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DProvSQL: Accuracy-Aware Privacy Provenance Framework for Differentially Private SQL Engine
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-26)Recent years have witnessed the adoption of differential privacy (DP) in practical database query systems. Such systems, like PrivateSQL and FLEX, allow data analysts to query sensitive data while providing a rigorous and ... -
DRACA: Decision-support for Root Cause Analysis and Change Impact Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2009-12-23)Most companies relying on an Information Technology (IT) system for their daily operations heavily invest in its maintenance. Tools that monitor network traffic, record anomalies and keep track of the changes that occur ... -
Drag Queens and Farting Preachers: American Televangelism, Participatory Media, and Unfaithful Fandoms
(University of Waterloo, 2015-07-14)Studies of religion and fandom have generally considered sincere devotion a fundamental point of contact between the two cultural phenomena, an assumption not reflected in fan studies proper. This dissertation aims to ... -
Drag Reduction in Pipeline by Polymer-Surfactant and Polymer-Polymer Mixtures
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-30)Extensive researches have been conducted to investigate into the drag reduction behavior of the polymer-surfactant mixture and the polymer-polymer mixture. The drag reduction effect of PAM (polyacrylamide), PEO (polyethylene ... -
Drag Reduction with the Aid of Air Bubbles and Additives
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-21)The effect of additives on friction loss in upward turbulent flow was investigated in this experimental study. Additives such as air bubbles, frother and polymer were added to water flow to study their influence on the ... -
Drawing Accuracy, Quality and Expertise
(University of Waterloo, 2012-11-20)Drawing from a still-life is a complex visuomotor task. Nevertheless, experts depict three-dimensional subjects convincingly with two-dimensional images. Drawing research has previously been limited by its general dependence ... -
Drawing as an Encoding Tool: Generalizing to Emotional and More Complex Stimuli
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-27)Drawing, as an encoding strategy has been shown to provide robust memory benefits primarily to memory for list of words. Past research has also shown that emotional compared to neutral information is typically better ... -
Drawing Lines
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-22)My work uses process as a course of action that marks the death of moments through a continuous stream of consciousness. I metaphorically link disparate pieces of information to the human condition in order to present ... -
Drawing on the Margins of History: English-Language Graphic Narratives in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-26)This study analyzes the techniques that Canadian comics life writers develop to construct personal histories. I examine a broad selection of texts including graphic autobiography, biography, memoir, and diary in order to ... -
Drawing planar graphs with prescribed face areas
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-08)This thesis deals with planar drawings of planar graphs such that each interior face has a prescribed area. Our work is divided into two main sections. The rst one deals with straight-line drawings and the second one ... -
"Drawn towards the lens": Representations and Receptions of Photography in Britain, 1839 to 1853
(University of Waterloo, 2008-12-09)This dissertation studies the earliest years of photography’s invention. Attention to the earliest conceptions of photography reveals a more complex and contested understanding of the nature and significance of photographic ... -
Dreaming Space: Exploring the Transformative Power of Immersive Art and Architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-16)The role of art is to transform our experience of reality. This process often involves a quality of rupture; of breaking through the boundaries of our habitual, conditioned modes of perception in order to experience new ... -
Dreams in a Northern Landscape: The Reoccupation of Canada's North
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-02)The vision for this work first sprung from Farley Mowat’s book, Canada North Now, in which Mowat questions why Canada’s north has never been used for animal husbandry despite having the capacity for such a use. Harvey ... -
Dreams of Slaughter
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-02)A descent into the ravine is a step through a tear in urbanity. The terrain vague is a foil to the capitalist city; against a demand for order, specificity, and integration, it is disorienting, banal, erratic. Operating ... -
Dreissenid Mussels and Large Lakes: Effects on Littoral Ecology
(University of Waterloo, 2010-10-28)Invasive organisms are one of the major threats to the ecological integrity of aquatic systems in the 21st century. Among the most notorious and important aquatic invasive organisms are the dreissenid mussels, Dreissena ... -
Dried Blood Spot Fatty Acid Quantitation: Developing Methods for Determining Unknown Volumes, Identifying Contaminants and Assessing Fatty Acid Stability During Storage
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-12)Omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (n-3 LCPUFA) blood levels are a potential risk factor for coronary heart disease, particularly sudden cardiac death. Venipuncture sampling for fatty acid profiling is invasive, ... -
Drifting Outside of the City
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-27)There are spaces in Toronto where the city’s grid is forced to give way. Remnants of outdated infrastructure, deep geographic indentations, and natural elements appear, disrupting the constraints that govern our urban ... -
Drinking Water Softening/Scale Prevention Technology Assessment and Performance of Template Assisted Crystallization
(University of Waterloo, 2019-06-18)Hard water typically has a hardness concentration over 120 mg/L CaCO3. Hardness is not a regulated drinking water parameter and does not have severe health effects. However, hard water causes more soap and detergent ... -
Drinking Water Treatment Technology Resilience for Management of Severely Deteriorated Water after Wildfire
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-29)Severe wildland fire is occurring with increased frequency in many regions and can be potentially catastrophic for the provision of safe drinking water due to increasingly variable or deteriorated source quality. Deteriorated ... -
Driver Command Interpreter for Electric Vehicles: Development and Experiments
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-22)Electric-driven vehicles (EVs) are a relatively new topic in the area of alternative-fuel vehicles. EVs that have the capability for an independent wheel-drive system provide researchers and automakers with numerous benefits. ...