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The influence of ADHD and experimental context on components of attention in children.
(Dalhousie University, 2006)
My Friends Don't Really Understand Me: Examining Close Friendships of Adolescents with Chronic Pain
(2011-08-22)
Chronic pain negatively affects all dimensions of an adolescent’s life. Little is known about the social impact of chronic pain for adolescents, especially on close friendships. More is known about peer acceptance and ...
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE ORGANIZATIONS: AN INVESTIGATION OF FACTORS INFLUENCING CHOICES OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
(2012-07-17)
In today’s economy the importance of knowledge in organizations is well underscored. The management of an organization’s knowledge has become one of the most important strategic vehicles to an organization's sustainable ...
Coliform Bacteria From A Drinking Water Distribution System: Microbial Source Tracking, Characterization And Biofilm Formation
(2011-12-16)
A library of 18 coliform bacteria strains was obtained from different sampling points in the drinking water distribution system in Lexington, KY, over a three month period in 2006. To investigate the cause of the coliform ...
Disorienting Responsibility
(2012-09-11)
Experiences of disorientation can be common and powerful parts of moral agents' lives yet they have not been characterized by mainstream Western philosophers, and their effects have not been adequately ...
Finding Expert Users in Community Question Answering Services Using Topic Models
(2012-04-03)
Community Question Answering (CQA) websites provide a rapidly growing source of information in many areas. In most CQA implementations there is little effort in directing new questions to the right group of experts. This ...
MARKOV REGIME-SWITCHING MODELS
(2012-07-26)
A regime-switching model is a time-series model in which parameters change values
according to the regime at present time. While regime-switching models have been very
popular in applied work, there is a lack of literature ...
Strategies to Improve Quantitative Proteomics: Implications of Dimethyl Labelling and Novel Peptide Detection
(2012-03-30)
In quantitative proteomics, many of the LC-MS based approaches employ stable isotopic labelling to provide relative quantitation of the proteome in different cell states. In a typical approach, peptides are first detected ...
Characterization of Fruit Development and Ripening of Vaccinium angustifolium Ait. in Relation to Microclimate Conditions
(2011-12-21)
Berry ripening in lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.) is influenced by developmental, physiological and climatic factors resulting in a heterogenous mix of maturities at harvest. This study characterizes the ...
Prescribing Practices Amid the OxyContin Crisis: Examining the Effect of Print Media Coverage on Opioid Prescribing Among Nova Scotia Providers
(2012-06-29)
This research examined the effect of increasing attention on OxyContin in the news media on prescribing practices of the drug in Nova Scotia. Using data collected as part of a study looking at representations of OxyContin ...