Author(s): Alemi R, Lehmann A, Deroche MLD

Monitoring voice pitch is a fine-tuned process in daily conversations as conveying accurately the linguistic and affective cues in a given utterance depends on the precise control of phonation and intonation. This monitoring is thought to depend on whether the error is treated as self-generated or externally-generated, resulting in either a correction or ...

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Author(s): Desharnais B; Lajoie MJ; Laquerre J; Mireault P; Skinner CD;

A study of impaired driving rates in the province of Québec is currently planned following the legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada. Oral fluid (OF) samples are to be collected with a Quantisal® device and sent to the laboratory for analysis. In order to prepare for this project, a qualitative decision point analysis method monitoring for the p ...

Article GUID: 33035929

Author(s): Manning EE, Bradfield LA, Iordanova MD

In complex environments, organisms must respond adaptively to situations despite conflicting information. Under natural (i.e. non-laboratory) circumstances, it is rare that cues or responses are consistently paired with a single outcome. Inconsistent pairings are more common, as are situations where cues and responses are associated with multiple outcomes ...

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Author(s): Ozturk TN; Culham DE; Tempelhagen L; Wood JM; Lamoureux G;

Osmosensing transporter ProP detects the increase in cytoplasmic cation concentration associated with osmotically induced cell dehydration and mediates osmolyte uptake into bacteria. ProP is a 12-transmembrane helix protein with an a-helical, cytoplasmic C-terminal domain (CTD) linked to transmembrane helix XII (TM XII). It has been proposed that the CTD ...

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Author(s): Mandl GA; Van der Heggen D; Cooper DR; Joos JJ; Seuntjens J; Smet PF; Capobianco JA;

Trivalent praseodymium exhibits a wide range of luminescent phenomena when doped into a variety of different materials. Herein, radioluminescent NaLuF4:20%Pr3+ nanoparticles are studied. Four different samples of this composition were prepared ranging from 400-70 nm in size. Kinetic studies of radioluminescence as a function of X-ray irradiation time reve ...

Article GUID: 33030192

Author(s): Cooke AB; Kuate Defo A; Dasgupta K; Papaioannou TG; Lee J; Morin SN; Murphy J; Santosa S; Daskalopoulou SS;

Introduction: Accurate comparisons of carotid--femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) within and across studies require standardized procedures. Guidelines suggest reporting the average of at least two cfPWV measurements; if the difference exceeds 0.5 m/s, a third measurement should be taken, and th ...

Article GUID: 33031179

Author(s): Bond-Lamberty B, Christianson DS, Malhotra A, Pennington SC, Sihi D, AghaKouchak A, Anjileli H, Altaf Arain M, Armesto JJ, Ashraf S, Ataka M, Baldocchi D, Andrew Black T, Buchmann N, Carbone MS, Chang SC, Crill P, Curtis PS, Davidson EA, ...

Globally, soils store two to three times as much carbon as currently resides in the atmosphere, and it is critical to understand how soil greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and uptake will respond to ongoing climate change. In particular, the soil-to-atmosphere CO2 flux, commonly though imprecisely t ...

Article GUID: 33026137

Author(s): Papolla C, Darwish A, Kadem L, Rieu R

PURPOSE: Mitral regurgitation (MR) is the second most common valve disease in industrialized countries. Despite its high prevalence, little is known about its impact on the flow dynamics in the left ventricle (LV). Because of the interdependence between valvular function and hemodynamics in the heart chambers, an exploration of the dynamics in the LV coul ...

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Author(s): Lévesque J; Rivaz H; Rizk A; Frenette S; Boily M; Fortin M;

Context: A smaller lumbar multifidus (LM) muscle was reported to be a strong predictor of lower limb injury in professional Australian Football League players. However, despite the high prevalence of low back pain (LBP) and lower limb injury in rugby players, their LM characteristics have yet to be explored. Objective: To (1) examine LM characteristics i ...

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Author(s): Swaine B, Poncet F, Lachance B, Proulx-Goulet C, Bergeron V, Brousse É, Lamoureux J, McKinley P

Background/Objective: To determine the added benefit on participants' mobility and participation of a 12-week dance therapy (DT) intervention combined with usual physical rehabilitation for adults with varied physical disabilities. Their appreciation of DT was also explored. Methods: We condu ...

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Author(s): Vorobyeva EV; Ermakov PN; Borokhovski EF; Kovsh EM; Stoletniy AS;

ackground: This study aimed to discover the association between parameters of event-related potentials (ERPs) and categorization of images of visual scenes, both emotionally-charged and neutral, in carriers of different genotypes of the COMT, HTR2A, BDNF genes. Methods: Electroencephalogram (EEG) and ERPs were recorded at 128 leads, with two ear referents ...

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Author(s): Mykhalovskiy E, Kazatchkine C, Foreman-Mackey A, McClelland A, Peck R, Hastings C, Elliott R

Faced with the extraordinary global public health crisis of COVID-19, governments across Canada must decide, often with limited and imperfect evidence, how to implement measures to reduce its spread. Drawing on a health and human rights framework, this commentary explores several features of the ...

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