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Mathematical simulation of a dipole delivery system for in-situ remediation
(University of Waterloo, 2010-02-19)Abstract In-situ remediation using reactive zones is a promising groundwater contaminant treatment technology that involves the injection of a reagent(s) into the subsurface to destruct harmful target chemicals. For ... -
Matrix analytic methods for computations in risk theory
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-15)The introduction of matrix analytic methods in risk theory has marked a significant progress in computations in risk theory. Matrix analytic methods have proven to be powerful computational tools for numerically analyzing ... -
Matrix Formulations of Matching Problems
(University of Waterloo, 2000)Finding the maximum size of a matching in an undirected graph and finding the maximum size of branching in a directed graph can be formulated as matrix rank problems. The Tutte matrix, introduced by Tutte as a representation ... -
Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 Cleavable Peptide-Based siRNA Delivery System for Cancer Treatment
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-23)Among all kinds of gene therapy, siRNA, a class of 20 to 25 nucleotide-long double-stranded RNA molecules, is one of the promising therapeutic solutions to regulate post-transcriptional process for cancer treatment. However, ... -
Matrix Polynomials and their Lower Rank Approximations
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-07)This thesis is a wide ranging work on computing a “lower-rank” approximation of a matrix polynomial using second-order non-linear optimization techniques. Two notions of rank are investigated. The first is the rank as the ... -
Matrix Representations and Extension of the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-07)The graph model for conflict resolution (GMCR) provides a convenient and effective means to model and analyze a strategic conflict. Standard practice is to carry out a stability analysis of a graph model, and then to ... -
Matrix-Variate Regression with Measurement Error
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-28)Matrix-variate regression models are useful for featuring data with a matrix structure, such as brain imaging data. However, those methods do not apply to data with measurement error or misclassification. While mismeasurement ... -
A Matter of Managing an Inner City Resource; Using Existing Buildings in Inner City Areas to Provide Low-Income Housing
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-15)In Canada, the late 1970's and 1980's are seeing an increasing proportion of private funds being invested in inner city commercial and residential property. The inner city's continuing role as a source of low-income housing ... -
Matters of the Heart: Patients' Intra- and Interpersonal Adjustment to Life Following a Cardiac Crisis
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-25)Cardiac crises (e.g. heart attack or bypass surgery) have been shown to be related to poorer patient psychological and relational functioning. While these studies assume that the event significantly impacts patients, they ... -
Mature Minor Eligibility for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD): An Ethical Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-24)Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) was legalized in Canada on June 17, 2016, following a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision, Carter v. Canada (2015). Currently, the law controversially denies three groups access to ... -
The Maturity Playground
(University of Waterloo, 2009-05-21)Within the context of relational art, the ongoing series, Maturity Playground, incorporates pre-fabricated playground components used as sculptural material. The use of slides, swings, trampolines, and merry-go-rounds has ... -
Maximal ideal space techniques in non-selfadjoint operator algebras
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-26)The following thesis is divided into two main parts. In the first part we study the problem of characterizing algebras of functions living on analytic varieties. Specifically, we consider the restrictions M_V of the ... -
Maximal Operators in R^2
(University of Waterloo, 2007-08-13)A maximal operator over the bases $\mathcal{B}$ is defined as \[Mf(x) = \sup_{x \in B \in \mathcal{B}} \frac{1}{|B|}\int_B |f(y)|dy. \] The boundedness of this operator can be used in a number of applications including ... -
Meadow restoration on former agriculture land in southwestern Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-30)Best practices for Restoration Ecology have been largely derived from case studies. Novel Ecosystems is an approach that has the possibility of providing the field of restoration research with both structure and a road map ... -
Mean Curvature Flow in Euclidean spaces, Lagrangian Mean Curvature Flow, and Conormal Bundles
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-10)I will present the mean curvature flow in Euclidean spaces and the Lagrangian mean curvature flow. We will first study the mean curvature evolution of submanifolds in Euclidean spaces, with an emphasis on the case of ... -
Mean Field Interactions in Heterogeneous Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2016-02-10)In the context of complex networks, we often encounter systems in which the constituent entities randomly interact with each other as they evolve with time. Such random interactions can be described by Markov ... -
Mean Stress Effect in Stress-Life for Hard Steels
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-01)The work in this thesis examines the effect of mean stress on the fatigue behaviour of very hard (Rockwell C 60) steels (AISI 8822, 8620, 9310, and cold-worked pre-stressing wire). In the mean stress tests, the minimum ... -
A Mean Value Internal Combustion Engine Model in MapleSim
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-31)The mean value engine model (MVEM) is a mathematical model derived from basic physical principles such as conservation of mass and energy equations. Although the MVEM is based on some simplified assumptions and time averaged ... -
Mean-Field Theory of Collective Behavior of Quantum Dipolar Rotors
(University of Waterloo, 2021-02-08)Motivated by the recent experimental measurements of the dielectric property of confined quantum dipolar molecules, the orientational dipolar ordering transition is investigated in the quantum generalization of the quantum ... -
Meaning Construction: Cognitive Processes of Conceptual Interaction
(University of Waterloo, 2007-07-06)This thesis proposes a theoretical framework explaining cognitive processes of meaning construction through conceptual interactions. It was noted that while the nine models or theories (Fuzzy Sets, Selective Modification ...