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Ultrasensitive Microwave Near-Field Sensors For Detection, Imaging, and Material Characterization
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-25)Affordable, sensitive, selective, fast-responding, label-free sensors are currently in high demand for many of today's applications and technologies, particularly in the food industry, bio-sensing applications, and quality ... -
Ultrasound Imaging Innovations for Visualization and Quantification of Vascular Biomarkers
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-03)The existence of plaque in the carotid arteries, which provide circulation to the brain, is a known risk for stroke and dementia. Alas, this risk factor is present in 25% of the adult population. Proper assessment of carotid ... -
Ultrasound-Induced Cavitation for Controlled Drug Release from Thermosensitive Liposomes
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-02)Ultrasound-induced cavitation of microbubbles has increased anticancer drug Doxorubicin (DOX) release from thermosensitive liposomes (TSL). Yet, the influence of liposomal formulations and their responses toward cavitation ... -
Ultraviolet-C Irradiation, Heat, and Storage as Potential Methods of Inactivating SARS-CoV-2 and Bacterial Pathogens on Filtering Facepiece Respirators
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022-01-10)The arrival of SARS-CoV-2 to Aotearoa/New Zealand in February 2020 triggered a massive response at multiple levels. Procurement and sustainability of medical supplies to hospitals and clinics during the then upcoming ... -
(Un)canny Spaces: The Unbecoming of Everyday Architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-13)Beginning in the late eighteenth century, socioeconomic changes due to rapid urbanization defined a clear demarcation between public and private realms. In opposition to the chaotic milieu of the cities, the notion of home ... -
[un] Shaded Territories: a design for women empowerment in rural Pakistan.
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-06)The separation between Pakistan and India in 1947 was a direct result of the struggle between two different religious groups in the region; Hindus, and Muslims. Of all the provinces split, Punjab was the only one province ... -
The Unbounded School: Education Beyond the Walls
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-19)Public education has long been a tool for state authorities to establish and indoctrinate societal moral and civic standards, a stance that has shifted in modern society. In Canada, provincial public education systems have ... -
Uncertainty Analysis and Control of Multiscale Process Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-13)Microelectronic market imposes tight requirements upon thin film properties, including specific growth rate, surface roughness and thickness of the film. In the thin film deposition process, the microscopic events determine ... -
Uncertainty Analysis and Robust Optimization of a Single Pore in a Heterogeneous Catalytic Flow Reactor System
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-31)Catalytic systems are crucial to a wide number of chemical production processes, and as a result there is significant demand to develop novel catalyst materials and to optimize existing catalytic reactor systems. These ... -
Uncertainty Analysis and the Identification of the Contaminant Transport and Source Parameters for a Computationally Intensive Groundwater Simulation
(University of Waterloo, 2009-05-15)Transport parameter estimation and contaminant source identification are critical steps in the development of a physically based groundwater contaminant transport model. Due to the irreversibility of the dispersion process, ... -
Under a Willow Tree: Demonstrating the Use of Creative Writing in Understanding Architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-02)How might our personal state of mind change how space is perceived? At a very emotionally heightened moment, like when someone is dying, how might two people standing in the same room see it differently? This is a thought ... -
Understanding and Generating Patches for Bugs Introduced by Third-party Library Upgrades
(University of Waterloo, 2017-12-20)During the process of software development, developers rely heavily on third-party libraries to enable functionalities and features in their projects. However, developers are faced with challenges of managing dependency ... -
Understanding and Improving SAT Solvers via Proof Complexity and Reinforcement Learning
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-18)Despite the fact that the Boolean satisfiability (SAT) problem is NP-complete and believed to be intractable, SAT solvers are routinely used by practitioners to solve hard problems in wide variety of fields such as software ... -
Understanding and Improving Undergraduate Engineering Education
(University of Waterloo, 2001)This thesis seeks to understand the past and present state of engineering education and to plot a course for its future evolution. This research is limited to engineering education as it has taken place in North American ... -
Understanding and Supporting Newcomers to 3D Modelling and Digital Fabrication
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-31)Interest in understanding and facilitating 3D digital fabrication is growing in the HCI research community. However, most of our insights about end-user interaction with fabrication are currently based on interactions of ... -
Understanding Clinicians’ Requirements, Perception and Acceptance of Clinical Decision Support Systems: User Study for Implementation of Sepsis Best Practice Advisory in General Paediatric Care
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-11)Clinicians are faced with ever-increasing patient data as well as medical evidence which are all required for them to make the best possible decisions. Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) are widely used to support ... -
Understanding Driving Behaviours: Classification and Regression Approaches
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-25)The emergence of self-driving technology is poised to revolutionize transportation by empowering vehicles to operate autonomously. These advancements are classified into distinct levels of automation, delineating the ... -
Understanding Feedforward – Feedback Controller Components In Human Movement Through Optimization-Based Approaches
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-10)Despite many studies in human motion analysis using optimal control theory to understand how movement is generated, less attention is focused on the structure of the optimal controller. The majority of existing studies ... -
Understanding pedestrian decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-29)Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus became a worldwide global emergency in January 2020 and a worldwide pandemic in March 2020. COVID-19 is a highly contagious respiratory illness that primarily ... -
Understanding Scalability Issues in Sharded Blockchains
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-11)Since the release of Bitcoin in 2008, cryptocurrencies have attracted attention from academia, government, and enterprises. Blockchain, the backbone ledger in many cryptocurrencies, has shown its potential to be a data ...