Open-ended questions are where respondents consider hypothetical scenarios that they might encounter in real life and describe what action(s) they might take in response to each situation. To assess a test-taker’s responses to these questions, a human scoring process (i.e., human raters marking each response individually) is followed. Despite following clear scoring criteria, human raters […]

Ma recherche porte sur la peintre brésilienne du début du 20e siècle Georgina de Albuquerque (1885-1962), et notamment sur ses représentations de femmes issues de la bourgeoisie. En effet, à une époque d’industrialisation rapide et d’ascension de cette classe sociale, Albuquerque dépeint fréquemment des femmes aisées, et ce, dans différents contextes. Deux tableaux, Coin de […]

L’imagerie utilisant les rayons X comme la radiographie et la tomodensitométrie sont entachées par un phénomène physique appelé la diffusion. Cette dernière provient du fait que les photons dévient de leur trajectoire originale et sont détectés dans des pixels voisins voire sont déviés hors de la caméra et ne sont pas détectés. Bien que l’on […]

A Canadian-based company, Terrasol Geosolar Inc., has identified a unique opportunity to offer hurricane-resistant solar energy infrastructure for weather-ravaged areas of the world. Towards this functionality, there has also been significant market incentives to include bio-derived composite materials within the structure. However, current developments of natural fibre reinforced composites (NFRCs) in structural applications has been […]

Two students will be involved in this project each visiting the other’s country and undertaking collaborative research in a Public Health setting. We are requesting funds to cover the costs for the Canadian student to travel to France, costs for the French student will be covered from elsewhere. The students will join national level research […]

Electrical stimulation of nerves can be used to restore movements to individuals who are paralyzed following spinal cord injury. Our project is divided into two main parts. The first part aims to combine measurements of muscle and nerve activity evoked by electrical stimulation in order to improve our understanding of the mechanisms involved in nerve […]

The information and communication technologies (ICT) sector is an energy intensive and growing sector (with an increase of 9% annually). Recently introduced applications of the next-generation radio networks, namely 5G-and-beyond (5GB), have dramatically accelerated the use of ICT services in many economic sectors, creating a unique opportunity to improve our quality of life. In this […]

The project aims to better understand how stress hormones (i.e., glucocorticoids) are synthesized in the thymus, a key primary lymphoid organ of the immune system. Stress hormones are critical for proper thymic development and immune function. However, many details about how and where in the thymus stress hormones are produced remain unexplored. As part of […]

With the rapid growth of sensors in Cyber-Physical Systems such as clinical data, industrial systems and data centres, there is an increasing need to monitor these devices to secure them against anomalies. This is particularly the case for streaming clinical data. Indeed, the timeliness revelation of anomalies in these data can save the patient’s life. […]

The ability to perceive the motion of approaching person and to make appropriate adjustments to avoid collisions is an essential component of safe locomotion through the environment. The proposed project will investigate young and older adults’ collision avoidance behaviours with an approaching young adult in order to understand the visual information used to accomplish the […]

L’augmentation de l’espérance de vie et le recul de l’âge moyen de départ à la retraite font que le temps passé à la retraite est plus important qu’auparavant. La prise de retraite pourrait accélérer le déclin cognitif associé au vieillissement. Or, un mode de vie caractérisé par une activité physique élevée et un faible niveau […]

J’explore dans ma recherche les différentes formes de solidarités et soins dans la ville de San Cristobal de las Casas ( Mexique). L’idée est de produire une analyse des modalités et des réseaux d’appui entre femmes, en incluant des espaces d’hébergement, (refuges ou espaces d’accueil) dans la région sud du Mexique. Cette région est une […]