University of Prince Edward Island

Redesigning 9-1-1 Paramedic Pathways: Evaluation of the IMPACC Model of Care

OBJECTIVES Paramedic services remain organized around rapid response, time-sensitive events, and hospital conveyance despite increasing 9-1-1 use for lower-acuity and undifferentiated presentations. There is a need to improve the alignment of paramedic services for patients seeki...

A scoping review of positive youth development coach education programmes: implications for future research

Many positive youth development-focused coach education programmes (PYD-focused CEPs) have been designed to help coaches learn the processes and mechanisms associated with fostering life skills and values, amongst other PYD outcomes. Previous reviews of PYD through sport have foc...

Predictors of Death Related to Drug Use Disorder and Interpersonal Violence in North Africa

Fatal interpersonal violence and deadly drug use disorder are serious social issues resulting from criminal behavior, which require effective intervention policies. Prior research on African countries is limited, and the potential association between the two issues, as described...

Cultivating Boredom: Family Origins and Life Trajectories

Drawing on 100 interviews with adults in Ontario, Canada, this study examines how people develop different responses to boredom across their lives. I identify four boredom orientations (avoidance, acceptance, embrace, resignation) and show how family practices and life circumstan...

Asymmetric Duct Design for Directional Airflow Delivery in UAV-Assisted Greenhouse Tomato Pollination

UAV-assisted greenhouse tomato pollination requires lateral airflow delivery toward flower clusters distributed along the crop canopy. To address this, an asymmetric duct was designed to passively redirect the rotor wake through geometric modification of three inner-wall curvatur...

Assessment of Salinity Tolerance in Lepeophtheirus salmonis Following Five Generations of Freshwater Treatment Selection

ABSTRACT Non‐medicinal approaches for controlling sea lice ( Lepeophtheirus salmonis ) infestations, such as freshwater (FW) treatments, have been increasingly implemented to support more sustainable parasite control in aquaculture. This study evaluated the efficacy of FW treatme...

Grassland destruction causes shifts in plant traits that persist during recovery

Old-growth grasslands assemble over millennia and support high biodiversity and many ecosystem services, but continue to undergo widespread destruction for production of crops, timber, and minerals. How biodiversity recovers after grassland destruction and the functional conseque...