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Designing a living barrier fortifying the coast against extreme climate events to reharmonize the identity of people, land, and water on the Island of Efate, Vanuatu
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-24)On the Pacific island of Vanuatu, the connection the islanders have nurtured with the land and water is both evident and fundamental to their conception of life and legacy -the spirits of their ancestors are thought to ... -
An integrative investigation of liquid metal embrittlement in the Fe-Zn system: From responsible mechanisms to mitigation strategies
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-23)Liquid metal embrittlement (LME) is a problematic phenomenon that results in the abrupt failure of a ductile metal that is exposed to a reactive liquid metal while simultaneously experiencing a tensile load. Despite extensive ... -
Surveilling Queerness and Queering Surveillance: The Techno-Social Making of Queer Identity in the US and Canada, 1939-Present.
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-22)This dissertation positions itself at the intersection of two disparate areas of study: Queer theory and surveillance studies. It aims to tease out the ways that technologies of surveillance and Queer lifeways evolved ... -
A structural investigation of novel fungal polyglycine hydrolases
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-22)Polyglycine hydrolases (PGH) are a family of fungal proteases that are known to cleave the polyglycine linker of Zea mays chitinase, ChitA, thwarting one mechanism of plant defense against fungal infection. Previously, ... -
Probabilistic Fretting Fatigue Analysis of Bridge Stay Cables at Saddle Supports
(Taylor and Francis, 2020-01)Saddle systems have been used on recent projects to support the cables in cable-stayed and extradosed bridge structures. A major design consideration for these anchorage systems is the in-service fretting fatigue behaviour ... -
A Review of the Fatigue Limit for Steel Bridges under Ontario Highway Traffic Loading
(Canadian Science Publishing, 2022-12)In many design codes for roadway bridges, it is required that a design truck be passed over influence lines for stress at various locations on the bridge to obtain nominal stress ranges for design. For the fatigue design ... -
Response of vegetation and net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange at different peatland microforms following water table drawdown
(American Geophysical Union, Wiley, 2006-05-17)Northern peatlands are significant stocks of terrestrial soil carbon, and it has been predicted that warmer temperatures and lower water tables resulting from climate change will convert these ecosystems into sources for ... -
Dynamics of biogenic gas bubbles in peat and their effects on peatland biogeochemistry
(American Geophysical Union, Wiley, 2005-01-18)Production and emission of peat gas has attracted great interest because substantial amounts of methane (CH4) are emitted to the atmosphere from peat soils. Many studies indicate supersaturation of CH4 in peat water, ... -
A softly optimal Monte Carlo algorithm for solving bivariate polynomial systems over the integers
(Elsevier, 2016-06)We give an algorithm for the symbolic solution of polynomial systems in Z[X,Y]. Following previous work with Lebreton, we use a combination of lifting and modular composition techniques, relying in particular on Kedlaya ... -
On the evaluation of some sparse polynomials
(American Mathematical Society, 2018)We give algorithms for the evaluation of sparse polynomials of the form P=p0 + p1 x + p2 x^4 + ... + p_{n-1} x^{(N-1)^2} for various choices of coefficients . First, we take p_i=p^i, for some fixed p; in this case, we ... -
Incorporating Breastfeeding-Related Variability with Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling to Predict Infant Exposure to Maternal Medication Through Breast Milk: a Workflow Applied to Lamotrigine
(Springer Nature, 2021-05-17)Current methods to assess risk in infants exposed to maternal medication through breast milk do not specifically account for infants most vulnerable to high drug exposure. A workflow applied to lamotrigine incorporated ... -
Like Parent, Like Millennial: Inherited and Switched (Non)Religion Among Young Adults in the U.S. and Canada
(Brill, 2020-05-27)Using novel quantitative data from the Millennial Trends Survey administered online in March 2019 with over 2,500 respondents between the ages of 18 and 35 in both Canada and the U.S., we examine in detail inherited ... -
Digital Religion Among U.S. and Canadian Millennial Adults
(Springer, 2022-06)Background Although there is a growing body of research on the nature and content of digital religion, we still know little about the prevalence of digital religious and spiritual practices among different populations in ... -
High-Performance Piezoelectric Nanogenerators Based on Hybrid Perovskite Nanomaterials for Energy-Harvesting
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-21)With the increasing drive to create self-powering nano/micro-electromechanical systems (NEMS/MEMS), maximizing the output performance of piezoelectric nanogenerators (PENGs) is essential. Organic-inorganic halide perovskites ... -
A Generalized Blending Scheme for Arbitrary Order of Continuity
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-20)In this thesis, new templates and formulas of blending functions, schemes, and algorithms are derived for solving the scattered data interpolation problem. The resulting data fitting scheme interpolates the positions and ... -
Clinical Pharmacy Services in Ambulatory Oncology: An Environmental Scan of the Canadian Practice Landscape
(University of Waterloo, 2023-02-21)Background: Canadian clinical pharmacy key performance indicators (cpKPIs) have been developed for inpatient hospital practice but are not established for ambulatory oncology. This study represents the first step in ... -
Evaluation of a microlearning module on hypertension in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2023-02-20)Objectives: To use a microlearning platform to evaluate pharmacists’ knowledge and behaviour related to hypertension. Methods: Pharmacy 5in5 is an online microlearning platform designed to help pharmacy professionals ... -
Impact Investing and Climate Change – An Assessment of Impact Investors Addressing Climate Change
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-17)The financing of climate change solutions is extremely urgent as countries face increasing negative impacts from climate change that pose severe threats to current and future generations. Damages from environmental disasters ... -
Socially and Spatially Aware Motion Prediction of Dynamic Objects for Autonomous Driving
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-17)The primary goal of this thesis project is to develop a robust object motion prediction framework enabling safe decision making for autonomous vehicles in various driving scenarios. Given the comparatively higher importance ... -
Opportunities for Redress: Re-imagining Relations, Restoration, and Leisure for Uniformed Bodies serving as First Responders
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-17)In times of distress, uniformed first responders (UFRs) are the first formal line of care on scene and are responsible for providing care. Due to the obligations required of UFRs, they are considered to be at higher risk ...