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  • Joshi, Sripad
    2021 — Identification and characterization of late blight resistance genes in potato
    Résumé

    La pomme de terre (Solanum tuberosum) est l'une des principales cultures vivrières de base non céréalières cultivées dans le monde. Le Canada produit 4,4 million de tonnes de pommes de terre. Les contraintes majeures dans la production de pommes de terre sont les stress biotiques et abiotiques. Parmi les stress biotiques, le mildiou de la pomme de terre est l'une des maladies les plus destructrices, causée par un oomycète, Phytophthora infestans. Le mildiou de la pomme de terre cause jusqu'à 40% de perte de rendement dans le monde. La résistance au mildiou est soit qualitative, soit quantitative. Même si la …  Lire la suite

  • Joshi, Surabhi
    2013 — Measurement and analysis of damping in microresonators
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    Les micro-résonateurs sont les composantes principales dans les systèmes micro-électro-mécaniques (MEMS). Ils sont utilisés pour l'imagerie, des capteurs et la récolte d'énergie. Pour toutes ces applications, il est nécessaire de contrôler et de réduire l'amortissement pour améliorer la performance du micro-résonateur. Cependant, le design pour l'amortissement a était un très grand défi parce que nombreux mécanismes complexes sont responsable pour dissiper l'énergie dans des structures. Dans cette thèse, nous nous concentrons sur les micro-résonateurs qui se caractérisent par un amortissement bas et linéaire. Pour de telles structures, l'amortissement peut être modélisé par trois approches classiques (amortisseur visqueux ; ressort avec …  Lire la suite

  • Joshi, Surabhi
    2023 — Modeling of diffusion-reaction-deformation phenomena in two-phase binary solids
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    Les phénomènes de diffusion-réaction-déformation sont omniprésents dans le traitement et la fabrication des matériaux, et régissent les performances et la fiabilité de plusieurs technologies modernes clés. Bien que la diffusion, la réaction et la déformation soient étudiées indépendamment depuis plus de 200 ans, la modélisation de leurs interactions est une filière de recherche active couvrant plusieurs domaines, ce qui en fait à la fois un sujet classique et un sujet moderne. Néanmoins, une étude approfondie de la littérature révèle plusieurs aspects du phénomène diffusion-réaction-déformation qui restent à étudier théoriquement. Dans cette thèse, une approche théorique consolidée est formulée pour combler …  Lire la suite

  • Joshipura, Sanket Manjul
    2012 — Scalable object-based load balancing in multi-tier architectures
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    Une croissance exponentielle de l'utilisation d'Internet et sa pénétration dans la population générale ont conduit à une demande toujours croissante d'applications de commerce électronique et d'autres services basés sur l'internet. Les applications de commerce électronique doivent fournir des niveaux élevés de services qui comprennent la fiabilité, un court temps de réponse et de la variabilité dimensionnelle. La plupart des applications de commerce électronique suivent une architecture multi-niveau. Comme elles sont très dynamiques et possèdent une forte intensité de données, la base de données est souvent un goulot d'étranglement dans le système en entier comme la plupart des systèmes déploient des …  Lire la suite

  • Joshua, Temitope
    2026 — Improving Shared Decision-Making in the Treatment of Rectal Cancer in Patients Undergoing Abdominoperineal Resection (APR) with Permanent Colostomy Versus Sphincter Preservation Surgery
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    Abdominoperineal resection with permanent colostomy has been traditionally performed for low rectal cancers, but with advances in multimodal therapies, these patients increasingly undergo sphincter preservation. This avoids a permanent colostomy but has other trade-offs such as bowel dysfunction, which occurs in at least 40% of patients after surgery. This may have significant negative impacts on their health-related quality of life (HRQOL) to the point where a not insignificant proportion of them would have preferred a permanent colostomy. Many patients do not receive treatment according to their preferences and report long-term dissatisfaction and poor HRQOL. Shared decision-making (SDM) may help patients …  Lire la suite

  • Josif, Dina
    1992 — Cognitive assessment of certification examination in endocrinology
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    The study focuses on the cognitive assessment of certification examination in medicine. The purpose was to investigate the relationship between the structure of the examination questions and the examinees' written responses. The responses from three groups of residents with undergraduate degrees from McGill (3), Toronto (2) and Manitoba (2) medical schools were used. A sample of one basic science and two clinical question in Endocrinology were selected. The responses were analyzed using cognitive methods which provided a qualitative assessment of subjects' knowledge structures relative to task. The results showed that the responses did not always correspond to task requirements. There …  Lire la suite

  • Jotterand, Fabrice
    2000 — Does virtue ethics contribute to medical ethics? : an examination of Stanley Hauerwas' ethics of virtue and its relevance to medical ethics
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    The aim of this thesis is to examine the concept of virtue ethics in Stanley Hauerwas's understanding of virtue and delineate how that contributes to his ethical reasoning and his comprehension of medical ethics. The first chapter focuses on the shift that occurred in moral theory under the stance of the Enlightenment that eroded the traditional idea of morality as the formation of the self, allowing space for new concepts that dismissed the importance of the agent in the ethical task of seeking the good. In the second chapter, the three main ideas (character, vision, and narrative) that make up …  Lire la suite

  • Jou, Shih-Li
    2002 — The 1999 Independence Day derecho : a modelling study
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    A numerical modelling of the 4--5 July 1999 derecho was performed. The storm caused over 40 million dollars of damages, several deaths and injuries across the United States and Canada. The unseasonal synoptic settings resulted in the formation of low-level moisture pooling and the buildup of convective available potential energy. The upper-level jet streak eventually furnished the trigger for the outbreak of precursor deep convection leading to the development of this derecho. The results illustrated the feasibility of simulating the derecho using a mesoscale model with the NCEP (National Centers for Environmental Prediction) reanalysis. Convection was not initiated properly using …  Lire la suite

  • Jouaville, Raphaël-Tristan
    2019 — Du coton dans les oreilles
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    Du coton dans les oreilles est la première pièce d'un triptyque, dont les autres mouvements sont à venir, pour soprano soliste et treize instruments. La première partie de ce mémoire (volume un) propose une analyse globale de la pièce et du projet. La partition Du coton dans les oreilles est en volume deux. Cette composition est une adaptation musicale du poème éponyme de Guillaume Apollinaire. Les principes de morphose sonore (transformation progressive d'un son en un autre, audio morphing en anglais) et la notion de "modèle du modèle" sont les recherches centrales de cette pièce. Cette pièce est enfin un …  Lire la suite

  • Joubert, Diane
    1991 — Functional recovery following upper extremity peripheral nerve repair in children and adults
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    A study was conducted to investigate the effects of age on functional recovery following a median and/or ulnar nerve repair. A group of 17 children was compared to a group of 17 adults with nerve injuries of similar severity and site. Motor and sensory function, tactile gnosis, manual dexterity, pain and perception of disability were assessed by an independent examiner. The results indicate a better qualitative and quantitative recovery in children than in adults, with respect to two-point discrimination, grip strength, tactile gnosis, manual dexterity and self-report of performance in daily activities. In conclusion, age at the time of injury …  Lire la suite

  • Joubert, Lucie
    1993 — L' ironie dans la prose fictionnelle des femmes du Québec: 1960-1980
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    This thesis explores the various manifestations of irony in prose-fiction by women in Quebec from 1960 to 1980. Traditionally used by men, irony is gradually becoming more widespread in women's writing, which in itself is an interesting reversal: more often "objects" of irony, women now reverse the rules of the game and become ironizing "subjects". The first part of the thesis investigates explicit irony; that is, irony which is duly identified and already decoded for the reader; for example, the author might emphasize an ironic fate or destiny for her characters, or might invest a character with an attitude, a …  Lire la suite

  • Joubert, Philippe
    2007 — Expression and function of chemokine receptors on airway smooth muscle cells
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    Asthma is a respiratory disease that affects 2.5-3 million Canadians. This condition is characterized by a Th2-driven immune response that implicates the infiltration of eosinophils and remodelling of the airways. In the last decade, airway smooth muscle cells (ASMC) have became the subject of intense research in the field of inflammatory lung diseases including asthma. It is known that ASMC respond to a wide variety of inflammatory mediators such as cytokines and chemokines. Function of ASMC in the context of asthma has extended beyond its traditional role of a structural cell. Indeed, it is believed that they can participate in …  Lire la suite

  • Joulie, Anne-Hortense.
    1996 — Commercial transactions on the internet
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    This study explores selected issues in the legal environment created by domestic and international electronic contracting practices on the Internet within the United States and international jurisdictions: questions regarding the formation of the contract through the Internet, the enforceability of such a contract (contractual writing requirements, legally binding signatures), the contents of the contract, the ways to prove the electronic contract, the applicable law and the competent court, and finally, the best ways to settle disputes arising from electronic contracts are considered. We examine to what extent contract law, and in particular article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), …  Lire la suite

  • Jourabloo, Nazanin
    2012 — Stressors percieved as important by department chairs
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    Le rôle des chaises de département est essentiel dans education supérieur. Par conséquent, déterminant les sources de leurs facteurs de force aussi bien que clarifier les manières l'impact de ces facteurs de force leurs vies pourrait être utile dans l'identification des solutions qui rendent des chaises plus efficaces personnellement et professionnellement. Une méthodologie à trois étages de Delphes a été employée pour que cette étude explore les facteurs de force supérieurs que les chaises de département (4 femmes, 16 hommes) à travers différentes disciplines à une une expérience canadienne d'université et aux manières ces facteurs de force influencent leurs vies …  Lire la suite

  • Journeaux, Ian A.
    1990 — Impinging jet heat transfer and thermal deformation for calender rolls
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    The heat transfer characteristics of turbulent impinging jets, typical of those used in paper machine cross machine direction caliper profile control were measured. The effect of jet entrainement on the impingement heat transfer by unconfined jets was successfully scaled using a jet thermal entrainement factor. The addition of a confinement plate to an existing unconfined impinging jet control system was shown to improve the average heat transfer by 33% and 80% for a nozzle-to-impingement surface spacing of 2 and 1 respectively. The thermal deformation of calender roll under control actuators was predicted numerically using finite volume and finite element techniques. …  Lire la suite

  • Journoud, Mélanie
    2004 — The effect of plant sterols on lipid profiles and cholesterol kinetics of hypercholesterolemic individuals with type 2 diabetes compared with non-diabetic controls /
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    The objective of this study was to compare the effect of phytosterols (PS) on lipid profiles and cholesterol kinetics of hypercholesterolemic individuals with or without type 2 diabetes. It was hypothesised that the response to PS would differ between both groups due to different lipid metabolism. During this randomised, double blind, crossover trial, participants consumed a controlled diet with placebo or PS for 21 days. Plasma total cholesterol (TC) decreased with placebo and PS (10.9% and 9.7% in non-diabetic versus 11.6% and 13.6% in diabetic participants, p < 0.05). Plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) significantly decreased with PS in both …  Lire la suite

  • Joussemet, Mireille
    2003 — Facilitating children's integrated internalization : the differential effects of rewards and autonomy-support
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    The purpose of this program of research was to study how socialization agents can facilitate children's internalization of important but uninteresting activities. Self-determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 1980, 1985b, 1991, 2000) posits that autonomy is essential in fostering optimal (i.e. integrated) internalization. It was thus hypothesized that autonomy-support would facilitate internalization while offering rewards for compliance would thwart it. In the present thesis, two experimental studies and one longitudinal study compared the effects of autonomy-support and rewards on children's internalization and general functioning. In Study 1 and 2, we asked children to perform a tedious task in an autonomy-supportive …  Lire la suite

  • Jovanovich, Juan Martʹin.
    2000 — Customs valuation and transfer pricing : is it possible to harmonize customs and tax rules?
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    There is an overlap between the transfer pricing concepts that apply under tax and under customs regimes. This thesis aims to demonstrate (i) that customs and tax laws often share common principles in respect of related-party transactions; (ii) that transfer pricing as agreed to under one discipline should be recognized under the other; (iii) that the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines constitute a body of rules that is appropriate to supplement the related party provisions of the GATT/WTO Valuation Code ("GVC"); and (iv) that such guidelines are generally in accordance with the provisions of the GVC and its general principles and …  Lire la suite

  • Jowsey, James. R.
    1952 — Calcium metabolism and the reproductive cycle of the fowl.
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    Avian reproduction is cleidoic. The ovum is of relatively enormous size and consists almost entirely of yolk material. It is surrounded by a complex of membranes comprising the albumen, the shell membranes and the shell. The significance of yolk and membranes for the developing organism has attracted close attention from the chemical embryologist, and the hen's egg has been his classical material as it has been the classical material of embryology in general.  Lire la suite

  • Joy, Mavourneen M.
    1981 — Towards a philosophy of imagination : a study of Gilbert Durand and Paul Ricoeur
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    A satisfactory definition of the imagination has proved elusive in Western philosophy. Two contemporary French thinkers, Gilbert Durand and Paul Ricoeur, are concerned with establishing a fundamental philosophy of imagination. For Durand the imagination is the source of symbolic mediations that are both therapeutic and theophanic. His theory is grounded in a Platonist-esoteric tradition which he supports by a philosophy of the imaginal (coined and articulated by Henry Corbin, a French Islamicist). Ricoeur, in contrast, sees the imagination as a creative cognitive mediator in a dialectic model of knowledge. Within a critical framework the imagination functions at the limits of …  Lire la suite

  • Joy, Nithin
    2023 — Role of machining parameters and post-processing steps on the surface elemental composition of femtosecond laser-machined copper surfaces
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    Over the past few decades, short/ultra-short pulsed laser micro/nano-machining has emerged as a versatile technique in efficiently tailoring the properties of metallic surfaces for numerous applications. Progress in laser machining of metallic surfaces has prompted the importance of controlling the surface elemental composition. These investigations highlighted the transition of surface chemistry over time upon exposure to various conditions and proposed different mechanisms as explanations for the observed evolution. Nevertheless, previous studies conducted laser machining and subsequent exposures under uncontrolled conditions with minimum data stated about the specific working condition were subject to uncertainty. This PhD thesis aims to provide a …  Lire la suite

  • Joyce, Amy
    2023 — Who Says It's A Man's World: Women’s Post-Secondary Education in the Maritime Provinces to 1930.
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    Grace Annie Lockhart a été la première femme de l'Empire britannique à obtenir un baccalauréat de l'Université Mount Allison en 1875. Malgré l'importance des Provinces maritimes en tant que site précoce de la réussite des femmes dans l'enseignement supérieur, les historiens n'ont pas encore exploré en profondeur les expériences des femmes. Cette thèse porte sur quatre institutions de la région : Les universités Dalhousie, Mount Allison, St Francis Xavier et Mount St Vincent jusqu'en 1930. Dalhousie offre un aperçu de l'une des premières universités mixtes et non confessionnelles de la région. Mount Allison, une institution profondément méthodiste, a d'abord été …  Lire la suite

  • Joyce, Caroline
    2024 — The Impact of India’s National Health Insurance Program on Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
    Résumé

    L'Inde connaît des inégalités socio-économiques persistantes dans les résultats de santé maternelle et périnatale, en particulier pour la mortinaissance, l'avortement et la fausse couche. L'absence d'assurance maladie universelle entraîne des coûts élevés pour les ménages vivant au-dessous du seuil de pauvreté (SDP). En 2008, le gouvernement indien a lancé le Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), offrant une couverture hospitalière aux familles SDP. L'impact du RSBY sur la santé n'a pas été étudié rigoureusement. Cette thèse évalue son influence sur les grossesses de 2004 à 2019.Le premier manuscrit décrit les inégalités socio-économiques persistantes dans les résultats de grossesse en Inde sur …  Lire la suite

  • Joyce, Sara
    2023 — Opening and closing anticolonial possibilities: How in-service teachers constructed and resisted colonial spaces in a professional learning community
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    De la maternelle à la 12e année, les écoles canadiennes sont des espaces coloniaux qui impactent de manière inéquitable les élèves autochtones, noirs et autres élèves racialisés par rapport aux élèves blancs. Les enseignants construisent activement ces espaces coloniaux mais négligent souvent leur participation en mettant de l'emphase sur leurs bonnes intentions. Les chercheurs recommandent aux enseignants de reconnaître leurs implications coloniales afin d’améliorer leurs pratiques, mais à ce jour, peu de recherches ont été menées auprès des enseignants dans le but de s’engager dans un processus d'apprentissage. En utilisant une enquête critique sur le lieu avec des méthodes visuelles, …  Lire la suite

  • Joza, Jacqueline
    2020 — The value of inducibility of atrial burst pacing on arrhythmia recurrence in the electrophysiology lab
    Résumé

    La valeur de l’inducibilité demeure une source majeure d’intérêt à la fois en tant que prédicteur de la fibrillation auriculaire (FA) récurrente après l’ablation de flutter auriculaire (AFL), et comme point final potentiel pour l’ablation AF. Les prédicteurs en développement de l’ablation post-AFL sont essentiels pour guider les décisions des médecins traitants concernant la surveillance des médicaments du fréquence cardiaque et pour l’anticoagulation. L’évaluation de l’inducibilité de AF permet de mieux comprendre les mécanismes qui déclenchent et maintiennent la FA post l’ablation de FA. Cette thèse manuscrite examine ces deux questions importantes. 1. #1 manuscrit. Déterminer la valeur prédictive de …  Lire la suite

  • Jreidini, Nathalie
    2024 — Animal Movement Ecology Across Temporal Scales: A Terrestrial Amphibian as a Model
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    Les mouvements des organismes sont des composantes cruciales de la dynamique des populations, que ces mouvements fassent partie de l'histoire de vie d'un organisme ou qu'ils surviennent en réponse à des variables environnementales. L'écologie des mouvements d'animaux peut être étudiée à différentes résolutions, chacune étant appropriée pour l’étude d'un processus de mouvement spécifique. Par exemple, les causes des mouvements dispersifs, les déplacements d’individus à grande échelle qui pourraient conduire à des flux de gènes, peuvent être étudiées avec des données à faible résolution de rencontres occasionnelles, tandis que des données à plus haute résolution permettent l'identification des comportements de ces …  Lire la suite

  • Jreidini, Paul
    2023 — Novel developments in phase-field crystal modeling for the solidification of complex materials
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    Investigating modern material processes that involve solidification and microstructure formation proves difficult with first principle modeling techniques due to the wide range of timescales and lengthscales involved. In this thesis, we present improvements to the phase-field crystal (PFC) methodology that allows for the study of atomic-mesoscale phase transition phenomena that operate on diffusional time scales which are inaccessible to molecular dynamics type models. These improvements include quantitative match to phase diagrams of pure metallic materials such as aluminum and tungsten, as well as qualitative match to phase diagrams of materials undergoing anomalous expansion during solidification such as water and silicon. …  Lire la suite

  • Jreidini, Paul
    2017 — Classical nucleation theory in the phase field crystal model
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    Une compréhension des matériaux polycristallins, allant des alliages à certaines céramiques et polymères et au-delà, revêt une grande importance pour la société moderne. Ces matériaux se forment généralement à travers le processus de nucléation, une transition de phase activée thermiquement. La modélisation numérique de cette transition de phase est problématique pour les techniques numériques traditionnelles: la résolution des méthodes de champ de phase ('phase field') couramment répandue ne s'étend pas aux échelles atomiques auxquelles la nucléation prend place, tandis que les méthodes atomiques telles que la dynamique moléculaire ('molecular dynamics')sont incapables de s'adapter au régime mésoéchelle où la croissance de …  Lire la suite

  • Ju, Chelsey
    2018 — Differential DNA methylation as a predictor biomarker of antidepressant response in patients with major depressive disorder
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    La dépression majeure est un trouble mental sévèrement incapacitant, traité principalement pharmacologiquement par les antidépresseurs. Leur efficacité est cependant relative, puisque près d'un tiers des patients sous traitement n'atteignent pas la rémission et cela même après plusieurs traitements. Compte tenu de l'absence de critères objectifs et systématiques pour établir un diagnostic et pour définir une stratégie thérapeutique adaptée, la découverte de biomarqueurs prédictifs de la réponse aux antidépresseurs faciliterait considérablement la prise en charge clinique des patients vers la rémission.Au-delà des facteurs génétiques, les facteurs environnementaux contribuent aussi grandement à l'étiologie de la dépression et la variabilité dans la réponse …  Lire la suite

  • Ju, Hak-Yoon
    1980 — Factors influencing glucosinolate composition in rutabaga and turnip.
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    The influence of stages of development, soil types, dates of seeding, cultivars, and boron nutrition on glucosinolate composition and variation in rutabaga (Brassica napobrassica Mill.) and turnip (B, rapa L.) cultivars was studied by quantifying the glucosinolate hydrolysis products in these species. While in seeds of both species contents of goitrin and volatile isothiocyanates were inversely correlated, there was little variation in thiocyanate ion and total glucosinolate contents. Major synthesis or accumulation of different glucosinolates occurred at different times during the growing season in the sequence after seeding: indolyl glucosinolates yielding thiocyanate ion at the 2-week stage; glucosinolates yielding volatile …  Lire la suite

  • Ju, Shuohui
    1990 — Electroosmotic dewatering of bentonite suspensions
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    Electroosmotic dewatering of Bentonite suspensions under conditions of constant DC voltage and constant DC current was investigated experimentally in a column 5 cm in diameter. The suspensions were prepared with CaCl$ sb2$ in distilled water with concentrations up to 1 M. The initial solid content was between 9.1 wt% and 26 wt% and the initial bed height ranged from 1.0 cm to 5.2 cm. Constant voltages from 4.0 V to 8.0 V and constant currents from 90 mA to 110 mA were used. Electroosmosis removed 20-60% of the water with energy expenditures well below the energy required to vaporize the …  Lire la suite

  • Ju, Zhaoping
    2023 — Role of the Hippo Signaling Effector Yap and Taz in Metaplastic Response and Regeneration of the Gastric Epithelium
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    Spasmolytic Polypeptide-Expressing Metaplasia (SPEM) is one of the earliest pre-malignant conditions in the stomach. Although still poorly understood, this regenerative response is driven by the trans-differentiation of post-mitotic chief cells of the stomach into proliferative mucous-secretory cells. Previous work in our laboratory has shown that Hippo signaling plays an essential role in controlling cell fate decisions during tissue regeneration. In this research project, we examine the role played by the Hippo transcriptional effectors, Yap and Taz, in driving gastric metaplasia and uncover the transcriptional changes and biological responses that are controlled by this pathway. Here, we further validated the Clusterin-CreERT …  Lire la suite

  • Jubian, Vrej
    1991 — Relationship between ligand structure and reactivity for copper (II) complex mediated hydrolysis of phosphate diesters, carboxylic esters, and amides
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    The efficiencies of several Cu(II) complexes in promoting the hydrolysis of bis(2,4-dinitrophenyl) phosphate (BDNPP) have been compared. Copper complexes of the type ((L)Cu(OH$ sb2$)$ sb2$) $ sp{2+}$, where L represents a bidentate diamine ligand, can be effective in promoting the hydrolysis of BDNPP. Furthermore, the activity of the Cu(II) complex is sensitive to the ligand structure. The structure-reactivity relationship has been explained in terms of a detailed mechanism of the reaction. The complex (Cu(2,2$ sp prime$-dipyridylamine)(OH$ sb2$)$ sb2$) $ sp{2+}$ efficiently catalyzes the hydrolysis of carboxylic esters (4-nitrophenyl acetate, methyl trifluoroacetate, and methyl acetate). Methyl acetate, when bound to the …  Lire la suite

  • Jubinville, Monique Celine
    1976 — Family-Oriented Treatments Programs In Canadian Federal Penitentiaries: A Survey of the Literature from 1952 -1974
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    "The study reported here is a literature survey which examined closely correctional programs and services for in­mates during incarceration in federal penitentiaries, which implied or specified the integration of the family as the major goal in the rehabilitation process. Data were gathered, from public documents primarily, to answer the following research questions: 1. To what extent do official sources make reference to the family in the establishment of treatment programs and the services offered to inmates during custody? If they do, how are these references formulated and operationalized? 2. Are there any existing programs which specify either directly or indirectly …  Lire la suite

  • Jubinville-Baron, Jordann
    2020 — Finite element analysis of vibrations on flexible structures due to turbulent wind
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    Wind load effects have a major impact on the design of numerous civil engineering structures. Building codes such as the National Building Code of Canada (NBC, 2015), the American Society of Civil Engineers Standards (ASCE-7, 2016) and the Eurocodes (Eurocode 8, 2016) display great details about the static effect of wind on different building shapes, surfaces and isolated exposed components. However, these standards provide very limited guidance on dynamic effects and current design methods are limited in scope and applicability, since they are based on dating experimental data such as a research from Vickery and Basu (1983), which did not …  Lire la suite