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A Scoping Review of Frailty and Acute Care in Middle-Aged and Older Individuals with Recommendations for Future Research
(Canadian Geriatrics Society, 2017-03-31)There is general agreement that frailty is a state of heightened vulnerability to stressors arising from impairments in multiple systems leading to declines in homeostatic reserve and resiliency, but unresolved issues ... -
Sex differences in solute and water handling in the human kidney: Modeling and functional implications
(Elsevier, 2021-06)The kidneys maintain homeostasis by controlling the amount of water and electrolytes in the blood. That function is accomplished by the nephrons, which transform glomerular filtrate into urine by a transport process mediated ... -
Shades of gray in vaccine decision making: Understanding, exploring, and addressing the challenges of influenza vaccine hesitancy in Ontario community pharmacies
(University of Waterloo, 2019-12-19)Background: Two-thirds of Canadian adults currently do not receive the annual influenza vaccine. Vaccine hesitancy (VH), the voluntary delay or refusal of vaccination services despite availability is a significant contributor ... -
Supporting student development through a cooperative education coaching program
(International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2016)Uptake of new scopes of practice by pharmacists has been slow and inconsistent, which the literature suggests may be related to disconnects between pharmacists' established professional identities and the identities needed ... -
Synthesis and Characterisation of Chiral Nanomaterials and their Influence on Stem Cell Differentiation
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-11)Tissue engineering is a field related to regenerative medicine which aims at replacing or regenerating a patient’s tissue, usually using a combination of cells and a bioactive material which is designed to influence cell ... -
Synthesis of Multiply Deuterated Cephalosporins
(University of Waterloo, 2014-12-12)Antibiotics are one of the greatest accomplishments in the field of science. They have been extensively used since the time of their discovery. Amongst all the antibiotics, the -lactam class of antibiotics have been the ... -
Transactivation of platelet-derived growth factor receptor type β: Mechanisms and potential relevance in neurobiology
(University of Waterloo, 2013-12-23)In the absence of ligand, certain growth factor receptors can be activated via G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) activation in a process termed transactivation. Serotonin (5-HT) receptors can transactivate the receptor ... -
Understanding the dynamics and molecular interactions of the human cannabinoid receptor 1
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-23)Cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1), one of the most populated G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR) present within the brain, is involved in various physiological and homeostatic processes. These pathways include metabolism and ... -
Understanding the Relationship Between Pharmacists’ Implicit and Explicit Bias and Perceptions of Pharmacist Services Among Arab and Black Individuals
(University of Waterloo, 2019-11-27)Background. Recent studies suggest that Health Care Professionals’ (HCPs) unconscious bias about race contributes to health care disparities. The objective of this research was to estimate unconscious racial bias among ... -
Using a collaborative research approach to develop an interdisciplinary research agenda for the study of mobile health interventions for older adults.
(JMIR Mhealth Uhealth., 2015-02-10)Background: Seniors with chronic diseases are often called on to self-manage their conditions. Mobile health (mHealth) tools may be a useful strategy to help seniors access health information at the point of decision-making, ...