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- Contributor(s)
- Sara Sharun
- Date issued
- 2019
- Description
- This study presents a critical exploration of one of the ACRL Frameworkconcepts by examining it in the context of professional practice. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with health and human service professionals at a community health centre to explore how information literacy (IL) is experienced in the workplace. Value emerged as the dominant theme in participants’ descriptions of their information practices. This concept was conceived of predominantly in the context of personal and professional relationships that existed within the systems and structures of the physical workplace, professional practice and the health and social care system. Using phenomenography as a...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Jessie Loyer; Madelaine Vanderwerff; Meagan Bowler
- Date issued
- 2017
- Description
- This study assesses acquisitions budget allocation for sustainable support of Indigenous Studies (IS) and the challenge of addressing the needs of an emergent subject area. A survey of collections librarians provided context for library allocation practices of other Canadian institutions offering IS programs. An analysis of titles purchased before and after creating an IS subject fund was performed; results reveal that there was an increase in the number of IS titles purchased annually after the fund was created. A defined subject fund allowed flexibility beyond conventional library collections structures to address the unique needs of IS as an academic discipline.
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Aliyah Dosani; Jena Hemraj; Shahirose S. Premji; Genevieve Currie; Sandra M. Reilly; Abhay K. Lodha; Marilyn Young; Marc Hall
- Date issued
- 2017
- Description
- Background: The promotion and maintenance of breastfeeding with late preterm infants (LPIs) remain under examined topics of study. This dearth of research knowledge, especially for this population at-risk for various health complications, requires scientific investigation. In this study, we explore the experiences of mothers and the perceptions of public health nurses (PHNs) about breastfeeding late preterm infants in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Methods: We used an exploratory mixed methods design with a convenience sample of 122 mothers to gather quantitative data about breastfeeding. We collected qualitative data by means of individual face-to-face interviews with 11 mothers and 10 public...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Health, Community and Education
- Contributor(s)
- Cameron Mitchell
- Date issued
- 2019
- Description
- Throughout the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, ‘constituted authority’ served as a rhetorical banner under which the interests of the state and capital overlapped. Throughout the six-week walkout, representatives of all three levels of the state and members of the shadowy Citizens’ Committee of 1,000 repeatedly returned to the language of ‘constituted authority’ in order to illustrate what was threatened by the strikers. Tapping into post-war fears of ‘enemy aliens,’ Bolsheviks, and Soviet revolution, the Winnipeg Citizen, capital’s mouthpiece during the strike, was adept at conflating the goals of the strikers with those of an attempted revolution. Even when the Western Labour News, the...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Undergraduate Student Research
- Contributor(s)
- Joseph Triglav; Erika Howe; Jaskirat Cheema; Blaire Dube; Mark J. Fenske; Nicholas Strzalkowski; Leah R. Bent
- Date issued
- 2019
- Description
- Prolonged sitting, common in many workplaces, reduces blood flow to the lower limb and has negative health outcomes. CoreChair is an active-sitting chair that encourages increased movement to help mitigate these outcomes. Physiological and cognitive measures were recorded in ten participants over four hours of sitting in both the CoreChair and a traditional office chair. Sitting in both chairs led to increases in calf circumference (p
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Science and Technology
- Contributor(s)
- Sasa Cigoja; Michael J. Asmussen; Colin R. Firminger; Jared R. Fletcher; W. Brent Edwards; Benno M. Nigg
- Date issued
- 2020; 2020
- Description
- Background: Individual compliances of the foot-shoe interface have been suggested to store and release elastic strain energy via ligamentous and tendinous structures or by increased midsole bending stiffness (MBS), compression stiffness, and resilience of running shoes. It is unknown, however, how these compliances interact with each other when the MBS of a running shoe is increased. The purpose of this study was to investigate how structures of the foot-shoe interface are influenced during running by changes to the MBS of sport shoes. Methods: A randomised crossover trial was performed, where 13 male, recreational runners ran on an instrumented treadmill at 3.5 m center dot s(-1) while...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Health, Community and Education
- Contributor(s)
- Jared R. Fletcher; Brian R. MacIntosh
- Date issued
- 2018; 2018
- Description
- During prolonged running, the magnitude of Achilles tendon (AT) length change may increase, resulting in increased tendon strain energy return with each step. AT elongation might also affect the magnitude of triceps surae (TS) muscle shortening and shortening velocity, requiring greater activation and increased muscle energy cost. Therefore, we aimed to quantify the tendon strain energy return and muscle energy cost necessary to allow energy storage to occur prior to and following prolonged running. 14 trained male (n = 10) and female (n = 4) distance runners (24 +/- 4 years, 1.72 +/- 0.09 m, 61 +/- 10 kg, (V) over barO(2)max 64.6 +/- 5.8 ml.kg(-1).min(-1)) ran 90 minutes (RUN) at...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Health, Community and Education
- Contributor(s)
- Michael S. Quinn; N. Heck; Shelley M. Alexander; G. Chernoff
- Date issued
- 2011
- Description
- Bird collisions with electrical transmission lines are a cause of avian mortality. The exact magnitude of the problem is not known because most avian mortality goes undetected; however, existing mortality estimates make this phenomenon a significant ecological, social and economic concern. Electric utility companies operate thousands of kilometres of transmission line, making it difficult and costly to identify problem sites and prioritize areas for mitigation. Existing research suggests that mortality is not evenly distributed, but spatially clustered in areas with particular combinations of environmental and physical attributes. We used a combination of a geographic information system ...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Science and Technology
- Contributor(s)
- Saray Giovana dos Santos; Daniele Detanico; Tatiane Piucco
- Date issued
- 2011
- Description
- This study aimed to analyze the impact magnitude in the lower limbs during the landing phase in handball jump throw as well as to relate the impacts with the body weight (BW), jump height (JH) and the knee flexion angle (KA) and hip flexion angle (HA) during landing. Nine handball athletes, aged 22.2 ± 1.4 years took part in this study. A triaxial accelerometer was used to analyze the knee and ankle impacts. Kinematics parameters were investigated using a three-dimensional system. Descriptive statistics, analysis of variance and linear multiple regression set at 5% were used. The highest impact magnitudes occurred in the anteroposterior axis of the knee (28.24 g) as well as in the ankle ...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Health, Community and Education
- Contributor(s)
- Jared R. Fletcher
- Date issued
- 2017; 2017
- Description
- The economy of running has traditionally been quantified from the mass-specific oxygen uptake; however, because fuel substrate usage varies with exercise intensity, it is more accurate to express running economy in units of metabolic energy. Fundamentally, the understanding of the major factors that influence the energy cost of running (E-run) can be obtained with this approach. E-run is determined by the energy needed for skeletal muscle contraction. Here, we approach the study of E-run from that perspective. The amount of energy needed for skeletal muscle contraction is dependent on the force, duration, shortening, shortening velocity, and length of the muscle. These factors therefore...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Health, Community and Education
- Contributor(s)
- Jared R. Fletcher
- Date issued
- 2013; 2013
- Description
- The energy cost of running (Erun), a key determinant of distance running performance, is influenced by several factors. Although it is important to express Erun as energy cost, no study has used this approach to compare similarly trained men and women. Furthermore, the relationship between Achilles tendon (AT) stiffness and Erun has not been compared between men and women. Therefore, our purpose was to determine if sex‐specific differences in Erun and/or AT stiffness existed. Erun (kcal kg−1 km−1) was determined by indirect calorimetry at 75%, 85%, and 95% of the speed at lactate threshold (sLT) on 11 man (mean ± SEM, 35 ± 1 years, 177 ± 1 cm, 78 ± 1 kg, V˙O2max = 56 ± 1 mL kg−1 min−1)...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Health, Community and Education
- Contributor(s)
- Brian R. MacIntosh; Shane P. Esau; R. John Holash; Jared R. Fletcher
- Date issued
- 2011; 2011
- Description
- There are many circumstances where it is desirable to obtain the contractile response of skeletal muscle under physiological circumstances: normal circulation, intact whole muscle, at body temperature. This includes the study of contractile responses like posttetanic potentiation, staircase and fatigue. Furthermore, the consequences of disease, disuse, injury, training and drug treatment can be of interest. This video demonstrates appropriate procedures to set up and use this valuable muscle preparation. To set up this preparation, the animal must be anesthetized, and the medial gastrocnemius muscle is surgically isolated, with the origin intact. Care must be taken to maintain the blood...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Health, Community and Education
- Contributor(s)
- Jill A. Parnell; Kristin P. Wiens; Kelly Anne Erdman
- Date issued
- 2016
- Description
- Young athletes experience numerous dietary challenges including growth, training/competition, unhealthy food environments, and travel. The objective was to determine nutrient intakes and supplement use in pre-adolescent and adolescent Canadian athletes. Athletes (n = 187) aged 11–18 years completed an on-line 24-h food recall and dietary supplement questionnaire. Median energy intake (interquartile range) varied from 2159 kcal/day (1717–2437) in 11–13 years old females to 2905 kcal/day (2291–3483) in 14–18 years old males. Carbohydrate and protein intakes were 8.1 (6.1–10.5); 2.4 (1.6–3.4) in males 11–13 years, 5.7 (4.5–7.9); 2.0 (1.4–2.6) in females 11–13 years, 5.3 (4.3–7.4); 2.0 (1.5–2...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Health, Community and Education
- Contributor(s)
- Karen Manarin; Melanie Rathburn; Miriam Carey; Glen Ryland
- Date issued
- 2016
- Description
- Critical reading is a foundational skill for success in academic and professional endeavours. By defining critical reading as having two aspects, reading for academic purposes and reading for social engagement, our work opens the door to more intentional teaching of critical reading and its assessment in our students’ work. Instructors within any discipline can cultivate critical reading in their students. Our book, Critical Reading in Higher Education: Academic Goals and Social Engagement (Indiana University Press, 2015), provides not only the results from our cross-course study in foundation General Education courses, but ideas for cultivating critical reading across the curriculum as...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Teaching and Learning
- Contributor(s)
- Israel S. Dunmade
- Date issued
- 2020; 2020
- Description
- Lifecycle assessment is a robust tool for comprehensive environmental impact assessment of products and processes. It provides users opportunities to identify the hotspots along the lifecycle of a system and thereby enable them to implement improvement opportunities as deemed appropriate. Production of agri-based industrial raw materials could be energy and water intensive. Such endeavour could take a heavy toll on the environment in terms of resource consumption and environmental pollution. The goal of this study was to develop an easy to use and less data intensive conceptual LCA methodology for selecting optimal pathway along a value-chain under two decision scenarios: the optimal...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Science and Technology
- Contributor(s)
- Christina Tortorelli; Peter Choate; Marissa Clayton; Naya El Jamal; Sukhman Kaur; Katherine Schantz
- Date issued
- 2021; 2021
- Description
- Simulation learning plays an important role in social work education, allowing students to explore how theory and practice parameters can be integrated into actual situations they are likely to experience in the field. The arrival of COVID-19 and the sudden cessation of in-field practicum opportunities raised challenges for students to gain needed practice experience. Simulation offers an opportunity to enhance learning in place of some direct experience when that is not available. This paper reports on a simulation development practicum, where students, not able to be in an agency, sought out ways to achieve learning through the development and implementation of simulation learning. This...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Health, Community and Education
- Contributor(s)
- Sasa Cigoja; Jared R. Fletcher; Michael Esposito; Darren J. Stefanyshyn; Benno M. Nigg
- Date issued
- 2021-01-01; 2021-01-01
- Description
- In recent years, increasing the midsole bending stifness (MBS) of running shoes by embedding carbon fbre plates in the midsole resulted in many world records set during long-distance running competitions. Although several theories were introduced to unravel the mechanisms behind these performance benefts, no defnitive explanation was provided so far. This study aimed to investigate how the function of the gastrocnemius medialis (GM) muscle and Achilles tendon is altered when running in shoes with increased MBS. Here, we provide the frst direct evidence that the amount and velocity of GM muscle fascicle shortening is reduced when running with increased MBS. Compared to control, running in...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Health, Community and Education
- Contributor(s)
- Sasa Cigoja; Jared R. Fletcher; Benno M. Nigg
- Date issued
- 2021-01-10; 2021-01-10
- Description
- Objective: To investigate if changing the midsole bending stiffness of athletic footwear can affect the onset of lower limb joint work redistribu-tion during a prolonged run.Methods: Fifteen trained male runners (10-km time of
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Health, Community and Education
- Contributor(s)
- Rachel Pizante
- Date issued
- 2020-01-19; 2020-01-19
- Description
- Wildlife cameras allow conservation scientists to monitor wildlife. However, there are performance limitations associated with wildlife cameras that must be understood prior to their use. This study compared two wildlife camera models, the Spypoint Solar Trail and the Reconyx Hyperfire 2, on behalf of Calgary Captured, a collaborative project between the Miistakis Institute and the City of Calgary to determine wildlife occupancy in Calgary’s Natural Area Parks. The camera models were set up in pairs at 10 sites. There was no significant difference in detections of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) or coyotes (Canis latrans) by either model, but the Reconyx cameras successfully...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Undergraduate Student Research
- Contributor(s)
- Shelley M. Alexander; Michael S. Quinn
- Date issued
- 2011
- Description
- Print media is one form of public discourse that provides a means to examine human-coyote interactions. We conducted a content analysis of 453 articles addressing coyote events reported in the Canadian print media between 1998 and 2010. We found 119 articles about human-coyote interactions, of which 32 involved a report of coyote biting (26) or attempting to bite (6) a person. 108 articles were about coyote-dogs and 32 about coyotes-cat interactions. Remaining articles were on topics unrelated to interactions (e.g. culls). Basing our analysis in grounded theory, we identified important descriptive and emotional themes surrounding these events. The most common words describing coyotes were...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Science and Technology