Testing the effects of the central command on pain perception during handgrip contractions

Voluntary motor actions are associated with the presence of the central motor command, also known as central command. As reviewed by Williamson [1, 2], this “central command involves descending neural signals from higher brain centres, originally defined as ‘cortical irradiation’, capable of influencing cardiovascular responses during exercise [3]. The majority of investigations involving study of […]

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Black Communities and Urban Green Spaces: a case study of Detroit and Montreal (1960 – 1990)

Ce projet de recherche traite du rôle de la race dans la structuration des espaces verts et des loisirs à Montréal et Détroit des années 1960 aux années 1990. Deux approches seront centrales à cette étude: l’approche des politiques municipales (dynamiques d’implantations des espaces verts, règlements, investissements des espaces verts, équipements, discours municipal de démocratisation […]

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Curiosity driven reinforcement learning for molecular design

Organic molecules are used in many areas, for example in drugs or solar cells. However, the development of new organic molecules with desired properties is difficult, time-intensive, and requires a lot of trial and error. A new line of research uses artificial intelligence to partially automate this process and make it more reliable. This project […]

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Décharges pulsées dans les liquides : synthèse de nanoparticules

“Les plasmas dans les milieux liquides” est un projet de recherche très original, en termes des applications dans différents domaines et en termes de physique fondamentale. Mon projet consiste à étudier les plasmas générés dans l’eau en utilisant une décharge électrique impulsionnelle. Pratiquement, nous allons étudier en premier temps les caractéristiques électriques de la décharge […]

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Photo-identification du dauphin de Peale dans le détroit de Magellan

Il existe actuellement très peu de données sur le dauphin de Peale qui permettent aux autorités gouvernementales de prendre des décisions éclairées en termes de conservation. Le projet de recherche tente de développer un répertoire photographique du dauphin de Peale que l’on retrouve au sud du Chili, en Patagonie. Le but est d’identifier les individus […]

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Dynamics of Viscous Fingering in Porous Media in the Presence of Injected or In Situ Generated Particles

In general, when a more viscous fluid is displaced by a less viscous one, instabilities grow at the interface between them which are referred to as viscous fingering. Viscous fingering is of paramount importance in many applications including, but not limited to, contamination transport in underground waters, enhanced oil recovery, filtration, and chromatographic separation of […]

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GeneVa – Computing Metaoblic Valves on a Genetic Level

Bioprocesses are indispensable for the sustainable production of high value chemical compounds from renewable feedstock. In many processes, genetically engineered strains with a modified metabolism are used. Boosting the performance of such a production host can be essential to make a bioprocess profitable. Computational strain design provides methods to identify interventions in the microbial metabolism […]

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La conception constitutionnelle de la représentation à l’épreuve de l’anthropologie jurdique

La thèse entend revenir sur une notion classique du Droit public, la représentation en proposant une grille d’analyse novatrice. La conception constitutionnelle de la représentation est associée à sa principale modalité de désignation : l’élection. Dans ce cadre, des auteurs parlent de crise de la représentation. Le projet est parti de cette question : est-ce […]

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Mechanical characterization of Protein Interactions

During thhis project I will investigate the interactions responsible for maintaining functional protein networks in the basement membrane, a specialized tissue surrounding epithelial cells. By utilizing the recently developed centrifuge force microscope of the hosting research group I will investigate the strength and lifetime of the forces between head domains of the important protein in […]

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Cinema VR: between borders

The aim of this research is to understand the recent encounter of cinema with a specific type of technology called Virtual Reality (VR) and which gives rise to new arrangements: cinema remakes itself or becomes another and the virtual environment lends to cinema its orthogonal ability to elevate the senses. Therefore, if this recent mode […]

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Biomimetic functional coating for flux control

We would like to develop slippery liquid infused surfaces for molding applications. Molding technology is of great importance in industry and understanding the wetting behavior of molding liquids (polymers/metals) is of fundamental interest and non-trivial as well because of the involved phase transition from liquid to gel/solid upon cooling. Thus, both wetting and post solidification […]

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