Temporary Collection

2011

Torabi, Mahmoud, Rosychuk, Rhonda J.

To analyze childhood cancer diagnoses in the province of Alberta, Canada during 1983-2004, we construct a generalized linear mixed model for the analysis of geographic and temporal variability of cancer rates. In this model, spatially correlated random e®ects and temporal components are adopted....

2016-05-01

Adl, Ahmad H.

Recently ZnO has drawn a lot of attention in semiconductor industry due to its interesting features. High exciton binding energy, high resistivity against radiation, high breakdown voltage, insensitivity to visible light, and easy wet chemical etching are some of the interesting features of this...

2008-02-25

Corabian, Paula

his rapid assessment addressed a request to assess the published research evidence on how the Actim™ Partus test compares to the TliIQ® System in terms of diagnostic accuracy, clinical utility, and costs when added to preterm labour management in symptomatic women with intact membranes. ISBN...

2016

Abeysundara, Namal

My research in the Hughes lab focuses on investigating the role of Moesin during nervous system development. Moesin is involved in maintaining cell integrity by linking membrane-associated proteins to the underlying actin cytoskeleton. We use fruit flies to study Moesin function as only one...

2015

Kingsley, Bethan C, Spencer-Cavaliere, Nancy

Youth who live with lower incomes are known to experience social exclusion in a range of social settings, including sport. Despite efforts to reduce financial constraints to participation, increasing opportunities in these ways has not led to increased involvement. There is a need to move beyond...

2016

Booth, Sarah P.

Although the IPCC can be credited with significant efforts to bridge communication between scientist and policy makers, there is still a noticeable discrepancy between the scientific consensus and public perception of the existence and causes of climate change that hamper the implementation of...

2016

Traynor, Jane

Kata, or fixed patterns, are an element of performance seemingly unique to the Japanese theatre tradition. To further investigate this phenomenon, I am tracing it back to what I believe is its genesis in medieval noh theatre. This is represented here by a ko-omote mask, of which both the inside...

2005-12-01

Wolbring, Gregor

This report is intended as a discussion primer for two challenges increasingly faced by health technology assessment (HTA), health impact assessment (HIA), health needs assessment, parliamentary technology assessment (PTA), participatory technology assessment, policy makers in numerous areas,...

2016-09-23

Sahar Ghannadi

Inductive methods such as Electromagnetic Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (EM-SAGD) have been identified as a technically and economically feasible recovery method for shallow oil sands reservoirs with overburdens of more than 30 meters (Koolman et al., 2008). However, in EM-SAGD projects, the...

2016-10-06

Palfrey, Dan, Institute of Health Economics

This report provides a summary of the IHE Biosimilars Forum engagement exercise that took place on October 6, 2016 in Edmonton. The intent of the forum was to inform Alberta biosimilar reimbursement policy by sharing international experiences in this area, and the perspectives of key stakeholders.