Incorporating local ecological knowledge to explore wolverine distribution in Alberta, Canada

Identifying strategies to improve diabetes care in Alberta, Canada, using the knowledge-to-action cycle.

BACKGROUND Strategic clinical networks, a recent development in the health system in Alberta, have been charged with bringing together front-line clinicians, researchers and policy-makers to identify variation in clinical care, and to propose standards, pathways and innovative solutions to improve access and quality of care. Here, we describe a collaborative workshop held between researchers an...

Incorporating Local Knowledge into Joint Fact Finding

At its core, joint fact finding (JFF) is about bringing knowledge—usually scientific or technical— into the policy arena in the most effective way possible. The JFF approach assumes that better decisions can be made when value judgments are informed by science. Therefore, much of the focus of JFF is around knowledge produced by experts, or information provided by the scientific community. This ...

University of Alberta Edmonton Canada

Multiscale Computation and Analysis for Schrödinger-Poisson System in Heterogeneous Materials Liqun Cao Chinese Academy of Sciences, China [email protected] In this talk, we discuss the multiscale computation for Schrödinger-Poisson system arising from the electronic properties of semiconductors such as quantum wells, wires and dots, and CMOS transistor. We first introduce the Schrödinger equat...

Aboriginal Forest - Related Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Canada

Asthma-related productivity losses in Alberta, Canada

OBJECTIVES To estimate the number and cost of asthma-related productivity loss days due to absenteeism and presenteeism (at work but not fully functioning) in Alberta in 2005. METHODS Using data from the 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey, this study focused on people of working age (18-64 years), who reported having an asthma diagnosis. Total asthma-related disability days, including in-b...