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Evaluation of caregiver-friendly workplace policy (CFWPs) interventions on the health of full-time caregiver employees (CEs): implementation and cost-benefit analysis by Williams, Allison M, Tompa, Emile, Lero, Donna S, Fast, Janet, Yazdani, Amin, Zeytinoglu, Isik U

“…Current Canadian evidence illustrating the health benefits and cost-effectiveness of caregiver-friendly workplace policies is needed if Canadian employers are…”
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From therapeutic landscapes to healthy spaces, places and practices: A scoping review by Bell, Sarah L., Foley, Ronan, Houghton, Frank, Maddrell, Avril, Williams, Allison M.

“…The term ‘therapeutic landscapes’ was first coined by health geographer, Wilbert Gesler, in 1992 to explore why certain environments seem to contribute to a…”
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Tracking the evolution of hospice palliative care in Canada: a comparative case study analysis of seven provinces by Williams, Allison M, Crooks, Valorie A, Whitfield, Kyle, Kelley, Mary-Lou, Richards, Judy-Lynn, DeMiglio, Lily, Dykeman, Sarah

“…An aging population, rise in chronic illnesses, increase in life expectancy and shift towards care being provided at the community level are trends that are…”
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Canada's Compassionate Care Benefit: is it an adequate public health response to addressing the issue of caregiver burden in end-of-life care? by Williams, Allison M, Eby, Jeanette A, Crooks, Valorie A, Stajduhar, Kelli, Giesbrecht, Melissa, Vuksan, Mirjana, Cohen, S Robin, Brazil, Kevin, Allan, Diane

“…An increasingly significant public health issue in Canada, and elsewhere throughout the developed world, pertains to the provision of adequate…”
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Education, Training, and Mentorship of Caregivers of Canadians Experiencing a Life-Limiting Illness by Williams, Allison M

“…Research suggests that caregiver preparedness is essential to minimizing the negative impacts of caregiving. Not being prepared is associated with fear,…”
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RNA multimerization as an organizing force for liquid-liquid phase separation by Bevilacqua, Philip C, Williams, Allison M, Chou, Hong-Li, Assmann, Sarah M

“…RNA interactions are exceptionally strong and highly redundant. As such, nearly any two RNAs have the potential to interact with one another over relatively…”
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Long Tracts of Guanines Drive Aggregation of RNA G‑Quadruplexes in the Presence of Spermine by Williams, Allison M, Poudyal, Raghav R, Bevilacqua, Philip C

“…G-Quadruplexes (GQs) are compact, stable structures in DNA and RNA comprised of two or more tiers of quartets whose G-rich motif of tracts of two or more G’s…”
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Biological solution conditions and flanking sequence modulate LLPS of RNA G-quadruplex structures by Williams, Allison M., Dickson, Taylor M., Lagoa-Miguel, Claudia A., Bevilacqua, Philip C.

“…Guanine-rich regions of DNA or RNA can form structures with two or more consecutive G-quartets called G-quadruplexes (GQ). Recent studies reveal the potential…”
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Restructuring home care in the 1990s: Geographical differentiation in Ontario, Canada by Williams, Allison M.

“…Through exploring the geographically differentiated effects of restructuring on the work of home care practitioners, labor process change is found to be…”
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Reshaping wellbeing in changing care and paid work environments by Williams, Allison M.

“…•Geographies of care continue to change due to COVID-19.•There exist scaled relations of care work for the production of wellbeing.•Intersectional identities…”
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Impacts of care-giving and sources of support: a comparison of end-of-life and non-end-of-life caregivers in Canada by Williams, Allison M., Wang, Li, Kitchen, Peter

“…This is the second in a series of papers that deal with care‐giving in Canada, as based on data available from the Canadian General Social Survey (2007)…”
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Places of paid work and unpaid work: Caregiving and work‐from‐home during COVID‐19 by Ding, Regina Y., Williams, Allison M.

“…Eldercare and places of eldercare have been radicalized with the advent of COVID‐19. Growing concerns about the safety of long‐term care homes, coupled with…”
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Differential impacts of care-giving across three caregiver groups in Canada: end-of-life care, long-term care and short-term care by Williams, Allison M., Wang, Li, Kitchen, Peter

“…Using data from Statistic Canada's General Social Survey Cycle 21 (GSS 2007), this study explores whether differences exist in the impacts of care‐giving among…”
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In vivo structure probing of RNA in Archaea : novel insights into the ribosome structure of Methanosarcina acetivorans by Williams, Allison M, Jolley, Elizabeth A, Santiago-Martínez, Michel Geovanni, Chan, Cheong Xin, Gutell, Robin R, Ferry, James G, Bevilacqua, Philip C

“…Structure probing combined with next-generation sequencing (NGS) has provided novel insights into RNA structure-function relationships. To date, such studies…”
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Living with hope: developing a psychosocial supportive program for rural women caregivers of persons with advanced cancer by Duggleby, Wendy D, Williams, Allison M

“…Hope is defined by caregivers as the inner strength to achieve future good and to continue care giving. Pilot test findings of a Living with Hope Program…”
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Sense of belonging to local community in small-to-medium sized Canadian urban areas: a comparison of immigrant and Canadian-born residents by Kitchen, Peter, Williams, Allison M, Gallina, Melissa

“…Sense of belonging is recognized as an important determinant of psychological and physical well-being. Research in Canada has shown that sense of belonging has…”
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Care-giving as a Canadian-Vietnamese tradition: 'It's like eating, you just do it' by Donovan, Rhonda, Williams, Allison M.

“…The objective of this study was to examine how Vietnamese family caregivers (FCGs) perceive, manage and experience end‐of‐life care‐giving for seriously ill…”
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The therapeutic landscapes concept as a mobilizing tool for liberation by Williams, Allison M.

“…In this reflection, I argue for using the therapeutic landscapes concept as a tool for mobilizing positive change in the world. I first lay out three major…”
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Playground Accessibility and Neighbourhood Social Interaction Among Parents by Bennet, Scott A., Yiannakoulias, Nikolaos, Williams, Allison M., Kitchen, Peter

“…While the positive association between social interaction and access to green space is well accepted, little research has sought to understand the role of…”
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Surfing therapeutic landscapes: Exploring cyberpilgrimage by Williams, Allison M.

“…The therapeutic landscape (TL) concept recognises that places and settings encompass physical/built, symbolic and social environments that all relate, in…”
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