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Understanding Driving Behaviours: Classification and Regression Approaches
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-25)The emergence of self-driving technology is poised to revolutionize transportation by empowering vehicles to operate autonomously. These advancements are classified into distinct levels of automation, delineating the ... -
Understanding Feedforward – Feedback Controller Components In Human Movement Through Optimization-Based Approaches
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-10)Despite many studies in human motion analysis using optimal control theory to understand how movement is generated, less attention is focused on the structure of the optimal controller. The majority of existing studies ... -
Understanding pedestrian decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-29)Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus became a worldwide global emergency in January 2020 and a worldwide pandemic in March 2020. COVID-19 is a highly contagious respiratory illness that primarily ... -
Understanding Scalability Issues in Sharded Blockchains
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-11)Since the release of Bitcoin in 2008, cryptocurrencies have attracted attention from academia, government, and enterprises. Blockchain, the backbone ledger in many cryptocurrencies, has shown its potential to be a data ... -
Understanding the fundamentals and application of electrically conductive biofilm in dry digestion
(University of Waterloo, 2023-07-27)The application of microbial electrolysis cell assisted anaerobic digestion (MEC-AD) system for dry digestion to recover methane from food waste (FW) is promising. Understanding the extracellular electron transfer (EET) ... -
Understanding the Sf9 – Baculovirus Expression Vector System: Exploring the Metabolic Basis of the Cell Density Effect through Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Flow Cytometry Analysis of Fluorescent Protein Accumulation
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-15)It is well established that the baculovirus expression vector system (BEVS) can serve as an important, effective production system for various biologicals. Knowing that the cells can serve as a production platform is ... -
An Undivided Landscape: Dissolving Apartheid buffer zones in Johannesburg, South Africa
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-01)Progressive spatial segregation of Whites from other ethnic races in South Africa started in 1886. Apartheid rulers evicted three and a half million Blacks, Coloureds and Indians from white urban and residential areas ... -
Undoing Oil: Regenerative Disassembly for Copenhagen's Petrol Island
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-07)Copenhagen aims to become the first carbon neutral capital by 2025. Climate and energy crises are a concern for both the governing and the governed among Denmark’s six million people. Compared to its Nordic neighbours, the ... -
unDressing Spectacle: An Architectural Discourse on the Event of Space
(University of Waterloo, 2012-02-14)Woven within fashion and dress is the innate ability to create atmosphere and transformative experiences. Architecturally, the façade of a building acts as its skin, having responsibilities that exceed the functions of ... -
Uneven temperature and voltage distributions due to rapid discharge rates and different boundary conditions for series-connected LiFePO4 batteries
(Elsevier, 2017-02-01)This paper presents the surface temperature and voltage distributions on a prismatic lithium-ion battery pack at 1C, 2C, 3C, and 4C discharge rates and 5°C, 15°C, 25°C, and 35°C boundary conditions (BCs) for water cooling ... -
Uniaxial and Viscoelastic Properties of SPI and SPI-Polysaccharide Gels
(University of Waterloo, 2022-03-23)Nowadays, consumption of soy-based products is increasing due to their appealing nutritional profile, affordability, health benefits, and potential to serve as a suitable substitute for dairy-based foods. Textural property ... -
A Unified Hybrid Formulation for Visual SLAM
(University of Waterloo, 2021-02-16)Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (Visual SLAM (VSLAM)), is the process of estimating the six degrees of freedom ego-motion of a camera, from its video feed, while simultaneously constructing a 3D model of the ... -
Unified Reliability Index Development for Utility Quality Assessment
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-15)With the great potential smart distribution systems have to cause a paradigm shift in conventional distribution systems, many areas need investigation. Throughout the past few decades, many distribution systems reliability ... -
UniFlow: A CFG-Based Framework for Pluggable Type Checking and Type Inference
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-21)A type system is a crucial component of high-level programming languages, as it enhances program correctness by ruling out certain type errors. However, the built-in type system often adheres to a specific set of rules ... -
Unipolar Charge-Sensing for Evaporated Large-Area Solid-State Photoconductors for Digital Radiography
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-03)An alternative approach to energy integrating systems is photon counting which provides higher dose efficiency through efficient noise rejection and optimal energy weighting, and, moreover, is not susceptible to memory ... -
A Universal Islanding Detection Technique for Distributed Generation Using Pattern Recognition
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-30)In the past, distribution systems were characterized by a unidirectional power flow where power flows from the main power generation units to consumers. However, with changes in power system regulation and increasing ... -
University Intellectual Property Policies And University-Industry Technology Transfer In Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2006)This research investigates the relationship between those incentives for faculty support of university-industry technology transfer that are governed by university intellectual property policies and technology transfer ... -
The UNIX Process Identity Crisis: A Standards-Driven Approach to Setuid
(University of Waterloo, 2014-11-03)This work revisits the setuid family of calls for privilege management that is implemented in several widely-used operating systems. Three of the four commonly used calls in the family are standardized by POSIX. The ... -
A Unified Probabilistic Computational Framework for Cross-Domain Compensated Medical Imaging
(University of Waterloo, 2016-12-23)The quality of medical imaging is an important factor that can directly affect on the results of different medical imaging tests which routinely being used for various clinical studies and related research. The existence ... -
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Traffic Network Design with Risk Mitigation
(University of Waterloo, 2024-02-01)As unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology becomes more robust and widespread, more and more retail companies are seeing UAVs as a suitable alternative to ground-based transportation to deliver their packages. As a result, ...