Using artificial intelligence to manage extreme weather events
Can combining deep learning (DL)鈥� a subfield of artificial intelligence鈥� with social network analysis (SNA), make social media contributions about extreme weather events a useful tool for crisis managers, first responders and government scientists? An interdisciplinary team of UU直播 researchers has brought these tools to the forefront in an effort to understand and manage extreme weather events.
UU直播 researchers launch Multicultural Mental Health Resource Centre
Bell Let's Talk,聽UU直播, The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) and the Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital are pleased to announce the official launch of the聽Multicultural Mental Health Resource Centre聽(MMHRC).
Well-built muscles underlie athletic performance in birds
Muscle structure and body size predict the athletic performance of Olympic athletes, such as sprinters. The same, it appears, is true of wild seabirds that can commute hundreds of kilometres a day to find food, according to a recent paper by scientists from UU直播 and Colgate universities published in the Journal of Experimental Biology.
UU直播 and Alimentation Couche-Tard launch unique laboratory store to propel retail industry and customers into the future
UU直播 and Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. announce their partnership in the launch of a retail innovation lab at the Bensadoun School of Retail Management鈥攁 live testing ground for innovative and frictionless technologies that address the retail sector鈥檚 challenges of the future.
As oceans warm, large fish struggle
Warming ocean waters could reduce the ability of fish, especially large ones, to extract the oxygen they need from their environment. Animals require oxygen to generate energy for movement, growth and reproduction.
Mothers, but not fathers, with multiple children report more fragmented sleep
Mothers with multiple children report more fragmented sleep than mothers of a single child, but the number of children in a family doesn't seem to affect the quality of sleep for fathers, according to a study from UU直播.
Child marriage is legal and persists across Canada
Canada is at the forefront of global efforts to end child marriage abroad. Yet this practice remains legal and persists across the country. In Canada, more than 3,600 marriage certificates were issued to children, usually girls, under the age of 18 between 2000 and 2018, according to a new study from researchers at UU直播. In recent years, an increasing number of child marriages have been common-law unions.
Identifying Canada鈥檚 key conservation hot spots highlights problem
To stop biodiversity loss, Canada recently committed to protecting 30% of its land and sea by 2030. But making conservation decisions about where to locate new protected areas is complicated. It depends on data both about biodiversity and about a range of benefits (e.g. freshwater, climate regulation, recreation) that people get from nature.
Climate change: threshold for dangerous warming will likely be crossed between 2027-2042
The threshold for dangerous global warming will likely be crossed between 2027 and 2042 鈥� a much narrower window than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change鈥檚 estimate of between now and 2052. In a study published in Climate Dynamics, researchers from UU直播 introduce a new and more precise way to project the Earth鈥檚 temperature.
Survey says: Canadians asking for better food systems and food sparked by COVID-19 access
Shopping anxiety, higher food prices and individual income limitations are some of the factors making access to food challenging for Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study suggests.
Nurse practitioners bring big savings to long-term care facilities in Quebec
Countries worldwide face challenges meeting the growing needs for long-term care services because of high costs. A study led by researchers from UU直播 and Universit茅 du Qu茅bec en Outaouais shows that introducing nurse practitioners can significantly reduce costs and improve patient safety.
How the spread of the Internet is changing migration
The spread of the Internet is shaping migration in profound ways. A UU直播-led study of over 150 countries links Internet penetration with migration intentions and behaviours, suggesting that digital connectivity plays a key role in migration decisions and actively supports the migration process.
Twenty-five Canada Research Chairs awarded to UU直播
In its twentieth year, the Canada Research Chairs Program (CRCP) is awarding 25 UU直播 researchers with eleven new and fourteen renewed chairs. The projects supported by this round of CRC funding tackle a variety of topics, including, racial inequality in democratic societies, arctic ecology and data mining for cybersecurity.
New use for an old drug: How does ketamine combat depression?
A group of proteins called 4E-BPs, involved in memory formation, is the key to unlocking the antidepressant effect of ketamine in the brain, according to researchers from three Canadian universities. The discovery could lead to better and safer treatments for certain patients suffering from major depression.
When dinosaurs disappeared, forests thrived
It鈥檚 known that the primary cause of the mass extinction of dinosaurs, about 66 million years ago, was a meteorite impact. But the exact mechanisms that linked the meteorite impact to mass extinction remain unclear, though climactic changes are thought to have played a part.
