Publications
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| the effect of fetal gender on the false-positive rate of down syndrome by maternal serum screening. | (1) to further explore if there is a difference in maternal serum levels of alpha-fetoprotein (afp), human chorionic gonadotrophin (hcg) and estriol (ue3) between fetal genders. (2) to determine if these differences influence false-positive rates of down syndrome screening in pregnancies with male or female fetuses. | 2005 | 16353275 |
| hiv/aids in the courts--canada. criminal law and hiv transmission or exposure: one new case. hiv-positive man receives three years in prison for unprotected sex. | 2005 | 16370034 | |
| defining needs-based urban health planning areas is feasible and desirable: a population-based approach in toronto, ontario. | reporting health data for large urban areas presents numerous challenges. in the case of toronto, ontario, amalgamation in 1998 merged six census subdivisions into one mega-city, resulting in the disappearance of standard reporting units. a population-based approach was used to define new health planning areas. census tracts were used as building blocks and combined according to residential income homogeneity, respecting natural and man-made boundaries, forward sortation areas and the city of to ... | 2005 | 16238159 |
| occurrence of perfluorosulfonates and other perfluorochemicals in dust from selected homes in the city of ottawa, canada. | a series of perfluorinated compounds (pfcs) including perfluorooctane sulfonate (pfos) and perfluorooctanoic acid (pfoa) have been recently measured in a variety of environmental samples and biological matrices. in order to better understand the human exposure routes of these chemicals, levels of pfos, pfoa, perfluorobutane sulfonate (pfbs), perfluorohexane sulfonate (pfhs) and perfluorooctane sulfonamide (pfosa) in house dust samples were investigated. the data revealed a correlation between th ... | 2005 | 16252056 |
| the development and validation of equations to predict grip force in the workplace: contributions of muscle activity and posture. | the inherent difficulty of measuring forces on the hand in ergonomic workplace assessments has led to the need for equations to predict grip force. a family of equations was developed, and validated, for the prediction of grip force using forearm electromyography (six finger and wrist muscles) as well as posture of the wrist (flexed, neutral and extended) and forearm (pronated, neutral, supinated). inclusion of muscle activity was necessary to explain over 85% of the grip force variance and was ... | 2005 | 16253943 |
| determinants of health-service use by low-income people. | poverty influences health status, life expectancy, health behaviours, and use of health services. this study examined factors influencing the use of health-related services by people living in poverty. in the first phase, 199 impoverished users of health-related services in 2 large canadian cities were interviewed by their peers. in the second phase, group interviews with people living in poverty (n = 52) were conducted. data were analyzed using thematic content analysis. diverse health-related ... | 2005 | 16268092 |
| challenges and strategies related to hearing loss among dairy farmers. | farming is often imagined to be a serene and idyllic business based on historical images of a man, a horse, and a plow. however, machinery and equipment on farms, such as older tractors, grain dryers, and vacuum pumps, can have noise levels, which may be dangerous to hearing with prolonged, unprotected exposure. | 2005 | 16294656 |
| natural abundance of sb and sc in pristine groundwaters, springwater township, ontario, canada, and implications for tracing contamination from landfill leachates. | using icp-sms and the clean lab methods and procedures developed for determining trace element concentrations in polar snow and ice, a lower limit of detection (lod) of 30 pg l(-1) for sb and 5 pg l(-1) for sc was achieved, allowing the natural abundances of sb and sc to be measured in pristine groundwaters. water samples were collected from natural flows and wells between elmvale and wyevale in springwater township, ontario, canada. the water in this region is derived from chemical reactions be ... | 2005 | 16307077 |
| conceptual accessibility and sentence production in a free word order language (odawa). | the study reported here was conducted in the algonquian language of odawa (a.k.a. ottawa), with the goal of gaining new insight into the ways that conceptual accessibility affects human sentence production. the linguistic characteristics of odawa are quite different from those found in the languages most often examined by psycholinguists. the data obtained from the sentence production experiment reported here are thus relevant to production in a heretofore unexamined language. moreover, the data ... | 2005 | 16307955 |
| croup hospitalizations in ontario: a 14-year time-series analysis. | croup is the most common form of airway obstruction in children. known to be primarily viral, the seasonality of croup has been examined largely through its association with the human parainfluenza viruses. this study examined the seasonal pattern of croup hospitalizations in relation to age and gender for the province of ontario during a 14-year period. | 2005 | 15995030 |
| the demise of repetitive strain injury in sceptical governing rationalities of workplace managers. | in the mid-1990s, rsi (repetitive strain injury) loomed as an occupational health epidemic in industrialised countries. a decade later, the problem appears to have faded away, but there has been little explanation for how this problem might have diminished. this paper offers an explanation for the decline of rsi in the social relations of workplaces, in the pragmatic, day-to-day governance of occupational health by workplace managers. using the conceptual lens of governmentality theory, this stu ... | 2005 | 15998348 |
| human p53 tumor suppressor gene (tp53) and schizophrenia: case-control and family studies. | the human p53 tumor suppressor gene (tp53) is considered as a candidate susceptibility gene for schizophrenia because of its functions in neurodevelopment. to test for an association between tp53 and schizophrenia, both the case-control study and the transmission disequilibrium test (tdt) were performed on genotype data from eight polymorphisms in tp53. our samples included 286 toronto schizophrenia cases and 264 controls, and 163 portuguese nuclear families. in the toronto case-control study si ... | 2005 | 16039051 |
| costs of colposcopy services and their impact on the incidence and mortality rate of cervical cancer in canada. | organized cervical cancer screening services consisting of conventional papanicolaou cervical smears, colposcopy, and related treatment modalities are readily available in all provinces. the purpose of this report was to study the impact of colposcopy usage and costs on cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates in several canadian provinces. knowledge of such information is essential before newer technology such as liquid-based cytology and human papillomavirus testing is introduced or repla ... | 2005 | 16044056 |
| reconstruction of human optic nerve heads for finite element modeling. | glaucoma is a common ocular disease whose pathogenesis is hypothesized to involve biomechanical damage to optic nerve tissues. here we describe a method for the construction of patient-specific models that can be used to evaluate the biomechanical environment within the optic nerve head. we validate the method using a virtual eye, and demonstrate its use in computing optic nerve head biomechanics. | 2005 | 16055979 |
| acute care hospital strategic priorities: perceptions of challenges, control, competition and collaboration in ontario's evolving healthcare system. | to explore the current and pending strategic agenda of ontario hospitals (the largest consumers of the provincial healthcare budget), a survey of ontario acute care hospital ceos was conducted in january 2004. the survey, with an 82% response rate, identifies 29 strategic priorities under seven key strategic themes consistent across different hospital types. these themes include (1) human resources cultivation, (2) service integration and partnerships, (3) consumer engagement, (4) corporate gove ... | 2005 | 16078398 |
| full-time or part-time work in nursing: preferences, tradeoffs and choices. | nursing human resources are limited; thus, effective deployment of personnel is essential to optimize staff capacity. the nursing profession competes for staff in environments where human capital is at a premium. to maximize recruitment and retention, it is imperative that nurses' work preferences be taken into account. | 2005 | 16078406 |
| is house dust the missing exposure pathway for pbdes? an analysis of the urban fate and human exposure to pbdes. | polybrominated diphenyl ether (pbde) body burdens in north america are 20 times that of europeans and some "high accumulation" individuals have burdens up to 1-2 orders of magnitude higher than median values, the reasons for which are not known. we estimated emissions and fate of sigma pbdes (minus bde-209) in a 470 km2 area of toronto, canada, using the multi-media urban model (mum-fate). using a combination of measured and modeled concentrations for indoor and outdoor air, soil, and dust plus ... | 2005 | 16082939 |
| the snap25 gene as a susceptibility gene contributing to attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. | the synaptosomal-associated protein of 25 kda gene (snap25) has been suggested as a genetic susceptibility factor in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd) based on the mouse strain coloboma. this strain is hemizygous for the snap25 gene and displays hyperactivity that responds to dextroamphetamine, but not to methylphenidate. previously, we reported association of snap25 and adhd using two polymorphisms. to further investigate this gene, we screened the exons for dna variation and geno ... | 2005 | 16088329 |
| human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis b, and hepatitis c seroprevalence in a canadian trauma population. | the current seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), hepatitis b, and hepatitis c in the canadian trauma population is unknown. establishing the seroprevalence of these diseases is vital for education, postexposure prophylaxis, and counseling, and to establish potential screening guidelines. the purpose of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of hiv, hepatitis b, and hepatitis c in the trauma population of london, ontario, canada. | 2005 | 16096548 |
| clinical kidney transplantation: a 50th anniversary review of the first reported series. | histories of kidney transplantation rarely mention a series reported by gordon murray of toronto and published by the american journal of surgery 50 years ago. | 2005 | 16105541 |
| workplace organizational policies and practices in ontario educational facilities. | workplace organizational policies and practices (opps) play a pivotal role in managing injury and disability. this study identifies the workplace opps in ontario's education sector. | 2005 | 16119231 |
| the mid-canada radar line and first nations' people of the james bay region, canada: an evaluation using log-linear contingency modelling to analyze organochlorine frequency data. | abandoned radar line stations in the north american arctic and sub-arctic regions are point sources of contamination, especially for pcbs. few data exist with respect to human body burden of organochlorines (ocs) in residents of communities located in close proximity to these radar line sites. we compared plasma oc concentration (unadjusted for total lipids) frequency distribution data using log-linear contingency modelling for fort albany first nation, the site of an abandoned mid-canada radar ... | 2005 | 16121269 |
| a comparison of systemwide and hospital-specific performance measurement tools. | balanced scorecards are being implemented at the system and organizational levels to help managers link their organizational strategies with performance data to better manage their healthcare systems. prior to this study, hospitals in ontario, canada, received two editions of the system-level scorecard (sls)--a framework, based on the original balanced scorecard, that includes four quadrants: system integration and management innovation (learning and growth), clinical utilization and outcomes (i ... | 2005 | 16130808 |
| human torovirus: a new virus associated with neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis. | toroviruses have been associated with gastroenteritis in both animals and humans. the aim of this study was to examine the fecal excretion of torovirus in infants with necrotizing enterocolitis (nec). | 2005 | 16188853 |
| perfluorinated sulfonamides in indoor and outdoor air and indoor dust: occurrence, partitioning, and human exposure. | perfluorinated alkyl sulfonamides (pfass) which are used in a variety of consumer products for surface protection were investigated through a comprehensive survey of indoor air, house dust, and outdoor air in the city of ottawa, canada. this study revealed new information regarding the occurrence and indoor air source strength of several pfass including n-methylperfluorooctane sulfonamidoethanol (mefose), n-ethylperfluorooctane sulfonamidoethanol (etfose), n-ethylperfluorooctane sulfonamide (etf ... | 2005 | 16190217 |
| persevering through a difficult time during the sars outbreak in toronto. | the purpose of this study was to describe the experience of persevering through a difficult time for patients, family members of patients, nurses, and allied health professionals during the severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak. van kaam's phenomenological research method, with the human becoming theory as the theoretical perspective, was used to gather and analyse data from 63 participants who agreed to describe a situation that illuminated their experience of persevering through a difficu ... | 2005 | 16210748 |
| registered nurse and registered practical nurse evaluations of their hospital practice environments and their responses to these environments. | in 2003, over 13,000 ontario nurses were surveyed to explore how they evaluated their hospital work environments and their responses to these practice environments. the purpose of this paper is to describe and compare these nurses' evaluations and responses. sixty-five percent of nurses who were mailed surveys completed and returned a survey. significant differences were found between registered nurse and registered practical nurse characteristics such as mean age, full-time employment rates, me ... | 2005 | 16463646 |
| synoptic weather patterns and modification of the association between air pollution and human mortality. | to assess whether meteorological conditions modify the relationship between short-term exposure to ambient air pollution and mortality, an examination of air pollution and human mortality associations (ecologic) using hybrid spatial synoptic classification procedures was conducted. concentrations of air pollutants and human mortality from all non-accidental and cardiorespiratory causes were examined according to typical winter and summer synoptic climatologies in toronto, canada, between 1981 an ... | 2005 | 16416752 |
| individual rights? public responsibility? public health in the balance. | 2005 | 16625787 | |
| surveillance for laboratory-confirmed influenza requiring hospital admission in adults, metropolitan toronto and peel region, 2004-2005 influenza season. | 2005 | 16669120 | |
| neuroregenerative gene therapy: the implications for informed consent laws. | 2005 | 16736945 | |
| pulmonary pathology of severe acute respiratory syndrome in toronto. | the severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars) pandemic in toronto resulted in a large number of autopsies on its victims. we describe the pulmonary pathology of patients who died in the 2003 toronto outbreak. autopsy material from the lungs of 20 patients who died between march and july 2003 were characterized by histology, molecular biology, and immunohistochemistry for cytokeratins, thyroid transcription factor-1, cd68, epstein-barr virus, cytomegalovirus, and human herpes simplex viruses. matc ... | 2005 | 15272286 |
| pesticides and human health: why public health officials should support a ban on non-essential residential use. | the college of family physicians of ontario recently released a comprehensive report on pesticide exposure and health risk, concluding that various pesticides had adverse health effects. the pesticide industry says that pesticides are "safe" when used as directed because they are studied and approved by governmental agencies. yet many municipalities, including canada's three largest, and the province of quebec have enacted bans on cosmetic use of pesticides, largely in response to health concern ... | 2005 | 15850024 |
| cost of severe haemophilia in toronto. | our objective was to determine costs and trends in treating boys with severe haemophilia a before our centre routinely used prophylaxis. one reviewer extracted data from patient charts to determine resource consumption for 17 boys with severe haemophilia a from 1978 to 1998 at toronto's hospital for sick children. resources included factor concentrate, doctors and health care professionals (physiotherapists/social workers), tests (laboratory, radiological and diagnostic) and hospitalizations. su ... | 2005 | 15876271 |
| risk of hypertension and reduced kidney function after acute gastroenteritis from bacteria-contaminated drinking water. | the long-term health consequences of acute bacterial gastroenteritis remain uncertain. we studied the risk of hypertension and reduced kidney function after an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis due to contamination of a regional drinking water supply with escherichia coli o157:h7 and campylobacter species. | 2005 | 15923490 |
| determining the sex of human remains through cranial morphology. | sex determination is the keystone of a biological profile, yet few qualitative methods of cranial sex determination have been tested. this analysis examines the accuracy and precision of 17 morphological features of the skull commonly used to determine the sex of unknown skeletal remains. the sample consists of 46 identified skulls from the 19th century st. thomas' anglican church cemetery in belleville, canada. nasal aperature, zygomatic extension, malar size/rugosity, and supraorbital ridge pr ... | 2005 | 15932077 |
| bayesian ranking of sites for engineering safety improvements: decision parameter, treatability concept, statistical criterion, and spatial dependence. | in recent years, there has been a renewed interest in applying statistical ranking criteria to identify sites on a road network, which potentially present high traffic crash risks or are over-represented in certain type of crashes, for further engineering evaluation and safety improvement. this requires that good estimates of ranks of crash risks be obtained at individual intersections or road segments, or some analysis zones. the nature of this site ranking problem in roadway safety is related ... | 2005 | 15949462 |
| foliar phenolics in sugar maple (acer saccharum) as a potential indicator of tropospheric ozone pollution. | tropospheric o3 has been implicated in the declining health of forest ecosystems in europe and north america and has been shown to have negative consequences on human health. we have measured tropospheric ozone (o3) in the lower canopy through the use of passive monitors located in five woodlots along a 150 km urban-rural transect, originating in the large urban complex of toronto, canada. we also sampled foliage from 10 mature sugar maple trees in each woodlot and measured the concentration of ... | 2005 | 15952532 |
| designing effective human-automation-plant interfaces: a control-theoretic perspective. | in this article, we propose the application of a control-theoretic framework to human-automation interaction. the framework consists of a set of conceptual distinctions that should be respected in automation research and design. we demonstrate how existing automation interface designs in some nuclear plants fail to recognize these distinctions. we further show the value of the approach by applying it to modes of automation. the design guidelines that have been proposed in the automation literatu ... | 2005 | 15960084 |
| the prevalence and clinical characteristics of cystic fibrosis in south asian canadian immigrants. | cystic fibrosis (cf) is considered to be rare among individuals from the indian subcontinent. furthermore, affected individuals are reported to experience a more severe clinical course. | 2005 | 15970608 |
| association of the lymphoid tyrosine phosphatase r620w variant with rheumatoid arthritis, but not crohn's disease, in canadian populations. | a single-nucleotide polymorphism in the ptpn22 gene encoding the lymphoid protein tyrosine phosphatase (lyp) has recently been identified as a functional variant associated with susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (ra), type 1 diabetes, and systemic lupus erythematosus. to determine whether association of this variant (ptpn22 1858t) with ra is reproducible and is also observed in another autoimmune condition, crohn's disease, we investigated the association between the ptpn22 1858t allele and ... | 2005 | 15986374 |
| a framework for mobile healthcare answers to chronically ill outpatient non-adherence. | non-adherence (also known as 'non-compliance') is a major barrier undermining healing efforts within out-of-hospital self-management programmes, resulting in waste of human and social resources. this study suggests a theoretical framework of activities through which mobile patient solutions might address non-adherence determinants in a broader context of clinical interventions. the goal of the paper is to explore a dilemma associated with such interventions: the uncertainty regarding the level o ... | 2005 | 15992499 |
| methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in horses and horse personnel, 2000-2002. | methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) infection was identified in 2 horses treated at a veterinary hospital in 2000, prompting a study of colonization rates of horses and associated persons. seventy-nine horses and 27 persons colonized or infected with mrsa were identified from october 2000 to november 2002; most isolations occurred in a 3-month period in 2002. twenty-seven (34%) of the equine isolates were from the veterinary hospital, while 41 (51%) were from 1 thoroughbred farm i ... | 2005 | 15757559 |
| [hnf-1alpha g319s mutation in oji-cree type 2 diabetes]. | 2005 | 15779364 | |
| triploidy identified through second-trimester serum screening. | to describe the maternal serum marker patterns of triploid pregnancies and estimate the second-trimester prevalence of triploidy. | 2005 | 15791661 |
| setting up a mobile dental practice within your present office structure. | different service models have emerged in canada and the united states to address the issue of senior citizens' lack of access to comprehensive dental care. over the past decade, one such model, the use of mobile dental service units, has emerged as a practical strategy. this article describes a mobile unit, operated as an adjunct to the general practitioner's office and relying mainly on existing office resources, both human and capital, to deliver services at long-term care institutions. the es ... | 2005 | 15691425 |
| beliefs and practices of ontario midwives about influenza immunization. | with an increasing number of births in ontario being conducted by midwives, we undertook a survey of the beliefs and practices of 256 licensed ontario midwives and student midwives about immunization, particularly against influenza. overall, 42.9% (48/112) of midwives considered that they knew a lot about immunization; however, 36.2% (38/105) reported no education about immunization during their training. a small majority (55.9%) were in favour of vaccination in general and only 2 of 113 reporte ... | 2005 | 15694509 |
| association of seek1 and psoriatic arthritis in two distinct canadian populations. | to examine the relationship between snp +39604 in seek1 and psoriatic arthritis (psa) in two distinct canadian populations. | 2005 | 15708881 |
| disability management practices in education, hotel/motel, and health care workplaces. | the high costs and the impact of work disability have become a growing concern for workplaces. as a result, workplace disability management approaches have been developed to lower disability costs, protect the employability of workers, and promote early return to work. | 2005 | 15712255 |
| reunification of child and animal welfare agencies: cross-reporting of abuse in wellington county, ontario. | institutional change has resulted in the separation of organizations for the protection of animals and children. this project reunites two organizations to examine associations between human violence and animal cruelty. for 12 months, family and children's services (fcs) investigators and humane society (hs) investigators in wellington county, canada, completed checklists to examine connections between forms of violence. fcs workers found some cause for concern in 20% of 1,485 homes with an anim ... | 2005 | 15717773 |
| outpatient chemotherapy administration: decreasing wait times for patients and families. | increasingly, there is a trend to deliver chemotherapy, where possible, in the outpatient ambulatory setting. in the few studies that have explored the setting of cancer care, long wait times are frequently linked to dissatisfaction. several factors contribute to lengthy waiting times for patients and their families: long registration processes, lag times associated with obtaining laboratory results, time required for patient assessments and preparation of chemotherapeutic agents, adequacy of nu ... | 2005 | 15574724 |
| site-specific cytosine methylation in s-comt promoter in 31 brain regions with implications for studies involving schizophrenia. | the catechol-o-methyltransferase (comt) gene on chromosome 22q11 has been considered a strong candidate gene for schizophrenia (sz) susceptibility. a functional val/met polymorphism in exon 4, with potential to affect comt activity has been implicated in sz, but the results remain inconclusive. we hypothesized that the association of comt gene with sz is not strictly a genetic alteration but could involve dna methylation, as an epigenetic alteration. thus, we chose to examine the cytosine dna me ... | 2005 | 15635661 |
| negotiating participation: understanding the "how" in an ergonomic change team. | in participatory ergonomic (pe) interventions, "how" effective participation by workplace parties can be achieved remains unclear. we conducted a case study of the dynamics of an ergonomic change team (ect) process in a medium-sized (175 employees) automotive foam manufacturing plant. we present analyses of observer field notes and post-intervention interviews from which key elements on the dynamics of the "how" emerged: (1) impacts of facilitators' involvement and interests; (2) tensions in del ... | 2006 | 15993376 |
| canadian guidelines for the management of adult growth hormone deficiency. | to develop guidelines for the management of growth hormone (gh) deficiency in canadian adults to facilitate rational use of gh in appropriate indications. | 2006 | 16737084 |
| health services delivery: reframing policies for global nursing migration in north america--a canadian perspective. | a number of initiatives are currently under way to address the canadian nursing sector study's recommendations for integrated human resource planning, including some of the particular challenges posted by international nurse migration. this article identifies and discusses some of the initiatives currently being undertaken in ontario and elsewhere. | 2006 | 17071698 |
| pathologic analysis of 19 heart valves with silver-coated sewing rings. | the st. jude medical silzone (silzone) mechanical heart valve was voluntarily recalled (january 2000) due to an unusually high incidence of paravalvular leaks. we present the first series of human morphological data on the failure of these valves. | 2006 | 17073948 |
| building on existing models from human medical education to develop a communication curriculum in veterinary medicine. | communication is a core clinical skill of veterinary medicine and one that needs to be taught and learned to the same degree as other clinical skills. to provide this education and essential expertise, veterinary schools in many countries, especially including north america, the united kingdom, and australia, have begun to develop programs and communication curricula. human medical education, however, has 30 years' experience in developing communication curricula, and is thus an excellent resour ... | 2006 | 16767635 |
| ozone treatment and the depletion of detectable pharmaceuticals and atrazine herbicide in drinking water sourced from the upper detroit river, ontario, canada. | the depletion and degradation of pharmacologically active compounds (phacs) and pesticides as a function of ozonation in drinking water treatment processes is not well studied. the a.h. weeks drinking water treatment plant (dwtp) serves the city of windsor, ontario canada, and incorporates ozone treatment into the production of drinking water. this dwtp also operates a real-time, scaled down pilot plant, which has two parallel streams, conventional and ozone plus conventional treatments. in this ... | 2006 | 16777173 |
| hiv-positive woman suing police, man who allegedly infected her and his family. | by statement of claim dated 18 april 2005, a windsor woman is suing a man she alleges infected her with hiv. she is also suing the windsor police service and the man's family. | 2006 | 16805004 |
| surge capacity associated with restrictions on nonurgent hospital utilization and expected admissions during an influenza pandemic: lessons from the toronto severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak. | current influenza pandemic models predict a surge in influenza-related hospitalizations in affected jurisdictions. one proposed strategy to increase hospital surge capacity is to restrict elective hospitalizations, yet the degree to which this measure would meet the anticipated is unknown. | 2006 | 16807399 |
| characteristics of programs involving canine visitation of hospitalized people in ontario. | to determine the distribution of canine-visitation programs in ontario and to characterize the nature of the programs the dogs are affiliated with. | 2006 | 16807853 |
| surge capacity and casualization: human resource issues in the post-sars health system. | in ontario, the unpredictable funding climate of the 1990s led health care organizations to look for ways to reduce costs. adopting a just-in-time staffing policy, they employed fewer full-time workers, scheduled part-time workers to work regular shifts, took on more casual staff, and became increasingly reliant on agency nurses and overtime to cover shifts. these policies resulted in higher costs and reduced surge capacity, and placed the health of nurses and patients in jeopardy. fewer staff m ... | 2006 | 16827414 |
| triple reassortant h3n2 influenza a viruses, canada, 2005. | since january 2005, h3n2 influenza viruses have been isolated from pigs and turkeys throughout canada and from a swine farmer and pigs on the same farm in ontario. these are human/classical swine/avian reassortants similar to viruses that emerged in us pigs in 1998 but with a distinct human-lineage neuraminidase gene. | 2006 | 16836834 |
| lack of evidence of epstein-barr virus infection in patients with castleman's disease. molecular genetic analysis. | epstein-barr virus (ebv) infection is associated with a diverse group of malignancies and many lymphoproliferative disorders. castleman's disease (cd) is atypical lymphoproliferative disorder. the role of ebv in the pathogenesis of cd is not clear yet. the objective of this study is to investigate the ebv status in cd. | 2006 | 16883438 |
| distribution and characterization of borrelia burgdorferi isolates from ixodes scapularis and presence in mammalian hosts in ontario, canada. | the blacklegged tick, ixodes scapularis say (acari: ixodidae), has a wide geographical distribution in ontario, canada, with a detected range extending at least as far north as the 50th parallel. our data of 591 adult i. scapularis submissions collected from domestic animals (canines, felines, and equines) and humans during a 10-yr period (1993-2002) discloses a monthly questing activity in ontario that peaks in may and october. the lyme disease spirochete borrelia burgdorferi johnson, schmidt, ... | 2006 | 16892637 |
| relationship between climate, pollen concentrations of ambrosia and medical consultations for allergic rhinitis in montreal, 1994-2002. | the aim of this study is to evaluate the influence of meteorological factors on ambrosia pollen concentrations and its impact on medical consultations for allergic rhinitis of residents from various socio-economic levels in montréal (québec, canada) between 1994 and 2002. the study was conducted to recognize the sensitivity of pollen productivity to daily climate variability in order to estimate the consequences on human health vulnerability in the context of global climate change. information r ... | 2006 | 16899280 |
| a prescription for ontario's wait time strategy. | after a late start, ontario is well on its way to implementing an ambitious wait time strategy that has already begun to show some tangible improvements in access to the five priority areas. this commentary argues that in addition to the supporting tools identified in the lead essay, a sustainable wait time strategy must encompass prevention and demand management, address shortages in health human resources, provide patients with recourse to a safety valve and promote interprovincial standards a ... | 2006 | 16914940 |
| the management of heat stress for the firefighter: a review of work conducted on behalf of the toronto fire service. | this report provides a summary of research conducted through a grant provided by the workplace safety insurance board of ontario. the research was divided into two phases; first, to define safe work limits for firefighters wearing their protective clothing and working in warm environments; and, the second, to examine strategies to reduce the thermal burden and extend the operational effectiveness of the firefighter. for the first phase, subjects wore their protective ensemble and carried their s ... | 2006 | 16922185 |
| anatomy of a pandemic: emergency departments woefully unprepared for bird flu outbreak. | 2006 | 16938903 | |
| abandoned mid-canada radar line sites in the western james region of northern ontario, canada: a source of organochlorines for first nations people? | the potential exists for human exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs) and other contaminants originating from abandoned mid-canada radar line (mcrl) sites in sub-arctic canada. we examined patterns of differences with respect to body burden of organochlorines (lipid-adjusted) between residents of the ontario first nations of fort albany (the site of mcrl site 050) and kashechewan (no radar base) and hamilton (an industrial, southern ontario community) to assess whether the presence of site ... | 2006 | 16959301 |
| predictors of influenza immunization among home care clients in ontario. | this study examined factors associated with the receipt of influenza vaccination among ontario home care clients. | 2006 | 16967757 |
| laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizations among children in the metropolitan toronto and peel region by active surveillance, 2004-2005. | 2006 | 16989046 | |
| estimation of human resource needs and cost of adding registered dietitians to primary care networks. | information on human resources and costs is needed to plan for the addition of registered dietitian (rd) services to new models of primary health care (phc). estimates were developed, based on an analysis of an enhanced rd model of counselling and health promotion services in three ontario family health networks (fhns). | 2006 | 17020641 |
| wrongful convictions, lessons learned: the canadian experience. | following the wrongful conviction of a man for the sexual assault and murder of a child, the province of ontario commissioned a public inquiry to prevent future miscarriages of justice. the implementation of several recommendations regarding forensic laboratory procedure and the presentation of expert evidence has proven to be beneficial to the canadian criminal justice system. | 2006 | 17029917 |
| occurrence and reductions of pharmaceuticals and personal care products and estrogens by municipal wastewater treatment plants in ontario, canada. | over the last ten years there have been reports of pharmaceuticals and personal care product (ppcp) residuals in municipal wastewater treatment plant (wwtp) effluents. the principle goal of this study was specifically to expand and in some cases establish a canadian database for the presence of selected acidic drugs, triclosan, polycyclic musks, and selected estrogens in mwwtp influent and effluent. the impact of treatment configuration (e.g. lagoons, conventional activated sludge (cas), and cas ... | 2006 | 16697441 |
| the impact of nursing work environments on patient safety outcomes: the mediating role of burnout/engagement. | to test a theoretical model of professional nurse work environments linking conditions for professional nursing practice to burnout and, subsequently, patient safety outcomes. | 2006 | 16705307 |
| the effect of universal influenza immunization on vaccination rates in ontario. | this article examines the association between introduction of ontario's universal influenza immunization program and changes in vaccination rates over time in ontario, compared with the other provinces combined. | 2006 | 16716034 |
| antibiotic resistance of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli isolated from hog, beef, and chicken carcass samples from provincially inspected abattoirs in ontario. | campylobacterjejuni is one of the most common causes of bacterial foodborne infection in the united states, and there are reports of resistance of campylobacter spp. to antimicrobial agents used for the treatment of gastroenteritis. the purpose of this study was to determine the antimicrobial resistance patterns of campylobacter spp. isolated from hog, beef, and chicken carcasses from provincially inspected abattoirs in ontario. the agar dilution method was performed to measure antimicrobial res ... | 2006 | 16416896 |
| client-centred empowering partnering in nursing. | this paper explores nurses' experiences 1 year after an organization's commitment to providing a client-centred and client-empowering partnering approach to care. | 2006 | 16422714 |
| fluoride's effect on human dentin ultrasound velocity (elastic modulus) and tubule size. | despite fluoride (f) use in caries prevention, not much is known about its effects on tooth quality. this study evaluated the effect of tooth f concentration ([f]) on selected dentin structural and mechanical properties. third molars (n = 136) from toronto, which has 1 part per million (p.p.m.) water [f], montreal (0.2 p.p.m. water [f]), and fortaleza (brazil) (0.7 p.p.m. water [f]), were analyzed for [f], dental fluorosis (df) severity, ultrasound velocity, and dentin tubule size and density. t ... | 2006 | 16460346 |
| pitfalls of applying adaptive management to a wolf population in algonquin provincial park, ontario. | we examined adaptive management (am), applied as a science with testable and falsifiable hypothesis, in the context of a large carnivore population, specifically to wolf (canis lupus lycaon) management in algonquin provincial park, ontario, canada. evidence of a population decline was based upon 12 years of data on 137 different radio-collared wolves. because human killing accounted for an average of 66% of deaths, and most killing occurred adjacent to the park, a management prescription of comp ... | 2006 | 16465565 |
| a secure web-based approach for accessing transitional health information for people with traumatic brain injury. | a web-based transitional health record was created to provide regional healthcare professionals with ubiquitous access to information on people with brain injuries as they move through the healthcare system. participants included public, private, and community healthcare organizations/providers in eastern ontario (canada). one hundred and nineteen service providers and 39 brain injury survivors registered over 6 months. fifty-eight percent received english and 42% received bilingual services (en ... | 2006 | 16469409 |
| scientific conferences. u.s. caps number of aids researchers at toronto meeting. | 2006 | 16497898 | |
| assessing nickel bioavailability in smelter-contaminated soils. | metal contaminants in soil environments derived from industrial pollution have clearly established the need for research on bioavailability and potential health risks. much research has been conducted on metal sorption in soils. however, there is still a need to better understand the availability of metal contaminants to plants and microbes. such information will enhance both human health and decisions about remediation efforts. in this study, welland loam (typic epiaquoll) and quarry muck (terr ... | 2006 | 16499951 |
| the stream and its altered valley: integrating landscape ecology into environmental assessments of agro-ecosystems. | little is known about the importance of landscape and land cover to the implementation and performance of agricultural conservation projects designed to improve stream quality. in our study, we addressed the potential importance of landscape and land cover to conservation projects by measuring variation across 191 mu-basins (100-2400 ha) and integrating the observed variation into a study design aimed at determining the effectiveness of conservation projects. our findings indicate that there are ... | 2006 | 16502030 |
| association of functional variants of ptpn22 and tp53 in psoriatic arthritis: a case-control study. | recent studies have implicated ptpn22 and tp53 in susceptibility to several autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, suggesting that these genes are important in maintaining immune homeostasis. because autoimmune diseases may share similar susceptibility loci, investigation of these genes in psoriatic arthritis (psa) is of potential relevance. as a result we investigated known coding polymorphisms in ptpn22 and tp53 in a homogenous caucasian psa cohort from newfoundland, canada and a ... | 2006 | 16507123 |
| identification of human h1n2 and human-swine reassortant h1n2 and h1n1 influenza a viruses among pigs in ontario, canada (2003 to 2005). | since 2003, three novel genotypes of h1 influenza viruses have been recovered from canadian pigs, including a wholly human h1n2 virus and human-swine reassortants. these isolates demonstrate that human-lineage h1n2 viruses are infectious for pigs and that viruses with a human pb1/swine pa/swine pb2 polymerase complex can replicate in pigs. | 2006 | 16517910 |
| genotype and subtype analyses of cryptosporidium isolates from dairy calves and humans in ontario. | to assess the importance of dairy cattle as a source of human cryptosporidium infections in ontario, canada, 44 cryptosporidium isolates from neonatal dairy calves and 11 from sporadic human cases of cryptosporidiosis in the province were genotyped by pcr-rflp analyses of the cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein (cowp) and 18s rrna genes. isolates were also subtyped by sequence analysis of the 60-kda glycoprotein (gp60) gene. all bovine isolates successfully subtyped belonged to cryptosporidium p ... | 2006 | 16565813 |
| pneumatic tube delivery system for blood samples reduces turnaround times without affecting sample quality. | in this study, blood samples from ed patients that were delivered to the laboratory by a pneumatic tube delivery system and by a human courier were compared for timeliness and quality of results. | 2006 | 16580476 |
| relationships of work and practice environment to professional burnout: testing a causal model. | research has established clear links between nurses' experience of professional burnout and many qualities of work environments but more work is needed to clarify interrelationships among aspects of complex organizational settings. | 2006 | 16601626 |
| surviving the tornado of mental illness: psychiatric survivors' experiences of getting, losing, and keeping housing. | this qualitative study explored experiences of psychiatric consumer-survivors related to housing. nine focus groups involving 90 people were conducted in urban and rural areas in south-western ontario. a set of open-ended questions was used. many participants described a devastating experience of losing much of what was important to them and going through a long arduous process to rebuild their lives. group discussions were audiotaped and transcribed. individual and team analyses of the transcri ... | 2006 | 16603754 |
| prevalence and factors related to canadian workplace health programs. | this study documented the prevalence and factors related to workplace health programs in canada, including employee assistance programs (eaps), drug testing programs, and health promotion programs (hpps). | 2006 | 16619999 |
| longitudinal trends in antiretroviral use in a cohort of men and women in ontario, canada. | initial studies have shown impaired access to antiretrovirals and slower adoption of new therapies by women. it is unclear if similar treatment delays still occur, especially in those with a publicly funded health care system in ontario, canada. the objectives of this study were (1) to evaluate longitudinal patterns of antiretroviral use in patients with hiv in ontario and (2) to determine if gender differences exist in access to and uptake of antiretroviral drugs over time. a retrospective medi ... | 2006 | 16623623 |
| incidence of influenza in ontario following the universal influenza immunization campaign. | the purpose of this study was to determine whether the incidence of influenza in ontario, canada has decreased following the introduction of the universal influenza immunization campaign (uiic) in 2000. all laboratory-confirmed influenza cases in ontario, from january 1990 to august 2005 were analyzed using multitaper time series analysis. we found that there has not been a decrease in the mean monthly influenza rate following the introduction of the uiic (109.5 (s.d. 20) versus 160 (s.d. 50.3) ... | 2006 | 16624458 |
| the relationship between extreme heat and ambulance response calls for the city of toronto, ontario, canada. | concern over the impact of extreme heat upon human health has increased in recent years. though much research has evaluated the relationships between the two, few studies have attempted to quantify this vulnerability on a sub-metropolitan area level. using a geographic information system (gis), ambulance calls for a 4-year period from 1999 to 2002 was analyzed in relation to extreme heat for the city of toronto, ontario, canada. ambulance response calls were plotted on a map to understand the sp ... | 2006 | 16225860 |
| godzilla in the corridor: the ontario sars crisis in historical perspective. | ontario nurses were employed as the front-line workers when sars descended upon toronto in march 2003. once the crisis had subsided, many nurses remarked that sars had forever altered their chosen profession; employment, which they once viewed as relatively safe, had been transformed into potentially life-threatening. this discussion provides descriptions of these expressions through nurses who experienced the crisis and chose to go on the public record. secondly, it compares the subjective perc ... | 2006 | 16324846 |
| understanding the new human genetics: a review of scientific editorials. | developments in genetics are expected to have a profound impact on health and health care, yet much remains to be learned about how leaders of the research and clinical communities view and frame these expectations. we conducted a comprehensive review of editorials about developments in genetic medicine published in scientific journals, to understand what this elite group of commentators anticipate. editorials are an important resource for understanding how the new genetics is understood and por ... | 2006 | 16377046 |
| an exposure assessment for selected pharmaceuticals within a watershed in southern ontario. | recent studies from a number of countries have shown that measurable concentrations of both human and veterinary pharmaceuticals can be found in a variety of environmental matrices such as surface and ground water, soils, and sediments. few data are available that characterize the sources, exposure and effects of pharmaceuticals in the environment and there is clearly a need to define these parameters within a canadian context. we present in this paper the first report in southern ontario, canad ... | 2006 | 16403551 |
| restructuring home care in the 1990s: geographical differentiation in ontario, canada. | through exploring the geographically differentiated effects of restructuring on the work of home care practitioners, labor process change is found to be spatially specific. it is through examining the spatiallity of labor process change that the differential impacts of health care restructuring on human health care resources can be determined. this has implications for human health care resource availability and service provision, which is particularly an issue for medically under-serviced regio ... | 2006 | 16338637 |
| regional, seasonal, and antimicrobial resistance distributions of salmonella typhimurium in canada: a multi-provincial study. | this study was conducted to describe the geographical and seasonal distributions of reported human salmonella typhimurium (st) definitive type 104 (dt104) cases, to compare these characteristics to those of non-dt1 04 cases, and to investigate specific antimicrobial resistance (amr) patterns in four canadian provinces. | 2006 | 17203731 |