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Rank-switching, Open-row DRAM Controller for Mixed-Critical Real-Time Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-16)In this thesis, we present a rank-switching open-row DRAM controller for mixed critical real time systems. This memory controller is optimized for multi-requestor and multi-rank memory systems. The key to improved performance ... -
Ranked Retrieval in Uncertain and Probabilistic Databases
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-17)Ranking queries are widely used in data exploration, data analysis and decision making scenarios. While most of the currently proposed ranking techniques focus on deterministic data, several emerging applications involve ... -
Rapid Alignment of Resources and Capabilities in Time-bound Networks: The Case of Construction Projects in Dubai-UAE
(University of Waterloo, 2013-12-02)Researchers studying the alignment of business resources usually focus on business cases that inherently have a going-concern interaction built on long-term relationships at the firm level (e.g., Barney, 1991) dyadic level ... -
Rapid and Nongenomic Glucocorticoid Signaling in Rainbow Trout
(University of Waterloo, 2013-02-22)Corticosteroids are key regulatory hormones involved in many aspects of physiology and have long been known to exert rapid and delayed effects. The delayed corticosteroid effects are mediated by transcriptional events ... -
Rapid Environmental Change, Psychological Distress and Well-being in Chilika Lagoon, India
(University of Waterloo, 2020-02-14)As the effects of climate change are increasingly occurring throughout the world, costal fisheries are at risk of experiencing significant impacts on their environment. As recent studies indicate that psychological distress ... -
Rapid Fabrication of Miniaturized Electric Double-Layer Capacitors Based on Laser Patterned Graphene oxide-Poly (Furfuryl Alcohol) Nanocomposites
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-30)Miniaturization of various technologies has accelerated and drives new requirements for energy harvesting and storage solutions to power such devices. Reduction in size and designs requiring mechanical flexibility fuel the ... -
Rapid Fabrication Techniques for Anatomically-Shaped Calcium Polyphosphate Substrates for Implants to Repair Osteochondral Focal Defects
(University of Waterloo, 2007-10-01)The purpose of the present study is to develop techniques for manufacturing anatomically-shaped substrates of implants made from calcium polyphosphate (CPP) ceramic. These substrates have tissue-engineered cartilage growing ... -
A Rapid Field Method to Estimate the Concentration of Sorbing Particulate Amendments in Soil Samples
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-11)The immobilization of plumes of contaminants in groundwater via in-situ adsorption is an emerging remediation technology. This technology involves injecting adsorbent particles into the subsurface to form a stationary ... -
Rapid Identification of Virtual CNC Drives
(University of Waterloo, 2007-08-23)Virtual manufacturing has gained considerable importance in the last decade. To obtain reliable predictions in a virtual environment, the factors that influence the outcome of a manufacturing operation need to be carefully ... -
Rapid Inspection of Pavement Markings Using Mobile Laser Scanning Point Clouds
(University of Waterloo, 2016-03-28)Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) is the combination of information technology, sensors and communications for more efficient, safer, more secure and more eco-friendly surface transport. One of the most viable forms ... -
Rapid Prototyping Technologies for Processing of Nanomaterials with Applications to Microfluidics and Nanoelectronics
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-09)The focus of this thesis is on the processing of nanomaterials using rapid prototyping technologies. To develop the necessary skills in fabrication and electronics, a thin film microheater was developed and applied to ... -
Rapid Thermo-mechanical Modeling of Laser Powder-Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing using an Effective Heat Source
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-22)Laser powder-bed fusion (LPBF) is one of the most common types of additive manufacturing (AM) processes that has gained a lot of attraction by industries. This process induces a high magnitude of a temperature gradient ... -
Rapid Understory Restoration of a Thinned Red Pine Plantation in Algonquin Provincial Park
(University of Waterloo, 2022-10-20)Tree plantations can be used as a restoration tool to quickly re-establish canopy cover in degraded areas. A red pine plantation was established in the 1970s for just this purpose in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario. ... -
Raptor Mortality and Behavior at Wind Turbines Along the North Shore of Lake Erie During Autumn Migration 2006-2007
(University of Waterloo, 2011-02-18)During 2006 and 2007 behavioral observations surveys of raptors were conducted at 12 turbines of a 66-turbine wind farm near Port Burwell, Ontario, Canada. Mortality surveys were conducted at all turbines in the wind farm ... -
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 ... -
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 ...