A report on visits of fake clients, pretending to be in need of emergency contraception, to health facilities in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

To identify bottlenecks in the delivery of comprehensive reproductive health care in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second city, a study was performed utilising volunteers pretending to be in need of emergency contraception. A total of 55 private, Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council, municipal and government health facilities were visited. These consultations resulted in 9 (16%) correct, 1 possiblycorrect and 15 wrong prescriptions for the morning-after pill (MAP); no treatment was prescribed in 30 instances. Public sector health personnel were very judgemental in their attitude toward sexually active teenagers. Although the Essential Drug List of Zimbabwe is quite clear about the MAP, many health providers are not aware of this, and others do not even have/use this book

Localization and writing for a new medium : a review of digital style guides

Durant les últimes dues dècades, un nombre creixent de publicacions han descrit les diferències entre l'escriptura per imprimir i l'escriptura per visualitzar en pantalla, des d'una perspectiva tant normativa com empírica. Aquestes recomanacions són molt importants per als localitzadors: la capacitat d'ajustar l'estil d'escriptura per a diferents mitjans, gèneres i situacions de comunicació és una de les habilitats essencials que aquests professionals han d'adquirir. Aquest article ofereix una revisió de les recomanacions de les guies d'estil de redacció de programari i per a la web; ofereix un resum concís als professionals de la localització i els traductors nous en procés de formació. La visió general inclou directrius relatives a idiomes, tipus de localització, guies d'estil específiques d'empreses i també publicacions relatives a la usabilitat.Durante las dos últimas décadas, un creciente número de publicaciones han descrito las diferencias entre la escritura para ser impresa y la escritura para leer en pantalla, desde una perspectiva tanto normativa como empírica. Estas recomendaciones son de suma importancia para los localizadores, ya que la capacidad de ajustar el estilo de escritura para diferentes medios, géneros y situaciones de comunicación es una de las habilidades esenciales que estos profesionales deben adquirir. Este artículo ofrece una revisión de las recomendaciones incluidas en las guías de estilo de redacción de software y de entornos web, con la intención de ofrecer un resumen conciso a los profesionales de la localización y a los traductores nuevos en proceso de formación. La visión general incluye directrices de idioma, tipo de localización, guías de estilo específicas de empresas y también publicaciones relativas a la usabilidad.Over the last two decades, an increasing number of publications have described the differences between print and screen writing, both from prescriptive and empirical perspectives. These recommendations are of paramount importance to localizers, as the ability to adjust their writing style to different mediums, genres and communicative situations is one of the essential skills these professionals should acquire. This paper offers a review of recommendations in web and software writing style guides in order to provide a concise summary for localization professionals and trainees. The overview encompasses guidelines from language, localization type, company-specific style guides, and usability publications

Dissimilar response of plant and soil biota communities to long-term nutrient adition in grasslands

The long-term effect of fertilizers on plant diversity and productivity is well known, but long-term effects on soil biota communities have received relatively little attention. Here, we used an exceptional long-lasting (>40 years) grassland fertilization experiment to investigate the long-term effect of Ca, N, PK, and NPK addition on the productivity and diversity of both vegetation and soil biota. Whereas plant diversity increased by liming and decreased by N and NPK, the diversity of nematodes, collembolans, mites, and enchytraeids increased by N, PK, or NPK. Fertilization with NPK and PK increased plant biomass and biomass of enchytraeids and collembolans. Biomass of nematodes and earthworms increased by liming. Our results suggest that soil diversity might be driven by plant productivity rather than by plant diversity. This may imply that the selection of measures for restoring or conserving plant diversity may decrease soil biota diversity. This needs to be tested in future experiment

Low temperature water vapor pressure swing for the regeneration of adsorbents for CO₂ enrichment in greenhouses via direct air capture

CO2 enrichment in greenhouses can be achieved by extracting CO2 from the outside air. For this purpose, adsorbents based on Na2CO3 or K2CO3 are promising for trapping and releasing atmospheric CO2. Even though the CO2 capture by these adsorbents has been studied before, there is not much information about their regeneration at low temperatures and using air as flushing gas. In this work an experimental design study has been performed to understand the effect of temperature, water vapor pressure and air flow rate on CO2 desorption. The results show that K-based adsorbents are a more attractive option given their higher CO2 capture capacity and lower energy consumption compared to the Na-based ones. The estimated amount of K-based adsorbent with a capture capacity of 0.1 mmol CO2/gads and regenerated at 50 °C with 90 mbar H2O would occupy only 2% of the total volume contained in a closed greenhouse, fulfilling its daily CO2 demand