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Doing, Redoing, and Undoing Masculinity in Environmentalism
No full text107 leaves.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-107).Conventional and traditional visions of masculinity idealise and glorify, violence, aggression, and destruction while undermining more caring traits such as altruism, empathy, and compassion. These gender scripts inform men’s perception of themselves, others, and the world around them as they seek to adhere to and fit in with the surrounding culture. These notions of masculinity are subject to extensive academic and media attention, while comparatively less attention is paid to the men who challenge or reject these harmful traits. Traditionally masculine values stand in tension to environmentalism, prioritising money, power, and profitability above care and respect for nature. Previous research suggests that traditional ideas of masculinity can be a deterrent to pro-environmental behaviours due to a perceived link between ‘green behaviours’ and femininity. But as of yet, there is a dearth of empirical research on those men who overcome such barriers to engage with environmentalism. This study therefore draws on in-depth interviews with 14 pro-environmental men from across America, Britain and Canada, to understand their experiences navigating the gendered terrain of environmentalism. This research complicates our understanding of performativity within environmentalism, as the men in this study show both complicity and resistance to hegemonic gender structures within the scope of their environmentalism
Testing the health of natural runoff streams by comparing hatching rates of Artemia salina.
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Great Powers Manipulating Norms: US, Chinese and Russian Approaches to the Responsibility to Protect.
No full text98 Leaves.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 88-98).The Responsibility to Protect is a set of principles that commit countries to protect civilian populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. This thesis sets out to explore the extent to which powerful states' narrow political and economic interests override the call to protect civilian populations by looking at how three permanent members of the Security Council - the United States, China, and Russia - have responded to various crises where the R2P could be invoked. Through a comparative case study analysis of five humanitarian crises qualifying for the invocation of the R2P, I determined that intervention was only permissible when these three countries did not stand to lose a critical security interest throughout the process. I ultimately conclude that these three countries invoke the R2P only when it concurs with their narrow security or economic interests, rather than on the basis of a threat to civilian populationsChapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: An Influential Security Interest -- Syria -- Myanmar -- Yemen --Chapter 3: How the R2P Should Work -- Côte d’Ivoire --Mali --Chapter 4: Conclusio
Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Motivational Interviewing for Use in Rural Nepal.
No full text9 pages.Background: Motivational Interviewing (MI) has a robust evidence base in facilitating behavior change for several health conditions. MI focuses on the individual and assumes patient autonomy. Cross-cultural adaptation can face several challenges in settings where individualism and autonomy may not be as prominent. Sociocultural factors such as gender, class, caste hinder individual decision-making. Key informant perspectives are an essential aspect of crosscultural adaptation of new interventions. Here, we share our experience of translating and adapting MI concepts to the local language and culture in rural Nepal, where families and communities play a central role in infuencing a person’s behaviors. // Methods: We developed, translated, feld-tested, and adapted a Nepali MI training module with key informants to generate insights on adapting MI for the frst time in this cultural setting. Key informants were fve Nepali nurses who supervise community health workers. We used structured observation notes to describe challenges and experiences in cross-cultural adaptation. We conducted this study as part of a larger study on using MI to improve adherence to HIV treatment. // Results: Participants viewed MI as an efective intervention with the potential to assist patients poorly engaged in care. Regarding patient autonomy, they initially shared examples of family members unsuccessfully dictating patient behavior change. These discussions led to consensus that every time the family members restrict patient’s autonomy, the patient complies temporarily but then resumes their unhealthy behavior. In addition, participants highlighted that even when a patient is motivated to change (e.g., return for follow-up), their family members may not “allow” it. Discussion led to suggestions that health workers may need to conduct MI separately with patients and family members to understand everyone’s motivations and align those with the patient’s needs. // Conclusions: MI carries several cultural assumptions, particularly around individual freedom and autonomy. MI adaptation thus faces challenges in cultures where such assumptions may not hold. However, cross-cultural adaptation with key informant perspectives can lead to creative strategies that recognize both the patient’s autonomy and their role as a member of a complex social fabric to facilitate behavior change. // Keywords: LMICs, Motivational Interviewing, Nepal, Cultural adaptation, Global Mental Healt
Multiwavelength Observations Reveal a Faint Candidate Black Hole X-Ray Binary in IGR J17285−2922.
Full text link20 pages with color illustrations.IGR J17285−2922 is a known X-ray binary with a low peak 2–10 keV X-ray luminosity of ∼ 1036 erg s−1 during outburst. IGR J17285−2922 exhibited two outbursts in 2003 and 2010 and went into outburst again in 2019. We have monitored this ∼ 4-month long 2019 outburst with Swift in X-ray and the Very Large Array in radio. We have also obtained four optical spectra with the Gran Telescopio Canarias and Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope, three optical photometry measurements with the Las Cumbres Observatory, and one near-infrared spectrum with the Gemini South telescope. The ratio between its X-ray and radio luminosity is consistent with both samples of neutron star and black hole (BH) X-ray binaries, while the ratio between the X-ray and optical luminosity is consistent with BH X-ray binaries. Studying the evolution of its X-ray power-law index throughout the outburst, we find additional evidence for a BH as compact object. The four optical spectra show no H α emission and the nIR spectrum shows no Brγ emission, suggesting that the donor star could be hydrogen-poor and hence that IGR J17285−2922 might have an ultracompact binary orbit. The shape of the X-ray light curve is well described by an exponential, followed by a linear decay, from which we obtain a relation between the orbital period Porb and the binary mass ratio. We discuss how this relation is consistent with theoretical predictions and known ultracompact X-ray binaries. Lastly, we discuss how the observed properties are reminiscent of short-Porb BH X-ray binaries
Evidence of the effects of retinyl acetate on the development of Artemia salina.
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La importancia del lugar en el desarrollo comunal: un estudio de caso de Rock Ola
No full textSubmitted as final work for HISP400 - Senior Seminar in Hispanic Studies focusing on Madrid in the 1980s.La dictadura de Franco aterrorizó y traumatizó a los españoles durante décadas, pero su muerte en 1975 condujo a una rápida transición hacia la democratización que fue ayudada por el pacto tácito para olvidar el pasado. Muchos ciudadanos comenzaron a unirse y desafiar al régimen desconsiderando las normas preestablecidas y eligiendo seguir su propio conjunto de reglas en cambio. En poco tiempo, una comunidad de jóvenes había transformado Madrid en una ciudad caracterizada por el hedonismo, ya que ellos abrazaron sus nuevas libertades en exceso en una variedad de locales en Malasaña. Bares, garitos, salas y el infame Rock Ola jugaron un papel fundamental en la mejora de este sentido de comunidad que los llevaría a convertirse en uno de los mayores movimientos contraculturales que la nación jamás había visto. Esta obra sirve como
un análisis de la importancia del lugar en el desarrollo de la comunidad y la cultura en la Movida mediante el uso del barrio Malasaña y Rock Ola como estudios de caso. Un examen cuidadoso de estos lugares en el transcurso del movimiento muestra su papel esencial tanto en el ascenso como en la caída del movimiento, con el cierre de Rock Ola contribuyendo en gran parte al declive de la Movida en su totalidad. De la misma manera que estos lugares culturalmente significativos no habrían existido sin la Movida, la Movida no habría existido con tal fuerza sin estos centros comunales para fomentar su desarrollo
A Comparative Study Mapping the Landscape of Repetitive Elements in Fundulus heteroclitus
No full text84 pages; illustrations84 leaves.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 76-84).Fundulus heteroclitus has shown to be capable of rapid adaptation in environments lethal to most other species. Comparisons of isolated Fundulus heteroclitus populations in similar polluted environments have been found to contain similar mutations despite their geographic isolation. This thesis aims to identify the potential role transposable elements serve in Fundulus heteroclitus relating to these common mutations. To accomplish this a pipeline is created that annotate genomes for transposable elements and is applied to the Fundulus heteroclitus genome to be used for further study
Animal Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and the Welfare of Animals during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Full text link38 pages.The accelerated pace of research into Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) necessitates periodic summaries of current research. The present paper reviews virus susceptibilities in species with frequent human contact, and factors that are best predictors of virus susceptibility. Species reviewed were those in contact with humans through entertainment, pet, or agricultural trades, and for whom reports (either anecdotal or published) exist regarding the SARSCoV-2 virus and/or the resulting disease state COVID-19. Available literature was searched using an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted engine, as well as via common databases, such as Web of Science and Medline. The present review focuses on susceptibility and transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2, and polymorphisms in transmembrane protease serine 2 (TMPRSS2) and angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) that contribute to species differences. Dogs and pigs appear to have low susceptibility, while ferrets, mink, some hamster species, cats, and nonhuman primates (particularly Old World species) have high susceptibility. Precautions may therefore be warranted in interactions with such species, and more selectivity practiced when choosing appropriate species to serve as models for research