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Needle Trap Device and Solid Phase Microextraction Combined with Portable GC-MS for On-Site Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2011-06-21)Needle trap device (NTD) is a technique that is useful for a wide variety of applications involving the sample preparation of compounds with a wide range of chemico-physico properties, and varying volatilities. A newly ... -
Negative Correlation Properties for Matroids
(University of Waterloo, 2008-12-23)In pursuit of negatively associated measures, this thesis focuses on certain negative correlation properties in matroids. In particular, the results presented contribute to the search for matroids which satisfy $$P(\{X:e,f\in ... -
Negative Encoding Contexts Create a Downstream Memory Advantage for Foils
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-31)Research has suggested that during a recognition test, we re-enter the mode of processing engaged at encoding to help constrain our memory search during retrieval (Jacoby, Shimizu, Daniels, & Rhodes, 2005). A by-product ... -
Negative Material Inspired Microwave Water Heating System
(University of Waterloo, 2014-12-10)Microwave heating is considered as a very beneficial heating methodology for liquids because it can provide non-contact delivery of energy. Recent studies are focusing on the use of an electrically small resonator, such ... -
Negative Quasi-Probability in the Context of Quantum Computation
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-09)This thesis deals with the question of what resources are necessary and sufficient for quantum computational speedup. In particular, we study what resources are required to promote fault tolerant stabilizer computation to ... -
Negative Spaces: Bringing Indigenous women to the forefront of archaeological research in the lower Great Lakes region
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-15)Indigenous women are underrepresented and/or stereotyped in the archaeological record with cultural remains often being interpreted as being inherently male. Previous to contemporary decolonial and feminist research, ... -
Negotiating Boundaries, The Veil: The Appearance of the Invisible
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-29)The chador is more than a matter of taste in clothing or a religious regulation; it is the incarnation of a belief, a culture, and a tradition. Intermingled with it are the profound emotions of the women who have been ... -
Negotiating Varying Ground Terrain during Locomotion: Insights into the Role of Vision and the Effects of Aging
(University of Waterloo, 2006-12-18)We continually encounter different ground terrain such as slippery, compliant, uneven, rocky, and irregular terrain when walking, yet we know very little about how individuals safely negotiate this type of complex environment. ... -
Negotiation Support System with Third Party Intervention
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-21)A flexible methodology is developed to specify how a desired outcome can be reached in a given conflict by determining the preference structures required for the decision makers to find it stable. The objective of this ... -
Neighborhood Redefined: Creating Culture in the Interstitial Spaces in New Town of Pardis, Iran
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-22)Low-cost housing developments forming “the new towns” adjacent to the metropolitan cities in Iran were aimed to accommodate low-income households. However, after a decade of occupancy, the inhabitants of these towns are ... -
Nematic ordering of wormlike polymers
(University of Waterloo, 2005)In this thesis, based on the Onsager excluded volume interaction model, two nematic ordering problems of wormlike (semiflexible) polymer are studied: one is to investigate the isotropic-nematic interface of polymers for ... -
NengoFPGA: an FPGA Backend for the Nengo Neural Simulator
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-22)Low-power, high-speed neural networks are critical for providing deployable embedded AI applications at the edge. We describe a Xilinx FPGA implementation of Neural Engineering Framework (NEF) networks with online learning ... -
Neoliberal Governmentality in the Red-Green Era: Tracing Facets of the Entrepreneurial Self in Three Contemporary German Novels
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-26)This dissertation examines three contemporary German novels and their respective representations of the Red-Green era. It focuses on the discourses to which these novels refer in order to shed light on the consequences and ... -
Neologismen der 90er Jahre ? Kenntnis und Einstellungen unter Deutschsprecher/innen aus Kitchener-Waterloo
(University of Waterloo, 2006)In 2004, the Institut für Deutsche Sprache published the neologism dictionary "Neuer Wortschatz: Neologismen der 90er Jahre im Deutschen", which contains new words that entered the German language during the 1990s (for ... -
Neospirituality, Social Change and the Culture of the Post-Fordist Workplace
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-19)This dissertation applies a religious studies perspective to the topic of neospirituality in the iconic post-Fordist workplaces of symbolic analysts. Despite a voluminous business literature on the importance of spirituality, ... -
Nest. Negotiating Experiences in Shared Thresholds
(University of Waterloo, 2010-11-30)As architects, we cannot resist the opportunity to build good houses on generous budgets to accommodate happy families. We could use this opportunity, however, to reconfigure the detached single-family house for a group ... -
Nested pessimistic transactions for both atomicity and synchronization in concurrent software
(University of Waterloo, 2011-10-04)Existing atomic section interface proposals, thus far, have tended to only isolate transactions from each other. Less considered is the coordination of threads performing transactions with respect to one another. Synchronization ... -
Nesting Ecology of Ducks in the Boreal Forest
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-14)The western boreal forest (WBF) is an important breeding area for North American ducks, second only to the prairie pothole region (PPR). The WBF is experiencing intensive industrial development, causing habitat loss and ... -
Net Positive Water
(University of Waterloo, 2013-06-19)‘Net Positive Water’ explores the capability of domestic architecture to combat the developing urban water problem. Urban intensification is contributing to the volatility of urban waters and the breakdown of the urban ... -
A net-positive energy building assessment: commissioning and COVID-19 insights
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-09)The built sector is responsible for 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions, which inspired solutions including net-zero energy buildings to reduce environmental impacts. Several factors impact energy consumption including ...