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Predicting Steady-State Performance of Falling-Film Drain Water Heat Recovery Systems from Rating Data
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-08)Drain Water Heat Recovery (DWHR) systems are counter-flow heat exchangers typically used to recover energy from warm water going down shower drains. Such systems are becoming commonplace in many residential buildings; ... -
Predicting Student Performance Using Data from an Auto-Grading System
(University of Waterloo, 2018-06-25)As online auto-grading systems appear, information obtained from those systems can potentially enable the researchers to create predictive models to predict student behaviour and performances. In University of Waterloo, ... -
Predicting Subsidence Resulting from Tunnel Excavation
(University of Waterloo, 2010-11-22)As a result of tunnel construction, the ground level surface above will tend to collapse downward as the soil seeks to refill the missing tubular cavity. Many infrastructures that were originally built on that surface may ... -
Predicting Test Suite Effectiveness for Java Programs
(University of Waterloo, 2012-07-26)The coverage of a test suite is often used as a proxy for its effectiveness. However, previous studies that investigated the influence of code coverage on test suite effectiveness have failed to reach a consensus about ... -
Predicting the Effect of Catalyst Axial Active Site Distributions on a Diesel Oxidation Catalyst Performance
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-30)Zone-coated diesel oxidation catalysts (DOCs) can be used to obtain overall improved performance in oxidation reaction extents. However, why this occurs and under what conditions an impact is expected are unknown. In order ... -
Predicting the Effectiveness of Post-Weld Treatments Applied under Load
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-26)Existing steel bridges are subjected to both increasing traffic loads and natural aging, both are capable of causing severe durability problems. Dependable rehabilitation methods are attracting attention as the promising ... -
Predicting the potential health and economic impact of a sugary drink tax in Canada: a modelling study
(University of Waterloo, 2018-02-23)BACKGROUND Consistent with global trends, high body mass index (BMI) and high blood glucose have risen at rapid rates among Canadians. The consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) is a well-established and important ... -
Predicting the Removal of Micropollutants in Lake Ontario and Grand River using Ozonation
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-15)Micropollutants occur at low concentrations (µg/L to ng/L), can have a range of environmental and health effects, and can enter surface water through run-off from fields and wastewater discharge. Surface water is used for ... -
Predicting the Spectrum Quality and Digestive Enzyme for Shotgun Proteomics
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-03)In proteomics, database search programs are routinely used for peptide identification from tandem mass spectrometry data. However, many low-quality spectra cannot be interpreted by any programs. Meanwhile, certain high-quality ... -
Predicting the thioflavin fluorescence of retinal amyloid deposits in association with Alzheimer’s disease and differentiating amyloid protein from alpha-syn
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-02)Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease and the most common cause of dementia. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2019, dementia affects around 50 million people worldwide and this number ... -
Prediction and Detection of Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease using Plantar Pressure Data
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-26)Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder affecting movement and is characterized by symptoms such as tremor, rigidity, and Freezing of Gait (FOG). FOG is a walking disturbance seen in more ... -
Prediction and Planning in Dynamical Systems with Underlying Markov Decision Processes
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-24)Predicting the future state of a scene with moving objects is a task that humans handle with ease. This is due to our understanding about the dynamics of the objects in the scene and the way they interact. However, teaching ... -
Prediction for Projection on Time-Varying Surfaces
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-20)In spatial augmented reality applications, when video projectors display images on time-varying, non-planar surfaces, rather than on flat, rigid surfaces, undesired image distortion may occur. For applications where realism ... -
Prediction of AL Amyloidosis Using Deep Learning
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-27)AL amyloidosis (amyloid light chain or primary amyloidosis) is a rare protein disorder that can be potentially fatal or can cause permanent damage to the organs in the body, especially in cases where the diagnosis does not ... -
Prediction of Bead geometry in Gas Metal Arc Welding by Statistical Regression Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-25)Manufactures in fabrication industry have long depended on Gas Metal Arc welding as one of the most reliable and economical techniques for joining parts. The need for reducing costs and addressing a skills shortage on the ... -
Prediction of Forces and Moments in Multiphase Naval Simulations
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-23)This thesis investigates the prediction of forces and moments in the static and dynamic planar motion mechanism (PMM) simulations of ship manoeuvring problems using the open-source Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software ... -
The Prediction of Nociceptive Neural Activity in Passive Tissues following Lumbar Spine Flexion
(University of Waterloo, 2021-11-26)Low back pain is a costly and debilitating disorder; however, most cases are categorized as being non-specific: low back pain without an identifiable origin or cause. Non-specific low back pain can be broadly considered ... -
Prediction of Oxygen Uptake and its Dynamics by Wearable Sensors During Activities of Daily Living
(University of Waterloo, 2016-12-21)The evaluation of the aerobic response to a new energetic demand provides valuable information regarding the functional capabilities of the aerobic system. Abnormal, or impaired aerobic responses may occur before the ... -
Prediction of recurrent events
(University of Waterloo, 2004)In this thesis, we will study issues related to prediction problems and put an emphasis on those arising when recurrent events are involved. First we define the basic concepts of frequentist and Bayesian statistical ... -
A PREDICTION OF THE DROPLET SIZE AND VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION IN A SPRAY FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-12)The maximum entropy formalism is used to predict the droplet size and velocity distribution in a spray resulting from the breakup of a liquid sheet. The physics of the process are described by simple conservation constraints ...