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Josefson, J. Alm, J.M.J. McDill, Proceedings of the 37th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE2018, June 17-22, Madrid, Spain. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;A Biomechanical Investigation of Warm-Up Procedures for Musicians\u2019, D. Russell, M. McDill, G. Comeau, N. Ahmadi, Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, Halifax, Canada, June 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Warm-Up in a Music Practice Session &#8211; An Interdisciplinary Examination of the Issues&#8217;, N. Ahmadi, D. Russell, M. McDill, G. Comeau, Invited Paper, 2010 International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research in Music Pedagogy, Ottawa, May 23-29, 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;The Regulator&#8217;s Reality in Canada Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission&#8217;, Invited Paper, Smirt 20, Moyra McDill, Commission Member, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Espoo, Finland, Aug. 10, 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pranchalee Poonyapak, J. Moyra J. McDill, and M. John D. 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