This article reports New Zealand’s performance in the latest, 2010 round of the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) covering 108 countries.Using quantitative and qualitative content analysis the GMMP measures the representation and participation of women in the news media.The findings demonstrate that gender inequality remains a defining chara
Type 1 Diabetes Patients With Different Residual Beta-Cell Function but Similar Age, HBA1c, and Cardiorespiratory Fitness Have Differing Exercise-Induced Angiogenic Cell Mobilisation
BackgroundMany individuals with type 1 diabetes retain residual beta-cell function.Sustained endogenous insulin and C-peptide secretion is associated with reduced diabetes related complications, but underlying mechanisms remain unclear.Lower circulating numbers of endothelial and hematopoietic progenitor cells (EPCs and HPCs), and the inability to
A multi-year analysis of Canadian Arctic historical weather data in support of solar and wind renewable energy deployment
This work explores the importance of renewable resource temporal distribution for solar and wind energy deployment in Arctic communities to meet building and ancillary loads.An analysis of ten years of historic weather data was performed for six locations in the Canadian Arctic to assess renewable resource variation.Simulations of similar capacity
Natural Savannah Systems Within the “One Welfare” Approach: Part 1—Good Farmers’ Perspectives, Environmental Challenges and Opportunities
The Colombian Orinoquia is considered one of the eight most important ecosystems in the world.Savannah ecosystems play an essential role in providing ecosystem services.The objectives were (a) to explore and identify the perceptions of traditional farmers and institutional representatives regarding human well-being, animal welfare and the environme