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Optimizing the Performance of Asphalt Mixes with High Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Content Using Rejuvenators
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-23)Reusing reclaimed asphalt pavement (a.k.a., RAP) has become a routine in the production of asphalt paving materials. Theoretically, RAP is a hundred percent recyclable material since its main components are high-quality, ... -
Optimizing Total Hip Arthroplasty using Predictive Dynamic Simulation of Human Sit-to-Stand Movement and Deep Learning for Flexible Spinopelvic Model Identification
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-29)Recent studies have highlighted the significance of spine stiffness and spinopelvic measures in the analysis of lower limb dynamics during human motion. These factors are essential for optimizing surgical planning, especially ... -
Optimum Deicing and Anti-icing for Snow and Ice Control of Parking Lots and Sidewalks
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-06)Snow and ice cause pavement surfaces to become slippery and unsafe for both foot and vehicular traffic. To alleviate the hazards of pedestrians slipping and vehicular accidents, various forms of maintenance operations such ... -
Optimum Power Allocation for Cooperative Communications
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-25)Cooperative communication is a new class of wireless communication techniques in which wireless nodes help each other relay information and realize spatial diversity advantages in a distributed manner. This new transmission ... -
Option Effectiveness in the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-10)The Graph Model for Conflict Resolution (GMCR) is expanded by designing a novel approach for the evaluation of the effectiveness of actions or options controlled by the decision makers (DMs) in a dispute with respect to ... -
Option Pricing and Hedging Analysis under Regime-switching Models
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-23)This thesis explores option pricing and hedging in a discrete time regime-switching environment. If the regime risk cannot be hedged away, then we cannot ignore this risk and use the Black-Scholes pricing and hedging ... -
Option Pricing under Regime Switching (Analytical, PDE, and FFT Methods)
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-19)Although globally used in option pricing, the Black-Scholes model has not been able to reflect the evolution of stocks in the real world. A regime-switching model which allows jumps in the underlying asset prices and the ... -
Opto-Mechanical Analysis of a Harsh Environment MEMS Fabry-Perot Pressure Sensor
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-30)The objective of this thesis is to develop an optically interrogated pressure sensor that is capable of measuring the applied fluid pressure in harsh environments. In its completed state, this sensor is intended be used ... -
Optoelectronic Properties and Applications of 3-D Hybrid a-Si:H/ZnO Nanowire Structures
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-08)This Ph.D. dissertation presents the study and development of optoelectronic properties of 3-D hybrid zinc oxide nanowire (ZnO NW) and hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) core-shell structures and a demonstration of ... -
The Optometric Management of Concussion
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-31)Traumatic brain injury is a major public health problem that affects millions of people annually and hundreds of people experience brain injury daily. Many of these individuals develop visual symptoms. Optometrists play a ... -
Optometry Outreach in Indigenous Communities in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-31)Introduction: Inuit, Métis, and First Nations, the three main Indigenous groups within Canada, face disproportionate barriers to access for primary eye and vision care. Optometrists visit rural and remote Indigenous ... -
An Ordered Bag Semantics for SQL
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-22)Semantic query optimization is an important issue in many contexts of databases including information integration, view maintenance and data warehousing and can substantially improve performance, especially in today's ... -
Ordered Interval Routing Schemes
(University of Waterloo, 2004)An <i>Interval Routing Scheme (IRS)</i> represents the routing tables in a network in a space-efficient way by labeling each vertex with an unique integer address and the outgoing edges at each vertex with disjoint ... -
Ordered Micro-/Nanostructure Based Humidity Sensor for Fuel Cell Application
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-30)Humidity sensors are one of the most widely used sensors in commercial and industrial applications for environmental monitoring and controlling. Although related technology have been studied intensively, humidity sensing ... -
Ordering, Indexing, and Searching Semantic Data: A Terminology Aware Index Structure
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-16)Indexing data for efficient search capabilities is a core problem in many domains of computer science. As applications centered around semantic data sources become more common, the need for more sophisticated indexing ... -
The Ordinal Serial Encoding Model: Serial Memory in Spiking Neurons
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-26)In a world dominated by temporal order, memory capable of processing, encoding and subsequently recalling ordered information is very important. Over the decades this memory, known as serial memory, has been extensively ... -
Ordinary and Generalized Circulation Algebras for Regular Matroids
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-19)Let E be a finite set, and let R(E) denote the algebra of polynomials in indeterminates (x_e)_{e in E}, modulo the squares of these indeterminates. Subalgebras of R(E) generated by homogeneous elements of degree 1 have ... -
The ordinary Niagara Falls
(University of Waterloo, 2024-03-11)Tourism is a practice traditionally geared away from the ordinary; by virtue of its opposition from everyday life tourism is an act through which we see and do extraordinary things (Urry, 1992). Over time, tourism scholars ... -
Organic and Inorganic Nanostructured Materials as Electrodes for Hybrid Capacitors
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-03)Global energy demands are expected to continuously grow in the coming decades, while the dominant source of energy remains finite fossil fuels. In addition to this challenge, excessive consumption of fossil fuels has ... -
Organic matter decomposition at a constructed fen in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region in Alberta, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2019-03-13)Resource mining and extraction in northern Alberta has resulted in substantial disturbances across a variety of ecosystems, including fen peatlands. Provincial regulations require companies to reclaim disturbed areas to ...