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Post Stroke Visual Midline Shift Syndrome
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-01)Abstract Introduction The definition of an individual’s visual midline is the point which the individual perceives as being straight-ahead or “in front of their nose”. One of the perceptual consequences of a stroke for ... -
Potential and Limitations of MCM-41 in Dechlorination Reactions
(University of Waterloo, 2007-04-27)The purpose of this thesis was to conduct preliminary research into the feasibility of using MCM-41 as a catalyst support material in the treatment of organochloride contaminated water. Specifically, the stability of MCM-41 ... -
Potential of surface modified exosomes for extended intravitreal drug delivery
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-30)Diabetic retinopathy is a serious condition affecting retinal cells that can lead to blindness. Intravitreal injection is the only feasible method of drug delivery to the retina. However, intravitreal injections are only ... -
Potential Roles for the Neurotrophic Molecules Agrin and Neuregulin in Regulating Aspects of the Inflammatory Response
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-22)Agrin and neuregulin are neurotrophic molecules well known for their roles at synapses in the peripheral and central nervous systems. The expression of these two molecules is not restricted to these sites however, as they ... -
Potential use of the Oncorhynchus mykiss checkpoint proteins Rad1 and Hus1 as genotoxicity biomarkers
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-13)Cell-cycle checkpoint proteins help maintain genomic integrity by sensing damaged DNA and initiating DNA repair or apoptosis. Checkpoint protein activation to cell-cycle damaging agents can involve post-translational ... -
Powell Lens-based Line-Scan Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography for Cellular Resolution Imaging of Biological Tissues
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-28)A line-scan spectral-domain optical coherence tomography system was developed for corneal imaging. It utilizes a Powell lens to achieve a better line illumination power distribution than the conventional use of cylindrical ... -
Powerful Shocks and Cavities in the Hot Atmosphere of the MS 0735 Galaxy Cluster
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-26)Cool core clusters host bright centres that radiate away their energy in less than 10^9 yr. If uncompensated by heating, the hot atmosphere will cool and form stars at rates of hundreds to thousands of solar masses per ... -
PPLN-based photon pair sources toward biphoton quantum frequency conversion
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-03)While quantum properties of light promise much-needed enhancements to metrology, further development of quantum light sources and associated tools are needed to readily harness two-photon interactions via energy-time ... -
Practical Advances in Quantum Error Correction & Communication
(University of Waterloo, 2013-10-25)Quantum computing exists at the intersection of mathematics, physics, chemistry, and engineering; the main goal of quantum computing is the creation of devices and algorithms which use the properties of quantum mechanics ... -
Practical Quantum Communication
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-30)Current communication networks are based on classical physics and classical information-processing. However, for nearly a century, we have known that at its most fundamental level, the universe is governed by the laws of ... -
Practical Quantum Fingerprinting and Appointment Scheduling
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-24)Quantum protocols for many communication tasks have been found which significantly improve on their classical counterparts. However, many of these protocols are beyond the reach of current technology. In this work, we find ... -
The Practical Realization of Quantum Repeaters: An Exploration
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-27)This thesis is an exploration of quantum repeaters from a practical point of view. Quantum repeaters are devices which help improve the quantum communication capacity of a lossy bosonic channel (which include photonic ... -
Pre-Privacy Amplification: A Post-Processing Technique for Quantum Key Distribution with Application to the Simplified Trusted Relay
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-26)Until quantum repeaters and quantum error correcting codes can be made commercially viable, long distance quantum key distribution (QKD) will continue to rely on trusted relay satellites. Strongly constrained by weight ... -
Precision Cosmology Using Voids
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-04)In the late 1990s, the discovery that the expansion rate of the Universe was accelerating was a decisive moment for cosmology. The last 25 years have seen the consolidation of this component, called dark energy, which ... -
Precision Low Temperature Calorimetry and Susceptibility of Magnetic Pyrochlores
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-19)Spin-ice models feature the same statistical disorder as water ice, which is identified as the source of zero-point entropy. Gapped topological excitations with properties of monopoles are associated with the violation of ... -
A preclinical study of SG pseudopeptide amyloid-β inhibitors for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease: single molecule force spectroscopy and cell viability
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-23)Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the single greatest healthcare challenges facing our society today with no treatments available that cure, prevent or slow the disease. Neurodegeneration in AD is observed alongside ... -
Predicting and Measuring Molecular Mechanisms of Protein Aggregation
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-30)Protein aggregation is a hallmark of a number of neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer’s Disease, Huntington’s Disease, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Despite the common occurrence of protein aggregation in ... -
Predicting nonpolymeric materials structure with real-space self-consistent field theory
(APS publishing, 2006-02-17)Polymer self-consistent field theory of the Edwards-Helfand kind is the state-of-the-art method for predicting the morphologies of block copolymer materials. The methodology of block copolymer self-consistent field theory ... -
Predicting the Mesophases of Copolymer-Nanoparticle Composites
(American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2001)The interactions between mesophase-forming copolymers and nanoscopic par- ticles can lead to highly organized hybrid materials. The morphology of such composites depends not only on the characteristics of the copolymers, ... -
Predicting the phases of a two-dimensional hard-rod system with real-space self-consistent field theory
(APS publishing, 2006-10-16)Polymer self-consistent field theory numerical tools are applied to a two-dimensional hard-rod colloidal system. Rods are represented through an interaction site model density functional theory that is derived and expressed ...