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Title A Qualitative Descriptive Study: Older Adults’ Postoperative Pain Medication Usage After Total Knee Arthroplasty

Excerpt Postoperative pain is a major concern to patients undergoing surgical procedures but little research has been conducted on pain management after hospital discharge for orthopaedic patients. Since pain medication is a key component of pain management, it is important to study medication usage from a patient’s perspective, for greater patient–health care provider concordance. A qualitative […]

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Advisor McCartney, Colin ||Webster, Fiona

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Title The Efficacy of New Zealand Aid: An Analysis and Critique of New Zealand’s Aid Programme

Excerpt New Zealand’s aid programme reflects many of the controversies surrounding foreign aid more generally. From issues relating to the influence of political considerations and the administration and evaluation of aid agencies, to the fragmentation of the global aid system and the volatility of aid, these issues compromise the efficacy of aid provided to developing countries. […]

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Author Bridgman, Tess Mary

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SDGs Reduced Inequalities

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Title Lung Clearance Index as a Marker of Ventilation Inhomogeneity in Early Childhood with Health and Disease

Excerpt Rationale: Ventilation inhomogeneity (VI) may be an early sign of obstructive airway disease. The lung clearance index (LCI) has been suggested as a sensitive marker of VI, although it has not been well characterized in young children in health and in those with CF and asthma. Objective: To determine if LCI can detect VI in […]

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Author Brown, Meghan

Advisor Post, Martin ||Subbarao, Padmaja

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Title Toward an Understanding of the Built Environment Influences on the Carpool Formation and Use Process: A Case Study of Employer-based Users within the Service Sector of Smart Commute’s Carpool Zone

Excerpt The recent availability of geo-enabled web-based tools creates new possibilities for facilitating carpool formation. Carpool Zone is a web-based carpool formation service offered by Metrolinx, the transportation planning authority for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), Canada. The carpooling literature has yet to uncover how different built environments may facilitate or act as barriers […]

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Author Bui, Randy

Advisor Buliung, Ron

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Title Parents’ Preferences for Drug Treatments in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Discrete Choice Experiment

Excerpt BACKGROUND: Parents of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) are often forced to make trade-offs between the effectiveness, convenience, safety, and cost of drug treatments for their child. METHODS: A discrete choice experiment was administered to parents of children with JIA to determine their preferences for drug treatments. Multinomial logit regression was used to estimate […]

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Author Burnett, Heather

Advisor Ungar, Wendy Joan

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Title Antihypertensives and Hip Fracture Risk in Community-dwelling Elderly: A Self-controlled Case Series Analysis

Excerpt Antihypertensive drugs can cause hypotension in the elderly and such an effect may lead to fall injuries. This thesis examined the association between antihypertensive drugs and hip fracture risk among elderly patients during the initiation of monotherapy. This population-based self-controlled case series study used healthcare administrative databases to identify Ontario residents aged ≥ 66 years […]

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Author Butt, Debra Ann

Advisor Glazier, Richard H.

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Title Patient Views on Financial Relationships between Orthopaedic Surgeons and Orthopaedic Device Manufacturers

Excerpt Revelations of kickbacks from surgical device manufacturers to surgeons raise the question whether surgeons can continue to collaborate with industry and maintain public trust. Using qualitative and quantitative methodology, this thesis explores surgical patients’ views on financial relationships between surgeons and manufacturers and patients’ recommendations for managing these conflicts of interest. A majority of patients […]

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Author Camp, Mark

Advisor McKneally, Martin ||Alman, Benjamin

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Title The Crown, Public Authorities and Class Action Lawsuits

Excerpt This work considers the interplay between the Crown, public authorities and the class action device. The class action is a relatively recent legal innovation that allows for the collective redress of similarly situated victims through a single strand of litigation. Class actions are most commonly associated with the pursuit and remediation of corporate wrongdoing, however […]

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Author Canniffe, Michael

Advisor Morgan, Ed

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Title A Learning-based Control Architecture for Socially Assistive Robots Providing Cognitive Interventions

Excerpt Due to the world’s rapidly growing elderly population, dementia is becoming increasingly prevalent. This poses considerable health, social, and economic concerns as it impacts individuals, families and healthcare systems. Current research has shown that cognitive interventions may slow the decline of or improve brain functioning in older adults. This research investigates the use of intelligent […]

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Author Chan, Jeanie

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Title Economies of Speed? Bike Couriers, Pace, and Economic Development in the Global City

Excerpt In this thesis, I propose that bike courier delivery is not merely a convenient service for clients but an important function in the operation of successful economies. By allowing the regions to function at higher speeds, same-day courier networks seem to play an active role in generating positive economic outcomes. The availability of courier networks […]

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Author Adler, Patrick

Advisor Deborah, Leslie

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SDGs Decent Work and Economic GrowthSustainable Cities and Communities

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