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Feminist Praxis against U.S. Militarism provides critical feminist and womanist analyses of U.S. militarism that challenge the ongoing U.S. neoliberal military-industrial complex and its multivalent violence that destroys people's lives, especially women and other vulnerable populations.

Introduction: Increasingly, the label "data trust" is being applied to repeatable mechanisms or approaches to sharing data in a timely, fair, safe and equitable way. However, there is a gap in terms of practical guidance about how to establish and operate a data trust.

Aim and Approach: In December 2019, the Canadian Institute for Health Information and the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence convened a working meeting of 19 people representing 15 Canadian organizations/initiatives involved in data sharing, most of which focus on public sector health data. The objective was to identify essential requirements for the establishment and operation of data trusts. Preliminary findings were presented during the meeting then refined as participants and co-authors identified relevant literature and contributed to this manuscript.

Results: Twelve (12) minimum specification requirements ("min specs") for data trusts were identified. The foundational min spec is that data trusts must meet all legal requirements, including legal authority to collect, hold or share data. In addition, there was agreement that data trusts must have (i) an accountable governing body which ensures the data trust advances its stated purpose and is transparent, (ii) comprehensive data management including responsible parties and clear processes for the collection, storage, access, disclosure and use of data, (iii) training and accountability requirements for all data users and (iv) ongoing public and stakeholder engagement.
Conclusion / Implications: Based on a review of the literature and advice from participants from 15 Canadian organizations/initiatives, practical guidance in the form of twelve min specs for data trusts were agreed on. Public engagement and continued exchange of insights and experience is recommended on this evolving topic.

INTRODUCTION: Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is a diagnostic procedure developed in the 1990s. It is currently used to stage patients with primary cutaneous melanoma, provide prognostic information and guide management. The Australian Clinical Practice Guidelines state that SLNB should be considered for patients with cutaneous melanoma >1 mm in thickness (or >0.8 mm with high-risk pathology features). Until recently, sentinel lymph node (SLN) status was used to identify patients who might benefit from a completion lymph node dissection, a procedure that is no longer routinely recommended. SLN status is now also being used to identify patients who might benefit from systemic adjuvant therapies such as anti-programmed cell death 1 (PD1) checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy or BRAF-directed molecular targeted therapy, treatments that have significantly improved relapse-free survival for patients with resected stage III melanoma and improved overall survival of patients with unresectable stage III and stage IV melanoma. Australian and international data indicate that approximately half of eligible patients receive an SLNB. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This mixed-methods study seeks to understand the structural, contextual and cultural factors affecting implementation of the SLNB guidelines. Data collection will include: (1) cross-sectional questionnaires and semistructured interviews with general practitioners and dermatologists; (2) semistructured interviews with other healthcare professionals involved in the diagnosis and early definitive care of melanoma patients and key stakeholders including researchers, representatives of professional colleges, training organisations and consumer melanoma groups; and (3) documentary analysis of documents from government, health services and non-government organisations. Descriptive analyses and multivariable regression models will be used to examine factors related to SLNB practices and attitudes. Qualitative data will be analysed using thematic analysis. ETHICS AND ...

Michael Omi and Howard Winant's Racial Formation in the United States remains one of the most influential books and widely read books about race. Racial Formation in the 21st Century, arriving twenty-five years after the publication of Omi and Winant's influential work, brings together fourteen essays by leading scholars in law, history, sociology, ethnic studies, literature, anthropology and gender studies to consider the past, present and future of racial formation. The contributors explore far-reaching concerns: slavery and land ownership; labor and social movements; torture and war; sexuality and gender formation; indigineity and colonialism; genetics and the body. From the ecclesiastical courts of seventeenth century Lima to the cell blocks of Abu Grahib, the essays draw from Omi and Winant's influential theory of racial formation and adapt it to the various criticisms, challenges, and changes of life in the twenty-first century

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Reconceptualizing Antiviolence Strategies -- 1 Rethinking Antiviolence Strategies -- 2 Disability in the New World Order -- 3 Federal Indian Law and Violent Crime -- 4 Feminism, Race, and Adoption Policy -- 5 The Color of Choice -- 6 Heteropatriarchy and the Three Pillars of White Supremacy -- 7 A Call for Consistency -- II. Forms of Violence -- 8 The Color of Violence -- 9 Four Generations in Resistance -- 10 The War to Be Human / Becoming Human in a Time of War -- 11 The Forgotten "-ismn -- 12 Reflections in a Time of War -- 13 Don't Liberate Me -- 14 "National Securitys and the Violation of Women -- 15 The Complexities of "Feminicide" on the Border -- 16 INS Raids and How Immigrant Women are Fighting Back -- 17 Law Enforcement Violence Against Women of Color -- 18 Crime, Punishment, and Economic Violence -- 19 Pomo Woman, Ex-Prisoner, Speaks Out -- 20 The War Against Black Women, and the Making of NO! -- 21 Medical Violence Against People of Color and the Medicalization of Domestic Violence -- III. Building Movement -- 22 Unite and Rebel! -- 23 Sistas Makin' Moves -- 24 Disloyal to Feminism -- 25 Gender Violence and the Prison-Industrial Complex -- 26 Trans Action for Social and Economic Justice -- 27 "The Personal is the Private is the Cultural" -- 28 An Antiracist Christian Ethical Approach to Violence Resistance -- 29 Taking Risks -- 30 poem on trying to love without fear -- Endnotes and Works Cited -- Index -- About the Contributors