By Lawrence Goodridge, Professor, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph
J Scott Weese, Professor, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph
H5N1 influenza has been reported in dairy cows, and detected in milk. Here’s a look at what’s known about how pasteurization affects the virus and the safety of consuming H5N1-contaminated milk.
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By Wasay Majid, Research Assistant, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Many people who rent or have a mortgage rely on the accommodation supplement to afford their homes. So how could the government make the scheme fairer and more effective than it is now?
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By Jodi Rowley, Curator, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Biology, Australian Museum, UNSW Sydney
Damian Lettoof, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Wildlife Ecotoxicology, CSIRO
Among the poisons found in 36% of the frogs tested, rodenticide was detected for the first time. Pesticides are considered a threat to hundreds of amphibian species.
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By Shireen Morris, Associate Professor and Director of the Radical Centre Reform Lab at Macquarie University Law School, Macquarie University
Sarah Sorial, Associate Dean Research Training and Performance, Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University
The scheme is not working to increase transparency or prevent foreign interference. The registration site attracts little traffic, and most Australians probably don’t know the scheme exists.
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By Amnesty International
Governments must ensure automated social protection systems are fit for purpose and do not prevent people eligible for welfare from receiving it, Amnesty International said today as it published a technical explainer on the underlying technology behind Samagra Vedika, an algorithmic system that has been used in India’s Telangana state since 2016. The technical explainer […] The post India/Global: New technologies in automated social protection systems can threaten human rights appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
The post Use of Entity Resolution in India: Shining a light on how new forms of automation can deny people access to welfare appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Colin Alexander, Senior Lecturer in Political Communications, Nottingham Trent University
Humza Yousaf’s resignation as first minister of Scotland was, in the end, expected, after a chain of events made his position untenable. It was trailed from early in the morning that he would be resigning, so when he finally addressed the media at lunchtime, there was no sense of shock in the room.
The departure speeches of government leaders are of course as varied as the reasons for which they are given. But there are consistencies across the genre, too.
Such speeches are usually between about 12 and 20 minutes long and follow what is crudely called the “turd sandwich”…
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By Pascale Dangoisse, Postdoctoral Fellow, Humanities Data Lab, University of Ottawa and Toronto Metropolitan University, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Constance Crompton, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Michelle Schwartz, Librarian, Toronto Metropolitan University
The Lesbian and Gay Liberation in Canada project uses a new online database to record the events, places, people, organizations and publications that have formed Canada’s LGBTQ+ rights movement.
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By Marco de Jong, Lecturer, Law School, Auckland University of Technology
Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
We now know official New Zealand meetings to discuss ‘AUKUS Tier 2’ took place much earlier than previously disclosed – raising questions about the security pact’s underlying purpose.
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By Lawrence Goodridge, Professor, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph
J Scott Weese, Professor, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph
H5N1 influenza has been reported in dairy cows, and detected in milk. Here’s a look at what’s known about how pasteurization affects the virus and the safety of consuming H5N1-contaminated milk.
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