Evidence-based design seeks to improve health care architecture. Proponents argue that
buildings can promote healing when design decisions are based on evidence from scientific …

The study reported here adopts an interdisciplinary focus to elicit children's views about
hospital environments. Based at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, the research …

During the mid-twentieth century, Montreal's Royal Edward Laurentian Hospital (now known
as the Montreal Chest Institute) enjoyed a reputation as the major tuberculosis referral …

In the post-World War II era, the perception of increasingly unsafe and deteriorating urban
conditions led to a desire to improve cities for children, and an interest in urban children’s …

Single-crystal Ge-on-insulator (GOI) substrates, made by bonding a hydrogen-implanted Ge
substrate to a thermally oxidized, silicon handle wafer, are studied for properties relevant to …

Hydrogenation induced cracking in molecular beam epitaxy grown Si/Si{sub 1-x}Ge{sub x}/Si
heterostructures is studied. The Si{sub 1-x}Ge{sub x} layer buried between an {approx}200 …

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the sick became well. Part of the original healing magic of the Royal Vic was its relationship …

An epitaxial layer of SrTiO 3 grown directly on Si may be used as a pseudo-substrate for the
integration of perovskite oxides onto silicon. When SrTiO 3 is initially grown on Si (001), it is …

This paper explores more than a century of changing ideas about the health of Canadian
children through the architecture of pediatric hospitals in Montreal and Toronto. As a unique …

Thermal, chemical and radiation burns present an increasing hazard at home and in industry.
The fast pace of medical therapeutics was responsible in the first half of this century for …