Images of Research Competition 2020
Items in this Collection
- 1Almubarak, Asra
- 1Aranas, Katrina
- 1Bao, Tan
- 1Boos, Jens
- 1Camacho-Alpizar, Andres
- 1Carlson, Elizabeth
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2020-01-01
Dr. Lana Whiskeyjack, nêhiyaw scholar, is conducting the Reconnecting to the Spirit of Language research project. The work involves holding dialogue circles to discuss nêhiyawêwin (Cree language) revitalization. Dr. Kevin Lewis, nêhiyaw scholar, is the founder and coordinator of kâniyâsihk — a...
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2020-01-01
This is a canola roots collected from flooding area. Canola is a flood sensitive species but flooding frequently happen around us during snow-melt season and summer. Plant tissues actually like human beings. They have their own memory through the stress they are tolerant and enduring. When the...
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2020-01-01
My research as a violinist at the University of Alberta explores the idea of ‘metaphoric intersectionality’ (Duerden, 2007) between violin and dance gestures. This is the idea that physical and music gestures in violin performance can lead to insights into the gestures of dance, and vice...
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2020-01-01
Mirrored close shot of a painted floor at Hewko House, a Ukrainian-Canadian farmhouse. The eroding and cracking paint layers reveal a timeline of different colors and materials used as architectural paints. The Hewko family arrived in Alberta in May 1899. The construction of their home began in...
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2020-01-01
I am interested in the silences. What is not being said? What is omitted? My curiosity is about the silences surrounding the postpartum period. Specifically, how do our current practices in healthcare, such as pelvic health physiotherapy, shape our understanding of postpartum health, disability...
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2020-01-01
The TRAFFIC (Thread-Reinforced Alginate Fiber For Islet enCapsulation) device is a novel approach to use alginate, a gel-like compound, as a biomaterial for cell encapsulation. Advances in the field of transplantation are still restricted by the finite source of cells and tissues and by the need...
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2020-01-01
Pea seed development works like a clock: as time passes, seed size increases like the numbers of each passing hour. Seeds increase in size over development due to the expansion of cotyledons, the seed’s storage organs. The cotyledons swell as cells expand to accommodate the accumulation of...
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2020-01-01
Every minute that a stroke patient goes without medical care results in the death of millions of brain cells, causing irreparable loss of function. Given the devastating brain injury caused by stroke, it isn’t surprising that it is the number one cause of adult disability in Canada. Therefore,...
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2020-01-01
Tobler’s First Law of Geography observes that "everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things." This phenomenon is important in many areas of science because, if ignored, it can make measurements appear more precise than they actually are. In the...
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2020-01-01
This image shows a single DNA molecule being unzipped using laser tweezers. The lasers act like 'tractor beams', pulling the micron-sized beads biochemically linked to the ends of the molecule, toward the optical focal point. By moving the laser beams apart, we apply tension to the ends of the...