Are there Geographical Disparities in Access to Liver Transplantation in Atlantic Canada? by Paul Douglas Renfrew, Michele Molinari

“…OBJECTIVE: To characterize the patient population served by Atlantic Canada’s Multi-Organ Transplant Program liver transplant service over the first five years of activity in its current iteration.…”
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A Comparison between Atlantic Canadian and National Correction Equations to Improve the Accuracy of Self-Reported Obesity Estimates in Atlantic Canada by Cynthia L. Murray, Gordon W. Walsh, Sarah Connor Gorber

“…To determine whether obesity correction equations for the Canadian general population, which are dependent on the prevalence of obesity, are appropriate for use in Atlantic Canada, which has the highest obesity rates in the country. …”
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The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Accurately Predicts 90-Day Liver Transplant Wait-List Mortality in Atlantic Canada by Paul Douglas Renfrew, Hude Quan, Christopher James Doig, Elijah Dixon, Michele Molinari

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Identifying factors that underpin student decisions to pursue the Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Atlantic Canadian Universities: Protocol for a mixed methods study. by Tiffany A Lee, Amit Sundly, Stephen D Coombs, Gerald J Galway

“…All entry-to-practice PharmD students and graduates in Atlantic Canada are eligible to participate. The survey consists of several Likert scale questions associated with five decision-making domains, as well as several socio-demographic questions. …”
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Laboratory Diagnosis of Mumps in a Partially Immunized Population: The Nova Scotia Experience by TF Hatchette, R Davidson, S Clay, J Pettipas, J LeBlanc, S Sarwal, M Smieja, KR Forward

“…BACKGROUND: In 2007, Atlantic Canada experienced a large outbreak of mumps predominately in university students who had received a single dose of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. …”
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Changements climatiques, changements du littoral et évolution de la vulnérabilité côtière au fil du temps : comparaison de territoires français, canadien et sénégalais by Sebastian Weissenberger, Mélinda Noblet, Steve Plante, Omer Chouinard, Julie Guillemot, Mélanie Aubé, Catherine Meur-Ferec, Élisabeth Michel-Guillou, Ndickou Gaye, Alioune Kane, Coura Kane, Awa Niang, Aichetou Seck

“…We will describe how the climate vulnerability of certain territories in France, Senegal and Atlantic Canada is determined by the evolution of land use, of demographic, economic, environmental, social and cultural aspects that evolve on different time scales, secular in some cases, more recent in others. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of the most common multimorbidity among Canadian adults. by Obed Mortey, Gerald Mugford, Kris Aubrey-Bassler, Hensley H Mariathas, Ugochukwu Odimba, Zhiwei Gao

“…Persons living in Atlantic Canada, Ontario and Quebec were at increased odds of having the MCM compared to those in British Columbia. …”
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A history of monitoring marine birds at sea in eastern and Arctic Canada by Carina Gjerdrum, David A. Fifield, Francois Bolduc, Sarah N.P. Wong, Matthieu Beaumont, Mark L. Mallory

“…Systematic surveys of marine birds from ships were first conducted by the Canadian Wildlife Service in Atlantic Canada in 1965, and then expanded to the Canadian Arctic in 1969 under PIROP (Programme intégré de recherches sur les oiseaux pélagiques). …”
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Influence of Supplemental Dietary Cholesterol on Growth Performance, Indices of Stress, Fillet Pigmentation, and Upper Thermal Tolerance of Female Triploid Atlantic Salmon (Salmo s... by Eric H. Ignatz, Rebeccah M. Sandrelli, Sean M. Tibbetts, Stefanie M. Colombo, Fábio S. Zanuzzo, Ashley M. Loveless, Christopher C. Parrish, Matthew L. Rise, A. Kurt Gamperl

“…These latter data suggest that it is possible to produce all female populations of reproductively sterile salmon that can withstand summer temperatures in Atlantic Canada.…”
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Numerical modelling of the hydrodynamics driven by tidal flooding of the land surface after dyke breaching by Rachel A. Burns, Ryan P. Mulligan, Megan Elliott, Danika van Proosdij, Enda Murphy

“…To investigate these dynamics, a dyke in Atlantic Canada was purposefully breached and the adjacent land surface allowed to flood with the tides. …”
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An inclusive approach to crop soil moisture estimation: Leveraging satellite thermal infrared bands and vegetation indices on Google Earth engine by Fatima Imtiaz, Aitazaz A. Farooque, Gurjit S. Randhawa, Xiuquan Wang, Travis J. Esau, Bishnu Acharya, Seyyed Ebrahim Hashemi Garmdareh

“…The region of Prince Edward Island (PEI), Atlantic Canada's largest potato producer, is facing irregular precipitation patterns that stress crop water supplies. …”
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Monitoring of greenhouse gas emission drivers in Atlantic Canadian Potato production: A robust explainable intelligent glass-box by Mehdi Jamei, Muhammad Hassan, Aitazaz A. Faroouqe, Mumtaz Ali, Masoud Karbasi, Gurjit S. Randhawa, Zaher Mundher Yaseen, Ross Dwyer

“…In this research, a novel explainable multi-level ensemble learning framework has been developed to accurately monitor the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission drivers of the Atlantic Canada's potato crop system i.e., Carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O), and water vapour (H2O). …”
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