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2018-01-01

Lingbo Cheng, Mojtaba Sharifi, and Mahdi Tavakoli

Background: Beating-heart intracardiac surgery promises significant benefits for patients compared to cardiopulmonary bypass based procedures. However, the fast motions of the heart introduce serious challenges for surgeons. Methods: In this paper, a new impedance-controlled master-slave...

2017-01-01

Chiu, Christine C., Bohlmann, Jeorg, Keeling, Christopher I.

The mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae; MPB) is an eruptive bark beetle species afecting pine forests of western North America. MPB are exposed to volatile monoterpenes, which are important host defense chemicals. We assessed the toxicity of the ten most abundant monoterpenes of...

2015

Kinniburgh, David, Bello, Aminu K., Walsh, Michael, Wiebe, Natasha, Manns, Braden J., Field, Catherine J., Thompson, Stephanie, Faruque, Labib, Hemmalgarn, Brenda R., Klarenbach, Scott W., Tonelli, Marcello

Background People with kidney failure are often deficient in zinc and selenium, but little is known about the optimal way to correct such deficiency. Methods We did a double-blind randomized trial evaluating the effects of zinc (Zn), selenium (Se) and vitamin E added to the standard oral renal...

2009

Wiebe, Natasha, Thadhani, Ravi, Hemmelgarn, Brenda, Manns, Braden, Field, Catherine J., Klarenbach, Scott, Gill, John S., Tonelli, Marcello

Background Hemodialysis patients are at risk for deficiency of essential trace elements and excess of toxic trace elements, both of which can affect health. We conducted a systematic review to summarize existing literature on trace element status in hemodialysis patients. Methods All studies...

2008

Sperling, F. A. H., Simonsen, T. J., Brown, R. L.

Abstract: The adventive cactus moth Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), a widely used biological control agent for Opuntia Mill. cacti, was detected in Florida in 1989. Since then, it has spread along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of southeastern United States, threatening...

2003

Millar, Wayne, J., Young, T. Kue

"Objectives: This article examines the prevalence and incidence of diabetes among Canadians aged 18 or older and risk factors associated with developing the condition." (as cited in abstract)

2012

Wasylishen, R. E., Bernard, G. M., Quideau, S. A., Norris, C. E., Landhausser, S. M.

Abstract: Enriching plant tissues with C-13 and N-15 isotopes has provided long-lasting, non-reactive tracers to quantify rates of terrestrial elemental fluxes (e.g., soil organic matter decomposition). However, the molecular location and level of isotope enrichment may differ among plant...

2009

Hebblewhite, M., Merrill, E.

Trade-offs between predation risk and forage fundamentally drive resource selection by animals. Among migratory ungulates, trade-offs can occur at large spatial scales through migration, which allows an \"escape'' from predation, but trade-offs can also occur at finer spatial scales. Previous...

2012

Welsh, Anne, Nyhan, Julianne, Salmon, Jessica, Rockwell, Geoffrey

This extended interview with Geoffrey Rockwell was carried out via Skype on the 28th April 2012. He narrates that he had been aware of computing developments when growing up in Italy but it was in college in the late 1970s that he took formal training in computing. He bought his first computer,...

2018-07-01

Bourrie, Benjamin C.T., Cotter, Paul D., Willing, Ben P.

Kefir, a fermented milk beverage, has shown promise in alleviating obesity and associated metabolic dysfunction. However, microbial characteristics are variable among traditional kefirs, and commercial kefirs drastically differ from traditional kefir. This study investigated the ability of four...