Author(s): Doucet C; Gagnon IJ; Beaulieu C; Grilli L; Teel EF;

Objective: To determine if physiotherapy outcomes differ in children with concussion treated in-clinic versus virtually. Methods: Licensed physiotherapists assessed and treated 23 children with concussion using telehealth delivery during COVID-19. These patients were matched to children assessed and treated in-clinic before (n = 23) and during (n = 23) t ...

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Author(s): Rosenstein B; Bergevin M; Bobeuf F; Bherer L; Pageaux B; Roy M; Fortin M;

Background: Multimodal exercise programs do not specifically target lumbar paraspinal musculature, but incorporate aspects of different exercises to have an overall benefit. Objective: To investigate the effect of a multimodal exercise program on paraspinal muscle volume and composition, and patient outcomes in individuals with chronic low back pain (CLB ...

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Author(s): Mohemmi N; Karamati SA; Miladi R; Khodayari MT; Bashiri H; Faraji R; Falahi S; Jalilian S; Bozorgomid A; Hamzavi Y;

Neospora caninum (protozoa: Apicomplexa) is a major cause of economic losses in bovine production systems due to reproductive failure and abortion in cows. Although there is evidence of camelids being exposed to N. caninum, the importance of these animals in the parasite's life cycle is uncle ...

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Author(s): Shojaei S; Mulligan CN;

Biosurfactants offer a green, sustainable approach to many environmental bioremediations, especially for oil contamination. In this study, the aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of biosurfactants in accelerating hydrocarbon removal from mature fine tailings under anaerobic conditions. The bacteria were isolated from mature fine tailings and tested for b ...

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Author(s): Tahvilian H; Kafieh R; Ashtari F; Swamy MNS; Ahmad MO;

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory and neurodegenerative disease. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive imaging technique of the retina. The thickness of the ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) obtained from an OCT image is a valuable biomarker for monitoring MS. Since the functional shape (F-shape)-based technique has prove ...

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Author(s): Yimbila S; Perdomo C; Vo DK; Pérez CJV; Onwubiko V; Nguyen NT;

Microwave-assisted synthesis offers several advantages over conventional methods, including shorter reaction times and more efficient heating in systems containing polar solvents such as water or ethanol. These features can be exploited to prepare and modify active photocatalysts for H2-production reactions, allowing precise tuning of composition and fina ...

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Author(s): Rantisi NM; Henaway M; Leslie D;

In a context of government cutbacks, non-profit labour-market intermediaries are assuming a more significant role in efforts to combat precarious employment. Yet such organizations are still subject to state funding regimes, regulations, oversight and neoliberal logics. As such, some scholars argue that they constitute "shadow state" spaces. In ...

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Author(s): Gamache I; Fagbemi K; Harnois-Leblanc S; Greenwood CMT; Henderson M; Van Hulst A; Timpson NJ; Manousaki D;

Aims/hypothesis: Dysglycaemia in youth results from complex interactions between genetic and environmental factors, yet their individual and combined contributions remain unclear. We aimed to: (1) evaluate the predictive performance of polygenic risk scores (PRSs) for glycaemic traits from childh ...

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Author(s): Kafian Safari M; Mirzae M; Gheflati B; Sharifzade M; Zuhars J; Rottoo S; Rivaz H;

Purpose: Computer- and robotic-assisted technologies improve total knee arthroplasty (TKA) through intraoperative bone registration. However, limited bone exposure restricts point collection to the distal femur, omitting key geometric features and reducing registration accuracy and the surgical outcomes. Methods: We introduce a deep learning-based method ...

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Author(s): Griffith J; Lord JM; Catchen MD; Arce-Plata MI; Blanchet FG; Chandramohan M; Diaz-Corzo MC; Gravel D; Gutiérrez C; Helfenstein IS; Hoban S; Kass JM; Laikre L; Larocque G; Leigh DM; Leung B; Mastretta-Yanes A; Millette KL; Berbeo MAM; Ngu ...

The Convention on Biological Diversity's Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) sets ambitious goals to protect and restore biodiversity. It includes a monitoring framework that mandates countries to track progress toward these goals using indicators that summarize biodiversity ...

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Author(s): Rodriguez Buritica JM; van den Bos W; Eppinger B; Ciranka SK;

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