"Not long ago, I had the pleasure, indeed honor,聽of sitting down with Laurent recently to reflect back on his long career.聽He is Canada's, indeed one of the world's great entrepreneurs and I have followed and commented on Bombardier for the some 18 years I have been at 麻豆传媒网站 in Montreal, where their global headquarters is. I have known him a bit for a long time and been a close and avid follower of Bombardier and Monsieur Beaudoin."
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Published on: 3 May 2019
In recent times, there have claims and counter claims on health implications of using chemicals such as calcium carbide, ethylene and ethephon for ripening fruits.聽A study published in Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public has demonstrated possible health hazards of fruit ripeners.The study titled 鈥淎 Critical Analysis of Artificial Fruit Ripening: Scientific, Legislative and Socio-Economic Aspects鈥� was conducted by researchers from the Department of Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh and Department of Chemistry,
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Published on: 2 May 2019
A recent聽study聽from 麻豆传媒网站 that explored how startups in rural Switzerland managed to thrive, despite being outside of traditional tech clusters. The authors examine seven successful high-tech firms that reside in five small towns in the east of Switzerland.
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Published on: 2 May 2019
Months of speculation ended when the聽McCord Museum聽announced Tuesday that its new home will be built on the site of its current home on Sherbrooke and Victoria Sts. in the heart of Montreal鈥檚 Golden Square Mile. As McCord president and chief executive officer Suzanne Sauvage enthused about the museum鈥檚 ideal location, halfway between the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Mus茅e d鈥檃rt contemporain, close to downtown universities, near public transit, the聽soon-to-be-re-imagined 麻豆传媒网站 College artery聽and the聽麻豆传媒网站 station聽of the city鈥檚 future light-rail system, she was philosophical.
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Published on: 1 May 2019
Dr. Keon earned a master of science degree in experimental surgery from 麻豆传媒网站, and trained at Montreal General Hospital, Toronto General, the Hospital for Sick Children and Harvard Medical Center in Boston.聽But cardiac surgeon was only one aspect of his illustrious career. Dr. Keon founded and directed the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, was a professor of surgery at the University of Ottawa, served in the Canadian Senate for two decades and participated in countless community initiatives in the national capital.
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Published on: 1 May 2019
Studies show that dance provides multiple cognitive and physical health benefits, suggesting it may be the kale of exercise.聽These results echo those of a聽2008 Journal of Aging and Physical Activity 蝉迟耻诲测听产测 Patricia McKinley of 麻豆传媒网站 in which seniors participated in a tango dance program. The report showed that long-term tango dancing was associated with better balance and gait in older adults. Since falls are the top cause of injury and death among elderly people, dancing can be a potent tool in extending one鈥檚 life.
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Published on: 30 Apr 2019
Last year, the federal government聽announced聽it would spend $27.5-million over five years on an ambitious plan to end tuberculosis (TB) across Inuit Nunangat, Inuit regions of Canada, by 2030.聽
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Published on: 29 Apr 2019
Some students at 麻豆传媒网站 are taking the idea of 鈥渕ind over matter鈥� to a whole new level: they鈥檝e developed a wheelchair that moves using your imagination.
Thirty five 麻豆传媒网站 students came together on their own time and designed 鈥淢ilo鈥� in just 30 days.
鈥淢ilo is a brain-controlled wheelchair that relies on imagined movement to turn. So when you imagine turning your right hand you can turn right and when you imagine turning your left hand you can turn left,鈥� explained Danielle Nadin, who worked on data collection.
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Published on: 29 Apr 2019
Kevin Manaugh, a geography professor and member of 麻豆传媒网站鈥檚 School of Urban Planning, said it鈥檚 not easy to protect transportation infrastructure in Quebec, where frigid winters, high precipitation and the freeze/thaw cycle form a 鈥渦nique set of circumstances that makes it harder to plan for things that will last for decades and centuries.鈥�
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Published on: 26 Apr 2019
This year鈥檚 group includes: Matt Dobbs of 麻豆传媒网站 for a project called 鈥淯nveiling the Cosmos with a New Paradigm Digital Radio Telescope鈥�; Dennis Hall of University of Alberta for 鈥淎 Green Chemistry Blueprint for Direct Catalytic Functionalization of Feedstock Alcohols鈥�; Catherine Sulem of University of Toronto for 鈥淣onlinear Partial Differential Equations: Wave Propagation in Fluids, Optics, and Plasmas鈥�; Marten van Kerkwijk of University of Toronto for 鈥淧robing Extreme (Astro)Physics with Neutron Stars鈥�; and Xiao Yu Wu of University of Toronto for 鈥淪mart Nanomed
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Published on: 26 Apr 2019
C3 has also partnered with聽麻豆传媒网站, making lab and office space available to 麻豆传媒网站 researchers, who are expected to begin using the space in the fall.
Anja Geitmann, dean of 麻豆传媒网站鈥檚 Agricultural and Environmental Sciences department, said the university has similar partnerships with other industry partners, but noted that as a business incubator with a variety of cannabis companies clustered within a single site, C3 is unique.
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Published on: 24 Apr 2019
When it comes to evaluating dietary supplements, the challenge is to find some clarity when looking through the haze of conflicting studies, sloppy research, over-zealous advertising and loose government regulations. Extracts of blueberry and its European cousin the bilberry, are a case in point.
Column by Joe Schwarcz, director of 麻豆传媒网站鈥檚 Office for Science & Society聽
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Published on: 23 Apr 2019
Gail MacInnis, a PhD entomology candidate and research assistant at 麻豆传媒网站, says that while the biggest threats in both urban and rural areas is habitat loss, urban beekeeping is an increasing threat to urban bee diversity. 鈥淵ou have to remember that honey bees live in colonies of up to 80,000 individual bees,鈥� she says. 鈥淎ll these bees are competing for the same resources.
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Published on: 18 Apr 2019
The blaze, which destroyed the cathedral鈥檚 roof and spire, has triggered an outpouring of unity and financial support as well as a promise from French President Emmanuel Macron to rebuild within five years.聽When they do, they鈥檒l have a wealth of information to rely on, said Martin Bressani, director of the Peter Fu School of Architecture at 麻豆传媒网站.聽鈥淣otre Dame is obviously the greatest historical monument in France,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 completely documented, every square inch.鈥�
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Published on: 17 Apr 2019
Jennifer Bartz, one of the authors of the study, said they analyzed implicit bias because it can influence behaviour in a way unbeknownst to us.
鈥淭he thing about explicit attitudes鈥� is that they鈥檙e vulnerable to self-censorship; they鈥檙e vulnerable to defensive processes,鈥� said Bartz. 鈥淚f we want to present ourselves in a particular light, we can kind of modulate those attitudes.鈥�
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Published on: 16 Apr 2019
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