Pesticide application in crops has been considered a potential cause of bat population declines in Europe. However, no research on this topic has been conducted in tropical agrosystems, where the use of pesticides is extensive and bat diversity is higher. Considering that insectivorous bats can eat more than 90% of their body mass every night, […]

Agricultural grasslands are a significant source of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. However, uncertainties in estimates of greenhouse gas fluxes from farmlands are still high. Soil models used to quantify and simulate greenhouse gas emissions, generally use average site inputs for soil and vegetation initialization using a limited number of samples and do not account for […]

In order to model and determine properties of plasmas such as magnetosphere or fusion devices a consistent mathematical model is required. The goal of this project, among other open problems, is to prove long time uniqueness and existence of the Relativistic Vlasov Maxwell system. In the process, determine estimates on the electromagnetic field intensities, the […]

Dans l’intention de parfaire notre compréhension des conditions de (sur)vie liées à l’itinérance féminine à Honolulu, ce mémoire empirique cherche à observer quels sont les vécus subjectifs de ces femmes à l’aide de l’approche biographique. Ce projet de maîtrise s’attarde spécifiquement à l’itinérance des femmes autochtones hawaiiennes afin de comprendre, de manière spécifique au genre […]

This project is an undertaking in coordination with Minerva Canada which aims to address a gap between industry and the graduates of engineering programs in terms of attitudes, knowledge and applied skills pertaining to health & safety in engineering practice. Through a series of phases from curriculum planning to implementation, the project’s end product will […]

La scoliose idiopathique de l’adolescent (SIA) est une maladie de cause inconnue, affectant 4% de la population pédiatrique et qui implique une croissance anormale et désynchronisé de la colonne vertébrale. Notre laboratoire s’intéresse à la composition de la flore intestinale (appelée microbiote) pour tenter d’expliquer le développement et la progression de la SIA. Dans ce […]

My doctoral research deals with the summit of the skyscrapers, considered as a dual device: as seen from the city below, and as looking at it, thanks to the viewing decks they deploy. Whereas their exterior shapes mark the skyline, they offer vantage points for the discovery of the metropolis by the local residents and […]

Nous étudions les interactions entre une protéine bactéricide, la phospholipase A2-IIA sécrétée (sPLA2-IIA), et la flore microbienne intestinale (microbiote) afin d’en évaluer l’effet sur le système immunitaire. Nous avons observé que des souris transgéniques exprimant constitutivement la sPLA2-IIA humaine (sPLA2-IIATGN) présentent un important désordre immunitaire. En tentant de vérifier l’hypothèse que ce désordre est causé […]

Le caribou migrateur de l’Est du Canada est en déclin. En 2017 le comité sur la situation des espèces en péril au Canada a recommandé le statut d’espèce en danger pour ces populations. Comprendre les changements démographiques de ces troupeaux et les effets de l’environnement qui influent est nécessaire pour améliorer la gestion et la […]

The number of patients suffering from type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) reached 392 million worldwide in 2015 and its prevalence is expected to increase by more than 50% during the next two decades. Currently, the best way to treat diabetes is to diagnose and prevent at the early stages. There is an urgent need for […]

This research will look to explore the ingest, management, preservation, use, and re-use of archives within primary and secondary independent schools with more academic rigour than has been attempted in the past. Independent schools have unique challenges that differ from those faced by public schools. The purpose of this study is to inductively create a […]

The aim of this project is to develop a training program in Narrative Care for health/social care workers who will in turn use their training to organize and facilitate Narrative Care programs for others in their workplace or organization in a cascading manner. The proposed program represents an extension of the hypothesis that the stronger […]