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Regard sur la pratique ergothĂ©rapique en dĂ©ficience intellectuelle au QuĂ©bec : une enquĂȘte exploratoire
Introduction : Au QuĂ©bec, le dĂ©veloppement de la pratique de lâergothĂ©rapie en dĂ©ficience intellectuelle est en pleine Ă©mergence au regard du nombre dâergothĂ©rapeutes engagĂ©s dans lâoffre de services destinĂ©e Ă cette clientĂšle. NĂ©anmoins, les Ă©crits et les outils liĂ©s Ă lâergothĂ©rapie au QuĂ©bec dans ce domaine restent limitĂ©s pour soutenir les ergothĂ©rapeutes dans lâaccomplissement de leur plein potentiel professionnel.
Objectif : Cette Ă©tude vise Ă brosser le portrait de la pratique de lâergothĂ©rapie auprĂšs des personnes ayant une dĂ©ficience intellectuelle au QuĂ©bec.
MĂ©thode : LâenquĂȘte utilisant un questionnaire en ligne, diffusĂ© aux ergothĂ©rapeutes par le biais de leur association professionnelle, comprenait des questions liĂ©es aux motifs de rĂ©fĂ©rence en ergothĂ©rapie, aux stratĂ©gies dâĂ©valuation et aux mĂ©thodes dâintervention utilisĂ©es, ainsi quâaux dĂ©fis rencontrĂ©s dans la pratique.
RĂ©sultats : Un total de 53 ergothĂ©rapeutes a rempli le questionnaire. Les participants travaillent dans divers contextes de pratique et rĂ©pondent Ă une variĂ©tĂ© de demandes de consultation, principalement en lien avec le soutien Ă lâautonomie. Les ergothĂ©rapeutes utilisent plusieurs outils dâĂ©valuation, mais notent un dĂ©fi concernant la standardisation et lâutilisation des valeurs normatives. Les ergothĂ©rapeutes agissent majoritairement Ă titre de consultants et constatent un accĂšs limitĂ© Ă des formations pour soutenir leur dĂ©veloppement professionnel.
Conclusion : Bien que les rĂŽles de lâergothĂ©rapeute soient multiples, il semble quâune faible implication de ces professionnels soit observĂ©e dans plusieurs sphĂšres de vie des personnes ayant une dĂ©ficience intellectuelle. Divers champs dâexercices de lâergothĂ©rapie resteraient Ă dĂ©velopper au QuĂ©bec, notamment dans le soutien aux transitions de vie, auprĂšs des personnes prĂ©sentant des incapacitĂ©s significatives, et dans lâinclusion socioprofessionnelle.
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Introduction: In Quebec, the occupational therapy practice in intellectual disability is in full development with regard to the number of occupational therapists involved in services intended for people with an intellectual disability. Nevertheless, scientific literature and professional tools related to occupational therapy specific to this context remains limited to support occupational therapist in achieving their full potential.
Aim: This study aims to explore the occupational therapy practice amongst people with an intellectual disability in Quebec.
Method: This survey using an online questionnaire, distributed to occupational therapists through their professional association, included closed and open-ended questions related to reasons for referral in occupational therapy services, currently used assessment strategies and intervention methods, as well as challenges encountered by occupational therapists.
Results: A total of 53 occupational therapists completed the survey. Participants work in many practice settings and respond to a variety of consultation requests, primarily related to support of autonomy in daily activities. Occupational therapists use several assessment tools, but identify a challenge regarding the standardization and the use of normative values. Occupational therapists mostly act as consultants and report limited access to training supporting their professional development. Conclusion: Although the roles of occupational therapist are multiple, a limited involvement of these professionals is noted in several life domains of people with an intellectual disability. Various fields of expertise still need to be developed in Quebec, notably in the support during life transitions, in interventions with people with significant disabilities, and in socioprofessional inclusion
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Conduite responsable et éthique de la recherche collégiale, le didacticiel
Ce didacticiel accompagne leâ Guide sur la Conduite de recherche responâsable et sur lâĂ©thique pour les CollĂšges
Responsible and Ethical Conduct of College Research, a tutorial
This training module accompanies the âGuide sur la Conduite de recherche responsable et sur lâĂ©thique pour les CollĂšges aând the guide on the responsible conduct of research and ethics for colleges
Will Changes in Root-zone Temperature in Boreal Spring Affect Recovery of Photosynthesis in Picea mariana and Populus tremuloides in a Future Climate?
Future climate will alter the soil cover of mosses and snow depths in the boreal forests of eastern Canada. In field manipulation experiments, we assessed the effects of varying moss and snow depths on the physiology of black spruce (Picea Âmariana (Mill.) B.S.P.) and trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) in the boreal black spruce forest of western QuĂ©bec. For 1 year, naturally regenerated 10-year-old spruce and aspen were grown with one of the following treatments: additional N fertilization, addition of sphagnum moss cover, removal of mosses, delayed soil thawing through snow and hay addition, or accelerated soil thawing through springtime snow removal. Treatments that involved the addition of insulating moss or snow in the spring caused lower soil temperature, while removing moss and snow in the spring caused elevated soil temperature and thus had a warming effect. Soil warming treatments were associated with greater temperature variability. Additional soil cover, whether moss or snow, increased the rate of photosynthetic recovery in the spring. Moss and snow removal, on the other hand, had the opposite effect and lowered photosynthetic activity, especially in spruce. Maximal electron transport rate (ETRmax) was, for spruce, 39.5% lower after moss removal than with moss addition, and 16.3% lower with accelerated thawing than with delayed thawing. Impaired photosynthetic recovery in the absence of insulating moss or snow covers was associated with lower foliar N concentrations. Both species were affected in that way, but trembling aspen generally reacted less strongly to all treatments. Our results indicate that a clear negative response of black spruce to changes in root-zone temperature should be anticipated in a future climate. Reduced moss cover and snow depth could adversely affect the photosynthetic capacities of black spruce, while having only minor effects on trembling aspen
Spatial and temporal variation in abundance of Diplostomum spp. in walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) and white suckers (Catostomus commersoni) from the St. Lawrence River
Abundances of eye flukes (Diplostomum spp.) were compared between walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) and white suckers (Catostomus commersoni) collected in late summer 1997 from Lake St. Louis and Lake St. Pierre, two expansions of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. The white sucker, a benthic consumer, was more heavily infected than the walleye, a pelagic piscivore, in both lakes. Infection levels increased significantly with host age and size. For both species, abundance of Diplostomum spp. within each age group and length class was higher in fish from Lake St. Louis than in those from Lake St. Pierre. Walleye of all ages and white suckers 7 years old from Lake St. Louis were also larger at age than those of corresponding age from Lake St. Pierre. Therefore, walleye and white suckers from Lake St. Louis are probably different populations from those in Lake St. Pierre. The higher infection levels in Lake St. Louis are most likely due to the larger number of ring-billed gulls (Larus delawarensis), an important definitive host of Diplostomum spp., in colonies in close proximity to that lake; there are >75 000 pairs within 40 km of Lake St. Louis and 16 000 pairs within 40 km of Lake St. Pierre. No detrimental effects of infection with Diplostomum spp. could be detected on fish fork length, body mass, condition index, or gonadosomatic index. Walleye from shallow lentic waters in Lake St. Louis were larger and possessed heavier infections of Diplostomum spp. than those from deeper lotic waters. Walleye collected from a fixed trap near Quebec City in July 1997 were smaller but more heavily infected with Diplostomum spp. than those collected in October, which implies that different populations of fish may be present seasonally at this location. A visual index developed to measure the degree of opacity of the lens of fishes does not appear to be a reliable indicator of levels of infection with eye flukes. Experimental infection of laboratory-raised juvenile ring-billed gulls with metacercariae from the lenses of various fish species collected in the St. Lawrence River demonstrated that metacercariae were primarily Diplostomum indistinctum (84â92%), the remainder being Diplostomum huronense, and this pattern is consistent across host species and localities
Identification of genomic features using microsyntenies of domains: Domain teams
The detection, across several genomes, of local conservation of gene content and proximity considerably helps the prediction of features of interest, such as gene fusions or physical and functional interactions. Here, we want to process realistic models of chromosomes, in which genes (or genomic segments of several genes) can be duplicated within a chromosome, or be absent from some other chromosome(s). Our approach adopts the technique of temporarily forgetting genes and working directly with protein âdomainsâ such as those found in Pfam. This allows the detection of strings of domains that are conserved in their content, but not necessarily in their order, which we refer to as domain teams. The prominent feature of the method is that it relaxes the rigidity of the orthology criterion and avoids many of the pitfalls of gene-families identification methods, often hampered by multidomain proteins or low levels of sequence similarity. This approach, that allows both inter- and intrachromosomal comparisons, proves to be more sensitive than the classical methods based on pairwise sequence comparisons, particularly in the simultaneous treatment of many species. The automated and fast detection of domain teams, together with its increased sensitivity at identifying segments of identical (protein-coding) gene contents as well as gene fusions, should prove a useful complement to other existing methods
Nocardia neocaledoniensis as Rare Cause of Spondylodiscitis
Nocardia neocaledoniensis is a rare species of Nocardia bacteria, identified in 2004 in hypermagnesian ultramafic soil of New Caledonia. Culture of this opportunistic pathogen from spinal biopsy samples confirmed N. neocaledoniensis spondylodiscitis in an immunocompromised man. Isolation of this unusual species from spinal biopsy samples illustrates its underappreciated ability to cause invasive infection
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