The heart beats an incredible 2-3 billion times in one’s lifetime. This amazing feat is made possible by highly organised electrical signals passing through the heart tissue. Disturbances of the heart’s electrical activity (known as ‘arrhythmias’) can be deadly, as they impair its ability to pump blood to the body. While various treatments for the […]

This research award will support two interns to work as part of an international research partnership between Dalhousie University, Harvard University, the University of Oxford, and the University of Pennsylvannia. We aim to investigate: (1) the impacts that expanding civilian rights and ability to use deadly force in self-defense across the United States have had […]

This project aims to improve the implementation of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the Canadian Atlantic, and abroad, by advancing the integration of social equity considerations in MPAs design, implementation and management. The project integrates two case studies. The proposed Eastern Shore Island in Nova Scotia (Canada), and the Iroise Marine Natural Park in Brittany […]

Land-atmosphere interactions strongly impact the exchange of heat and water vapor between the land and the atmosphere and play an important role for regional climates. How heat and water vapor exchange affect the near-surface climate is linked to the diurnal growth and decline of the atmospheric boundary layer – the atmospheric layer, which is directly […]

The heart is a complex organ that pumps the equivalent of an Olympic-sized swimming pool of blood to the body each day. To accomplish this incredible feet, millions of cells must work together in a coordinated manner, enabled by tight connections between their electrical and mechanical activity. In cardiac diseases these connections are disturbed, which […]

With thousands of accidents annually, often resulting in hundreds of deaths and injuries, billions in economic losses, and devastating environmental pollution, the marine industry remains one of the most dangerous industries nationally and internationally. The work environment on ships is inherently risky and poses numerous challenges to the ship crew. Moreover, the nature of their […]

Temperate forests play an important role for regional climates through their exchange of heat and water vapor with the atmosphere. How heat and water vapor affect the near-surface climate is linked to the diurnal growth and decline of the atmospheric boundary layer. The objective of the project is to understand how the atmospheric boundary layer […]

This proposal describes a multidisciplinary approach to optimize the separation of peptides from an enzyme digest of filleting waste (frames) recovered from farm-raised Atlantic salmon. Our work has demonstrated that a particular salmon peptide fraction has the ability to reverse the effects of type 2 diabetes in rodent feeding trials and model system (tissue culture) […]

The number of structural assessment and evaluation projects in Canada is growing due to the aging of the existing infrastructure and the need for extending the service life of critical structures. Current practice utilizes simplified, rather conservative methods of assessment that do not typically yield optimized decisions regarding the safety condition of the existing structure […]

Sprint kayak is a water sport where athletes propel themselves forward using blades on either end of their paddle, with the goal of completing the distance in the shortest amount of time. Along with high volumes of on-water training, athletes often use weight training to increase their paddle force production. Strength and conditioning coaches use […]

Laying hens need a reliable source of protein and energy for egg production and maintenance that does not induce fatty liver disease (FLD). As egg production moves in the direction of group housing scenarios, more management techniques, including nutritional management, that reduce losses due to feather pecking and cannibalism will also be required. Hemp has […]

Thermally insulated systems (pipeline, process piping and process equipment) in the hydrocarbon industry require frequent assessment using various non-destructive examination. To access the surface underneath thermal insulations, inspection ports are widely used which have advantages of facilitating the high confidence data. The downside of inspection ports is when these allow moisture seepage which causes corrosion […]