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Taub-NUT Spacetime in the (A)dS/CFT and M-Theory
(University of Waterloo, 2005)In the following thesis, I will conduct a thermodynamic analysis of the Taub-NUT spacetime in various dimensions, as well as show uses for Taub-NUT and other Hyper-Kahler spacetimes. <br /><br /> Thermodynamic analysis ... -
Tax Aggressiveness and Shareholder Wealth: Evidence from Mergers and Acquisitions
(University of Waterloo, 2013-06-21)In this dissertation, I examine two related questions on whether and how tax aggressiveness of firms is associated with shareholder wealth in a new context – mergers and acquisitions (M&A). The first study investigates ... -
Tax Incentives in Corporate Acquisitions
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-30)In this dissertation, I examine tax incentives in corporate acquisitions. Reported tax losses or net operating losses (NOLs) under the United States (U.S.) income tax law have grown considerably in recent years. Yet, there ... -
Tax-Planning vs. Coordination: The Dual Role of Internal Capital Allocation
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-03)In this thesis, I examine how a multinational corporation (MNC) allocates capital among its international subsidiaries. This capital allocation has both a managerial and tax-planning objective. On the managerial side, it ... -
A Taylor polynomial expansion line search for large-scale optimization
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-29)In trying to cope with the Big Data deluge, the landscape of distributed computing has changed. Large commodity hardware clusters, typically operating in some form of MapReduce framework, are becoming prevalent for ... -
TCP Connection Management Mechanisms for Improving Internet Server Performance
(University of Waterloo, 2005)This thesis investigates TCP connection management mechanisms in order to understand the behaviour and improve the performance of Internet servers during overload conditions such as flash crowds. We study several ... -
Teachers' subjective perspectives on foreign language vocabulary learning and teaching
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-09)This study examines the beliefs and subjective theories teachers hold about vocabulary learning and teaching. Recent research into teacher cognition has repeatedly shown that teachers’ perspectives on languages, language ... -
Technical and Economic Assessment of Ground Source Heat Pump Systems (GSHPs) in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-28)Ground Source Heat Pump Systems (GSHPs) are one of the most promising clean and low-carbon source of geothermal renewable energy technologies for heating, ventilation and cooling of homes. Geothermal heat pump (GHP) ... -
Technical, Economic and Environmental Evaluation of Warm Mix Asphalt and Coloured Asphalt for Usage in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2016-12-15)Transportation services play an important role in the Canadian economy, and social activities as well as Canada's competitiveness in the global economy. As one of the most valuable systems of transportation in Canada, 90 ... -
Techniques and heuristics for improving the visual design of software agreements
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-10)End users must regularly agree to lengthy software agreements prior to installing software or using software services. However, despite the fact that these agreements contain terms of direct concern to users—e.g., data ... -
Techniques for Coherent Control of Effective Photon-Photon Interactions at Low Light Levels
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-01)This thesis proposes improvements on techniques for the coherent control of photon-photon interactions mediated by a cloud of cold atoms. Atoms cooled and trapped in a MOT can be loaded into a hollow, photonic crystal ... -
Techniques for creating ground-truthed sketch corpora
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-26)The problem of recognizing handwritten mathematics notation has been studied for over forty years with little practical success. The poor performance of math recognition systems is due, at least in part, to a lack of ... -
Techniques for Improving Numerical Secret Key Rates of Quantum Key Distribution Protocols
(University of Waterloo, 2023-10-24)Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) is a method for producing secure keys between two parties whose security does not rely on computational assumptions potentially breakable by quantum computers. However, physical constraints, ... -
Techniques for Proving Approximation Ratios in Scheduling
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-30)The problem of finding a schedule with the lowest makespan in the class of all flowtime-optimal schedules for parallel identical machines is an NP-hard problem. Several approximation algorithms have been suggested for ... -
Techniques for Quantum Computing
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-21)This thesis is about techniques for quantum computing. A common theme throughout this work is the examination of how quantum algorithms and protocols might be implemented in practice. I explore this question at the level ... -
Techniques in operator algebras: classification, dilation and non-commutative boundary theory
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-11)In this thesis we bring together several techniques in the theory of non-self-adjoint operator algebras and operator systems. We begin with classification of non-self-adjoint and self-adjoint operator algebras constructed ... -
Techniques of Side Channel Cryptanalysis
(University of Waterloo, 2001)The traditional model of cryptography examines the security of cryptographic primitives as mathematical functions. This approach does not account for the physical side effects of using these primitives in the real world. ... -
The Techno-Economic Potential of Power to Gas for Synthetic Natural Gas Production through Biogas Upgrading
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-28)Raw biogas can be upgraded to produce pipeline grade synthetic natural gas (SNG) via thermo-catalytic hydrogenation of CO2. This method reduces green house gas (GHG) emissions through offsetting fossil natural gas consumption ... -
Techno-Economic Study of CO<sub>2</sub> Capture from Natural Gas Based Hydrogen Plants<br><br>
(University of Waterloo, 2006)As reserves of conventional crude oil are depleted, there is a growing need to develop unconventional oils such as heavy oil and bitumen from oil sands. In terms of recoverable oil, Canadian oil sands are considered to ... -
Techno-Economic Study of CO<sub>2</sub> Capture Process for Cement Plants
(University of Waterloo, 2005)Carbon dioxide is considered to be the major source of GHG responsible for global warming; man-made CO<sub>2</sub> contributes approximately 63. 5% to all greenhouse gases. The cement industry is responsible for ...