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Spring 2014
The research puzzle, in this study, evolved as I made sense of making hope visible in my interactions at a centre that studied how intentionally using hope enhances quality of life. Over a period of 12 years I developed a set of five hope-focused practices (LeMay, Edey, & Larsen, 2008). In this...
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A Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of sub-Saharan African Immigrants Living with HIV in Alberta, Canada
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dela Cruz, Aniela Marie Manalo
Current epidemiological data show an increasing number of men and women from sub-Saharan African countries who are living with HIV in Alberta. New cases of HIV between 1999 and 2008 among both men and women in the heterosexual (endemic) risk category have increased. In 2008, one Alberta HIV...
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A Narrative Inquiry into the Lives of Older Adults Labelled with Intellectual Disabilities: The Significance of Place as a Means to Story Retirement
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This narrative inquiry engaged the author in the storied lives of three older gentlemen labelled with intellectual disabilities (the inquirers) as they lived out a story of retirement in their community in a mid-sized city in Western Canada. The author walked alongside the inquirers for nearly a...
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Spring 2014
Counting unique number of people in a video (i.e., counting a person only once while the person passes through the field of view (FOV)), is required in many video analytic applications, such as transit passenger and pedestrian volume count in railway stations, malls and road intersections, aid...
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Spring 2014
The process of microparticle formation from evaporating microdroplets is the main production method for many products. For most of these applications (especially pharmaceutical ones) the properties and morphology of the final dry particle have to be precisely tailored to ensure the proper...
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A Pediatric Nurse Practitioner's initiative to support parents of children undergoing neurosurgical care: The Neurosurgery Kids Fund Website Evaluation
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Parent with children undergoing neurosurgery need access to specialized information as well as support resources. The public is becoming more active in managing their own health care and they often turn to the Internet as a starting point in their quest for health information resources. The...
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A population-based comparison of injuries among farm children to non-farm children in Alberta, 1999-2010
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Objectives - To systematically review literature on rural-urban differences in pediatric injury incidence and to examine incidence of all-cause injury, agricultural injury, and injury-related health care utilization for farm children compared to several groups of non-farm children under 18 years...
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A Public Policy Advocacy Project to Promote Food Security: Exploring Stakeholders’ Experiences
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Food security is said to exist “when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life” (Food and Agricultural Organization, 2008, p. 1). In the last several...
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A Randomized Control Trial of Acute Post Operative Care Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Comparison of Two Protocols
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Very little research has been conducted in this area, and the specific content of any of the protocols during this postoperative period have not been studied. Perhaps because most patients appear to be at similar functional levels by six to 12 weeks following surgery, the assumption has been made...
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A Retrospective Analysis of the Safety and Efficacy of a 6-Week Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program in Patients with Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
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Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) is progressive disease characterized by reduced exercise capacity and decreased quality of life. Despite the availability of disease targeted therapies outcomes remain sub-optimal. Pulmonary Rehabilitation has proven to improve outcomes in other chronic...