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Segmentation of RADARSAT-2 Dual-Polarization Sea Ice Imagery
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-24)The mapping of sea ice is an important task for understanding global climate and for safe shipping. Currently, sea ice maps are created by human analysts with the help of remote sensing imagery, including synthetic aperture ... -
Seismic Coupling and Hydrological Responses
(University of Waterloo, 2006)In seismology, the capability of an earthquake to induce other seismic events has been widely accepted for decades. For example, the term aftershock involves a strong relation of such a seismic event with the incidence ... -
Seismic Fragility Analysis for Structures, Systems, and Components in Nuclear Power Plants
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-18)Seismic fragility analysis has been widely used to evaluate seismic capacities of structures, systems, and components (SSCs) in nuclear power plants. In the seismic fragility analysis, a single ground motion parameter ... -
Seismic Performance Assessment of Multi-Storey Buildings with Cold Formed Steel Shear Wall Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-22)Cold-Formed Steel (CFS) is a material used in the fabrication of structural and non-structural elements for the construction of commercial and residential buildings. CFS exhibits several advantages over other construction ... -
Seismic Risk Analysis for Nuclear Energy Facilities
(University of Waterloo, 2015-02-20)Earthquakes are destructive natural disasters that can inflict various levels of damage on engineering structures and lead to other adverse consequences. Accurate seismic risk quantification of critical engineering structures ... -
Selectable Heaps and Their Application to Lazy Search Trees
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-29)We show the O(log n) time extract minimum function of efficient priority queues can be generalized to the extraction of the k smallest elements in O(k log(n/k)) time. We first show the heap-ordered tree selection of Kaplan ... -
Selected Experiments with Proteins at Solid-Liquid Interfaces
(University of Waterloo, 2008-12-12)This thesis describes a number of novel experiments contributing to the understanding of protein adsorption from both a fundamental and applied perspective. The first three papers involve the use of the localized surface ... -
Selected topics in Computational Relativity
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-18)This thesis addresses a collection of topics that are either directly related to, or have implications for, current challenges in computational relativity. In the first part, we explore a spacetime discretization method ... -
Selected Topics in Variable Annuities
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-22)Variable annuities are long-term insurance products. They have become one of the most popular savings/investment vehicles over the past two decades due to their flexible investment options, stable long-term guarantees, and ... -
Selecting Sustainable Point-of-Use and Point-of-Entry Drinking Water Treatment: A Decision Support System
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-10)Point-of-use (POU) and point-of-entry (POE) water treatment are forms of decentralized water treatment that are becoming increasingly sought alternatives for ensuring the safety of drinking water. Although the acceptance ... -
Selection and characterization of an aptamer to a thiazole orange derivative for use in a fluorescence-based biosensor
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-18)Aptamers are short single-stranded DNA or RNA sequences that have been selected in vitro to have a high binding affinity to a specific target molecule. One class of aptamers can bind to small non-fluorescent molecules to ... -
Selective Flooding in Ad Hoc Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2002)An ad hoc network is a collection of mobile wireless devices that cooperate with each other to route packets amongst themselves. The main difficulty in designing routing algorithms for such a network is the large number ... -
Selective Surface Chemistry of Bifunctional Carboxylic acid, Aldehyde and Alcohol on Si(100)2x1: Exploring Competition between Alkyl, Alkenyl, Carboxyl, Hydroxyl, and Carbonyl Groups in Surface Functionalization
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-26)The dissociative adsorption of three carboxylic acids (acetic acid, propanoic acid, and acrylic acid), allyl alcohol, and allyl aldehyde on Si(100)2×1 at room temperature has been investigated by X-ray photoelectron ... -
Selenate Reduction by Granular Iron and the Associated Isotope Fractionation
(University of Waterloo, 2013-11-27)Research in selenium isotopes has been gaining interest as new contaminated sites are identified around the world. Selenium is an emerging contaminant, as it is increasingly being released through anthropogenic activities. ... -
Seleukos IV Philopator
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-01)This thesis seeks to prove that Seleukos IV Philopator was a competent ruler after the death of his father and throughout his peaceful 12 year reign. Seleukos was a king who led a successful reign and led the Seleukid ... -
Self, Materiality, and National Identity: The Dilemma of Authenticity Among Millennial Industrial Designers in China
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-29)By analyzing the discourse relating to the dilemma of authenticity among millennial industrial designers in China, the major objective of this thesis is to gain insights into the values, beliefs, practices, and ethics of ... -
Self-assembled gold nanochain based materials as building blocks to fabricate flexible devices and electrocatalysts
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-25)1D metal nanostructures are being actively researched as a component in next-generation electronic devices and as highly efficient electrocatalysts. 1D gold nanomaterials can be designed by controlling the aspect ratio and ... -
Self-assembled Metal Organic Framework Microflowers as Polysulfides Immobilizers for Lithium Sulfur Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-18)A unique flower-like metal organic framework (ZnHMT) is synthesized by a facile and efficient method. The obtained ZnHMT microflowers were employed for the construction of a multifunctional interlayer towards improved Li-S ... -
Self-assembling Peptide for HIV-1 Vaccine Design
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-17)Human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) is a worldwide epidemic, which cannot be eliminated by any current therapeutics, even with highly active antiretroviral therapy, which only can control virus replication. A safe and ... -
Self-Assembling Peptide-Carbon Nanotube Dispersions and Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering and Biosensor Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-25)Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are attractive functional materials for use in a broad range of fields due to their unique mechanical and electrical properties. However, their hydrophobic nature is a major problem for some of these ...