We are starting to understand a lot more about the bacteria in our intestinal tract which is called the microbiome. We think that these microorganisms are able to modulate the production of human hormones such as testosterone and actually produce some of these substances under specific conditions. We will look at the ability of beneficial […]

Can social media be used to make valid claims about public opinion? Skews in the usership of platforms such as Twitter and Facebook mean that the opinions of social media users usually do not reflect those of the population as whole. This project aims to develop a technique that corrects for the bias in social […]

Diagnosing and managing concussions have become an increasing priority in sports medicine. The King-Devick test is a screening assessment of neurological functioning detecting impaired eye movements and saccades. During the 2016 Canadian Football League (CFL) season, all players will undergo pre-season (baseline) and post-injury testing with the King-Devick test in addition to the CFL’s standardized […]

To evaluate the content of free texts is a challenging task for human. Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) can be used to automate this process. ShirWin Knowledge and Learning Systems Inc. is currently considering two instances of “free texts” assessment problems, one is automatic essay grading and the other is fact verification in a virtual learning […]

In Canada, of the total amount of container glass in the market place (estimated at 850,000 tons per annum), only one-half is collected by recycling programs. The common technical and economic difficulties include the presence of organic and/or inorganic contaminants, which need to be reduced to below 0.05% for glasswork, as well as the issue […]

The proposed study will examine the volcanological, mineralogical and geochemical evolution of the felsic volcanic complex hosting Horne deposit in a comparative study with the surrounding felsic volcanic centres in the Rouyn-Noranda region of Quebec. Volcanic and intrusive facies, alteration phases and mineralization styles will be described for each centre. Mineralization will be further examined […]

Public and private owners and stakeholders view Building Information Modeling (BIM) as a technology to assist in project delivery and to support the use of information integration for project design, construction and facility management. Owners will demand the use of evidence-focused BIM technology to eliminate inefficiencies, misinterpretations and unjustified over-budget and over-time project delivery that […]

The PipeDiver is a free-swimming platform developed by Pure Technologies, which can carry sensors and devices for non-destructive inspection of in-service water pipelines. CCTV (closed-circuit television) inspection is a well-adopted method, which employs a CCTV camera on the platform. General, the CCTV inspection can only provide qualitative results about pipe condition. To achieve quantitative inspection, […]

Since the state-of-the-art detection performances are mainly from still images, besides the existing algorithms validation, effective algorithms specifically designed for feature extraction and human detection from videos are expected to be developed or extended from algorithms for general object detection and human detection tasks. What’s more, it will be possible to analyze human actions like […]

Granify provides a service to stores on the internet that offers promotions, discounts, and information to customers who might need such information or incentives for the store to make a sale. Granify does this by using an artificial intelligence “brain” that guesses when the best opportunity to act to keep that store’s customers happy. We […]

Canadian Sport Policy states a desire to provide sport programs that are accessible and reflect the full diversity of Canadian society. However a recent evaluation of 61 sport organizations in British Columbia revealed that most organizations are ill-equipped to serve people with disabilities wishing to partake in their leisure and sport programs (with some individuals […]

Inter-tissue adhesions cause significant complications following veterinary surgery of domesticated animals. Fucoidans are natural, negatively charged, carbohydrate polymers (polysaccharides) from seaweeds that have been successfully developed and commercialized for reducing such adhesions, thereby improving surgical outcomes. Currently, the inherent variability in the molecular size and composition of native fucoidans extracted from seaweed presents a significant […]