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Relay-Assisted Free-Space Optical Communications
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-21)The atmospheric lightwave propagation is considerably influenced by the random variations in the refractive index of air pockets due to turbulence. This undesired effect significantly degrades the performance of free-space ... -
Release and fire incident rates for trucks carrying dangerous goods
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Release of Ciprofloxacin and Moxifloxacin From Daily Disposable Contact Lenses From an In Vitro Eye Model
(Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2015-10-04)Purpose.: To analyze the release of two fluoroquinolones, ciprofloxacin and moxifloxacin, from conventional hydrogel (CH) and silicone hydrogel (SH) daily disposable contact lenses (CLs), comparing release from a fixed-volume ... -
Release of Ciprofloxacin-HCl and Dexamethasone Phosphate by Hyaluronic Acid Containing Silicone Polymers
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2012-04-19)The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the covalent incorporation of hyaluronic acid (HA) into conventional hydrogel and hydrogels containing silicone as models for contact lens materials on the uptake ... -
Release of Moxifloxacin from Contact Lenses Using an In Vitro Eye Model: Impact of Artificial Tear Fluid Composition and Mechanical Rubbing
(Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2016-08-11)Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the release of moxifloxacin from a variety of daily disposable (DD) contact lenses (CLs) under various conditions using a novel in vitro eye model. Methods: Four ... -
Reliability Analysis of Power Systems Considering the Effect of Weather Variability
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-09)The continuity of power supply is affected by numerous factors, one of which is related to the weather conditions to which power system components are exposed. Bad weather conditions have been noticed to be one of the major ... -
Reliability Analysis Using the Method of Multiplicative Dimensional Reduction
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-25)Traditional engineering analyses and designs are based on deterministic input variables, and variability seen in the real world are often ignored to simplify the work. Formal reliability analyses are generally avoided by ... -
Reliability Assessment of Load Testing for Concrete Buildings
(University of Waterloo, 2015-04-24)Structural rehabilitation is regularly undertaken to diagnose and repair a building during its service life; this practice ensures that buildings operate under safe and reliable conditions. Engineers generally rely on ... -
Reliability-based Environmental Impact Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering
(University of Waterloo, 2023-11-30)A sustainable design is achieved by balancing the four aspects, so called the four Es, of sustainability – environment, economy, equity, and engineering. Given that geotechnical constructions involve land transformations ... -
Reliability-Centered Maintenance and Replacement for Transformer
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-25)Deregulated and competitive power market places utilities under high pressure to assure providing power with a satisfactory level of power continuity. This objective entails a high level of reliability which in turn demands ... -
Reliable Vehicle State and Parameter Estimation
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-08)Diverse vehicle active safety systems including vehicle electronic stability control (ESC) system, anti-lock braking system (ABS), and traction control system (TCS) are significantly relying on information about the vehicle's ... -
Reliable Communications over Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-20)The recent years have seen an enormous advance in wireless communication technology and co-existence of various types of wireless networks, which requires effective inter-networking among the heterogeneous wireless networks ... -
A Reliable Multiple Access Scheme Based on Chirp Spread Spectrum and Turbo Codes
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-25)Nowadays, smart devices are the indispensable part of everyone's life and they play an important role in the advancement of industries and businesses.These devices are able to communicate with themselves and build the ... -
Reliable Transport Performance in Mobile Environments
(University of Waterloo, 2001)Expanding the global Internet to include mobile devices is an exciting area of current research. Because of the vast size of the Internet, and because the protocols in it are already widely deployed, mobile devices must ... -
Relics of Roman Identity: Antiquities Collection and Cultural Memory in the Palazzo del Bufalo, Rome, c. 1450 – 1600 CE
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-15)The rapid urban development in Renaissance Rome meant constant excavation and the daily (re)discovery of antique arts and artefacts from the city’s rich classical past. As Rome’s new population began to unearth the domain ... -
Religion in the Ranks: Religion in the Canadian Forces in the 21st Century
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-23)Religion in the Ranks offers insights into the role of religion in the modern bureaucratic institution of the Canadian Forces and the nature of religious identity among its personnel. This study of religion in a modern ... -
Religion, Land and Democracy in Canadian Indigenous-State Relations
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-22)Many indigenous communities perceive an intimate connection between land and religion, and land has, and continues to remain, at the heart of indigenous-state relations. This dissertation examines how philosophies of land ... -
Religion, Non-Belief, Spirituality and Social Behaviour among North American Millennials
(2019-09-19)This report stems from the SSHRC-funded research project Surveying Millennials’ Nonreligious Homophily and Social Distance, led by principal investigator Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme, assistant professor in the Department of ... -
The Religious, Spiritual, Secular And Social Landscapes of The Pacific Northwest – Part 1
(2017-09-01)This report stems from the SSHRC funded research project Religion, Spirituality, Secularity and Society in the Pacific Northwest, led by principal investigator Paul Bramadat in partnership with the Centre for Studies in ... -
The Religious, Spiritual, Secular and Social Landscapes of the Pacific Northwest – Part 2
(2018-06-01)This report stems from the SSHRC funded research project Religion, Spirituality, Secularity and Society in the Pacific Northwest, led by principal investigator Paul Bramadat, Director of the Centre for Studies in Religion ...