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Methods for Reducing Monitoring Overhead in Runtime Verification
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-18)Runtime verification is a lightweight technique that serves to complement existing approaches, such as formal methods and testing, to ensure system correctness. In runtime verification, monitors are synthesized to check a ... -
Methods in Functional Data Analysis: Forecast Evaluation, Robust Serial Dependence Measures, and a Spatial Factor Copula Model
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-05)With advancements in technology, new types of data have become available, including functional data, which observations in the form of functions or curves rather than scalar or vector-valued quantities. This emerging area ... -
Methods in Modelling of Composite Materials with Microstructure
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-12)Composite material properties are dependent on their microstructure. To adequately model these materials, a revised formulation of elasticity that accounts for microstructural effects must be considered. Size dependent ... -
Methods of Characterizing Gas-Metal Arc Welding Acoustics for Process Automation
(University of Waterloo, 2005)Recent developments in material joining, specifically arc-welding, have increased in scope and extended into the aerospace, nuclear, and underwater industries where complex geometry and hazardous environments necessitate ... -
Methods of the Alignment-Relay Technique for Nanosystems: Optimization and Innovation
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-22)This manuscript details the achievements and the scientific evidence for the alignment of single-walled carbon nanotubes for field-effect transistor applications. There has been immense growth in the semiconducting industry ... -
Methylmercury Production in Riverbank Sediments of the South River, Virginia (USA) and Assessment of Biochar as a Mercury Treatment Option
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-24)Mercury (Hg) is a toxic element which bioaccumulates in the food chain when methylated and poses a health risk to the human population mainly through fish consumption. It is released into the environment through both ... -
Metolachlor and TCE Plume Characteristics in a Dolostone Aquifer Using a Transect
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Much is known about natural attenuation of contaminants in granular aquifers because many contaminant plumes in these aquifers have been intensively monitored with detailed sampling along cross sections positioned across ... -
Metrics for Evaluating Walking School Bus Programs: A Case Study of Waterloo Region, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-03)Normative planning concerns direct sustainable development planning; however, many assertions are made without empirical backing and discount many of the values and characteristics of today’s populations. A potentially ... -
The Micro Processes of International Norm Diffusion: The Case of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-08)The Geneva Conventions of the late 19th century began the pursuit of enshrining necessary human security and human rights standards in international law. Through continuous learning, international actors have expanded the ... -
Micro- and Nano-Topographies to Enhance Non-viral Transfection and Non-viral Neuronal Transdifferentiation of hMSCs
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-26)Transfection and direct conversion, which is referred to as “transdifferentiation” in this thesis, play significant roles in regenerative medicine research including gene therapy, vaccines, modeling of diseases and disorders, ... -
Micro- and Nanoplastics Removal through Drinking Water Treatment Processes: Insights from Published Investigations and Development of a Possible Regulatory Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-02)Micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) have emerged as significant environmental pollutants with potential implications for human health. The presence of MNPs in freshwater bodies, such as lakes, rivers, and sometimes groundwater, ... -
Micro-Additive Manufacturing of Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Based Gas Sensors for Diabetes Detection via Breath Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2021-03-15)Additive manufacturing (AM) is arousing more and more interest due to its flexibility to produce complex geometry, low fabrication cost and high material compatibility compared with conventional manufacturing. As a micro-scale ... -
Micro-electro-thermo-magnetic Actuators for MEMS Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2008-04-08)This research focuses on developing new techniques and designs for highly con- trollable microactuating systems with large force-stroke outputs. A fixed-fixed mi- crobeam is the actuating element in the introduced ... -
Micro-scale Studies on Hydrodynamics and Mass Transfer of Dense Carbon Dioxide Segments in Water
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-19)Microfluidic technologies have started to show their potential in assisting with the probes into the complicated mechanical-chemical interactions of multiphase fluids at microscale geometries (e.g., regular channels, porous ... -
Micro-Welding of Nitinol Shape Memory Alloy
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-30)Nitinol shape memory alloys have revolutionized many traditional engineering designs with the unique properties of pseudoelasticity and shape memory effect. At the present moment, primary fabrication processes for ... -
Microbial communities of wastewater in the Canadian Arctic
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-20)Wastewater management in the Canadian Arctic is challenging due to the extreme climate and lack of conventional treatment system infrastructure. To resolve these issues, most Northern communities use waste stabilization ... -
Microbial Community Compositional Stability in Agricultural Soils During Freeze-Thaw and Fertilizer Stress
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-22)Microbial activity persists in cold region agricultural soils during the fall, winter, and spring (i.e., non-growing season) and frozen condition, with peak activity during thaw events. Climate change is expected to change ... -
Microbial Composition and Functional Diversity in Waste Environments
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-09)Landfilling remains the most common endpoint of discarded waste. At landfill sites, waste is transformed and degraded by microbially mediated processes conducted by different trophic groups, comprised of members of a ... -
Microbial diversity and cellulosic capacity in municipal waste sites
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-25)Cellulose is the most abundant organic compound found on earth. Cellulose’s recalcitrance to hydrolysis is a major limitation to improving the efficiency of industrial applications. The biofuel, pulp and paper, agriculture, ... -
Microbial ecology of ammonia oxidation in the Grand River
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-28)The Grand River is the largest catchment in Southern Ontario and is heavily impacted by the results of human activities, including wastewater effluent and agricultural and urban runoff. Ammonia oxidation is an important ...