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RF MEMS-Based Frequency Dependent Power Limiters
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-27)Microwave power limiters are passive devices that are widely used to protect receivers from large interfering signals. Conventional radio frequency (RF) power limiters attenuate both desired and undesired signals in the ... -
RF Tunable Resonators and Filters
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-25)The recent remarkable growth in the telecommunications industry has caused a huge advance in filter technology. The new communication systems demand stringent filters with high specifications, low costs, compact features, ... -
RF-QPC Charge Detector and S-T₊ Qubit in a Lateral Double Quantum Dot Device
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-18)A measurement system is developed for studying a lateral double quantum dot (DQD) device formed in the two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) of a GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure. Copper powder and RC filters are constructed to ... -
RGB-D Scene Flow via Grouping Rigid Motions
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-06)Robotics and artificial intelligence have seen drastic advancements in technology and algorithms over the last decade. Computer vision algorithms play a crucial role in enabling robots and machines to understand their ... -
RGLock: Recoverable Mutual Exclusion for Non-Volatile Main Memory Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2015-07-17)Mutex locks have traditionally been the most popular concurrent programming mechanisms for inter-process synchronization in the rapidly advancing field of concurrent computing systems that support high-performance applications. ... -
Rheological Modification of Polypropylene by Incorporation of Long Chain Branches Using UV Radiation
(University of Waterloo, 2014-11-21)Modification of polypropylene (PP) is important as it aims at changing the molecular structure of PP and synthesizing different grades of PP for different processing applications. These changes include narrowing of the ... -
Rheological Properties of Tailor-Made Metallocene and Ziegler-Natta Based Controlled Rheology Polypropylenes
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-24)Controlled rheology polypropylenes (CRPP) have been produced industrially by peroxide induced degradation in post-polymerization reactive extrusion (REX) operations. This has been well developed for commodity Ziegler-Natta ... -
Rheology and Flow Behavior of Starch Nanoparticle Dispersion
(University of Waterloo, 2017-07-10)With the extensive awareness of environment friendly around the world, more and more researchers are currently developing and modifying bio-based materials that have various potential applications in different fields, such ... -
Rheology and Pipeline Flow Behavior of Fumed Silica Nanoparticle Suspensions
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-08)Suspensions are used in a wide variety of industrial and household applications; some examples being paints, ink, wastewater streams, cough syrups, and sauces. Rheology of suspensions depends on various factors such as the ... -
The Rhetoric of Silence: John Cage, Exigence and the Art of the Commonplace
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-02)This thesis approaches the work of American avant-garde composer John Cage from an unconventional perspective by utilizing rhetorical theory to examine the intellectual history informing his collected writings in the text ... -
The Rhetorical Life of Surgical Checklists: A Burkean Analysis with Implications for Knowledge Translation
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-10)This dissertation uses the terms of Kenneth Burke’s dramatism to identify rhetorical aspects of surgical team checklists as they have been promoted, performed, studied, and surveilled. I argue that these terms can help to ... -
Rhetorics Rising: The Recovery of Rhetorical Traditions in Ralph Ellison's <em>Invisible Man</em> and N. Scott Momaday's <em>House Made of Dawn</em>
(University of Waterloo, 2006)This study suggests, through a rhetorical analysis of the role of orators and oration in Ralph Ellison's <em>Invisible Man</em> and N. Scott Momaday's <em>House Made of Dawn</em>, that literature can be a valuable resource ... -
Rhyme, Rhythm, and Rhubarb: Using Probabilistic Methods to Analyze Hip Hop, Poetry, and Misheard Lyrics
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-30)While text Information Retrieval applications often focus on extracting semantic features to identify the topic of a document, and Music Information Research tends to deal with melodic, timbral or meta-tagged data of songs, ... -
Ridership Modeling at Stop Level
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-27)This thesis presents a ridership modeling method at stop level for public transit using multiple linear regression and Geographic Information System (GIS) analysis tools. This modeling method is applied to one express and ... -
Riemann solvers with non-ideal thermodynamics: exact, approximate, and machine learning solutions
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-22)The Riemann problem is an important topic in the numerical simulation of compressible flows, aiding the design and verification of numerical codes. A limitation of many of the existing studies is the perfect gas assumption. ... -
The right tree at the right place: Exploring urban foresters' perceptions of assisted colonization
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-25)Urban forests feature harsh growing conditions for trees. Urban trees are surrounded by heavy anthropogenic disturbances, they often have low genetic diversity, and it is difficult for managers to maintain them because of ... -
Rigid Designation, the Modal Argument, and the Nominal Description Theory
(University of Waterloo, 2005)In this thesis, I describe and evaluate two recent accounts of naming. These accounts are motivated by Kripke?s response to Russell?s Description Theory of Names (DTN). Particularly, I consider Kripke?s Modal Argument ... -
Rigid Pavement: Ontario Calibration of the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide Prediction models
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-27)The Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) has been introduced to transportation agencies as an innovative method for analysis and design of pavements. However, the MEPDG cannot be used by highway agencies ... -
Rigid Quasilocal Frames
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-23)This thesis begins by introducing the concept of a rigid quasilocal frame (RQF) as a geometrically natural way to define an extended system in the context of the dynamical spacetime of general relativity. An RQF is defined ... -
Rigorous Validation of Hydrologic Models in Support of Decision-Making
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-27)Hydrologic models are often relied upon to inform decisions in hydrology and water resources applications. Typically, hydrologic models are validated (i.e., deemed fit-for-purpose) using the split-sample test introduced ...