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Fish communities near municipal wastewater discharges in the Grand River watershed
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-19)Municipal wastewater effluent (MWWE) has the potential for aquatic degradation, as it is the largest, per volume, anthropogenic discharge in Canada and other areas in the world. With an increasing population in many areas, ... -
Fish feeding variability over space and time in natural and regulated boreal rivers
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-20)Within the boreal region of Canada, river ecosystems are affected by naturally low flows in the summer months and hydropower operations, which can greatly influence the structure and function of river food webs. Few long-term ... -
Fixational eye movements in strabismic amblyopia
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-29)Purpose: To test the hypothesis that the fixational stability (FS) of the amblyopic eye (AME) in strabismics will improve when binocular integration is enhanced through ocular alignment and inter-ocular suppression is ... -
Flag fault-tolerant error correction for cyclic CSS codes
(University of Waterloo, 2018-06-20)Fault-tolerant quantum error correction (FTEC) protocol is one of the most important components for a fault-tolerant simulation of a quantum circuit. It helps prevent error accumulation during the process which may cause ... -
Flag Fault-Tolerant Error Correction with Qudits
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-20)In this thesis, I explore fault-tolerant quantum error correction using qudits. I show that a specific flag-fault-tolerant procedure for the five-qubit code may be extended to work on the five qudit code for any prime ... -
Flags and Error Weight Parities: A Development of Fault-tolerant Quantum Computation with Few Ancillas
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-13)In quantum computation, errors in a quantum circuit arising from its interaction with the environment is one of the biggest obstacles to building large-scale quantum computers. One way to deal with such errors is using ... -
A Flexible Synthesis of 68Ga-Labeled Carbonic Anhydrase IX (CAIX)-Targeted Molecules via CBT/1,2-Aminothiol Click Reaction
(MDPI, 2018-12-21)We herein describe a flexible synthesis of a small library of 68Ga-labeled CAIX-targeted molecules via an orthogonal 2-cyanobenzothiazole (CBT)/1,2-aminothiol click reaction. Three novel CBT-functionalized chelators (1–3) ... -
A flexible, scalable, and self-powered mid-infrared detector based on transparent PEDOT: PSS/graphene composite
(Elsevier, 2020-01)A flexible, self-powered and semi-transparent mid-infrared photodetector is demonstrated with graphene and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): poly(4-styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT: PSS) composite on poly vinyl alcohol (PVA) ... -
Flow Cytometry-Assisted Detection of Adenosine in Serum with an Immobilized Aptamer Sensor
(American Chemical Society, 2010-05-15)Aptamers are single-stranded nucleic acids that can selectively bind to essentially any molecule of choice. Because of their high stability, low cost, ease of modification, and availability through selection, aptamers hold ... -
Fluctuation correction for the critical transition of symmetric homopolymer blends
(AIP, 2017-07)Monte Carlo simulations are performed on structurally symmetric binary homopolymer blends over a wide range of invariant polymerization indexes, N. A finite-size scaling analysis reveals that certain critical exponents ... -
Fluctuation effects in blends of A+B homopolymers with AB diblock copolymer
(AIP, 2018-05)Field-theoretic simulations (FTS) are performed on ternary blends of A- and B-type homopolymers of polymerization N_h and symmetric AB diblock copolymer of polymerization N_c. Unlike previous studies, our FTS are conducted ... -
Fluid-present anatexis of Neoarchean tonalite and amphibolite in the Western Shandong Province
(Elsevier, 2019-02)Metatonalite and amphibolite from the Taishan region of the Western Shandong Province in the North China Craton record c. 2.60 Ga fluid-present partial melting via the breakdown of biotite, plagioclase and quartz to produce ... -
Fluorescent sensors using DNA-functionalized graphene oxide
(Springer, 2014-07-02)In the past few years, graphene oxide (GO) has emerged as a unique platform for developing DNA-based biosensors, given the DNA adsorption and fluorescence-quenching properties of GO. Adsorbed DNA probes can be desorbed ... -
Fluorescently Labeled Latex Particles to Monitor Film Formation
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-25)The influence of the length of an oligo(ethylene glycol) spacer (EGn, where n is the number of ethylene glycol units) in a 1-pyrenemethoxy-EGn methacrylate (PyEG-MA) monomer on the incorporation of the monomer into a ... -
Fluoride Removal from Contaminated Water by Limestone Reactor and Phosphate Rock Reactor
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-05)Fluorosis, which results in mottling of teeth enamel, softening of bones, ossification of tendons and ligaments, and even neurologic damage, is endemic in many mid-latitude regions. It is caused by the long-term ingestion ... -
Fluoxetine Does Not Enhance Visual Perceptual Learning and Triazolam Specifically Impairs Learning Transfer
(Frontiers Media, 2016-10-19)The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor fluoxetine significantly enhances adult visual cortex plasticity within the rat. This effect is related to decreased gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) mediated inhibition and identifies ... -
Fold-and-thrust belt deformation of the Hongliuhe Group: a Permian tectonic closure record of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, NW China
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-20)The Early Permian strata of the Hongliuhe Group, NW China, experienced a thin-skinned fold-and-thrust belt style of deformation that recorded the final stages of amalgamation of the Beishan orogenic collage, a part of the ... -
Folding and Stability Studies on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis-Associated apo Cu, Zn Superoxide dismutases
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-05)Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a debilitating, incurable, neurodegenerative disease characterized by degradation of motor neurons leading to paralysis and ultimately death in ~3-5 years. Approximately 10% of ALS ... -
Forays into Mathematical Physics
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-27)Two different works in mathematical physics are presented: A construction of conformal infinity in null and spatial directions is constructed for the Rainbow-flat space-time corresponding to doubly special relativity. ... -
Forested Watersheds and Water Supply: Exploring Effects of Wildfires, Silviculture, and Climate Change on Downstream Waters
(University of Waterloo, 2023-06-13)Drinking water supplies for much of society originate in forests. To preserve the capability of these forests to produce clean and easily treatable water, source water supply and protection strategies focus in particular ...