Polymer translocation is the process by which a long polymer molecule is forced to move through a nanoscopic hole in a wall in order to move from one side of the wall to the other. Many lower-resolution devices can be built using the general idea of forced polymer or macromolecule translocation, e.g. in the fields […]

From infancy to old age, individuals experience massive changes in both behavior and brain function. The worldwide increase in human life expectancy along with population aging highlight the need to investigate and better understand the dynamic relationship between cognitive health and aging. In order to promote productivity, sustained sense of well-being and social engagement, and […]

Le but du séjour est double. Premièrement, encadrer la rédaction de mon projet de thèse en me permettant d’accéder à un environnement de recherche attentif à une des thématiques centrales de mon travail : la solidarité sociale. Deuxièmement, développer mes compétences en méthodes d’analyse de contenu et d’analyse de discours afin de rédiger le volet […]

This project lies in an area of mathematics called computational number theory. Specifically, we will be studying the topic of integer factorization. The idea is that all non-prime integers can be factored into a product of smaller integers. While this seems simple, it is computationally difficult and although various factoring algorithms attempt to solve the […]

Top-down control in ecosystems helps maintain ecosystem stability and resilience; however, anthropogenic stressors, such as commercial fishing, have led to the global decline of apex predators. There is a growing recognition that the indirect effects of predators on prey (eg. fear-mediated behavioural responses) could be just as important as direct consumption. For instance, apex predators […]

In 2000 a novel protein, referred to as GnIH, was discovered to inhibited the release of reproductive regulating hormones in the brain of quail. Since then, GnIH has identified in all studied vertebrate including fish, amphibians, and mammals. It has been shown to decrease hormone synthesis, be produced and act in reproductive tissues, as well […]

This is a project about migration narratives in Canada and Australia, two countries that have many similarities, from their historical links to the United Kingdom, to the quality of their current economies, to their stature as top migrant destinations. Both countries as we know them today are the product of migration. Stories of migration and […]

The project is designed to analyze the influence that alt-right political commentators have on the Canadian 2019 Federal Election through YouTube and other mainstream social media platforms. Underneath the discourses and social profiles of mainstream social media platforms lies a web of mostly anonymized, ideologically far-right deep web communities tied together by primary discourses of […]

The ambitious goal of my proposal is to explore low-energy transfers to triangular libration points that is the final frontier in Earth-Moon system. As an innovative idea, the role of solar gravity in transfer mechanism will be revealed by chaos theory. With the development of space technology, the booming desire on triangular libration point urges […]

Within the tourism field, family vacations are increasingly recognized as an important and growing area of study. Family vacations have the potential to reunite and reconnect individuals outside of every-day life; building social capital, influencing family bonding, and creating important memories. Today’s fast paced, technological world creates many challenges for families in finding the time […]

Live animal testing is currently the standard approach for assessing the risk chemicals may pose to wildlife. The costs and ethical concerns associated with live animal testing, however, constitute a significant challenge to regulators and industry in fulfilling their testing mandates to characterize the risks of environmental contaminants. To reduce these challenges, improved exposure assessments […]

Ireland achieved trans gender protections and same-sex marriage in 2015, several years before on-demand, unrestricted access to abortion (2019). This phenomenon is unlike most countries, which achieve reproductive rights first. In Ireland, reproductive and family rights were slow to arrive, contraceptives (without a prescription) was legalised in 1992, divorce in 1995, and from 1983-2018, there […]