This research explores the concept of Internet of Things and how the current technology of smartphones can be used to improve the continuous health monitoring of pregnant women across the globe. A very convenient and cost-effective system has been proposed to ensure a completely non-invasive way of collecting the biometric data of pregnant women and […]

This research project deals with categorizing women belonging to different developing countries into different health risk segments and sub segments and subsequently analyze patterns of diseases/infections in various geographical regions accordingly by using Optimized machine learning approach. XgBoost algorithm would be implemented to achieve this goal among other existing algorithms as this offers better model […]

The proposed research is to study the policing and secularity methods used by the Canadian and German governments to combat the illegal trafficking of humans within and without sovereign nations. The current application of the Canadian justice system against trafficking has yielded alarmingly low conviction rates. Findings in Germany will stand as a comparison to […]

The purpose of this research project is to collect data on the actors with an interest in nanotechnology – including suppliers, users, researchers, associations and others in order to better understand the networks of innovation and to support NanoOntario’s efforts to facilitate the development of innovation networks and advance nanotechnology. Ontario companies and researchers have […]

The proposed project addresses the main challenge in modeling long-dated (maturities of 30 years or more) foreign exchange (FX) interest rate (IR) hybrid derivatives, namely the strong sensitivity of the products to the skew of the FX volatility smiles via the use of a stochastic process, such as the Heston model. Numerical methods based on […]

Since most capsules are made of gelatin, the aqueous coating process of capsules is very sensitive and requires a very long process time due to the aqueous solubility of gelatin substrate, resulting in high costs. Accordingly, it would be very advantageous to provide a method for dry powder coating capsules without using an organic solvent […]

Ethylene glycol (EG) is an important basic raw material and chemical intermediate, which is often used as solvent, antifreeze, lubricant, plasticizer, surfactant and mainly used to synthesize polyester resins and fibers, etc. Currently, the annual demand of EG is more than 20 million tons, while about half of the market demand is in China. There […]

Bacterial contamination of fresh waters is a concern for the Great Lakes region. Contamination can be prevalent due to direct faecal deposits, as well as environmental conditions, such as sand, serving as a reservoir. One of the major contributors to bacterial persistence in the environment is the formation of multicellular biofilms. RpoS, a general stress […]

As a grants life cycle involves many steps, it is crucial for grantmakers to monitor and manage the process. While digital management offers efficiency, multitude of clients and solutions they require results with highly fragmented market. By identifying the stakeholders in grants management marketplace and by assessing their needs, software vendors can become more competent […]

Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections. Interactions between certain antibiotics and medicines may cause side-effects and decreased effectiveness of antibiotic therapy. Quite often, the prescription consists of multiple antibiotics to treat infections caused by different kinds of bacteria and it requires thorough knowledge of the interactions among these antibiotics and other medicines. For example […]

Research has documented evidence of the positivity and desirability of self-continuity. A sense of self-continuity can be achieved by holding an identity that is stable, construing one’s life as a story, and making an associative link to the past. However, the current literature on self-continuity has not yet shown which strategy is more effective to […]

In this project, charging and driving data of 1000 electric vehicles (EVs) across Canada will be monitored and analyzed to figure out the impact of EVs on the electrical power grid, and their potential capability to reduce CO2 emissions. For this purpose, the degree to which a particular electricity grid profile, the vehicle type and […]