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Title Limiting the Collateral Damage of SARS: The Ethics of Priority Setting

Excerpt The 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak in Canada highlights a broad range in ethical challenges, particularly in priority setting. Presently, a leading theory in ethical priority setting is Daniels’ and Sabin’s Accountability for Reasonableness (A4R), which enhances fair and legitimate procedural decision making in typical healthcare settings. A4R attempts to mitigate conflicting interests […]

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Title Retinal Vascular Reactivity Capacity in Healthy Subjects

Excerpt Purpose: To determine the vascular reactivity (VR) capacity and visual function (VF) response to potent vasoconstrictor and vasodilatory provocations of retinal arterioles in healthy subjects. Methods: One hyperoxic hypocapnic and two graded hypoxic hypercapnic stimuli were administered. VR in response to gas provocation was assessed using the Canon Laser Blood Flowmeter. VF was assessed using […]

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Author Adleman, Jenna

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Title Characterization of Forest Harvest Residue from the Great Lakes-St Lawrence Forests of South-eastern Ontario

Excerpt The use of fossil derived products and the environmental and economic problems associated with them have made a shift to abundant renewable resources such as forest biomass more attractive. However before forest biomass can be used as a resource, its properties must be known. This study determined the physical properties of heterogeneous biomass residues produced […]

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Author Acquah, Gifty Ewurama

Advisor Cooper, Paul ||Krigstin, Sally

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SDGs Affordable and Clean EnergyClimate ActionLife on Land

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Departments Forestry

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Keywords energy, environment, forest, renewable

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Title Predictors of Partial Nephrectomy Utilization and Inequities of Care in the Treatment of Renal Cell Carcinoma in Canada

Excerpt Compared to radical nephrectomy (RN), partial nephrectomy (PN) leads to improved renal function preservation. However, PN may be infrequently utilized, particularly in patients susceptible to chronic kidney disease. We conducted a population-based, retrospective, observational study using the Canadian Institute for Health Information Discharge Abstract Database. All patients treated for a renal mass with either RN […]

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Author Abouassaly, Robert

Advisor Alibhai, Shabbir Muhammad Husayn

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Title Effect of Dopamine Receptor DRD2 and ANKK1 Polymorphisms on Dietary Compliance, Blood Pressure, and BMI in Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Excerpt Reduction in dopamine receptor D2, has been associated with insufficient brain reward, food addiction, obesity, and type 2 diabetes (T2D). Our aim was to assess whether the genetic variability responsible for this reduction is associated with poor dietary compliance and life style habits in T2D patients. Genetic-analysis was done for 109 T2D individuals who completed […]

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Author Abdulnour, Shahad

Advisor Jenkins, David J. A.

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Title Designing Randomized Clinical Trials for Rare Diseases

Excerpt Objectives: 1) To evaluate the quality of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) in rare diseases using Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) as an example, 2) to evaluate the time to treatment response in patients with rheumatic diseases, 3) to evaluate the power of the Randomized Placebo-Phase Design (RPPD) under various response time distributions, and 4) to examine […]

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Author Abrahamyan, Lusine

Advisor Feldman, Brian M.

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Title Black Focused Schools in Toronto: What do African-Canadian Parents Say?

Excerpt Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine how parents of African descent understand the African-centered school concept as an alternative education to the mainstream public school in Toronto. While we cannot ignore the success stories of some Black students in the school system, the reality remains that the academic performance of some shows […]

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Author Agyepong, Rosina

Advisor Dei, George Jerry Sefa

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SDGs Quality Education

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Departments Sociology and Equity Studies in Education

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Title Workplace Learning in Secondary Schools: An Examination of Ontario’s Venture into Formal Career Education

Excerpt Employing Gramsci’s theory of hegemony, this study will examine the origins, creation, and implementation of Ontario’s Career Studies course as it relates to existing economic and workplace practices. Specifically, two broad aspects of the course will be addressed. First, the expectations for the course will be examined to determine the general approach to workplace education […]

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Author Antonelli, Fabrizio

Advisor Livingstone, David W.

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SDGs Decent Work and Economic Growth

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Departments Sociology and Equity Studies in Education

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Keywords employment, labour

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Title Life in a Body: Counter Hegemonic Understandings of Violence, Oppression, Healing and Embodiment among Young South Asian Women

Excerpt This study is an investigation of embodiment. It is informed by the experiences and understandings of health, healing, violence and oppression among 15 young South Asian women living in Toronto, Canada. Their articulation of the importance of, and difficulties associated with, health and healing in contexts of social inequity contribute to understandings of embodiment as […]

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Author Batacharya, Sheila

Advisor Ng, Roxana

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SDGs Gender EqualityGood Health and Well-Being

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Departments Adult Education and Counselling Psychology

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Title Recovery of Surface Active Material from Municipal Wastewater Activated Sludge

Excerpt Wastewater activated sludge is produced during the biological treatment of wastewater. After treating the sewage, the sludge is allowed to settle. Part of the settled material is returned to the treatment process as return activated sludge (RAS) and the excess is removed as waste activated sludge (WAS). The handling and disposal of the sludge are […]

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Author Becerra, Flor Yunuen Garcia

Advisor Acosta, Edgar ||Allen, D. Grant

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SDGs Responsible Consumption and Production

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Departments Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry

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Keywords waste

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