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Quantitative Design Decision Method: Performance-Based Design Utilizing A Risk Analysis Framework
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-16)The model building and fire codes in Canada permit prescriptive-based design and performance-based design approaches. Within this regulatory framework, prescriptive-based designs are attributed objective and functional ... -
Quantitative Estimation of Movement Progress during Rehabilitation after Knee/Hip Replacement Surgery
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-25)Mobility improvement for patients is one of the primary concerns of physiotherapy rehabilitation. In a typical physiotherapy session, the patient is instructed to perform multiple exercises, based on a specific regimen ... -
Quantitative Measurement Techniques for Wind Turbine Blade Aerodynamic Performance
(University of Waterloo, 2017-03-07)The installed capacity of wind turbines has been growing rapidly in recent years, creating an increased need for accurate measurements and models of wind turbine performance to further their development. There is a need ... -
A Quantitative Model of Perception of Randomness in Structured Space
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-02)The literature on the perception and generation of randomness suggests that people’s conception of randomness deviates from true randomness in predictable and consistent ways. In general, people see patterns or repetitions ... -
A Quantitative Model of the Initiation of DNA Replication in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-01)A crucial step in eukaryotic cell proliferation is the initiation of DNA replication, a tightly regulated process mediated by a multitude of protein factors. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, this occurs as a result of the ... -
Quantitative modeling of nitrogen cycling along the river continuum: streambed sediments, reservoirs, and isotopes
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-26)The vast release of anthropogenically produced reactive nitrogen (N) into the environment, by agricultural activities, energy production and municipal wastewater, has led to a variety of consequences for atmospheric, ... -
Quantitative Modelling of the Shifts and Splitting in the IR Spectra of SF<sub>6</sub> in an Ar Matrix
(University of Waterloo, 2005)An infrared active polyatomic molecule has several vibrational modes, each of which has a characteristic frequency. If the molecule is trapped in a matrix of perturbing atoms, those vibrational frequencies will shift, ... -
Quantitative Optical Gas Imaging using Broadband Mid-wavelength Infrared Single-Channel and Multispectral Cameras
(University of Waterloo, 2022-11-25)Quantifying and limiting methane emissions from upstream oil and gas is an efficient strategy to reduce anthropogenic climate change and has received considerable attention from regulators in recent years. Quantification ... -
Quantitative Risk Analysis With Qualitative Statements
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-14)Cybersecurity risk analysis is crucial for organizations to assess, identify, and prioritize possible threats to their systems and assets. Organizations seek to assess the potential costs of risks in order to determine how ... -
Quantitative Structure-Property Relationships Modeling of Rate Constants of Selected Micropollutants in Drinking Water Treatment Using Ozonation and UV/H2O2
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-23)Concern over the occurrence of micropollutants in drinking water and their health effects is increasing. Therefore, there is a growing interest in understanding micropollutant removal during drinking water treatment. ... -
Quantitative Testing of Probabilistic Phase Unwrapping Methods
(University of Waterloo, 2001)The reconstruction of a phase surface from the observed principal values is required for a number of applications, including synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, the process of ... -
Quantum Algorithmic Techniques for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-01)Quantum computers have the potential to push the limits of computation in areas such as quantum chemistry, cryptography, optimization, and machine learning. Even though many quantum algorithms show asymptotic improvement ... -
Quantum Algorithms for Interpolation and Sampling
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-15)Gibbs sampling from continuous real-valued functions is a challenging problem of interest in machine learning. Here we leverage quantum Fourier transforms to build a quantum algorithm for this task when the function is ... -
Quantum algorithms for searching, resampling, and hidden shift problems
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-21)This thesis is on quantum algorithms. It has three main themes: (1) quantum walk based search algorithms, (2) quantum rejection sampling, and (3) the Boolean function hidden shift problem. The first two parts deal with ... -
The quantum and the gravity: Newtonian and Cosmological applications
(University of Waterloo, 2018-07-18)The gravitational decoherence field studies the suppression of coherence in quantum systems caused by effects rooted in the gravitational interaction. This models are not just important to yield interesting ideas about the ... -
Quantum Annealing: Research and Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-28)This thesis studies several aspects of the quantum annealing (QA) computing approach. Quantum annealers' primary objective is to solve hard computational optimization problems. Because these optimization problems are in ... -
Quantum Aspects of Black Holes: From Microstates to Echoes and Somewhere In-Between
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-23)In this thesis we explore quantum aspects of black holes from a variety of perspectives. In part I of this thesis we are motivated by the black hole information paradox to explore the idea of gravitational wave echoes ... -
Quantum Black Holes in the Sky
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-30)Black Holes are possibly the most enigmatic objects in our Universe. From their detection in gravitational waves upon their mergers, to their snapshot eating at the centres of galaxies, black hole astrophysics has undergone ... -
Quantum Blind Data Compression and Structure of Quantum Operations Approximately Preserving Quantum States
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-29)In this thesis, we investigate a variation of quantum information processing tasks, blind data compression, and we analyze an approximation of a structure of a set of quantum states closely related to the task, which is ... -
Quantum Cellular Automata: Theory and Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-26)This thesis presents a model of Quantum Cellular Automata (QCA). The presented formalism is a natural quantization of the classical Cellular Automata (CA). It is based on a lattice of qudits, and an update rule consisting ...