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A Multi-Stage Graph Model Analysis for the International Toxic Waste Disposal Conflict
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-25)A generic conflict model is developed to analyze international toxic waste disposal issues, and then, to provide feasible strategic resolutions for this serious environmental dispute. With the rapid growth of the global ... -
Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships for Community Sustainability Plan Implementation: Understanding Structures and Outcomes at the Partner and Partnership Levels
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-07)Worldwide, the prevalence and complexity of sustainable development challenges require coordinated action from actors in the private, public, and civil society sectors. Partnerships that embody inclusivity and heterogeneity ... -
Multi-State Reliability Analysis of Nuclear Power Plant Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-20)The probabilistic safety assessment of engineering systems involving high-consequence low-probability events is stochastic in nature due to uncertainties inherent in time to an event. The event could be a failure, repair, ... -
Multi-stressor impacts on fish energetics and stress response: a comparison between lab and field studies
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-24)Aquatic organisms are continuously exposed to multiple environmental stressors that work cumulatively and synergistically to alter ecosystems. The objective of this study was to investigate the impacts of multiple stressors ... -
Multi-Targeting Derivatives For Alzheimer’s Disease: Utilization of Quinazoline Ring Scaffolds
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-30)The complex and multifaceted nature of Alzheimer’s pathology has significantly hindered the discovery and development of viable therapeutics, let alone the cause and initiation of the disease. Over the past century, what ... -
Multi-Technique Fusion for Shape-Based Image Retrieval
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-24)Content-based image retrieval (CBIR) is still in its early stages, although several attempts have been made to solve or minimize challenges associated with it. CBIR techniques use such visual contents as color, texture, ... -
Multi-terminal VSC-HVDC Based Offshore Wind-Farms Integration System Operation and Control
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-15)Worldwide, many countries direct billions of dollars into the development of renewable energy sources; especially wind generation, in an effort to relieve global warming effects and other environmental concerns. As a result ... -
A Multi-Tier Distributed fog-based Architecture for Early Prediction of Epileptic Seizures
(University of Waterloo, 2018-02-23)Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological problem. With 50 million people living with epilepsy worldwide, about one in 26 people will continue experiencing recurring seizures during their lifetime. Epileptic seizures ... -
Multi-trophic effects of invasive species suppression in a coastal wetland
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-25)Wetlands provide essential habitat for hundreds of species, including many that are of conservation concern in Canada. In southern Ontario, two wetland complexes, Long Point Peninsula and Rondeau Provincial Park, represent ... -
Multi-User File System Search
(University of Waterloo, 2007-08-03)Information retrieval research usually deals with globally visible, static document collections. Practical applications, in contrast, like file system search and enterprise search, have to cope with highly dynamic text ... -
Multi-View Imaging of Drosophila Embryos
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-24)There are several reasons for imaging a single, developing embryo from multiple view points. The embryo is a complex biomechanical system and morphogenesis movements in one region typically produce motions in adjacent ... -
Multiaxial Fatigue Characterization and Modeling of AZ31B Magnesium Extrusion
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-04)The demand for lightweight materials in automobiles has been motivated by two factors: fuel economy and air pollution reduction. One of the first steps taken in automotive vehicle weight reduction was the use of aluminum ... -
A Multiclassifier Approach to Motor Unit Potential Classification for EMG Signal Decomposition
(University of Waterloo, 2006)EMG signal decomposition is the process of resolving a composite EMG signal into its constituent motor unit potential trains (classes) and it can be configured as a classification problem. An EMG signal detected by the ... -
Multicomponent Free Radical Polymerization Model Refinements and Extensions with Depropagation
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-29)This thesis is directed towards expanding and refining a free radical multi-component polymerization model. The model considers up to six monomers (unique in the literature), both in bulk and solution polymerization, for ... -
Multicultural Planning in Mid-Sized Cities
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-15)Multiculturalism embraces racial and cultural differences within a society. This is a well-established aspect of Canadian life, especially in Canada’s largest cities because the majority of immigrants prefer to settle in ... -
Multiculturalism: The Un/making of an In/visible Un/problematic Citizen
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-06)This thesis explores the lived experiences of Chinese Canadian youth (n=9) and their understandings of multiculturalism and racialization in Ontario, Canada. Canada is often cited as the epitome of acceptance and cultural ... -
A Multidimensional Model of Biological Sex
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-10)This dissertation is about biological sex and how we ought to make sense of it. By biological sex I mean those elements of an individual’s body that are involved in reproduction of the individual’s species; by make sense ... -
Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of NAFTA Supply Chains
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-01)Supply chain management is the set of tasks through which businesses acquire, process, and move raw materials and final products from suppliers through factories and distribution points to customers. The mathematical ... -
Multidisciplinary Optimization of Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Component Sizing and Power Management Logic
(University of Waterloo, 2011-06-16)A survey of the existing literature indicates that optimization on the power management logic of hybrid electric vehicle is mostly performed after the design of the powertrain architecture or the power source components ... -
Multifaceted Approaches to Enhancing Shoulder Health in Breast Cancer Patients undergoing Radiation Therapy: quantification of treatment effects and rib fracture prediction assessment
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-11)Radiotherapy is a highly effective treatment for breast cancer, but it is also associated with several complications that can impact patients’ quality of life and overall survival. This dissertation addressed the lack of ...