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Lumped Elements Loaded Miniaturized Antenna for Bluetooth Enabled Hearing Aid Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-22)Hearing loss is one of the most common physical and sensory impairments among all ages, especially elders. Hearing loss may affect only one ear or both ears of a patient at a different degree of impairment. This asymmetrical ... -
Lyrics Matter: Using Lyrics to Solve Music Information Retrieval Tasks
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-06)Music Information Retrieval (MIR) research tends to focus on audio features like melody and timbre of songs while largely ignoring lyrics. Lyrics and poetry adhere to a specific rhyme and meter structure which set them ... -
Lysis of Gram-positive and Gram-negative Bacteria by Antibacterial Porous Polymeric Monolith Formed in Microfluidic Biochips for Sample Preparation
(Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg: Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2014-07-25)Bacterial cell lysis is demonstrated using polymeric microfluidic biochips operating via a hybrid mechanical shearing/contact killing mechanism. These biochips are fabricated from a cross-linked poly(methyl methacrylate) ... -
Lysozyme Deposition Studies on Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lens Materials
(University of Waterloo, 2005)Over 60 proteins have been detected in the tear film and among these lysozyme has attracted the greatest attention. Several techniques for elucidating the identity, quantity and conformation of lysozyme deposited on soft ... -
An l¦1 penalty function approach to the nonlinear bilevel programming problem
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L’affaire Dubuisson : Je vous écris dans le noir et La petite femelle
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-01)Le fait divers est une réalité quotidienne qui fait partie de notre culture et de notre société. Il insiste sur la rareté et l’imprévisibilité d’un incident tout en donnant l’impression, de par sa forte médiatisation, que ... -
L’identification à la langue française chez les apprenants du français langue seconde
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-27)La présente étude se penche sur l’identification à la langue française chez les apprenants du français langue seconde, qui font leurs études universitaires, et explore leurs expériences positives et négatives pendant leurs ... -
M-current induced Bogdanov–Takens bifurcation and switching of neuron excitability class
(Springer, 2021-02-15)In this work, we consider a general conductance-based neuron model with the inclusion of the acetycholine sensitive, M-current. We study bifurcations in the parameter space consisting of the applied current Iapp, the maximal ... -
MAC Constructions: Security Bounds and Distinguishing Attacks
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-18)We provide a simple and improved security analysis of PMAC, a Parallelizable MAC (Message Authentication Code) defined over arbitrary messages. A similar kind of result was shown by Bellare, Pietrzak and Rogaway at ... -
MAC Protocol Design for Parallel Link Rendezvous in Ad Hoc Cognitive Radio Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-26)The most significant challenge for next wireless generation is to work opportunistically on the spectrum without a fixed spectrum allocation. Cognitive Radio (CR) is the candidate technology to utilize spectrum white space, ... -
Macabre Collectibles: Collecting Culture and Stephen King
(University of Waterloo, 2018-07-09)Objects have a significant place in Stephen King’s horror fiction and the landscape he has created in his numerous novels and short stories. The human-thing relationship in his fiction, however, has been generally reduced ... -
Machane Yehuda
(University of Waterloo, 2010-12-20)Modern Jerusalem has developed against a background of conflict between the European powers and the Ottoman Empire, between Jews and Arabs, and between religious and secular Jews. These conflicts have fragmented the urban ... -
Machine Learning and Optimization Techniques for Trapped-ion Quantum Simulators
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-31)In recent years, quantum simulators have been the focus of intense research due to their potential in unraveling the inner workings of complex quantum systems. The exponential scaling of the Hilbert space of quantum systems ... -
A Machine Learning Approach for RDP-based Lateral Movement Detection
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-19)Detecting cyber threats has been an on-going research endeavor. In this era, advanced persistent threats (APTs) can incur significant costs for organizations and businesses. The ultimate goal of cybersecurity is to thwart ... -
Machine Learning Approaches in Crystal Plasticity
(University of Waterloo, 2022-04-27)The continued advancements in material development and design require understanding the relationships between microstructure and flow behaviour. Crystal plasticity (CP) is a high-fidelity computational method that helps ... -
Machine Learning Based Data Driven Modelling of Time Series of Power Plant Data
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-28)Accurate modeling and simulation of data collected from a power plant system are important factors in the strategic planning and maintenance of the unit. Several non-linearities and multivariable couplings are associated ... -
Machine Learning based Models for Fresh Produce Yield and Price Forecasting for Strawberry Fruit
(University of Waterloo, 2020-06-02)Building market price forecasting models of Fresh Produce (FP) is crucial to protect retailers and consumers from highly priced FP. However, the task of forecasting FP prices is highly complex due to the very short shelf ... -
Machine Learning for SAT Solvers
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-07)Boolean SAT solvers are indispensable tools in a variety of domains in computer science and engineering where efficient search is required. Not only does this relieve the burden on the users of implementing their own search ... -
Machine Learning for Software Dependability
(University of Waterloo, 2020-11-10)Dependability is an important quality of modern software but is challenging to achieve. Many software dependability techniques have been proposed to help developers improve software reliability and dependability such as ... -
Machine Learning for Streamflow Prediction
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-16)Accurate prediction of streamflow—the amount of water flowing past a stream section at a given time—is a long-standing challenge in hydrology. Not only do researchers strive to understand the natural processes at play, the ...