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Compound Specific Isotope Ratio Analysis in Vapour Intrusion Studies using Waterloo Membrane Sampler (WMS)
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-25)Compound specific isotope analysis (CSIA) has been used extensively for fingerprinting applications and for the evaluation of the degradation processes in organic contaminant studies in groundwater. Recently, an increase ... -
Comprehension of Online Cancer Information: A Propositional Assessment of Readability, Inferences, and Coherence
(University of Waterloo, 2006)This study was designed to examine the comprehension processes used when reading cancer information found on the Internet and its relation to readability. The focus of the research was on the utilization of an alternative ... -
Comprehensive Age-Friendly Community Planning Framework
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-30)Planners, urban designers and policy-makers are continuously shifting their planning approach to accommodate the latest planning lens. Each approach addresses different planning issues, presents new concepts and sets new ... -
A Comprehensive analysis of Dental Remains from the Early Bronze Age I site of Wadi Faynan 100, Jordan
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-14)Five looted Early Bronze Age Tombs were excavated at the site of Wadi Faynan 100, Southern Jordan, in 2019. While archaeological site looting is a common problem worldwide, the lack of research utilizing commingled and ... -
A Comprehensive Analysis of Lift-and-Project Methods for Combinatorial Optimization
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-20)In both mathematical research and real-life, we often encounter problems that can be framed as finding the best solution among a collection of discrete choices. Many of these problems, on which an exhaustive search in the ... -
Comprehensive Analytical Modeling of Laser Powder-Bed/Fed Additive Manufacturing Processes and an Associated Magnetic Focusing Module
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-21)State-of-the-art metal additive manufacturing (AM), mainly laser powder-fed AM (LPF-AM) and laser powder-bed AM (LPB-AM), has been used to produce high-quality, complex-shaped, and end-user metallic parts. To achieve ... -
Comprehensive approach to enhance perovskite solar cells efficiency and stability through charge transport and interlayer modifications
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-28)Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) having numerous advantages for photovoltaic applications, such as high absorption coefficient, tunable bandgap, high crystallinity and long carrier diffusion length, attracted significant ... -
A Comprehensive Assessment of Nutritional Status and Factors Impacting Nutrition Recovery in Hospitalized, Critically Ill Patients Following Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-19)Disease related malnutrition is a concern for the critically ill, however there is a paucity of research examining nutrition recovery in survivors of critical illness. Prior to the development of nutrition interventions ... -
Comprehensive CP Optimization for Dynamic Scheduling in Construction
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-11)Delays and cost overruns are common facts in construction projects due to its increasing complexity, the day-to-day dynamic changes, the stricter execution constraints, and the general lack of efficient scheduling tools ... -
A comprehensive CRISPR-Cas9 toolkit for Bacillus subtilis: development for biomanufacturing applications
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-30)Bacillus subtilis is a model Gram-positive GRAS organism sought after for its robust growth characteristics in inexpensive media, genetic tractability, and ability to secrete products into the extracellular environment. ... -
A Comprehensive Evaluation of Hot Mix Asphalt versus Chemically Modified Warm Mix Asphalt
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-27)Warm mix asphalt (WMA) technology has now been successfully used in Ontario for a few years. This shift in usage relates to extensions in construction season, reduced emissions, larger compaction windows, and potential ... -
Comprehensive Framework for Computer-Aided Prostate Cancer Detection in Multi-Parametric MRI
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-30)Prostate cancer is the most diagnosed form of cancer and one of the leading causes of cancer death in men, but survival rates are relatively high with sufficiently early diagnosis. The current clinical model for initial ... -
A Comprehensive Model for Filtration and Adsorption of Intermediate Nanoparticles
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-22)Nanoparticles have been extensively studied in environmental research because of their great impact on human health and the environment. Airborne particles are recognized as the second largest risk factor for non-communicable ... -
Comprehensive Repetitive Scheduling for Linear and Scattered Infrastructure Projects
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-16)The majority of civil infrastructure projects involve activities that are repeated across a number of units (e.g., linear highway sections; or scattered multi-bridge repairs). While repetition represents a potential for ... -
A Comprehensive Sensitivity Analysis of the Weather Research and Forecasting Modeling System over Southern Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-16)Every year weather events cause billions of dollars property damage and take many lives globally. Preventing as much damage as possible is crucial, and one way to help is through having the most accurate advance warning ... -
Comprehensive Settlement Planning in the MacKenzie River Delta, N.W.T.: A Proposed Planning Theory and Methodology (Northwest Territories)
(University of Waterloo, 1967)The arctic and subarctic regions of Canada are increasingly developing as integral, participating parts of the total Canadian and world scene. Basic to this development in the North are the human, natural physical, and ... -
Comprehensive Simulation Assessment of Nitrate Mass Loading to Groundwater from Agricultural Landscapes
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-03)The goal of this research was to evaluate the ability of two agricultural system models, the Root Zone Water Quality Model (RZWQM) and the Coupled Model (CoupModel), to simulate temporal nitrate mass loading below the root ... -
A Comprehensive Study of Declarative Modelling Languages
(University of Waterloo, 2020-07-14)Declarative behavioural modelling is a powerful modelling paradigm that enables users to model system functionality abstractly and formally. An abstract model is a concise and compact representation of key characteristics ... -
A Comprehensive Study of DRAM Controllers in Real-Time Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2016-12-23)The DRAM main memory is a critical component and a performance bottleneck of almost all computing systems. Since the DRAM is a shared memory resource on multi-core plat- forms, all cores contend for the memory bandwidth. ... -
Comprehensive study of physical unclonable functions on FPGAs: correlation driven Implementation, deep learning modeling attacks, and countermeasures
(University of Waterloo, 2020-06-09)For more than a decade and a half, Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) have been presented as a promising hardware security primitive. The idea of exploiting variabilities in hardware fabrication to generate a unique ...