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THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SELF-RATED HEALTH AND KEY INDICATORS OF HEALTH IN AN OLDER POPULATION: ANALYSIS OF THE CANADIAN LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON AGING
(2021-09-14)Self-sated health (SRH) is a global indicator of health which reflects a person’s integrated perception of their own health. To obtain an in depth understanding of SRH, this study examined the association between SRH and ... -
The association between the rural-urban continuum, social capital, and nutritional risk in community-dwelling older adults in Canada: an analysis of baseline data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
(2020-08-10)Background: High nutritional risk poses a significant threat to the health of older adults. Currently, most research in Canada focuses on nutritional risk in hospital or institutional settings, with little emphasis placed ... -
The Association of Anterior Cingulate Cortex Glutamate and Clozapine Eligibility In an Early Psychosis Sample
(2023-07-27)Background: The ability to identify patients who may benefit from clozapine at the earliest opportunity is important for maximizing long term outcomes in schizophrenia. Patients that meet criteria for treatment resistance ... -
THE ASSOCIATION OF FRAILTY AND LONG-TERM ADVERSE OUTCOMES IN PEOPLE WHO ATTEND CARDIAC REHABILITATION
(2022-08-25)Background: Cardiac rehabilitation programs are the gold standard for supporting patients to recover from cardiac events such as a heart attack. Patients who enrol in cardiac rehabilitation are often older and are burdened ... -
The association of non-core foods on academic performance among grade five students in Nova Scotia.
(2015)This study examines the association between non-core food intake and academic performance among children. Grade five students in Nova Scotia were surveyed as part of the Children’s Lifestyle and School-Performance Study ... -
The Association of Traditional, Non-Traditional, HIV, and Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy-Related Risk Factors and Dyslipidemia Among People who are Living with HIV in Nova Scotia: A Longitudinal Cohort Study
(2010-12-06)The present study investigated the longitudinal relationships between traditional, non-traditional, HIV and HAART-related risk factors and dyslipidemia in people who are living with HIV living in Nova Scotia. A total of ... -
ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN CARE PROVIDED IN THE HOME AND HOME DEATH
(2015)Context: It is projected that the number of annual deaths in Canada will increase from 259,000 in 2011 to 425,000 by 2036. Most Canadians prefer to die at home. Currently, the proportion of individuals receiving formal and ... -
Associations Between the Presence or Absence of a Lifetime History of Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Current Mental Health Issues in a Sample of Canadian Men: A Secondary Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
(2021-05-05)The present study examined the prevalence of lifetime history of prostate cancer (PCa) in a cross-sectional sample of Canadian men (N = 25, 183) and investigated the contribution of presence or absence of history of a PCa ... -
Associations of cardiovascular function and structure with feed efficiency in beef cattle
(2017-09-15)Heart rate as a feed efficiency proxy could aid in the reduction of beef cattle feed costs. Applicable heart rate assessments remain to be developed and the basis of the association between heart rate and feed efficiency ... -
Associations of Perceived Risk of Regular Cannabis use With Cannabis-Related Driving and Passenger Behaviours Among Canadian High School Students
(2021-01-07)Objective: Employing a sample of 33,915 high school students, the present study aimed to examine the association of perceived risk of regular cannabis use with driving under the influence of cannabis (DUIC) and riding with ... -
Associations of Social Capital and Rurality with Adolescent Mental Health, Substance Use, and Help-Seeking in Atlantic Canada
(2016-08-18)Mental health disorders are common among adolescents, yet only a small proportion of students perceive a need for help, or receive help or use any related services. Social scientists hypothesize that social capital may ... -
An Astonishing Symphony of Voices: Birdsong in the Poetry of Don McKay
(2011-09-06)Numerous scholars have observed that Don McKay’s poetry is profoundly musical and particularly attentive to the sounds of birds. However, it has not been examined how musicology can illuminate McKay’s use of birdsong. This ... -
Astrocytic Plasticity and Inhibitory Transmission in Orexin Neurons Following Acute Sleep Deprivation
(2023-08-29)Sleep and wakefulness are regulated by numerous neuronal populations throughout the brain, including the wake-promoting orexin (ORX) and sleep-promoting melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) neurons in the lateral hypothalamus. ... -
Asymmetric Systematic Risk and Risk Premiums Under a Regime-Switching Model
(2022-04-14)The purpose of this thesis is to identify asymmetry in stocks’ systematic risk and market risk premiums under different financial market regimes. It is assumed that there are two unobserved regimes, bull and bear markets, ... -
Asymmetric Two-Handed Input for Mode Selection on Touchscreens
(2016-05-04)Away from computers, most manual activities make use of both hands together. Consider how you chop vegetables, stir a pot, hammer a nail, or play a musical instrument; even in writing, the “off” hand plays a role in holding ... -
The asymptotic behaviour of cosmological models containing matter and scalar fields.
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ASYMPTOTIC MULTIPLE-SCALES ANALYSIS OF HYDRAULIC TRANSIENTS IN ELASTIC AND VISCOELASTIC PRESSURIZED CONDUITS
(2017-08-24)The hydraulic transient phenomenon known as water hammer has a long history [35]. To date, only relatively simple cases have been studied analytically among the numerous publications. In this research, a formal asymptotic ... -
An Asymptotically Optimal Path Planning Method with Cubic Bézier Spline
(2023-07-28)This dissertation introduces a novel path planning algorithm for robotics, known as Informed SRRT#. Our algorithm integrates a local planner from SRRT, accommodating both external and internal constraints. We introduce two ... -
At-sea biology and movements of leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, in the northwest Atlantic.
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Athletes' Village: The Adaptive Reuse of Rexall Place
(2012-04-03)Currently very few retired venues are reused and most are torn down to make room for new development. Of the venues that are reused, they are either converted into housing projects or mixed use commercial buildings. My ...
