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Key factors influencing First Nation youth perspectives on forest management and capacity development in northern Ontario, Canada
(2018)
First Nation youth often play a central, though indirect, role in Ontario’s forest sector as the beneficiaries of capacity-building arrangements, employment opportunities and cultural-retention initiatives. Correspondingly, ...
Why don't intermediate teachers go outside?
(2018)
The benefits of spending time outdoors and connecting with the natural world are
becoming increasingly recognized, with outdoor education gaining more acceptance and
visibility in our society. Unfortunately, traditional ...
Carbon bio-sequestration by anhydrase enzyme extracted from spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
(2018)
Demand for sustainable and new technologies striving for sequestration of greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide, is an area of considerable focus. In recent years there has been an increased interest in using an ...
The effect of isometric cervical strength, head impact location, and impact mechanism on simulated head impact measures in female ice hockey players
(2018)
Head injuries in sport have become a growing concern due to the negative acute and chronic health effects manifested from concussion injuries. Ice hockey is a sport associated with a high rate of concussions, although most ...
The role of intolerance of uncertainty in social anxiety: interpretation of ambiguous social information
(2018)
The existence of intolerance of uncertainty (IU) about ambiguous social information in individuals with social anxiety has only recently begun to be explored by researchers, whereas the cognitive mechanisms whereby IU might ...
Infant feeding method and neonatal abstinence syndrome
(2018)
Background: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) is a complex disorder, observed in infants
experiencing symptoms of withdrawal, as a result of in utero exposure to the maternal use of
opioids. Breastfeeding has been ...
The effects of moderate exercise on cognitive, cervical, and vestibulo-ocular functioning in healthy individuals: a pilot study
(2018)
While cognitive and physical rest have long been the protocol that most physicians have recommended for concussions, there has been an increase in interest with regards to the prescription of low intensity symptom-limited ...
BIM-based automated schedule generation in reinforced concrete-framed buildings
(2018)
In the construction industry, project schedule has been regarded as a fundamental tool to complete a project under the targeted duration and cost. A sound schedule usually depends on schedulers’ construction management ...
Past and future impacts of climate change on boreal forest timber supply
(2018)
The boreal forest is home to a thriving forest industry which requires stable, long term timber to remain viable. Anthropogenic climate change, caused by the release of greenhouse gasses, is occurring rapidly in northern ...
Synthesis of muramyl dipeptide analogues as immunomodulatory agents
(2018)
Peptidoglycan occurs naturally in cell wall structures of almost all types of bacteria. Muramyl dipeptide (MDP) is a fragment of peptidoglycan, which consists of N-acetylmuramic acid that is attached to a dipeptide of ...