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In vivo Solid Phase Microextraction for Brain Tissue Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2014-03-31)New solid phase microextraction (SPME) method was developed for brain tissue bioanalysis on a liquid chromatography mass spectrometry platform. To achieve set objectives, in vivo SPME desorption process was optimized for ... -
“In Works of Hands or of the Wits of Men”: The Elegies of Wim Wenders, Laurie Anderson and Alexander Sokurov
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-22)This dissertation explores the concept of loss and the possibility of consolation in Wim Wenders’s The Salt of the Earth, Laurie Anderson’s Heart of a Dog and Alexander Sokurov’s Oriental Elegy through a method that ... -
In-between Boundaries
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-27)While the highway infrastructure of North America provides great benefits by connecting both urban and rural communities, this infrastructure also comes with significant costs by separating and creating barriers between ... -
An In-Depth Exploration of the High-Quality Entity Linking for Information Retrieval: MMEAD
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-19)Entity linking has emerged significantly during the digital information explosion, aiming to provide context and meaning to huge amounts of unstructured data. While traditional information retrieval primarily relied on ... -
An In-Depth Look at Repeated Propagation of Multiple Viruses Simultaneously in Insect Cell Culture
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-22)It is well known that the insect cell-baculovirus expression vector system (IC-BEVS) can be used for the production of various proteins of interest and virus-like particles (VLPs). In the past, many higher order proteins ... -
In-Memory Storage for Labeled Tree-Structured Data
(University of Waterloo, 2017-03-16)In this thesis, we design in-memory data structures for labeled and weights trees, so that various types of path queries or operations can be supported with efficient query time. We assume the word RAM model with word size ... -
In-network computation in sensor networks
(University of Waterloo, 2012-12-07)Sensor networks are an important emerging class of networks that have many applications. A sink in these networks acts as a bridge between the sensor nodes and the end-user (which may be automated and/or part of the ... -
In-Network Scheduling for Real-Time Analytics
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-30)This thesis presents Bolt, a novel scheduler design for large-scale real-time data analytics. Bolt achieves the scheduling accuracy of modern centralized schedulers while supporting clusters with hundreds of thousands of ... -
In-Silico Methods for De-Risking the Clinical Development of Subcutaneously Administered Therapeutic Macromolecules
(University of Waterloo, 2016-07-27)Prediction of human pharmacokinetics (PK) following subcutaneous (SC) administration to animals is challenged by potential interspecies differences in skin anatomy and physiology. With respect to biologic or macromolecule ... -
In-Situ Chemical Oxidation of Oil Sands Process Affected Groundwater
(University of Waterloo, 2014-12-01)Development of oil sands mining in Athabasca basin, NE Alberta has resulted in generation of more than 1 × 109 m3 of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) mixed with fine tailings and currently stored in about 182 km2 ... -
In-Situ Continuous Monitoring of Catastrophic Phase Inversion and Viscosity of Pickering Emulsions
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-22)Emulsions are used in the various field such as petroleum, pharmaceuticals, foods, cosmetics, paints, etc. Emulsions stabilized with solid nanoparticles are called Pickering emulsions. More recently, a growing awareness ... -
In-Situ Ethylene Polymerization with Organoclay-Supported Metallocenes for the Preparation of Polyethylene-Clay Nanocomposites
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-20)In-situ polymerization is one of the most efficient methods for production of polymer clay nanocomposites. In-situ polymerization of olefins using coordination catalysts is a type of heterogeneous polymerization. In order ... -
In-situ MnO2 Electrodeposition and its Negative Impact to Rechargeable Zinc Manganese Dioxide Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-19)Achieving high rechargeability with the economically feasible and environmentally friendly Zn-MnO2 batteries has been the goal of many scientists in the past half century. Recently, the stability of the system saw a ... -
In-situ monitoring and intermittent controller for adaptive trajectory generation during laser directed energy deposition via powder feeding
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-27)Laser Directed Energy Deposition (LDED) is one of the advanced manufacturing technologies for building near-net-shaped engineering components in a layer-by-layer fashion using high-power lasers as an energy source. LDED ... -
In-Situ Monitoring and Quality Assurance Algorithms for Laser Powder-Bed Fusion
(University of Waterloo, 2022-04-13)This dissertation describes the development of advanced in-situ defect detection algorithms using analytical and machine learning methods, followed by intermittent control systems to minimize the number of defects in parts ... -
In-Situ Polymerizatioon and Characterization of Polyethylene-Clay Nanocomposites
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-22)Abstract Chapter 1 provides an overview of this study and a literature review. Emphasis is put on the materials used, the different processes available to synthesize polymer-clay nanocomposites, analytical methods to ... -
In-Situ TiC-Fe Deposition on Mild Steel Using a Laser Cladding Process
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-26)The growing interest in increasing the wear resistance and hardness of surfaces that are in contact with abrasives or corrosive materials has inspired the development of several processes for creating protective coatings. ... -
In-solution and physical state properties of polymer and lipid excipients and their effects on the supersaturation evolution of poorly water-soluble drugs
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-14)Solubility has become an increasing issue for the pharmaceutical industry, as the advances in combinatorial chemistry and high throughput screening methods have resulted in an increase in the molecular weight and lipophilicity ... -
In-Tip Solid Phase Microextraction for High Throughput Drug Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-30)This thesis describes the design of a convenient format of solid phase microextraction (SPME) for bioanalysis in pharmaceutical industry and the validation of the approach to the application. An automated in-tip SPME ... -
In-vehicle Performance and Distraction for Midair and Touch Directional Gestures
(University of Waterloo, 2023-07-18)We compare the performance and level of distraction of expressive directional gesture input in the context of in-vehicle system commands. Center console touchscreen swipes and midair swipe-like movements are tested in ...