Workplace environment control. Holes in the firewall. Quebec drug plan cost. Testosterone test.

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• AMEQ en ligne (behind a paywall) reports on a new study from Concordia that offers a method of automating indoor workplace environmental conditions, including temperature, air quality and lighting, with a view to optimizing employee productivity. The study, published in the Journal of Energy and Buildings, was led by Hashem Akbari, professor in the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, in collaboration with recent building engineering graduate Farhad Mofidi (PhD '17).
• Mohammad Mannan, associate professor in the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE) is quoted and his research referenced in a piece in Wired about computer security software vulnerabilities. 
• Death Rattle Sports picks up coverage of a study co-authored by researchers at Concordia, Université de Montréal, Carleton and University of British Columbia of the cost of Quebec's drug-insurance plan and whether the Quebec system should be a model for Canada. The study was recently published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
• Maenner Format (in German) references a 2009 Concordia study that monitored changes in measurable testosterone levels among men who were asked to drive a Porsche 911 Carrera around a racetrack. The study was led by Gad Saad, marketing professor in the John Molson School of Business.

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