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Advancing a Digitally Enabled Supply Chain as a Strategy to Strengthen Resilience of Canada’s Healthcare Supply Chain
Currently, most healthcare organizations in Canada lack the capacity to identify products on hand, track their locations or link product use in the delivery of healthcare to patient outcomes. These digital blind spots are associated with delayed product-recall responsiveness, compromised patient safety and a limited ability to make data-driven decisions during supply disruptions.
An “Early Warning” Risk Assessment Strategy to Enable Proactive Ma
Canada’s healthcare systems continue to experience multiple and lengthy supply chain disruptions, compounded by limited digital infrastructure and a lack of real-time visibility into risks of supply disruptions. Despite growing awareness of health supply vulnerabilities, there is no standardized tool currently to assess the risks of supply shortages for patients or the health workforce.
Diversity affects microclimate temperature and humidity: an overview of the evidence and major unanswered questions
Contents Summary 1 I. Theoretical underpinning 1 II. Evidence for diversity–microclimate temperature relationships 2 III. Evidence for diversity–Microclimate RH and VPD relationships 2 IV. Major unanswered questions for future work 4 V. Conclusion 5 Acknowledgements 5 References 6 I.
Plant functional diversity does not dilute virus infection, but community virus prevalence positively correlates with net C3 grass production
1 INTRODUCTION Plant diversity has been documented to have overall positive effects on ecosystems. It improves ecosystem functioning by increasing plant productivity (Tilman et al., 1996), soil fertility (Spehn et al., 2000) and ecosystem stability during climate extremes (Isbell et al., 2015). The diversity of higher trophic level species, such as insects, is also enhanced in communities with high plant diversity (Haddad et al., 2001).
Strengthening Self-Reliance to Support “Can
Canada's health systems remain vulnerable to supply disruptions due to overreliance on globally sourced health products and limited visibility into domestic manufacturing capacity. This study presents an empirically tested, artificial intelligence—enabled search platform designed to automate the sourcing of health products from Canadian companies.
Ask the Audiologist
October 2, 2025 Ask the Audiologist By Alexandra Wright, Au.D. Audiology Consultants, P.C. Noise-induced hearing loss is estimated to affect about 24% of adults in the United States, which makes the question of how to protect your hearing from excessive noise damage a very important one. The goal when obtaining adequate hearing protection is all about the amount of noise the devices are able to reduce and how well the device fits.
Ask the Audiologist
October 1, 2025 Ask the Audiologist By Alexandra Wright, Au.D. Audiology Consultants, P.C. Noise-induced hearing loss is estimated to affect about 24% of adults in the United States, which makes the question of how to protect your hearing from excessive noise damage a very important one. The goal when obtaining adequate hearing protection is all about the amount of noise the devices are able to reduce and how well the device fits.
Applying complementarity in ecological restoration
Keywords ecosystem restoration ecosystem functioning abiotic facilitation biotic feedbacks resource partitioning Increased urgency for ecosystem restoration Accelerating changes in land use, climate change, and biodiversity loss are responsible for large-scale ecological degradation [1,2]. These combined pressures compromise ecosystem functioning and the delivery of nature’s contributions to people (NCP) which builds on the ecosystem services concept [3].
A Collaborative Approach to Solving Canada’s Heal
Featured Current Issue Past Issues Special Issues Masthead For Authors Healthcare Quarterly 28(1) May 2025 : 46-55.doi:10.12927/hcq.2025.27631 Canada's healthcare supply chain faces persistent disruptions, and its fragility has been well documented.
Evaluating digital maturity in public health systems: a statewide cross-sectional analysis of digital public health capacity in Missouri
Background Digital transformation of public health systems has become increasingly critical for effective population health management and disease surveillance. Despite recognition of its importance, many public health systems are challenged by manual and paper-based processes (1, 2), with lack of information infrastructure with modern security features, data exchange capabilities, and few contemporary reporting tools (3).
Equine Veterinary Education | BEVA & AAEP Journal | Wiley Online Library
CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT No conflicts of interest have been declared. REFERENCES & (2012) Equine gingivitis, periodontal disease and diastemata cases. Vet Times, UK. & (2015) Imaging suppurative infections of the central nervous system in horses. Equine Veterinary Education, 27(2), 81–85. & (2020) Equine nasal endoscopy: treating bullae disease and sinus disease. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice, 36(3), 659–669.
Alexandra Wright: BC needs commonsense change driven by ordinary citizens
Alexandra Wright is a businesswoman, lawyer and farmer. She is running as the Conservative Party of British Columbia candidate in the Kelowna-Mission riding. When I was asked to write this opinion piece, I thought about what I wanted to convey to my readers. Usually, I try to add humour and wit to my writing, but let's be honest – the past few years of politics in British Columbia have been anything but funny.
Plant-plant interactions can mitigate (or exacerbate) hot drought impacts
Climate change will increase global surface temperatures by at least another 1.5°C in the next 50 yr (IPCC, 2021). This increase in temperature is already accelerating the water cycle and shifting precipitation regimes globally, with some places receiving less precipitation while others are receiving more (IPCC, 2021). Increased global temperatures are also increasing the drying capacity of the atmosphere, measured as vapor pressure deficit (VPD; Yuan et al., 2019).
Wright: Acknowledging implicit bias to support a culture of DEI
Diversity, equity and inclusion has been a major topic of discussion in recent years. Organizations such as the American Bar Association and the National Association for Law Placement have made efforts to advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion in the legal profession by working to educate those in the profession, as well as students who will someday join the profession, on how to be an advocate.
Simulating atmospheric drought: Silica gel packets dehumidify mesocosm microclimates
Abstract As global temperatures rise, droughts are becoming more frequent and severe. To predict how drought might affect plant communities, ecologists have traditionally designed experiments with controlled watering regimes and rainout shelters. Both treatments have proven effective for simulating soil drought. However, neither are designed to directly modify atmospheric drought.
Hawaii Fires Search The Missing
Previous If you’re a Black person, you saw it. If you’re a woke Black… Next Up Trina Worrell Benjamin is an example of an entrepreneur who … At least 36 people have died in the Lahaina fire in Hawaii, Maui County wrote in a statement posted to the county website Wednesday evening. Wildfires have destroyed or damaged more than 200 structures and forced thousands to evacuate. (Aug. 10) We're always interested in hearing about news in our community.
Hawaii Fires Search The Missing
FILE - This undated photo provided by Alexandra Wright shows Leshia Wright in Lake Havasu, Ariz. After being missing for days, Wright was able to call her daughter and sister after finding shelter in an abandoned home that was not affected by the fires in Lahaina, Hawaii, Friday, Aug. 11, 2023.
Hawaii Fires Search The Missing
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Publisher Correction: Clarifying the effect of biodiversity on productivity in natural ecosystems with longitudinal data and methods for causal inference | Nature Communications
Correction to: Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37194-5, published online 05 May 2023 The original version of this Article contained errors in the Methods section ‘Target causal effect’, in which terms were omitted from the mathematical definitions of the causal effect and average causal effect.
Clarifying the effect of biodiversity on productivity in natural ecosystems with longitudinal data and methods for causal inference - Nature Communications
Abstract Causal effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functions can be estimated using experimental or observational designs — designs that pose a tradeoff between drawing credible causal inferences from correlations and drawing generalizable inferences. Here, we develop a design that reduces this tradeoff and revisits the question of how plant species diversity affects productivity.
Wright: Reflections on what I wish I had known in law school
Like most things in life, law school is a learning experience filled with trial and error. Each year of law school brings new experiences. Little by little, law students tend to find what works for them and what does not. However, there are some lessons that are not learned until after law school is over. I’ve been out of law school and a practicing attorney for a little over one year now.
The Emerging Features of Healthcare Supply Chain Resilience: Learning
Healthcare Quarterly 25(2) July 2022 : 44-53.10.12927/hcq.2022.26889 Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic exposed significant fragilities in the configuration of global healthcare supply chains. This was felt acutely by citizens, patients and healthcare workers across Canada. As demand for critical medical products surged in Canada, and globally, provincial healthcare supply chain teams worked to rapidly stabilize their supply chains.
Extraskeletal Ewing Sarcoma from Head to Toe: Multimodality Imaging Review
Abstract Despite the often nonspecific findings of extraskeletal Ewing sarcoma, imaging plays an important role in the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of this rare entity. Extraskeletal Ewing sarcoma (EES) is a rare subtype in the Ewing sarcoma family of tumors (ESFT), which also includes Ewing sarcoma of bone (ESB) and, more recently, primitive neuroectodermal tumors.
Key Characteristics of a Fragile Healthcare Supply Chain: Learning fro
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the many challenges that provincial health systems have experienced while scaling health services to protect Canadians from viral transmission and support care for those who get infected. Supply chain capacity makes it possible for health systems to deliver care and implement public health initiatives safely.
An Evidence-Based Strategy to Scale Vaccination in Canada
Abstract Provincial health systems have been challenged by the surge in healthcare demands caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; the COVID-19 vaccine rollout across the country has further added to these challenges. A successful vaccination campaign is widely viewed as the only way to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic, placing greater urgency on the need for a rapid vaccination strategy.
An Evidence-Based Strategy to Scale Vaccination in Canada
Abstract Provincial health systems have been challenged by the surge in healthcare demands caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; the COVID-19 vaccine rollout across the country has further added to these challenges. A successful vaccination campaign is widely viewed as the only way to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic, placing greater urgency on the need for a rapid vaccination strategy.
Key Characteristics of a Fragile Healthcare Supply Chain: Learning fro
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the many challenges that provincial health systems have experienced while scaling health services to protect Canadians from viral transmission and support care for those who get infected. Supply chain capacity makes it possible for health systems to deliver care and implement public health initiatives safely.
Hong Kong Launches Its First Regulator-Approved Bitcoin Fund
Hong Kong Establishes Its First Regulator-Approved Bitcoin Fund Arrano Capital, the blockchain arm of asset manager Venture Smart Asia Limited operating from Hong Kong, has introduced the country’s first Bitcoin (BTC) fund with full regulatory approval. According to the April 20 news release, Arrano Capital stated that the fund, which monitors the price of Bitcoin, offers institutional investors access to Bitcoin through a traditional fund structure.
Multi-Jurisdictional Collaboration as a Strat
This paper describes a framework that engages diverse leaders and decision-makers across Canada's federal, provincial and territorial jurisdictions to build collaboration that overcomes the silos and competition among jurisdictions during healthcare supply disruptions.
Epi 2.0: Small Earthquake or Epic Natural Body Builder
With the growing demand for plant-based options on menus everywhere, it was only a matter of time before the trend spilled over into other aspects of the fitness arena. While botanically-derived supplements are hardly new (check out our Top 10 Natural Anabolics for more on that), there are some that bring innovation to the forefront and find ways to elevate their ingredients past the rest.
Top 10 Fat Burners for 2020
From magazine and influencer profiles, to the Olympia stage and Muscle Beach, if you’ve got the body, showing off your hard work physically is incredibly gratifying. But when it comes down to the nitty gritty of what it actually takes to achieve that goal, the uninitiated might feel overwhelmed when they realize that eliminating sugar and adding an extra cardio session to your weekly split won’t cut it if you want a cover-worthy figure.
Toward a sensory ecology of luminescent noses by Nathaniel J Dominy
Above image by Annie Fischinger (creative commons license) Guest Post by Nathaniel J. Dominy, Professor of Anthropology and Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College; OpEd Project Public Voices Fellow (Full bio below this post) Robert L. May graduated from Dartmouth College in 1926 and soon afterwards published a classic monograph of animal social behavior, Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer.
Top 10 Natural Anabolics for 2018
Sponsored Content The Top 10 Natural Anabolics for 2018 see continued innovation and growth as more compounds are identified and introduced to the market. Natural Anabolics have surged to the forefront of the industry due to impressive customer results and the continuous formula improvements we’ve seen from the botanical-based science behind them. Many rival the results of more hardcore bulking agents.
Mathematical Relationships of Individual Stereocenter er Values to dr Values
RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXT Brenden T. Herrera Brenden T. Herrera Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States Chung-Yon Lin Chung-Yon Lin Department of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States Alexandra M. Wright Alexandra M. Wright Office of the Registrar, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States Sarah R. Moor Sarah R.
Case Study: Supply Chain Transformation in the Alberta Health Services
Abstract This case study provides empirical evidence of the effect of implementing an integrated supply chain strategy province-wide to improve the safety, quality and performance of Alberta Health Services (AHS). AHS implemented a transformational supply chain strategy, enabled by GS1 standards, to achieve traceability of all products, equipment and patient safety events across the health system.
Case Study: Supply Chain Transformation in the UK National Health Service
Abstract This case study provides evidence of the impact of the Scan4Safety program demonstrated in six National Health Service (NHS) Trusts, funded to achieve supply chain transformation to improve safety, quality and performance in the NHS in England. All 154 Trusts were mandated to adopt GS1 global standards for supply chain processes and Pan-European Public Procurement On-Line standards in 2014 to enable digital transactions across the NHS.
The incidence of adrenal metastases in primary colorectal cancer
To view the full text, please login as a subscribed user or purchase a subscription. Click here to view the full text on ScienceDirect. Aims: Typically, colorectal cancers metastasise to the lung and liver. Adrenal metastases do occur in colorectal malignancies; however extensive liver and lung metastases are generally present in these cases. Current literature has identified very few cases of solitary adrenal metastasis, with most publications being case based.
Collision | Boroughs Publishing Group
When a collision of two parallel worlds creates a portal, Ella’s eyes—and heart—open to the impossible. Eighteen-year-old, tell-it-like-it-is Ella Beuchene is about to graduate from a prestigious high school, and yet she’s never felt more trapped. Her family is hell-bent on forcing her into a future she doesn’t want. Her boyfriend no longer gets her. And her best friend is keeping something secret. Something that could shatter their friendship for good.
Policy lessons from health taxes: a systematic review of empirical studies
We acknowledge that certain context-specific factors will influence how clearly a tax is visible to the consumer, and this is likely to have an important influence on how consumers respond. In the UK and other European countries taxes on food and beverages are incorporated into the price displayed on the shelf, such that the consumer’s purchasing decision is made on the post-tax price. In North America, taxes usually appear on the sales receipt as a non-itemized addition to the bill.
The Current Epidemiology of Injecting Drug Use-Associated Infective Endocarditis in Victoria, Australia in the Midst of Increasing Crystal Methamphetamine Use - Heart, Lung and Circulation
Publication HistoryPublished online: May 09, 2017Accepted: March 29, 2017; Received in revised form: February 15, 2017; Received: September 20, 2016;
Online science communication and the importance of empathy | PLOS Ecology Community
Guest Post by Nicole Miller-Struttmann, Laurence L. Browning Jr. Assistant Professor, Webster University (full bio below this post) Science communication remains as challenging as it is necessary in the era of big data. Scientists are encouraged to reach out to non-experts through social media, collaborations with citizen scientists, and non-technical abstracts.
My Two Shekels: How to stop ourselves becoming desensitised to terrorism?
Sometime in the years following the destruction of the First Temple in 586 BCE, a group of poets sat down to write a collection of mournful lamentations. Through their eyes, we see the ravaged city of Jerusalem as a bereaved and abandoned woman, her children dying of hunger on street corners, her maidens and youths murdered.
PLOS Ecology Community
The above image is of the Anthropology Museum at Beloit College (creative commons license). Last week we covered some general results from a survey we ran here on the blog in late May. This week I am sharing a more careful breakdown for each of the different types of institutions. We plan to run this survey again this fall to get a more comprehensive view of each of these categories. In some cases (Art & Design schools) we have a low sample size to draw from.
PLOS Ecology Community
The above image is of Firestone Library at Princeton University (creative commons license). How do you spend the majority of your time as a tenured or tenure-track professor in the natural sciences? That was the question we started to answer using survey data collected here on the blog several weeks ago. We received responses from 90 people in the PLoS Ecology community, including 72 ecologists and biologists, 11 geologists, 3 physicists, and 4 chemists.
PLOS Blogs Network
Source: Restoring what was lost: semi-natural grassland habitat restoration in Sweden The above image was taken in Hjelle, Norway (creative commons license). Human domination of earth’s ecosystems is well documented. Past work has estimated that 20-100% of the land’s surface has been affected by humans in some way. Humans build cities, burn rainforests, cultivate massive amounts of grain and livestock, mine ore, and manipulate waterways.
PLOS Blogs Network
Source: Stadium speakers and psychologists: a survey for scientists in tenured and tenure-track positions The image above is taken of a Baruch College lecture hall that seats 500 students (creative commons license). In today’s academic job market, it is essential to consider all of your career options post-PhD. Many have spoken at length about the value of leaving academia altogether (also here, here, and here).
PLOS Ecology Community
The above image was taken of rainforest patrol workers in Viet Nam as part of the Forest Ecosystem Services unit (Asian Development Bank creative commons license). Manmade climate change and large-scale alteration of the landscape are affecting the planet and the ecosystem services upon which humans depend.
PLOS Blogs Network
The above image is of the Sahel in central Africa (creative commons license). The modern world is in the midst of an extinction crisis. Some estimates put current extinction rates at 10-1000x above the background rates observed before human domination of the earth’s systems. Human manipulation of the landscape and global climate change are both contributing to high rates of global and local biodiversity loss.
Bright lights big city: do energy-efficient LED lights cause unexpected ecological damage?
Image above: new LED streetlights in the city of Houston, TX (meltedpastic, creative commons license). Planet earth runs on light energy. Light energy from the sun powers photosynthetic processes in plants and different wavelengths of light cue these plants to flower, move their leaves, and grow taller. These same cues influence animals as well. Insects are attracted to narrow range UV lights, based on the evolved sensitivities to UV light in their eyes.
Mentoring young women in the classroom: you don’t need to act more masculine, we should be making the workplace more feminine
When I was an undergraduate studying Environmental Science at Beloit College I thought that the United States was a place where the vast majority of people — men and women — believed in gender equality. I came of age in a University setting where feminism was the dominant paradigm. It was an empowering place for me. Any expression of misogyny or gender inequality from a member of the community was mocked and dismissed. It was in this environment that I studied science.
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