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Optimization, adaptation and application of protein misfolding cyclic amplification to detection of prions in blood plasma
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The PMCA assay was optimized for adaptation to low level detection of PrPSc in hamster plasma. Evaluation of numerous key variables of the PMCA assay led to an optimized protocol capable of ~3 log10 amplification after 32 cycles (two 16 hour rounds). When commercially purchased normal hamster...
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Optimizing Electric Vehicle Charging Networks: Adaptive Placement and Energy Management in Uncertain Environments
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With the emerging proliferation of electric vehicles (EVs) in traffic, the optimal deployment of EV charging stations has become a critical issue due to the foreseeable significant impact on conventional power distribution systems and traffic networks. With the complex coupling between...
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Spring 2022
During the past 10 years, we have witnessed the proliferation of cloud computing services and their adoption in the industry. This rapid growth has been mainly due to economies of scale, improving resource utilization, infinite computing resources on demand, and pay per use cost model. However,...
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Fall 2015
Oil sands bitumen is increasingly recovered by injecting steam into reservoirs using the energy intensive Steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) process. Interest in improving recovery and energy efficiencies have led to an interest in injecting light hydrocarbons along with or instead of steam...
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Fall 2013
Laydown yard management is comprised of planning and controlling of all necessary efforts to ensure that the correct quantity of materials are available where and when they are needed on construction storage yards. Applying the right material management methodology in construction projects would...
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Production Optimization and Sensory Evaluation of Egg White Protein Hydrolysate with Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme Inhibitory Activity
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Egg proteins are a well-known rich source of bioactive peptides with inhibitory activity against angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE), a key enzyme responsible for the regulation of blood pressure. Peptides with ACE inhibitory activity could have potential application for prevention of high...
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Profiling true microbial community of newborn beef calves using low microbial biomass samples
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Amplicon sequencing (16S rRNA gene sequencing) is widely used to profile host-associated microbial communities. Rapid advancements in sequencing and user-friendly bioinformatics platforms have improved the knowledge of microbial community composition. However, profiling samples containing low...
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Fall 2022
The objective of signal decomposition is to extract and separate distinct signal components from a composite signal. Signal decomposition has been studied in many applications, such as image, video, audio, and speech signals. This thesis focuses on the category of signal decomposition on...
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Regional and local controls of surface water chemistry in the Boreal Plain and Shield transition of Canada
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The Western Boreal Forest exhibits complex hydrogeology juxtaposed with rapid resource development. Predicting surface water chemistry to assess the influence of landuse and climate change is needed. The research purpose was to test if a global model (Gibbs), used to assess water chemistry...
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Spring 2020
Reinforcement learning (RL) has received wide attention in various fields lately. Model-free RL brings data-driven solutions that learn the control strategy directly from interaction with process data without the need for a process model. This is especially beneficial in the case of nonlinear...