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Exploring Presentations of the Self: Tourist Identity and Representation on Facebook
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-14)The aim of this study is to explore how tourists present and manage impressions of the self as tourist, on Facebook, while travelling. This study applies a qualitative content analysis to the tourism-related, user-generated ... -
Distribution, Abundance, and Spatial Variability of Microplastic Pollution in Surface Waters of Lake Superior
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-14)Plastic pollution in oceans and lakes has been a concern for more than three decades, and largely through the breakdown of large plastics, microplastic pollution has been of real concern for over 20 years. Most research ... -
Wideband Rectenna System for Microwave Power Transfer
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-14)One of the fundamental devices in Microwave Power Transfer (MPT) is the recenna or rectifying antenna, which collects the electromagnetic energy from the free space and convert it directly to a useful DC power. Although ... -
Direct Numerical Simulations of the Degeneration and Shear Instability of Large and Small Amplitude Basin Scale Internal Waves at Varied Aspect Ratios
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-14)This thesis presents high resolution simulations of the degeneration and shear instability of standing waves, or seiches, of varying amplitudes and aspect ratios in a continuously stratified fluid. It is well known that ... -
Investigation of Thorax Response and Potential for Injury in Side Impacts Using Integrated Detailed Human and Vehicle Finite-Element Models
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-14)Car accidents are amongst the most common causes of fatalities for a younger population in developed countries and world-wide. While research using Anthropometric Test Devices (ATDs) has led to improvements in frontal ... -
Closed-loop Supply Chain: A Systematic Review
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-14)The extraction of virgin materials from nature depletes existing resources and creates huge waste problems both in the extraction process itself and at the product’s end-of-life. There is a propensity for this waste to be ... -
Disentangled Representation Learning for Stylistic Variation in Neural Language Models
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-14)The neural network has proven to be an effective machine learning method over the past decade, prompting its usage for modelling language, among several other domains. However, the latent representations learned by these ... -
Development and Characterization of Graphene-based Microporous Layers for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-13)Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell is an energy-conversion device that converts the chemical energy of hydrogen and oxygen into electricity directly through electrochemical reactions with only water and heat as ... -
Age-related effects on EEG and Brain-computer Interface Classification
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-13)There is a rapid increase in the number of older adults around the world. This directly translates to an increase in the number of people living with health complications that are more prevalent in the elderly population, ... -
Survival analysis of chronic dialysis patients
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-13)Background: The number of dialysis patients is steadily rising in Canada because of demographic changes as well as an increased prevalence of associated risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes, and aging (Clark & Khan, ... -
Development of Flexible Lithium Sulfur Batteries Based on Laser-Induced Graphene
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-13)Emerging technologies have become increasingly advanced with flexible components and are integrated into various interfaces, finding themselves in applications such as rollable displays, wearable technologies and e-textiles. ... -
A Game-Theoretic Decision-Making Framework for Engineering Self-Protecting Software Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-13)Targeted and destructive nature of strategies used by attackers to break down a software system require mitigation approaches with dynamic awareness. Making a right decision, when facing today’s sophisticated and dynamic ... -
Autobiographical memory retrieval and appraisal in social anxiety disorder
(Elsevier, 2018-08-01)Individuals with social anxiety disorder (SADs; n = 41) and healthy controls (HCs; n = 40) were administered the Waterloo Images and Memories Interview, in which they described mental images that they tend to experience ... -
Optimal randomized ordering policies for a capacitated two-echelon distribution inventory system
(Elsevier, 2018-10-01)We propose a new formulation for controlling inventory in a two-echelon distribution system consisting of one warehouse and multiple non-identical retailers. In such a system, customer demand occurs based on a normal ... -
Convenient characterization of polymers grafted on cellulose nanocrystals via SI-ATRP without chain cleavage
(Elsevier, 2018-11-01)Cleaving is usually required to characterize the molecular weight of grafted polymers on substrates. Here, we report on a technique to estimate the molecular weight of grafted polystyrene (PS) (Mngrafted PS) in PS-grafted ... -
3D representation and CNC machining of 2D digital images
(Elsevier, 2018-01-01)In this paper a new paradigm for CNC carving of digital images in the form of lookalike three-dimensional (3D) surfaces on wooden or metallic plaques is discussed. This work is focused on development of a single page windows ... -
Saccade latency delays in young apolipoprotein E (APOE) epsilon 4 carriers
(Elsevier, 2018-11-01)The apolipoprotein E (APOE) epsilon 4 isoform has been associated with a significantly greater risk of developing late onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, the negative effects of APOE-ε4 allele on cognitive function ... -
Fracture mechanics based estimation of fatigue lives of laser welded joints
(Elsevier, 2018-11-01)The conventional joining methods like resistance spot welding and arc welding have several challenges during joining of thin sheets of high strength steel materials. One of the main challenges is that application of these ... -
Informed Data Selection For Dynamic Multi-Camera Clusters
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-13)Traditional multi-camera systems require a fixed calibration between cameras to provide the solution at the correct scale, which places many limitations on its performance. This thesis investigates the calibration of dynamic ... -
Tsirelson's problems and entanglement breaking rank
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-13)There are two main themes of this thesis. In the first part, we study the various sets of correlations arising in the study of non-local games and Tsirelson's problems. In the second part we introduce the notion of ...