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Author: Taylor, Audrey K., Author: Perez, Diane S., Author: Zhang, Xin, Author: Pilapil, Brandy K., Author: Engelhard, Mark H., Author: Gates, Byron D., Author: Rider, David A.
Date created: 2017-09-27
Author: Zhang, Cheng, Author: Zhou, James H.-W., Author: Sameoto, Dan, Author: Zhang, Xin, Author: Li, Yasong, Author: Ng, Him Wai, Author: Menon, Carlo, Author: Gates, Byron D.
Date created: 2012-08-10
The full text of this paper will be available in Mar 2022 due to the embargo policies of Journal of Hazardous Materials. Contact summit@sfu.ca to enquire if the full text of the accepted manuscript can be made available to you.
Author: Belhaj Abdallah, Bouchra, Author: Zhang, Xin, Author: Andreu, Irene, Author: Gates, Byron D., Author: El Mokni, Ridha, Author: Rubino, Stefano, Author: Landoulsi, Ahmed, Author: Chatti, Abdelwaheb
Date created: 2019-11-08
Stroke is one of the leading causes of permanent disability in adults. The literature suggests that rehabilitation is key to early motor recovery. However, conventional therapy is labor and cost intensive. Robotic and functional electrical stimulation (FES) devices can provide a high dose of repetitions and as such may provide an alternative, or an adjunct, to conventional rehabilitation therapy. Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) could augment neuroplasticity by introducing mental training. However, mental training alone is not enough; but combining mental with physical training could boost outcomes. In the current case study, a portable rehabilitative platform and goal-oriented supporting training protocols were introduced and tested with a chronic stroke participant. A novel training method was introduced with the proposed rehabilitative platform. A 37-year old individual with chronic stroke participated in 6-weeks of training (18 sessions in total, 3 sessions a week, and 1 h per session). In this case study, we show that an individual with chronic stroke can tolerate a 6-week training bout with our system and protocol. The participant was actively engaged throughout the training. Changes in the Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT) suggest that the training positively affected arm motor function (12% improvement in WMFT score).
Author: Zhang, Xin, Author: Elnady, Ahmed M., Author: Randhawa, Bubblepreet K., Author: Boyd, Lara A., Author: Menon, Carlo
Date created: 2018-04-03
Records of the university have specific characteristics that other documents do not have. This tool describes four criteria to use to determine if you are working with records of the university. This training resource includes three related files: an audio file (5 min 45), a written script of the audio, and a visual graphic. Music rights are different from recording rights, but the music being performed by the pipe band during convocation is in the public domain.
Author: Rowe, Joy
Date created: 2015-10-01
Records management is all about how long to keep records, who keeps them, and what happens to them at the end of their "life". All of this information can be found in the university's retention schedules (aka "RRSDAs"). Retention schedules have several parts, and it might take some practice to learn how to read and apply them. This training resource includes several related files: two audio file, including a long version (12.5 minutes) and a shorter version (7.5 minutes), a written transcript of each audio, and a link to an interactive document stored on ThingLink. The purpose is to give staff multiple ways to interact with the key records management question, "How do I read a retention schedule?". Music rights are different from recording rights, but the music being performed by the pipe band during convocation is in the public domain.
Author: Rowe, Joy
Date created: 2015-06-01
In this podcast episode, we look at the basics of naming conventions. We discuss what should be put in every file title, and what to NEVER put in a file title. This training resource includes several related files: an audio file (7 min), a written transcript of the audio, a graphic titled "Document Naming conventions" and a link to the audio file on SoundCloud. The purpose is to give staff multiple ways to interact with the key records management question, "How do I name digital records?". Music rights are different from recording rights, but the music being performed by the pipe band during convocation is in the public domain.
Author: Rowe, Joy
Date created: 2015-10-01
This training resource includes related files: a PDF and docx version of the graphic for easier reuse and remixing.
Author: Rowe, Joy
Date created: 2016-02-23
This poster was presented at the annual conference for ARMA Canada on June 14th, 2016. The poster includes several Creative Commons licensed resources, including graphics. The poster is licensed under Creative Commons under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Items include a graphic of the poster in PDF format, an audio description of the poster, and a script of the audio to increase accessibility to the work.
Author: Rowe, Joy
Date created: 2016-06-14
The minimum metadata data is described in a document with text and graphics and an audio file (to be added later).
Author: Rowe, Joy
Date created: 2016-05-25
This version of the article has been approved by the publisher for deposit in the institutional repository. Please see the Journal of the South African Society of Archivists for the published version.
Author: Rowe, Joy
Date created: 2016
This is the rehearsal presentation for a 2016 panel at the Association of Canadian Archivists in Montreal. This item includes a video with closed captioning and a transcript. The actual panel presentation was given on June 2nd, 2016.
Author: Rowe, Joy
Date created: 2016-06
Author: Zhang, Xin, Author: Park, Hyeong-Ho, Author: Choi, Yong-June, Author: Park, Hyung-Ho , Author: Hill, Ross
Date created: 2011
The full text of this paper will be available in July, 2021 due to the embargo policies of Advanced Optical Materials for works funded by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Contact summit@sfu.ca to enquire if the full text of the accepted manuscript can be made available to you.
Author: Zhang, Xin, Author: Ali, Rana Faryad , Author: Boyer, John‐Christopher , Author: Branda, Neil R., Author: Gates, Byron D.
Date created: 2020-07-26
Electroencephalography (EEG) has recently been considered for use in rehabilitation of people with motor deficits. EEG data from the motor imagery of different body movements have been used, for instance, as an EEG-based control method to send commands to rehabilitation devices that assist people to perform a variety of different motor tasks. However, it is both time and effort consuming to go through data collection and model training for every rehabilitation task. In this paper, we investigate the possibility of using an EEG model from one type of motor imagery (e.g.: elbow extension and flexion) to classify EEG from other types of motor imagery activities (e.g.: open a drawer). In order to study the problem, we focused on the elbow joint. Specifically, nine kinesthetic motor imagery tasks involving the elbow were investigated in twelve healthy individuals who participated in the study. While results reported that models from goal-oriented motor imagery tasks had higher accuracy than models from the simple joint tasks in intra-task testing (e.g., model from elbow extension and flexion task was tested on EEG data collected from elbow extension and flexion task), models from simple joint tasks had higher accuracies than the others in inter-task testing (e.g., model from elbow extension and flexion task tested on EEG data collected from drawer opening task). Simple single joint motor imagery tasks could, therefore, be considered for training models to potentially reduce the number of repetitive data acquisitions and model training in rehabilitation applications.
Author: Zhang, Xin, Author: Yong, Xinyi, Author: Menon, Carlo
Date created: 2017-11-29
Author: Paul, Michael T.Y., Author: Yee, Brenden B., Author: Zhang, Xin, Author: Alford, Eiji H., Author: Pilapil, Brandy K., Author: Gates, Byron D.
Date created: 2019-01-01
Fulltext of the document is not available until March 2025 due to the journal embargo policies of the American Chemical Society. If you need fulltext access please email summit@sfu.ca.
Author: Rea, Alex, Author: Zhang, Xin, Author: Mobrhan-Shafiee, Nazanin, Author: Wang, Michael C.P., Author: Proulx, Howard, Author: Gates, Byron
Date created: 2024-03-26