Assessment of the effects of earthquakes on rock slopes requires detailed measurements both before and after the shaking. However, at present, there is a lack of high resolution data that enables this, partly as it is unusual to have good data from prior to earthquakes. This information is important for validating models that are used […]

L’objectif principal de ce projet consiste à mieux connaître le rôle du style de vie de la main-d’oeuvre dans l’attractivité des individus qui choisissent ce type d’emploi. Les entreprises de tourisme d’aventure et d’écotourisme située hors des grands centres urbains ayant de plus en plus de difficulté à attirer de la main-d’oeuvre, il apparaît pertinent […]

La promotion croisée a pour but de promouvoir des nouveaux produits à des clients actuels de l’entreprise. Dans l’industrie du jeu vidéo, la promotion croisée incite à installer de nouveaux jeux. L’intérêt de la démarche est de conserver dans le réseau de de l’entreprise un client risquant de le quitter. Une analyse menée au niveau […]

Regional Climate Models (RCMs) allow generating climate-change projections into the future over a limited region of the globe at high spatial resolution. The production of large ensembles of simulations from a same RCM is an emerging field of research allowing to explore in detail the interaction between climate change, natural climate variability and extreme events, […]

B-CITI Solutions Inc. développent l’application B-CITI qui est une plateforme intelligente multi-villes/multi-canaux qui connecte les systèmes des villes, centralise et nettoie les données, numérise les services aux citoyens et offre l’analyse en temps réel des données. L’application B-CITI dispose d’un module de consultation citoyenne qui ne dispose pour le moment d’aucune fonctionnalité d’analyse des données. […]

To develop ‘green’ cities and to assess environmental impacts in cities, it is essential to understand the spatial distribution of sensitive species, such as migrating birds. Migration is a costly and dangerous time for songbirds, with up to 80% mortality during their first migration. As migratory birds are protected under the federal Migratory Bird Act, […]

L’une des missions de Hacking Health est d’encourager le changement des façons de faire dans les institutions de santé pour favoriser le développement et l’adoption de nouvelles technologies. Le CHU Ste-Justine, en tant que première institution de santé partenaire de Hacking Health, est une pionnière dans le codéveloppement de structures d’innovation en collaboration avec Hacking […]

The proposed project consists of developing a validated Excel model allowing strategic positioning of early-stage therapies in the pharmaceutical market according to their attractiveness. This model can be used by investors or researchers and will allow them to see how their drug compares to other molecules already marketed, having failed, or in development, in a […]

Over the last recent years, internet usage through mobile devices has grown rapidly and today, majority of the online traffic is coming from mobiles. This means that most of the time, a user uses his/her mobile to view the retailer website, review items or finish a purchase. Accord ingly, reta ilers have come to the […]

Salmon are inarguably one of the most culturally, ecologically, and economically important fish in British Columbia, however, their stocks have been declining since the 1990’s. The Cohen Commission of Enquiry expert panel emphasized that juvenile mortality during the first months at sea was the most likely cause of fishery declines. The two leading agents of […]

La qualité des eaux souterraines au Canada se dégrade et impacte la qualité des eaux de surface qui leur sont connectées. Étudier l’eau souterraine est complexe. La recherche universitaire a développé des méthodes efficaces pour comprendre d’où viennent l’eau et les pollutions et quels sont leurs parcours, mais elles ne sont presque jamais appliquées aux […]

Patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease (PD) may develop motor complications caused by Levodopa, the current drug used for treatment. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an alternative surgical treatment where electrodes are implanted in a specific brain region to deliver current to surrounding brain tissue which helps to alleviate motor symptoms of PD. Presently, there is […]