Over the past decades, Canada has witnessed a continuous increase in the frequency and magnitude of climate change-induced natural disasters. Flood events are considered the most occurring climate-induced hazards in Canada. Cities rely on a series of Critical Infrastructure Networks (CIN) to perform adequately, flood events can be the reason for serious disruptions in these […]

Transient electronics and their dissolution byproducts, are usually harmless and benign, and hence they are an attractive approach for the global e-waste problem especially for low-cost, one time use devices such as RFID tag antennas. For this research, a straightforward laser-induced method of environmentally friendly reduced Graphene Oxide films is proposed for fabricating transient RFID […]

Les énergies renouvelables sont amenées à remplacer les énergies fossiles dans le mix énergétique mondial. Parmi les différentes technologies disponibles, les technologies photovoltaïques prennent une part importante. L’objectif de ce stage est de développer des méthodes de test de modules photovoltaïques à concentration en environnement extérieur, et d’appliquer ces méthodes pour caractériser des modules fabriqués […]

Waste generation rates are rising, as the results of the increased world’s population. Increased global concern over environmental issues led to a strong interest in developing sustainable technologies that derive fuels and chemicals from renewable feedstock. Renewable biomass materials, as lignocellulosic waste, are attractive since they contain large amounts of renewable carbon and biochemicals with […]

Candida auris est une nouvelle espèce de Candida découverte depuis 2009, qui s’est propagée dans six continents, causant des épidémies nosocomiales de candidoses invasives. La mortalité élevée et la transmissibilité rendent C. auris un pathogène fongique dangereux pour la santé publique. De plus, C. auris peut développer des résistances à toutes les classes d’antifongiques (azoles, […]

This project aims to analyze the evolution of the legal implementation of solidarity between territories and between individuals in Belgium. The main objectives are descriptive and analytical. I will report on and analyze the evolution of the legal implementation of solidarity between individuals and between territories (municipalities, provinces, communities, regions and the federal state) in […]

The boreal ecosystem in the Northern Alberta is strongly segmented by linear exploration corridors for petroleum exploartion, called seismic lines. Unfortunately, many of these lines are in a state of arrested succession and are unlikely to recover without active intervention. Restoration planning for such a large affected area demands knoledge about the possibility and the […]

The boreal ecosystem in the Northern Alberta is strongly segmented by linear exploration corridors for petroleum exploartion, calles seismic lines. Unfortunately, many of these lines are in a state of arrested succession and are unlikely to recover without active intervention. An essential variable to the understanding of regeneration of forest cover is the hydrology and […]

After about a decade’s wait, persistent memory (such as Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory) has recently become commercially available in 2019. These devices fundamentally change the way database systems are built: they are both byte-addressable like normal DRAM memory and persistent like flash memory and disks. They also exhibit memory-like properties and performance (albeit slower), […]

This project aims to find a solution between high magnitude debris flows and their impacts on society through the design of low-cost mitigation measures, in order to build sustainable cities that can coexist with natural phenomena. The towns of Huinganco and Andacollo in northernmost Patagonia, Argentina, were affected recently by debris flows. Given the consequences, […]

Le projet consiste à développer la recherche-design dans le contexte de l’éducation aux médias. La recherche-design est une méthodologie issue des sciences de l’éducation mobilisée depuis peu dans le champ de l’information et de la communication. Elle vise à rapprocher le monde de la recherche et le monde de l’éducation en construisant un pont entre […]

Staying awake for a night improves the mood for a lot of patients with depression very quickly. A recent model of depression proposes that the connection between neurons (synapse) is strengthened during sleep deprivation which restores a deficit in the depressive brain. Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of the synaptic vesicle protein 2A (SV2A) allows […]