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Recyclable Photocatalysts for Oil Sands Process-Affected Water Treatment
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-09)One of the largest environmental challenges faced by Canada is the cleanup and reclamation of land and water impacted by mining operations in the Athabasca oil sands. The persistence of toxicity associated with the soluble ... -
Recycled Concrete Aggregate – A Viable Aggregate Source For Concrete Pavements
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-06)Virgin aggregate is being used faster than it is being made available creating a foreseeable shortage in the future. Despite this trend, the availability of demolished concrete for use as recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) ... -
Recycled Concrete Aggregate: Influence of Aggregate Pre-Saturation and Curing Conditions on the Hardened Properties of Concrete
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-13)Recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) is a construction material, which is being used in the Canadian construction industry more frequently than it was in the past. The environmental benefits associated with RCA use, such as ... -
Recycling polyethylene terephthalate – based automotive carpets using chain extenders via reactive extrusion
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-09)Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) is a common polyester used in various applications, ranging from packaging to clothing. The automotive industry utilizes this material to manufacture the velour carpet mats ... -
Red coralline algae and climate change: growth, magnesium concentration variability and the development of a new palaeoclimate proxy
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-22)Past ocean acidification recorded in the geological record facilitates the understanding of rates and influences of contemporary pCO2 enrichment. High resolution proxies of pCO2 and pH can be used to reconstruct ... -
Red Earth: Shaping the Igbo family compound
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-23)Like many other African indigenous peoples, the Igbo of Nigeria established multi-generational compound homes. Many of these family compounds remain in southeastern Nigeria’s rural communities, although not as originally ... -
The Red Road to Victory: Soviet Combat Training 1917-1945
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-20)This thesis provides a comprehensive account of early Soviet combat training and its associated attitudes from 1917 to 1945. From its inception in 1918 and throughout the evolution of Soviet military doctrine and practice, ... -
Red-shifted Spectrum in Multi-frequency Raman Generation
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-27)Multi-frequency Raman Generation (MRG) is a promising technique to generate few-femtosecond to sub-femtosecond pulses with high energy conversion efficiency. During the transient MRG experiments coupled with two chirped ... -
Redefining Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) World
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-23)In a paradigm characterized by unprecedented levels of transparency and business risks, CSR reporting standards have gained substantial power in their ability to drive organizations towards more sustainable business ... -
Redefining the Classroom: Incorporating Sensory Cognizant Design Strategies
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-07)The perception of space is generated and understood by the multi-sensory orchestration of our five senses: sight, sound, taste, touch and smell. Through the heightening and/ or reduction of specific senses the mind generates ... -
Redeveloping the Avenues
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-17)The goal of this thesis is to investigate and propose housing that increases density while offering a better quality of life for citizens inhabiting Toronto’s Avenues. This thesis compares three different building prototypes, ... -
The Redevelopment of Canada and Japan’s Economic Relationship, 1945-1951: Canadian Perspectives
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-20)Between 1921 to 1941, Canada and Japan were close trading partners. The end of World War II provided the two countries with the opportunity to resume their former economic relationship. However, Japan was a defeated ... -
Redrawing the Lines: An Exercise of Boundaries and Urban Interspecies Belonging in Miyajima, Japan
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-24)Swarms of semi-wild, semi-tame Sika deer roam freely in both the primeval forested mountains and urbanized coastal town of Miyajima island. Rising deer populations and mass tourism has blurred the boundaries between human ... -
Reduced Graphene Oxide as Artificial Solid Electrolyte Interphase for Anodes of Aqueous Lithium Energy Storage Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-20)Rechargeable Aqueous Hybrid Battery (ReHAB) systems offer several advantages over the commercially available non-aqueous battery systems. The most noteworthy advantages include higher ionic conductivity, added safety, and ... -
Reduced Order Modeling and Scale-up of an Entrained Flow Gasifier
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-16)Climate change has increased attention towards reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and other heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere. This has affected the operation of process industries, particularly solid fuel ... -
Reducing Conservatism in Pareto Robust Optimization
(University of Waterloo, 2022-06-09)Robust optimization (RO) is a sub-field of optimization theory with set-based uncertainty. A criticism of this field is that it determines optimal decisions for only the worst-case realizations of uncertainty. Several ... -
Reducing Data Copying Overhead in Web Servers
(University of Waterloo, 2010-07-13)Web servers that generate dynamic content are widely used in the development of Internet applications. With the Internet highly connected to people’s lifestyles, the service requirements of Internet applications have ... -
Reducing Environmental Impacts of The Petroleum Refining Operations: Studies Related to Water Treatment and Carbon Dioxide Emissions Management
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-21)Petroleum refining is one of the most important chemical processing industries, converting crude oil into many usable and useful products, but it can cause adverse environmental impacts. Two environmental issues were ... -
Reducing Health Misinformation in Search Results
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-22)People commonly search the web for answers to health-related questions. With health information being added to the Internet every day, misinformation proliferates and disseminates wildly. Previous work has shown that if ... -
Reducing Interaction Cost: A Mechanism Deisgn Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-06)In this thesis we study the problem of requiring self-interested agents need to interact with some centralized mechanism where this interaction is costly. To improve their utility, agents may choose to interact ...