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Nutrition for Two: development of interactive nutrition research tools and a pretrial for food and nutrition intake trend among the First Nation’s pregnant women

Prenatal alcohol exposure results in a vast spectrum of teratogenic effects and lifelong implications for a child, called fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Since FASD is not genetic-related and there is no treatment to reverse damage caused to the brain, earlier nutrition intervention to pregnant mothers may be a key to prevent or mitigate the severity of FASD. Although First Nations women in Canada are at higher risk for consuming alcohol during pregnancy, there is no information available on their nutritional status, which could provide the justification for the quantity and quality of nutrition provision. This project will identify the nutritional status of drinking pregnant women throughout their pregnancy in relation to the birth parameters of the newborn infants using a novel culturally-appropriate, web-based interactive nutrition research tool. Ultimately, this research project will provide the basis of a nutritional case management system, to facilitate early nutritional interventions for maternal child health and help mitigate the effects of early childhood developmental disorders such as FASD.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Miyoung Suh

Student:

Partner:

Function Four Ltd

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Visualization of Facial Trajectories for Fast Adjudication in Watchlist Screening

Public security organizations have deployed video surveillance at many security checkpoints, at e.g., airport inspection lanes and border crossings. Face4 Systems provides solutions for watchlist screening based on state-of-the-art commercial technologies. Although automated still-to-video FR is a valuable function in video surveillance, screening for threatening individuals is largely limited to the FR abilities of a human operator. FR systems suffer from the effects of pose, illumination, resolution, blur, etc. With current technologies, watchlist screening may yield several false matches and nonmatches errors. Fast adjudication is therefore needed to limit the number of costly false matches. The objective of this project is to develop and evaluate algorithms that are suitable to support fast adjudication of faces match reports (produced by an automated FR system) in real-world watchlist screening applications. Given a set of facial captures (trajectory) linked face match, two specific types of visualisation functions are considered to facilitate adjudication – (1) quality assessment for analysis, ranking and selection of probe ROIs; and (2) super-resolution for enhancement appearance of probe face captures. A specialized target-based evaluation methodology will be developed to assess the benefit of proposed visualisation functions for fast adjudication using publicly-available and operational videos collected with Face4 Systems.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Éric Granger

Student:

Partner:

Face4 Systems Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Feasibility Study of a New Fully Flexible Hydraulic Variable Valve Actuation System for Engines

Recently, due to stringent emission regulations such as US EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) and CARB (California Air Resource Board), improvement in fuel economy and reduction in the exhaust gas emissions have become the two major challenges for engine manufacturers. To meet the new emission standards, new innovative technologies are needed to improve the performance of existing IC engines. Incorporating a reliable and cost effective fully flexible valvetrain in commercial IC engines is one of the most effective ways to improve the performance of these engines. This research project is intended to do a feasibility study on a new fully hydraulic variable valve system that could significantly improve the efficiency of combustion engines. The outcome of the research will enable the prototyping and implementation of the design on a real engine.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Amir Khajepour

Student:

Partner:

Hunan University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Dispersal in bromeliad macroivertebrate communities

Dispersal, or the movement of individuals, is very important in order to maintain natural populations. However, dispersal is often difficult to study. New technological developments now allow us to infer dispersal from genetic data. We will use naturally occurring communities of insects that live in small pools of water in order to study how dispersal allows communities of several species to coexist together. In order to do this we must collect insects from these pools of water (that are present in some plants), to then sequence parts of their genomes. We expect that larger insects, higher in the trophic chain will disperse further and therefore will stabilize the community. Whereas smaller insects that use other methods of dispersal will have smaller dispersal distances. Overall this project will help us increase our understanding of dispersal in patchy habitats, which is very important for our management of fragmented forests and nature reserves.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Diane Srivastava

Student:

Partner:

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

HTML5 Integrity and Performance

The research involved in this internship focuses on the performance and integrity of HTML5. In terms of performance, the intern will design and implement a set of tests that will be used to analyze the performance of HTML5 applications. These tests will focus on measuring the computational performance, network performance, as well as rendering performance of such applications. The results of this research will allow Irdeto to make informed decisions about security and performance tradeoffs in their HTML5 protection activities. In terms of integrity, the research aims to provide a certain level of assurance/confidence to advertisers that inject their advertisements on HTML5 pages. Essentially, we want to be able to guarantee that the user-detector JavaScript code injected by the advertiser has not been tampered with. We also want to make sure that it is not being displayed by websites that are not expected/approved, and finally, we want to ensure that the JavaScript code is not being manipulated by other code in the same context. The results of this research will provide means to improve the security and integrity of HTML5 applications.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Carlisle Adams

Student:

Partner:

Irdeto Canada (Kanata, ON)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

EyesIQ

The current EyesIQ system has a few limitations in terms of performance and accuracy:To be able to stitch images from a 2D microscope slide, the 2D position from one image to another needs to be calculated. This process is called image registration. However, inaccuracy in the image registration algorithm introduces a slight error in calculated image position. As more images are being stitched together, the image registration error accumulates. For example, the image position error is more noticeable when the path of the images form a loop. If the image registration is errorless throughout the entire path, the first image position and the last image position should be exactly the same. Namely, the images should be right on top of each other. However, due to accumulated image registration error, the 2D positions of the first image and the last image are inconsistent.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Matei Ripeanu

Student:

Partner:

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

A Study of Basic Iron Sulfate Formation and Control in the Autoclaving of Argentiferous Sulfide Gold Ore

Autoclave treatment of refractory sulfide gold ores oxidizes minerals, such as pyrite, containing gold that cannot be recovered through conventional cyanidation. Oxidation liberates the gold by putting iron into solution. At high temperature and pressure, the dissolved iron tends to precipitate. A problematic iron precipitate that may form is basic iron sulfate (BFS). In the gold industry, BFS is re-dissolved in a “hot cure” process. Two complicating factors occur within the hot cure. First, if there is silver in solution, it reacts with ferric sulphate to form a refractory precipitate, called silver jarosite; treatment in boiling lime solution near boiling temperatures can recover silver from silver jarosite. The second issue is the presence of other salts in solution which precipitate, preventing the formation of silver jarosite or co-precipitating with silver. The proposed research looks at characterizing the species that form through each step of the autoclave – hot cure – lime boil circuit, investigating the effects of feed composition on silver recovery, and adding complexing agents to avoid silver jarosite precipitation. The results of the project will determine whether this process can be commercially implemented to a range of ore bodies, with high recovery and no technical hiccups.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Dreisinger

Student:

Partner:

Barrick Gold Corporation (Toronto, ON);Barrick Gold Corporation (Vancouver, BC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

A Study of the Modes of Gold Loss in the Calcium Thiosulfate Leaching of Preg-robbing Ores

The evermore increasing complexity of gold ores is forcing operations to seek alternative gold leaching reagents to the traditional use of cyanidation. At the Barrick Goldstrike mine, the implementation of a non-toxic thiosulfate leaching process is about to become an industrial reality. With modification to the existing infrastructure and leaching circuit, this new process allows for the continued use of autoclaves that were otherwise rendered obsolete. Alkaline pressure oxidation followed by calcium thiosulfate leaching and gold recovery by resin adsorption is used to treat refractory ores not amendable by conventional cyanidation. Nonetheless, this alternative and complex leaching process is found to yield variable gold recoveries in the absence of an anion exchange resin in the leaching step. The mechanisms by which this loss in gold occurs is still unknown. The objective of this work is thus to investigate the modes of gold loss during CaTS leaching.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Dreisinger

Student:

Partner:

Barrick Gold Corporation (Toronto, ON)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Multiple impacts of anthropogenic obstructions on the migrations of fishes

Ducks Unlimited Canada operates multiple fishways slated for replacement throughout Nova Scotia. Recent fishway passage studies on alewife indicate that identifying problem areas for fish passage, and altering fishway design accordingly, greatly increases fish passage. To assess fish passage at fishways, movements of fish will be monitored using passive integrated transponder tags and antenna systems. Predator exploitation of fishes during migration delays will be determined by acoustically tracking predators and prey. Fish passage at new ‘fish-friendlier’ tide gates will also be compared to that at traditional top-hinged gates. Abundance and diversity of fishes upstream of obstacles will be quantified and this will be correlated to number, type, and passage efficiency of obstructions. In this study, problem areas for fish passage will be identified where stakeholders need to improve bypass design to mitigate negative impacts on fish passage and population viability

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Stokesbury

Student:

Partner:

Irving Oil Ltd;Ducks Unlimited Canada (NS)

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Sustainability & the Environment; Natural Resources; Life Sciences (not health)

University:

Acadia University

Program:

Accelerate

Identification des mécanismes moléculaires et prévention de la toxicité reproductive mâle causée par des combinaisons de fusariotoxines (déoxynivalénol (DON), zéaralénone (ZEN) et fumonisine B1 (FB1))

Les effets des mycotoxines sur la reproduction chez la femelle sont bien documentés dans la littérature scientifique. L’objectif de ce projet est d’évaluer l’effet de certaines mycotoxines (DON, ZEN et FB1), prisent seules ou en combinaison, sur les cellules de reproduction du mâle notamment les cellules de Leydig. Après contamination des cellules, les paramètres évalués seront : la viabilité cellulaire, l’analyse de la mitose et la production des radicaux libres. Une deuxième étape du projet consistera à prévenir les effets déletaires des mycotoxines sur les cellules par l’utilisation de la vitamine E et de la sésamine, deux molécules reconnues pour leurs effets antixydants. Cette étude permettra d’élucider en partie, les mécanismes d’action des mycotoxines sur les cellules de reproduction du mâle et d’évaluer la capacité de protection que peut procurer la vitamine E et de la sésamine en cas de contamination. Ce projet de recherche permettra aussi à l’entreprise partenaire, jusque là versée principalement dans la reproduction chez la femelle, de s’intéresser de plus prêt à la reproduction chez le mâle.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Younes Chorfi

Student:

Partner:

Medivet

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Measuring the Neural Responses to Auditory Rhythm and Beat in Nonhuman Primates

Despite the amazing level of shared neural machinery between humans and nonhuman primates, only humans appear to sense and react to musical rhythm. This ability spontaneously occurs very early in development, and has played a major role in human culture for millennia. The goal of this project is to advance our understanding of the neural bases of rhythm perception. This research investigates the neural processes underpinning uniquely human responses to rhythm, and compares them to the neural processes underpinning more general timing abilities that are shared across species. We will measure neural activity in humans and macaques as they listen to rhythmic sequences that resemble musical rhythms by giving a sense of beat, and to sequences that are irregular and give no sense of beat. Observing human brain responses that are distinct from macaque brain responses for beat-based rhythms will help us understand the uniquely human neural machinery that gives rise to complex auditory-motor behaviours.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jessica Grahn

Student:

Partner:

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

Western University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Remote slit-lamp diagnostic tool

The main objective of the project is to provide the Institut de l’OEil des Laurentides (IOL) with the capability of receiving patients from remote locations without requiring the patients to physically come to the IOL. A remote diagnostic tool would allow the IOL to improve the comfort of patients as well as expand its activities to new locations farther away or outside of Québec. The main technological contribution of the project will be the development of a platform for remotely using a slit-lamp while preserving the stereoscopic vision capability that is currently available only to the locally located ophthalmologist. A stereoscopic capture, transmission, storage and display solution will be developed to support this effort. The validation of the system in a clinical practice environment will be performed to ensure the acceptability by ophthalmologists and the usability by non-specialized and remotely located technicians.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Carlos Vazquez

Student:

Partner:

Institut de l'oeil des Laurentides

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

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