Preterm birth is the single leading cause of mortality for neonates and children less than 5
years of age. Compared to other childhood diseases, such as infections, less progress in …

Background In Ohio, the infant mortality rate is above the national average and the black
infant mortality rate is more than twice the white infant mortality rate. Having a short …

Open-pit mining of oil sands removes wetland plant communities from the landscape. Sandhill
Watershed, located on Syncrude Canada’s oil sands lease, is the first reclamation of a …

One of the consequences of ongoing development of the oil sands reserve in the Athabasca
Oil Sands Region (AOSR) near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada (56 39'N, 111 13'W) is an …

Bryophytes play a number of important roles in the functioning and structure of northern
peatlands where they form the ground layer of fens and bogs. Sphagnum, dominant in bogs and …

Bogs and fens cover 6% and 21%, respectively, of the 140,329 km 2 Oil Sands Administrative
Area in northern Alberta. Development of the oil sands has led to increasing atmospheric …

Objective The decision for tracheostomy for bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is highly
variable and often dictated by local practice. We aimed to characterize morbidity, mortality, and …

Carex aquatilis is a widespread boreal species that is abundant in open fens and marshes.
The species has broad natural tolerances to differing water levels and ion concentrations …

Plant communities and water chemistry properties were characterized at Sandhill Wetland;
an experimental reclamation site constructed above a backfilled open pit mine in …

The experimental Sandhill Wetland is the first permanent reclamation of a composite
tailings deposit, and annual water quality monitoring is of specific interest for evaluating and …