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Item 225Ac production via 226Ra (µ-, n ν)225Fr reaction with 226Ra target.(2023) Matsuzaki, Teiichiro; Sakurai, HiroyoshiItem 99Mo production via 99Tc (µ-, ν) 99Mo reaction on recycled 99Tc.(2023) Matsuzaki, Teiichiro; Sakurai, HiroyoshiItem A New Path Forward: A Case For Reversing Cell Phone Bans Within Schools(2024-09-10) Tide, Devin ShawnAll around the world, cell phones are being banned from the classrooms. While there are merits to the current status quo, blanket policies are not helpful and can cause more harm than good. Blanket bans only support one side of the argument and eliminate any other side from the equation. It stops conversations in their tracks and does not allow for the academic testing needed to see if any other argument has any merit. This paper explores the challenges and benefits of using cell phones within the classroom, and argues that current bans on cell phones in schools are based on fears that can be remedied with small changes to pedagogy and academic policies. The aim of this paper is to keep the conversation going on this topic, instead of allowing it to be stopped in its tracks through bans.Item Bridging Language Gaps: Empowering Newcomers to Canada through Mobile Microlearning(University of Saskatchewan, 2024) Jodrey, HannaAbstract This paper proposes the development of a mobile microlearning platform designed specifically for Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) clients, particularly those on lengthy waitlists. The suggested microlearning platform aims to provide flexible, accessible, and personalized English language learning opportunities by integrating AI-driven technologies, such as chatbots, while emphasizing community-based learning and digital literacy skill development. The proposed solution addresses the severe challenges faced by LINC clients, including limited access to classes, inadequate digital literacy support, the need for relevant and engaging content, and the need for connection to the local, wider community. Through a feasibility study, design framework, and exploration of AI's potential role in the platform, this paper examines how the platform could reshape language education for newcomers in Canada, offering immediate solutions to systemic issues within the LINC program. The potential implications for practice and future research are also discussed, thereby exploring the platform's capacity to enhance language acquisition and social integration for Canada’s diverse newcomer population.Item But One Day Earlier: Confronting the Dragon-Tyrant in Saskatchewan Computer Science Education(University of Saskatchewan, 2024-09-10) Brett William BalonThis paper examines challenges and opportunities in computer science (CSC) education in Saskatchewan, emphasizing an urgent need for reform in teacher training and professional development. The author, a self-taught CSC educator, highlights the lack of formal support and training amid rapid technological advancements, particularly in AI. An experiment demonstrates AI's potential to enhance student learning and engagement. The findings underscore the need for immediate solutions to bridge the gap between teacher practice, training, and the evolving field of CSC. Adopting Rancière's (1991) egalitarian educational philosophy, the paper advocates for educators to facilitate rather than dictate learning, leveraging AI to empower students. The proposed approach involves AI-guided, individualized instruction, promoting critical thinking and peer collaboration. The paper calls for proactive measures to adapt to technological advancements, warning that delays will further hinder the preparedness of current and future CSC educators and students and serves as a localized exploration for CSC education stakeholders in Saskatchewan, as well as providing a rationale and blueprint for a larger project.Item The Canadian research-embedded health librarian experience: Results of a mixed methods study(2013) Dennett, Liz; Surette, Soleil; Chatterley, Trish; Greyson, DevonItem Comparing oranges to oranges: Two demand-driven acquisitions e-book services(2013) Shrubsole, JenniferItem Copyright: An International Perspective(2019-05-30) Dryden, JeanNational copyright laws necessarily include a number of provisions that are required to comply with international copyright treaties. The World Intellectual Property Association (WIPO) has traditionally been focused on treaties that strengthen the rights of copyright owners. However, for nearly a decade, WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) has been discussing the need for a treaty setting out copyright exceptions for libraries and archives. Such a treaty would require signatory nations to include in their domestic copyright laws a minimum level of exceptions (a.k.a. users' rights) that would enable libraries and archives to fulfill their public interest mission. Drawing on her experience as a representative of the International Council on Archives at SCCR, Dr. Dryden describes the current state of these discussions, including the players, the obstacles, strategies, and prospects for success.Item Could once be enough? Support for the efficacy of the one-shot library instruction session(2013) Hayes-Bohanan, Pamela; Spievak, Elizabeth R.Item Crop models and their use in assessing crop production and food security: A review(Wiley Open Access [Commercial Publisher], Association of Applied Biologists [Society Publisher], 2023) Gavasso-Rita, Yohanne Larissa; Papalexiou, Simon Michael; Li, Yanping; Elshorbagy, Amin; Li, Zhenhua; Schuster Wallace, CorinneAgriculture is directly related to food security as it determines the global food supply. Research in agriculture to predict crop productivity and losses helps avoid high food demand with little supply and price spikes. Here, we review ten crop models and one intercomparison project used for simulating crop growth and productivity under various impacts from soil–crop– atmosphere interactions. The review outlines food security and production assessments using numerical models for maize, wheat, and rice production. A summary of reviewed studies shows the following: (1) model ensembles provide smaller modeling errors compared to single models, (2) single models show better results when coupled with other types of models, (3) the ten reviewed crop models had improvements over the years and can accurately predict crop growth and yield for most of the locations, management conditions, and genotypes tested, (4) APSIM and DSSAT are fast and reliable in assessing broader output variables, (5) AquaCrop is indicated to investigate water footprint, quality and use efficiency in rainfed and irrigated systems, (6) all models assess nitrogen dynamics and use efficiency efficiently, excluding AquaCrop and WOFOST, (7) JULES specifies in evaluating food security vulnerability, (8) ORYZA is the main crop model used to evaluate paddy rice production, (9) grain filling is usually assessed with APSIM, DAISY, and DSSAT, and (10) the ten crop models can be used as tools to evaluate food production, availability, and security.Item Cross-section Measurement and Thick Target Production of Terbium Radioisotopes by Enriched Gadolinium Targets(2023) wang, yizheng; GUERTIN, Arnaud; NIGRON, Etienne; haddad, ferid; Michel, Nathalie; Sounalet, ThomasIntroduction Short-lived radioisotopes of the terbium (Tb) family show great prospects in theranostics: the 149Tb can be used for alpha therapy, the 152Tb, as a positron emitter, can be applied for the positron emission tomography (PET), the 155Tb can be used for the single photon emission tomography (SPECT) and for Auger therapy, and finally, the 161Tb can be an alternative to 177Lu for β-therapy. Nevertheless, the applications of Terbium are limited at the moment due to its insufficient production and high cost: except for 161Tb, the other radionuclides are produced by nuclear spallation reactions. The use of enriched Gadolinium (Gd) targets can help to increase their availability according to the following production reactions: 152Gd(p,4n)149Tb 1, 152Gd(p,n)152Tb 1, 155Gd(p,n)155Tb 2 and 155Gd(d,2n)155Tb 3. In this work, the 155Tb is taken as a case study, and Gd2O3 enriched in 155Gd is used. Objectives of this work are on the one hand to measure the cross section of the 155Gd(d,2n)155Tb nuclear reaction induced by deuteron, and on the other hand to irradiate enriched Gd2O3 targets for thick target production with deuteron. Description of the Work or Project For the cross section measurement, thin targets (10-20 µm) are required while thicker targets are preferred for production. Therefore, two types of Gd targets with different thicknesses have been developed through two different techniques. Thin targets were manufactured via the electrochemical co-deposition technique. Uniform Ni/Gd2O3 composite targets with a thickness of 10-20 µm containing about 2 mg of enriched Gd were obtained after 35 min of deposition. These targets were irradiated at GIP ARRONAX cyclotron with deuteron beams. Cross sections of 155Tb and other Tb radionuclides (153Tb, 154Tb and 156Tb) were measured from 8 MeV to 30 MeV. These measurements give the first experimental results for the reaction 155Gd(d,x)Tb. From these results, the thick target yield and the purity of 155Tb were estimated. The irradiation parameters for thick target production were also determined from the simulation. Thicker targets were manufactured through the pelletizing technique. A uniform and compact target with a thickness of 390 µm was obtained using 0.6 g of enriched Gd2O3 powder. This target was irradiated by deuteron beams with an incident energy of 15.1 MeV and a beam intensity of 368 nA for 1 h. The production yield of 155Tb was 10.2 MBq/µAh and the purity was 89% after 14 days of decay. These results are consistent with the estimation obtained by the measured cross sections. Conclusions This work shows the possibility of using enriched gadolinium targets to produce terbium radioisotopes via biomedical cyclotrons. Cross sections of deuteron-induced reactions on enriched Gd were measured and a test of thick target production was carried out. As for large batch production, higher intensity and longer irradiation time will be necessary. To this end, specific encapsulation and cooling systems will also be designed and in addition, pure metal Gd targets with better thermal conductivity will be developed.Item Crown copyright: More than just an outdated provision(2019-05-30) Wakaruk, AmandaPresentation at ABC Copyright 2019. Conference program abstract: Section 12 of the Copyright Act is at odds with the aims of Open Government and many government works have become inaccessible, or even been lost due to Crown copyright chill. This session will report on recent advocacy work to persuade Canada's federal government to update an antiquated and undemocratic copyright provision.Item Cultural Appropriation in Fashion: Is Copyright the Answer?(2019-05-31) Vézina, BrigitteCultural appropriation cases spark passionate debate because while fashion's borrowing of stylistic elements from other cultures is common practice, it can in reality be offensive to the holders of source cultures. Misinterpretation or disregard for the cultural significance of a traditional cultural expression (TCE), even unintentional, can have drastic consequences for its holders. Calls for action to curb appropriation emphasize a need for indigenous peoples to have better control over their TCEs. Cultural appropriation may be explained by the jarring relationship between TCEs and copyright. While TCEs, such as traditional designs or motifs, are a product of the human mind, it is difficult to protect them within the existing copyright system, which casts most TCEs into the public domain. For instance, protection remains unavailable for TCEs that have been passed down the generations and fail to meet the originality criterion. This presentation explains the concept of cultural appropriation and illustrates it with multiple examples from fashion. It shows how copyright law fails to provide adequate protection to TCEs and thus make them vulnerable to appropriation. The presentation concludes by showing how copyright principles, particularly moral rights, could be adapted to offer strong protection to TCEs against cultural appropriation.Item CUSMA & Technical Protection Measures(2019-05-30) Tiessen, RobertIf CUSMA (aka USMCA or MUSCA) is ratified it will severely limit the ability of the Canadian Government to limit the impact technical protection measures on Canadians and Canadian libraries. Section 41 of the Copyright Act is already a Canadianized version of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act. After CUSMA is ratification, the Government will be extremely limited in making any changes to Section 41 of our Copyright Act because of the limits placed on Canada (and Mexico and the US) by the trade agreement. Going against CUSMA would require Canada to either convince both of its trade partners to amend CUSMA; or it would need to withdraw from the agreement. This presentation will take a look at how TPMs have evolved in international arena from the WIPO Copyright Treaty in 1996 through to current times. Then it will look at what kind of flexibility and exceptions CUSMA does allow member countries and what kinds of regulations or amendments to the Copyright Act that we might want to lobby for.Item The Decline of Collective Copyright Licensing in Canada's Post-Secondaries Explained Using the Theory of Fields(2019-05-31) Taylor, DonaldFligstein's and MacAdam's Theory of Fields was used to analyze how Access Copyright lost its incumbent advantage in the traditionally stable field of copyright administration in Canadian post-secondaries and why that field is still unsettled today. Theory of Fields considers actions rather than motives and explains how a field moves into crisis using the concepts of: strategic action fields composed of incumbents (Access Copyright) and challengers (post-secondaries); external shocks to a field (e.g. court rulings); the social skill of the actors, particularly how an inability to envision alternatives leads to prolonged disruption. A field enters a crisis when the challenger(s) or incumbent act in ways which causes others to attempt to disrupt the status quo. Through interviews with copyright professionals and administrators actively involved at the beginning of the period of contention (2010-2012), analysis of institutional communications and records, and analysis of judicial and tribunal decisions, I used the Theory of Fields to analyze the actions of groups in the field of post-secondary copyright management and in proximate fields such as government and the courts. This approach moves us away from hyperbole and the "us against them" paradigm with its oversimplifications of "Access Copyright got too greedy" and "universities are trying to rip off creators". The presentation, using the Theory of Fields, will demonstrate how the actions of Access Copyright and of organizations like AUCC (now Universities Canada) led post-secondaries to challenge the status quo and how a series of actions/reactions, along with a lack of skilled social action by both incumbents and challengers, naturally brought us to the current period of contention in copyright management in the post-secondary environment.Item Designing an Online Course to Facilitate Global Citizenship and Peace Building in Higher Education(University of Saskatchewan, 2024-09-10) Farooq, MariamIn our rapidly advancing world, cultivating skills in promoting peace is crucial, as peace is key to helping individuals lead fulfilling and meaningful lives. This paper explores the development of a non-credit bearing online mini-course designed for first-year university students at the University of Saskatchewan, aimed at enhancing awareness of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 4.7. The "Creating Global Citizens for Peace" course focuses on equipping students with essential skills to promote sustainable development and foster a culture of peace, empathy and reconciliation. By incorporating a range of instructional methods and tools, including asynchronous content, multimedia resources, activities, and different assessments, the course seeks to address diverse student needs while making it engaging for them. This paper details the design and pedagogical processes followed in the course, highlights lessons learned and challenges faced, and discusses strategies for overcoming institutional barriers to the course’s implementation. This course features important initiatives and roles students can play to become informed and engaged global citizens, ready to contribute positively to their university, communities and beyond in promoting peace.Item Designing Role-Playing Games to Facilitate Learning about Farming and Sustainable Agriculture(2024-09-16) Tollefson, MarkItem Digital literacy skills as determinants of job satisfaction and career progression of academic library staff(2013) Itsekor, Victoria; Oyewole, Oluwatofunmi JesudunniItem Does the VIVO Harvester populate bibliographic references for an institutional instance of VIVO effectively?(2013) Eldredge, Jonathan; Kroth, Philip; Hannigan, Gale; Murray-Krezan, Cristina; Carr, Richard; Weagel, Edward; Hantak, ChadItem DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF Mo-99 AND Ac-225 USING COMMERCIAL PWR AND FAST EXPERIMENTAL REACTOR JOYO IN JAPAN(2023) Takaki, Naoyuki; Iwahashi, Daiki; Sasaki, Yuto; Maeda, ShigetakaThe production technology of medical radioisotopes (RI) using existing nuclear fission reactors has been studied to improve/achieve their domestic preparedness in Japan. The target nuclides currently considered in our project are Mo/Tc which is the most commonly used ones in medical diagnosis and Ac-225 which is recently known as effective alpha emitting nuclide for targeted alpha-particle therapy. Existing fission reactors, PWRs and Joyo in Japan, have potentials to work as excellent facilities for medical isotope production, as by-products of heat/electricity generation without consuming electricity and needs for new plant construction.