Open-label use of Anakinra (Kineret) in the treatment of patients with osteoarthritis by Craig Davis Scoville, John Partridge Dickson

“…Efficacy of response was determined if patients showed >30% improvement in the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index and/or Australian/Canadian Osteoarthritis Hand Index scoring with treatment. …”
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DFF-ResNet: An Insect Pest Recognition Model Based on Residual Networks by Wenjie Liu, Guoqing Wu, Fuji Ren, Xin Kang

“…To prove the validity and adaptivity of our approach, we constructed it with two common residual networks (Pre-ResNet and Wide Residual Network (WRN)) and validated these models on the Canadian Institute For Advanced Research (CIFAR) and Street View House Number (SVHN) benchmark datasets. …”
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Analysis of heating degree day requirments changes under climate change in South Khorasan by hossein Imani pour, abdolreza Kashki, mokhtar Karami

“…The latest available scenarios of the fifth report of the Climate Change Interagency Panel (AR5 2014) include RCP scenarios from the Canadian Climate Change website and, using the SDSM macroeconomic statistics software, the data for the upcoming period (2016-2046) in the study area was thrown off. …”
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Quantifying intratumoral biomarker heterogeneity in tubo-ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma to optimize clinical translation by Aline Talhouk, Derek S. Chiu, Liliane Meunier, Kurosh Rahimi, Cécile Le Page, Monique Bernard, Diane Provencher, David G. Huntsman, Anne Marie Mes Masson, Martin Köbel

“…Abstract Intratumoral heterogeneity (ITH) is spatial, phenotypic, or molecular differences within the same tumor that have important implications for accurate tumor classification and assessment of predictive biomarkers. The Canadian Ovarian Experimental Unified Resource (COEUR) has created a cohort of 437 FFPE tissue specimens from 108 tubo-ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) patients to quantify ITH across the anatomical sites and between primary and recurrence. …”
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Basal cell carcinoma of the lower eyelid is an actinic-induced cancer: The ABCDE concept to explain the relationship between the invasiveness of basal cell carcinoma and actinic da... by Luiza Abreu Minussi, Felipe Key Sakabe, Roxana Barin, Emily Marcotte, Elvira Barbosa Abreu, Miguel Noel Burnier

“…Results: Results revealed a consistent trend: 87% of Canadian BCC cases occurred on the lower eyelid. Severe actinic damage was observed in 89% of pathological lesions, with 11% showing moderate damage. …”
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Role of myositis-specific autoantibodies in personalized therapy by Anand N Malaviya, Sanjiv Kapoor

“…It is becoming clear that the increasing numbers of autoantibodies being discovered may necessitate a name change to “autoimmune myositis” (AIM), as recently suggested by a French-Canadian group. In the light of these discoveries, it was evident that a new classification system based on the combination of clinical phenotypes and the associated autoantibodies would soon be propounded. …”
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The landscape of spiritual health and spirituality in Canada: A scoping review protocol. by Helana Marie Boutros, Merna Mina, Nelly Van Doorn-Harder, Maurita T Harris

“…Two reviewers, HMB and MM, will independently and blindly screen all title/abstracts and full-text studies for eligibility. Any Canadian-situated studies that centrally mention and focus on "spirituality" or "spiritual health" will be included. …”
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CAECENET: An automatic system processing photometer and ceilometer data from different networks to provide columnar and vertically-resolved aerosol properties. by Celia Herrero Del Barrio, Roberto Román, Ramiro González, Alberto Cazorla, Marcos Herreras-Giralda, Juan Carlos Antuña-Sánchez, Francisco Molero, Francisco Navas-Guzmán, Antonio Serrano, María Ángeles Obregón, Yolanda Sola, Marco Pandolfi, Sara Herrero-Anta, Daniel González-Fernández, Jorge Muñiz-Rosado, David Mateos, Abel Calle, Carlos Toledano, Victoria E Cachorro, Ángel M de Frutos

“…This was an intense event, with AOD at 440 nm values around 0.5 in Madrid and Valladolid, and reaching 1.55 in Granada. Transport from the Canadian wildfires at the end of June 2023 is also studied. …”
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Learning to build low-field MRIs for remote northern communities by Gordon E. Sarty, Logi Vidarsson, Christopher Hansen, Christopher Hansen, Keifer Corrigal, Lionel Sutherland, Millie Jamieson, Micheal Hogue, Haile Kassahun, William Greyeyes, David Teixeira, Lawrence Goertzen, Jonathan McEvoy, Mark Pollard

“…Low-field Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has the potential to provide autonomous accessible neuroimaging in remote communities, particularly in the Canadian north. Remoteness necessitates that these MRIs be built and maintained within the communities. …”
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Cross-Cultural Validation of the English Chronic Pain Myth Scale in Emergency Nurses by Geraldine Martorella, Anaïs Lacasse, Michelle Kostic, Glenna Schluck

“…These patients often face stigmatization, and the ED is no exception. The French-Canadian Chronic Pain Myth Scale (CPMS) was developed to evaluate common societal misconceptions about CP including among healthcare providers. …”
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A structured approach to developing an introductory statistics course for graduate students: Using data to teach about data by Lisa Eunyoung Lee, Sobiga Vyravanathan, Tony Panzarella, Caitlin Gillan, Nicole Harnett

“… Abstract Background/Objective It was identified in the largest graduate unit of the Faculty of Medicine of a major Canadian University that there was a critical unmet curricular need for an introductory statistics and study design course. …”
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Social and structural factors that influence refugee women’s use of mental health care services in Canada: A narrative review by Shreya Mahajan, Samantha B. Meyer

“…The aim of this paper is to identify social and structural factors that influence Canadian refugee women’s use (or lack thereof) of mental health care services. …”

Numerical modeling of the long-term poromechanical performance of a deep enhanced geothermal system in northern Québec by Saeed Vadiee, Biao Li, Jasmin Raymond, Mafalda M. Miranda

“…This study numerically investigates the thermo-poromechanical effects in a Canadian geothermal reservoir caused by long-term fluid production and injection. …”
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Paramedic Recognition of Sepsis in the Prehospital Setting: A Prospective Observational Study by Robert S. Green, Andrew H. Travers, Edward Cain, Samuel G. Campbell, Jan L. Jensen, David A. Petrie, Mete Erdogan, Gredi Patrick, Ward Patrick

“…Prospective observational study of adult patients (age ≥ 16 years) transported by paramedics to the emergency department (ED) of a Canadian tertiary hospital. Paramedic identification of sepsis was assessed using a novel prehospital sepsis screening tool developed by the study team and compared to blind, independent documentation of ED diagnoses by attending emergency physicians (EPs). …”
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Children’s Mental Health Visits to the Emergency Department: Factors Affecting Wait Times and Length of Stay by Amanda S. Newton, Sachin Rathee, Simran Grewal, Nadia Dow, Rhonda J. Rosychuk

“…Sex (male: HR=1.48, 95% CI=1.20–1.84), ED type (pediatric ED: HR=5.91, 95% CI=4.16–8.39), and triage level (Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) 2: HR=3.62, 95% CI=2.24–5.85) were statistically significant predictors of wait time. …”
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Access to Complex Abortion Care Service and Planning Improved through a Toll-Free Telephone Resource Line by Wendy V. Norman, Barbara Hestrin, Royce Dueck

“…We describe the development and implementation of a province-wide toll-free telephone counseling and access facilitation service, including establishment of a provincial network of local abortion service providers in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1998 to 2010. …”
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Measurement properties of the Spanish COPM in older adult rehabilitation inpatients by Elisabet Capdevila, Mariona Portell, Eva Penelo, María Rodríguez-Bailón

“…Aims To analyse the measurement properties of the Spanish version of the COPM (Canadian Occupational Performance Measure) in older adult rehabilitation inpatients.Method A sample of 172 users from 17 inpatient care facilities for older adults (47% nursing homes) participated in a quantitative prospective study. …”
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Care partner experience with telepresence robots in long-term care during COVID-19 pandemic by Grace Hu, Joey Wong, Lily Haopu Ren, Sarah Kleiss, Annette Berndt, Lily Wong, Ali Hussein, Nazia Ahmed, Jim Mann, Lillian Hung

“…We conducted semi-structured interviews with 20 care partners who used the robots in five urban Canadian LTC homes between May 2021 and August 2023. …”
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Evaluation and Measurement of Health-Related Quality of Life for Individuals with Diabetes Mellitus by Health Utilities Index Mark 3 (HUI3) System by Frank Mo, Howard Morrison, Bernard C.K. Choi, Lianne Vardy

“…The study was based on the Canadian National Population Survey (NPHS) longitudinal data, from 1994—1995 to 2002—2003. …”
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Relationship between Physical Activity Level and Physical Literacy in Iranian Ethnic Children: A Cross-Cultural Study by Majid Mohammadi, Sheikh Mahmoud, Davood Hoomanian, Hasan Gharayagh Zandi, Mehrzad Hamidi

“…Data was collected using the Canadian Physical Literacy Test-2 and the International Child and Adolescent Physical Activity Questionnaire. …”
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