From bad to worse: global governance of abortion and the Global Gag Rule
SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH MATTERS
Authors: McGovern, Terry; Schaaf, Marta; Battistini, Emily; Maistrellis, Emily; Gibb, Kathryn; Casey, Sara E.
Abstract
The Trump Administration'sProtecting Life in Global Health Assistance(PLGHA) significantly expands the "Global Gag Rule" - and, in so doing, weakens the global governance of abortion. By chilling debate, reducing transparency, ghettoising sexual and reproductive health and rights work, and interfering with research, PLGHA makes an already bad context demonstrably worse. Individual women suffer the most, as PLGHA inhibits ongoing efforts to reduce abortion-related morbidity and mortality.
The theoretical optimization of the arrangement of sandwich filling components
TRIBOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
Authors: Davison, Sam; Hill, Robert; Taghizadeh, Saeid; Lewis, Roger
Abstract
The study aims to endorse the relevance of tribology in daily life and to promote tribology to a broader demographic. Sandwich filling slumping in its packaging, known as a skillet, is termed "drop". The authors found that the optimal arrangement of sandwich fillings to prevent drop had not been researched. The Bacon Lettuce and Tomato (BLT) and the Chicken Salad sandwich were investigated. An optimal arrangement for each sandwich that minimised drop is suggested. The coefficient of friction of each interface was determined experimentally and a theoretical optimal arrangement was suggested and validated using a numerical model. An improvement of 9.9% was observed between the optimally and worst arranged Chicken Salad sandwich models. For the BLT the improvement was 8.2%.