Faculty of Science & Technology: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Diet, nutrition and the prevention of type 2 diabetes
(Public Health Nutrition, 2004)Objectives: The overall objective of this study was to evaluate and provide evidence and recommendations on current published literature about diet and lifestyle in the prevention of type 2 diabetes. Design: Epidemiological ... -
Fruit, vegetables, and cancer prevention trials
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Development and validation of a knowledge test for health professionals regarding lifestyle modification
(Nutrition, 2003)Objective: We wanted to develop and validate a test that assesses the knowledge and practices of health professionals (HPs) with regard to the role of nutrition, physical activity, and smoking cessation (lifestyle modification) ... -
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 ... -
Medical research: a bettor's guide
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Nutrition and disease: challenges of research design
(Nutrition, 2002)This review discusses research methodology in the relation between diet and disease. Medical research can be divided into two types: complex research (the detailed study of disease mechanisms using such methods as ... -
Nutrition in cancer prevention: an integrated approach
(Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 2002)There is considerable evidence that the war on cancer is not being won. There is, however, strong evidence that a substantial fraction of cancer can be prevented by using existing nutritional knowledge. In this paper we ... -
Antioxidants and disease: more questions than answers
(Nutrition Research, 2000)Reactive oxygen species are widely believed to be involved in the etiology of many diseases as indicated by the signs of oxidative stress seen in those diseases. Conversely, antioxidants are believed to be protective. ... -
Survey of nutrition knowledge of Canadian physicians
(Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 1999)Objectives: Previous reports have indicated that physicians generally have little training in nutrition and a poor knowledge of the subject. A survey was carried out to determine the nutrition knowledge of physicians working ... -
Toxicity of 1,2-dimethlyhydrazine in mice: effect of diet and development of tolerance
(Journal of Food Safety, 1985)The effect of diet on the lethality of 1, 2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH) injections was investigated using Swiss mice. Mortality was highest when mice were fed a nutrient-dilutealfhigh-fat diet, was intermediate with a ... -
Aedes melanimon in Saskatchewan
(Mosquito News, 1968) -
Platybunus triangularis and Paroligolophus agrestis: two phalangids introduced to North America (Arachnida, Opiliones)
(Journal of Arachnology, 1975) -
Selective predation in a euryphagous invertebrate predator, Pardosa vancouveri (Arachnida, Araneae)
(Canadian Entomologist, 1982)Selective predation (i.e., non-random feeding) was studied in a laboratory system that allowed individual lycosid spiders, Pardosa vancouveri, to feed on prey populations consisting of one or two kinds of insects. Various ... -
Laboratory work in distance education
(Distance Education, 1982)A major concern in distance education is how to overcome the problems associated with laboratory components of courses. In this paper we review the general importance of laboratory work for students, summarise the ... -
A blind Homolophus biceps (Arachnida, Opiliones)
(Entomological News, 1983)Scanning electron microscopy of a harvestman, Homolophus biceps. that lacked both eyes and ocular tubercle revealed no indication of external damage or healing. Internally, light microscope sections showed no evidence ... -
Relating feeding rates to sex and size in six species of grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae).
(Canadian Entomologist, 1984)Nymphs and adults of both sexes of six species of grasshoppers. Camnula pellucida, Dissosleira carolina, Melanoplus infantilis. M. sanguinipes, M. packardii and M. bivillalus, were fed wheat seedlings to determine daily ... -
Overwintering aggregations of Leiobunum paessleri in caves and mines (Arachnida, Opiliones).
(Journal of Arachnology, 1984)In the forested mountain areas of southwestern Canada, Leiobunull1 paessleri (Roewer) form overwintering aggregations in the twilight regions of moist caves and mines. Each aggregation consists of adults of both sexes ... -
The scent glands of Opiliones: a review of their function.
(Smithsonian Institution Press, 1986)Opilionids are unique among the arachnids in that they possess a pair of glands that open dorsally near the lateral edge of the prosoma. These glands are variously called scent, odoriferous, repugnatory, or stink glands ... -
Chromosomes of Leiobunum japonicum japonicum and Leiobunum paessleri (Arachnida, Opiliones).
(Journal of Arachnology, 1986)