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Title Prevalence of Hyperhomocysteinemia in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease After Folic Acid Food Fortification of the Canadian Food Supply

Excerpt Elevated plasma total homocysteine (ptHcy) or hyperhomocysteinemia (hHcy) independently predicts cardiovascular disease in predialysis chronic kidney disease (pCKD). Folate status is one of the known nutritional determinants of ptHcy. In the era of folic acid food fortification, this cross-sectional study aimed to describe in pCKD subjects (n=48): 1) Prevalence of hHcy. 2) Intake and status […]

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SDGs Zero Hunger

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Title Oral Health Status In Children Undergoing Treatment For Neuropenia

Excerpt The purpose of this observational cross-sectional study was to assess the oral health of children between the ages of 6 to 18 with neutropenia attending the Marrow Failure and Myelodysplasia Program at The Hospital for Sick Children and compare the results to healthy control patients attending the Children’s Clinic, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto. […]

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Author Park, Michael

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Title Health Care Service Provision Over the Palliative Care Trajectory

Excerpt Health system restructuring combined with the preferences of palliative care recipients to be cared for at home has lead to a shift in the delivery of care from the hospital to the home setting. An analysis was conducted on five main home-based palliative care health service components: home-based nurse visits, home personal support worker visits, […]

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Author Masucci, Lisa

Advisor Coyte, Peter C.

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SDGs Decent Work and Economic GrowthGood Health and Well-Being

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Departments Health Policy, Management and Evaluation

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Title Efficacy of Mouth Care Education to Improve the Oral Health of Residents of Long Term Care Homes

Excerpt Objective: To assess the efficacy of personal support worker (PSW) mouth care education to improve the oral health of residents of long term care homes. Methodology: Experimental PSWs received mouth care education at baseline before taking the knowledge test. PSWs‟ mouth care knowledge was measured using a 20-item knowledge test at baseline, post-test (supervised); 6-months […]

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Author Le, Phu

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Title The Involvement of Aquaporins in Ammonia/Ammonium Transport across Root Cell Membranes of Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

Excerpt Using the short-lived radiotracer 13N, we examined the hypothesis that toxic, futile ammonia/ammonium (NH3/NH4+) fluxes at high external concentrations are mediated by ammonia-transporting aquaporins in roots of intact barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) plants. Effects of the aquaporin inhibitors zinc, copper, mercury, gold, silver, hydrogen peroxide, propionic acid, and nitrogen gas supported this hypothesis. Further tests […]

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Author Becker, Alexander

Advisor Kronzucker, Herbert

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SDGs Clean Water and Sanitation

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Departments Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Keywords water

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Title Evaluation of an Educational Intervention for Employees Exposed to Workplace Trauma

Excerpt Introduction: This thesis evaluated the effectiveness of an educational intervention for Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) employees exposed to a traumatic event at work. Methods: This study used a sequential mixed methods design. The primary outcome was the proportion seeking mental health treatment after an educational intervention (BPI) compared to a group not receiving an educational […]

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Author Bance, Sheena

Advisor Links, Paul

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Title Validity and Fairness in Accommodations, Special Provisions, and Participation Decisions on the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test

Excerpt Policy guidelines of the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) state that accommodations and participation decisions on the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) do not threaten validity. However, these issues are contentious in American large-scale testing. New approaches integrate test access, administration, accommodation and participation within a unified fairness and validity construct. The current […]

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Author Black-Allen, Jesse

Advisor Jang, Eunice

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SDGs Quality Education

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Departments Curriculum, Teaching and Learning

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Title Invisibility, Disappearance and Reclamation: A Sociological Investigation into the Location(s) of Aboriginal and African Women in Canada

Excerpt This thesis focuses on issues of the growing level of violence that continues to be leveled at two groups of women in Canada; Aboriginal women and African Canadian women. I propose that a combination of State racism, sexism, colonialism, poverty and societal indifference are responsible for the marginalization and oppression that both these groups of […]

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Author Gahayr, Safia

Advisor Cannon, Martin

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SDGs Gender EqualityNo Poverty

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Departments Sociology and Equity Studies in Education

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Keywords poverty, women

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Title Long-term Training in Learning and Work for Youth at Risk: Sustainability and Creativity in Policy and Execution of Youth at Risk Programs in Toronto

Excerpt The City of Toronto experienced a particularly tremulous year in 2005. Dubbed the “year of the gun,” the marked increase in violence among racialized youth lead to an increase in community cultural programming. These programs provide safe productive environments for youth to gather and develop self esteem and as well as important marketable life skills […]

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Author Carter, Karen

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SDGs Sustainable Cities and Communities

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Departments Sociology and Equity Studies in Education

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Title Optimal Life-career Development of Immigrant Professionals

Excerpt Literature addressing Canada’s immigrant professionals has primarily focused on the negative aspects of life-career transition. Research themes have centered on discouraging features of migration such as barriers, discrimination, underemployment and unemployment. Surprisingly few studies have explored how, in spite of personal and environmental barriers, some new Canadians have found they have flourished in their new […]

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Author Busic, Tatijana

Advisor Chen, Charles

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SDGs Decent Work and Economic Growth

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Departments Adult Education and Counselling Psychology

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Keywords employment

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