Browsing Theses by Type "Master Thesis"
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Acute Regulation of Na+-K+-ATPase Activity in Skeletal Muscles of Different Fibre Type Composition in Response to Insulin Exposure
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-09)The Na+-K+-ATPase (pump) is a transmembrane, multi-subunit (α and β) protein that is expressed in all cells, and particularly in skeletal muscle cells. In one cycle, it pumps 3 Na+ ions out of the cell and 2 K+ ions into ... -
Acyclic Colouring of Graphs on Surfaces
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-04)An acyclic k-colouring of a graph G is a proper k-colouring of G with no bichromatic cycles. In 1979, Borodin proved that planar graphs are acyclically 5-colourable, an analog of the Four Colour Theorem. Kawarabayashi and ... -
Ad-hoc Holistic Ranking Aggregation
(University of Waterloo, 2012-12-06)Data exploration is considered one of the major processes that enables the user to analyze massive amount of data in order to find the most important and relevant informa- tion needed. Aggregation and Ranking are two of ... -
Adaptable Three Dimensional System for Building Inspection Management
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-30)Sustaining the safety and operability of civil infrastructure assets, including buildings, is a complex undertaking that requires a perpetual cycle involving inspection, and further decisions for renewal fund allocation. ... -
Adaptation for whom? Assessing Environmental Equity within British Columbia’s Climate Change Adaptation Policies
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-20)Climate change is expected to disproportionately affect social groups and geographical regions made vulnerable by persistent social inequalities understood in terms of race, Indigenous status, age, gender, and disability ... -
Adaptation of Resettled Rural Population towards Urban Life in Nanjing, China: from the Perspective of Resettled Residents
(University of Waterloo, 2018-02-15)The large-scale and continuing land acquisition in China is playing a positive role in regards to the national economic development while resulting in a number of issues among resettled rural residents. For the resettled ... -
Adaptation to near addition lenses - Effect of AV/A ratio and age
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-17)AIM: The primary purpose of this thesis was to evaluate the pattern of changes to accommodation and phoria when pre-presbyopic individuals perform near work for 20 minutes with +2D lenses. In addition, the thesis also ... -
Adapting Component Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-18)A main problem in machine learning is to predict the response variables of a test set given the training data and its corresponding response variables. A predictive model can perform satisfactorily only if the training ... -
Adapting Regenerative Braking Strength to Driver Preference
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-13)The modern automotive industry has witnessed a growing emphasis on adapting the driving experience to individual drivers. With the rising popularity of electrified vehicles, the implementation of regenerative braking ... -
Adapting to Data Drift in Encrypted Traffic Classification Using Deep Learning
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-12)Deep learning models have shown to achieve high performance in encrypted traffic classification. However, when it comes to production use, multiple factors challenge the performance of these models. The emergence of new ... -
The Adaption of a Rapid Screening Test to Rank the Corrosion Behaviour of Stainless Steel Reinforcing Bars in Concrete
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-21)The costs associated with aging reinforced concrete infrastructure in Ontario continue to rise as highway infrastructure, such as bridges, continuously deteriorate. The use of de-icing salts on these bridges in the winter ... -
Adaptive Affective Computing: Countering User Frustration
(University of Waterloo, 2013-03-28)With the rise of mobile computing and an ever-growing variety of ubiquitous sensors, computers are becoming increasingly context-aware. A revolutionary step in this process that has seen much progress will be user-awareness: ... -
Adaptive Algorithms for Weighted Queries on Weighted Binary Relations and Labeled Trees
(University of Waterloo, 2007-07-30)Keyword queries are extremely easy for a user to write. They have become a standard way to query for information in web search engines and most other information retrieval systems whose users are usually laypersons and ... -
Adaptive Balconies: An Open Design System for Housing Tower Renewal at 545-565 Sherbourne Street, Toronto
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-22)This investigation is based on the renovation and reconsideration of residential tower neighbourhoods, and speculates an open design system as an alterna- tive to current practices prevalent across the city of Toronto. The ... -
Adaptive Comparison-Based Algorithms for Evaluating Set Queries
(University of Waterloo, 2004)In this thesis we study a problem that arises in answering boolean queries submitted to a search engine. Usually a search engine stores the set of IDs of documents containing each word in a pre-computed sorted order and ... -
Adaptive Compensation of Nonlinear Impairments in Fiber-Optic Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-17)Optical communication systems are vital for high rate telecommunication. Fiber-optic communication system is an excellent choice due to its low loss, high bandwidth, and robustness to electromagnetic interference. However, ... -
An Adaptive Context-Aware Publish–Subscribe Component Metamodel
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-16)There are plenty of solutions in which the functionality for context awareness is separated from the domain-specific functionality. Also, there are multiple ways of modeling, gathering, and processing context-related ... -
Adaptive Control of a First-Order System Providing Linear-Like Behaviour and Asymptotic Tracking
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-19)Adaptive control is an approach used to deal with systems having uncertain and/or time-varying parameters. In this thesis, we consider the problem of designing an adaptive controller for a discrete-time first-order plant. ... -
Adaptive Cross-Project Bug Localization with Graph Learning
(University of Waterloo, 2022-06-07)Bug localization is the process of identifying the source code files associated with a bug report. This is important because it allows developers to focus their efforts on fixing the bugs than finding the root cause of ... -
An Adaptive Digital Dynamic Range Controller
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-25)High fidelity digital audio sources are capable of reproducing a much wider dynamic range than most conventional consumer media (e.g. AM/FM radio and audio cassettes). The research presented here addresses the problem ...