scholarly journals Assessing the Impact of Alternative Responses to COVID-19: Stopping the Spread in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-245
Author(s):  
Michael G. Chislett ◽  
Paige T. Phillips ◽  
Brett Snider ◽  
Edward A. McBean ◽  
John Yawney ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Newfoundland And Labrador ◽  
Alternative Responses ◽  
The Impact

3. Hybridization between Thick-billed and Common Murres

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lila Colston-Napali
Keyword(s):  
Newfoundland And Labrador ◽  
Oil Pollution ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Climate Change Research ◽  
The North ◽  
Conservation Implications ◽  
Top Predators ◽  
Common Murres ◽  
The Impact

  Thick-billed and common murres are migratory seabirds that breed in colonies in the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans. Despite these sister species diverging 6.5 million years ago, they have been found to hybridize. In this study, hybridization between thick-billed and common murres was investigated in 15 Atlantic colonies of murres. Some colonies were single species colonies, and at other colonies both species breeds. DNA from wing samples collected from the annual murre hunt in Newfoundland and Labrador was also analyzed. Restriction-site associated DNA sequencing was performed on the samples, identifying single nucleotide polymorphisms throughout the genome. The program STACKS was used to identify and genotype loci. Software such as STRUCTURE was used to investigate admixture between the two populations. 32 of 166 common murres and 26 of 188 thick-billed murres were identified as hybrids. This totaled to 16% of the samples, a higher proportion of hybrid murres than found in previous studies of Pacific colonies. Interestingly, a significantly larger proportion of hunted than non-hunted birds were identified as hybrids. Furthermore, hybrid individuals were found at both shared colonies, and those where only one species breeds. As top predators that are threatened by human-mediated activities such as hunting and oil pollution, and that may be vulnerable to climate change, research into the hybridization of murres has numerous conservation implications. Currently, there is uncertainty of the impact hybridization will have on the murre populations, and research into the rate and trends of hybridization is of importance. 

The impact of entanglements on two substocks of the western North Atlantic humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae

1995 ◽  
Vol 73 (9) ◽  
pp. 1689-1698 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Volgenau ◽  
Scott D. Kraus ◽  
Jon Lien
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
Newfoundland And Labrador ◽  
Birth Rate ◽  
Gulf Of Maine ◽  
Humpback Whale ◽  
Megaptera Novaeangliae ◽  
Fishing Gear ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Annual Mortality ◽  
Mortality Estimates

Increased use of fishing gear in the marine environment can be detrimental to animals such as cetaceans, particularly through entanglement. Examination of the impact of such mortality on two substocks of the western North Atlantic humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, indicates that when entanglement losses are added to natural mortality estimates and subtracted from birth rate estimates, annual mortality may be as high as 5.4% in the Newfoundland and Labrador population and 4.8% in the Gulf of Maine population. More effective entanglement reporting and assisting systems are needed in the Gulf of Maine and increased efforts are needed to decrease entanglements, entanglement mortalities, and damages to fishing gear. We conclude that monitoring of the size of humpback populations needs to continue, given their particular vulnerability to coastal fishing and the potential impacts of entanglement mortality.

The Impact of the Triple P Seminar Series on Canadian Parents’ Use of Physical Punishment, Non-Physical Punishment and Non-Punitive Responses

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (02) ◽  
pp. 102-120
Author(s):  
Miriam Gonzalez ◽  
Christine A. Ateah ◽  
Joan E. Durrant ◽  
Steven Feldgaier
Keyword(s):  
Physical Punishment ◽  
Triple P ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Paired Samples ◽  
Signed Rank ◽  
Limited Effectiveness ◽  
Seminar Series ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Alternative Responses ◽  
The Impact

AbstractPhysical punishment of children is linked to negative developmental outcomes. The widely used Positive Parenting Program (Triple P) promotes alternative responses to physical punishment. Data on the effectiveness of the Triple P Seminar Series is limited. In this study, Canadian parents’ reports of physical punishment, non-physical punishment, and non-punitive responses were compared before and after they attended the Triple P Seminar Series. Twenty-seven parents of children aged 2 to 6 years attended the Seminar Series and completed pre- and post-intervention questionnaires measuring the number of times they used various physical punishments, non-physical punishments, and non-punitive responses in the past month. Hypotheses were tested using univariate descriptive analyses, paired samples t tests, and Wilcoxon Signed Rank Tests. Parents’ reports of physical punishment decreased on only one of the four physical punishment items (shaking/grabbing) from pre- to post-intervention. Over the course of the Seminar Series, parents became more likely to emphasise rules and to punish their children by taking things away from them. The findings suggest that the Seminar Series has limited effectiveness in reducing physical punishments or increasing non-punitive responses. Further research on this question is needed.

Attitudes and perceptions of registered nurses during and shortly after acute care restructuring in Newfoundland and Labrador

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (2_suppl) ◽  
pp. 22-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Way ◽  
Deborah Gregory ◽  
Norma Baker ◽  
Sandra Lefort ◽  
Brendan Barrett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Registered Nurses ◽  
Acute Care ◽  
Newfoundland And Labrador ◽  
Health Care Quality ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Adverse Impact ◽  
Workplace Conditions ◽  
The Impact

Objectives To monitor changes in registered nurses' perceptions of the impact of seven years of health care restructuring in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) and to measure the attitudinal and behavioural reactions over four years comparing the St John's region, where hospital aggregation occurred, to other regions of the province. Methods Data were collected on acute care nurses' personal characteristics and perceptions of the importance of reform and its impact on workplace conditions and health care quality in 1995, 1999, 2000 and 2002. Nurses' attitudes and intentions were monitored across three time periods (i.e.1999, 2000 and 2002). Results Perceived workplace conditions and health care quality, as well as attitudes and behaviours were generally negative. However, there was some improvement over time. The temporal sequence of scores suggests that restructuring had an adverse impact on nurses' attitudes. Few significant regional differences were observed. Conclusions Although health services restructuring had an adverse impact on nurses'attitudes, aggregation of hospitals in St John's region was achieved without further deterioration. Provincial wide initiatives are needed to promote more positive work environments and increase the organizational effectiveness.

scholarly journals Globalization and Post-Secondary Education Policy in Canada:A Review of Trends

2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale Kirby
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Newfoundland And Labrador ◽  
Economic Globalization ◽  
Training System ◽  
Workforce Training ◽  
Post Secondary Education ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Review Reports ◽  
The Impact ◽  
And Training

In 2005, provincial governments in Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador each commissioned comprehensive public post-secondary education and training system reviews. While there are considerable differences between the systems and policy approaches in these jurisdictions, the final reports of each of these reviews provide an interesting repository of current post-secondary policy tendencies in Canada. The principal arguments and recommendations put forward in the review reports demonstrate the pervasive influence of economic globalization and the continuing shift to a more utilitarian and market-oriented ideological outlook on post-secondary education’s raison d'être. The policies advocated by both reviews illustrate, to varying extents, the impact of dominant influences on modern post-secondary policies including workforce training, privatization, marketization, internationalization and quality assessment mechanisms. En 2005, les gouvernements provinciaux de l'Ontario et de Terre-Neuve et Labrador ont commandé séparément des comptes-rendus détaillés sur les systèmes publiques d'enseignement et de formation au niveau post- secondaire. Quoiqu'il y ait bien des différences entre les systèmes et les approches politiques des deux provinces, chacun des comptes-rendus finals devient un répertoire intéressant des tendances en cours de la politique de l’éducation post-secondaire. Les recommendations et arguments principaux présentés dans ces comptes-rendus démontrent l'influence envahissante de la mondialisation économique et le changement continu vers une perspective idéologique plus utilitaire et plus orientée vers la commercialisation sur la raison d'être de l'enseignement post-secondaire. Les recommandations de ces deux comptes-rendus démontrent l'effet des influences dominantes sur la politique de l’éducation post-secondaire moderne pour y incorporer la formation de la main-d'œuvre; la privatisation et la commercialisation et les mécanismes d'évaluation de la qualité.

The impact of COVID-19 on sport in twitter: a quantitative and qualitative content analysis (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis-Millán González ◽  
José Devís-Devís ◽  
Maite Pellicer-Chenoll ◽  
Miquel Pans ◽  
Alberto Pardo-Ibañez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Sport Training ◽  
Sport Practice ◽  
Alternative Responses ◽  
Sport And Exercise ◽  
The Impact

BACKGROUND The spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has transformed many aspects of people’s daily life, including sport, and social networks have been flooded on these issues. OBJECTIVE The present study aims to analyse the tweets that were produced relating to sports and COVID-19. METHODS From the end of January to the beginning of May 2020, over 4,000,000 tweets on this subject were downloaded through the Twitter search API. Once the duplicates, replicas, and retweets were removed, 119,253 original tweets were analysed. A quantitative-qualitative content analysis was used to study the selected tweets. RESULTS Posts dynamics regarding sport and exercise evolved according to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown, shifting from considering sport as a healthy bastion to an activity exposed to disease as any other. The most mediatic professional sporting events received great attention in Twitter while grassroots and women’s sport were relegated to a residual role. The analysis of the 30 topics identified focused on the social, sporting, economic and health impact of the pandemic on sport. Sporting cancellations, leisure time and socialization disruptions, clubs’ bankruptcy, sport training and athletes’ uncertain career development were issues of main concern. CONCLUSIONS Although general health measures appeared in the tweets analysed, those addressed to sport practice were relatively scarce. Finally, this study shows the importance of Twitter as a means of conveying social attitudes towards sports and COVID-19 as well as its potential to generate alternative responses in future stages of the pandemic. CLINICALTRIAL NaN

scholarly journals Forestry Water Quality Index – A planning tool for the assessment and communication of the impacts of forestry activities on water quality

2007 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annette Tobin ◽  
Amir Ali Khan ◽  
Haseen Khan ◽  
Len Moores ◽  
Jim Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Water Quality Index ◽  
Newfoundland And Labrador ◽  
Quality Index ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Water Quality Data ◽  
Forestry Management ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Water Uses

The assessment of the impacts of forestry activities on water quality is a critical component of forestry management and planning, especially when watersheds are being used for different water uses by different stakeholders. Traditional methodologies for assessing these impacts, while accurate, often do not take into account the intended use of water. Water quality data are inherently technical and are not conducive to communication to all stakeholders—especially the public. There is a need for a communications-based assessment tool that assesses the impact of forestry activities on water quality from the perspective of different water uses. This paper describes the development and application of such a tool, the Forestry Water Quality Index (FWQI). The FWQI has been developed specifically to capture, evaluate and communicate the impact of forestry activities on water quality to multiple stakeholders. Initially based on the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment's Water Quality Index, the FWQI was specifically adapted for applications in forestry management. Details of this adaptation and its methodology are outlined. Case studies from Newfoundland and Labrador illustrate the use of the FWQI for communication, performance evaluation, and planning and technical data analysis. The FWQI tool has the ability to compare pre- and post-forestry water quality data (communication), determine the effectiveness of best management practices (performance evaluation), predict water quality after forestry activities (planning) and evaluate seasonal variations in water quality (data analysis). These components provide useful information for the evaluation of the effects of forestry activities on water quality and to ensure sustainable forest management. It can be utilized by both forestry and water resources management to ensure sustainable development of the forestry sector. Key words: FWQI, sustainable forest management, water quality, Newfoundland and Labrador

scholarly journals Tradition and the contemporary collide: Newfoundland and Labrador art-education history / Le choc de la tradition et du contemporain : histoire de l’éducation artistique à Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-43
Author(s):  
Gerard Curtis ◽  
Heather McLeod
Keyword(s):  
Art Education ◽  
Newfoundland And Labrador ◽  
Education History ◽  
Global Culture ◽  
Art Educator ◽  
Social Agenda ◽  
Boom And Bust ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Impact

Abstract: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, is a province proud of its historical traditions. Yet, these values are, at times, in conflict with contemporary global culture. The province’s socio-political and cultural struggles and successes, and the impact of an ongoing boom and bust cycle in resource development, are echoed both in the history of art education and in its artistic evolution. From modernism and post modernism, and DBAE to VCAE, the development of the Visual Art Program at the Grenfell Campus of Memorial University in Corner Brook provides a cautionary tale on the vagaries of promoting artistic traditionalism over contemporary meta-modernism, and the role of art in the classroom in reflecting global society at large. With a growingly mixed population in the province, art education plays a significant role in a contemporary dynamic that can challenge a self-promoted geographic and historical myopia.  Art in Newfoundland and Labrador increasingly acts as a suturing mechanism and reflective device, through which to look at these tensions, allowing the art educator to play a somewhat subversive role to the larger historical, political, and social agenda.  Yet art education and art have also been used as a tool to serve various shifting political agendas. Negotiating this terrain as an art educator can be difficult; tradition and the contemporary collide, yet the dynamic of this play has produced some amazing results culturally. Walking this tightrope provides a model for a newer generation who have to be increasingly multi-cultural and internationalist in their views.Keywords: Traditionalism; Contemporary Meta-modernism; Historical, Political, and Social Agenda; Subversive Role of Art Educator; Multi-cultural.Résumé : Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador est une province canadienne fière de ses traditions historiques. Il arrive cependant que ses valeurs soient en conflit avec la culture générale moderne. Les luttes et réalisations sociopolitiques et culturelles dans cette province, ainsi que la baisse brutale de la mise en valeur des ressources, trouvent écho dans l’enseignement des arts et l’évolution artistique de la province. Du modernisme au postmodernisme, et de l’éducation artistique axée sur les disciplines à l’éducation artistique fondée sur la culture visuelle, l’élaboration du Programme d’arts visuels sur le campus de Grenfell de l’Université Memorial de Corner Brook, constitue un récit édifiant des aléas de la promotion du traditionalisme artistique vis-à-vis le métamodernisme contemporain, et du rôle de l’art en salle de cours comme reflet de la société dans son ensemble. Compte tenu de la diversité croissante de la population de la province, l’éducation artistique joue un rôle prépondérant dans une dynamique moderne susceptible de s’opposer à une myopie géographique et historique auto-promue. À Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, l’art agit de plus en plus comme un mécanisme de suture et un dispositif de réflexion permettant d’observer ces tensions et confiant à l’éducateur un rôle un tant soit peu subversif vis-à-vis le programme historique, politique et social. Pourtant l’éducation artistique et l’art ont aussi servi d’outils à certaines visées politiques en mouvance. Il peut être difficile pour un éducateur en art d’évoluer sur un tel terrain. Si tradition et modernisme s’entrechoquent, cette dynamique de jeu a, dans certains cas, abouti à d’étonnants résultats sur le plan culturel. Naviguer sur cette corde raide offre un modèle à une nouvelle génération qui se doit d’être davantage multiculturelle et internationaliste. Mots-clés : Traditionalisme, métamodernisme contemporain.

The impact of the Grenfell Mission on southeastern Labrador communities

Polar Record ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 24 (150) ◽  
pp. 199-206
Author(s):  
John C. Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Newfoundland And Labrador ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Settlement Pattern ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
Local Participation ◽  
Development Scenarios ◽  
Economic Dependency ◽  
Medical Missionary ◽  
The Impact

AbstractDuring the late 19th and early 20th centuries British medical missionary Wilfred Grenfell created a mission in northern Newfoundland and Labrador, now part of eastern Canada. The Grenfell Mission's approach to health, educational, agricultural and industrial development are described and its impact on the southeastern Labrador region is examined. The mission changed the region's settlement pattern and economy by creating centralized mission communities: however, its failure to generate sustained economic alternatives to fishing and trapping inadvertently paved the way for the economic dependency still characteristic of the region. The Grenfell case confirms the need for viable development scenarios and for meaningful local participation in community development.

scholarly journals Products in a Pandemic: Liability for Medical Products and the Fight against COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 565-603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duncan FAIRGRIEVE ◽  
Peter FELDSCHREIBER ◽  
Geraint HOWELLS ◽  
Marcus PILGERSTORFER
Keyword(s):  
Product Liability ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Regulatory Regime ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Products Liability ◽  
Medical Products ◽  
Fault Compensation ◽  
Alternative Responses ◽  
The Impact ◽  
European Product

A multitude of medical products are being developed and produced as part of efforts to tackle COVID-19. They are varied in nature and range from test kits to tracing apps, protective equipment, ventilators, medicines and, of course, vaccines. The design, testing and manufacture of many of these products differs from production in normal times due to the urgency of the situation and the rapid increase in demand created by the pandemic. This article considers the legal issues arising as a result of the production of emergency products, particularly from a products liability perspective. To what extent do existing concepts under the European Product Liability Directive, such as defect, causation and the various defences, permit the pandemic to be taken into account when a Court is considering issues of liability? What is the impact on liability of the modified regulatory regime? In light of that discussion, the case for alternative responses is examined from a comparative and European perspective, including the issue of Government indemnities for the manufacturers of products, legal exemptions from liability and alternative no-fault compensation schemes.

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