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Advances in Hydraulic Fracture Simulation - Dynamic and Quasi-static Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2019-03-05)Hydraulic fracturing (HF) is an effective technique for permeability enhancement of conventional and unconventional reservoirs. HF is performed by injecting a fluid (usually water-based), sand, and chemicals into a formation ... -
Courtyard Urbanism : A Model for North American Cities?
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-26)The courtyard has endured as one of the most widespread architectural forms, transcending regional, historical and cultural boundaries to mediate open and closed, inside and outside, social constraints and environmental ... -
Formal Methods in Quantum Circuit Design
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-26)The design and compilation of correct, efficient quantum circuits is integral to the future operation of quantum computers. This thesis makes contributions to the problems of optimizing and verifying quantum circuits, with ... -
Constructing Crime: Understanding the Roles, Functions and Claims-Making Activities of Media Relations Officers in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-22)Despite a growing body of prior research, little attention has been paid to media relations officers (MROs) and how media releases are constructed for the public. This research begins to address this gap by examining the ... -
Developing a More Culturally Appropriate Approach to Surveying Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Indigenous Peoples in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-22)Introduction: Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) are (in a dose-dependent manner) associated with both health-risk behaviours and the development of chronic disease, and thus pose a significant threat to health and ... -
Study of unintentional As incorporation into AlSb and interfacial layers within InAs/AlSb superlattices
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-21)Highly strained interfaces may exist between indium arsenide (InAs) and aluminum antimonide (AlSb) layers grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE). The composition and thickness of the interfacial layers strongly influence ... -
An Analysis on The Network Structure of Influential Communities in Twitter
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-21)Over the past years online social networks have become a major target for marketing strategies, generating a need for methods to efficiently spread information through these networks. Close knit communities have developed ... -
Hybrid Semiconductor Detectors for High Spatial Resolution Phase-contrast X-ray Imaging
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-20)When conventional x-ray radiography presents inadequate absorption-contrast, higher sensitivity can be achieved using phase-contrast methods. The implementation of phase-contrast x-ray imaging using propagation-based ... -
Mining Event Traces from Real-time Systems for Anomaly Detection
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-19)Real-time systems are a significant class of applications, poised to grow even further as autonomous vehicles and the Internet of Things (IoT) become a reality. The computation and communication tasks of the underlying ... -
Formation and Removal of SOx and NOx in Pressurized Oxy-fuel Coal Combustion
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-19)Growing concerns over greenhouse gas emissions have driven extensive research in carbon capture, storage and sequestration. Oxy-fuel combustion is a promising technology in CO2 capture, as the combustion products consists ... -
Detecting Vulnerable JavaScript Libraries in Hybrid Android Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-15)Smartphone devices are very popular. There are a lot of devices being sold, a lot of applications that are created and a lot of people using those applications. However, mobile applications could only be created in the ... -
Ultrafast Metrology in the Quantum Domain
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-15)Single photons are a natural platform for quantum technologies as they support entanglement in many degrees of freedom and are inherently well protected from a detrimental type of noise called decoherence. In order to ... -
A Transmogrifying Discourse of Sexual Violence: Resisting, Redressing, and Re-writing Racial Scripts in Contemporary African American Women's Theatre
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-14)This dissertation examines contemporary African American women's theatre that addresses the absented and erased reality of black women as victims of sexual violence. This thesis investigates how contemporary African American ... -
An Exploration of Destination Brand Love among Theme-Park Based Tourists and Excursionists
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-13)“Love” towards a brand functions as one critical component of customer brand relationships (CBRs) (Fetscherin & Heinrich, 2015; Fournier, 1998). Brand love is an under-researched but increasingly important marketing construct ... -
Step into the Void: A Study of Spatial Perception in Virtual Reality
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-13)The introduction of virtual reality (VR) into the architectural profession offers an unprecedented opportunity to experience unbuilt designs at full scale. The premise of the technology is that it gives users the illusion ... -
Syntagmatic Space: violent articulations through photography
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-11)This thesis examines the ways images come to bear on us: in our position as viewers and in their capacity to articulate violence. -
Examining Hydrogeological Processes in Freezing Soils using Remote Geophysical and Numerical Techniques
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-11)The work presented in this thesis aimed to demonstrate the use of remote geophysical methods and numerical modelling to address questions related to hydrogeological processes in freezing soils. Two different study areas ... -
Time Synchronization in Distributed Systems without a Central Clock
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-11)Time synchronization and a common understanding of the concept of time is an essential and important aspect of modern computing. Among the drawbacks of current and popular methods, such as the Network Time Protocol, ... -
The Squaring of the Circle: The Body According to Vitruvius – not daVinci
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-07)An excerpt from a literary work of Classical literature is rendered in a self-directed manner. The literary passage in question is a specific description that is found in the third volume of a treatise on architecture, ... -
Starch modification for sustainable and functional material applications
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-07)Among biodegradable polymers, starch has attracted significant interest and is currently used in numerous industrial applications. This is because of its renewability, biodegradability, abundance, and cohesive film-forming ...