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Investigation of Blast–related Fluid Cavitation using a Novel Polymeric Hopkinson Bar–Confinement Chamber Apparatus
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-24)Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) associated with blast exposure has become an increasing issue in military conflicts, with the most common exposure being improvised explosive devices. Exposure to blast accounted for ... -
Investigation of Channel Reciprocity for OFDM TDD Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-02)This dissertation investigates the assumption of channel reciprocity in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems using time-division duplex (TDD) access. Within TDD systems uplink and downlink transmission ... -
Investigation of charge-exciton interactions and their correlations with the device efficiency and operational stability in Phosphorescent Organic Light Emitting Devices by studying delayed electroluminescence
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-11)Phosphorescent OLEDs (PHOLEDs) have gained a lot of attention due to their remarkable capability of achieving nearly 100% internal quantum efficiency. Although PHOLEDs are a promising technology for the development of high ... -
Investigation of Conditional Source-Term Estimation Approach for Turbulent Partially Premixed Combustion Modelling
(University of Waterloo, 2015-07-29)Conditional Source-term Estimation (CSE) is a closure technique for modelling turbulent combustion phenomena. CSE uses the Conditional Moment Closure (CMC) hypothesis for closing chemical source terms: conditionally averaged ... -
Investigation of Conditional Source-term Estimation Approach to Modelling MILD Combustion
(University of Waterloo, 2016-07-27)Conditional Source-term Estimation (CSE) is a turbulent combustion model which uses conditional averages to provide closure for the mean chemical source term and is based on the same ideas as the Conditional Moment Closure ... -
Investigation of Consumer Acculturation in Dining-out: a Comparison between Recent Chinese Immigrants and Established Chinese Immigrants in the Greater Toronto Area
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-16)The interaction between culture and consumption of immigrants is an important research area in a number of fields including consumer behaviour, marketing, and ethnic studies. This article offers a specific look at issues ... -
Investigation of Consumer Grade EEG as a Fall Risk Assessment Tool
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-29)Fall prevention for geriatric populations is a growing concern among clinicians and researchers due to severe risk of morbidity and loss of independence. Emerging evidence has demonstrated that cognitive workload while ... -
Investigation of Coordination Environments in Heterogeneous Catalysis
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-25)Increasing energy demand, environmental causes, and sustainable energy goals give rise to the study of energy conversion systems extensively. More efforts have been devoted to oxygen evolution reaction because of kinetic ... -
Investigation of Correlation between Remotely Sensed Impervious Surfaces and Chloride Concentrations
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-25)Water quality and nonpoint source (NPS) pollution are important issues in many areas of the world, including the Greater Toronto Area where urban development is changing formerly rural watersheds into impervious surfaces. ... -
Investigation of Crystal Structures and Ultra-Low Thermal Conductivities in Novel Group 14 and 15 Chalcogenides
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-04)The crystal structures and physical properties of several new group 14 and 15 chalcogenides are discussed in this thesis. The thesis discusses the chalcoantimonates TlLa2Sb3Se9 and La12+zSb9-ySe38-z (simplified as La12Sb9Se38). ... -
Investigation of Current Sensing Using Inherent Resistance
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-20)A novel method of current sensing using resistance of power delivery path is introduced as a mean to measure static or dynamic load current in high-power system-on-chips, where conventional methods deemed inadequate. It ... -
Investigation of Different Factors Affecting Asphalt Cement Ageing and Durability
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-21)Asphalt cement is an organic material and, like any other organic material tends to react with atmospheric oxygen, thus changing its physical properties (more accurately rheological properties) gradually over time. Although ... -
Investigation of Differential Diffusion Effects in Turbulent Hydrogen Jet Flame using Conditional Moment Closure Method
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-26)The effects of differential diffusion in the numerical modelling of a turbulent non-premixed hydrogen-air jet flame using a Conditional Moment Closure (CMC) method are investigated. The CMC calculations, which are coupled ... -
Investigation of Direct Injection Fuel Sprays in High Velocity Air Flows
(University of Waterloo, 2013-10-24)The study of single-plume sprays into cross-flowing air is found extensively in literature, however, with the continued development of the Spark Ignition Direct Injection (SIDI) engine, the behaviour of multi-plume sprays ... -
Investigation of divalent metal ion detection using 17E DNAzyme Biosensor
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-30)DNAzymes are in vitro selected oligonucleotides that can catalyze reactions, such as RNA cleavage. Most DNAzymes require metal ions as cofactors. Unlike ribozymes, which have been found in nature, all known DNAzymes are ... -
Investigation of effect of temperature and forming speed on the formability of AA3003 Brazing Sheets
(University of Waterloo, 2016-07-08)The present work investigates the effect of forming temperature and forming speed on the formability of AA3003 aluminum alloy brazing sheet in three temper conditions (O, H22 and H24) and two different thicknesses (0.2 and ... -
Investigation of Effects of Wind Turbine Noise on General Health and Sleep Disturbance
(University of Waterloo, 2016-12-23)ABSTRACT Background: Although wind energy is now one of the fastest growing sources of power in Canada and many other countries, the growth in both number and size of wind turbines (WTs) has raised questions regarding ... -
Investigation of Efficient Synthetic Routes to Conjugated Thiophene-S,S-Dioxide-Based Materials
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-08)Due to their low cost and desirable properties, many recent efforts in the field of semiconductor research have been devoted to the discovery and investigation of organic materials. Within this field, thiophene-based ... -
Investigation of Electroluminescence Degradation in Anthracene-based Organic Light-Emitting Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-29)Organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) have attracted significant attention because of their unique advantages for flat panel display applications. However, the relatively limited electroluminescence (EL) stability of blue ... -
Investigation of Environmental Impacts on Piezoelectric Weigh-In-Motion Sensing System
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-30)Transportation by trucks plays a major role in North America’s economy. The growth of this industry will increase the loads on existing roads and highways and raises the possibility of overloaded vehicles, which causes ...