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62 Exploration of Sex Differences in Cannabis Use Patterns, Driving Performance, and Subjective Intoxication Effects
- Kyle F. Mastropietro, Jeffrey M. Rogers, Dafna Paltin, Anya Umlauf, David J. Grelotti, Robert L. Fitzgerald, Igor Grant, Thomas D. Marcotte
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- Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society / Volume 29 / Issue s1 / November 2023
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- 21 December 2023, pp. 847-848
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Although some animal research suggests possible sex differences in response to THC exposure (e.g., Cooper & Craft, 2018), there are limited human studies. One study found that among individuals rarely using cannabis, when given similar amounts of oral and vaporized THC females report greater subjective intoxication compared to males (Sholler et al., 2020). However, in a study of daily users, females reported indistinguishable levels of intoxication compared to males after smoking similar amounts (Cooper & Haney, 2014), while males and females using 1–4x/week showed similar levels of intoxication, despite females having lower blood THC and metabolite concentrations (Matheson et al., 2020). It is important to elucidate sex differences in biological indicators of cannabis intoxication given potential driving/workplace implications as states increasingly legalize use. The current study examined if when closely matching males and females on cannabis use variables there are predictable sex differences in residual whole blood THC and metabolite concentrations, and THC/metabolites, subjective appraisals of intoxication, and driving performance following acute cannabis consumption.
Participants and Methods:The current study was part of a randomized clinical trial (Marcotte et al., 2022). Participants smoked ad libitum THC cigarettes and then completed driving simulations, blood draws, and subjective measures of intoxication. The main outcomes were the change in Composite Drive Score (CDS; global measure of driving performance) from baseline, whole blood THC, 11-OH-THC, and THC-COOH levels (ng/mL), and subjective ratings of how “high” participants felt (0 = not at all, 100 = extremely). For this analysis of participants receiving active THC, males were matched to females on 1) estimated THC exposure (g) in the last 6 months (24M, 24F) or 2) whole blood THC concentrations immediately post-smoking (23M, 23F).
Results:When matched on THC exposure in the past 6 months (overall mean of 46 grams; p = .99), there were no sex differences in any cannabinoid/metabolite concentrations at baseline (all p > .83) or after cannabis administration (all p > .72). Nor were there differences in the change in CDS from pre-to-post-smoking (p = .26) or subjective “highness” ratings (p = .53). When matched on whole blood THC concentrations immediately after smoking (mean of 34 ng/mL for both sexes, p = .99), no differences were found in CDS change from pre-to-post smoking (p = .81), THC metabolite concentrations (all p > .25), or subjective “highness” ratings (p = .56). For both analyses, males and females did not differ in BMI (both p > .7).
Conclusions:When male/female cannabis users are well-matched on use history, we find no significant differences in cannabinoid concentrations following a mean of 5 days of abstinence, suggesting that there are no clear biological differences in carryover residual effects. We also find no significant sex differences following ad libitum smoking in driving performance, subjective ratings of “highness,” nor whole blood THC and metabolite concentrations, indicating that there are no biological differences in acute response to THC. This improves upon previous research by closely matching participants over a wider range of use intensity variables, although the small sample size precludes definitive conclusions.
Geoarchaeology and Coastal Morphodynamics of Harbor Key (8MA15): Indigenous Persistence at a Partially Inundated Native Shell Mound Complex in Tampa Bay, Florida
- Kendal Jackson, Thomas J. Pluckhahn, Jaime A. Rogers, Ping Wang, Victor D. Thompson
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- American Antiquity / Volume 88 / Issue 4 / October 2023
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- 13 September 2023, pp. 531-553
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Applying a coastal-geoarchaeological approach, we synthesize stratigraphic, sedimentological, mollusk-zooarchaeological, and radiometric datasets from recent excavations and sediment coring at Harbor Key (8MA15)—a shell-terraformed Native mound complex within Tampa Bay, on the central peninsular Gulf Coast of Florida. We significantly revise the chronological understanding of the site and place it among the relatively few early civic-ceremonial centers in the region. Analyses of submound contexts revealed that the early first millennium mound center was constructed atop a platform of sand and ex situ cultural shell deposits that were reworked during ancient storm landfalls around 2000 BP. We situate Harbor Key within a seascape-scale stratigraphic and paleoenvironmental framework and show that the shellworks comprise an artificial barrier protecting the leeward estuary basin (and productive inshore wetlands) from high-energy conditions of the open bay and swells from the Gulf of Mexico. The sedimentary and archaeological records attest to the long-term history of morphodynamic interaction between coastal processes and Indigenous shell terraforming in the region and suggest that early first millennium mound building in Tampa Bay was tied to the recognition and reuse of antecedent shellworks and the persistent management of encompassing cultural seascapes.
“A Peculiarity of Labor in This Region”: Workers' Voices in the Labor Court Archive at the Federal University of Pernambuco
- Thomas D. Rogers, Christine Rufino Dabat
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- Latin American Research Review / Volume 47 / Issue S1 / 2012
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- 05 September 2022, pp. 163-178
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This research note provides historical context for the creation of Brazil's labor judiciary and tells the story of an innovative partnership forged between the archive of Pernambuco's regional labor tribunal and the Federal University of Pernambuco. It also engages methodological questions about the use of these labor court cases, reviewing some of the scholarly literature based on these sources and describing some research projects under way. Pernambuco has powerful historical links to the sugarcane industry, and because the history of labor in this industry is the terrain of our work, this note pays particular attention to the relevance of labor court cases for studying Pernambuco's sugarcane region.
Health Technology Assessment in Support of National Health Insurance in South Africa
- Maryke Wilkinson, Andrew Lofts Gray, Roger Wiseman, Tamara Kredo, Karen Cohen, Jacqui Miot, Mark Blecher, Paul Ruff, Yasmina Johnson, Mladen Poluta, Shelley McGee, Trudy D Leong, Mark Brand, Fatima Suleman, Esnath Maramba, Marc Blockman, Janine Jugathpal, Susan Cleary, Noluthando Nematswerani, Sarvashni Moodliar, Andy Parrish, Khadija K Jamaloodien, Tienie Stander, Kim MacQuilkan, Nicholas Crisp, Thomas Wilkinson
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- International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care / Volume 38 / Issue 1 / 2022
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- 06 May 2022, e44
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South Africa has embarked on major health policy reform to deliver universal health coverage through the establishment of National Health Insurance (NHI). The aim is to improve access, remove financial barriers to care, and enhance care quality. Health technology assessment (HTA) is explicitly identified in the proposed NHI legislation and will have a prominent role in informing decisions about adoption and access to health interventions and technologies. The specific arrangements and approach to HTA in support of this legislation are yet to be determined. Although there is currently no formal national HTA institution in South Africa, there are several processes in both the public and private healthcare sectors that use elements of HTA to varying extents to inform access and resource allocation decisions. Institutions performing HTAs or related activities in South Africa include the National and Provincial Departments of Health, National Treasury, National Health Laboratory Service, Council for Medical Schemes, medical scheme administrators, managed care organizations, academic or research institutions, clinical societies and associations, pharmaceutical and devices companies, private consultancies, and private sector hospital groups. Existing fragmented HTA processes should coordinate and conform to a standardized, fit-for-purpose process and structure that can usefully inform priority setting under NHI and for other decision makers. This transformation will require comprehensive and inclusive planning with dedicated funding and regulation, and provision of strong oversight mechanisms and leadership.
Remnant radio galaxies discovered in a multi-frequency survey
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- Benjamin Quici, Natasha Hurley-Walker, Nicholas Seymour, Ross J. Turner, Stanislav S. Shabala, Minh Huynh, H. Andernach, Anna D. Kapińska, Jordan D. Collier, Melanie Johnston-Hollitt, Sarah V. White, Isabella Prandoni, Timothy J. Galvin, Thomas Franzen, C. H. Ishwara-Chandra, Sabine Bellstedt, Steven J. Tingay, Bryan M. Gaensler, Andrew O’Brien, Johnathan Rogers, Kate Chow, Simon Driver, Aaron Robotham
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- Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia / Volume 38 / 2021
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- 09 February 2021, e008
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The remnant phase of a radio galaxy begins when the jets launched from an active galactic nucleus are switched off. To study the fraction of radio galaxies in a remnant phase, we take advantage of a $8.31$ deg$^2$ subregion of the GAMA 23 field which comprises of surveys covering the frequency range 0.1–9 GHz. We present a sample of 104 radio galaxies compiled from observations conducted by the Murchison Widefield Array (216 MHz), the Australia Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (887 MHz), and the Australia Telescope Compact Array (5.5 GHz). We adopt an ‘absent radio core’ criterion to identify 10 radio galaxies showing no evidence for an active nucleus. We classify these as new candidate remnant radio galaxies. Seven of these objects still display compact emitting regions within the lobes at 5.5 GHz; at this frequency the emission is short-lived, implying a recent jet switch off. On the other hand, only three show evidence of aged lobe plasma by the presence of an ultra-steep-spectrum ($\alpha<-1.2$) and a diffuse, low surface brightness radio morphology. The predominant fraction of young remnants is consistent with a rapid fading during the remnant phase. Within our sample of radio galaxies, our observations constrain the remnant fraction to $4\%\lesssim f_{\mathrm{rem}} \lesssim 10\%$; the lower limit comes from the limiting case in which all remnant candidates with hotspots are simply active radio galaxies with faint, undetected radio cores. Finally, we model the synchrotron spectrum arising from a hotspot to show they can persist for 5–10 Myr at 5.5 GHz after the jets switch of—radio emission arising from such hotspots can therefore be expected in an appreciable fraction of genuine remnants.
Response by Roger D. K. Thomas for the presentation of the 2019 Paleontological Society Pojeta Award
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- Journal of Paleontology / Volume 94 / Issue 5 / September 2020
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The Effect of Implementation of the American Heart Association Mission Lifeline PreAct Algorithm for Prehospital Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Activation on the Rate of “False Positive” Activations
- Juliana Tolles, Nichole Bosson, Amy H. Kaji, Timothy D. Henry, William J. French, Marianne Gausche-Hill, Kevin Andruss, Nathan McNeil, Eric C. Nakkim, Gregory S. Thomas, Michael R. Gunderson, Roger J. Lewis
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- Prehospital and Disaster Medicine / Volume 35 / Issue 4 / August 2020
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- 20 May 2020, pp. 388-396
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Emergency Medical Services (EMS) systems have developed protocols for prehospital activation of the cardiac catheterization laboratory for patients with suspected ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) to decrease first-medical-contact-to-balloon time (FMC2B). The rate of “false positive” prehospital activations is high. In order to decrease this rate and expedite care for patients with true STEMI, the American Heart Association (AHA; Dallas, Texas USA) developed the Mission Lifeline PreAct STEMI algorithm, which was implemented in Los Angeles County (LAC; California USA) in 2015. The hypothesis of this study was that implementation of the PreAct algorithm would increase the positive predictive value (PPV) of prehospital activation.
Methods:This is an observational pre-/post-study of the effect of the implementation of the PreAct algorithm for patients with suspected STEMI transported to one of five STEMI Receiving Centers (SRCs) within the LAC Regional System. The primary outcome was the PPV of cardiac catheterization laboratory activation for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). The secondary outcome was FMC2B.
Results:A total of 1,877 patients were analyzed for the primary outcome in the pre-intervention period and 405 patients in the post-intervention period. There was an overall decrease in cardiac catheterization laboratory activations, from 67% in the pre-intervention period to 49% in the post-intervention period (95% CI for the difference, -14% to -22%). The overall rate of cardiac catheterization declined in post-intervention period as compared the pre-intervention period, from 34% to 30% (95% CI, for the difference -7.6% to 0.4%), but actually increased for subjects who had activation (48% versus 58%; 95% CI, 4.6%-15.0%). Implementation of the PreAct algorithm was associated with an increase in the PPV of activation for PCI or CABG from 37.9% to 48.6%. The overall odds ratio (OR) associated with the intervention was 1.4 (95% CI, 1.1-1.8). The effect of the intervention was to decrease variability between medical centers. There was no associated change in average FMC2B.
Conclusions:The implementation of the PreAct algorithm in the LAC EMS system was associated with an overall increase in the PPV of cardiac catheterization laboratory activation.
Increases in theta CSD power and coherence during a calibrated stop-signal task: implications for goal-conflict processing and the Behavioural Inhibition System
- Thomas S. Lockhart, Roger A. Moore, Kim A. Bard, Lorenzo D. Stafford
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- Personality Neuroscience / Volume 2 / 2019
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- 25 October 2019, e10
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Psychologists have identified multiple different forms of conflict, such as information processing conflict and goal conflict. As such, there is a need to examine the similarities and differences in neurology between each form of conflict. To address this, we conducted a comprehensive electroencephalogram (EEG) analysis of Shadli, Glue, McIntosh, and McNaughton’s calibrated stop-signal task (SST) goal-conflict task. Specifically, we examined changes in scalp-wide current source density (CSD) power and coherence across a wide range of frequency bands during the calibrated SST (n = 34). We assessed differences in EEG between the high and low goal-conflict conditions using hierarchical analyses of variance (ANOVAs). We also related goal-conflict EEG to trait anxiety, neuroticism, Behavioural Inhibition System (BIS)-anxiety and revised BIS (rBIS) using regression analyses. We found that changes in CSD power during goal conflict were limited to increased midfrontocentral theta. Conversely, coherence increased across 23 scalp-wide theta region pairs and one frontal delta region pair. Finally, scalp-wide theta significantly predicted trait neuroticism but not trait anxiety, BIS-anxiety or rBIS. We conclude that goal conflict involves increased midfrontocentral CSD theta power and scalp-wide theta-dominated coherence. Therefore, compared with information processing conflict, goal conflict displays a similar EEG power profile of midfrontocentral theta but a much wider coherence profile. Furthermore, the increases in theta during goal conflict are the characteristic of BIS-driven activity. Therefore, future research should confirm whether these goal-conflict effects are driven by the BIS by examining whether the effects are attenuated by anxiolytic drugs. Overall, we have identified a unique network of goal-conflict EEG during the calibrated SST.
Late Quaternary (≥MIS 3 to MIS 1) stratigraphic transitions in a highland Beringian landscape along the Kuskokwim River, Alaska
- Joshua D. Reuther, Jason Rogers, Patrick Druckenmiller, Thomas K. Bundtzen, Kristi Wallace, Robert Bowman, Kevin May, James Feathers, Alexander Cherkinsky
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- Quaternary Research / Volume 93 / January 2020
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- 14 October 2019, pp. 139-154
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Stratigraphic records extending to Marine Oxygen Isotope Stage (MIS) 3 (57,000–29,000 cal yr BP) or older in Beringia are extremely rare. Three stratigraphic sections in interior western Alaska show near continuous sedimentological and environmental progressions extending from at least MIS 3, if not older, through MIS 1 (14,000 cal yr BP–present). The Kolmakof, Sue Creek, and VABM (vertical angle bench mark) Kuskokwim sections along the central Kuskokwim River, once a highland landscape at the fringe of central and eastern Beringia, contain aeolian deposition and soil sequences dating beyond 50,000 14C yr BP. Thick peaty soil, shallow lacustrine, and tephra deposits represent the MIS 3 interstade (or older). Sand sheet and loess deposits, wedge cast development, and very thin soil development mark the later MIS 3 period and the transition into the MIS 2 stade (29,000–14,000 cal yr BP). Loess accumulation with thicker soil development occurred between ~16,000–13,500 cal yr BP at the MIS 2 and MIS 1 transition. After ~13,500 cal yr BP, loess accumulation waned and peat development increased throughout MIS 1. These stratigraphic sequences represent transitions between a warm and moist period during MIS 3, to a cooler and more arid period during MIS 2, then a return to warmer and moister climates in MIS 1.
Metacognitive therapy versus cognitive–behavioural therapy in adults with generalised anxiety disorder
- Hans M. Nordahl, Thomas D. Borkovec, Roger Hagen, Leif E. O. Kennair, Odin Hjemdal, Stian Solem, Bjarne Hansen, Svein Haseth, Adrian Wells
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- BJPsych Open / Volume 4 / Issue 5 / September 2018
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- 11 September 2018, pp. 393-400
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Cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) is the treatment of choice for generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), yielding significant improvements in approximately 50% of patients. There is significant room for improvement in the outcomes of treatment, especially in recovery.
AimsWe aimed to compare metacognitive therapy (MCT) with the gold standard treatment, CBT, in patients with GAD (clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT00426426).
MethodA total of 246 patients with long-term GAD were assessed and 81 were randomised into three conditions: CBT (n = 28), MCT (n = 32) and a wait-list control (n = 21). Assessments were made at pre-treatment, post-treatment and at 2 year follow-up.
ResultsBoth CBT and MCT were effective treatments, but MCT was more effective (mean difference 9.762, 95% CI 2.679–16.845, P = 0.004) and led to significantly higher recovery rates (65% v. 38%). These differences were maintained at 2 year follow-up.
ConclusionsMCT seems to produce recovery rates that exceed those of CBT. These results demonstrate that the effects of treatment cannot be attributed to non-specific therapy factors.
Declaration of interestA.W. wrote the treatment protocol in MCT and several books on CBT and MCT, and receives royalties from these. T.D.B. wrote the protocol in CBT and has published several articles and chapters on CBT and receives royalties from these. All other authors declare no competing interests.
Sugarcane Workers in Search of Justice: Rural Labour through the Lens of the State
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- Christine Rufino Dabat, Thomas D. Rogers
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- International Review of Social History / Volume 62 / Issue S25 / December 2017
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- 10 January 2018, pp. 217-243
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Drawing from case file records generated in rural labour courts in Brazil’s north-eastern state of Pernambuco between 1965 and 1982, this paper demonstrates how these forums reified class-based exploitation, even as they purportedly protected workers’ rights. The paper focuses on two districts in the state’s sugarcane-growing region, both of which reveal a clear pattern of inferior treatment for rural as opposed to non-rural workers. Interpreting the evidence as a function of long-term patterns of social and economic relations in the region, the paper also sets this case in a larger context of rural labour history around the world.
Grass Response to Picloram and Clopyralid Applied Before Seeding
- Roger L. Sheley, Thomas D. Whitson, Vanelle Carrithers, James S. Jacobs, Jay Gehrett
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- Weed Technology / Volume 16 / Issue 3 / September 2002
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- 20 January 2017, pp. 645-650
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Reduction of weed competition using herbicides is critical to the successful revegetation of weed-infested rangeland. However, little is known about the influence of persistent broadleaf herbicides on the establishment of many desired grasses. The objective of this study was to determine the influence of various rates and times of application of picloram and clopyralid before seeding on two native and two nonnative grasses important to western United States rangeland. The study was conducted in 1997 and 1998 in Wyoming, Montana, and Washington. Five herbicide treatments (none, picloram at 0.14, 0.28, 0.56 kg ai/ha, clopyralid at 0.14, 0.56 kg ai/ha), three timings of herbicide application (44, 24, and 0 d prior to seeding[DPS]), and four grass species (Idaho fescue, bluebunch wheatgrass, crested wheatgrass, and pubescent wheatgrass) were factorially arranged in a randomized split-plot design with three blocks. The whole-plots were the seeded grass species, and the subplots were the herbicide treatments and timings of application. Treatments were performed in the spring of 1997. Treatment effects on grass vigor (1997) and biomass (1998) depended on grass species, herbicide and rate, and timing. Idaho fescue established at low densities, and it was not possible to determine the treatment effects. In general, crested and pubescent wheatgrass had higher vigor estimates and biomass than did bluebunch wheatgrass. Herbicide applied 24 or 44 DPS had less effect on grass vigor and biomass than did herbicide applied at seeding. Picloram at 0.28 and 0.56 kg/ha tended to reduce vigor and biomass more when compared with the 0.14 kg/ha rate and with both rates of clopyralid. On the basis of these experiments, applying picloram or clopyralid at rates as high as 0.56 kg/ha 24 d or more before seeding bluebunch wheatgrass, pubescent wheatgrass, or crested wheatgrass may allow effective weed control and long-term management through grass competition.
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- Thomas C. Wiegele, Roger D. Masters, Meredith Watts, Albert Somit
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- Politics and the Life Sciences / Volume 1 / Issue 2 / February 1983
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- 17 May 2016, pp. 166-170
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Beach sand and the potential for infectious disease transmission: observations and recommendations
- Helena M. Solo-Gabriele, Valerie J. Harwood, David Kay, Roger S. Fujioka, Michael J. Sadowsky, Richard L. Whitman, Andrew Wither, Manuela Caniça, Rita Carvalho da Fonseca, Aida Duarte, Thomas A. Edge, Maria J. Gargaté, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Ferry Hagen, Sandra L. McLellan, Alexandra Nogueira da Silva, Monika Novak Babič, Susana Prada, Raquel Rodrigues, Daniela Romão, Raquel Sabino, Robert A. Samson, Esther Segal, Christopher Staley, Huw D. Taylor, Cristina Veríssimo, Carla Viegas, Helena Barroso, João C. Brandão
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- Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom / Volume 96 / Issue 1 / February 2016
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Recent studies suggest that sand can serve as a vehicle for exposure of humans to pathogens at beach sites, resulting in increased health risks. Sampling for microorganisms in sand should therefore be considered for inclusion in regulatory programmes aimed at protecting recreational beach users from infectious disease. Here, we review the literature on pathogen levels in beach sand, and their potential for affecting human health. In an effort to provide specific recommendations for sand sampling programmes, we outline published guidelines for beach monitoring programmes, which are currently focused exclusively on measuring microbial levels in water. We also provide background on spatial distribution and temporal characteristics of microbes in sand, as these factors influence sampling programmes. First steps toward establishing a sand sampling programme include identifying appropriate beach sites and use of initial sanitary assessments to refine site selection. A tiered approach is recommended for monitoring. This approach would include the analysis of samples from many sites for faecal indicator organisms and other conventional analytes, while testing for specific pathogens and unconventional indicators is reserved for high-risk sites. Given the diversity of microbes found in sand, studies are urgently needed to identify the most significant aetiological agent of disease and to relate microbial measurements in sand to human health risk.
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Brittan, Justin Broackes, Dan W. Brock, Aaron Bronfman, Jeffrey E. Brower, Bartosz Brozek, Anthony Brueckner, Jeffrey Bub, Lara Buchak, Otavio Bueno, Ann E. Bumpus, Robert W. Burch, John Burgess, Arthur W. Burks, Panayot Butchvarov, Robert E. Butts, Marina Bykova, Patrick Byrne, David Carr, Noël Carroll, Edward S. Casey, Victor Caston, Victor Caston, Albert Casullo, Robert L. Causey, Alan K. L. Chan, Ruth Chang, Deen K. Chatterjee, Andrew Chignell, Roderick M. Chisholm, Kelly J. Clark, E. J. Coffman, Robin Collins, Brian P. Copenhaver, John Corcoran, John Cottingham, Roger Crisp, Frederick J. Crosson, Antonio S. Cua, Phillip D. Cummins, Martin Curd, Adam Cureton, Andrew Cutrofello, Stephen Darwall, Paul Sheldon Davies, Wayne A. Davis, Timothy Joseph Day, Claudio de Almeida, Mario De Caro, Mario De Caro, John Deigh, C. F. Delaney, Daniel C. Dennett, Michael R. DePaul, Michael Detlefsen, Daniel Trent Devereux, Philip E. Devine, John M. Dillon, Martin C. Dillon, Robert DiSalle, Mary Domski, Alan Donagan, Paul Draper, Fred Dretske, Mircea Dumitru, Wilhelm Dupré, Gerald Dworkin, John Earman, Ellery Eells, Catherine Z. Elgin, Berent Enç, Ronald P. Endicott, Edward Erwin, John Etchemendy, C. Stephen Evans, Susan L. Feagin, Solomon Feferman, Richard Feldman, Arthur Fine, Maurice A. Finocchiaro, William FitzPatrick, Richard E. Flathman, Gvozden Flego, Richard Foley, Graeme Forbes, Rainer Forst, Malcolm R. Forster, Daniel Fouke, Patrick Francken, Samuel Freeman, Elizabeth Fricker, Miranda Fricker, Michael Friedman, Michael Fuerstein, Richard A. Fumerton, Alan Gabbey, Pieranna Garavaso, Daniel Garber, Jorge L. A. Garcia, Robert K. Garcia, Don Garrett, Philip Gasper, Gerald Gaus, Berys Gaut, Bernard Gert, Roger F. Gibson, Cody Gilmore, Carl Ginet, Alan H. Goldman, Alvin I. Goldman, Alfonso Gömez-Lobo, Lenn E. Goodman, Robert M. Gordon, Stefan Gosepath, Jorge J. E. Gracia, Daniel W. Graham, George A. Graham, Peter J. Graham, Richard E. 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1 - Introducing Transnational Climate Change Governance
- Harriet Bulkeley, University of Durham, Liliana B. Andonova, Michele M. Betsill, Colorado State University, Daniel Compagnon, Thomas Hale, University of Oxford, Matthew J. Hoffmann, University of Toronto, Peter Newell, University of Sussex, Matthew Paterson, University of Ottawa, Charles Roger, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Stacy D. VanDeveer, University of New Hampshire
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Whose responsibility is it to tackle climate change? ‘Everyone’s and no one’s’, we might glibly reply. Responsibility is diffused across scales, social groups, sectors, countries and generations. The causes of climate change are implicated in everyday acts of production and consumption and relate to the ways in which societies organise their transportation, housing, energy, water and food systems. Recognising the complex and diffuse agencies and authorities that address climate change, the world of climate politics is no longer limited to the activities of national governments, international organisations and interstate bargaining between states. Increasingly, subnational governments, non-governmental organisations, businesses and individuals are taking responsibility into their own hands, experimenting with bold new approaches to the governance of climate change (Betsill & Bulkeley 2004; Andonova, Betsill & Bulkeley 2009; Selin & VanDeveer 2009b; Bulkeley & Newell 2010; Hoffmann 2011; Bulkeley et al. 2013). The governance of climate change now takes a seemingly bewildering array of forms: carbon markets, certification standards, voluntary workplace schemes, emissions registries, carbon labelling, urban planning codes and so on. Critical to this transformation of the politics of climate change has been the emergence of new forms of transnational governance that cut across traditional state-based jurisdictions, operate across public-private divides and seek to develop new approaches and techniques through which responses are developed. What sets these initiatives apart from other forms of transnational relations is how they not only influence others, but also how they directly intervene in the governing of global affairs in ways that defy conventional understandings of international relations.
4 - Origins, Agency and the Forms of Transnational Climate Change Governance
- Harriet Bulkeley, University of Durham, Liliana B. Andonova, Michele M. Betsill, Colorado State University, Daniel Compagnon, Thomas Hale, University of Oxford, Matthew J. Hoffmann, University of Toronto, Peter Newell, University of Sussex, Matthew Paterson, University of Ottawa, Charles Roger, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Stacy D. VanDeveer, University of New Hampshire
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Introduction
This chapter examines the political dynamics underpinning the emergence of TCCG. In the first section of the chapter, we undertake a temporal analysis of the growth of TCCG, focusing on its parallel evolution with the international climate change regime and the broader political-economic shifts outlined in the previous chapter. In the second section of the chapter, our analysis turns to consider the patterns and drivers of private, hybrid and public transnational initiatives over time and to consider the governance functions that are being pursued in these different forms of TCCG. Through this analysis, we seek to capture the process through which climate politics has pluralised by describing and offering explanations for the growth of institutional diversity over time.
In doing so, the three theoretical lenses discussed in Chapter 3 serve as guides for our analysis. The agency-centred perspective is particularly helpful for highlighting the interests of the actors that populate climate politics, their sources of influence and factors underpinning the demand and supply of new forms of transnational governance. The social and system dynamics perspective helps to explain the diffusion of common practices and governance techniques through communities of environmental practitioners and policymakers. Finally, the critical political theory perspective sheds light on the marketisation of a substantial cluster of TCCG initiatives, the ideological underpinnings of these initiatives and the particular constellations of public and private forces that animate them. We use the TCCG database and illustrative case-studies to interrogate these issues illuminating the relationship between the agency of different actors, market logics, functional imperatives and normative contexts.