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A Neurocomputational Model of Smooth Pursuit Control to Interact with the Real World
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-24)Whether we want to drive a car, play a ball game, or even enjoy watching a flying bird, we need to track moving objects. This is possible via smooth pursuit eye movements (SPEMs), which maintain the image of the moving ... -
A neurocomputational model of the mammalian fear conditioning circuit
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-24)In this thesis, I present a computational neural model that reproduces the high-level behavioural results of well-known fear conditioning experiments: first-order conditioning, second-order conditioning, sensory preconditioning, ... -
Neuromuscular Clinical Decision Support using Motor Unit Potentials Characterized by 'Pattern Discovery'
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-21)Objectives: Based on the analysis of electromyographic (EMG) data muscles are often characterized as normal or affected by a neuromuscular disease process. A clinical decision support system (CDSS) for the electrophysiological ... -
Neuromuscular Control of Gait and Squatting Following a Simulated Occupational Kneeling Exposure
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-20)Frequent and prolonged occupational high knee flexion postures such as kneeling and squatting are associated with an increased risk for the initiation and development of knee osteoarthritis. In order to reduce the prevalence ... -
Neurophysiological mechanisms of motor cortical modulation associated with bimanual movement
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-11)The neural correlates of bilateral upper limb movement are poorly understood. It has been proposed that interhemispheric pathways contribute to the modulation of motor cortical excitability during bimanual movements, ... -
Neutral Radicals as Strongly Correlated Materials: Insights from Theory and Experiment
(University of Waterloo, 2014-12-19)Neutral organic radicals have been pursued for conductive and magnetic solid state properties associated with their unpaired electron. Historically, synthetic challenges and design limitations restricted these materials ... -
Neutron Scattering Investigations of Three-Dimensional Topological States
(University of Waterloo, 2023-11-13)Topological magnets represent a unique class of quantum materials in which a nontrivial Berry curvature in real- or momentum-space couples to the magnetic properties of the topological electronic or spin system. Magnetic ... -
Neutron Stars, the Exotica - From Modifying General Relativity to Strong Magnetic Fields
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-22)The gravitational aether theory is a modification of General Relativity that decouples vacuum energy from gravity, and thus can potentially address the cosmological constant problem. The classical theory is distinguishable ... -
Nevanlinna-Pick Spaces and Dilations
(University of Waterloo, 2016-07-12)The majority of this thesis is devoted to the study of Nevanlinna-Pick spaces and their multiplier algebras. These spaces are Hilbert function spaces in which a version of the Nevanlinna-Pick interpolation theorem from ... -
'Never Really Free': Anaphylaxis and the Family Leisure Experience
(University of Waterloo, 2007-04-18)ABSTRACT This qualitative study utilized a systems theory approach and followed the premise that families are systems that seek a balanced state, interact with their environment, and are goal directed to explore the ... -
?Never short of a smile?: A Content Analysis of Travel Guidebooks
(University of Waterloo, 2005)Guidebooks are argued to be significant elements of the tourism infrastructure (Koshar, 1998), influencing the perception of destinations and the travel practices of millions of tourists (Gilbert, 1999). Guidebooks have ... -
The New AC/DC Hybrid Microgrid Paradigm: Analysis and Operational Control
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-03)AC/DC hybrid microgrids (HMGs) represent a promising architecture that allows the hosting of innovative dc energy resources, such as renewables, and modern dc loads, such as electric vehicles, thereby reducing the number ... -
New Convex Relaxations for the Maximum Cut and VLSI Layout Problems
(University of Waterloo, 2001)It is well known that many of the optimization problems which arise in applications are <I>hard</I>, which usually means that they are NP-hard. Hence much research has been devoted to finding <I>good</I> relaxations for ... -
A New Addressing and Forwarding Architecture for the Internet
(University of Waterloo, 2011-10-03)The current Internet routing and addressing architecture is facing a serious scalability problem. The default free zone (DFZ) routing table size grows at an increasing and potentially alarming rate. The Internet architecture ... -
A New Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage System: Modeling, Design, Optimization, and Experiments
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-01)Wind farms and solar farms often face challenges in delivering consistent power output during peak demand due to the inconsistency of wind and solar resources. An adiabatic compressed air energy storage (ACAES) system based ... -
New Algorithms for Predicting Conformational Polymorphism and Inferring Direct Couplings for Side Chains of Proteins
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-20)Protein crystals populate diverse conformational ensembles. Despite much evidence that there is widespread conformational polymorphism in protein side chains, most of the xray crystallography data are modelled by single ... -
New Analysis and Operational Control Algorithms for Islanded Microgrid Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-14)Driven by technical, economic and environmental benefits for different stakeholders in the power industry, the electric distribution system is currently undergoing a major paradigm shift towards having an increasing portion ... -
A new angle on plastic debris in the aquatic environment: Investigating interactions between viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) and inanimate surfaces
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-28)Methods of studying the interaction between fish viruses with inanimate surfaces were developed and used to explore several variables. Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) was used as the model virus. The EPC cell ... -
A New Approach to Multi-Model Adaptive Control
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-20)Adaptive control is an approach used to deal with systems with uncertain or time-varying parameters. A classical adaptive controller typically consists of a linear time-invariant (LTI) control law together with a tuning ... -
A New Approach to Reinforcement Learning for Sequential Robotic Tasks using a Chained Options Model and Subtask-Focused Rewards
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-09)Reinforcement Learning for Robotics is a trending area of research with tremendous potential for widescale industry adoption. To its detriment, large amounts of environmental interactions are typically required by robotic ...