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Driving Manoeuvre Recognition using Mobile Sensors
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-31)Automobiles are integral in today's society as they are used for transportation, commerce, and public services. The ubiquity of automotive transportation creates a demand for active safety technologies for the consumer. ... -
Driving Scene Understanding using Spiking Neural Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-24)One of the applications of AI lies in developing intelligent systems for safe on-road driving, other than building and perfecting self-driving vehicles, and many others. Driving Scene Understanding (DSU) is one such area ... -
Drop Size and Velocity Distributions in Sprays, A New Approach Based on the Maximum Entropy Formalism
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-15)A new basis for the prediction of the drop size and velocity distribution in a spray is developed, using the maximum entropy formalism. The prediction considers the imposition of integral conservation constraints for ... -
A Droplet Microfluidic Platform Used to Encapsulate Single Pre-formed Cancer Spheroids in Hydrogel Microenvironments
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-19)Cancer has been a leading cause of death around the world for many years. Even with the emerging technologies seen in these times, there is still a lack of truly personalized treatments since cancer tumors are not fully ... -
Droplet Production and Transport in Microfluidic Networks with Pressure Driven Flow Control
(University of Waterloo, 2012-07-24)Droplet based microfluidics is a developing technology with great potential towards improving large scale combinatorial studies that require high throughput and accurate metering of reagents. Each droplet can be thought ... -
Droplet Production of Biological non-Newtonian Fluids and Bioassay Applications in a Microfluidic Network
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-31)Droplet-based microfluidics has been developed over the last two decades and presented as a promising platform for biochemical assay. This promise relies on the system’s ability to quantify the reagents accurately with ... -
Droplet-based Microfluidic Chip Design for High Throughput Screening Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-11)Droplet-based microfluidics has been considered as a prospective tool for high throughput screening analysis, which is highly demanded in a wide range of areas including but not limited to life science research, drug ... -
DsRNA-mediated antiviral immunity in fish cells: visualization, sensors, and innate immune responses
(University of Waterloo, 2018-06-15)The global aquaculture industry is a multibillion dollar business that is threatened by pathogens, including a wide array of aquatic viruses. Currently there are no antiviral treatments available to combat viral outbreaks, ... -
dstlr: Scalable Knowledge Graph Construction from Text Collections
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-06)In recent years, the amount of data being generated for consumption by enterprises has increased exponentially. Enterprises typically work with structured data, but oftentimes the data being generated is semi-structured ... -
Dual Oxidant System for In Situ Treatment of Organic Contaminants
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-01)Recently, the potential catalytic properties of manganese dioxide have attracted attention as a means to activate persulfate. This focus of this research was on the potential ability of MnO2(s) solids synthesized through ... -
Dual Pore Network Model of Electrical Resistivity for Carbonate Rocks
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-19)Extreme variability of carbonate depositional environments and susceptibility of carbonate sediments to a host of post-depositional (diagenetic) processes involving mineral dissolution and precipitation, result in complex ... -
A Dual Toll Policy for Regulating the Transportation of Hazardous Materials
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-03)The transportation of hazardous materials (hazmat) has drawn significant attention from various stakeholders due to the undesirable impacts on the environment and public health. Focusing on the connection between the traffic ... -
Dual-band Power Amplifier for Wireless Communication Base Stations
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-30)In wireless communication systems, multiple standards have been implemented to meet the past and present demands of different applications. This proliferation of wireless standards, operating over multiple frequency bands, ... -
Dual-Parameter Opto-Mechanical Fiber Optic Sensors for Harsh Environment Sensing: Design, Packaging, Calibration, and Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-22)This thesis concerns with the development of a dual-parameter sensor based on fiber Bragg grating (FBG) and a packaging design for high pressure sensing in harsh environment. This thesis starts by introducing a novel ... -
Dual-polarization (HH/HV) RADARSAT-2 ScanSAR Observations of New, Young and First-year Sea Ice
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-31)Observations of sea ice from space are routinely used to monitor sea ice extent, concentration and type to support human marine activity and climate change studies. In this study, eight dual-polarization (dual-pol) (HH/HV) ... -
Dual-task effects of concurrently coupling aerobic exercise with virtual navigation
(University of Waterloo, 2021-03-01)Aerobic exercise is a modifiable lifestyle factor that is important for maintaining or improving both physical health and brain health. Maintaining or improving executive function throughout the lifespan is a prominent ... -
Duality relations in finite queueing models
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-21)Motivated by applications in multimedia streaming and in energy systems, we study duality relations in fi nite queues. Dual of a queue is de fined to be a queue in which the arrival and service processes are interchanged. ... -
Dually Crosslinked Composite Membrane as Cation Conducting Solid Electrolyte for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage System
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-30)Ion exchange membrane (IEM) is a key component of redox flow batteries (RFB) that heavily influences the electrochemical performances, energy efficiency and long term stability of the system. Ionic conductivity, ionic ... -
Dum Vivimus Vivamus: The Lost Identity of the Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute Second World War Dead
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-09)This thesis examines the adolescent and wartime experiences of the Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute Second World War dead and how they were commemorated after the war. The memorial plaques on the walls of the ... -
Dup-boug-a-dad
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-16)Dup-boug-a-dad is a video installation that is curious about different ways of being in the world. Its form and content address the body and some of the many ways of being bodied. In parts intervention, documentary, document, ...