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Dietary fish oil reduces glomerular injury and improves elevated renal hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid levels in the JCR:LA-cp rat, a model of the metabolic syndrome
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Proctor, Spencer D., Borthwick, Faye, Lu, Jing, Aukema, Harold
We have previously shown nutritional intervention with fish oil (n-3 PUFA) to reduce numerous complications associated with the metabolic syndrome (MetS) in the JCR:LA-corpulent (cp) rat. In the present study, we sought to explore the potential role of fish oil to prevent glomerulosclerosis in...
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Life History Strategies in Extreme Environments: Comparative Demography of Arctic and Alpine Ptarmigan
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Hannon, S. J., Sandercock, B. K., Martin, K.
Abstract: Arctic and alpine habitats are extreme environments characterized by short breeding seasons, cold temperatures, limited food availability, and potentially high predation rates. Stringent ecological conditions are likely to have important consequences for the evolution of life history...
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Heterogeneous distribution of pectin epitopes and calcium in different pit types of four angiosperm species
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Intervessel pits act as safety valves that prevent the spread of xylem embolism. Pectin–calcium crosslinks within the pit membrane have been proposed to affect xylem vulnerability to cavitation. However, as the chemical composition of pit membranes is poorly understood, this hypothesis has not...
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2012
Bostrom, A. M., Estabrooks, C. A., Deis, K., Norton, P. G., Cummings, G. G., Hutchinson, A. M., Squires, J. E.
Researchers strive to optimize data quality in order to ensure that study findings are valid and reliable. In this paper, we describe a data quality control program designed to maximize quality of survey data collected using computer-assisted personal interviews. The quality control program...
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1992
This paper analyzes contracts made by the Government' in terms of political theory.2 From this perspective, it explores the assumptions, utility, and accuracy of the private law model which historically has governed the Government's liability in contract.3 The paper's overarching objective is to...
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Nursing entrepreneurship: Motivators, strategies and possibilities for professional advancement and health system change.
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In Canada, as well as internationally, efficiency-focused organizational restructuring in healthcare has resulted in stressful job change for nurses, although nurses continue to work in a system that values technology-based, physician-provided services. Employed nurses have had to participate in...
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Are community midwives addressing the inequities in access to skilled birth attendance in Punjab, Pakistan? Gender, class and social exclusion
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Jhangri, G., O'Brien, B., Mumtaz, Z., Bhatti, A.
Background: Pakistan is one of the six countries estimated to contribute to over half of all maternal deaths worldwide. To address its high maternal mortality rate, in particular the inequities in access to maternal health care services, the government of Pakistan created a new cadre of...
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1992
Price, M. A., Hudson, R. J., Wairimu, S.
Ten yearling wapiti stags were used to investigate effects of winter nutrition on subsequent growth on summer pasture. One group of five (LOW) was wintered on medium-quality hay, and the other group of five (HIGH) was wintered on hay and alfalfa–barley pellets (16% crude protein). By the time...
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Mudando o foco: um estudo exploratório sobre uso de drogas e violência no trabalho entre mulheres das classes populares da cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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Caufield, Catherine, David, Helena M.S.L.
La finalidad de este estudio exploratorio fue conocer los factores relacionados con el uso de drogas lícitas e ilícitas y la violencia en el trabajo en un grupo de mujeres de clases populares en la ciudad de Rio de Janeiro. Para este estudio se utilizó una aproximación cuantitativa descriptiva y...
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2003
The Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines (NR&M) accepted the environmental liability for the Mount Morgan minesite in 1991. This gold and copper mine located 38 km southwest of Rockhampton had been in operation for more than 100 years. Mining leases are still active while the...