Undercounted, Underserved: Immigrant and Refugee Families in the Child Welfare System

Focuses on the specific needs of immigrant and refugee children in the child welfare system and presents best practices and policy recommendations for better serving these populations

Descriminalização do aborto: a busca pelo direito de disposição do próprio corpo e o combate à desigualdade de gêneros

TCC(graduação) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro de Ciências Jurídicas. Direito.O presente trabalho aborda a problemática da relação histórica de dominação do corpo feminino a partir de uma leitura da coerção do Estado e os seus reflexos na sociedade atual. Para tanto analisa-se a sociedade patriarcal e a influência da mesma na concepção histórica da mulher como o indivíduo carente de proteção e submisso ao universo masculino e a construção social da diferenciação de gêneros. Em seguida operou-se uma análise do ordenamento jurídico, no tocante à legislação sexual, e a desconsideração com que eram tratadas muitas mulheres pelo sistema penal, bem como as mudanças legislativas e jurisprudenciais. Por fim, evidenciou-se a problemática da interrupção voluntária da gravidez demonstrando-se como a ilegalidade da conduta constitui-se em uma eficiente forma de controle sobre o corpo feminino e para a manutenção da desigualdade de gêneros.Our aim in this essay is to address the historical relation problem of domination of the female body from a review of the state‟s coercion and its impact in today's society. To do so, we analyze the patriarchal society and its influence on the historic conception of women as an individual protection-needy and submissive to the male universe and to the social construction of the gender differentiation. After this review, we operate an analysis of the legal system regarding the sexual laws, the female denial situation on the penal system as well as the legislative and jurisprudential changes. Finally, it becomes clear that the problem of abortion demonstrates how the illegality of this conduct is reported as an effective form of control over women's body, maintaining the gender‟s inequality

Animal-Computer Interaction: the emergence of a discipline

In this editorial to the IJHCS Special Issue on Animal-Computer Interaction (ACI), we provide an overview of the state-of-the-art in this emerging field, outlining the main scientific interests of its developing community, in a broader cultural context of evolving human-animal relations. We summarise the core aims proposed for the development of ACI as a discipline, discussing the challenges these pose and how ACI researchers are trying to address them. We then introduce the contributions to the Special Issue, showing how they illustrate some of the key issues that characterise the current state-of-the-art in ACI, and finally reflect on how the journey ahead towards developing an ACI discipline could be undertaken

1991: Abilene Christian College Bible Lectures - Full Text

PRAISING GOD: THEMES FROM THE PSALMS Being the Abilene Christian University Annual Bible Lectures 1991 Published by ACU PRESS 1648 Campus Court Abilene, Texas 7960

Exploring structural and electronic effects in three isomers of tris{bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl}borane: Towards the combined electrochemical-frustrated Lewis pair activation of H2

Three structural isomers of tris{bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl}borane have been studied as the acidic com- ponent of frustrated Lewis pairs. While the 3,5-substituted isomer is already known to heterolytically cleave H2 to generate a bridging-hydride; ortho-substituents in the 2,4- and 2,5-isomers quench such reactivity through electron donation into the vacant boron pz orbital and steric blocking of the boron centre; as shown by electrochemical, structural and computational studies. Electrochemical studies of the corresponding borohydrides identify that the two-electron oxidation of terminal-hydrides occurs at more positive potentials than observed for [HB(C6F5)3]−, while the bridging-hydride oxidizes at a higher poten- tial still, comparable to that of free H2

Production and stability of low amount fraction of formaldehyde in hydrogen gas standards

Formaldehyde is an intermediate of the steam methane reforming process for hydrogen production. According to International Standard ISO 14687-2 the amount fraction level of formaldehyde present in hydrogen supplied to fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) must not exceed 10 nmol mol−1. The development of formaldehyde standards in hydrogen is crucial to validate the analytical results and ensure measurement reliability for the FCEV industry. NPL demonstrated that these standards can be gravimetrically prepared and validated at 10 μmol mol−1 with a shelf-life of 8 weeks (stability uncertainty <10%; k = 1), but that formaldehyde degrades into methanol and dimethoxymethane, as measured by FTIR, GC-MS and SIFT-MS. The degradation kinetics is more rapid than predicted by thermodynamics, this may be due to the internal gas cylinder surface acting as a catalyst. The identification of by-products (methanol and dimethoxymethane) requires further investigation to establish any potential undesirable impacts to the FCEV

Towards an animal-centred ethics for Animal–Computer Interaction

The emerging discipline of Animal–Computer Interaction (ACI) aims to take what in Interaction Design is known as a user-centred approach to the design of technology intended for animals, placing them at the centre of the design process as stakeholders, users, and contributors. However, current regulatory frameworks for the involvement of animals in research are not animal-centred, regarding them as research instruments, unable to consent to procedures that may harm them, rather than consenting research participants and design contributors. Such frameworks aim to minimise the impacts of research procedures on the welfare of individual animals, but this minimisation is subordinated to specific scientific and societal interests, and to the integrity of the procedures required to serve those interests. From this standpoint, the universally advocated principles of replacement, reduction and refinement aim to address the ethical conflicts arising from the assumed inability of individual animals to consent to potentially harmful procedures, but such principles in fact reflect a lack of individual centrality. This paper makes the case for moving beyond existing regulations and guidelines towards an animal-centred framework that can better support the development of ACI as a discipline. Firstly, recognising animal welfare as a fundamental requirement for users and research participants alike, the paper articulates the implications of a welfare-centred ethics framework. Secondly, recognising consent as an essential requirement of participation, the paper also defines criteria for obtaining animals׳ mediated and contingent consent to engaging with research procedures. Further, the paper argues for the methodological necessity, as well as the ethical desirability, of such an animal-centred framework, examining the boundaries of its applicability as well as the benefits of its application. Finally, the paper puts forward a series of practical principles for conducting ACI research, which imply but also essentially exceed the welfare and ethics requirements of current regulatory frameworks