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R-D Optimal Scalable Video Coding Using Soft Decision Quantization
(University of Waterloo, 2010-11-22)In this thesis, we study the concept of scalable video coding as implemented in the extension to the H.264 video coding standard. Specifically, for the spatial and quality scalability scenarios, we propose an optimization ... -
R.A.M: Remote Arctic Memory
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-22)The modern world is defined by networks. One network, specifically, has become the core component in how our societies function; the Internet. While the Internet may seem ubiquitous, seamless, and imperceptible, it is only ... -
R2Fix: Automatically Generating Bug Fixes from Bug Reports
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-08)Many bugs, even those that are known and documented in bug reports, remain in mature software for a long time due to the lack of the development resources to fix them. We propose a general approach, R2Fix, to automatically ... -
RADARSAT-2 Polarimetric Radar Imaging for Lake Ice Mapping
(University of Waterloo, 2017-11-21)Changes in lake ice dates and duration are useful indicators for assessing long-term climate trends and variability in northern countries. Lake ice cover observations are also a valuable data source for predictions with ... -
Radial Movement of a Passively Released Gas from a Monitoring Well
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-01)In order to preserve groundwater as a viable source of drinking water, remedial measures must be applied where appropriate. The application of the various remedial technologies is site and contaminant dependent. Differing ... -
Radial-Growth Forecasting and the Implications for Planning and Management in the Grand River Watershed of Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-26)The first objective of this thesis was to predict the future success of selected tree species under low (B1, 550 CO2 ppm) and moderate (A1B, 720 CO2 ppm) climate change scenarios as defined in the Special Report on Emissions ... -
Radio Resource Management for Cellular CDMA Systems Supporting Heterogeneous Services
(University of Waterloo, 2002)A novel radio resource management (RRM) scheme, which jointly considers the system characteristics from the physical, link and network layers, is proposed for cellular code division multiple access (CDMA) systems. ... -
Radio Resource Management for Wireless Mesh Networks Supporting Heterogeneous Traffic
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-07)Wireless mesh networking has emerged as a promising technology for future broadband wireless access, providing a viable and economical solution for both peer-to-peer applications and Internet access. The success of wireless ... -
Radio Resource Management in a Heterogeneous Wireless Access Medium
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-01)In recent years, there has been a rapid evolution and deployment of wireless networks. In populated areas, high-rate data access is enabled anywhere and anytime with the pervasive wireless infrastructure such as the ... -
Radio Resource Management in LTE-Advanced Systems with Carrier Aggregation
(University of Waterloo, 2016-06-16)In order to meet the ever-increasing demand for wireless broadband services from fast growing mobile users, the Long Term Evolution -Advanced (LTE-A) standard has been proposed to effectively improve the system capacity ... -
Radiographic Examination of Humeral Head Migration after Fatiguing the Rotator Cuff
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-04)Undesirable work factors, such as awkward upper body postures and repetitive arm motion, in the workplace can lead to upper extremity pain. Research suggests that these work-related factors, and subsequent rotator cuff ... -
Radiometric Compensation of Nonlinear Projector Camera Systems by Modeling Human Visual Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-21)Radiometric compensation is the process of adjusting the luminance and colour output of images on a display to compensate for non-uniformity of the display. In the case of projector-camera systems, this non-uniformity can ... -
Radiotherapy Cancer Treatment: Investigating Real-Time Position and Dose Control, the Sensor-Delayed Plant Output Estimation Problem, and the Nonovershooting Step Response Problem
(University of Waterloo, 2006-12-18)For over a century, physicians have prescribed x-ray radiation to destroy or impede the growth of cancerous tumours. Modern radiation therapy machines shape the radiation beam to balance the competing goals of maximizing ... -
Radiotherapy Patient Scheduling During Pandemics
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-26)With the Covid-19 outbreak happening worldwide, clinically vulnerable people should be of concern, as they are more likely to be exposed to the virus. Cancer patients with weak immune systems are a group of aforementioned ... -
Radon Projections as Image Descriptors for Content-Based Retrieval of Medical Images
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-23)Clinical analysis and medical diagnosis of diverse diseases adopt medical imaging techniques to empower specialists to perform their tasks by visualizing internal body organs and tissues for classifying and treating diseases ... -
The Raging Grannies: Understanding the Role of Activism in the Lives of Older Women
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Guided by feminist gerontology, this qualitative study explored the role of activism in the lives of older women. More specifically, it examined the involvement of older women in one particular group of activists, the ... -
Rain on My Parade: Perceiving Low Self-Esteem in Close Others Hinders Positive Self-Disclosure
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-20)Ample evidence suggests that the behaviour of people with low self-esteem (LSEs) can lead to problems in close relationships (Wood, Hogle, & McClellan, 2009). To my knowledge, however, no research has investigated the role ... -
Raising Healthy Females: Parental perceptions of roles and responsibilities
(University of Waterloo, 2007-11-22)Within North America, more children are being classified as overweight and obese than ever before. Despite this alarming finding, limited research has been conducted on parents’ views of their children’s health in addition ... -
Raising Islands
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-18)In an era of dawning anthropogenic climate change, people of atoll nations face grievous threats to their future. Rising sea levels, warming oceans, and changing weather patterns conspire with economic isolation, rapidly ... -
Ralph Barnes Grindrod's <em>Slaves of the Needle</em>: An Electronic Scholarly Edition
(University of Waterloo, 2006)This thesis involves both editorial practice and literary analysis. In order to establish an editorial framework for the electronic scholarly edition of Dr. Ralph Barnes Grindrod's pamphlet <em>Slaves of the Needle</em>, ...