The goal of this project is to help understand how patient descriptions of joint pain and disability relate to the mechanical properties of joint tissues to better design solutions for patients. This project will focus on developing ultrasound methods to quantitatively measure the biomechanical properities and function of human joint soft-tissue. The project will start […]

Certain classes of stars in the universe emit flares – dramatic bursts of energy that appear across the electromagnetic spectrum. Flare activity for these stars is highly variable across time, and predicting this behaviour is an interesting problem both from an astronomical and from a statistical viewpoint. Within the field of astrostatistics, “changepoint detection” models […]

Happiness has always captured the attention of societies around the world. However, it was just at the beginning of the twenty first century, with the emergence of Positive Psychology, that a more scientific approach to the subject was undertaken. Due to the dynamic and fluctuating nature of happiness, mathematical modelling is recognized as an important […]

La recherche effectuée lors de mon séjour au sein de la Faculté de droit de l’Université de Montréal se penchera de manière générale sur les possibilités de proposer des mesures positives liées à des situations de discrimination ainsi que d’ancrer un droit à l’intégration en vue de favoriser le parcours d’intégration des personnes étrangères. A […]

The period from the 1980s witnessed a steady rise in the production of solo performance by women artists in English Canadian Theatre. Rita Fraticelli’s report on “The Status of Women in Canadian Theatre” catapulted this change. Active organisational work by women and various theatre movements addressed this disparity in representation and worked to revamp the […]

Le projet vise à combiner l’étude du comportement humain avec l’analyse de la prise de décision séquentielle afin d’augmenter les connaissances sur la prise de décision séquentielle dans un environnement incertain. Il vise aussi à mesurer l’impact de l’intelligence collective et de la gestion des connaissances individuelles sur la capacité de prédiction du modèle de […]

The synapse forms the core unit of information transfer in the brain, and most brain disorders, both developmental and degenerative, are caused by synaptic dysfunction. Understanding synaptic organization is therefore central to both basic research and health research in neuroscience. Our still-evolving understanding of the synapse includes relatively recent recognition that many synapses use multiple […]

Scientific evidence indicates that patient education for low back pain can reassures them, improves their health condition and reduces healthcare utilization Easily accessible, science-based fact sheets that can be passed on to patients could be a simple option to address the underutilization of patient education by healthcare professionals. Companies have developed new tools to put […]

One promising approach for the advancement of both fuel cells and electrolyzers is the incorporation of anion exchange membranes. These would provide many potential benefits, such as a significantly decrease cost as they do not rely on expensive precious metal catalysts. However, anion exchange membranes still face multiple challenges, one of them being their chemical […]

Hospital readmission from in-patient psychiatry is increasingly problematic for patients and care administrators, as they often are associated with poor clinical outcomes and higher care costs. An understanding of factors that predispose in-patient psychiatry patients to hospital readmission would be critical in improving patient care and reducing healthcare-related costs. My research proposes to use machine […]

Les spasmes infantiles constituent un syndrome épileptique unique à la petite enfance, caractérisé par des spasmes généralisés avec une régression neurodéveloppementale. Lorsque les spasmes épileptiques résistent aux traitements médicamenteux, des approches chirurgicales doivent être envisagées. Il y a une pénurie de données sur (1) qui sont les candidats idéaux, (2) quand les patients devraient être […]

La rouille du peuplier fait des ravages au Canada mais encore plus en France. La biologie de cette maladie causée par un champignon basidomycète est assez incomprise, néanmoins nous avons identifié un groupe d’effecteurs ciblant tous le chloroplaste, et certains de ceux-ci affectent fortement la susceptibilté de la plante au pathogène. Une meilleure compréhension de […]