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1,986 results match your criteria: "University of Quebec[Affiliation]"
Sci Total Environ
November 2024
State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China. Electronic address:
Nitrogen (N) and carbon (C) inputs substantially affect soil microbial functions. However, the influences of long-term N and C additions on soil microbial resource limitation and heterotrophic respiration-fundamental microbial functional traits-remain unclear, impeding the understanding of how soil C dynamics respond to global change. In this study, the responses of soil microbial resource limitation and heterotrophic respiration (Rh) to 7-year N and biochar (BC) additions in a subtropical Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) plantation were investigated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMolecules
August 2024
Department of Applied Sciences, University of Québec in Chicoutimi (UQAC), 555, Boul. de l'Université, Chicoutimi, QC G7H 2B1, Canada.
This study examines the efficacy of icephobic polyurethane nanocomposite coatings in mitigating corrosion on an aluminum substrate. A titanium-based conversion coating is applied to modify the substrate, and the research focuses on optimizing the dual functionalities of icephobicity and anticorrosion within the polyurethane coatings while ensuring strong substrate adhesion. The coatings are formulated using fluoropolyol, isocyanate, and silica nanoparticles treated with polydimethylsiloxane.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEarly Interv Psychiatry
August 2024
Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Aim: This study aims to determine the effect of physical activity on cognitive restraint, uncontrolled eating and emotional eating in individuals with a psychotic disorder.
Methods: Twenty-seven participants with a psychotic disorder (55% male; mean age: 30 ± 7.5 years; Caucasian: 66.
J Med Biogr
August 2024
Department of Anatomy, University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres, Trois-Rivieres, Canada.
Jean-Nicolas Marjolin was a 19th century French anatomist and surgeon. Although not strictly speaking a pivotal figure in history of medicine, he deserves to be known for at least three reasons. He (more or less accurately) described a type of ulcer which is nowadays referred to as Marjolin's ulcer (1828); he had the privilege of operating on the world-famous Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord for an anthrax (1838); and a rose has been named after him since 1860.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIrrigated agricultural lands in arid and semi-arid regions are prone to soil degradation. Remote sensing technology has proven useful for mapping and monitoring the extent of this issue. To accurately discern soil salinity, it is essential to choose appropriate spectral wavelengths.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFACS Appl Mater Interfaces
October 2024
Department of Chemistry, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3P8, Canada.
Chemotherapy as a common anticancer therapeutic modality is often challenged by various obstacles such as poor stability, low solubility, and severe side effects of chemotherapeutic agents as well as multidrug resistance of cancerous cells. Nanoparticles in the role of carriers for chemotherapeutic drugs and platforms for combining different therapeutic approaches have effectively participated in overcoming such drawbacks. In particular, nanoparticles able to induce their therapeutic effect in response to specific stimuli like tumor microenvironment characteristics (e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWater Sci Technol
June 2024
Industrial Research Group in Technologies of Energy and Energy Efficiency (t3e), École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), University of Quebec, Montreal, QC, Canada.
This study investigates the current status of photovoltaic water pumping systems (PVWPSs) in Iran, a country endowed with significant solar irradiation potential, notably in its southern and central regions. Despite this potential, there is a scarcity of comprehensive studies on solar water pumping systems within the country. This purpose of this study is to conduct a thorough review of the existing literature to assess the state of solar water pumping in Iran.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNonlinear Dyn
July 2024
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres, Trois-Rivières, QC Canada.
Since the Leibniz rule for integer-order derivatives of the product of functions, which includes a finite number of terms, is not true for fractional-order (FO) derivatives of that, all sliding mode control (SMC) methods introduced in the literature involved a very limited class of FO nonlinear systems. This article presents a solution for the unsolved problem of SMC of a class of FO nonstrict-feedback nonlinear systems with uncertainties. Using the Leibniz rule for the FO derivative of the product of two functions, which includes an infinite number of terms, it is shown that only one of these terms is needed to design a SMC law.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCumulative childhood trauma (CCT) increases the risk of experiencing interpersonal problems and relationship distress in adulthood. However, not all CCT survivors experience such difficulties, and little research has investigated protective factors against relationship dissatisfaction in CCT survivors and their partners. Romantic attachment might be one such factor that could reduce the harmful effects of a CCT history on relationship satisfaction for both survivors and their partners.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAsian J Psychiatr
October 2024
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Embryo Original Diseases, The International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Institute of Reproduction and Development, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Reproduction and Development, Shanghai, China; Research Units of Embryo Original Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (No. 2019RU056), Shanghai, China; Key Laboratory of Reproductive Genetics (Ministry of Education), Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China. Electronic address:
Background: Evidence exists that maternal antenatal depression may have adverse impacts on perinatal outcomes. However, the results of those studies are inconsistent and mainly focus on maternal depressive symptoms in the second or third trimester.
Methods: This prospective cohort study used a sub-sample of participants from the Sino-Canadian Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative trial.
Front Dement
January 2024
Department of Nursing, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada.
Introduction: Dementia is associated with several behavioral changes globally referred to as (BPSD) of which many are recognized to be the expression of unmet needs triggered by environmental factors. BPSD are an extreme source of stress for family care partners and health care providers alike and can be the reason why people living with dementia (PLWD) are placed in long-term care homes (LTCH). The overall goal of this project was to examine whether a virtual environment that includes a virtual LTCH resident with dementia in a lifelike situation could be useful and usable for health care providers and care partners to identify potential triggers to BPSDs while being engaged emotionally with the scenario.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Clin Sleep Med
December 2024
Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Behav Sci (Basel)
July 2024
Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC H3T 1J7, Canada.
The developmental association between disruptive behaviors (DBs: hyperactivity-impulsivity, non-compliance, physical aggression) and internalizing problems in early childhood is not well understood and has generated competing hypotheses and mixed results. Using a person-centered strategy, the present study aimed to examine concurrent trajectories of DBs and trajectories of internalizing problems from age 1.5 to 5 years in a population-representative sample (N = 2057; 50.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHealth Psychol
November 2024
Department of Psychology, University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM).
Objective: While behavior change counseling (BCC) targeting health risk behaviors has shown efficacy for improving patient health outcomes, barriers to knowledge translation have resulted in poor uptake among health care providers (HCPs). This article outlines the development of a new BCC training framework for HCPs, from inception to readiness for efficacy testing. It provides an example of integrated knowledge translation (iKT) used in alignment with the obesity-related behavioral intervention trials model.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCan J Psychiatry
July 2024
Department of Psychological Clinical Science, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Background: Schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs) are a group of psychiatric disorders characterized by positive and negative symptoms as well as cognitive impairment that can significantly affect daily functioning.
Method: We reviewed evidence-based strategies for improving cognitive function in patients with SSDs, focusing on the Canadian landscape.
Results: Although antipsychotic medications can address the positive symptoms of SSDs, cognitive symptoms often persist, causing functional impairment and reduced quality of life.
Nature
August 2024
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany.
J Exp Biol
October 2024
Department of Biology, University of Quebec at Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec, G5L 3A1, Canada.
Sci Total Environ
October 2024
Department of Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.
Fire, as a natural disturbance, significantly shapes and influences the functions and services of terrestrial ecosystems via biotic and abiotic processes. Comprehending the influence of fire on soil greenhouse gas dynamics is crucial for understanding the feedback mechanisms between fire disturbances and climate change. Despite work on CO fluxes, there is a large uncertainty as to whether and how soil CH and NO fluxes change in response to fire disturbance in terrestrial ecosystems.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAsian Bioeth Rev
July 2024
Ethics Programs, Department of Letters and Humanities, University of Quebec at Rimouski, Rimouski, Québec Canada.
The increasing integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare presents a host of ethical, legal, social, and political challenges involving various stakeholders. These challenges prompt various studies proposing frameworks and guidelines to tackle these issues, emphasizing distinct phases of AI development, deployment, and oversight. As a result, the notion of responsible AI has become widespread, incorporating ethical principles such as transparency, fairness, responsibility, and privacy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFront Psychol
July 2024
School of Public Administration, Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Taiyuan, China.
Supervisory feedback to stimulate research and development (R&D) employee creativity is a management issue that concerns scholars and practitioners. However, there are divergences and contradictions regarding whether negative feedback promotes or hinders employee creativity. Integrating the feedback intervention and cognitive appraisal theories, we developed a double-edged sword model for negative supervisory feedback's influence on creativity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNat Commun
July 2024
Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Herbivorous insects alter biogeochemical cycling within forests, but the magnitude of these impacts, their global variation, and drivers of this variation remain poorly understood. To address this knowledge gap and help improve biogeochemical models, we established a global network of 74 plots within 40 mature, undisturbed broadleaved forests. We analyzed freshly senesced and green leaves for carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and silica concentrations, foliar production and herbivory, and stand-level nutrient fluxes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSensors (Basel)
July 2024
Department of Psychoeducation and Psychology, University of Quebec in Outaouais, Gatineau, QC J8X 3X7, Canada.
The cognitive state of a person can be categorized using the circumplex model of emotional states, a continuous model of two dimensions: arousal and valence. The purpose of this research is to select a machine learning model(s) to be integrated into a virtual reality (VR) system that runs cognitive remediation exercises for people with mental health disorders. As such, the prediction of emotional states is essential to customize treatments for those individuals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Hazard Mater
September 2024
Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Québec, QC, Canada. Electronic address:
This study focuses on assessing the hydrogeochemical processes influencing the mobility of dissolved metal and metalloid species during mine effluent mixing. Field samples were collected to characterize effluents at an active gold mine located in the Abitibi Greenstone belt in western Québec, Canada. Controlled laboratory mixing experiments were further performed with real effluents.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe field of metabolomics has gained tremendous interest in recent years. Whether the goal is to discover biomarkers related to certain pathologies or to better understand the impact of a drug or contaminant, numerous studies have demonstrated how crucial it is to understand variations in metabolism. Detailed knowledge of metabolic variabilities can lead to more effective treatments, as well as faster or less invasive diagnostics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPsychol Belg
June 2024
Group and Organizational Psychology Department, University of Liege, 1, Quartier Agora Place des Orateurs (Bât.33), 4000 Liège, Belgium.
Building on conservation of resources (COR) theory and following recent recommendations, this study investigates the mediating role of Psychological Capital (PsyCap) in the relationships between networking behaviors and attitudinal outcomes (i.e., work engagement and work satisfaction).
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