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The article focuses on the origin and early works of the Woodlands Section of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association (CPPA). Topics discussed include the creation of the section which focuses on the protection of wood for pulp and paper making, the section's first general meeting held in the Ladies Ordinary of the Windsor Hotel in Montréal, Quebec on February 7, 1918, and the discussion of issues about fire protection, destruction of wood by insects, and fungus diseases.

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Abstract: This issue of the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (JMPT) includes the publication of the scientific papers that won the 3 major open awards at the International Conference on Chiropractic Research (ICCR) held at the Hilton Bonaventure Hotel, Montreal, Canada, from April 30 to May 2, 2009. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

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This article highlights the 5th International Criminological Congress of the International Society for Criminology to be held in Montreal, Quebec, from August 29 to September 3, 1965.

The article presents information about the Fourth Symposium on the Consumer Psychology of Tourism, Hospitality, and Leisure Research held on July 17-20, 2005 in Montreal, Quebec. The International Society of Culture, Tourism, and Hospitality Research was founded at the symposium. The objective of the institution is to advance the scientific and practical knowledge of lived experiences.

Over the past few years, electric vehicles (EVs) have become a popular mode of individual transportation due to their significant benefits over internal combustion engine vehicles, resulting in significant growth in their penetration rate. However, the current flat electricity charging pricing and rapid diffusion of EVs may impose challenges to both transportation systems and power grids. It is well-accepted that the implementation of charging pricing schemes is a promising solution for changing and controlling EV users' charging behavior. Nevertheless, in most research studies that have examined pricing schemes, the charging logic is defined in a way that agents will charge their vehicles while performing their daily activities. This will make the application of pricing schemes unfeasible, as agents will not have the freedom to unplug their EVs whenever they want, to reduce their billing costs. Accordingly, this paper provides an agent and activity-based framework for charging pricing schemes by decoupling activity and charging start and end times. Following this, three different charging pricing schemes have been introduced, including time of use (TOU), non-linear and zonal pricing and tested on the Montreal scenario. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bioclimatic design strategies are among the most promising sustainable approaches for improving energy efficiency of buildings. However, their contributions to reducing the energy consumption and carbon footprint of buildings are largely dependent on the alignment of building design with climatic conditions. The objective of this paper is to investigate the effect of key bioclimatic design strategies, namely green roof and walls, tree shading, natural ventilation, glazing system, blinds, building orientation and Trombe wall on the energy performance of a typical residential building in the three most dominant climates worldwide. These strategies are analyzed in Riyadh, Tetouan and Montreal cities, selected to represent those climates, viz. arid, temperate and cold climates, respectively. To this end, numerous dynamic thermal simulations were performed using EnergyPlus software. The findings of this research revealed that, individually, green roof and walls, and Trombe wall strategies have the highest performance in terms of energy savings and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions mitigation for all selected locations. Moreover, blinds and tree shading strategies are too recommended for arid and temperate climates, while natural ventilation is advisable only for the last one. Additionally, significant energy saving could be achieved by optimizing the building orientation, especially in arid and cold climates. However, the greatest energy savings and GHG emissions mitigation were achieved (i) by combining green roof and walls, Trombe wall, blinds and tree shading techniques for arid climates, (ii) by adding natural ventilation to the last combination for temperate climates, and (iii) when green roof and walls design is combined with an optimal building orientation for cold climates, with a share of 33%, 58% and 19%, respectively. This work is intended to be a reference to help building designers and engineers to select the appropriate bioclimatic design strategies according to the building's climate. • The main bioclimatic strategies' effect in dominant climates worldwide is examined. • Three locations were selected to represent the dominant climates. • Green roof and walls design is the most energy-efficient bioclimatic strategy. • Significant energy-saving can be achieved by combining key bioclimatic strategies. • Applying the investigated strategies greatly reduces GHG emissions in all climates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using location theory as a starting point, this paper aims to understand how coworking spaces (CSs) locate within the city and how they reacted to the stress of COVID-19. Through a case study of the city of Montreal (Canada), we show that most CSs locate in areas of high transit accessibility and in central districts, but there is a trend – possibly accelerated by COVID – towards more suburban locations. These location strategies follow logics similar to those of Knowledge intensive services (KIS), including the tendency of some to agglomerate and of others to disperse. For some CSs, there is also heightened sensitivity to interactions with, and contributions to, the local community. Hence, faced with COVID, CSs in transit-accessible places combine an inward strategy, centralizing their activities around members, with a networking strategy , pooling some services and developing partnerships with local or other nearby CSs. Furthermore, CSs in peri -central neighbourhoods are the most vulnerable and have adopted retraction strategies. In contrast, CSs located in low accessibility districts outside the agglomeration adopt an expansion strategy, opening new branches near suburban residential areas to attract nearby workers. As hybrid work evolves, these results can help urban planners better understand the location rationales of CSs, how they adapt, and to what extent they bring added value to local urban development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the closure of mills and downsizing by the Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based paper company, Domtar aimed to increase company profitability. The company also announced the writing-off of several fixed assets with the closure of paper mills and sawmills and the sale of a paper mill under a cost-cutting initiative.

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The article reports that Phoenix, Arizona-based Honeywell Inc. featured its products for the pulp and paper industry at EXFOR 2006 in Montreal, Quebec. The first product is Precision FotoForm Formation Sensor. It incorporates the web monitoring technology by recording the moving paper web and quickly processing and analyzing recorded images from inside the machine in real time. The second product is Quality OptiMISER for Quality Control System. It helps Honeywell Quality Control System customers make faster and more accurate production decisions.

Reports that Montreal, Quebec-based Domtar has introduced a coated lightweight sheet with a high post-consumer fiber content. Response to publishers' demand for environmentally-friendly magazine and catalog papers; Certification of raw materials by the Forest Stewardship Council.

Reports on the 91st Annual Meeting of the Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada in Montreal, Quebec.

Reports that Montreal, Quebec-based paper manufacturer Domtar failed in its bid to acquire a stake in Portugal's company Portucel.

Reports that Kruger Inc. of Montreal, Quebec, had a smooth start-up of its Paper Machine Number 4 at its Wayagamack mill in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, on November 1, 2003.

Ransomware presents a significant threat to the security and integrity of cryptocurrency transactions. This research paper explores the intricacies of ransomware detection in cryptocurrency transactions using the Bitcoinheist dataset. The dataset encompasses 28 distinct families classified into three ransomware categories: Princeton, Montreal, and Padua, along with a white category representing legitimate transactions. We propose a novel hybrid supervised and semi-supervised multistage machine learning framework to tackle this challenge. Our framework effectively classifies known ransomware families by leveraging ensemble learning techniques such as Decision Tree, Random Forest, XGBoost, and Stacking. Additionally, we introduce a novel semi-supervised approach to accurately identify previously unseen ransomware instances within the dataset. Through rigorous evaluation employing comprehensive classification metrics, including accuracy, precision, recall, F1 score, RoC score, and prediction time, our proposed approach demonstrates promising results in ransomware detection within cryptocurrency transactions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports on a ratification of a new three-year contract between Norampac Inc. and Independent Paperworker's Union in Montreal, Quebec.

Reports that Montreal, Quebec-based Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. will sell its share of SFK Pulp Fund. Number of fund units that SFK will issue.

Reports on the certification of Abitbi-Consolidated Inc.'s Quebec-West Woodlands Division and Champneuf Sawmill by the Canadian Standards Association in Montreal, Quebec.

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Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), which is thought to have the potential to correct dysbiosis of gut microbiota, has been used to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) for almost a decade. Here, we report an interventional prospective cohort study performed to elucidate the extent of and processes underlying microbiota engraftment in IBD patients after FMT treatment. The cohort included two categories of patients: (a) patients with moderate to severe Crohn's disease (CD) (Harvey–Bradshaw Index ≥ 7, n = 11) and (b) patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) (Montreal classification S2 and S3, n = 4). All patients were treated with a single FMT (via mid‐gut, from healthy donors), and follow‐up visits were performed at baseline, 3 days, 1 week, and 1 month after FMT (missing time points included). At each follow‐up time point, fecal samples and clinical metadata were collected. For comparative analysis, 10 fecal samples from 10 healthy donors were included to represent the diversity level of normal gut microbiota. Additionally, the metagenomic data of 25 fecal samples from five individuals with metabolic syndrome who underwent autologous FMT treatment were downloaded from a previous published paper to represent fluctuations in microbiota induced during FMT. All fecal samples underwent shotgun metagenomic sequencing. We found that 3 days after FMT, 11 out of 15 recipients were in remission (three out of four UC recipients; 8 out of 11 CD recipients). Generally, bacterial colonization was observed to be lower in CD recipients than in UC recipients at both species and strain levels. Furthermore, across species, different strains displayed disease‐specific displacement advantages under two‐disease status. Finally, most post‐FMT species (> 80%) could be properly predicted (area under the curve > 85%) using a random forest classification model, with the gut microbiota composition and clinical parameters of pre‐FMT recipients acting as factors that contribute to prediction accuracy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Urban forests are recognized for their multiple benefits to society, and increasingly so with climate change. However, they too are threatened by increased heat, pollution, and higher risks of pest outbreaks. Increasing the diversity of tree species in urban forests is crucial for enhancing their resilience by reducing the risk of mass tree losses. Yet, we lack the most important ingredient to act: knowledge. Traditionally, urban tree inventories only include trees on public land. This study describes the first urban forest research plot established in Montreal, Canada, encompassing 1567 trees on public and private (residential and institutional) lands from 84 species and 43 genera. Our paper significantly contributes to the existing body of knowledge by providing empirical data that enhances our understanding and provides a clearer picture of urban forests, particularly concerning total tree diversity, across public and private lands. We found that tree abundance and diversity differed depending on land ownership: the public urban forest included more trees and was slightly more diverse than the private urban forest. Acer emerged as the most abundant genus, and small trees dominated all ownership categories. Importantly, the species composition of trees in public and private spaces differed, increasing the overall diversity. Of particular interest was the presence of three species on private property that were not recorded in the larger public tree inventory. Developing inventory practices that include private trees can provide insight to strategically enhance tree diversity where needed and maximize the benefits that diverse urban forests provide. • Diversity in the urban forest improves resilience and enhances ecosystem services. • Most urban tree inventories only include trees located on public land. • Focusing on public trees may lead to underestimating diversity and resilience. • Tree abundance and diversity differ depending on land ownership type. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the shutdown of the Lebel-sur-Quevillon pulp mill of Domtar in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in November 2005 resulting from unfavorable economic factors. The company has laid of 425 workers and has announced the reopening of the pulp mill at Lebel-sur-Quevillon when economic factors allow for profitable operation.

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This is a lightly edited transcript of a plenary talk given at the Beyond Positivism conference, Montreal, August 8–10 2017. The talk followed others by Christopher Winship and Frédéric Vandenberghe, which are mentioned in the text. The paper argues that critical social science needs an ontology of values, and that a coherent ontology must recognize that values are created by human beings in social settings, rather than being objectively true. Recognizing this, however, need not expose us to the moral nihilism of extreme relativism. Drawing on the work of Habermas and the capabilities approach, I argue that we can reason about what sorts of basic values we should be committed to, without invoking the concept of objective values. This provides us with material that we can build on to construct more complex constructive critical arguments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Network Robustness Index (NRI) was one of the first tools to successfully assess networkwide congestion effects due to single-link closures. This paper investigates the use of systemwide metrics in the context of Montreal’s urban road network, and provides a new mechanism to evaluate the importance of individual links while internalizing the environmental perspective. Specifically, the NRI is expanded to include road emissions in the link criticality analysis process, resulting in the creation of an Emissions-based NRI (ENRI), to be used in conjunction with the NRI. The results of this new Emissions-based NRI (ENRI) are compared with the NRI results and we observe that both tools provide similar results for major scenarios (such as capacity reduction on major bridges) while for minor scenarios (such as capacity reduction on arterial roads) the results are quite different. The results suggest that new holistic frameworks are needed to assess link criticality in urban areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The bridge over the Beauharnois Canal (BHC) is the main structure of the Nouvelle Autoroute 30 project, with a total length of 2551 m. It crosses the BHC and the Saint Laurent Seaway (SLS). This paper describes the development of the design and construction process of the Beauharnois Bridge carried out by a leading construction company in Montreal. It describes the construction procedures carried out to achieve the works in a schedule severely limited by the technical clauses of the contract and winter conditions. This paper emphasizes the different préfabrication systems employed in the construction of the bridge and the incremental launching technique used to erect the steel box-girders of the east part over the BHC and the SLS. The bridge superstructure is divided into two parts: the east part, formed by a closed composite structure with a steel box-girder spanning over 82 m, and the west part, designed with a concrete deck composed of five concrete prefabricated beams spanning a typical length of 45 m. The east part, with a length of 1456 m, was designed with no expansion joints. This side of the deck includes the main span of 150 m and was entirely assembled at the east abutment and erected in place using the incremental launching technique. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Battle of the Books is a high school book-knowledge competition. This paper describes the Battle of the Books competitions held yearly in Montreal, Quebec since 2013. The competition provides an opportunity for students who are not necessarily athletically inclined to experience competition and belonging to a team. The author outlines the history of the Montreal events, explains how the competition works, and details the experience of coaching Battle of the Books teams. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research introduces a novel integrated model with a comprehensive approach to develop and characterize smart cities. Strategic planning for sustainable and resilient cities has become an urgent necessity, given the global challenges around the environment and sustainable development. This paper answers the questions of what does a smart city look like and which parameters to prioritize in developing smart cities. This model incorporates important domains such as energy, environmental, social, governance and pandemic resilience domains in addition to other domains, carefully selected to ensure a wholistic approach. Each domain is assessed using four primary performance indicators, totaling 32 indicators, which are used to evaluate the smartness of a city. This conceptual framework is deployed and applied to 20 cities worldwide. Principal component analysis and further statistical assessments are used to determine the interrelationship and intrarelationships between the indicators of the various domains in order to determine a causal-effect matrix. The results show that the governance domain is strongly correlated with the energy and environment domains with the correlation coefficient (R) values of 0.86 and 0.87 respectively. There is a mild positive relationship between smart governance and smart society indexes. In fact, the R value of 0.7 highlights that smart governance does positively correlate and lead to smarter societies. The average smart energy index ratio is 0.26, which reflects immense opportunities for improvements in this sector. The half of the cities in the study are below average, while the other half exceed the average smart index ratio for the energy index. The smart governance index ratio is 0.44, and the cities vary on this front between 0.17 and 0.59. Montreal is the city with the highest smart governance index ratio, whereas Cairo has the lowest. This study provides the concept of smart city in a quantitative, empirical and comprehensive manner, highlighting that smart governance, smart society and pandemic resilience are critical aspects to the development of smart cities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Using an analysis of ethnic restaurants listed in Montreal's Yellow Pages, census data on ethnicity from 1951 to 2001, and a range of supporting evidence, this paper argues that immigration appears to be a better explanation than changing eating fashions for the major trends witnessed in both the number and type of ethnic restaurants found in the city over the period. The paper explores the general implications of such a finding, concluding that theorists have so far largely ignored the wider social and economic roles played by ethnic restaurants, and need to consider their importance in family employment strategies and the like if they are to understand the phenomenon more fully. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses the results of a long-term memory study in which fifty visitors to Expo 67 (25 participants from British Columbia and 25 from Quebec) shared their recollections of their personal experience forty years after the event. The impetus for this study stems from a desire to understand the long-term impact of visitors' experience in informal, leisure-time contexts, and, particularly in large-scale exhibitions. This paper presents and discusses outcomes that elucidate the nature of personal memories of Expo 67 and in relation to the collective memory of cultural events/productions. Moreover, the study illustrates and discusses an interesting paradox of personal memories of the event. Specifically, most visitors report common themes surrounding the memory of self (the script of events, the things they saw and did), yet almost all participants report highly idiosyncratic stories that are mediated by their personal identities, and more so, the recollection and perception of the national significance of Expo 67 appears clearly differentiated by cultural communities to which they are affiliated. These understandings provide insights that assist museums and similar institutions employing exhibit media to comprehend the long-term impact of visitors' experiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Shading devices, particularly louvers, if chosen and designed correctly, reduce excessive uncontrolled solar gains and daylight in interior space, consequently improving building energy performance and occupants' visual comfort. However, various questions related to their adaptation to different climates, their designs, and optimized methods are unanswered. This paper aims to show that even in geographical areas with similar climate conditions, different louver designs are required.To this end, louver designs in three Canadian cities with almost similar climates are investigated. Objective functions are defined as minimizing energy use intensity and maximizing daylight use. Through a sensitivity analysis, louver parameters have been examined to determine which ones have a significant or insignificant effect on energy performance and visual comfort. Based on the results obtained from the sensitivity analysis, the proper range of each parameter was determined, and a metaheuristic algorithm was applied to reduce time and cost of optimization. Two algorithms (SPEA-2 and NSGA-II) are compared to understand which performs better in this problem. The results show that NSGA-II performs slightly better, and, using louvers in all case study cities positively affects visual comfort and energy performance. Second, louver depth and count are the most critical parameters in all three cities, and other parameters have a different effect based on the city latitude. The research contribution is to propose a workflow to integrate parametric design, sensitivity analysis, and NSGA-II to optimize louver design with various parameters and ranges. Also, the research proposes a guideline for designing louver in the three investigated cities. [Display omitted] • An approach is proposed by integrating parametric tools, sensitivity analysis, and metaheuristic algorithms. • SPEA-2 and NSGA-II are compared by Hyper Volume index (HV). • Louver characteristics for three Canadian cities – Montreal, Vancouver, and Edmonton, are proposed. • The results confirm that even in similar climates, different louver designs are needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The effects of climate change and Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomena have raised the attention for monitoring and evaluating the outdoor thermal comfort. The urban vegetation system is playing a significant role for UHI mitigation and adaption. The fraction of the ground covered by trees and other vegetation is smaller and contains less biomass than in nonurban areas. The absence of vegetation impacts the UHI in several ways, since vegetation, and in particular trees, intercept solar energy, and their shade reduces the temperature of surfaces below while increasing the latent heat exchange for the evapotranspiration process. In this paper, the common tree types and the size of trees in Montreal are investigated; and the effect of tree size and space between trees on outdoor comfort are compared by using environmental simulation. It’s demonstrated that, the correlation (R 2 ) between tree cover (SVF) and urban Ta is about 0.64 at summer mid-night. In the daytime, tree cover could reduce air temperature at the tree level (4 °C at 20 m height from the ground), as well as higher level (2 °C at 60 m from the ground). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper contributes to the literature on urban forestry and urban sustainability by filling gaps in the knowledge on viable business, financing, and governance models for nature-based solutions. Through two case studies, we provide empirical illustrations for business models based on nature-based solutions that are both viable and scalable. We confront the financial and governance challenges identified in the literature with empirical evidence that is grounded in a specific urban territory (the cities of Montreal and Brussels) and a well-identified type of nature-based solutions (the sourcing of sustainable materials from natural local ecosystems). Given the relative novelty and absence of comprehensive scientific accounts about the emergence, current state and future potential of the local wood movement, another important contribution of this paper is to characterize local wood businesses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses a research paper about the basic requirements for the testing of mental acuity with special reference to the intracranial pressure and volume relationships, presented before the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Association on Mental Deficiency in Montreal, Quebec on October 3, 1946. Several factors that directly influence the value of the mental response include the time of day, the relationship of the test to the amounts of food and fluid consumed and sleep. For patient preparation, the paper recommends several things to do 48 hours prior to mental testing.

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Information about the topics discussed during the 2015 sound reinforcement system engineering and technology international conference held at the McGill University in Montreal, Quebec is presented. The event was held under the chairmanship of Peter Mapp and Wieslaw Mowzczyk and offered workshops and tutorial dealings in sound reinforcement and live sound. The event presented formal papers that deal with large scale loudspeaker arrays, new technology, and reverberation enhancement.

The article reports that Krefeld, Germany-based Küsters Paper showcased its developments in the fields of calendars, shoe presses and rolls at the EXFOR exhibit in Montreal, Quebec. The exhibition's focus was on the small shoe press which the company offers under the brand name X-NIP C. The shoe press can be used for material widths up to 5000 mm and a line force of up to 500 N/mm.

Abstract: Urban vegetation is shown to be unevenly distributed across cities and there is evidence of disparities in benefits provided by vegetation and of public health problems induced by urban heat islands. In order to improve vegetation cover, it remains crucial to understand the underpinning of such unevenness. In this paper, we investigate in Montreal (Canada) how the built environment, sociodemographic factors and administrative boroughs influence tree and lawn cover in public and residential land. The analysis was conducted at the dissemination area (DA) level, a Canadian census unit containing about 400–700 people. Six vegetation indicators were used as dependent variables: the proportion of a DA covered by trees/shrubs, lawn and total vegetation; the proportion of streets covered by trees/shrubs and the proportion of residential yards covered by trees/shrubs and total vegetation. Three sets of independent variables were studied: the built environment, sociodemographics and borough names. We used spatial autoregressive models to control for dependence and the spatial autoregressive term explained a large amount of variability in vegetation cover. The built-environment variables tend to have higher effects than the socio-demographic variables when predicting the three DA vegetation indicators, backyard vegetation, and to a lesser degree, street tree/shrub cover. In particular, population density is associated negatively to all indicators but positively to street tree cover. Socio-demographics are substantial in the explanation of the distribution of street trees, especially the presence of recent immigrants (negative effect) and of university degree holders (positive effect). These findings call for appropriate greening programs adapted to the local socio-demographic profile. The significance of boroughs also suggests the need for further research on the impact of within-city administrative hierarchies on the unevenness of urban vegetation. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]