Browsing Waterloo Research by Type "Preprint"
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Interconnections accelerate collapse in a socio-ecological metapopulation
(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2017-09-28)Resource over-exploitation can have profound effects on both ecosystems and the human populations residing in them. Models of population growth based on a depletable resources have been studied previously, but relatively ... -
MachSMT: A Machine Learning-based Algorithm Selector for SMT Solvers
(2020)In this paper, we present MachSMT, an algorithm selection tool for state-of-the-art Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT) solvers. MachSMT supports the entirety of the logics within the SMT-LIB initiative. MachSMT uses ... -
Mediated Person-to-Person Communication: A Social Psychological Perspective
(University of Waterloo, 2023-10)This review paper summarizes a substantial investigation of mediated person-toperson communication, comprising 13 empirical studies, most undertaken in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford ... -
A Multi-scale model for CO2 capture: A Nickel-based oxygen carrier in Chemical-looping Combustion
(Elsevier, 2018-01-01)In this work, we present a multi-scale modelling framework for the Ni-based oxygen carrier (OC) particle that can explicitly account for the complex reaction mechanism taking place on the contacting surface between gas and ... -
Multiplex RT-qPCR assay (N200) to detect and estimate prevalence of multiple SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern in wastewater
(medRxiv, 2022-04-13)Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) has become an effective tool around the globe for indirect monitoring of COVID-19 in communities. Quantities of viral fragments of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater are related to numbers of ... -
On the TVD property of second order methods for 2D scalar conservation laws
(arXiv, 2021-10-05)The total variation diminishing (TVD) property is an important tool for ensuring nonlinear stability and convergence of numerical solutions of one-dimensional scalar conservation laws. However, it proved to be challenging ... -
Optimal Actuator Location for Semi-Linear Systems
(2018)Actuator location and design are important choices in controller design for distributed parameter systems. Semi-linear partial differential equations model a wide spectrum of physical systems with distributed parameters. ... -
Optimal Controller and Actuator Design for Nonlinear Parabolic Systems
(2019-10-08)Many physical systems are modeled by nonlinear parabolic differential equations, such as the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky (KS) equation. In this paper, the existence of a concurrent optimal controller and actuator design is ... -
Optimization of muscle activation schemes in a finite element neck model simulating volunteer frontal impact scenarios
(Elsevier, 2020-03-07)Neck muscle activation is increasingly important for accurate prediction of occupant response in automotive impact scenarios and occupant excursion resulting from active safety systems such as autonomous emergency braking. ... -
Parameterizing a dynamic influenza model using longitudinal versus age-stratified case notifications yields different predictions of vaccine impacts
(2018-09-06)Dynamic transmission models of influenza are often used in decision-making to identify which vaccination strategies might best reduce influenza-associated health and economic burdens. Our goal was to use laboratory confirmed ... -
Rescuing Historical Climate Observations to Support Hydrological Research: A Case Study of Solar Radiation Data
(ACM, 2021-08-16)The acceleration of climate change and its impact highlight the need for long-term reliable climate data at high spatiotemporal resolution to answer key science questions in cold regions hydrology. Prior to the digital ... -
Smooth centre manifolds for impulsive delay differential equations
(Elsevier, 2018-04-16)The existence and smoothness of centre manifolds and a reduction principle are proven for impulsive delay differential equations. Several intermediate results of theoretical interest are developed, including a variation ... -
Spatial Dependence Modeling of Wind Resource under Uncertainty Using C-Vine Copulas and Its Impact on Solar-Wind Energy Co-Generation
(Preprints, 2017-09-14)Investments in wind and solar power are driven by the aim to maximize the utilization of renewable energy (RE). This results in an increased concentration of wind farms at locations with higher average wind speeds and of ... -
Tear evaporation rates: What does the literature tell us?
(Elsevier, 2017-12-24)Purpose A previous literature review reported tear evaporation rates (TERs) from studies conducted on rabbits and humans between 1941 and 2003. Closer examination of the presented data revealed inaccuracies in the reporting ... -
Three-dimensional simulations of sound propagation in a trumpet with accurate mouthpiece shank geometry
(arXiv, 2016-11-01)The length and bore geometry of musical instruments directly influences the quality of sound that can be produced. In brass instruments, nonlinear effects from finite-amplitude wave propagation can lead to wave distortion ... -
Truncation selection and diffusion on random graphs
(Arxiv, 2017-08-31)Two-strategy evolutionary games on graphs have been extensively studied in the literature. A variety of graph structures, degrees of graph dynamics, and behaviours of replicators have been explored. These models have ... -
Vestibulocollic and Cervicocollic Muscle Reflexes in a Finite Element Neck Model During Multidirectional Impacts
(Springer, 2021-05-03)Active neck musculature plays an important role in the response of the head and neck during impact and can affect the risk of injury. Finite element Human Body Models (HBM) have been proposed with open and closed-loop ... -
Wastewater to clinical case (WC) ratio of COVID-19 identifies insufficient clinical testing, onset of new variants of concern and population immunity in urban communities
(medRxiv, 2022-04-20)Clinical testing has been the cornerstone of public health monitoring and infection control efforts in communities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. With the extant and anticipated reduction of clinical testing as the ... -
Witches in Swamps, Sirens at Sea, Leviathans of the Deep: Feminist Figures that Haunt our Social Media World
(University of Waterloo, 2024)This article considers the resurgence of the monstrous feminine in digital culture, focusing on the memetic manifestation of witches, sirens, and leviathans. We trace the histories of these figures in the digital present, ... -
Zero Dynamics for Port-Hamiltonian Systems
(2017-11-19)The zero dynamics of infinite-dimensional systems can be difficult to characterize. The zero dynamics of boundary control systems are particularly problematic. In this paper the zero dynamics of port-Hamiltonian systems ...