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Properties of Hydrogels Incorporating Graphene Oxide-based Nanoparticles for Tissue Engineering Purposes
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-21)Tissue engineering involves designing and fabricating scaffolds for tissue regeneration and replacement. Much research has focused on identifying the key factors that affect scaffold performance and the necessary material ... -
Proposed Methods For Measuring and Interpreting Mueller Matrices in In Vivo Retinal Polarimetry
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-23)Mueller matrix polarimetry is the examination of how a sample transforms the polarization state of light. This requires probing the sample with input light of a variety of generated polarization states and analyzing the ... -
The PROSPECT reactor antineutrino experiment
(Elsevier, 2019-04-01)The Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment, PROSPECT, is designed to make both a precise measurement of the antineutrino spectrum from a highly-enriched uranium reactor and to probe eV-scale sterile neutrinos ... -
Protection and Promotion of UV Radiation-Induced Liposome Leakage via DNA-Directed Assembly with Gold Nanoparticles
(Wiley, 2011-07-26)DNA-functionalized gold nanoparticles and liposomes are assembled by a linker DNA. The gold nanoparticles can either protect the liposome from UV radiation induced leakage or can promote the leakage, depending on the DNA ... -
Protein Deposition and Bacterial Adhesion to Conventional and Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lens Materials
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-27)Introduction Contact lenses suffer from the same problems of deposition that other biomaterials exhibit, being rapidly coated with a variety of proteins, lipids and mucins. The first event observed at the interface between ... -
Protein Engineering of Bacterioferritin: Applications to Bionanotechnology
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-24)Biological protein assemblies are the products of evolutionary necessity that have arisen to protect the cell, improve reaction rates, and/or compartmentalize biological systems. Belonging to this category of sel-assembling ... -
Protein Engineering of Microbial Ferritins
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-23)Nanotechnology has become a field of intense interest due to its applications in medicine, cosmetics, energy, and fabrics. The field has evolved to include nanodimensional self-assembling cage proteins which are multisubunit ... -
Protein sorption to contact lenses and intraocular lenses
(University of Waterloo, 2009-12-22)Purpose: To locate protein sorption on the surface and inside the matrix of soft contact lens materials and intraocular lenses (IOL). Methods: The proteins albumin and lysozyme were investigated as they are highly ... -
Proteomic analyses of plant-bacterial interactions
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-27)Proteome-level changes of both the plant growth-promoting bacterium (PGPB) Pseudomonas putida UW4 and its plant host Brassica napus (canola) were profiled using two-dimensional (2-D) difference in-gel electrophoresis (DIGE) ... -
Proteomic Analysis of Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells Producing Glycosylated Monoclonal Antibodies
(University of Waterloo, 2013-06-19)Therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (MAb) are produced as secreted complex glycoproteins from mammalian cell systems and represent one of the most important classes of therapeutic medicines for the treatment of a variety of ... -
Proteomics Analysis of Protein-Producing Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells during Apoptosis in Prolonged Cultivation
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-21)Among the factors important for maintaining productivity of recombinant proteins in mammalian cells, culture lifetime, cell density and cell viability are three simple but essential aspects that can greatly influence the ... -
Proterozoic zircon dates from auriferous zones at the Island Gold deposit: implications for late gold remobilization in the Superior Province
(University of Waterloo, 2024-02-13)The Island Gold deposit is a high-grade Archean orogenic gold deposit within the Michipicoten greenstone belt of the Superior Province. Hosted within the ~2750 Ma felsic to intermediate Wawa metavolcanic assemblage, gold ... -
Protocol development for reliable isolation of tear-film neutrophils and in vitro functionality testing
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-19)During prolonged eye closure, such as during sleep, leukocytes are recruited to the ocular surface, with polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) representing the largest population. PMNs are essential inflammatory cells ... -
The Proximon: Representation, Evaluation, and Applications of Metagenomic Functional Interactions
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-19)The effective use of metagenomic functional interactions represents a key prospect for a variety of applications in the field of functional metagenomics. By definition, metagenomic operons represent such interactions but ... -
Psychophysical and Clinical Investigations of Ocular Discomfort
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-26)Purpose To investigate ocular surface sensations, specifically ocular discomfort using psychophysical and clinical techniques. The measurement of discomfort on the ocular surface has been limited to the use of traditional ... -
Psychophysical Studies Of Motion Perception In Autism Spectrum Disorders
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-23)Introduction Studies have shown considerable evidence of visual dysfunction in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Motion perception research in ASD reports a superior performance in processing motion information of fine ... -
Pulse Flow Enhancement in Two-Phase Media
(University of Waterloo, 2001)This laboratory project has been done to evaluate pressure pulsing as an Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) technique. To perform the study, a consistent laboratory methodology was developed, including the construction of a ... -
Pulsed Biosparging of the E10 Gasoline Source in the Borden Aquifer
(University of Waterloo, 2008-10-27)Air sparging is a technique used to remediate gasoline contamination. In sparging, air is injected below the target zone and removes contamination via two separate mechanisms; volatilization and biodegradation. In ... -
Purification and Characterization of O2-insensitive Pyruvate Decarboxylase from Sulfolobus species
(University of Waterloo, 2020-06-17)Pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC) is a key enzyme in a two-step pathway for the production of ethanol. It catalyzes the non-oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate to acetaldehyde in many mesophilic organisms. No conventional PDC ... -
Purification and determination of oxidative modifications of the thermostable alcohol dehydrogenase from Thermococcus guaymasensis
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-13)Hyperthermophiles are microorganisms that grow optimally at 80°C and above. They have been found to be resilient to extremes of pH, redox potential, pressure and salinity. Moreover, they can utilize a wide range of ...