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Multi-scale habitat selection of land cover proportion by farmland birds in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-26)Modern agriculture is a central driver in species declines, and its harmonization with conservation is critical to achieving social and ecological sustainability. Due to agricultural land occupation and reduction of native ... -
A Multi-Scale Model for Nickel-Based Oxygen Carrier in Chemical-Looping Combustion
(University of Waterloo, 2019-07-19)The selection of oxygen carrier (OC) particles is crucial for the development of chemical-looping combustion (CLC) technology. Common OC particle models often involve first-order chemical reactions with respect to the ... -
Multi-scale Modeling and Optimization of Energy Absorption and Anisotropy in Aluminum Alloys
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-26)This thesis outlines a study on the multi-scale modeling and optimization of lightweight aluminum front rails for automotive crashworthiness applications. This research is aimed to enhance the crashworthiness characteristics ... -
Multi-scale Modeling of Chemical Vapor Deposition: From Feature to Reactor Scale
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-25)Multi-scale modeling of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is a very broad topic because a large number of physical processes affect the quality and speed of film deposition. These processes have different length scales ... -
Multi-Scale Modeling of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Process for Superalloys
(University of Waterloo, 2022-12-02)Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is an additive manufacturing (AM) technique to fabricate complex geometries with minimal material waste. Over three hundred printing parameters can be altered to control the final part quality. ... -
Multi-scale Modelling of Oxygen Carriers in Chemical Looping Combustion Process
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-08)Climate change is one of the major concerns affecting society. Given the severe effects of global warming, efficient CO2 capture and storage (CCS) technologies have become an urgent necessity. One of the major challenges ... -
Multi-scale Models of Tumor Growth and Invasion
(University of Waterloo, 2012-10-04)Cancer is a complex, multi-scale disease marked by unchecked cellular growth and proliferation. As a tumor grows, it is known to lose its capacity to maintain a compact structure. This stage of development, known as invasion, ... -
Multi-Scale Patterns of Eastern Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum) Habitat Selection and Behavioural Responses to Habitat Fragmentation
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-09)The decline of species with specific habitat needs can be attributed to human caused habitat destruction and fragmentation. This is particularly concerning for reptiles, as they are often unable to adapt to modified ... -
A Multi-scale Stochastic Filter Based Approach to Inverse Scattering for 3D Ultrasound Soft Tissue Characterization
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-30)The goal of this research is to achieve accurate characterization of multi-layered soft tissues in three dimensions using focused ultrasound. The characterization of the acoustic parameters of each tissue layer is formulated ... -
Multi-Sector Demand Management in Smart Cities
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-21)Environmental concerns are on an all time high and can no longer be ignored. The majority of electricity is generated using fossil fuels, this is troublesome as fossil fuels are depleting off the face of the earth. Moreover, ... -
Multi-Sectoral Perspectives on Regional Food Policy, Planning and Access to Food: A Case Study of Waterloo Region
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-26)There is increasing interest in linking food system policies and land use planning practices to healthier diets and healthier communities. Little is known about the process of regional food system policy making or the ... -
Multi-sensor Fusion for Positioning and Semantic Information Extraction in Indoor Environments
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-30)This thesis focuses on three significant challenges in multi-sensor data fusion for real-world uses: (1) Lack of multisensory datasets for mapping and positioning datasets in underground environments, (2) inefficient and ... -
Multi-signal Anomaly Detection for Real-Time Embedded Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-27)This thesis presents MuSADET, an anomaly detection framework targeting timing anomalies found in event traces from real-time embedded systems. The method leverages stationary event generators, signal processing, and distance ... -
Multi-sited Faith: Chinese Canadian, Young Adult Evangelicals and the Negotiation of Ethno-Religious Identity in the Greater Toronto Area
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-13)In 2016, Census Canada found that more than 1.5 million of Toronto, Ontario’s roughly 5.4 million total population were second-generation immigrants. As part of this significant cohort, Chinese Canadian young adults are ... -
A Multi-Stage Graph Model Analysis for the International Toxic Waste Disposal Conflict
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-25)A generic conflict model is developed to analyze international toxic waste disposal issues, and then, to provide feasible strategic resolutions for this serious environmental dispute. With the rapid growth of the global ... -
Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships for Community Sustainability Plan Implementation: Understanding Structures and Outcomes at the Partner and Partnership Levels
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-07)Worldwide, the prevalence and complexity of sustainable development challenges require coordinated action from actors in the private, public, and civil society sectors. Partnerships that embody inclusivity and heterogeneity ... -
Multi-State Reliability Analysis of Nuclear Power Plant Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-20)The probabilistic safety assessment of engineering systems involving high-consequence low-probability events is stochastic in nature due to uncertainties inherent in time to an event. The event could be a failure, repair, ... -
Multi-stressor impacts on fish energetics and stress response: a comparison between lab and field studies
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-24)Aquatic organisms are continuously exposed to multiple environmental stressors that work cumulatively and synergistically to alter ecosystems. The objective of this study was to investigate the impacts of multiple stressors ... -
Multi-Targeting Derivatives For Alzheimer’s Disease: Utilization of Quinazoline Ring Scaffolds
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-30)The complex and multifaceted nature of Alzheimer’s pathology has significantly hindered the discovery and development of viable therapeutics, let alone the cause and initiation of the disease. Over the past century, what ... -
Multi-Technique Fusion for Shape-Based Image Retrieval
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-24)Content-based image retrieval (CBIR) is still in its early stages, although several attempts have been made to solve or minimize challenges associated with it. CBIR techniques use such visual contents as color, texture, ...