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Behavioural and Neuroimaging Investigation of Two Stages of Metaphor Comprehension Using the Metaphor Interference Effect in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Background Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are reported to have difficulty understanding figurative language, such as metaphors, but emerging evidence suggests that such problems are associated with structural language impairments and not an ASD diagnosis. However, even when...
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2012
Thomas, R., Robertson, S., Osei-Waree, J., Kovacs Burns, K., Wilson, D.M., Hewitt, J.A.
Few studies have focused on the care setting transitions that occur in the last year of life. A three part mixed-methods study was conducted to gain an understanding of the number and implications or impact of care setting transitions in the last year of life for rural Canadians. Provincial...
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Characterizing the pathophysiological mechanisms of early disease in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using multimodal neuroimaging
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a, neurodegenerative disorder which is characterized by progressive impairment of the upper motor neurons in the brain and lower motor neurons in the brainstem and spinal cord. The disease is ultimately fatal with death eventually resulting from aspiration...
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Climate Justice: Protecting the Rights to Life and Health of Marginalized Rural Communities in Canada and Nigeria
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This study examines the negative impacts of climate change on the rights to life and health of marginalized communities by using as cases studies, rural Niger-Delta and Indigenous communities in oil producing areas of Nigeria and Canada. The case studies reveal that marginalization and inequality...
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Combining Stated and Revealed Preference Data to Construct an Empirical Examination of Intrahousehold Bargaining
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Adamowicz, Wiktor, Dosman, Donna
The behavior of households has traditionally been explained by assuming that a single decision maker maximizes utility over all members of the household subject to a budget constraint. This unitary model of household behavior has been questioned and compared to models that assume that household...
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Confidentiality and treatment decisions of minor clients: a health professional’s dilemma & policy makerschallenge.
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Jackson, M. K., Richter, M. S., Burns, K. K.
Issues relating to confidentiality and consent for physical and mental health treatment with minor clients can pose challenges health care providers. Decisions need to be made regarding these issues despite the absence of clear, direct, or comprehensive policies and legislation. In order to fully...
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Culture and Decision: Cross-Cultural Similarities and Variations in Resource Allocation between European Canadians and East Asians
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People engage in a variety of decision making tasks in daily life, in which people’s experiences and strategies during the decision making tasks are affected by cultural influences. The primary objective of this dissertation was to examine the role of analytic versus holistic thinking styles on...
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Fall 2009
There are different opinions on who the appropriate decision makers are for extremely premature infants. Some argue the responsibility should fall to the parents, and others argue the neonatal experts should be responsible for decision making. This study explored parental perceptions of their...
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Fall 2013
Cognitive deficits affect approximately 50% of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and are associated with disease-related neurodegeneration. Prior MS-studies found decision making impairments uncorrelated with patients’ cognitive functions. Brain correlates of decision making in MS have not been...