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Explaining Expert Search and Team Formation Systems with ExES
(University of Waterloo, 2024-05-06)Expert search and team formation systems operate on collaboration networks with nodes representing individuals, labeled with their skills, and edges denoting collaboration relationships. Given a query corresponding to a ... -
Explaining the Mind: The Embodied Cognition Challenge
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-15)This thesis looks at a relatively new line of research in Cognitive Science – embodied cognition. Its relation to the computational-representational paradigm, primarily symbolicism, is extensively discussed. It is argued ... -
Explaining the Paradox: Canada’s Position in the Agricultural Trade Negotiations of the Uruguay and Doha Rounds
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-06)The Canadian government has been holding an inconsistent position in the agricultural trade negotiations of both the Uruguay and Doha rounds. It has been advocating for freer agricultural trade while defending its supply ... -
Explications et sensibilité : Le portrait des troubles mentaux dans certains albums illustrés francophones pour enfants
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-23)Cette thèse propose que l’album illustré joue un rôle déterminant dans l’évolution des représentations socioculturelles des troubles mentaux. Quand la société ne fournit pas d’explications suffisantes pour aider les enfants ... -
Explicit Runge-Kutta time-stepping with the discontinuous Galerkin method
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-20)In this thesis, the discontinuous Galerkin method is used to solve the hyperbolic equations. The DG method discretizes a system into a semi-discrete system and a system of ODEs is obtained. To solve this system of ODEs ... -
Exploitation of Redundant Inverse Term Frequency for Answer Extraction
(University of Waterloo, 2002)An automatic question answering system must find, within a corpus,short factual answers to questions posed in natural language. The process involves analyzing the question, retrieving information related to the question, ... -
Exploiting Mobile Energy Storages for Overload Mitigation in Smart Grid
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-09)The advancement of battery and electronic technologies pushes forward transportation electrification, accelerating the commercialization and prevalence of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs). The development of PEVs is closely ... -
Exploiting Structure in Backtracking Algorithms for Propositional and Probabilistic Reasoning
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-03)Boolean propositional satisfiability (SAT) and probabilistic reasoning represent two core problems in AI. Backtracking based algorithms have been applied in both problems. In this thesis, I investigate structure-based ... -
Exploiting the Computational Power of Ternary Content Addressable Memory
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-30)Ternary Content Addressable Memory or in short TCAM is a special type of memory that can execute a certain set of operations in parallel on all of its words. Because of power consumption and relatively small storage ... -
Exploiting the Potential of Carbon Nanotubes and Fullerenes Through their Interaction with Specially Designed π-Conjugated Iptycenes
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-23)Electronics have become integrated into every aspect of modern life, from work to leisure we rely on electronics for key tasks in our daily routine. Recent research efforts have seen a push towards flexible electronic ... -
Exploiting the Properties and Reactivity of Thiazoles in the Design of Conjugated Materials.
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-13)Of fundamental importance to the advancement of next-generation technologies using organic electronic materials is the development of new synthetic methodologies and the investigation of novel material properties. Thiazoles ... -
Exploiting Token and Path-based Representations of Code for Identifying Security-Relevant Commits
(University of Waterloo, 2020-07-15)Public vulnerability databases such as CVE and NVD account for only 60% of security vulnerabilities present in open-source projects and are known to suffer from inconsistent quality. Over the last two years, there has been ... -
Exploration and Optimization of Tellurium-Based Thermoelectrics: Property enhancements through heavy p-block inclusions and complex bonding.
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-23)Thermoelectric materials are the only known materials capable of direct conversion of a heat gradient into electricity (Seebeck effect) or vice-versa (Peltier effect). Thermoelectric (TE) devices are comprised of solid-state ... -
An Exploration into Biomimicry and its Application in Digital & Parametric [Architectural] Design
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Biomimicry is an applied science that derives inspiration for solutions to human problems through the study of natural designs, systems and processes. This thesis represents an investigation into biomimicry and includes ... -
Exploration of acetate as a feedstock for propionate production in engineered Escherichia coli
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-29)With a relatively low reductance, acetate is considered as a poor and uncommon carbon source for microbial production and, therefore, the production strains will require major strain engineering for effective utilization ... -
An Exploration of Clustering Statistics and Tidal Alignments in the Context of Group Catalogues
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-04)The use of three-dimensional galaxy surveys and large cosmological simulations of the galaxy distribution has advanced our understanding of large-scale structure over the last few decades. At the forefront of this are ... -
An Exploration of Context, Food and Diet among Indigenous Youth Across Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2021-03-01)INTRODUCTION: Adolescence is a critical stage in the life course and inadequate cognitive, physical and social development during this time can have long-term, adverse effects on individuals, groups, and societies. The ... -
An Exploration of Destination Brand Love among Theme-Park Based Tourists and Excursionists
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-13)“Love” towards a brand functions as one critical component of customer brand relationships (CBRs) (Fetscherin & Heinrich, 2015; Fournier, 1998). Brand love is an under-researched but increasingly important marketing construct ... -
An Exploration of Factors that Influence Post-Varsity Sport Participation: The Case of Former Ontario University Athletic (OUA) volleyball players
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-01)The purpose of this study was to explore factors that predict post-varsity sport-participation among a sample of former OUA volleyball players. Specifically, this thesis explored relationships among the facets if enduring ... -
Exploration of Higher-Order Quantum Interference Landscapes
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-31)Earth, Moon and Sun unite when they star together in the three-body problem, whose intricate plot still baffles us today. For some reason, the factorization of the two-body problem into two one-body problems does not, in ...