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Correlation Functions of Heavy Operators in AdS/CFT
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-15)In this thesis we investigate the holographic dual description of correlation functions of heavy operators in conformal field theory. These heavy operators have scaling dimension that scales with the CFT central charge in ... -
Correlation harvesting in the presence of Unruh and Hawking effects
(University of Waterloo, 2023-07-14)Quantum field theory (QFT) in curved spacetime is a study of quantum fields under the influence of the relativistic motion of particles or spacetime curvature. The famous outcomes of this subject are the Unruh and Hawking ... -
Correlation of Tensile Strength to Flexural Rupture Modulus of GFRP Bars
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-04)Glass fibre reinforcing polymer (GFRP) bars are becoming a more comparable alternative to steel rebar used as tensile reinforcement for concrete, due to their cost effectiveness compared to other alternatives. GFRP has ... -
Correspondence Colouring and its Applications to List Colouring and Delay Colouring
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-28)In this thesis, we study correspondence colouring and its applications to list colouring and delay colouring. We give a detailed exposition of the paper of Dvořák, and Postle introducing correspondence colouring. Moreover, ... -
Corrosion of Alternative Grades of Reinforcing Steel in Concrete
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-27)Reinforcing steel in concrete has been used for many years in roads, bridges and other structures to give strength and durability; concrete has only good compressive strength and reinforcing steel gives the tensile strength ... -
Corrosion of reinforcing steel in loaded cracked concretes exposed to de-icing salts
(University of Waterloo, 2003)The corrosion of the reinforcing steel in concrete by de-icing salts is one of the major issues concerning the durability of reinforced concrete. Different methods have been used to protect the reinforcing steel, but ... -
Corrosion Study of Silver Nanowires
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-18)Indium tin oxide is a transparent conductive material that is widely used in electronic consumer products such as LCDs, LEDs, OLEDs, touch-screen devices, and diagnostic sensors. However, indium tin oxide is costly to ... -
Cortical activations underlying human bipedal balance control
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-25)Human bipedal balance is a complex sensorimotor task controlled by the central nervous system. Balance impairments, caused by aging or neuromuscular diseases, often lead to falls which are one of the leading causes of ... -
Cortical Activity Associated With Changes in Sensory Contributions During Standing Balance Control
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-28)Maintenance of safe upright static stance regardless of sensory input is imperative for completing activities of daily living required for high quality of life. The current body of work aims to the potential involvement ... -
Cortical and behavioural adaptations induced by bimanual movement training: an electrophysiological study in the healthy population
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-30)Bimanual movement training (BMT) of the upper extremity has been found to improve sensorimotor function of the stroke affected limb for some patients; however, the neurophysiological mechanism underlying behavioural ... -
Cortical Dynamics Associated with Freezing of Gait and its Severity in Parkinson's Disease: An Integrative EEG-Based Analysis for Biomarkers and Detection
(University of Waterloo, 2024-02-02)Freezing of gait (FOG) is a complex and debilitating gait disturbance in Parkinson's disease (PD) that significantly impacts mobility and quality of life in PD patients. FOG affects approximately 86.5% of individuals with ... -
Cosmic Acceleration As Quantum Gravity Phenomenology
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-22)The discovery of cosmic acceleration has prompted the need for a new understanding of cosmology. The presence of this acceleration is often described as the dark energy problem or the Lambda problem.The simplest explanation ... -
Cosmic Atoms: from Causal Sets to Clusters
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-19)This thesis is a collection of works which seek to address certain aspects of the following puzzles: quantum gravity, initial conditions of the universe, the cosmological constant problem, and baryonic processes in clusters ... -
Cosmographia Metallica
(University of Waterloo, 2009-05-20)In his book The Living Rock, historian A.J. Wilson writes, “The history of metals is the history of civilization”. From its beginnings in simple toolmaking, to modern-day machinery and weapons, the development of metallurgy ... -
Cosmological beam plasma instabilities
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-24)Blazars are the main source of extragalactic very high energy gamma-rays. These gamma rays annihilate on the extragalactic background light, producing electron-positron pair beams with TeV energies. The pair beams are very ... -
Cosmological Results and Implications in Effective DGP
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-26)We study a simple extension of the decoupling limit of boundary effctive actions for the Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati model, by covariantizing the π lagrangian and coupling to gravity in the usual way. This extension agrees ... -
Cosmological Tests of Causal Set Phenomenology
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-20)Causal Set Theory is an approach to Quantum Gravity that postulates that the fundamental structure of a spacetime manifold is a Lorentz Invariant discrete structure endowed with a causal order from which the geometry and ... -
Cosmology with Cluster Structural Properties
(University of Waterloo, 2023-06-23)Galaxy clusters are massive objects composed of hundreds or thousands of galaxies, hot gas and an extended dark matter (DM) halo. They are the largest gravitationally bound structures in the Universe. As such, they result ... -
Cost Analysis of Query-Anonymity on the Internet of Things
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-06)A necessary function of the Internet of Things (IoT) is to sense the real-world from the fabric of everyday environments. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are widely deployed as part of IoT for environmental sensing, ... -
Cost and Benefit of Embedded Feature Annotation: A Case Study
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-19)In software industry, organizations often need to develop a set of similar software-intensive systems in order to satisfy different requirements of customers. In the literature, it has been traditionally recommended that ...