Publications by authors named "K Atkinson"

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  • - The study aimed to understand the experiences and perspectives of clients involved in safer opioid supply programs in Toronto, focusing on the diversion of medications, which is a concern in such programs.
  • - Researchers conducted interviews with 25 clients over several months, identifying key themes such as compassionate sharing, survival needs, high demand for safer alternatives, and issues of coercion in medication diversion.
  • - The findings reveal complex motivations behind medication diversion, suggesting that future policies should tackle the underlying causes and improve access to services and diverse medication needs for clients.
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Background: KNOWBEST was a mixed methods study exploring the KNOWledge, BEhaviours and Skills required of the modern physioTherapy graduate.

Objectives: To undertake a content analysis of current role descriptors (RDs) for Band5/junior physiotherapists and map these to the knowledge, skills, behaviours and attributes required for contemporary physiotherapy practice.

Design: Content analyses and mapping.

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Listeria monocytogenes was the etiologic agent in nearly all recent outbreaks in North America attributed to pasteurized dairy products, whereas Escherichia coli O157 infections were responsible for most of the rare, yet serious complications from outbreaks involving unpasteurized dairy. This study determined the susceptibility of selected strains of L. monocytogenes and Shiga toxin-producing E.

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The vast size of composition space poses a significant challenge for materials chemistry: exhaustive enumeration of potentially interesting compositions is typically infeasible, hindering assessment of important criteria ranging from novelty and stability to cost and performance. We report a tool, Comgen, for the efficient exploration of composition space, which makes use of logical methods from computer science used for proving theorems. We demonstrate how these techniques, which have not previously been applied to materials discovery, can enable reasoning about scientific domain knowledge provided by human experts.

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  • * Using an EAE mouse model, researchers tracked the progression of visual impairment during different disease stages, finding significant demyelination and axon damage over time.
  • * Analysis showed that untreated early inflammation can lead to severe, lasting damage to the optic nerves, providing insights into the worsening visual dysfunction experienced in MS.
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