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Pictures in an Exhibition
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-01)Can the female feel at home in nature, myth and on screen, realms where she is so often laid to rest? "Pictures in an Exhibition" is a pastiche that exposes popular culture and art historical tropes in which ambiguous ... -
PID Control of Systems with Hysteresis
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-29)Hysteresis is exhibited by many physical systems. Smart materials such as piezoelectrics, magnetostrictives and shape memory alloys possess useful properties, especially in the field of micropositioning, but the control ... -
Piers, Bridges and Sheds: An architectural response to changing rural geographies and resortscapes (The case of Thornbury, Ontario)
(University of Waterloo, 2011-10-31)Mass tourism is a critical agent of change, with a proven capacity of forging new landscapes and thoroughly modifying the internal structure of a community. Thornbury, a rural settlement located in South-western Ontario, ... -
Pilot Project: Adaptive Strategies for Sustainable Rural Development
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-20)The outport is in the midst of great change. Twenty years since the moratorium on cod fishing, the province of Newfoundland and Labrador is experiencing rapid economic development in another industrial resource boom. While ... -
A Pilot Study Regarding the Use of Food Waste Grinders in a Multi-Unit Residential Building
(University of Waterloo, 2022-07-25)This study evaluated the impact of food waste grinders (FWGs) in multi-unit residential buildings (MURBs) that also had access to green bins (GBs) on solid waste and wastewater generation. A 15-month technical sampling ... -
Pipe and Ductwork Progress Tracking using 3D Sensing Technologies
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-30)Automated construction progress tracking is becoming critical to efficient and effective construction management. More and more construction companies are putting aside the old way of tracking progress, which was mainly ... -
Pipeline Flow Behavior of Water-In-Oil Emulsions
(University of Waterloo, 2009-12-23)Water-in-oil (W/O) emulsions consist of water droplets dispersed in continuous oil phase. They are encountered at various stages of oil production. The oil produced from an oil-well usually carries a significant amount of ... -
Piperine Derivatives as Modulators of Amyloid-Beta (Aβ) Aggregation
(University of Waterloo, 2023-07-12)Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a life-changing neurodegenerative disease that progresses in stages and currently has no effective cure. More than 597,000 Canadians suffer from AD. Symptoms of late-stage AD are severe and ... -
Pitch Angle Control for a Small-Scale Darrieus Vertical Axis Wind Turbine with Straight Blades (H-type VAWT)
(University of Waterloo, 2019-06-18)Unlike the horizontal axis wind turbines, only a few studies have been conducted recently to improve the performance of a Darrieus Vertical Axis Wind Turbine with straight blades (H-type VAWT). Pitch angle control technique ... -
Pitching airfoil study and freestream effects for wind turbine applications
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-03)A Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine (HAWT) experiences imbalanced loads when it operates under yaw loads. For each blade element of the aerodynamically imbalanced rotor, not only is the angle of attack unsteady, but also the ... -
Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) as a treatment for microbial infections in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) aquaculture
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-28)Diseases cause economic losses in aquaculture, and the widespread use of antibiotics in the industry has contributed to the development of antibiotic resistant pathogens, an issue of concern for its repercussions on the ... -
Pixel Circuits and Driving Schemes for Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode Displays
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-11)Rapid progress over the last decade on thin film transistor (TFT) active matrix organic light emitting (AMOLED) displays led to the emergence of high-performance, low-power, low-cost flat panel displays. Despite the ... -
Pixel-less and Pixel-lated Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Infrared Imaging Upconversion Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-23)Nowadays, the industrial standard for infrared imaging systems is to interconnect an infrared photodetector array with a silicon-based read-out-integrated circuit pixel by pixel through existing indium bumping technology ... -
Pixelating Vector Art
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-09)Pixel art is a popular style of digital art often found in video games. It is typically characterized by its low resolution and use of limited colour palettes. Pixel art is created manually with little automation because ... -
A Place in the Grass
(University of Waterloo, 2013-06-19)We reached the edge of that forgotten dock and jumped, arms raised, into knee-deep grass. We wore rubber boots, and carried a camera strung to a kite. The dock was the unfinished fragment of a bridge. After crossing a dried ... -
A Place to Grow? A Comparative Content Analysis of London and Toronto Ontario and the Importance of Public Green Spaces for Community Well-Being During and After COVID-19
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-31)Public green spaces represent key aspects of our communities for a variety of reasons. Evidenced through decades of planning scholarship, well established, attractive, and accessible public green spaces can promote community ... -
Place-Based Experiences in the Work Environment During the Menopausal Transition: A Case Study of Canadian Physiotherapists
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-17)Background: The global workforce is aging, with increasing numbers of employees experiencing the transition to menopause. This transition to menopause, known as perimenopause, involves hormonal changes with secondary ... -
Placing Limits on Light Axions with EHT Polarimetry via Closure Traces
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-31)Black holes can amplify incoming bosonic waves via rotational superradiance, inducing bound states of ultralight bosons around them. This phenomenon has the potential to confine the parameter spaces of new bosons. Axions, ... -
Plain, but not Simple: Plain Language Research with Readers, Writers, and Texts
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-01)Plain language is defined in a variety of ways, but is generally understood to refer to language and design strategies that make texts easier for target audiences to understand and use. Research has helped demonstrate that ... -
Plan and Situated Action as a Function of Activity Category
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-26)Plans do not serve the particular circumstances of a given situation, but rather serve as abstract descriptions of some future activities. The relationship between plans, which are abstract, and actions, which are concrete, ...