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Lower Limb Biomechanics in Walking, Running and Cycling: Implications for Overuse Injury
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-27)A common anecdotal theory among endurance athletes is that cycling results in fewer knee injuries compared to running. This is thought to be due in part to a lower impact ground reaction force in cycling, compared to ... -
Non-perturbative approaches to Scattering Amplitudes
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-26)This thesis is devoted to the study of scattering amplitudes using two non-perturbative approaches. In Part I we focus on a particular theory known as N = 4 Super-Yang-Mills in four spacetime dimensions. The scattering ... -
Institutional Barriers and Enablers for Green Infrastructure Implementation: A Case-Study of the City of Brampton, Ontario, using the Institutional Analysis and Development framework.
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-26)Green infrastructure (GI) has increasingly being deliberated in the planning discourse for its multifunctionality and applicability to address a number of urban issues. However, despite the benefits, the mainstream use ... -
Holographic Optical Manipulation of Trapped Ions for Quantum Simulation
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-26)Trapped ion is one of the leading platforms for quantum simulation experiment due to its long coherence time and high fidelity state initialization, detection, and manipulation. To individually address ions at a single-ion ... -
Crystal Structures and Optical Properties of Group 14 Chalcogenides
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-26)The crystal structures and physical properties of several new tetrel and chalcogenide compounds have been investigated in this thesis. The crystal structures, syntheses, and electronic structures of the three centrosymmetric ... -
Design and construction of an ion trapping apparatus for quantum simulation experiments
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-26)The trapped ions platform represents an excellent framework for Quantum information science experiments. Long coherence times, extremely high state initialization and detection fidelity, inherent full-connectivity between ... -
Determining Molecular Physicochemical Properties Using Differential Mobility Spectrometry
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-26)This thesis aims to explore the usage of differential mobility spectrometry (DMS) and quantum chemical calculations to separate and identify drug compounds, as well as the use of machine learning (ML) to predict physicochemical ... -
From genomes to metagenomes: Development of a rapid-aligner for genome assembly and application of macroecological models to microbiology
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-26)Since the development of the modern computer, many scientific fields have undergone paradigm shifts due to an increasing facility in data collection and analysis. Microbiology has been impacted by computational advances, ... -
The Effect of Shock Metamorphism on Zircon of the Huronian Supergroup in proximity to the Sudbury Impact, Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-26)U-Pb geochronology of zircon is a widely used tool, but damage to the crystal lattice of zircon and loss of Pb by impact-related shock metamorphism can affect the interpretation of U-Pb isotope data. Five samples of the ... -
The effect of biochar amendment on the health, greenhouse gas emission, and climate change resilience of soil in a temperate agroecosystem
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-26)Biochar has been a successful soil amendment in tropical agriculture for thousands of years. Biochar’s intrinsic chemical and physical properties benefit agriculture in terms of soil health, environmental pollution, and ... -
Experimental analysis of coherent structures in a plane confined jet
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-26)Confined jets are commonly employed in several industrial applications such as propul-sion systems in the aerospace industry and environmental control systems. In the presentstudy, the flow development of a high ... -
Analysis of Temporal Changes in Estrogenic Compounds Released from Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-26)Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are traditionally designed to target the removal of contaminants such as total suspended solids, phosphorous, biological oxygen demand, and ammonia. Recent changes to the Federal ... -
The effects of operationally relevant head supported mass on neck muscle activity during a rapid scanning task
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-26)The addition of head supported mass, specifically night vision goggles (NVGs), is widely accepted as a key contributor to neck trouble among armed forces rotary wing pilots (Harrison et al., 2009). In fact, nearly 80% of ... -
Measuring Trapped Ion Qudits
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-26)Quantum information has typically focused on using 2-level qubits to perform simulation and computation. We propose to expand the number of levels for computation using qudits, where \(d>2\). Doing so could be a viable ... -
Microstructure and texture evolution during hot deformation of AZ80 magnesium alloy
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-26)The research investigates the hot deformation behaviour of the AZ80 alloy, with special emphasis on obtaining the flow stress data for a variety of deformation conditions (in range of 300 – 450 °C, and 0.001/s to 1/s) based ... -
Tolerable Experimental Imperfections for a Quadrupole Blade Ion Trap and Practical Qudit Gates with Trapped Ions
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-26)Trapped ions are one of the leading technologies in quantum information technology due to their long coherence time and low noise presence. For trapping ions, there are a plethora of ion trap architectures. Among them ... -
Self-powered on-line ion concentration monitor in water transportation driven by triboelectric nanogenerator
(Elsevier, 2019-08)Ion concentration in water is a key criterion for evaluating water quality. In this work, we developed a self-powered on-line ion concentration monitor in water transportation based on impedance matching effect of triboelectric ... -
Go on play with the words, the effect is the same: how gentrification and liveability feature in public discourses of neighbourhood change
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-25)Despite its association with displacement, gentrification remains a persuasive model for encouraging economic development and growth. For gentrification strategies to remain politically palatable, policy discourses mask ... -
Development of Active and Stable Nanostructured Ceria-based Catalysts for Soot Oxidation
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-25)The focus of this thesis is to improve catalytic activity and stability of ceria-based catalysts for soot oxidation. The main objective was to develop an inexpensive, active and stable catalyst through iron and samarium ... -
Fatigue of Forged AZ80 Magnesium Alloy
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-25)The majority of research surrounding the fatigue of Mg alloys generally exhibits a rigid dichotomy between theoretical and applied contributions. This research work addresses both of these domains of the field from a more ...