Battle of the Sexes: Why the United States Has Not Yet Ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

Developed from a larger research project examining why the United States Senate formally rejects multilateral treaties, this particular study examines a related branch of inquiry about which factors impact the treaty ratification process in the United States. Utilizing the method of structured, focused comparison, used by Alexander George, the project presents a case study of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) to observe why the Senate has failed to provide advice and consent to this multilateral treaty. As multilateral treaties become more common in today’s globalized world, it is important to understand the factors that can cause these international agreements to face obstruction and prolonged debate in the United States. By analyzing why CEDAW has continued to languish in the Senate, this paper provides policy relevant generalizations about the factors that affect the ratification process of multilateral treaties and discusses the subsequent effect that stalled treaties such as CEDAW have on American foreign policy

Desenvolvimento de sistema para controle remoto de um canhão de água para combate a incêndios em lavouras.

TCC(graduação) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro Tecnológico. Engenharia de Controle e Automação.Com a expansão da agricultura e dos implementos para o desenvolvimento de cultivares, é preciso também poder manter uma segurança na lavoura. Muitas causas levam ao deterioramento e a perda de lavouras, e uma delas é o incêndio, que em alguns estados do Brasil é recorrente devido ao longo período do ano sem chuva, com bastante seca, e áreas de alta incidência de irradiação solar durante o dia. Pensando nisso, a empresa, a qual será citada nesse trabalho, desenvolveu um produto para o combate a incêndios em lavouras denominado Tanque Mata Fogo. Esse tanque conta com um sistema de canhão de água com mistura de uma solução química para fazer o combate a incêndio. Diante deste cenário, o objetivo geral deste trabalho é desenvolver uma ferramenta para o controle deste canhão de água a distância, utilizando comunicação wireless para a comunicação entre um joystick e o tanque de água, e também comunicação bluetooth para o controle do canhão através de um aplicativo mobile. Para isso, criou-se uma ferramenta em aplicativo móvel utilizando o framework de desenvolvimento de aplicativos híbridos Flutter. E para o desenvolvimento do joystick, criou-se um controle utilizando componentes eletrônicos capazes de fazer a comunicação e o controle necessário do canhão de água através da plataforma de programação de Arduino, cuja linguagem de programação é o C++. Os resultados alcançados durante os testes preliminares foram positivos, cumprindo os principais requisitos do sistema

Children with disorders of sex development: A qualitative study of early parental experience

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Clinical research on psychological aspects of disorders of sex development (DSD) has focused on psychosexual differentiation with relatively little attention directed toward parents' experiences of early clinical management and their influence on patient and family psychosocial adaptation.</p> <p>Objectives</p> <p>To characterize parental experiences in the early clinical care of children born with DSD.</p> <p>Study Design</p> <p>Content analysis of interviews with parents (n = 41) of 28 children, newborn to 6 years, with DSD.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Four major domains emerged as salient to parents: (1) the gender assignment process, (2) decisions regarding genital surgery, (3) disclosing information about their child's DSD, and (4) interacting with healthcare providers. Findings suggested discordance between scientific and parental understandings of the determinants of "sex" and "gender." Parents' expectations regarding the benefits of genital surgery appear largely met; however, parents still had concerns about their child's future physical, social and sexual development. Two areas experienced by many parents as particularly stressful were: (1) uncertainties regarding diagnosis and optimal management, and (2) conflicts between maintaining privacy versus disclosing the condition to access social support.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Parents' experiences and gaps in understanding can be used to inform the clinical care of patients with DSD and their families. Improving communication between parents and providers (and between parents and their support providers) throughout the early clinical management process may be important in decreasing stress and improving outcomes for families of children with DSD.</p