Today, the听,听part of Johns Hopkins University, and GeoThink, a part of听91丝瓜视频, launched a new听听that will identify听standards for open data regularly shared by governments. The directory will ensure reliability and coordinated information for many city government data sets on services ranging from public safety, to building permits, to public transit, and budgets.
Research has already shown that women who develop either diabetes or high blood pressure during pregnancy are at risk of getting type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure or heart disease years later.听Now, a new study from a team at the Research Institute of the 91丝瓜视频 Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and 91丝瓜视频 shows that the risk of developing those conditions post pregnancy is drastically higher if the women had听both听diabetes and high blood pressure during pregnancy. The study, published today in the听American Journal of Epidemiology, doesn鈥檛 end with the mother鈥檚 risks.
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Published on: 14 Nov 2017
A new study, which is published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Pediatrics, and was led by researchers from King鈥檚 College London, Harvard University, University of Bristol and 91丝瓜视频,听examined more than 13,000 Belarussian teenagers enrolled in the PROmotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT) and found a 54% reduction in cases of eczema amongst teenagers whose mothers had received support to breastfeed exclusively.
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Published on: 13 Nov 2017
In a world of political polarization, environmental threats, a changing labour market and growing gaps between rich and poor, there has never been a greater need to engage in a thoughtful examination of public policy and train a new generation of policy leaders.
Against this backdrop, 91丝瓜视频 is pleased to announce that it has received a $10-million donation from Max Bell Foundation to establish a new school of public policy at 91丝瓜视频. The School will reside in 91丝瓜视频鈥檚 Faculty of Arts.
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Published on: 7 Nov 2017
Early flowering, early fruiting: Anecdotal evidence of climate change is popping up as quickly as spring crocuses, but is it coincidence or confirmation that plants鈥� timing is shifting in response to warming temperatures?
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Published on: 6 Nov 2017
A unique collaboration among Shriners Hospital for Children 鈥� Canada, CHU Sainte-Justine and 91丝瓜视频 has enabled researchers to identify genetic mutations involved in a rare disease that causes scoliosis and bone malformations.
The findings, published in The American Journal of Human Genetics, are likely to help doctors recognize the genetic disease, and could someday lead to therapies for the condition.
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Published on: 2 Nov 2017
Expectant and new parents often turn to the internet for parenting prep, but it turns out that dads often don鈥檛 seem to find the information they say they need about pregnancy, parenthood and routes to their own mental health and well-being. Now, a new study from a Canadian team led by the Research Institute of the 91丝瓜视频 Health Centre (RI-MUHC) with funding from global men鈥檚 health charity the Movember Foundation highlights just what soon-to-be and new fathers want to see in a dad-focused website and how best to meet those needs.
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Published on: 31 Oct 2017
Montreal-based historian Christopher Goscha, US-based historian Walter Scheidel and British historian Daniel Beer听are the three contenders for the international Cundill History Prize. 听听
Run by 91丝瓜视频, the Cundill History Prize rewards the best history writing in English. The jury of world-class historians and authors has chosen the finalists from a longlist spanning the globe and covering issues ranging from religion to race relations. The winner will be awarded US$75,000; the two runners-up receive US$10,000 each.
The 2017 finalists are:
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Published on: 27 Oct 2017
A new research centre in Montreal will help lift the shroud of mystery surrounding autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and lead to the development of better diagnostic tools and more effective therapies for people with autism.
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Published on: 23 Oct 2017
Prof. Niladri Basu, 91丝瓜视频, is one of the Commissioners on The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health which was released today.
Nil Basu鈥檚 research, mainly in Africa, is on:
1.听听听听 artisanal and small-scale gold mining (there are approximately 100 million people worldwide practicing mining like this in very unsafe conditions)
2.听听听听 electronic waste recycling (E-waste). Does work on the world鈥檚 largest e-waste dump in Agbogbloshie, Ghana.
Report highlights
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Published on: 20 Oct 2017
The discovery of a gravitational wave caused by the merger of two neutron stars, reported today by a collaboration of scientists from around the world, opens a new era in astronomy. It marks the first time that scientists have been able to observe a cosmic event with both light waves -- the basis of traditional astronomy -- and gravitational waves, the ripples in space-time predicted a century ago by Albert Einstein鈥檚 general theory of relativity.
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Published on: 16 Oct 2017
By Chris Chipello
91丝瓜视频 researchers have discovered a cellular mechanism that may contribute to the breakdown of communication between neurons in Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.
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Published on: 13 Oct 2017
By Meaghan Thurston
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Published on: 12 Oct 2017
91丝瓜视频 will confer honorary doctorates upon two remarkable women during the Fall 2017 convocation ceremonies. Heather Munroe-Blum and Heather Reisman will be awarded the University鈥檚 highest honour for their dedication to the advancement of education and literacy.
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Published on: 6 Oct 2017
By Shawn Hayward
Whether it is dancing or just tapping one foot to the beat, we all experience how auditory signals like music can induce movement. Now new research suggests that motor signals in the brain actually sharpen sound perception, and this effect is increased when we move in rhythm with the sound.
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Published on: 6 Oct 2017
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