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Silences around occupations framed as unhealthy, illegal, and deviant
(2019-07)Occupational science has made tremendous strides in establishing a theoretical and empirical knowledge base grounded in the study of occupation. Yet given its origins in occupational therapy, a health profession aimed at ... -
Sit-to-stand transfer mechanics in healthy older adults: A comprehensive investigation of a portable lifting seat device.
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)Purpose: To evaluate lower extremity mechanics and muscle activation associated with the sit-to-stand transfer using a portable lifting-seat device and to compare these data to an unassisted transfer in healthy young and ... -
The situation of unaccompanied minors in Romania in the course of Europe’s refugee crisis
(2017)This paper discusses the legal-juridical framework that outlines the situation of unaccompanied refugee minors (UAM) in Romania. It reports on the numbers of underage migrant children in Romania, it examines some of the ... -
Smoke and mirrors: How an allegedly inclusionary strategy perpetuates an exclusionary discourse
(2011)The purpose of this paper is to critically explore the meaning making theoretical perspectives underlying the creation and development of a public mentoring program, allegedly designed as an inclusionary strategy for ... -
So long, Exarcheia: in conversation with Athenian essayist George Souvlis
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Somebody to Lean On: A Preliminary Evaluation of the Youth Assisting Youth Peer Project
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Sources of variation at the onset of bilingualism: The differential effect of input factors, AOA, and cognitive skills on HL Arabic and L2 English syntax
(Cambridge University Press, 2022)Despite growing research on individual differences in child bilinguals, few studies have focused on the development of syntax, included both languages, and studied newly arrived school-age migrant children. Accordingly, ... -
Spatial Interactions between Successive Eye and Arm Movements: Signal Type Matters
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State-related changes in MEG functional connectivity reveal the task-positive sensorimotor network
(2012)Functional connectivity measures applied to magnetoencephalography (MEG) data have the capacity to elucidate neuronal networks. However, the task-related modulation of these measures is essential to identifying the functional ... -
State-related changes in MEG functional connectivity reveal the task-positive sensorimotor network
(2012)Functional connectivity measures applied to magnetoencephalography (MEG) data have the capacity to elucidate neuronal networks. However, the task-related modulation of these measures is essential to identifying the functional ... -
A step further: How to improve a mentoring program to fully advance the labour market integration of internationally trained professionals
(2012)“A Step Further” is an evaluation of the Profession to Profession (PTP): Mentoring Immigrants program. Initiated in 2004, the PTP program matches City of Toronto employees (i.e. mentors) with skilled internationally trained ... -
Strategies and indicators to address health equity in health service and delivery systems a scoping review protocol
(Wolters Kluwer, 2021-08-09)Objective: The purpose of this review is to describe how health service and delivery systems support health equity and to identify strategies and indicators being used to measure health equity. Introduction: It is ... -
Structure-activity analysis of quorum-sensing signaling peptides from Streptococcus mutans
(2007-02)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 ... -
Substance use and professional identity
(2018-01)Processes of professional socialization influence types of substances used, patterns of use, and estimation of normalization. This project explores psychoactive substance use among professionals and students in professional ... -
Substance use by social workers and implications for professional regulation
(2019-06)Purpose. This study explores the prevalence and patterns of substance use among Canadian social workers. Legalisation of cannabis is forthcoming in Canada in 2018 and it is anticipated that professional regulatory bodies ... -
Supporting Prosociality and Resilience in Newcomer Transitions: An Evaluation of the SPRINT Pilot Training
(University of Toronto, 2022-07)As a result of pre- and post-migratory traumas and adversities, Middle Eastern refugee families experience disproportionately high social-emotional and mental health challenges, and these traumas and challenges have been ... -
Synthesis of a novel fluorinated phosphonyl C-glycoside, (3-deoxy-3-fluoro- F β-d-glucopyranosyl)methylphosphonate, a potential inhibitor of β- phosphoglucomutase Postprint
(Elsevier, 2023)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 ...