Moving Women of Color from Reliable Voters to Candidates for Public Office

In recent presidential elections, women, people of color, millennials, and new immigrants shaped the outcomes of those elections. Women of color standing at the nexus of two underrepresented groups in politics- racial minorities and women- demonstrated their commitments to democracy by maintaining their traditions as reliable voters, far exceeding expectations. In this project, we ask what is necessary to move these women of color from reliable voters to candidates for political office and locate our answer with women of color. They are doing much of the work to deepen democratic engagement in communities of color, namely mobilizing voters and political candidates. They are redefining democratic inclusion, reshaping the electorate, and they stand to change the demographics of voters and officeholders alike. Likewise, they are redefining and disrupting traditional notions of political actors. How and why they see this as important work for themselves and their communities helps us to understand how people challenge exclusions and make a place for themselves, particularly in the political sphere which is marked by white, male dominance. Scholars have not documented this significant role women of color are playing in extending democracy and this documentation is critical to preserving women of color’s historic contributions to formal electoral politics. While the existing scholarship is rich in denoting the propensity of women of color to act as social change agents, we lag behind in scholarship recognizing the richness of their contributions to formal electoral politics. Their contributions deserve to be recorded and linked to the long line of scholarly engagements with women of color activism and leadership. We begin the project by establishing the landscape of existing WOC organizations, civic groups, collaborations and projects engaged in this work including the full landscape of programs, initiatives and organizations seeking to mobilize women of color as voters and political candidates. We explore their origin stories and contributions to civic engagement of marginalized groups. Our long term goals of the project are to strengthen the capacity of these organizations by bringing attention to their contributions; sharing best practices across groups that are not currently networked; and to leverage resources to strengthen their capacities

Evolution of the use of corticosteroids for the treatment of hospitalised COVID-19 patients in Spain between March and November 2020: SEMI-COVID national registry

Objectives: Since the results of the RECOVERY trial, WHO recommendations about the use of corticosteroids (CTs) in COVID-19 have changed. The aim of the study is to analyse the evolutive use of CTs in Spain during the pandemic to assess the potential influence of new recommendations. Material and methods: A retrospective, descriptive, and observational study was conducted on adults hospitalised due to COVID-19 in Spain who were included in the SEMI-COVID- 19 Registry from March to November 2020. Results: CTs were used in 6053 (36.21%) of the included patients. The patients were older (mean (SD)) (69.6 (14.6) vs. 66.0 (16.8) years; p < 0.001), with hypertension (57.0% vs. 47.7%; p < 0.001), obesity (26.4% vs. 19.3%; p < 0.0001), and multimorbidity prevalence (20.6% vs. 16.1%; p < 0.001). These patients had higher values (mean (95% CI)) of C-reactive protein (CRP) (86 (32.7-160) vs. 49.3 (16-109) mg/dL; p < 0.001), ferritin (791 (393-1534) vs. 470 (236- 996) µg/dL; p < 0.001), D dimer (750 (430-1400) vs. 617 (345-1180) µg/dL; p < 0.001), and lower Sp02/Fi02 (266 (91.1) vs. 301 (101); p < 0.001). Since June 2020, there was an increment in the use of CTs (March vs. September; p < 0.001). Overall, 20% did not receive steroids, and 40% received less than 200 mg accumulated prednisone equivalent dose (APED). Severe patients are treated with higher doses. The mortality benefit was observed in patients with oxygen saturation </=90%. Conclusions: Patients with greater comorbidity, severity, and inflammatory markers were those treated with CTs. In severe patients, there is a trend towards the use of higher doses. The mortality benefit was observed in patients with oxygen saturation </=90%

Nickel(II) and copper(II) complexes of allyl 2-(thiophen-2-ylmethylene) hydrazinecarbodithioate: synthesis, X-ray crystal structures, and theoretical study

We report allyl 2-(thiophen-2-ylmethylene)hydrazine-carbodithioate (HL) and its Ni(II) and Cu(II) complexes, [ML2]. The compounds were fully characterized by elemental analysis, IR, 1H-NMR, UV-Vis, and molar conductivity. The crystal structure analysis indicates that the metal is four-coordinate square planar and that a parallel stacking of the molecular planes is present in the crystals, with stacking distances of 3.642 and 3.676 A for the Ni(II) and Cu(II) complexes, respectively. Gas phase DFT computations indicate that the thione tautomeric form of the free ligand is more stable than the thiol form by 14.52 kJ mol–1. For HL and ML2, comparison between the computed and experimental data shows good agreement

A Study of the Atmospherically Important Reactions between Dimethyl Selenide (DMSe) and Molecular Halogens (X2 = Cl2, Br2, and I2) with ab initio Calculations

The atmospherically relevant reactions between dimethyl selenide (DMSe) and the molecular halogens (X2 = Cl2, Br2, and I2) have been studied with ab initio calculations at the MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ level of theory. Geometry optimization calculations showed that the reactions proceed from the reagents to the products (CH3SeCH2X + HX) via three minima, a van der Waals adduct (DMSe:X2), a covalently bound intermediate (DMSeX2), and a product-like complex (CH3SeCH2X:HX). The computed potential energy surfaces are used to predict what molecular species are likely to be observed in spectroscopic experiments such as gas-phase photoelectron spectroscopy and infrared matrix isolation spectroscopy. It is concluded that, for the reactions of DMSe with Cl2 and Br2, the covalent intermediate should be seen in spectroscopic experiments, whereas, in the DMSe + I2 reaction, the van der Waals adduct DMSe:I2 should be observed. Comparison is made with previous related calculations and experiments on dimethyl sulfide (DMS) with molecular halogens. The relevance of the results to atmospheric chemistry is discussed. The DMSeX2 and DMSe:X2 intermediates are likely to be reservoirs of molecular halogens in the atmosphere which will lead on photolysis to ozone depletion

Ion-Pair S(N)2 Substitution: Activation Strain Analyses of Counter-Ion and Solvent Effects

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Activation Strain Analyses of Counterion and Solvent Effects on the Ion-Pair S(N)2 Reaction of NH2-and CH3Cl

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A study of the Group 1 metal tetra-aza macrocyclic complexes [M(Me4cyclen)(L)]+ using electronic structure calculations

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