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Demand Response and Battery Energy Storage Systems in Electricity Markets: Frameworks & Models
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-09)Ensuring a balance between the generation and demand is one of the most challenging tasks in power systems because of contingencies, sudden load changes, forecasting errors and other disturbances, occurring from time to ... -
Democracy Enhancing Technologies: Toward deployable and incoercible E2E elections
(University of Waterloo, 2011-06-09)End-to-end verifiable election systems (E2E systems) provide a provably correct tally while maintaining the secrecy of each voter's ballot, even if the voter is complicit in demonstrating how they voted. Providing voter ... -
Democracy Sub Specie Aeternitatis: The Theological and Metaphysical Foundations of Thomas Garrigue Masaryk's Political Philosophy
(University of Waterloo, 2009-03-11)Thomas Garrigue Masaryk’s (1850-1937) reputation as one of the pre-eminent philosopher-kings of the twentieth century in Europe has not been tarnished nor has it been much revised by historians. Masaryk’s philosophical ... -
Democratic Equality and Responsibility: the Opportunity Costs of Primary Goods
(University of Waterloo, 2005)This thesis first critically analyzes John Rawls?s second principle of justice as a democratic conception of equality and the challenge posed to that conception by Ronald Dworkin?s 'Equality of Resources. ' Democratic ... -
Democratic Self-Determination in Nunavut: Representation, Reciprocity and Mineral Development
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-02)Inuit exercise a significant degree of self-determination in Nunavut through the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, particularly in the area of non-renewable resource development. Self-determination is linked to both Inuit and ... -
Democratizing Residential Architecture: Platform Based Spatial Agency
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-19)The systems which produce residential architecture do not work to serve the needs of residents and instead have primarily become investment vehicles for capital growth. The conventional developer-driven approach is devoid ... -
Demonstrating relationships between workplace demands and exposures related to musculoskeletal disorders and stress-related health outcomes
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-15)Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) and outcomes related to stress, such as mental health disorders, are important sources of pain, distress, disability, and costs in Canadian workplaces. Recent initiatives have highlighted ... -
Demonstrating the Impact of Identity-Congruence in Career Intentions: Application of Affect Control Theory
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-04)The purpose of the dissertation was to demonstrate that identity-congruence contributes to understanding career intentions, using operationalizations of identity-congruence that avoid serious deficiencies in prior attempts ... -
Demonstration and Validation of the Use of Passive Samplers for Monitoring Soil Vapor Intrusion to Indoor Air
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-18)This thesis documents a demonstration/validation of passive diffusive samplers for assessing soil vapor, indoor air and outdoor air concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at sites with potential human health ... -
Demonstration of a Tunable Coupler Suitable for Investigating Ultra-strong Coupling Light-matter Interactions in Superconducting Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-02)One of the most ubiquitous processes in nature is the interaction of matter and an electromagnetic field which is well described using the spin-boson model. These light- matter interactions are specified by an interaction ... -
Demonstration of Nitrate-Enhanced In Situ Bioremediation at a Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contaminated Site
(University of Waterloo, 2011-10-28)Alternative strategies involving in situ remediation technologies have been developed to assist with property clean up, however, cost-effectiveness and discrepancies in success rates and timeliness continue. The objective ... -
Deniable Key Exchanges for Secure Messaging
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-26)Despite our increasing reliance on digital communication, much of our online discourse lacks any security or privacy protections. Almost no email messages sent today provide end-to-end security, despite privacy-enhancing ... -
„Denn sie wissen nicht, was sie tun...“ - Opfermythos und Sündenbockritual in Hermann Brochs Die Verzauberung
(University of Waterloo, 2014-02-21)In this thesis I try to examine the role and function of victim and sacrifice in Hermann Broch's novel Die Verzauberung. Since this text has been widely interpreted both with a political and religious approach, my aim is ... -
Denoising Autoencoder for Multi-level Random Telegraph Signal Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-21)Random Telegraph Signals (RTSs) are discrete random fluctuations between different current levels that usually appear in short-channel Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFETs). The statistical analysis ... -
Density and Structure of Homomorphism-Critical Graphs
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-22)Let $H$ be a graph. A graph $G$ is $H$-critical if every proper subgraph of $G$ admits a homomorphism to $H$, but $G$ itself does not. In 1981, Jaeger made the following conjecture concerning odd-cycle critical graphs: ... -
Density Functional Theory Calculations on the Sorption of Organoarsenicals onto Hydrated Iron (III) Oxyhydroxide Clusters
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-23)Organic forms of arsenic are introduced into the environment by natural and anthropogenic processes and they pose a threat to human health. The fate of these pollutants depends on their interactions with reactive soils ... -
The Department of Civic Images: Nature, Technology, and Urbanism
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-31)The modern city is the cradle of human activity, and through it humankind has both the ability to strip the planet of life and the ability to create thriving social and ecological systems. Strategic and interactive urbanisms ... -
A Dependable Actuator and Sensor Health Monitoring System
(University of Waterloo, 2023-06-27)Impressive progress in vehicle control technologies has equipped modern vehicles with advanced driver assistance and stability control systems to help the driver handle unfavorable driving conditions. These control systems ... -
Dependence concepts and selection criteria for lattice rules
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-24)Lemieux recently proposed a new approach that studies randomized quasi-Monte Carlothrough dependency concepts. By analyzing the dependency structure of a rank-1 lattice,Lemieux proposed a copula-based criterion with which ... -
Dependence of dark spot growth on cathode/organic interfacial adhesion in Organic Light Emitting Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-30)Organic Light Emitting Devices(OLEDs) have several advantages over traditional semiconductor devices such as the possibility of being printable, the potential for low cost fabrication, and the potential ease of integration ...