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Reconstruction of 3D Points From Uncalibrated Underwater Video
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-02)This thesis presents a 3D reconstruction software pipeline that is capable of generating point cloud data from uncalibrated underwater video. This research project was undertaken as a partnership with 2G Robotics, and ... -
Reconstruction of Half-Sibling Population Structures
(University of Waterloo, 2012-10-25)Half-sibling reconstruction is the task of determining maternal and paternal sibling relationships from observed genotypes of same-generation individuals in a population. Knowledge of how populations are structured allows ... -
Reconstruction of Local and Global Marine Paleoredox Conditions during Deposition of the Devonian-Mississippian Exshaw Formation (Black Shale Member) and the Evaluation of Hydrocarbon Maturation Effects
(University of Waterloo, 2019-07-17)The end-Devonian Hangenberg event represented one of the biggest Phanerozoic mass extinctions. However, the potential mechanism(s) for triggering this event, including climate cooling, sea-level change, glaciation and ocean ... -
Reconstruction of local and global marine paleoredox conditions for the northeast-Panthalassan (British Columbia, Canada) expression of the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event using a multi-proxy approach
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-23)The Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (T-OAE) of the Early Jurassic is one of several Mesozoic instances of expanded ocean anoxia, coupled with feedbacks and perturbations in Earth’s systems. The drivers for these feedbacks ... -
Reconstruction of Local and Global Marine Redox Conditions During Deposition of Late Ordovician and Early Silurian Organic-Rich Mudrocks in the Siljan Ring District, Central Sweden
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-12)The Ordovician-Silurian transition witnessed the second largest mass extinction in the Phanerozoic Eon and the Hirnantian glaciation. We measured U (as δ238U relative to standard CRM145 = 0‰) and Mo (as δ98Mo relative to ... -
Reconstruction of Orthogonal Polyhedra
(University of Waterloo, 2008-02-20)In this thesis I study reconstruction of orthogonal polyhedral surfaces and orthogonal polyhedra from partial information about their boundaries. There are three main questions for which I provide novel results. The ... -
Reconstruction of Paleoclimate Time-Series in the Peace-Athabasca Delta, Northern Alberta, from Stable Isotopes in Tree-Rings
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-12)The isotopic labelling of carbon in tree-rings varies as a function of growth season temperature and relative humidity. The isotopic labelling of oxygen in tree-rings varies as a function of source-water isotopic composition ... -
Reconstruction of past variation in lake water balance at upstream Smoky and Wabasca watersheds to improve understanding of causes of lake drying in the Peace-Athabasca Delta
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-23)Controversy persists regarding causes of recent lake-level drawdown within the internationally recognized Peace-Athabasca Delta (PAD), northern Alberta. Central to this debate are conflicting interpretations of causes of ... -
Reconstruction Site: Re-designing the disposable Expo
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-18)Building, supported by the practice of architecture, is churning resources into waste at an alarming rate. Our method of construction has its inevitable conclusion in a pile of rubble. Lamentably, the natural resources we ... -
Recoupling the Livestock Nutrient Economy: A Path forward for Water Quality Improvement
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-23)Intensification of farming operations and increased nutrient application rates have led to higher crop yields and greater food security. At the same time, widespread use of commercial nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) ... -
Recovering Optimal Cost Functions for Natural Walking: From Musculoskeletal Simulation to Exoskeleton Control
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-03)Human movement studies have contributed to our understanding of how the central nervous system's (CNS) interactions with our body results in rich and complex motor behaviours, such as human gait. Such understanding is ... -
Recovering Scale in Relative Pose and Target Model Estimation Using Monocular Vision
(University of Waterloo, 2009-11-11)A combined relative pose and target object model estimation framework using a monocular camera as the primary feedback sensor has been designed and validated in a simulated robotic environment. The monocular camera is ... -
Recovering the Sense and Essence of Place: The Eastern Practice of Feng Shui and its Role in Western Architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-08)The aim of this thesis is to understand, identify and test the fundamental qualities of feng shui so as to examine its applicability and relevance in western architectural design practice. While the word “feng shui” has ... -
Recovery Guarantees for Graph Clustering Problems
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-06)Graph clustering is widely-studied unsupervised learning problem in which the task is to group similar entities together based on observed pairwise entity interactions. This problem has applications in diverse domains such ... -
Recovery of Dairy Aroma Compounds and Concentration of Dairy Solutions by Membranes
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-25)This study explores the potential of using different types of poly(ether block amide) (PEBA) membranes for recovering aroma compounds from dairy solutions and concentration of dairy products by membrane processes. The ... -
Recovery of Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids from Contaminated Soil by CO2-Supersaturated Water Injection
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-24)Supersaturated water injection (SWI) is a novel remediation technology which is able to remove entrapped residual NAPLs from saturated porous media by both volatilization (partitioning of volatile contaminants into the gas ... -
Recreating a Taste of Home in Canada: A Radical Interpretive Inquiry into Toronto’s Intergenerational Chinese Food Sharing Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-13)In multicultural Toronto, there is a large and increasing Chinese population. However, only very limited recent sociological research has been conducted on the lived experiences of Chinese immigrants and the children of ... -
Recurrence in Algebraic Dynamics
(University of Waterloo, 2020-07-28)The Dynamical Mordell--Lang Conjecture states that if a polynomial orbit has infinite intersection with a closed set in an algebraic variety, then the intersection must occur periodically. Although this problem is unsolved ... -
Recurrent Neural Network Dual Resistance Control of Multiple Memory Shape Memory Alloys
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-23)Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are materials with extraordinary thermomechanical properties which have caused numerous engineering advances. NiTi SMAs in particular have been studied for decades revealing many useful characteristics ... -
Recursive Estimation of Structure and Motion from Monocular Images
(University of Waterloo, 2010-10-22)The determination of the 3D motion of a camera and the 3D structure of the scene in which the camera is moving, known as the Structure from Motion (SFM) problem, is a central problem in computer vision. Specifically, the ...