Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the source of substantial workers' compensation claims in industrialized countries. Its pathogenesis, however, continues to be questioned. The purpose of the present study was to assess the attitudes of Canadian plastic surgeons toward Workers' Compensation Board (WCB)-supported claims for CTS and to assess patterns of resource allocation across Canada. Sixty-sev...

BACKGROUND Work-related carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a complex and costly condition. There is some evidence that the employment outcome may be worse in cases of CTS where the condition is being considered for compensation. AIM To examine whether workers' compensation status is an important determinant of outcome of CTS. METHODS Cases, with a Workers' Compensation Board (WCB) claim, and r...

Conservation psychology models include certain personal characteristics, experiences, attitudes and beliefs as predictors of conservation. We propose that a concept from evolutionary psychology, called the K-Factor, may provide the theoretical groundwork for a unifying theory of proenvironmental behavior, incorporating and connecting many predictors from existing conservation literature. The K-...

WCB is a protein that locates between the inner face of the plasma membrane and the sub-pellicular corset of microtubules in Trypanosoma brucei. We provide the molecular identity of WCB and bioinformatic analysis suggests that it possesses a C2 domain implicated in membrane/protein interactions and a highly charged region possessing characteristics of a putative tubulin-binding domain. Function...

Despite intensive studies on examining the toxicity of nanomaterials (NMs), our current understanding on potential toxicity in relation to size and cellular responses has remained limited. In this work, we have developed a whole-cell based capacitive biosensor (WCB) to determine the biological toxicity of nanoparticles (NPs) using iron oxide (Fe3O4) NPs as models. This WCB chip comprised of an ...

BACKGROUND Whole grain rye products have been shown to increase satiety and elicit lower postprandial insulin response without a corresponding change in glucose response compared with soft refined wheat bread. The underlying mechanisms for these effects have not been fully determined The primary aim of the study was to investigate if whole grain rye crisp bread compared to refined wheat crisp b...

Few workplaces have prospectively reviewed workplace and worker issues simultaneously and assessed their impact on Workers' Compensation Board (WCB) claims. In January of 2014, each worker in a large workplace in Saskatchewan, Canada, was prospectively followed for 1 year to determine factors that impact injury claim incidence, recovery, and costs. In total, 207 out of 245 workers agreed to com...

Abstract This study investigates diabatic processes along the warm conveyor belt (WCB) of a deep extratropical cyclone observed in North Atlantic Waveguide and Downstream Impact Experiment (NAWDEX). The aim is to investigate effect two different microphysics schemes, one-moment scheme ICE3 quasi two-moment LIMA, on WCB ridge building downstream. LIMA also differ vapor deposition hydrometeors co...