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Vertical Thin Film Transistors for Large Area Electronics
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-29)The prospect of producing nanometer channel-length thin film transistors (TFTs) for active matrix addressed pixelated arrays opens up new high-performance applications in which the most amenable device topology is the ... -
Vertical Urbanity: Urban Dwelling in an Age of Programmatic Promiscuity
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-31)Welcome to CityPlace. Thirty-five hectares of formerly unoccupied rail-lands in downtown Toronto are currently undergoing a transformation into an instant neighbourhood. Eventually, CityPlace will be the home to over ... -
Vertical Vernacular
(University of Waterloo, 2006)The rapid modernization and densification of Taipei has resulted in a culturally and socially unsustainable society. The North American paradigm of high-rise condominiums disrupts the social pattern of the vernacular ... -
Vertically rooting multifunctional tentacles on carbon scaffold as efficient polysulfide barrier toward superior lithium-sulfur batteries
(Elsevier, 2019-10)The rational design of sulfur barrier/host materials plays essential roles in developing high-performance lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. Herein, we developed a hierarchically fibrous framework to establish a conductive, ... -
Vessel: stories from the edge of the world
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-05)From the first instances of human inhabitation on the island of Newfoundland, wooden boats have been crucial facilitators to life on The Rock. Those who called this beautifully rugged land home were able to do so as a ... -
Vestibulocollic and Cervicocollic Muscle Reflexes in a Finite Element Neck Model During Multidirectional Impacts
(Springer, 2021-05-03)Active neck musculature plays an important role in the response of the head and neck during impact and can affect the risk of injury. Finite element Human Body Models (HBM) have been proposed with open and closed-loop ... -
Veterans and military masculinity in popular romance fiction
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)Although popular culture has become an important area of study in international relations, few scholars so far have turned their attention to popular romance fiction, despite its popularity among readers. Through an analysis ... -
Viability Profile of ex vivo Corneal Epithelial Cell Samples
(University of Waterloo, 2011-10-28)The corneal epithelium is a vital tissue which must retain its integrity to preserve vision and protect against harmful bacterial infections and other insults. Corneal disease represents the second most common cause of ... -
VibEmoji: Exploring User-authoring Multi-modal Emoticons in Social Communication
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-06)Emoticons are indispensable in online communications. With users’ growing needs for more customized and expressive emoticons, recent messaging applications begin to support (limited) multi-modal emoticons:, enhancing ... -
Vibration characterisation of aluminium pedestrian bridges
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-29)Despite several full-scale applications in Canada, the vibrational characteristics and performance of aluminium pedestrian bridges have not been studied comprehensively in the literature. There is a large degree of variability ... -
Vibration Control in Cable Robots Using a Multi-Axis Reaction System
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-28)The primary motivation of this thesis is to develop a control strategy for eliminating persistent vibrations in all six spatial directions of the end effector of a planar cable-driven parallel robotic manipulator. By ... -
Vibration Serviceability and Dynamic Modeling of Cold-Formed Steel Floor Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-10)The use of cold-formed steel as a framework for floor systems in multi-story buildings and single occupancy residences is becoming an increasingly popular alternative to traditional materials and techniques. Builders and ... -
Vibration Serviceability of Cold-Formed Steel Floor Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-18)Excessive vibration in response to human activities has been a significant problem associated with lightweight steel floor systems, especially cold-formed steel (CFS) floors. Methods for accurately predicting these vibrations ... -
Vibratory Lines; Experiments in Expressivity
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-12)All matter is expressive. All matter, animate or inanimate, sentient or made, is filled with the infinite potential for difference and articulation. All things, all bodies, are equal. In this context of absolute ... -
A Vibrotactile Display Design, evaluation and Fabrication
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-20)Vision and audition are the two best understood modalities which humans use to interact with the outside world. These modalities can provide highly precise spatial and temporal information. Thus, the field of human-computer ... -
A Vicious Cycle: An Examination of How the Feedback Loop Between Coup-proofing and Regime Insecurity Helped Facilitate the Rise of Pro-Government Militias in the Syrian Conflict
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-16)This thesis explores the emergence of pro-government militias (PGMs) within the context of the post-2011 intrastate conflict in Syria. It investigates the factors that contributed to the breakdown of Syria’s armed forces ... -
Victim Services’ Implementation of Mobile Tracking Systems for Victims of High-Risk Gender-Based Violence Cases in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2023-07-19)Since 2012, Ontario Victim Services providers have been a leading force in implementing Mobile Tracking Systems, a technological device some victim advocates and law enforcement officials believe will reduce risks in ... -
Video Imaging Methodology for Estimation of Pile Capacity
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-17)Piles have been used for generations in areas with weak soil conditions to reinforce existing ground or to support bridges and structures. As the piling industry increased over these years it was necessary to develop ... -
Video Quality Assessment: Exploring the Impact of Frame Rate
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-01)Technology advancements in the past decades has led to an immense increase in data traffic over various networks. Videos constitute a major percentage of this traffic and their share is projected to increase at an accelerating ... -
Video See-Through Augmented Reality Application on a Mobile Computing Platform Using Position Based Visual POSE Estimation
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-28)A technique for real time object tracking in a mobile computing environment and its application to video see-through Augmented Reality (AR) has been designed, verified through simulation, and implemented and validated on ...