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Sensory information to motor cortices: Effects of motor execution in the upper-limb contralateral to sensory input.
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-29)Performance of efficient and precise motor output requires proper planning of movement parameters as well as integration of sensory feedback. Peripheral sensory information is projected not only to parietal somatosensory ... -
Sentient Matter: Towards Affective Human-Architecture Interaction
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-30)Interactive design has been embedded into every aspect of our lives. Ranging from handy devices to architecturally scaled environments, these designs have not only shifted the way we facilitate interaction with other ... -
Sentiment Lexicon Induction and Interpretable Multiple-instance Learning in Financial Markets
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-28)Sentiment analysis has been widely used in the domain of finance. There are two most common textual sentiment analysis methods in finance: \textit{dictionary-based approach} and \textit{machine learning approach}. The ... -
Sentimentalism, Affective Response, and the Justification of Normative Moral Judgments
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Sentimentalism as an ethical view makes a particular claim about moral judgment: to judge that something is right/wrong is to have a sentiment/emotion of approbation/disapprobation, or some kind of positive/negative feeling, ... -
Separable State Discrimination Using Local Quantum Operations and Classical Communication
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-30)In this thesis we study the subset of quantum operations that can be implemented using only local quantum operations and classical communication (LOCC). This restricted paradigm serves as a tool to study not only quantum ... -
The Separate Compilation Assumption
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-19)Call graphs are an essential requirement for almost all inter-procedural analyses. This motivated the development of many tools and frameworks to generate the call graph of a given program. However, the majority of these ... -
Separation and purification of valuable chemicals from simulated hydrothermal conversion product solution
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-17)5-HMF as a versatile organic compound is considered as a promising biomass-derived value-added product via dehydration of saccharide. A large amount of research has been carried out on its production and separation. In ... -
Separation of caprolactam from water by membrane processes
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-24)Caprolactam (C6H11NO, CPL) is the precursor to nylon 6. Production of caprolactam generates wastewater streams that contain a small amount of caprolactam. The objective of this study is to evaluate appropriate separation ... -
Separation of Carbon Dioxide from Nitrogen Using Poly(vinyl alcohol)-Amine Blend Membranes
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Abstract In this research, a facilitated transport membrane was developed. The reactive membrane consisted of a carrier entrapped in poly(vinyl alcohol) "PVA" matrix cast on a polysulfone support. PVA was selected ... -
SEPARATION OF HEAVY METALS FROM WATER USING FIBROIN AS ADSORBENT
(University of Waterloo, 2014-02-20)Discharge of untreated industrial effluents containing heavy metals is hazardous to the environment as they are highly toxic, accumulates in the food chain and persistent in nature. Because of these adverse effects, their ... -
Separation of Phenols and Aniline from Water Streams using Poly(ether-block-amide) Membranes
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-14)Phenols and aniline are aromatic compounds in which a hydroxyl group and amine group are attached to the benzene ring, respectively. Both are common organic pollutants in a wide range of effluents from such industries as ... -
Separation of Volatile Organic Compounds from Nitrogen by Hollow Fiber Composite Membranes
(University of Waterloo, 2003)Many industrial processes handling organic solvents produce volatile organic compounds (VOCs). These VOCs not only cause environmental pollution, but also represent an economic loss. VOC removal and recovery have ... -
Sequence Analysis of the Bacterial Protein Elongation Factor P
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-24)In 1975, Elongation Factor P (EF-P) protein was first discovered in the bacterium Escherichia coli. EF-P is believed to facilitate the translation of proteins by stimulating peptide bond synthesis for a number of different ... -
Sequence analysis of the genome of the plant growth-promoting bacterium Pseudomonas putida UW4
(University of Waterloo, 2012-07-20)The plant growth-promoting bacterium (PGPB) Pseudomonas putida UW4, previously isolated from the rhizosphere of common reeds growing on the campus of University of Waterloo, promotes plant growth in the presence of different ... -
Sequences design for OFDM and CDMA systems
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-30)With the emergence of multi-carrier (MC) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme in the current WLAN standards and next generation wireless broadband standards, the necessitation to acquire a method for ... -
Sequences of Trees and Higher-Order Renormalization Group Equations
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-27)In 1998, Connes and Kreimer introduced a combinatorial Hopf algebra HCK on the vector space of forests of rooted trees that precisely explains the phenomenon of renormalization in quantum field theory. This Hopf algebra ... -
Sequential Decision Making Schemes in Inventory and Transportation Environments
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-10)Many mathematical models exist for the simultaneous optimization of transportation and inventory functions. A simultaneous model, while giving the lowest total cost, may not be easily implemented in a firm with decentralized ... -
Sequential Extraction of Trace Metals as Geochemical Indicators of Land Use Near Ancient Metallurgical Sites in Faynan, Jordan
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-23)Civilizations are tied to soils through a reliance on agriculture. In the Faynan Valley, southern Jordan, both the individuals who tend to the soils and the soils themselves have evolved through a series of environmental ... -
Serial Compression Effects on Porosity, Diffusion, Permeability, and Water Droplet Contact Angle of the Gas Diffusion Layer in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-14)The polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell is an electrochemical device that directly converts the chemical energy of hydrogen and oxygen into electricity with water and heat as byproducts. It is very promising to ... -
A series
(University of Waterloo, 2014-12-12)I have written a series of abstracts — an infinite string of summaries with formal and functional resemblances — none of which ended up in my thesis. The complication was that of practicality, none of the abstracts could ...