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Fall 2023
The multidimensional nature of family life can make navigating relationships across distance and time complex. As families become more mobile there is acknowledgment of a knowledge gap in understanding how family dynamics and bonds extend across borders. Issues of continuity and change within...
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2023-10-01
Low, Gail, Humbodlt, Sofia, Wilson, Donna, Gutman, Gloria, Gao, Zhiwei, França, Alex, Vitorino, Luciano, Allana, Hunaina
Good health promotion information is borne by sound evidence and advice from those who have walked a mile in older Canadians’ shoes.
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Aging of high-performance fibers used in firefighters' protective clothing: State of the knowledge and path forward
Download2023-06-10
Md. Saiful Hoque, Patricia I. Dolez
High-performance fibers developed since the 1960s have a wide range of appli-cations including firefighters' protective clothing. Firefighters' protective cloth-ing made of inherently flame-resistant high-performance fibers offers excellentprotection in the new condition. However, these fibers...
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2023-08-31
Low, Gail, Gao, Zhiwei, Gutman, Gloria, Wilson, Donna, França, Alex, Vitorino, Luciano, von Humboldt, Sofia, Allana, Hunaina, Kolskog, Maynard
The COVID-19 pandemic, which greatly affected older people, created a prime opportunity to learn from them about their mentally healthy living strategies—including tips on the most effective strategies for managing anxiety. That was the goal of the RTOERO Foundation-funded project Mentally...
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2023-10-01
Low, Gail, França, Alex, Gutman, Gloria, Gao, Zhiwei, Wilson, Donna, Vitorino, Luciano, Humboldt, Sofia, Allana, Hunaina
Older Canadians managed anxiety as social distancing lifted using a wide variety of coping strategies.
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Effects of Tripeptide IRW (Ile-Arg-Trp) on metabolism, mitochondrial biogenesis, and lifespan extension
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Bioactive tripeptide IRW (Ile-Arg-Trp) was initially identified as an ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme) inhibitory peptide from egg protein ovotransferrin. The pharmacological spectrum of IRW extends towards metabolic boosting and anti-diabetic properties as well. The overall objectives of this...
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Using Machine Learning to Identify Common Engagement-Related Behaviours Demonstrated by Older Adults with Dementia While Playing Mobile Games
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Background: Dementia causes impairment of a person’s memory, cognitive abilities, and behaviour, making it difficult for a person to complete daily tasks. Dementia affects the behavioural, psychological, and social dimensions of older adults living with the disease. Older adults living with...
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2021-02-01
SSHRC IDG awarded 2021. The study examines how stigma of pre-legal cannabis influences older people’s experiences with medical cannabis. Using surveys and interviews, we will examine how stigma perceptions influence older persons' information seeking and access to cannabis for health reasons. ...
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Fall 2021
Chronological aging is one of the greatest risk factors of tauopathies, yet our understanding about the underlying molecular mechanism is limited. Studying physiological aging often requires an extended timeline and thus presents a significant hurdle for modeling late-onset disorders. In this...