Film: Deaf Characters

This entry focuses on films made by American and foreign filmmakers who have little or no special interest in or knowledge about deaf people or Deaf communities. Casting hearing actors to portray deaf characters is unfortunately common. Because neither the filmmakers, the expected audiences, nor the actors know anything about d/Deaf people, inauthenticities are widespread. These problems are only slightly improved by casting a Deaf actor: Deaf actors can portray authentic use of a sign language but are often limited by the script, the director, and the editing process. Therefore, while the signing community commends the casting of Deaf actors, the discussion here focuses on the deaf characters themselves and reasons for their inclusion in the story. In the following, the actors are labeled either “D” for Deaf or “h” for hearing. If there is no label, the actor’s status is unknown

Specialty Care Use in US Patients with Chronic Diseases

Despite efforts to eliminate health disparities, racial, ethnic, and geographic groups continue lag behind their counterparts in health outcomes in the United States. The purpose of this study is to determine variation in specialty care utilization by chronic disease status. Data were extracted from the Commonwealth Fund 2006 Health Care Quality Survey (n = 2475). A stratified minority sample design was employed to ensure a representative sample. Logistic regression was used in analyses to predict specialty care utilization in the sample. Poor perceived health, minority status, and lack of insurance was associated with reduced specialty care use and chronic disease diagnosis

Educación Superior en América Latina: reflexiones y perspectivas en Agronomía

El Área de Agronomía inicia su participación en el Proyecto Tuning América Latina: Innovación Educativa y Social, con 11 universidades e igual número de países latinoamericanos, siendo éstos: Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Perú, Paraguay y Uruguay. El Área de Agronomía, es de las tres áreas que se integran al Proyecto Tuning América Latina en la presente fase, participando en las reuniones realizadas en Colombia y Guatemala en 2011, y Chile y Bruselas en 2012.Fil: Miranda Barrios, Jovita Antonieta. Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala; GuatemalaFil: Gallez, Liliana María. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Agronomía; ArgentinaFil: Sabbatini, Mario Ricardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Agronomía; ArgentinaFil: Cabral Jahnel, Marcelo. Pontificia Universidade Católica do Paraná; BrasilFil: Villegas Estrada, Bernardo. Universidad de Caldas; ColombiaFil: Gadea Rivas, Arnoldo. Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica; Costa RicaFil: Águila Alcántara, Edith. Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas; CubaFil: Chacón Iznaga, Ahmed. Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas; CubaFil: Zelaya Rodríguez, Marta Isabel. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras; HondurasFil: López Baez, Orlando. Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas; MéxicoFil: Meza López, Lorenzo. Universidad Nacional de Asunción; ParaguayFil: Helfgott Lerner, Salomón. Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina; PerúFil: Marisquirena, Gustavo. Universidad de la República; Urugua

Search for dark matter produced in association with bottom or top quarks in √s = 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

A search for weakly interacting massive particle dark matter produced in association with bottom or top quarks is presented. Final states containing third-generation quarks and miss- ing transverse momentum are considered. The analysis uses 36.1 fb−1 of proton–proton collision data recorded by the ATLAS experiment at √s = 13 TeV in 2015 and 2016. No significant excess of events above the estimated backgrounds is observed. The results are in- terpreted in the framework of simplified models of spin-0 dark-matter mediators. For colour- neutral spin-0 mediators produced in association with top quarks and decaying into a pair of dark-matter particles, mediator masses below 50 GeV are excluded assuming a dark-matter candidate mass of 1 GeV and unitary couplings. For scalar and pseudoscalar mediators produced in association with bottom quarks, the search sets limits on the production cross- section of 300 times the predicted rate for mediators with masses between 10 and 50 GeV and assuming a dark-matter mass of 1 GeV and unitary coupling. Constraints on colour- charged scalar simplified models are also presented. Assuming a dark-matter particle mass of 35 GeV, mediator particles with mass below 1.1 TeV are excluded for couplings yielding a dark-matter relic density consistent with measurements

The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

The cerebral cortex underlies our complex cognitive capabilities, yet little is known about the specific genetic loci that influence human cortical structure. To identify genetic variants that affect cortical structure, we conducted a genome-wide association meta-analysis of brain magnetic resonance imaging data from 51,665 individuals. We analyzed the surface area and average thickness of the whole cortex and 34 regions with known functional specializations. We identified 199 significant loci and found significant enrichment for loci influencing total surface area within regulatory elements that are active during prenatal cortical development, supporting the radial unit hypothesis. Loci that affect regional surface area cluster near genes in Wnt signaling pathways, which influence progenitor expansion and areal identity. Variation in cortical structure is genetically correlated with cognitive function, Parkinson's disease, insomnia, depression, neuroticism, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder