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The Freedom to Choose: Sustainable livelihoods and (im)mobility decisions among youth in rural Honduras
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-22)Background: Youth living in remote communities of Honduras face considerable barriers to establishing sustainable livelihoods, with implications for their well-being. In response to these barriers, many rural youth migrate ... -
Freedom's Voices: Czech and Slovak Immigration to Canada during the Cold War
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-04)During the Cold War, approximately 36,000 persons claimed Czechoslovakia as their country of citizenship upon entering Canada. A defining characteristic of this postwar migration of predominantly ethnic Czechs and Slovaks ... -
Freeway Travel Time Prediction Using Data from Mobile Probes
(University of Waterloo, 2010-11-12)It is widely agreed that estimates of freeway segment travel times are more highly valued by motorists than other forms of traveller information. The provision of real-time estimates of travel times is becoming relatively ... -
Freeway Workzone Capacity and Associated Economic Concepts
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-16)Like many other transportation agencies, the Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO) is also using the same work zone closure strategies and standards that it has used for decades. However, the lane closure strategies ... -
Freezing and Optical Properties of Model Atmospheric Aerosols
(University of Waterloo, 2007-11-20)The freezing of model atmospheric aerosols – specifically, model cirrus cloud particles – was investigated through laboratory studies of supercooled water aerosols. Water droplets with radii of 1 – 2.7 µm were exposed to ... -
Frequency Analysis of Droughts Using Stochastic and Soft Computing Techniques
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-19)In the Canadian Prairies recurring droughts are one of the realities which can have significant economical, environmental, and social impacts. For example, droughts in 1997 and 2001 cost over $100 million on different ... -
Frequency and Voltage Control of a Grid of Microgrids
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-21)The rapid proliferation of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) in recent years has resulted in significant technical challenges for power system operators and planners, mainly due to the particular characteristics of some ... -
Frequency and Voltage Control of Islanded Microgrids
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-29)Islanded microgrids (MGs), characterized by distributed generators, power consumers, and energy storage systems (ESSs), are designed to signi cantly enhance self-sustainability of future distribution networks and to provide ... -
Frequency control via demand response in smart grid
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-24)In order to have a reliable microgrid (MG) system, we need to keep the frequency within an acceptable range. However, due to disturbances in a MG system (such as a sudden load change), it can experience major or minor ... -
Frequency Multiplier-Based RF Beamforming Front-End for Vector Modulated Signal Transmission
(University of Waterloo, 2024-02-05)In the rapidly evolving era of wireless communications, the advent of sixth-generation (6G) technology promises unprecedented advancements in terms of high data rates and ultra-low latency, which will lead to significant ... -
Frequency Shifting a Single Photon by Electro-Optic Modulation
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-21)Entanglement is a rare resource only a select few people worldwide can create. Its fundamentally non-classical behavior seeds a tree of ideas from which transformative technologies in information processing, communication, ... -
Freshwater Turtle Population Characteristics and Habitat Use within Ontario's Dunnville Marsh Area
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-20)Habitat conservation and restoration can be effective solutions to habitat loss, fragmentation, and degradation that impacts freshwater turtle species. Although some studies have been conducted in Ontario regarding freshwater ... -
Friction-induced Vibration in Lead Screw Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2009-05-13)Lead screw drives are used in various motion delivery systems ranging from manufacturing to high precision medical devices. Lead screws come in many different shapes and sizes; they may be big enough to move a 140 tons ... -
Friend or Foe? Memory and Expectancy Biases for Faces in Social Anxiety
(University of Waterloo, 2011-07-08)Previous studies examining memory biases for threatening faces in social anxiety (SA) have yielded inconclusive results. In the present study, memory and expectancy biases were tested within the context of a novel face ... -
Fringe Benefits
(University of Waterloo, 2018-02-21)The Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) is in a state of constant and massive growth in terms of population, development and economic investment. This growth has generated pressures both within and at the peripheries ... -
The Frobenius Problem in a Free Monoid
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-21)Given positive integers c1,c2,...,ck with gcd(c1,c2,...,ck) = 1, the Frobenius problem (FP) is to compute the largest integer g(c1,c2,...,ck) that cannot be written as a non-negative integer linear combination of c1,c2,...,ck. ... -
From Alpha Athlete to Regretful Spectator: The Gendered and Heteronormative Story of My Sporting Experience
(University of Waterloo, 2014-02-13)Much research has demonstrated the positive impact sport plays in individuals’ lives; however, there are gendered rates of participation. In particular, adolescent girls participate in sport at a lower rate than their male ... -
From Astrophysics of Galaxies to Binary Black Hole Mergers: Theoretical Modelling of the Gravitational-Wave Bias Parameter
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-04)In the past few decades, the field of cosmology has become a fascinating field of study in physics. The computational advances and precision observational measurements such as Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) measurements ... -
From Atoms to the Solar System: Generating Lexical Analogies from Text
(University of Waterloo, 2006)A <em>lexical analogy</em> is two pairs of words (<em>w</em><sub>1</sub>, <em>w</em><sub>2</sub>) and (<em>w</em><sub>3</sub>, <em>w</em><sub>4</sub>) such that the relation between <em>w</em><sub>1</sub> and <em>w</em>< ... -
From Bayonets to Stilettos to UN Resolutions: The Development of Howard Green’s Views Regarding War
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-09)This thesis follows the development of Howard Charles Green’s (1895-1989) views on war and disarmament as both a private citizen and as a Member of Parliament. It draws its conclusions from a large archival base. Beginning ...