We will perform a computational calculation to determine the properties of a proposed, currently unobserved type of particle called a tetraquark, within our current understanding of particle physics. This will allow experimentalists to search for such particles, and provide tests of our theory (Quantum Chromodynamics), which we currently find to be in agreement with observations. […]

The study of desistance – researching how and why people refrain from criminal behaviour – has gained increasing attention from both academics and policymakers in recent years in many countries throughout the world. Yet despite the growing strategic importance of more comprehensively understand the processes of desisting to reduce national reoffending rates, there remains a […]

The commercial pocket diary has been one of the most common ways in which people have recorded their lives over the past two and a half centuries. Yet as a hybrid genre it has often fallen through the net of our historical enquiries. My project will research the importation and production of pocket diaries in […]

Thallium-201 (Tl-201) is mostly known to clinicians from its previous use in diagnostic imaging. However, this radionuclide is also a potent Auger electron emitter, releasing around 21 short range, low energy electrons per decay. Auger electron emitters have a potential in targeted treatment of small tumours due to localised energy transfer. So far, Tl-201 therapeutic […]

Mes recherches de maîtrise se concentrent sur les migrations internes à l’Asie orientale dans l’entre-deux-guerres et plus particulièrement dans le contexte des grands empires coloniaux de la région. À partir d’une étude comparative, il serait question d’analyser les flux migratoires de l’Inde vers le Viêt Nam (Indochine française) et la Birmanie. En analysant le parcours […]

Antibiotics are applied to agricultural plants and soils as plant protection products (PPPs) to combat bacterial disease. Their use in agriculture has the potential to cause development and spread of antibiotic resistance genes. Non antibiotic PPPs such as herbicides and insecticides are also applied to agricultural soils. There has been limited research into whether non […]

The proposed research project will examine the applicability of William Caplin’s theories of formal functions to the music of the 19th-century Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz. Caplinian formal-function theory considers the “syntactical” roles played by various parts/sections of particular musical work in relation to the whole, and the capacity of different compositional techniques to express musical […]

Peatlands, a type of wetland containing a thick organic layer of partially decayed plant material, are the largest terrestrial carbon stocks. Climatic changes, including warming, could result in a lowering of the water table in peatlands, increasing oxygen availability to microbes and mesofauna allowing faster break down of the organic material and consequent release of […]

Arboviruses pose an ever-growing concern as the habitat of vectors expand alongside climate change. The outcome of outbreaks is often heavily influenced by the immune status of the population. Different pathogens can either protect against others or increase susceptibility and morbidity depending on infection timings and how closely related the pathogens are. A good example […]

The proposed research will explore how Canadian women’s interactions with health and fitness content on Instagram impacts upon physical activity participation. This research is sorely needed because, while social media is increasingly pertinent to the formation of everyday health practices, this dimension is seldom explored. In addition, this project will pilot a novel method, developed […]

Environmental variability is a fundamental component of adaptation; it is usually associated with modifications in the organism’s observable traits, particularly for those with limited plasticity. We will use a bioenergetic model as a framework to understand this variance in the organism’s traits. We will focus on the effect of individual physiological differences, which are represented […]

The purpose of Research Project contributions is to analyze the coupled radiation-conduction and/or convection heat transfers in a 2D enclosure contains an absorbing, emitting and non-scattering real medium (CO2, H2O, or their mixture) using the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM). The usage of this method makes it possible to assess the effect of real media radiative […]