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Microbial Ecology of Phototrophs in Iron-rich Boreal Shield Lakes
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-24)The early Earth oceans of the Archaean Eon (approx. 3.8-2.5 billion years ago) are thought to have been predominantly anoxic with ferruginous waters containing high levels of dissolved ferrous iron and low levels of sulfate. ... -
Microbiology of Barrier Component Analogues of a Deep Geological Repository
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-18)Many countries are in the process of designing and implementing long-term storage solutions for used nuclear fuel. Like many of these countries, Canada is considering a deep geological repository (DGR) wherein used fuel ... -
Microbiology of Bentonite Clay
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-25)Highly compacted bentonite clay has been proposed as an important engineered barrier component of a deep geological repository for Canada’s high-level nuclear fuel waste. As a result, the microbiology of bentonite clay is ... -
Microclimatic Effects of Forest to Peatland Transitions Within the Boreal Plains
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-30)Peatlands cover approximately 50% of the total landscape of the Western Boreal Forest, which includes the sub-humid Boreal Plains (BP) ecozone. The BP experiences persistent water deficit conditions, promoting anaerobic ... -
Microcolony Dynamics: Motion from Growth, Order, and Incompressibility
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-27)Rod-shaped bacteria such as E. coli reproduce by expanding along their long axis and splitting into pairs of daughter cells. If conditions are favourable for growth, they will continue in this way, doubling repeatedly until ... -
Microcystin and Microcystis Destruction by Ozone in Drinking Water Treatment: Constraints and Effects
(University of Waterloo, 2016-07-14)Appropriate and effective drinking water treatment is critical to the protection of public health. Toxic cyanobacterial blooms are a globally increasing drinking water source quality-associated health risk as even very ... -
Microcystin in Ugandan lakes: Production dynamics, accumulation in fish, and risk evaluation
(University of Waterloo, 2010-12-23)Eutrophication of freshwater lakes has led to an increase in the occurrence of harmful cyanobacterial blooms, and it is expected that a warming climate will further exacerbate the frequency and duration of such blooms. ... -
A Microeconomic Perspective to Infrastructure Renewal Decisions
(University of Waterloo, 2014-12-16)Under the prevailing financial constraints and rapid infrastructure deterioration, funding decisions for renewal (rehabilitation) projects have become large challenges for engineers and economists alike. However, existing ... -
MICROFABRICATED CARTRIDGES FOR ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING WITH WHOLE COLUMN IMAGING DETECTION AND NANO-ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-15)Microfluidic chips have gained wide applications in various fields, including medicine, environmental sciences and forensic investigations. They are used for the separation of proteins, blood, bacterial cell suspensions, ... -
Microfluidic Large Scale Integration and its Application in Image Based Microflow Cytometry
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-25)An intelligent image processing algorithm is designed to automatically classify microscopic images of yeast cells in a microfluidic channel environment. The development process used stationary cell images as training data. ... -
A Microfluidic System for Pathogen Detection Based on DNA Hybridization
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-03)With the great development of the microfluidics, the applications of microfluidic devices in conducting biomedical research have been drawn substantial interests from scientists and researchers all over the world. These ... -
Microfluidic Viscometer for Tear Films and Other Biofluids
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-26)A microfluidic viscometer platform is developed and validated for measuring microliter-volume liquid samples, such as human tear films. The microfluidic viscometer combines an optically clear acrylic chip with a hydrophobic ... -
Microfluidic-Based In-Situ Functionalization for Detection of Proteins in Heterogeneous Immunoassays
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-17)One the most daunting technical challenges in the realization of biosensors is functionalizing transducing surfaces for the detection of biomolecules. Functionalization is defined as the formation of a bio-compatible ... -
Microfluidic-Based Synthesis of Acrylamide/Sodium Acrylate Copolymer Hydrogel for Enhanced Properties
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-31)Hydrogels are commonly used in drug delivery1–3, water treatment for heavy-metal removal4, tissue engineering5, and hygienic products, and as a plugging agent for enhanced oil recovery6. In recent years, a number of chemical ... -
Microgrid Enabling Towards the Implementation of Active Distribution Systems: Planning, Operation, and Energy Trading
(University of Waterloo, 2020-11-25)Recent years have perceived a substantial surge in interest in green technologies due to the growing awareness about the environmental concerns and the technologies’ development, which have resulted in considerable utilization ... -
Microgrid Enabling Towards the Implementation of Smart Grids
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-21)Smart grids have emerged as dominant platforms for effectively accommodating high penetration of renewable-based distributed generation (DG) and electric vehicles (EVs). These smart paradigms play a pivotal role in the ... -
A micromechanical investigation of biomimetic composites: experimental characterization and three-dimensional computational modeling
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-06)Biological and natural composites have been naturally optimized over millions of years. These materials benefit from high-performance responses under various loading conditions. Mimicking these materials offers the opportunity ... -
Micromechanical Modelling of Local Failure and Ply Crack Formation in Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Laminates
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-26)Establishing an understanding of the multiscale nature of progressive failure in laminated fiber-reinforced plastics is required to develop high fidelity failure prediction models for associated structures. In recent years, ... -
Micromechanical Modelling of Polyethylene
(University of Waterloo, 2007-11-27)The increasing use of polyethylene in diverse applications motivates the need for understanding how its molecular properties relate to the overall behaviour of the material. Although microstructure and mechanical properties ... -
A Micromechanical Study of Undrained Granular Media Using Fluid-coupled Discrete Numerical Simulations
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-06)Engineering behavior of saturated granular materials under rapid loading as during earthquakes is reasonably well explored empirically. Presently, theoretical models developed within concepts of classical soil mechanics ...