Everyone is Pro-life: The Historical and Cultural Influences on Elite Discourse of Abortion in Argentina

Due to its influential roots in Latin America, the Catholic Church is often an explanation for understanding abortion policy discourse and outcomes. Considering the case of Argentina and its debates to legalize abortion in Congress June/August 2018, there may be reason to suspect the Catholic Church as a wholistic or even dominant explanation of the values that were expressed. In this paper, I trace relevant topics such as human rights, the law, science, and health in the debates, ultimately culminating in the conclusion that at the core of all concerns, regardless of the side that is arguing, is life. I additionally suggest that rather than understanding the value of life as an engrained Catholic value, there are regional experiences at play that influence why and how the value of life is expressed in these debates

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Dynamic Analysis of Spatial Structures

IASS-IACM 2008 Session: Dynamic Analysis of Spatial Structures Session Organizer: Su-Duo XUE (Beijing University of Technology) -- Plenary Lecture: "Analysis and design of materials and structures for attenuating vibration & acoustic response" by Gregory M. HULBERT, E. M. DEDE, C. YILMAZ, Z.-D. MA, Noboru KIKUCHI (Univ. of Michigan) -- Keynote Lecture: "Seismic risk analysis of large lattice dome supported by buckling restrained braces" by Shiro KATO, Shoji NAKAZAWA (Toyohashi University of Technology) -- "A parameter study on dynamic buckling of spatial arch trusses under seismic action" by Hai-Wang LI, Jian-Xian LI, Fei ZHI, Fu MA, Dong-Qi QIN (Taiyuan University of Technology) -- " Static elasto-plastic analysis of long-span rigid spatial structures under vertical earthquake" by Yongfeng LUO (Tongji University), Muwang YANG (East China Normal University) -- "Problems in the research of multi-dimensional and multi-support seismic analysis" by Pengfei ZHAO, Jihong QIAN, Rongwei TANG (China Academy of Building Research) -- "Dynamic field test on elliptical suspen-dome" by Jie QIN, Bin SHEN, Guoli LI (Beijing Building Construction Research Institute) -- " Simulating blast effects in steel lattice structures" by Emily LEIGH, Christopher EARLS (Cornell University) -- " Dynamic analysis of single layer lattice shell with BRBs" by Xiuli WANG, Jiyun CHEN, Chang WU ( Lanzhou University of Technology) -- "Nonlinear dynamic analysis of space frame structures" by Chung-Yue WANG (National Central University, Taiwan), Ren-Zuo WANG (National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering, Taiwan) -- "Dynamic behaviors of two large spatial structures" by Jinzhi WU, Yigang ZHANG, Xiaobing GENG (Beijing University of Technology) -- " Investigation into the dynamic behaviour of double layer tensegrity systems" by Behzad SHEKASTEHBAND, Karim ABEDI (Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz) -- Keynote Lecture: " Advances on seismic isolation in spatial structures" by Su-Duo XUE, Xiong-Yan LI (Beijing University of Technology) -- "Dynamic analysis of cable roof networks under transient wind" by Sayed Ali GHAFARI OSKOEI, Ghyslaine McCLURE (McGill University) -- "Wind-induced responses of Beijing National Stadium" by Qing-Shan YANG, Yu-Ji TIAN (Beijing Jiaotong University) -- "Theoretical analyses for wind vibration response of reticulated shell structures" by De-min WEI, Jian-feng BIAN (South China University of Technology

Frizzled2 receives WntA signaling during butterfly wing pattern formation.

Peer reviewed: TrueAcknowledgements: We thank Rachel Canalichio and the staff of the Wilbur V. Harlan Greenhouse at the GWU for butterfly rearing and host plant resources; Bob Reed, Brian Counterman and Donya Shodja for stimulating discussions and comments on the manuscript; Chip Taylor and Ann Ryan for providing Passionvine Butterfly artificial diet; and Richard Merrill for facilitating H. melpomene experiments.Funder: Smithsonian Institution; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000014Funder: George Washington University; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100007108Butterfly color patterns provide visible and biodiverse phenotypic readouts of the patterning processes. Although the secreted ligand WntA has been shown to instruct the color pattern formation in butterflies, its mode of reception remains elusive. Butterfly genomes encode four homologs of the Frizzled-family of Wnt receptors. Here, we show that CRISPR mosaic knockouts of frizzled2 (fz2) phenocopy the color pattern effects of WntA loss of function in multiple nymphalids. Whereas WntA mosaic clones result in intermediate patterns of reduced size, fz2 clones are cell-autonomous, consistent with a morphogen function. Shifts in expression of WntA and fz2 in WntA crispant pupae show that they are under positive and negative feedback, respectively. Fz1 is required for Wnt-independent planar cell polarity in the wing epithelium. Fz3 and Fz4 show phenotypes consistent with Wnt competitive-antagonist functions in vein formation (Fz3 and Fz4), wing margin specification (Fz3), and color patterning in the Discalis and Marginal Band Systems (Fz4). Overall, these data show that the WntA/Frizzled2 morphogen-receptor pair forms a signaling axis that instructs butterfly color patterning and shed light on the functional diversity of insect Frizzled receptors