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Comparison of the effects of docosahexaenoic acid and palmitic acid on ischemia reperfusion injury using an isolated perfused rat heart.
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-23)Dietary docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n-3, DHA) has been shown to exert beneficial effects on coronary heart disease including the prevention of ischemia reperfusion injury. The ability to acutely infuse DHA to the heart to ... -
Comparison of the ground penetrating radar characterization of winter processes with the results of hydrological simulations
(University of Waterloo, 2014-11-26)Ground penetrating radar (GPR) is a useful tool to characterize and investigate a variety of cold region processes, including but not limited to permafrost development and glacial morphology. Despite a comprehensive coverage, ... -
Comparison of the Impacts of Thermal Pretreatment on Waste Activated Sludge using Aerobic and Anaerobic Digestion
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-31)Thermal pretreatment systems are typically employed to improve waste-activated sludge (WAS) dewaterability and to treat sludge prior to anaerobic digestion. It is important to understand how WAS properties are affected ... -
A comparison of the Kalman filter and recurrent neural networks for state estimation of dynamical systems
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-30)The study of dynamical systems is of great interest in many fields, with a wide range of applications. In some cases, these dynamical systems may be affected by noise and the availability of measurements may be limited. ... -
Comparison of the methylerythritol phosphate pathway and the isopentenol utilization pathway for astaxanthin production in Escherichia coli
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-01)Astaxanthin is a red carotenoid belonging to the isoprenoid family of compounds. Currently, the most common method of producing astaxanthin is through chemical synthesis and natural production using Haematococcus pluvialis. ... -
Comparisons of Statistical Approaches for Modelling Land-Use Change
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-04)Land-use and land-cover change (LUCC) can have local-to-global environment impacts such as loss of biodiversity and climate change as well as social-economic impacts such as social inequality. Models that are built to ... -
Compassion over competition: The momentary and longitudinal benefits of adopting a caregiving mentality in the face of appearance comparisons
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-27)Social comparisons in the appearance domain are a harmful yet prevalent practice, increasing body dissatisfaction and negative affect among women (Leahey et al., 2011). The adverse effects of making upward appearance ... -
COMPATIBILITY OF EXTENSIONS OF A COMBINATORIAL GEOMETRY
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-29)Two extensions of a geometry are compatible with each other if they have a common extension. If the given extensions are elementary, their compatibility can be intrinsically described in terms of their corresponding linear ... -
Compatibility Problems of Probability Measures for Stochastic Processes
(University of Waterloo, 2018-07-27)In this thesis, we address three topics in the area of compatibility for probability measures. By "compatibility", we mean the problems concerning the existence of random variables/stochastic processes which generate certain ... -
A Compatible Defense of Respect for Autonomy and Medical Paternalism in the Context of Mental Capacity on the Grounds of Authenticity
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-30)Respect for autonomy has become the guiding principle at the forefront of health-care decision-making. In an attempt to preserve this principle, patients can be neglected to make decisions for themselves during times when ... -
Compensated Row-Column Ultrasound Imaging System
(University of Waterloo, 2020-03-12)Ultrasound imaging is a valuable tool in many applications ranging from material science to medical imaging. While 2-D ultrasound imaging is more commonly used, 3-D ultrasound imaging offers unique opportunities that can ... -
Compensation for Impairments of Frequency Converters in Millimeter Wave Vector Signal Generators
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-05)The upcoming fifth generation (5G) of wireless communications aims to utilize millimeter wave (mm-wave) frequencies in its infrastructure to alleviate the crowded spectrum problem below 6 GHz. At higher frequencies, ... -
Compensatory movement simulation of subacromial impingement syndrome kinematics using an asymptomatic group for rehabilitative shoulder exercises
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-27)Rotator cuff tears are a common source of shoulder pain that requires conservative management or surgical intervention to heal and regain proper function. During both interventions, prescribed exercise programs are given ... -
Competitive Project Portfolio Management
(University of Waterloo, 2011-12-21)Although project portfolio management (PPM) has been an active research area over the past 50 years, budget allocation models that consider competition are sparse. Firms faced with the project portfolio management problem ... -
The Compilation of Reversible Circuits and a New Optimization Game
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-28)The focus of this thesis is reversible circuit compilation. We will explore the use of pebble games for circuit analysis. The usefulness of this technique is demonstrated by finding a new space bound for the Karatsuba ... -
Compilation Techniques for Actively Secure Mixed Mode Two Party Computation
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-03)Secure multiparty computation allows two or more parties to compute a function without leaking unnecessary information about their inputs to other parties. In traditional secure multiparty computation protocols, the function ... -
Compiler-Based Approach to Enhance BliMe Hardware Usability
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-05)Outsourced computing has emerged as an efficient platform for data processing, but it has raised security concerns due to potential exposure of sensitive data through runtime and side-channel attacks. To address these ... -
Compiling Data Dependent Control Flow on SIMD GPUs
(University of Waterloo, 2004)Current Graphic Processing Units (GPUs) (circa. 2003/2004) have programmable vertex and fragment units. Often these units are implemented as SIMD processors employing parallel pipelines. Data dependent conditional ... -
Compiling Equality in an Abstract Relational Model via Preference Tables and Translation Tables
(University of Waterloo, 2022-12-07)Borgida et al. have introduced a refinement to the relational model (RM) [1] which they call the abstract relational model (ARM) that extends the former in the following three ways: 1. the addition of a new abstract ... -
COMPLAINTS ABOUT COVID: An Examination of the Structure and Properties of Complaints about COVID-19 Using Conversation Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-28)In making a complaint, speakers attach a negative assessment to a person, an entity, or an event. Verbalizing such an assessment in interaction transforms a previously individual perception into one that they consider ...