Toronto Metropolitan University

Hospitality as Living Heritage: Migrant Heritage-Making, Belonging, and the Cultural Politics of Welcome

This article conceptualizes hospitality as a form of living heritage through which migrants and refugees preserve cultural practices, negotiate belonging, and reshape relations of welcome in receiving societies. Drawing on Walker and Avant’s concept analysis approach, literature...

Comparative Phosphate Recovery from Synthetic Solution and Anaerobic Digestion Centrate Using Calcium- and Magnesium-Modified Commercial Biochar: Performance, Adsorption Behavior, and Preliminary Agronomic Evaluation

Phosphorus recovery from wastewater can improve resource circularity while reducing eutrophication risks. This study directly compared calcium- and magnesium-modified commercial biochar for phosphate capture from a controlled synthetic solution and real anaerobic digestion centra...

Sex differences in mortality risk profiles across the life course in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a machine learning analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Abstract Background Prognostic models for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) are largely ‘one-size-fits-all’ and do not collectively account for sex differences and social determinants of health (SDoH). To address this gap, we trained and developed s...

Promoting healthy families: a three‐arm randomized controlled trial of Triple P and Circle of Security–Parenting versus treatment‐as‐usual for families with young children (2–6 years)

BACKGROUND: Parenting programs grounded in social learning (SL) and attachment theory are widely implemented, yet few trials have directly compared their effects across multiple parenting domains in community contexts. This study examined the relative effectiveness of an SL-based...

Review of 3D-Printed Cementitious and Geopolymer Permanent Formwork for Concrete Structures

Three-dimensional concrete printing (3DCP) has emerged as a promising technology for developing stay-in-place cementitious and geopolymer permanent formwork systems. This review critically synthesizes current knowledge on printable materials, printability requirements, structural...

Comparison of EPS Extraction Methods Across Wastewater Sludge Matrices: Recovery Performance and Potential Extraction-Induced Cellular Material Release

Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) play an important role in wastewater sludge structure and stability, yet measured EPS concentrations depend strongly on the extraction method. This study compared three established protocols (thermal sodium carbonate, thermal sodium chlori...

Ultrasound-Activated Microbubbles for Precision Chemo-Radioenhancement in Prostate Cancer: Sonoporation, Therapeutic Synergy, and Translational Pathways

Background/Objectives: Radiotherapy and docetaxel are mainstays of prostate cancer management, yet both are constrained-radiotherapy by normal-tissue tolerance and docetaxel by systemic toxicity and acquired resistance. Ultrasound-activated microbubbles (USMB) convert acoustic en...

Supporting the acute care clinical nurse educator workforce: A scoping review of job satisfaction and turnover intentions

Objective To map the literature on job satisfaction and turnover intentions among clinical nurse educators (CNEs) in acute care settings. Background The global nursing shortage poses a critical threat to healthcare quality and patient safety. CNEs play a pivotal role in workforce...

Abrasive slurry jet focusing using a shadow mask for the micromachining of helical channels

Abrasive slurry jets can be used to machine helical channels on rods for microfluidic and other applications. This paper seeks to reduce the minimum machinable feature size using a novel shadow mask setup that was attached to a slurry jet nozzle and used to fabricate narrow helic...

Multiset metric dimension of binomial random graphs

For a graph G = ( V , E ) and a subset R ⊆ V , we say that R is multiset resolving for G if for every pair of vertices v , w , the multisets [ d ( v , r ) : r ∈ R ] and [ d ( w , r ) : r ∈ R ] are distinct, where d ( x , y ) is the graph distance between vertices x and y . The mu...

Exploratory investigation of hemodialysis membrane–induced differential DNA methylation in patient blood

Hemodialysis (HD) patients experience chronic inflammation and immune activation driven by continuous blood contact with synthetic dialysis membranes. Increasing evidence suggests that membrane surface chemistry can modulate immune–epigenetic regulatory mechanisms, including DNA...

Sex Disparity in Enrolment to Clinical Trials for Onchocerciasis and Trachoma

To determine whether female enrolment in randomized interventional clinical trials for onchocerciasis and trachoma reflects the real-world sex distribution of disease burden, and to evaluate sex-based differences across trial characteristics. We performed a cross-sectional analys...

Physics-Guided Sequential State Space Transformer (PS3T) for Projection Domain LDCT Denoising

Low-Dose Computed Tomography (LDCT) reduces radiation exposure but introduces severe quantum noise and streak artifacts that degrade image quality. To address these challenges, we propose the Physics-Guided Sequential State Space Transformer (PS3T), a projection-domain denoising...

Improving Meteorological Drought Forecasting Through a CPO ‐Tuned VMD ‐Liquid Neural Network

ABSTRACT This paper introduces a novel hybrid model for one‐month‐ahead meteorological drought forecasting. The proposed approach employs the Crested Porcupine Optimizer (CPO) to adaptively tune the key parameters of Variational Mode Decomposition (VMD). This optimization step ef...

Personalization without progress: Gen Z, AI, and the missed marketing opportunity in foodservice apps

This study examines how Generation Z consumers interpret and evaluate AI-driven personalization in mobile food applications. Drawing on 30 qualitative interviews with Canadian participants aged 18–24, the analysis develops and empirically grounds a mid-range theoretical model of...

Learning about Democracy through Disputes over the Meaning of Indigenous Consent and Consultation

Abstract Disputes over the meaning of Indigenous consultation and free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) are disputes about democracy. When states reduce these processes to procedural compliance, they collapse plural democratic traditions into a single, state-centric framework....

Leveraging prompt-driven generative AI for systematic reviews in digital psychiatry: A stage-matched comparative proof-of-concept for healthcare researchers and clinicians

The scale and pace of evidence generation in digital psychiatry increasingly exceed the capacity of traditional systematic literature review (SLR) methods. Large language models (LLMs) are gaining traction in evidence synthesis, yet limited guidance exists for integrating generat...

A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Cannabis Use and Mental Health in Canada’s Young Adults: Canadian Cannabis Survey

Cannabis use is common among emerging adults and has been linked to poorer mental health outcomes. This study analyzed data from the 2024 Canadian Cannabis Survey ( n = 1240) among young adults aged 20–24 years old. Overall, 48% reported past 12-month non-medical cannabis use, 79...

Chemical Fingerprints of New vs Weathered Plastics: A Machine Learning Approach

Abstract Regulatory initiatives to mitigate plastic pollution face challenges in identifying microplastics and their sources. Recent advances in computational fingerprinting offer opportunities for the forensic investigation of plastic pollution sources. Here, we present an open-...

Image-based estimation of ambient particulate matter: a scoping review

Abstract Air quality is a major public health concern, while particulate matter (PM) measurements remain limited by the spatial coverage and high operational costs of reference monitoring stations. This scoping review synthesises the literature on image-based PM estimation from o...