Iowa Civil Rights Commission Annual Report, 2011

Annual report for the Iowa Civil Rights Commission

Iowa Civil Rights Commission Annual Report, 2012

Annual report for the Iowa Civil Rights Commission

Iowa Civil Rights Commission Annual Report, 2013

Annual report for the Iowa Civil Rights Commission

Iowa Civil Rights Commission Annual Report, 2014

Annual report for the Iowa Civil Rights Commission

Policy for Accommodating Utilities on State Highway Rights-of-Way, 1985

This policy covers initial placement, adjustment, relocation and replacement of utility facilities in, on, above or below all highway right of way over which the Iowa Department of Transportation exercises control of access. It embodies the basic specifications and standards needed, to insure the safety of the highway user and the integrity of the highway. (1985 revision to 1973 policy.)

The rise and fall of icons of 'stolen childhood' since the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

In the past two decades, the iconography of victimhood mobilized by child rights advocates has changed significantly. In particular, the child victim of violence has replaced the street child as the dominant icon on the international agenda. Based on data from more than 300 documents produced between 1989 and 2009 and interviews with leading advocates, this article explores the diverging trajectories of iconic child victims. It follows the traces of the successive translations of the idea of âeuro~stolen childhoodâeuro? and locates them against the backdrop of evolutions in the childrenâeuro?s rights field.

Iowa Civil Rights Commission Strategic Plan 2014-2017

This report outlines the strategic plan for Iowa Civil Rights Commission Strategic Plan including, goals and mission.

Iowa Civil Rights Commission, Annual Report FY 2014

Annual Report from the Iowa Civil Rights Commission

Iowa Civil Rights Commission Agency Performance Plan and Action Plan, FY 2015

Agency performancce plan and action plan for the Iowa Civil Rights Commission

Iowa Department of Human Rights Strategic Plan, 2015-2018

The Iowa Department for Human Rights Strategic Plan.

Department of Human Rights Agency Performance Plan, FY2015

Agency Performance Plan

Perfil sociosanitario sexual y contraceptivo de las mujeres visitadas por primera vez en el Programa Joven del Bages

Objetivos. Conocer las características, el perfil sanitario, sexual y contraceptivo, y los factores de riesgo en las mujeres jóvenes (menores de 24 años) que han acudido por primera vez al Programa Joven del PSAD-ASSIR del Bages. Método. Estudio transversal, descriptivo y observacional, realizado mediante el vaciado de 790 historias clínicas de jóvenes, pertenecientes a la comarca del Bages (Barcelona), que acudieron por primera vez al Programa Joven durante el año 2002. Resultados. La media de edad de las mujeres estudiadas es de 20 años (DE= 3), la mayoría nacidas en España (84%), con estudios secundarios (43%) y que viven la gran mayoría con familiares de primer grado (71%). Factores sexuales de riesgo: la edad media de inicio de relaciones sexuales con penetración es de 18 años (DE= 2,41); un 16% no emplea ningún método anticonceptivo o métodos poco fiables; un 14% tiene más de dos parejas sexuales. El porcentaje de mujeres que manifestaron haber estado embarazadas es del 18%, y habían tenido una interrupción voluntaria del embarazo (IVE) el 7%. Las principales sustancias tóxicas consumidas son tabaco (46%), alcohol (26%) y cannabis (7,2%). La petición de la anticoncepción de emergencia es el principal motivo de consulta (20%). Conclusión. En el momento de plantear políticas preventivas para la población juvenil, debería contemplarse desde una perspectiva global y no individualizada, ya que los factores de riesgo son múltiples y se hallan estrechamente relacionados.

Populations with elevated mutation load do not benefit from the operation of sexual selection.

Theory predicts that if most mutations are deleterious to both overall fitness and condition-dependent traits affecting mating success, sexual selection will purge mutation load and increase nonsexual fitness. We explored this possibility with populations of mutagenized Drosophila melanogaster exhibiting elevated levels of deleterious variation and evolving in the presence or absence of male-male competition and female choice. After 60 generations of experimental evolution, monogamous populations exhibited higher total reproductive output than polygamous populations. Parental environment also affected fitness measures - flies that evolved in the presence of sexual conflict showed reduced nonsexual fitness when their parents experienced a polygamous environment, indicating trans-generational effects of male harassment and highlighting the importance of a common garden design. This cost of parental promiscuity was nearly absent in monogamous lines, providing evidence for the evolution of reduced sexual antagonism. There was no overall difference in egg-to-adult viability between selection regimes. If mutation load was reduced by the action of sexual selection in this experiment, the resultant gain in fitness was not sufficient to overcome the costs of sexual antagonism.

Flight energetics in relation to sexual differences in the mating behaviour of a mayfly, Siphlonurus aestivalis

Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) are known to have short adult life-spans. Adults are unable to feed, and they utilize reserves stored during their aquatic larval stage. Energy reserves (fat, glycogen, and free sugars) of mature larvae, subimagoes and imagoes of both sexes of Siphlonurus aestivalis Eaton were compared. All the stages of both sexes had low glycogen and free sugar contents, and the only significant change occurred during the transformation of the mature larva to subimago when almost all the reserves of free sugars were used up. Glycogen and free sugars may serve as energy sources permitting individuals to swim and fly out of the water during emergence. Fat made up most of the energy reserves of mature larvae and was the main source of energy used during the final development of both sexes. Young adult males had high fat reserves which they used as a source of energy for their swarming flights. In contrast, females did not seem to use a significant amount of fat for flight. This difference is probably related to the different mating strategies of the sexes in this species. Males perform long flights waiting for females, whereas females perform only brief flights to mate and reproduce.