Fostering improved learning about sustainability

University business graduates must not only understand but also be equipped to apply a sustainable thought process to today's business challenges. However, evidence suggests that standard approaches to teaching business courses have not advanced to reflect changing student needs, especially for NetGen students who have differing expectations than earlier cohorts. The current challenge for instructors concerns the preservation of rigor and integrity in course design, while responding to the needs of a new generation of learners. This article presents a conceptual framework incorporating experiential learning, reflective practice, and the use of metaphor, with application to the teaching of sustainability within a number of business courses

Examining limits of confidentiality in real-life consultations: concerns and considerations

This paper examines how confidentiality is discussed in real-life consultations. The Australian Psychological Society Code of Ethics states that clients are to be informed about the legal limits of confidentiality prior to engaging in psychological counselling and repeated when required. Training in confidentially is also an accreditation requirement for Honours, Masters, and Professional Doctorate programs. However little research has examined how limits of confidentiality are introduced and negotiated within real-life consultations. An initial consultation between a client and a provisionally registered psychologist was used as the data for this paper. Discursive analysis revealed that whilst the psychologist complied with her professional obligation by informing the client of the limits of confidentially before counselling began, the way in which the psychologist enacted this made it difficult for the client to ask questions or seek clarification about these limits. Further, when the psychologist explicitly asked for client confirmation of understanding and acceptance of these limits, exactly what the client confirmed and accepted is unclear. Given that breaches of confidentiality are registration board matters, this lack of clarity and limiting of client interaction is concerning. Discussion will note the limits of this data along with the utility of examining confidentiality within reallife consultations

Lithostratigraphy and lithogeochemistry of Ediacaran alkaline basaltic rocks of the Musgravetown Group, Bonavista Peninsula, northeastern Newfoundland, Canada: an extensional volcanogenic basin in the type-Avalon terrane

Volcanic rocks of the Ediacaran Musgravetown Group on Bonavista Peninsula, Avalon terrane, Newfoundland, include basal ca. 600 Ma calc-alkaline basalt succeeded by continental tholeiite and alkaline rhyolite of the ca. 592 Ma Plate Cove volcanic belt (Bull Arm  Formation), indicating a change from subduction-related to extensionrelated tectonic regimes during that interval. Alkalic basalts on northeastern (Dam Pond area) and southwestern (British Harbour area) Bonavista Peninsula occur below and above, respectively, the  ca. 580 Ma glacial Trinity facies. Dam Pond basalt occurs in a structural dome intercalated with and flanked by fine-grained, siliciclastic deposits (Big Head Formation) overlain by Trinity facies. The British Harbour basalt occurs above the Trinity facies, in an upward- coarsening sandstone sequence (Rocky Harbour Formation) overlain by red beds of the Crown Hill Formation (uppermost Musgravetown Group). The Rocky Harbour and Big Head formations are likely stratigraphically interfingered proximal and distal  deposits, respectively, derived from erosion of the Bull Arm Formation and older Avalonian assemblages.The Big Head basalts have lower SiO2, Zr, FeOT, P2O5, TiO2 and higher Mg#, Cr, V, Co and Ni contents, and are therefore more primitive than the more FeOT-, TiO2-, and P2O5-rich British Harbour basalts. Large-ionlithophile and rare-earth-element concentrations and ratios indicate that both suites originated from low degree partial melts of deep, weakly garnet-bearing, undepleted asthenospheric peridotite sources, with magma conduits likely focused along regional extensional faults. The protracted and episodic extension-related volcanic activity is consistent with a geodynamic setting that evolved from a mature arc into extensional basins with slowly waning magmatism, possibly involving slab rollback and delamination followed by magmatic underplating. The duration and variation of both volcanism and sedimentation indicate that the Musgravetown Group should be elevated to a Supergroup in  order to facilitate  future correlation of its constituent parts with other Avalonian basins.Les roches volcaniques du groupe d’Ediacara de Musgravetown sur la péninsule de Bonavista, terrane  d’Avalon, à Terre-Neuve, comprennent des basaltes  calcoalcalins basaux d’environ 600 Ma auxquels ont  succédé de la tholéiite continentale et de la rhyolite alcaline de la ceinture volcanique d’environ 592 Ma de Plate Cove  (Formation de Bull Arm), ce qui révèle un passage d’un  régime tectonique de subduction à un régime d’extension  durant cet intervalle. Les basaltes alcalins dans le nord-est  (secteur de Dam Pond) et le sud-ouest (secteur de British  Harbour) de la péninsule de Bonavista se manifestent au- dessous et au-dessus, respectivement, du faciès glaciaire  d’environ 580 Ma de Trinity. Le basalte de Dam Pond  apparaît dans un dôme interstratifié et flanqué de dépôts  silicoclastiques à grains fins (Formation de Big Head)  recouverts du faciès de Trinity. Les basaltes de British  Harbour se trouvent au-dessus du faciès de Trinity, dans  une séquence de grès à granulométrie croissante vers le  haut (Formation de Rocky Harbour) recouverte de couches  rouges de la Formation de Crown Hill (partie sommitale du  groupe de Musgravetown). Les Formations de Rocky  Harbour et de Big Head sont vraisemblablement  stratigraphiquement interdigitées de dépôts proximaux et  distaux, respectivement, provenant de l’érosion de la  Formation de Bull Arm et d’assemblages avaloniens plus anciens.Les basaltes de Big Head ont des teneurs inférieures de SiO2, de Zr, de FeOT, de P2O5 et de TiO2, et des teneurs supérieures de Mg#, de Cr, de V, de Co et de Ni; ils sont en  conséquence plus primitifs que les basaltes plus riches en  FeOT, en TiO2 et en P2O5 de British Harbour. Les ratios et les concentrations d’éléments lithophiles à grand rayon ionique et de métaux des terres rares signalent que les deux suites proviennent de fontes partielles de faible degré de sources de péridotite asthénosphérique non appauvrie,  faiblement grenatifère, profondes, avec des conduits magmatiques probablement concentrés le long de failles  d’extension régionales. L’activité volcanique apparentée à l’extension, prolongée et épisodique, correspond à un milieu géodynamique ayant évolué d’un arc à maturité en bassins d’extension au magmatisme s’affaiblissant  lentement, comportant possiblement un repositionnement  de dalles et une délamination suivis d’un sous-placage  magmatique. La durée et la variation du volcanisme et de la sédimentation révèlent que le groupe de Musgravetown devrait être reclassé en un supergroupe pour faciliter la corrélation future de ses composantes avec d’autres  bassins avaloniens

Human rights in Scottish foreign policy : constructing Scotland as good global citizen

Funding: The Royal Society of Edinburgh (grant number 64957) provided funding for a series of workshops which provided early background for this project.While foreign policy is a reserved matter for the British government in Westminster, it is clear that the Scottish government aspires to, and indeed has implemented, an expanding programme of independent external relations. It is not the first sub-state political actor to do so. Whether as a part of the UK, or as potentially an independent country, Scotland has put considerable effort into developing an identity as a good global citizen. One area in particular where this has occurred is in human rights, where it has demonstrated leadership on a number of issues and sought to connect its domestic commitments to human rights to its external persona. This article will examine the dynamics of this development, looking at both the constraints and the possibilities for Scotland as an international human rights actor.Peer reviewe

A Roadmap for Change: Federal Policy Recommendations for Addressing the Criminilization of LGBT People and People Living with HIV

Each year in the United States, thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, Two Spirit, queer, questioning and gender non-conforming (LGBT) people and people living with HIV come in contact with the criminal justice system and fall victim to similar miscarriages of justice.According to a recent national study, a startling 73% of all LGBT people and PLWH surveyed have had face-to-face contact with police during the past five years.1 Five percent of these respondents also report having spent time in jail or prison, a rate that is markedly higher than the nearly 3% of the U.S. adult population whoare under some form of correctional supervision (jail, prison, probation, or parole) at any point in time.In fact, LGBT people and PLWH, especially Native and LGBT people and PLWH of color, aresignificantly overrepresented in all aspects of the penal system, from policing, to adjudication,to incarceration. Yet their experiences are often overlooked, and little headway has been madein dismantling the cycles of criminalization that perpetuate poor life outcomes and push already vulnerable populations to the margins of society.The disproportionate rate of LGBT people and PLWH in the criminal system can best be understoodin the larger context of widespread and continuing discrimination in employment, education, socialservices, health care, and responses to violence

A critical consideration of the use of therapeutic recordings in the training and professional development of psychologists

There is little critical consideration of the discursive features of recordings of therapy. This paper moves beyond a focus on what is being done by the therapist to the client and focuses on how psychological practice is discursively co-produced, and how power and ideological assumptions about psychology practice are oriented to and made relevant by therapist and client

Sex, gender and gender identity in Australian sport

Western society has stereotypical expectations of how men and women should behave, think, and act. Women are expected to be gentle, sensitive, emotional, and talkative; men to be competitive, independent, unemotional, and objective (Fiebert & Meyer, 1997). Women who violate these cultural norms may be punished or threatened with psychological isolation, economic hardship, and social ostracism (Unger & Crawford, 1996). In the sporting context however such violations are encouraged and deemed necessary for athletic success to be achieved. For example to be a successful female athlete it is necessary to possess the same traits, characteristics, and behaviours as male athletes (Anshel, 1994; Cote & Salmela, 1996). Hence what is considered appropriate outside of sport may not be considered appropriate within sport, and vice-a-versa. Researchers of gender issues within sport psychology have assumed the existence of stereotypical notions of sex and gender in sport without first establishing if these stereotypical notions are context specific. They have not investigated the particular construction of sex, gender, and gender identity within sport. By not investigating the existence of stereotypical constructs, researchers risk propagating old myths in a new context. This paper addresses the questions of what is male and female, masculine and feminine in sport? How are these notions constructed? Furthermore how do these influence sporting performance? This paper critically explores sex, gender, and gender identity in sport. It examines sport in Australia as a separate and unique social context that may produce and reproduce engendered behaviour

Summary of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status 2018

This latest Summary of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health provides an up-to-date, plain language summary of the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It includes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-specific information on: population births deaths common health conditions key health risk and protective factors. The Summary has been prepared by the HealthInfoNet as part of its effort to help \u27close the gap\u27 by providing the evidence base to inform practice and policy in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. The Summary aims to make this information available to all people, including those without a specialised knowledge of the health field. This year we are pleased to present our new-look Summary. This Summary uses a range of visual aids to assist readers to quickly and easily understand the data presented throughout. This Summary is based on the Overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status, 2018

Cost-Effectiveness of a Comprehensive Approach for Hypertension Control in Low-Income Settings in Argentina: Trial-Based Analysis of the Hypertension Control Program in Argentina

Background: A recent cluster randomized trial evaluating a multicomponent intervention showed significant reductions in blood pressure in low-income hypertensive subjects in Argentina. Objectives: To assess the cost-effectiveness of this intervention. Methods: A total of 1432 hypertensive participants were recruited from 18 primary health care centers. The intervention included home visits led by community health workers, physician education, and text messaging. Resource use and quality of life data using the three-level EuroQol five-dimensional questionnaire were prospectively collected. The study perspective was that of the public health care system, and the time horizon was 18 months. Intention-to-treat analysis was used to analyze cost and health outcomes (systolic blood pressure [SBP] change and quality-adjusted life-years [QALYs]). A 1 time gross domestic product per capita per QALY was used as the cost-effectiveness threshold (US $14,062). Results: Baseline characteristics were similar in the two arms. QALYs significantly increased by 0.06 (95$304 in the intervention group and US $154 in the control group (adjusted difference of US$140.18; 95% CI US $75.41–US$204.94). The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio was $3299 per QALY (95$26 per mm Hg of SBP (95% credible interval 13–46). Subgroup analysis showed that the intervention was cost-effective in all prespecified subgroups (age, sex, cardiovascular risk, and body mass index). Conclusions: The multicomponent intervention was cost-effective for blood pressure control among low-income hypertensive patients.Fil: Augustovski, Federico Ariel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria; ArgentinaFil: Chaparro, Martin. Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria; ArgentinaFil: Palacios, Alfredo. Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria; ArgentinaFil: Shi, Lizheng. University of Tulane; Estados UnidosFil: Beratarrechea, Andrea Gabriela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria; ArgentinaFil: Irazola, Vilma. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria; ArgentinaFil: Rubinstein, Adolfo Luis. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria; ArgentinaFil: Mills, Katherine. University of Tulane; Estados UnidosFil: He, Jiang. University of Tulane; Estados UnidosFil: Pichón-Riviere, Andrés. Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin

Media labs: Constructing journalism laboratories, innovating the future: How journalism is catalysing its future processes, products and people

Over the past decade, media labs have become an increasingly visible structure to create, catalyse and diffuse innovation within, and beyond, journalism. In this article, we offer insights into the multiple forms media labs can take, and how innovation in the media field is being organised through labs. As such, we focus on innovation processes and practices rather than innovative outcomes. Drawing on 45 semi-structured interviews with media labs around the globe, conducted between 2016 and 2018, this exploratory study explores the multifaceted nature of the media lab concept across academia, legacy media and independent structures. To help better understand the many different manifestations of the media lab construct encountered in our study, this article adopts a purposefully interdisciplinary approach spanning open innovation, institutional and social theories to illuminate and sense-make the global lab phenomena. First, we unpack the media lab construct by detailing the where, what and how of the media labs surveyed in this study. We then suggest that the many forms and functions of labs reveal a complex and nuanced picture of an innovation landscape. We trace this across the ways in which media labs perceive their own roles, and how they relate to wider networks and ecosystems that they engage with, specifically the extent of the openness of their activities. Ultimately, we suggest that media labs are in part shaped by mimetic, coercive and normative isomorphism: media labs are a replicated structure and signifier for innovation but do not exhibit absolute replication: they still retain local variation and mutation, which is influenced by localised factors or influences that are unique to them. They take myriad forms, are located across industry and academia, open, interdisciplinary and, for the main, focus on immediate innovation using user-centred innovation approaches