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2020-07-14
BackgroundPerforming activities of daily living depends, among other factors, on awareness of the position and movements of limbs. Neural injuries, such as stroke, might negatively affect such an…
2020-07-22
BackgroundHigh levels of opioid-related mortality, as well as morbidity, contribute to the excessive opioid-related disease burden in North America, induced by high availability of opioids. While…
2020-08-11
On this episode of Below the Radar, our guest host, Jackie Obungah, is joined by Ayaan Ismaciil and Natasha Mhuriro. They discuss the importance of starting a Black in BC Mutual Aid fund during the…
2020-07-14
Author: Johal, Am, Author: Jamieson, Karen
On this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal sits down with Karen Jamieson, Vancouver-based dancer and choreographer. Karen's company Karen Jamieson Dance works with residents of…
2019
Author: Stockie, John, Author: Menz, Petra
This project involves the creation of a databank of clicker questions that will supplement the instruction of an upper-level undergraduate mathematics course at SFU. These questions can be posed to…
2014-04-24
Author: Yuzwa, Scott A., Author: Vocadlo, David J.
Alzheimer disease (AD) is a growing problem for aging populations worldwide. Despite significant efforts, no therapeutics are available that stop or slow progression of AD, which has driven interest…
2020-08-19
This article is concerned with the interdependencies between public service broadcasters and the third sector, an area in which there is little research that has provided in-depth analysis of case…
2020-08-01
Author: Olson, Jenny G., Author: McFerran, Brent, Author: Morales, Andrea C., Author: Dahl, Darren W.
The current research extends past work on how consumers (as “observers”) view ethical choices made by others (“actors”). Using a person-centered approach to moral judgments, we show that consumers…
2017-05-26
Author: Alvarez‐Dorta, Dimitri, Author: King, Dustin T., Author: Legigan, Thibaut, Author: Ide, Daisuke, Author: Adachi, Isao, Author: Deniaud, David, Author: Désiré, Jérôme, Author: Kato, Atsushi, Author: Vocadlo, David, Author: Gouin, Sébastien G., Author: Blériot, Yves
A set of multivalent polyhydroxylated acetamidoazepanes based on ethylene glycol, glucoside, or cyclodextrin scaffolds was prepared. The compounds were assessed against plant, mammalian, and…
2020-08-07
Author: Livingston, Ann, Author: Johal, Am
On this episode of our Below the Radar Conversations Series, our host Am Johal is joined by Ann Livingston, community organizer and drug user activist. Ann is the co-founder of the Vancouver Area…
2020-08-07
Author: Livingston, Ann, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Smith, Paige, Author: Feng, Kathy, Author: Pinillos, Fiorella, Author: Obungah, Jackie, Author: Roach, Melissa, Author: SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement
On this episode of our Below the Radar Conversations Series, our host Am Johal is joined by Ann Livingston, community organizer and drug user activist. Ann is the co-founder of the Vancouver Area…
2020-03-30
Author: Mckinney, Taylor
Four years into the provincial overdose crisis, rural B.C. municipalities increasingly report overdose rates that meet, and often exceed, that of urban centres. In rural communities, where…
2020-07-21
Author: Xu, Da, Author: Tremblay, Malcom F., Author: Verma, Ajay K., Author: Tavakolian, Kouhyar, Author: Goswami, Nandu, Author: Blaber, Andrew P.
To understand fundamental mechanisms associated with post-flight orthostatic intolerance we investigated the interaction between the cardiovascular and postural functions before and after 60 days of…
2020-06-09
Author: Tuyisenge, Germaine, Author: Hategeka, Celestin, Author: Luginaah, Isaac, Author: Cechetto, David F., Author: Rulisa, Stephen
BackgroundIn Rwanda, maternal community health workers (M-CHWs) are involved in the country’s overall health system. In maternal health, their role includes the provision of preventive and…
2020-05-22
Author: Thumath, Meaghan, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Smith, Paige, Author: Wong, Rachel, Author: Feng, Kathy, Author: Pinillos, Fiorella, Author: SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement
Hello everyone, welcome to the fourth episode of our Below the Radar Conversations Series. Today we talk with Meaghan Thumath, a clinical scientist at the Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity…
2020-07-30
Author: Coccimiglio, Ian F., Author: Clarke, David C.
Exercise training elicits profound metabolic adaptations in skeletal muscle cells. A key molecule in coordinating these adaptations is AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), whose activity increases in…
2020-08-12
Upon harvest, Western redcedar (WRC;Thuja plicata) trees have a high incidence and extent of heartwood rot. While monoterpenoids and lignans have been linked to rot resistance in this species, other…
2018-07-01
Author: Jannesar, Shervin , Author: Allen, Mark, Author: Mills, Sarah, Author: Gibbons, Anne, Author: Bresnahan, Jacqueline C., Author: Salegio, Ernesto A., Author: Sparrey, Carolyn J.
The goal of developing computational models of spinal cord injury (SCI) is to better understand the human injury condition. However, finite element models of human SCI have used rodent spinal cord…
2020-06-05
Author: Johal, Am, Author: Taylor, Ethan
In this episode we talk with Dr. Ethan Taylor, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of North Carolina. With our host Am Johal, he discusses the current research…
2020-05-19
Author: Johal, Am, Author: Mahoney, Tara
On this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal is joined by Tara Mahoney, the Research and Engagement Coordinator of SFU’s Community-Engaged Research initiative team (CERi). She sits down with…