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Biomimetic sensing based on chemically induced assembly of a signaling DNA aptamer on a fluid bilayer membrane
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2012-04-18)The adenosine aptamer was split into two halves and linked to a fluid liposome surface; addition of adenosine resulted in aptamer assembly, which did not occur if the split aptamer was attached to silica nanoparticles, ... -
Bioorthogonal Modification of the Major Sheath Protein of Bacteriophage M13: Extending the Versatility of Bionanomaterial Scaffolds
(American Chemical Society, 2016-09-04)With a mass of ~1.6 x 107 Daltons and com- posed of approximately 2700 proteins, bacteriophage M13 has been employed as a molecular scaffold in bionanomaterials fabrication. In order to extend the versatility of M13 in ... -
Biophysical cues to enhance neuronal differentiation
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-31)Biophysical cues are an important tool for neuronal tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Cues such as topography and stiffness have been shown to enhance lineage and non-lineage based neuronal differentiation by ... -
Biophysical Investigations of the Interactions between Calmodulin and Nitric Oxide Synthase Enzymes
(University of Waterloo, 2017-12-15)Nitric Oxide (•NO) is an essential biomolecule that has physiological functions in neurotransmission, vasodilation and immune response. •NO is produced by a family of enzymes known as nitric oxide synthases (NOS). NOS ... -
Biophysical Modelling of Antimicrobial Peptide’s Interactions with Phospholipid and Lipopolysaccharide Membranes
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-23)Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are naturally-occurring peptide antibiotics. The way they work has inspired a vigorous search for optimized peptide antibiotics for fighting resistant bacteria. Cationic AMPs cleverly utilize ... -
Biophysical Studies of Lipid Membranes and their Interactions with Amyloid Peptides
(University of Waterloo, 2015-06-19)Amyloid beta peptides are known to form amyloid fibrils which are implicated in more than 20 currently incurable neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s and Parkinson’s. The proposed mechanism of ... -
Biopower, Disciplinary Power and Surveillance: A Qualitative Analysis of the Lived Experience of Drug Users in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
(University of Waterloo, 2020-03-31)Focusing on the role of police as primary actors in the arena of citizen safety, this thesis examines the effects of police practices on the daily lived experience of drug users accessing a Supervised Consumption Site ... -
Bioreactor studies of heterologous protein production by recombinant yeast
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Bioresourced fillers for rubber composite sustainability: current development and future opportunities
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021-06-18)Ending the fossil fuel era towards a sustainable future will require high-performing renewable materials with a low environmental impact. Carbon black, produced by partial combustion or thermal decomposition of petroleum ... -
Bioretention cells under cold climate conditions: Effects of freezing and thawing on water infiltration, soil structure, and nutrient removal
(Elsevier, 2019-02-01)Bioretention cells are a popular control strategy for stormwater volume and quality, but their efficiency for water infiltration and nutrient removal under cold climate conditions has been poorly studied. In this work, ... -
Biosensing at an individually addressable electrochemical array
(University of Waterloo, 2006)In this thesis, a novel electrochemical array is reported. The array consists of two planar halves, each having four carbon screen-printed band electrodes (SPEs), orthogonally facing each other and separated by a spacer ... -
BioSpec: A Biophysically-Based Spectral Model of Light Interaction with Human Skin
(University of Waterloo, 2005)Despite the notable progress in physically-based rendering, there is still a long way to go before we can automatically generate predictable images of biological materials. In this thesis, we address an open problem in ... -
Biotrickling Filtration of Air Contaminated with 1-Butanol
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2017-08-15)The removal of high concentrations of 1-butanol in an air stream was evaluated with a biotrickling filter for potential application to an industrial off-gas. Experiments were conducted on a laboratory-scale system, packed ... -
Bipartite Distance-Regular Graphs of Diameter Four
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-11)Using a method by Godsil and Roy, bipartite distance-regular graphs of diameter four can be used to construct $\{0,\alpha\}$-sets, a generalization of the widely applied equiangular sets and mutually unbiased bases. In ... -
Bipartite graphs with no K6 minor
(Elsevier, 2024-01)A theorem of Mader shows that every graph with average degree at least eight has a K6 minor, and this is false if we replace eight by any smaller constant. Replacing average degree by minimum degree seems to make little ... -
Bipartite Quantum Walks and the Hamiltonian
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-26)We study a discrete quantum walk model called bipartite walks via a spectral approach. A bipartite walk is determined by a unitary matrix U, i.e., the transition matrix of the walk. For every transition matrix U, there is ... -
Bipolar resistive switching and memristive properties of hydrothermally synthesized TiO2 nanorod array: Effect of growth temperature
(Elsevier, 2018-08-05)In the present work, the hydrothermal approach is employed to develop 1D-TiO2 nanorod array memristive devices and the effect of hydrothermal growth temperature on TiO2 memristive devices is studied. X-ray diffraction (XRD) ... -
BIPV/BAPV Barriers to Adoption: Architects’ Perspectives from Canada and the United States
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-28)Solar photovoltaic technology (PV) is a promising clean energy source that assists in climate change mitigation. This is due to solar PV having minimal greenhouse gas emissions when operating compared to burning fossil ... -
Bird Monitoring and New Media: An Anthropological Exploration
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-25)As the diversity of new media increases, people have more choices than ever before to select between various media for specific uses. In this thesis, I draw from my own research to look at the ways that bird monitors ...