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Enzyme-instructed siRNA Release and Functional Self-assembly of Peptide-based Delivery System
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-27)Cell-penetrating peptide (CPP)-based small interfering RNA (siRNA) delivery is one of the approaches with great potential to achieve RNA interference (RNAi) applied in gene therapy. CPP-based siRNA carriers hold many merits, ... -
Ephemeral Embraces: milkweed fibres from land to body
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-24)Garments historically originate from organic fibres harvested from the Earth, however the visual and physical qualities of materials and their origins are not typically foregrounded in modern garment architecture. This ... -
Epidemic Models with Pulse Vaccination and Time Delay
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-22)In this thesis we discuss deterministic compartmental epidemic models. We study the asymp- totic stability of the disease-free solution of models with pulse vaccination campaigns. The main contributions of this thesis ... -
An Epidemiological Analysis of Smoking and Smoking Cessation among Persons Undergoing Inpatient Treatment for Psychiatric Illness
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-14)Background: Tobacco use increases the odds of suffering and dying prematurely from a host of chronic disease, including heart disease, stroke, cancer, lung diseases, and mental illness. There is limited published data ... -
The epidemiology and healthcare costs of pregnancy-related listeriosis in British Columbia, Canada, 2005-2014
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-29)Introduction: Listeriosis, a disease caused by the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes, remains relatively rare in Canada. However, the case-fatality rate from listeriosis is high at 20-30%. Listeriosis in pregnancy is of ... -
The Epidemiology of Acute Gastrointestinal Illness in Ethiopia, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Tanzania
(University of Waterloo, 2022-04-26)Gastrointestinal infections transmitted by food are a global concern and most severe in African low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs), though in these countries accurate data on acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) are ... -
Epigenetics in teleost fish: from molecular mechanisms to physiological phenotypes
(Elsevier, 2018-10)While the field of epigenetics is increasingly recognized to contribute to the emergence of phenotypes in mammalian research models across different developmental and generational timescales, the comparative biology of ... -
The Episodic Nature of "Blessedness" in Spinoza's Ethics
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-26)The final chapter of Spinoza’s Ethics has elicited numerous interpretations, and in this work, I discuss Jonathan Bennett’s and Harry Wolfson’s. Bennett claims that the doctrine of blessedness is unintelligible, while ... -
Epoxy Adhesives, Correlation between Strain Whitening and Damage Using a Macroscopic Optical Method
(University of Waterloo, 2019-03-12)The success of lightweight automotive multi-material assemblies depends on selecting appropriate joining techniques that can provide the expected day-to-day operational strength while delivering occupant protection during ... -
Equality of Number-Theoretic Functions over Consecutive Integers
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-30)This thesis will survey a group of problems related to certain number-theoretic functions. In particular, for said functions, these problems take the form of when and how often they are equal over consecutive integers, n ... -
Equality Operators for Constant-weight Codewords with Applications in (Keyword) PIR
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-21)Homomorphic encryption allows computation to be performed on data while in encrypted form. However, the computational overhead of a circuit that is run using homomorphic encryption depends on the number of multiplications ... -
Equations for deriving effect sizes for individual predictors and sets of predictors under specified conditions in multiple regression analysis: A technical report
(2022-05-27)This technical report provides equations for deriving effect sizes for individual predictors and sets of predictors under specified conditions in multiple regression (MR) analyses. The effect size metric being obtained in ... -
Equator Principles and Climate Change Issues: Examining the EPs’ Climate Change Policies and Analyzing the Likely Effectiveness of these Policies
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-07)Climate change is a global environmental issue that adversely affects economic activities; on the other hand, economic activities, in particular infrastructure project financing, are one of the main drivers of current ... -
Equiangular Lines and Antipodal Covers
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-22)It is not hard to see that the number of equiangular lines in a complex space of dimension $d$ is at most $d^{2}$. A set of $d^{2}$ equiangular lines in a $d$-dimensional complex space is of significant importance in Quantum ... -
Equidistribution of Polynomial Sequences in Function Fields, with Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2023)We provide a function field analog of Weyl's classical theorem on equidistribution of polynomial sequences. Our result covers the case in which the degree of the polynomial is greater than or equal to the characteristic ... -
Equilibrium and dynamical computation schemes for vibronic models of nonadiabatic systems
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-06)Two computational schemes were investigated for studying vibronic models of nonadiabatic systems: Path Integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) and vibrational electronic coupled cluster (VECC). A PIMC method was used to investigate ... -
Equilibrium and kinetic folding studies of two YchN-like proteins: the Tm0979 dimer and the Mth1491 trimer
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-28)Proper folding of a protein to its native state is critical for the protein to be fully functional under biological conditions. Understanding protein folding and protein folding evolution within the same structural family ... -
Equilibrium ex vivo calibration of homogenized tissue for in vivo SPME quantitation of doxorubicin in lung tissue
(Elsevier, 2018-06-01)The fast and sensitive determination of concentrations of anticancer drugs in specific organs can improve the efficacy of chemotherapy and minimize its adverse effects. In this paper, ex vivo solid-phase microextraction ... -
Equilibrium Phase Behaviour of Liquid Crystalline Polymer Brushes
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-29)Using self-consistent field theory of worm-like chains with Maier-Saupe interactions we study the equilibrium phase behaviour of liquid crystalline (LC) polymer brushes. In a good solvent the brush extends out normal to ... -
The Equity Dimension of Climate Change: Perspectives From the Global North and South
(Cogitatio, 2021-12-16)The articles in this thematic issue represent a variety of perspectives on the challenges for equity that are attributable to climate change. Contributions explore an emerging and important issue for communities in the ...