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Timing Predictable and High-Performance Hardware Cache Coherence Mechanisms for Real-Time Multi-Core Platforms
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-18)Multi-core platforms are becoming primary compute platforms for real-time systems such as avionics and autonomous vehicles. This adoption is primarily driven by the increasing application demands deployed in real-time ... -
An in vivo study of compulsions
(Elsevier, 2021-07)Leading models of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) assume that compulsions are enacted to neutralize distress over obsessions. However, lab-based research suggests that once a compulsion starts factors other than distress ... -
To Approach or to Avoid: The Role of Ambivalent Motivation in Attentional Biases to Threat and Spider Fear
(Springer, 2021-01-03)Background People with anxiety difficulties show different patterns in their deployment of attention to threat compared to people without anxiety difficulties. These attentional biases are assumed to play a critical role ... -
An experimental study of hand washing in people with high and normative contamination fear
(Elsevier, 2021-01)Compulsions are the hall mark of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) but there has been surprisingly little research on their phenomenology and persistence, and much of this work has focused on checking compulsions. The ... -
Examining the Impact of a Single Session of Mountain Meditation on Attentional Scope
(Springer, 2019-11-28)Leading theories propose that mindfulness broadens attentional scope (Dreyfus. Contemporary Buddhism, 12(1), 41-54. 2011; Garland et al. Psychological Inquiry, 26(4), 293-314. 2015). Empirical research has not yielded clear ... -
Thought Suppression
(Oxford University Press, 2020-01-30)The idea that suppressing an unwanted thought results in an ironic increase in its frequency is accepted as psychological fact. Wegner’s ironic processes model has been applied to understanding the development and persistence ... -
Scared of compassion: Fear of compassion in anxiety, mood, and non-clinical groups
(British Psychological Society, 2020-05-04)Objectives. Fear of receiving compassion from others, expressing compassion to others, and being compassionate towards oneself have been identified as potentially important factors in the persistence of depression, stress ... -
“Are you the real police?” “No. We’re the campus police.” An examination of the way Ontario Special Constables govern risk on post-secondary campuses
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-17)This dissertation examines the role of special constables on Ontario post-secondary campuses and where they are positioned in relation to the broad range of state and non-state law enforcement entities in Canada. Through ... -
A study of the Repeated Actions Diary in patients suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder
(Wiley, 2019-12-27)The structured Repeated Action Diary (RAD) collects in vivo data on compulsions and their various characteristics. Certain compulsions (i.e., those ending because the patient feels certain that it is safe to stop) are then ... -
Graphene-based FET biosensors
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-16)Graphene and graphene-based materials are highly attractive for field effect transistor (FET) applications because of their elevated theoretical charge carrier mobility. Graphene FETs (GFETs) are studied for biosensing ... -
Learning From Almost No Data
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-15)The tremendous recent growth in the fields of artificial intelligence and machine learning has largely been tied to the availability of big data and massive amounts of compute. The increasingly popular approach of training ... -
Z3str4: A Solver for Theories over Strings
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-15)Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT) solvers supporting rich theories of strings have facilitated numerous industrial applications with the need to reason about string operations and predicates that are present in many ... -
Perceptual Quality Assessment of High Dynamic Range & Wide Colour Gamut Images and Video
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-15)While many successful algorithms have been proposed in the field of Image Quality Assessment (IQA) and Video Quality Assessment (VQA) through the years, High Dynamic Range (HDR) Wide Colour Gamut (WCG) technology and content ... -
Engineering the Performance of 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanotransistors through Quantum Transport Simulations
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-10)Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are a class of stable, atomically-thin monolayer materials with unique mechanical and electronic properties, leading to several proposed applications in electronics ... -
Development and characterization of stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems to prevent HIV infection and the treatment of chronic wounds
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-10)Patient compliance is very important and highly depends on the drug dosage form which correlates with the success of therapy. Drug delivery systems can be adapted to different pharmaceutical ingredients and to different ... -
Cannabis and Rural Land Use Conflicts in Southern Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-08)With the recent introduction of the Cannabis Act, S.C. 2018, c. 16, cannabis production for recreational and medicinal purposes has significantly increased which has resulted in impacts on rural communities. This research ... -
Development of a Microfluidic Hemodialysis Device Equipped with an Antifouling Nanoporous Dialysis Membrane
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-08)This thesis presents a microfluidic hemodialyzer and an experimental platform and demonstrates that the performance of a polycarbonate membrane used in a continuous setting that can be comparable to commercial hollow-fibre ... -
Effects of beam axial deformations on storey-based critical gravity loads in tension-only semi-braced steel frames
(Elsevier, 2021-04-01)If the beams in a structural frame are not connected to slabs or other rigid diaphragms, the beams will axially deform when the frame is subjected to lateral loads, reducing the critical loads and increasing local deflections ... -
Storey-based stability of multi-storey steel semi-braced and unbraced frames with semi-rigid connections
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2021-01)A simplified method is proposed for evaluating the stability of multi-storey, steel semi-braced and unbraced frames with semi-rigid connections. The proposed method decomposes a frame into individual storeys and evaluates ... -
The Role of pH, Ionic Strength and Monomer Concentration on the Terpolymerization of 2-Acrylamido-2-methylpropane Sulfonic Acid, Acrylamide and Acrylic Acid
(Elsevier, 2019-08-26)The current study examines the effects of important factors (namely, pH, ionic strength and monomer concentration) on the terpolymerization of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid (AMPS), acrylamide (AAm) and acrylic ...