Browsing Waterloo Research by Title
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Electric-field-dependent variable-range hopping conduction in PrBa2Cu307-y
(Taylor & Francis, 1997-02)The variable-range hopping conductivities of quasi-two-dimensional systems in electric fields were calculated for the cases of both constant and energy-dependent densities of states. The localized states were considered ... -
Electrodeposition and electrodissolution of zinc in mixed methanesulfonate-based electrolytes
(Elsevier, 2018-04-01)Zinc electrodeposition and electrodissolution in methanesulfonic acid (MSA) electrolytes mixed with chloride or sulfate are investigated in a 3-electrode cell for eventual use in divided and undivided zinc-cerium redox ... -
Electrokinetic motion of single nanoparticles in single PDMS nanochannels
(Springer, 2017-01)Electrokinetic motion of single nanoparticles in single nanochannels was studied systematically by image tracking method. A novel method to fabricate PDMS-glass micro/nanochannel chips with single nanochannels was presented. ... -
Electroosmotic flow in single PDMS nanochannels
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016-05-23)The electroosmotic flow (EOF) velocity in single PDMS nanochannels with dimensions as small as 20 nm is investigated systematically by the current slope method in this paper. A novel method for the fabrication of single ... -
Electroosmotic flow velocity in DNA modified nanochannels
(Elsevier, 2019-10-01)Electroosmotic flow (EOF) is systematically investigated in DNA grafted hard PDMS (h-PDMS) channels with size ranging from 50 nm to 2.5 μm by using the current-slope method. The effects of the DNA types, the incubation ... -
Electrostatically Directed Visual Fluorescence Response of DNA-Functionalized Monolithic Hydrogels for Highly Sensitive Hg2+ Detection
(American Chemical Society, 2011-03-23)Hydrogels are cross-linked hydrophilic polymer networks with low optical background and high loading capacity for immobilization of biomolecules. Importantly, the property of hydrogel can be precisely controlled by changing ... -
Elements of Gameful Design Emerging from User Preferences
(Association for Computing Machinery, 2017-10-15)Several studies have developed models to explain player preferences. These models have been developed for digital games; however, they have been frequently applied in gameful design (i.e., designing non-game applications ... -
Elevated C-Peptides, Abdominal Obesity, and Abnormal Adipokine Profile are Associated With Higher Gleason Scores in Prostate Cancer
(Wiley, 2017-02)Background: Prostate cancer development is associated with numerous lifestyle factors (i.e., physical activity, nutrition intake) and metabolic perturbations. These factors have been studied independently; here, we used ... -
Elimination Method of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA): A Simple Methodological Approach for Assessing Agricultural Sustainability
(MDPI, 2017-02-01)In the present world context, there is a need to assess the sustainability of agricultural systems. Various methods have been proposed to assess agricultural sustainability. Like in many other fields, Multi-Criteria Decision ... -
"Embarrassingly White": Faculty Racial Disparities in American Recreation, Park, and Tourism Programs
(Sagamore Publishing, 2016)The recruitment and retention of faculty and students of color is a long-standing challenge in academic programs focusing on leisure studies, parks, recreation, and tourism. However, when confronting the predominantly white ... -
Embedded Librarianship Einbindung von Wissenschafts - und Informationskompetenz in Schreibkurse / Ein US-amerikanisches Konzept
(Berufsverband Information Bibliothek e.V., 2016-04)Beim US-amerikanischen Strategiekonzept "Embedded Librarianship" werden Bibliotheksbestände und pädagogische Angebote zur Informationskompetenz unmittelbar dort eingesetzt, wo sie benötigt werden. Dies schafft Chancen für ... -
Embellished hollow spherical catalyst boosting activity and durability for oxygen reduction reaction
(Elsevier, 2018-09)Transition metals hybridized to heteroatom doped carbon material can be regarded as the most promising non-noble candidate for boosting the sluggish kinetics of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). However, it has always been ... -
Emergence and spread of drug resistant influenza: A two-population game theoretical model
(Elsevier, 2016-10-01)Background The potential for emergence of antiviral drug resistance during influenza pandemics has raised great concern for public health. Widespread use of antiviral drugs is a significant factor in producing resistant ... -
Emergence and Spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant in Alberta Communities Revealed by Wastewater Monitoring
(medRxiv, 2022-10-03)Wastewater monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 allows for early detection and monitoring of COVID-19 burden in communities and can track specific variants of concern. Targeted assays enabled relative proportions of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron ... -
EMG-based simultaneous and proportional estimation of wrist/hand kinematics in uni-lateral trans-radial amputees
(BioMed Central, 2012-06-28)We propose a method for estimating wrist kinematics during dynamic wrist contractions from multi-channel surface electromyography (EMG). The algorithm extracts features from the surface EMG and uses dedicated multi-layer ... -
Emotional Encoding Context Leads to Memory Bias in Individuals with High Anxiety
(MDPI, 2018-01)We investigated whether anxious individuals, who adopt an inherently negative mindset, demonstrate a particularly salient memory bias for words tainted by negative contexts. To this end, sequentially presented target words, ... -
Emotional modulation of attention orienting by gaze varies with dynamic cue sequence
(Taylor & Francis, 2015-07-03)Recent gaze cueing studies using dynamic cue sequences have reported increased attention orienting by gaze with faces expressing fear, surprise or anger. Here, we investigated whether the type of dynamic cue sequence used ... -
An Empirical Investigation to Understand the Difficulties and Challenges of Software Modellers When Using Modelling Tools
(ACM, 2018-10)Software modelling is a challenging and error-prone task. Existing Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) tools provide modellers with little aid, partly because tool providers have not investigated users' difficulties through ... -
Empirical validation of the Gamification User Types Hexad scale in English and Spanish
(Elsevier, 2018-10-13)Gamification, the use of game elements in non-game systems, is now established as a relevant research field in human-computer interaction (HCI). Several empirical studies have shown that gameful interventions can increase ... -
Empirical Valuation of Watershed Services: A Spatial Instrumental Variable Regression Model of Treatment Plants in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-14)We investigate the impact of forest cover on drinking water treatment costs in Canada using the 2015 Survey of Drinking Water Plants (SDWP). We estimate proportion of forest, urban, and agricultural land cover in the sub-sub ...