Browsing Theses by Title
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S'more then just fun and games: Teachers' perceptions on the educational value of camp programs for school groups
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-03)Learning does occur at camp, but what kind of learning? And do what participants learn at camp transfer to other parts of a young persons’ life after the camp experience? This evaluation research study was designed to ... -
The S-Matrix of Gauge and Gravity Theories and The Two-Black Hole Problem
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-01)This thesis is devoted to diverse aspects of scattering amplitudes in gauge theory and gravity including interactions with matter particles. In Part I we focus on the applications of massive scattering amplitudes in gravity ... -
Sacred Memories, Decolonial Futurities
(University of Waterloo, 2023-02-02)Employing a collective memory work research methodology, this thesis narrates discussions between four Settler-Christians as they grapple with notions of travel, tourism, Christianity, divinity, and settler colonialism. ... -
Safe and Efficient Navigation of a Mobile Robot: Path Planning Based on Hierarchical Topology Map and Motion Planning with Pedestrian Behavior Model
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-02)Safety in mobile robot navigation is an essential aspect, but it is often accompanied by a trade-off of efficiency in different navigation steps. For global planning, safety is frequently handled by inflated obstacles. ... -
Safe and Secure Control of Connected and Automated Vehicles
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-26)Evolution of Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAV), as an important class of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), plays a crucial role in providing innovative services in transport and traffic management. Vehicle platoons, as a ... -
The Safe and Sexy Project: The sexual-health needs and knowledge of street involved and homeless youth living in Hamilton, Ontario.
(University of Waterloo, 2010-06-17)BACKGROUND: Youth continue to be at high risk for STI and HIV transmission and unplanned pregnancies because of their liberal approach to sexual-health and their susceptibility toward engaging in risky activities. Youth ... -
Safe, Quiet and Durable Pavement Surfaces
(University of Waterloo, 2009-03-06)Skidding contributes to up to 35% of wet pavement accidents. Pavement surface friction therefore is an important component of highway safety. The skid resistance also varies seasonally and reduces over time due to surface ... -
SafeDS: Safe Data Structures for C++
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-01)Memory corruption vulnerabilities in low-level languages such as C/C++ have been a problem in computer security for a long time. Accordingly, there has been a wide variety of proposed solutions for detecting or preventing ... -
Safety Effects of Preventative Maintenace: Microsurfacing : A Case Study
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-19)Various North American transportation agencies have implemented several preventative maintenance techniques to improve pavement performance and safety. The Region of York, located north east of Toronto, Ontario, has been ... -
Safety-Oriented Stability Biases for Continual Learning
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-24)Continual learning is often confounded by “catastrophic forgetting” that prevents neural networks from learning tasks sequentially. In the case of real world classification systems that are safety-validated prior to ... -
Salinity Effects on Dissolved Organic Carbon Concentration and Quality in a Constructed Fen Peatland, Fort McMurray, AB
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-05)In northern Alberta, oil sands mining disturbs the landscape; reclamation to an “equivalent land capability” is required, and industry is testing peatland construction as part of landscape reclamation. To determine if these ... -
Salt Mass Balance Study and Plant Physiological Responses for an Enhanced Salt Phytoremediation System
(University of Waterloo, 2011-07-11)Salinity is one of the most severe environmental factors that limits global crop yield. Enhanced phytoremediation using plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) has proven to be an effective and environmentally responsible ... -
Salvage Montage
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-09)This thesis proposes a reinterpretation of assumptions towards material value. It is a positive argument in favour of adaptive re-use, not only as a means to divert waste but also as encouragement to reconsider our current ... -
Salvaging on the Coast of Erebus Bay: An Analysis of Inuit Interaction with Material from the Franklin Expedition
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-02)Over the course of the 19th century, many European explorers sailed in search of a Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic. These journeys brought them into territory occupied by Inuit, who both traded with the ... -
Sample size effect in ultrasonic testing of geomaterials - numerical and experimental study
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-21)Nondestructive evaluation of civil structures is of increasing interest to utility owners. Several methods exist to evaluate different properties of concrete, pavement, cemented sands and others. UPVM is the most commonly ... -
Sampled-Data Control of Invariant Systems on Exponential Lie Groups
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-28)This thesis examines the dynamics and control of a class of systems furnished by kinematic systems on exponential matrix Lie groups, when the plant evolves in continuous-time, but whose controller is implemented in ... -
Sampling Time Jitter
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-23)Electrical systems which use voltage transitions to represent timing information suffer from a degrading phenomenon called timing jitter. Sampling time jitter is the deviation of sampling clock from its ideal position. As ... -
Sampling-based Program Execution Monitoring
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-30)For its high overall cost during product development, program debugging is an important aspect of system development. Debugging is a hard and complex activity, especially in time-sensitive systems which have limited ... -
Sampling-Window Based Approach for Fire Gas Analysis of Rigid Foams
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-22)A sampling-window based approach was developed to collect and analyze the gases evolved during fire performance testing using the cone calorimeter. For this purpose, a Fourier Transform Intra-red (FTIR) Spectroscopy system ... -
Santa Claus, Machine Scheduling and Bipartite Hypergraphs
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-10)Here we discuss two related discrete optimization problems, a prominent problem in scheduling theory, makespan minimization on unrelated parallel machines, and the other a fair allocation problem, the Santa Claus problem. ...