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2004

Jiang, M.X., Wu, J., Gao, X.M., Shen, Z.H., Jiang, Z.G., Primack, R.B., Huang, J.H., Han, X.G., He, F.

The Three Gorges Dam in China is the largest dam ever built. Its impacts on the biodiversity and ecological processes in the region are causing concern to ecologists worldwide. The dam and associated environmental alterations may result in a number of regional changes in terrestrial and aquatic...

2020-10-26

Glenn, Nicole M., Nykiforuk, Candace I.J.

Financial strain was an issue for many Canadians long before the arrival of the global novel coronavirus pandemic in early 2020. However, it has worsened in recent months in relation to the pandemic and public health measures put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Members of underserved...

1999

Thun, C., Neupert, W., Hegerl, R., Nussberger, S., Typke, D., Ahting, U., Nargang, F. E.

Abstract: Translocation of nuclear-encoded preproteins across the outer membrane of mitochondria is mediated by the multicomponent transmembrane TOM complex. We have isolated the TOM core complex of Neurospora crassa by removing the receptors Tom70 and Tom20 from the isolated TOM holo complex by...

1990

Petterson, Robert, Newman, John

Kairi has distinctive tones which function as a pitch-accent system: there is one syllable in each morpheme, described as the \"accented syllable,\" which must have its, tonal properties specified; once the accented syllable and its tone type have been specified, the tonal properties of the...

2017

Linsky, Bernard, Trybus, Adam

This is the first English translation of Leon Chwistek’s “Tragedia werbalnej metafizyki (Z powodu książki Dra Ingardena: Das literarische Kunstwerk),” Kwartalnik Filozoficzny, Vol. X, 1932, 46–76. Chwistek offers a scathing critique of Roman Ingarden’s Das literarische Kunstwerk (translated into...

2014

Jenkins, David, Mechanick, Jeffrey I., Marchetti, Albert, Sievenpiper, John L., Camelon, Kathryn, Hegazi, Refaat A., Dupre, John, Despres, Jean-Pierre, Hamdy, Osama, Ransom, Thomas P. P., Yale, Jean-François, Bell, Rhonda C., Kendall, Cyril, Gougeon, Réjeanne E.

The Transcultural Diabetes Nutrition Algorithm (tDNA) is a clinical tool designed to facilitate implementation of therapeutic lifestyle recommendations for people with or at risk for type 2 diabetes. Cultural adaptation of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (CPG) recommendations is...

2010

Jensen, L., Rashotte, J.

This study explored the nature of the lived experience of being nurse practitioners (NPs) in acute-care settings in Canadian teaching hospitals using hermeneutic phenomenological inquiry guided by van Manen’s approach. A total of 26 NPs were interviewed. Data analysis revealed that NPs...

2010

Leipert, B., Keall, S., Berry, P., Justice, C., Goodridge, D., Duggleby, W., Wilson, D., Penz, K.

Background: Transitions often occur suddenly and can be traumatic to both patients with advanced disease and their families. The purpose of this study was to explore the transition experience of older rural persons with advanced cancer and their families from the perspective of palliative home...

2011

Higginbottom, G.M.A.

Background: Beyond well-documented credentialing issues, internationally-educated nurses (IENs) may need considerable support in transitioning into new social and health care environments. This study was undertaken to gain an understanding of transitioning experiences of IENs upon relocation to...

2011

Reif, Linda C.

The number of human rights ombudsman institutions has increased dramatically over the past three decades. Such institutions are prevalent in Latin America and in Central and Eastern Europe, and are increasingly found in other regions of the world as well. Forces such as democratization, public...