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Ultraviolet Sizes and Morphology of Galaxies in the Coma Cluster
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-25)We present a study of the Coma cluster using ultraviolet (UV) imaging obtained using the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope. We discuss methods for measuring sizes and morphology of galaxies in the UV. Several cluster galaxies ... -
Un pastiche de l’écrivain québécois Jacques Poulin
(University of Waterloo, 2015-06-01)Ce projet de pastiche a commencé à l’été 2014 pendant mon cours indépendant avec le professeur François Paré sur les œuvres de Jacques Poulin. Mon récit, dont les premières pages ont été écrites pendant ce cours, s’inspire ... -
(Un)canny Spaces: The Unbecoming of Everyday Architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-13)Beginning in the late eighteenth century, socioeconomic changes due to rapid urbanization defined a clear demarcation between public and private realms. In opposition to the chaotic milieu of the cities, the notion of home ... -
[un] Shaded Territories: a design for women empowerment in rural Pakistan.
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-06)The separation between Pakistan and India in 1947 was a direct result of the struggle between two different religious groups in the region; Hindus, and Muslims. Of all the provinces split, Punjab was the only one province ... -
Unavoidable Minors of Large 5-Connected Graphs
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-24)This thesis shows that, for every positive integer $n \geq 5$, there exists a positive integer $N$ such that every $5-$connected graph with at least $N$ vertices has a minor isomorphic to one of thirty explicitly defined ... -
Unbearable Fruits
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-27)Counter to my bodily instincts, abstract writing demands we make something evident in the interest of time (Loveless, 2019). I’ve been state power, settler colonialism, neighbourhood change and/or gentrification, queer ... -
Unbiased Statistical Estimation and Valid Confidence Intervals Under Differential Privacy
(University of Waterloo, 2022-07-13)We present a method for producing unbiased parameter estimates and valid confidence intervals under the constraints of differential privacy, a formal framework for limiting individual information leakage from sensitive ... -
The Unbounded School: Education Beyond the Walls
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-19)Public education has long been a tool for state authorities to establish and indoctrinate societal moral and civic standards, a stance that has shifted in modern society. In Canada, provincial public education systems have ... -
Uncertain Memory
(University of Waterloo, 2016-06-24)"Uncertain Memory" features a series of figurative oil paintings on canvas and paper inspired by photographs from my family archive. My paintings are developed in stages; beginning with a process of mining and selecting ... -
Uncertainty Analysis and Control of Multiscale Process Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-13)Microelectronic market imposes tight requirements upon thin film properties, including specific growth rate, surface roughness and thickness of the film. In the thin film deposition process, the microscopic events determine ... -
Uncertainty Analysis and Robust Optimization of a Single Pore in a Heterogeneous Catalytic Flow Reactor System
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-31)Catalytic systems are crucial to a wide number of chemical production processes, and as a result there is significant demand to develop novel catalyst materials and to optimize existing catalytic reactor systems. These ... -
Uncertainty Analysis and the Identification of the Contaminant Transport and Source Parameters for a Computationally Intensive Groundwater Simulation
(University of Waterloo, 2009-05-15)Transport parameter estimation and contaminant source identification are critical steps in the development of a physically based groundwater contaminant transport model. Due to the irreversibility of the dispersion process, ... -
The Uncertainty Model of Boredom and Self-Control Failure: How Ambient Uncertainty Influences Affect and Behaviour during Unrelated Goal Pursuit
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-04)Integrating basic theories of motivation, boredom and self-regulation, in this dissertation, I present the Uncertainty Model of Boredom and Self-Control Failure (UM-B-SCF). The UM-B-SCF proposes that motivational states ... -
THE UNCERTAINTY THAT SHAPES THE OPERATIONS OF HEALTH-FOCUSED NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS IN VIETNAM
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-31)Objective: This research project explores how uncertainty shapes NGOs operating in the health sector in relation to other institutions, and how NGOs strategize to maintain their image and survive under uncertain conditions, ... -
Uncommon Places: The Multimodal Art of Embodied Invention
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-02)This dissertation develops the concept of embodied invention, an epistemology and design philosophy that treats multimodal media—such as comics and videogames—as heuristics for translating knowledges between bodies, ... -
Unconditionally Secure Cryptography: Signature Schemes, User-Private Information Retrieval, and the Generalized Russian Cards Problem
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-23)We focus on three different types of multi-party cryptographic protocols. The first is in the area of unconditionally secure signature schemes, the goal of which is to provide users the ability to electronically sign ... -
Uncontrollable Beauty
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-30)Uncontrollable Beauty examines the role beauty and taste play in commoditization and monetization of art within contemporary Western culture. This body of work is predicated on the notion of ‘good taste’ and explores this ... -
Unconventional Applications of Compiler Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-30)Previously, compiler transformations have primarily focused on minimizing program execution time. This thesis explores some examples of applying compiler technology outside of its original scope. Specifically, ... -
=und wenn_s nun mal heißt dass die männer mehr leistung BRINgen?: An interactional to the functions of the modal particle „nun mal“ approach
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-30)Human interaction is mainly based on conversation. Without conversations, we would not be able to communicate with each other. To communicate, we use words and each word has different and specific meaning. In the German ... -
Under a Willow Tree: Demonstrating the Use of Creative Writing in Understanding Architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-02)How might our personal state of mind change how space is perceived? At a very emotionally heightened moment, like when someone is dying, how might two people standing in the same room see it differently? This is a thought ...