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The King Can Do No Wrong: The Expulsion of the Douglasites, Intra-Party Conflict Resolution, and Dominant Party Ideological Moderation
(Arts, Political Science, University of Calgary, 2022-04-18)In 1947-1948, Premier of Alberta, Ernest Manning, expelled the rabidly anti-Semitic sect of his caucus and Government known as the Douglasites. In this purge, Manning would end up expelling numerous members of his caucus, ... -
The Mind-Gut Connection: A virtual reality education program on the relationship between the digestive system, nervous system, and microbiome.
(Cumming School of Medicine, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Computer Science, University of Calgary, 2019-11-26)The Mind-Gut Connection is a virtual reality education application on the relationship between the digestive system, nervous system, and microbiome. Together, these systems form the gut-brain axis and communicate with one ... -
Ethically-Justifiable Currency Fencing
(Arts, Philosophy, University of Calgary, 2019-11)Technological advances enable anyone to create digital currencies - not simply state actors - bringing currency debates out of political buildings and into everyday discussion. Digital currencies have the potential to be ... -
Determinants of Child Health in China: Examining Maternal Employment & Kindergarten Attendance
(Social Work, University of Calgary, 2019-11-26)In this study, we examined the effects of maternal employment and kindergarten attendance on a child’s body mass index (BMI) score. Children between the ages of 3 to 6 (n = 532) were selected from the 2010 wave of the China ... -
Mental health literacy: Amount of knowledge influences sentencing outcomes
(Arts, Psychology, 2019-11-27)The project investigated how one’s mental health literacy (ML) affected punitiveness toward a person convicted of a crime. We hypothesized that participants with higher ML scores would recommend more lenient sentences than ... -
Pendulum Study: Active Visual Tracking Elicits Non-Selective Elevations in Cerebral Blood Flow
(Cumming School of Medicine, Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Calgary, 2019-04)Neurovascular coupling (NVC) describes the effective matching of cerebral blood flow (CBF) to regions of neuro-metabolic demand. There is increasing interest to assess human NVC for both basic research and its potential ... -
Adult patient perspectives of the unknowns of living with epilepsy - results from a focus group study.
(Cumming School of Medicine, Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, 2019-11-24)Background/Objectives: Epilepsy is one of the most common and debilitating neurological conditions that affects nearly 50 million people worldwide, yet there remains a stigma around this condition, which can impact the ... -
The effect of simulated altitude on VO2max in humans
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The effects of hyperglycemia on vascular responses in individuals with obesity
(Kinesiology, Human Performance Lab, 2019-01)Objective: To evaluate the acute effects of hyperglycemia on the vasculature of lean and obese individuals. Methods: Nine normal-weight (BMI 18.1 to 24.9 kg/m2) and nine individuals with obesity (BMI 30.0 to 39.9 kg/m2) ... -
Resting-State Functional Connectivity Differences in Pediatric Migraine
(Cumming School of Medicine, Radiology, University of Calgary, 2019-11-17)Pediatric migraines are highly prevalent but not well-understood. Neuroimaging can provide great insight to brain physiology, but few studies have applied imaging to study pediatric migraines. Previous adult literature has ...