Evolved Radio Access for Wireless Cellular Communication Systems – Year Two

The continuously increasing demand for wireless access, driven by the increasing requirements of our connected society, is pushing current wireless cellular communication systems to the limits of their capacity. The objective of this project is to continue the successful collaboration with our industry partner (Telus Corporation) to further contribute to the evolution of current generation […]

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Integrated Circuits for Modulated Optical Communication Links

High-performance computing and communication infrastructure has reached an industrial scale, with equipment racks 100 meters long interconnected by cables carrying data at speeds exceeding 10Gb/s. This has led to growing interest in optical fiber communication for interconnect within infrastructure computing and communication installations, displacing conventional copper interconnect. Transitioning these relatively short-reach parallel links to optical […]

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Research cluster for Precision Medicine in Oncology

New therapeutic approaches are desperately needed for many types of cancer. This training cluster brings together five academic experts who will each mentor a trainee to establish a panel of novel cancer models in one of the following: glioblastoma stem cells, renal carcinoma cells, pancreatic tumor organoids, leukemic cells and tumor reactive T-cells – all […]

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Insight into mechanisms and receptor(s) involved in PBI-4050’s beneficial effect on kidney fibrosis and inflammation

PBI-4050 is a novel compound developed by ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. possessing anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic effects. PBI-4050 targets a family of cell receptor(s) expressed throughout the body, which are involved in diseases marred by fibrosis and inflammation. The first aim is designed to test PBI-4050’s efficacy preserving kidney function in a mouse model of advanced […]

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Physiological monitoring and field verification of exposure limits in older miners exposed to high heat stress conditions

Underground miners traditionally work in harsh environments containing dust and noxious gases. Recently, there is concern that the increasing risk of heat exposure may compound the deleterious effects of these conditions and further subject the workers to increased risk of heat stress. A new and growing challenge to the industry is that the Ontario mining […]

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Sketch3: A 3D Curve Sketching System

Sketch3 is an experimental software project to accelerate sketching for ideation and in various design contexts, facilitating visualization in both 2D and 3D. The goal is to evolve a paradigm for ideating rapidly with a digital stylus (2D/3D) analogous to the fluid 2D sketching experience on paper. The software is expected to remove much of […]

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Stochastic inversion of geophysical and petrophysical data to develop an integrated 5-8 Block Model

This project aims at exploiting existing geophysical and petrophysical data to develop an integrated geological model of the 5-8 block of the Raglan mine in Northern Quebec. In contrast to previously conducted analysis of individual datasets, a weighted stochastic inversion of combined datasets will be conducted. Determining the synergies between the diverse rock parameters will […]

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Understanding UV Dose Distribution and Reactor Performance Using Bioassay Data

Ultraviolet disinfection has been widely applied for drinking water and wastewater treatments because of its effective inactivation of many waterborne pathogens and its minimal formation of disinfection by-products. The most implemented method for validation is biodosimetry, which involves bioassay to yield a simplified UV dose value. This dose value is called reduction equivalent dose. However, […]

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Efficiency Analysis of UV-Initiated AOP using Computational Modeling

Advanced Oxidation processes are exploited for treating micropollutants in drinking water.Conventional UV-H2O2 based AOPs generate hydroxyl radicals that can directly attack and degrades the most persistent pollutants even at very low concentration.However, these processes are energy intensive and kinetically inefficient as the amount of UV energy used to generate hydroxyl radicals is minimal. To make […]

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The Evolving Legal Services Research Project, Stage II

How can public legal education and information help Canadians get justice in our legal system? With the demand for publicly-funded or low-cost legal services far exceeding the supply, public legal education and information (PLEI) is filling an increasingly larger role in meeting the legal needs of people with modest means. Yet we know relatively little […]

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Robust identification of protected heath information in unstructured data

A large amount of health-related data is available only in unstructured form (“free-form text”). To share this data for secondary purposes, it is necessary to de-identify it to protect against inappropriate disclosure of personal health information (PHI). PARAT Text is Privacy Analytics’ de-identification software for unstructured data. It automatically discovers and marks PHI in a […]

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