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Microwave plasma synthesis of graphene and its laser-optical in situ characterization
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-27)Graphene and its derivatives possess exceptional electrical, mechanical, and thermal properties, which enable the use of these materials in numerous existing and emerging applications. Accordingly, large-scale graphene ... -
Microwave Quantum Optics using Giant Artificial Atoms and Parametrically Coupled Superconducting Cavities
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-28)Artificially engineered atoms, built using superconducting electrical circuits, have had a broad impact on the field of quantum information and quantum computing. Based on the Josephson effect, superconducting qubits have ... -
Midwives, Medicine, and the Reproductive Female Body in Manosque, 1289-1500
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-31)This paper examines midwives and their practice in the criminal and notarial records from the later-medieval Provencal town of Manosque. This town counted amongst its 5,000 Jewish and Christian inhabitants a relatively ... -
Migrants, Urban Village, and An Open Community - A Case of Yangji, Guangzhou, China
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-12)Massive migration is one the most significant phenomena of China’s urbanization. In the thirty years since the "Reform and Open Up" policy began, Guangzhou, as the center of the Pearl River Delta, has experienced significant ... -
Migration and Adolescence: The (Im-)Possibility of Transnational Agency in Alina Bronsky’s "Scherbenpark" (2008), Steven Uhly’s "Adams Fuge" (2011) and Martin Horváth’s "Mohr im Hemd oder wie ich auszog, die Welt zu retten" (2012)
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-31)This dissertation project examines the depiction of migration experience and adolescence in Alina Bronsky’s "Scherbenpark" (2008), Steven Uhly’s "Adams Fuge" (2011) and Martin Horváth’s "Mohr im Hemd oder wie ich auszog, ... -
Migration and Integration in Nairobi, Kenya: Refugee Rights, Social Capital, and Livelihoods in an Urban Environment
(University of Waterloo, 2014-10-27)Kenya has been a major hosting nation for refugees and asylum seekers from the Horn of Africa for the past two decades. Since the early 1990s, Kenya has operated under an encampment policy that mandates all refugees reside ... -
Migration Narratives from Third Wave Bulgarian Immigrants in London, Canada: Internalization of Balkanism and its Effects on Citizenship
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-24)Bai Ganio, a brash fictional character famous among Bulgarians who grew up during communism, has become something of an example of what not to do for Bulgarian immigrants to Canada aged thirty-five and up. Subconsciously, ... -
Migration of Applications across Object-Oriented APIs
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-31)Software developers often encapsulate reusable code as Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). The co-evolution of applications and APIs may motivate an API migration: the replacement of application dependencies to an ... -
Migration timing and overwintering habitat of anadromous Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) near Kugluktuk, Nunavut
(University of Waterloo, 2020-06-25)Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) is a key component of subsistence diets in Inuit communities across the Arctic. The Hamlet of Kugluktuk, in the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut, relies on the Coppermine River to support an ... -
The Millennial Generation in the Workplace
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-31)A new generation of recent graduates and young workers, the Millennials, have started entering the workforce within the last ten years and work alongside older generations, such as Generation Xers and Baby Boomers. The ... -
Millimeter-wave 39 GHz 4x4 Phased Antenna Array with Embedded Near-field Probing Antenna for Performance Enhancement
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-19)Beamforming arrays are a vital technology for millimeter-wave (mm-wave) wireless communication systems. A large amount of research and an increasing number of phased array prototypes have been developed which provide high ... -
Millimeter-Wave Band Pass Distributed Amplifier for Low-Cost Active Multi-Beam Antennas
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-21)Recently, there have been a great interest in the millimeter-wave (mmW) and terahertz (THz) bands due to the unique features they provide for various applications. For example, the mmW is not significantly affected by the ... -
Millimeter-Wave Reconfigurable CMOS-MEMS Integrated Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-18)The millimeter-wave spectrum has sparked interest recently as a promising alternative to meet bandwidth requirements for wireless local area networks, vehicular radars, short-range multi-Gb/s links, and next-generation ... -
Millimetre Wave Series Connected Doherty PA Using 45nm SOI Process
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-10)With the high demand for high data rate communication systems, it is expected that wireless networks will migrate into the unexploited millimeter-wave frequencies. This migration and the utilization of wide-band digitally ... -
The Mimetic Approach to Incompressible Surface Tension Flows
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-27)Water has many aesthetic properties that can have a strong impact on our perceptions. For instance, coffee can bring a feeling of liveliness, rain drops on a window may spark nostalgia, morning dew on a leaf can suggest ... -
The Mind of Modernity: Canadian Bilateral Foreign Assistance to India, 1950-60
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-02)This dissertation examines the history of Canada’s early bilateral foreign assistance program to India between 1950 and 1960. With Canada’s decision to join the Colombo Plan for Co-operative Economic Development in South ... -
Mind the GAP: Amenability Constants and Arens Regularity of Fourier Algebras
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-28)This thesis aims to investigate properties of algebras related to the Fourier algebra $A(G)$ and the Fourier-Stieltjes algebra $B(G)$, where $G$ is a locally compact group. For a Banach algebra $\cA$ there are two natural ... -
Mindful Physical Activity: A Pilot Study In The Context Of Walking To Public Transit
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-17)Objective: To describe the effect of mindfulness on perceived health, perceptions of transit walking and transit walking behaviours by using qualitative and quantitative methods in hopes of assessing the feasibility of ... -
Mindless Scroll: An Infinite Scroll Abstract Colouring App for Mindfulness
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-25)We design and evaluate Mindless Scroll, a mobile application for mindfulness that encourages a slow and deliberate approach to colouring. The app renders an infinite scroll of generated geometric tilings that reveal ... -
Mindmade Politics - The Role of Cognition in Global Climate Change Governance
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-20)This dissertation explores the role of cognition—the elements, structures and processes of individual and collective thought—in finding effective, cooperative solutions to climate change. It makes three contributions—theoretical, ...