University of Saskatchewan

Assessing Challenges and Barriers to Effective Wound Care in Rural Indigenous Communities

OBJECTIVE: To explore the lived experiences of patients with chronic wounds from a remote Indigenous community in Northern Manitoba, Canada, focusing on challenges in wound management, the impact on quality of life, barriers to wound care access, and the role of traditional heali...

Chronic toxicity thresholds for fish early life stages exposed to 226Ra in water

In 2021, a consensus was established to generate toxicity data for 226Ra in water with the objective to develop a Canadian water quality guideline that would effectively allow policy makers to set discharge limits for 226Ra that are protective for aquatic ecosystems. In the prese...

Ion-Regulated ReversibleSwitching of Photocurrentsin Molecular Junctions

Abstract The switching of photoinduced charge transport in large-area carbon-based molecular junctions incorporating tetraphenyl porphyrin (TPP) molecules has been observed by reversibly introducing hydrogen ions into the molecular layer. The TPP layer acts as an ionophoric layer...

Factors Influencing Equitable Participation in a Provincially Implemented Older Adult Exercise Program in Canada: Qualitative Analysis Using the Health Equity Implementation Framework

Background: Group-based exercise programs for older adults produce substantial health benefits, yet they often fail to reach equity-deserving populations in representative proportions. An understanding of local and systemic factors surrounding exercise programs is needed to guide...

Engaging primary care teams with patient-reported data: design, acceptability and outcomes of a structured intervention

Abstract Background Although patient-reported data are increasingly available and their usefulness is recognized, these measures are not well integrated at the clinical levels of primary care. Also, the processes through which these data are translated into actionable insights fo...

Customized CycleGAN with balanced skip-networked residual layer (CCGAN-BSNRL) to enhance colonoscopy image by narrow-band imaging translation

Abstract Colonoscopy can achieve significantly enhanced polyp detection by employing narrowband imaging (NBI) along with conventional white light (WL) imaging. However, problems associated with switching between two modalities during colonoscopy hinder its widespread clinical app...

Partial soil wetting and drying regulate root water uptake in deep-rooted apple orchard

The drought-prone Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) apple trees have roots that extend deep into the soil. Even when the upper soil layers (0–10 m) are above the permanent wilting point, deep (>10 m) root water uptake (RWU) occurs; the reasons for the deep RWU remain unknown. This stud...

StructuralDiversity and Multicenter Bonding in Beryllium–OsmiumIntermetallic Compounds

Abstract Beryllium intermetallic compounds (beryllides) have attracted considerable interest for applications relevant to nuclear systems, refractory materials, and aerospace systems due to their exceptional physical properties. In this work, crystal structures of osmium beryllid...

The Database of Religious History as an Open-Access Digital Resource for the Study of the Ancient Mediterranean World

In the current digital world, there is an incredible amount of information at our fingertips. In fact, there is so much information that the sheer amount of data can be overwhelming. As historians, archaeologists, and cultural heritage experts, a significant amount of research or...

Vocabulary and Input Quality Shape the Farsi Heritage Narrative Macrostructure in Farsi–English School-Aged Children

Aims and Objectives: Narrative skills are essential for literacy and academic success and are shaped by linguistic knowledge and environmental factors such as input quantity and quality. This study compares narrative macrostructure skills in heritage Farsi–English bilingual child...

What is the pediatric sport framework, and how can it be applied in professional practice?

Abstract Youth sport development during childhood and adolescence requires models that integrate multidimensional domains of knowledge and respect biological maturation across both conventional sports and para-sports. However, contemporary environments prioritizing immediate perf...

Mineral chemistry of metasomatic haloes in granite: constraints on fluid chemistry during spodumene pegmatite crystallization

Abstract Crystallizing spodumene pegmatites exsolve hydrothermal fluids, which generate exomorphic metasomatic halos in their host rocks. Composition, timing and frequency of fluid release relate to the evolution of the pegmatite. At the Moylisha prospect of the Leinster pegmatit...

Newcastle disease virus is a safe and immunogenic respiratory-delivered vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 in a ferret model

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused close to 800 million infections and over 7 million deaths worldwide. In addition to its impact on human health, the virus has shown cross-species transmission, including spillover into mustelids such as m...

Effects of a polycrop or oat monocrop on forage yield, nutritive value, utilization and weaned steer performance for winter swath grazing

This 3-year study assessed winter beef cattle performance swath-grazing either (i) polycrop system (PC) comprising CDC-SO1 oat (Avena sativa L.), Golden Globe turnip (Brassica rapa L.), Hunter turnip (Brassica rapa L.), Goliath forage rape (Brassica napus L.) and 4010 forage pea...

Patterns of Autonomous and Conditional Neural Specification for the Brain and Ventral Nerve Cord in Annelida

ABSTRACT Evolution of central nervous systems is a long‐debated topic. Similar mechanisms of conditional neural specification linked to dorsal‐ventral (D–V) axis formation have been used to support homology across several taxa. We tested for autonomous versus conditional neural s...

Collaboratively building teaching resources for EDI in epidemiology and biostatistics

Abstract Objectives The objective of this workshop was to collaboratively co-create concrete, practical teaching resources that embed equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) concepts into epidemiology and biostatistics teaching in Canada. Methods The 3-h interactive session develo...