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Canadians with dementia: Gender differences in use and availability of home- and community-based health services.
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Hawranik, P., Jansen, L., Kingston, D., Markle-Reid, M., Henderson, S., Peacock, P., Forbes, D., Morgan, D., Leipert, B.
The purpose was to examine the use and availability of home and communitybased services by men and women with dementia using data from the 2003 Canadian Community Health Survey.Variables of interest were based on the Andersen and Newman model and included predisposing, enabling, need, and use of...
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2016-01-12
Young, T. Kue, Kelly, Janet J., Friborg, Jeppe, Soininen, Leena, Wong, Kai O.
"To determine and compare the incidence of cancer among the 8 Arctic States and their northern regions, with special focus on 3 cross-national indigenous groups – Inuit, Athabaskan Indians and Sami. Data were extracted from national and regional statistical agencies and cancer registries, with...
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2008-12-01
Kelly, Janet, Lanier, Anne, Santos, Maria, Healey, Sylvia, Louchini, Rabia, Friborg, Jeppe, Young, T. Kue
"Objectives: This is first of 2 papers on the Circumpolar Inuit Cancer Review, an international collaborative effort involving researchers and health officials from Alaska, Canada and Greenland. It covers the period 1989–2003, updating the last review (1969-1988) and together provides an overview...
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2008-12-01
Kelly, Janet, Lanier, Anne, Santos, Maria, Healey, Sylvia, Louchini, Rabia, Friborg, Jeppe, Young, T. Kue
"Objectives: This is the second of 2 papers reporting on the result of the Circumpolar Inuit Cancer Review, an international collaborative effort involving researchers and health officials from Alaska, Canada and Greenland. Methods: Inuit cancer cases by age-sex group and anatomic site were...
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Cancer-associated malnutrition, cachexia and sarcopenia: the skeleton in the hospital closet 40 years later
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Ryan, Aoife M., Power, Derek G., Daly, Louise, Cushen, Samantha J., Ní Bhuachalla, Ēadaoin, Prado, Carla M.
An awareness of the importance of nutritional status in hospital settings began more than 40 years ago. Much has been learned since and has altered care. For the past 40 years several large studies have shown that cancer patients are amongst the most malnourished of all patient groups. Recently,...
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Candidate genes and biological pathways associated with carcass quality traits in beef cattle
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Karisa, B. K., Bruce, H. L., Plastow, G. S., Moore, S. S., Thomson, J., Wang, Z.
The objective of this study was to use the candidate gene approach to identify the genes associated with carcass quality traits in beef cattle steers at the University of Alberta Ranch at Kinsella, Canada. This approach involved identifying positional candidate genes and prioritizing them...
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2010
Longrich, N. R., Currie, P. J., Erickson, G. M., Horner, J. R.
Background: Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the largest terrestrial carnivores of all time, and consequently its ecology and diet have been the focus of much discussion. However, there is little direct evidence of diet or feeding habits in this species. Methodology/Principal Findings: Examination...
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2022-06-01
Zarghanishiraz, Reza, Mojtaba, Zabihi, Little, Jonathan, Komisar, Vivki, Li, Ri
For centuries, people have been fighting airborne transmitting diseases like the common cold virus, influenza or Measles and Tuberculosis as examples of more fatal diseases. Certainly, one of the most catastrophic viruses among the airborne transmitting diseases is Covid-19 which has taken...
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Carabid Assemblages (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in a Rotation of Three Different Crops in Southern Alberta, Canada: A Comparison of Sustainable and Conventional Farming
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Larney, F.J., Spence, J. R., Bourassa, S., Carcamo, H.A.
Carabids were sampled in 2000 (pretreatment year) and 2003-2005 in experimental plots in southern Alberta. Canada, after a rotation of beans, and potato under sustainable and conventional farming practices. Each phase of the rotation was present in every year. Crop type had stronger effect than...
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Carbohydrate-lipid interactions: Affinities of methylmannose polysaccharides for lipids in aqueous solution
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Sun, Nian, Klassen, John S., Bai, Yu, Liu, Lan, Xia, Li, Lowary, Todd L.
The interactions between 3-O-methyl-mannose polysaccharides (MMPs), extracted from Mycobacterium smegmatis (consisting of a mixture of MMP-10, -11, -12 and -13) or obtained by chemical synthesis (MMP-5s, -8s, -11s and -14s), and linear saturated and unsaturated fatty acids (FAs), and a commercial...