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Electrodynamic Parameters of the Auroral Oval from Combined Spacecraft and Ground Measurements
(European Space Agency, 2006)Spacecraft traversing the auroral oval respond primarily to the field-aligned currents at its poleward and equatorward borders that are part of a solenoidal current system. If electric and magnetic field measurements are ... -
The epidemic of obesity in South Africa: a study in a disadvantaged community.
(Ethnicity Disease, 2001)Objective: The objective of this study was: 1) to determine the anthropometric profile of adults In Mamre, a small town In South Africa, which has a population of mixed ancestry ("colored" people of Afro-Euro-Malay-Khoisan ... -
Ethnomycological notes from Papua New Guinea
(2006)The literature on the use of psychotropic fungi in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea has been reviewed. An attempt has been made to evaluate whether the previously reported “mushroom madness” still exists in the ... -
An Evening Sector Ps 6 - Omega Band Event
(2008-01-29)Abstract. Ps 6 magnetic disturbances and associated optical forms known as omega bands are usually associated with the morning sector. Some evidence for similar phenomenology in the evening sector has been presented ... -
Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about mosquitoes
(Athabasca Advocate, 1999-06-29) -
Fleeing from fleas: on your cat, dog, or you
(Athabasca Advocate, 1998-02-24) -
Food items consumed by students attending schools in different socio-economic areas in Cape Town, South Africa
(Nutrition, 2006)Objective: We investigated the food consumption patterns of adolescent students at schools. Our findings are intended to reveal the overall nutritional quality of foods eaten by students at school, including foods brought ... -
Forest Tent Caterpillar … information and options
(The Echo, 1986-07-01) -
Fossils – shadows of past life
(Athabasca Advocate, 1999-07-13) -
Fruit, vegetables and the prevention of cancer: research challenges
(Nutrition, 2003)OBJECTIVE: A great deal of epidemiologic evidence has indicated that fruits and vegetables are protective against numerous forms of cancer. However, there are many gaps in our knowledge. METHODS: In this pilot study we ... -
Fruit, vegetables, and cancer prevention trials
(Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 1999) -
Fun and Fear in Open Spaces
(2011-10-27)This presentation presents the theory and practice of Open Learning as implemented in Athabasca University’s Beyond the LMS social networking system. The presentation discusses the motivation , design and challenges ... -
Getting your hands dirty: field courses at Athabasca University
(Alberta Introductory Biology Association, 2005) -
Going the distance in Canada
(Education in Chemistry, 1998-01-01) -
Harvestmen
(Canadian Encyclopedia, 2006) -
Harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones) of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba
(Entomological Society of Alberta, 1999) -
Harvestmen of the Twilight Zone
(The Canadian Caver, 1986) -
Help sought for bird atlas
(Athabasca Advocate, 1991-05-27) -
High fat and nutrient depleted diets and the metabolic profile of feces and colon mucosa of mice.
(Journal of Nutrition, Growth and Cancer, 1987)Swiss and C57BL/1 mice were fed one of the folio wing diets: commercial laboratory chow (5.5 percent fat) or chow with added starch and/or corn oil so as 10 supply a fat level of 5.5 or 23 percent, while reducing the ... -
High fat diets and mouse colon mucosal membranes: a centrifugation study.
(Cancer Letters, 1983)Female Swiss mice were fed on a control diet (laboratory chow, 6% fat) or high fat diets (laboratory chow with added fat, principally corn oil, to produce a fat content of 16% or 23%). Homogenate of colon mucosa ...