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UGT2B17, exemestane metabolism, and their association with physical health-related quality of life in Caucasian postmenopausal women participating in the Mammary Prevention.3 Trial
Background: In the Mammary Prevention.3 (MAP.3) trial of exemestane (EXE) for breast cancer prevention, postmenopausal women commonly reported physical menopause-related symptoms, such as joint and muscle pain and fatigue. ... -
The Ultimate Performance Enhancement? A History of Ideas About Sleep as a Training Tool in High Performance Sport
The recent emergence of “sleep positivity” in high performance sport, as characterized by the expansion of scientific sleep research and expertise, the growing availability of commercial sleep products, and new sleep ... -
Ultra-Low Dose Antagonist Effects on Cannabinoids and Opioids in Models of Pain: Is Less More?
(2007-11-08)An ultra-low dose of a drug is approximately 1000-fold lower than the dose range traditionally used to induce a therapeutic effect. The purpose of the present thesis was to broaden the knowledge of the ultra-low dose effect, ... -
Ultra-tight GPS/INS Integrated System for Land Vehicle Navigation in Challenging Environments
The Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) have been commonly used for land vehicle positioning and navigation applications. A typical example of GNSS is the Global Positioning System (GPS). The GPS provides accurate ... -
Ultrafast Dynamics in Single Layer Molybdenum Disulfide
Molybdenum disulfide, a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD), has a direct band gap of 1.89 eV when thinned down to a single molecular layer. Exciton recombination pathways and lifetimes have been previously studied, but ... -
Ultrafast Dynamics of Individual Air-Suspended Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube
(2008-09-03)Thorough understanding of the electronic and optical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) will no doubt benefit future technological applications. Since the discovery of band gap photoluminescence from ... -
Ultrasonically Enhanced Mass Transport and Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Solid-Liquid Two Phase Partitioning Systems
(2009-09-04)The remediation of soil contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is endorsed by environmental protection agencies worldwide. Recent studies demonstrated the removal of these contaminants from soil utilizing ... -
Ultrasound to CT Registration of the Lumbar Spine: a Clinical Feasibility Study
(2013-08-19)Spine needle injections are widely applied to alleviate pain and to remove nerve sensation through anesthesia. Current treatment is performed either blindly having no image guidance or using fluoroscopy or computed tomography ... -
Ultrasound-based Tissue Typing Using RF Time Series: Clinical Feasibility Studies and Applications
(2014-08-07)Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy, and the second leading cancer-related cause of death in North American men. If diagnosed early, PCa can be managed with a 5-year relative survival rate above ... -
Ultrasound-guided Intervention for Prostate Cancer Detection
(2014-11-19)Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosed in North American men. It can be managed with a survival rate of over 90% if diagnosed early. Although diagnosis of prostate cancer is important, however not all ... -
(Un)disciplined Performativity: Anonymity, Identity, and Governmentality on Yik Yak
Anonymous social media platforms, like Yik Yak, have been at the center of public controversies surrounding the proliferation of trolling, bullying, and gendered and racialized violence. This has led to a renewed scholarly ... -
Uncharted Paths: The Use of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine (TCAM) among Sub-Saharan Africans living in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)
The appeal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine (TACM) is growing among persons living in developed countries. Personal beliefs and traditional values about health and healthcare are deemed significant ... -
Unconventional Lives with Conventional Dreams: An Examination of the Formal and Informal Work Intersect Among Homeless Ottawa Youth
The goal of this research is to understand how work (both formal and informal) is situated within the lives of homeless youth and how this intersect is affected by peer networks and relationships developed on the streets. ... -
Underappreciated Resource or Inadequate Measure?
(2013-10-03)Article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is a legally binding and justiciable minority protection provision. It stipulates, “In those States in which ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities ... -
Undergraduate students and risk factors for excessive drinking
(2015-10-13)Excessive drinking is associated with significant negative consequences for individuals, and enormous costs to the healthcare system and economy. Around the world, university students comprise a particularly vulnerable ... -
Understanding and predicting excavation damage in sedimentary rocks: A continuum based approach
(2014-01-30)The most widely accepted approach to long-term storage of nuclear waste is to design and construct a deep geological repository, where the geological environment acts as a natural barrier to radio nuclide migration. ... -
Understanding and Supporting Student Thriving in the Ontario Kindergarten Classroom
Human thriving is often counterposed to survival and perceived as the ultimate achievable goal on a spectrum of human development and positive functioning. However, few researchers have attempted to directly tackle thriving ... -
Understanding arsenic mobility and speciation in lake sediments impacted by ore roasting near Giant mine, NWT
(2016-08-12)The roasting of gold-bearing arsenopyrite at Giant mine (Northwest Territories) between 1949 and 1999 released approximately 20,000 tonnes of toxic arsenic-bearing aerosols in the local aerial environment. Detailed examination ... -
Understanding attachment anxiety and paradoxical reactions to conflict with romantic partners: The moderating role of attachment-related threat
(2012-08-07)Prior research has shown that attachment anxiety is related to two contradictory conflict styles: submission and dominance. In a series of three studies, I clarified this research by introducing the role of attachment-related ... -
Understanding Essay Rating as a Socially Mediated Activity: the Case of a High-Stakes English Test in China
(2016-09-23)Most essay rating research in language assessment has examined human raters’ essay rating as a cognitive process, thus overlooking or oversimplifying the interaction between raters and sociocultural contexts. Given that ...