Zeitschriftenartikel: „Plans, Can.: Toronto“

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Petersen, Patricia. „"Leave the Fads to the Yankees"“. Articles 20, Nr. 2 (06.11.2013): 72–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1019256ar.

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Does the border between the United States and Canada make a difference? To a political scientist it does for the obvious reason: the border defines two different political entities with different forms of government, different political customs and conventions. Two attempts in the first thirty years of the twentieth century to change the structure of the government of the City of Toronto illustrate the difference the border can make. The two proposals, commission government and city manager government, had originated with municipal reformers in the United States during the Progressive Era. The main idea behind both plans was to concentrate the executive and legislative authority in one governing unit. Commission and city manager government, however, attracted only a few supporters in the City despite their extreme popularity in the United States. City government in Toronto was not considered as bad as the government in those cities in the United States that had changed to new forms. Moreover, the proposals were American innovations and Toronto politicians were wary of American fads, especially ones like these which were drawn "from the uncertain spheres of political theory."

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Le, Annie N. „Serious Games for Public Safety: How Gamified Education Can Teach Ontarians Emergency Preparedness“. Frontiers in Education Technology 5, Nr. 4 (29.11.2022): p1. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/fet.v5n4p1.

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According to the Canadian Emergencies act, a national emergency is an urgent, critical situation that threatens the health and safety of Canadians (Department of Justice of Canada, 2022). Emergencies can also take on many forms: pandemics, natural disasters, civil unrest, or armed conflict. Currently, the Provincial Emergency Response Plan implemented by the Chief of Emergency Management Ontario is the framework that keeps Ontarians safe, allowing for organizations and municipalities to organize disaster relief, send out emergency alerts, and educate Ontario residents on emergency preparedness (PERP, 2019). This paper explores how serious games can prepare the public for emergencies based on response frameworks currently in use in metropolitan Ontario, Canada (cities such as Toronto, Ottawa, and Hamilton). This example was selected because it represents modern urban settings that require response plans and provides a framework that can be used to elaborate on. This paper will present the positive features of serious game applications concerning public safety and emergency management education. Case studies of serious game applications currently used for public health and safety purposes will be examined. Serious games may be a useful instrument for public safety education to enhance existing emergency preparedness and public safety education frameworks.

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Miller, Fiona A. „How can the health sector support Canada's net-zero ambition?“ Open Access Government 38, Nr. 1 (13.04.2023): 454–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.56367/oag-038-10566.

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How can the health sector support Canada's net-zero ambition? As the Honourable Steven Guilbeault has clarified, if Canada is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, we will need “all-hands-on-deck.” Fiona A. Miller, Professor & Director at the Centre for Sustainable Health Systems, University of Toronto in Canada, explores Canada's net-zero ambition, looking in particular at the role of the health sector in decarbonisation. However, achieving Canada's net-zero ambition of neutral greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is a complex and challenging goal that requires a whole-of-society approach. The initiative calls for all companies operating in Canada to voluntarily commit to developing and implementing a plan to achieve Canada's net-zero ambition, supported by clear technical standards and public reporting requirements. So far, the 2030 emissions reduction plan aims at “clean air and good jobs, a healthy environment and a strong economy.” The problem lies in the significant gap in the Federal Government's plans: the health sector's direct contribution to the net-zero transition. Healthcare is a highly resource-intensive and polluting industry, estimated at 5.2% of global emissions and increasing. Moreover, Canada's health sector is estimated to be the second most carbon-intensive in the world after that of the U.S. There is clearly work to do, Professor Miller evaluates.

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Kenney, W. A., R. L. Gambles und L. Zsuffa. „Prototype energy plantations in Ontario“. Forestry Chronicle 69, Nr. 6 (01.12.1993): 714–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.5558/tfc69714-6.

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Biomass production for energy from short rotation forestry plantations can contribute to Ontario and Canada's objectives of reducing CO2 emissions. Technologies aimed at production and conversion of this biomass have progressed considerably, but large scale plantations are needed to obtain reliable figures regarding yields and costs, as well as to provide venues for testing equipment and to demonstrate the technology to growers. A project initiated by the Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto will establish a number of prototype willow plantations on private land, to meet these needs. The objectives of the project, progress to date and the long-term plans are presented. Key words: SRIC, short rotation forestry, demonstration, willow, energy biomass

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Zadoorian, D. „ASSESSMENT AND FOLLOW-UP PROCESS IN HOUSING FIRST MENTAL HEALTH CASE MANAGEMENT APPROACH“. Modern Psychology 3, Nr. 1 (6) (18.12.2020): 38–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.46991/sbmp/2020.3.1.038.

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The application of psychological science in vast majority of interdisciplinary programs becomes all-embracing in the western societies. Nowadays, the word mental health has a broader meaning to it and touches each and every aspect of human life. Consequently, anything that affects our mental well-being can be a subject of general or specific studies to find out the level of its importance and the extent to which it affects the quality of our lives. Most of the government programs provide funding for mental health researches that can improve lives of many members of the society. The following steps of the government can assess how to improve the plans, and in particular, the positive outcome of each program based on the person’s needs. In this descriptive paper, the attempt is to provide some information on needs assessment, planning and follow-up in one of the programs funded by the City of Toronto, which is mainly designed to assist clients with mental health and substance use issues to obtain and maintain housing and get stabilized in their daily life.

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Souto, Rafaella Queiroga, Sepali Guruge, Miriam Aparecida Barbosa Merighi, Maria Cristina Pinto de Jesus, Shaindel Egit und Linda Knowles. „Intimate partner violence among speaking immigrant adult Portuguese women in Canada“. Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP 50, Nr. 6 (Dezember 2016): 905–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0080-623420160000700005.

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Abstract OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to understand the experiences of intimate partner violence among women from Portuguese-speaking countries living in the Greater Toronto Area. METHOD A social phenomenological study was conducted with ten Portuguese-speaking women who had experienced intimate partner violence who were selected by community centre leaders. The interviews were transcribed, translated and analysed by categories. RESULTS The consequences of violence included health problems, effects on children, and negative feelings among the victims. Factors preventing the women from leaving abusive partners included religious beliefs, challenging daily jobs, and the need to take care of their husband. Factors that encouraged them to leave included getting support and calling the police. Some women expressed hope for the future either with their husband. Others, desired divorce or revenge. Their plans to rebuild their lives without their husband included being happy, learning English, and being financially stable. CONCLUSION Using these findings can implicate in the improvement of care for these women.

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Sheridan, Scott C., und Laurence S. Kalkstein. „Progress in Heat Watch–Warning System Technology“. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 85, Nr. 12 (01.12.2004): 1931–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/bams-85-12-1931.

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Among all atmospheric hazards, heat is the most deadly. With such recent notable heat events as the Chicago Heat Wave of 1995, much effort has gone into redeveloping both the methods by which it is determined whether a day will be “oppressive,” as well as the mitigation plans that are implemented when an oppressive day is forecast to occur. This article describes the techniques that have been implemented in the development of new synoptic-based heat watch–warning systems. These systems are presently running for over two dozen locations worldwide, including Chicago, Illinois; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Rome, Italy; and Shanghai, China; with plans for continued expansion. Compared to traditional systems based on arbitrary thresholds of one or two meteorological variables, these new systems account for the local human response by focusing upon the identification of the weather conditions most strongly associated with historical increases in mortality. These systems must be constructed based on the premise that weather conditions associated with increased mortality show considerable variability on a spatial scale. In locales with consistently hot summers, weather/mortality relationships are weaker, and it is only the few hottest days each year that are associated with a response. In more temperate climates, relationships are stronger, and a greater percentage of days can be associated with an increase in mortality. Considering the ease of data transfer via the World-Wide Web, the development of these systems includes Internet file transfers and Web page creation as components. Forecasts of mortality and recommendations to call excessive-heat warnings are available to local meteorological forecasters, local health officials, and other civic authorities, who ultimately determine when warnings are called and when intervention plans are instituted.

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Alnahdi, Amani, Ali Elkamel, Munawar A. Shaik, Saad A. Al-Sobhi und Fatih S. Erenay. „Optimal Production Planning and Pollution Control in Petroleum Refineries Using Mathematical Programming and Dispersion Models“. Sustainability 11, Nr. 14 (10.07.2019): 3771. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11143771.

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Oil refineries, producing a large variety of products, are considered as one of the main sources of air contaminants such as sulfur oxides (SOx), hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides (NOx), and carbon dioxide (CO2), which are primarily caused by fuel combustion. Gases emanated from the combustion of fuel in an oil refinery need to be reduced, as it poses an environmental hazard. Several strategies can be applied in order to mitigate emissions and meet environmental regulations. This study proposes a mathematical programming model to derive the optimal pollution control strategies for an oil refinery, considering various reduction options for multiple pollutants. The objective of this study is to help decision makers select the most economic pollution control strategy, while satisfying given emission reduction targets. The proposed model is tested on an industrial scale oil refinery sited in North Toronto, Ontario, Canada considering emissions of NOx, SOx, and CO2. In this analysis, the dispersion of these air pollutants is captured using a screening model (SCREEN3) and a non-steady state CALPUFF model based on topographical and meteorological conditions. This way, the impacts of geographic location on the concentration of pollutant emissions were examined in a realistic way. The numerical experiments showed that the optimal production and pollution control plans derived from the proposed optimization model can reduce NOx, SOx, and CO2 emission by up to 60% in exchange of up to 10.7% increase in cost. The results from the dispersion models verified that these optimal production and pollution control plans may achieve a significant reduction in pollutant emission in a large geographic area around the refinery site.

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Hans, Parminder K., Carolyn Steele Gray, Ashlinder Gill und James Tiessen. „The provider perspective: investigating the effect of the Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome (ePRO) mobile application and portal on primary care provider workflow“. Primary Health Care Research & Development 19, Nr. 02 (13.09.2017): 151–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1463423617000573.

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AimThis qualitative study investigates how the Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome (ePRO) mobile application and portal system, designed to capture patient-reported measures to support self-management, affected primary care provider workflows.BackgroundThe Canadian health system is facing an ageing population that is living with chronic disease. Disruptive innovations like mobile health technologies can help to support health system transformation needed to better meet the multifaceted needs of the complex care patient. However, there are challenges with implementing these technologies in primary care settings, in particular the effect on primary care provider workflows.MethodsOver a six-week period interdisciplinary primary care providers (n=6) and their complex care patients (n=12), used the ePRO mobile application and portal to collaboratively goal-set, manage care plans, and support self-management using patient-reported measures. Secondary thematic analysis of focus groups, training sessions, and issue tracker reports captured user experiences at a Toronto area Family Health Team from October 2014 to January 2015.FindingsKey issues raised by providers included: liability concerns associated with remote monitoring, increased documentation activities due to a lack of interoperability between the app and the electronic patient record, increased provider anxiety with regard to the potential for the app to disrupt and infringe upon appointment time, and increased demands for patient engagement. Primary care providers reported the app helped to focus care plans and to begin a collaborative conversation on goal-setting. However, throughout our investigation we found a high level of provider resistance evidenced by consistent attempts to shift the app towards fitting with existing workflows rather than adapting much of their behaviour. As health systems seek innovative and disruptive models to better serve this complex patient population, provider change resistance will need to be addressed. New models and technologies cannot be disruptive in an environment that is resisting change.

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Xu, S., S. Li, R. Wen und W. Huang. „TRAFFIC EVENT DETECTION USING TWITTER DATA BASED ON ASSOCIATION RULES“. ISPRS Annals of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences IV-2/W5 (29.05.2019): 543–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-iv-2-w5-543-2019.

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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Social media platforms allow millions of people worldwide to instantly share their thoughts online. Many people use social media to share traffic related experiences and events with online posts. A large amount of traffic related data can be obtained from these online posts &ndash; especially geosocial media data, where posts are tagged with geolocation information such as coordinates or place names. By extracting traffic events from geosocial media data, drivers can adapt to changing traffic conditions, while traffic management departments can propose timely and effective plans to improve traffic conditions. Most of the existing studies query traffic-related information based on a list of single keywords, which result in large amounts of noisy data &ndash; negative data containing one or more traffic-related keywords, but do not actually represent real-world traffic events. This paper aims to filter noisy data by mining association rules among words in positive data containing messages representing traffic events. Messages are more likely to be true traffic events if they follow the co-occurrence pattern of words mined from positive samples. A case study was conducted in Toronto, Canada using Twitter data. The tweets queried by the association rules were classified into non-traffic event, traffic accidents, roadwork, severe weather conditions, and special events with an 85% accuracy based on supervised machine learning methods. Compared with hourly average travel speed data, 81% of detected events were identified as real-world traffic events. This research sheds light on traffic condition monitoring in smart transportation platforms, which plays an important role for smart cities.</p>

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Itani, Alaa, Siva Srikukenthiran und Amer Shalaby. „Capacity-Constrained Bus Bridging Optimization Framework“. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2674, Nr. 5 (Mai 2020): 600–612. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198120917399.

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Urban rail systems frequently suffer from unexpected service disruptions, which can result in severe delays and user dissatisfaction. “Bus bridging” is the strategy most commonly applied in responding to rail service interruptions in North America and Europe. Buses are pulled from regular routes and dispatched to serve as shuttles along the disrupted rail segment until regular train service is restored. In determining the required number of buses and source routes, most transit agencies rely on ad hoc approaches based on operational experience and constraints, which do not necessarily alleviate the extensive delays and queue build-ups at affected stations, nor do they minimize system-wide impacts in an optimal manner. This paper proposes a genetic algorithm-based optimization model to determine the optimal number of shuttle buses and route allocation to minimize overall subway- and bus rider delay for any given rail disruption incident. The generated optimal solutions were sensitive to bus-bay capacity constraints along the shuttle service corridor of any given disrupted subway segment, utilizing methods found in the Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual. The model was used in an analysis of real-world incident data obtained from the Toronto Transit Commission and supplemented by other passenger and travel time data. The bus bridging toolkit showed strong potential to produce efficient shuttle response plans that reduced the transit user delays by more than 50% while ensuring minimum queue formation at disrupted stations and maximizing the utilization of shuttle buses.

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Hicks, Alex, und Anne Hicks. „105 Actually, it is easy being green: Ten years of the Canadian PAediatric Society Annual General Meeting viewed through a sustainability lens“. Paediatrics & Child Health 25, Supplement_2 (August 2020): e43-e44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pch/pxaa068.104.

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Abstract Introduction/Background The Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) recently released the “Global climate change and health of Canadian Children” statement. As climate rapidly evolves from “change” to “crisis” there is an increasing pressure toward sustainable conferencing. Knowing the value of attending meetings, the growing body of literature evaluating travel-related carbon cost and convention sustainability can inform environmental harm minimization. Conferences can pressure venues to increase sustainability by choosing sites and venues wisely and communicating their requirements to rejected venues. They can also offer carbon offset purchase through credible companies (e.g. Gold Standard). Over the last 10 years the CPS has conducted its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at host cities that reflect Canada’s large geographic footprint. Venues included both hotel and standalone conference centers. There is no published evaluation of sustainable practices for CPS meetings. Objectives Evaluate the past 10 CPS Annual General Meetings (AGMs) for: Design/Methods Travel-related carbon cost was estimated with a round-trip calculator for economy seating the most direct available flights (https://co2.myclimate.org/en/offset_further_emissions). Cities of origin for attendee were the 11 CaRMS-matched pediatric residency training programs (https://www.carms.ca/match/psm/program-descriptions/). Venues were evaluated based on current publicly available self-reported information using conference sustainability criteria suggested through a literature review and public rating tools (Green Key, Quality Standards of the International Association of Convention Centres). Ground transportation from the airport was scored /3 by: public transport from airport (1), formal shared transport (1), fee deterrence for parking (1). Venue type was split by hotel-associated (H) and standalone convention centre (CC) meeting facilities. Sustainability of meeting facilities was divided into supports /2 (rentable supports, links to local vendors, catering and personnel) for exhibitors (1) and event planners (1), policies /3 by: sustainability, promotion of a green community (1), and waste management (1), and walkability from accommodation /1. Results The last 10 CPS AGMs were held in western (3; Vancouver 2010, Edmonton 2013, Vancouver 2017), eastern (1; Charlottetown 2016) and central (6; Quebec City 2011, London 2012, Montreal 2014, Toronto 2015, Quebec City 2018, Toronto 2019) provinces; in 2020 it is in Vancouver. Central Canada sites had the lowest air travel carbon cost per attendee. Average air travel-related carbon cost per attendee for different host cities ranged from 0.479 (London) to 0.919 (Vancouver) tonnes, with Ontario and Quebec sites averaging 0.518, Charlottetown 0.654 and Edmonton 0.756 tonnes. Ground transportation scores differed by city from Montreal (3/3 with public transit, formal transportation share and parking fees to dissuade driving) to London (0/3), with more favorable public transit options in larger cities. Venues differed when divided by hotel with meeting facilities (H) vs standalone conference center (CC), with CC outranking H for clearly posted sustainability plans (1.6 vs 1.2/2; 2=venue-specific, 1=company chain policy, 0=no plan), green and sustainable community building plans (1.6 vs 1.2/2; 2=greening local communities, 1=company chain policy, 0=no plan) and green waste management policies (1.2 vs 0/2; 2=venue-specific, 1=company chain policy, 0=no plan). Walkable accommodation was equal and present for all venues, with attached accommodation for all but one CC (Montreal), which had immediately adjacent hotels available. Conclusion As expected, the carbon cost of air transportation per attendee was lower in central provinces. Ground transportation from the airport was better in larger host cities. Standalone conference centres had more sustainable event support and locally focused policies regarding sustainability, environmentally friendly community building initiatives and waste management solutions, three major components of “greening” conferences. Based on the available resources across Canada, we recommend that the CPS considers these sustainability criteria in planning future events.

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Islam, Qazi Shafayetul, und Nasima Akter. „Gender-based Violence (GBV) on Bangladeshi Women and Girls during COVID-19 in Toronto: Forms, Causes, and Mental Health Impacts“. Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research 36, Nr. 7 (09.07.2024): 307–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/jammr/2024/v36i75505.

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Aims: The COVID-19 pandemic lockdown has led to a rise in the number of gender-based violence (GBV) cases within families. This increase is mainly due to patriarchal influence, prolonged stay at home, social isolation, and financial abuse. Women and girls, in particular, have been adversely affected by this phenomenon, experiencing significant mental health impacts. A study conducted in Toronto explored the various types and causes of violence against South Asian Bangladeshi women and girls and how it affects their mental health, too. Methodology: Bangladeshi-Canadian Community Services (BCS), an ethnic organization conducted a study on gender-based violence (GBV) from Sep to Dec 2021. Two extensive Zoom group discussions involved 55 females and six males, including social workers (n=9), community leaders/workers (n=17), community youth ambassadors (n=9), and community members (n=26, among them n=11 were victims). Audio recordings were transcribed and translated into English, then thematically coded to identify forms of GBV and provide narratives based on participants' experiences. Results: South Asian Bangladeshi women and girls have been subjected to various forms of violence by their husbands or male family members, such as physical, psychological/emotional, verbal, and financial violence. Physical violence includes shaking their wives' hands and necks and pushing wives and girls. Psychological, verbal, and financial violence includes scolding, threatening, demoralizing, blaming, belittling, coercing, stealing money, and committing financial fraud. The causes of violence against women during the lockdown are related to the loss of husbands' jobs and idleness, the tendency to establish male power over women out of fear of losing patriarchal control during a crisis, husbands' mental turmoil due to the lockdown and financial crisis, women's protest against extramarital relationships, fear of contracting viruses, taking advantage of women's vulnerability, and greediness towards wives' money. As a result of this violence, many victims have reported experiencing anxiety, mental trauma, frustration, distress, depression, and discrimination. Victims of violence have faced many obstacles in accessing appropriate providers, such as language barriers and threats from their husbands. Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected South Asian Bangladeshi women and girls who are experiencing gender-based violence. To address this issue, policymakers, governments, and ethnic organizations must collaborate to create comprehensive plans that aim to eliminate gender-based violence, as well as associated cultural problems and stigma. Community organizations can provide resources and support for victims, working with families and husbands to create a safer environment for those affected.

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Pringle, Denys. „Excavations in Jerusalem 1961–1967. Vol. I. By A. D. Tushingham. 30.5×23 cm. Pp. xlii+528, 81 figs., 185 pls., 2 plans+2 maps; 17 plans, 84 sections and elevations folded in case. Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1985. ISBN 0-88854-317-4. Can. $145.“ Antiquaries Journal 67, Nr. 1 (März 1987): 161–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003581500026603.

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Sperdakos, Paula. „Directing in Educational Theatre“. Canadian Theatre Review 76 (September 1993): 22–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/ctr.76.005.

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When I began to think about “directing across boundaries”, and making decisions from “particular political or social vantage points or within particular performance theory”,1 I became distinctly grumpy. I was immersed in the final (hellish) week of rehearsals for a large-cast musical revue / extravaganza at the Scarborough campus of the University of Toronto, where I teach acting and theatre history and direct a variety of shows. Our only “theatre facility” at the College was built as a television studio in the mid-1960s when videotaping lectures and feeding them out to several classrooms at once was thought to make sound pedagogical sense. The folly of this notion was soon discovered, and, in the early 1970s, the studio became the sole teaching-and-performance space for the new Division of Drama, without, however, any particular conversion to the somewhat different requirements of a theatre having been made. For twenty years, consequently, dozens of productions have been presented in, and the drama program has been run out of, a cramped, ugly, woefully inadequate space. And yet interesting and valuable theatre has sometimes been made in what is still referred to as the TV Studio. Fortunately, plans to renovate are (finally) going through, but when I began to think about directorial decisions, I was rehearsing my show in the only space on campus large enough to hold it, the cavernous concrete nightmare known as the Meeting Place; the thought of writing about any director who has the luxury (as I saw it in my sullen state) to be truly creative, to make artistic decisions that are not based on any limitations whatsoever of facilities, funds, or talent, made my eyes cross with antipathy. Directing across boundaries indeed, I thought, what about those of us who direct, if one can even call it that, almost exclusively within boundaries, limits, confines?

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El-Baba, Mazen, und Laurie Mazurik. „Disaster Management Simulation–A Novel Virtual Exercise“. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 38, S1 (Mai 2023): s26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x23001085.

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Introduction:Disaster management and emergency preparedness relies on the collaboration, communication, and expertise of a multidisciplinary team. Skills in preparation, communication, and management of disasters are core competencies of an emergency physician. To learn the principles of disaster management, simulations are critical as mass casualty/rapid surge events seldom occur. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the cancellation of in-person events. In response to these restrictions, the University of Toronto, EM Program developed a successful virtual interprofessional mass casualty simulation.Method:The novel online simulation event was piloted in 2021 and ran for three-hours. The exercise focused on developing soft skills (e.g., communication, team-work, and debriefing) and hard skills (e.g., triage, casualty distribution, and activation of plans). Groups were composed of members of each post-graduate year to facilitate near-peer learning. A total of six groups were formed: Adult, Children, Community Hospitals, EMS, Government, and Media. Each Team used multiple communication tools (i.e., Whatsapp groups, Zoom breakout rooms, Shared Google Documents) to swiftly pivot and manage a mass casualty event. Post-exercise debriefing and anonymous evaluations were gathered.Results:A total of 28-residents (nine PGY1, ten PGY2, and eight PGY3 learners) and 11-staff observers participated (25-respondents). Nineteen participants rated the simulation exercise as excellent and six as “very good”. Twenty participants rated the workshop as “very useful” and five as “useful”. Positive feedback centered around content applicability, exercise creativity, level of engagement, and learning value. Constructive feedback included the need for more pre-exercise orientation time, increasing disaster management time, and inviting allied-health staff.Conclusion:There is a clear need for EM residents to learn and develop skills related to disaster management and emergency preparedness. This exercise showed that disaster management and emergency preparedness competencies can be learned in a virtual format. This virtual format has encouraged its continuation and further inspired the curation of a four-year program.

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Devotta, Kimberly, Mandana Vahabi, Vijayshree Prakash und Aisha K. Lofters. „Implementation of a Cervical Cancer Screening Intervention for Under- or Never-Screened Women in Ontario, Canada: Understanding the Acceptability of HPV Self-Sampling“. Current Oncology 30, Nr. 7 (18.07.2023): 6786–804. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/curroncol30070497.

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With appropriate screening, cervical cancer can be prevented. In Ontario, Canada, some groups of women have low screening rates. South Asian, Middle Eastern and North African women are particularly at risk of under-screening. Currently, cytology-based screening is used in Ontario, although the growing evidence and adoption of HPV testing for cervical screening has encouraged many jurisdictions around the world to move towards HPV testing, with the option of self-sampling. We conducted an intervention beginning in June 2018, where we recruited over 100 under- or never-screened (UNS) women who identify as South or West Asian, Middle Eastern or North African from the Greater Toronto Area, to understand the uptake and acceptability of HPV self-sampling as an alternative to a Pap test. Participants self-selected if they tried the kit or not and completed both quantitative and qualitative research activities. This paper focuses on the qualitative arm of the study, where follow-ups and five focus groups were conducted with those who tried the kit (three groups) and those who did not (two groups), as well as eight key informant interviews with community champions and others who were involved in our recruitment. We used the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) to guide our data collection and analysis. Major themes around convenience, privacy and comfort came from the data as important drivers of the uptake of the intervention. The role of community champions and peers in engaging and educating UNS women, as well as having self-confidence to collect the sample, also came out as factors impacting uptake and plans for continued use. Overall, the intervention showed that HPV self-sampling is an acceptable alternative to a Pap test for some but not all UNS women in Ontario.

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Woods, Matthew E., Rehman Ata, Zachary Teitel, Nishara M. Arachchige, Yi Yang, Brian E. Raychaba, James Kuhns und Lesley G. Campbell. „Crop diversity and plant–plant interactions in urban allotment gardens“. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 31, Nr. 6 (15.01.2016): 540–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1742170515000472.

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AbstractAllotment food gardens represent important sources of food security for urban residents. Since urban gardeners rarely receive formal agricultural education and have extremely limited space, they may be relying on readily available gardening advice (e.g., seed packet instructions), inventing cultural strategies that consider inter-specific competitive dynamics, or making poor planting decisions. Knowledge of garden crop diversity and planting arrangements can aid in designing strategies for productive urban gardens and food systems. We surveyed 96 individual plots in 10 allotment gardens in the Toronto region, assessed crop diversity within gardens and recorded planting practices used by urban gardeners by measuring the proximity of individual plants relative to similar or different crop species. We also compared planting densities used by urban gardeners with those recommended by major seed distributers. Collectively, Toronto urban agriculture contributes substantially to urban plant diversity (108 crops), but each plot tends to be relatively depauperate. Carrots and lettuce were three to five times more likely to be planted in clusters than intermingled with other crops (P< 0.05); whereas gardeners did not appear to use consistent planting arrangements for tomatoes or zucchini. Gardeners tended to plant tomatoes and zucchini 56–62.5% more densely than recommended by seed distributers (P< 0.001), whereas they planted 147 times fewer carrots in a given area than recommended (P< 0.05). Furthermore, neither crop planting density nor crop diversity changed with plot size. The planting arrangements we have documented suggest gardeners using allotment plots attempt plant densely in extremely limited space, and are employing cultural strategies that intensify competitive dynamics within gardens. Future research should assess the absolute and relative effect of altered cultural practices on yield, such that any modifications can be prioritized by their impact on yield.

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Nichols, Paul L. „Constructing connections: urban forestry and Toronto’s West Don Lands revitalization“. Environnement Urbain 3 (06.07.2009): 83–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/037602ar.

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Abstract The West Don Lands played an important role in Toronto’s history, primarily as an industrial centre from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century. Therefore, the negative impacts of de-industrialization on the precinct can hardly be considered surprising. However, efforts are being made to revitalize the West Don Lands and redress the decay experienced by the precinct. This paper examines these efforts, detailed in the Waterfront Toronto’s Precinct and Block Plans, with particular focus being placed on the role that urban forestry can play on the creation of physical and social linkages.

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Slowik, J. G., D. J. Cziczo und J. P. D. Abbatt. „Analysis of cloud condensation nuclei composition and growth kinetics using a pumped counterflow virtual impactor and aerosol mass spectrometer“. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions 4, Nr. 1 (17.01.2011): 285–313. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/amtd-4-285-2011.

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Abstract. We present a new method of determining the size and composition of CCN-active aerosol particles. Method utility is illustrated through a series of ambient measurements. A continuous-flow thermal-gradient diffusion chamber (TGDC), pumped counterflow virtual impactor (PCVI), and Aerodyne time-of-flight mass spectrometer (AMS) are operated in series. Ambient particles are sampled into the TGDC, where a constant supersaturation is maintained, and CCN-active particles grow to ~2.5±0.5 μm. The output flow from the TGDC is directed into the PCVI, where a counterflow of dry N2 gas opposes the particle-laden flow, creating a region of zero velocity. This stagnation plane can only be traversed by particles with sufficient momentum, which depends on their size. Particles that have activated in the TGDC cross the stagnation plane and are entrained in the PCVI output flow, while the unactivated particles are diverted to a pump. Because the input gas is replaced by the counterflow gas with better than 99% efficiency at the stagnation plane, the output flow consists almost entirely of dry N2 and water evaporates from the activated particles. In this way, the system yields an ensemble of CCN-active particles whose chemical composition and size are analyzed using the AMS. Measurements of urban aerosol in downtown Toronto identified an external mixture of CCN-active particles consisting almost entirely of ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulfate, with CCN-inactive particles of the same size consisting of a mixture of ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulfate, and organics. We also discuss results from the first field deployment of the TGDC-PCVI-AMS system, conducted from mid-May to mid-June 2007 in Egbert, Ontario, a semirural site ~80 km north of Toronto influenced both by clean air masses from the north and emissions from the city. Organic-dominated particles sampled during a major biogenic event exhibited higher CCN activity and/or faster growth kinetics than urban outflow from Toronto, despite the latter having a higher inorganic content and higher O:C ratio. During both events, particles were largely internally mixed.

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Slowik, J. G., D. J. Cziczo und J. P. D. Abbatt. „Analysis of cloud condensation nuclei composition and growth kinetics using a pumped counterflow virtual impactor and aerosol mass spectrometer“. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 4, Nr. 8 (30.08.2011): 1677–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/amt-4-1677-2011.

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Abstract. We present a new method of determining the size and composition of CCN-active aerosol particles. Method utility is illustrated through a series of ambient measurements. A continuous-flow thermal-gradient diffusion chamber (TGDC), pumped counterflow virtual impactor (PCVI), and Aerodyne time-of-flight mass spectrometer (AMS) are operated in series. Ambient particles are sampled into the TGDC, where a constant supersaturation is maintained, and CCN-active particles grow to ~2.5 &pm; 0.5 μm. The output flow from the TGDC is directed into the PCVI, where a counterflow of dry N2 gas opposes the particle-laden flow, creating a region of zero axial velocity. This stagnation plane can only be traversed by particles with sufficient momentum, which depends on their size. Particles that have activated in the TGDC cross the stagnation plane and are entrained in the PCVI output flow, while the unactivated particles are diverted to a pump. Because the input gas is replaced by the counterflow gas with better than 99 % efficiency at the stagnation plane, the output flow consists almost entirely of dry N2 and water evaporates from the activated particles. In this way, the system yields an ensemble of CCN-active particles whose chemical composition and size are analyzed using the AMS. Measurements of urban aerosol in downtown Toronto identified an external mixture of CCN-active particles consisting almost entirely of ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulfate, with CCN-inactive particles of the same size consisting of a mixture of ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulfate, and organics. We also discuss results from the first field deployment of the TGDC-PCVI-AMS system, conducted from mid-May to mid-June 2007 in Egbert, Ontario, a semirural site ~80 km north of Toronto influenced both by clean air masses from the north and emissions from the city. Organic-dominated particles sampled during a major biogenic event exhibited higher CCN activity and/or faster growth kinetics than urban outflow from Toronto, despite the latter having a higher inorganic content and higher O:C ratio. During both events, particles were largely internally mixed.

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McIntosh, Alison, und Candice Harris. „Hospitality training as a means of independence for young adults with learning disabilities“. Hospitality Insights 2, Nr. 2 (24.10.2018): 3–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.24135/hi.v2i2.38.

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Employment is a core plank of independent living for people with disabilities and a key part of their identity and self-esteem. Nevertheless, it is widely recorded that people with disabilities have lower employment rates than the non-disabled, and continue to experience workplace discrimination. Workers with disabilities are generally found to have greater loyalty to the company, punctuality to the job, dependability, greater levels of cooperation and dedication, and lower turnover rates and absenteeism. Representing an estimated 10–19 percent of the general population worldwide, people with disabilities are seen as an untapped source of workers for hospitality labour [1]. Yet evidence shows that the hospitality industry has, so far, been a follower rather than a leader with respect to training and employment practices for people with disabilities compared to other industries [2]. Viewing disability as a product of the disabling wider social and attitudinal barriers around disability (known as the social model of disability [3]), there is an opportunity for the hospitality industry to contribute toward positive social change. Given the need to change negative societal attitudes before there can be an increase in the employment of people with disabilities, there is an important need to examine representations of disability in hospitality training and employment. Representations are important because they set expectations around behavioural norms and can help break down barriers by influencing the perceptions of those who receive them. Applying a constructionist approach [4], this research examined how hospitality work and training is represented in the popular television documentary series The Special Needs Hotel as it relates to training for young adults with learning disabilities1 – a group who are rendered more marginalised in employment than any other group of young people with disabilities. The three-part TV series, which aired on TVNZ in 2017, followed the experiences of young people with learning disabilities as they received hands-on hospitality training at the Foxes Hotel and Academy – a specialist catering college and residential training hotel in Somerset, U.K., that is also a fully operating hotel with paying guests (http://foxesacademy.ac.uk/). Over their three years of study, learners are trained in three vocational departments – house-keeping, food preparation and food service – before being prepared to apply for and seek hospitality employment. The research found that the series positively presents hospitality training as a means of enjoyment and of ‘achieving independence’ for the young adults with learning disabilities, with coping strategies and accommodations used to ensure the learners meet the necessary ‘realistic expectations’ and requirements of hospitality work. Through the intensive hands-on training, the learners are found to successfully acquire life skills, gain independence, find hospitality employment, and make plans for the future. However, this positive representation contrasts with the fear and realities of independence and struggles with the pressures of hospitality work for the trainees themselves (struggles that are both emotional and physical due to the nature of their disability). Our research highlighted that not all learners wanted independence, and often struggled with the training; for example, the stress and speed of service delivery, difficulties in communicating with customers, and having to work alone. Lessons from this research provide the opportunity to review and vary what is expected of the ‘look and feel’ of hospitality work and service delivery in order to increase employment for people with disabilities. In particular, if left unchallenged, the stereotyping of the ‘professionalism’ expected in hospitality work and training can render people with learning disabilities as being and looking unprofessional as hospitality workers and requiring accommodation to meet the standards of ‘doing hospitality’. There is a need to give greater attention to disability awareness training, including information geared toward working alongside employees with disabilities, and HR practices. There are challenges to employers about their attitudes toward employing people with disabilities and management of the physical and service environment with regards to how they can render it welcoming or unwelcoming for employees with disabilities. Above all, this understanding can open opportunities to review and realign hospitality employment and training with ethical and non-discriminatory principles and guidelines, which are essential if the employment of people with disabilities is to be improved. As this research concluded, the inclusion of people with disabilities can make the hospitality experience more diverse, personal, meaningful, unique and memorable. The full research article can be accessed here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278431917307351 Note We use the terminology of the documentary series and recognise the varied, unique and highly complex nature of learning disabilities. Corresponding author Alison McIntosh can be contacted at: alison.mcintosh@aut.ac.nz References (1) Poria, Y.; Reichel, A.; Brandt, Y. Dimensions of Hotel Experience of People with Disabilities: An Exploratory Study. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 2011, 23(5), 571–591. (2) Groschl, S. Current Human Resources Practices Affecting the Employment of Persons with Disabilities in Selected Toronto Hotels. International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration 2004, 5(3), 15–30. (3) Oliver, M. Understanding Disability: From Theory to Practice; Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, U.K., 1996. (4) Hall, S. Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices; Sage: London, U.K., 1997.

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Myers, Natasha, Frederike Middelhoff und Arnika Peselmann. „"Stories are seeds. We need to learn how to sow other stories about plants."“. Narrative Culture 10, Nr. 2 (September 2023): 266–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/ncu.2023.a903848.

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Abstract: In this interview, Natasha Myers discusses her understanding of plants and the relational stories they tell. As a scholar, activist, and artist based in Toronto, Canada, Myers proposes ways to detune Western norms and forms of sense-making, to expand our sensorium, and participate with plants in the stories they tell. Calling out the colonial violence, racial injustice, and neo-Darwinism that are lurking within the stories people still tell about plants, Myers invites us to explore ways of sensing plants that can cultivate human-plant kinship, and open us up to an experience of the creativity of plant life.

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Castillo-Sepúlveda, Sebastián, Rosa M. Corona, Eduardo Saavedra, David Laroze, Alvaro P. Espejo, Vagson L. Carvalho-Santos und Dora Altbir. „Nucleation and Stability of Toron Chains in Non-Centrosymmetric Magnetic Nanowires“. Nanomaterials 13, Nr. 12 (07.06.2023): 1816. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano13121816.

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This work analyzes the magnetic configurations of cylindrical nanowires with a bulk Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction and easy-plane anisotropy. We show that this system allows the nucleation of a metastable toron chain even when no out-of-plane anisotropy exists in the nanowire’s top and bottom surfaces, as usually required. The number of nucleated torons depends on the nanowire length and the strength of an external magnetic field applied to the system. The size of each toron depends on the fundamental magnetic interactions and can be controlled by external stimuli, allowing the use of these magnetic textures as information carriers or nano-oscillator elements. Our results evidence that the topology and structure of the torons yield a wide variety of behaviors, revealing the complex nature of these topological textures, which should present an exciting interaction dynamic, depending on the initial conditions.

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Yang, Jing, Emmanuel Cherin, Jianhua Yin, Paul A. Dayton, F. Stuart Foster und Christine Demore. „Plane wave approaches with dual-frequency arrays for superharmonic contrast imaging“. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 155, Nr. 3_Supplement (01.03.2024): A54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/10.0026779.

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Superharmonic imaging (SpHI) using dual-frequency probes enables high-contrast microvasculature imaging by taking advantage of higher order harmonics of the broadband nonlinear response from microbubble (MB) contrast agents. We previously introduced a DF probe with a low-frequency (LF, 2 MHz; 32 elements) array behind a high-frequency (HF, 21 MHz; 256 elements) array and demonstrated SpHI with conventional walking-aperture approaches which limit acquisition rates. In this work, ultrafast imaging is investigated to overcome this challenge. We demonstrate SpHI with plane waves and coherent compounding in vitro and in vivo while evaluating acquisition frame rates. LF plane waves were implemented on VevoF2 systems (FUJIFILM Visualsonics, Toronto) with beam steering enabled by element-specific delays (9 angles between ±10°, step: 2.5°). All SpHI images showed almost complete suppression of tissue clutter to the background noise level. A 2.5 dB contrast improvement was found in vitro with coherent compounding . Tumor perfusion and fine vascular structures were visualized in vivo. SpHI acquisition frame rate reached 3.5 kHz at 0° and 396 Hz with 9 angles, ∼40 times that of walking-aperture approaches. These results demonstrate plane wave imaging approaches can increase SpHI frame rates while maintaining a high image contrast for visualizing vasculature, enabling SpHI for fast flow imaging.

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Vince, Ronald. „Theatre History in Canada/Histoire Du Théâtre Au Canada, Vol. IX, no. 1 (Spring 1988) to Vol. XI, no. 1 (Spring 1990). Edited by L. E. Doucette and Richard Plant. Toronto: University of Toronto Graduate Centre for the Study of Drama and Department of Drama, Queen's University in Kingston. Can$22 (Institution), Can$15 (Individual), Can$12 (Student), Can$2.50 additional outside Canada.“ Theatre Research International 17, Nr. 3 (1992): 256–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0307883300016710.

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Murnaghan, Ann Marie F. „The City, the Country, and Toronto’s Bloor Viaduct, 1897–1919“. Articles 42, Nr. 1 (03.02.2014): 41–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1022058ar.

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There are certain structures in cities that exemplify the grandiose designs of the city builders at the turn of the twentieth century. The Prince Edward or Bloor Viaduct is one of these structures crossing Toronto’s key landform, the Don Valley, immortalized in Michael Ondaatje’s In the Skin of a Lion. Plans to build the bridge emerged as early as 1897, although the construction did not begin until 1913. The Bloor Viaduct can help us consider the progressive era by examining how discussions of nature/culture and country/city were incorporated into the discourses of its planning and construction. Technically, the bridge was an engineering feat spanning three valleys, making east-west travel in the growing city more efficient, improving the transportation of food and lumber. Symbolically, this monument highlighted the ability to overcome nature with a bridge and bring an aestheticized nature to the city. This contradiction between overcoming and improving access to nature is built into the bridge’s planning and construction history. By exploring the symbolic and material aspects of this bridge, the contradictions of nature in the process of nation building appear more striking.

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Carter, David. „The Transmission Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope“. Microscopy Today 00, Nr. 9 (Dezember 1992): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1551929500070942.

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A confocal laser scanning microscope which can collect images in both transmission and reflection modes has been installed and is being tested in the Imaging Laboratories of the John P. Roberts Research Institute, London, Ontario. Designed by Dr. Ted Dixon at the University of Waterloo, it is being developed by a multi-disciplinary research group which includes the Ontario Lasers and Lightwaves Research Centre and the Department of Physiology, University of Toronto; the Radiology, Physics, and Pathology Departments, MacMaster University; and the Zoology Department, University of Western Ontario.Commercial confacal microscopes operate by reflectance or epifluorescence. A pair of scanning mirrors direct a diffuse laser beam in a raster pattern through an objective lens, which focuses it on the specimen. Reflected light passes back along the same light path, being “de-scanned” by the moving mirrors and then diverted by a beam splitter into a detector. On its return to the detector, light from the focal plane is focussed through a pinhole, which blocks light from out-of-focus regions of the spectrum The microscope stage is moved up and down by a stepping motor to collect images at different depths.

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Serna-Pérez, Arturo, und Eugenio Pérez Molphe-Balch. „GENERACIÓN DE RAÍCES Y PLÁNTULAS TRANSGÉNICAS DE TORONJA Y LIMA DULCE MEDIANTE EL USO DE Agrobacterium rhizogenes“. Revista Fitotecnia Mexicana 27, Nr. 3 (29.07.2022): 251. http://dx.doi.org/10.35196/rfm.2004.3.251.

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La transformación genética es una técnica atractiva para el mejoramiento de los cítricos ya que evita los largos periodos juveniles y permite introducir nuevas características a un cultivar sin alterar los rasgos existentes. Un paso indispensable para aplicar esta tecnología de mejoramiento de los cítricos, es el desarrollo de sistemas eficientes de transformación genética que confieran ventajas agronómicas. En este reporte se presenta el desarrollo de sistemas de transformación genética basados en Agrobacterium rhizogenes para la toronja (Citrus paradisi cvs. Duncan y Rio Red) y la lima dulce (Citrus limmettioides). Primero se generaron raíces transformadas por medio del cocultivo de segmentos de tallo obtenidos de plántulas germinadas in vitro con A. rhizogenes cepa A4, que contenía el plásmido tipo silvestre pRiA4 y el vector binario pESC4 con los genes nos-nptII y cab-gus. La mayor eficiencia de transformación, medida como el porcentaje de explantes que formaron raíces, se obtuvo en la toronja Duncan (78 %), seguida por la toronja Rio Red (68 %) y la lima dulce (60 %). Se detectó actividad de GUS en 89, 92 y 76 % de las raíces generadas en toronja Duncan, toronja Rio Red y lima dulce, respectivamente. Luego se regeneraron brotes adventicios a través de organogénesis en segmentos de raíz transformada cultivados en medios con citocininas o con citocininas y auxinas; tales brotes adventicios se generaron en 24 % de los casos en toronja Duncan, en 14 % de los de toronja Rio Red y en 8 % de los de lima dulce. Los análisis GUS confirmaron que las plantas regeneradas conservaron la actividad de este gen introducido a las raíces transformadas. Los resultados mostraron que el sistema de transformación establecido introdujo exitosamente ADN foráneo a la toronja y a la lima dulce, y que puede ser útil para la generación de plantas que expresen genes de interés agronómico.

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Argentiero, Mariarosa, und Pasquale Marcello Falcone. „The Role of Earth Observation Satellites in Maximizing Renewable Energy Production: Case Studies Analysis for Renewable Power Plants“. Sustainability 12, Nr. 5 (07.03.2020): 2062. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12052062.

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This paper is based on a novel approach towards clean energy production, i.e., space innovative applications toward sustainable development. Specifically, the role of Earth observation (EO) satellites in maximizing renewable energy production is considered to show the enormous potential in exploiting sustainable energy generation plants when the Earth is mapped by satellites to provide some peculiar parameters (e.g., solar irradiance, wind speed, precipitation, climate conditions, geothermal data). In this framework, RETScreen clean energy management software can be used for numerical analysis, such as energy generation and efficiency, prices, emission reductions, financial viability and hazard of various types of renewable-energy and energy-efficient technologies (RETs), based on a large database of satellite parameters. This simplifies initial assessments and provides streamlined processes that enable funders, architects, designers, regulators, etc. to make decisions on future clean energy initiatives. After describing the logic of life cycle analysis of RETScreen, two case studies (Mexicali and Toronto) on multiple technologies power plant are analyzed. The different results obtained, when projecting the two scenarios, showed how the software could be useful in the pre-feasibility phase to discriminate the type of installation not efficient for the selected location or not convenient in terms of internal rate of return (IRR) on equity.

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Nagaeva, Marina, Anna Butorova, Taisia Klimova und Aleksandra Tomilova. „PSYCHOSOMATIC ASPECTS IN THE COURSE OF LICHEN PLANUS OF THE ORAL MUCOSA“. Actual problems in dentistry 19, Nr. 1 (22.05.2023): 52–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.18481/2077-7566-2023-19-1-52-56.

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Objectives. To determine the prevalence and severity of alexithymia in patients with oral manifestation of lichen planus (LP). Methodology. The study involved 90 young and middle-aged patients (mean age 49.4 ± 8.9 years). The patients were divided into 3 groups: group 1 – 34 people with oral manifestations of LP, group 2 – 16 people with leukoplakia, group 3 – 40 people without clinical manifestations of diseases of the oral mucosa. A dental examination was conducted, including an assessment of the condition of the oral mucosa, and a standardized questionnaire survey using a Russian-language validated version of the 20-point Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Results. Alexithymia was detected in 55.88% with various forms of LP, which is statistically 2.2 times higher (p < 0.001) than in patients with leukoplakia of the oral mucosa (25%) and 5.6 times higher (p < 0.001) than in patients of group 3 who do not have diseases of the oral mucosa. The average score of alexithymia in patients with LP was 80.5 ± 2.7 points, which is statistically significantly higher than in the group of patients with leukoplakia (61.0 ± 4.2 points, p = 0.006) and in the control group (44.1 ± 2.9 points, p < 0.001). A higher incidence of alexithymia was revealed in patients with exudative hyperemic form (58.33%, P1 = 0.041) and erosive-ulcerative form of LP (57.14%, p = 0.049). Quantitative assessment of alexithymia showed that among patients with LP, the greatest severity of alexithymia was found in patients with exudative hyperemic form of LP – 85.9 = 1.5 points, (p < 0.001). Conclusion. The data obtained allow us to consider LP as a disease in the development of which there is a psychosomatic component. The presence of alexithymia and the degree of its severity can be considered as a predictive or predictive candidate factor.

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Sohn, Hayley R. O., und Ivan I. Smalyukh. „Electrically powered motions of toron crystallites in chiral liquid crystals“. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, Nr. 12 (11.03.2020): 6437–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1922198117.

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Malleability of metals is an example of how the dynamics of defects like dislocations induced by external stresses alters material properties and enables technological applications. However, these defects move merely to comply with the mechanical forces applied on macroscopic scales, whereas the molecular and atomic building blocks behave like rigid particles. Here, we demonstrate how motions of crystallites and the defects between them can arise within the soft matter medium in an oscillating electric field applied to a chiral liquid crystal with polycrystalline quasi-hexagonal arrangements of self-assembled topological solitons called “torons.” Periodic oscillations of electric field applied perpendicular to the plane of hexagonal lattices prompt repetitive shear-like deformations of the solitons, which synchronize the electrically powered self-shearing directions. The temporal evolution of deformations upon turning voltage on and off is not invariant upon reversal of time, prompting lateral translations of the crystallites of torons within quasi-hexagonal periodically deformed lattices. We probe how these motions depend on voltage and frequency of oscillating field applied in an experimental geometry resembling that of liquid crystal displays. We study the interrelations between synchronized deformations of the soft solitonic particles and their arrays, and the ensuing dynamics and giant number fluctuations mediated by motions of crystallites, five–seven defects pairs, and grain boundaries in the orderly organizations of solitons. We discuss how our findings may lead to technological and fundamental science applications of dynamic self-assemblies of topologically protected but highly deformable particle-like solitons.

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Vogel, Felix R., Ingeborg Levin und Doug E. J. Worthy. „Implications for Deriving Regional Fossil Fuel CO2 Estimates from Atmospheric Observations in a Hot Spot of Nuclear Power Plant 14CO2 Emissions“. Radiocarbon 55, Nr. 3 (2013): 1556–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033822200048487.

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Using Δ14C observations to infer the local concentration excess of CO2 due to the burning of fossil fuels (ΔFFCO2) is a promising technique to monitor anthropogenic CO2 emissions. A recent study showed that 14CO2 emissions from the nuclear industry can significantly alter the local atmospheric 14CO2 concentration and thus mask the Δ14C depletion due to ΔFFCO2. In this study, we investigate the relevance of this effect for the vicinity of Toronto, Canada, a hot spot of anthropogenic 14CO2 emissions. Comparing the measured emissions from local power plants to a global emission inventory highlighted significant deviations on interannual timescales. Although the previously assumed emission factor of 1.6 TBq(GWa)-1 agrees with the observed long-term average for all CANDU reactors of 1.50 ± 0.18 TBq(GWa)-1. This power-based parameterization neglects the different emission ratios for individual reactors, which range from 3.4 ± 0.82 to 0.65 ± 0.09 TBq(GWa)-1. This causes a mean difference of-14% in 14CO2 concentrations in our simulations at our observational site in Egbert, Canada. On an annual time basis, this additional 14CO2 masks the equivalent of 27–82% of the total annual FFCO2 offset. A pseudo-data experiment suggests that the interannual variability in the masked fraction may cause spurious trends in the ΔFFCO2 estimates of the order of 30% from 2006–2010. In addition, a comparison of the modeled Δ14C levels with our observational time series from 2008–2010 underlines that incorporating the best available 14CO2 emissions significantly increases the agreement. There were also short periods with significant observed Δ14C offsets, which were found to be linked with maintenance periods conducted on these nuclear reactors.

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Holmes, Gareth D., Peter H. Weston, Daniel J. Murphy, Carolyn Connelly und David J. Cantrill. „The genealogy of geebungs: phylogenetic analysis of Persoonia (Proteaceae) and related genera in subfamily Persoonioideae“. Australian Systematic Botany 31, Nr. 2 (2018): 166. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sb16052.

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Proteaceae subfamily Persoonioideae, as presently circumscribed, consists of the monogeneric tribe Placospermeae (Placospermum) and the tribe Persoonieae. The latter comprises the diverse genus Persoonia and monospecific genera found in New Zealand (Toronia), New Caledonia (Garnieria) and south-western Western Australia (Acidonia). Persoonia has 101 species distributed across Australia and has been classified into 11 informal groups. Using data derived from plastid DNA (trnL–trnF region), nuclear rDNA (ITS) and morphological characters, we constructed a phylogeny of Persoonioideae and compared the results to the existing classification. Bayesian and parsimony analyses indicated that Persoonia, as currently defined, is non-monophyletic. The molecular data and combined molecular and morphological data place Toronia in a moderately well supported clade with the monophyletic Rufiflora group of Persoonia from Western Australia. This clade is sister to Acidonia, Garnieria and the remaining Persoonia species. Of the other informal groups in Persoonia, the Teretifolia, Quinquenervis, Laurina, Arborea, Graminea and Chapmaniana groups are supported as monophyletic. The Lanceolata group can be re-circumscribed to be monophyletic by the addition of P. elliptica R.Br. (Longifolia group) and the Dillwynioides group. Relationships within this large, geographically widespread clade are largely unresolved and low DNA-sequence variation within it suggests a recent radiation followed by isolation in south-western and eastern Australia. All endemic Tasmanian Persoonia (Gunnii group taxa) are unresolved at the second-most basal node of the Persoonieae. Our results suggest that the Rufiflora group should be treated as a new genus and that the infrageneric taxonomy of Persoonia requires minor amendment.

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ElTinawi, Imad, Fahed AlBiski und Jawdat Faddoul. „Effect of Cultural Filtrate of Fusarium oxysporum. f. sp. tuberosi in Some Growth Parameters of Ten Potato Varieties (Solanum tuberosum) In vitro“. Arab Journal for Plant Protection 40, Nr. 3 (2022): 247–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.22268/ajpp-40.3.247259.

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Eltinawi, E.A., F. Albiski and J. Faddoul. 2022. Effect of Cultural Filtrate of Fusarium oxysporum. f. sp. tuberosi in Some Growth Parameters of Ten Potato Varieties (Solanum tuberosum) In vitro. Arab Journal of Plant Protection, 40(3): 247- 259. https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-40.3.247259 This study aimed to evaluate the effect of biological stress on some morphological growth parameters of ten potato varieties grown in vitro. Biological stress was applied by adding different concentrations of cultural filtrate (CF) of the fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum. f. sp. Tuberosum (0, 5 , 10, 15, 25, 30, 40%) to the MS (Murashigi-Skoog) growth medium. The growth parameters measured were: plant height (cm), number of leaves/plant, leaf area (mm²), number of roots/plant, root length (cm), and plant fresh and dry weight (g). The results showed that the potato varieties investigated differed in their response to the biological stress applied. The cluster analysis based on the sum of the relative values of the studied growth parameters, the potato varieties can be clustered in three different groups: The first group included three tolerant varieties to biological stress, Toronto, Barcelona and Suria; the second group included four moderately sensitive varieties to bio-stress, Fabulla, Nectare, Spunta and Ardappel; the third group included three sensitive varieties, 7-Four-7, Farida and Joly. The results obtained indicated that the in vitro screening technology could be used as a fast and efficient way to evaluate genetic variation of tolerance to biological stress in potatoes. Keywords: Biological stress, cultural filtrate (CF), cluster analysis, mycotoxin, potatoes

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de la Cerda, K., T. Hsiang und V. Joshi. „First Report of Waitea circinata from Turfgrass in British Columbia, Canada“. Plant Disease 94, Nr. 2 (Februar 2010): 277. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/pdis-94-2-0277a.

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In Canada, Waitea circinata was first identified from buckwheat (Fagopyrum sp.) in 1965 in Ontario (4). In 2004, the fungus was found on diseased putting greens of Poa annua and Agrostis stolonifera near Toronto, Ontario (2). In late July 2009, symptoms on A. stolonifera resembling those of brown ring patch were seen at a golf course in Kelowna, British Columbia. Brown rings with light-colored, cottony growth were observed on a putting green with mixed P. annua and A. stolonifera, originally seeded with A. stolonifera cv. Penncross. Following a short incubation of the diseased grass at 25°C, hyphae of a Rhizoctonia-like fungus, not matching the characteristics of R. cerealis or R. solani, were seen. Symptomatic leaves were surface sterilized in 1% hypochlorite and plated onto potato dextrose agar (PDA) amended with streptomycin. After 1 week at 23°C, the plates contained white colonies that were 5 cm across. DNA was extracted and amplified with primers ITS1/ITS4 and sequenced with ITS1. The 600-bp sequence (deposited in GenBank as GU176409) from the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of ribosomal DNA showed a 100% match in the overlapping range with sequence FJ755879 from GenBank, which is annotated as W. circinata var. circinata. Pathogenicity was tested at 23°C by inoculating 3-week-old A. stolonifera ‘Penncross’ plants grown in Magenta boxes and incubated for 15 days after inoculation with ground wheat seed inoculum of W. circinata. Within 1 week, significant blighting of leaves and sheaths was observed as well as spherical orange brown sclerotia that were 2 to 5 mm in diameter on sheaths. These sclerotial features match characteristics of W. circinata var. circinata (1). Symptomatic leaves were plated on PDA and fungal growth characteristic of W. circinata was recovered. W. circinata was previously reported as the causal agent of brown ring patch on A. stolonifera in Japan (3), as a pathogen of P. annua in the United States (1), and as a pathogen of both species in Ontario, Canada (2). To our knowledge, this is the first report of W. circinata from turfgrass in western Canada. References: (1) C. M. Chen et al. Plant Dis. 93:906. 2009. (2) T. Hsiang and P. Masilamany. Plant Pathol. J. 56:350, 2007. (3) T. Toda et al. Plant. Dis. 89:536, 2005. (4) O. Vaartaja. Bi-Mon. Progr. Rep. Can. Dep. For. 21(5):2. 1965.

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Berner, D. K., L. K. Paxson, W. L. Bruckart, D. G. Luster, M. McMahon und J. L. Michael. „First Report of Silybum marianum as a Host of Puccinia punctiformis“. Plant Disease 86, Nr. 11 (November 2002): 1271. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/pdis.2002.86.11.1271b.

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Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn. (milk thistle) is a problematic invasive weed in the western United States. The rust fungus, Puccinia punctiformis (F. Strauss) Rohl., is found throughout the world as a pathogen of Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. (Canadian thistle). Recently, plants of S. marianum grown from surface-disinfested seeds in our quarantine greenhouse were parasitized by a rust. Apparently, an isolate of P. punctiformis collected from C. arvense in Turkey that was present in the greenhouse had spread to adjacent S. marianum plants and caused infection without applying any artificial dew period. Ribosomal internal transcribed spacer region sequences from fungal spore DNA isolated from the two hosts were identical. Initial signs on S. marianum were abundant, fragrant spermogonia on large leaves. These signs occur on secondary shoots of C. arvense and are indicative of systemic fungal infection (1). As the fungus infection developed on S. marianum, uredinia and urediniospores were produced. Sori on older leaves also produced teliospores. Urediniospores from infected leaves were harvested and sprayed uniformly on eight 17-day-old plants of S. marianum grown in isolation from P. punctiformis. The spore suspension consisted of 4 mg urediniospores suspended in 40 ml distilled water. Inoculated plants were incubated for 18 h in a dew chamber at 20°C in the dark and transferred to a greenhouse (20 to 25°C, 30 to 50% relative humidity, and natural light). After 13 days, uredia with urediniospores developed on four of the plants. Using the same procedure, inoculations were repeated on plants of S. marianum and S. eburneum Coss. & Durieu (the only other species described in the genus) with urediniospores of a domestic isolate of the fungus from C. arvense in Maryland. Of 51 inoculated plants of S. marianum, 23 became infected and produced uredinia. None of the 12 inoculated plants of S. eburneum showed symptoms of infection. In nature, C. arvense and S. marianum occupy different ecological areas. C. arvense is found predominately in humid temperate habitats, while S. marianum is found in habitats with a dry Mediterranean climate. Life cycles of each host are also different. C. arvense is a perennial that emerges in spring and dies back in winter, while S. marianum is a winter annual that emerges in fall and dies in late spring. Because of the differences in life cycles combined with the different geographical distribution, P. punctiformis from C. arvense may rarely encounter susceptible S. marianum plants in the field. Since fungal spores can be produced routinely on artificially inoculated plants, there might be potential to use P. punctiformis for biological control of S. marianum. To our knowledge, this is the first report of S. marianum as a host for P. punctiformis. Reference: (1) A. H. R. Buller. Puccinia sauveolens and its sexual process. Page 345 in: Researches on Fungi. Vol VII. The Sexual Process in the Uredinales, Toronto, Canada, 1950.

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Brière, Raphaëlle, Rogeh Habashi, Shaila Merchant, Lina Cadili, Zainab Alhumoud, Rebecca Lau, Nada Gawad et al. „2023 Canadian Surgery Forum01. Evaluation of physicians’ practices and knowledge regarding the treatment of acute uncomplicated diverticulitis03. What is the effect of rurality on outcomes for parathyroidectomy in a large North American jurisdiction?05. Characteristics of opioid providers for patients undergoing same-day breast surgery in Ontario, Canada06. Improving the management and outcomes of complex non-pedunculated colorectal polyps at a regional hospital in British Columbia10. Actinomycosis presenting as an anterior abdominal mass after laparoscopic cholecystectomy12. Prioritizing melanoma surgeries to prevent wait time delays and upstaging of melanoma during the COVID-19 pandemic13. Trust me, I know them: assessing interpersonal bias in general surgery residency interviews14. 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Antibiotic prophylaxis and mechanical bowel preparation in elective colorectal surgery: a survey of Quebec general surgeons36. Identifying core deficiencies and needs in the surgical knot-tying curriculum: a single-centre qualitative analysis37. Spleen-preserving surgery for symptomatic benign splenic cyst: video case report38. Learning to manage power differentials and navigate uncertainty: a qualitative interview study about decision-making in surgery39. Surgical education checklist: a novel tool to improve uptake of Competence By Design in a residency program and surgical resident experience40. A comparative evaluation of management strategies and patient outcomes for acute appendicitis in the post-COVID era41. External benchmarking of colorectal resection outcomes using ACS-NSQIP: accurately categorizing procedures at risk of morbidity42. Role of thymectomy in surgical treatment of secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism43. 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National emergency laparotomy audit: a 9-year evaluation of postoperative mortality in emergency laparotomy13. A comparison of stress response in high-fidelity and low-fidelity trauma simulation14. ASA versus heparin in the treatment of blunt cerebrovascular injury — a systematic review and meta-analysis15. Comparison of complication reporting in trauma systems: a review of Canadian trauma registries16. Benefits of the addition of a nurse practitioner to a high-volume acute care surgery service: a quantitative survey of nurses, residents and surgery attendings17. Examining current evidence for trauma recurrence preventions systems18. Disparities in access to trauma care in Canada: a geospatial analysis of Census data19. Fast-track pathway to accelerated cholecystectomy versus standard of care for acute cholecystitis: the FAST pilot trial20. Using the modified Frailty Index to predict postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for adhesive small bowel obstruction: analysis of the National Inpatient Sample, 2015–201921. Adequacy of thromboprophylaxis in trauma patients receiving conventional versus higher dosing regimens of low-molecular-weight heparin: a prospective cohort study22. The hidden epidemiology of trauma in Nunavik: a comparison of trauma registries as a call to action23. Mapping surgical services in rural British Columbia: an environmental scan“. Canadian Journal of Surgery 66, Nr. 6 Suppl 1 (08.12.2023): S53—S136. http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/cjs.014223.

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Mohtat, Niloofar, und Luna Khirfan. „Distributive Justice and Urban Form Adaptation to Flooding Risks: Spatial Analysis to Identify Toronto's Priority Neighborhoods“. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities 4 (29.06.2022). http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2022.919724.

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Empirical evidence points out that urban form adaptation to climate-induced flooding events—through interventions in land uses and town plans (i. e., street networks, building footprints, and urban blocks)—might exacerbate vulnerabilities and exposures, engendering risk inequalities and climate injustice. We develop a multicriteria model that draws on distributive justice's interconnections with the risk drivers of social vulnerabilities, flood hazard exposures, and the adaptive capacity of urban form (through land uses and town plans). The model assesses “who” is unequally at-risk to flooding events, hence, should be prioritized in adaptation responses; “where” are the high-risk priority areas located; and “how” can urban form adaptive interventions advance climate justice in the priority areas. We test the model in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where there are indications of increased rainfall events and disparities in social vulnerabilities. Our methodology started with surveying Toronto-based flooding experts who assigned weights to the risk drivers based on their importance. Using ArcGIS, we then mapped and overlayed the risk drivers' values in all the neighborhoods across the city based on the experts' assigned weights. Accordingly, we identified four high-risk tower communities with old infrastructure and vulnerable populations as the priority neighborhoods for adaptation interventions within the urban form. These four neighborhoods are typical of inner-city tower blocks built in the 20th century across North America, Europe, and Asia based on modern architectural ideas. Considering the lifespan of these blocks, this study calls for future studies to investigate how these types of neighborhoods can be adapted to climate change to advance climate justice.

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Burns, Catherine, und Reem Jan. „Examining spondyloarthritis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease“. Proceedings of IMPRS 3 (15.12.2020). http://dx.doi.org/10.18060/24548.

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Background/Objective: Axial spondyloarthritis refers to a syndrome of inflammatory back pain associated with radiographic or magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities. Peripheral spondyloarthritis can include dactylitis, enthesitis or oligo-arthritis. Together these encompass common extra-gastrointestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), with the prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis estimated to be about 3% in patients with IBD and unspecified sacroiliitis occurring in 10%. The goals of this study are to validate the accuracy of the Toronto Axial Spondyloarthritis Questionnaire in identifying patients with rheumatologic symptoms in the context of IBD, to re-evaluate the prevalence of spondyloarthritis in this population, and to identify any differences in referral rate between racial and ethnic groups. Methods: Patients were selected based on the following criteria: diagnosis of IBD, upcoming appointment with their gastroenterologist, prior consent in the Genesys database and access to an operational MyChart account. Patients were sent a link and asked to complete a RedCap survey modified from the Toronto Axial Spondyloarthritis Questionnaire. Positive patient responses will be analyzed in a follow-up visit with a rheumatologist to investigate the patients’ symptoms. Results: At present, the survey was sent to 86 patients with 26 respondents completing the survey. Of the respondents, 6 patients had experienced back pain for a duration of 3 months or longer. Eleven patients had pain and swelling of a joint unrelated to injury. Seven patients experienced pain and swelling of an entire finger or toe unrelated to injury. Seven patients experienced heel pain unrelated to injury. One patient is followed by rheumatology. Conclusion/Potential Impact: Major extra gastrointestinal manifestations of IBD include axial or peripheral spondyloarthritis which can lead to disabling back pain and/ or joint disease. With the modified Toronto Axial Spondyloarthritis Questionnaire, gastroenterologists could have a better way to identify concerning symptoms, leading to increased referral to rheumatologists and potential changes in treatment plans.

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Wurmann, Kirsten. „Take a Walk! Innovative Programming from Winnipeg Public Library“. Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research 11, Nr. 1 (19.07.2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.21083/partnership.v11i1.3631.

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Historical walks, literary walks, and walking book clubs – learn how Winnipeg Public Library is taking it outside. Rebecca Solnit in her book Wanderlust: A History of Walking writes: “Walking shares with making and working that crucial element of engagement of the body and the mind with the world, of knowing the world through the body and the body through the world.” As libraries work hard to share knowledge with their communities and to engage patrons in new ways, this presentation addresses the practicalities of creating a program that speaks uniquely to your own neighbourhood and patrons: Learn about the walking programs offered by various Winnipeg Public Library branches; recognize the benefits of these programs and how they can relate to library programming goals and strategic plans; and identify resources that can help you develop your own walking programs. This summary is based on a poster presentation given at the annual OLA Super Conference held in Toronto, Ontario on January 27-30, 2016. Les promenades historiques, les promenades littéraires et les clubs de marche littéraires - apprenez comment la bibliothèque publique de Winnipeg profite de l’extérieur. Dans son livre Wanderlust: A History of Walking Rebecca Solnit écrit: “Se promener partage avec faire et travailler cet élément crucial d’engagement du corps et de l’esprit avec le monde, de connaître le monde à travers le corps et le corps à travers le monde.” Comme des bibliothèques travaillent fort pour partager des informations avec leurs communautés et pour engager des clients de nouvelles façons, cette présentation porte sur l’applicabilité de créer un programme adapté aux particularités de votre propre quartier et de vos clients : renseignez-vous sur les programmes de marche offerts par des filiales différentes de la bibliothèque publique de Winnipeg; Reconnaissez des avantages de ces programmes et comment ils peuvent se rapporter aux objectifs de la programmation de bibliothèques et aux plans stratégiques; et identifiez des ressources qui peuvent vous aider à développer vos propres programmes de marche. Ce résumé est basé sur une présentation d’affiches qui a eu lieu à la Super Conference d’OLA (Association des bibliothèques de l’Ontario) à Toronto, Ontario du 27 au 30 janvier 2016.

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French, Michelle, Helen Miliotis, Stavroula Andreopoulos, Rebecca Laposa und Michelle Arnot. „Embedding design thinking, career planning and teamwork into the curriculum better prepares life science students for research and alternate science careers“. Physiology 38, S1 (Mai 2023). http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/physiol.2023.38.s1.5733385.

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Many undergraduates have either a narrow or vague idea of their career path which causes stress and can result in them leaving science. In addition, they often lack confidence or the knowledge needed to pursue independent research project courses in their senior year. To broaden student career perspectives, promote adaptability and build research skills, we developed a third-year course: Research Readiness and Advancing Biomedical Discoveries. This flipped course features online pre-class modules and extensive in-class group work. Online module topics include: writing a research proposal, project management and attributes of a successful scientist ( https://experientialmodules.utoronto.ca/research-readiness/ ). We also incorporated design-your-life ( http://lifedesignlab.stanford.edu/ ) team activities (DYL) such as brainstorming, articulating alternate life plans (Odyssey planning), and networking to help students develop novel scientific research proposals and to support their own creative career planning. To assess student perceptions of course components, we conducted anonymous student surveys three times in each offering of the course using both 5-point Likert scales and open-ended prompts for student feedback (Univ. Toronto REB#18345). Responses to open-ended survey questions were independently analyzed for broad themes by two third-party research assistants. Over the three years of course offerings, 86% of students reported feeling better prepared for research and other opportunities after graduation, 87% of students reported being encouraged to consider flexible career paths, and 87% reported they have realized the importance of teamwork (n=121). Written comments included: “ The research proposal was an incredible assignment because it gave me insight into what I would be doing in research and let me think of my own idea.” and “ [Odyssey planning] helps me to rethink my choices. Why can’t I make different choices? What is holding me back?. I think I need more diverse experience in area of biomedical science to answer these questions. ” Thus, students perceive that our novel course better prepares students for research and alternate science careers. Learning and Education Advancement Fund (LEAF) Impact grant, University of Toronto, Career Readiness Fund, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto, Online Undergraduate Course Initiative Fund, University of Toronto This is the full abstract presented at the American Physiology Summit 2023 meeting and is only available in HTML format. There are no additional versions or additional content available for this abstract. Physiology was not involved in the peer review process.

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Akingbola, Samantha, Reisha Fernandes, Susan Borden, Kimberley Gilbride, Claire Oswald, Sharon Straus, Amir Tehrani, Janis Thomas und Rebecca Stuart. „Early identification of a COVID-19 outbreak detected by wastewater surveillance at a large homeless shelter in Toronto, Ontario“. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 26.09.2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.17269/s41997-022-00696-8.

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Abstract Setting Toronto (Ontario, Canada) is a large urban centre with a significant population of underhoused residents and several dozen shelters for this population with known medical and social vulnerabilities. A sizeable men’s homeless shelter piloted a facility-level SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance program. Intervention Wastewater surveillance was initiated at the shelter in January 2021. One-hour composite wastewater samples were collected twice weekly from a terminal sanitary clean-out pipe. The genetic material of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was extracted from the solid phase of each sample and analyzed using real-time qPCR to estimate the viral level. Wastewater results were reported to facility managers and Toronto Public Health within 4 days. Outcomes There were 169 clients on-site at the time of the investigation. Wastewater surveillance alerted to the presence of COVID-19 activity at the site, prior to clinical detection. This notification acted as an early warning signal, which allowed for timely symptom screening and case finding for shelter managers and the local health unit, in preparation for the declaration of an outbreak. Implications Wastewater surveillance acted as an advanced notification leading to the timely deployment of enhanced testing prior to clinical presentation in a population with known vulnerabilities. Wastewater surveillance at the facility level is beneficial, particularly in high-risk congregate living settings such as shelters that house transient populations where clinical testing and vaccination can be challenging. Open communication, established individual facility response plans, and a balanced threshold for action are essential to an effective wastewater surveillance program.

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Croteau, Jean-Philippe. „Le financement des écoles publiques à Montréal et à Toronto (1841-1997) : Un baromètre pour mesurer les rapports entre la majorité et la minorité“. Historical Studies in Education / Revue d'histoire de l'éducation, 09.10.2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.32316/hse/rhe.v24i2.4283.

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RÉSUMÉ Cette étude propose d’examiner les modes de financement scolaire à Montréal et à Toronto, entre 1841 et 1997, sous l’angle sociopolitique d’un baromètre pour mesurer les rapports sociaux entre la majorité et la minorité. Il ressort de nos recherches que l’État provincial ontarien accorde, avant les années 1960, la primauté aux écoles publiques qui disposent à la fois de la reconnaissance politique et de l’accès aux ressources financières, tandis que les écoles séparées sont soumises à des contraintes légales et financières qui les confinent à un espace social dévolu à la minorité. À l’opposé, le gouvernement québécois reconnaît l’égalité et l’autonomie des acteurs catholiques et protestants, tant sur les plans administratif, pédagogique que financier. Ainsi, il apparaît que la scène scolaire constitue un espace névralgique de discussions, de négociations et même d’affrontements entre les différents groupes religieux et culturels pour faire valoir leurs conceptions éducatives et obtenir l’accès aux ressources financières. ABSTRACT This study proposes to examine the ways in which schools were financed, both in Montreal and Toronto, between 1841 and 1997, from the perspective of a socio-political barometer measuring the social relationships between majority and minority. It is clear from our research that prior to the 1960s the Ontario provincial government gave priority to public schools, providing both political recognition and access to financial resources, while separate schools were subjected to financial and legal constraints and confined to the social space vested to the minority. In contrast, the Quebec government recognized the equality and autonomy of actors both Catholics and Protestants on administrative, educational, and financial levels. Thus, the educational scene appears to be a space that is sensitive to discussions, negotiations, and even clashes between different religious and cultural groups, where each can promote their conceptions of education and gain access to financial resources.

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Ahmadi, Donya. „Introduction“. Architecture and the Built Environment, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.59490/abe.2017.12.3615.

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On May 23, 2007, 15 year old Jordan Manners was shot and killed in a hallway inside the C. W. Jeffreys high school in the Jane‑Finch neighbourhood of Toronto. Four days later, two 17-year-old male suspects, who lived in the same neighbourhood, were arrested and charged with first-degree murder. In the aftermath of this shooting, Jane‑Finch appeared in virtually every Canadian news outlet. Despite a lack of insight into the motives of the accused males whose identities were protected due to the Youth Criminal Justice Act, the media heavily framed the shooting as having roots in the very nature of Toronto’s racialized poor inner-suburbs (O’Grady, Parnaby, and Schikschneit, 2010). The neighbourhood of Jane‑Finch in north-west Toronto has since gained considerable publicity for its high crime rate and concentrated poverty. Today Jane‑Finch is considered one of the most stigmatised neighbourhoods in Canada, heavily associated with guns, gangs and racial divide (Richardson, 2008). A post-war modernist estate accommodating a predominantly poor racialized population, Jane‑Finch is by no means the first of its kind to receive such negative and mixed coverage by the media. A 2010 study of deprived communities in Glasgow documented a high recognition of the existence of negative external reputations among residents in peripheral housing estates (GoWell, 2010). In 1999, a study of 500 Danish estates, contended that the concentration of ethnic minorities in an area was among the most important factors in explaining poor external reputation (Skifter-Andersen, 1999). Similarly, in a study focusing on housing estates in Utrecht, Permentier et al. (2011) found that ethnic composition and average income strongly influenced the perceived neighbourhood reputation. The same study concluded that distance to the city centre was negatively associated with neighbouthood reputation, i.e. the farther the neighbourhood from the centre, the worse its external ‘image’. The framing of Jordan Manners’ death by the media is llustrative of essentialised and stereotypical representations of poor, ethnic-minority communities. As stressed by O’Grady et al. (2010) “the ‘cause’ of the shooting was framed in a fashion that was suggestive of social and/or cultural inferiority (single-parent families, unwed mothers, welfare dependency, a high concentration of subsidized housing, etc.) […] A dysfunctional local community was seen as ostensibly the root cause of Jordan Manners’ death”. The negative reputation of Jane‑Finch is established and sustained along not only the axis of race and class, but also gender, since single mothers are the ones commonly blamed for the stigmatisation and criminalisation of the area since they are seen as “the producers of unruly youth.” (Narain, 2012: 80). Narain (2012) underscores that Toronto’s lower-income neighbourhoods are often ‘racialized’, a categorization which is attributed not just to the concentration of visible minority households, but also the lack of social, economic and political resources in these areas (Teelucksingh, 2007). However, while Toronto’s racialised poor communities have become social locations of fear and othering (Narain, 2012), celebration of diversity has become a popular theme in Toronto’s policy and image making, such that many policy documents have proclaimed diversity as the city’s biggest strength. But why is it that some communities are celebrated for their diversity, while others are criminalised and stigmatised? Like many other countries across Western Europe and North America, Canada has experienced considerable economic restructuring in the past decades, which has rendered the market a more prominent actor in social regulation of Canadian cities. Various studies over the years have shown that economic restructuring has intensified the processes of racialization and feminization in the labour market, leading to increased economic, social and political inequality. Racialized groups, immigrants, refugees and women have particularly suffered the consequences of restructuring. As well, many Canadian urban centres have experienced considerable polarisation along the lines of income and race (Galabuzi, 2005; Galabuzi, 2001; Jackson, 2001; Yalnyzian, 1998). Ethnic minority residents and aboriginal peoples are, as stressed by Galabuzi (2005), “twice as likely to be poor as other Canadians because of the intensified economic and social and economic exploitation of these communities whose members have to endure historical racial and gender inequalities accentuated by the restructuring of the Canadian economy and more recently racial profiling. (17)” Galabuzi (2005) has used the term ‘racialisation of poverty’ to refer to the process by which poverty has become more concentrated and reproduced inter-generationally among racialized group members in cities such as Toronto. This process is manifest through “a double digit racialized income gap, higher than average unemployment, differential labour market participation, deepening and disproportionate exposure to low income, differential access to housing leading to racial segregation, disproportionate contact with the criminal Justice system, particularly for racialized youth leading to the criminalization of youth and higher health risks. (38)” The racialisation of poverty in Canadian cities further seems to follow a specific geographic pattern since increasingly, racialized people are settling in peripheral areas which are characterized by high poverty and unemployment rates, welfare dependency, and high school dropout rates, all of which are condition that reproduce poverty. Often they find themselves surrounded by others in similar circumstances in neighbourhoods that are heavily populated and segregated from the rest of society (Ibid). Racialised groups living in these geographical areas further deal with social deficits such as inadequate access to counselling services, life skills training, child care, recreation, and health care (Galabuzi, 2005; Kazemipur and Halli 2000). The racialization of poverty has further had a major impact on neighbourhood selection and access to adequate housing for new immigrants in Toronto who are much more likely than nonimmigrants to live in racially segregated neighbourhoods with high rates of poverty (Ibid). Hulchanski (2010) similarly argues that the city is falling apart into ‘three cities’, i.e. three areas with distinct income and racial characteristics, underscoring that the low-income (mainly newcomer or ethnic) neighbourhoods, located in the inner-suburbs of the city, have been consistently facing decreasing income levels since the 1980s. Despite evidence for segregation and stigmatization of racialized neighbourhoods in Toronto, diversity remains a popular catchphrase with an appealing ring both to policy makers and mainstream society. In fact, Toronto’s long-standing immigration history coupled by the introduction of the Canadian Multiculturalism policy in the 1970s have rendered diversity a prominent value for Torontonians (Ahmadi and Tasan-Kok, 2014). Diversity is largely framed as a ‘marketable asset’ in Toronto’s policy context (Boudreau et al., 2009). Kipfer and Keil (2002) underscore that diversity functions as the primary aesthetic backdrop to the city’s beautification and development plans. They further argue that the promotion of Toronto as a diverse global city is connected to the social cleansing of inner city Toronto, through racialised segregation, racial profiling and repressive policing. Diversity management in Toronto, thus, may be more preoccupied with promoting a more competitive city image than tending to the realities of racialised poverty and segregation in the city. It thus appears that while the celebration of diversity has attracted funds and services to inner city areas, stereotyping based on different categories of diversity (especially ethnicity and class) has resulted in the stigmatization and criminalization of poor peripheral neighbourhoods. Herein lies an important question: why is diversity sometimes regarded as an asset and sometimes a deficit? And is it possible to move beyond such dichotomous understanding of the notion? Answering these questions firstly requires understanding what the concept of diversity means and how it has come to be defined in theoretical and policy debates. What is diversity? Diversity in urban areas may derive from multiple factors such as behaviour, lifestyles, activities, ethnicity, age, gender and sexuality profiles, entitlements and restrictions of rights, labour market experiences, and patterns of spatial distribution. Traditionally, diversity has been defined adopting different unidimensional approaches which consider diversity across a single dimension at a time (e.g. ethnicity) (Gopalda and DeRoy, 2015). A common critique of these approaches is that they fail to take account of the complexity of diversity, and the multiple and dynamic affiliations of an individual. Furthermore, unidimensional definitions of diversity may result in generalisations and stereotyping on the basis of categories such as ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic class. By contrast, there have been a number of recent theoretical efforts to capture the complexity of diversity, perhaps the most notable of which is the notion of Super-diversity developed by Steven Vertovec in 2007. Grounded in the critique of the ‘ethnic lens’ in diversity and migration studies, super-diversity is a multidimensional perspective on diversity which goes beyond the ethnic group as the only object of study and acknowledges the interplay of multiple factors that impact people’s living conditions (Vertovec. 2007). Despite its contribution to capturing the complexity of urban diversity, super-diversity has received criticism for matters ranging from its epistemological shortcomings (difficulties in operationalization and research conduction) to its potential for the promotion of individual liberty at the expense of collectivist notions of interest (see also chapter 2). Placing individual difference at the centre of understanding diversity promotes the individualization of policy whereby all differences are regarded as irreconcilable (Campbell 2006). While failing to address individual differences in interests and needs can result in the exclusion of vulnerable groups, individualization of policy can also create exclusionary and unjust outcomes. Likewise, addressing diversity, without paying attention to the intersection of various forms of oppression and privilege (e.g. on the basis of race, class, gender, ability, and sexuality) can exacerbate exclusion and injustice in urban areas. Theoretical and policy debates on diversity can thus benefit from critical research that takes account of the complex nature of diversity while grounding its understanding of the notion in the pre-existing and intersecting structures of power and privilege in society.

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Shyminsky, Neil, und Lesley Mak. „ReFresh: Retaining First Year Engineering Students and Retraining for Success“. Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA), 17.06.2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.24908/pceea.v0i0.4884.

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Student retention and support are key priorities at the University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, as is evidenced by a first year to second year average retention rate of 91% over the past 4 years. At U of T Engineering, academic standing and registration are determined on a term-by-term basis. As a result, student performance in the fall term can result in obligatory withdrawal from their studies in January, including first year students. While approximately only 4% of the first year class have to withdraw, the impact can be very distressing for the individual student, as his/her plans for the year are disrupted and their confidence shaken. Withdrawal from studies can occur for many reasons such as insufficient academic background from their high school, personal crisis, low resilience and lack of study skills and these struggles can be especially acute for international students. The ReFresh Program gives these students an opportunity to continue their education while learning from their mistakes. A small classroom environment allows students to integrate into a collaborative community, create study groups with classmates, communicate easily with their instructors and TA’s and benefit from constant support from First Year Office staff. This format helps students deal with the personal and academic challenges that prevented them from performing at their best in the fall term, relearn the foundations and key concepts of Calculus, Physics, Computer Programming, Chemistry and Linear Algebra and develop a plan to be successful for the next fall to repeat their first semester. This paper will discuss the structure of the ReFresh program as well as the impact on student success, student development and retention.

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Fekih-Romdhane, Feten, Farah Ghrissi, Manel Stambouli, Abir Hakiri, Alexandre Andrade Loch, Majda Cheour und Souheil Hallit. „Moderating effect of alexithymia between problem gambling and psychotic experiences in university students“. BMC Psychiatry 24, Nr. 1 (03.01.2024). http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-05472-7.

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Abstract Background Most of the young individuals with problem gambling (PG) or psychotic experiences (PEs) are less prone to seek medical help. Therefore, community-based studies investigating the relationship between these entities in non-clinical young people across a continuum of severity are warranted. To this end, the present study proposes to advance knowledge on the mechanisms that potentially underlie the association between PG and PEs, by examining the role of a potential moderator, i.e. alexithymia, in this relationship. Methods A total of 399 participants enrolled in this study (mean age = 21.58 ± 3.20 years) participated in an online cross-sectional survey. The South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS), the Prodromal Questionnaire-Brief (PQ-B), and the Toronto alexithymia scale (TAS-20) were used. Results Thirty-three (8.3%) participants had problem-gambling, whereas 13 (3.3%) were probable pathological gamblers. Moderation analysis results adjusted over confounders (age, household crowding index, marital status, personal history of mental disorder, other illegal drug use) showed that the interaction PG by alexithymia (p = .018) was significantly associated with PEs scores. At moderate (Beta = 1.93) and high (Beta = 3.38) levels of alexithymia, more PG was significantly associated with more PEs scores. Conclusion Findings suggest that GP may have a different impact on PEs depending on the individual’s level of alexithymia. As such, both alexithymia and gambling behavior should be considered in the clinical assessment of young people who present with PEs, which can help in implementing more tailored and individualized treatment plans.

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Victor, J. Charles, P. Alison Paprica, Michael Brudno, Carl Virtanen, Walter Wodchis, Anna Goldenberg und Michael Schull. „The Ontario Data Safe Haven: Bringing High Performance Computing to Population-wide Data Assets“. International Journal of Population Data Science 3, Nr. 4 (29.08.2018). http://dx.doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v3i4.753.

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IntroductionCanadian provincial health systems have a data advantage – longitudinal population-wide data for publicly funded health services, in many cases going back 20 years or more. With the addition of high performance computing (HPC), these data can serve as the foundation for leading-edge research using machine learning and artificial intelligence. Objectives and ApproachThe Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and HPC4Health are creating the Ontario Data Safe Haven (ODSH) – a secure HPC cloud located within the HPC4Health physical environment at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. The ODSH will allow research teams to post, access and analyze individual datasets over which they have authority, and enable linkage to Ontario administrative and other data. To start, the ODSH is focused on creating a private cloud meeting ICES’ legislated privacy and security requirements to support HPC-intensive analyses of ICES data. The first ODSH projects are partnerships between ICES scientists and machine learning. ResultsAs of March 2018, the technological build of the ODSH was tested and completed and the privacy and security policy framework and documentation were completed. We will present the structure of the ODSH, including the architectural choices made when designing the environment, and planned functionality in the future. We will describe the experience to-date for the very first analysis done using the ODSH: the automatic mining of clinical terminology in primary care electronic medical records using deep neural networks. We will also present the plans for a high-cost user Risk Dashboard program of research, co-designed by ICES scientists and health faculty from the Vector Institute for artificial intelligence, that will make use of the ODSH beginning May 2018. Conclusion/ImplicationsThrough a partnership of ICES, HPC4Health and the Vector Institute, a secure private cloud ODSH has been created as is starting to be used in leading edge machine learning research studies that make use of Ontario’s population-wide data assets.

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Ginocchio, Galo, Jennifer Hulme, Evelyn Dell, Tali Fedorovsky, Kelli Janes, Brielle Bossin, Hannah Girdler und Andrea Somers. „Prescribing cellular phones to patients helps emergency physicians and staff provide care“. University of Toronto Journal of Public Health 4, Nr. 1 (21.03.2023). http://dx.doi.org/10.33137/utjph.v4i1.40517.

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Background: Emergency Department (ED) patients experiencing disadvantage (e.g., homelessness, addictions) can have limited access to cellular phones. This barrier can affect access to follow-up health care, connecting with community resources, and communicating with friends and family. PHONE-CONNECT is an intervention providing free cellular phones and prepaid plans to patients who do not have them. This intervention allows ED-based health care workers, such as social workers, nurses and physicians, to facilitate follow-up care with patients in their transition from hospital to community. Objective: To explore how the intervention affects health care workers in the emergency department, including those facilitating implementation. Methods: We used valid and reliable implementation science outcome measures - Acceptability, Appropriateness, and Feasibility of Intervention Measures - informed by a Realist Evaluation approach to explore how, why, and for whom the intervention works best. Staff trained in data collection deployed anonymous in-person and online surveys across 3 academic ED's in Toronto, Ontario. Respondents were registered nurses, medical doctors, social workers, and peer-based staff. Survey questions focused on implementation, and perceived impact of the intervention. Questions were scored on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from Completely disagree [1] to Completely Agree [5]. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and aggregate scores were calculated in Microsoft Excel. Results: 142 survey responses were collected between August and September 2022. Respondents agree that the intervention is acceptable (84.5%), appropriate (83.9%), and feasible (80.4%). A subset of 46 respondents facilitating the intervention reported that it improves their ability to meet the health (92.9%) and social needs of patients (91.4%); facilitate follow-up care (91.9%) and disposition planning while in the ED (88.1%); and improves the quality of care provided (90.5%). Distributing phones was reported to be worth the cumulative time and effort (91.7%), and was felt to reduce experiences of moral distress (82.4%) and burnout (69%). Conclusion: PHONE-CONNECT is feasible, acceptable, and appropriate in the ED. It empowers physicians and health care workers to provide high quality care, while reducing moral distress and burnout. Novel ED-based interventions are efficacious ways to bridge gaps in care experienced by patients in their transition from hospital to community. Though challenging with this population, future work exploring patient experiences will help optimize outcomes and further streamline the process of phone delivery and utilization.

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De Vos, Gail. „Awards, Announcements, and News“. Deakin Review of Children's Literature 4, Nr. 2 (22.10.2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.20361/g2559b.

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Amy’s Marathon of Reading continues westward. Her Marathon of Hope project was mentioned in this column before but as it continues to gather momentum and as it relevant to the topic of this special issue, I thought it pertinent to mention it again. From her website: “ Inspired by Terry Fox’s and Rick Hansen’s Canadian journeys, Amy Mathers decided to honour her passion for reading and Canadian teen literature while working around her physical limitations through a Marathon of Books. Realising that Terry Fox could run a kilometre in six minutes during his Marathon of Hope, she figured out that she could read ten pages in the same amount of time. Thus, on her journey, ten pages will represent one kilometre travelled across Canada. Amy will be reading teen fiction books from every province and territory, exploring Canada and promoting Canadian teen authors and books by finishing a book a day for each day of 2014. She will write a review for each book she reads, and invites people to share their thoughts on the books she reads too.” For more information and to see how far Amy’s marathon has taken her so far, go to http://amysmarathonofbooks.ca/Upcoming events and exhibitsKAMLOOPS WRITERS FESTIVAL, Nov. 7-9, 2014, Old Courthouse Cultural Centre. Guest authors include children’s author Lois Peterson.WORKSHOP: Reading Challenges and Options for Young People with Disabilities. Friday, November 14, 2014; 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. REGISTRATION and more information: https://www.microspec.com/tix123/eTic.cfm?code=BOOKFAIR14 International and Canadian experts will discuss reading challenges and options for children and teens with disabilities, with examples from the IBBY Collection of Books for Young People with Disabilities. This outstanding international collection, formerly in Norway and now housed at North York Central Library, encompasses 3,000 books in traditional formats and accessible formats including sign language, tactile, Braille, and Picture Communication Symbols.There are two major opportunities to hear award winning author Kit Pearson in Toronto and Vancouver in the upcoming months. Kit will be presenting “The Sanctuary of Story” for the 8th Annual Sybille Pantazzi Memorial Lecture on Thursday November 13, 8 p.m., in the Community room, Lillian H. Smith branch of the Toronto Public Library.Kit Pearson will also be the guest speaker at A Celebration of Award Winning BC Authors and Illustrators of 2014 at A Wine and Cheese event from 7 – 9 p.m. at January 21, 2015. (Event venue still to be confirmed. Please check www.vclr.ca for updates.) The event celebrates many other BC winners and finalists of the Governor General’s Literary Awards, the BC Book Prizes, the VCLR Information Book Award, and several other important awards.For those of you in the Toronto area be sure to check out the exhibit Lest We Forget: War in Books for Young Readers, September 15 – December 6, 2014, at the Osborne Collection. In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the First World War.Do not forget to Celebrate Freedom to Read Week, February 22-28, 2015, the annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom, which is guaranteed them under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.Serendipity 2015 promises to be a tantalizing affair. An Edgy, Eerie, Exceptional Serendipity 2015 (Saturday March 7, 2015) with Holly Black, Andrew Smith, Mariko Tamaki, Molly Idle, and Kelli Chipponeri will have captivating discussions ranging from haunted dolls and worlds of nightmare, to the raw emotion and exceptional beauty of growing up. The event, a members-only event, includes breakfast, lunch, and snacks. [This may be a very good incentive to become a member!] More information at http://vclr.ca/serendipity-2015/Call for papers and presentationsYALSA is currently seeking program proposals and paper presentations for its 2015 Young Adult Services Symposium, Bringing it All Together: Connecting Libraries, Teens & Communities, to be held Nov. 6-8, 2015, in Portland, Ore. The theme addresses the key role of connection that librarians have for the teens in their community. YALSA invites interested parties to propose 90-minute programs centering on the theme, as well as paper presentations offering new, unpublished research relating to the theme. Applications for all proposals can be found http://www.ala.org/yalsa/yasymposium . Proposals for programs and paper presentations must be completed online by Dec. 1, 2014. Applicants will be notified of their proposals’ status by Feb. 1, 2015.Book Award newsThe 2014 Information Book Award Finalists. The winner and honor title, voted by members of the Children’s Literature Roundtables, will be announced November 17, 2014 in Vancouver.Before the World Was Ready: Stories of Daring Genius in Science by Claire Eamer. Annick Press. Follow Your Money by Kevin Sylvester and Michael Hlinka. Annick Press.Looks Like Daylight: Voices of Indigenous Kids by Deborah Ellis. Groundwood Books. Pay It Forward Kids: Small Acts, Big Change by Nancy Runstedler. Fitzhenry & Whiteside.Pedal It! How Bicycles are Changing the World by Michelle Mulder. Orca Book Publishers.The list of nominees for the 2015 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) includes 50 first-time nominees among a total of 197 candidates from 61 countries. Canadian nominees include The Canadian Children’s Book Centre (Organisation, nominated by IBBY Canada) and authors Sarah Ellis and Marie-Francine Hébert. Full list available at http://www.alma.se/en/Nominations/Candidates/2015/The winners of the 2014 Governor General’s Literary Award will be announced November 18, 2014. The nominated titles for children’s literature (English text) are:Jonathan Auxier, (Pittsburgh, Pa.) – The Night Gardener (Penguin Canada)Lesley Choyce, (East Laurencetown, N.S.) – Jeremy Stone (Red Deer Press)Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley – Skraelings (Inhabit Media Inc.)Raziel Reid, (Vancouver) – When Everything Feels like the Movies (Arsenal Pulp Press)Mariko Tamaki, (Oakland, Calif.) – This One Summer (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press)Nominations for illustration in (English) children’s literature are:Marie-Louise Gay, (Montreal) – Any Questions?, text by Marie-Louise Gay (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press)Qin Leng, (Toronto) – Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin, text by Chieri Uegaki (Kids Can Press)Renata Liwska, (Calgary) – Once Upon a Memory, text by Nina Laden (Little, Brown and Company)Julie Morstad, (Vancouver) – Julia, Child, text by Kyo Maclear (Tundra Books)Jillian Tamaki, (Brooklyn, N.Y.) – This One Summer, text by Mariko Tamaki (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press)Nominations for (French) children’s literature (text) are:Linda Amyot, (St-Charles-Borromée, Que.) – Le jardin d'Amsterdam (Leméac Éditeur)India Desjardins, (Montreal) – Le Noël de Marguerite (Les Éditions de la Pastèque)Patrick Isabelle, (Montreal) – Eux (Leméac Éditeur)Jean-François Sénéchal, (Saint-Lambert, Que.) – Feu (Leméac Éditeur)Mélanie Tellier, (Montreal) – Fiona (Marchand de feuilles)Nominations for (French) children’s literature (illustration):Pascal Blanchet, (Trois-Rivières, Que.) – Le Noël de Marguerite, text by India Desjardins (Les Éditions de la Pastèque)Marianne Dubuc, (Montreal) – Le lion et l'oiseau, text by Marianne Dubuc (Les Éditions de la Pastèque)Manon Gauthier, (Montreal) – Grand-mère, elle et moi…, text by Yves Nadon (Éditions Les 400 coups)Isabelle Malenfant, (Montreal) – Pablo trouve un trésor, text by Andrée Poulin (Éditions Les 400 coups)Pierre Pratt, (Montreal) – Gustave, text by Rémy Simard (Les Éditions de la Pastèque)Online resources:Welcome to the Teachers' Book Bank! This database of Canadian historical fiction and non-fiction books is brought to you by the Canadian Children's Book Centre with Historica Canada, and funded by the Government of Canada. These titles may be used by teachers to introduce topics and themes in Canadian history and by students carrying out research projects. Many of the books also offer opportunities for cross-curricular connections in language arts, geography, the arts, science and other subjects. In most cases, publishers have indicated specific grade levels and age ranges to guide selection. For lesson plans to go with these books, visit Historica Canada's Canadian Encyclopedia. http://bookbank.bookcentre.ca/index.php?r=site/CCBCChairing Stories on Facebook Created in response to requests from former students of Gail de Vos’s online courses on Canadian Children’s Literature and Graphic Novels and comic books, this page celebrates books, their creators, and their audiences. Postings for current students too! Check it out at https://www.facebook.com/ChairingStoriesPresented by Gail de VosGail de Vos, an adjunct instructor, teaches courses on Canadian children's literature, Young Adult Literature and Comic Books and Graphic Novels at the School of Library and Information Studies for the University of Alberta and is the author of nine books on storytelling and folklore. She is a professional storyteller and has taught the storytelling course at SLIS for over two decades

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