We will vary the strength of a feature in one stream and measure perception (discrimination task), processing time, and action (eye movements) of a feature in the other stream. Prior relevant research: Tchernikov & Fallah (2010) Perry & Fallah (2012) Awaiting more information from the professor. Please check back soon. Do not contact Globalink Research […]

The gram negative bacteria Coxicella burnetii and Francisella tularensis are the causative agents of Q fever and tularaemia, respectively. Infection by either organism can result in high mortality rates, especially in immuno-compromised individuals; in addition, there are very limited options for detection of both C. burnetii and F. tularensis. Recent evidence shows that both bacteria […]

School closure during an infectious disease outbreak has always been a public health mitigation option, with substantial social and economic cost and uncertain effects on outbreak control. The meaning of school closure differs from region to region and from country to country, for example, during the 2009 A/H1N1 influenza pandemic, very strict interventions including Fengxiao […]

Cloud computing is a new deployment and operational model in which high level computation services and storage are provided by Internet (“cloud”). In this project we investigate how applications can become smarter and take advantage of many features that clouds provide. The project addresses the challenges in automating the cloud management and provides services for […]

Research Project Vision: To promote attention to quality, appropriateness and accountability in hospital resource use. This vision is underpinned by the following four strategies: 1. Establish resource use variation reports specific to departments and individual providers. 2. Associate resource use with quality outcomes that measure accessible, effective, safe, efficient and appropriate care. 3. Use system […]

Recent major seismic events, including the 2011 New Zealand Earthquake and the 2010 Chile Earthquake, have demonstrated similar trends to previous earthquakes; that current state-of-the-art seismic design codes ensure, for the most part, that loss of life is avoided. It is accepted in the engineering community that significant damage can be expected for major earthquakes. […]

This position supports a research project on the changes in the communication technologies from broadcasting to digital technologies by examining the global innovators. This work will investigate the core elements of the people who were at the centre of the last century of communication technologies’ transformation. This research will focus on the catalysts of conversion […]

This position supports a research project concerning the representation of poverty in Western consumer society. Despite worldwide news attention reporting on the growing social unrest and protests facilitated by the unequal distribution of wealth and resources in countries such as Canada, the United States, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Italy, Bulgaria, Turkey, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Iceland, […]

The study of particulate matter as it affects health has become major worry for both industrialized and developing nations. I have been collaborating with colleagues in United Arab Emirates (Dubai) who setup a laboratory with the help of the International Atomic Energy Agency to study air pollution. The applied study is promising both in its […]

Hydrologic models, applied by engineers and hydrologists for flood forecasting and water budget modeling, are used to reproduce and predict the rainfall-runoff process to determine the response of the fluvial network (rivers, streams, etc.) to precipitation events. Changes in flow regime associated with precipitation events can result in flooding, drying up of stream flows, water […]

Introduction: Computer-aided Design (CAD) computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) technology, all-ceramic systems, and high-strength ceramic materials have become integral parts of modern dentistry and laboratory technology.[1] Furthermore, metal-based crowns have other disadvantages, such as galvanic reaction, and the metal underlying the veneer’s porcelain can show through as a dark line.[2,3] Several new all-ceramic systems, which offer comparable […]

New methods and tools are required to (i) provide insight into spatio-temporal climate effects concerning forests and fire events (ii) provide policy-makers with quantified estimates of fire activity under changing climate scenarios as well as well-defined historical models for seasonality and the occurrence of extremes (iii) be useful in a wide variety of modeling scenarios […]