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Temporospatial Context-Aware Vehicular Crash Risk Prediction
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-29)With the demand for more vehicles increasing, road safety is becoming a growing concern. Traffic collisions take many lives and cost billions of dollars in losses. This explains the growing interest of governments, academic ... -
The Ten Stone Ranges Structural Complex of the central Mackenzie Mountains fold-and-thrust belt: a structural analysis with implications on the Plateau Fault and regional detachment level
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-01)The Cordilleran Orogen affected majority of the western margin of ancient continental North America in the Cretaceous, which is well recorded in the Foreland Belt. The Mackenzie Mountains fold-and-thrust belt is located ... -
Tenant perceptions of drifting environmental tobacco smoke in multi-unit dwellings
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-20)Background and Objectives: Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is widely recognized as a serious health hazard. No safe level of exposure to ETS has been identified (USDHHS, 2006; WHO, 2007). The importance of smoke-free ... -
Tenants' Right of Return: Early Experiences from Toronto's Regent Park Redevelopment
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-28)Starting around the 1950s, the creation of public housing projects through the North American Urban Renewal period had a tremendous impact on lower income households and racialized minorities. The development of public ... -
Tenderly and Fearfully Made
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-23)This paper is a reflection on my research into line in space, and how the contemporary Modernist white cube gallery operates as a inhabited space for this research. -
Tennis spectator loyalty when life gets in the way
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-17)ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to understand constraints to tennis spectating and constraints negotiation therein. The primary research questions were related to the changing nature of spectating experience, ... -
Tensile High Strain Rate Behavior of AZ31B Magnesium Alloy Sheet
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-31)In an effort to improve the fuel efficiency of automobiles, car designers are investigating new materials to reduce the overall vehicle weight. Magnesium alloys are good candidates to achieve that weight reduction due in ... -
Tensile-Flexural Behaviour of Carbon-Fibre Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) Prestressing Tendons Subjected to Harped Profiles
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-15)External post-tensioning can provide an effective structural reinforcement system for the design of new concrete structures and for the strengthening of existing structures. In most cases, the structural effectiveness of ... -
Tensor Networks and the Renormalization Group
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-24)Tensor networks are a class of methods for studying many-body systems. They give a geometrical description of the internal structure of many-body states, operators, and partition functions, that can be used to implement ... -
Tensor networks, quantum spin chains, and quantum field theory
(University of Waterloo, 2020-07-07)Understanding the universality class of continuous phase transition is of central importance in condensed matter physics. In one spatial dimension, the universal properties are encoded in the conformal field theory (CFT), ... -
Tensors: Entanglement, Geometry, and Combinatorics
(University of Waterloo, 2022-04-26)In this thesis, we use algebraic-geometric and combinatorial techniques to study tensor decompositions, with applications in quantum information theory, algebraic complexity theory, and algebraic statistics. A tensor is a ... -
The Tenth Big Move: Towards the Optimal Modal Split
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-12)The Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) is currently experiencing a crippling traffic congestion problem. With an average daily commute time of 82 minutes, residents experience some of the longest commute times in ... -
Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers: towards high performance operation
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-16)Terahertz (THz) frequency range (wavelength of 300-30 μm, frequency of 1-10 THz and photon energy of ~4-40meV), the gap between infrared and microwave electromagnetic waves, have remained relatively unexplored for a long ... -
Terahertz Sensors Using Surface Waves in Periodic Metallic Structures
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-23)Terahertz range of frequency has found a fast growing number of applications in material characterization and sensing, imaging and extreme bandwidth communication. Different structures have been proposed for sensing at ... -
Terahertz Surface Plasmon Polariton-like Surface Waves for Sensing Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2009-07-30)Surface plasmon polaritons are electromagnetic surface waves coupled to electron plasma oscillation of metals at a metal-dielectric interface. At optical frequencies, these modes are of great interest because of their high ... -
Terahertz Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor for Material Sensing
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-25)Terahertz wave (THz) is comprised of electromagnetic waves carrying frequencies from 0.1 to 30 THz. Terahertz radiation has the ability to interact with a wide range of materials, such as plastic and paper, and to provide ... -
Territoriality and Behaviour On and Around Large Vertical Publicly-Shared Displays
(University of Waterloo, 2012-06-07)Large displays and information kiosks are becoming increasingly common installations in public venues to provide an efficient self-serve means for patrons to access information and/or services. They have evolved over a ... -
The tertiary amide and carbamoyloxy groups in aromatic directed metalation synthesis of polysubstituted benzene and pyridine derivatives
(University of Waterloo, 2014-06-04)Includes bibliographical references. -
Tessellating Algebraic Curves and Surfaces Using A-Patches
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-16)This work approaches the problem of triangulating algebraic curves/surfaces with a subdivision-style algorithm using A-Patches. An implicit algebraic curve is converted from the monomial basis to the bivariate Bernstein-Bezier ... -
Test Chip Design for Process Variation Characterization in 3D Integrated Circuits
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-23)A test chip design is presented for the characterization of process variations and Through Silicon Via (TSV) induced mechanical stress in 3D integrated circuits. The chip was de- signed, layed-out, and taped-out for ...