The way people spend their money—their consumer behaviour—can be categorized in terms of materialism or minimalism. More specifically, materialist individuals tend to accumulate material goods, seek new acquisitions often overbuying, and cling to useless objects. In turn, minimalists purchase only essential items, reuse what is still functional, and discard the superfluous. Although materialism is often […]

“Cairo’s Public Space Problem: A Historical Overview” aims to study the development and de-development of urban sites allowing the free gathering of Egyptians from different classes during the first half of the twentieth century. It explores the different forces at play–local and global, popular and state–in determining the shape of Cairo’s public squares, parks, and […]

This research will study an efficient method for extracting germanium from waste fiber optics cables. Germanium is widely used in optical fibers, infrared optics, and solar energy industry. Optical fiber is the major application of germanium. Germanium possesses various properties that can make positive impact on these fields. The demand for germanium will increase with […]

Au cours des 10 dernières années, de nouveaux catalyseurs de plus en plus performants ont été développés pour la réaction de cyclopropanation impliquant des dérivés diazoïques. La première phase du projet visera à les tester dans la réaction de cyclopropanation d’alcènes impliquant des dérivés de diazomalonates, une classe de réactifs qui s’est avérée très capricieuse […]

Après de nombreuses années de guerre, l’Ukraine est quotidiennement confrontée à la nécessité de restaurer rapidement le réseau ferroviaire après les bombardements et de rétablir la communication avec les territoires dé-occupés afin d’augmenter la croissance économique et d’améliorer la communication régionale. L’objectif principal de ce projet de recherche à Mitacs Globalink est d’optimiser la prise […]

People with an elevated body mass are at higher risks of cardiometabolic diseases. The prevalence of people living with an elevated body mass has tripled in the last 40 years and this increase shows no sign of slowing down. Interventions targeting caloric restriction fail to lead to sustainable weight loss in the vast majority of […]

The research project aims to assess the current situation and future prospects for the transition to renewable energy generation in Ukraine. The need of such transition has become urgent since the Russian invasion of Ukraine which made dependency on fossil fuels one of the key exploits by Russia on the European political arena. As European […]

The proposed project is focused on the coordination protocols for vehicles that try to exploit a cooperative perception of the environment. The cooperative perception and sensing allow to improve the safety of autonomous vehicles over the streets. In particular, the joint use of LIDAR, Cameras, radars, and ultra-sonic sensors permits to perceive objects, obstacles and […]

Les écosystèmes aquatiques englobent une biodiversité importante fournissant une multitude de fonctions et de services. Toutefois, ces écosystèmes subissent une pression sans précédent due à l’empreinte humaine. Parmi les menaces environnementales, les nanoplastiques, des particules de moins d’un micron, émergent comme une source de préoccupation environnementale. Ces particules sont ingérées par une variété d’organismes, du […]

In the context of an aging population, it is becoming more and more important to develop novel innovative kinds of sensors, able to detect early health changes that could potentially affect people’s health. Within this Globalink Research project, we intent to develop plasmonic based sensors, small, cheap and easy to deploy, which will be used […]

Exponential growth in the number of older adults (over 65 years) worldwide is expected to occur over the next half century. While physical mobility plays a crucial role in the quality of life and in the ability of independent living, it decreases with natural aging. This research project aims at developing a solution to reduced […]

Polyoxometalates (POMs) represent a class of inorganic compounds, which are cluster compounds that can be formally described as oxo-metal complexes. Prominent transition metals are molybdenum and tungsten from group 6 and vanadium, niobium and tantalum from group 5 of the periodic table. A popular research area in POM chemistry is the selective substitution of one […]