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Terrorist Hostage-Taking in Civil War

Between 1975 and 2018, 30% of rebel organizations active in civil wars kidnapped hostages. There is also significant variation in attacks across time and space, within and across civil wars. My project seeks to explain this variation and examines the logic, lethality, and efficacy of its usage in civil war. It is divided into three distinct papers, which answer the following questions: (1) Why do some rebel organizations resort to kidnapping in civil war while others do not? What explains variation in kidnapping over space and time? (2) Why and when do organizations kill hostages? (3) Why and when do governments negotiate with terrorist organizations for the release of hostage victims? The final paper will be the main focus during this research award. With original event-level data on hostage negotiations in the Philippines from 1975 to 2018, I will perform a quantitative analysis across two stages. First, I will consider the likelihood of negotiations in specific cases with a causal exact matching technique. Next, I will investigate the time it takes to enter negotiations in a survival model framework.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lee Seymour

Student:

Partner:

University of Essex

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance; Other

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Development of total consumption systems for inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry in single particle and single cell modes

Metal nanoparticles are increasingly used in cosmetics, food packaging, textiles, toothpaste, and other ubiquitous products. Yet, their impact on our environment, food, and health is largely unknown because measuring nanoparticles in environmental and biological systems is very difficult. Similarly, measuring the uptake of metal-containing drugs by cells to develop smart therapeutics targeting tumors is also difficult because it requires analysis of numerous individual cells to assess the selectivity of the drug uptake by diseased cells versus healthy cells. This partnership aims to develop sample introduction systems (one for nanoparticles, one for cells) allowing the quick analysis of every nanoparticle or cell in each sample, which is not currently possible, to provide a complete picture. The intention is to patent the resulting systems and allow Burgener Research, a Canadian manufacturer of sample introduction systems, to sell them. Canada would then become a world leader in the measurement of nanoparticles and cells.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Diane Beauchemin

Student:

Partner:

Burgener Research Inc.

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Assessing marine mammal presence in and near the FORCE Lease Area during winter and early spring – addressing baseline data gaps and sensor performance

The collection of baseline data on marine mammal use of tidal energy sites prior to Tidal In stream Energy Conversion (TISEC) deployments is considered vital in any subsequent post-deployment assessment of changes in marine mammal activity levels or spatial use. The proposed project involves the deployment of passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) devices (hydrophones) for an assessment of marine mammal presence in the Minas Passage and FORCE test area during the winter and early spring period of 2013/2014. All prior acoustic surveys of marine mammals in the Minas Passage (2010-2012) have been conducted during late spring, summer and fall. Recent statistical tests and modeling of PAM datasets predict that peaks in porpoise presence are likely to occur during the late winter/early spring (Wood et al., 2013). This modeled result requires confirmation with field assessment. Addressing the detection range limitations and the seasonal data gaps in marine mammal presence will provide essential acoustic data towards an understanding of year-round patterns in marine mammal movements, especially those of Harbour porpoise, in and near the FORCE test area, for later use in turbine impact assessments.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Anna Redden

Student:

Partner:

Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy;Ocean Sonics Ltd

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Acadia University

Program:

Accelerate

Generation of synthetic images of chest radiography with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using artificial intelligence techniques

The main purpose of this research is to propose a strategy to generate synthetic chest x-ray images from data of clinical interest. The generated images should visually reproduce lung disease based on the selected input characteristics. This requires the processing and analysis of images using algorithms that identify the most relevant characteristics and variables to represent the lung disease, in contrasted with the information available in clinical practice.
Thereafter, a computational model will be implemented and assessed to generate synthetic images using artificial intelligence techniques. The results of this research can be applied to the generation of tools which facilitate the processes of clinical training and research, for the interpretation of physiological and pathological phenomena.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Luc Duong

Student:

Partner:

Universidad EIA

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Education

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Study of delta Scuti stars with probable magnetic field

Four cycles of observations with the space telescope TESS have provided high-quality photometric data and have led to discovery of a group of delta Scuti stars that show pulsations at high frequencies (nu> 40 c/d) which are similar to the pulsations of roAp stars. Recent discovery of magnetic field in delta Scuti star HD41641 suggests that there should be more delta Scuti + roAp hybrids. We plan to use high resolution and high SNR polarimetric spectra of delta Scuti stars obtained recently by our team with the spectropolarimeter ESPaDOnS at the CFHT to measure their mean longitudinal magnetic field and to determine their Teff, log(g) and metallicity from analysis of Balmer line profiles. The code ZEEMAN2 will be used to carry out an abundance analysis with the aim of defining features of chemical peculiarity in delta Scuti+roAp hybrid candidates and to study the origin of their chemical peculiarity. The new results will help to establish link between the delta Scuti and roAp pulsators and to better understand their stellar evolution.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Viktor Khalack

Student:

Partner:

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Aerospace; Education; Artificial Intelligence

University:

Université de Moncton

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Exploring Toxoplasma gondii virulence using quantitative proteomics

Toxoplasma gondii is a pathogen of cats that can infect a wide variety of species including humans and sheep. Although there is only one species of T. gondii, there are many strains of the parasite with varying degrees of severity resulting in different disease outcome. When a human or animal is infected, the host may not feel sick at all, may have mild flu-like symptoms, or may die from serious complications. The goal of this internship is to contribute to a larger grant focused on understanding how different strains of T. gondii interact with different hosts. This project will specifically investigate proteins produced by the host and different strains of the pathogen to help identify factors associated with more severe disease. Doing this will teach us more about how the pathogen causes diseases but also perhaps tell us if specific proteins are involved. Knowing information like this is important in helping humans and animals affected by this pathogen.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Heather Wilson

Student:

Partner:

Moredun Research Institute

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture and Food; Other; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Robotisation des mesures acoustiques « In-Situ »

Le but de ce projet consiste à automatiser les mesures acoustiques dans un bâtiment à l’aide d’un robot mobile qui se déplace de manière autonome à semi-autonome d’une position de mesures à l’autre et déclenche de lui-même ces mesures à l’aide d’un sonomètre relié à un microphone. Le projet de recherche consiste à développer la plateforme logicielle et matérielle d’un tel robot afin qu’il soit capable de se déplacer par lui-même autant que possible dans un bâtiment selon le plan d’un étage fourni.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lionel Birglen

Student:

Partner:

MJM Conseillers en Acoustique Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Unlocking the EPIC potential to promote Precision Child Mental Health

The big problem in healthcare Is that that about 80% of medical data remains unstructured and untapped after it is created. It’s hard to handle this type of data for Electronic Medical Record (EPIC), it tends to be ignored, unsaved or abandoned, and therefore is not effectively used in medical treatment or research. It’s highly complicated, ineffective and with high possibility of mistakes of prejudices to conduct any research regarding precision child mental health until there is a structured and reliable mental health data accessible. Our goal is to achieve the ability to reliably infer mental health status from the EPIC used at the Hospital for Sick Children, which is key to unlocking the potential of EPIC for big data mental health research.
We propose to evaluate and improve the reliability of mental health data derived from EPIC and submit that addressing this issue is pivotal for our precision children mental health ambition. We set three aims which will help us to achieve our global goal: 1) Compare three main sources of mental health data; 2) Calculate the sensitivity and specificity metrics of the three sources using manually curated diagnoses as the gold standard.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Brudno

Student:

Partner:

Lviv Polytechnic National University

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Artificial Intelligence; Other; Technology

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Globalink Research Award

The impact of a serious mobile video game on girls’ perceptions, attitudes and behaviors about globalw ater issues and education.

We want to learn about the video game “Get Water!” at the Linden School for Girls in Toronto with students between the ages of 10 – 14, from their perspective. This research will involve their teachers and parents as co-researchers who will be asked to keep a journal for two weeks about anything the girls may say directly about the game, or about global water issues or girls education, or anything the girls may do in relation to the game or water issues, for example research on the internet about water or girls education. We are interested in parental response, as well as their daughters response to the game and we are wondering about the potential for social impact of the game. By social impact we wonder whether the game affects attitudes, perceptions or behaviours in relation to water issues and/or girls’ education, or games in general, or do the participants simply think of the game as just a game? Can the game be used as a tool to raise awareness in young Canadian girls about global water issues and the effects on girls’ education?

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bart Simon

Student:

Partner:

Decode Global

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

Process model to study temperature history dependent crystallization and fusion bonding kinetics during fused filament fabrication of highperformance, semi-crystalline thermoplastic-based composites

The material properties of thermoplastic polymer composite parts manufactured by the fused filament fabrication additive manufacturing process are highly dependent on the thermal history. A good understanding of the heat transfer in fused filament fabrication is crucial for an accurate stress prediction and subsequently for repetitive, high-quality printing. A numerical simulation to model the thermal history dependent crystallization and fusion bonding kinetics of a 3D-printed fiber reinforced semi-crystalline thermoplastic composite will be developed and experimentally validated. The digital twin will allow for a thorough considerations for manufacture as a function of the multiple materials and machine variables to produce a defect-free part, and thus help shortening the lead time when setting up a new process.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sergey Kravchenko

Student:

Partner:

AON3D

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Modélisation de la vulnérabilité et risques de chutes de blocs pour les parois rocheuses naturelles et fabriquées

Le projet de recherche proposé sera effectué en collaboration avec Hydro-Québec et a pour objectif une meilleure compréhension des mécanismes à l’origine de l’instabilité des parois rocheuses par une analyse de quelques cas répertoriés dans le cadre du projet hydroélectrique de La Romaine. La méthodologie proposée comporte trois volets : i) Des analyses numériques par éléments discrets de l’interaction entre un bloc et les discontinuités en fonction des caractéristiques microscopiques et macroscopiques des interfaces, ii) La modélisation stochastique pour caractériser les incertitudes sur les propriétés mécaniques et géométriques des blocs, les fonctions de vulnérabilité des chutes en fonction des précipitations et des séismes et de leur fréquence et sévérité, et iii) Une évaluation des fonctions de vulnérabilité lors des séquences d’excavation, du forage et des dynamitages à proximité (vibrations à haute fréquence). Les résultats de la recherche seront utilisés pour développer un guide sur l’analyse de stabilité des parois rocheuses avec les paramètres et les facteurs de sécurité à considérer pour différents cas de sollicitations (statique, dynamique, présence de sous pression) qui pourra être utilisé par Hydro Québec et autres organismes au Québec afin d’identifier les blocs vulnérables, évaluer les risques associés et sélectionner des moyens de mitigation économiques,

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Faculty Supervisor:

Luc Chouinard;Hani Mitri;Mohamed Meguid

Student:

Partner:

Hydro-Quebec

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction; Mining; Energy and Utilities

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Gestion thermique d’un robot à propulsion électrique dans un contexte nordique

Le but du projet est de développer une méthode de gestion thermique des batteries d’un robot à propulsion électrique pour l’inspection de stations électriques. Ce véhicule devrait diminuer l’intervention humaine dans les sites éloignés, en faisant de l’inspection contrôlée à distance. Un défi majeur de ce type de véhicule est la capacité de stocker de l’énergie afin d’effectuer toutes ses tâches requises sur une longue durée, peu importe les conditions ambiantes, hiver comme été. Les batteries Lithium-ion (Li-ion) sont cependant très sensibles à la température, donc ce projet va dimensionner les batteries et définir les requis pour une bonne gestion thermique pour cette application. Des modèles thermiques et électriques seront ainsi développés et une solution de gestion thermique spécifiquement adaptée à cette application sera développée, en considérant entre autres des technologies émergentes tel que les caloducs planaires.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Luc Fréchette

Student:

Partner:

Centre de technologies avancées BRP;Hydro-Quebec (Varennes, QC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

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