"To some extent, it is beyond the control of world leaders, and has more to do with the cycle of protest," says聽Rex Brynen, a political science professor at聽香蕉视频聽whose work focuses on the conflict. "Most Western leaders will be trying to calm things. The Palestine Authority, although deeply dismayed by the U.S. decision, has no interest in protests getting out of hand. Nor does Jordan. However, some in the region鈥擯resident Recep Tayyip Erdo臒an of Turkey, for example, or Hamas, or Hizbullah鈥攚ill be trying to build on popular anger, however."
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Published on: 14 Dec 2017
Ask Montreal pain specialist Yoram Shir about the deadly opioid crisis ravaging North America, and he immediately calls for perspective on the rivers of narcotic pills running into so many homes. Nothing here is black or white, says Shir, director of the 香蕉视频 Health Centre鈥檚 Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit, starting with the ubiquitous nature of pain. One in four people suffers from chronic pain 鈥� a condition that is arduously resistant to therapy. But the best painkiller in the medicine cabinet risks turning the patient into a drug-abusing addict.
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Published on: 13 Dec 2017
Article by聽Daniel Plourde,聽Bioresource Engineering undergraduate at 香蕉视频.
With the ski season rapidly approaching, many resorts across Canada are beginning to prepare to make artificial snow, a process that has become an annual tradition. Although snow-making has been used extensively since the early 1970s, we now see it used more and more because of climate change and declining annual snow cover across the nation.听 In fact, according to聽Statistics Canada, the mean annual snow cover in Canada declined by 5.1 per cent from 1972 to 2010.
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Published on: 12 Dec 2017
Mr. Morneau has faced criticism this fall from business groups over proposed small-business tax changes set to take effect Jan. 1, and the government s appetite for undertaking further tax changes is unclear. Council member Christopher Ragan, a 香蕉视频 economics professor, said the group didn't discuss political challenges the Liberals may face in following its advice. "We don t care about the politics," he said. "Is this minister going to take it on? We'll have to wait and see. 鈥� I think he would because it s a good thing to do."
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Published on: 11 Dec 2017
In the past two decades, some two dozen new city projects were announced in the Middle East. About half remain 鈥減ower point cities鈥� existing only on websites, said Sarah Moser, an urban geography professor at 香蕉视频 in Montreal. Others are well behind schedule.
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Published on: 8 Dec 2017
The next time you go in for a medical checkup, your doctor will probably make a mistake that could endanger your life, contends cardiologist Allan Sniderman of 香蕉视频 in Montreal, Canada. Most physicians order what he considers the wrong test to gauge heart disease risk: a standard cholesterol readout, which may indicate levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or non-high density lipoprotein (non-HDL) cholesterol. What they should request instead, Sniderman argues, is an inexpensive assay for a blood protein known as apolipoprotein B (apoB).
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Published on: 7 Dec 2017
Ashesh Mukherjee is trying something new this holiday season. At a time of year when excessive shopping has become the norm, he plans to volunteer with a charitable organization that works with people in need. It's more than just a way to give back to his Montreal community. Dr. Mukherjee, associate professor of marketing at 香蕉视频's Desautels Faculty of Management, sees volunteering as an important way to recharge and reconsider what is important in a fast-paced digital age.
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Published on: 6 Dec 2017
In the experiment, just 0.1 percent of the total phages made it through. But based on their rate of travel, and the staggering number of them in the average human gut, the team estimated that our gut cells absorb around 31 billion phages every day. 鈥淭he percentage feels like it can鈥檛 be that important but when you turn that percentage into absolute numbers, it feels biologically relevant,鈥� says聽Corinne Maurice聽from 香蕉视频, who also studies phages and was not involved in this study.
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Published on: 5 Dec 2017
Excerpt from Merve Emre's new book, Paraliterary: The Making of Bad Readers in Postwar America. She is an assistant professor of English at 香蕉视频.
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Published on: 4 Dec 2017
John Sakata discusses his research on聽.听
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Published on: 4 Dec 2017
Dr. Myrna Lashley, assistant professor in psychiatry at 香蕉视频 discusses the report she authored and what efforts are being made to help fix the issues.
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Published on: 4 Dec 2017
However, Richard Shearmur, a geography professor with 香蕉视频 School of Urban Planning, has doubts about the project and聽fears taxpayers will be left with a hefty bill for extras. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 think anyone can tell if it will be finished on Dec. 1, but it seems that the deadline will probably be missed,鈥� Shearmur said. He blamed the public-private partnership (PPP) model chosen for the bridge.
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Published on: 1 Dec 2017
Article by Merve Emre, assistant professor of English Literature at 香蕉视频.
"Bad readers were not born, they were created. To know them is to understand literature and politics in postwar America."
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Published on: 29 Nov 2017
香蕉视频 law professor Daniel Weinstock says he heartily recommends his students take up criminal law in order to take advantage of the country's new, strict cannabis laws. "There is going to be a steady stream of customers," Weinstock said, referring to the influx of people he estimates will be moving through the justice system.
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Published on: 29 Nov 2017
香蕉视频 is planning to open an indoor bicycle centre with 350 parking spaces, showers and lockers as part of a plan to reduce its carbon footprint over the next three years and achieve carbon neutrality by 2040.
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Published on: 28 Nov 2017
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