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Fall 2018
Mental health disorders are an issue of epidemic proportions, affecting children and adolescents worldwide. Recent studies have suggested a link between lifestyle behaviours of diet, physical activity, screen time, and sleep with mental health in adolescence. However, a combined lifestyle...
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Fall 2016
Relative to those without diabetes, individuals with type 2 diabetes have an increased risk of several cancers, but a decreased risk of prostate cancer. While metformin may reduce the risk of some cancers, it may not reduce the risk of prostate cancer. However, race/ethnicity may modify...
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Spring 2024
Agricultural societies in Canada were established by European colonizers, beginning in Nova Scotia in the late 1700s, and were known at this time as Colonial Societias (Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture [NASFA], n.d; Scott, n.d.). Overtime, these organizations spread across the newly...
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The Role of Haemocytes in the Immune Response of Biomphalaria glabrata against Schistosoma mansoni: Investigations into Haematopoiesis and Pattern Recognition Receptors
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Snails (Gastropoda) serve as hosts for the larval development of many medically and agriculturally important digenean trematodes (parasitic flatworms), including schistosomes, blood flukes that collectively infect more than 260 million people globally. Compatibility between snails and digeneans...
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The Role of Key Schistosoma mansoni Invadolysins in Infection Establishment and Persistence in Biomphalaria glabrata and Mammalian Hosts: Functional Characterization of SmLeish and SmCI-1
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Despite significant advancements in treatment coverage, schistosomiasis remains the second most impactful parasitic disease to human health after malaria. This deadly and debilitating parasite infects more than 230 million people worldwide and causes an estimated 200,000 deaths every year. The...
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Fall 2019
Purpose The incidence of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs) has been increasing over recent decades. Lutetium therapy has demonstrated benefit towards quality of life (QoL) overall in patients with metastatic GEP-NETs. However, factors influencing individual response to...
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Spring 2022
With thousands of available laboratory tests and countless patient variables, clinical decision-making is highly complex. It occurs against a backdrop of time pressures, disjointed communication structures, and a culture that emphasizes certainty. Both over- and under- utilization of laboratory...
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The Ruling of Weight: An institutional ethnography exploring the work of growing up in a larger body
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Childhood obesity is a key target of public health intervention and research. However, dominant weight and health discourses shaping public health efforts tend to reduce obesity to a case of too many calories and too little exercise. For decades, researchers have highlighted how overly simplistic...
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Spring 2017
Background: A vegetarian is a person who refrains from eating any type of animal flesh. Research has been established on the physical health implications of adopting a vegetarian diet. However, to date, there has been no qualitative study exploring social and psychological well-being of...
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Spring 2021
Evidence has been accumulating in recent years showing that social factors have a determining influence on the health of populations. Specifically, in the field of cardiovascular health research, a growing body of evidence has shown robust associations between the social determinants of health...