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Indexing Compressed Text
(University of Waterloo, 2003)As a result of the rapid growth of the volume of electronic data, text compression and indexing techniques are receiving more and more attention. These two issues are usually treated as independent problems, but approaches ... -
Indications of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblage recovery following wastewater treatment upgrades in the central Grand River
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-28)Treated effluent from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) can be a source of substantial nutrient and contaminant loading, altering water chemistry and ecological conditions in receiving waters. To meet new regulations and ... -
Indicators, domains, and scoring methods for a Canadian Community Sustainability Indicator Framework
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-23)The concept of sustainability has gained traction within Canadian planning efforts in recent years. As such, there is a need to measure progress toward sustainability goals; it was found that sustainability indicators are ... -
Indictments, Dismissals, and Obstruction – Republika Srpska: 1992 - 2011
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-10)This work details the transformation of the Republika Srpska from its foundation in 1992 to the election of Milorad Dodik as the entity's president in 2011. It covers the bloody birth of the RS and the role of its founders ... -
The Indigenous Ainu of Japan and the "Northern Territories" Dispute
(University of Waterloo, 2007-04-19)This thesis re-examines the territorial dispute between Japan and Russia, the so-called “Northern Territories” issue, through a reinterpretation of the role of the indigenous Ainu of Japan. An exploration of Ainu history ... -
Indigenous Guardian programs as a model for evaluating traditional land use in post-reclaimed sites
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-08)This thesis explores Indigenous Guardian programs as a model for monitoring post-reclaimed mine sites in Treaty 8 Territory, Alberta, Canada. As a joint research project between Fort McKay First Nation (FMFN), University ... -
Indigenous Intangible Cultural Heritage: Towards an Indigenous Approach to Canadian Heritage Management and Planning
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-17)Canada’s ‘official’ heritage is overwhelmingly comprised of designated buildings, monuments, landscapes, and streetscapes that reflect notable architectural styles or historic character, celebrated places, and key agents ... -
Indirect conversion amorphous selenium photodetectors for medical imaging applications
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-22)The innovative design of flat panel volume computed tomography (CT) systems has recently led to the emergence of a wide spectrum of new applications for both diagnostic and interventional purposes, such as ultra-high ... -
Indirect Quantum Control: An Implementation-Independent Scheme
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-17)The ability to control quantum systems rapidly as compared to their coherence times is a central requirement for most proposed quantum technologies, such as quantum computing and quantum metrology. Improving the ratio of ... -
Indium Antimonide Plasmonic Nanostructures for Tunable Terahertz Sources
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-23)In this work, procedures were successfully created and deployed for the development, characterization, and study of indium antimonide nanostructures as well as their terahertz plasmonic response. Using molecular beam ... -
Indium Thin Films in Multilayer Superconducting Quantum Circuits
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-03)The superconducting quantum computer is an implementation of the quantum computer and a current leader the field in terms of performance and potential for scalability to large systems. Its two main components are the ... -
Individual differences in recogn-eye-zing faces: Behavioural and neural underpinnings of face recognition in neurotypical and autistic adults
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-30)Attention to another’s eyes and face recognition are necessary building blocks for efficient social communication. Neurotypical adults show an attentional bias for the eye region and strong face recognition performance. ... -
Individual Human Rights: Reconciling Rights with Value Pluralism
(University of Waterloo, 2007-10-01)Abstract: This thesis examines the foundations of individual human rights. The general thought that informs the discussion is that rights and values are two different kinds of moral discourse. Hence, any attempt to simply ... -
Individual insurance choice: A stochastic control approach
(University of Waterloo, 2023-02-28)This thesis applies the stochastic control approach to study the optimal insurance strategy for three problems. The first problem studies the optimal non-life insurance for an individual exhibiting internal habit formation ... -
Individual Meanings, Co-Constructing Narratives of Identity and Community in Journeys with Schizophrenia
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-21)Through my previous journey as a recreation therapist in the mental health field I enabled a dominant narrative that favoured outcomes, independence, and pathological identities. I also envisioned community to be the ideal ... -
Individuality in balance control: Using conventional analytical & machine learning approaches to reveal person-specific differences in standing balance control.
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-31)The balance control system ensures that humans can perform tasks in a variety of postures despite bipedal stance being inherently unstable. It manages this instability by producing motor outputs that are appropriate to ... -
Individuals’ Knowledge and Behaviour in Water Governance: An Israeli Case Study of Female Water Research and Policy Professionals
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-26)Many social sciences recognize tacit knowledge, including its contextual and affective sources, as instrumental to professionals’ decision-making and behaviour. Utilization of individuals’ tacit knowledge was an identified ... -
Individuation: A Heroic Journey through the Canadian Shield
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-24)The thesis explores how elemental architecture in collaboration with the Shield can manifest a threshold condition in which a modern day hero myth can be enacted in the Canadian wilderness. Through the lens of Joseph ... -
Induced Binary Submatroids
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-21)The notion of induced subgraphs is extensively studied in graph theory. An example is the famous Gy\'{a}rf\'{a}s-Sumner conjecture, which asserts that given a tree $T$ and a clique $K$, there exists a constant $c$ such ... -
Induced-Charge Electrokinetic Motion of a Heterogeneous Particle and Its Corresponding Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2013-02-22)This thesis conducts numerical and experimental studies of the nonlinear electrokinetic motion of heterogeneous particles in microfluidic systems and their corresponding applications in laboratory-on-a-chip (LOC) systems. ...