A new report, launched today by the World Policy Analysis Centre, contains never-before-available comparative data on laws and public policies in 191 countries covering poverty, discrimination, education, health, child labour, child marriage and parental care. Changing Children鈥檚 Chances reveals how millions of children across the world face conditions that limit their opportunities to thrive and reach their full potential.
Close to one hundred and fifty professors, students and members of Montreal鈥檚 aerospace community were present last week, at the McGill Faculty Club, to celebrate the official announcement of six major collaborative projects in the aerospace field between 香蕉视频 and 脡cole de technologie sup茅rieure (脡TS).
While women have gained ground, accounting for 31.2% of senior leadership roles in Montreal, visible minorities remain more markedly underrepresented in these ranks. In spite of accounting for 22.5% of the population, only 5.9% of senior leaders were visible minorities according to a study led by researchers from 香蕉视频鈥檚 Desautels Faculty of Management and Ryerson University鈥檚 Diversity Institute.聽聽
The danger that icebergs represent to both shipping and to the underwater cables that traverse the ocean floors is very real. It鈥檚 tricky for satellites to identify icebergs, and almost impossible to accurately predict the level of risk they present. Drifting clouds can make it difficult to see the movements of sea ice as well as the underwater shape of the icebergs that determines their movement and whether they are a threat. This is why ships moving off Newfoundland鈥檚 Grand Banks and the coast of Labrador are asked to report their position and ice observation to Ice St. John鈥檚 every six hours.聽
The results of the study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, point to the first known cause of aortic stenosis and to a potential treatment to prevent this disease. 鈥淲e found that an unusual type of cholesterol called Lipoprotein (a) or Lp(a) 鈥� that is not normally screened for in current clinical practice 鈥� appears to be a cause of aortic valve disease,鈥� says Dr. George Thanassoulis, one of the co-lead authors of the study, who is also director of preventive and genomic cardiology at the MUHC and an Assistant Professor in Medicine at 香蕉视频. 鈥淗igh levels of this type of cholesterol are predicted primarily by an individual鈥檚 genetic make-up with only modest influence from lifestyle or other factors.鈥澛�
How does Canada foster and grow its celebrities and success? Is Canada efficient enough at spotting talent and supporting it through incubation and lift-off? The McGill Institute for the Study of Canada (MISC) will examine what it means to have a career in Canada in three sectors: culture/entertainment, high-tech and sports/athletics at its annual conference,聽鈥淟ifting Off and Flying High: Talent and Success in Canada鈥�.聽The two-day event will be held at the聽Omni Mont-Royal Hotel, 1050聽Sherbrooke St. W.,聽Montreal, on聽February 11-12, 2013.
Please note that 香蕉视频 will be giving an update on the flooding experienced on the downtown campus since yesterday.
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), commonly known as lupus, is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks healthy tissue such as the skin, joints, kidneys and the brain, leading to inflammation and lesions. The disease affects about 1 in 2000 Canadians, particularly women. Previous research has suggested that lupus patients have an increased risk of developing cancer, particularly lymphoma. 聽Lymphoma is a type of blood cancer that occurs when cells called lymphocytes, which usually help protect the body from infection and disease, begin growing and multiplying uncontrollably leading to tumor growth.
One lies hidden inside a coffin. Another has his face exposed with hands extended at his sides. A third wears a mask over her face. They are three human Egyptian mummies that have been trapped in the manner they held when laid to rest nearly 2,000 years ago. And now we can reveal what they might have looked like.
Dietary changes since the early 1960s have fueled a sharp increase in the amount of mined phosphorus used to produce the food consumed by the average person over the course of a year, according to a new study led by researchers at 香蕉视频.聽Between 1961 and 2007, rising meat consumption and total calorie intake underpinned a 38% increase in the world鈥檚 per capita 鈥減hosphorus footprint,鈥� the researchers conclude in a paper published online in聽Environmental Research Letters.
From early disease detection to better drug design and more efficient nanoelectronics 鈥� three McGill research projects share close to $11 million in awards from the CFI
Researchers at 香蕉视频 and the Research Center for Molecular Medicine (CeMM) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences have discovered the molecular blueprint behind the IFIT protein. This key protein enables the human immune system to detect viruses and prevent infection by acting as foot soldiers guarding the body against infection. They recognize foreign viral ribonucleic acid (香蕉视频) produced by the virus and act as defender molecules by potentially latching onto the genome of the virus and preventing it from making copies of itself, blocking infection. The findings are a promising step towards developing new drugs for combatting a wide range of immune system disorders.
A new study by 香蕉视频鈥檚 Division of Cancer Epidemiology will test a revolutionary way of preventing the transmission of the human papillomavirus (HPV) through the use of a topical gel applied during sexual activity.
