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Granular Activated Carbon for the Removal of Seasonally Present Microcystin-LR
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-20)Microcystin-LR (MC-LR) is a potent hepatotoxin, produced by cyanobacteria. MC-LR is the most commonly regulated cyanotoxin. MC-LR typically occurs seasonally in late summer in temperate regions, such as the North American ... -
Granular Filtration of Airborne NaCl Nanoparticles and Carbon Nanotubes
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-04)Filtration is one of the primary technologies for nanoparticle control. However, conventional filtration techniques are evaluated mostly for solid mass removal and do not show promising effectiveness for filtration of ... -
A graph based approach for formal verification of Galois field multipliers
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-22)Data transfer between devices has increased rapidly with improvements in technology and the internet. To protect data from hackers, data is encrypted using methods of cryptography. To make the process of encryption faster, ... -
Graph C*-algebras and the Abelian Core
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-26)We may associate to a C*-algebra to the directed graph E by associating edges to partial isometries and vertices to pairwise orthogonal Hilbert spaces which satisfy some additional conditions. Such graph algebras were first ... -
Graph Coverings with Few Eigenvalues or No Short Cycles
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-18)This thesis addresses the extent of the covering graph construction. How much must a cover X resemble the graph Y that it covers? How much can X deviate from Y? The main statistics of X and Y which we will measure are their ... -
Graph Editing to a Given Neighbourhood Degree List is Fixed-Parameter Tractable
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-26)Graph editing problems have a long history and have been widely studied, with applications in biochemistry and complex network analysis. They generally ask whether an input graph can be modified by inserting and deleting ... -
Graph Locality Prefetcher for Graph Database
(University of Waterloo, 2015-04-30)This work presents a hardware prefetcher to improve the performance of accessing graph data representing large and complex networks. We represent complex networks as graphs, and queries amount to traversals on the graph. ... -
Graph Morphing via Orthogonal Box Drawings
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-18)Abstract: A graph is a set of vertices, with some pairwise connections given by a set of edges. A graph drawing, such as a node-link diagram, visualizes a graph with geometric features. One of the most common forms of a ... -
Graph-Based Fracture Models for Rigid Body Explosions
(University of Waterloo, 2005)Explosions are one of the most powerful and devastating natural phenomena. The pressure front from the blast wave of an explosion can cause fracture of objects in its vicinity and create flying debris. In this thesis, ... -
Graph-Based Mapping for Knowledge Transfer in General Game Playing
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-17)General game playing (GGP) is a field of reinforcement learning (RL) in which the rules of a game (i.e. the state and dynamics of an RL domain) are not specified until runtime. A GGP agent must therefore be able to play ... -
Graph-Based Model For Distribution Systems: Application To Planning Problem
(University of Waterloo, 2015-02-18)Distribution system engineers analyze distribution systems and operate them to minimize the costs of delivery of power while satisfying customers and imposed constraints such as voltage limits, congestion, system losses, ... -
Graph-Based Power Flow Solution Methods for Electric Power Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-26)For over half a century, Power Flow (PF) and its optimized version, Optimal Power Flow (OPF), has become one of the most important and widely used tools in power system planning, operational planning, and operation/control. ... -
Graph-Based Spatial-Temporal Cluster Evolution: Representation, Analysis, and Implementation
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-28)Spatial-temporal data are information about real-world entities that exist in a location, the spatial dimension, and during a period of time, the temporal dimension. These real-world entities, such as vehicles, people, or ... -
Graph-theoretic Properties of Control Flow Graphs and Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-25)This thesis deals with determining appropriate width parameters of control flow graphs so that certain computationally hard problems of practical interest become efficiently solvable. A well-known result of Thorup states ... -
Graph-theoretic Sensitivity Analysis of Dynamic Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-09)The main focus of this research is to use graph-theoretic formulations to develop an automated algorithm for the generation of sensitivity equations. The idea is to combine the benefits of direct differentiation with that ... -
Graph-Theoretic Techniques for Optimizing NISQ Algorithms
(University of Waterloo, 2024-02-15)Entering the NISQ era, the search for useful yet simple quantum algorithms is perhaps of more importance now than it may ever be in the future. In place of quantum walks, the quantum Fourier transform, and asymptotic results ... -
A Graph-Transformation Modelling Framework for Supervisory Control
(University of Waterloo, 2016-06-10)Formal design methodologies have the potential to accelerate the development and increase the reliability of supervisory controllers designed within industry. One promising design framework which has been shown to do so ... -
Grapheme-Colour Synaesthesia Influences Overt Visual Attention
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-17)Synaesthesia is a fascinating condition in which ordinary stimuli elicit extraordinary sensory experiences. For example, specific tastes may elicit unusual tactile sensations and standard black letters may elicit highly ... -
Graphene and Glass Flake Nanocomposites Coatings for Corrosion Mitigation in Chloride Rich Environments
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-02)Inspired by the needs for the preparation of protective coatings with enhanced protection properties especially corrosion resistance in the oil and gas industry, the research focuses on the synthesis and the evaluation of ... -
Graphene Based Membranes for High Salinity, Produced Water Treatment by Pervaporation Separation
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-13)Petroleum industries generate huge volumes of wastewater that is associated with oil and gas during extraction, known as produced water. It accounts for 98% of the amount extracted, and comprises diverse pollutants of ...