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Global survey of the omega-3 fatty acids, docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid in the blood stream of healthy adults
(Elsevier, 2016-07-01)Studies reporting blood levels of the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), were systematically identified in order to create a global map identifying countries ... -
Global trends in timing and rates of chlorophyll-a increase in cold-temperate and temperate lakes
(Geochemical Society, 2022-07-11)Lakes are key ecosystems within the global biogeosphere. However, the environmental controls on the biological productivity of lakes – including surface temperature, ice phenology, nutrient loads, and mixing regime – are ... -
Global-connected network with generalized ReLU activation
(Elsevier, 2019-12)Recent Progress has shown that exploitation of hidden layer neurons in convolutional neural networks (CNN) incorporating with a carefully designed activation function can yield better classification results in the field ... -
Global-local Relationships in World Heritage: Mount Taishan, China
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-01)The concept of heritage is full of conflicts and contestations. The UNESCO’s intervention in the form of the “World Heritage Convention” enriches the meaning of heritage but may exacerbate the intrinsic tensions in heritage ... -
Globalising the classical foundations of IPE thought*
(Contexto Internacional, 2015-06-09)Current efforts to teach and research the historical foundations of IPE thought in classical political economy in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries centre largely on European and American thinkers. If a more extensive ... -
Globality and Locality in the Discourse of Advertising: the Use and Function of Language Variation in TV Commercials
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-08)The main interest of this thesis lies in the analysis of television advertising with respect to language varieties, in this case regional dialects as well as foreign accents. With advertising being understood as a form of ... -
Globalization, Multiculturalism and the Evolution of Suburban Toronto, Richmond Hill Iranian Community
(University of Waterloo, 2015-06-15)Canadian cities and their built form will continue to evolve as they are affected, by trends in globalization and its consequent mobilization of populations in mass immigration. This thesis investigates the impact on the ... -
GlobalReservoirModel V1.0 A new global reservoir modeling database
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-15)With increasing of population and socioeconomic development during the last decades, global constructions of dams and reservoirs have surged in diverse applications, such as flood control, and hydropower generation etc. ... -
Globe Park: Hybridizing Cultural, Ecological, and Industrial Spaces on Hamilton's Bayfront Landscape
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-26)Applying complex ecosystems theory, this thesis maps and analyzes the codependency of ecological and manufacturing flows affecting cities, the landscape, and the environment. Learning from this analysis, a prototype for a ... -
gLOP: A Cleaner Dirty Model for Multitask Learning
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-22)Multitask learning (MTL) was originally defined by Caruana (1997) as "an approach to inductive transfer that improves learning for one task by using the information contained in the training signals of other related tasks". ... -
Glucopsychosine increases cytosolic calcium to induce calpain-mediated apoptosis of acute myeloid leukemia cells.
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-20)To identify novel anti-cancer agents, we created and screened a unique nutraceutical library for activity against acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells. From this screen, we determined that glucopsychosine was selectively ... -
Glucose Metabolism in High-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients throughout the Acute Disease Trajectory
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-16)Background: Hyperglycemia and insulin resistance are associated with obesity, physical inactivity, and poor diet, and may be related to hyperinsulinemia, disrupted lipid and adipokine signaling, and pro-inflammation. The ... -
Glutamate increases glucose uptake in L6 myotubes in a concentration- and time-dependent manner that is mediated by AMPK
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-29)The majority of studies that have examined the interactions between glutamate, insulin and glucose are in vivo and have focused on the insulin response that is elicited when glutamate is elevated in circulation or in a ... -
Glutathione-s-transferase modified electrodes for detecting anticancer drugs
(Elsevier, 2014-03-07)With the fast growth of cancer research, new analytical methods are needed to measure anticancer drugs. This is usually accomplished by using sophisticated analytical instruments. Biosensors are attractive candidates for ... -
Glycemic Control in Long Term Care: Considerations for more Appropriate Individualized Care.
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-05)Diabetes, specifically type 2 diabetes (T2DM), is a metabolic disease that is highly correlated with increasing age. Diabetes is prevalent in about a quarter of residents in LTC, where its management in elderly residents ... -
Go on play with the words, the effect is the same: how gentrification and liveability feature in public discourses of neighbourhood change
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-25)Despite its association with displacement, gentrification remains a persuasive model for encouraging economic development and growth. For gentrification strategies to remain politically palatable, policy discourses mask ... -
‘Go softly through nature please’: Assessing four paradigms of naturalized park design.
(University of Waterloo, 2011-12-21)This study compared four prominent landscape design paradigms in a naturalized park landscape setting. The landscape designs included, natural state, visible stewardship, people places and physical accessibility. The ... -
GoA: Actors with Locally Managed Memory for Go
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-25)Reasoning about concurrent programs and the way they manage memory can be difficult. Single-process programs can allocate memory without concern regarding data races or memory corruption, but multi-threaded programs must ... -
Goal Communication at Ontario Heritage Sites
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-24)Professional management literature suggests that goal setting is one of the most important steps in the organizational process as goals provide a clear understanding of the directions in which the organization is heading. ... -
The Goal Fungibility Model: A Theoretical Account of Goal Persistence and Substitution After Failure
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-19)After failure at a goal, people have a variety of options for what to do next, including persistence at the goal or substituting it for a different goal. This thesis introduces a model of goal fungibility, which addresses ...