The Re-amortization Act: A Material Durational Agenda for Conservation
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-12)With the urgency of the climate crisis, we need to begin thinking of new systems that properly value the existing embodied energy invested in Toronto’s built forms, challenging existing neoliberal patterns of development, ... -
Re-Branding the Canadian Planning Profession
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-26)The purpose of this study was to determine if branding strategies could enhance the position and influence of the Canadian planning profession within a multi-stakeholder environment. To address this research question, the ...