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2022-01-01
Wang, Juli, Singer, Stacy D., Souto, Bernardo A., Asomaning, Justice, Ullah, Aman, Bressler, David, Chen, Guanqun
Abstract The expanding use of fossil fuels has caused concern in terms of both energy security and environmental issues. Therefore, attempts have been made worldwide to promote the development of renewable energy sources, among which biofuel is especially attractive. Compared to other biofuels,...
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2021-01-01
Arezoo Haratian, Hadi Fazelinia, Zeinab Maleki, Pouria Ramazi, Hao Wang, Mark A. Lewis, Russell Greiner, David Wishart
This dataset provides information related to the outbreak of COVID-19 disease in the United States, including data from each of 3142 US counties from the beginning of the outbreak (January 2020) until June 2021. This data is collected from many public online databases and includes the...
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Fall 2012
Establishing mixed hematopoietic chimerism is a promising approach to develop donor-specific tolerance to transplanted organs. Establishing tolerance may eliminate the need for long-term immunosuppressive therapy, prevent chronic rejection and in the case of Type 1 Diabetes (T1DM), reverse...
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2019-12-10
Pepper, Andrew, Korbutt, Gregory
NFRF Exploration awarded in 2020: While the global incidence of type 1 diabetes (T1D) continues to rise, it is now clear that transplantation of human pancreatic islets of Langerhans, into the patients’ liver, can successfully restore glycemic control. Despite marked progress in clinical islet...
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Diabetes and Influenza-Attributable Illness: The Rationale for Targeted Influenza Vaccinations in Adults with Diabetes
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While guidelines for seasonal influenza vaccinations single out working age (< 65) adults with diabetes, vaccination rates in this group remain below national targets. Historically, there has been limited evidence to support these guidelines. This dissertation comprises four studies investigating...
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Diabetes care and management in Indigenous populations in Canada – Summary report of a pan-Canadian policy roundtable November 1, 2017
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Institute of Health Economics, Craig, Rodger
This report provides a summary of the proceedings from the IHE roundtable on diabetes care and management in Indigenous populations in Canada, held on November 1, 2017. The roundtable aimed to: discuss and share learnings and promising practices from successful community-led diabetes programs,...
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Diabetes in Pregnancy among First Nations Women in Alberta: A Multiphase Mixed Methods Approach
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Background Diabetes in pregnancy is thought to be an important driver of the current epidemic of type 2 diabetes in First Nations populations. Purpose The purpose of this doctoral research was 1) to generate an epidemiological profile of First Nations diabetes in pregnancy in Alberta; and 2) to...
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2000-04-01
Sellers, Elizabeth, Eisenbarth, George, Young, T. Kue, Dean, Heather J.
"Type-2 diabetes is increasing in aboriginal children and adolescents and must be distinguished from type-1 diabetes in this population. The absence of diabetes-associated autoantibodies supports the clinical impression of type-2 diabetes in the affected members of this population." (as cited in...
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Diabetes-prone BioBreeding rats do not have a normal immune response when weaned to a diet containing fermentable fibre
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Bell, Rhonda C., Field, Catherine J., Stillie, RoseMarie
Diet is known to modulate the development of diabetes in diabetes-prone BioBreeding (BBdp) rats. The objective of the present study was to determine the effect of fermentable fibre (FF) on immune function in BBdp and diabetes-resistant BioBreeding (BBdr) rats after weaning. Weanling BBdp...
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Drug Exposure Definition and Healthy User Bias Impacts on the Evaluation of Oral Anti Hyperglycemic Therapies
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Accurate estimation of medication use is an essential component of any pharmacoepidemiological research as exposure misclassification will threaten study validity and lead to spurious associations. Many pharmacoepidemiological studies use simple definitions, such as the categorical “any versus no...