• Loop Optimization of Tensor Network Renormalization: Algorithms and Applications 

  Bao, Chenfeng (University of Waterloo, 2019-05-22)

  Loop optimization for tensor network renormalization (loop-TNR) is a real-space renormalization group algorithm suitable for studying 1+1D critical systems. While the original proposal by Yang et al. focused on classical ...

• Influence of Temperature on the Catalytic Function of Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase 

  Morrow, Benjamin (University of Waterloo, 2019-05-22)

  Enzymes are well known for their importance in biological systems. One of these enzymes, PEPCK, has been well studied and characterized over the years. Successful catalysis in PEPCK is very dependent on mobile loop elements ...

• Mercury distribution and speciation in biochar particles reacted with contaminated sediment up to 1030days: A synchrotron- based study 

  Liu, Peng; Ptacek, Carol J; Blowes, David W; Finfrock, Y. Zou (Elsevier, 2019-04-20)

  A previous long-term microcosm experiment showed mercury (Hg) in the aqueous phase of contaminated sediment was effectively stabilized through the addition of biochar. The present study focuses on the application of ...

• VER-155008 induced Hsp70 proteins expression in fish cell cultures while impeding replication of two RNA viruses 

  Pham, Phuc H.; Sokeechand, Bibi S.H.; Hamilton, Mark Evan; Misk, Ehab; Jones, Ginny; Lee, Lucy E.J.; Lumsden, John S.; Bols, Niels C. (Elsevier, 2019-02-01)

  The heat-shock protein 70 (Hsp70) inhibitor, VER-155008 (VER), was explored as a potential antiviral agent for two RNA viruses important to fish aquaculture, viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) and infectious pancreatic ...

• Modelling Permeation Passive Sampling 

  Salim, Faten (University of Waterloo, 2019-05-17)

  Understanding the theory behind passive sampling, as well as factors influencing its accuracy, is crucial for proper planning and application of passive sampling methods. The Waterloo Membrane Sampler (WMS) is a permeation ...

• A Subclass of Exceptional Parallel Self-similar G2 Cosmologies 

  Rashidi, Sepehr (University of Waterloo, 2019-05-13)

  We perform a qualitative and asymptotic analysis of a particular class of cosmological models, namely the exceptional G2 perfect fluid and vacuum models that are additionally self-similar with the fluid flow lying tangential ...

• Field Application of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria Enhanced Phytoremediation on an Urban Brownfield and the Derivation of Direct Soil Contact Values for Weathered Petroleum Hydrocarbons (Fraction 3) 

  Knezevich, Nicole (University of Waterloo, 2019-05-13)

  There are over 30,000 contaminated brownfield sites in Canada, many of which are located in desirable urban areas; and therefore have a high value for potential redevelopment. The remediation of urban brownfield sites ...

• Comparative Clinical Performance of Scleral Lenses with Varying Limbal Clearance in a Keratoconic Population 

  Yeung, Debby (University of Waterloo, 2019-05-10)

  PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact varying the limbal clearance (LC) has on the clinical performance of scleral lenses and the levels of inflammatory mediators in the tear film of keratoconic ...

• Assessment of ocular aberrations at scaled pupil size and reduced Shack-Hartmann spot number 

  Ommani, Abbas (University of Waterloo, 2019-05-07)

  Wavefront aberrations describe the optical imperfections of the eye by measuring the complete refractive elements of the eye. However, the reliability of ocular aberration is uncertain under some challenges and issues. ...

• Hydrothermal Alteration and Exploration Vectors at the Island Gold Deposit, Michipicoten greenstone belt, Wawa, Ontario 

  Ciufo, Tyler Justin (University of Waterloo, 2019-05-01)

  The Island Gold deposit is a high-grade orogenic gold deposit located in the Goudreau Lake Deformation Zone (GLDZ), within the Michipicoten greenstone belt. This belt is situated within the larger Wawa-Abitibi terrane which ...

• Biochemical and Microbiological Investigations of Inhibitors for β-Lactamases from Human Pathogenic Bacteria 

  Tanner, Carol (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-30)

  The majority of antibiotics prescribed for treatment of bacterial infections are β-lactam antibiotics. Resistance to these has evolved in a few different ways, notably by regulating permeability and by the expression of ...

• Integration of Active and Passive Sampling Techniques for Characterization of Non-point Source Contamination from Septic Systems in Rural Ontario Hamlets 

  Digaletos, Maria (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-30)

  Excessive nutrient loading to surface water bodies can lead to the development of eutrophic conditions, including deterioration of water quality and ecological stability. Sources of nutrient loading include wastewater ...

• The HOTHEAD Protein: Assessing Enzymatic Activity using Computational and Recombinant Protein Expression Approaches 

  Le Dreff-Kerwin, Eric (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-30)

  In Arabidopsis thaliana, a number of genes regulating cuticle synthesis have been identified by virtue of organ fusion phenotype. One such gene, HOTHEAD (HTH) was among those originally identified by this phenotype but its ...

• Effect of Suboptimal Temperature on Endogenous Antigen Presentation in Two Fish Species, Oncorhynchus mykiss and Sander vitreus 

  Abram, Quinn Harrison (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-30)

  Winter months and the increasing frequency and magnitude of extreme low temperature events, occurring as a result of global climate change, subject teleosts such as rainbow trout and walleye to suboptimal temperatures, ...

• Interactions of Phosphate and Silicate with Iron oxides in Freshwater Environments 

  Sabur, Md Abdus (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-29)

  Internal phosphorus loads, from bottom sediments to surface waters, are often comparable in magnitude to external phosphorus loads, particularly in water bodies with a history of high external phosphorus inputs from point ...

• A field study of event based, seasonally affected, depression focused recharge in glaciated terrain 

  Menkveld, Paul (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-26)

  To observe the dynamics of depression focused recharge (DFR) and the effects of seasonality related to transient surface water features, a field scale experiment was designed and conducted within glacial terrain in southern ...

• Aspects of Corneal Fluorescein Staining 

  Woods, Jill (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-25)

  PURPOSE Evaluating the cornea for epithelial fluorescein staining is a key element of the ocular examination of contact lens wearers and people with dry eye disease. It has long been viewed as a method of visualizing a ...

• Gaits and Their Development in the Infraorder Pecora 

  Dagg, Anne Innis (University of Waterloo, 1967-02)

  The gaits of twenty-eight species of the Infraorder Pecora are analyzed from motion picture sequences comprising over 45,000 frames. For each gait the percentage time spent on the various supporting legs during each stride ...

• A structural and stratigraphic study in Liuyuan area, Southern Beishan orogenic collage, Northwest China 

  LI, Jiangyu (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-17)

  A stratigraphic and structural study of the Permian North Shuangbaotang Complex offers new evidence constraining the timing of the final closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean to the late Permian. The fold and thrust belt of ...

• Transition Matrix Monte Carlo Methods for Complex Systems 

  Lee, Yong Hwan (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-15)

  The aim of this thesis is to develop efficient transition matrix Monte Carlo simulation methods for complex systems(e.g., spin glasses) that enable one to construct the transition matrix from which the density of states ...

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