First Record of Greenland Halibut (Reinhardtius Hippoglossoides) in the Beaufort Sea (Arctic Ocean)

Eleven Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) were captured in two longline sets in the offshore waters (71 45 N, 127 08 W) of Sachs Harbour, Banks Island, Northwest Territories. This is the first record of Greenland halibut in the Beaufort Sea and Arctic Ocean. The Greenland halibut were captured in the Atlantic water layer of the Beaufort Sea at a depth of approximately 430 m, with a temperature of 0.3 C and salinity of 34.8 parts per million.Key words: first record, Greenland halibut, Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, Atlantic water mass, Beaufort Sea, Arctic OceanOn a capturé onze flétans du Groenland (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) dans deux jeux de palangres placés dans les eaux au large (par 71°45' de latit. N. et 127°08' de longit. O.) de Sachs Harbour, dans l'île Banks située dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest. C'est la première fois que l'on enregistre la présence du flétan du Groenland dans la mer de Beaufort et l'océan Arctique. Les flétans du Groenland ont été pris dans la couche d'eau de l'Atlantique de la mer de Beaufort à une profondeur d'environ 430 m, avec une température de 0,3°C et une salinité de 34,8 p. mille.Mots clés: premier relevé, flétan du Groenland, Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, masse d’eau de l’Atlantique, mer de Beaufort, océan Atlantique&nbsp

Anti-Abortion Clinic Activism, Civil Inattention, and the Problem of Gendered Harassment

In the UK, there is evidence of a recent increase in anti-abortion activism outside clinics. In response, abortion service providers have called for the introduction of ‘buffer’ zones to protect women from ‘harassment’ while accessing abortion services. Drawing on two datasets – extensive ethnographic fieldwork, and a content analysis of clinic client comment forms – we deploy Goffman’s concept of ‘civil inattention’ to further our understanding of the material practice of anti-abortion clinic activism. We find that although anti-abortion activists understand their own actions to be supportive, practices of religious observance outside clinics inescapably draw attention to the site and to the act of accessing healthcare, inherently challenging normative expectations of privacy and confidentiality. Our analysis suggests that anti-abortion activism outside clinics consequently violates social rules governing encounters with strangers in specific places and reinforces gendered hierarchies. As such, they are often experienced as acts of gendered harassment

(Re)imagining the ‘backstreet’:Anti-abortion campaigning against decriminalisation in the UK

The risk of death or serious injury from ‘backstreet abortions’ was an important narrative in the 20th century campaign to liberalise abortion in the UK. Since then, clinical developments have reduced the overall health risks of abortion, and international health organisations have been set up to provide cross-border, medically safe abortions to places where it is unlawful, offering advice and, where possible, supplying abortion pills. These changes mean that pro-choice campaigns in Europe have often moved away from the risks of ‘backstreet abortions’ as a central narrative when campaigning for abortion liberalisation. In contrast, in the UK, anti-abortion activists are increasingly using ideas about ‘backstreet abortions’ to resist further liberalisation. These claims can be seen to fit within a broader shift from morals to risk within moral regulation campaigns and build on anti-abortion messages framed as being ‘pro-women’, with anti-abortion activists claiming to be the ‘savers’ of women. Using a parliamentary debate as a case study, this article will illustrate these trends and show how the ‘backstreet’ metaphor within anti-abortion campaigns builds on three interconnected themes of ‘abortion-as-harmful’, ‘abortion industry’, and ‘abortion culture’. This article will argue that the anti-abortion movement’s adoption of risk-based narratives contains unresolved contradictions due to the underlying moral basis of their position. These are exacerbated by the need, in this case, to defend legislation that they fundamentally disagree with. Moreover, their attempts to construct identifiable ‘harms’ and vulnerable ‘victims’, which are components of moral regulation campaigns, are unlikely to be convincing in the context of widespread public support for abortion

'On the Wet Side of the Womb’:The construction of mothers in anti-abortion activism in England and Wales

Across the UK, there has been an increase in anti-abortion activism outside abortion clinics. The activism deployed includes explicitly religious activities such as ‘prayerful witnessing’ and ‘pavement counselling’, which aim to discourage women from entering clinics. This article stems from a wider ethnographic study of public activism over abortion to determine what claims about motherhood are being made within these debates. Two arguments are presented. First, how women’s role as mothers is central and essentialised in anti-abortion discourses, with the body of the mother often disappearing as activists seek to erode the distinction between a foetus and a baby by constructing pregnancy as a foetal environment. Motherhood is constructed as ‘natural’ and sacred, therefore abortion must be damaging because it destroys women’s ‘natural’ position. Second, the article argues that although the activists’ arguments are always religiously framed, their activism takes place in a largely secular context, meaning that they have to find ways of appealing to secular audiences. This leads to a complex interrelationship between secular and religious discourses, where theological viewpoints sit alongside ‘scientific’ claims to buttress activists’ views. This article explores how the presence and absence of mothers within activists’ narratives is due to the tensions between religiously based understandings of motherhood, and the need to appeal to a secular audience

Le rapport de recherche : un méga-outil pour « nourrir » l’enseignement des sciences

Le rapport de recherche est le genre de texte dominant de la communauté scientifique. Cependant, tous les enseignants de sciences ne connaissent pas nécessairement ses particularités. Le but de cet article est d’aider ces derniers en examinant les différentes parties qui constituent les rapports de recherche publiés dans les revues savantes. Au cours de l’analyse, nous commenterons les idées que l’auteur développe dans chaque partie (le fond) ainsi que les éléments linguistiques auxquels il a recours (la forme). Nous émettrons finalement des recommandations à l’intention des enseignants qui aimeraient transposer les idées présentées lorsqu’ils exploitent le rapport de laboratoire pour développer davantage l’écrit chez leurs élèves.The research report is the dominant scientific textual genre. However, not all science teachers are aware of its particularities. This paper aims to support teachers by examining each part of the research report with examples found in scientific journals. Both the development of each section of the report (the content) and the linguistic elements at play (the form) will be reviewed. Further recommendations will be made to assist those teachers who would like to apply the ideas discussed here to the lab report as a way to further develop the students’ writing skills

Claudin-2 deficiency associates with hypercalciuria in mice and human kidney stone disease

The major risk factor for kidney stone disease is idiopathic hypercalciuria. Recent evidence implicates a role for defective calcium reabsorption in the renal proximal tubule. We hypothesized that claudin-2, a paracellular cation channel protein, mediates proximal tubule calcium reabsorption. We found that claudin-2–null mice have hypercalciuria due to a primary defect in renal tubule calcium transport and papillary nephrocalcinosis that resembles the intratubular plugs in kidney stone formers. Our findings suggest that a proximal tubule defect in calcium reabsorption predisposes to papillary calcification, providing support for the vas washdown hypothesis. Claudin-2–null mice were also found to have increased net intestinal calcium absorption, but reduced paracellular calcium permeability in the colon, suggesting that this was due to reduced intestinal calcium secretion. Common genetic variants in the claudin-2 gene were associated with decreased tissue expression of claudin-2 and increased risk of kidney stones in 2 large population-based studies. Finally, we describe a family in which males with a rare missense variant in claudin-2 have marked hypercalciuria and kidney stone disease. Our findings indicate that claudin-2 is a key regulator of calcium excretion and a potential target for therapies to prevent kidney stones