BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to assess whether or not the change in coding classification had an impact on diagnosis and comorbidity coding in hospital discharge data across Canadian provinces. METHODS This study examined eight years (fiscal years 1998 to 2005) of hospital records from the Hospital Person-Oriented Information database (HPOI) derived from the Canadian national Disc...

Observations in the lowest MWA band between $75-100$ MHz have potential to constrain distribution of neutral hydrogen intergalactic medium at redshift $\sim 13-17$. Using 15 hours data, we analyse systematics this such as radio-frequency interference (RFI), ionospheric and wide field effects. By updating position point sources, mitigate direction independent calibration error due offsets. Our s...

To determine the genetic contribution to variation among lipoprotein cholesterol levels, we performed quantitative trait locus (QTL) analyses on an intercross between mouse strains RIIIS/J and 129S1/SvImJ. Male mice of the parental strains and the reciprocal F1 and F2 populations were fed a high-cholesterol, cholic acid-containing diet for 8-12 wk. At the end of the feeding period, plasma total...

Mechanical hill direct seeding of hybrid rice could be the way to solve the problems of high seeding rates and uneven plant establishment now faced in direct seeded rice; however, it is not clear what the optimum hill seeding density should be for high-yielding hybrid rice in the single-season rice production system. Experiments were conducted in 2010 and 2011 to determine the effects of hill s...

Background: Computed Tomography (CT) is main contributor of population dose from diagnostic X-ray examinations. Children are more radiosensitive than adults, thus optimization of CT examination in these patients is essential. The purpose of this study was to evaluate dose delivered to pediatric patients’ undergoing CT examination of the common examinations and also establishing local Diag...

Following previous investigations on H2 O and H2 O by cavity ring-down spectroscopy, this method has now been applied to investigate the energy region of the 5m polyad in the absorption spectrum of H2 O. In the range 16570–17125 cm , the highest energy range investigated for the H2 O isotopologue so far, 516 lines are attributed to H2 O and assigned from a newly generated line list. 2006 Elsevi...

Feed intake and feed efficiency of beef cattle are economically relevant traits. The study was conducted to identify QTL for feed intake and feed efficiency of beef cattle by using genotype information from 100 microsatellite markers and 355 SNP genotyped across 400 progeny of 20 Angus, Charolais, or Alberta Hybrid bulls. Traits analyzed include feedlot ADG, daily DMI, feed-to-gain ratio [F:G, ...