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Realization of Non-Volatile Memory in Amorphous Silicon Thin-Film Transistors
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-19)The integration of memory circuits in thin-film transistors (TFTs) is essential to extend the functionalities of large-area applications such as flat-panel displays, imagers etc. Intensive research is being conducted with ... -
Realization of novel entangled photon sources using periodically poled materials
(University of Waterloo, 2010-10-01)This thesis deals with the production of entangled photons using spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC). We start with a short overview of some important theoretical concepts. First we provide a brief reminder of ... -
Realizing Surface Driven Flows in the Primitive Equations
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-27)The surface quasi-geostrophic (SQG) model describes the evolution of buoyancy at vertical boundaries in the limit of infinitesimal Rossby number. In this regime, the quasi-geostrophic approximations are expected to hold. ... -
Realtime Motion Planning for Manipulator Robots under Dynamic Environments: An Optimal Control Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-19)This report presents optimal control methods integrated with hierarchical control framework to realize real-time collision-free optimal trajectories for motion control in kinematic chain manipulator (KCM) robot systems ... -
Reanimation: Redefining the Urban Network in St James Town, Toronto
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-22)Urban intensification in the city of Toronto during the 1960s draws from the essential idea – “Tower in the Park”, a concept that we now recognize as pervasively problematic. These neighbourhoods are flooded with criticism ... -
Reasonable Assertions: On Norms of Assertion and Why You Don't Need to Know What You're Talking About
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-17)There’s a widespread conviction in the norms of assertion literature that an agent’s asserting something false merits criticism. As Williamson puts it, asserting something false is likened to cheating at the game of ... -
Reasoned connections: Complex creativity and dual-process theories of cognition
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-28)Creativity is one of the most imperative of all psychological constructs to study, for the implications of understanding creativity have immense bearing upon our future as a species. Understanding creativity can reveal not ... -
Reasoning about Benefits and Costs of Interaction with Users in Real-time Decision Making Environments with Application to Healthcare Scenarios
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-11)This thesis examines the problem of having an intelligent agent reasoning about interaction with users in real-time decision making environments. Our work is motivated by the models of Fleming and Cheng, which reason about ... -
Reasoning About Foreign Function Interfaces: Blame and Nondeterministic Formal Semantics
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-31)Foreign function interfaces (FFIs) are commonly used as a way to mix programming languages. In such systems, a program written in a host language calls functions written in a guest language from within the same program. ... -
Reassessing foreign language classroom anxiety: Employing poststructuralist theories in a qualitative meta-analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-31)This thesis will generate new insight into the study of classroom language anxiety and its method of analysis in current SLA discourse. Drawing heavily from Horcoff, Horcoff and Cope’s seminal paper “Foreign Language ... -
The Rebirth of Rape: Tracing Ovidian Rape Motifs with Respect to Bernini's Pluto and Persephone as a Piece of Classical Reception
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-08)Rape, as it is understood in a modern context, is approached with a completely different perspective than that of an ancient, and even a post-Renaissance, audience. With the contributing factors of cultural, historical, ... -
REBUILDING OUR WATERS: An alternative view of Ontario cottage country through models of community engagement and shared environmental stewardship.
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-10)Cottaging is a ‘summer-home’ tradition for many Canadian families and plays an important role in Ontario’s cultural and provincial identity. The North-Hastings – East Haliburton area is a popular cottage destination; however ... -
Recalibrating Detroit: A Plan for Incremental Neighbourhood Densification
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-25)This thesis analyses factors responsible for Detroit’s past growth and delves into its current transient culture. The phenomena of its urban shrinkage is more than just a demographic shift. It is a harbinger of qualitative ... -
The Receipt of Task-Related Help: Developing and Validating a Scale
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-23)Helping behaviors have been subjected to a substantial amount of research attention. However, organizational researchers have disproportionately focused on the help giver, neglecting the recipient of help. To stimulate ... -
Receive Soft Antenna Selection for Noise-Limited/Interference MIMO Channels
(University of Waterloo, 2008-10-07)Although the Multi-Input and Multi-Output (MIMO) communication systems provide very high data rates with low error probabilities, these advantages are obtained at the expense of having high signal processing tasks and ... -
Receiver Channel Recovery in High-Frame-Rate Ultrasound Imaging using Branched Convolutional Neural Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-22)High frame rate ultrasound (HiFRUS) is an imaging paradigm that utilizes unfocused transmissions to perform acquisitions at kilohertz frame rates, and its high temporal resolution enables its use in tracking dynamic ... -
Recent changes in patterns of western Canadian river flow and association with climatic drivers: A CROCWR component
(University of Waterloo, 2013-12-10)Climatic variability and change can have profound impacts on the hydrologic regime of a watershed, especially in regions that are particularly sensitive to changes in climate, such as the northern latitudes and alpine-fed ... -
Recent German Memorials to Jewish Victims of World War II
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-15)The following thesis examines four 21st-century German memorials that commemorate the deported and murdered Jewish people of Europe during World War II: Jochen Kitzbihler’s Glaskubus (2003) at Paradeplatz in Mannheim, Janet ... -
RecHap: An Interactive Recommender System For Navigating Large Dataset of Mid-Air Haptic Designs
(University of Waterloo, 2022-12-13)Designing haptics is a difficult task especially when the user attempts to design a sensation from scratch for a novel experience. In the fields of visual and audio design, designers often use large example libraries for ... -
A Recipe for Food Literacy: Designing and Evaluating Technologies for Informed Food Choices
(University of Waterloo, 2022-07-19)Technology increasingly mediates our everyday interactions with food, ranging from purchasing and handling to preparation and eating. And now — more than ever — technology influences the food we buy and ultimately consume. ...