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Moving Towards the Local: The Barriers and Opportunities for Localizing Food Systems in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-24)Increasing globalization of the food system has led to a loss of food sovereignty and security in communities throughout the world. This globalized system has adopted industrial techniques of standardization and specialization ... -
'Mr. Spiritualism' Maurice Barbanell and his Life as a Twentieth-Century Spiritualist Propagandist
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-25)This dissertation explores the life and career of Maurice Barbanell, British businessman, journalist, newspaper editor, medium, and long-time propagandist of Spiritualism. Spiritualism—a religion, a science, and a philosophy—is ... -
MS/MS Spectrum Prediction for MHC-Associated Peptides with a Fine-Tuned Model
(University of Waterloo, 2024-02-23)To improve the quality of spectral library search, several MS/MS spectrum predictors have been developed in the last decades. After success in various fields, deep learning techniques are adopted by MS/MS spectrum predictors ... -
MT-MAG: Accurate and interpretable machine learning for complete or partial taxonomic assignments of metagenome-assembled genomes
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-19)We propose MT-MAG, a novel machine learning-based software tool for the complete or partial hierarchically-structured taxonomic classification of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs). MT-MAG is capable of classifying large ... -
Mucoadhesive Nanocomposite Derived from Cellulose Nanocrystal and Chitosan for the Delivery of Hydrophobic Compounds
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-19)The sea lice are a major ectoparasite of salmon aquaculture that anchor to host fish’s mucus membrane, epidermis, and vascular system, thereby compromising the fish immunity. The surging amount of sea lice has caused ... -
Mucoadhesive Nanoparticles for Treatment of Influenza A
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-31)Influenza A is the most pandemic-prone class of the influenza virus, with new strains emerging every year. Though vaccination is promoted as the vanguard against wide-spread infection, it is not enough to withstand mutating ... -
Mud and Cell Phones: Nonformal Learning Networks in Rural Kenya
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-08)Despite global efforts to achieve universal education, millions of people still lack access to learning, with a high concentration in sub-Saharan African countries. Like many rural communities around the world, Kenya’s ... -
Muddler: Using Oblivious RAM For A Privacy Preserving Location-Based Service
(University of Waterloo, 2014-10-23)As smartphones become ever more prevalent, context aware applications are becoming increasingly popular. Location-based services such as Foursquare have been among the leaders of this trend. Some of the most popular ... -
Mudzi Owala, Village of Light – Lessons from Malawi
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-25)This thesis explores my journey to a small corner of Africa, where I lived with and learned from the communities of rural Malawi. In particular, it examines the architectural lessons that emerged from my involvement in a ... -
Mueller Matrix Confocal Scanning Laser Polarimetry and Optimal Conditions for Improved Image Quality
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-26)Alzheimer's disease (AD), a fatal neurodegenerative disorder, is the most common form of senile dementia. Five hundred thousand Canadians are living with dementia, a number predicted to double by 2030. Currently, the most ... -
Multi- Stakeholder Perspectives on Coastal and Marine (Connectivity) Management in Dominican Republic
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-04)Large-scale connectivity conservation initiatives are increasing in prevalence as a variety of benefits are continually being demonstrated through these models, such as establishing and strengthening marine protected area ... -
Multi-Actuated Vehicle Control and Path Planning/Tracking at Handling Limits
(University of Waterloo, 2021-03-10)The increasing requirements for vehicle safety along with the impressive progress in vehicle actuation technologies have motivated manufacturers to equip vehicles with multiple control actuations that enhance handling and ... -
Multi-agent Learning for Cooperative Scheduling of Microsecond-scale Services at Rack Scale
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-25)This work considers the load-balancing problem in dense racks running microsecond-scale services. In such a system, balancing the load among hundreds to thousands of cores requires making millions of scheduling decisions ... -
Multi-Agent Modeling of Risk-Aware and Privacy-Preserving Recommender Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-25)Recent progress in the field of recommender systems has led to increases in the accuracy and significant improvements in the personalization of recommendations. These results are being achieved in general by gathering more ... -
Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning in Large Complex Environments
(University of Waterloo, 2022-07-15)Multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) has seen much success in the past decade. However, these methods are yet to find wide application in large-scale real world problems due to two important reasons. First, MARL ... -
Multi-Agent User-Centric Specialization and Collaboration for Information Retrieval
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-19)The amount of information on the World Wide Web (WWW) is rapidly growing in pace and topic diversity. This has made it increasingly difficult, and often frustrating, for information seekers to retrieve the content they are ... -
Multi-Atlas based Segmentation of Multi-Modal Brain Images
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-20)Brain image analysis is playing a fundamental role in clinical and population-based epidemiological studies. Several brain disorder studies involve quantitative interpretation of brain scans and particularly require accurate ... -
Multi-axle Vehicle Modeling and Stability Control: A Reconfigurable Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-19)Multi-axle vehicles, such as trucks and buses, have been playing a vital role in trucking industry, public transportation system, and long-distance transport services. However, at the same time, statistics suggest more ... -
Multi-Body Vehicle Dynamics Modeling for Drift Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-03)One area of vehicle handling performance that has been the focus of an OEM{'}s (Original Equipment Manufacturer) engineering effort is within the realm of vehicle straight-line performance. As the name implies, straight-line ... -
Multi-Class Advance Patient Scheduling
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-29)The problem of advance scheduling of service appointments for patients arriving to a healthcare facility received a lot of attentions in the literature of operations management. Broadly speaking, the main goal is on the ...