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An observational study of social media technology conversations: Exploring how members of the Alberta public, organizations and health care professionals express wellness, in relation to children
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The October 2013 release of the Alberta Strategic Approach to Wellness - Health for All…. Wellness for Life, indicated that the Government of Alberta wanted to engage Albertans in conversations about wellness. Therefore, the objective of this thesis was to ascertain how Albertans express wellness...
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Fall 2009
There is substantial evidence of the elevated risk of cancer among individuals with type 2 diabetes. Very little is known, however, about the role that antidiabetic therapies play in this relationship. The objective of this program of research was to examine whether there is a therapeutic risk...
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Assessing Companion Diagnostics (CDx) for Reimbursement Within Alberta: Pilot Study Using Health Technology Assessment of Programmed Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Testing in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
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Introduction: The number of investigational and licensed indications for companion diagnostic (CDx)-drug pairs is increasing. National assessments of the linked drug to support provincial funding decisions do not specifically address the CDx. The project objectives were to: (1) review a proposed...
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Fall 2014
Giardia and Cryptosporidium are waterborne pathogens that are raising public health concern worldwide. Outbreaks caused by Giardia or Cryptosporidium have been reported even after drinking water facilities have met regulatory compliance. The goal of this thesis was to examine vulnerability of the...
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Spring 2014
Inconsistent results have been reported in studies investigating the relationship between serum vitamin D levels and respiratory outcomes. In this thesis, data from the Canadian Health Measures Survey were used to examine the relationship between serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D [25(OH)D] levels and...
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Candidate-Pathway Gene Environment Interactions on Colon and Rectal Cancer Risk and Survival: Methodological Frameworks for Interaction in Genetic Association Studies
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Genetic association studies have adopted for a long time a traditional analytic approach that focuses on individual genetic markers, usually single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), in association with disease or phenotype. A standard single-SNP analysis that ignores combined effects of multiple...
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Cardiovascular Disease Risk factors in Canadian-born and Immigrant Children and Youth in the Canadian Health Measures Survey
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Immigrants make up almost 20% of Canada’s population. Recent adult immigrants to Canada are generally in better health than those born in Canada. However, we know little about whether this is also the case in children. We compared mean levels and prevalence of adverse levels of CVD risk factors...