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Ten simple rules for writing statistical book reviews
(PLOS, 2019-01-24)Statistical books can provide deep insights into statistics and software. There are, however, many resources available to the practitioner. Book reviews have the capacity to function as a critical mechanism for the learner ... -
A Test for Pre-Adapted Phenotypic Plasticity in the Invasive Tree Acer negundo L.
(PLoS ONEPLoS ONE, 2013-09-09)Phenotypic plasticity is a key mechanism associated with the spread of exotic plants and previous studies have found that invasive species are generally more plastic than co-occurring species. Comparatively, the evolution ... -
Thermoelectric Nanocomposite Foams Using Non-Conducting Polymers with Hybrid 1D and 2D Nanofillers
(MDPI, 2018-09-18)A facile processing strategy to fabricate thermoelectric (TE) polymer nanocomposite foams with non-conducting polymers is reported in this study. Multilayered networks of graphene nanoplatelets (GnPs) and multi-walled ... -
Transnational pharmacogovernance: emergent patterns in the jazz of pharmaceutical policy convergence
(Biomed Central, 2018-08-22)Background: As a transnational policy network, the International Council for Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) aligns international regulatory standards to ... -
Trends in concussions at Ontario schools prior to and subsequent to the introduction of a concussion policy - an analysis of the Canadian hospitals injury reporting and prevention program from 2009 to 2016
(Biomed Central, 2018-11-29)Background: Concussion is a preventable injury that can have long-term health consequences for children and youth. In Ontario, the Policy/Program Memorandum # 158 (PPM) was introduced by the Ministry of Education of Ontario ... -
A Turtle Population Study in an Isolated Urban Wetland Complex in Ontario Reveals a Few Surprises
(CSP, 2019)We report on the results of the first mark–recapture survey of freshwater turtles in an isolated urban wetland complex in one of Canada’s fastest growing municipalities. Although we found turtles in every surveyed wetland, ... -
Unweighted regression models perform better than weighted regression techniques for respondent-driven sampling data: results from a simulation study
(Biomed Central, 2019-10-29)Background: It is unclear whether weighted or unweighted regression is preferred in the analysis of data derived from respondent driven sampling. Our objective was to evaluate the validity of various regression models, ... -
Validating potential energy surfaces for classical trajectory calculations
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015)Two possible methods for probing flaws in empirical potential energy surfaces are examined, using a simple unimolecular isomerisation as an example. One is a heuristic estimate of the degree of chaos in a vibrating molecule; ... -
Waste Reduction Strategies: Understanding the factors affecting efficacy of talent selection in sport and improving talent wastage
(Frontiers, 2019)Coaches are faced with the difficult task of identifying and selecting athletes to their team. Despite its widespread practice in sport, there is still much to learn about improving the identification and selection process. ... -
What image features guide lightness perception?
(Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), 2018-12-04)Lightness constancy is the ability to perceive black and white surface colors under a wide range of lighting conditions. This fundamental visual ability is not well understood, and current theories differ greatly on what ... -
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: the Importance of Rejection, Power, and Editors in the Practice of Scientific Publishing
(PLoS ONEPLoS ONE, 2013-12-30)Peer review is an important element of scientific communication but deserves quantitative examination. We used data from the handling service manuscript Central for ten mid-tier ecology and evolution journals to test whether ... -
Women in clinical trials: a review of policy development and health equity in the Canadian context
(Biomed Central, 2019-04-15)Health equity in pharmaceutical research is concerned with creating equal opportunities for men and women to partake in clinical trials. Equitable representation is imperative for determining the safety, effectiveness, and ...