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The blood pressure monitoring market is currently dominated by cuff-based blood pressure monitors which have numerous shortcomings. The current products are not only bulky and restrictive but they…

Cooking spices are crucial and necessary in our daily life. Without various spices, chefs as well as home cooks are unable to create multiple delicious dishes. Storing and looking for different types…

Elastic resistance bands are commonly used by licensed physiotherapists to aid in muscle rehabilitation. Given a particular resistance band, it is observed that the force exerted by the…

Human social interaction heavily depends on understanding faces, as they carry information about age, gender and emotions. Extensive research has been performed to understand face processing in…

This thesis presents the development of a person-portable exoskeleton prototype which is designed to be controlled with Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs). It utilizes Euler angles calculated by the…

The Simon Fraser University Library has established an Indigenous Curriculum Resource Centre (ICRC) to assist faculty and instructors who are interested in Indigenizing their pedagogy and curriculum…

Background The ecosystem classification of land (ECL) has been studied for a couple of decades, from the beginning of the perfect organism system "top-down" approach to a reversed…

livEn's Retina Imager and Laser Beamer (RILaB), is a semi-automated control system that is able to have a clinician guide its  operation for laser eye therapies. There are many laser…

Social networking protects mental health during a crisis. Prior contact with social organizations, friends, and non-friend neighbors may be associated with better trajectories of loneliness,…

The COVID-19 global incidence rate among young adults (age 19–40) drastically increased since summer 2020, and young adults were often portrayed by popular media as the "main spreader" of…

The study cases in western Utah of the United States and Yukon Territory of Canada have more natural land and conservative ecosystems in North America. The ecosystem classification of land (ECL) in…

The problem for bed-bound patients is that nurses and caretakers may not be able to help the patients 24/7. Our solution fills the gap throughout the day and night and would allow for patients to be…

As a large number of hockey pucks are used during training sessions, cleaning up the pucks each at a time can be a time consuming task. Hockey teams and players want to be getting the most out of…

Bin Buddy is an autonomous waste cart moving system that navigates itself and the attached waste cart to and from the waste collection area, following the city's collection schedule. Bringing…

Homeodomain-interacting protein kinases (HIPKs) are a family of four conserved proteins essential for vertebrate development, as demonstrated by defects in the eye, brain, and skeleton that culminate…

The Levo is a performance tracking barbell attachment that will enhance and aid an athlete's ability to understand their performance in the weight room. By tracking the movement of the barbell,…

BackgroundInto the 21st century, the conflation of high rates of chronic pain, systemic gaps in treatment availability and access, and the arrival of potent new opioid medications (e.g., slow-release…

Widespread school closures occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because closures are costly and damaging, many jurisdictions have since reopened schools with control measures in place. Early…

Studies published over the last decade have reached contrasting conclusions regarding the impact of climate change on conflict among the Classic Maya (ca. 250-900 CE). Some researchers have argued…

This study examined involuntary capture of attention, overt attention, and stimulus valence and arousal ratings, all factors that can contribute to potential attentional biases to face and train…