In the opposite lane: How Women of Colour experience, negotiate and apply an oppositional gaze to dominant cycling discourses

In a cultural context dominated by the car, cyclists are often marginalised. For Women of Colour, this marginalisation may be heightened and help to reinforce often already low cycling rates. This paper is the first to pair hooks’ concept of the ‘oppositional gaze’ with Hall’s theories of representation and reception to explore how dominant discourses around cycling, gender and race shape the experience of UK Women of Colour who cycle. Using go-along interviews with cycling influencers and advocates who are also Women of Colour, it provides space for counternarratives that can challenge dominant discourses about cycling. Borrowing the concept of ‘oppositional gaze,’ we examine the agency of those whose cycling experience is simultaneously shaped by both hypervisibility and invisibility on the road as in the broader cultural and policy contexts. We find that masculine sporty representations in cycling in the UK have material effects on the experience of cycling for women. Women of Colour must constantly negotiate these and other representations that do not fit them easily, sometimes claiming and sometimes challenging aspects of dominant discourses. Despite a small sample size and diverse locations, the insights offered by our research can help policymakers in similar cultural contexts start to build on existing diverse cycling experiences to create more inclusive cycling futures

Teníase e cisticercose. O que são? O que causam? Como prevenir?

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Disparidades de gênero em mortalidade: desafios para a equidade na saúde em Porto Rico

The aim of this study is to deepen the analysis of mortality indicators by sex in Puerto Rico. The gender perspective is used to identify the differentials and inequalities that generate disparities in mortality among women and men in that country. In 2008-2010, life expectancy at birth for both sexes reached 78.83 years, with a gap of 7.71 years among women and men, which is higher in the group of very low mortality countries, internationally. The years of potential life lost (YPLL) by age and external causes of death and natural death are used, among other indicators, for further analysis of male mortality from a gender perspective. Young men have a very high premature mortality because many deaths are due to by external causes: homicides, suicides and accidents. In the case of women's, premature deaths are prevalent due natural causes in all age groups. The result of the study is to promote gender mainstreaming to achieve health equity for women and men. Puerto Rico requires health plans, programs and policies that take into account gender disparities in order to achieve a longer life span-free of preventable disease, disability, injury and premature death- which currently affects more men than women.El objetivo de este estudio es profundizar en el análisis de indicadores de mortalidad por sexos en Puerto Rico, desde la perspectiva de género, con el propósito de conocer diferenciales y desigualdades que generan disparidades en la mortalidad de mujeres y hombres en ese país. En 2008-2010 la esperanza de vida al nacer de ambos sexos alcanzó 78.83 años, con una brecha de 7.71 años entre mujeres y hombres, la más elevadas en el conjunto de países de mortalidad muy baja, a escala internacional. Se utilizan los años potenciales de vida perdidos (APVP) por edades y causas de muerte externas y naturales, entre otros indicadores de mortalidad, para profundizar en el análisis de la sobre mortalidad masculina, desde una perspectiva de género. La mortalidad prematura reporta pérdidas elevadas de años de vida, en hombres jóvenes, por causas de muerte externas -homicidios, suicidios y accidentes; en el caso de las mujeres, prevalecen las causas de muerte natural en la mortalidad prematura de todas las edades. Los resultados del estudio promueven la incorporación de la perspectiva de género para lograr la equidad en salud de mujeres y hombres. En Puerto Rico se requieren planes, programas y políticas de salud, que tomen en cuenta las disparidades de género para lograr una vida más larga, libre de enfermedades evitables, invalidez, lesiones y muerte prematura, que en la actualidad afectan más a los hombres que a las mujeres.O objetivo deste estudo é aprofundar na análise de indicadores de mortalidade por sexos em Porto Rico, desde a perspectiva de gênero, com o propósito de conhecer diferenciais e desigualdades que geram disparidades na mortalidade de mulheres e homens nesse país. Em 2008-2010 a expectativa de vida ao nascer de ambos os sexos alcançou 78,83 anos, com uma diferença de 7,71 anos entre mulheres e homens, a mais elevadas no conjunto de países de mortalidade muito baixa, na escala internacional. Utilizam-se os anos potenciais de vida perdidos (APVP) por idades e causas de morte externas e naturais, entre outros indicadores de mortalidade, para aprofundar na análise da mortalidade masculina, desde uma perspectiva de gênero. A mortalidade prematura reporta perdas elevadas de anos de vida, em homens jovens, por causas de morte externas - homicídios, suicídios e acidentes; no caso das mulheres, prevalecem as causas de morte natural na mortalidade prematura de todas as idades. Os resultados do estudo promovem a incorporação da perspectiva de gênero para obter a equidade em saúde de mulheres e homens. Em Porto Rico requerem-se planos, programas e políticas de saúde, que levem em consideração as disparidades de gênero para conseguir uma vida mais longa, livre de doenças evitáveis, invalidez, lesões e morte prematura, que na atualidade afetam mais aos homens que às mulheres

Controle integrado de moscas em avicultura intensiva de postura. I. Controle da criação de moscas no esterco.

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Compostagem de suínos mortos e restos de parição.

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Emprego da compostagem para destinação final de suínos mortos e restos de parição.

A destinação final de carcaças de suínos. Formulação de uma nova alternativa. Processos em fluxo contínuo. Processos em batelada. Quanto ao volume das carcaças. Quanto à velocidade de decomposição das carcaças. Compostagem: uma solução para destinação de carcaças. Quanto ao grau de tecnologia. Quanto à estrutura física. Quanto às reações que ocorrem na compostagem. Requisitos para a compostagem de carcaças. Dimensionamento da célula de compostagem. Passos para a compostagem de carcaças. Como resolver os problemas mais comuns.bitstream/item/82371/1/CiT26.pd

Managing and Planning Water Resources for Irrigation: Smart-Irrigation Systems for Providing Sustainable Agriculture and Maintaining Ecosystem Services

Smart-irrigation systems are a hot topic in irrigation management. Satellite imaging, sensors and controls, communication technologies and irrigation decision models are readily available. The price of the required technology is being reduced year after year, and its implementation in agriculture gives real-time information that allows for more accurate management of water resources. Even so, the adaptation of existing technologies to particular situations that the irrigation management is facing in different agro-environmental contexts is needed. This Special Issue addresses the application of different smart-irrigation technologies in four different research areas: (1) remote sensing-based estimates of crop evapotranspiration, (2) Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for smart-irrigation, (3) precision irrigation models and controls, and (4) the price of natural resources. The nine papers presented in this special issue cover a wide range of practical applications, and this editorial summarizes each of them

PySCIPOpt: Mathematical Programming in Python with the SCIP Optimization Suite

This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available frpm Springer Verlag via the DOI in this record5th International Congress on Mathematical Software (ICMS 2016), 11-14 July 2016, Berlin, GermanySCIP is a solver for a wide variety of mathematical optimization problems. It is written in C and extendable due to its plug-in based design. However, dealing with all C specifics when extending SCIP can be detrimental to development and testing of new ideas. This paper attempts to provide a remedy by introducing PySCIPOpt, a Python interface to SCIP that enables users to write new SCIP code entirely in Python. We demonstrate how to intuitively model mixed-integer linear and quadratic optimization problems and moreover provide examples on how new Python plug-ins can be added to SCIP.German Federal Ministry of Education and Researc

An Allelotyping PCR for Identifying Salmonella enterica serovars Enteritidis, Hadar, Heidelberg, and Typhimurium

Current commercial PCRs tests for identifying Salmonella target genes unique to this genus. However, there are two species, six subspecies, and over 2,500 different Salmonella serovars, and not all are equal in their significance to public health. For example, finding S. enterica subspecies IIIa Arizona on a table egg layer farm is insignificant compared to the isolation of S. enterica subspecies I serovar Enteritidis, the leading cause of salmonellosis linked to the consumption of table eggs. Serovars are identified based on antigenic differences in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)(O antigen) and flagellin (H1 and H2 antigens). These antigenic differences are the outward appearance of the diversity of genes and gene alleles associated with this phenotype