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1. Batmaz, Rasim. Adsorption of an Organic Dye with Cellulose Nanocrystals.

Degree: Master of Applied Science, Chemical Engineering, 2013, University of Waterloo

► In developing countries many industries use dyes to colour their products, such as textiles, rubber, paper, cosmetics, leather, plastics, and food industries. Such a wide… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Cellulose Nanocrystal; Dye adsorption; Chemical Engineering

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Batmaz, R. (2013). Adsorption of an Organic Dye with Cellulose Nanocrystals. (Masters Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/7427

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Batmaz, Rasim. “Adsorption of an Organic Dye with Cellulose Nanocrystals.” 2013. Masters Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/7427.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Batmaz, Rasim. “Adsorption of an Organic Dye with Cellulose Nanocrystals.” 2013. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Batmaz R. Adsorption of an Organic Dye with Cellulose Nanocrystals. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2013. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/7427.

Council of Science Editors:

Batmaz R. Adsorption of an Organic Dye with Cellulose Nanocrystals. [Masters Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/7427

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2. Norris, Sarah. Contribution of sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium pumping to resting mouse muscle metabolism.

Degree: MS, Kinesiology, 2009, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/4479

► Few studies have quantified resting mouse muscle metabolism and even fewer studies have separated the contribution of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ pumping to resting metabolic… (more)

▼ Few studies have quantified resting mouse muscle metabolism and even fewer studies have separated the contribution of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ pumping to resting metabolic rate. Furthermore, the studies that have attempted to quantify the contribution of Ca2+ pumping have used indirect methods to inhibit SR Ca2+ ATPase activity. The purpose of this study is to directly quantify resting muscle oxygen consumption and the contribution of SR Ca2+ pumping to resting oxygen consumption in mouse hindlimb muscles by using CPA to specifically inhibit Ca2+ pump activity in intact muscles at rest. The TIOX system was used to measure resting muscle VO2 of extensor digitorum longus (EDL) and soleus (SOL) muscles at 30 °C and 20 °C. C57BL mice aged 8-12 weeks were used with an average whole body mass of 23.8 g and EDL and SOL dry weights averaging 1.88 mg and 1.8 mg, respectively. All muscle VO2 measurements are expressed per gram dry weight. There were no differences (P>0.1) in resting muscle VO2 between EDL and SOL muscles at either 30 °C (EDL, 2.05 µL/g/s; SOL, 2.27 µL/g/s) or 20 °C (EDL, 0.62 µL/g/s; SOL, 0.71 µL/g/s). The average Q10 (3.1) was determined from EDL and SOL VO2 measures at 20 °C and 30 °C. The contribution of Ca2+ pumping by the sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA) was measured at 30 °C using a range of CPA concentrations (1-15 µM) . There was a concentration-dependent effect of CPA on oxygen consumption with increasing CPA concentrations up to 10 µM resulting in progressively greater reductions in muscle oxygen consumption. Specifically, 1, 5, 10, and 15 µM CPA caused an 11, 35.4, 49.5, and 50.3% reduction in VO2. There were no differences (P>0.1) between 10 and 15 µM CPA indicating that 10 µM CPA induces maximal inhibition of SERCA in isolated muscle preparations. The results indicate that the Ca2+ pumping by SERCA is responsible for ~50% of oxygen consumption in resting mouse EDL and SOL muscle. This is the first study to use a direct inhibitor of SERCA to quantify the contribution of Ca2+ cycling to resting oxygen consumption and therefore is a more accurate reflection of the actual contribution of SERCA to resting muscle oxygen consumption compared to previous findings. These results suggest that SERCA energy consumption accounts for a large portion of resting muscle metabolism and may represent a potential therapeutic target for metabolic alterations to oppose obesity.

Subjects/Keywords: sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase; skeletal muscle oxygen consumption; Kinesiology

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Norris, S. (2009). Contribution of sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium pumping to resting mouse muscle metabolism. (Masters Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/4479

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Norris, Sarah. “Contribution of sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium pumping to resting mouse muscle metabolism.” 2009. Masters Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/4479.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Norris, Sarah. “Contribution of sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium pumping to resting mouse muscle metabolism.” 2009. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Norris S. Contribution of sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium pumping to resting mouse muscle metabolism. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2009. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/4479.

Council of Science Editors:

Norris S. Contribution of sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium pumping to resting mouse muscle metabolism. [Masters Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2009. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/4479

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3. Khan, Injla. Hybrid Biocomposites with Starch Derived Nanoparticles and Cellulose Fibers.

Degree: 2017, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11975

► The use of natural polymers such as starch and cellulose in composites has gained significant popularity due to two main reasons: i) biopolymers increase the… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Biocomposites

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Khan, I. (2017). Hybrid Biocomposites with Starch Derived Nanoparticles and Cellulose Fibers. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11975

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Khan, Injla. “Hybrid Biocomposites with Starch Derived Nanoparticles and Cellulose Fibers.” 2017. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11975.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Khan, Injla. “Hybrid Biocomposites with Starch Derived Nanoparticles and Cellulose Fibers.” 2017. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Khan I. Hybrid Biocomposites with Starch Derived Nanoparticles and Cellulose Fibers. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2017. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11975.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Khan I. Hybrid Biocomposites with Starch Derived Nanoparticles and Cellulose Fibers. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11975

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4. Poothicottu Jacob, George. A HoloLens Framework for Augmented Reality Applications in Breast Cancer Surgery.

Degree: 2018, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/12979

► This project aims to support oncologic breast-conserving surgery by creating a platform for better surgical planning through the development of a framework that is capable… (more)

▼ This project aims to support oncologic breast-conserving surgery by creating a platform for better surgical planning through the development of a framework that is capable of displaying a virtual model of the tumour(s) requiring surgery, on a patient's breast. Breast-conserving surgery is the first clear option when it comes to tackling cases of breast cancer, but the surgery comes with risks. The surgeon wants to maintain clean margins while performing the procedure such that the disease does not resurface. This calls for the importance of surgical planning where the surgeon consults with radiologists and pre-surgical imaging such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). The MRI prior to the surgical procedure, however, is taken with the patient in the prone position (face-down) but the surgery happens in a supine position (face-up). Thus mapping the location of the tumour(s) to the corresponding anatomical position from the MRI is a tedious task which requires a large amount of expertise and time given that the organ is soft and flexible. For this project, the tumour is visualized in the corresponding anatomical position to assist in surgical planning. Augmented Reality is the best option for this problem and this, in turn, led to an investigation of the application capability of the Microsoft HoloLens to solve this problem. Given its multitude of sensors and resolution of display the device is a fine candidate for this process. However, the HoloLens is still under development with a large number of limitations in its use. This work tries to compensate for these limitations using the existing hardware and software in the device's arsenal. Within this masters thesis, the principal questions answered are related to the acquiring of data from breast mimicking objects in acceptable resolutions, discriminating between the information based on photometry, offloading the data to a computer for post-processing in creating a correspondence between the MRI data and acquired data, and finally retrieving the processed information such that the MRI information can be used for visualizing the tumor in the anatomically precise position. Unfortunately, time limitations for this project led to an incomplete system which is not completely synchronized, however, our work has solidified the grounds for the software aspects toward the final goals set out such that extensive exploration need only be done in the imaging side of this problem.

Subjects/Keywords: Augmented Reality; Breast Cancer Surgery; Microsoft HoloLens; Surface Registration; Incremental Super Resolution; Surface Reconstruction; MRI

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APA (6^th Edition):

Poothicottu Jacob, G. (2018). A HoloLens Framework for Augmented Reality Applications in Breast Cancer Surgery. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/12979

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Poothicottu Jacob, George. “A HoloLens Framework for Augmented Reality Applications in Breast Cancer Surgery.” 2018. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/12979.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Poothicottu Jacob, George. “A HoloLens Framework for Augmented Reality Applications in Breast Cancer Surgery.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Poothicottu Jacob G. A HoloLens Framework for Augmented Reality Applications in Breast Cancer Surgery. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/12979.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Poothicottu Jacob G. A HoloLens Framework for Augmented Reality Applications in Breast Cancer Surgery. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/12979

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

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5. Mozifian, Melissa Farinaz. Real-time 3D Object Detection for Autonomous Driving.

Degree: 2018, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13267

► This thesis focuses on advancing the state-of-the-art 3D object detection and localization in autonomous driving. An autonomous vehicle requires operating within a very unpredictable and… (more)

▼ This thesis focuses on advancing the state-of-the-art 3D object detection and localization in autonomous driving. An autonomous vehicle requires operating within a very unpredictable and dynamic environment. Hence a robust perception system is essential. This work proposes a novel architecture, AVOD, an 𝐀ggregate 𝐕iew 𝐎bject 𝐃etection architecture for autonomous driving capable of generating accurate 3D bounding boxes on road scenes. AVOD uses LIDAR point clouds and RGB images to generate features that are shared by two subnetworks: a region proposal network (RPN) and a second stage detector network. The proposed RPN uses a novel architecture capable of performing multimodal feature fusion on high resolution feature maps to generate reliable 3D object proposals for multiple object classes in road scenes. Using these proposals, the second stage detection network performs accurate oriented 3D bounding box regression and category classification to predict the extents, orientation, and classification of objects in 3D space. AVOD is differentiated from the state-of-the-art by using a high resolution feature extractor coupled with a multimodal fusion RPN architecture, and is therefore able to produce accurate region proposals for small classes in road scenes. AVOD also employs explicit orientation vector regression to resolve the ambiguous orientation estimate inferred from a bounding box. Experiments on the challenging KITTI dataset show the superiority of AVOD over the state-of-the-art detectors on the 3D localization, orientation estimation, and category classification tasks. Finally, AVOD is shown to run in real time and with a low memory overhead. The robustness of AVOD is also visually demonstrated when deployed on our autonomous vehicle operating under low lighting conditions such as night time as well as in snowy scenes. Furthermore, AVOD-SSD is proposed as a 3D Single Stage Detector. This work demonstrates how a single stage detector can achieve similar accuracy as that of a two-stage detector. An analysis of speed and accuracy trade-offs between AVOD and AVOD-SSD are presented.

Subjects/Keywords: Computer Vision; Object Detection; Deep Learning

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APA (6^th Edition):

Mozifian, M. F. (2018). Real-time 3D Object Detection for Autonomous Driving. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13267

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Mozifian, Melissa Farinaz. “Real-time 3D Object Detection for Autonomous Driving.” 2018. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13267.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Mozifian, Melissa Farinaz. “Real-time 3D Object Detection for Autonomous Driving.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Mozifian MF. Real-time 3D Object Detection for Autonomous Driving. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13267.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Mozifian MF. Real-time 3D Object Detection for Autonomous Driving. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13267

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

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6. Istead, Lesley. Towards Better Methods of Stereoscopic 3D Media Adjustment and Stylization.

Degree: 2018, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13364

► Stereoscopic 3D (S3D) media is pervasive in film, photography and art. However, working with S3D media poses a number of interesting challenges arising from capture… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: stereoscopic 3D; non-photorealistic rendering; disparity adjustment

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Istead, L. (2018). Towards Better Methods of Stereoscopic 3D Media Adjustment and Stylization. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13364

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Istead, Lesley. “Towards Better Methods of Stereoscopic 3D Media Adjustment and Stylization.” 2018. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13364.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Istead, Lesley. “Towards Better Methods of Stereoscopic 3D Media Adjustment and Stylization.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Istead L. Towards Better Methods of Stereoscopic 3D Media Adjustment and Stylization. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13364.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Istead L. Towards Better Methods of Stereoscopic 3D Media Adjustment and Stylization. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13364

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7. Rahman, Adam. Preserving Measured Structure During Generation and Reduction of Multivariate Point Configurations.

Degree: 2018, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13365

► Inherent in any multivariate data is structure, which describes the general shape and distribution of the underlying point configuration. While there are potentially many types… (more)

▼ Inherent in any multivariate data is structure, which describes the general shape and distribution of the underlying point configuration. While there are potentially many types of structure that could be of interest, consider restricting interest to two general types: geometric structure, the general shape of a point configuration, and probabilistic structure, the general distribution of points within the configuration. The ability to quantify geometric structure is an important step in many common statistical analyses. For instance, general neighbourhood structure is captured using a k-nearest neighbour graph in dimension reduction techniques such as isomap and locally-linear embedding. Neighbourhood graphs are also used in sensor network localization, which has applications in fields such as environmental habitat monitoring and wildlife monitoring. Another geometric graph, the convex hull, is also used in wildlife monitoring as a rough estimate of an animal's home range. The identification of areas of high and low density is one example of measuring the probability structure of a configuration, which can be done using a wide variety of methods. One such method is using kernel density estimation, which can be viewed as a weighted sum of nearby points. Kernel density estimation has widely varying applications, including in regression analysis, and is used in general to assess certain features of the data (modality, skewness, etc.). Related to the idea of measuring structure is the concept of "Cognostics", which has been formalized as scatterplot diagnostics (or scagnostics). Scagnostics provides a framework through which interesting structure can be measured in a configuration. The central idea is to numerically summarize the structure of a large number of two-dimensional point configurations via measures calculated on geometric graphs. This allows the interesting views to be quickly identified, and ultimately examined visually, while the views deemed to be uninteresting are simply discarded. While a good starting point, several issues in the current framework need to be addressed. For instance, while each measure is designed to be in [0,1], there are some that, when measured over tens of thousands of configurations, fail to achieve this range. In addition, there is a lot of structure that could be considered interesting that is not captured by the current framework. These issues, among others, will be addressed and rectified so that the current scagnostic framework can continue to be built upon. With tools to measure structure, attention is turned to making use of the structural information contained in the configuration. Consider the problem of preserving measured structure during the task of data aggregation, more commonly known as binning. Existing methods of data aggregation tend to exist on two ends of the structure retention spectrum. Through experimentation, methods such as equal width and hexagonal binning will be shown to tend to retain the shape of the configuration, at the expense of the…

Subjects/Keywords: Binning; Euclidean Distance Matrix Completion; Scagnostics; Structure Retention; Statistics

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Rahman, A. (2018). Preserving Measured Structure During Generation and Reduction of Multivariate Point Configurations. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13365

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Rahman, Adam. “Preserving Measured Structure During Generation and Reduction of Multivariate Point Configurations.” 2018. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13365.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Rahman, Adam. “Preserving Measured Structure During Generation and Reduction of Multivariate Point Configurations.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Rahman A. Preserving Measured Structure During Generation and Reduction of Multivariate Point Configurations. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13365.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Rahman A. Preserving Measured Structure During Generation and Reduction of Multivariate Point Configurations. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13365

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

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8. Samarasekera, Champika. Variations on Acoustophoretic Microchannels: From the Facile to the Highly Capable.

Degree: 2018, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13367

► The lab-on-a-chip toolkit is replete with techniques for microparticle manipulation. The use of ultrasonic waves to impart forces on particles, referred to as acoustophoresis, is… (more)

▼ The lab-on-a-chip toolkit is replete with techniques for microparticle manipulation. The use of ultrasonic waves to impart forces on particles, referred to as acoustophoresis, is one particularly powerful yet gentle option. Traditionally, piezoelectric transducers have been coupled with acoustic resonators in order to sustain standing waves for aggregating, sorting, and sensing applications. However, there are several drawbacks to these setups. First, the construction techniques underpinning resonators tend to be expensive and laborious. Secondly, the acoustic impedance of piezoelectric transducers is much higher than the aqueous medium in which microparticles are suspended. This requires the use of impedance-matching layers to adequately couple acoustic energy into the medium. Finally, piezoelectric materials tend to be incompatible with traditional fabrication methods for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). This can significantly impact the use of piezoelectric materials in more complex lab-on-a-chip type platforms where many processes beyond sample manipulation may be necessary. Over the past two decades, another type of transducer, known as the capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT), has been challenging the dominance of the piezotransducer. However, this competition has been occurring primarily in the arenas of non-destructive testing and medical imaging. Given some of the unique attributes of CMUTs, it is surprising that they have yet to be fully realized in acoustophoresis, especially because acoustophoresis is popularly practiced within a microfluidic setting. We first present a highly cost-effective and cleanroom-free technique for prototyping piezo-equipped, transversal acoustophoretic resonators. Simple bifurcation and trifurcation microchannels suitable for acoustophoresis in microscopy applications are fabricated and demonstrated. The second focus of our research looks at the suitability of CMUT microarrays as platforms for acoustophoresis. We address the following: issues surrounding their implementation; modeling of potential resonator designs; and possibility of foregoing resonators altogether. Several CMUT devices are then fabricated and tested, using travelling-wave ultrasound to demonstrate aggregation within droplets as well as sequential capture and separation within flows. A unique phenomenon of bead aggregate palpation is encountered, the physical underpinnings of which are attributed to magnitude changes in lateral gradient forces with frequency. Finally, we attempt to perform standing wave manipulations of particles using the CMUT microarray, and describe the difficulties encountered in doing so.

Subjects/Keywords: MEMS; Acoustophoresis; Ultrasound; Microfluidics; CMUT

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APA (6^th Edition):

Samarasekera, C. (2018). Variations on Acoustophoretic Microchannels: From the Facile to the Highly Capable. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13367

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Samarasekera, Champika. “Variations on Acoustophoretic Microchannels: From the Facile to the Highly Capable.” 2018. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13367.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Samarasekera, Champika. “Variations on Acoustophoretic Microchannels: From the Facile to the Highly Capable.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Samarasekera C. Variations on Acoustophoretic Microchannels: From the Facile to the Highly Capable. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13367.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Samarasekera C. Variations on Acoustophoretic Microchannels: From the Facile to the Highly Capable. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13367

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9. Decent, Dana. The Mental and Physical Human Health Impacts of Residential Basement Flooding and Associated Financial Costs: Interviews with Households in Southern Ontario, Canada.

Degree: 2018, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13366

► This thesis summarizes primary research conducted on the mental and physical health impacts associated with residential basement flooding and their associated financial costs (e.g. days… (more)

▼ This thesis summarizes primary research conducted on the mental and physical health impacts associated with residential basement flooding and their associated financial costs (e.g. days off work, visits to health services, medication use). This thesis focuses on residential basement flooding because flooding has become the costliest of all extreme weather events in Canada, as it increases in frequency and severity. The three research questions of this thesis are: 1. What are the short-term and long-term mental and physical health impacts associated with residential basement flooding? 2. What are the attributes affecting vulnerability to identified health impacts? 3. What are the mental and physical health financial costs associated with residential basement flooding? This author interviewed 100 residents in flood-impacted neighbourhoods in Burlington, Ontario, a city where over 3,500 homes were flooded in August 2014 (Conservation Halton, 2015). The author interviewed 58 residents, who had experienced basement flooding, in reference to health impacts realized within the first 30 days of flooding, and those realized anytime after those first 30 days. A total of 42 residents who lived in the same neighbourhood but had not experienced flooding in their home formed the control, and the author interviewed them in reference to specific health impacts realized in the last three years since flooding. In response to the first research question, the thesis found that there were significant mental health impacts (increased worry and stress) realized both in the first 30 days of experiencing flooding and approximately three years later. This suggests that there are both short-term and long-term mental health impacts associated with residential basement flooding. In response to the second research question, there were several attributes identified in this study that significantly correlated with higher worry and stress. These attributes included age (adults and seniors from flooded households exhibited higher worry and stress than adults and seniors in the control), water height, difficulty contacting an insurance provider, and worsening of existing health issues. In response to the third research question, the study found that over half (56%) of flooded households that had at least one working member (n=25) took time off work, and the average time off work was seven person days per household. This is substantially higher than the average for Ontario in 2014 (<1 day), suggesting that residential basement flooding significantly affects productivity for workers. Almost half (49%) of flooded households did not have full property and casualty insurance coverage. Additional research could build on this study through examination of medical data and health claims in flood-impacted communities to further explore financial costs resulting from the health impacts of flooding. Additional research in another community with a different socio-economic background could help to determine the breadth of applicability of the study…

Subjects/Keywords: flood; health; climate change; mental health

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Decent, D. (2018). The Mental and Physical Human Health Impacts of Residential Basement Flooding and Associated Financial Costs: Interviews with Households in Southern Ontario, Canada. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13366

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Decent, Dana. “The Mental and Physical Human Health Impacts of Residential Basement Flooding and Associated Financial Costs: Interviews with Households in Southern Ontario, Canada.” 2018. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13366.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Decent, Dana. “The Mental and Physical Human Health Impacts of Residential Basement Flooding and Associated Financial Costs: Interviews with Households in Southern Ontario, Canada.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Decent D. The Mental and Physical Human Health Impacts of Residential Basement Flooding and Associated Financial Costs: Interviews with Households in Southern Ontario, Canada. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13366.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

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Decent D. The Mental and Physical Human Health Impacts of Residential Basement Flooding and Associated Financial Costs: Interviews with Households in Southern Ontario, Canada. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13366

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10. Choo, Feng-Xuan. The Ordinal Serial Encoding Model: Serial Memory in Spiking Neurons.

Degree: 2010, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/5385

► In a world dominated by temporal order, memory capable of processing, encoding and subsequently recalling ordered information is very important. Over the decades this memory,… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: serial memory; neural engineering framework; spiking neuron model; HRR; working memory; serial-order recall

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Choo, F. (2010). The Ordinal Serial Encoding Model: Serial Memory in Spiking Neurons. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/5385

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Choo, Feng-Xuan. “The Ordinal Serial Encoding Model: Serial Memory in Spiking Neurons.” 2010. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/5385.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Choo, Feng-Xuan. “The Ordinal Serial Encoding Model: Serial Memory in Spiking Neurons.” 2010. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Choo F. The Ordinal Serial Encoding Model: Serial Memory in Spiking Neurons. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2010. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/5385.

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Choo F. The Ordinal Serial Encoding Model: Serial Memory in Spiking Neurons. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2010. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/5385

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11. Marvyn, Phillip. The suitability and consequence of renal tubule specific adipose triglyceride lipase ablation for the study of targeted lipid accumulation in the kidney.

Degree: 2015, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/9345

► Circulating non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) rise during fasting and are taken up by the kidneys, either directly from the plasma or during re-uptake of albumin… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Adipose triglyceride lipase

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Marvyn, P. (2015). The suitability and consequence of renal tubule specific adipose triglyceride lipase ablation for the study of targeted lipid accumulation in the kidney. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/9345

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Marvyn, Phillip. “The suitability and consequence of renal tubule specific adipose triglyceride lipase ablation for the study of targeted lipid accumulation in the kidney.” 2015. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/9345.

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Marvyn, Phillip. “The suitability and consequence of renal tubule specific adipose triglyceride lipase ablation for the study of targeted lipid accumulation in the kidney.” 2015. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

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Marvyn P. The suitability and consequence of renal tubule specific adipose triglyceride lipase ablation for the study of targeted lipid accumulation in the kidney. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2015. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/9345.

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Marvyn P. The suitability and consequence of renal tubule specific adipose triglyceride lipase ablation for the study of targeted lipid accumulation in the kidney. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/9345

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12. Xu, Chao. Toward High Performance Broad-band Frequency Comb Operation of Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers.

Degree: 2017, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11898

► Recent advances in Terahertz Quantum Cascade Laser (THz QCL) development are pushing this technology ever closer to practical application, particularly within the spectroscopic field. For… (more)

▼ Recent advances in Terahertz Quantum Cascade Laser (THz QCL) development are pushing this technology ever closer to practical application, particularly within the spectroscopic field. For this reason, optimizing the operation of THz QCL frequency combs, which can potentially provide unprecedented accuracy and stability to the optical spectra in a broad frequency band, is of particular interest to the research community. The THz QCLs frequency comb was only recently realized using two separate techniques: either a broad-gain active region or a group velocity dispersion controlled waveguide. However, due to residual optical dispersion from both the gain medium and the cold waveguide, comb formation in these reported THz QCLs can only sustain a limited current injection region and the observed comb frequency range is much narrower than the bandwidth of the designed gain medium. To overcome these limitations, this thesis targets a new THz QCL frequency comb device design that simultaneously exploits the broadband gain active region and a group velocity dispersion (GVD)-compensated waveguide over an octave frequency band of 2-4 THz. In designing a broadband gain active region, two heterogeneous structures are proposed and simulated, with one combining three different bound-to-continuum (BTC) active regions operating at a temperature of 25 K, and another one consisting of four different resonant-phonon (RP) active regions operating at the liquid nitrogen temperature (77 K) or higher. The simulation results show that both active region designs can provide a broadband and ‘flat-top’ gain profile covering the frequency range from 2 to 4 THz. To design a group velocity dispersion-compensated waveguide, strategies are explored for simulating chirped Distributed Bragg Reflectors (DBRs) that can serve as THz QCL metal-metal waveguides, and one-dimensional (1D) and three-dimensional (3D) modeling approaches are established and verified. A novel two-section chirped DBR is proposed, which provides substantially-improved group delay compensation over a broadband octave frequency range from 2 to 4 THz. Two THz QCL structures are grown using in-house molecular beam epitaxy and THz QCL devices equipped with a metal-metal waveguides are fabricated in the University of Waterloo Quantum-Nano-Centre clean-room fabrication lab. The experimental results demonstrate that the new THz QCL active region design can operate up to a maximum lasing temperature of 111 K, and with a broad lasing spectrum covering frequencies from 2.36 to 2.86 THz under pulse mode, at temperature of 13 K. The combined theoretical and experimental work would ultimately lead to the demonstration of improved THz QCL frequency comb operation over the broadband range from 2 to 4 THz.

Subjects/Keywords: quantum cascade laser; Terahertz

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Xu, C. (2017). Toward High Performance Broad-band Frequency Comb Operation of Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11898

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Xu, Chao. “Toward High Performance Broad-band Frequency Comb Operation of Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers.” 2017. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11898.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Xu, Chao. “Toward High Performance Broad-band Frequency Comb Operation of Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers.” 2017. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Xu C. Toward High Performance Broad-band Frequency Comb Operation of Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2017. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11898.

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Xu C. Toward High Performance Broad-band Frequency Comb Operation of Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11898

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University of Waterloo

13. Han, Guiyang. Quantum Gates and Decoupling in Qubits with Fixed Transverse Coupling.

Degree: 2017, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11960

► Among all the quantum computer candidates, the superconducting system is one of the most convincing platforms due to its strong couplings and scalability. To be… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Quantum Physics; Superconducting Qubits; Decoupling; Quantum Gates

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Han, G. (2017). Quantum Gates and Decoupling in Qubits with Fixed Transverse Coupling. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11960

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Han, Guiyang. “Quantum Gates and Decoupling in Qubits with Fixed Transverse Coupling.” 2017. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11960.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Han, Guiyang. “Quantum Gates and Decoupling in Qubits with Fixed Transverse Coupling.” 2017. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Han G. Quantum Gates and Decoupling in Qubits with Fixed Transverse Coupling. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2017. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11960.

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Council of Science Editors:

Han G. Quantum Gates and Decoupling in Qubits with Fixed Transverse Coupling. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11960

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14. Qin, Ning. Micro-scale Studies on Hydrodynamics and Mass Transfer of Dense Carbon Dioxide Segments in Water.

Degree: 2017, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11940

► Microfluidic technologies have started to show their potential in assisting with the probes into the complicated mechanical-chemical interactions of multiphase fluids at microscale geometries (e.g.,… (more)

▼ Microfluidic technologies have started to show their potential in assisting with the probes into the complicated mechanical-chemical interactions of multiphase fluids at microscale geometries (e.g., regular channels, porous media micromodels). The benefits of appropriately implementing microfluidics in such research efforts may include, but are not limited to: (1) small-dimensions facilitated analogous mechanical behaviors, (2) precise and reliable controls over relevant operating parameters of the fluids, (3) approximated reproduction of the hydrostatic or hydrodynamic circumstances, and (4) implementations of advanced visualization technologies such as microscopic imaging in order to reveal the dynamic processes involved in those multi-fluid interactions. Following the early studies on two-phase flow such as oil and water in microscale devices driven by the understanding of oil recovery process and mechanisms, carbon dioxide (CO2) has drawn increasing attention because of their environmental impact such as greenhouse gas effects. Most studies target either enhancing the chemical reactions by using pressurized CO2 as a solvent or revealing physical properties as well as mass transfer performance of gaseous CO2 in common hydrodynamic scenarios. However, dense CO2 including liquid and supercritical states are rarely touched, which is mainly due to the technical difficulties in working with extreme pressures (tens to hundreds times of atmospheric pressure) and elevated temperatures (> 31°C). Driven by the literature voids, this thesis presents some preliminary studies of the hydrodynamic issues and mass transfer of dense CO2 in a form of flowing segments in microchannels. Prior to the commencement of any experimental work concerning dense CO2, a system capable of working at extreme pressures reliably and safely needs to be build first. Chapter 3 details the building of an experimental system which is dedicated to two phase microfluidic studies, especially for those related to extreme pressure/temperature conditions. Based on two principles of being extreme conditions durable and leakage free., a few goals, namely, reliability, flexibility and coordinability of this system are achieved. The first part of this thesis (Chapter 4) presents an experimental study of a fluid pair, namely, liquid CO2 and deionized (DI) water, in a micro T-junction, where liquid CO2 and DI water are injected from the side and the main channel of the T-junction, respectively. Drop flow and co-flow are identified as two main flow regimes subjected to the various flow rate ratios applied. By focusing on the drop flow, a full period of liquid CO2 drop generation is divided into three stages, and each stage is meticulously described in terms of the interfacial developments (e.g., interface profile, pressures across the interface, size variations). The mass transfer mechanisms including CO2 hydration, diffusion on a perpendicular dimension of the interface and the advection parallel to the interface are considered and discussed in terms of their…

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Qin, N. (2017). Micro-scale Studies on Hydrodynamics and Mass Transfer of Dense Carbon Dioxide Segments in Water. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11940

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Qin, Ning. “Micro-scale Studies on Hydrodynamics and Mass Transfer of Dense Carbon Dioxide Segments in Water.” 2017. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11940.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Qin, Ning. “Micro-scale Studies on Hydrodynamics and Mass Transfer of Dense Carbon Dioxide Segments in Water.” 2017. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Qin N. Micro-scale Studies on Hydrodynamics and Mass Transfer of Dense Carbon Dioxide Segments in Water. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2017. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11940.

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Council of Science Editors:

Qin N. Micro-scale Studies on Hydrodynamics and Mass Transfer of Dense Carbon Dioxide Segments in Water. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11940

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University of Waterloo

15. Hanjahanja-Phiri, Thokozani. Assessing the Intergenerational Effects of Maternal Exposure to Drought in Early Life Before and After Prenatal Supplementation and the Seasonality Effects on Birth Outcomes in Rural Malawi.

Degree: 2018, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/12892

► BACKGROUND Prenatal supplementation can positively influence birth outcomes by addressing and improving the nutritional status of infants in resource-poor settings. Nevertheless, evidence from historical disasters… (more)

▼ BACKGROUND Prenatal supplementation can positively influence birth outcomes by addressing and improving the nutritional status of infants in resource-poor settings. Nevertheless, evidence from historical disasters such the Dutch Famine and the Great Chinese Famines suggest that early life nutritional adversity can have spill-over, intergenerational, effects when an affected girl becomes pregnant. Little is known on whether early life nutritional adversity in the context of historical droughts in Malawi result in intergenerational effects on offspring’s birth outcomes, whether the timing of the early life nutritional adversity (in utero vs. early childhood) matters, and whether prenatal supplements could offset any intergenerational effects. In Malawi, some of the women who lived in Mangochi District as young children were exposed to one of the droughts of 1981/82, 1987/88, or 1992/93, in utero or at age 0-5 yr, for up to 12 months in each drought period, and to varying degrees of drought severity. This research took advantage of a natural experiment to explore the effects of maternal exposure to drought in early life on offspring’s birth outcomes. In this natural experiment, there was no pre-determined randomization of exposure and non-drought exposure and, as such, assignment of pregnant women into the two groups was simply determined by date of birth (DoB). The outcomes of interest were infant length-for-age Z score (LAZ), weight-for-age Z score (WAZ), and birthweight (either actual birthweight where available, or imputed, where newborns were weighed within 3-5 days of birth). Additionally, this research assessed the impact of a novel prenatal supplement on the hypothesized intergenerational effects of maternal exposure to drought in Malawi compared to the standard of care prenatal supplement. This research also took advantage of the existence of a unimodal weather pattern in Malawi which is divided into three parts, with a single rainy season and harvest: the cold and dry season (coincides with the harvest and post-harvest months), the hot and dry season (coincides with the pre-lean [“hunger”] months), and the hot and wet season (coincides with the lean “[hunger”] months). The literature cites the importance seasonality on birth outcomes. The exposures of interest were offspring’s birth in the pre-lean months or lean months compared to birth in the harvest/post harvest months (based on known DoB). The outcomes of interest were measured birthweight – measured within 72 hours of birth – and imputed birthweight, if measured more than 3 days after birth, measured infant LAZ and infant WAZ. Weight and length data were expressed as Z-scores (WAZ, LAZ) relative to the 2006 WHO growth standards. OBJECTIVES The primary objective of study1 was to estimate the direct effects of in utero maternal exposure to the pooled droughts of 1981/82, 1987/88, and 1992/93 on infant LAZ, infant WAZ, and imputed birthweight [measured close to the time of birth depending on where the infant was born (i.e., clinic vs. non-clinic…

Subjects/Keywords: Early life adversity; Nutritional status; Intergenerational effects; Infant growth; Prenatal supplementation with SQ-LNS; Seasonality effects; Rural Malawi, sub-Saharan Africa

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Hanjahanja-Phiri, T. (2018). Assessing the Intergenerational Effects of Maternal Exposure to Drought in Early Life Before and After Prenatal Supplementation and the Seasonality Effects on Birth Outcomes in Rural Malawi. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/12892

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Hanjahanja-Phiri, Thokozani. “Assessing the Intergenerational Effects of Maternal Exposure to Drought in Early Life Before and After Prenatal Supplementation and the Seasonality Effects on Birth Outcomes in Rural Malawi.” 2018. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/12892.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Hanjahanja-Phiri, Thokozani. “Assessing the Intergenerational Effects of Maternal Exposure to Drought in Early Life Before and After Prenatal Supplementation and the Seasonality Effects on Birth Outcomes in Rural Malawi.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Hanjahanja-Phiri T. Assessing the Intergenerational Effects of Maternal Exposure to Drought in Early Life Before and After Prenatal Supplementation and the Seasonality Effects on Birth Outcomes in Rural Malawi. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/12892.

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Hanjahanja-Phiri T. Assessing the Intergenerational Effects of Maternal Exposure to Drought in Early Life Before and After Prenatal Supplementation and the Seasonality Effects on Birth Outcomes in Rural Malawi. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/12892

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16. Nabavi, Morteza. Subthreshold SRAM Design for Energy Efficient Applications in Nanometric CMOS Technologies.

Degree: 2018, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/12931

► Embedded SRAM circuits are vital components in a modern system on chip (SOC) that can occupy up to 90% of the total area. Therefore, SRAM… (more)

▼ Embedded SRAM circuits are vital components in a modern system on chip (SOC) that can occupy up to 90% of the total area. Therefore, SRAM circuits heavily affect SOC performance, reliability, and yield. In addition, most of the SRAM bitcells are in standby mode and significantly contribute to the total leakage current and leakage power consumption. The aggressive demand in portable devices and billions of connected sensor networks requires long battery life. Therefore, careful design of SRAM circuits with minimal power consumption is in high demand. Reducing the power consumption is mainly achieved by reducing the power supply voltage in the idle mode. However, simply reducing the supply voltage imposes practical limitations on SRAM circuits such as reduced static noise margin, poor write margin, reduced number of cells per bitline, and reduced bitline sensing margin that might cause read/write failures. In addition, the SRAM bitcell has contradictory requirements for read stability and writability. Improving the read stability can cause difficulties in a write operation or vice versa. In this thesis, various techniques for designing subthreshold energy-efficient SRAM circuits are proposed. The proposed techniques include improvement in read margin and write margin, speed improvement, energy consumption reduction, new bitcell architecture and utilizing programmable wordline boosting. A programmable wordline boosting technique is exploited on a conventional 6T SRAM bitcell to improve the operational speed. In addition, wordline boosting can reduce the supply voltage while maintaining the operational frequency. The reduction of the supply voltage allows the memory macro to operate with reduced power consumption. To verify the design, a 16-kb SRAM was fabricated using the TSMC 65 nm CMOS technology. Measurement results show that the maximum operational frequency increases up to 33.3% when wordline boosting is applied. Besides, the supply voltage can be reduced while maintaining the same frequency. This allows reducing the energy consumption to be reduced by 22.2%. The minimum energy consumption achieved is 0.536 fJ/b at 400 mV. Moreover, to improve the read margin, a 6T bitcell SRAM with a PMOS access transistor is proposed. Utilizing a PMOS access transistor results in lower zero level degradation, and hence higher read stability. In addition, the access transistor connected to the internal node holding V DD acts as a stabilizer and counterbalances the effect of zero level degradation. In order to improve the writability, wordline boosting is exploited. Wordline boosting also helps to compensate for the lower speed of the PMOS access transistor compared to a NMOS transistor. To verify our design, a 2kb SRAM is fabricated in the TSMC 65 nm CMOS technology. Measurement results show that the maximum operating frequency of the test chip is at 3.34 MHz at 290 mV. The minimum energy consumption is measured as 1.1 fJ/b at 400 mV.

Subjects/Keywords: Subthreshold; SRAM; Memories; Very Large Integrated Circuits (VLSI); Digital Circuits; Low Power; Low Energy

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Nabavi, M. (2018). Subthreshold SRAM Design for Energy Efficient Applications in Nanometric CMOS Technologies. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/12931

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Nabavi, Morteza. “Subthreshold SRAM Design for Energy Efficient Applications in Nanometric CMOS Technologies.” 2018. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/12931.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Nabavi, Morteza. “Subthreshold SRAM Design for Energy Efficient Applications in Nanometric CMOS Technologies.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Nabavi M. Subthreshold SRAM Design for Energy Efficient Applications in Nanometric CMOS Technologies. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/12931.

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Council of Science Editors:

Nabavi M. Subthreshold SRAM Design for Energy Efficient Applications in Nanometric CMOS Technologies. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/12931

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University of Waterloo

17. Hassani, Iman. The relationship between demographics and consumers' propensity for rewarding or punishing a company based on social responsibility.

Degree: 2018, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/12947

► This research aims to understand the relationship between demographic factors and socially conscious consumption behaviors. Research has been conducted on the relationship between demographic factors… (more)

▼ This research aims to understand the relationship between demographic factors and socially conscious consumption behaviors. Research has been conducted on the relationship between demographic factors and green or socially conscious behavior. Most of these studies provide a snapshot of a certain segment of the population at a given point in time. However, the current study is looking at the influence of demographic factors across countries and over time. The importance of this topic is in understanding actual consumer behavior and identifying consumers’ intentions and needs. Using the GlobeScan Radar database, over 76,000 survey responses from 18 countries between 2007 to 2013 were analyzed . Respondents in each year and country were asked whether they consider punishing or rewarding a company based on the perceived level of social responsibility. Chi square tests were the main form of analysis that was used in this study to investigate the existence of any relationship between demographic factors (including gender, age, income, level of education, country, and year) and the degree to which a consumer actively punishes or rewards a company based on social responsibility. The findings showed there is a relationship between the studied demographic factors and the consumers’ propensity; however only the factor of country showed a strong association, other analyzed variable associations were weak. This study is useful for policymakers, market researchers, academic researchers, and businesses as it provides a comprehensive picture of consumers’ views and their changes over time on a global scale. This research provides a comprehensive picture of the impact of demographic factors on consumers’ behavior. Based on the high number of respondents in this study, we were able to assess with a high degree of statistical confidence, the effects of gender, age, income, education, country, and year on a consumers’ propensity to actively reward or punish companies based on their perceived level of social responsibility.

Subjects/Keywords: Corporate social responsibility; Rewarding; Punishing; Demographics; Socially conscious consumerism; Consumer behavior

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Hassani, I. (2018). The relationship between demographics and consumers' propensity for rewarding or punishing a company based on social responsibility. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/12947

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Hassani, Iman. “The relationship between demographics and consumers' propensity for rewarding or punishing a company based on social responsibility.” 2018. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/12947.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Hassani, Iman. “The relationship between demographics and consumers' propensity for rewarding or punishing a company based on social responsibility.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Hassani I. The relationship between demographics and consumers' propensity for rewarding or punishing a company based on social responsibility. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/12947.

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Council of Science Editors:

Hassani I. The relationship between demographics and consumers' propensity for rewarding or punishing a company based on social responsibility. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/12947

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University of Waterloo

18. Osman, Fares. Sulfur biogeochemistry in a constructed fen peatland in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta, Canada.

Degree: 2018, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13286

► In peatlands, increased sulfate (SO42-) availability can stimulate dissimilatory SO42- reduction (DSR), allowing it to become a prominent anaerobic carbon (C) mineralization process. In turn,… (more)

▼ In peatlands, increased sulfate (SO42-) availability can stimulate dissimilatory SO42- reduction (DSR), allowing it to become a prominent anaerobic carbon (C) mineralization process. In turn, methane emissions may be suppressed, but at the expense of potentially degrading peat accumulation processes if DSR dominates C mineralization pathways. Additionally, as a product of DSR, sulfide sequesters potentially toxic metals as insoluble precipitates. However, accumulation of dissolved sulfide may be toxic to wetland vegetation species. Peatlands are abundant in the Western Boreal Plain in Alberta, the majority of which are fens. Due to the nature of surface mining in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR), these systems are removed from the landscape. Accordingly, oil sands companies are required to return their post-mined sites to equivalent pre-disturbed conditions. In an attempt to test the feasibility of fen creation in the AOSR, a fen peatland ecosystem, named Nikanotee Fen, has been constructed with water supply from an adjacent tailings sand upland aquifer and surrounding reclaimed hillslopes. In the fen peat deposit, pore water SO42- concentrations are 1 to 2 orders of magnitude higher than in surrounding natural peatlands. Due to the nature of the materials used in the design of the system, and the management practices employed prior to construction, the sources that contribute to the elevated pool of SO42- are not well understood. The purpose of this research was to investigate the main sources of SO42- and identify hydrogeochemical controls on its dissolved pool in the pore waters of Nikanotee Fen. Throughout the study period (2013-2016), pore water SO42- concentrations were generally highest in the upland tailings sand aquifer, primarily derived from legacy gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O) in process affected water, in addition to the marine origin of the sand which was reflected by Ca:SO4 molar ratios less than 1 in the groundwater, especially in the eastern region. In the petroleum coke underdrain that was incorporated to control groundwater transport from the upland aquifer, pore water SO42- concentrations increased over time. Dilution, due to freshwater inputs from precipitation and surface runoff generated by the reclaimed hillslopes, was the main mechanism controlling the dissolved SO42- pool in the upland aquifer and petroleum coke underdrain. Additionally, the heterogeneity of the placed tailings sand likely contributed to the variability in pore water SO42- distribution between the eastern and western regions of the upland. Unexpectedly, the peat deposit in 2013 initially experienced substantially higher pore water SO42- concentrations than the underlying petroleum coke underdrain in the western region of the fen, indicating a pre-existing source of SO42- in the peat, possibly due to the prolonged drainage of the donor fen. However, lower average pore water SO42- concentrations than in the underlying petroleum coke underdrain, Ca:SO4 molar ratios exceeding 1, and elevated HCO3- concentrations in the eastern…

Subjects/Keywords: Sulfur; Oil sands; Hydrogeochemistry; Sulfate reduction; OSPW; Gypsum; Wetland reclamation; Cation exchange; Peatland drainage; Tailings sand; Nikanotee Fen; Biogeochemistry; Peat; Athabasca Oil Sands Region; Peat oxidation

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Osman, F. (2018). Sulfur biogeochemistry in a constructed fen peatland in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta, Canada. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13286

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Osman, Fares. “Sulfur biogeochemistry in a constructed fen peatland in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta, Canada.” 2018. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13286.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Osman, Fares. “Sulfur biogeochemistry in a constructed fen peatland in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta, Canada.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Osman F. Sulfur biogeochemistry in a constructed fen peatland in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta, Canada. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13286.

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Osman F. Sulfur biogeochemistry in a constructed fen peatland in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta, Canada. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13286

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University of Waterloo

19. Xu, Xiao Wen. Imagining Hope: Integrating Shelter and Services in Toronto’s Moss Park.

Degree: 2018, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13290

► The winter of 2018 was particularly harsh and its ramifications were evident in the vulnerable homeless populations around Toronto. There is a shortage of accommodations… (more)

▼ The winter of 2018 was particularly harsh and its ramifications were evident in the vulnerable homeless populations around Toronto. There is a shortage of accommodations in shelters especially in freezing temperatures and there is also a challenge of integrating people at risk and those from various backgrounds in society. One approach to meeting this challenge has been written by Ivan Illich in his book, Tools for Conviviality, where he defines “conviviality” as activities and tools that help individuals. With the goal of helping the community and applying conviviality as a principle to actors in both natural and social realms of Moss Park in Toronto, the proposal involves redesigning the park and buildings as a series of different health care, extended learning, employment support, emergency shelter, and recreation facilities that integrate the exterior landscape as treatment, teaching, and recreation areas. In other words, the proposal links services with access to park space. This landscape is not only an important space for the homeless community but also the rest of the neighbourhood. The thesis proposes that the federal government relocates the current armoury, as it is an obsolete building while acknowledging and maintaining the armoury’s contribution to the community as an emergency shelter over the past two decades. This key contribution is translated into an inter-governmental and multi-service complex through the use of shared facilities, flexible spaces, topographic manipulations, and indoor-outdoor connections. Since the neighbourhood is an underserved area, the new design develops not just a new facility, but also one of interrelated services, which are multi-functional and completely integrated into the park because combining the different services destigmatizes them and allows them to be more a part of the public realm. This thesis proposes a new design for Moss Park through examining how “park buildings”, interconnected buildings and parks, can foster empowering relationships that create a supportive public realm.

Subjects/Keywords: Emergency Shelter; Social Services; Recreation Facility; Park; Conviviality

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Xu, X. W. (2018). Imagining Hope: Integrating Shelter and Services in Toronto’s Moss Park. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13290

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Xu, Xiao Wen. “Imagining Hope: Integrating Shelter and Services in Toronto’s Moss Park.” 2018. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13290.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Xu, Xiao Wen. “Imagining Hope: Integrating Shelter and Services in Toronto’s Moss Park.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Xu XW. Imagining Hope: Integrating Shelter and Services in Toronto’s Moss Park. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13290.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Xu XW. Imagining Hope: Integrating Shelter and Services in Toronto’s Moss Park. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13290

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University of Waterloo

20. Diplock, Kenneth. Food safety and Ontario high school students: assessing education needs and the utility of existing food handler training in improving behaviours.

Degree: 2018, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13296

► Foodborne disease poses a significant risk to Canadians, with substantial health and economic burdens. In response, education is a common strategy used to increase food… (more)

▼ Foodborne disease poses a significant risk to Canadians, with substantial health and economic burdens. In response, education is a common strategy used to increase food safety knowledge and promote safe food handling behaviours. Although youth are considered an important population for food safety education, the specific needs of high school students, and the ability of food safety education to improve food handling behaviours, are unknown. Thus, this thesis explored: (1) food safety education needs of high school students in Ontario; (2) the suitability of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care’s (MOHLTC’s) Provincial Food Handler Training program for meeting identified education needs; and (3) whether students’ food handling behaviours changed following delivery of the MOHLTC’s program. These objectives were addressed predominantly via two studies with findings reported in four manuscripts. To explore students’ food safety education needs, key informant interviews with 20 food safety and education experts were conducted. Transcripts of the audio-recorded interviews were analysed inductively, uncovering the nuanced food safety needs of students. High school was identified as an ideal time to instil safe food handling habits to meet students’ personal needs and help reduce the burden of foodborne disease. Experts also agreed that students generally need the same food safety education content as other demographic groups, but stressed the importance of focussing on students’ own common food handling experiences, including: the use of microwaves for reheating and cooking; consumption of convenience meals; school events; transportation of food for lunches, school trips and sporting events; and food allergen awareness. These findings demonstrate that food safety education is important for high school students, and suggest that existing food safety education material may be suitable for such education efforts. To assess whether the MOHLTC program could meet the education needs of high school students, the program’s content was mapped against food safety education needs identified by the key informant experts, and relevant objectives of the Ontario high school curriculum. All the education needs identified by the experts were met, except one: preventing injuries during food preparation. Injury prevention, classified under kitchen safety, is not typically included in food safety education, but is an important consideration for youth given their inexperience with food preparation and cooking. All relevant food safety objectives from the high school curriculum were covered by the MOHLTC material. Thus, the MOHTLC’s program appears suitable for meeting the identified food safety education needs of Ontario high school students. To evaluate whether safe food handling behaviours changed following delivery of the MOHLTC’s program, a repeated measures study was conducted with students (n=119) from four Ontario high schools. Students were observed preparing meals at three times during a semester: prior to…

Subjects/Keywords: Food handling behaviour; High school; Adolescent; Food safety; Education

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Diplock, K. (2018). Food safety and Ontario high school students: assessing education needs and the utility of existing food handler training in improving behaviours. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13296

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Diplock, Kenneth. “Food safety and Ontario high school students: assessing education needs and the utility of existing food handler training in improving behaviours.” 2018. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13296.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Diplock, Kenneth. “Food safety and Ontario high school students: assessing education needs and the utility of existing food handler training in improving behaviours.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Diplock K. Food safety and Ontario high school students: assessing education needs and the utility of existing food handler training in improving behaviours. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13296.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Diplock K. Food safety and Ontario high school students: assessing education needs and the utility of existing food handler training in improving behaviours. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13296

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Waterloo

21. Nassar, Khaled. Implementation of Time Memory Trade-off attack using MPI on GPC.

Degree: 2018, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13287

► Time memory trade-off (TMTO) is a computationally intensive cryptographic attack originally introduced by Hellman in 1980. Since then many different improvements and implementations were researched… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Time memory trade-off

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Nassar, K. (2018). Implementation of Time Memory Trade-off attack using MPI on GPC. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13287

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Nassar, Khaled. “Implementation of Time Memory Trade-off attack using MPI on GPC.” 2018. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13287.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Nassar, Khaled. “Implementation of Time Memory Trade-off attack using MPI on GPC.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Nassar K. Implementation of Time Memory Trade-off attack using MPI on GPC. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13287.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Nassar K. Implementation of Time Memory Trade-off attack using MPI on GPC. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13287

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University of Waterloo

22. Howard, Dellarue. Exploring the Linkages Between Planning and the Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation in Caribbean Small Island Developing States.

Degree: 2018, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13288

► The IPCC Fifth Assessment Report indicates that Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Furthermore, there is a… (more)

▼ The IPCC Fifth Assessment Report indicates that Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Furthermore, there is a considerable adaptation deficit in SIDS which must be addressed to reduce their vulnerability to the effects of climate change, including climate variability. This adaptation deficit can be attributed to the barriers to planned adaptation which exist in SIDS, notably the lack of adequate financial, technical and human resources, institutional and governance deficiencies, and poor leadership among other barriers. Spatial development planning is widely recognized as one of the major avenues which can be used to pursue adaptation. However, research on the barriers to adaptation in SIDS does not sufficiently examine the barriers in relation to the formal planning frameworks which support the development and implementation of adaptation policies. This has constrained our understanding of how the barriers to adaptation are actually manifested in planning practice. Quantitative and qualitative data were gathered for this research using a three-pronged mixed method approach. This involved a survey with public planners from Caribbean SIDS (n = 51), content analysis of national vision and spatial development plans, as well as national climate change policies (n = 23), and semi-structured interviews with senior national policy makers from Caribbean SIDS (n = 21). The research examines the development of adaptation planning at the regional, national, and local levels in Caribbean SIDS to ascertain the advances that have been made and the aspects of adaptation that are lacking. The research then identifies and assesses the barriers to adaptation in Caribbean SIDS using, in part, Moser & Ekstrom’s (2010) diagnostic framework for assessing the barriers to adaptation. The barriers to adaptation are analyzed within the context of the planning frameworks which exist at the regional, national, and local levels in Caribbean SIDS. In addition, the barriers are examined in relation to the stages involved in a rational oriented adaptation planning process. This facilitated an understanding of how the barriers to adaptation are manifested during the different stages of the adaptation planning process, as undertaken in Caribbean SIDS. Three clusters of findings emanated from this research. The first relates to the state of adaptation planning in Caribbean SIDS. The second pertains to the barriers to adaptation in Caribbean SIDS. The third focuses on the linkages between the barriers to adaptation and the spatial development planning frameworks and processes through which adaptation policies are mediated. Regarding the current state of adaptation planning in Caribbean SIDS, the research findings indicate that although adaptation planning is evolving into a policy niche, formal capacity building to support adaptation is mainly taking place at national and regional levels in Caribbean SIDS. The requisite institutional and governance capabilities do not exist at the…

Subjects/Keywords: Adaptation; Planning; Barriers; Small Island Developing States; Caribbean

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Howard, D. (2018). Exploring the Linkages Between Planning and the Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation in Caribbean Small Island Developing States. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13288

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Howard, Dellarue. “Exploring the Linkages Between Planning and the Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation in Caribbean Small Island Developing States.” 2018. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13288.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Howard, Dellarue. “Exploring the Linkages Between Planning and the Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation in Caribbean Small Island Developing States.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Howard D. Exploring the Linkages Between Planning and the Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation in Caribbean Small Island Developing States. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13288.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Howard D. Exploring the Linkages Between Planning and the Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation in Caribbean Small Island Developing States. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13288

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University of Waterloo

23. Muscedere, Bryan James. Detecting Feature-Interaction Hotspots in Automotive Software using Relational Algebra.

Degree: 2018, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13289

► Modern software projects are programmed by multiple teams, consist of millions of lines of code, and are split into separate components that, during runtime, may… (more)

▼ Modern software projects are programmed by multiple teams, consist of millions of lines of code, and are split into separate components that, during runtime, may not be contained in the same process. Due to these complexities, software defects are a common reality; defects cost the global economy over a trillion dollars each year. One area where developing safe software is crucial is the automotive domain. As the typical modern vehicle consists of over 100 million lines of code and is responsible for controlling vehicle motion through advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), there is a potential for these systems to malfunction in catastrophic ways. Due to this risk, automotive software needs to be inspected to verify that it is safe. The problem is that it can be difficult to carry out this detection in code; manual analysis does not scale well, search tools like grep have no contextual awareness of code, and although code reviews can be effective, they cannot target the entire codebase properly. Furthermore, automotive systems are comprised of numerous, communicating features that can possibly interact in unexpected or undefined ways. This thesis addresses this problem through the development of a static-analysis methodology that detects custom interaction patterns coined as hotspots. We identify several classes of automotive hotspots that describe patterns in automotive software that have the possibility of manifesting as a feature interaction. To detect these hotspots, this methodology employs a static, relational analysis toolchain that create a queryable model from source code and enable engineer defined queries to be run on the model that aim to reveal potential hotspots in the underlying source code. The purpose of this methodology is not to detect bugs with surety but work towards an analysis methodology that can scale to automotive software systems. We test this hotspot detection methodology through a case study conducted on the Autonomoose autonomous driving platform. In it, we generate a model of the entire Autonomoose codebase and run relational algebra queries on the model. Each script in the case study detects a type of hotspot we identify in this thesis. The results of each query are presented.

Subjects/Keywords: hotspot; Autonomoose; feature interaction; static analysis; automotive

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Muscedere, B. J. (2018). Detecting Feature-Interaction Hotspots in Automotive Software using Relational Algebra. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13289

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Muscedere, Bryan James. “Detecting Feature-Interaction Hotspots in Automotive Software using Relational Algebra.” 2018. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13289.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Muscedere, Bryan James. “Detecting Feature-Interaction Hotspots in Automotive Software using Relational Algebra.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Muscedere BJ. Detecting Feature-Interaction Hotspots in Automotive Software using Relational Algebra. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13289.

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Council of Science Editors:

Muscedere BJ. Detecting Feature-Interaction Hotspots in Automotive Software using Relational Algebra. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13289

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University of Waterloo

24. Talebian, Vida. iTRAQ-based Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of Mammalian Cell Lines.

Degree: 2018, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13309

► High-throughput proteomics approaches have been successfully employed in the inclusive and unbiased characterization of cellular proteome. In this thesis, we are aiming to comprehensively compare… (more)

▼ High-throughput proteomics approaches have been successfully employed in the inclusive and unbiased characterization of cellular proteome. In this thesis, we are aiming to comprehensively compare changes in proteome expression in mammalian cell lines under two different conditions. The first is an analysis of mAb producing CHO cells with a focus on comparing the productivity of inducible cells, and the second investigates human colorectal cancer cells with a focus on chemo-resistant cells. To this end, the quantitative proteomics technique iTRAQ was performed on the samples. The production of monoclonal antibodies as therapeutic medicines has gained increasing attention and applications in the last decades. Improving production levels is an important issue that can economically impact the industry. Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells are the most commonly used mammalian cell lines for the production of therapeutic mAbs and have been genetically modified for this purpose. Monitoring the effects of genetic modification systems on the cells is very important to maintain the quality and consistency of the cellular products. The possible changes or stresses forced on the cells after these modifications can be observed by analyzing the cells’ proteome and can enable the development of optimized expression systems. Also, the biological characteristics of high-producing CHO cells could be obtained by proteomic comparison of these cells. We quantified the expression levels of 1,616 unique proteins from an iTRAQ MS analysis and identified 81 proteins with p-values lower than 0.05 where the highest fold-change belong to the mAb sequence. Overall, proteins did not show any large changes based on the fold-change and it is likely that the induction system with cumate gene switch did not cause large metabolic changes or stress responses in the CHO cells. With these results we can suggest that the system has generated a stable cell line with a higher capacity for mAb production without inducing any major stress responses in the cells, and the cell line could have the potential for high mAb production using a stronger promoter system. The second topic of interest in this thesis is therapy resistance colorectal cancer, which is either caused by a selection or induction of drug resistance in a subset of colorectal cancer cells. Drug resistance is the first reason for treatment failure or metastasis, therefore understanding the biological features of resistant cells can be helpful. To this end, the cancer cell line, HT-29, and a SN-38 drug-resistant HT-29 cell line were explored by iTRAQ quantitative proteomic analysis. SN-38 is the active metabolite of the chemotherapy drug, irinotecan, a common mediation for treating colon cancer. The expression levels of 1,665 proteins were quantified and 21 proteins had significant changes with more than 1 log-fold-change. PAGE4 is the most up-regulated protein in the resistant HT-29 cells; it shows to have a role in cell viability and survival.…

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Talebian, V. (2018). iTRAQ-based Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of Mammalian Cell Lines. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13309

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Talebian, Vida. “iTRAQ-based Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of Mammalian Cell Lines.” 2018. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13309.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Talebian, Vida. “iTRAQ-based Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of Mammalian Cell Lines.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Talebian V. iTRAQ-based Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of Mammalian Cell Lines. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13309.

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Council of Science Editors:

Talebian V. iTRAQ-based Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of Mammalian Cell Lines. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13309

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University of Waterloo

25. Abu-Ashour, Ghaith. Assessing socio-economic determinants of energy-saving behavior in Waterloo Region.

Degree: 2018, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13292

► The residential sector is responsible for significant amounts of energy consumption; leading to several important social, economic, and environmental issues. The expected future population growth… (more)

▼ The residential sector is responsible for significant amounts of energy consumption; leading to several important social, economic, and environmental issues. The expected future population growth will require additional residential units to be built, and thus, more energy is expected to be consumed. Different sources of energy are consumed by households for many purposes, and the amount of consumed energy by the different household activities varies widely. Therefore, households are considered as an important target group that can help reduce the levels of energy consumption and mitigate several sustainability concerns through energy-saving behavior. The energy-saving behavior is regarded as a sub-set of larger and more general environment-friendly or pro-environmental behaviors and it can be categorized into two broad categories: energy conservation behaviors and energy efficiency behaviors. In this study, which aims at providing a better understanding of households’ energy conservation and efficiency behaviors and identifying the various determinates or characteristics that predict people who are likely to engage in such behaviors, the relationships between the number of reported energy saving behaviors by 401 respondents and several psychological, situational, and socio-demographic determinants were examined. The findings of the study underscore the complexity associated with examining and understanding households’ energy-related behaviors and the various determinants that are able to influence such behaviors. According to the findings of this thesis, except for the moderate relationship that was identified between the independent variable (home ownership) and the number of reported energy efficiency behaviors, the relationships between all the examined independent variables and the number of reported energy conservation and efficiency behaviors were found either weak or statistically insignificant. More specifically, the independent variables (knowledge, cost-benefit appraisal, information, dwelling type, year home was built, income, number of people in the home, and the relationship status of the participants) were found to have statistically significant, but weak relationships with both the number of reported energy conservation and efficiency behaviors. However, other determinants like (gender, age, employment, having children at home, and the city/township that the study participants reside in) were found to have no statistically significant relationship with both the number of reported energy conservation and efficiency behaviors. Moreover, independent variables like (attitude of the study participants, subjective norms, and the level of education) were found to have statistically significant weak relationship with the number of reported energy conservation behaviors, but not with the number of reported energy efficiency behaviors. Given the complexity and heterogeneity of human behavior that can be affected by a number of interacting intrinsic and extrinsic variables, this study recommends…

Subjects/Keywords: Determinants of energy-saving behavior; Energy-Saving Behavior; Energy conservation behavior; Energy efficiency behavior

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Abu-Ashour, G. (2018). Assessing socio-economic determinants of energy-saving behavior in Waterloo Region. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13292

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Abu-Ashour, Ghaith. “Assessing socio-economic determinants of energy-saving behavior in Waterloo Region.” 2018. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13292.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Abu-Ashour, Ghaith. “Assessing socio-economic determinants of energy-saving behavior in Waterloo Region.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Abu-Ashour G. Assessing socio-economic determinants of energy-saving behavior in Waterloo Region. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13292.

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Abu-Ashour G. Assessing socio-economic determinants of energy-saving behavior in Waterloo Region. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13292

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University of Waterloo

26. Chen, Junnan. Deep Context Resolution.

Degree: 2018, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13301

► Conversations depend on information from the context. To go beyond one-round conversation, a chatbot must resolve contextual information such as: 1) co-reference resolution, 2) ellipsis… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: nlp; context resolution; coreference; deep learning; deep neural networks; dialog; conversation understanding

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Chen, J. (2018). Deep Context Resolution. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13301

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Chen, Junnan. “Deep Context Resolution.” 2018. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13301.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Chen, Junnan. “Deep Context Resolution.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Chen J. Deep Context Resolution. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13301.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Chen J. Deep Context Resolution. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13301

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Waterloo

27. Chandail, Rahul. Vision Augmented State Estimation with Fault Tolerance.

Degree: 2018, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13291

► Obtaining accurate and reliable measurement data is really crucial for any vehicle system, especially if the system deals with maintaining safe operations of the vehicle.… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Visual Odometry; Monocular VO; Fault Tolerance; Vehicle State Estimation; Extended Kalman Filter; EKF

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Chandail, R. (2018). Vision Augmented State Estimation with Fault Tolerance. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13291

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Chandail, Rahul. “Vision Augmented State Estimation with Fault Tolerance.” 2018. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13291.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Chandail, Rahul. “Vision Augmented State Estimation with Fault Tolerance.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Chandail R. Vision Augmented State Estimation with Fault Tolerance. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13291.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Chandail R. Vision Augmented State Estimation with Fault Tolerance. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13291

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Waterloo

28. Parkin, James Cameron. Coding a Biophilic Core: Digital Design Tools for Toronto’s Avian Habitat Networks.

Degree: 2018, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13311

► This research develops a methodology for computationally sensing, illustrating, and utilizing avian-focused patch networks to locate and inform ecological interventions in dense urban settings. These… (more)

▼ This research develops a methodology for computationally sensing, illustrating, and utilizing avian-focused patch networks to locate and inform ecological interventions in dense urban settings. These interventions are designed to extend the range of regional avian ecosystems, promoting beneficial urbanite-fauna interaction, often referred to as biophilia. This research is in response to Toronto’s rapid densification, where in recent years, there has been a major increase of residential and mixed-use development in the downtown and central waterfront areas. Literature shows that as populations move to urban centers, there is a need for people to have access to thriving, biodiverse green space to foster mental health and environmental responsibility. At the same time, experts in landscape architecture and urbanism critique existing approaches to providing green space in cities, which often lead to sterile, ornamental lawns that limit urban biodiversity. To move beyond this approach, experts call for more dynamic and complex strategies in urban ecology. As a response, this work explores computational methods of modeling networks and habitats that are borrowed from landscape ecology, graph theory, and parametric architecture, in the pursuit of a design methodology that thrives amidst the complexity and dynamic nature of urban and ecological systems. The resulting body of work involves simulating two dimensional and three-dimensional agent movement within patch networks, populating these networks with bird sighting data, and using this information to locate and inform a variety of intervention typologies. The work generated in this thesis is broken into three parts, with each part exploring a progressively smaller piece of urban fabric. The first part maps patch networks and suggests interventions in Toronto’s downtown and central waterfront, the second part explores how these interventions affect bird movement in the three-dimensional fabric of CityPlace and Fort York, and the final part composes an artificial habitat that attracts local bird species and acts as a biophilic amenity for urbanites in CityPlace’s Canoe Landing Park.

Subjects/Keywords: Urban Ecology; Patch Networks; Computational Design; Habitat Design; Landscape Ecology

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Parkin, J. C. (2018). Coding a Biophilic Core: Digital Design Tools for Toronto’s Avian Habitat Networks. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13311

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Parkin, James Cameron. “Coding a Biophilic Core: Digital Design Tools for Toronto’s Avian Habitat Networks.” 2018. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13311.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Parkin, James Cameron. “Coding a Biophilic Core: Digital Design Tools for Toronto’s Avian Habitat Networks.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Parkin JC. Coding a Biophilic Core: Digital Design Tools for Toronto’s Avian Habitat Networks. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13311.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Parkin JC. Coding a Biophilic Core: Digital Design Tools for Toronto’s Avian Habitat Networks. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13311

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University of Waterloo

29. Munshed, Mohammad. Mobile Toxics Human Health Risk Assessment Framework.

Degree: 2018, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13293

► Emissions from passenger cars, buses, commercial trucks, and motorcycles operated on highways, streets, and roads are major contributors to air pollution. Research led by the… (more)

▼ Emissions from passenger cars, buses, commercial trucks, and motorcycles operated on highways, streets, and roads are major contributors to air pollution. Research led by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) identified more than 1000 air toxic compounds in exhaust and evaporative emissions from on-road mobile sources. Under a federal mandate, the U.S. EPA is obligated to regulate the emissions of 187 pollutants, known as Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) or air toxics. HAPs emitted from mobile sources are called Mobile Source Air Toxics (MSATs). Compounds within a subgroup of these MSATs are identified by the U.S. EPA as being carcinogens. Additionally, MSATs cause noncancer serious health effects such as tumor formation, cardiovascular disease, damage to the immune system, neurological disorders, reproductive disorders, and respiratory problems. The U.S. EPA estimates approximately half of the cancer risk from air toxics is attributed to mobile sources, whereas, 74 % of noncancer health impacts from air toxics are a result of exposure to emissions from mobile sources. The quantification of these risk risks associated with MSATs remains limited to date. Only 20 of the MSATs have ambient air quality standards to protect human health. This work presents a novel and validated approach to quantify the myriad health risks associated with on-road mobile emissions. This approach is introduced in the form of a pipelined analysis process, which may be employed in existing and new road projects. The result of this research is a new approach to provide regulators and risk analysts a more detailed awareness of the health impacts of these MSATs in current and future contexts. A distinguished feature between this framework and conventional analysis is providing the handshake between the different models that generate the on-road mobile source emission inventories, conduct the air dispersion modeling, and run the risk engine to calculate the risk estimates. Furthermore, this framework will overcome existing limitations such as roadway geometry characterization in different models.

Subjects/Keywords: Mobile Toxics; Human Health; Air Dispersion Modeling; Risk Assessment

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Munshed, M. (2018). Mobile Toxics Human Health Risk Assessment Framework. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13293

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Munshed, Mohammad. “Mobile Toxics Human Health Risk Assessment Framework.” 2018. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13293.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Munshed, Mohammad. “Mobile Toxics Human Health Risk Assessment Framework.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Munshed M. Mobile Toxics Human Health Risk Assessment Framework. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13293.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Munshed M. Mobile Toxics Human Health Risk Assessment Framework. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13293

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Waterloo

30. Akhter, Tahmina. Stochastic Effects and Fractal Kinetics in the Pharmacokinetics of Drug Transport.

Degree: 2018, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13295

► Pharmacokinetics (PK) attempts to model the progression and time evolution of a drug in the human body from administration to the elimination stage. It is… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Applied Mathematics

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Akhter, T. (2018). Stochastic Effects and Fractal Kinetics in the Pharmacokinetics of Drug Transport. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13295

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Akhter, Tahmina. “Stochastic Effects and Fractal Kinetics in the Pharmacokinetics of Drug Transport.” 2018. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13295.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Akhter, Tahmina. “Stochastic Effects and Fractal Kinetics in the Pharmacokinetics of Drug Transport.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2019.

Vancouver:

Akhter T. Stochastic Effects and Fractal Kinetics in the Pharmacokinetics of Drug Transport. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. [cited 2019 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13295.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Akhter T. Stochastic Effects and Fractal Kinetics in the Pharmacokinetics of Drug Transport. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13295

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

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