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A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Pinery Provincial Park Smartphone Application Pilot Project
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-11)Pinery Provincial Park is the first provincial park in the Ontario Parks system to launch a custom-built smartphone application. This application, titled “Explore Pinery,” was launched in January of 2016 and acts as an ... -
Mixed Micelle Characterization of Pluronic and Gemini Surfactant – Based Gene Therapy Carriers and a Connection to Transfection Efficiency
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-16)Non-viral gene therapy formulation development often relies on a rational design approach, where vector components are selected based on individual characteristics known to favour transfection efficiency. However, these ... -
MIXED PHASE COMPRESSION HIGH EFFICIENCY HEAT PUMP
(University of Waterloo, 2014-03-13)The objective of this thesis is the design and realization of a higher efficiency air source heat pump. The improved pump’s operating cost must rival the cost of heating with natural gas, while incurring a minimal increase ... -
A Mixed Signal 65nm CMOS Implementation of a Spiking Neural Network
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-26)Spiking neural networks (SNNs) are an emerging class of biologically inspired Artificial Neural Networks implemented in machine learning and artificial intelligence. Current state-of-the-art small- and large-scale SNNs ... -
Mixed signal design flow, a mixed signal PLL case study
(University of Waterloo, 2001)Mixed-signal designs are becoming more and more complex every day. In order to adapt to the new market requirements, a formal process for design and verification of mixed signal systems i. e. top-down design and ... -
Mixed-Signal Multimode Radio Software/Hardware Development Platform
(University of Waterloo, 2012-12-17)Radio frequency power amplifiers (PAs) are the most challenging part of the design of radio systems since they dictate the overall system's performance in terms of power efficiency and distortion generation. The performance ... -
Mixture Models for Coarsened Multivariate Failure Time Data
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-13)The aim of this thesis is to develop statistical methodology for the analysis of life history data under incomplete observation schemes and with latent features which must be accom- modated to ensure models provide a ... -
Mixture of Latent Variable Models for Remotely Sensed Image Processing
(University of Waterloo, 2014-07-22)The processing of remotely sensed data is innately an inverse problem where properties of spatial processes are inferred from the observations based on a generative model. Meaningful data inversion relies on well-defined ... -
Mixture Regression for Sea Ice Segmentation
(University of Waterloo, 2022-12-23)The classification of sea ice in SAR imagery is complicated by statistical nonstationarity. Incidence angle effects, heterogeneous ice conditions and other confounding variables contribute to spatial and temporal variability ... -
MKH-Haase Charts of Binocular Vision Measurements: Repeatability and Validity of Associated Phoria and Stereotests
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-29)Abstract Introduction: H.J.-Haase developed a systematic set of tests for evaluating binocular vision called the Pola Test. The Pola Test measures associated phoria and stereoacuity at distance and near using a variety ... -
MLOD: A multi-view 3D object detection based on robust feature fusion method
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-19)This thesis presents Multi-view Labelling Object Detector (MLOD). The detector takes an RGB image and a LIDAR point cloud as input and follows the two-stage object detection framework. A Region Proposal Network (RPN) ... -
Mo isotope variations in molybdenites at single-crystal, ore deposit, and global scales: Implications for Mo source fluid, transport, fractionation mechanisms, and molybdenite mineralization
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-22)In this study, the Mo isotopic composition (δ98Mo) of molybdenite from 29 hand samples from various ore deposit types was analyzed. This data was compiled with data from the literature and all data (n = 420) was reported ... -
Mobile Phone Depth Sensors for Forest Carbon Measurement
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-28)The monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) of forest plots, especially their tree-trunk diameters, is critical to achieving both forest protection and reforestation goals. Today’s MRV processes are mostly manual, ... -
Mobile Robot Manipulator System Design for Localization and Mapping in Cluttered Environments
(University of Waterloo, 2018-06-21)In this thesis, a compact mobile robot has been developed to build real-time 3D maps of hazards and cluttered environments inside damaged buildings for rescue tasks using visual Simultaneous Localization And Mapping ... -
Mobile Spatial Subscriptions for Location-Aware Services
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-27)Spatial subscriptions have been used to specify locations of interest in Distributed Event-based Systems (DEBSs). However, current DEBSs representations to support spatial subscriptions are not expressive enough to describe ... -
Mobile Technology and Health Literacy Regarding Medication Information
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-05)Low health literacy is one of the main barriers to medication adherence. People with low literacy often have difficulty understanding health information and making appropriate health decisions. Currently, medication ... -
Mobile Toxics Human Health Risk Assessment Framework
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-15)Emissions from passenger cars, buses, commercial trucks, and motorcycles operated on highways, streets, and roads are major contributors to air pollution. Research led by the United States Environmental Protection Agency ... -
Mobility and Transnationalism: Travel Patterns and Identity among Palestinian Canadians
(University of Waterloo, 2011-07-11)Increased urban diversity in the metropolises of North America urges us to examine the different forms of mobility of transnational communities in cosmopolitan societies. Recent technological advancements, including ... -
The Mobility Impact in IEEE 802.11p Infrastructureless Vehicular Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-27)Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) are an extreme case of mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). High speed and frequent network topology changes are the main characteristics of vehicular networks. These characteristics lead to ... -
A Mobility Study of Neolithic People from Roquemissou in Southern France using Strontium Isotopes
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-16)This thesis examines the patterns of changing 87Sr/86Sr isotope ratios across the growth bands of 17 third molars belonging to people buried at the site of Roquemissou in Southern France. These ratios reflect the isotopic ...