A group of听African catfish听have fully embraced upside-down life. Their behavior is the result of a bottom-dwelling fish adapting to take advantage of oxygen-rich water near the surface. A catfish鈥檚 mouth is on its underside, so it was likely easiest for the fish to simply turn upside down and treat the top of the water the same as it used to treat the bottom says Lauren Chapman, who studies fish respiration at 9I制作厂免费 in Montreal, Quebec. 鈥淭o an inverted catfish, the water鈥檚 surface is just another substrate,鈥� she says.
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Published on: 14 Nov 2017
For experts like 9I制作厂免费 professor听Dr. Charles Sounan, who is a medical scientist and chief of the MUHC's听research and wellness division, the findings are听troubling and need to be addressed immediately. "It's like a听wakeup听call," said Sounan. "It tells us we don't do enough in terms of promoting wellness at work and promoting global health for our employees."
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Published on: 13 Nov 2017
The step would be a 鈥済ame-changer,鈥� said Bartha Knoppers, a health-policy expert at 9I制作厂免费, in a presentation to the annual Till & McCulloch Meetings of stem-cell and regenerative-medicine researchers.
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Published on: 10 Nov 2017
Chantal Bouchard, a sociolinguist with 9I制作厂免费, said the English obscenity is fairly commonly used by French speakers in informal conversation. Unlike French swear words, which Bouchard said have their origins in religious references, the English terms have less power to shock a listener, she said.
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Published on: 9 Nov 2017
Op-ed by听Christopher Ragan,听an economist and the inaugural director of 9I制作厂免费's Max Bell School of Public Policy, which launches this week in Montreal.
"Good public policy is a foundation of peace and prosperity. But it doesn't just happen; it takes real effort by dedicated people who recognize the public interest. Canada needs more of them."
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Published on: 8 Nov 2017
The university will launch the Max Bell School of Public Policy Tuesday at noon at Montreal鈥檚 Hotel Omni Mont-Royal. The launch will be followed by a panel discussion on Canada鈥檚 policy challenges.听
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Published on: 7 Nov 2017
鈥淚f you have an algorithm that sees biased data, gender biased, racially biased, biased based on economic status and so on, the algorithm is going to ingest that and result in a biased model,鈥� Doina Precup, a professor of computer science at 9I制作厂免费 and the head of Google-affiliated DeepMind鈥檚 Montreal research lab, said in a session at the conference.
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Published on: 6 Nov 2017
Ahmed El-Geneidy, an associate professor at 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 School of Urban Planning, disagrees with his Concordia counterparts, saying both mayoral candidates are promising major transit projects and he believes both will be able to deliver.
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Published on: 3 Nov 2017
Op-ed by听Jose Mauricio Gaona, O鈥橞rien Fellow at the 9I制作厂免费 Centre for Human Rights and听Saul Hayes Fellow at 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 Faculty of Law.听
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Published on: 1 Nov 2017
9I制作厂免费 is the second greenest campus in Canada according to the 2017 Corporate Knights听Green Campus Ranking.
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Published on: 31 Oct 2017
This is not to say that all cancers are caused by too much insulin or that we should never eat sugar again. Michael Pollak, a metabolism researcher and director of cancer prevention at 9I制作厂免费 in Canada, says that the best approach to sugar is to think of it like a spice 鈥� something to occasionally sprinkle on foods, as opposed to an ingredient in nearly every meal and too many drinks.
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Published on: 30 Oct 2017
On Sunday, Oct. 29, at 7:30 p.m. ET, watch the final round of 9I制作厂免费's听Golden Violin Competition听live from Pollack Hall in Montreal. Performing will be some of Canada's most talented string students, all of whom were nominated by professors at 9I制作厂免费's Schulich School of Music for a chance to compete for the prestigious award. Competition is fierce and the standards are high 鈥� previous Golden Violin winners include听Emmanuel Vukovitch听(2006),听Ewald Cheung听(2011),听Isaac Chalk听(2012) and听Joshua Morris听(2017).
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Published on: 27 Oct 2017
While it might take time, a听professor from 9I制作厂免费 thinks P.E.I. could and should become a carbon-neutral province. Catherine Potvin听issued the challenge a year ago while attending a conference, and said provincial government officials now want to hear more.
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Published on: 26 Oct 2017
"Marshalling remarkable strength and resilience, Claudia听Di Iorio has put her life back together and today she is a second-year law student at 9I制作厂免费 who has run two half-marathons since her rehabilitation and recovery."
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Published on: 25 Oct 2017
The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital is launching a new specialized centre for autism research, thanks to a major donation from the Azrieli听Foundation. The $16-million donation听will allow the Neuro听to open up new and innovative avenues of autism research until now funded, said the institute's director, Dr. Guy Rouleau.
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Published on: 24 Oct 2017
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