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Animal Welfare Attitudes (AWA) are defined as human attitudes towards the welfare of animals in different dimensions and settings. Demographic factors, such as age and gender are associated with AWA. The aim of this study was to assess gender differences among university students in a large convenience sample from twenty-two nations in AWA.

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This study examined whether decoding and linguistic comprehension abilities, broadly defined by the Simple View of Reading, in grade 1 each uniquely predicted the grade 6 writing performance of English-speaking children (n = 76) who were educated bilingually in both English their first language and French, a second language. Prediction was made from (1) English to English; (2) French to French; and (3) English to French. Results showed that both decoding and linguistic comprehension scores predicted writing accuracy but rarely predicted persuasive writing.

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Screening tools that appropriately detect older adults' mental disorders are of great public health importance. The present study aimed to establish cutoff scores for the 10-item Kessler Psychological Distress (K10) and the 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) scales when screening for depression and anxiety. We used data from participants (n = 1811) in the Enquête sur la Santé des Aînés-Service study.

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Executive-affective connectivity in smokers viewing anti-smoking images: an fMRI study.

Psychiatry Res

December 2014

Centre de recherche de l׳Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal and Department of Psychiatry, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada. Electronic address:

Despite knowledge of the harmful consequences of smoking on health, tobacco users continue to smoke. Neuroimaging studies have begun to provide insight into the mechanisms underlying this response. Regions involved in executive control and affective processing/persuasion are activated when viewing the negative value of smoking, but these systems can interact in ways that promote or hinder its impact on behavior.

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There are only a few published reports of neural abnormalities within the families of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Functional magnetic resonance imaging was used to compare cerebral activation of ADHD and control biological parent-child dyads during forethought, a prospective function of working memory. Reduced activations in ADHD dyads were found in the inferior frontal gyrus, right superior parietal lobule and left inferior parietal lobule.

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Avian somatotrophs: differentiation, morphology, distribution, and regulation.

Can J Physiol Pharmacol

December 2000

Department of Biology, Bishops University, Lennoxville, QC, Canada.

Growth hormone (GH) is primarily synthesized, stored, and released by pituitary somatotrophs. These cells comprise a highly labile population that continuously undergoes proliferation, differentiation, and morphogenesis in response to changing physiological stimuli. They are also functionally and morphologically heterogeneous with distinct spatial and temporal distribution within the pituitary gland.

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Abstract of Paper on the Results of One Hundred and Forty-Seven Operations for Retroversion of the Uterus.

South Med Rec

July 1897

B. A., M. D., M. R. C. S., England; Fellow of American Gynecological Society; Surgeon-in-Chief of Samaritan Free Hospital for Women; Gynecologist to the Western Hospital, and to the Montreal Dispensary; Professor of Clinical Gynecology in Bishops University, Montreal.

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