It is essential that calves are provided proper nutrition early on in life as they are the future of the milking herd. In addition to milk, many producers opt to provide solid feed, such as grain and forage, to young calves to foster gastrointestinal tract development. Solid feed can be provided as: 1) grain and […]

In recent years there has been a growing focus on evaluating the reproducibility of scientific findings. In neuroimaging this has been explored with respect to the impact specific choices in analysis software have on the resulting claims and their ability to be replicated across datasets or other tools. The focus of my Ph.D. involves the […]

The objective of my research in the Fillingham Lab at Ryerson University is to understand how genes works since it is a fundamental process and its failure is implicated in many diseases. Understanding how genes works has shown to have promising outcomes in the treatment of many diseases since this research can reveal novel drug […]

Natural communities are undergoing accelerated changes due to human pressures such as habitat fragmentation and species invasions. One way of anticipating community responses to these changes is through dynamical food web models whereby key species traits are altered and the community repercussions are assessed. These modeling approaches, however, overlook the spatial dynamics which are critical […]

This project will investigate the impact of foreign accent on native listener’s semantic processing in Spanish. As such, participants will listen to Spanish words that are produced by native Spanish speakers or native Chinese speakers. Stimuli will include commonly mispronounced words in Spanish (e.g. pelo, ‘hair’) and words that are non-commonly mispronounced in Spanish (e.g. […]

Infectious salmon anemia virus (ISAV) causes severe anemia in salmon and has mortality rates that approach 100%. Over the last 30 years, ISAV has caused major disease outbreaks in farmed salmon in Canada, the US, and Chile. In 2012, a confirmed outbreak in Newfoundland prompted the destruction of 450,000 farmed salmon. The virus has caused […]

The Rett syndrome is a progressive neurodevelopmental disorder and one of the most common causes of mental retardation in females. Because males have a different chromosome combination from females, most males with Rett syndrome die before birth or in early infancy. It was not until 1999 that it was discovered that the Rett syndrome is […]

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is thought to be caused by accumulation of protein, called “beta-amyloid” in the brain. This protein has been shown to accumulate on the surfaces of brain cells, deforming and damaging their outer surface (called the lipid membrane). There is a major open question however: what factors make brain cells sensitive to beta-amyloid? […]

L’objectif de cette recherché est de «mesurer l’influence de différents aspects de la composition corporelle et d’anthropométrie sur la force relative et absolue chez des athlètes universitaires américains.» L’hypothèse de ce projet de recherche est que l’incidence de plusieurs mesures de compositions corporelles et d’anthropométrie sur la performance sera dévoilée. Les sujets éligibles sont tous […]

Underwater visual analysis (UWVA) is a passive and non-invasive method gaining popularity in freshwater systems. UWVA uses underwater cameras and/or snorkel surveys to assess species richness and abundance. UWVA could also be used to detect endangered and invasive fishes, which is important for conservation and management of freshwater ecosystems. To determine the applicability of the […]

We will use a database of more than 30 years of scientific survey and citizen-science observations of common loon breeding on lakes in Ontario, as well as other parts of Canada, to determine whether loons now breed successfully on lakes where they were negatively affected by acid rain (and other human threats like development). Our […]

Human operators show significant variability in performance when operating in complex manufacturing systems that are usually referred to human errors. Such errors are identified as the failure to perform an action within the safe operating limit and often lead to product quality defects. Approximately 50%-80% of the incidents and accidents in safety-critical systems have been […]