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A Social-Pluralistic View of Science Advising
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-30)In this dissertation, I bring together two disciplines: Science, Technology, and Society studies and the Philosophy of Science, to develop a social-pluralistic account of science advising. I use three prominent theorists ... -
Socially and Spatially Aware Motion Prediction of Dynamic Objects for Autonomous Driving
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-17)The primary goal of this thesis project is to develop a robust object motion prediction framework enabling safe decision making for autonomous vehicles in various driving scenarios. Given the comparatively higher importance ... -
Society be Dammed!: A Terror Management Analysis of Water Infrastructure as a Conduit to Immortality
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-26)In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the conventional response to water scarcity was to develop large-scale water infrastructure, which has created wide-ranging social, economic, and ecological implications. I used ... -
The Socio-Cultural Side of Certification Programs: a Case Study of Green Globe in Barbados
(University of Waterloo, 2012-07-31)Certification programs have grown exponentially over the past decade to respond to the increasing demand for more green and sustainable modes of operation from the part of customers. These schemes can be used as powerful ... -
The Socio-ecohydrology of Rainwater Harvesting in India: Understanding Water Storage and Release Dynamics at Tank and Catchment Scales
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-02)Rainwater harvesting (RWH), the small-scale collection and storage of runoff for irrigated agriculture, is recognized as a sustainable strategy for ensuring food security, especially in monsoonal landscapes in the developing ... -
Socio-economic Metabolism of Canada: A case study of Biomass and Energy flows from 1990-2011
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-22)Canada is ranked eighth, both as one of world’s leading producer of food as well as consumer of world’s total primary energy supply. Furthermore, Canada is one of the largest biomass and energy exporter, playing an important ... -
A Socio-mathematical and Structure-Based Approach to Model Sentiment Dynamics in Event-Based Text
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-27)Natural language texts are often meant to express or impact the emotions of individuals. Recognizing the underlying emotions expressed in or triggered by textual content is essential if one is to arrive at an understanding ... -
The socio-political dimensions of sustainability transitions: Applying discursive approaches to examine energy transitions
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-13)In the IPCC’s (2018) Special Report on 1.5°C, international climate scientists emphasized that increased climate change is expected to impose considerable, wide-ranging impacts on natural and human systems. The Special ... -
A Socio-Psychological Approach to the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-25)Affect Control Theory (ACT), as a model of human interaction, attempts to capture a part of the human psyche that tends to go overlooked in the study of Artificial Intelligence: the role of emotion in decision making. It ... -
Socioculturally Focused Reclamation: Reimagining the Post-extraction Landscape of Giant Mine
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-15)Canada is a nation of extraction, a truism that predates its confederation and is as iconic as its fur trade. Though the modern reality of extraction differs widely from this historical archetype natural resources continue ... -
Socioeconomic metabolism of Biomass in Jamaica in the Context of Trade and National Food Security: A time series biophysical analysis (1961-2013).
(University of Waterloo, 2016-11-29)This thesis presents a novel study on the historical evolution of socioeconomic metabolism of biomass in Jamaica in the context of trade and national food security. The goal of this study was to provide empirical insight ... -
The Sockeye Special: Reimagining the Arbutus Corridor for a Resilient Vancouver
(University of Waterloo, 2018-02-22)An underutilized ribbon of land cuts through the urban fabric of Vancouver, British Columbia. Known as the Arbutus Corridor, it is the right of way for a rail line that once connected industry on opposite sides of the city. ... -
Sodium Chloride and Freezing Temperatures Increasing the Weathering of a Shale Bedrock Channel
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-05)Studies on erodibility in shale channels attribute slaking as the primary weathering mechanism, and consider chemical weathering mechanisms as a secondary agent (Tinkler and Parish, 1998). This research examines the roles ... -
A Soft Computing Based Approach for Multi-Accent Classification in IVR Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2009-03-04)A speaker's accent is the most important factor affecting the performance of Natural Language Call Routing (NLCR) systems because accents vary widely, even within the same country or community. This variation also occurs ... -
Soft Error Resistant Design of the AES Cipher Using SRAM-based FPGA
(University of Waterloo, 2011-02-17)This thesis presents a new architecture for the reliable implementation of the symmetric-key algorithm Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) in Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). Since FPGAs are prone to soft errors ... -
Soft Handoff in MC-CDMA Cellular Networks Supporting Multimedia Services
(University of Waterloo, 2004)An adaptive resource reservation and handoff priority scheme, which jointly considers the characteristics from the physical, link and network layers, is proposed for a packet switching Multicode (MC)-CDMA cellular network ... -
Soft Lithography for Applications in Microfluidic Thermometry, Isoelectric Focusing, and Micromixers
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-25)Microfluidics is gaining in importance due to its wide ranging benefits and applicability in chemical and biological analysis. Although traditional microfluidic devices are created with glass or silicon based fabrication ... -
Soft Materials under Air Blast Loading and Their Effect on Primary Blast Injury
(University of Waterloo, 2009-12-07)Injury from blast is significant in both military and civilian environments. Although injuries from blast are well-documented, the mechanisms of injury are not well understood. Developing better protection requires knowledge ... -
Soft Tissue Thickness and Composition surrounding the Proximal Femur
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-17)Introduction: In Canada, approximately 30 000 hip fractures occur each year. Hip fractures are associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and quality of life changes. Trochanteric soft tissues have been shown to ... -
SoftMAC in Heterogeneous Wireless Network
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-23)Wireless networks are growing exponentially by the steady improvement of its speed and quality. IEEE 802.11-based Wireless Local Area Networking (WLAN) has been developed for mobile computing devices in LANs, in a short ...