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Statin-use and perceptions of high cholesterol as predictors of healthy lifestyle behaviours in Nigerians.
It is unclear how statin-use influences the adoption of healthy lifestyle choices. It is important to understand the nature of this relationship as this could facilitate targeted public health interventions which could help...
Published by: PLOS global public health
Decorative Art Pattern Mining and Discovery Based on Group User Intelligence
With the continuous developments of real estates and the increasing personalization of people, more and more house owners are willing to search for and discover their preferred decorative art patterns via various house...
Published by: IGI Global
The Ideas of God and Self Within a Phenomenology of Body
Michelle Rebidoux
Feb 05, 2018
Were I to give this paper a subtitle, it would be: “Revisiting the metaphor of thebody as house”; and if I were to give it a sub-subtitle, it would be: “The backdoor, the front door, the bedroom, and the hole in the roof.” In...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Decolonial Futurities in Social Work Education
This editorial introduces the first part of the two-part special issue Reckoning and Reconciliation: Decolonizing Social Work Education.
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Motivating Language and Intent to Stay in a Backsourced Information Technology Environment
Information technology (IT) backsourcing is a recent phenomenon that is gaining momentum because effective sourcing strategy can have major implications for organizations regarding financial investments, IT infrastructure, and...
Published by: IGI Global
Is freedom of the press required for a liberal democracy
Joshua Barrett
Oct 07, 2014
Democracies within states have become more predominant than at any other point in history. Whether this shift is directing towards liberal democracies, however, has yet to be determined. This article focuses on freedom of the...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Determining and Enhancing the Competencies of the School-Based Choir Conductor through a Capability Building Program
Gilbert Allan Dispo
Aug 04, 2017
The power of choral singing has been proven to be significant in transforming every person into better individuals. This can be achieved if the school choir director who delivers the training has the technical knowledge...
Published by: The Singing Network
Training Effectiveness in Times of Austerity
Due to the fall in oil price, many companies are looking into ways to cut cost. Despite such cost-cutting efforts fuelled by the constant pressure for companies to stay competitive, the importance of training is still widely...
Published by: IGI Global
Use of CFD in Ocean Engineering
Transportation of oil and gas and oil spills are two potential risks posed to the marine environment. This paper mainly focuses on the use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) at Oceanic Consulting Corporation (OCC). With OCC’s...
Enterprise Resource Planning Systems in Iran
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software packages have been widely implemented in the developed world since they first appeared on the market in the late 1970s. In the developing world, however, the lack of the human and...
Published by: IGI Global
The GJU Website Development Process and Best Practices
This paper introduces a website development process comprised of six phases: requirements, content, design, development, launch, and maintenance. In this context, a website is considered the primary marketing channel for a...
Published by: IGI Global
Research on Passive Contaminant Transport in a Vegetated Channel
Vegetation plays an important role in the physical, ecological, and hydraulic functions of streams, rivers and many other water bodies and can affect the transport of water, sediment and nutrients both within the channel and to...
Information Management and IoT Technology for Safety and Security of Smart Home and Farm Systems
Information management collects data from several online systems. They analyze the information. They issue reports about information for supporting decision-making management. Utilizing current modern innovations try to...
Published by: IGI Global
Using machine learning to create a repository of judgments concerning a new practice area
Abstract Judgments concerning animals have arisen across a variety of established practice areas. There is, however, no publicly available repository of judgments concerning the emerging practice...
Review of Voices of the Nakba
Louis Brehony
Dec 14, 2022
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Friedrich Christoph Oetinger’s Speculative Pietism
Sean J. McGrath
Aug 29, 2018
The influence of Friedrich Christoph Oetinger (1702-82) on Schelling’s work is even deeper than that exerted by Jakob Boehme, deeper, not because Schelling devoted more scholarly attention to Oetinger than he did to the study of...
Published by: Memorial University Libraries
Determinants of QuantiFERON Plus-diagnosed tuberculosis infection in adult Ugandan TB contacts
Jonathan Mayito, Adrian R Martineau, Divya Tiwari, Lydia Nakiyingi, David P Kateete, Stephen T Reece, Irene Andia Biraro
Apr 17, 2023
Background
The tuberculin skin test is commonly used to diagnose latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in resource-limited settings, but its specificity is limited by factors including cross-reactivity with BCG vaccine...
Humans Tuberculosis HIV Infections Tuberculin Test Cross-Sectional Studies Adult Uganda Female Male Latent Tuberculosis Interferon-gamma Release Tests
Published by: PLOS ONE
Repairs to Timber Cribway and Construction of Breakwater
Brett Evans
Apr 09, 2013
The town of Belleoram, NL is comprised of approximately 450 residents located on the Connaigre Peninsula within Fortune Bay. Being a fishing town, the harbour has always been a typically sheltered area, protected from the wind...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
In vivo interrogation of regulatory genomes reveals extensive quasi-insufficiency in cancer evolution.
Anja Fischer, Robert Lersch, Niklas de Andrade Krätzig, Alexander Strong, Mathias J Friedrich, Julia Weber, Thomas Engleitner, Rupert Öllinger, Hsi-Yu Yen, Ursula Kohlhofer, Irene Gonzalez-Menendez, David Sailer, Liz Kogan, Mari Lahnalampi, Saara Laukkanen, Thorsten Kaltenbacher, Christine Klement, Majdaddin Rezaei, Tim Ammon, Juan J Montero, Günter Schneider, Julia Mayerle, Mathias Heikenwälder, Marc Schmidt-Supprian, Leticia Quintanilla-Martinez, Katja Steiger, Pentao Liu, Juan Cadiñanos, George S Vassiliou, Dieter Saur, Olli Lohi, Merja Heinäniemi, Nathalie Conte, Allan Bradley, Lena Rad, Roland Rad
Apr 17, 2023
In contrast to mono- or biallelic loss of tumor-suppressor function, effects of discrete gene dysregulations, as caused by non-coding (epi)genome alterations, are poorly understood. Here, by perturbing the regulatory genome in...