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Enhanced Traffic Signal Operation using Connected Vehicle Data
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-29)As traffic on urban road network increases, congestion and delays are becoming more severe. At grade intersections form capacity bottlenecks in urban road networks because at these locations, capacity must be shared by ... -
Enhanced Transit Ridership Forecasting Using Automatic Passenger Counting Data
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-07)Recent emphasis on sustainable development has carried over into the transportation sector, given the impacts of transportation behavior on environment and equity. Transit is widely recognized as a viable option supporting ... -
Enhanced Ultra-Thin Film Nanocrystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Device Architectures
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-23)Semi-transparent photovoltaics (STPV) is an important component in building integrated PV (BIPV), which is a rapidly growing PV sector. Thin film based transparent solar panels have the strongest potential for window and ... -
Enhancement of Modeling Phased Anaerobic Digestion Systems through Investigation of Their Microbial Ecology and Biological Activity
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-25)Anaerobic digestion (AD) is widely used in wastewater treatment plants for stabilisation of primary and waste activated sludges. Increasingly energy prices as well as stringent environmental and public health regulations ... -
ENHANCEMENT OF RYDBERG ATOM INTERACTIONS USING DC AND AC STARK SHIFTS
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-19)This thesis reports the use of both dc and ac electric fi eld induced resonant energy transfer, RET, between cold Rydberg atoms as a useful tool for enhancement of interatomic interactions. A general technique for laser ... -
Enhancements to Hidden Markov Models for Gene Finding and Other Biological Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2005)In this thesis, we present enhancements of hidden Markov models for the problem of finding genes in DNA sequences. Genes are the parts of DNA that serve as a template for synthesis of proteins. Thus, gene finding ... -
Enhancing Clinical Support for Breast Cancer with Deep Learning Models using Optimized Synthetic Correlated Diffusion Imaging
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-17)Breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer in women in Canada and the United States, representing over 25% of all new female cancer cases. The prevalence of breast cancer continues to grow, affecting about ... -
Enhancing Corrosion Performance of Laser Modified NiTi Shape Memory Alloy
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-15)Laser processing of NiTi shape memory alloys (SMA) has been identified as having great potential in surface treatment, welding, and novel performance requirement applications. However, discrepancies arise regarding whether ... -
Enhancing Data Processing on Clouds with Hadoop/HBase
(University of Waterloo, 2011-10-12)In the current information age, large amounts of data are being generated and accumulated rapidly in various industrial and scientific domains. This imposes important demands on data processing capabilities that can extract ... -
Enhancing Focused Ultrasound Therapy Using Nanoscale Agents
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-05)Focused ultrasound therapy, also known as high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), is a new energy-based method that uses ultrasonic energy to treat a range of health disorders and tumors. Despite the great potential for ... -
Enhancing Lower Limb Blood Flow by Optimizing Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Timing
(University of Waterloo, 2023-11-03)Intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) is used in the management of vascular disorders. IPC systems apply external pressure to the circumference of the leg to enhance blood velocity (BV). Although IPC device performance ... -
Enhancing Mechanical Strength of Electrospun Nanofibers by Thermal Crosslinking and Coaxial Electrospinning
(University of Waterloo, 2023-06-14)Electrospinning of nonwoven nanofibrous mats has received significant attention in recent years due to the high versatility and porosity of electrospun mats. Specifically, considerable interest has developed in using ... -
Enhancing Memory by Enactment: Does Meaning Underlie the Advantage of Producing or Observing an Action?
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-11)Enactment is an encoding strategy in which performing an action depicting a word (relative to reading) enhances its memorability. Precisely how this motor activity aids recall is unclear. In our Experiments, we investigated ... -
Enhancing Recommender Systems with Causal Inference Methodologies
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-22)In the current era of data deluge, recommender systems (RSs) are widely recognized as one of the most effective tools for information filtering. However, traditional RSs are founded on associational relationships among ... -
Enhancing System Reliability Utilizing Private Electric Vehicle Parking Lots Accounting for the Uncertainties of Renewables
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-19)Integration of renewable energy sources into electric grids comes with significant challenges. The produced energy from renewable sources such as wind and solar is intermittent, non-dispatchable and uncertain. The uncertainty ... -
Enhancing the Decoding Performance of Steady-State Visual Evoked Potentials based Brain-Computer Interface
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-14)Non-invasive Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) based on steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) responses are the most widely used BCI. SSVEP are responses elicited in the visual cortex when a user gazes at an object ... -
Enhancing the Ministring DNA (msDNA) Purification Using PI-Sce1 Homing Endonuclease/CRISPR-Cas3 Recombinant System
(University of Waterloo, 2024-02-05)In the generation of msDNA the recombinant E. coli cells are transformed by a msDNA generating precursor plasmid, whereupon expression of the Tel protelomerase enzyme, acting on the pal target sequence present in the ... -
Enhancing the Modeling and Efficiency of Photovoltaic Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-02)Solar energy is a strong contender among the sustainable alternatives that offer practical potential for replacing increasingly depleted fossil fuels and supplying the world’s growing energy demands. However, despite its ... -
Enhancing the performance of transparent electrodes through the design of new silver nanostructures
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-07)Transparent electrodes are a necessary component in a number of devices such as solar cells, flat panel displays, touch screens and light emitting diodes. The most commonly used transparent conductor, indium tin oxide ... -
Enhancing the Role of the Recreationist in the Conservation of Parks and Protected Areas
(University of Waterloo, 2001)The tension between 'acceptable' human use of the environment and the management systems that intend to mitigate this use continues to be an important focus for discussion and research. This is particularly evident in ...