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The accelerating loss of biodiversity and genetic diversity poses an urgent threat to ecosystems and future generations. This concept article proposes a model centered on biobanks and advanced reproductive biotechnologies as strategic conservation tools, particularly within biodiversity hotspots such as Misiones, Argentina. We outline how institutions like biodiversity institutes, zoos, and biotech firms can collaborate to develop decentralized, scalable cryopreservation capacity. Emphasizing the IMiBio model, we explore how international collaboration, ethical frameworks, and locally grounded governance can support the preservation and future restoration of species. This approach supports both conservation and regeneration, providing a roadmap for hotspot-centered biodiversity recovery.1-3.

ABSTRACT Anti-queer violence is a significant criminological, public health, and social justice concern. While international research has shown that LGBTQA+ people generally experience higher rates of victimization compared to their heterosexual and cisgender peers, knowledge about these patterns in the Australian context remains limited. Moreover, most existing research focuses on overall rates of victimization, rather than on violence specifically related to sexual orientation or gender identity, and greater clarity is needed regarding the specific types of violence experienced, their relative frequencies, and how these differ across subgroups within the LGBTQA+ population. Analyzing self-report victimization data from the largest and most diverse sample of LGBTQA+ adults ever surveyed in Australia (n = 6,835), this article reveals that anti-queer violence remains a significant and persistent problem. Fifty-nine percent of participants experienced at least one form of anti-queer victimization in the past twelve months, and sixty-four percent of those victimized were victimized more than once. We also identify significant variations in victimization types and prevalence across demographic characteristics, including sexuality, gender identity, racial group, geographic location, income, education, employment, and disability status. These findings underscore the need for structural and intersectional responses to address anti-queer violence.

Introduction A cross-sectional survey of 500 nurses was conducted to determine the level of understanding of EBP principles, frequency of application in clinical settings, and barriers to implementation. EBP knowledge among nurses is relatively moderate, but application is inconsistent and hindered by many barriers, including time constraints, inadequate training, and lack of access to research resources.

Maternal and infant mortality is one of the most urgent public health priorities facing the United States. It reflects endemic structural determinants of health that engender health inequities, resulting in Black women being nearly three times as likely to die of pregnancy-related causes than white women. Black infants are more than twice as likely to die as white infants. In Washington, District of Columbia, Black birthing people constitute roughly half of all births, but account for 90% of all pregnancy-related deaths. In 2020, MedStar Health — in partnership with community-based health centers and organizations Community of Hope and Mamatoto Village — launched the D.C. Safe Babies Safe Moms (SBSM) initiative to improve maternal and infant health outcomes and promote health equity in the District. SBSM introduces an integrated care continuum model across preconception, prenatal, postpartum, and early infancy health care. SBSM has shown that it is possible to reduce disparities in birth outcomes using targeted, evidence-based strategies.

Abstract Beginning in 2020, Western Carolina University (WCU)'s Forensic Anthropology Program began a research partnership with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Fire Programs and Training Branch on burned human remains via a continuing education (CE) course. This course has evolved since its original inception to include a controlled burn utilizing donated human remains. The content of the CE course is primarily geared toward law enforcement, fire investigators, medicolegal investigators, and crime scene technicians. The 2021 course was the first to utilize a donor from WCU's Body Donation Program, a willed‐body program where donors or their next‐of‐kin can provide additional consent for skeletal modification and/or genetics studies. In addition to the educational purposes of running a controlled burn within a flashover cell, small research projects are also being conducted. Bullets were inserted into the 2021 donor to test various detection methods for utility within fire investigations. For the 2022 course, WCU's Forensic Science Program joined this partnership; they inserted seminal fluid into bodily cavities to examine the recovery of genetic material from a secondary contributor after a high‐intensity, low‐duration fire. The preservation of sharp force trauma in soft tissues was also examined during this course. Genetic material recovery was retested in the 2023 course, as well as examinations of cranial blunt force trauma and blood preservation within a scene. These courses are generating a sample of thermally altered human remains for future research and education, in addition to providing insights useful for fire investigators.This article is categorized under: Forensic Anthropology > Trauma Analysis Forensic Anthropology > Taphonomic Changes and the Environment