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 […]

Salmon populations in BC have declined substantially since the 1990’s. A US/Canada Coded Wire Tag (CWT) fishery monitoring program was implemented in the 1980s to help managers understand the status of salmon populations and to make informed management decisions. Currently, the submission rate of heads by the recreational and First Nations Food, Social, and Ceremonial […]

The increase of illegal All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) riding on New Brunswick beaches causes concern for the integrity of sandy beaches and dune systems which are important barriers for coastal protection. These ecosystems are home to a variety of species including the endangered shore bird, the Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus). However, although these birds are often […]

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 […]

Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are rod-shaped nanoparticles extracted from renewable cellulose sources that possess impressive mechanical and rheological properties, are non-toxic and biodegradable, and have potential applications in coatings, adhesives, biomedicine and energy storage devices, to name just a few. In combination with conductive nanoparticles, CNCs can be used in inks for printing conductive circuits for […]

A social-ecological systems perspective analyzes the connections between human impacts and ecological components. Regime shifts are rapid changes in an ecosystem’s structure and function. They are often difficult to anticipate and either extremely costly or impossible to reverse. A gendered lens is crucial in analyzing these shifts as gender roles have been constructed by society, […]

Episodic memories are made as we go about our daily life: what event has happened, with whom, where and when. The proposed project will target mechanisms of episodic memory retrieval in life-like conditions using advanced neural data analytical tools. The main notion is that in real-life conditions different episodes/events are not independent, but are connected […]

The problem of accurately predicting the onset of sustained postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains open. Investigators have reported many clinical indices currently associated with postoperative AF following CABG. Contemporary machine learning techniques are well-suited to recognizing underlying trends in ‘training’ data consisting of several labeled examples, and […]

Salt marshes are important coastal ecosystems because they provide many services to surrounding areas. Due to the high fertility of salt marsh soil, they have a long history of being converted to farmland in Maritime Canada. In recent years, there has been growing interest in restoring salt marshes to protect against coastal erosion, mitigate sea […]

Depuis quelques années, la communauté scientifique s’intéresse aux effets de la pratique de la musique sur le développement de l’enfant. À ce jour, nous savons que la pratique de la musique soutien le développement cognitif et langagier de l’enfant. Elle encourage aussi l’adoption de comportements prosociaux, tels quel l’entraide et la coopération. Néanmoins, à notre […]

This project centers on the effect of firm-level news on equity volatility. While there has been a strong emphasis on macroeconomic announcements, we all know that the news about the failure of a single bank marked the beginning of the sub-prime crisis. Thus, I study the effect of news on a firm-specific basis. The first […]

This study will examine Germany and Canada through a comparative, cross-national case study. An in-depth literature review and policy analysis will contextualize the differences and similarities of Canadian and German settlement sectors, allowing for a better understanding of the link between non-profit settlement services and social inclusion in each country. In particular, this study will […]