Author: Maria Gill

The course of a sudden, highly contagious and deadly viral disease that has already wiped out rabbit colonies in Edmonton and Calgary is under intense scrutiny by Alberta wildlife experts. Rabbit hemorrhagic disease, the first documented case in the county dating back to March 2021, affects both wild and domestic rabbits. The virus has a mortality rate of 70 to 100%. Most rabbits that contract the disease die within one to five days, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The disease spreads rapidly within the colony, explains Margo Pepos, a professor at the University of Alberta who specializes in…

primary Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive loss of memory and certain intellectual functions that leads to repercussions in activities of daily living. 55.2 million people worldwide have Alzheimer’s disease or a related disease, according to the World Health Organization. Old age does not always coincide with memory loss, on the contrary! In fact, some people aged 80 or over retain an exceptional ability to remember information…and it may be greater than that of young adults aged 20-30. Researchers from Northwestern Medicine in the US looked at this question and found that these people “super…

Many advances in breast cancer treatment have been observed over the past 30 years. “Tremendous progress has been made in all phases of care,” confirms Dr. Delphine Argo, Specialist Radiotherapy for Hospital Group (GH) Brittany Sud Lorient. Not to mention that screening has allowed some treatments to be eased. Treatments are also more and more efficient. “Today, we’re talking about recovery, not just recovery,” says Dr. Josiane Bruce Potocki, medical director at the Cancer Screening Coordination Center in Brittany.More and more conservative surgeriesIf surgery is indicated to treat most localized tumors, it is often supplemented with one or more treatments…

At the end of a comprehensive 125-hour training, 47 company managers recently passed their exams under the only university degree program in corporate governance in Quebec. These people join a network of nearly 1,300 Certified Corporate Directors (ASC) who hold the keys to tangible impact on boards of directors (BODs) and ensuring sound corporate governance. Posted at 8:30 a.m. XTRA is a division that brings together promotional content produced by or for advertisers. Explore ASCs Profiles> ASC: real added value for organizations The undergraduate degree program of the College of Corporate Managers at Université Laval leads to the designation of…

Reading time: 2 minutes – detected BBC It’s always amazing how a newborn’s eye color can change drastically in just two years. Amazing and sometimes confusing, because it is a physical property that many of us attach great importance to. It’s a science: eye color can have an effect on the degree of confidence to witness to someone.BBC journalist He was interested in these color changes, which most often occur during the first years of life, but can also occur at other times of life. These changes can be caused by many factors, including excessive sun exposure, infection or injury…

Dominic Engled insisted that “beyond managing the pandemic, it is what we want as a government that will allow us to resolve the issues before us.” (Photo: The Canadian Press) Liberal leader Dominique Engled says she is “convinced” to make gains outside of Montreal on October 3. This is what she said Friday at a seminar in Montreal after a meeting with Mayor Valerie Plante. When the House of Representatives was dissolved, the Liberal Party of Quebec (PLQ) had 27 seats, only two of which were not in Montreal, but in Outaouais. Having conducted a special campaign in Huntingdon and…

Have you ever caught fast radio explosions? Probably not, because such signals (in English, “Fast Radio Burst” – FRB) do not last long. In practice, these are millisecond-thousandths of a second pulses emitted from the FM band frequencies. The first fast wireless explosion was recognized in 2007 In the ninetieth episode of Sixth Science science podcast Science and the future And the 20 minutestells you how scientists track these strange signals traveling through space. In 2007 the first FRB was identified, three billion years after us. At the microphone, Fabrice Nicot, journalist at Science and the future Specializing in basic…

The listed company Xebec Adsorption, a solution provider for renewable gas producers, protects itself from its creditors. Posted at 12:26 PM Andre Dubuque Journalism In a press release, it announced Thursday morning that it is today filing an application for a preliminary injunction with the Supreme Court under the Corporate Creditors Arrangement Act (“CCAA”) and will seek recognition of the order in the United States under Chapter 15 Bankruptcy Code. The goal is to suspend creditors’ resources to try to recover the company financially while it solicits investments or buyers for its assets, a process that must be approved by…

For the first view, click here. For the second, click here This issue is still related to the cost of living and transportation – much has been said about 3e The link, REM in Montreal (Metropolitan Express Network) and even the tramway. How to make municipalities lively, accessible and sensitive to the issues of those who live there – think especially of aging populations and ‘age-friendly’ municipalities. But let’s also think about the heat islands and heat waves that lie ahead. One way to combat it is through greening: plant more trees and increase the number of gardens. Isabelle Bourgogne…

Marigot Charbonnier, Chief Human Resources Officer at Kendrill (Source: kendrill)September 28, 2022 Mariego Charbonnier is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Kendrill, For example, IBM’s former infrastructure division was scrapped into an independent company with 90,000 employees in 63 countries. A featured panelist at C2 Montreal, the Director of Human Resources took a behind-the-scenes look at returning to the office at a global digital company. The good news is that many of the tips were given during the conference The evolution of work and leisure: How our behaviors shape the futureIt also applies to small and medium-sized enterprises. The Kyndryl…