Browsing Theses by Title
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Martial Mind: Examining the Relationship among Martial Arts Participation, Identity, and Wellbeing
(University of Waterloo, 2010-11-10)For hundreds of years, supporters of the traditional Martial Arts have spoken of the ability to promote the personal development of the practitioner through serious training practices (Lu, 2008). The connection between ... -
Martingale Property and Pricing for Time-homogeneous Diffusion Models in Finance
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-09)The thesis studies the martingale properties, probabilistic methods and efficient unbiased Monte Carlo simulation methods for various time-homogeneous diffusion models commonly used in mathematical finance. Some of the ... -
Mary's Honour in The Protoevangelium of James
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-26)This thesis will argue that the Protoevangelium of James was an apologetic text written to demonstrate Mary’s ascribed and acquired honour. By establishing Mary’s honour the text also defends the honour of Jesus and early ... -
Masculinity in two reddit men’s communities: Feminism is foul, privilege is precarious, and being beta is bad.
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-29)TL;DR Work, social lives, and leisure practices are increasingly digitally mediated, and as more and more of our interactions move online, we seek out platforms and communities where we can share ideas and interact with ... -
Masked by Fire: A Pilot Study Analyzing Perimortem Ballistic Trauma in Burnt Remains
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-21)Fire is believed to destroy everything it comes into contact with, making it a popular choice for covering up crimes like murder. By warping and shrinking the bones, fire can pose quite a challenge to even the most experienced ... -
Masks and Caricatures: Prosopopoeia, Ethopoeia, and the Effect of Social Media on Canadian Political Leaders’ Debates
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-20)This dissertation examines the recent effect of social media on televised political leaders’ debates through the lens of ethos. It features two case studies from two Canadian federal elections: the 2015 Maclean’s Leaders’ ... -
Mass Housing for New Moscow
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-23)This thesis explores the highrise housing development industry within Moscow's recently expanded borders, where a large volume of what is commonly understood to be an outdated Soviet-era product continues to be built. The ... -
Mass Spectrometry Based De Novo Peptide Sequencing Error Correction
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-26)Extensive study has been conducted on the identification of peptide sequences with mass spectrometry. With the development of computer hardware and algorithms, de novo sequencing has drawn attention from researchers for ... -
Mass Transfer Mechanisms during the Solvent Recovery of Heavy Oil
(University of Waterloo, 2009-06-18)Canada has the second largest proven oil reserves next to Saudi Arabia which is mostly located in Alberta and Saskatchewan but is unconventional heavy oil and bitumen. The tar sands are found at the surface and are mined, ... -
Mass Transfer to/from Distributed Sinks/Sources in Porous Media
(University of Waterloo, 2006-12-18)This research addresses a number of fundamental issues concerning convective mass transfer across fluid-fluid interfaces in porous media. Mass transfer to/from distributed sinks/sources is considered for i) the slow ... -
Mass-Selected Infrared Multiple-Photon Dissociation as a Structural Probe of Gaseous Ion-Molecule Complexes
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-31)Mass-selected infrared multiple photon spectroscopy (IRMPD), Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) kinetic experiments, RRKM and electronic structure calculations have been performed in order to propose a ... -
Massive-Scale Agency
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-26)We are at a moment in time where technologies are developing at an accelerated pace, and information and communication technologies (ICTs) have advanced to a point where each of us carries a portal to insurmountable options ... -
The Master Equality Polyhedron: Two-Slope Facets and Separation Algorithm
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-11)This thesis presents our findings about the Master Equality Polyhedron (MEP), an extension of Gomory's Master Group Polyhedron. We prove a theorem analogous to Gomory and Johnson's two-slope theorem for the case of the ... -
Master Thesis Narrative Search for the Golden Spikes. Analyzing the Anthropocene in Theory and Fiction.
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-31)The term Anthropocene, according to an increasing number of scientists, describes the recent stadium of Earth History, having opened with the industrialization. Terminologically and conceptually, it refers to the triggering ... -
The Matching Augmentation Problem: A 7/4-Approximation Algorithm
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-23)We present a 7/4 approximation algorithm for the matching augmentation problem (MAP): given a multi-graph with edges of cost either zero or one such that the edges of cost zero form a matching, find a 2-edge connected ... -
Matching of Dental X-rays for Human Forensic Identification
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Dental records have been widely used as tools in forensic identification. With the vast volume of cases that need to be investigated by forensic odontologists, a move towards a computer-aided dental identification system ... -
Matching Rules and Market Share in an Electronic Trading Platform
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-04)In this thesis we study the problem of how to effectively manage and operate a market that attracts trading agents to compete for resources in it. In order to attract more agents to the market, the market needs to have ... -
Matchings and Covers in Hypergraphs
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-17)In this thesis, we study three variations of matching and covering problems in hypergraphs. The first is motivated by an old conjecture of Ryser which says that if $\mcH$ is an $r$-uniform, $r$-partite hypergraph which ... -
Matchings and games on networks
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-20)We investigate computational aspects of popular solution concepts for different models of network games. In chapter 3 we study balanced solutions for network bargaining games with general capacities, where agents can ... -
Matchings and Representation Theory
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-20)In this thesis we investigate the algebraic properties of matchings via representation theory. We identify three scenarios in different areas of combinatorial mathematics where the algebraic structure of matchings gives ...