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Missing Persons and Social Exclusion
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-02)People who go missing are often perceived to have done so voluntarily, and yet, many missing persons in Canada are Aboriginal, visible minorities, homeless, and are fleeing from violence, abuse, and neglect. Integrating ... -
A missing piece of the puzzle: Health care providers’ experiences supporting older homeless adults in outreach settings
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-18)BACKGROUND: The older homeless population in Canada is on the rise. Older homeless adults often face multiple health and social challenges, as well as have distinct service needs. While more research is emerging on the ... -
Mit Texttieren jenseits der Grenze des Schweigens sprechen. Sprachkrise, Machtdiskurse und eine Poetologie des Offenen in der deutschsprachigen Nachkriegsliteratur am Beispiel Wolfdietrich Schnurres, Guenter Eichs und Ilse Aichingers
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-21)In this dissertation I analyze how the postwar German writers Wolfdietrich Schnurre, Günter Eich, and Ilse Aichinger negotiate anthropocentric and speciesist discourses via animal figures by drawing on such posthumanist ... -
MIT/PCM-based RF Switches for Tunable Filter Application
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-23)Tunable filters are promising for reducing the size of communication systems by replacing switch filter bank, also they are gaining more attention for satellite applications which will need to change the frequency bands. ... -
Mitbach Megasher: Israel's Immigration, Gastronomy, and Design
(University of Waterloo, 2017-12-07)Israel, being the Jewish emigration nation, welcomed over 3.7 million people in the last century. The vast intake of new immigrants from various ethnicities and cultures created ample strains on the Israeli government. ... -
Mitigating Agricultural Impacts from Field to Stream: Optimizing Biochar Field Amendments and Novel Denitrifying Bioreactors for Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-01)Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions resulting from agricultural activities are a major contributor to total emissions in Canada and around the world. The application of synthetic and animal-manure fertilizers is common practice ... -
Mitigating Fiber Nonlinearity with Machine Learning
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-20)Nowadays, optical communication transmission is based mainly on optical fiber networks. Increasing demands for higher-capacity systems are hampered by signal distortions due to nonlinear effects of the commercial optic ... -
Mitigating Human-Wildlife Conflict: social and ecological dimensions of snow leopard-livestock conflict in Shey Phoksundo National Park
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-28)Human-wildlife conflict is one of the world’s leading conservation challenges. Carnivores are often found at the forefront of these conflicts with humans, and livestock depredation as a leading cause of conflict between ... -
Mitigating the Uncertainty and Imprecision of Log-Based Code Coverage Without Requiring Additional Logging Statements
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-01)Understanding code coverage is an important precursor to software maintenance activities (e.g., better testing). Although modern code coverage tools provide key insights, they typically rely on code instrumentation, resulting ... -
Mitigation of Climate Change Impacts on Runway Friction Kuujjuaq Airport
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-17)In response to global climate change, Transport Canada has initiated a Climate Change Adaptation Study in order to provide an opportunity to improve knowledge of the impacts of climate change on transportation infrastructure ... -
Mitigation of Memory Effects in High Power Microwave Amplifiers
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-02)This thesis expounds on the application of Doherty Power Amplifiers (DPA) along with baseband Digital PreDistortion (DPD) techniques to tackle the antagonistic demands of high power efficiency and linearity imposed by ... -
Mitigator: Privacy policy compliance using Intel SGX
(University of Waterloo, 2019-06-19)Privacy policies have been known to be hard to read and understand by internet users and yet users are obliged to accept these one-sided terms of usage of their data before they can effectively use websites. Although ... -
Mitochondrial Function and Optical Properties of the Crystalline Lens
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-15)The crystalline lens is a unique cellular organ that performs metabolic processes while maintaining optical functionality. Mitochondria play a vital role in providing the cell with the energy necessary for these metabolic ... -
Mixed effects regression for snow distribution modelling in the central Yukon
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-05)To date, remote sensing estimates of snow water equivalent (SWE) in mountainous areas are very uncertain. To test passive microwave algorithm estimations of SWE, a validation data set must exist for a broad geographic area. ... -
Mixed Integer Programming Approaches for Group Decision Making
(University of Waterloo, 2022-10-26)Group decision making problems are everywhere in our day-to-day lives and have great influence on the daily operation of companies and institutions. With the recent advances in computational technology, it's not surprising ... -
A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Pinery Provincial Park Smartphone Application Pilot Project
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-11)Pinery Provincial Park is the first provincial park in the Ontario Parks system to launch a custom-built smartphone application. This application, titled “Explore Pinery,” was launched in January of 2016 and acts as an ... -
Mixed Micelle Characterization of Pluronic and Gemini Surfactant – Based Gene Therapy Carriers and a Connection to Transfection Efficiency
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-16)Non-viral gene therapy formulation development often relies on a rational design approach, where vector components are selected based on individual characteristics known to favour transfection efficiency. However, these ... -
MIXED PHASE COMPRESSION HIGH EFFICIENCY HEAT PUMP
(University of Waterloo, 2014-03-13)The objective of this thesis is the design and realization of a higher efficiency air source heat pump. The improved pump’s operating cost must rival the cost of heating with natural gas, while incurring a minimal increase ... -
A Mixed Signal 65nm CMOS Implementation of a Spiking Neural Network
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-26)Spiking neural networks (SNNs) are an emerging class of biologically inspired Artificial Neural Networks implemented in machine learning and artificial intelligence. Current state-of-the-art small- and large-scale SNNs ... -
Mixed signal design flow, a mixed signal PLL case study
(University of Waterloo, 2001)Mixed-signal designs are becoming more and more complex every day. In order to adapt to the new market requirements, a formal process for design and verification of mixed signal systems i. e. top-down design and ...