Examining contaminants in fish and wildlife along the St. Lawrence River, Canada

Industrial, shipping, and agricultural activity over the last 100+ years have contributed a significant number of contaminants to the St. Lawrence River, causing health and cultural consequences for the local population, especially the local Indigenous community. Contaminants also affect the local ecosystem, and these impacts need to be better understood in the St. Lawrence River. […]

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Quantum non-Gaussian state generation

Quantum computers can potentially solve problems that are intractable for classical computers. However, despite the development of a theory on the processing of quantum information over the years, the computers we use every day still outperform their quantum counterparts, if we exclude some as interesting as specific tasks. In fact, quantum states that are manipulated […]

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Improving Anti Money Laundering through Active learning Methods

Fighting against financial crime is a battle that humanity is losing as a whole. Money Laundering is the critical component of any criminal activity that needs to be profitable. Therefore, fighting money laundering is fighting against all crimes including terrorism, human trafficking, drugs and wildlife trafficking. The United Nations (UN) estimates 2 trillion USD is […]

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Elite Echinacea: Breeding for better products

Echinacea is widely used as a medicinal herb with a global market of ~$1 billion. Hundreds of Echinacea products are available but, with each made from different plant materials using different processes, chemistry- and therefore quality -varies between products. Working with Amway Corporation, a global leader in the Echinacea market, researchers at the University of […]

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Synthetic Image Generation for Training and Testing DNN-based Anomaly Detection Systems

Deep neural networks (DNNs) are increasingly employed in vision-based systems, extending well beyond self-driving vehicles. With the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) and distributed vision sensing, vision-based systems have found diverse applications across various domains. These include detecting hazards on work sites and anomalies in critical infrastructure, utilizing, for example, video and image […]

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Boîtes non-locales et Complexité de communication

Depuis la découverte théorique puis expérimentale de l’intrication au milieu du 20e siècle, la Théorique de l’Information Quantique connait un essor fulgurant. En effet, l’intrication est une relation puissante liant certaines paires de particules dans la Nature, et elle est à la base d’algorithmes quantiques puissants, innovants et prometteurs, lesquels mènent à ce que Google […]

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Wireless Asset Tracking and Locating System

Proposed research project consists of finding a suitable solution to the problem of tracking assets in environments with different constraints. The solution is expected to include the development of geolocation algorithm and then based on the algorithm creating schematics of several modules with transceivers, embedding of required low level software to the selected microcontroller controlling […]

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Understanding the Indigenous School Attendance Gap: Perspectives from an Educational Program Supporting Inuit Youth

In Canada, First Nation, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) students experience higher rates of absenteeism and lower rates of school success compared to non-FNMI students. However, little research has explored this issue from the perspective of FNMI communities. This study aims to conceptualize attendance and absenteeism among a group of urban Inuit students in Ottawa who […]

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Quand la tarification carbone volontaire ne fonctionne pas : analyse de trois stratégies alternatives pour lutter contre les changements climatiques

Lors de la COP27 sur les changements climatiques, la directrice générale de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, déclarait que « si le commerce en soi génère des émissions liées à la production et au transport, le commerce et les politiques commerciales peuvent accélérer la diffusion des technologies de pointe et des meilleures pratiques […]

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