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Stepping Out. The impact of exercise on young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

The overall research project undertaken by the University of Calgary graduate students will examine the effects of exercise on young adults 18-35 years of age with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Areas of investigation include cerebral blood flow changes, as well as sleep behavioral improvements. By doing research such as this, we will justify the use of exercise as a non-invasive means of treating and managing ASD, and additionally, establish exercise protocol templates that can be replicated in other universities and fitness facilities across the country. This initiative will address the enormous need for exercise and community programs for this underserved population. There is a need to further all the positive anecdotal evidence from previous pilot projects and create a database of information on individuals with ASD in an effort to advance the knowledge and improve the current care.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Penny Werthner

Student:

Partner:

Goodlife Fitness;Twenty-Two Consulting

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Optimisation de la performance des écloseries de homard américain par un régime alimentaire proche du milieu naturel

Le but de ce projet de recherche est d’améliorer les rendements de production des écloseries de homard américain en introduisant un nouveau régime alimentaire. Cette alimentation est basée sur le régime alimentaire des larves en milieu naturel : le zooplancton. En effet, les copépodes représentent une source de nourriture plus riche en éléments essentiels que les artémies et que la nourriture inerte. Ainsi nous proposons au travers de ces deux unités de stage de valider la technique de production de copépodes de qualité en quantité suffisante pour satisfaire les besoins d’une écloserie. Nous chercherons également à souligner les différences de performances entre les larves nourries de copépodes d’une part, et d’artémies enrichis, d’autre part. La validation de ce nouveau régime alimentaire sera une avancée pour l’industrie du homard américain, permettant l’ensemencement en milieu naturel d’un plus grand nombre de post-larves de meilleure qualité physiologique.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Réjean Tremblay

Student:

Partner:

Le Regroupement des pêcheurs professionnels du sud de la Gaspésie

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Université du Québec à Rimouski

Program:

Accelerate

A Virtualized Cloud-based Multi-Tenant Environment for Developing Software Defined Network Products

The proposed research will develop a virtualized cloud-based multi-tenant environment tor testing and developing software defined networking products on a national scale. Similar centers are being built in other jurisdictions (Japan, Europe) but this is the first such
initiative in Canada. We are partnering with CENGN, which is a consortium of industry partners who wish to create a shared ecosystem where new product development can be supported and shared within the consortium. They will benefit from this research because the research environment this project will support will allow them to develop, test, and integrate commercial products and solutions. More importantly, interns trained within the program will be trained and gain experience in technologies that will benefit the R&D efforts of CENGN and its ecosystem of partners. It is expected that many of the interns will go on to jobs at CENGN partners or customers

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Faculty Supervisor:

Liam Peyton;Azzedine Boukerche;Trevor Hall;Hussein Mouftah

Student:

Partner:

Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Social Privacy

Providing personalized content can be of great value to both users and vendors. However, effective personalization hinges on collecting large amounts of personal data about users. Give the exponential growth in online activities in social networking sites; they can be a great platform to gather and analyze such information. In spite of the considerable number of user profiles with publicly available data, previous studies have shown that social media users often face difficulties in specifying the privacy policies that are consistent with their privacy concerns and attitudes. Therefore, even when the data is available, it is necessary to employ other techniques to predict users’ privacy preferences. In this project, we aim to make use of users’ social profiles and activities to build predictive models and to automatically discover their desired privacy settings for purpose of personalization and direct marketing.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lu Xiao

Student:

Partner:

InfoTrellis

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Integrated Harvesting Technologies to Improve Berry Recovery and Quality

The overall objective of the proposed initiative is to develop a novel, automated and integrated harvesting system that will identify the root causes of increased loses; increase berry picking efficiency and product quality. The increased harvesting losses of wild blueberry crop during harvesting have pushed the growers and processors within the industry to set a goal, to increase the harvestable yields of wild blueberries by 33% to justify ever increasing cost of agrochemicals. Currently, there are 15 to 25% fruit yield losses during the harvesting with existing commercial blueberry harvester. Massive amount of data collected over the past 5 years will be interpreted, gleaned, organized and analyzed to identify the factors responsible for fruit losses during mechanical harvesting. A user friendly interface will be developed by considering the spatial variations in plant parameters, crop and fruit characteristics, yield, topography, environmental conditions and mechanical aspects by employing mathematical modeling and C++ programming. Interface development for mechanical harvesting of blueberries will help the farmers to choose operational settings of harvester to improve berry picking efficiency. Improved harvesting efficiency can reduce fruit losses and contribute millions of dollars to provincial as well as the federal economy every year.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Qamar Zaman

Student:

Partner:

Doug Bragg Enterprises Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Analyse rétrospective de l’activité de dimensionnement de projets de véhicule de transport (voiture et véhiculeindustriel

Des représentations digitales humaines (RDH) 3D et manipulables dans l’environnement natif d’un outil de CAO, comme CATIA, ont l’avantage de permettre la réalisation de simulation dynamique. De plus, aujourd’hui les avancées technologiques constituent une piste prometteuse pour dimensionner le produit très tôt dans le processus et pour explorer à moindre cout différentes avenues
conceptuelles. Si l’on souhaite favoriser l’émergence d’outils en meilleure adéquation avec leur travail et qui permettent de dimensionner convenablement les produits, nous devons déterminer leurs besoins le plus vite possible. Il est alors essentiel de mieux connaitre le travail des designers et ses déterminants lors des activités de dimensionnement.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Steve Vezeau

Student:

Partner:

Dassault Systèmes

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Automotive; Aerospace; Transportation (excluding aerospace)

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Transport phenomena inside and across membrane in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell

Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) has emerged as an eminent technology to address today’s growing energy crisis and environmental issues. PEMFC technology faces multiple challenges before widespread commercialization. Water transport inside a PEMFC has a significant impact on the cell performance and durability. In this internship a numerical model is implemented to study the
transport phenomena inside and across the membrane of a PEMFC. The numerical model will be used to investigate the effects of cell operating temperature and current on water distribution on both cathode and anode sides, as well as inside the membrane. The present internship will expand the modelling capabilities of FC-APPOLO, an in-house open-source application package for simulation of performance and durability of PEMFC developed by Ballard power systems.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Erik Kjeang

Student:

Partner:

Ballard Power Systems Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Somatostatin Receptor Mediated Modulation of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors Signaling

The work proposed here is based on a novel and innovative approach which has not been addressed till today. We propose that developing a combined therapy to inhibit ErbBs and activate SSTRs, might be useful approach to control tumor progression and better hormonal therapy response in breast cancer. The outcome of the present study first, will uncover novel molecular and cellular mechanisms
for SSTR and ErbBs functional interaction in pathophysiological conditions such as in breast cancer. Second, it is reasonable to contemplate the unappreciated role of SSTR subtypes in a broader sense to other tumors such as pancreatic, colon and lung cancer which are also ErbBs positive. Most importantly, the consequences of protein-protein interaction (SSTR/ErbBs) and the mutational analysis in SSTR subtypes is often overlooked and need to be addressed as proposed in this application.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ujendra Kumar

Student:

Partner:

Lipont Pharmaceuticals Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

The effect of footwear on running economy followingexercise-induced fatigue.

The research proposal is designed to examine the relationship between footwear, metabolic rate and lower limb muscle activity following exercise-educed fatigue. This randomized, controlled crossover design experiment will consist of three sessions. The first session is a familiarization session. The second and third sessions will be the same, except the exercise will be done wearing either traditional
or minimalist footwear models. For the second and third sessions, participants will first complete a running economy test, and then run seven bouts of 1000 meters to induce fatigue. Following this fatiguing task, the participant will complete another running economy test. This study shall examine the differences in metabolic rate and muscle activity between footwear conditions, and furthermore, how fatigue effects these differences. The data collected will be used to identify any potentially injurious trends associated with each footwear model in an effort to provide insight for medical professionals with running clients.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Fabien Basset

Student:

Partner:

Pearlgate Physiotherapy Services

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Supraspinal vs spinal contribution to the production ofarm cycling at different relative intensities.

The proposed research will allow us to determine how the human central nervous system (i.e. brain and spinal cord) functions to produce different patterns of muscle contractions during cyclical arm movements. We will use a variety of stimulation technics to determine how active the brain and spinal cord are during the arm movements. We do not currently have a detailed understanding of how the brain and spinal work together during human movement execution. Before we try to determine how the functional connections between brain and spinal cord are altered in persons with spinal cord injuries, however, we need to determine how they work in non-injured persons. The industry partner included in this proposal employs a chiropractor that is interested in understanding basic nervous system function in humans. An enhanced understanding of how the nervous system works during cyclical movements may lead to new developments in their treatment of patients with upper body injuries.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Duane Button

Student:

Partner:

Manning Chiropractic

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Urbanisation dans les montagnes du nord du Vietnam : de la planification centralisée à la production locale

Le projet s’intéresse à l’urbanisation des petites et moyennes villes et le rôle potentiel qu’elles pourraient jouer dans le développement régional au Vietnam. La zone d’étude se trouve dans la province de Lào Cai dans les montagnes du nord-est, sur la frontière avec la Chine, où habitent des centaines de milliers de personnes dont 60 pourcent font partie des groupes ethniques minoritaires. L’objectif est de mettre en évidence les transformations socioéconomiques et politiques de ces villes, tant au niveau de la planification centralisée par le gouvernement, qu’au niveau des expériences vécues et du développement des infrastructures et de services de ces villes. Le projet enrichit davantage les connaissances théoriques sur l’urbanisation dans les pays en développement. Il contribuerait à la formulation des politiques plus nuancées au contexte local vietnamien permettant aux petites et moyennes villes de jouer un rôle plus remarquable dans le développement régional.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Thi Thanh Hien Pham

Student:

Partner:

Vietnam National University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Public Safety Analytics: The Saskatchewan Data Fusion Project

We will invent new ways of displaying and analyzing data collected by the Government of Saskatchewan. The Ministry of Justice wants to find cheaper ways of helping people make good choices. We will look in the data for connections among the things that people do and have done to them before they get in trouble. We will devise new types of computer software to automatically search for these connections. The connections will be considered by the Ministry employees. After consideration, they may suggest other connections that we should search for. Or else they may figure out how to make use of the connections to reach the people at risk with immediate help so that they
aren’t so likely to make bad choices. Most of our effort will be spent creating new ways of combining previously separate government data and then searching it quickly for new types of connections.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Howard Hamilton

Student:

Partner:

ISM Canada;Ministry of Justice Corrections and Policing

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Regina

Program:

Accelerate

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