SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19, is found in the stool of the infected individuals and eventually ended up at the wastewater treatment plants. Since COVID-19 pandemic started, researchers all around the world have been investigating SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater to understand fate of SARS-CoV-2 and predict a potential outbreak by monitoring wastewater for the detection and […]

Many Canadians currently do not meet government guidelines for weekly physical activity, particularly among people who identify as women. Media health (mHealth) such as fitness apps and tracking devices can help people to be more physically active. One such resource that has been developed for individuals living in Canada is the ParticipACTION mobile app. However, […]

Introduction: Family caregivers for palliative and end-of-life patients play a critical role in providing care in the home. Nearly 75% of people express a wish to be cared for and die at home. However, for caregivers who support this goal, there is a significant gap in adequate and effective support. Patient-oriented research recognizes the importance […]

Des douleurs ou pertes de mobilité associées à l’épaule peuvent rapidement se révéler handicapante dans la vie quotidienne. Une meilleure compréhension des mécanismes de l’épaule pourrait aboutir à une meilleure prise en charge des patients présentant des symptômes handicapants. La modélisation 3D de l’épaule en prenant en compte la posture du patient en routine clinique […]

L’utilisation d’antibiotiques dans l’alimentation animale permet de promouvoir la croissance des animaux et d’accroître l’efficacité alimentaire, d’où leur utilisation à titre de « facteurs de croissance » et pour la prévention de maladie depuis plusieurs décennies. Toutefois, l’utilisation des antibiotiques comme additifs alimentaires entraine une résistance aux antibiotiques. Dans les nombreuses alternatives disponibles, les phytogéniques […]

The bacteria living in our gastrointestinal system, the gut microbiome, play a key role in human health and disease. Multiple studies demonstrated altered gut microbiome in patients with constipation or abdominal pain but knowledge of a clear cause-effect relationship or underlying mechanism are lacking. We found previously that microbiota from patients with irritable bowel syndrome […]

Highly contagious respiratory viruses such as severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus (SARS-CoV)-2 and influenza A virus (IAV) transmission occur via commonly touched surfaces since these viruses can be active on these surfaces for various lengths of time. In the proposed experiments, we partnered with industry (UTechnology, Calgary) to evaluate two methods that could be […]

The goal of this study will be to development a process to manufacture the oil-based raw material with PAT implementation.

The standard approach to quantifying sleep physiology, polysomnography, requires an overnight stay in the laboratory, is poorly tolerated by many people (especially the elderly or those with medical co-morbidities) and is both labour intensive and costly. In response to this limitation, wearable devices have gained support as tools for self-administered measurement of some aspects of […]

Nestling survival is known to decrease with lay date (Anctil et al. In Press). Although this pattern is consistent with one aspect of the condition-dependent model, the data describe only a single breeding season. The objective of this project is to use a 30 year data set to investigate the relationship among arrival date, clutch […]

The large baleen whales were driven to near-extinction by industrial whaling during the 16th–20th centuries. Several key questions remain about the effects of this large-scale removal, such as: (a) what were the abundances of pre-whaling populations; (b) did whaling and subsequent recovery lead to changes in population structure, and connectivity; and (c) did the extreme […]

Scientific research papers are complex, dense, and filled with jargon, so traditionally the valuable knowledge they contain has been accessible to only a handful of experts. SAGE publishing, one of the world’s largest academic publishers, and Dr. Adam Frost, a cognitive neuroscientist, independently created video formats that help scientists directly communicate their discoveries and practices […]