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Investigations into Cellulolysis in Carbon Amended Tailings
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-24)Modified cellulase enzyme assay methods were developed to determine the potential of using enzyme activities to evaluate the decomposition of organic matter in carbon amended mine tailings systems. Cellulase assays are ... -
Investigations into food web structure in the Beaufort Sea
(University of Waterloo, 2017-12-18)The effects of climate change on marine ecosystems are most pronounced in the Arctic, where ice free summers have been predicted to occur by mid-century. Climate-related changes to sea ice phenology, oceanographic habitat ... -
Investigations into Impedance Tuners for the Next Generation of Communication Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-03)Novel communication systems, including 5G and the upcoming 6G cellular networks and software defined/cognitive radio technologies, call for compact, multi-band, and reconfigurable circuit components. Specifically, stringent ... -
Investigations into Intracellular Thiols of Biological Importance
(University of Waterloo, 2007-02-01)The presence of thiols in living systems is critical for the maintenance of cellular redox homeostasis, the maintenance of protein thiol-disulfide ratios and the protection of cells from reactive oxygen species. In addition ... -
Investigations into quantum light-matter interactions, their approximations and applications
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-26)Devoting some thought to the interactions between light and matter quickly conjure a myriad of different possibilities; different models for light and matter, different possible interaction Hamiltonians, different simplifying ... -
Investigations into Streptomyces azureus Thiostrepton-resistance rRNA Methyltransferase and its Cognate Antibiotic
(University of Waterloo, 2008-12-16)Thiostrepton (TS: TS; C72H85N19O18S5) is a thiazoline antibiotic that is effective against Gram-positive bacteria and the malarial parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. Tight binding of TS to the bacterial L11-23S ribosomal RNA ... -
Investigations into the toxicity and toxicokinetics of individual and binary mixtures of CCME petroleum hydrocarbon distillates in soil
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-18)The Canada-wide Standards for Petroleum Hydrocarbons (PHC CWS) in soils are remedial standards based on four petroleum distillates (Fraction 1 [F1; ECN C6-C10], Fraction 2 [F2; ECN >C10-C16], Fraction 3 [F3; ECN >C16-C34], ... -
Investigations of Bacterial Methionine Aminopeptidase
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-05)The pathway representing methionine integration and excision is an increasingly important target in drug design. Methionine aminopeptidase (MetAP), a metalloprotease responsible for cleaving the N-terminal methionine from ... -
Investigations of InAsP/InP Semiconductor Devices for Quantum Communication Technologies
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-19)This thesis presents a set of magnetotransport experiments which explore the advantages of InAsP/InP quantum well material and quantum dot structures for spin/photon devices, with a view towards quantum communication. The ... -
INVESTIGATIONS OF KINETIC ASPECTS IN NITROXIDE-MEDIATED RADICAL POLYMERIZATION OF STYRENE
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-24)An experimental and modeling investigation of nitroxide-mediated radical polymerization (NMRP) of styrene using 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxy (TEMPO) as controller is presented. The objective was to examine the ... -
Investigations of Magnetic Model Systems Using Coupled Cluster Based Approaches
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-23)Over the past decades, the quantum mechanical description of magnetic phenomena has been well developed. However, the first principle calculations of the physical properties of magnetic systems is still a challenge. One ... -
Investigations of the Natural Product Antibiotic Thiostrepton from Streptomyces azureus and Associated Mechanisms of Resistance
(University of Waterloo, 2013-03-11)The persistence and propagation of bacterial antibiotic resistance presents significant challenges to the treatment of drug resistant bacteria with current antimicrobial chemotherapies, while a dearth in replacements for ... -
Investigations on Colloidal Synthesis of Copper Nanoparticles in a Two-phase Liquid-liquid System
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-23)Synthesis of copper nanoparticles by a colloidal recipe in a two-phase liquid-liquid mixture (toluene/water) was investigated. The synthesis recipe used in this work was originally applied for the fabrication of alkylamine-capped ... -
Investigations on Drag Reduction by Interactions between Polymer and Surfactant and Polymer and Polymer
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-22)A large amount of studies have been carried out on pipeline flow with several kinds of drag reducing agents, especially polymers and surfactants. Drag reducing agents, by definition, are additives which help suppress or ... -
Investigations on the action mode of Bacillus thuringiensis Cyt2Aa1 toxin
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-11)B. thuringiensis is a Gram-positive bacterium that, while quite otherwise closely related to the soil saprophyte Bacillus cereus, is unique in producing a large variety of membrane-damaging, insecticidal protein toxins. ... -
Investigations on the Oligomerization of Pyolysin, a Cholesterol-Dependent Cytolysin
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-25)The bacterial toxin pyolysin (PLO) is a member of the family of Cholesterol-Dependent Cytolysins, which form large, oligomeric pores in cholesterol-containing membranes. The general CDC structure has an elongated shape and ... -
Investigations on the Reptilian Spectacle
(University of Waterloo, 2012-12-12)The eyes of snakes and most geckos, as well as a number of other disparate squamate taxa, are shielded beneath a layer of transparent integument referred to as the “reptilian spectacle.” Derived from the embryonic fusion ... -
Investing Flow over an Airfoil at Low Reynolds Numbers Using Novel Time-Resolved Surface Pressure Measurements
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-12)An aluminum NACA 0018 airfoil testbed was constructed with 95 static pressure taps and 25 embedded microphones to enable novel time-resolved measurements of surface pressure. The main objective of this investigation is to ... -
Investing for climate action: The role of capital markets in enabling a low-carbon transition
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-26)Economies around the world face a stark choice – to bolster fossil fuel production and face climate catastrophe or to keep fossil fuels in the ground and face trillions in potential asset stranding. Capital markets, as ... -
An Investment Decision under the Clean Development Mechanism: A Real Options Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-08)One of the main challenges that investors in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project face is the management of the volatility of the price of Certified Emission Reduction (CERs). Large scale CDM projects require a ...