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During the COVID-19 outbreak in the spring of 2020, virtual jury selection processes were adopted across judicial systems in the United States. After more normal operations resumed, virtual jury selection [...]

Sierra Leone has one of the highest levels of malnutrition and child mortality worldwide due, in part, to the micronutrient deficiencies that result from a lack of diet diversity and food accessibility. To address these challenges, nutrient-dense, affordable snack foods are being developed for children in Sierra Leone. The products in development are similar to foods that are currently eaten in the region, such that they could easily be integrated into children's diets. The two lead products are a groundnut butter pudding for children six months to two years of age and a sweet potato based muffin for children two to five years of age. The objectives of this study are (1) to determine the dietary habits of children in Sierra Leone between six months and five years of age, and (2) to perform acceptability testing with the pudding and the muffins. In total, 428 mother-child pairs participated in the study, which was performed in 2019 in multiple locations in the vicinity of Makeni, Sierra Leone. The mothers reported that the most common snacks for children six months to two years of age were porridge and rice, while the most common snacks for two to five year olds were rice and biscuits. These findings confirmed that the pudding and muffins would be familiar and appealing to young children. Moreover, the test results demonstrated that both the pudding and the muffins were acceptable in terms of taste and texture. Based upon these findings, the best formulations were selected, then further modified to reach the target levels of each micronutrient (vitamin A, iron, and zinc) in a single serving size. The estimated cost of each product is 1500 leones ($0.15 USD), making it affordable for Sierra Leoneans. Future steps are to collaborate with local entrepreneurs to sell these products in the markets where people normally shop. This study was approved by the District Medical Officer of Health in Sierra Leone and performed in collaboration with World Hope International, an NGO with a facility in Makeni, Sierra Leone. Key words: acceptability testing, malnutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, nutrition, sensory testing, Sierra Leone, INTRODUCTION Sierra Leone has one of the highest malnutrition rates in the world, resulting in a high level of child mortality; 46% of childhood deaths are caused by malnutrition [1]. [...]

Around the world, the representation of Black women in media is often flawed, as ideologies shaped by racism and white supremacy dominate the social construction of the representation of Black women in print media. This paper examines the use of 'click speech' responses to a Facebook post where we condemn the use of what we perceive to be negative images of Black women used to market rum. Specifically, we ask the question: How do Belizeans respond to our request and our framing of the marketing campaign as being racist and sexist? Using a Belizean feminist lens, we analyze click speech responses to our request. A mixed response of those who supported our requests to remove the caricature from the rum label and those who did not support our position that the marketing campaign was both racist and sexist were found through content analysis. Many of the comments suggested that we were creating an issue, that there is nothing wrong with the image, and that we were importing American ideas of racism and sexism to Belize where they do not exist. This study contributes to that gap in the literature that ensures that Belizean women are represented in ways that their voices are not misrepresented and ensures that this research contributes to Belizean knowledge. Keywords: Content Analysis, Belize, Print Media, Visual Media, Black Women, Violence against Women, Jezebel, Mammy, Sapphire, Stereotypes, Introduction Around the world, the representation of Black women in media is often flawed, as ideologies shaped by racism and white supremacy dominate the social construction of the representation of [...]

CONTENTS I Introduction II Preamble: Office of Indigenous Jurisprudent and Legal Scholar III Advice IV Welcoming the Obligation A What Might Be Meant by 'Public Law'? B The Obligation Is [...], This article reports on advice given to the Department of Premier and Cabinet on the public law obligations of the State of Victoria regarding the entering into of treaty relations between the Aboriginal Peoples and people of Victoria. It makes visible and explicit the obligations that the State of Victoria has taken up in the Advancing the Treaty Process with Aboriginal Victorians Act 2018 (Vic) and considers how they might be understood as a matter of Indigenous and non-Indigenous public law.

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This paper presents findings from a research project which aimed to rank Australian higher education institutions on their 'equity performance'; that is, the extent to which they were accessible for, supportive of and benefiting students traditionally under-represented in higher education. The study comprised a conceptual consideration of how higher education equity might be defined and empirically measured, drawing on extant scholarly research as well as observations from key stakeholders, including equity practitioners, researchers, policymakers and higher education executives and institutional planners. Based on these findings, a theoretical framework for higher education equity performance was constructed, and performance indicators identified and subjected to systematic assessment for real-world application. The ensuing ranking system was populated with institutional data from the 37 public universities in Australia. The findings from this analysis indicate that a ranking system may not be the optimal method for assessing higher education equity performance and highlights the subjective nature of both higher education equity and higher education ranking systems., Author(s): Tim Pitman [sup.1], Daniel Edwards [sup.2], Liang-Cheng Zhang [sup.2], Paul Koshy [sup.1], Julie McMillan [sup.2] Author Affiliations: (1) grid.1032.0, 0000 0004 0375 4078, Curtin University, , PO Box U1987, [...]

White-nose syndrome (WNS) has rendered four of Ontario's species endangered, while leaving the other four species relatively unaffected. The causes and extent of the declines have been widely studied. The influence on remaining bat species has not. Comparing acoustic data recorded -10 years apart, we evaluated how species in southeastern Ontario, Canada, use different foraging habitats pre- and post-WNS detection. We observed activity declines in now-endangered species over open fields (small-footed myotis, Myotis leibii (Audubon and Bachman, 1842); little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus (Le Conte, 1831); northern myotis, Myotis septentrionalis (Trouessart, 1897); tricolored bat, Perimyotis subflavus (F. Cuvier, 1832)) and speculate that the reduction of the once most common species (M. lucifugus) may have resulted in other species searching for prey in habitat once dominated by M. lucifugus. That is, these changes may have allowed greater presence in open field and clutter or edge environments by the big brown bat (Eptesicusfuscus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1796)) and three migratory species (silver-haired bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans (Le Conte, 1831); red bat, Lasiurus borealis (Muller, 1776); hoary bat, Lasiurus cinereus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1796)). However, our results also suggest that (i) while the decline of most resident bat species due to WNS may have relaxed competition for relatively unaffected species in some, but not all habitats, that (ii) sensory and biomechanical constraints may limit prey exploitation by these less-affected bat species in these habitats. Key words: white-nose syndrome, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, niche release, interspecific competition, Myotis lucifugus, little brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus, big brown bat. Le syndrome du museau blanc (SMB) a mis quatre especes en voie de disparition en Ontario, les quatre autres especes etant relativement peu touchees. Si les causes et l'etendue de ces declins ont ete largement etudiees, l'influence du SMB sur les autres especes de chauves-souris ne l'a pas ete. En comparant des donnees acoustiques enregistrees a environ 10 annees d'intervalle, nous evaluons les utilisations faites par differentes especes dans le sud-est de l'Ontario (Canada) d'habitats d'approvisionnement avant et apres la detection du SMB. Nous observons des baisses d'activite au-dessus de champs ouverts chez les especes aujourd'hui en voie de disparition (chauve-souris pygmee, Myotis leibii (Audubon et Bachman, 1842); vespertilion brun, Myotis lucifugus (Le Conte, 1831); vespertilion nordique, Myotis septentrionalis (Trouessart, 1897); pipistrelle de l'Est, Perimyotis subflavus (F. Cuvier, 1832)) et postulons que le declin de l'espece auparavant la plus repandue (M. lucifugus) pourrait avoir mener d'autres especes a chercher des proies dans des habitats ou ce dernier etait autrefois dominant. Autrement dit, ces changements pourraient avoir permis une plus grande presence dans les milieux de champ ouvert et de fouillis ou de bordure de la serotine brune (Eptesicusfuscus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1796)) et de trois especes migratrices (chauve-souris argentee, Lasionycteris noctivagans (Le Conte, 1831); chauve-souris rousse, Lasiurus borealis (Muller, 1776); chauve-souris cendree, Lasiurus cinereus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1796)). Cependant, nos resultats indiqueraient aussi que (i) si le declin de la plupart des especes de chauves-souris residentes en raison du SMB pourrait avoir attenue la concurrence pour des especes relativement non affectees dans certains, mais non tous les habitats, (ii) des contraintes sensorielles et biomecaniques pourraient limiter l'exploitation de proies dans ces habitats par ces especes moins affectees. [Traduit par la Redaction] Mots-cles : syndrome du museau blanc, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, liberation de la niche, concurrence interspecifique, Myotis lucifugus, vespertilion brun, Eptesicusfuscus, serotine brune., Introduction Bat communities are rarely monospecific and local assemblages can include over 100 bat species in equatorial regions of Africa, Asia, and South America (Fenton and Ratcliffe 2010). Even in [...]