Supporting Mothers’ Engagement in a Community-Based Methadone Treatment Program by Nicole Letourneau, Mary Ann Campbell, Jennifer Woodland, Jennifer Colpitts

“…Twelve mothers and six service providers were recruited from an outpatient Atlantic Canadian methadone treatment program. Two major barriers to engagement in MMT were identified by both mothers and service providers including (1) the lack of available and consistent childcare while mothers attended outpatient programs and (2) challenges with transportation to the treatment facility. …”
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Towards a Bipolar World. Book Review of ‘The Second World War and the Transformation of International Relations: From Multipolarity to a Bipolar World’ edited by L.S. Belousov and... by V. I. Batyuk

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The U.S.-China Rivalry in Africa: Challenges and Prospects by V. K. Parkhomenko

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Quantifying forest disturbance regimes within caribou (Rangifer tarandus) range in British Columbia by James C. Maltman, Nicholas C. Coops, Gregory J. M. Rickbeil, Txomin Hermosilla, A. Cole Burton

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Impact Evaluation of Assimilating Surface Sensitive Infrared Radiance Observations over Land and Sea Ice from Observing System Simulation Experiments by S. K. Dutta, L. Garand, S. Heilliette

“…A control simulation was generated excluding the new data source, but including all data assimilated operationally at the Canadian Meteorological Center. Experiments were conducted allowing surface sensitive channels to be assimilated over all surfaces or excluding Polar Regions. …”
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Variation in energetic balance among free-ranging polar bears during the spring mating and foraging season by Anthony M. Pagano, Stephen N. Atkinson, Louise C. Archer

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Assessing changing baleen whale distributions and reported incidents relative to vessel activity in the Northwest Atlantic. by Hannah Solway, Boris Worm, Tonya Wimmer, Derek P Tittensor

“…Adverse interactions, notably vessel strikes and fishing gear entanglement, often result in distress, injury, or death for these animals. In Atlantic Canadian waters, such negative interactions or 'incidents' are consistently reported to marine animal response organizations but have not yet been analyzed relative to the spatial distribution of whales and vessels. …”
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Influence of screw angle and position on the extraction dynamics of Cross-Laminated Timber: an empirical analysis and comparative modeling study by Jia Lei, Xinran Li, Xinmeng Wang, Feibin Wang, Shuo Wang, Xin An, Meng Gong, Zeli Que

“…This study investigates the withdrawal performance of Self-Tapping Screws (STSs) in CLT systems using Canadian Douglas fir. Four driving angles—45°, 60°, 75°, and 90°—were tested, alongside screw placements within panel gaps. …”
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Complex Structure around a Circumstellar Disk Caused by Interchange Instability by Masahiro N. Machida, Shantanu Basu

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Parallel systems in healthcare: Addressing Indigenous health equity in Canada by Anika Sehgal, Andrea Kennedy, Katharine McGowan, Lynden (Lindsay) Crowshoe

“…The Canadian public healthcare system faces significant challenges in performance. …”
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Children's digital privacy on fast-food and dine-in restaurant mobile applications. by Christine Mulligan, Grace Gillis, Lauren Remedios, Christopher Parsons, Laura Vergeer, Monique Potvin Kent

“…A convenience sample of 11 English-speaking Canadian residents aged 9-12 years with fast-food apps on their mobile phones were recruited to use ≥1 fast-food restaurant mobile app(s). …”
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Performance Evaluation of Deep Learning Image Classification Modules in the MUN-ABSAI Ice Risk Management Architecture by Ravindu G. Thalagala, Oscar De Silva, Dan Oldford, David Molyneux

“…A comprehensive dataset of 15,000 ice images was created using public sources and contributions from the Canadian Coast Guard, and it was used to support the development and evaluation of the system. …”
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Evaluation of spatio-temporal water quality status of Jeera river, Odisha, India by Aiswarya Pati, Showkat Ahmad Mir, Archana Padhiary, Iswar Baitharu, Binata Nayak

“…During the monsoon season, the water quality deteriorated the most, with an average WQI score of 516.430 compared to pre- and post-monsoon with average WQI values of 154.558 and 276.014 respectively. CCMEWQI (Canadian Council of Ministers of Environment Water Quality Index) values indicate that water quality ranges from marginal, and poor to fair. …”
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Final-year university students’ mental health and access to support as they prepared to graduate by Megan J. Magier, Madelyn Law, Sarah Pennisi, Tanya Martini, Markus J Duncan, Hussain Chattha, Karen A Patte

“…Survey data were collected from final-year undergraduate students that had registered to graduate at a Canadian university in 2021 and 2022. Chi-square and linear regression models analyzed relationships between sociodemographic characteristics and mental health outcomes. …”
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Unlocking AI-Powered Tools Adoption among University Students: A Fuzzy-Set Approach by Mohamed Soliman, Reham Adel Ali, Imran Mahmud, Tawat Noipom

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Healthcare Use for Pain in Women Waiting for Gynaecological Surgery by Sarah Walker, Wilma M. Hopman, Meg E. Carley, Elizabeth G. Mann, Elizabeth G. VanDenKerkhof

“…Methods. 590 women waiting for surgery in a Canadian tertiary care centre were asked to report on HCU in the year before surgery. …”
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The combined impacts of toxic drug use and the 2021 Heat Dome in Canada: A thematic analysis of online news media articles. by Emily J Tetzlaff, Nicholas Goulet, Melissa Gorman, Glen P Kenny

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We explored news media articles (n = 86, 3%) discussing toxic drug use, overdose-related deaths and the 2021 Heat Dome which were identified in a systematic review of Canadian online news media (e.g., newspaper articles, radio broadcasts) from five subscription news databases and an extensive grey literature search (n = 2909). …”
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A study of a complex of bioactive compounds in the fruits of promising blue honeysuckle (<i>Lonicera caerulea</i> L.) cultivars by I. B. Perova, K. I. Eller, M. A. Gerasimov, V. A. Baturina, M. Yu. Akimov, O. M. Akimova, A. M. Mironov, V. A. Koltsov

“…The berries of 20 released honeysuckle cultivars of Russian, Canadian and U.S. origin, reproduced at the I.V. Michurin Federal Science Center in Tambov Province, were studied for the content of the main BAC groups using modern methods (spectrophotometry, HPLC-UV, HPLC-RID, and HPLC-DAD-MS).Results and discussion. …”
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Drivers of high rates of carbon burial in a riverine-influenced freshwater marsh in the Long Point Walsingham Priority Place of southern Ontario by Amanda L. Loder, Adam Gillespie, Omid Haeri Ardakani, Cecilia Cordero Oviedo, Sarah A. Finkelstein

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Associations between Scattering Screens and Interstellar Medium Filaments by Ashley M. Stock, Marten H. van Kerkwijk

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