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This article excerpts a discussion about performance and climate action that took place during the annual Canadian Association for Theatre Research (CATR) conference, Partition/Ensemble 2020. Ten artists, activists, and academics share their experiences of using performance as a resource in climate-change action. They explore challenges and tactics, detail examples of theatrical climate action, and urge other artists and activists to use the tools of theatre and performance to tell the stories of climate collapse. This article reflects the groundswell of creative energy being brought to the climate crisis, providing an inspiration for others who want to use their artistic skills to support climate action. Keywords: climate change, activism, culture, policy, carbon footprint, youth, non-human Cet article est extrait d'une discussion sur la performance et l'action en faveur du climat qui a eu lieu a l'occasion du colloque annuel de l'Association canadienne de la recherche theatrale (ACRT), Partition/ Ensemble 2020. Dix artistes, activistes et universitaires rapportent leur experience de la performance comme outil dans la lutte contre les changements climatiques. Leurs difficultes et leurs tactiques sont abordees, des exemples detailles d'actions climatiques theatrales sont exposes et la necessite pour les autres artistes et activistes d'employer les outils du theatre et de la performance pour raconter les recits de la crise climatique est soulignee de maniere pressante. L'article, qui rend compte de la lame de fond d'energie creative consacree a la crise climatique, servira du meme coup d'inspiration a celles et ceux qui veulent mettre leurs talents artistiques au service de la lutte contre les changements climatiques. Mots cles : changements climatiques, activisme, culture, politiques, empreinte carbone, jeunesse, non-humain, While the scope of the climate crisis is overwhelming, theatre and performance can help us examine the values that have led to the current moment and can motivate shifts in [...]

The article focuses on the application of herbal medicine as potential adjunct treatment to thyroid disease. Botanical medicines to treat thyroid disease are limited and have not been widely studied in humans. Traditional Western herbal medicine lacks a body of herbs earmarked for thyroid health, but modern research on a few of these herbs reveals potential clinical applications toward hyperthyroidism in humans, according to the author.

Regulatory T cells play an essential role in preventing fetal rejection by the maternal immune system. Here we show that, based on the expression of CCR5, regulatory T cells can be divided into a highly suppressive CCR5+ and a far less suppressive CCRS- sub-population, suggesting that the former represent the effector arm of regulatory T cells. Although regulatory T ceils from CCR5-/- gene deletion mutants still suppress, they are less effective mediators of maternal-fetal tolerance. The accumulation of CCR5+ regulatory T cells at this site appears to be enhanced by alloantigen. This finding is in stark contrast to the systemic expansion of regulatory T cells during pregnancy, which appears to be alloantigen-independent. The fact that CCR5+ regulatory T cells preferentially accumulate in the gravid uterus and that expression of CCR5 on regulatory T cells can be induced by activation lead us to propose that CCR5 is responsible for the accumulation of those regulatory T cells that have been activated by paternal antigens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]