Introduction Many Canadians struggle to access the primary care they need while at the same
time primary care providers report record levels of stress and overwork. There is an urgent …

Background Primary care (PC) attachment improves healthcare access and prevention and
management of chronic conditions. Yet, growing proportions of Canadians are unattached, …

Background: Primary care attachment improves health care access and health outcomes,
but many Canadians are unattached, seeking a provider via provincial wait-lists. This Nova …

BACKGROUND: Communication supports, referred to as augmentative and alternative
communication (AAC), are an integral part of medical speech-language pathology practice, yet …

… I would like to recognize my parents, Kelly and Melanie Mooney for their continued support
in all of my academic endeavors, I would not have been able to do this degree without it. I …

A very simple and fast technique for clustering/segmenting hyperspectral images is described.
The technique is based on the histogram of divergence images; namely, single image …

Excessive nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) loading is one of the greatest threats to aquatic
ecosystems in the Anthropocene, causing eutrophication of rivers, lakes, and marine …

Purpose: Ewing sarcoma is the second most common bone sarcoma in children, with 1 case
per 1.5 million in the United States. Although the survival rate of patients diagnosed with …

The chronic toxicity of ammonia to tropical freshwater species is understudied, and thus data
on temperate species have been used to derive water quality guideline values for tropical …

Hepatocelluar carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary malignancy of the liver in adults
and the third most common cause of cancer death worldwide. The incidence of HCC in the …