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The purpose of this research is to gain a better understanding of the processes of subjectivity (re)construction among recent Chinese immigrants in Canada. It is concerned with comprehending the…

The proliferation of geospatial data, services, and applications on the web, as well as open data made available by government agencies, have brought both opportunities and challenges for the public…

By controlling the relative phases of a bichromatic, coherent light source like a femtosecond pulsed laser, we can control currents in certain materials at frequencies approaching the petahertz…

The Public Knowledge Project (PKP) was started in 1998 to equalize access to scholarly research and has since succeeded in enabling the publication of over 25,000 journals worldwide, most of which…

In 2017 the Faculty of Education (FoE) at Simon Fraser University engaged in a research-based review of its Faculty Tenure and Promotion (FTP) guidelines in an effort to better understand the scope…

The Indigenous Research Methods in Action series is presented by the SFU Library's Research Commons. The series showcases SFU researchers who engage in Indigenous Research Methods and highlight…

This thesis is focused on modeling the wear of cutting tools during the orthogonal machining of carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRP). A novel measurement methodology and software toolbox is…

Homeodomain-interacting protein kinase (Hipk) is an evolutionarily conserved regulator of signaling pathways, controlling growth and patterning, throughout development. Salt-inducible kinases (Siks…

Brain injury may be associated with mechanical ventilation (MV). This thesis explores whether lung-protective MV may lead to brain insult and whether temporary transvenous diaphragm neurostimulation…

Readily available, achiral acetaldehyde derivatives and ketones are easily converted into chlorohydrin building blocks enantio- and diastereoselectively via a one-pot, proline-catalyzed tandem α-…

Cyclohexenyl carbasugars are natural product-inspired sugar mimics which incorporate a carbon-carbon double bond in their structure, which functions to replace the endocyclic oxygen of natural sugars…

In 2013 the municipal government of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada declared itself to be in the midst of a "mental health crisis", evident in increasing rates of psychiatric…

Melanoma is the most serious type of skin cancer in the world, and its prevalence has increased in recent years. Total Body Photography (TBP) is a well-known tool for early diagnosis of melanoma,…

In the autumn of 1895, the Ottoman Empire's capital and eastern Anatolian provinces witnessed major outbreaks of anti-Armenian violence, which continued sporadically until early 1897. These…

This article examines the public communication of COVID-19-related ‘preprints’ (unreviewed research studies) in a digital media environment. To understand how preprint research flows from preprint…

These selected videos from the Indigenous Research Methods In Action series showcase SFU researchers who engage in Indigenous Research Methods and highlight how these methods have been used in…

EEG signals are being more frequently investigated as they are complex biosignals that can help physicians diagnose and treat a variety of neurological conditions and brain traumas. Given that EEG is…

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health crisis, with drug resistant infections killing an estimated 700,000 people annually. Advances in genomics have transformed infectious disease…

This qualitative study aims to contribute to the recognition and validation of Indigenous ways of knowing (epistemologies) and being (ontologies) as displayed through multimodal and multilingual…