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- 19Veeman, Michele M.
- 9Unterschultz, Jim
- 6Adamowicz, Wiktor
- 5Goddard, Ellen
- 5Myers, Paul G.
- 41Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, Department of
- 28Biological Sciences, Department of
- 27Biological Sciences, Department of/BioSci OER
- 22Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, Department of/Project Reports (Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology)
- 19Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, Department of/Working Papers (Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology)
- 17Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of
- 2Department of Chemistry
- 2Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology
- 2Department of Rural Economy
- 1Department of Biochemistry
- 1Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
- 1Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
- 1Anders, Sven (Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology) and An, Henry(Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
- 1Argo, Jennifer (Marketing)
- 1Bhattacharjee, Subir (Mechanical Engineering)
- 1Buriak, Jillian M. (Chemistry)
- 1Gerlich, Adrian (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
- 1Goddard, Ellen (Rural Economy)
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2000
Veeman, Michele M., Adamowicz, Wiktor
Public concern regarding food safety has emerged as a major policy issue. Chemicals and biotechnological processes are perceived as risks of food safety despite their contribution to an efficient, low cost agriculture and food industry. Increases in uses of biotechnological processes for foods...
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Consumers' Responses to the Potential Use of Bovine Somatotrophin in Canadian Dairy Production
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Adamowicz, Wiktor, Veeman, Michele M., Kuperis, Peter
The responses of a random sample of consumers to the use of bovine somatotrophin (BST) in milk production were elicited using a stated preference methodology. A multinomial logit model of consumer choice was developed and tested to analyse consumers' choices of milk with varying characteristics...
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2001
This paper views the social landscape of biotechnology from the perspective of emerging perceptions and attitudes of consumers to food biotechnology. The information from which consumers' perceptions and attitudes may be discerned comes in several different forms. These include market responses...
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Cryo-electron microscopy of SERCA interacting with oligomeric phospholamban and oligomeric sarcolipin
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In 2007, heart disease was the second leading cause of death in Canadians. In heart muscle cells, calcium (Ca2+) is released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) during contraction and must be replenished for relaxation to occur. Three proteins restore Ca2+ to the SR following contraction: the...
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2021-01-01
Marson, Juliana M., Gillard, Laura C., Myers, Paul G.
While Greenland discharge has been increasing in the last decades, its impact on the Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) is not clearly established. Because of that, the accuracy of this discharge representation in ocean models has not been a priority in large-scale circulation studies. Many...
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Economic justice and free trade: An analysis of the libertarian foundations of the free market paradigm
Download1996-01-01
While liberal political theory tacitly governs the domestic policy concerning international trade advocated by influential analysts such as Professor Michael E. Porter of the Harvard Business School, libertarian political theory animates the international trading regime. This incongruity merits...
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Estimation of Source- and Quality-Differentiated Import Demand Under Aggregate Import Quota: An Application to Japan's Wheat
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Since a seminal work by Armington (1969), estimating source-differentiated import demand has become a useful tool in applied international trade research. Trade policy evaluation and simulation require reliable estimates of the responsiveness of import demand to international price changes....
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1996
Unterschultz, Jim, Vincent, Michel, Quagrainie, Kwamena K.
The province of Quebec is one of the major domestic markets for Alberta beef products. In 1994, Alberta accounted for 54.5% of beef imports into Quebec. Other competitors who also supply beef to Quebec include Ontario, the US, and Australia/New Zealand. Australia/New Zealand provide mostly...
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1996
Unterschultz, Jim, Lerohl, Mel, Price, Mick, Vincent, Michel
In 1995 interprovincial beef exports accounted for 57% of Alberta beef production, while international beef exports only represented 24%. Quebec accounted for approximately 50% of the interprovincial beef exports from Alberta and 28% of Alberta beef production. The Quebec beef market has four...
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1992
Veeman, Terry S., Dong, Xiao-Yuan, Veeman, Michele M., Sudohl, Maxine
The subject of this study is the economic characteristics of Canada's export markets for foodgrains and feedgrains. The focus is on economic analysis of barley export markets. Over time Canada has become the largest barley exporter, replacing France as the leading source of barley. On the import...