Browsing Pharmacy Faculty Research, Publications and Presentations by Title

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  • Formation of a Collaborative Interprofessional Primary Healthcare Deprescribing Research Team in Nova Scotia 

    Whelan AM, , Kennie-Kaulbach N, Isenor JE Martin-Misener R, Burge F, Burgess S, Kits O, Reeve E, Salsbury LE, Cormier R, Bai I, MacLean H, Helwig M. Formation of a collaborative interprofessional primary health care deprescribing research team in Nova Scotia. 2019 Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada/Canadian Pharmacy Education and Research Conference. Edmonton, AB, June 12 to 13, 2019; Primary Healthcare Research Day in Halifax NS. June17, 2019. (Presenters: AM Whelan, N Kennie-Kaulbach)
    Study objective: To describe the development of a collaborative interprofessional primary health care deprescribing research team in Nova Scotia. Methods: Initiated by two College of Pharmacy faculty members, a core ...

  • Impact of pharmacists as immunizers on vaccination rates: a systematic review and meta-analysis 

    Published version: Isenor JE, Edwards NT, Alia TA, Slayter KL, McNeil SA, MacDougall D, Bowles SK. Impact of pharmacists as immunizers on vaccination rates: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Vaccine. 2016; 34: 5708-23. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.08.085
    Background: Underutilization of vaccination programs remains a significant public health concern. Pharmacists serve as educators, facilitators, and in some jurisdictions, as administrators of vaccines. Though pharmacists ...

  • Incidence of Deep Vein Thrombosis in Hospitalized Chinese Medical Patients and the Impact of DVT Prophylaxis 

    Cheng, G., C. Chan, Y. T. Liu, Y. F. Choy, et al. 2011. "Incidence of Deep Vein Thrombosis in Hospitalized Chinese Medical Patients and the Impact of DVT Prophylaxis." Thrombosis 2011: 629383. doi:10.1155/2011/629383
    Objective. To evaluate the incidence of deep vein thrombosis in hospitalized Chinese medical patients and the impact of DVT prophylaxis. Methods. All cases of confirmed proximal DVT from 1 January 2005 to 31 December ...

  • Key Priorities to Implement Deprescribing in Primary Health Care in Nova Scotia: Results from the Deprescribing in Primary Health Care in Nova Scotia Knowledge Exchange Event (June 20, 2019) 

    Isenor JE, Kennie-Kaulbach N, Kehoe S, Bai I, Reeve E, Whelan AM, Burgess S, Kits O, Burge F, Martin-Misener R, Helwig M, Sampalli T (OPTx Team). Key Priorities to Implement Deprescribing in Primary Health Care in Nova Scotia: Results from the Deprescribing in Primary Health Care in Nova Scotia Knowledge Exchange Event (June 20, 2019). Final Report. Halifax (NS). 2020 03 03. 46 p.
    Inappropriate medication use and polypharmacy are associated with increased adverse drug reactions, hospitalizations and mortality. Deprescribing has been found to decrease the use of medications and medication costs and ...

  • Lipophilic sugar nucleotide synthesis by structure-based design of nucleotidylyltransferase substrates 

    Huestis, Malcolm P., Gaia A. Aish, Joseph P. M. Hui, Evelyn C. Soo, et al. 2008. "Lipophilic sugar nucleotide synthesis by structure-based design of nucleotidylyltransferase substrates." Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 6(3): 477-484.
    Structure-based design of alkyl sugar-1-phosphates provides an efficient nucleotidylyltransferase-catalyzed synthesis of a series of new lipophilic sugar nucleotides possessing long or branched alkyl chains, thereby ...

  • Measuring Knowledge Translation Uptake Using Citation Metrics: A Case Study of a Pan-Canadian Network of Pharmacoepidemiology Researchers 

    Melissa Rothfus, Ingrid S. Sketris, Robyn Traynor, Melissa Helwig & Samuel A. Stewart (2016): Measuring Knowledge Translation Uptake Using Citation Metrics: A Case Study of a Pan-Canadian Network of Pharmacoepidemiology Researchers, Science & Technology Libraries, 35(3), 228–240. DOI: 10.1080/0194262X.2016.1192008
    ABSTRACT Collecting citation metric data is important, as research funders are increasingly demanding impact assessment, but there is limited consensus on the most rigorous and accurate approach. We compared three ...

  • A Method for Structure-Activity Analysis of Quorum-Sensing Signaling Peptides from Naturally Transformable Streptococci 

    Tian, XiaoLin, Raymond T. Syvitski, TianLei Liu, Nadine Livingstone, et al. 2009. "A Method for Structure-Activity Analysis of Quorum-Sensing Signaling Peptides from Naturally Transformable Streptococci." Biological Procedures Online 11(1): 207-226.
    Many species of streptococci secrete and use a competence-stimulating peptide (CSP) to initiate quorum sensing for induction of genetic competence, bacteriocin production, and other activities. These signaling molecules ...

  • The relationship between type of drug therapy and blood glucose self-monitoring test strips claimed by beneficiaries of the Seniors' Pharmacare Program in Nova Scotia, Canada 

    Sanyal, C., S. D. Graham, C. Cooke, I. Sketris, et al. 2008. "The relationship between type of drug therapy and blood glucose self-monitoring test strips claimed by beneficiaries of the Seniors' Pharmacare Program in Nova Scotia, Canada." BMC health services research 8: 111-6963-8-111.
    BACKGROUND: The healthcare expenditure on self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) test strips under the Nova Scotia Seniors' Pharmacare Program (NSSPP) has increased significantly in recent years. The objective of this ...

  • Scale disparity and spectral transfer in anisotropic numerical turbulence 

    Zhou, Y., P. K. Yeung, and J. G. Brasseur. 1996. "Scale disparity and spectral transfer in anisotropic numerical turbulence." Physical review.E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics 53(1): 1261-1264. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.53.1261
    No abstract available.

  • Structure-activity analysis of quorum-sensing signaling peptides from Streptococcus mutans 

    Syvitski, Raymond T., Xiao-Lin Tian, Kamal Sampara, Alan Salman, et al. 2007. "Structure-activity analysis of quorum-sensing signaling peptides from Streptococcus mutans." Journal of Bacteriology 189(4): 1441-1450.
    Streptococcus mutans secretes and utilizes a 21-amino-acid signaling peptide pheromone to initiate quorum sensing for genetic competence, biofilm formation, stress responses, and bacteriocin production. In this study, we ...

  • Synthesis of a novel fluorinated phosphonyl C-glycoside, (3-deoxy-3-fluoro- F β-d-glucopyranosyl)methylphosphonate, a potential inhibitor of β- phosphoglucomutase Postprint 

    Published Version: Madison Carroll-Poehls, David L. Jakeman, Synthesis of a novel fluorinated phosphonyl C-glycoside, (3-deoxy-3-fluoro-β-d-glucopyranosyl)methylphosphonate, a potential inhibitor of β-phosphoglucomutase, Carbohydrate Research, 2023, 108979, ISSN 0008-6215, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carres.2023.108979
    β-phosphoglucomutase (βPGM) catalyzes the conversion of β-glucose 1-phosphate (βG1P) to glucose-6-phosphate (G6P), a universal source of cellular energy, in a two-step process. Transition state analogue (TSA) complexes ...

  • Universal intermittent properties of particle trajectories in highly turbulent flows 

    Arneodo, A., R. Benzi, J. Berg, L. Biferale, et al. 2008. "Universal intermittent properties of particle trajectories in highly turbulent flows." Physical Review Letters 100(25): 254504. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.254504
    We present a collection of eight data sets from state-of-the-art experiments and numerical simulations on turbulent velocity statistics along particle trajectories obtained in different flows with Reynolds numbers in ...