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Nova Scotia 811 Telephone Triage and Lower Acuity Pediatric Emergency Department Visits at the IWK Health Centre
(2020-12-07)
Growth in Emergency Department (ED) demand is occurring across the developed world, with increases in both urgent and non-urgent ED visits.
Telephone triage systems allow a caller to speak with a healthcare professional ...
Modelling the coastal ambient noise field in time, frequency, and space
(2020-12-18)
Natural ambient noise levels in time, frequency, and space, in coastal regions are modeled based on local environmental forcing and propagation conditions. Continuous audio recordings were taken between April 18th and May ...
Multi-Objective Optimisation of RTAB-Map Parameters Using Genetic Algorithm for Indoor 2D SLAM
(2020-12-09)
Currently, there are multiple packages available to implement different Simultaneous Localisation And Mapping (SLAM) approaches in Robot Operating System (ROS). To effectively obtain sensor data, these packages use parameters ...
A CONGESTION AND MEMORY-AWARE FAILURE RECOVERY IN SD-WAN
(2020-12-21)
In software-defined wide area networks (SD-WANs), link failure is a common occurrence creating heavy congestion and packet loss and degrading the application performance. Proactive failure recovery, i.e., preinstalling ...
Investigations on Enzymes of the Enolase Superfamily
(2020-12-16)
Enzymes of the enolase superfamily (ENS) of share a high level of structural similarity and catalyze a conserved partial reaction yet display an overall mechanistic divergence. Mandelate racemase (MR) serves as a paradigm ...
Active River Area (ARA) Framework Refinement: Developing Frameworks for Terrace and Meander Belt Delineation and Defining Optimal Digital Elevation Model for Future ARA Delineation
(2020-08-27)
The Active River Area (ARA) is a spatial approach for identifying the extent of functional riparian areas, with five components (floodplains, terraces, riparian wetlands, meander belts, material contribution zones). Given ...
The elephant in the market: Unearthing provincial policy alignments and perceived challenges to grow the impact of the farmers market sector in Nova Scotia, Canada
(2020-12-15)
Farmers markets (FMs) have identified potential as sustainable forms of economic life. However, they are rarely studied for their contributions to official sustainability policy. This study evaluates how FM activities align ...
The effect of community of discharge on length of stay for unplanned hospitalizations: An indicator of community care integration?
(2020-08-07)
Objective: Adjusted hospital length of stay (LOS), widely used to benchmark hospital
efficiency, does not account for community-driven variation. We estimate the extent to
which community affects LOS for unplanned ...
Optimization Framework for Natural Gas Storage Assets Subject to Price Uncertainty
(2020-08-28)
Natural gas offers a clean and efficient fuel-burning method of power generation and heating. North America, specifically, features a sprawling network of natural gas pipelines and storage facilities that bring natural gas ...
An Exploratory Study of Quality-related Events Reported by Community Pharmacies in the United Kingdom: Applying Association Rule Mining
(2020-12-17)
Errors in healthcare systems can cost resources and sometimes lives. Studying errors in healthcare can help to improve service quality. This study aims to explore the prevalent patterns in medication errors in UK’s community ...