What can be done to restore Pacific turtle populations?: The Bellagio blueprint for action on Pacific sea turtles

The Bellagio Blueprint for Action on Pacific Sea Turtles is an outcome of the Bellagio Conference on the Conversation and Sustainable Management of Sea Turtles organized jointly by the WorldFish Center and U.S. NOAA Fisheries. During 17-21 November, 2003, a multi-disciplinary group of 25 experts met in Bellagio, Italy to draft an Action Plan on Pacific Sea Turtles. The group recognized the serious state of sea turtle populations in the Pacific and the escalating nature of human threats to the turtles. However, after examining cases of successful sea turtle conservation programs from around the world and reviewing a broad suite of promising policy and management actions in the Pacific, they concluded that actions to save the threatened and endangered species were possible. The Blueprint urges protecting all nesting beaches, reducing turtle take in at-sea and coastal fisheries, stimulating Pan-Pacific policy actions and encouraging the sustainability of the traditional use of sea turtles. In addition to this description of the Blueprint, the experts are developing a full policy brief and other products for wide dissemination.Turtle fisheries, Nature conservation, Resource management, Nesting, Staff Contrib. No. 1726, Pacific Ocean,

International Livestock Research in the CGIAR: Report of the Steering Committee

Report of the CGIAR Steering Committee on International Livestock Research considered at TAC 62 and CGIAR International Centers Week, October 1993. The report discussed the Group's proposed new integrated livestock strategy, which stressed the role of livestock - and ruminants in particular - as components of combined crop-tree-livestock production systems. It proposed creation of a new livestock center (later to be designated ILRI) using ILCA and ILRAD as a base. A timetable and consultative approach for planning the center, and internal planning at the two existing centers were proposed.The new center would conduct strategic research, and serve as a convener for collaborative efforts in livestock. The committee noted that TAC, recognizing the location specificity of most livestock production systems, had recommended concentration on seven ecoregional collaborative programs

Report of Meeting on the Proposed International Food Policy Research Institute - (IFPRI)

Report of a meeting on the proposed International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) held at IDRC Headquarters, Ottawa, 17 September 1974 and chaired by Sir John Crawford, regarding TAC's proposal describing the mandate, objectives, structure, financing, location, and possible relationships to the CGIAR and FAO of the new IARC.A letter from the CGIAR Executive Secretary related to the position of the World Food Conference on the issues is attached. The meeting considered the TAC subcommittee report of June 1974 on this subject which is a separate document. Agenda document presented at CGIAR meeting, October 1974

Asthma morbidity, control and treatment in New Zealand: results of the Patient Outcomes Management Survey (POMS), 2001

Aims: To determine the magnitude of morbidity from asthma within the New Zealand population, the degree of satisfaction of patients with their asthma control, and the level of asthma control achieved in relation to treatment. Methods: Participants were randomly selected from 29 randomly chosen general practices throughout New Zealand. Information was collected from demographic and clinical questionnaires and from lung function tests. Criteria based on GINA guidelines were developed to define the level of asthma control for each participant, their opinion of their level of control, and to define which participants were undertreated. Results: A total of 445 patients (327 adults, age 16–68; 118 children, age 7–15) took part in the study. Ninety three per cent of adults had asthma that was sub-optimally controlled, 71% had asthma that was not well controlled, and 19% had asthma that was markedly out of control. For children, these figures were 90%, 42% and 4% respectively. These results were consistent regardless of asthma severity. In adults and children whose asthma was not well controlled, 49% and 71% respectively were under-treated. For those whose asthma was markedly out of control, 89% and 75% of adults and children respectively were under-treated. Conclusions: A significant proportion of patients have asthma that is not well controlled or that is markedly out of control, and the majority are under-treated.GlaxoSmithKline New Zealan

Creating space for facilitated music performance: gesture controlled sound for users with complex disabilities

Musical interactions have the potential to increase emotional well-being, self-confidence and self-motivation. However, the ability to actively participate in creative activities involving music performance has so far been difficult for users with complex disabilities. This paper discusses placing a technology probe, using gesture based musical controls, in an existing music technology project for users with complex disabilities (conditions which affect both cognitive and motor abilities of an individual). The focus is on understanding the needs of this user group in a participatory design approach for creative music technologies that allow for tailored accessibility. Outcomes from this research show that many multi-level social interactions surrounding the technology, users, audience, and any third party facilitators exist in the context of ‘facilitated performance’. Results suggest that including facilitators in the design of Digital Musical Instruments (DMIs) could allow for improved accessibility for users with complex disabilities

DRF International Conference 2008 - Open Access and Institutional Repository in Asia-Pacific : Conference Proceedings

30th and 31st January, 2008 Osaka University Suita Campus, Osaka, Japan2008年 1月30日・31日 大阪大学吹田キャンパス銀杏会館にて開

Sustainable Churchill Discussion Paper

report: 71pp., ill., digital file.This Discussion Paper introduces the Sustainable Churchill initiative between the Town of Churchill and the University of Winnipeg. It provides an overview of major concepts, including what is meant by community sustainability, with the intention that area residents will be better able to participate at the upcoming “Community Visioning” and other engagement sessions from August 31st to September 2nd, 2009. The Discussion Paper is intended to help generate a more effective partnership between the residents of the Town and the University of Winnipeg, by giving all parties a starting point for discussion and planning. It will help set the foundation for Churchill’s Sustainability Plan.Omnitrax Inc

Who Gets Severe Gynecomastia Among HIV-Infected Children In The UK And Ireland?

There are few data on gynecomastia in HIV-infected children. Within the UK/Ireland's national cohort, 56/1,873 (3%) HIV-infected children had gynecomastia, of which 10 (0.5%) were severe. All 10 had received antiretroviral therapy for a median of 27.5 [21,42] months; 4/10 had received efavirenz, 7/10 and 6/10 stavudine and/or didanosine respectively. Five were non-reversible, despite changing ART, and required breast reduction surgery

Deep-water chemosynthetic ecosystem research during the Census of Marine Life Decade and Beyond: A Proposed Deep-Ocean Road Map

The ChEss project of the Census of Marine Life (2002–2010) helped foster internationally-coordinated studies worldwide focusing on exploration for, and characterization of new deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystem sites. This work has advanced our understanding of the nature and factors controlling the biogeography and biodiversity of these ecosystems in four geographic locations: the Atlantic Equatorial Belt (AEB), the New Zealand region, the Arctic and Antarctic and the SE Pacific off Chile. In the AEB, major discoveries include hydrothermal seeps on the Costa Rica margin, deepest vents found on the Mid-Cayman Rise and the hottest vents found on the Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. It was also shown that the major fracture zones on the MAR do not create barriers for the dispersal but may act as trans-Atlantic conduits for larvae. In New Zealand, investigations of a newly found large cold-seep area suggest that this region may be a new biogeographic province. In the Arctic, the newly discovered sites on the Mohns Ridge (71°N) showed extensive mats of sulfur-oxidisng bacteria, but only one gastropod potentially bears chemosynthetic symbionts, while cold seeps on the Haakon Mossby Mud Volcano (72°N) are dominated by siboglinid worms. In the Antarctic region, the first hydrothermal vents south of the Polar Front were located and biological results indicate that they may represent a new biogeographic province. The recent exploration of the South Pacific region has provided evidence for a sediment hosted hydrothermal source near a methane-rich cold-seep area. Based on our 8 years of investigations of deep-water chemosynthetic ecosystems worldwide, we suggest highest priorities for future research: (i) continued exploration of the deep-ocean ridge-crest; (ii) increased focus on anthropogenic impacts; (iii) concerted effort to coordinate a major investigation of the deep South Pacific Ocean – the largest contiguous habitat for life within Earth's biosphere, but also the world's least investigated deep-ocean basin