The proposed project aims to explore the significance of advance directives for people with cancer in palliative care in Medellín, Antioquia. This study is crucial for healthcare professionals and institutions involved in end-of-life care. The findings will provide valuable insights for direct caregivers, training programs in healthcare, administrative decisions in palliative care settings, and the […]

Starry stonewort is a non-native macroalgae that has invaded lakes across eastern North America. In Ontario, there is high potential for starry stonewort to expand its invasion of lakes, but documenting its distribution has been difficult due to a lack of broad-scale monitoring and misidentification by practitioners and the public. Environmental DNA (eDNA) is an […]

The RIA is a charitable non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life and care of older adults through partnerships in research, education and practice. One of the RIA’s key areas of interest involves addressing unexplained falls in older adults, which dramatically increases morbidity and mortality in individuals with pre-existing frailty. There is currently […]

This research project responds to Hockey Canada’s acknowledgment of a gap in its ability to effectively understand and address maltreatment in amateur hockey. Given the pressing concerns related to maltreatment and their widespread impact on hockey communities, this internship presents a unique opportunity to leverage academic knowledge to provide timely and necessary technical and analytical […]

Unintentional home injuries are a significant public health problem in British Columbia (B.C.), Canada. They can happen to people of all ages and are often influenced by various social and economic factors. This research project aims to address this issue by examining different aspects of unintentional home injuries and findings ways to prevent them. In […]

Le suicide est un enjeu majeur de santé publique représentant environ 700 000 décès par an dans le monde. Alors que la prématurité concerne environ 10% des naissances, les études corrélationnelles ont montré des associations inconsistantes entre la prématurité et le risque de suicide. Ainsi, nous ne savons pas si cette relation reflète une conséquence […]

The project is focused on study of commercial microbial cultures for biological remediation of soils and ground waters contaminated by chlorinated organic. The successful elaboration and improvement of the products requires analysis on molecular-genetic level and developing of specific techniques (16S pyrotag pipeline) for microbial communities profiling and metabolic reconstruction. The work benefits to industry […]

This study examines how sports bras and running shoes impact how female runners move. We want to understand how these affect performance and comfort. We will study 15 female runners using special sensors while they run outdoors. They will do a 20-minute run followed by a 5k run to make them tired. Then, they will […]

This project is about creating dynamic maps of cattle movement over pasture foraging patches that will be characterized by forage plant composition, cover, and nutrition and takes place at the Thunder Bay Community Pasture (TBCP). The project is intended to test how the costs of implementing rotational grazing on the TBCP can be minimized by […]

This project is dedicated to unveiling how proteins within cell membranes adapt to their surroundings, particularly the lipid environment. Employing computer simulations and machine learning (ML), we focus on RAS signaling proteins and Mga2 transcription factors. RAS proteins, crucial for cell growth and division, are anchored to the cellular membrane and often exhibit mutations in […]

The primary goals of our project are to fill critical knowledge gaps directly identified in the Federal Recovery Strategy for the Eastern Whip-poor-will regarding habitat use, prey availability, migratory paths and strategies, and overwintering sites in Southern Ontario, and to inform landowners about the presence of Eastern Whip-poor-will on their properties to support on-the-ground stewardship […]

Air pollution is composed of gases and Particulate Matter. Wood Smoke (WS) and Traffic-Related Air Pollution (TRAP) are the two most common sources of air pollution. Air pollutants arising from WS and TRAP differ chemically. Additionally, they undergo chemical changes due to atmospheric processes, such as photochemical aging. The role of the chemical composition of […]