Browsing University of Waterloo by Subject "System"
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Adverse events among Ontario home care clients associated with emergency room visit or hospitalization: a retrospective cohort study
(BioMed Central, 2013-06-22)Background: Home care (HC) is a critical component of the ongoing restructuring of healthcare in Canada. It impacts three dimensions of healthcare delivery: primary healthcare, chronic disease management, and aging at home ... -
Completely Customizing Modern GUIs Through Command-Driven Interfaces
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-11)An ideal user interface accommodates the requirements and abilities of its users, and every user has a specific set of needs that must be fulfilled in order for an interface to be useful. This thesis concentrates on using ... -
Coupled Human-Environment Dynamics Of Forest Pest Spread And Control In A Multi-Patch, Stochastic Setting
(Public Library of Science, 2015-10-02)Background The transportation of camp firewood infested by non-native forest pests such as Asian long-horned beetle (ALB) and emerald ash borer (EAB) has severe impacts on North American forests. Once invasive forest pests ... -
Glassy States in Asymmetric Mixtures of Soft and Hard Colloids
(APS Physics, 2013-11-14)By employing rheological experiments, mode coupling theory, and computer simulations based on realistic coarse-grained models, we investigate the effects of small, hard colloids on the glassy states formed by large, soft ... -
Planning and Operation Framework of Smart Distributed Energy Resources in Emerging Distribution Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-10)Smart grid technologies provoke a major paradigm shift in how power systems are planned and operated. The transition to a smarter system is happening gradually; however, researchers has reported that this transition is ... -
Real Time Tracking System and Data Reduction
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-29)Today, for various purposes, vehicle tracking systems are used for determining the geographic location of vehicles and transmitting this information to a data center. For detecting the location, a GPS is used, and for the ... -
Real Time Vehicle Tracking System and Energy Reduction
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-29)Technology has been growing rapidly and various fields of technology can be combined to advance societies. The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of these technologies that combines and connects a variety of things to come ... -
Solid Phase Microextraction On-Fiber Derivatization Using a Stable, Portable, and Reusable Pentafluorophenyl Hydrazine Standard Gas Generating Vial
(American Chemical Society, 2017-07-05)Solid phase microextraction (SPME) on-fiber derivatization methods have facilitated the achievement of lower detection limits and targeted analysis of various substances that exhibit poor chromatographic behavior, thermal ...