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Cervical Total Level Arthroplasty System With PEEK All-Polymer Articulations
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-25)The cervical spine must provide structural support for the head, allow large range of motion and protect both the spinal cord and branching nerves. There are two types of spinal joints: the intervertebral discs which are ... -
A CFD Investigation of Balcony Spill Plumes
(University of Waterloo, 2006-12-05)A series of numerical modeling studies were conducted to characterize the mass flow rates in balcony spill plumes (BSP), a type of buoyant fire plume occurring in atria. The variation of BSP mass flow rate as a function ... -
A CFD Investigation of Turbulent Buoyant Helium Plumes
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-28)The objective of this work is to assess the capabilities of two modeling approaches, Reynolds-Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) and Large Eddy Simulation (LES), to investigate turbulent buoyant helium plumes for the purpose ... -
CFD Modeling of Biomass Gasification Using a Circulating Fluidized Bed Reactor
(University of Waterloo, 2014-02-12)Biomass, as a renewable energy resource, can be utilized to generate chemicals, heat, and electricity. Compared with biomass combustion, biomass gasification is more eco-friendly because it generates less amount of green ... -
CFRP strengthening of RC beams with corroded lap spliced steel bars
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-30)Corrosion is the number one deterioration mechanism that decreases the service life of the concrete structures. Many structures in severe environments have experienced an unacceptable loss in serviceability earlier than ... -
CGU: A common graph utility for DL Reasoning and Conjunctive Query Optimization
(University of Waterloo, 2005)We consider the overlap between reasoning involved in <em>conjunctive query optimization</em> (CQO) and in tableaux-based approaches to reasoning about subsumption in <em>description logics</em> (DLs). In both cases, an ... -
CH4 Reforming for Synthesis Gas Production over Supported Ni Catalysts
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-25)Partial oxidation of CH4, CO2 reforming of CH4, and oxidative CO2 reforming of CH4 to produce synthesis gas at 700°C over supported Ni catalysts have been studied. A Ni/Mg-Al catalyst was prepared by the solid phase ... -
Chalcogenide and metal-oxide memristive devices for advanced neuromorphic computing
(University of Waterloo, 2023-07-27)Energy-intensive artificial intelligence (AI) is prevailing and changing the world, which requires energy-efficient computing technology. However, traditional AI driven by von Neumann computing systems suffers from the ... -
The Challenges and Opportunities Associated with Climate Change for First Nations Living in the Canadian Subarctic
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-29)Background: The impacts of climate change are more pronounced in high latitude regions of the world, which includes the Canadian arctic and subarctic. Warming events are triggering widespread ecological and social impacts ... -
Challenges and Opportunities Facing Local Governance Agents in Advancing an Ecosystem Approach to Conceptualizing and Governing Community Health in Norfolk County, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-27)This research focuses on the challenges and opportunities facing local governance agents in advancing an ecosystem approach to conceptualizing and governing community health in Norfolk County, Ontario. Norfolk County is ... -
Challenges Faced in Application of Fire and Life Safety Design in Current Canadian Building Code
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-24)In the interest of public safety, building designs and construction in Canada are regulated by local legislation which is typically a provincial, or as appropriate municipal, building code based on the National Building ... -
Challenges in epidemiological modelling: from socio-virulence dynamics to HIV interventions in MSM populations.
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-28)The spread of infectious diseases is one of the biggest challenges that public health faces nowadays. Their control is often not an easy task. Social behaviour plays an important role in disease prevention. However, the ... -
Challenges to and opportunities for implementing Smart Growth: A downtown Guelph case study
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-12)My research considers both the challenges to and opportunities for implementing Smart Growth strategies in the City of Guelph’s urban growth centre, with a particular focus on the St. Patrick’s Ward neighbourhood. I follow ... -
Challenging Big Food Sustainability: Dietary Change and Corporate Legitimacy in the Agrifood Landscape
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-26)Growing awareness of the environmental, health, and social impacts from the foods we eat has meant renewed attention on the concept of 'sustainable diets'. The sustainable diets literature, to date, has focused on the ... -
Challenging Collaborative Consumption at a Critical Juncture: Airbnb in the Matrix of Gentrification and Colonization
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-30)Ten years since the nationwide J14 housing protests against Israel’s increasing cost of living, affordable housing remains just as scarce, even prompting some city-dwellers to seek cheaper living in West Bank settlements ... -
Change in International System: a Comparative Study of Hierarchic and Anarchic Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2005)This thesis focuses on change and persistence of the structure of the international system. It attempts to address the question why hierarchic structures prevailed during the Ancient and Classical eras (3000 B. C. ? ... -
Change Point Analysis in Piecewise Polynomial Signals Using Trend Filtering
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-27)Change point analysis, an active area of research in many fields, including statistics, has attracted a lot of attention in recent years. The focus of this thesis is change point detection, where the purpose is to estimate ... -
Changer la donne. Contre « l’intraduisibilité » de l’hétérolinguisme dans le théâtre trinidadien
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-21)Cette thèse en recherche-création remet en question l’idée que les textes hétérolingues sont intraduisibles. J’y traduis la pièce de théâtre Moon on a Rainbow Shawl (1958) du dramaturge trinidadien Errol John en utilisant ... -
Changes in Canadian Identity Attitudes Over a Twenty Year Period: 1981-2001
(University of Waterloo, 2010-10-01)This project examines attitude change between 1981 and 2001 for a population of young, well educated Canadians, employing evaluation, potency and activity (EPA) semantic differential ratings of approximately 800 social ... -
Changes in Conduit Artery Blood Flow and Diameter Post Blood Flow Restriction
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-19)Flow mediated dilation (FMD) is a non-invasive test that assesses endothelial health and nitric oxide bioavailability; it is commonly used to examine changes in vascular health due to disease or de-conditioning. Currently, ...