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Managing Children with Asthma at Home Daycares: The Views of Providers
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-20)Background: Over 180,000 deaths annually are caused by asthma. It is expected that more than 80% of these deaths could be avoided with proper educational and chronic disease management programs. For example, Rayne Stanley, ... -
Mapping community with African-Canadian youth newcomers: Settlement narratives and welcoming communities
(University of Waterloo, 2014-03-03)Immigration is important to Canada and Canadian society in many ways. Leading the G8 group of countries with the highest proportion of foreign-born population, immigrants make up an important part of the Canadian economy ... -
Mapping the way to healthier cities: A qualitative case study of food environment mapping tools
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-19)Background: Evidence-based decision-making (EBDM) stems from evidence-based medicine (EBM) and involves integrating up to date, valid, and best available research into the decision-making process. Where EBM relies on ... -
Marijuana Use in Canada: Patterns of Use Among Medical Marijuana Users
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-20)Research evidence supports the use of marijuana for the purpose of relieving medical symptoms and, therefore, the Canadian courts granted Canadians legal access to marijuana for medical purposes. More than 40,000 Canadians ... -
Martial Mind: Examining the Relationship among Martial Arts Participation, Identity, and Wellbeing
(University of Waterloo, 2010-11-10)For hundreds of years, supporters of the traditional Martial Arts have spoken of the ability to promote the personal development of the practitioner through serious training practices (Lu, 2008). The connection between ... -
Masculinity in two reddit men’s communities: Feminism is foul, privilege is precarious, and being beta is bad.
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-29)TL;DR Work, social lives, and leisure practices are increasingly digitally mediated, and as more and more of our interactions move online, we seek out platforms and communities where we can share ideas and interact with ... -
Maternal Adaptations and Lipid Mobilization During Pregnancy in Rats
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-31)Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is a major structural fatty acid in brain and is required for fetal growth and development. DHA in maternal plasma increases during pregnancy to meet the placental transport demands of the fetus. ... -
Maternal fish oil supplementation during lactation is associated with reduced height at 13 years of age and higher blood pressure in boys only
(Cambridge University Press, 2016-12-28)Dietary long-chain n-3 PUFA (n-3 LCPUFA) in infancy may have long-term effects on lifestyle disease risk. The present follow-up study investigated whether maternal fish oil (FO) supplementation during lactation affected ... -
Maximal voluntary isometric contraction tests for normalizing electromyographic data from different regions of supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles: Identifying reliable combinations
(Elsevier, 2018-08-01)This study aimed to identify optimal sets of maximal voluntary isometric contractions (MVICs) for normalizing EMG data from anterior and posterior regions of the supraspinatus, and superior, middle and inferior regions of ... -
Meanings of Leisure in the Everyday Lives of Chinese University Students
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-28)While meanings of leisure have been widely studied from Western perspectives, to date, few researchers have explored the meanings of leisure in non-Western cultural contexts. However, in an era of globalization, it is ... -
Measuring and Responding to Mental Health Needs of Emerging Adults Receiving Care in Canadian Psychiatric Settings: Evidence for the Importance of Assessing Anxiety Symptoms
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-05)Background: Emerging adulthood (EA) is a developmental period between the ages of 18-29 that is characterized by numerous life transitions, as well as high rates of psychological distress and onset of several psychological ... -
Measuring the implementation of a group-based Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise (Mi-LiFE) intervention delivered in primary care for older adults aged 75 years or older: a pilot feasibility study protocol
(BioMed Central, 2015-12-01)Background Declines in function and quality of life, and an increased risk of cardiovascular events, falls, and fractures occur with aging and may be amenable to exercise intervention. Primary care is an ideal setting for ... -
Mechanical response of the porcine cervical spine to acute and repetitive anterior-posterior shear
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-13)Approximately 80% of the population will experience low-back pain within their lifetime. Significant research efforts have focused on compressive loading as an injury mechanism that could lead to low-back pain and injury. ... -
Mechanisms of over-active endothelium-derived contracting factor signaling causing common carotid artery endothelial vasomotor dysfunction in hypertension and aging
(University of Waterloo, 2011-03-09)Background and Purpose: The endothelium is a single-cell layer positioned at the blood-vascular wall interface, where in response to blood-borne signals and hemodynamic forces, endothelial cells act as central regulators ... -
Meeting the Challenge of Managing Seniors With Multiple Complex Conditions: The Central Role of Primary Care
(Canadian Geriatrics Society, 2012-09-28)With the aging population, primary care physicians will be increasingly challenged to manage more seniors with complex chronic conditions. The North American population aged 65 years and above is projected to increase from ... -
MENTAL HEALTH INPATIENT USE OVER TIME: IDENTIFYING CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED USE FOLLOWING INDEX ADMISSION
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-06)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe patterns of inpatient mental health service following index admission and to identify individual and socio-environmental factors associated with high use following index ... -
Mercury Exposure Analyses Amongst Dene and Métis Communities of the Northwest Territories
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-09)Background: Fish is an important food source for many Indigenous communities within the Dehcho and Sahtú regions of Northwest Territories (NWT). However, environmental toxicants, such as mercury (Hg), can bioaccumulate and ... -
Merlynne: Motivating Peer-to-Peer Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with a Serious Game
(ACM, 2021-09)Human-Computer Interaction researchers have explored how online communities can be leveraged for peer support, but general disinterest and a lack of engagement have emerged as substantial barriers to their use in practice. ... -
The Metamorphosis of Self: Phenomenological Insights into the Meaning of Being for Immigrant Artists
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-12)In 2013, 232 million people or 3.2 percent of the world's population lived outside their country of origin (United Nation’s Population Fund [UNPF], 2015). According to the UNPF, the majority of migrants venture into new ... -
Micronutrients in Long-Term Care (LTC): Issues and opportunities for improvement
(University of Waterloo, 2014-10-22)BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is common among long-term care (LTC) residents, yet there is limited research on micronutrient (vitamin and mineral) malnutrition in the LTC setting. Micronutrient deficiencies may exacerbate ...