Providing Support Through Life's Final Chapter for Those Who Made It Home

Providing more choices for those who depend on ventilators.

The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) is building capacity in community care for those who depend on ventilators. Hoping to reduce pressures in acute and long-term care, increase the housing choices for those dependent on ventilators and improve the transition from one care sector to another, the WRHA, working in partnership with a local housing company, has designed and built unique li...

Colorectal cancer control: providing adequate care to those who need it.

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a notable cause of death and an extremely important tumor in cancer control efforts. There have been tremendous declines in CRC incidence and mortality because of the effectiveness of screening and treatment. Indeed at a time when there is tremendous debate about screening for many cancers, there is no debate that CRC screening and treatment are preventing many deaths...

Tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.

Gaze Interaction For Those Who Want It Most

Language and the Socio-Cultural Worlds of Those Who Use it: A Case of Vague Expressions

 The present study is an attempt to investigate the use of vague expressions by intermediate EFL learners. More specifically, the current study focuses on the structures and functions of one of the most common categories of vague language, i.e. general extenders. The data include a 22-hour corpus of English-as-a-foreign-language conversations. A comparison is also made between this corpus and a...