Browsing Theses by Title
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A Foundation for Spatial Thinking: Towards a Threshold Concept Framework in GIScience and its Implications for STEM Education
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-31)Geographic Information Science (GIScience) is a fairly modern, rapidly emerging multidisciplinary field, addressing the theories and concepts behind the spatial technology called Geographic Information Systems (GIS). With ... -
Foundations of Deduction's Pedigree: A Non-Inferential Account
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-05)In this thesis I discuss the problems associated with the epistemological task of arriving at basic logical knowledge. This is knowledge that the primitive rules of inference we use in deductive reasoning are correct. ... -
Four Corners Gateway
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-09)Though an installation, the exhibition Four Corners Gateway, examines how history and memory construct us as individuals and construct our national and personal identities and worldviews. All such constructions are ultimately ... -
A Four Physics Approach to Modeling Moisture Diffusion, Structural Mechanics, and Heat Conduction Coupled with Physical Aging for a Glassy Thermoplastic
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-26)The performance of some polymeric materials is profoundly affected by long-term exposure to moisture during service. This poses problems for high precision and/or load bearing components in engineering applications where ... -
The Fourier algebra of a locally trivial groupoid
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-10)The goal of this thesis is to define and study the Fourier algebra A(G) of a locally compact groupoid G. If G is a locally compact group, its Fourier-Stieltjes algebra B(G) and its Fourier algebra A(G) were defined by ... -
Fourier Transform Spectroscopy of Selected Transient Species
(University of Waterloo, 2003)The procedures and results of experimental and/or theoretical studies of four transient molecules, GeO, WO, BeH, and MgH are reported in the thesis. Two of them, GeO and WO, are diatomic molecules composed of relatively ... -
Foveated Sampling Architectures for CMOS Image Sensors
(University of Waterloo, 2005)Electronic imaging technologies are faced with the challenge of power consumption when transmitting large amounts of image data from the acquisition imager to the display or processing devices. This is especially a concern ... -
Foveated Stereo Video Compression for Visual Telepresence
(University of Waterloo, 2002)This thesis focuses on the design of a foveated stereo video compression algorithm for visual telepresence applications. In a typical telepresence application, a user at the local site views real-time stereo video recorded ... -
The Fox Building the Henhouse: Corporate influence on global health governance and the risks to the World Health Organization
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-10)Like global governance more generally, global health governance and the global health architecture are changing and, in the process, creating new kinds of openings for non-state actors (NSAs) such as non-governmental ... -
Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Mediated White-Light-Emitting Rhodamine Fluorophore Derivatives-Gamma Phase Gallium Oxide Nanostructures
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-26)The global lighting source energy consumption accounts for about 22% of the total electricity generated. New high-efficiency solid-state light sources are needed to reduce the ever increasing demand for energy. Single-phased ... -
FPGA Based Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Testing
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-05)In this research, a prototype of an ultrasonic testing device was developed based on a field-programmable gate array for ultrasonic testing. Ultrasound is a mechanical wave that is generated by a vibrating object and ... -
FPGA Implementation of a Clockless Stochastic LDPC Decoder
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-16)This thesis presents a clockless stochastic low-density parity-check (LDPC) decoder implemented on a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). Stochastic computing reduces the wiring complexity necessary for decoding by ... -
FPGA-Based Lossless Data Compression Using GNU Zip
(University of Waterloo, 2007-01-23)Lossless data compression algorithms are widely used by data communication systems and data storage systems to reduce the amount of data transferred and stored. GNU Zip (GZIP) [1] is a popular compression utility that ... -
FPGA-Based Testbed for Fault Injection on SHA-256
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-21)In real world applications, cryptographic algorithms are implemented in hardware or software on specific devices. An active attacker may inject faults during the computation process and careful analysis of faulty results ... -
Fractional Imputation for Ordinal and Mixed-type Responses with Missing Observations
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-12)This thesis addresses two essential aspects of large scale public-use data files involving ordinal and mixed-type responses with missing observations: (i) the creation of single complete data sets with imputation for missing ... -
Fractional refinements of integral theorems
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-09)The focus of this thesis is to take theorems which deal with ``integral" objects in graph theory and consider fractional refinements of them to gain additional structure. A classic theorem of Hakimi says that for an ... -
Fractional Stochastic Dynamics in Structural Stability Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-30)The objective of this thesis is to develop a novel methodology of fractional stochastic dynamics to study stochastic stability of viscoelastic systems under stochastic loadings. Numerous structures in civil engineering ... -
Fractional-Reserve Banking and the Double-Title to Property Problem
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-11)This thesis discusses the legitimacy of fractional-reserve banking under the title-transfer theory of contract. Fractional-reserve banking is the practice of banks lending out some of the money that is deposited with them. ... -
Fractionation of non-animal protein hydrolysates for use in Chinese Hamster Ovary cell media
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-22)This thesis presents a study on the enhancement of CHO cell growth by Yeast extract, Yeastolate, and Primatone fractions obtained by dead-end ultrafiltration. The total solid, peptide contents, antioxidant capacity and ... -
Fracture Mechanisms in Resistance Spot Weld of Magnesium Alloys
(University of Waterloo, 2015-06-19)The automotive industry is adopting the application of magnesium and magnesium alloys in order to produce light-weight auto-body structures. Therefore, it is essential to evaluate the load bearing capability of these metals ...