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Assigning Causality to Anti-Cancer Agents: Decision Making in Early Phase Oncology Clinical Trials
Assigning Causality to Anti-Cancer Agents: Decision Making in Early Phase Oncology Clinical Trials
Download2013
Arnold, A., Torti, J., Cosby, J.
This presentation was given at Applied Research in Cancer Control Conference (2013), Sheraton Vancouver All Centre, Vancouver, BC.
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2008
Shannahoff-Khalsa, D., Carlson, L. E., Buscemi, N., Dusek, J. A., Bond, K., Barnes, V., Ospina, M. B., Dryden, D. M., Karkhaneh, M.
OBJECTIVE: To provide a descriptive overview of the clinical trials assessing meditation practices for health care. DESIGN: Systematic review of the literature. Comprehensive searches were conducted in 17 electronic bibliographic databases through September 2005. Other sources of potentially...
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Controlled trials in children: quantity, methodological quality and descriptive characteristics of pediatric controlled trials published 1948-2006.
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Tjosvold, L., Thomson, D., Vandermeer, B., Klassen, T. P., Cohen, E., Hartling, L.
Background The objective of this study was to describe randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and controlled clinical trials (CCTs) in child health published between 1948 and 2006, in terms of quantity, methodological quality, and publication and trial characteristics. We used the Trials Register...
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Fall 2018
This dissertation was an extended meditation on the nature of the liminal space as an essential aspect of contemplative pedagogy. The liminal space pertains to place and time – a threshold, transitional, the in-between. The primary focus was on the post-secondary classroom, that is, the space...
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Effectiveness of knowledge translation interventions to improve cancer pain management (Protocol)
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Biondo, P., Armijo Olivo, S., Haggen, N.A., Fainsinger, R., Stiles, C., Cummings, G.G.
This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: The objective of this review is to determine the effectiveness of interventions targeting behaviour and facilitating uptake of new knowledge by healthcare practitioners, patients and their family caregivers...
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Ideation, Creativity and Mindfulness: Investigating the Influence of Mindfulness Practice on Design Education
Download2015-09-21
This thesis research project is an investigation of the influence of mindfulness practice within the context of design education. Mindfulness is a present-moment and non-judgmental awareness. The project explored the connections between mindfulness practice, ideation, and creativity through...
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2007
Wallin, L., Thompson, D.S., Moore, K., Estabrooks, C., Scott-Findlay, S.
Background: There has been considerable interest recently in developing and evaluating interventions to increase research use by clinicians. However, most work has focused on medical practices; and nursing is not well represented in existing systematic reviews. The purpose of this article is to...
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Is Belief Larger than Fact: Expectations, Optimism and Reality for Translational Stem Cell Research
Download2014-10-24
Atkins, Harold, D Li, Matthew, Bubela, Tania, Bieber, Mark, Hafez, Mohamed
Background Stem cell (SC) therapies hold remarkable promise for many diseases, but there is a significant gulf between public expectations and the reality of progress toward clinical application. Public expectations are fueled by stakeholder arguments for research and public funding, coupled with...
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Oral rehydration versus intravenous therapy for treating dehydration due to gastroenteritis in children: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
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Klassen, T. P., McConnell, D., Craig, W. R., Wiebe, N., Hartling, L., Bellemare, S., Russell, K.
Background Despite treatment recommendations from various organizations, oral rehydration therapy (ORT) continues to be underused, particularly by physicians in high-income countries. We conducted a systematic review of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to compare ORT and intravenous therapy...
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2015
Fuentes, Jorge, Cummings, Greta G., Ha, Christine, Egger, Matthias, da Costa, Bruno R., Saltaji, Humam, Armijo-Olivo, Susan
Objective: There is debate on how the methodological quality of clinical trials should be assessed. We compared trials of physical therapy (PT) judged to be of adequate quality based on summary scores from the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale with trials judged to be of adequate...