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Transport decision processes have traditionally applied cost-benefit analysis (CBA) with benefits mainly relating to time savings, and costs relating to infrastructure and maintenance costs. However, a shift toward more sustainable practices was initiated over the last decades to remedy the many negative impacts of automobility. As a result, decision processes related to transport projects have become more complex due to the multidimensional aspects and to the variety of stakeholders inv...
Objective: To characterise the nutritional quality of food products targeted to children, we aimed: (1) to determine if the nutritional composition of child-targeted food products is different from those for the general population and (2) to verify differences in the nutrient content of child-targeted food products between three selected food categories. Design: The present study is part of the work conducted by the Food Quality Observatory, created in 2016 in the province of Quebec (Canad...
The aim of this study is to investigate polyacrylamide-based hydrogels stress relaxation and the subsequent impact on the osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs). Different hydrogels are synthesized by varying the amount of cross-linker and the ratio between the monomers (acrylamide and acrylic acid), and characterized by compression tests. It has been found that hydrogels containing 18% of acrylic acid exhibit an average relaxation of 70%, while pure polyacrylamide...
Le Québec, en tant qu’île francophone entourée d’un (très) vaste océan anglophone, constitue un petit champ de bataille linguistique : la concurrence n’est pas uniquement de nature économique et commerciale, elle est aussi et avant tout une concurrence des langues. Dans ces conditions, la mondialisation, par le perpétuel mouvement qu’elle déploie, intensifie cette concurrence linguistique, et la langue française n’y échappe absolument pas. Face à cette déferlante, il apparaît donc pertinent d...