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Spectroscopic Analysis of Resin-Bound Peptides: Glutathione and FK-13
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-27)High-resolution magic angle spinning (HRMAS) NMR spectroscopy is used to study solid samples that are normally difficult to analyze due to broadening of peaks. Solid-phase peptide synthesis can bind peptides to an insoluble ... -
Spectroscopic Characterization of Sol-gel Thin Films: Properties of Immobilization Matrix and Immobilized Proteins
(University of Waterloo, 2008-04-14)Although enzymes show great potential for use in industrial applications, their implementation from a practical perspective is still somewhat limited by various shortcomings in the area of enzyme immobilization. The use ... -
Spectroscopic interrogation of differential mobility spectrometry selected, isolated, gas-phase molecular clusters
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-25)One of the most elusive challenges facing mass spectrometry-based methods is the study of isomers. Oftentimes, isomers produce identical fragmentation spectra that make structural elucidation and assignment from MS data ... -
Spectroscopy of selected calcium and strontium containing polyatomic molecules
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-15)A spectroscopic study of several calcium and strontium containing molecules has been completed. In total, seven electronic transitions from six different calcium or strontium containing species were observed and analyzed ... -
Spectroscopy of selected metal-containing diatomic molecules
(University of Waterloo, 2005)Fourier transform infrared emission spectra of MnH and MnD were observed in the ground <em>X</em><sup>7</sup>σ<sup>+</sup> electronic state. The vibration-rotation bands from <em>v</em> = 1 to 0 to <em>v</em> = ... -
Spectrum and Energy Efficient Medium Access Control for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-11)The increasingly growing number of mobile devices and volume of mobile data traffic necessitate establishing an effective self-organizing wireless ad hoc network to efficiently utilize radio spectrum and energy. The ... -
Spectrum and Retention Time Prediction for N-Glycopeptides Using Deep Learning
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-28)Sequencing proteins and glycans have important clinical applications, as glycosylation is shown to play a significant role in cellular communication and immune response. Certain glycans are linked to the diagnosis of ... -
Spectrum Epistemology: The BonJour - Goldman Debate
(University of Waterloo, 2009-02-04)Socrates teaches in the Meno that in order for a belief to be justified, an appropriate relation must ‘tie down’ the belief to its (apparent) truth. Alvin Goldman’s position of externalism holds that for a belief to be ... -
Spectrum of Cuscuton Bounce and Cosmological Parameter Inference Using Dark Sirens
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-25)Over the last couple of decades, cosmology has become an exciting area to study. Technological developments in both the computational and observational fronts have propelled cosmology into the limelight of modern physics. ... -
Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio: Multi-detection Techniques based Model
(University of Waterloo, 2012-12-19)Cognitive radio (CR) paradigm is a new radio technology proposed to solve spectrum scarcity and underutilization. Central to CR is spectrum sensing (SS), which is responsible for detecting unoccupied frequencies. Since ... -
A Speculative Exploration into the Current Planning Paradigm through Academic Planner Perspectives
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-28)This thesis centres on research aimed at understanding the essence of the current planning paradigm, identifying the factors that facilitate or hinder paradigm shifts, and determining the prevailing paradigm that governs ... -
Speech Endpoint Detection: An Image Segmentation Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-26)Speech Endpoint Detection, also known as Speech Segmentation, is an unsolved problem in speech processing that affects numerous applications including robust speech recognition. This task is not as trivial as it appears, ... -
Speed of Response does not Affect Feelings of Rightness in Reasoning
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-18)It has been argued (Thompson, Prowse Turner & Pennycook, 2011) that the experience of ease (i.e., the ability to quickly generate an initial response) during processing influences one’s likelihood of engaging reflectively ... -
Spherical Silicon for Photovoltaic Application: Material, Modeling, and Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-21)Detailed material characterization of spherical silicon is conducted for the first time. Experimental results on crystallinity, impurities, and structural defects are presented to investigate the effect of growth mechanism ... -
Spherical Silicon Photovoltaics: Material Characterization and Novel Device Structure
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-28)Single crystalline silicon spheres have been used as alternative material for solar cell fabrication. This innovative technology has several advantages over traditional wafer technology. However, the material, process ... -
Spherically Confined Polymers: Monte Carlo Simulations with Expanded Ensemble Density-of-States Method
(University of Waterloo, 2018-02-20)In this thesis, the Expanded Ensemble Density-of-States (EXEDOS) method - a combination of the Wang-Landau and Expanded Ensemble Monte Carlo algorithms is employed to investigate spatial conformations of a polymer chain ... -
SPIDER: Reconstructive Protein Homology Search with De Novo Sequencing Tags
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-21)In the field of proteomic mass spectrometry, proteins can be sequenced by two independent yet complementary algorithms: de novo sequencing which uses no prior knowledge and database search which relies upon existing protein ... -
Spiking Deep Neural Networks: Engineered and Biological Approaches to Object Recognition
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-08)Modern machine learning models are beginning to rival human performance on some realistic object recognition tasks, but we still lack a full understanding of how the human brain solves this same problem. This thesis combines ... -
A Spiking Neural Model of Episodic Memory Encoding and Replay in Hippocampus
(University of Waterloo, 2014-12-09)As we experience life, we are constantly creating new memories, and the hippocampus plays an important role in the formation and recall of these episodic memories. This thesis begins by describing the neural mechanisms ... -
A spiking neural network of state transition probabilities in model-based reinforcement learning
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-23)The development of the field of reinforcement learning was based on psychological studies of the instrumental conditioning of humans and other animals. Recently, reinforcement learning algorithms have been applied to ...