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New Algorithms for Predicting Conformational Polymorphism and Inferring Direct Couplings for Side Chains of Proteins
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-20)Protein crystals populate diverse conformational ensembles. Despite much evidence that there is widespread conformational polymorphism in protein side chains, most of the xray crystallography data are modelled by single ... -
New Analysis and Operational Control Algorithms for Islanded Microgrid Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-14)Driven by technical, economic and environmental benefits for different stakeholders in the power industry, the electric distribution system is currently undergoing a major paradigm shift towards having an increasing portion ... -
A new angle on plastic debris in the aquatic environment: Investigating interactions between viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) and inanimate surfaces
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-28)Methods of studying the interaction between fish viruses with inanimate surfaces were developed and used to explore several variables. Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) was used as the model virus. The EPC cell ... -
A New Approach to Multi-Model Adaptive Control
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-20)Adaptive control is an approach used to deal with systems with uncertain or time-varying parameters. A classical adaptive controller typically consists of a linear time-invariant (LTI) control law together with a tuning ... -
A New Approach to Reinforcement Learning for Sequential Robotic Tasks using a Chained Options Model and Subtask-Focused Rewards
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-09)Reinforcement Learning for Robotics is a trending area of research with tremendous potential for widescale industry adoption. To its detriment, large amounts of environmental interactions are typically required by robotic ... -
New approaches for the real-time optimization of process systems under uncertainty
(University of Waterloo, 2023-06-05)In the process industry, the economical operation of systems is of utmost importance for stakeholders to remain competitive. Moreover, economic incentives can be used to drive the development of sustainable processes, which ... -
New Approaches to Composite Reliability Assessment of Smart Power Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-12)Electric power networks are complex systems because of their geographic spread and the consequent need for interconnections and integration of different components such as generators, transformers, lines, reactors, relays, ... -
New Approaches to Protein NMR Automation
(University of Waterloo, 2011-11-16)The three-dimensional structure of a protein molecule is the key to understanding its biological and physiological properties. A major problem in bioinformatics is to efficiently determine the three-dimensional structures ... -
New Approaches to Protein Structure Prediction
(University of Waterloo, 2009-11-06)Protein structure prediction is concerned with the prediction of a protein's three dimensional structure from its amino acid sequence. Such predictions are commonly performed by searching the possible structures and ... -
New Approaches to the Collection and Interpretation of High Sensitivity Temperature Logs for Detection of Groundwater Flow in Fractured Rock
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-20)The use of temperature logging for identifying water flow through fractures in sedimentary rock has declined since the 1960’s and 70’s primarily because of low sensor resolution and cross-connected flow along the borehole. ... -
A New Approximation of Fermi-Dirac Integrals of Order 1/2 by Prony’s Method and Its Applications in Semiconductor Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-20)Electronic devices are vital for our modern life. Semiconductor devices are at the core of them. Semiconductor devices are governed by the transport and behavior of electrons and holes which in turn are controlled by ... -
New Arsenides and Antimonides as Thermoelectric Materials and Chalcogenides with Distorted Square Nets
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-22)Thermoelectric (TE) materials can be ranked by their figure-of-merit, ZT, which is defined as ZT = (S2σT)/κ. Herein, T is the average temperature between the cold (TC) and hot sides (TH) of the thermoelectric device, S is ... -
New Aspects of Quantum Interactions: Acceleration-Induced Transparency, Newton’s Cradle Spectra, Superoscillations
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-12)We present new results on different aspects of quantum interactions, from new phenomena to new mathematical tools. First, two new phenomena of light-matter interactions are presented: the stimulated Unruh effect and ... -
A New Baptism: Reclaiming public space through Light, and Bathing Ritual for an abandoned church in Montréal
(University of Waterloo, 2013-07-02)Québec’s historical attachment to Roman Catholicism is visible: there is still a great amount of church buildings throughout the province. However, changing attitudes in Québec (as in other regions around the world) are ... -
New Benders' Decomposition Approaches for W-CDMA Telecommunication Network Design
(University of Waterloo, 2007-04-24)Network planning is an essential phase in successfully operating state-of-the-art telecommunication systems. It helps carriers increase revenues by deploying the right technologies in a cost effective manner. More importantly, ... -
New Calibration Approaches in Solid Phase Microextraction for On-Site Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2004)Calibration methods for quantitative on-site sampling using solid phase microextraction (SPME) were developed based on diffusion mass transfer theory. This was investigated using adsorptive polydimethylsiloxane/divinylbenzene ... -
A New Class of Cycle Inequality for the Time-Dependent Traveling Salesman Problem
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-29)The Time-Dependent Traveling Salesman Problem is a generalization of the well-known Traveling Salesman Problem, where the cost for travel between two nodes is dependent on the nodes and their position in the tour. Inequalities ... -
New Color Patterning Techniques for OLED Displays
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-03)Organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) are light emitting devices consisting of a stack of organic semiconductors sandwiched by electrodes. Since the first report of a high-efficiency device by Tang and Van Slyke in 1987, ... -
New Conic Optimization Techniques for Solving Binary Polynomial Programming Problems
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-26)Polynomial programming, a class of non-linear programming where the objective and the constraints are multivariate polynomials, has attracted the attention of many researchers in the past decade. Polynomial programming is ... -
New Control Algorithms for the Distributed Generation Interface in Grid-Connected and Micro-grid Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2008-11-13)Driven by economic, technical, and environmental reasons, the energy sector is moving into an era where large portions of increases in electrical energy demand will be met through widespread installation of distributed ...