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2016-03-07

Raszek, Mikolaj M., Plastow, Graham S., Guan, Le L.

Although infectious diseases impose a heavy economic burden on the cattle industry, the etiology of many disorders that affect livestock is not fully elucidated, and effective countermeasures are often lacking. The main tools available until now have been vaccines, antibiotics and antiparasitic...

2009

Chalmers, B., Kaczorowski, J., Levitt, C., O'Brien, B., Dzakpasu, S., Young, D., Lee, L., Boscoe, M.

Background: Intervention rates in maternity practices vary considerably across Canadian provinces and territories. The objective of this study was to describe the use of routine interventions and practices in labor and birth as reported by women in the Maternity Experiences Survey of the Canadian...

1983

Crowder, A.A., Taylor, G.J.

Replicate samples of Phragmites communis roots coated with hydrous iron oxide were analyzed for internal and external Fe using the dithionite-citrate-bicarbonate technique (hot DCB), a modified DCB technique (cold DCB), Ethylenediaminete traacetic acid (EDTA), Diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid...

2003

Zhang, Y., Ramos, A.M., Cardoso, A., Gouveia, S., Rothschild, M.F., Mestre, R., Plastow, G. , Rangel-Figueiredo, T., Evans, G.

In order to be effective, strategies for conservation and improvement of local pig breeds must ideally include both the phenotypic and genetic characterization of those breeds. In this study, phenotypic information was collected for individuals from the Portuguese pig breeds, Alentejano and...

2009-01-01

Guo, Xiaoyan, Willows, Noreen, Kuhle, Stefan, Jhangri, Gian S., Veugelers, Paul J.

Objective: To estimate the prevalence and determinants of use of vitamin and mineral supplements among adult Canadians. Methods: Data from adult respondents of the Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle (CCHS) 2.2 were used. Participants were asked about their use of vitamin and mineral...

2016-06-22

Azad Khaneghah, Peyman, Bentley, Pamela, Liu, Lili, Stroulia, Eleni, Ferguson-Pell, Martin, Miguel-Cruz, Antonio

Background Prevention and management of chronic conditions is a priority for many healthcare systems. Personal health records have been suggested to facilitate implementation of chronic care programs. However, patients’ attitude towards personal health records (PHRs) can significantly affect the...

1988

Lee, R.Y., Hoseit, P., Cook, A.M, Man Liu, K.

A robotic arm has been developed to provide a learning environment for very young disabled children. The system allows development of manipulative skills through a flexible and adaptable control system. Arm movements which are of interest to the child may be trained and stored for replay by the...

2022-01-01

Matthew C. Kelley, Benjamin V. Tucker

Using phonological neighborhood density has been a common method to quantify lexical competition. It is useful and convenient but has shortcomings that are worth reconsidering. The present study quantifies the effects of lexical competition during spoken word recognition using acoustic distance...

4/26/2016

J. Pereira, C. Nunes, M. Ribeiro, P. Encarnação, A. Caiado, K. Adams, T. Leite, A. Cook, G. Piedade, M. Nunes da Ponte

2017-08-01

Davies, Nicola

The textile industry affects the environment in many ways, one of which is through the production of wastewater. In particular, effluent (liquid waste discharged into rivers and seas) from factories contains complex chemicals that pollute the environment, and which could prove to be a serious...