Rapid Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s Disease: A Pilot Study by YanHong Dong, Way Inn Koay, Leonard Leong Litt Yeo, Christopher Li-Hsian Chen, Jing Xu, Raymond Chee Seong Seet, Erle Chuen Hian Lim

“…This study sought to establish the discriminant validity of a rapid cognitive screen, that is, the National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke-Canadian Stroke Network (NINDS-CSN) 5-minute protocol, and compare its discriminant validity to the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) in detecting cognitive impairment (CI) in PD patients. …”
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Providing Water Quality Index for Water use in Agriculture: A Case Study by Sosan Rezaei, Ebrahim Fataei

“…Water quality was evaluated based on 7 primary criteria and 52 sub-criteria. The Canadian Water Quality Index (CWQI) and the proposed model were developed from the measured parameters of the effluent from both the Anbaj and Karaj treatment plants. …”
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How integrated knowledge translation worked to reduce federal policy barriers to the implementation of medication abortion in Canada: a realist evaluation by Sarah Munro, Kate Wahl, Sheila Dunn, Courtney Devane, Linda C. Li, Wendy V. Norman

“…Abstract Background Initial Canadian federal regulations for the abortion pill, mifepristone, had the potential to impede safe and equitable access to this medication. …”
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Protocol for a cluster randomized study to compare the effectiveness of a self-report distress tool and a mental health referral service to usual case management on program complet... by Shawna Bailey, Carrie Stoner, Kelly Cruise, Giulio DiDiodato

“…<h4>Participants</h4>Students enrolled in Community Builder's Trades & Diversity Training Program in either the city of Barrie or Sudbury (in Ontario, Canada) will be eligible for enrollment if they have an active Ontario Health Insurance Plan number and Canadian Social Insurance Number and provide written informed consent prior to Training program commencement.…”
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Otolaryngology exposure in a longitudinal integrated clerkship setting by Grace Margaret Scott, Corliss Ann Elizabeth Best, Damian Christopher Micomonaco

“…An OtoHNS clerkship rotation is not required at most Canadian medical schools. Furthermore, at institutions offering an OtoHNS rotation, less than 20% of students are able to complete a placement. …”
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Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperglycaemic hyperosmolar syndrome in patients with cancer: A multicentre study by Rabia K. Shahid, Qasem Haider, Sunil Yadav, Duc Le, Shahid Ahmed

“…The current study aimed to determine characteristics and outcomes of patients with cancer who were admitted with DKA/HHS in a mid-size Canadian city. Methods: Consecutive adult patients with an active cancer who were admitted with DKA or HHS from January 2008 to December 2020 in the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada were retrospectively evaluated. …”
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The alongshore tilt of mean dynamic topography and its implications for model validation and ocean monitoring by C. Renkl, C. Renkl, E. C. J. Oliver, K. R. Thompson

“…The predicted coastal MDT is in good agreement with coastal tide gauge observations referenced to the Canadian Gravimetric Geoid 2013 – Version A (CGG2013a), including a significant tilt of alongshore MDT along the coast of Nova Scotia. …”
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Depicting Soybean Diversity via Complementary Application of Three Marker Types by Vesna Perić, Natalija Kravić, Marijenka Tabaković, Snežana Mladenović Drinić, Valentina Nikolić, Marijana Simić, Ana Nikolić

“…The analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) revealed a weak differentiation between geographic groups (Φ<i>_ST</i> = 0.061), emphasizing the highest differentiation for Canadian genotypes (Φ<i>_ST</i> = 0.148 **). …”
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Validity and reliability test of NIHSS-SDKI and CNS-SDKI in determining actual nursing diagnosis and severity of stroke patients by Erlis Eka Fitriana, Haryanto Haryanto, Supriyadi Supriyadi

“…Background: The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and The Canadian Neurological Stroke Scale (CNS) are two assessment tools often used for the assessment of neurological status in stroke patients. …”
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Impact of interventions on mpox transmission during the 2022 outbreak in Canada: a mathematical modeling study of three different cities by Fanyu Xiu, Carla M. Doyle, Jorge Luis Flores Anato, Jesse Knight, Linwei Wang, Joseph Cox, Daniel Grace, Trevor A. Hart, Terri Zhang, Shayna Skakoon-Sparling, Milada Dvorakova, Rita Shahin, Herveen Sachdeva, Nathan Lachowsky, Hind Sbihi, Darrell H.S. Tan, Michael A. Irvine, Sharmistha Mishra, Mathieu Maheu-Giroux

“…We aimed to estimate the relative impact of changes in sexual behaviors, contact tracing/isolation, and first-dose vaccination on transmission in Canadian cities. Methods: We estimated changes in sexual behaviors during the outbreak using 2022 data from the Engage Cohort Study, which recruited self-identified GBM in Montréal, Toronto, and Vancouver (n = 1,445). …”
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Good Life Now by Corinna Anderson

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Optimal needle characteristics for classical inferior alveolar nerve block anesthesia: a systematic review by Mennat Allah Ashraf Abd-Elsabour, Ayat Gamal-AbdelNaser

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Assessment of Masonry-Infilled Steel Frames Using Existing Experimental Tests Database in Comparison to Standards by Ciprian Bratu, Dario Šokić, Naida Ademović, Ercan Isik, Borko Bulajić, Dorin Radu, Marijana Hadzima-Nyarko

“…Although the influence of infill masonry on horizontal load structure behavior is well-documented, current standards and regulations have yet to fully incorporate or explicitly define the load-bearing capacity of this complex system. Canadian and American standards present more comprehensive and specific methodologies for calculating the load-bearing capacity of infill masonry and frame systems. …”
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Implementation and evaluation of a complex outpatient oral antimicrobial therapy program (COpAT) in Canada by Maggie Wong, Davie Wong

“…Compared to outpatient intravenous therapy, the total cost savings from COpAT were estimated to be $255,000 Canadian dollars (CAD), which translated to an average cost savings of $2500 CAD per patient per year. …”
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Bullying victimization and mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic by Ann H. Farrell, Heather Brittain, Amanda Krygsman, Tracy Vaillancourt, Tracy Vaillancourt

“…It is unclear whether the decrease in bullying victimization early in the pandemic translated to weaker associations between bullying victimization and mental health difficulties.MethodsUsing a population-based design, we examined whether the correlations between bullying victimization and mental health difficulties were significantly weaker in magnitude during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to before the pandemic in a sample of 6,578 Canadian students in grades 4–12. Students were randomly assigned to report on their bullying and mental health experiences either during the school year before the pandemic or the school year during the pandemic. …”
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Spatial Variability of Metals in Surface Water and Sediment in the Langat River and Geochemical Factors That Influence Their Water-Sediment Interactions by Wan Ying Lim, Ahmad Zaharin Aris, Mohamad Pauzi Zakaria

“…The average concentration for As in sediment was exceeding ISQG standards as proposed by the Canadian Sediment Quality Guidelines. Statistical analyses revealed that certain metals (As, Co, Ni, and Pb) were generally influenced by pH and conductivity. …”
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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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Cost-comparison analysis of diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWMRI) versus second look surgery for the detection of residual and recurrent cholesteatoma by David L. Choi, Michael K. Gupta, Ryan Rebello, Jason D. Archibald

“…Costs were reported in Canadian dollars and a payer perspective was adopted. …”
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Engaging primary care physicians in system change – an interpretive qualitative study in a remote and rural health region in Northern British Columbia, Canada by David Snadden, Trish Reay, Neil Hanlon, Martha MacLeod

“…Objectives To describe how physicians were engaged in primary healthcare system change in a remote and rural Canadian health authority.Design A qualitative interpretive study based on a hermeneutic approach.Methods 34 transcribed in-depth interviews with physicians and administrators relevant to physician engagement were purposively sampled from a larger data set of 239 interviews gathered over a 3-year period from seven communities engaged in primary healthcare transformation. …”
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Preventing and addressing youth vaping in British Columbia, Canada: Evidence from triangulation of a scoping review of vaping policy and qualitative interviews with school-aged you... by Ramona H. Sharma, Sarah J. Dow-Fleisner, Laura L. Struik

“…Methods: The present study provides a Canadian case-study examination of vaping policy by triangulating a scoping review of federal (Canada, n = 3), provincial (British Columbia, n = 4), and regional (Okanagan, n = 26) policies (N = 33) from 2000 to 2024 with qualitative interviews with secondary school students aged 12 to 18 (N = 25). …”
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