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ABSTRACTThis article explores the tension – in both positive and negative senses – of an aquarium’s internal and external equity work. The article parses out this tension, especially reflecting on where the equity work lives, where it gets messy, and who is doing the work. It centers on the tensions around positionality for a woman of color initially without, then later with, authority in a predominantly white organization by offering accounts of those tensions through her own lived experiences. Through her stories, the author considers questions such as: Who can rock the institutional boat without worrying about their job? What are the capacities really needed to balance internal and external equity efforts? Where are the lines between being a representative of a group and being tokenized? What is the emotional burden of having to justify your lived experience? The author discusses the direct results of these natural tensions and the impacts they have on historically excluded communities engaging with and working for cultural institutions.

Water is vital to Australian First Nations Peoples' connection to country and culture. Despite this cultural significance, and epidemiological studies identifying elevated drowning risk among Australian First Nations Peoples, extremely limited qualitative research explores water safety beliefs and practices of First Nations Peoples. This study addressed this knowledge gap via qualitative research with Wiradjuri people living in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. Under Aboriginal Reference Group guidance, a local researcher recruited participants using purposive sampling for yarning circles across four groups: young people aged 18–30 years, parents of children under 5, parents of older children and adolescents and Elders. Yarning circles were audio recorded, transcribed and thematically coded using an inductive approach. In total, 10 First Nations individuals participated. Yarning led to rich insights and yielded five themes: families as first educators; importance of storytelling, lived experience and respect for knowledge holders; the river as a place of connection; historical influence on preference for river over pool and river is unpredictable and needs to be respected. This study demonstrates the importance of First Nations culture to water safety practices, particularly around the river. To reduce drowning risk among First Nations populations, knowledge holders need to be embedded in the design and delivery of community water safety education. Co‐designing water safety initiatives with First Nations Peoples will have dual benefits; developing culturally appropriate and locally relevant water safety education, while also continuing First Nations culture across generations.

Burn care in the prehospital and emergency settings requires rapid assessment of airway, breathing, and circulation. Intubation (if indicated) and fluid resuscitation are most important in emergency burn care. Total body surface area burned and depth of burn are important early assessments that help guide resuscitation and disposition. Burn care in the emergency department further includes carbon monoxide and cyanide toxicity evaluation and management.

The different motivations for ethically and socially responsible (ESR) grocery shopping are studied. Findings indicate that ESR motives are important to shopping decisions, however, some grocery shoppers are willing to forgo some elements of ESR to surmount situational imperatives. The impacts of product quality, promotions, and customer service on grocery shopping are examined.

A study on small United Kingdom accountancy practices, focusing on the critical influence of customer knowledge competence on a firm's market advantage over competition, is presented.

The Purdue Pegboard Test is a manual dexterity test that requires the manipulation of pegs, washers, and collars. Our population for this research study focused on the geriatric community owing to the lack of recent available normative data.

The use of export marketing information is examined in the United Kingdom small and medium sized enterprises exporters. Scales measuring information use are analyzed for validity.

Zn2+deficiency (ZnD) is a common comorbidity of many chronic diseases. In these settings, ZnD exacerbates hypertension. Whether ZnD alone is sufficient to alter blood pressure (BP) is unknown. To explore the role of Zn2+in BP regulation, adult mice were fed a Zn2+-adequate (ZnA) or a Zn2+-deficient (ZnD) diet. A subset of ZnD mice were either returned to the ZnA diet or treated with hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ), a Na+-Cl−cotransporter (NCC) inhibitor. To reduce intracellular Zn2+in vitro, mouse distal convoluted tubule cells were cultured in N,N,N′,N'-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)ethylenediamine (TPEN, a Zn2+chelator)- or vehicle (DMSO)-containing medium. To replete intracellular Zn2+, TPEN-exposed cells were then cultured in Zn2+-supplemented medium. ZnD promoted a biphasic BP response, characterized by episodes of high BP. BP increases were accompanied by reduced renal Na+excretion and NCC upregulation. These effects were reversed in Zn2+-replete mice. Likewise, HCTZ stimulated natriuresis and reversed BP increases. In vitro, Zn2+depletion increased NCC expression. Furthermore, TPEN promoted NCC surface localization and Na+uptake activity. Zn2+repletion reversed TPEN effects on NCC. These data indicate that 1) Zn2+contributes to BP regulation via modulation of renal Na+transport, 2) renal NCC mediates ZnD-induced hypertension, and 3) NCC is a Zn2+-regulated transporter that is upregulated with ZnD. This study links dysregulated renal Na+handling to ZnD-induced hypertension. Furthermore, NCC is identified as a novel mechanism by which Zn2+regulates BP. Understanding the mechanisms of ZnD-induced BP dysregulation may have an important therapeutic impact on hypertension.

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Madam Justice Elaine Adair of the BC Supreme Court has begun hearing a class-action lawsuit involving 7000 doctors, including the province's former health minister, who are trying to recover fees [...]

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A review of Britain's cosmetic surgery industry commissioned by the Department of Health recommends a series of measures to better protect patients. The booming industry is expected to be worth [...]

Experts say the long-standing practice of cutting the umbilical cord immediately after birth can put infants at risk for iron deficiency. According to researchers from the Royal College of Obstetricians [...]

Few patients receive cognitive behavioral therapy, the gold-standard for body dysmorphic disorder (CBT-BDD). Smartphones can make evidence-based interventions, like CBT-BDD, more accessible and scalable. A key question is: how do patients view it? Low credibility and expectancy would likely translate to low uptake and engagement outside of research settings, diminishing the impact. Thus, it is important to understand patients’ beliefs about digital CBT-BDD.

The article offers information on Glitterbomb, the fundraising event formerly known as Pink Triangle Services gala to be held at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, Ontario on May 9, 2013.

The article presents the poem "Half-Read," by Jasmine Williams. First Line: Love was the only book I left half-read; Last Line: That is until I realized I still had room to write.