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Title: Perceived stress may mediate the relationship between antenatal depressive symptoms and preterm birth: A pilot observational cohort study
Contributor(s): Sharifa Lalani (Author); Aliyah Dosani (Author); Ntonghanwah Forcheh (Author); Shahirose S. Premji (Author); Sana Siddiqui (Author); Kiran Shaikh (Author); Ayesha Mian (Author); Maternal-infant Global Health Team (MiGHT) (Author)
Date issued: 2021; 2021
Description: Background Screening for changes in pregnancy-related anxiety and depressive symptoms during pregnancy may further our understanding of the relationship between these two variables and preterm birth. Objectives To determine whether changes in pregnancy-related anxiety and depressive symptoms during pregnancy influence the risk of preterm birth among Pakistani women; explore whether perceived stress moderates or mediates this relationship, and examine the relationship between the various components of pregnancy-related anxiety and preterm birth. Methods A prospective cohort study design was used to recruit a diverse sample of 300 low-risk pregnant women from four centers of Aga Khan...
Appears in collection(s): Health, Community and Education

Title: A lesson for the future: will you let me violate your privacy to save your life?
Contributor(s): Khosro Salmani (Author); Brian Atuh (Author); Library OA Fund (Funder)
Date issued: 2023; 2023
Description: COVID-19 was an unprecedented pandemic that changed the lives of everyone. To handle the virus’s rapid spread, governments and big tech companies, such as Google and Apple, implemented Contact Tracing Applications (CTAs). However, the response by the public was different in each country. While some countries mandated downloading the application for their citizens, others made it optional, revealing contrasting patterns to the spread of COVID-19. In this study, in addition to investigating the privacy and security of the Canadian CTA, COVID Alert, we aim to disclose the public’s perception of these varying patterns. Additionally, if known of the results of other nations, would Canadians...
Appears in collection(s): Science and Technology

Title: An agriprecision decision support system for weed management in pastures
Contributor(s): Hossein Chegini (Author); Ranesh Naha (Author); Aniket Mahanti (Author); Mingwei Gong (Author); Kalpdrum Passi (Author); Library OA Fund (Funder)
Date issued: 2023; 2023
Description: Pastures are a vital source of dairy products and cattle nutrition, and as such, play a significant role in New Zealand’s agricultural economy. However, weeds can be a major problem for pastures, making it a challenge for dairy farmers to monitor and control them. Currently, most of the tasks for weed management are done manually, and farmers lack persistent technology for weed control. This motivated us to design, implement, and evaluate a Decision Support System (DSS) to detect weeds in pastures and provide decisions for the cleanup of weeds. Our proposed system uses two primary inputs: weeds and bare patches. We created a synthetic dataset to train a weed detection model and designed a...
Appears in collection(s): Science and Technology

Title: Self-talk: research challenges and opportunities
Contributor(s): Library OA Fund (Funder); Thomas Brinthaupt (Author); Alain Morin (Author)
Date issued: 2023; 2023
Description: In this review, we discuss major measurement and methodological challenges to studying self-talk. We review the assessment of self-talk frequency, studying self-talk in its natural context, personal pronoun usage within self-talk, experiential sampling methods, and the experimental manipulation of self-talk. We highlight new possible research opportunities and discuss recent advances such as brain imaging studies of self-talk, the use of self-talk by robots, and measurement of self-talk in aphasic patients.
Appears in collection(s): Science and Technology

Title: Digital citizenship and the big five personality traits
Contributor(s): Michael Joseph Dominic Roberts (Author); Randy Connolly (Author); Joel Conley (Author); Janet Miller (Author); Library OA Fund (Funder)
Date issued: 2023; 2023
Description: Over the past two decades, the internet has become an increasingly important venue for political expression, community building, and social activism. Scholars in a wide range of disciplines have endeavored to understand and measure how these transformations have affected individuals’ civic attitudes and behaviors. The Digital Citizenship Scale (original and revised form) has become one of the most widely used instruments for measuring and evaluating these changes, but to date, no study has investigated how digital citizenship behaviors relate to exogenous variables. Using the classic Big Five Factor model of personality (Openness to experience, Conscientiousness, Extroversion,...
Appears in collection(s): Business and Communication Studies

Title: Oral inflammatory load predicts vascular function in a young adult population: a pilot study
Contributor(s): Hong Ker-Yung (Author); Avin Ghafari (Author); Yixue Mei (Author); Jennifer S. Williams (Author); Dina Attia (Author); Jourdyn Forsyth (Author); Kevin Wang (Author); Trevor Wyeld (Author); Chunxiang Sun (Author); Michael Glogauer (Author); Trevor J. King (Author); Library OA Fund (Funder)
Date issued: 2023; 2023
Description: Background: The periodontium is a highly vascularized area of the mouth, and periodontitis initiates negative functional and structural changes in the vasculature. However, mild oral inflammation, including levels experienced by many apparently healthy individuals, has an unclear impact on cardiovascular function. The purpose of this pilot study is to investigate the effects of objectively measured whole mouth oral inflammatory load (OIL) on vascular function in apparently healthy individuals. Methods: In this cross-sectional and correlational analysis, we recruited 28 young (18–30 years) and systemically healthy participants (16 male, 12 female). Using oral neutrophil counts, a validated...
Appears in collection(s): Health, Community and Education

Title: The role of vitamin D in neuroprotection in multiple sclerosis: an update
Contributor(s): Amarpreet Sangha (Author); Michaela Quon (Author); Gerald Pfeffer (Author); Sarah-Michelle Orton (Author); Library OA Fund (Funder)
Date issued: 2023; 2023
Description: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex neurological condition that involves both inflammatory demyelinating and neurodegenerative components. MS research and treatments have traditionally focused on immunomodulation, with less investigation of neuroprotection, and this holds true for the role of vitamin D in MS. Researchers have already established that vitamin D plays an anti-inflammatory role in modulating the immune system in MS. More recently, researchers have begun investigating the potential neuroprotective role of vitamin D in MS. The active form of vitamin D, 1,25(OH)2D3, has a range of neuroprotective properties, which may be important in remyelination and/or the prevention of...
Appears in collection(s): Science and Technology

Title: A systematic review of applications of machine learning and other soft computing techniques for the diagnosis of tropical diseases
Contributor(s): Kingsley Attai (Author); Yasaman Amannejad (Author); Maryam Vahdat Pour (Author); Okure Obot (Author); Faith-Michael Uzoka (Author); Library OA fund (Funder)
Date issued: 2022; 2022
Description: This systematic literature aims to identify soft computing techniques currently utilized in diagnosing tropical febrile diseases and explore the data characteristics and features used for diagnoses, algorithm accuracy, and the limitations of current studies. The goal of this study is therefore centralized around determining the extent to which soft computing techniques have positively impacted the quality of physician care and their effectiveness in tropical disease diagnosis. The study has used PRISMA guidelines to identify paper selection and inclusion/exclusion criteria. It was determined that the highest frequency of articles utilized ensemble techniques for classification, prediction...
Appears in collection(s): Science and Technology

Title: Modelling differential diagnosis of febrile diseases with fuzzy cognitive map
Contributor(s): Okure Obot (Author); Anietie John (Author); Iberedem Udo (Author); Kingsley Attai (Author); Ekemini Johnson (Author); Samuel Udoh (Author); Chukwudi Nwokoro (Author); Christie Akwaowo (Author); Emen Dan (Author); Uduak Umoh (Author); Faith-Michael Uzoka (Author); Library OA Fund (Funder)
Date issued: 2023; 2023
Description: The report of the World Health Organization (WHO) about the poor accessibility of people living in low-to-middle-income countries to medical facilities and personnel has been a concern to both professionals and nonprofessionals in healthcare. This poor accessibility has led to high morbidity and mortality rates in tropical regions, especially when such a disease presents itself with confusable symptoms that are not easily differentiable by inexperienced doctors, such as those found in febrile diseases. This prompted the development of the fuzzy cognitive map (FCM) model to serve as a decision-support tool for medical health workers in the diagnosis of febrile diseases. With 2465 datasets...
Appears in collection(s): Health, Community and Education

Title: It was like a mirror : a reflection on filmed role play simulation
Contributor(s): Bennett Deb (Author); Dodge Karen (Author)
Date issued: 2014
Description: “What brings you here today?” is a familiar question in a health clinic in Canada, but it may not be one that comes immediately to the mind of an internationally educated health professional. The way health professionals communicate with patients in their cultures can sound overly direct in Canadian clinics. “Why are you here?” would be typically asked to patients in settings such as the Ukraine and Egypt. A stepping stone that supports the understanding of linguistic appropriacy and the Canadian health care context is offered at the Languages Institute of Mount Royal University, Calgary. The Communication Skills for Health Professionals (CSHP) project teaches language and communication...
Appears in collection(s): Centres & Institutes

Title: Conceptualizing and communicating SoTL : a framework for the field
Contributor(s): Miller-Young Janice (Author); Yeo Michelle (Author)
Date issued: 2015
Description: The emerging field of SoTL is an inherently interdisciplinary endeavor, embracing a diverse range of research methods. It desires to be hospitable to a range of disciplinary differences in world views. However, the field lacks coherence in its conceptualization and communication. Ongoing debates in the community concern the use of theory, as well as definitional questions of what constitutes SoTL and the nature of its purpose. This article offers a framework for conceptualizing the field, which attempts to broadly delineate the available theories underlying and methodologies appropriate to studying teaching and learning, while intending to be hospitable to a broad range of diverse...
Appears in collection(s): Centres & Institutes

Title: The mechanical efficiency of the o soto gari technique when applied to judokas of different heights
Contributor(s): Lopes Melo Sebastião Iberes (Author); dos Santos Saray Giovana (Author); Santarém Teixeira Jairo (Author); Piucco Tatiane (Author)
Date issued: 2012
Description: Background and Study aim: The biomechanical efficiency of judo throw techniques depends on the anthropometric characteristics of the opponent. This study aimed to evaluate the mechanical efficiency of the o soto gari technique when applied to judoists of different heights in relation to the thrower. Material/Methods: The following factors were compared: the tori angular variation of knee, hip and trunk; the total and partial performance time and the displacement of the vertical trajectory of the tori center of mass (DCM). Three uke of shorter, similar and taller stature than the tori were kinematically analyzed performing ten o soto gari throws. The images were recorded at 180 Hz using...
Appears in collection(s): Health, Community and Education

Title: Tilling the garden of joy/sorrow: A poetic inquiry into the rhizomatic complexities of growing into and through collective spaces
Contributor(s): Szabo Joanna (Author); Mathison Bev (Author); Jakubec Sonya L. (Author); Flessati Sonya (Author); Currie Genevieve (Author)
Date issued: 2018
Description: A pilot research project turned ongoing program sought to explore the experience of participating in an inclusive Campus Community Garden. In the confines of institutional research the project undertook a specific focus on uncovering the perceived benefits and barriers to participating preschoolers, older adults, individuals with mixed abilities and their caregivers from residential and intermediate care facilities. This paper describes a parallel exploration as an occurrent act of art making; an evolving rhizomatic process of poetic reflection on images and privileged notes from the field. In this work, the authors uncover the shape, movement, and colour of the joy/sorrow of tilling the...
Appears in collection(s): Health, Community and Education

Title: Social isolation and exclusion: the parents' experience of caring for children with rare neurodevelopmental disorders
Contributor(s): Currie Genevieve (Author); Szabo Joanna (Author)
Date issued: 2020
Description: ABSTRACT Purpose: The experiences of parents caring for the complex care needs of children with rare neurodevelopmental disorders are not well understood. Parents struggle to meet their children’s medical, behavioural, and social needs within and across health, social, and family systems. The purpose of this study was to explore the parents’ experience of caring for medical and social care needs for children with rare neurodevelopmental disorders. Methods: Hermeneutic phenomenology was used for the data analysis. Fifteen parents participated in semi-structured interviews. Results: Interpretive analysis revealed four insights: (a) difference in children’s behaviours and disease...
Appears in collection(s): Health, Community and Education

Title: The Representation of Library Value in Extra-Institutional Evaluations of University Quality
Contributor(s): Jackson Brian (Author)
Date issued: 2017
Description: The ways in which university quality assessments are developed reveal a great deal about value constructs surrounding higher education. Measures developed and consumed by external stakeholders, in particular, indicate which elements of academia are broadly perceived to be most reflective of quality. This paper examines the historical context of library quality assessment and reviews the literature related to how library value is framed in three forms of external evaluation: accreditation, university rankings, and student surveys. The review finds that the library’s contribution to university quality, when it is considered at all, continues to be measured in terms of collections, spaces,...
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Title: LIS Periodicals Contain a Low Percentage of Articles that Qualify as Research [Evidence Summary]
Contributor(s): Hayman Richard (Author)
Date issued: 2015
Description: A Review of: Turcios, M. E., Agarwal, N. K., & Watkins, L. (2014). How much of library and information science literature qualifies as research? Journal of Academic Librarianship, 40(5), 473-479. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2014.06.003 Objective – To determine how much of the literature in a library and information science (LIS) periodical collection qualifies as research. Design – Content analysis. Setting – The LIS periodicals collection of an academic library that supports an established LIS graduate program at a college in the United States of America. Subjects – Of the 177 identified periodicals with LIS content that fell within project scope from the local collection,...
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Title: LIS Practitioner-focused Research Trends Toward Open Access Journals, Academic-focused Research Toward Traditional Journals [Evidence Summary]
Contributor(s): Hayman Richard (Author)
Date issued: 2018
Description: A Review of: Chang, Y-W. (2017). Comparative study of characteristics of authors between open access and non-open access journals in library and information science. Library & Information Science Research, 39(1), 8-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2017.01.002 Objective – To examine the occupational characteristics and publication habits of library and information science (LIS) authors regarding traditional journals and open access journals. Design – Content analysis. Setting – English language research articles published in open access (OA) journals and non-open access (non-OA) journals from 2008 to 2013 that are indexed in LIS databases. Subjects – The authorship characteristics for...
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Title: Mixed methods research in library and information science: A methodological review
Contributor(s): Hayman Richard (Author); Smith Erika E. (Author)
Date issued: 2020
Description: Objective - To review mixed methods research trends in the field of library and information science (LIS). In particular, we examine the extent to which research about or using mixed methods has been occurring in library and information science over the past decade (2008-2018), and how much of that mixed methods research is done in health contexts. Methods - We conducted a methodological review and analysis of mixed methods research (MMR) in LIS for published articles indexed in LISTA and Web of Science. After deduplication and verification for inclusion, we coded 417 articles to identify contributions using or about MMR. Given the connections between evidence based practice in health and...
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Title: A Reading-Writing Assignment Based on Popular Literature To Enhance Learning about Microbiology
Contributor(s): O'Connor Tracy (Author)
Date issued: 2019
Description: In order to stimulate engagement in microbiology, a reading-writing assignment based on a narrative popular science book was created for a one-semester introductory microbiology course. In order to encourage critical thinking, students were required to formulate a question related to the book to research and report on. Active learning was supported by guidance and feedback at each stage of the assignment. The assignment components were graded according to a rubric based on the learning outcomes: reading comprehension, question formulation, literature research, synthesis, and written communication. Median scores for the assignment components indicated that students successfully...
Appears in collection(s): Science and Technology

Title: Asynchronous polygyny in the house wren (troglodytes aedon)
Contributor(s): Quinn Michael S. (Author); Holroyd Geoffrey L. (Author)
Date issued: 1992
Description: The mating status of house wrens was defined by social behavior and not strictly sexual relations. The incidence of polygyny was estimated by comparing the number of polygynous matings to the total number of nest attempts.
Appears in collection(s): Science and Technology