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Investigating and Developing Fatigue-Healing Characterization of Asphalt Materials
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-25)Canada’s aging highway network, consisting of over 1.1 million kilometres of roads, is a vital component in ensuring the safe and reliable day-to-day movement of people and goods. Flexible asphalt pavements experience ... -
Investigating Anion-Quadrupole Interactions of Phenylalanine and Fluorinated Phenylalanine Derivatives Using Density Functional Theory and Infrared Multiple Photon Dissociation Spectroscopy
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-19)Electronic structure calculations have been used to provide a new model for the quadrupole moments of bare and fluorinated phenylalanine. Calculations of the quadrupole moments were performed at the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) ... -
Investigating cerebellar contributions to sensory processing
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-21)Over the last two decades, the long-standing view of the cerebellum as a motor structure has been challenged with evidence highlighting the presence of cerebellar activation during non-motor tasks and functional connectivity ... -
Investigating cerebellar modulation of premotor inhibitory control during motor adaptation
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-02)Motor adaptation is marked by neurophysiological changes in the motor cortex; however, other regions of the motor network such as the cerebellum and premotor cortex also contribute to this process. Enhancing cerebellar ... -
Investigating Children’s Naturalistic Explorations in a Living History Museum
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-12)Researchers have taken the approach of examining children’s learning in more naturalistic settings such as museums, science centers, and zoos (e.g., Sobel & Jipson, 2015), as in-lab experiments do not resemble the situations ... -
Investigating Consensus-Seeking Partnerships in Water Governance: A Case Study of Southern Alberta
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-06)Growing demand for public involvement in environmental governance combined with recognition that top-down approaches often are not well suited to dealing with local concerns has led to increased use of collaborative ... -
Investigating cortical buffering effects of acute exercise: A cTBS study targeting the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
(University of Waterloo, 2018-07-26)Objective: The beneficial effects of both single-session bouts of aerobic exercise and therapeutic exercise interventions on the cortical regions associated with executive functions (i.e., prefrontal cortex (PFC)) and ... -
Investigating Cyanobacterial Communities Across Canada and Characterizing the Seasonality of Cyanobacterial Toxin and Nitrogen Metabolism Genes in the Turkey Lakes Watershed Using Metagenomics
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-08)The long evolutionary history of gram-negative cyanobacteria has enabled them to tolerate extreme conditions, succeed in numerous habitats, and exploit special nutrients, all while resisting harmful anthropogenic and climate ... -
Investigating Data Exploration Techniques Involving Map Based Geotagged Data in a Collaborative Sensemaking Environment
(University of Waterloo, 2016-02-11)The recent advancement in Global Positioning Systems (GPS) using satellite and geotagging has opened many opportunities for data-driven decision-making in fields such as emergency response, military intelligence, oil ... -
Investigating Driver Experience and Augmented Reality Head-Up Displays in Autonomous Vehicles
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-30)Autonomous driving is on the horizon. Partially automated vehicles recently started to emerge in the market, and companies are dedicated to bringing more automated driving capabilities to the vehicles in the near future. ... -
Investigating ER Body Localization and the Splice Variant Function of HOTHEAD in Arabidopsis thaliana
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-15)Plants live in constantly changing, often unpredictable environments and have evolved diverse strategies to adapt to these changes. The first line of defense for land plants is the cuticle – a layer which covers the epidermis ... -
Investigating Food Waste Diversion and Compost Use in Urban Agriculture for Soil Management in Mwanza, Tanzania
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-16)African countries are urbanizing at a rapid rate. Studies on African agriculture have focused on rural food production, but research on urban agriculture may be key to ensuring urban food and soil security. In this ... -
Investigating future galaxy surveys of cosmological large-scale structure
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-26)My thesis consists of the two following projects: 1-Testing Large-Scale Structure Measurements against Fisher Matrix Analysis (Chapter 2): We compare Baryonic Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) and Redshift Space Distortion ... -
Investigating if Motor Preparation Enhances Visuomotor Associative Neuroplasticity
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-04)The human brain is known to be highly adaptive which has important implications for motor learning and recovery from neurologic injury. It has been shown that long term potentiation-like neuroplasticity can be experimentally ... -
Investigating Input Offset Reduction with Timing Manipulation in Low Voltage Sense Amplifiers
(University of Waterloo, 2021-02-18)Static Random Access Memories (SRAMs) are ubiquitous in modern computer systems. They provide a fast and relatively compact method of data storage. SRAM cells are read from and written to using analog differential bitline ... -
Investigating laser-nanoparticle interactions using time-resolved laser-induced incandescence
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-13)Nanotechnology is extending the frontiers of science and technology, mainly through the applications of engineered nanomaterials. For instance, metal nanoparticles have seen wide-spread applications in the fields of ... -
Investigating Learner Beliefs Using the Lego Serious Play Method
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-31)The study of L2 learner beliefs explores the attitudes, knowledge, and assumptions students adopt when they learn a language (Kalaja & Barcelos, 2006). Previous research had focused on learner differences in areas like ... -
Investigating Mechanical Interactions of Cells with Their Environment
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-20)Recent studies have shown that cells not only respond to chemical signals such as growth factors or chemoattractants, but they are also capable of detecting mechanical stimuli and responding to them. The process during ... -
Investigating new approaches for mapping groundwater systems in karstic carbonate bedrock: A case study in the Early Silurian formations of the Niagara Escarpment cuesta, southern Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2019-03-20)The Ontario Geological Survey conducts geoscience mapping that is designed to support groundwater resource investigations across the province. Recent geological mapping in the Early Silurian carbonate bedrock in southern ... -
Investigating New Forms of Single-handed Physical Phone Interaction with Finger Dexterity
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-14)With phones becoming more powerful and such an essential part of our lives, manufacturers are creating new device forms and interactions to better support even more diverse functions. A common goal is to enable a larger ...