Le doré jaune (Sander vitreus) est une espèce d’un grand intérêt pour la pêche sportive et commerciale au Canada. La popularité de cette espèce a provoqué le déclin de sa population dans les milieux naturels. Dans le but de maintenir une offre de pêche adéquate, il est fréquent d’avoir recours à des ensemencements. Cependant, les […]

“L’agriculture québécoise se retrouve actuellement confrontée à la problématique des pesticides synthétiques d’origine fossile. Les effets indésirables sur l’environnement ainsi que sur la santé humaine, provoqués par l’emploi intensif de ces produits, amènent le monde agricole à chercher des alternatives plus écologiques pour protéger leurs récoltes contre les insectes ravageurs et les maladies. À ce […]

The goal of this project is to explore new ways to present the most useful information needed by commercial building managers, in order to allow them make decisions regarding on how to manage their building, reducing costs and carbon emissions, and projecting future energy budgets. This information has to be accurate, easy to obtain and […]

Organic coatings are used to protect surfaces in many prominent industries such as automotive and aerospace. The industrial partner has found it imperative to develop their varnish for aircraft interiors in-house. They have identified a “super varnish” that must have exceptional resistance to cracking, prevention of shrinkage and adhesion to wood substrates (grouped herein as […]

The use of water sources with high silica concentration has proven to be a major challenge for the operation of steam boilers. Despite advances in conventional technologies, high silica water (>150 mg/L) continues to have a major impact on the operation and efficiency of boilers mainly due to silica deposit, which reduces heat transfer. This […]

Le cancer du sein touche une femme sur 9 au cours de sa vie en Amérique du Nord. Il s’agit d’une maladie hétérogène et il est important d’adapter les traitements au profil biologique de la tumeur. Le but de ce projet est de développer une méthode d’analyse d’échantillons de tumeurs mammaires basée sur 300 marqueurs […]

Ce projet de recherche est mené en Estrie sur des plantations de peupliers hybrides, une espèce d’arbre à croissance rapide fort intéressante pour l’industrie forestière, particulièrement depuis que le Québec s’oriente vers une intensification de la sylviculture. Parallèlement, une nouvelle loi devrait prochainement interdire l’enfouissement des matières résiduelles organiques; il devient donc primordial de trouver […]

Increasingly, organizations supporting people with disabilities, like Facilitation Wellington Dufferin (FWD), describe their activities in terms of citizenship goals, e.g., promotion of social inclusion, control over one’s own life, and access to natural supports. Key concepts such as citizenship and inclusion are philosophically disputed, raising a “measurement problem”—what would even count as evidence of success? […]

The share of Renewable Energy (RE) resources in overall power generation has grown over the years. Since these RE resources are located at places which are away (off-shore, desert) from the load centres, efficient and reliable power transmission to load centres is extremely important. High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission has evolved as the preferred […]

The Resident Assessment Instrument Minimum Data Set (RAI-MDS) is used by health authorities for collecting information about individuals in continuing care facilities. Collected quarterly, RAI-MDS records contain more than 500 data elements, including cognition, psychosocial well-being, health conditions, communication, physical function, and activity patterns. Because of this it has great potential for providing an incomparable […]

Recon Instruments Inc. is a Canadian company, founded in 2008, that is based out of Vancouver, BC. Recon develops technologies to incorporate displays into eyewear. The company recently released a Heads-Up Display for snowboarding goggles and they have had great success with it. They have sold more than 40,000 of the units. The proposed project […]

Maintaining a high level of subjective wellbeing (SWB) is critical to a happy and productive life. To achieve happiness, it is important to know what factors determine SWB. So far, a number of factors have been identified, including income, social relationships, physical health, and the environment. However, it is currently unknown how these factors interact […]