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During the period of these notes, British newspapers raised their prices again and the upward trend in circulation figures ended abruptly. Fear of retrenchment haunted Fleet Street and nervousness cropped out in a spontaneous strike in the office of one of the national dailies. Similar uneasiness was reported in Norway and, in France, the plight of the intellectual became worse in a period of rising prices and low wages. French journalists continued restive not only because of the economic situation but because of the uncertainties in governments role. The anti-collaborationist laws which clouded the title to some newspaper properties, and even impaired freedom of press itself, have not been clarified to the satisfaction of journalists. Censorship was reported in Pakistan and Egypt. In Bermuda a newspaper felt the lash of unfriendly government. The Times of London was indicted on charges resulting from publishing an election advertisement. British newspapers have long complained that government newsprint rules favor magazines and The Times took advantage of the rules to establish a weekly newsmagazine. In Paris, études de Presse, scholarly quarterly of the French Press Institute which had been suspended in 1947, was revived under direction of Georges Bourgin. The first three issues presented research material of uniformly good quality.

This rapid climate risk assessment for the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) uses the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2014 risk analysis framework to assess the distribution of climate hazards and social and biophysical vulnerability to those hazards in order to identify climate risk hotspots. The assessment uses regional climate models from CORDEX-Africa to map rainfall extremes and drought hazards to 2031–2059. Ten social and biophysical vulnerability indicators are identified from across the capital assets (human, physical, social, financial, natural), using data from the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), to develop a vulnerability index. The vulnerability index and distribution of climate hazards are mapped to identify hotspots. Hotspots of vulnerability to and risk of extreme rainfall are shown in northern Madagascar and in south west Tanzania, under both the RCP4.5 and 8.5 scenarios. These hotspots also correspond to the hotspots for drought risk under RCP4.5 and 8.5. However, it is clear that medium-high climate risk (high vulnerability, medium-high climate hazard) is widespread across Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Tanzania, Mozambique, and Madagascar.

Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga / CBUA ; The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of an English version of the Impairment and Functioning Inventory Revised (IFI-R-EV) in a sample of individuals with bothersome pain from the USA. In 2015, the IFI-R was revised using data from a Spanish sample of 483 individuals with back pain who were treated at primary care centres, and 137 patients with various pain conditions who were treated at a pain clinic. This process resulted in a revised version of the IFI (IFI-R) that was published in PM&R journal (Ramirez-Maestre, C., & Esteve, R, 2015: A new version of the Impairment and Functioning Inventory for patients with chronic pain (IFI-R). PM&R, 7(5), 455-465). The findings indicate that the English version of the IFI-R (presented in this article) provides valid and reliable measures of daily function and impairment in English-speaking individuals with a disability and chronic pain. ; This study was supported by grants from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (PID2019-106086RB-I00), and the Regional Government of Andalusia (HUM-566). RV's work is supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation with a Ramón y Cajal contract (RYC2018-024722-I). JM's work is supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (RTI2018-09870-B-I00; RED2018-102546-T), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the Government of Catalonia (AGAUR; 2017SGR-1321), Fundación Grünenthal (Spain), Universitat Rovira i Virgili (PFR program), and ICREA-Acadèmia.

To understand the changing role of funding sources in shaping conservation science in the United States, we analyzed acknowledgments from published studies, trends in research funding, and survey responses from conservation scientists. Although the U.S. federal government was the most frequently acknowledged source of support overall, U.S. foundations and NGOs were the predominant sources for tropical and socioeconomic research. Acknowledgments of foundation support for conservation research increased over the last two decades, while recognition of federal funds declined. Concordant trends in funding and acknowledgments indicated a changing landscape for conservation science, in which federal support has not kept pace with the growth in conservation research efforts or needs. Survey responses from conservation scientists about their funding sources were consistent with acknowledgment data, and most (64%) indicated that shifts in funding sources and amounts affected the type of research they conduct. Ongoing changes in the funding landscape shape the direction of conservation research and may make conservation science more vulnerable to economic recessions.

Context Migratory species are known to pose a challenge for conservation because it is essential to understand their complex life history in order to implement efficient conservation actions. Aims In New Caledonia, large seagrass habitats in the Grand Lagon Sud (GLS) are home to resident green turtles (Chelonia mydas) of unknown origins. To assess the stock composition in the GLS, 164 foraging turtles were sampled for genetic analysis of ~770 base pairs of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region. Methods Foraging turtles ranging in size from 48.0 to 108.4 cm curved carapace length were captured at five different sites within the GLS between September 2012 and December 2013. To provide baseline data for mixed stock analysis, published data from rookeries were used in addition to 105 samples collected at rookeries in the d'Entrecasteaux Islands and Chesterfield Islands in New Caledonia and at Malekula Island in Vanuatu. Exact tests of population differentiation and pairwise FST estimates were used to test for differences in mtDNA haplotype frequencies. Key results These analyses indicated that rookeries in the d'Entrecasteaux Islands and Vanuatu form unique management units and that the Chesterfield Islands rookeries are linked to the Coral Sea management unit. Mixed stock analysis indicated the highest proportion (mean = 0.63) of foraging turtles originate from the d'Entrecasteaux stock. Conclusions The larger contribution is estimated to be from a large rookery from New Caledonia, but smaller contributions are suggested from other rookeries in the South Pacific. Implications Marine conservation policies in New Caledonia need to consider the links between the foraging and nesting populations of C. mydas in New Caledonia and other rookeries and foraging grounds in the Coral Sea.

Fisheries provide food. In industrialized nations, the overwhelming portion of seafood comes from a small number of commercial fishers and increasingly aquaculture (1). Fisheries also contribute to leisure and recreation. In developed nations, 1 in 10 people fishes for pleasure, amounting to at least 220 million recreational fishers worldwide (2, 3)—more than 5 times the number of commercial capture fishers (1). This means that the vast majority of people fishing today do so recreationally (Fig. 1). ; This work was supported by the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) under funding received from the National Science Foundation (Grant DBI-1052875), the European Union through the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, and the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany) (Grant MV-I.18-LM-004, B 730117000069); the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Grants 01LC1826E and 033W046A), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Genome British Columbia (BC), and the BC Freshwater Fisheries Society.