Author(s): Labbé S; Bacon SL; Wu N; Ribeiro PAB; Boucher VG; Stojanovic J; Voisard B; Deslauriers F; Tremblay N; Hébert-Auger L; Lavoie KL;

Traditional approaches to increase vaccination rely upon educating patients about vaccines. However, research shows that "knowing" vaccines are important is often insufficient: patients need to believe that getting vaccinated is important. Evidence-based motivational approaches, such as ...

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Author(s): Rasoulivalajoozi M; Cucuzzella C; Farhoudi M;

Background: Physical accessibility is not the only concern for wheelchair users (WUs); they also face barriers to social presence, such as challenges in social engagement and negative stereotypes. Identifying key domains in the literature that impact their social and emotional experiences is essential to addressing these issues. Objective: This scoping r ...

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Author(s): Van Hulst A; Zheng S; Argiropoulos N; Ybarra M; Ball GDC; Kakinami L;

The World Health Organization recommends using + 2 SD of body mass index z-score (zBMI) to define overweight/obesity (OWO) in children ages 2 to 5 years whereas + 1 SD is used as cut-point from 5 years onwards. Empirical evidence for using different cut-points across childhood is lacking. Our objective was to compare the ability of OWO in early childhood ...

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Author(s): Sun Y; Bakhtiari S; Valente-Paterno M; Jiang H; Zerges W;

A small genome in chloroplasts encodes many of the polypeptide subunits of the photosynthetic electron transport complexes embedded in the membranes of thylakoid vesicles in the chloroplast stroma and synthesized by ribosomes of the bacterial-like genetic system of this semiautonomous organelle. While thylakoid membranes are sites of translation, evidence ...

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Author(s): López RR; Ben El Khyat CZ; Chen Y; Tsering T; Dickinson K; Bustamante P; Erzingatzian A; Bartolomucci A; Ferrier ST; Douanne N; Mounier C; Stiharu I; Nerguizian V; Burnier JV;

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are secreted by most cell types and play a central role in cell-cell communication. These naturally occurring nanoparticles have been particularly implicated in cancer, but EV heterogeneity and lengthy isolation methods with low yield make them difficult to study. To ...

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Author(s): Ben-Porat T; Lahav Y; Cohen TR; Bacon SL; Buch A; Moizé V; Sherf-Dagan S;

Purpose of review: Protein intake is recognized as a key nutritional factor crucial for optimizing Metabolic Bariatric Surgery (MBS) outcomes by preventing protein malnutrition, preserving fat-free mass, and inducing satiety. This paper discusses the current evidence regarding protein intake and its impact on clinical outcomes following MBS. Recent findi ...

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Author(s): Vatandoost H; Abdalaziz M; Sedaghati R; Rakheja S;

Magnetorheological (MR) fluid (MRF) dampers, serving as fail-safe semi-active devices, exhibit nonlinear hysteresis characteristics, emphasizing the necessity for accurate modeling to formulate effective control strategies in smart systems. This paper introduces a novel stop operator-based Prandtl-Ishlinskii (PI) model, featuring a reduced parameter set ( ...

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Author(s): Chowdhury FR; Mercado LD; Kharitonov K; Findlay BL;

The rise of antimicrobial resistance as a global health concern has led to a strong interest in compounds able to inhibit the growth of bacteria without detectable levels of resistance evolution. A number of these compounds have been reported in recent years, including the tridecaptins, a small family of lipopeptides typified by the synthetic analogue oct ...

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Author(s): Leite ML; Comeau P; Zaghwan A; Shen Y; Manso AP;

Objectives: This study aimed to assess the potential of experimental dental resins containing ZnO nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) as a functional tool for the modulation of cariogenic biofilm in long-term. Methods: Minimum inhibitory and bactericidal concentrations (MIC/MBC) of ZnO-NPs against Streptococcus mutans we ...

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Author(s): Heidl AJ; Gierc M; Saputra S; Waliwitiya T; Puterman E; Cohen TR;

It is unknown if children and youth who live in rural or "less rural" locations who enroll in the provincially funded Generation Health Clinic (British Columbia, Canada), a family-based lifestyle program for weight management, present with different health behaviors at baseline. Thus, we assessed sociodemographic and health behavior (diet, physical activi ...

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Author(s): Meek K; Movafagh M; Dubé MA;

The ring-opening polymerization of bio-based monomer 2-methylene-1,3-dioxepane (MDO) can reportedly enhance polymer degradability. Butyl acrylate (BA)/MDO/vinyl acetate (VAc) terpolymers were synthesized via emulsion polymerization for their eventual application as pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs). While using MDO in emulsion polymerization leads to a ...

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