The Western Arctic – Tariuq (Offshore) Accord: A Long Time Coming

On 10 August 2023, representatives of the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation and the governments of the Northwest Territories, Yukon, and Canada signed the Western Arctic–Tariuq (Offshore) Accord.1 The Accord establishes a system for the shared management and regulation of offshore petroleum resources north of the Arctic Circle, west of Nunavut to the limit of Canada’s jurisdiction in the Beaufort Sea and Arctic Ocean and the equitable sharing of benefits. Upon the consent of all Parties, implementing legislation will be introduced to establish the Accord and will, among other things, amend or replace relevant federal legislation. The Accord is a step towards Canada’s implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.2 It is also part of a quest for meaningful participation dating back to the initial activities concerning oil and gas in the region that fuelled negotiations leading to the Inuvialuit Final Agreement. This contribution situates the Accord in the context of these developments to illuminate its potential significance

Lateral Antebrachial Cutaneous Nerve injury induced by phlebotomy

BACKGROUND: Phlebotomy is one of the routine procedures done in medical labs daily. CASE PRESENTATION: A 52 yr woman noted shooting pain and dysesthesia over her right side anterolateral aspect of forearm, clinical examination and electrodiagnostic studies showed severe involvement of right side lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve. CONCLUSION: Phlebotomy around lateral aspect of antecubital fossa may cause lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve injury, electrodiagnostic studies are needed for definite diagnosis

The Power of Creative Space in Engineering Education

In order to graduate globally capable engineers who are not only technically savvy, but socially competent and business smart, Sheridan’s School of Engineering has found both a process and a ‘place’ to meet these goals and align with their vision to create curricula that inspire innovation and creativity. The process: the CDIO methodology that helps graduate “ready to work” engineers. The place: Sheridan’s Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Design Technologies (CAMDT). In the fall of 2013 Sheridan unveiled its new visual identity with a tag line that challenges people to get creative. It\u27s a bold and courageous statement that reflects Sheridan\u27s belief that creativity is, among other things, an essential life skill. Our focus on creativity, which can best be described as \u27creativity with purpose\u27 or \u27practical creativity,\u27 extends across all programs. It\u27s about challenging students to re-imagine ideas, experiment, collaborate, take risks and build a resourceful, resilient and flexible mind. How realistic and authentic is this Creative Campus philosophy at Sheridan? How did this notion of creativity make its way into our mission, values and strategic goals? For the CDIO methodology to translate into outcomes, students need the creative space to get the real world practice that makes CDIO such a powerful learning strategy. Operating like a research and development arm for small and medium sized enterprises, CAMDT unites engineering students, faculty and community partners to solve real world challenges and produce solutions that benefit the local economy. At Sheridan, CAMDT is not just a physical space, it’s a creative space where the collaboration between engineering students, educators, industry and community partners not only benefits enterprise partners, but helps Sheridan shape engineering education. In travelling down the road to university recognition, Sheridan has engaged its academic community to describe the characteristics that best represent the Sheridan University of the future. It is through this process that the plan for the Creative Campus emerged. The paper reviews Sheridan’s Creative Campus Strategy and draws parallels to the four high-level expectations in the CDIO syllabus

Meeting report on the first Iranian congress of electrodiagnosis in peripheral nerve lesions

The Department of Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation and Electrodiagnosis of Shaheed Beheshti Medical University in collaboration with the Iranian Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ISPMR) held the 1(st )Congress of Electrodiagnostic Medicine in Peripheral Nerve Lesions on December 21–22, 2006. Electrodiagnostic medicine is a specific branch of medicine used by specialist physicians in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation and/or neurology to diagnose, prognosticate and plan treatment options of peripheral nerve lesions. This meeting was hold to discuss multidisciplinary approaches to this common and important topic in the medical field

Prevalence and Causes of Ulnar Neuropathy in the Electrodiagnosis Clinic of Shohada-e-Tajrish Medical Center

Background: The prevalence of ulnar nerve mono neuropathy has increased in recent years. Upper limb involvement by ulnar neuropathy results in motor and sensory disability and this disability imposes significant physical, psychological and financial burdens on patients. We aimed to assess the prevalence and causes of ulnar neuropathy in the Electrodiagnosis clinic of Shohada-e-Tajrish medical center. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study we extracted the electronic files of all patients referred to the clinic during 2009-2013. Patients with ulnar neuropathies were selected and required data were obtained. 62 patients with ulnar nerve lesions were included and their data (include age, sex, involved side, cause of lesion, severity and location of involvement) were analyzed. Results: Of the 62 patients enrolled, 42(67.7\%) were men and 20 (32.3\%) were women with a mean age of 41.63 years (range: 17-79 years). There was a significant relationship between age and disease prevalence. The highest prevalence rate of the disease was observed in the 20–39year-old age group and the lowest in the below 20-year-old age group. Trauma was a more frequent cause than entrapment. Elbow was the most frequent location of injury. Conclusion:Ulnar neuropathy was more prevalent in young and middle-aged individuals than those above 60 years. Considering the potential disability caused by this nerve damage, more attention is needed to evaluate patients and initiate proper treatment and rehabilitation in those ulnar nerve lesion

Remotely sensed data capacities to assess soil degradation

AbstractThis research has tried to take advantage of the two-field based methodology in order to assess remote sensing data capacities for modeling soil degradation. Based on the findings of our investigation, preprocessing analysis types have not shown significant effects on the accuracy of the model. Conversely, type of indicators and indices of the used field based model has a large impact on the accuracy of the model. In addition, using some remote sensed indices such as iron oxide index and ferrous minerals index can help to improve modeling accuracy of some field indices of soil condition assessment. According to the results, the model capacities can significantly be improved by using time-series remotely sensed data compared with using single date data. In addition, if artificial neural networks are used on single remotely sensed data instead of multivariate linear regression, accuracy of the model can be increased dramatically because it helps the model to take the nonlinear form. However, if time series of remotely sensed data are used, the accuracy of the artificial neural network modeling is not much different from the accuracy of the regression model. It turned out to be contrary to what is thought, but according to our results, increasing the number of inputs to artificial neural network modeling in practice reduces the actual accuracy of the model

INTEGRATION OF MATH AND SCIENCE WITH SHERIDAN ENGINEERING PROGRAM USING CDIO TOOLS

ABSTRACT The (on-going) transition of Sheridan College to Sheridan University has provided with an excellent opportunity to integrate the CDIO standards and attributes in Sheridan's engineering programs from the outset. We provide examples to show the integration of math and science curricula with engineering curriculum through active integrated learning strategies, such as project based learning and design-implement experiences, making it possible to further enhance the attainment of technical knowledge and reasoning and CDIO skills and attributes, including engineering reasoning and problem solving, experimentation and knowledge discovery, system thinking, personal skills and attitudes, team work and communication. To ensure relevance, necessity and sufficiency of math and science curriculum, and its proper integration with engineering curriculum, and to design activities, evaluations and assessments, a mapping of math and physics learning outcomes on (mechanical) engineering learning outcomes is also proposed