Canada possesses vast resources of heavy oil, which is oil that is too thick to flow through porous sandstone reservoirs and into production wells at economic rates when conventional operating practices are used. Since the mid 1980’s, heavy oil operators have demonstrated their ability to increase heavy oil production rates by encouraging the creation of […]

Doctors are learning that nutrition plays a very important role in patient outcomes. Research has shown that protein is especially critical to patient health and recovery, especially for the elderly and severely ill. The quality of the protein, and the quantity of protein that patients receive makes a big difference. This project will examine how […]

Chronic pain costs Canadians more than any other chronic condition and affects 1 in 6 Canadians. Scientific publications of data collected from pain management apps are important to help both consumers and healthcare professionals select the right app. Developed by ManagingLife, Manage My Pain is an app-based pain management platform that allows chronic-pain users to […]

En 2019, environ 200 000 Canadiens seront diagnostiqués d’un cancer. La moitié de ces patients seront traités par radiothérapie. Si l’objectif est de maximiser l’irradiation de la tumeur et minimiser l’impact sur les organes sains environnants, des erreurs pouvant avoir des conséquences désastreuses se produisent. Actuellement, aucune vérification en temps réel de la dose radioactive […]

Treatment of metastatic breast cancer is often unsuccessful and lead to 5000 deaths in Canada each year. Therefore, there is an unmet need for new drugs for prevention and/or treatment of metastatic disease. Ezrin is a protein marker commonly over-expressed in metastatic breast cancer. Preclinical studies show that blocking ezrin can significantly reduce metastasis in […]

This project will provide some insights into the change or durability of student intentions and perceptions in the province with regard to key skilled trade and ocean industry careers, and provide evidence of progress (or not) relating to coaching, awareness building and teacher development initiatives that have occurred during the three years between studies. This […]

To compare how the two basic application model, namely pure native app and embedded browser app can access NFC, Bluetooth for inter device communication and HTTP (e.g. long polling, comet, websocket) and push protocols for state synchronization. This research will offer a better understanding of the abilities and limitations of using native or embedded browser […]

Electric power distribution systems physically connect the newer active transactive energy (TE) elements such as energy storage, demand response, electric vehicles, and renewables to customer loads and electric supply from the transmission system. The proposal outlines a Transactive Electric Distribution System (TEDS) framework which enables the creation of a robust distribution system market in Canada […]

This study aims at determining whether an extruded soy bean meal may cause chickens to grow faster and contribute in reducing feed costs. A total of 480 chicks will be divided into 2 groups and fed one of two diets. In group 1, 240 chicks will be raised in 6 pens (n=40 each) and fed […]

Copper has long been proposed to have important biological properties. Designed to deliver the health benefits of copper, CuTEC yarn is a USPTO|EPO patent pending, bio-engineered copper-based yarn that can be produced as products such as clothing and mattress ticking. Although many believe in the positive properties of copper for well-being, many remain retiscent to […]

Running from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem to the northern Yukon, the Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) region spans more than 1.3 million square kilometers across five American states, two Canadian provinces, two Canadian territories and the traditional territories of at least 31 Indigenous groups. It encompasses a wide diversity of ecosystems including alpine, forest, parkland, and […]

The Mottled Duskywing is an endangered butterfly species in Canada. In order to reverse the decline of this species, research is required to fill in knowledge gaps regarding the species biology and life history. There are currently no data available on population size, survival rates of adult or juvenile life stages, dispersal, or optimal habitat […]