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- 1Achtymichuk, Karly A
- 1Aidoo, Henry K
- 1Akpinar, Ayse I
- 1Al Amin, Saad Ullah
- 1Alaazi, Dominic A
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Spring 2017
Introduction: Genome wide association studies (GWAS) have been widely used in recent years to identify the new information on genetic variants which are associated with complex trait in many diseases. Advances in identifying the Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) facilitate the study of...
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Identifying Factors that Influence the Sustainability of a Gravity-Fed Water System in Rural Haiti
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Background: The sustainability of water supply systems in rural, low resource settings is imperative to address as approximately 25% of water systems fail within four years of installation. Due to a long history of political instability, government corruption, countless natural disasters, and...
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Identifying Predictors of Acute Myocardial Infarction Care Improvement by Inter-Jurisdictional Comparison of Outcome, Cost, and Resource Use
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Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a global health concern. Despite of a reduction in incidence and mortality in the last several decades, AMI is still the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in many parts of the world, especially high income countries including Canada. Because of...
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Identifying Prognostic Factors for Adverse Outcomes in Adults with Bacteremic Pneumococcal Pneumonia
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Bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia (BPP) is a severe form of invasive pneumonia that continues to cause significant morbidity and mortality worldwide, yet large-scale studies identifying prognostic factors for adverse outcomes in patients with BPP is significantly lacking. Furthermore,...
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Impact of Limited-Service Availability and Preparedness on Facility-Based Delivery in Bangladesh
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Background: Globally, about 300,000 women die from childbirth per year with 94% of these deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in South Asia. The majority of these deaths are preventable if women receive proper treatment on time. In Bangladesh, there are several...
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Improving the Assignment of Cytomegalovirus Infection Status in Adults and Children Awaiting Solid Organ Transplant
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Cytomegalovirus (CMV), a herpes-virus, is widespread in the human population as a lifelong and largely asymptomatic infection in immunocompetent people, but it is a major cause of morbidity in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. Knowledge of pre-transplant CMV infection status, generally...
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Fall 2021
Since the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action (Canada, 2015), there has been a movement to include Indigenous voices, epistemologies, and ontologies into institutions and systems to support Indigenization. The goal of the research is to gain insight into the...
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Inequalities by Race/Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Position in the Incidence and Survival of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in the United States
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Background: Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common childhood cancer in the United States. The incidence and survival of childhood ALL have been reported to be closely associated with race/ethnicity and socioeconomic position (SEP). However, the relationship between SEP...
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Influenza Vaccination in Patients with Diabetes: Exploration of the Healthy User in Pharmacoepidemiology Studies
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Pharmacoepidemiologic studies of preventive medications or therapies are prone to the healthy user bias, as patients who are prescribed and adhere to preventive medications/therapies are likely different than patients not receiving these medications in multiple aspects of their lives. These...
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Inhibition of Listeria monocytogenes growth and biofilm production by nisin and phenolic compounds.
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The synergistic antimicrobial and anti-biofilm activities of nisin and phenolic compounds against Listeria monocytogenes were investigated. Among the twenty six phenolic compounds tested in this study, butyl gallate, octyl gallate, lauryl gallate, propyl gallate, naringenin and quercetin...