Christine A. White

An Evaluation of Certain Heuristic Optimization Algorithms in Scheduling Medical Doctors and (2008)

Medical Students Christine, Christine A. White, Emilina Nano, M. White

Four heuristic algorithms based on or inspired by the wellknown Tabu Search method have been used to cast heuristically optimized schedules for a clinical training unit of a hospital. It has been...

The Chemokines, CX3CL1, CCL14, and CCL4, Promote Human Trophoblast Migration at the Feto-Maternal Interface1 (2006)

Natalie J. Hannan, Rebecca L. Jones, Christine A. White, Lois A. Salamonsen

Uterine extracellular matrix components are altered during defective decidualization in interleukin-11 receptor α deficient mice (2004)

White, Christine A, Robb, Lorraine, Salamonsen, Lois A

Abstract Background Implantation of the embryo and successful pregnancy are dependent on the differentiation of endometrial stromal cells into decidual cells. Female interleukin-11 receptor α...

Effect of Interleukin-10 Null Mutation on Maternal Immune Response and Reproductive Outcome in Mice1 (2004)

Christine A. White, Martina Johansson, Claire T. Roberts, Alistair J. Ramsay, Sarah A. Robertson

Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is an anti-inflammatory and immune-deviating cytokine expressed in the endometrium and placenta. IL-10 null mutant (IL-10−/−) mice have been employed to examine the role of...

Reproductive Biology and (2004)

Biomed Central, Christine A White, Lorraine Robb, Lois A Salamonsen, Open Access, Lois A Salamonsen

Uterine extracellular matrix components are altered during defective decidualization in interleukin-11 receptor α deficient mice

Pre-dialysis clinic attendance improves quality of life among hemodialysis patients (2002)

White, Christine A, Pilkey, Rachel M, Lam, Miu, Holland, David C

Abstract Background Although previous research has demonstrated that referral to pre-dialysis clinics is associated with favourable objective outcomes, the benefit of a pre-dialysis clinic from the...

Pre-dialysis clinic attendance improves quality of life among hemodialysis patients

White, Christine A, Pilkey, Rachel M, Lam, Miu, Holland, David C

Uterine extracellular matrix components are altered during defective decidualization in interleukin-11 receptor α deficient mice

White, Christine A, Robb, Lorraine, Salamonsen, Lois A

Pre-dialysis clinic attendance improves quality of life among hemodialysis patients

White, Christine A, Pilkey, Rachel M, Lam, Miu, Holland, David C

Uterine extracellular matrix components are altered during defective decidualization in interleukin-11 receptor α deficient mice

White, Christine A, Robb, Lorraine, Salamonsen, Lois A

Blocking LIF action in the uterus by using a PEGylated antagonist prevents implantation: A nonhormonal contraceptive strategy

White, Christine A., Zhang, Jian-Guo, Salamonsen, Lois A., Baca, Manuel, Fairlie, W. Douglas, Metcalf, Donald, ...

Blastocyst implantation is a critical stage in the establishment of pregnancy. Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) is essential for mouse blastocyst implantation and also plays a role in human...

Optimization of clinical teaching unit call schedules at the Ottawa hospital through tabu search heuristics.

White, Christine A., White, George M.

The task of scheduling medical staff for evening rounds in the Clinical Teaching Unit of the Ottawa Hospital is a long complicated task due to its complexity. Three main classifications of staff,...