Stéphane Bilodeau
@smbilodeau.bsky.social
Engineer, PhD, FEC, CTO Smart Phases
Adj.Prof. Bioengineering @mcgill.ca
#Climate #Health #CleanAir #IAQ #Resilience #Science #AI #COVIDisAirborne #ClimateEmergency #Renewables #Green #Quebec #Sustainability #IBEC #WHN
Fighting Entropy Continuously!
Adj.Prof. Bioengineering @mcgill.ca
#Climate #Health #CleanAir #IAQ #Resilience #Science #AI #COVIDisAirborne #ClimateEmergency #Renewables #Green #Quebec #Sustainability #IBEC #WHN
Fighting Entropy Continuously!
🌬️🔥«Les particules fines sont celles qui nous préoccupent le plus parce qu’elles peuvent rentrer dans notre système pulmonaire, et (...) entrer à l’intérieur de nos bâtiments parce qu’elles ont besoin de très peu d’espace, elles sont de l’ordre de 2,5 microns.» 🏠🏤l
#sante #hepa #n95 #airquality #qai
#sante #hepa #n95 #airquality #qai
June 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🌬️🔥«Les particules fines sont celles qui nous préoccupent le plus parce qu’elles peuvent rentrer dans notre système pulmonaire, et (...) entrer à l’intérieur de nos bâtiments parce qu’elles ont besoin de très peu d’espace, elles sont de l’ordre de 2,5 microns.» 🏠🏤l
#sante #hepa #n95 #airquality #qai
#sante #hepa #n95 #airquality #qai
That's why I confirmed, “Today is the worst day in Montreal this week, Toronto has started to be very bad, too." 🌬️🔥
Both cities, with Detroit, make the top 5 of IqAir.com
"Most polluted major cities ranking" in the world.
Please take care and avoid unnecessary exposure.
#iaq #HEPA #N95 #health
Both cities, with Detroit, make the top 5 of IqAir.com
"Most polluted major cities ranking" in the world.
Please take care and avoid unnecessary exposure.
#iaq #HEPA #N95 #health
June 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
🧐New version of an insightful infographic on diseases that can be transmitted through the air we breathe🌬️.
👇The list of airborne diseases is not exhaustive, but you can find more details in a 12-page guide, by @nousaerons.bsky.social: letsair.org/#mediation
#health #airquality #covidisairborne #iaq
👇The list of airborne diseases is not exhaustive, but you can find more details in a 12-page guide, by @nousaerons.bsky.social: letsair.org/#mediation
#health #airquality #covidisairborne #iaq
April 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
🧐New version of an insightful infographic on diseases that can be transmitted through the air we breathe🌬️.
👇The list of airborne diseases is not exhaustive, but you can find more details in a 12-page guide, by @nousaerons.bsky.social: letsair.org/#mediation
#health #airquality #covidisairborne #iaq
👇The list of airborne diseases is not exhaustive, but you can find more details in a 12-page guide, by @nousaerons.bsky.social: letsair.org/#mediation
#health #airquality #covidisairborne #iaq
How much energy does it cost to fuel cognition and everything else the brain does?
Fueling the brain costs 20-25% of the whole body's energy budget, even if the brain is only around 2% of body weight
Thinking hard doesn't change energy demand much.
www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
Fueling the brain costs 20-25% of the whole body's energy budget, even if the brain is only around 2% of body weight
Thinking hard doesn't change energy demand much.
www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
April 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
How much energy does it cost to fuel cognition and everything else the brain does?
Fueling the brain costs 20-25% of the whole body's energy budget, even if the brain is only around 2% of body weight
Thinking hard doesn't change energy demand much.
www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
Fueling the brain costs 20-25% of the whole body's energy budget, even if the brain is only around 2% of body weight
Thinking hard doesn't change energy demand much.
www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
"...influencing administrative decisions by capturing budget, appointments, gov't contracts & regulatory decisions; & disabling checks on power by dismantling accountability structures like the judiciary, law enforcement & prosecution, & audit institutions like the inspectors general & the media."
February 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"...influencing administrative decisions by capturing budget, appointments, gov't contracts & regulatory decisions; & disabling checks on power by dismantling accountability structures like the judiciary, law enforcement & prosecution, & audit institutions like the inspectors general & the media."
“If our doctors tell us that we have a terminal illness and can expect to live only another year, or 5 years, how would we respond? In fact, we confront exactly the same question if we are still healthy and have a life expectancy of 15 or 20 more years."
#JimmyCarter
#resilience #charity #dedication
#JimmyCarter
#resilience #charity #dedication
December 30, 2024 at 5:15 PM
“If our doctors tell us that we have a terminal illness and can expect to live only another year, or 5 years, how would we respond? In fact, we confront exactly the same question if we are still healthy and have a life expectancy of 15 or 20 more years."
#JimmyCarter
#resilience #charity #dedication
#JimmyCarter
#resilience #charity #dedication
The report says that the strongest evidence is the number of additional deaths: more than 250 deaths per year due to higher average annual temperatures.🥵
There are also more negative effects on mental health due to experiencing extreme weather.😰
#Heatlh #ClimateEmergency
www.rivm.nl/bibliotheek/...
There are also more negative effects on mental health due to experiencing extreme weather.😰
#Heatlh #ClimateEmergency
www.rivm.nl/bibliotheek/...
December 23, 2024 at 8:08 PM
The report says that the strongest evidence is the number of additional deaths: more than 250 deaths per year due to higher average annual temperatures.🥵
There are also more negative effects on mental health due to experiencing extreme weather.😰
#Heatlh #ClimateEmergency
www.rivm.nl/bibliotheek/...
There are also more negative effects on mental health due to experiencing extreme weather.😰
#Heatlh #ClimateEmergency
www.rivm.nl/bibliotheek/...
Ticks, respiratory illnesses, skin cancer, and poorer mental health ‘all on the rise due to climate change' - @irishtimes.bsky.social
bit.ly/4iIDmJb
#Climatechange worsens respiratory diseases, cancer, and declining #mentalhealth, according to a new report by the Dutch Public Health Institute.🤒😪
bit.ly/4iIDmJb
#Climatechange worsens respiratory diseases, cancer, and declining #mentalhealth, according to a new report by the Dutch Public Health Institute.🤒😪
December 23, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Ticks, respiratory illnesses, skin cancer, and poorer mental health ‘all on the rise due to climate change' - @irishtimes.bsky.social
bit.ly/4iIDmJb
#Climatechange worsens respiratory diseases, cancer, and declining #mentalhealth, according to a new report by the Dutch Public Health Institute.🤒😪
bit.ly/4iIDmJb
#Climatechange worsens respiratory diseases, cancer, and declining #mentalhealth, according to a new report by the Dutch Public Health Institute.🤒😪
Astronomy photo of the day from NASA:
Polar ring galaxies- go.nasa.gov/401gugA
🌌Looks like a metaphor of our times!🌠
Their striking appearance is researched, but a leading theory holds that it is the result of two galaxies with different central ring planes colliding.
🧑🔬 #Science vs #misinformation X
Polar ring galaxies- go.nasa.gov/401gugA
🌌Looks like a metaphor of our times!🌠
Their striking appearance is researched, but a leading theory holds that it is the result of two galaxies with different central ring planes colliding.
🧑🔬 #Science vs #misinformation X
December 23, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Astronomy photo of the day from NASA:
Polar ring galaxies- go.nasa.gov/401gugA
🌌Looks like a metaphor of our times!🌠
Their striking appearance is researched, but a leading theory holds that it is the result of two galaxies with different central ring planes colliding.
🧑🔬 #Science vs #misinformation X
Polar ring galaxies- go.nasa.gov/401gugA
🌌Looks like a metaphor of our times!🌠
Their striking appearance is researched, but a leading theory holds that it is the result of two galaxies with different central ring planes colliding.
🧑🔬 #Science vs #misinformation X
"It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go."
Jim Rohn
✍️Our life’s direction is determined more by our responses or choices facing situations (the set of our sails) rather than the circumstances or the challenges (🌬️the wind direction)!
#Resilience
Jim Rohn
✍️Our life’s direction is determined more by our responses or choices facing situations (the set of our sails) rather than the circumstances or the challenges (🌬️the wind direction)!
#Resilience
December 21, 2024 at 8:57 PM
"It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go."
Jim Rohn
✍️Our life’s direction is determined more by our responses or choices facing situations (the set of our sails) rather than the circumstances or the challenges (🌬️the wind direction)!
#Resilience
Jim Rohn
✍️Our life’s direction is determined more by our responses or choices facing situations (the set of our sails) rather than the circumstances or the challenges (🌬️the wind direction)!
#Resilience
“The best way to bridge single issue silos is through integrated and adaptive decision-making. ‘Nexus approaches’ offer policies and actions that are more coherent and coordinated – moving us towards the transformative change needed to meet our development and sustainability goals,” Prof. McElwee.
December 18, 2024 at 12:56 AM
“The best way to bridge single issue silos is through integrated and adaptive decision-making. ‘Nexus approaches’ offer policies and actions that are more coherent and coordinated – moving us towards the transformative change needed to meet our development and sustainability goals,” Prof. McElwee.
Following the 11th IPBES Session, @ipbes.bsky.social has launched the long-awaited thematic assessment of the interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food and health — or nexus assessment for short.👍
✍️Climate change and Energy are key direct drivers
of biodiversity loss.
#sustainabiity #resilience
✍️Climate change and Energy are key direct drivers
of biodiversity loss.
#sustainabiity #resilience
December 18, 2024 at 12:56 AM
Following the 11th IPBES Session, @ipbes.bsky.social has launched the long-awaited thematic assessment of the interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food and health — or nexus assessment for short.👍
✍️Climate change and Energy are key direct drivers
of biodiversity loss.
#sustainabiity #resilience
✍️Climate change and Energy are key direct drivers
of biodiversity loss.
#sustainabiity #resilience
"Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention without necessity."
Leonardo da Vinci's quote captures the interconnectedness between nature, knowledge, and the laws of our universe!
#nature #sustainability #resilience
Leonardo da Vinci's quote captures the interconnectedness between nature, knowledge, and the laws of our universe!
#nature #sustainability #resilience
December 17, 2024 at 3:54 PM
"Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention without necessity."
Leonardo da Vinci's quote captures the interconnectedness between nature, knowledge, and the laws of our universe!
#nature #sustainability #resilience
Leonardo da Vinci's quote captures the interconnectedness between nature, knowledge, and the laws of our universe!
#nature #sustainability #resilience
#Climate change disasters are hazardous to children's mental health 🗣️@bonniepetrie.bsky.social via @texaspublicradio.bsky.social
👉Research confirmed that they were 4.5 times more likely to have serious emotional disturbance post-Katrina than they were before the #storm😥
#mentalhealth
bit.ly/3ZQB2IE
👉Research confirmed that they were 4.5 times more likely to have serious emotional disturbance post-Katrina than they were before the #storm😥
#mentalhealth
bit.ly/3ZQB2IE
December 15, 2024 at 9:20 PM
#Climate change disasters are hazardous to children's mental health 🗣️@bonniepetrie.bsky.social via @texaspublicradio.bsky.social
👉Research confirmed that they were 4.5 times more likely to have serious emotional disturbance post-Katrina than they were before the #storm😥
#mentalhealth
bit.ly/3ZQB2IE
👉Research confirmed that they were 4.5 times more likely to have serious emotional disturbance post-Katrina than they were before the #storm😥
#mentalhealth
bit.ly/3ZQB2IE
The 65M people living in the world’s small island nations face “catastrophe” from the #health impacts of #climate breakdown #LancetCountdown report.
Heatwaves, drought, insect-borne diseases and extreme weather are getting worse because of the climate crisis, putting lives and livelihoods at risk.
Heatwaves, drought, insect-borne diseases and extreme weather are getting worse because of the climate crisis, putting lives and livelihoods at risk.
December 13, 2024 at 7:58 PM
The 65M people living in the world’s small island nations face “catastrophe” from the #health impacts of #climate breakdown #LancetCountdown report.
Heatwaves, drought, insect-borne diseases and extreme weather are getting worse because of the climate crisis, putting lives and livelihoods at risk.
Heatwaves, drought, insect-borne diseases and extreme weather are getting worse because of the climate crisis, putting lives and livelihoods at risk.
Climate Change and Indigenous Health: Addressing the Impacts on Well-being
As temperatures rise, ecosystems shift, & traditional ways of life are disrupted, #Indigenous communities face unique challenges, leading to detrimental effects on their physical, mental, and spiritual #health.
bit.ly/41wwgkT
As temperatures rise, ecosystems shift, & traditional ways of life are disrupted, #Indigenous communities face unique challenges, leading to detrimental effects on their physical, mental, and spiritual #health.
bit.ly/41wwgkT
December 13, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Climate Change and Indigenous Health: Addressing the Impacts on Well-being
As temperatures rise, ecosystems shift, & traditional ways of life are disrupted, #Indigenous communities face unique challenges, leading to detrimental effects on their physical, mental, and spiritual #health.
bit.ly/41wwgkT
As temperatures rise, ecosystems shift, & traditional ways of life are disrupted, #Indigenous communities face unique challenges, leading to detrimental effects on their physical, mental, and spiritual #health.
bit.ly/41wwgkT
Pensée du jour!
[FR] "Mais le véritable chemin du bonheur est de donner celui-ci aux autres"💝
[EN]"The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others."💏
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell (1857 – 1941)
[FR] "Mais le véritable chemin du bonheur est de donner celui-ci aux autres"💝
[EN]"The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others."💏
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell (1857 – 1941)
December 7, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Pensée du jour!
[FR] "Mais le véritable chemin du bonheur est de donner celui-ci aux autres"💝
[EN]"The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others."💏
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell (1857 – 1941)
[FR] "Mais le véritable chemin du bonheur est de donner celui-ci aux autres"💝
[EN]"The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others."💏
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell (1857 – 1941)
#ClimateChange and Children's Health: Flooding
It intensifies storms and flooding, posing heightened #health and safety risks.
bit.ly/4eVtcle
👉 critical concerns for public health necessitate attention to protect children, among the most vulnerable to physical, mental, and emotional health impacts.
It intensifies storms and flooding, posing heightened #health and safety risks.
bit.ly/4eVtcle
👉 critical concerns for public health necessitate attention to protect children, among the most vulnerable to physical, mental, and emotional health impacts.
December 4, 2024 at 3:53 PM
#ClimateChange and Children's Health: Flooding
It intensifies storms and flooding, posing heightened #health and safety risks.
bit.ly/4eVtcle
👉 critical concerns for public health necessitate attention to protect children, among the most vulnerable to physical, mental, and emotional health impacts.
It intensifies storms and flooding, posing heightened #health and safety risks.
bit.ly/4eVtcle
👉 critical concerns for public health necessitate attention to protect children, among the most vulnerable to physical, mental, and emotional health impacts.
Indigenous-led struggles for health justice in the context of the climate emergency: insights from Guatemala🌎
bit.ly/3OwZ05b
A study from York Univ. via @bmj.com discusses Participatory Action Research project in Indigenous communities & worrying predicament experienced in climate-affected areas.
👇
bit.ly/3OwZ05b
A study from York Univ. via @bmj.com discusses Participatory Action Research project in Indigenous communities & worrying predicament experienced in climate-affected areas.
👇
December 2, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Indigenous-led struggles for health justice in the context of the climate emergency: insights from Guatemala🌎
bit.ly/3OwZ05b
A study from York Univ. via @bmj.com discusses Participatory Action Research project in Indigenous communities & worrying predicament experienced in climate-affected areas.
👇
bit.ly/3OwZ05b
A study from York Univ. via @bmj.com discusses Participatory Action Research project in Indigenous communities & worrying predicament experienced in climate-affected areas.
👇
Photo astronomique via #NASA
La Tête de Cheval dans Orion.
✍️La lueur rouge provient de l'hydrogène gazeux derrière la nébuleuse, ionisé par l'étoile voisine Sigma Orionis.
L'obscurité de la nébuleuse est causée par une épaisse poussière.
La lumière met 1 500 ans à nous parvenir!
go.nasa.gov/4i4PhAu
La Tête de Cheval dans Orion.
✍️La lueur rouge provient de l'hydrogène gazeux derrière la nébuleuse, ionisé par l'étoile voisine Sigma Orionis.
L'obscurité de la nébuleuse est causée par une épaisse poussière.
La lumière met 1 500 ans à nous parvenir!
go.nasa.gov/4i4PhAu
November 29, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Photo astronomique via #NASA
La Tête de Cheval dans Orion.
✍️La lueur rouge provient de l'hydrogène gazeux derrière la nébuleuse, ionisé par l'étoile voisine Sigma Orionis.
L'obscurité de la nébuleuse est causée par une épaisse poussière.
La lumière met 1 500 ans à nous parvenir!
go.nasa.gov/4i4PhAu
La Tête de Cheval dans Orion.
✍️La lueur rouge provient de l'hydrogène gazeux derrière la nébuleuse, ionisé par l'étoile voisine Sigma Orionis.
L'obscurité de la nébuleuse est causée par une épaisse poussière.
La lumière met 1 500 ans à nous parvenir!
go.nasa.gov/4i4PhAu
Findings indicate that high-dose Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) significantly reduces functional pain interference & improves gait parameters. However, the study's small sample size restricts its generalizability.
Extending #LongCovid R&D is essential to fortify conclusions.👨🔬
Extending #LongCovid R&D is essential to fortify conclusions.👨🔬
November 27, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Findings indicate that high-dose Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) significantly reduces functional pain interference & improves gait parameters. However, the study's small sample size restricts its generalizability.
Extending #LongCovid R&D is essential to fortify conclusions.👨🔬
Extending #LongCovid R&D is essential to fortify conclusions.👨🔬
Electrical nerve stimulation may ease #longCOVID pain and fatigue, claims research authors 👨🔬
👉A study co-led by UCLA and Baylor College of Medicine suggests that a wearable electrical nerve stimulation device may alleviate pain and fatigue associated with Long COVID.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👉A study co-led by UCLA and Baylor College of Medicine suggests that a wearable electrical nerve stimulation device may alleviate pain and fatigue associated with Long COVID.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 27, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Electrical nerve stimulation may ease #longCOVID pain and fatigue, claims research authors 👨🔬
👉A study co-led by UCLA and Baylor College of Medicine suggests that a wearable electrical nerve stimulation device may alleviate pain and fatigue associated with Long COVID.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👉A study co-led by UCLA and Baylor College of Medicine suggests that a wearable electrical nerve stimulation device may alleviate pain and fatigue associated with Long COVID.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
“Many of the most impacted by climate change are already paying more… with devastating impacts on people’s health & wellbeing… unconscionable that wealthy countries are proposing a climate finance deal that could worsen the debt burden of countries facing the brunt of a crisis they did not cause.”
November 27, 2024 at 2:05 AM
“Many of the most impacted by climate change are already paying more… with devastating impacts on people’s health & wellbeing… unconscionable that wealthy countries are proposing a climate finance deal that could worsen the debt burden of countries facing the brunt of a crisis they did not cause.”
#LongCOVID patients push to see federal research refocused on treatments
👉via @npr.org : n.pr/4fG2JJv
Already claiming the lives of 1.2 million Americans, #COVID patients are advocating for a shift in federal research priorities. $1.15 billion has been allocated, but no new treatments have emerged.
👉via @npr.org : n.pr/4fG2JJv
Already claiming the lives of 1.2 million Americans, #COVID patients are advocating for a shift in federal research priorities. $1.15 billion has been allocated, but no new treatments have emerged.
November 25, 2024 at 4:17 PM
#LongCOVID patients push to see federal research refocused on treatments
👉via @npr.org : n.pr/4fG2JJv
Already claiming the lives of 1.2 million Americans, #COVID patients are advocating for a shift in federal research priorities. $1.15 billion has been allocated, but no new treatments have emerged.
👉via @npr.org : n.pr/4fG2JJv
Already claiming the lives of 1.2 million Americans, #COVID patients are advocating for a shift in federal research priorities. $1.15 billion has been allocated, but no new treatments have emerged.
Astronomy photo of the day from NASA: Undulatus Clouds over Las Campanas Observatory
🥸Undulatus, a type of Asperitas cloud, form at the peaks where the air is cool enough to cause the condensation of opaque water droplets:
👉🏽Thermodynamics at play!😎
#nature #awesome #bluesky
go.nasa.gov/3CCNHFQ
🥸Undulatus, a type of Asperitas cloud, form at the peaks where the air is cool enough to cause the condensation of opaque water droplets:
👉🏽Thermodynamics at play!😎
#nature #awesome #bluesky
go.nasa.gov/3CCNHFQ
November 24, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Astronomy photo of the day from NASA: Undulatus Clouds over Las Campanas Observatory
🥸Undulatus, a type of Asperitas cloud, form at the peaks where the air is cool enough to cause the condensation of opaque water droplets:
👉🏽Thermodynamics at play!😎
#nature #awesome #bluesky
go.nasa.gov/3CCNHFQ
🥸Undulatus, a type of Asperitas cloud, form at the peaks where the air is cool enough to cause the condensation of opaque water droplets:
👉🏽Thermodynamics at play!😎
#nature #awesome #bluesky
go.nasa.gov/3CCNHFQ