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The Convergence of Social Media and Public Policy: How Key Policy Actors Perceive the Role of Twitter in Shaping Alberta’s Bill 10 Legislation
Download2019-08-26
This research examines the perceptions of social media’s role in public policy deliberation from the viewpoints of those who were either engaged with or influenced by Twitter during the development of provincial legislation. This case study examines the development of Bill 10 and includes a...
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Fall 2011
Purpose: This study examined whether parent physical activity (PA) is related to children’s PA, as measured with pedometers. Methods: As part of a longitudinal cohort study being conducted in Edmonton, Canada, 471 children between the ages of 6- and 10-years-old, wore SC-T2 pedometers for four...
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The effects of physical activity messages tailored to social setting on extraverts' and introverts' exercise-related social cognitions
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This thesis explored the effects of tailoring exercise messages to social setting based on the personality domain of extraversion on participants’ exercise-related social cognitions. Messages were tailored to either exercising alone (introverted social context) or exercising with others...
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Spring 2013
Background: Exercise adherence is particularly low among elderly patients with low functional capacity. Purpose: This study was undertaken to assess the relationship between measures of physical function (PF) with physical activity (PA) in elderly cardiac patients. Methods: PF was assessed in...
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The Relationship Between Aerobic Capacity and Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity in Adult Tetralogy of Fallot
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Background. Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) patients have an aerobic capacity of ~ 50% of age-matched controls. This diminished aerobic capacity may partially be attributed to pulmonary regurgitation that limits augmentation of cardiac output during exercise. ToF patients have also been reported to be...
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Spring 2002
Alberta Centre for Active Living
Four articles on topics such as the effect of physical activity on fibromyalgia, breast cancer, and osteoporosis. One article also focuses on older Aboriginal women.