NATURE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT Patients who suffer from addiction to opioids often experience depression. Furthermore, data concerning the use of effective medication to treat depression in patients addicted to opioids is insufficient. Desvenlafaxine is an antidepressant that has been approved in Canada to treat depression within the general population. We hereby intend to […]

La recherche vise à mesurer les impacts des activités du Réseau d’investissement social du Québec. Cette organisation a pour mission de fournir des prêts de capitalisation à des entreprises d’économie sociale. Ces prêts visent à renforcer la viabilité économique de coopératives ou d’associations à but non lucratif qui visent des objectifs sociaux et collectifs par […]

Approximately 1.7 million people sustain head injuries each year in the United States alone with associated costs exceeding $60 billion. One of the most common symptoms of a head injury is decreased postural control that may be associated with changes in heart rate and blood pressure which may lead to syncope (fainting) , pre-syncope, or […]

Access-control policy management is an increasingly hard problem from both the security point of view (is the policy “safe”?) and the functionality point of view (does the system still work as expected?). Even when a policy is considered both safe and functional, each addition, deletion or modification of the policy has the potential to break […]

This project will consider how impacts on Aboriginal and Treaty rights have been addressed in Environmental Impact Assessments and other regulatory processes in BC and Alberta. The impacts being assessed include destruction of areas important for hunting, fishing, trapping, or spiritual purposes, as well as prohibitions to accessing these and other types of important areas. […]

The impact of frailty on the ultimate functional recovery, independence, and quality of life among elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgery is not known. This study was done to explore the association between frailty and cardiac surgery outcomes. We will investigate independent living status and health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) in frail, elderly patients undergoing cardiac […]

Within a watershed, data are collected on various aspects of water (amount, withdrawals, returns, contaminant concentrations) by multiple groups, yet rarely shared at the basin scale. To reduce data “siloing” and make collected data available to multiple users interested in water management within a watershed context, data from multiple sources must be combined. Advancing Canadian […]

Turbine discs are critical rotating parts of aircraft turbofan jet engines and are manufactured as separate units. In order for production acceptance of the forging technique used to manufacture turbine discs, a large amount of testing is conducted. This testing completed on raw materials and finished products includes a series of tensile and Low Cycle […]

This research is designed to assess various factors related to the dispersal and recovery of the Peregrine Falcon in Manitoba. As the Peregrine Falcon continues to be designated “Endangered” in Manitoba and “Threatened” nationally, data regarding survivorship, mortality factors, habitat use, and movements are required to guide future management activities related to the provincial Peregrine […]

The NSERC Strategic Network for Smart Applications on Virtual Infrastructures is a five-year partnership between Canadian industry, universities, researchers, research and education (R&E) networks, and high performance computing centres to investigate the design of future application platforms that will deliver software applications of greater capability and intelligence. These application platforms will be supported by an […]

Les hôpitaux et autres établissements de la santé font faces à des problèmes de planification et d’ordonnancement du personnel. Les travaux recensés mettent davantage l’emphase sur la confection des horaires de travail des infirmières et auxiliaires que sur la création d’horaires des médecins. Plusieurs outils issus du domaine industriel ont été utilisés et adaptés au […]

Les infections nosocomiales sont des infections contractées dans les établissements de santé et représentent un problème de santé publique majeur. Dans les établissements de santé québécois, on évalue qu’entre 80 000 et 90 000 personnes sont atteintes d’une infection nosocomiale, ce qui correspond à 10% des admissions. Dans ce contexte, il est alors urgent de […]