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Purification and Characterization of O2-insensitive Pyruvate Decarboxylase from Sulfolobus species
(University of Waterloo, 2020-06-17)Pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC) is a key enzyme in a two-step pathway for the production of ethanol. It catalyzes the non-oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate to acetaldehyde in many mesophilic organisms. No conventional PDC ... -
Purification and determination of oxidative modifications of the thermostable alcohol dehydrogenase from Thermococcus guaymasensis
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-13)Hyperthermophiles are microorganisms that grow optimally at 80°C and above. They have been found to be resilient to extremes of pH, redox potential, pressure and salinity. Moreover, they can utilize a wide range of ... -
A Purity Benchmarking Study of Superconducting Single-qubit Fluctuations
(University of Waterloo, 2023-07-31)Quantum processes are susceptible to errors. Over the years, numerous noise models, such as two-level system noise and flux noise, have been proposed by physicists to describe the mechanisms behind the error sources ... -
A Pursuit Evasion Game Approach to Obstacle Avoidance
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-27)We propose an event triggered obstacle avoidance control scheme that guarantees the safety of a mobile robot in a material transport task at a warehouse. This collision avoidance strategy is based on a pursuer static ... -
Push-Pull Based High Efficiency and High Power Broadband Power Amplifiers for Wireless Base Stations
(University of Waterloo, 2019-03-11)The monthly data throughput by 2021 is forecasted to be ten times that of December 2015. As a result of the on going dramatic increase in demand, service providers are assigned new frequency bands to accommodate more ... -
Push-Pull Tests to Support In Situ Chemical Oxidation System Design
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-19)The problems associated with the contamination of groundwater environments by non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) such as chlorinated solvents, gasoline and manufacturing gas plant (MGP) residuals, including their distribution ... -
Pushing for Better: Confronting Conflict, Unsustainability & Colonialism through Sustainability Assessment and Regional Assessment in the Ring of Fire
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-05)The Ring of Fire is a mineral resource-rich area of approximately 5,120 km2 located in the James Bay Lowlands region of Northern Ontario, about 500 kilometers northeast of Thunder Bay. The Ontario Ministry of Northern ... -
PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF CONSUMER GRADE WEARABLE DEVICES IN HEALTH CARE FOR OLDER ADULTS
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-07)Background: The proliferation of wearable and mobile devices in recent years has led to the generation of unprecedented amounts of health-related data. Together with the growing population of older adults in Canada, the ... -
Put a finger down if you've ever been personally victimized by social media algorithms
(University of Waterloo, 2022-04-27)Put a finger down if you’ve ever been personally victimized by social media algorithms is a collection of critical reflections on embedded social media microaggressions reflecting acts of racism, body shaming, the glorification ... -
“Putting Quality Food on the Tray”: Assessing Patients’ Expectations and Experiences of Meals Served in Sixteen Ontario Hospitals
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-29)Background: Malnutrition is prevalent among hospital patients and occurs in up to 45% of Canadian medical and surgical patients. Hospital malnutrition is associated with detrimental outcomes for patients, such as further ... -
The Puzzle of the Morrissette-Arcand Clan: A History Of Metis Historic and Intergenerational Trauma
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-20)This thesis explores how members of the Morrissette-Arcand clan, a Metis road allowance family from Saskatchewan, endured intergenerational trauma since being displaced from Red River in the 1870s. It frames Metis history ... -
A Puzzle-Based Synthesis Algorithm For a Triple Intersection of Schubert Varieties
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-29)This thesis develops an algorithm for the Schubert calculus of the Grassmanian. Specifically, we state a puzzle-based, synthesis algorithm for a triple intersection of Schubert varieties. Our algorithm is a reformulation ... -
PV ENABLED NET ZERO EV CHARGING STATION: SYSTEM DESIGN AND SIMULATION STUDY
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-21)A paradigm shift in the transportation sector is being witnessed due to resurgence of electric vehicles (EVs). They are ideally considered to be non-polluting and eco-friendly, however it has its own demerits of overloading ... -
PVAm-PVA Composite Membranes Incorporated with Carbon Nanotubes and Molecular Amines for Gas Separation and Pervaporation
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-02)This study deals with polyvinylamine (PVAm)-poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) based composite membranes incorporated with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and molecular amines (e.g., piperazine (PZ), triethanolamine (TEA), N-methyldiethanolamine ... -
Pyrene Excimer Fluorescence as a Direct and Easy Experimental Means to Characterize the Length Scale and Dynamics of Polypeptide
(American Chemical Society, 2018-04-26)This report provides evidence that the blobs characterized through the application of the fluorescence blob model (FBM) to the analysis of the fluorescence decays acquired with pyrene-labeled polypeptides are equivalent ... -
Pyrene Excimer Formation: A Tool to Study Macromolecular Conformations in Solution
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-26)The current view for fluorescence collisional quenching (FCQ) experiments is that no quantitative information can be retrieved from macromolecules containing more than a single dye-quencher pair attached at two specific ... -
Pyrenyl Derivative with a Four-Atom Linker That Can Probe the Local Polarity of Pyrene-Labeled Macromolecules
(American Chemical Society, 2016-02-04)The fluorescent probe 1-pyrenemethoxyethanol (PyMeEGOH) was designed to replace commercially available 1-pyrenebutanol (PyButOH) as an alternative fluorescent label to probe the internal dynamics and interior polarity of ... -
Pyrolysis, kinetics analysis, thermodynamics parameters and reaction mechanism of Typha latifolia to evaluate its bioenergy potential
(Elsevier, 2017-09-01)This work was focused on understanding the pyrolysis of Typha latifolia. Kinetics, thermodynamics parameters and pyrolysis reaction mechanism were studied using thermogravimetric data. Based on activation energies and ... -
q-deformed LQG in three dimensional space-time
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-23)Loop quantum gravity (LQG) is a canonical, background-independent and non-perturbative approach to quantum gravity. This thesis is devoted to studying three-dimensional (3D) quantum gravity with a non-vanishing cosmological ... -
The Qinghai-Tibet Railway and Tibet Tourism: Travelers’ Perspectives
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-22)With the distinguished natural and cultural tourism resources, Tibet is undoubtedly a desirable travel destination both domestically and internationally. With the newly opened Qinghai-Tibet railway to Lhasa in July 2006, ...