Background— Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an inherited disease characterized
by early onset of skeletal muscle degeneration and progressive weakness. Although dilated …

Our goal was to understand developmental determinants of femoral structure during growth
and sexual maturation by relating femoral measurements to gender and developmental …

The health effects of war spread far from the battlefield and endure long after the last shot is
fired. Men and women, boys and girls suffer different injuries and die in different ways in war. …

Rats and genetically manipulated mouse models have played an important role in the
exploration of molecular causes of cardiovascular diseases. However, it has not been fully …

The first one-pot deoxycyanamidation of alcohols has been developed using N-cyano-N-phenyl-p-methylbenzenesulfonamide
(NCTS) as both a sulfonyl transfer reagent and a …

… Mary-Wynne Ashford is a physician and educator who practised family medicine in Victoria,
Canada for eleven years before returning to university to complete a PhD on adolescent …

A catalytic enantioselective synthesis of heterocyclic vicinal fluoroamines is reported. A
chiral Brønsted acid promotes aza‐Michael addition to fluoroalkenyl heterocycles to give a …

We report a method for the synthesis of chiral vicinal chloroamines via asymmetric protonation
of catalytically generated prochiral chloroenamines using chiral Brønsted acids. The …

… Mary-Wynne Ashford tells us scores of things we can get up and do. Her joy and faith in …
This book is the work and inspiration of Mary-Wynne Ashford; I have been just a small voice of …

School violence in British Columbia (Canada) is directly related to youth alienation and
disconnectedness. The Native concept of connectedness or sense of belonging can be a useful …