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Semantic web system for differential diagnosis recommendations
(2012)There is a growing realization that healthcare is a knowledge-intensive field. The ability to capture and leverage semantics via inference or query processing is crucial for supporting the various required processes in ... -
Semi-supervised framework for clustering and semantic segmentation
(2021)During the past couple of decades, machine learning and deep learning methods have achieved remarkable results in many real-world applications. However, it is difficult to develop and train these artificial intelligence ... -
Sensation seeking: cognitive and psychophysical correlates
(1973)The large body of research on exploratory behaviour, early isolation, sensory deprivation, and sensory overload has suggested the hypothesis that organisms seek an optimal level of stimulation from their environment. ... -
Sensory materials in child care : an assessment of illness risk / by Heidi J. Pitfield.
(2010)Objective. The objective of this study was to assess the risk of illness attributable to sensory use in licensed child care settings. Design. Four child care centres from one large corporation in the same health region ... -
Separating the recollective and automatic influences on memory using simultaneous judgements about fame and memory for prior occurrence / by Christine J. Kivi
(1995)Two experiments evaluated the utility ofreconstructing exclusion and inclusion responses which are used in the process dissociation procedure (Jacoby, 1991) from simultaneous subject responses about fame and recollective ... -
Serious heart disease and cancer and the multidimensional health locus of control
(1983)The present research attempted to determine whether or not individuals' perceptions of serious heart disease and cancer would differentially affect health locus of control beliefs, as measured by the Multidimensional ... -
Set-based computations
(1995)The representation of uncertain information and inference with such information are some of the fundamental issues in uncertainty management. Conventional methods for uncertainty management usually use a single value ... -
A Seventh fire spark preparing the seventh generation : what are the education related needs and concerns of students from Rainy River First Nations
(2012-11-10)This study examines factors that impact high school completion for Rainy River First Nations students living on-reserve in the Manitou Rapids community in Ontario. Utilizing traditional community knowledge as a guiding ... -
Severity and gendered mental disorders: does perceived illness severity influence gendered stereotypes of mental health stigma?
(2020)Compounding the already difficult nature of mental illness is the stigma attached to it, and mental illness is highly stigmatized. Social scientists have begun to explore and find evidence that stereotypes are not always ... -
Sex and death in modern America : media as a haven for taboo transgression
(2012-11-10)This study examines popular media representations of sex and death, using examples from television, film and the internet, and frames them using Bakhtin's [Mikhail Bakhtin] theory of carnivalization and Foltyn's [Jacque ... -
Sex differences in jealousy: investigating infidelity types and rival characteristics using animated videos
(2015-08-05)In this study, romantic jealousy, infidelity types, and rival characteristics (height, weight, facial attractiveness, strength, and social status) are explored from an evolutionary perspective. Several studies have previously ... -
Sex-role orientation and response to cognitive stressors
(1984)The present study was aimed at investigating the relationship between sex-role orientation, as defined by the BSRI, and heart-rate response to stress. After being administered both the BSRI and JAS, 35 female ... -
Sexual transmission of hepatitis C virus
(2009)Globally, the prevalence of HCV is estimated by the World Health Organization (2003) to be 3% or approximately 170 million people and is anticipated to have a huge burden in future years on those infected as well as ... -
Sexually stressful experiences in university students
(1990)Fifty one male and female University students were given a questionnaire inquiring about the occurrence and nature of both invasive (physical contact) and non invasive sexually stressfully experiences in their lives. ... -
Shape variation in the talus and medial cuneiform of chimpanzees and bonobos
(2021)Establishing form-function relationships between anatomy and locomotor behaviours in extant taxa provides critical context for interpretations of extinct species. This study used 3D geometric morphometric methods to ... -
Shared response and young adolescent readers' comprehension and re-interpretation of picture books
(1999)This study describes the relationship between shared response and the comprehension and re-interpretation of picture books with four members of a response group of students in a grade 7/8 class during the implementation ... -
The sharing of traditional aboriginal knowledge of pipe carriers from Winnipeg, Manitoba and the implications for the health of Aboriginal Peoples living in urban centers
(2013-02-01)Aboriginal peoples are part of the history and culture of Canada. The history is a tragedy as the Europeans exerted control of the land, resources and Aboriginal peoples themselves. The years of control, oppression and ... -
Shigometer and electrical resistance studies of paper birch
(1990)The Shigometer was evaluated as an instrument for detecting red heart of paper birch. The Shigometer accurately detected the presence of red heart at a 50% decrease from the maximum reading rule but sometimes failed to ... -
Shoreline forest disturbance rates in natural and managed forests of northwestern Ontario
(2004)The purpose of this study was to compare the rates of disturbance along forested shorelines between natural and managed forests of the mesic boreal region of northwestern Ontario. Comparisons were made between areas that ...