Publications by authors named "C F Belanger"

Background: As numbers of dogs entering Canada from abroad are increasing, it is essential to understand the scope, challenges, and risks associated with canine importation. Canadian veterinarians' collective experience with and clinical knowledge of imported dogs can provide valuable insights into this practice.

Objective: To describe Canadian veterinarians' experiences with, and perspectives of, imported dogs in clinical practice.

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of catheter shift errors and determine patient specific error thresholds (PSETs) for different high dose rate prostate brachytherapy (HDRPBT) plans generated by different forms of inverse optimization.

Methods: Three plans were generated for 50 HDRPBT patients and PSETs were determined for each of the 3 plans. Plan 1 was the original Oncentra Prostate (v4.

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Background: Recently, high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy treatment plans generation was improved with the development of multicriteria optimization (MCO) algorithms that can generate thousands of pareto optimal plans within seconds. This brings a shift, from the objective of generating an acceptable plan to choosing the best plans out of thousands.

Purpose: In order to choose the best plans, new criteria beyond usual dosimetrics volumes histogram (DVH) metrics are introduced and a deep learning (DL) framework is added as an automatic plan selection algorithm.

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Parents who have experienced cumulative childhood interpersonal trauma (CCIT, i.e., an accumulation of different types of abuse) tend to experience higher parental stress following the birth of a child.

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Cumulative childhood trauma (CCT) increases the risk of experiencing interpersonal problems and relationship distress in adulthood. However, not all CCT survivors experience such difficulties, and little research has investigated protective factors against relationship dissatisfaction in CCT survivors and their partners. Romantic attachment might be one such factor that could reduce the harmful effects of a CCT history on relationship satisfaction for both survivors and their partners.

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