Wood is an eco-friendly material but is very susceptible to fire, therefore, treatments using organosilicon products can be carried out to make the wood more resistant to fire. The way Laroche’s group has carried out these treatments is through the application of plasma to the wood surface and subsequent application of the organosilicon product. In […]

Canine leptospirosis is a climate-sensitive, bacterial, infectious disease of global importance. Despite being vaccine-preventable, leptospirosis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in dogs. Across North America and the United Kingdom (UK), the prevalence of canine leptospirosis ranges between 4.8-14%, with evidence for increasing prevalence over time. Leptospirosis can be difficult or slow to […]

Precision measurements of the Hydrogen 1s-2s energy transition are key to verifying theoretical predictions and fundamental physics. The project at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in Brazil is to perform the highest precision measurement of hydrogen using a new cold hydrogen beam, built at UFRJ, and a high power UV 243-nm laser […]

Liang Shuming’s”reciprocal centeredness”shows us a new way of gaining rights, he suggests that the realization of one’s personal rights will be naturally entitled via his fulfillment of necessary obligations.It’s likely that people lead a meaningful life among harmonious interactions rather than through the “outward demand” of rights,though the status he assigned to rights needs to […]

A GIS-based water quality assessment approach will be developed in this study, and it is based on a comparison analysis using USA, Canadian and Chinese water quality index models. The method is developed within Geographic information system?GIS? framework. It has the functionalities to manage a large amount of georeferenced input data, to run different water […]

The heart beats 3-4 billion times in one’s lifetime, while adapting its activity to meet the body’s continuously changing physiological demands. This adaptation is driven partly by the central nervous system, which sends signals to a network of nerves in the heart, known as the intracardiac nervous system (IcNS). Many believe the IcNS acts as […]

Reduced Density Matrix Functional Theory (RDMFT) has emerged as a powerful tool for the characterization and prediction of electronic properties in quantum systems. This research project seeks to elevate the capabilities of RDMFT, particularly in the context of spin systems. In particular, we will develop Quantum Optimal Transport techniques for extracting electronic spin information and […]

Access to appropriate mental health services is critically limited for many people living in low and middle-income countries. Making services for depression available in primary health care increases the successful diagnosis and treatment of depression and improves the quality of people’s lives. As the first point of contact with patients, primary care workers are essential […]

Partant du constat de l’écart entre le grand écart existant entre l’adoption de normes de droits humains et leur application réelle dans les pays centraméricains considérés, comment et pourquoi des acteurs continuent à s’appuyer sur ces normes pour entreprendre leurs luttes? La recherche comporte un triple objectif : (1) comprendre les raisons de l’adoption de […]

This project, in partnership with the City of Saskatoon, will develop the parameters for Active Transit corridors. While the long term goal is for multiple corridors, this initial exploration and research will focus on the College Corridor adjacent to the University of Saskatchewan Campus and one that has a great deal of daily traffic. This […]

Les écosystèmes boréaux englobent une multitude de lacs de morphologies variées, dont certains abritent des îles. Les îles boisées constituent des interfaces forêts-lacs, présentant des dynamiques végétales et de perturbation, distinctives du continent. Néanmoins, l’influence de la structure forestière et des dynamiques de perturbation sur la biodiversité des environnements insulaires a été insuffisamment explorée, ce […]

This research will develop and test new software tools in reactor physics (openMC) for neutronic calculations. It involves development/extension of the existing McMaster Nuclear Reactor (MNR) core physics models in the openMC code and benchmarking against existing results obtained with other tools. Once benchmarked the student will perform a serries of simulations to mimic the […]