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Differences in neurophysiological activity induced by viewing live versus recorded opera performance

In an age where recorded audio/visual performance media is ubiquitous and easily accessed, there may seem to be little impetus to experience a performance live. However, live performance is very important clinically, where it is well known to be more effective than recorded performance in a variety of applications including sleep induction, stress and pain reduction, and improved compliance during diagnostic measurements. Moreover, experiencing live performance is thought to have numerous social benefits such as fostering social unity and awareness, along with cultural appreciation. The more powerful effect of live over recorded performance undoubtedly has neurophysiological underpinnings. Nevertheless, few neurophysiological studies have investigated direct comparisons of brain activity induced by viewing live verses recorded performance. In partnership with the Opera de Montréal (OdeM), this study represents an unprecedented opportunity to explore this line of inquiry via the recording of encephalograms of subjects while they watch live and recorded opera performances.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pierre-Majorique Léger

Student:

Jared Boasen

Partner:

Opéra de Montréal

Discipline:

Visual arts

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluation of a Sport for Development Program: The Case of the Pour 3 Points Organization in Montreal

Sport for development programmes have grown substantially given the increase in public awareness regarding sport as a tool for social development. An example is the Pour 3 Points (P3P) organization in Montreal, which offers training for sport coaches on how to foster positive development of youth in disadvantaged communities. To date only one study has investigated the learning experiences of coaches in this program, yet the organization has never done an empirical evaluation of its effects on participants and the context. Thus, this proposed research was collaboratively designed and conceptualized by members of the research team and the P3P organization with the purpose to evaluate their effect on trainee coaches, youth student-athletes coached by these trainees, as well as on the school and the family contexts. A mixed-method approach will be used to assess the effects on these multiple dimensions. The effects on coaches will be assessed using a questionnaire measuring personal values, document analysis to measure attitudes, as well as observation tools to examine coaching behaviours. The effect on athlete development will be evaluated using quantitative questionnaires designed to measure positive youth development through sport, their experience and life skills learned, as well as their academic achievement.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sébastien Arcand

Student:

William Falcao

Partner:

Pour 3 Points

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Education

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

The Scleroderma Support group Leader EDucation (SSLED) Program

Many people with the rare autoimmune disease scleroderma rely on support groups to cope with their illness. For many scleroderma patients, however, support groups are not available in their area or cannot be sustained. To address this problem, the Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network (SPIN) and Scleroderma Canada developed a videoconference-based training program for scleroderma patient support group leaders, the Scleroderma Support group Leader EDucation (SPIN-SSLED) Program. The goal of this 3-month program is to provide information and resources to help leaders feel more confident and supported in their role. To test the program, the intern will coordinate a clinical trial in which 180 support group leaders are randomly assigned to receive the program or to a wait-list comparison group. If effective, Scleroderma Canada will use the SPIN-SSLED Program to improve the effectiveness of existing support groups and train new leaders to increase the number of available groups in Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brett Thombs

Student:

Shadi Gholizadeh

Partner:

Scleroderma Canada

Discipline:

Psychology

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Machine Learning for Digital Pathology

Histopathology is the study and examination of tissue slides under magnification and is the definitive diagnosis for many diseases including cancer. With the advent of whole-slide scanners and image management software systems, computational pathology tools can be created to measure disease in an efficient and objective manner. This is in contrast to the labourious and subjective manual analysis approaches. In Canada, breast cancer is the 2nd cause of cancer death. With digital pathology, image analysis solutions can be developed to efficiently summarize a large number of breast cancer pathology images with quantitative, reliable measures of disease which may be correlated with other clinical variables to further understanding of progression, etiology and therapeutic response. To score and grade the images, it is important to detect the nuclei and measure various nuclear properties. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

April Khademi

Student:

Ahlad Kumar

Partner:

Pathcore Inc

Discipline:

Engineering - biomedical

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Techno economic assessment of state-of-art innovative fast pyrolysis solutions in bio-economy processes

The present project will evaluate the techno-economic and environmental performance of an Integrated Biorefinery System that employs an innovative state-of-art fast pyrolysis processes for the production of bio renewable fuels in the bio-economy. A systematic design methodology will be defined using state-of-the-art process systems engineering tools which include market analysis, techno-economic assessment, cost accounting, energy integration analysis, life cycle assessment, as well as multi-criteria decision-making to identify forward the most preferred biorefinery strategies that fulfill the needs of the forest industry partner considering best case scenarios and critical risk issues. The outcomes of the project will illustrate the effectiveness of a comprehensive technical and economic framework for the identification of innovative biorefinery strategies within an existing Canadian paper and pulp mill that represents an attractive investment, and at the same time is environmentally beneficial especially with regards to climate change. The industry partner, Domtar, seeks to identify this solution in the context of their overall biorefinery strategy – and will be closely involved at all stages of the project.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Paul Stuart

Student:

Geetanjali Yadav

Partner:

Domtar

Discipline:

Visual arts

Sector:

Alternative energy

University:

Program:

Elevate

Framework Creation of Compensation Strategies in the Social Enterprise Sector

The objective of this research aims to create a framework of compensation strategy that is applicable to the social enterprise sector and create stronger understanding between actual compensations practice and media perception. Therefore, the focus of this study is to gain a stronger understanding of the social enterprise sector (particularly compensation), and the media perceptions surrounding it. This will allow for increased sustainability for organizations, and provide a strong stepping stone for new research within this sector.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Amy Warren

Student:

Shaun Morrissey

Partner:

Social Enterprise Development Incorporated NL

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluation of voclosporin treatment as a podocyte-sparing therapy in proteinuric kidney disease

Proteinuric kidney diseases, such as lupus nephritis, affect approximately 1 in 10 individuals around the world. For many patients, it results in the progression to end-stage kidney disease, for which the only treatments available are dialysis and transplantation. Therefore, it is imperative to develop therapies that slow down or halt the progression of proteinuric kidney disease. Voclosporin (VCS) is a next-generation calcineurin inhibitor currently in phase 3 clinical trials. It confers increased potency when compared to other drugs currently used to treat proteinuric kidney disease. Consequently, VCS can be administered at lower doses and has enhanced therapeutic effects. The over-arching purpose of the proposed research is to evaluate the effects of VCS on kidney podocytes, the filtering cells of the kidney, and compare its mechanism of action to other calcineurin inhibitors. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kelly McNagny

Student:

Ido Refaeli

Partner:

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals

Discipline:

Genetics

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Molecular measures of yeast exhaustion in commercial brewing

Beer production is only as good as the yeast that make it. When yeast are first pitched for brewing, they produce the desired fermentation product—beer. But, after numerous cycles of fermentation, the yeast become exhausted and produce beer with unwanted flavors and alcohol content. As such, the beer is no longer fit for consumption. Over time, the stress of fermentation causes unwanted effects on the yeast’s genes, which ultimately compromises their beer-producing abilities. This project focuses on finding identifiers of exhausted yeast prior to their production of bad beer. If successful, brewers can use this knowledge to test their yeast’s health and prevent exhausted yeast from tainting the production of good beer. This will save brewers time, energy, and money that is regularly lost on bad beer produced by exhausted yeast.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Fraser Hof

Student:

Charlotte Dewar

Partner:

Phillips Brewing and Malting Co

Discipline:

Chemistry

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Program:

Accelerate

A Snow Water Equivalence Estimation Prediction (SWEEP) System to Improve Hydrologic Forecasts in British Columbia

The mountains of British Columbia store vast, but varying, amounts of water in winter snowpacks. Accurate estimates of snow water equivalent (SWE) in these mountains are critical for hydroelectric power generation and flood forecasting, but the current observation network is often insufficient. Working with both industry and academic partners, Mitacs interns will use airborne laser measurements of snow depth, satellite-based observations of snow cover, and ground-based snowpack measurements to reduce errors in river forecasting. Knowledge and methods generated by this work will aid reservoir operation across British Columbia.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brian Menounos

Student:

Sergio Tagle

Partner:

BC Hydro

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Energy

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Development of a new comprehensive simulation tool for helicopter design – The CORAL consortium

Designing a new helicopter is a very complex task that demands the collaboration of many disciplines of aerospace engineering. Nowadays, noise impact has also become crucial as restrictive environmental noise impact certification issues are being enforced by the certification authorities to the manufacturers. This project will be concerned with the integration of all these disciplines into a single computational simulation tool to predict a new helicopter performance. The project will be carried out in collaboration with international partners. A new consortium named CORAL (Comprehensive Rotorcraft Analyses Lab) was formed. CORAL will involve international partners in Germany, Italy, Greece and Canada under the coordination and financial support of Kopter Germany GmbH – the R&D responsible body of the Kopter Group based in Switzerland and an emerging helicopter manufacturer. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Fred Nitzsche

Student:

Mohammad Rafiee

Partner:

Kopter Germany GmbH

Discipline:

Aerospace studies

Sector:

Aerospace and defense

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Automated Generation and Integration of AUTOSAR Memory Configurations

Automotive Open System Architecture (AUTOSAR) is a system-level standard that is used worldwide by the automotive companies and their suppliers to develop the standardized software development framework for automobiles [1]. The basic software of AUTOSAR should be configured to develop an Electronic Control Unit (ECU). The information to configure the basic software is given in an Extensible Markup Language (XML) file. Currently, these XML files are interpreted by the developer and manually entered for each configuration. The process of manually configuring the basic software for each ECU is very time consuming and can be inefficient. APAG Cosyst, being one of the leading companies in ECU design and development is working on designing templates and a tool for the automated integration of AUTOSAR memory configurations. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mohammed Khalid

Student:

Usha Sreeram

Partner:

APAG Elektronik Corp

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Automotive and transportation

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Thermally Compensated Fabry-Perot MEMS Pressure Sensor

Pressure sensing during plastic injection molding is critical to the quality of manufactured consumer and commercial goods and need to be able to operate up to temperatures of 350°C and pressures up to 10,000 psi. In this case, pressure is measured using a membrane to infer displacement and depending on the conditions, the membrane may be directly exposed to the load. In the majority of cases, pressure transfer fluids such as mercury, are used to protect the sensor from the high temperature of the plastic melt and to facilitate remote sensing. However, the use of these fluids reduces the accuracy of the sensor and mercury is restricted in Canada and many other countries. In the proposed project, the intern will develop a first-generation of thermally compensated fiber-optic Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Fabry-Perot pressure sensors that can operate at temperatures up to 200°C and 1000 psi, using packaging technologies…

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Faculty Supervisor:

Patricia Nieva

Student:

Sepideh Gaderian

Partner:

MorHEAT Inc

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Program:

Accelerate

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