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Neural Plausibility of Bayesian Inference
(University of Waterloo, 2018-07-31)Behavioral studies have shown that humans account for uncertainty in a way that is nearly optimal in the Bayesian sense. Probabilistic models based on Bayes' theorem have been widely used for understanding human cognition, ... -
The Neural Processes of Perceived Simultaneity and Temporal Order in Younger and Older Adults using EEG.
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-02)In order to make sense of the world, the central nervous system (CNS) must determine the temporal order of events and integrate cues that belong together. The process of integrating information from multiple sensory ... -
Neural Processing of Fearful and Happy Facial Expressions: Effects of Fixation to Facial Features and Task Demands
(University of Waterloo, 2015-11-25)The current literature regarding the time course of facial expression processing is inconsistent and early emotion effects are debated. Facial expressions are well-known to be characterized by “diagnostic” facial features ... -
Neural Text Generation from Structured and Unstructured Data
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-28)A number of researchers have recently questioned the necessity of increasingly complex neural network (NN) architectures. In particular, several recent papers have shown that simpler, properly tuned models are at least ... -
Neural Tube Defect-causing Teratogens Affect Tissue Mechanical Properties and Cytoskeletal Morphology in Axolotl Embryos
(University of Waterloo, 2007-11-22)The teratogenic drugs cytochalasin B and valproic acid have been shown to alter F-actin polymerization, an effect that is crucial in forming microfilaments. Microfilaments form important cytoskeletal structures that maintain ... -
Neural-guidance for symbolic reasoning
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-19)Symbolic reasoning begot Artificial Intelligence (AI). With the recent advances in Deep Learning, many traditional AI areas such as Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing have moved to probabilistic-based approaches. ... -
Neuregulin’s role in regulating the anti-inflammatory pathway
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-12)Inflammation can be up-regulated by microglia and macrophages through the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α). Excess production of TNF-α can lead to a variety of diseases and ... -
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 ...