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2020-08-21
Author: Mian, Raheem, Author: Raymond, Kurtis, Author: Tahmid, Ahnaf, Author: Tasnim, Sazia, Author: Fazelipour, Amirsaman
A growing concern in the world is the presence of certain air particulates. We aim to create an air particle detector that can analyze the shape, size and concentration of the particulates…
2020-08-21
Author: Paulsen, Sean, Author: Ferguson, Glenn, Author: Kim, John, Author: Chahal, Ryan, Author: McGovern, Alex, Author: McLeod, Steven
VALIS is a photoacoustic imaging system specialized for imaging vasculature. Suitable for smaller scale research labs, the system consists of four major components:1. The laser and optics for…
2021-01-01
Advancements in fabrication of miniaturized optical scanners would benefit from micrometer sized optical fiber tips. The change in the cross section of an optical fiber tip is often accompanied with…
2020-08-21
Author: Baltar, Josh, Author: Fung, Clifford, Author: Taningco, Miguel, Author: Tsang, Justin, Author: Wang, Eric
Flud is a lawn pest deterrent that sprays unwanted animals with water to prevent destruction of a yard. The goal to find effective methods of deterring pests but not deterring humans. Flud is driven…
2020-12-17
Author: Gao, Zhipeng
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to unique mental health challenges for Chinese immigrants due to their cultural, social, and political ties with China, which responded to COVID-19 with controversial…
2022-07-27
Drawing on a representative sample survey of B.C. adult residents, this report examines different aspects of housing situations and factors that may increase housing vulnerability or resilience…
2022-06-29
2020-12-15
Author: Mary Rowe, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Fiorella Pinillos, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng, Author: Alex Abahmed
Mary is a leading urban advocate and civil society leader who has worked in cities across Canada and the United States. Mary comes to the Canadian Urban Institute with several years of experience as…
2020-11-25
Author: Moore, Alison J., Author: Battersby, Lupin, Author: Crooks, Valorie A., Author: Ritchie, Karen
In this roundtable, we explore developing structures for knowledge mobilization in two different institutional systems, a university and in health and social care. First, we will explore developing a…
2020-08-19
Author: Liu, Sichen
Big data curation is often underappreciated by users of processed data. With the development of high-throughput genotyping technology, large-scale genome-wide data are available for genetic…
2020-12-15
Author: Sandra Wong
This study presents an overview of web-scale discovery service adoption in Canadian academic libraries. Web-scale discovery services (WSDS) have been widely embraced in Canadian academic libraries.…
2020-08-31
Author: McTavish, Alan
This essay introduces additional insights to literature which examines a social media post by Daryl Morey; a general manger of a National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise who on October 4, 2019…
2020-12-04
Author: VanderWright, Wade J., Author: Bigman, Jennifer S., Author: Elcombe, Cayley F., Author: Dulvy, Nicholas K.
Metabolically important traits, such as gill surface area and metabolic rate, underpin life histories, population dynamics and extinction risk, as they govern the availability of energy for growth,…
2020-12-04
Author: Scollon, Myles, Author: Percival, Paul W.
Allyl and vinyl radicals are important intermediates in diverse areas of chemistry, ranging from combustion to syn-thesis. However, questions remain about the competitive formation of these radicals…
2020-10-06
The enteric bacterial pathogens Listeria monocytogenes (Listeria) and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) remodel the eukaryotic actin cytoskeleton during their disease processes. Listeria…
2020-12-03
Research on human-robot interactions has been driven by the increasing employment of robotic manipulators in manufacturing and production. Toward developing more effective human-robot collaboration…
2020-08-20
Author: Reyers, Matthew
This project evaluates quarterback performance in the National Football League. With the availability of player tracking data, there exists the capability to assess various options that are available…
2020-10-25
Bacterial pathogens cause disease by subverting the structure and function of their target host cells. Several foodborne agents such as Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes), Shigella flexneri (S…
2020-12-22
Author: Adriana Contreras, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Fiorella Pinillos, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng, Author: Alex Abahmed
Adriana Contreras Correal is a visual artist, graphic recorder and illustrator. She was born in Bogotá, Colombia and immigrated to BC with her family in 1998, at the age of fifteen. Artistic…
2020-11-30
Author: Shannon, Casey P., Author: Blimkie, Travis M., Author: Ben-Othman, Rym, Author: Gladish, Nicole, Author: Amenyogbe, Nelly, Author: Drissler, Sibyl, Author: Edgar, Rachel D., Author: Chan, Queenie, Author: Krajden, Mel, Author: Foster, Leonard J., Author: Kobor, Michael S., Author: Mohn, William W., Author: Brinkman, Ryan R., Author: Le Cao, Kim-Anh, Author: Scheuermann, Richard H., Author: Tebbutt, Scott J., Author: Hancock, Robert E.W., Author: Koff, Wayne C., Author: Kollmann, Tobias R., Author: Sadarangani, Manish, Author: Lee, Amy Huei-Yi
Background: Vaccination remains one of the most effective means of reducing the burden of infectious diseases globally. Improving our understanding of the molecular basis for effective vaccine…