Front Matter

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Letter from the Editor

Welcome to our inaugural issue from Editor-in-Chief Angela Clark-Taylor, Ph.D

Status of Women and Gender Equity at CWRU - 2021

The first bi-annual report from the Flora Stone Mather Center reviews the representation of women as well as the intersections of race/ethnicity and gender identities across CWRU executive leadership, faculty, staff, and students.https://commons.case.edu/mathercenter-briefs/1003/thumbnail.jp

Protecting Our Futures: Challenges & Strategies for Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

This report, supported by the National Women\u27s Studies Association, addresses the current state of Women\u27s, Gender, and Sexualities Studies departments and programs across the United States. In particular, the report focuses on changes in support, resources, and enrollment, as well as the impact of anti-DEI legislation being passed across the country at this time.https://commons.case.edu/mathercenter-briefs/1004/thumbnail.jp

WISER: Women in Science and Engineering Roundtable

This brief provides an overview of Case Western Reserve University\u27s Women in Science and Engineering Roundtable, including student evaluation and national metrics about women in STEMhttps://commons.case.edu/mathercenter-briefs/1000/thumbnail.jp

The Future of Aquatic Commons: Recommendations Based on an Evaluation of Business Models and Stakeholder Consultation

Aquatic Commons is a digital repository established by the International Association of Aquatic and Marine Libraries and Information Centers (IAMSLIC) in 2007 to provide a solution for member institutions that didn’t have an institutional repository. It is directed by the Aquatic Commons Board, and submissions are reviewed by an editorial team. Originally hosted by the Florida Center for Library Automation (FCLA), the repository was moved to the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) in 2011 when FCLA faced major budgetary issues. Aquatic Commons has grown to more than 20,000 publications from over 90 institutions in all areas of the aquatic sciences, including freshwater, fisheries, and oceanography, yet support for the repository has not kept pace with developmental needs. To ensure a sustainable future, the Aquatic Commons Board determined it was necessary to conduct an evaluation and created the Aquatic Commons Evaluation (ACE) team. The team identified and compared four potential business models: 1a) maintain Aquatic Commons as a separate repository but upgrade the EPrints software; 1b) maintain Aquatic Commons as a separate repository but migrate to DSpace software; 2) migrate content to the existing IODE OceanDocs repository but retain Aquatic Commons identity by having a separate DSpace community; and 3) partner with IODE and possibly the Aquatic Science and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) to create an entirely new repository with content merged from Aquatic Commons and OceanDocs. The team consulted with potential partners (e.g. ASFA and IODE) and ran a survey to elicit feedback from members, depositors, and other stakeholders about the models, addressing issues of thematic scope, branding, software, technical requirements, workflows, and training. At the 2019 conference, the team presented a recommendation based on the evaluation in order to initiate a roadmap for the Aquatic Commons

WSLDI: Women Staff Leadership Development Institute

This brief reviews the Case Western Reserve University Women Staff Leadership Development Institute, including participant evaluation data and national experiences of women staff in higher education.https://commons.case.edu/mathercenter-briefs/1001/thumbnail.jp

Exploring Collegiate Perceptions of Feminism Through Bem’s Gender Schema Theory

Utilizing framework analysis (Pope, Ziebland, & Mays, 2000) and Bem’s (1981) gender schema theory, this study provides results from eight focus groups wherein an interdisciplinary team met with seven student organizations to discuss the interplay of feminism and interpersonal relationships. Findings suggest the more confident students feel in their conceptualization of feminism as promoting equality, the more likely they were to report comfort with friends and romantic relationships. Programming and policy implications for college campuses are explored

Exploring Collegiate Perceptions of Feminism Through Bem\u27s Gender Schema Theory

Utilizing framework analysis (Pope, Ziebland, & Mays, 2000) and Bem’s (1981) gender schema theory, this study provides results from eight focus groups wherein an interdisciplinary team met with seven student organizations to discuss the interplay of feminism and interpersonal relationships. Findings suggest the more confident students feel in their conceptualization of feminism as promoting equality, the more likely they were to report comfort with friends and romantic relationships. Programming and policy implications for college campuses are explored

The difference in blood pressure readings between arms and survival: primary care cohort study

addresses: Primary Care Research Group, Institute of Health Services Research, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Exeter, Devon EX1 2LU, UK. [email protected]: PMCID: PMC3309155To determine whether a difference in systolic blood pressure readings between arms can predict a reduced event free survival after 10 years