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Message Forwarding and Scheduling in Delay Tolerant Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2012-02-15)Delay-tolerant networking (DTN) has recently received considerable attention from the research community. This type of networks is characterized by frequent disconnections due to propagation phenomena, node mobility, and ... -
Message Order and Culture: The Relationship between Cognitive Thinking Styles, Response Mode, and Order Effects
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-31)Previous research has documented the prevalent effects of message order on message persuasiveness. Based on the Belief Updating Model (Hogarth and Einhorn, 1992), response mode has been found as one moderator of primacy ... -
Messier 87: A Laboratory for Exploring AGN Variability using the Event Horizon Telescope
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-17)At a distance of 50 million light years at the heart of the Virgo cluster, lies the giant elliptical galaxy Messier 87. This galaxy has at its center a brilliant relativistic jet, observable at all wavelengths, and at the ... -
A meta-analytic comparison of why workplace ostracism relates to discretionary behavior
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-24)It is well established that the victims of workplace ostracism (WO) engage in fewer organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB) and more counterproductive workplace behaviors (CWB). However, significant gaps remain in our ... -
Meta-learning Performance Prediction of Highly Configurable Systems: A Cost-oriented Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-27)A key challenge of the development and maintenance of configurable systems is to predict the performance of individual system variants based on the features selected. It is usually infeasible to measure the performance of ... -
Metabolic Analysis of a CHO Cell Line in Batch and Fed-batch Culture
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-30)Animal cell culture is widely used as a platform for the production of a variety of biopharmaceuticals. The development of an efficient and productive cell culture requires a deep understanding of intra-cellular mechanisms ... -
Metabolic Engineering Sinorhizobium meliloti and Pseudomonas putida for Novel Polymer Production
(University of Waterloo, 2015-03-03)S. meliloti belongs to nitrogen-fixing Rhizobia, the members of the Rhizobiales order of the α-proteobacteria. It can establish a symbiotic relationship with the Leguminosae family of flowering plants. In addition, it is ... -
Metabolic engineering strategies for biomanufacturing of chemicals using Yarrowia lipolytica and Escherichia coli
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-24)This dissertation advances metabolic engineering by optimizing the genetic and metabolic capabilities of Yarrowia lipolytica and Escherichia coli to enhance their applications in biotechnology. It focuses on improving Y. ... -
Metabolism, transport, and physiologically based pharmacokinetic modelling of novel tacrine derivatives
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-26)Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most prevalent form of dementia affecting the elderly population, and its burden is rapidly growing both in Canada and worldwide. As a result, there is a substantial need for more effective ... -
Metabolomic Profiling of Nutrient Solutions for Characterization of Human Gut Microbiota
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-06)Studying the metabolite output, the “exometabolome,” of bacterial communities provides insight into the metabolic interactions occurring within that ecosystem. As such, a metabolomic approach can be used to gain further ... -
A Metagenomic Examination of Virus Diversity, Host Interactions, and Genetic Potential Across Municipal Waste Sites
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-18)Viruses are the most abundant microbial guild on the planet, impacting microbial community structure and ecosystem services. Despite this, they have been underrepresented in reference databases compared to Bacteria and ... -
Metaheuristic Optimization Techniques for Articulated Human Tracking
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-16)Four adaptive metaheuristic optimization algorithms are proposed and demonstrated: Adaptive Parameter Particle Swarm Optimization (AP-PSO), Modified Artificial Bat (MAB), Differential Mutated Artificial Immune System ... -
Metal Isotope Fractionation Associated with Cu and Zn Attenuation by Zero-Valent Iron in Anaerobic Flow-Through Cell Experiments
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-12)Metal stable isotope fractionation is an emerging tool in the environmental sciences for studying biogeochemical pathways for cycling of metals in the environment. Copper and zinc are essential elements for many biological ... -
Metal loads in an urban catchment (Don River, Ontario)
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-19)The Don River watershed has been called the most urbanized watershed in Canada. Trace metals are common contaminants in urban areas that may threaten ecosystems at high concentrations. Major urban sources of trace metal ... -
Metal Mixture Toxicity to Hyalella azteca: Relationships to Body Concentrations
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-25)A literature review of metal mixture interaction analyses identified that there was not a consistent method to determine the impact of metal mixtures on an aquatic organism. The review also revealed that a majority of the ... -
Metal organic framework (MOF) porous octahedral nanocrystals of Cu-BTC: Synthesis, properties and enhanced adsorption properties
(Elsevier, 2019-01-01)Herein, we report the synthesis, characterization and enhanced adsorption studies of porous octahedral shaped Cu-BTC (copper benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate) metal organic frameworks (MOFs). The Cu-BTC MOFs were synthesized ... -
Metal Oxide-Hierarchical Porous Silica Nanocomposites Prepared by Nanoemulsion Templating and Integrative Synthesis
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-11)Nanoemulsions are templates that have the potential to fill the gap between micellar systems and latex particles in the preparation of porous materials. A nanoemulsion can also be used as a carrier for uploading the desired ... -
Metal Uptake and Toxicity in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) When Exposed to Metal Mixtures Plus Natural Organic Matter
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-22)Multiple metal-gill modelling based on the toxic unit concept suggests that metals with the same toxic actions (e.g. Pb and Cd interacting at Ca-gill channels) will exhibit strictly additive binding at the gills of fish ... -
Metal-Induced Specific and Nonspecific Oligonucleotide Folding Studied by FRET and Related Biophysical and Bioanalytical Implications
(Wiley, 2012-01-13)Metal induced nucleic acid folding has been extensively studied with ribozymes, DNAzymes, tRNA and riboswitches. These RNA/DNA molecules usually have a high content of double-stranded regions to support a rigid scaffold. ... -
Metal-mediated Adsorption of DNA Oligonucleotides onto Polymeric Materials
(University of Waterloo, 2022-12-20)In recent decades, DNA oligonucleotides have been extensively researched due to their applications for catalysis (DNAzymes), biosensing (DNA aptamers/Watson-Crick hybridization), and nanomaterials assembly (DNA origami). ...