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The Cycle Spaces of an Infinite Graph

Casteels, Karel (University of Waterloo, 2006)

The edge space of a finite graph G = (V, E) over a field F is simply an assignment of field elements to the edges of the graph. The edge space can equally be thought of us an |E|-dimensional ...

Cycle Time Reduction of 5-axis Laser Drilling via Time-optimal Trajectory Generation and Sequence Optimization

Woo, Kyongjae (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-30)

Cycle time reduction is one of the crucial tasks in manufacturing that needs to be achieved to maximize productivity and profits. Laser drilling processes, depending on the size and complexity of the parts, require few ...

Cycles and coloring in graphs and digraphs

Hompe, Patrick (University of Waterloo, 2022-08-22)

We show results in areas related to extremal problems in directed graphs. The first concerns a rainbow generalization of the Caccetta-H\"{a}ggkvist conjecture, made by Aharoni. The Caccetta-H\"{a}ggkvist conjecture states ...

Cyclic Biamperometry

Rahimi, Mohammad Mehdi (University of Waterloo, 2009-08-17)

In this thesis, cyclic biamperometry (CB) as a new method in electrochemistry, has been introduced and investigated. The hallmark of this method is the absence of a reference electrode which potentially allows simplification ...

Cyclic Characterisation and Plasticity Modelling of AM30 Magnesium Alloy Extrusion

Roostaei, Ali Asghar (University of Waterloo, 2017-08-14)

Reducing fuel consumption and, thereby, greenhouse gas pollution has been the main thrust of lightweighting endeavours by transportation industries, particularly, automotive sector. Wrought magnesium alloys, being the ...

Cyclic Sieving Phenomenon of Promotion on Rectangular Tableaux

Rhee, Donguk (University of Waterloo, 2012-09-28)

Cyclic sieving phenomenon (CSP) is a generalization by Reiner, Stanton, White of Stembridge's q=-1 phenomenon. When CSP is exhibited, orbits of a cyclic action on combinatorial objects show a nice structure and their sizes ...

Cyclic Style Generative Adversarial Network for Near Infrared and Visible Light Face Recognition

Huang, Fangzheng (University of Waterloo, 2023-01-10)

Face recognition in the visible light (VIS) spectrum has been widely utilized in many practical applications. With the development of the deep learning method, the recognition accuracy and speed have already reached an ...

Cyclical Violence in Jonglei State: The Deadly Shift in the Practice of Cattle Raiding

Legassicke, Michelle (University of Waterloo, 2013-09-04)

One of the greatest post-conflict problems in South Sudan, which has emerged as a threat to the nation’s security, has been the deadly clashes between tribes during cattle raids. This thesis examines why cattle raiding ...

Cyclically 5-Connected Graphs

Chen, Da Qi (University of Waterloo, 2016-08-29)

Tutte's Four-Flow Conjecture states that every bridgeless, Petersen-free graph admits a nowhere-zero 4-flow. This hard conjecture has been open for over half a century with no significant progress in the first forty years. ...

Cycling in a Changing Climate: An Examination of the Effects of Weather and Climate Change on Cycling Frequencies in Southern Ontario

Mitchell, Jacob (University of Waterloo, 2018-02-27)

This thesis contributes to the knowledge-base of how commuter cycling frequencies are impacted by current weather conditions, and what effects climate change will have on them by mid-century. Numerous studies have focused ...

Cycling in Toronto: Route Choice Behavior and Implications to Infrastructure Planning

Li, Siyuan (University of Waterloo, 2017-01-23)

This research investigates the route choice behavior of cyclists in the City of Toronto using data collected from a smartphone application deployed to a large number of cyclists in the City. A total 4,556 cyclists registered ...

The Cycling Property for the Clutter of Odd st-Walks

Abdi, Ahmad (University of Waterloo, 2014-01-23)

A binary clutter is cycling if its packing and covering linear program have integral optimal solutions for all Eulerian edge capacities. We prove that the clutter of odd st- walks of a signed graph is cycling if and only ...

Cycling use and attitudes towards cycling in Halifax Regional Municipality and the Region of Waterloo

Clare, Benjamin (University of Waterloo, 2011-04-29)

The purpose of this thesis is to explore bicycle use and attitudes towards cycling through case study analyses in Halifax Regional Municipality and the Region of Waterloo. There are two main sections of analyses; the first ...

Cyclobutanone Analogues of β-Lactam Antibiotics as Inhibitors of Serine- and Metallo-β-Lactamases

Johnson, Jarrod William (University of Waterloo, 2011-05-31)

Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is an emerging epidemic throughout the world and there is a desperate need for new antibiotics and new strategies to maintain the effectiveness of current agents. β-Lactams, such as the ...

Cyclodextrin Assisted Self-Assembly of Stimuli-Sensitive Block Copolymers in Aqueous Media

Yuen, Fanny (University of Waterloo, 2010-09-20)

Structures with well-defined architectures and tailored physical properties can be produced by supramolecular self-assembly of stimuli-sensitive polymeric inclusion complexes consisting of cyclodextrins. Recently, there ...

Cylindrical colloids on a fluid membrane

Mkrtchyan, Sergey (University of Waterloo, 2009-05-22)

We theoretically study the adhesion and membrane-mediated interaction of cylindrical colloids to a flat fluid membrane. There are two ways to approach this problem. The first way, based on energy, requires finding the ...

Cytochrome c Oxidase Deficiency: Study of Aberrant Phenotypes and their Connection to Secondary Functions of Assembly Factors

Camasta, Raffaele (University of Waterloo, 2017-12-14)

Mitochondria are double membrane-bound organelles present in all eukaryotic organisms and are involved in myriad cellular pathways. Cytochrome c oxidase (COX) is a mitochondrial inner membrane protein complex that is an ...