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TESTING MODELS FOR REGULATED MEMBRANE FUSION

CELL LINEAGE TRACING USING CRE RECOMBINASE TRANSGENIC MICE

STIMULATION OF A METABOLIC BYPASS FOR THE DEGRADATION OF GM2 GANGLIOSIDE IN TAY-SACHS DISEASE

GOB-1 IS A TREHALOSE-6-PHOSPHATE PHOSPHATASE REQUIRED FOR INTESTINE DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEMATODE CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS

TELOMERE DYNAMICS AND CHEMOTHERAPY IN AGING AND CANCER

DEVELOPMENT OF SMOOTH MUSCLE IN ZEBRAFISH

THE EFFECTS OF IGF-1 OVEREXPRESSION ON NORMAL C57BL/6 MOUSE LUNGS AND A MODEL OF PULMONARY FIBROSIS

ISP1 AND ISP2 CHARACTERIZATION OF IMPLANTATION SERINE PROTEINASES

ORPHEUS RECOMBINATION: DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF NOVEL PHAGE RECOMBINEERING TOOLS FOR CUSTOM TARGETING VECTOR CONSTRUCTION

IDENTIFICATION AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SNON SUMOYLATION

ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF PNK 1 IN DNA DAMAGE REPAIR IN FISSION YEAST

1ALPHA,25-DIHYDROXYVITAMIN D3 INDUCED OSTEOGENESIS IN MURINE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS: THE ROLE OF WNT5A

THE ERLINS ARE NOVEL MEMBERS OF THE PROHIBITIN FAMILY OF PROTEINS THAT DEFINE LIPID RAFT MICRODOMAINS OF THE ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM

THE EFFECT OF SRC TYROSINE KINASE ON THE SODIUM/CALCIUM EXCHANGER NCX1

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF THE CD20 OLIGOMERIC COMPLEX AND ITS RESPONSE TO B CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR ACTIVATION

Understanding the Gendered Nature of Abused Women's Health

Perceived Issues of Mental Health and Well-Being of Mid-Life Immigrant Women

The use of naturopathic medicine in children under the age of 15

GENERATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ANTI-ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI (EHEC) O157:H7 IGG AND IGY ANTIBODIES FOR PREVENTION OF FECAL SHEDDING OF EHEC FROM CATTLE

p53 Cell Cycle Dynamics

The Reovirus S1 Gene as a Model for Protein Folding and Apoptosis Studies.

The Molecular Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile in Canada.

EXPRESSION ANALYSIS OF THE PLAG AND PRONEURAL FAMILY GENESIN THE DEVELOPING MURINE NERVOUS SYSTEM.

MODIFICATION OF OCULAR GROWTH BY PERIODIC ILLUMINATION (FLICKER) IN CHICK

GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE-COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR ACTIONS ON THE NEURAL STEM CELL TO OLIGODENDROCYTE LINEAGE.

PROTECTIVE MECHANISMS OF CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA: HYPOTHERMIA AND ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING

Regulation of the N-type calcium channel by SNARE proteins and second messengers

Cell Genesis in the Mammalian Central Nervous System

Activation and Reconsolidation of Intermediate-term Memory to Long-term Memory in Lymnaea stagnalis

PRODUCTION AND EVALUATION OF A RECOMBINANT MURINE SOLUBLE GM-CSF RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT AS A GM-CSF ANTAGONIST

TRACKING TUMOR IMMUNITY IN THE CONTEXT OF AUTOIMMUNITY: DIABETOGENIC CD8+ T CELLS PROVIDE INCOMPLETE PROTECTION AGAINST SPONTANEOUS INSULINOMA

GLUCOSE-REGULATED HUMAN PROINSULIN SECRETION FROM LIVER CELLS

EVALUATION OF PTEN PROMOTER METHYLATION IN BREAST CANCER

ADHESION-INDUCED MECHANOTRANSDUCTION AND TNF REGULATION OFPAXILLIN IN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS

MEMBRANE POTENTIAL CHANGES VIA POTASSIUM CHANNELS IN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS AND THE RESULTING EFFECT ON LEUKOCYTE ROLLING

THE DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOMETRIC ASSESSMENT OF AN INSTRUMENT TO ASSESS PALLIATIVE CARE COMPETENCIES

THE ROLES AND CHALLENGES OF RESEARCH ETHICS BOARDS: INSIGHTS FROM THE MEMBERSHIP PERSPECTIVE

DIFFUSION TENSOR AND FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGINGAS INDICATORS OF DISEASE SEVERITY IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: REPRODUCIBILITY AND CORRELATIONAL STUDIES

PERCEPTIONS OF COMMUNICATION SKILLS AMONGST ORTHOPAEDIC RESIDENTS AND PROGRAM DIRECTORS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY

Nuclear Envelope Dynamics in Prophase and Prometaphase

Mechanisms of Resistance to Reoviral Oncolysis.

Variability in the Mammalian Skull: The Relationship between Canalization, Developmental Stability and Morphological Integration

Activation of Src in Human Colon Cancer Cell Lines

Neuropathogenic effects of Syncytin-1 in Multiple Sclerosis

Postural Control on Compliant Surfaces

IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MURINE SE70-2

GENOTYPE-PHENOTYPE CORRELATIONS IN MOUSE MUSCULOSKELETAL DEVELOPMENT AND DISEASE

INNATE IMMUNITY TO ADENO-AND ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS VECTORS-IMPACT ON FUNCTIONAL APOLIPOPROTEIN AI GENE TRANSFER

CHARACTERIZATION AND DEVELOPMENTAL FUNCTIONS OF THE C. ELEGANS ING-3 GENE PRODUCT

IDENTIFICATION OF A NOVEL CONSERVED REGION IN ING1 TUMOR SUPPRESSORS AS A LAMIN INTERACTING DOMAIN

IDENTIFYING TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATORS OF PHARYNGEAL GENE EXPRESSION IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS

DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF NEW TOOLS FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY-BASED PROTEIN ANALYSIS

ROLE OF THE TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE ZAC1 IN RETINAL DEVELOPMENT

STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF THE HUMAN K+ DEPENDENT NA+/CA2+ EXCHANGER, NCKX2

THE REGULATION OF VA14 NKT CELLS

CHARACTERIZATION OF EPHRINB IN CELLULAR SIGNALING AND CHICK NEURAL TUBE DEVELOPMENT

Cost-effectiveness of chest x-ray screening for diagnosis and treatment of inactive pulmonary tuberculosis in a high-incidence country

The Role of Haemophilus influenzae FbpA in Iron Transport

Quorum-sensing in Burkholderia cenocepacia and Burkholderia vietnamiensis

Construction and Characterization of a Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium Random Promoter Library for Gene Expression Profiling

Neonatal programming of the adult neuroimmune response

Epidermal Growth Factor-receptor Induced Synapse Formation Between Lymnaea Neurons

Noradrenaline and the strength of glutamate signals in magnocellular neurosecretory cells: An obligatory role for neuronal and glial elements.

The Morphological Development of Retinal Ganglion Cells

Ionic Mechanisms of Spike Firing in Cerebellar Neurons

Class 3 semaphorins and zebrafish retinal ganglion cell development

Ryanodine receptor-mediated neurotransmitter release synchronization alters the function of the chemical synapse

Presynaptic Modulation of a Central Cholinergic Synapse by Serotonin

Pre-Seizure Proteomics of a Kindling Susceptibility Model

STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE (SAPK) REGULATION OF RENALEPITHELIAL APOPTOSIS FOLLOWING COLD STORAGE

QUANTIFICATION OF EARLY SITE SPECIFIC CHANGES IN TRABECULAR BONE MORPHOLOGY BY MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (MICROCT): A POST-TRAUMATIC OVINE OSTEOARTHRITIS MODEL

A Gounded Theory Qualitative Analysis of Postgraduate Medical Resident Attitudes Towards Learning And Training In The Psychiatric Emergency Services

USING CHAOTROPES TO IDENTIFY MEMBRANE COMPONENTS CRITICAL TO CALCIUM-TRIGGERED FUSION

IDENTIFICATION OF THE GENE CAUSING DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY WITH ATAXIA SYNDROME (DCMA), A NOVEL BARTH SYNDROME-LIKE CONDITION IN THE HUTTERITE POPULATION

DEVELOPING A TRANSGENIC MOUSE MODEL EXPRESSING SOLUBLE GM-CSF RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT TO STUDY ITS PHYSIOPATHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS

The Effect of Lymphatic Vessel Impairment on Small Bowel Physiology and of Mesenteric Mast Cell Degranulation upon Lymphatic Vessel Contractility

Dual Acylation and Lipid Raft Association of Src-family kinases are required for SDF-1/CXCL12 mediated chemotaxis in human T cells

A Longitudinal Study of Medical School Curricula on Student Performance on the United States Medical Licensing Examinations, 1992-1999: A Multi-level, Multivariate Study

The Effectiveness of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy in the Treatment of Previously Untreated Lateral Epicondylitis and Validation of the Patient-Rated Forearm Evaluation Questionnaire

Signaling Kinases in Neutrophil Extravasation

The Role of Endothelial LSP-1 in the Inflammatory Response

PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR MECHANICS CONTRIBUTE TO ALTERED SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY DURING DEXTRAN SODIUM SULFATE-INDUCED COLITIS IN MICE

INSIGHTS INTO THE SMOOTHELIN LIKE-1 GENE PROMOTER

FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ISP1 AND ISP2 DURING MOUSE PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYOGENESIS

THE ROLE OF THE MRJ CO-CHAPERONE DURING EARLY MOUSE EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT

Reflections on a Healing Journey: An investigation of published research material on the role of spirituality in the lives of women healing from the effects of domestic violence

Evaluation of an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) as a Transcription Aid

Investigations into Host Cell Receptors of TcdA and TcdB of Clostridium difficile

Early Adherence of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

Interactions Between Transferrin and Transferrin Binding Protein B

Effect of thalamocortical spindle activity on cortical auditory processing

Enteric glial cells play a role in neuronal signalling and in inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract

Endogenous Cannabinoid Signaling and Energy Balance

Studies of mouse cerebellar compartmentation

Zinc Homeostasis Following Focal Ischemia in Mice

Reorganization of Semantic Noun Processing in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Synaptic Regulation of Intrinsic Dynamics in ELL Pyramidal Cells

Role of Glioma-Conditioned Monocytes and Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells in Glioma-Mediated Immunosuppression

In vitro Mechanical Loading of Osteoblast-like MG-63 Cells: Insights into Bone Remodelling

Regulation of Human Platelet Activity by Proteinase-Activated Receptors (PARs).

Assessing How Well Canadian Pediatric Residents are Taught About Routine Childhood Immunizations and How They Learn the Process of Communicating Vaccine Risks and Benefits

Role for Platelet Toll-like Receptor 4 in Sepsis

Towards Insulin Gene Therapy: Hydrodynamic Delivery as an In vivo Screening Tool for Liver-Specific, Glucose-Responsive Promoters.

DNA Methylation in Endometrial Cancer

Effects of Cardiorespiratory Fitness on Cerebrovascular Regulation: Responses to Exercise, Changes in End -Tidal PCO2 and Intravenous Infusion of Sodium Nitroprusside in Elite Athletes and Sedentary Volunteers

Increased Testicular Temperature Modulates Expression Pattterns of Sperm Proteins in Holstein Bulls

Thrombin-Mediated Signaling Pathways in Neurite Extension and Retraction

Development of a Multiplexed Protein Biomarker Assay for Colorectal Cancer

A Novel Role for Cdk5 in the Cell Cycle

Intestinal Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction in Colitis

The Multiple Mini Interview in the Assessment of International Medical Graduates for Family Medicine Residency Training in Canada: An Examination of Psychometric Evidence

Reovirus Oncolysis and Determinants of Susceptibility

A Comparison of Canadian and Taiwanese Physician Ethical Reasoning Using Clinical Vignettes

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE BRCT DOMAIN OF DNA POLYMERASE [LAMDA] IN NON-HOMOLOGOUS END-JOINING

REGULATORY MECHANISMS MEDIATED BY VA14 NKT CELLS IN TYPE 1 DIABETES

CHARACTERIZATION OF REDUCTION AND ADENOSYLATION IN MITOCHONDRIAL VITAMIN B12 METABOLISM

PLEXIN SIGNALLING AND VASCULAR DEVELOPMENT IN THE ZEBRAFISH, DANIO RERIO

SIGNALLING AND FATE SPECIFICATION PATHWAYS IN THE ZEBRAFISH VASCULATURE

THE ROLE OF NON-CANONICAL PLANAR CELL POLARITY WNT SIGNALS ON CELL PROLIFERATION IN DEVELOPING AMPHIBIAN PRONEPHROI

A STUDY OF THE THERAPEUTIC VALUE OF THE MASHKIKI BACTERIOPHAGE: A LAMBDA DISPLAY AND SUBUNIT VACCINE SYSTEM

GENETICS AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF COBALAMIN DISORDERS

Antibiotic Resistance in Swarming Salmonella

Assessing Relationships Between Water Quality Indicators and Waterborne Pathogens in Watersheds

Sensorimotor Cueing Mechanisms and Neocortical Neuroplasticity in a Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease

Architecture of the Amphibian Respiratory Central Rhythm Generator

Applying Coherence Analysis to Diffuse Optical Tomography Studies Using Near Infrared Light in Healthy Adults

INTERACTION OF ANNEXIN AIII WITH CA,3.1 T-TYPE CALCIUM CHANNELS

Phenotyping the Retina Using the Behavioural Optokinetic Response

Determination of first spike latency in Deep Cerebellar Nuclei

THE EFFECT OF INDUCED STRESS ON LONG-TERM MEMORY IN LYMNAEA STAGNALIS

Functional Neuroimaging of Monetary Reward and Pathological Gambling

An Examination of the Effects of Walking with Music on Motor Function and Quality of Life in Parkinson Disease

Evaluation of a Teaching Module to Enhance Family Physician Involvement in the Distribution of Adjuvant Aromatase Inhibitors after Tamoxifen in Post-Menopausal Breast Cancer Patients in Southern Alberta.

Assessment of Communication, Professional and Surgical Skills in an Objective Structured Performance Related Examination (OSPRE): A Psychometric Study

Posttraumatic Contractures of the Rabbit Knee: The Role of the Mast Cell - Myofibroblast Axis

Cerebral Hypoxia-Ischemia In Neonates And MRI Diagnosis Of Corticospinal Tract Degeneration

A Nurse-Led Rheumatology Clinic in the Canadian Setting.

Proteinase-Activated Receptor-2 Induces Chloride Secretion Through Multiple Signaling Pathways.

Distinct Inflammatory Responses to Individual Toll-Like Receptor 2 Ligands

VITAMIN B_12 METABOLISM IN EUKARYOTES

INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE INTERACTION BETWEEN SRC KINASE AND WNT SIGNALING

MOLECULAR CONTROL AND DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGINS OF TROPHOBLAST GIANT CELLS

ßPIX SIGNALLING IN VASCULAR STABILIZATION

LAMIN A REGULATES ING1B MRNA STABILITY

CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL ROLE OF INHIBITOR OF GROWTH 2(ING2) IN CELL DIFFERENTIATION

FUNCTIONAL REGULATION OF VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS

ING1 PROTEIN FUNCTION IN APOPTOSIS AND SENESCENCE

Estimation of Cumulative Incidence in the Presence of Competing Risks: Application to Clinical Oncology

Histological Chorioamnionitis: Neonatal and Neurodevelopmental Outcome at 36 Months Corrected Age in Preterm Infants

Investigation of non-pharmacological therapies in patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation: Rationale for and design of a randomized clinical trial

The Incidence of Elbow Injuries in the City of Calgary

What Factors Influence Parent Compliance with the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Prevention Program?

Assessment of Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors for Secondary Diabetes in Canadian Children

Parenting Stress, Well-Being, and Resiliency Among Mothers of Multiple Births in Urban Alberta

A study of Differential Outcomes between Sexes in the Clinical Course of Multiple Organ Dysfunction

Estimating Physician Workload in the Pediatric Emergency Department

The relation between dietary and serum cholesterol and mammographic density as a risk factor for breast cancer

Association between Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Health Care Utilization

Surveillance Of Stroke Occurrence in the Calgary Health Region during 1995 - 2004

Epidemiology and outcomes of primary biliary cirrhosis in the Calgary Health Region: A population-based study

The Optimal Timing of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Following Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome

Clinical activity score as an endpoint in randomized clinical trials of immunosuppressive medications in anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody associated vasculitis: a validation study

A Descriptive Study of the General Health of the Canadian Population with Schizophrenia

A cost-utility analysis of decompressive hemicraniectomy in patients with malignant middle cerebral artery (MCA) infarction

The Use of Social Network Analysis to Quantify the Importance of Social Venues in an Infectious Syphilis Outbreak in Calgary, Alberta: A pilot study

The epidemiology of influenza vaccination among young children in the Calgary Health Region

Assessing the Roles of Human Serum Amyloid P Component and Neutrophils in Shigatoxemia

Population Dynamics and Adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa during Chronic Lung Infection in Cystic Fibrosis

The Potential Mechanisms of Adonosine Regulating T cell Activation

Potential Mechanisms of Action of Aluminum-Salt Adjuvants in Vaccines

Expression and functional analysis of MS4A genes

Growth factor stimulated functional improvement following cortical ischemia

The role of Neuroligin in synaptic remodeling

Function and Plasticity of Glutamate Synpses onto Magnocellular Neurosecretory Cells in the Paraventricular Nucleus of the Hypothalamus

Peripheral nerve regeneration through bio-engineered conduits: Anatomical, sensorimotor, and functional evaluation

GPCR and G-protein Mediated Regulation of Ca,2.2 Calcium Channels

The roles of RGD-integrin interactions in peripheral nerve regeneration

Modulation of High Frequency Oscillations by Sleep-Like Frequencies in the Anesthetized Rat: A Quantitative Analysis

Development of an Optical Recording and Analysis Paradigm for the Investigation of Causal Dynamic in Cultural Neuronal Networks

Metalloproteinases can degrade growth-inhibitory extracellular matrix to disinhibit neuronal process outgrowth

New Approaches to Identifying Critical Components of the Calcium Triggered Membrane Fusion Machinery

The Role of NFkB Within Cognition in Diabetic Encephalopathy Using a Mouse Model of Type 1 Diabetes

Neural Plasticity after a Prolonged Experimentail Febrile Seizure

A Measurement of Partial Pressure of Oxygen in Unanesthetized and Unrestrained Rats Using a Chronically Implantable Fiber Optic Probe

Validating the Risk Factors for Development Dysplasia of the Hip and Educating Pediatricians and Other Health Care Providers About the Best Method of Diagnosis: A Meta-Analysis.

Genomic variations in the MMP-1 promoter influence estrogen receptor beta mediated activity in mechanically activated environments.

Pregnancy and Fever: Further on Endogenous Glucocorticoids

Characterization of a topoisomerase IIa-p54(nrb) complex identified in human cells using an affinity-purification and unbiased mass spectrometric approach.

Molecular Analysis of Hypoxia Induced Cell Cycle Arrest and Death in Normal and Cancerous Tissue

Investigating Satiety within the Rodent Brain using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Measurement of the Operating Room Educational Environment

Involvement of CD14 in the Inflammatory Cytokine Response to Exoenzyme S from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Does the Model for End-stage Liver Disease Accurately Predict the Occurrence of Ninety-Day Wait-List Mortality in Atlantic Canadian Liver Transplant Candidates? A Validation Study 

Investigating the Association between Migraine and Major Depression - A Retrospective Cohort Study

Effect of retirement transition on women’s wellbeing: a study of academic women

The Validation of a Novel Surveillance System for Monitoring Bloodstream Infections in the Calgary Health Region

Smad4- deficiency in hematopoietic cells leads to the development of gastro-duodenal polyps that are accompanied by a Th17 inflammatory response

Nak 1 and Orb6 interact to regulate cell polarity in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Assessing Primary Bacteriological Effects of Mesalamine and Relevance to Colitis

A compositional analysis of membrane microdomains using methods in proteomics.

Early Molecular Changes Quantified in the Ovine Stifle Joint Two Weeks Post Anterior Cruciate Ligament Autograft Surgery

Characterization and Use of Skin-Derived Precursor Cells to Promote Peripheral Nerve Regeneration

The role of J proteins in mutant huntingtin aggregation

Involvement of Pannexin-1 Channels and the Mitochondria Permeability Transition in Ischemic Neuronal Death

Cytotoxicity of ORF3 proteins from Porcine circoviruses

Morphologic and molecular pathogenesis study of condemned kidneys in swine from Alberta

Biofilm matrix polymers induce type III secretion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

In Vitro and Clinical Studies on the Role of the CXCR4/SDF-1 Chemokine Axis in Non Small Cell Lung Cancer