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Constraint-Guided Machine Learning for Solving Optimal Power Flow Problem
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-31)Due to the nonlinear and non-convex attributes of the optimization problems in power systems such as Optimal Power Flow (OPF), traditional iterative optimization algorithms require significant amount of time to converge ... -
Constructing an External Cavity Diode Laser for the Probing of Rydberg Excitons in Cu2O
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-05)Cuprous oxide (Cu2O) is a direct bandgap semiconductor that presents a promising platform for the implementation of a solid state quantum simulator. This promise is in part due to the presence of excitons in the material ... -
Constructing China’s National Food Security: Power, Grain Seed Markets, and the Global Political Economy
(University of Waterloo, 2019-07-19)What is China’s place in the global food system? This thesis provides an analytical lens to explain the factors behind the structure of China’s national seed industry and recent global agribusiness expansion. Scholars of ... -
Constructing Cospectral and Comatching Graphs
(University of Waterloo, 2019-07-18)The matching polynomial is a graph polynomial that does not only have interesting mathematical properties, but also possesses meaningful applications in physics and chemistry. For a simple graph, the matching polynomial ... -
Constructing Crime: Understanding the Roles, Functions and Claims-Making Activities of Media Relations Officers in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-22)Despite a growing body of prior research, little attention has been paid to media relations officers (MROs) and how media releases are constructed for the public. This research begins to address this gap by examining the ... -
Constructing Exact Correlators In N=4 SYM Using Integrability
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-09)This thesis is devoted to the study of correlation functions in N = 4 superconformal Yang- Mills theory. We focus on a class of four point functions for which we achieve formal results at finite coupling and explicit ... -
Constructing multilingual selves. Subjective perspectives on learning and living with German as a "heritage" language in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-14)Based on the perception that language students who have a family background in the target language differ from ‘typical’ foreign language learners in important ways, the phenomenon of what has been termed "heritage language ... -
Constructing Our Environments: A Material Comparison
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-12)Our built environment is constantly adapting to changing factors: technology, the state of the economy, material resource availability, and, in turn, environmental conditions. The latter has gained notable importance in ... -
Construction and Characterization of a Fine-Tuned Lytic Phage Display System
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-15)Bacteriophage (phage) Lambda (λ) has played a key historic role in driving our current understanding of molecular genetics. The lytic nature of this bacterial virus along with the conformation of its wild-type capsid protein ... -
Construction and characterization of a hybrid bacteriophage gene delivery platform
(University of Waterloo, 2022-04-26)Bacteriophages, viruses that specifically infect bacteria, may be considered as structurally simplistic protein-based vehicles for ferrying nucleic acid cargo. Since phages cannot infect nor replicate within human cells, ... -
Construction and Characterization of a Robust in vivo Technology for the Production of Superior DNA Vectors for Gene Therapy and Vaccination
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-27)Plasmid DNA (pDNA) vectors are the current conventional technology driving therapeutic gene transfer, whether for use toward mal/nonfunctional gene replacement, DNA vaccination, or production of therapeutic proteins in ... -
The construction and characterization of a synthetic SARS VLP comprised of betacoronavirus consensus sequence-encoded viral components
(University of Waterloo, 2022-12-22)In 2019, a novel coronavirus called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged from Wuhan, China leading to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although there was an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome ... -
CONSTRUCTION AND OPTIMIZATION OF A ssDNA VECTOR PRODUCTION SYSTEM FOR GENE THERAPY PLATFORM
(University of Waterloo, 2023-06-15)Viral capsid of Anellovirus and ssDNA reporter constructs carrying an anellovirus intergenic region were both produced separately in E. coli systems, purified and then mixed together in an in vitro system. At particular ... -
Construction Delay Analysis under Multiple Baseline Updates
(University of Waterloo, 2007-02-26)Due to the inherent risks and increasing complexity of modern construction projects, delays and cost overruns have become common facts in the industry. Researchers and practitioners have used many techniques to assess ... -
Construction Management Project Delivery Method: A Case Study of the Centre Block Rehabilitation Project
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-19)Buildings are no longer solely designed and the building of them overseen by architects during their construction. In a slow evolution over decades, the overall building process has transformed into a collaborative design ... -
Construction of a Shielded Thermal Hall Measurement Device
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-26)A shielded thermal Hall experimental setup is being constructed and is nearing completion. An existing conventional thermal conductivity experiment was retrofit to perform thermal Hall measurements, which included the ... -
Construction of Horizontal Wells in Municipal Solid Waste using a Directional Drill
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-21)Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) has been employed in many situations including cable lines under rivers and rehabilitation of pipelines under buildings and busy traffic. Within the context of a municipal landfill ... -
Construction of Optimal Tubular Networks in Arbitrary Regions in R^3
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-10)In this thesis, we describe various algorithms for the construction of tubular networks in an arbitrary three-dimensional region that possesses a principal direction along which the cross-section varies. The region can be ... -
Construction Scene Point Cloud Acquisition, Object Finding and Clutter Removal in Real Time
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-15)Within industrial construction, piping can constitute up to 50% of the cost of a typical project. It has been shown that across the activities involved in pipe fabrication, pipe fitting has the highest impact on the critical ... -
Construction Scheduling using Critical Path Analysis with Separate Time Segments
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-06)Project managers today rely on scheduling tools based on the Critical Path Method (CPM) to determine the overall project duration and the activities’ float times. Such data provide important information about the degree ...