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Social Accountability of Medical Schools to Indigenous Students: A Critical Qualitative Analysis of Trainee Experiences in Western Canadian Institutions
(Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 2020-09-25)As medical schools increasingly aspire towards diverse student bodies, external directives such as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada’s Calls to Action may guide efforts to achieve Indigenous inclusion. ... -
Addiction Substitution and Concurrent Recovery in Gambling Disorder: Evidence from Multiple Studies
(Arts, University of Calgary, 2020-08)The dissertation aimed to increase our understanding of addiction substitution and concurrent recovery in gambling disorder. In Study 1, a systematic review was conducted to identify empirical studies on addiction substitution. ... -
Trajectories of Paternal Postpartum Depression
(Arts, University of Calgary, 2020-07-30)Background: New fathers are nearly twice as likely to experience depression than men in the general population. The majority of studies examining risk factors for paternal postpartum depression (PPD) have used cross-sectional ... -
White matter development and neurodevelopmental abnormalities
(Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 2020-04-23)White matter undergoes profound growth over the course of neurodevelopment, with maturational changes in properties such as axon orientation dispersion, axon/neurite density, and the cross-sectional diameter of axon fiber ... -
Coping with Distal and Proximal Stressors: A Transactional Model of Stress Among First-Year Undergraduate Students
(Arts, University of Calgary, 2019-10-14)The transition to post-secondary education has been cited as a period of high stress, and increased rates of mental health concerns among undergraduate samples suggest that many students are poorly equipped to cope with ... -
Substrate coordination and activation at a bis(N-heterocyclic carbene)nickel(0) fragment incorporating a siloxane linker
(Science, University of Calgary, 2019-08-27)This work hones in on the synthesis and reactivity of a novel bis(NHC)Ni0 fragment in pursuit of expanding the underexplored family of chelating bis(NHC) ligands in the stabilization of low-valent species. Contrasting ... -
Trails to Community: An Ethnography of Ultrarunning
(Arts, University of Calgary, 2019-06-27)Background: Ultrarunning is a form of extreme long-distance running in which participants run further than the marathon distance of 42.2km. Ultrarunners are found around the world and represent a broad sociocultural ... -
Validation of the Mild Behavioral Impairment-Checklist in Subjective Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
(Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 2019-06-17)Introduction: Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) are early markers of dementia preceding cognitive impairment. The Mild Behavioral Impairment Checklist (MBI-C) was developed to characterize NPS for pre-dementia patients. This ... -
Microscale Tissue Engineering and Contributors of the Cellular Niche
(Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2019-05-31)The behaviour of cells is modulated by their microenvironment or ‘niche’. While cellular therapies offer promising curative solutions for many diseases, the efficacy of transplanted cells is often hampered by a suboptimal ... -
Strategies for increasing cycling in winter: A case study of Calgary
(Environmental Design, University of Calgary, Calgary, 2007-01)In North American Cities with a winter climate, the use of the bicycle drops dramatically during the winter season. The thesis of this research, is that the drop in ridership is not determined solely by climate. Climactic ...