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BEFORE ASKING QUESTIONS
(3DS) CFW: http://i.imgur.com/tH9FMpc.png (embed)
(3DS) Ironhax/Tubehax: http://pastebin.com/xAQF3Gw5 (embed)
If these or the stuff below didn't answer your question, feel free to ask, we're always happy to help! Try to help others if you can, too.
Last thread: >>120564708
Homebrew General Wiki: http://homebrew-general.wikia.com/
Gateway Forum: http://www.maxconsole.com/maxcon_forums/forums/108
3DS: 9.2 and below for piracy/CFW (9.9/10.1 for userland. 10.2 fixes some exploits, don't update. The eShop can be spoofed.)
WiiU: 5.2.0 (yet to be released IOSU exploit), 5.3.2 (kernel exploit), 5.4 (yet to be released kernel exploit)
Vita: 3.51 (Native Userland)
PS4: 1.76 (Webkit)
New 3DS emuNAND users can't be updated past 9.5.
Original/Old 3DS emuNNAND users can update all the way to 10.2
3DS: http://homebrew-general.wikia.com/wiki/Nintendo_3DS http://pastebin.com/WVszD3Tm http://pastebin.com/xAQF3Gw5 http://pastebin.com/JfAFfxGe
-braindump has been released and allows you to dump your games contents on Firmwares 9.0-10.2 using HB Launcher
-Browserhax has been blocked. There's a work around but its only for N3DS users
-Themehax has been updated for 2.5 payloads and supports custom themes
-5.2 IOSU exploit. https://twitter.com/naehrwert/status/655782468688199680
-Loadiine, a backup loader, has been released. http://gbatemp.net/threads/398623/
-DON'T UPDATE PAST 5.2/5.3.2/5.4 AND STAY OFFLINE. The WiiU updates automatically, so be careful.
-A Vita update got released, you might not want to update since it fixes the email exploit.
-New exploit via the email app. Allows you to bypass the whitelist filter on PSTV, ePSP bubble creation, Free trophies, and more. http://gbatemp.net/threads/398004/
Here's a tutorial for Windows 10:
1) Open 'This PC'.
2) Right click on an empty space and click 'Add a network location'.
3) Go through the prompts ('Choose a custom network location') and in the 'Internet or network address' field input the 3DS FTP like this:
ftp://Local IP address:Port
4) In the next prompt, make sure that 'Log on anonymously' is checked.
5) Finally, give a name to the network location. I have mine named as '3DS'.
Now, whenever you open 'This PC', there will be a '3DS' shortcut under 'Network Locations'.
How long does the letterbomb hack take to be delivered to your wii?
homebrew can't access kernel stuff which can mean severely worse performance for emulators
also far less access to things in general
it'll work but it's not quite as comprehensive
also 10.2 blocked a huge pile of entry points so homebrew isn't very easily available on that
I JUST WANT TO SPOOF SO I CAN PLAY SOME SPLATOON
GOTTA VOTE AGAINST THOSE SCARY SPOOKY SKELETONS
Just been looking at the classic controller, and classic pro. Trying to decide which will feel better
Hardest decision ever.
What is best for N64. Can you by any chance use an n64 controller?
I guess you could if you have something to connect it to the GC or Wiimote port. Other than that, no.
Nintendo gave a cute SNES-like Classic Controller to Club Nintendo users.
I use the GC controller for N64 games.
Apparently rxTools 2.6 does not support the autoboot into emunand. I need to update it to a nightly build but I have heard that some of them are really shitty. Is there a stable version out?
You have to rename the image to imagedisplay.png, place it under /3ds/menuhax_manager/ , then launch the menuhax manager from the homebrew launcher, choose 'configure menuhax main-screen image display' and finally choose 'custom image loaded from a PNG on SD'.
So I finally ended up installing Ark-2 on my Vita, but I didn't really understand the directions of installing the ISO files.
Do I just dump them in the psp/savedata directory on my pc and then transfer them over?
>can't download eshop software via the home screen unless I update firmware
>found this out AFTER leaving my system in sleep mode all day while I was out
>now it's nagging me to install the update it downloaded instead
well fuck me and fuck nintendo too
why would you do that?
my kickass homebrew is better, you can put my twitter pic in your legally bought games, oh and check my amazon wishlist in case you want to donate :^)
>tfw can't find a single fucking PSP ftp homebrew
I just want to be able to load files onto my vita's psp emulator. Is that so hard?
Yeah I already knew about that, but my post didn't make it sound like it. Thanks.
I'm just mostly annoyed that I can't make use of Download Later. It's not too big a deal, but it's super duper convenient.
>this is what smegma actually believes
they just found a reason to use their 3ds for hours figuring out how to make that broken shit work and making custom steven universe/pony themes
then it goes back to collect dust for months
So what's the recommended flashcart for a DSi?
I had a Acekard 2i sitting here for years. I decided to try it on my DS Lite, but it wouldn't read it. I thought it might have been the SD card so I bought a new one. Still no luck with the last official Acekard Team firemware, or AIKO 1.9 so I just assume this shit is busted.
So I have gateway and reinand but I mainly use gateway because fucking 3ds files are so convenient. I'm thinking of just using a cfw. Which one is the best? I'd like to play gba games too. Is reinand still being updated?
Is it possible to launch menuhax on O3DS without turning off the console, since home won't respond when you're on the shutdown screen if you're holding any other key?
I tried opening Game Notes and Notifications and holding L on exit, but the screen just hangs and gives an error.
I'm using a custom theme and a custom load screen and can boot just fine when turning the 3DS on.
are you supposed to install the update to sysnand and set up things on sysnand?
why not just set it up on emunand instead?
Ess Jay Dubya becomes spooky scary skeleton
"shaking my head" becomes baka
three-letter family becomes sempai
to be honest becomes desu
person whose wife cheats on them becomes kek
spooky scary skeleton baka senpai desu kek
i want to get off jappo moot's wild ride
Will 3DS games every try to update your system firmware? Im on some 9.7 CFW I think and want to try a new 3DS game. Dont know if I should update my system's CFW first or if I can just play the new game.
So I was testing to see if I might import some games.
But I had a trouble with hans, region works flawless, but I wanted to test Smash Bros in Japanese but I launch the game on English only, any way to make it change language?
Do I have anything to lose if I delete the ironfall 1.1 patch?
All I can assume at this point is that I accidentally chose 1.0 when I updated to the 2.5 payload, because I just get the "error has occured" bullshit everytime I load the ironhax save. I could have sworn I did everything right.
They have to be manually written. You can grab one made for any other game and just change the name and ID.
They have a stupid ratio requirement though. Just grab games as .pkg files from PSN using http://psndl.net/contents.php and use ReActPSN or PSN Patch to activate them.
>All I can assume at this point is that I accidentally chose 1.0 when I updated to the 2.5 payload, because I just get the "error has occured" bullshit everytime I load the ironhax save. I could have sworn I did everything right.
You did, I got the same thing. But I don't know if you can just delete that.
i've tried something like that
that is, grabbing the gateway_workaround.rsf which is floating around on the internet and using that
attempting to use it gives me various errors about its contents though
any idea how i could fix this?
okay after looking up other files and meticuously tinkering with it it actually started doing something
and quit after giving me some more error prompts
how can i fix these?
I used HANS to spoof my eshop on my 9.9 to update smash and it worked great. But if I spoof my copy of SK2, trying to access the dlc shop in the game still says I need to update. A limitation, I guess?
I've been following that gbatemp thread and many have reported having difficulties on o3ds so I'm not sure....
I'll follow it and wait to see what happens. I've been patiently sitting on 9.5 for months so its not a big deal waitfing
Learn to Google and read the OP, you dumb fuck.
So all I get is themes and an inability to access the eShop or play
Smash 4 online unless I update further? This was a waste of money.
Shoulda waited for 3DS Emulators.
most likely. this is I believe the first time the eshop has ever been down for a whole day so I would expect one. Either that or theyre getting reading for their new account system already
multiple alt accounts if I remember right
yes but why can your slim only play burned games. some games dont work well or at all when burned
>tfw you find setting everything up and tinkering with it till it works more fun than the actual free games themselves
>Yellows8 banned from plebtemp
Still getting this message whenever I try to load up CHMM2. I tried the new starter kit and the hotfix provided by Rinnegatamante. Don't care for piracy, just want the themes and region free.
Old 3DS 10.2.0-28U
You people forget how piracy used to work.
In 3DS' case, yeah, but that could happen again to another system before we get free piracy.
I got it to let me select the game but then it just freezes without even prompting me to the options screen.
Kickass i guess.
So if I follow this guide : https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-how-to-install-a-cfw-on-a-9-0-9-2-n3ds-without-cn-oot.398394/
and get a 16gb sd card will I have the ability to pirate games on my 9.2 NEW3DSXL without buying anything extra like cubic ninja and oot right ?
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Block these sites on your router.
is the bootrate better?
L+R+DPAD UP+A while simultaneously powering on the system boots into recovery mode. it will ask you if you wanna update so hit cancel and power off
it deletes a downloaded update and it doesnt download one again unless you leave you 3ds in sleep mode with the wifi on
I'm making a custom theme and I can't find a nintendo/videogame medley that's played with in a glockenspiel/music box style similar to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78ljfawOKLc .
I'm not sure if a videogame medley as such exists but I'd appreciate it if you'd post it here if you happen to know about anything along those lines.
>''First make a .wav file with a piece of music (The file must have a size of 0x337000 or 3.371.008 bytes you can fill up extra space with 0 bytes using a HEX editor)''
What would be the easiest way of doing so?
I can't seem to find a decent hex editor.
hey guys I have a question, the ban on the wiiU is onthe console or in nintendo servers? can I "unban" the console by haking it? I ask because I buyed a lot of games and suddenly got a ban and I can't but DLC nor anything like that... thanks in advance
what the fuck is wrong with this community???
every time i try to load Smash 3DS that i updated to 1.1.2 using smea's eShop firmware spoofer the game crashes and closes to the home menu and reboots. what could i be doing wrong? i am on firmware 9.5.0-22 by the way
does smash 1.1.2 require something from newer firmware or something?
The hex thing worked.
But now I get the following error in EFE ( https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-every-file-explorer.373615/ ):
See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.
************** Exception Text **************
LibEveryFileExplorer.IO.SignatureNotCorrectException: Signature '
and ''WaveOut device was not closed'' after that.
All I'm trying to do is this:
''First make a .wav file with a piece of music (The file must have a size of 0x337000 or 3.371.008 bytes you can fill up extra space with 0 bytes using a HEX editor)
Use Every File Explorer (https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-every-file-explorer.373615/) to convert it to .bcstm (File -> New from File -> Nintendo 3DS Plugin -> CTR Stream -> open .wav -> save icon -> save as bgm.bcstm)''
So it turns out that changing the file size through the hex editor somehow fucks up the wav file's signature and therefor it doesn't work in EveryFileExplorer.
I don't know what else to do to make it work.
All I want to do is to convert it so it's usable in my theme.
Anyone know anything about any of this?
its not a forced update its optional and requires a minimum fw to play it
and no hans cant. bypassing firmware requirement updates in games requires you to cryptofix them and thats only possible for consoles 9.2 and below
>currently have some shite O3DSXL 9.9 running ironhax 2.5
>find a place selling consoles near me
>FUCKING 9.0 N3DS AND 4.5 O3DS
I'd have to spend my entire salary for this month for the n3ds but I still live with my parents
I'm so conflicted, do I do it /hbg/
okay so i managed to actually compile a cia with all values set correctly and installed it
however it failed to install properly
i assume this was due to there being two .app files in that update folder while i think i only worked with one of them
would me reproducing the whole procedure with both .app files result in things running as they should?
>put boot.3dsx and menuhax manager on 3ds
>install menuhax manager
the only issue you might run into is that 2.6 might not work with it all
userland means you can run KICKASS HOMEBREW
serious answer: userland is region-free gaming, custom themes, emulators (some less powerful than others), plus romhacks once those get started up (so far we only have some pokemon hacks, and a mario one, I think)
if i can figure out what went wrong last time and properly rebuild and run it i'll make a clean tutorial
this will obviously only work with 9.2 and below and it might be a little difficult to follow
What you playing/brewing?
We still have brewers here, right?
>Deliberately makes game he wants crash with *hax
>"Plz send me a free copy so I can debug"
>People fall for it
In his defense, remotely debugging anything is a pain in the ass, similar to tech support over the phone where you may as well be using a script because the other side is a retard.
If people want it fixed it's a lot better for those interested to supply a copy instead of:
>Smealum making a tiny change
>Releasing it to a test group
>Ask what is fixed and broken
Consider how long this process is, especially if you want for feedback from the entire group.
At least in later stages (where changes are more obvious to not break things) that procedure is fine.
How come the spoofer can't fool the eShop into connecting to the japanese one?
And what's the theme in the OP?
So I just have to place the robpin in the root and I'm set?
Or it's better to download the starter kit and reinstall ironhax from scratch?
Installing a shuffle themeset with CHMM2.
Is it normal it takes so long?
i've spent all day decrypting and messing with those .app files
i can decrypt things just fine, it's the rebuilding where it all fails
can anyone provide any pointers or rsf files or makerom instructions i can feed to makerom.exe to make things rebuild as they should?
I was doomed from the start. I didn't know the ramifications of what the 3DS could do regarding piracy and I buyfaged religiously, so it was only natural that I updated my O3DSXL the day 9.3 launched. Thank fucking god I had forgotten about my O3DS and by the time I found it it had 8.1
ANYWAYS, I'm sure I'll just get pic related eventually.
And then you act like entitled shits when you dont get what you want christ
You complain about moralfags which is right to an extent but theres obviously useful homebrew
It's hard to find a kernel exploit if you want one in such a hurry find and make one yourself
>people want something? you know I could make it but instead let me port flappy bird and add ponies to it
if you're not going to do anything useful stop being an attention whore and don't make anything at all, no one needs your broken shit, most people just install that bullshit expecting to be able to pirate with it someday
So, can anyone explain to me how these exploits work? Like what goes on under the hood to make these things work.
Are you stupid? The people who make those pong clones have very little experience with developing and you expect them to find kernel exploits? It's juat a little hobby them and something to play around with
Not to mention you're basically telling them to stop making what they want and only make what YOU think is useful. It's there project and use of free time not yours
>hurr hurr I can't think of a good argument so you're a tumblrfag for using a word
That literally fits the description of you right now
Can I update emunand with cakes fw?
It doesn't say RX3D 9.2, just 9.2 when I launch emunand through cakes.
Is this just because cakes doesn't patch the version tag in system settings?
I really don't want to lose 9.2 on sysnand
Replace the rxtools folder with the one from the release. the nightly dont use rxtools.dat
yes. RX3D and RX-E is specifically for Rxtools CFW not Cakes
>Is this just because cakes doesn't patch the version tag in system settings?
pretty much. just be sure you boot into cakes correctly then go to system settings and update . Dont exit system settings either
It started up and I'm using themehax to autoboot but I get this error "failed to load NATIVE FIRM: 4 reboot rxtools and try again". The firmware is in the right place and I did everything you were supposed to.
it doesnt matter, whichever is less of a hassle to you honestly. if you already have games installed on emunand formatting emunand will delete them so when I unlinked I did system nand
Where can I get rxtools nightlies?
Do I have to build them myself from the github or what? I want to downgrade my MSET and launch the cfw using the profile exploit and as far I can tell rx2.6 doesn't support that. That's why I'm currently trying to use cakes
FUCK YES I CAN AUTOBOOT INTO EMUNAND! >>120962701
I tried the stable build located here: https://lavanoid.github.io/ in the instructions tab and replaced the rxTools folder and it works now.
3DS games are puny.
I find much pleasure in knowing that I have a backlog of shitty 3DS games I will never play.
backups of what? I haven't even done anything except installed rxtools and made an emunand.
I guess I could try from scratch again but it seems like it's actually updating now that I deleted my internet settings and tried again.
anybody tried buying a wiiu and returning their 5.5 updated console in the new box? Really tempted to try this but I don't want to be stuck with a useless $200 paperweight. Walmart's return policy is pretty good I think, seems really easy to pull off. If they won't give you a refund you can get an exchange and take it to another store for a refund since the new one is sealed
without checking the serial? If youre in NA and getting an XL it will probably be on 9.5-9.8(though theres a few 9.2 out in the wild its just an extremely small percentage at this point) while the Animal Crossing N3DS is on 9.8 guaranteed
and if you import one from Japan it will most likely be on 8.1 with no browser so you would have to find a JP copy of cubic ninja or follow yifan lu's hassle of a guide to update to 9.0
Australian N3DS are on 9.0-9.2 most of the time
Everyone is saying that but I've been sitting with this error >>120894909 whenever I try to boot up CHMM2.
All I have now is Ironhax 2.5 on the latest starter kit on smea's site.
At the very least I would like to know what the message even means. I have the themes in the appropriate location.
Hey guys, I'm on N3DS 9.0 rxTools but my microsd card is 4GB (2GB free basically), way too small for me to load some cias. If I want to upgrade to a new 32gb one, would I simply repeat setting up the CFW process again? (i.e. install cia manager, gateway/emunand etc) or is there a way I can just copy over the files from my old mSD?
Use win32diskimager to read from your old microsd and write to your new one
Then use any partition manager to expand the fat32 partition on your new one. Leave the first 2GB, that's your emunand.
I have ironhax on my 2ds. It claims that it can launch region-locked software.
I want to buy the japanese version of pokemon black.
Will the no-region launcher that came with ironhax allow me to launch it?
why not buy a r4 they are cheaper and run that game on japanese lenguage
do you want to use pokebank or something to need the retail cart?
you can always inject your pkm form pokegen into gen 6 pkhex
I want to believe
any ideas on how to install the busty may mod with hans?
I'd like to ask, if I have a fresh N3DS at US 9.0 firmware, is it possible to install CFW on it without Cubic Ninja or OOT? I want to make sure before I buy anything.
Here's some comparisons between non-overclocked and overclocked that smea retweeted. Use at your own discretion I guess?
The loading times are a lot faster, but I can't see a big performance difference. I may try it with Xenoblade because that game has a lot of slowdown at some areas where you're fighting tons of enemies.
I think I found a suitable guide. https://gbatemp.net/threads/rxtools-cfw-coldboot-full-installation-guide-for-new3ds-from-browserhax-homemenuhax-to-rxtools.398420/
From reading the pastebins up above, unlinking the NANDs says something about breaking seamless TWL/AGB support. What does that mean?
Thanks dude. From what I've heard Pasta is dead so I should pick up Cakes, right?
>unlinking the NANDs says something about breaking seamless TWL/AGB support. What does that mean
It refers to GBA/DSiWare. it means after unlinking NANDS GBA/DSi games dont work seamlessly with emunand/sysnand anymore
Pasta is part of Rxtools 3.0 nightly builds now so its not entirely gone
Cakes or Reinand are the go to firmwares for N3DS(since they're built specifically for it) so yeah Cakes is fine
Rxtools 3.0 nightly builds work as well but its missing features
I think I'll still be able to play DS games with an R4 so that's there.
So unlinking the NANDs just lets me coldboot, huh. Seems like a pretty lame thing to give up proper GBA support. Though mGBA does look pretty good atm.
1. Download the Star Sapphire 1.1 cia off of 3dsiso.
2. Download xDelta, and google on how to use it to patch a file. Use one of the two patches on the SS1.1 cia. If you still want SS AND the bust mod, use the first one. If you want to revert SS to AS, with added bust mod, use the second one.
4. Follow the instructions from http://www.se7ensins.com/forums/threads/how-to-use-rom-hacks-on-10-2-with-hans.1397737/ to obtain a romfs.bin and a code.bin inside the exefs directory.
5. Rename romfs.bin to 0011C500.romfs and code.bin to 0011C500.code.
6. Place the romfs and code files into a /hans directory on your 3DS's root (not inside the /3ds/hans directory)
7. Put the AS cart in and run HANS with romfs and code enabled.
8. Enjoy tits.
Alright, I got a PSTV with PSM Dev Unity installed, and I'm doing SMOKE's method of getting defiler on my device, but I have no Vita games and I need to download a game update, but I can't go to PSN on 3.20, anyone know any demo PKGs that have updates on the live tile?
It's pretty much exactly how you'd set up Rutile normally, except you extract the romfs that you would have, and put in the May files, then rebuild it.
The cia part is just if you don't want to spend time braindumping and just downloaded a prepatched rutile off of 3dsiso.
Alright anon, I'm trying to move the folders but the dirrectories in the instructions doen't seem right
Thinking about buying an ez flash iv. Seems the nor is a bitch though, is it worth it? It's either that or a revo k101 plus, but the revo is obviously more. Plus I hate the transparent plastic they used this batch. But, basically, is the nor flashing that big a pain? Is it at least manageable?
I've only just arrived in my time machine from 6 months ago. Scene progressed a bit rapidly.
What do I need to do to get my 3DS and New3DS running DSiWare and GBA VC games?
They're both currently on a shared Gateway card.
3DS 4.5 sysnand / 9.7 emunand, unlinked I think
New3ds 9.2 sysnand / 9.5 emunand linked
>What do I need to do to get my 3DS and New3DS running DSiWare and GBA VC games?
rxTools, if you're using unlinked NANDs, you'll have to install the game to both if you want to use it in emunand. If they are linked, either is enough.
>They're both currently on a shared Gateway card.
Throw it away, you wasted your money.
Well, I haven't read up on it much, but I've heard the only way to play the larger gba games like pokemon and mother three they have to be loaded to nor, which can only have one wrote to it at once, and I suppose Imay not have read up on it enough, but it still seems like a pain, since those are like the two main things I want the cart for. The revo doesn't need nor, though. Bigger question though, any actual issues you've had with it? Compatibility, or anything lackluster?
Put cakesfw on your SD cards. Use the mset or browser exploit on the O3DS and the Cubic Ninja, Browserhax or Themehax exploit on the N3DS.
32MB GBA games need to be written to NOR before they can be played. It's slow.
The only 32MB GBA games I know are Mother 3 and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Red.
For people who are using Loadiine, is it worth it? I hear it's pretty unreliable. Then again, I don't see anything of value coming out of 5.2 and under since everyone and their mother are on 5.3.2.
>everyone and their mother are on 5.3.2.
Wrong, they're all on the latest one. It's even worse than the 3DS. Not only dumb people update, but the WiiU updates itself if you don't.
>mfw 9.9 kernel will be released on christmas eve
stay strong, 9.9 krew. someday we'll find a way.
I bought mine used. it came with 9.9 installed. I had no idea about 3ds piracy, I just wanted a cheap, flawless condition 3ds.
$125 for no scratches, 4 games and 32gb sd.
if I knew what I know now, I probably would've waited.
There's like 20 games that don't work, versus the 100 or so that do. I've been having a
kickasstime playing WWHD, NSMBU, Yoshi's Woolly World and Pikmin 3 for free.
>He didn't use the TubeHax DNS
so absolutely nobody can help me with this?
Super Mario 3D World has been the slowest loading for me. Takes about 2 minutes to load to the menu screen, and level loading times are around 20 seconds. Hardly a deal breaker. Haven't had any issues with sound.
Also, retail versions of Soul Sacrifice and Freedom Wars have updates. I'm not sure that their demos do, but if Minecraft and that PSM thing don't work, you can try these too.
SS demo: http://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=38342
FW demo: http://hackinformer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=142
Both games work on 3.18+.
I can't get any game other than captain toad to work
'Can't launch game' when selecting from list
Tried only region-correct games that were repeatedly confirmed to work
Is there something i'm supposed to do between unpacking the .wud and placing it on the sd card?
What am i doing wrong?
Same idiot reporting in, it occured to me that the folder structure i was using is "sd:\wiiu\games\*game*\data\content" instead of "*game*\content". Captain toad is the only one that respected the folder structure
Already have working Ironhax on 10.2. Trying to setup oot3dhax with physical oot3d cart. I've got a few questions since I'm having trouble.
>Wipe your OoT3D saves (start from home menu, hold down ABXY),
I don't understand this line. When/where do I hold this? from main menu it either does nothing or does what A does, in OoT3D is just does whatever a does, etc. I didn't understand so I just erased my save file the normal way (after backing it up).
so then I ran the installer and the bottom screen says successfully wrote to file!
but the top sitll says "retrieving payload..."
I tried leaving it for several times and doing this over a few times so I am sure it's just poor design not saying it's done after that text
so I press start to leave and load up the game and the hax savefile is indeed there but when I load it up and press A on the sign by the bed the screen will do the fizzle out but then I get a popup saying the game crashed and system will restart
oh god oh god oh god please tell me this is a joke JESUS CHRIST
that even makes sense since that's how you back out of all the homebrew apps and get back to the menu.. fuck
I have wasted so much time over the last few days
>tfw updated to 5.4 because they said it was as safe as 5.3.2
>it's been ready for months
>expected release: never
I'm playing Triforce heroes, is there any reason why the treasure minigame that plays once daily doesn't reset? I've started when it was leaked and didn't touch it again untill yesterday and it was on the same "day". I progressed on the game but it's still saying that "only once a day" when I enter.
okay, got it working
new question: what do I need to do besides stick this cart in another 3DS to get to homebrew now? it goes to the screen with text and says something about a rop is ready and then sends me back to the home screen. Do I have to put files on the SD card for every 3DS I stick it in or something?


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Jean-Loup Risler writes:
> Here is a simple question: suppose I write a program in Postscript in order
> to produce a nice and beautiful scientific drawing. Now I want to have a look
> at it.
>> - I can print it on our laser printer attached to the Vax
> - I can no more print it with my Mac because the version of SendPS that I
> used does not work with System 7. Does anyone know where I could retrieve
> a recent version of SendPS ?
> - I can display it on our VaxStation thanks to Display Postscript.
> - I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO DISPLAY A POSTSCRIPT FILE ON MY MACINTOSH SCREEN!
> This is really ridiculous. Does anyone know of a program which enables to
> display a Postcript file onto a Mac screen ?
There is a program called Ghostscript which will do just this. It's
available from the Info-Mac archives (and probably from the FUNET
archives). It was just recently posted in Mac-executable form (but it
operates in a text window - it's a first release). Here's some gopher'ed
info (from info-mac.src):
Info Mac Digest
finchm at csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Michael 'Job Hunt' Finch)
Info-Mac Digest V11 #2: [*] Ghostscriptbinary.sea.hqx
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 11:51:16 -0500 (EST)
From: finchm at csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Michael 'Job Hunt' Finch)
Subject: [*] Ghostscriptbinary.sea.hqx
GNU Ghostscript version 2.5.1
Supports preview, ps->PICT, ps->gif, ps->ppm, ps->pbm, and
This version has a UN*X style command interface, a mac style interface is
in the works.
Requires: 32 bit color quickdraw.
The fonts for ghostscript can be found on most FTP sites with the GNU
[Archived as /info-mac/util/ghostscript-251.hqx; 556K]
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ETSI - TS 101 376-1-2
GEO-Mobile Radio Interface Specifications (Release 3); Third Generation Satellite Packet Radio Service; Part 1: General specifications; Sub-part 2: Introduction to the GMR-1 family; GMR-1 3G 41.201
|Publication Date:||1 December 2012|
The present document gives a general introduction to the document structure and organisation the GMR-1 family of GEO-Mobile Radio interface (GMR) specifications.
The present document is part of the GMR-1 Release 3 specifications. It introduces the Release 3 specifications and also reproduces the introductions for the earlier Release 1 and Release 2 specifications.
Within each release, the GMR-1 specifications are organized into document series that correspond to the organization of the ETSI GSM or 3GPP technical specifications. Clause 4 of the present document defines the contents of each GMR-1 series and shows how the individual GMR-1 specifications relate to their GSM or 3GPP counterparts. Clause 5 of the present document defines the relationship between GMR-1 terminology and the GSM or 3GPP terminology.

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Gender-based violence (GBV) is a global public health and human rights problem that is exacerbated by social and environmental stressors for a multitude of interpersonal, cultural, and economic reasons. Through sudden disruptions in the microclimate of a region, climate shocks often have a negative impact on food security, which correlates with increases in GBV. Associations between the various combinations of GBV, climate change, and food insecurity have been documented in the growing international literature, but questions remain about these associations that require further clarification. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 provides insight through a real time demonstration into these interactions. This review of the global literature examines the interplay between GBV, climate change, and food insecurity—including recent literature regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. This review covers original research studies employing both quantitative and qualitative methodology, those that conducted secondary analyses of existing data sources and perspective pieces derived from observed evidence. An additional analytic layer of system dynamics modeling allowed for the integration of findings from the scoping review and discovery of additional insights into the interplay between disasters, food insecurity, and GBV. Findings from this review suggest that the development and adaptation of evidence-based, focused interventions and policies to reduce the effects of climate shocks and bolster food security may ultimately decrease GBV prevalence and impact.
Citation: Agrawal P, Post LA, Glover J, Hersey D, Oberoi P, Biroscak B (2023) The interrelationship between food security, climate change, and gender-based violence: A scoping review with system dynamics modeling. PLOS Glob Public Health 3(2): e0000300. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000300
Editor: Megan Coffee, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, UNITED STATES
Received: October 29, 2021; Accepted: February 1, 2023; Published: February 24, 2023
Copyright: © 2023 Agrawal et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Data Availability: This is a review of published research reports. All studies reviewed are publicly available in the following databases: PubMed, MEDLINE, Embase (Elsevier), Global Health (OvidSP), CAB Direct, BIOSIS (EBSCO), Web of Science, IRIS (WHO), Africa Wide (EBSCO), PAIS, and Scopus (Elsevier), and African Index Medicus. Our list of search terms is included as Supporting Information files.
Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.
Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Climate shocks, sudden disruptions to the extremes of temperature or precipitation in the microclimate of a region, are becoming more common around the world [1,2]. Examples of climate shocks include sudden periods of drought, flooding, and extreme heat, often occurring with little warning, which precludes the ability to avoid them. Developing countries with diminished reserves, a limited ability to adapt, and vulnerable populations are often disproportionately affected by the stress of extreme climate events on the population . These climate shocks are seen as a direct result of climate change and are likely to continue increasing in frequency worldwide .
Food security, as defined by the United Nations is “when all people, at all times have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life” . Much of the world suffers from food insecurity, which leads to increased poverty and negatively impacts agricultural systems and social structures [6–8]. Climate shocks create a strain on food production, transportation infrastructure, and access to food for much of a vulnerable population . People become less able to feed their families and make their livelihoods in the manner with which they did prior to the onset of the climate shock. In parts of the world with little cushion to absorb the personal as well as socio-economic impacts of food insecurity regardless of cause, small but dramatic changes in the climate of a region can have significant negative effects on societal dynamics . Food insecurity is concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, where up to 30% of the population is undernourished  and where the population has the smallest reserve to deal with diminished access to food.
Women and female children are often the first to be neglected and negatively impacted during periods of food insecurity . There are many economic, cultural, political, and structural explanations for this. Women are often less able to generate independent income, leading to increased reliance on male household members and exacerbated gender inequality . Scarce resources are typically channeled to men and bread-winning males of a family in order to allow them to continue working . When men are psychologically and socially stressed due to insufficient food stemming from climate shocks and subsequent food insecurity, they often take out their frustrations on women . Gender-based violence (GBV) includes a variety of injurious behaviors that are directed at women and girls simply on the basis of their gender. GBV takes many forms, including but not limited to psychological abuse, physical violence, sexual violence, coercion, survival sex, female genital mutilation, selective malnourishment or undernourishment of female children, and femicide. GBV is often a manifestation of stressors and frustrations caused by food insecurity. As food insecurity increases, so do gender inequalities and violence against women [13,16,17].
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has revealed challenges that demonstrate the impact of climate change on many aspects of life, such as the greater emergence of infectious diseases, the substantial disruption to the global food supply chain, and disproportionate impact on communities of color, to name a few [18–21]. The parallels between the pandemic and the anticipated effects of ongoing climate change, including the level of complexity of each challenge, the prolonged lag time until situational improvement, the irreversibility of the impact, the differential effect on vulnerable subpopulations, and the splintering of global alliances caused by limited resources and a refocus on nationalism despite the need for collective action, all provide an early warning of future potential evolving disasters [20,22]. COVID-19 has disrupted supply chains of all forms, including those used for food distribution. This further exacerbates food insecurity across the globe and affects food production, availability, access, utilization, and stability [23,24]. Stay-at-home orders add to this food insecurity challenge, as well as to the prevalence of GBV . The heightened stress and uncertainty stemming from the potential for future economic insecurity represented by food insecurity can increase the incidence and frequency of GBV [26,27]. The COVID-19 pandemic, like other disasters and times of economic and personal stress, has done this .
Bivariate associations between climate shocks and food insecurity, as well as food insecurity and gender-based violence have been explored. For example, a cross-country analysis demonstrated that smaller households experiencing a climate shock were more likely to be food insecure, and large-scale survey analyses examined the hypothesis that food insecurity impacts sexual violence through risky sexual behavior [28,29]. However, the inter-relatedness of all three of these concepts has not been fully investigated [16,30]. The COVID-19 pandemic has given us a real-time perspective on how outbreaks, a natural extension of climate change, can exacerbate the elements described here. With the stated evidence that both climate shocks and food insecurity are increasing worldwide, it naturally follows that GBV will also likely increase. Given the immense psychosocial and socio-economic impact of violence against women, there needs to be further investigation into ways to decrease GBV as a direct result of food insecurity caused by climate shocks and disasters in general—including pandemics.
The primary objective of this scoping review was to examine the extent, range, and nature of scholarly activity regarding the interrelationship between food security, climate change, and gender-based violence, inclusive of literature regarding pandemics. Our secondary objective was to summarize and disseminate scholarly findings to policy makers, funders, and researchers; and our tertiary objective was to identify research gaps in the existing literature. Our overall goal: to encourage concerted action by documenting and sharing the ‘mental models’ of scholars working in this field, was achieved through a strategic combination of evidence synthesis, content analysis, and system dynamics modeling.
We performed a scoping review in accordance with the methodology for Joanna Briggs Institute scoping reviews , which draws upon two other influential scoping review frameworks . A ‘scoping review’ has been defined as an attempt to map:
… the key concepts underpinning a research area and the main sources and types of evidence available, and can be undertaken as stand-alone projects in their own right, especially when an area is complex or has not been reviewed comprehensively before [33,34].
Because of their broad nature, scoping reviews are particularly valuable for assembling evidence from disparate or heterogeneous sources (e.g., peer-reviewed journal articles, government reports, technical guides, etc.) . They are better suited than systematic reviews to initially identify types of available evidence and examine how research is conducted on a certain topic or field . Scoping review methods are typically reported under the following rubrics: inclusion criteria, types of sources, search strategy, and extraction of results.
We sought to understand what types and range of evidence have been reported regarding the interrelationship between food security, climate change, and gender-based violence. Sources were included in this scoping review if they addressed this question, our aforementioned objectives, and the PCC mnemonic: Population, Concepts, Context .
Our population of interest consisted of victims of gendered and sexualized violence (regardless of age). We did not specify any other exclusion criteria regarding important characteristics of study participants (e.g., nature of relationship between GBV victim and perpetrator, co-morbidities, etc.).
The three core concepts examined by our initial scoping review were food security, climate change, and gender-based violence. The definition of food security used in USAID’s “Food Security Country Framework” focuses on three distinct but interrelated elements: food availability, food access, and food utilization/consumption . Climate change referred to any significant change in the measures of climate (e.g., temperature, precipitation, wind effects, etc.) lasting for an extended period of time, or its presumed effects (e.g., flooding, drought, etc.) . Gender-based violence was defined as violence (e.g., physical acts, threats of acts, coercion, etc.) directed against a woman because she is a woman or that affects women disproportionately . While there was variability in terminology, we used broad definitions of each concept in order to maintain inclusivity.
We did not specify any inclusion criteria regarding the context such as cultural factors, geographic location, etc., as this was not germane to our research question. However, sources had to be published in the English language and the types of evidence could not include lay publications (e.g., newspapers, magazines, etc.).
Types of sources
The following databases were searched for relevant studies: MEDLINE (Ovid), Embase (Ovid), Global Health (Ovid), BIOSIS, Web of Science (Thomson Reuters), CAB Direct, Africa Wide, PAIS. Two selected grey literature sources—IRIS (Institutional Repository for Information Sharing, World Health Organization) and NGO custom search in Google—were also explored. The search strategy was not limited by study design.
The databases were searched using both controlled vocabulary words and synonymous free text words to capture the concepts of gender disparities, food security, and climate change (S1 File). The search strategies were adjusted for the syntax appropriate for each database/platform.
Two authors (PA, BJB) reviewed the title, keywords, and abstract of all 231 de-duplicated records (Fig 1). Eight studies were additionally identified by manually examining the reference lists of all included articles. If no abstract was available and a decision could not be made otherwise, the authors searched online for additional information. The two authors then independently coded whether the record addressed the issue of food security. Next, these authors coded whether the record addressed the issue (or presumed effects) of climate change. The authors were also interested in concepts related to global warming. Finally, the authors coded whether the record addressed the issue (or presumed effects) of gender-based violence.
After independently coding each record, the two authors met to review coding decisions and resolve discrepancies. We computed the sum of the three coding decisions (1 = include, 0 = exclude). If the sum was equal to 3, then the record was deemed relevant and moved forward to full-text review. If the sum was equal to 2, and the gender-based violence concept was one of the two endorsed, then the record moved forward to the next phase of review. Otherwise, the record was excluded. Twenty full-text records were assessed for inclusion (Fig 1). Each included study for was assessed for risk of bias using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale .
We used system dynamics modeling to accomplish our secondary objective, i.e., summarizing and disseminating scholarly findings to policy makers, funders, and researchers. System dynamics modeling, a valuable approach for transdisciplinary research [40,41], is the use of causal maps and computer simulation models to hypothesize, test, and refine endogenous explanations of ‘systems change’ , e.g., household food-security dynamics after a climatic shock such as severe flooding. System dynamics modeling is by its very nature a mixed methods approach and well suited to integrating diverse bodies of published evidence . Thus, our final inclusion criterion was that the record had to include at least one text segment (e.g., sentence, contiguous sentences, paragraph) containing an argument asserting causal relationships between food security, climate change, and gender-based violence. After full-text records were assessed for inclusion and bibliographies hand-screened for additional references, we arrived at a final set of 20 records for extraction of results (Fig 1).
Extraction of results
Extraction of results involved the creation of a “charting” table providing a descriptive summary of the results of the scoping review . We used Leximancer content analysis software (Leximancer Pty. Ltd., Adelaide, Australia) to visually extract conceptual (presence and frequency of concepts) and relational meanings . We created a concept map, representing the main concepts contained within the text as well as information about how they are related, to systematically obtain an overview of the material (S1 Fig).
Finally, we sought to integrate findings from this scoping review that covers a diverse body of published evidence related to global public health challenges and inequities associated with disaster events (e.g., climate shocks, pandemics, etc.), food insecurity, and GBV. This research reaches across scientific disciplines and regional boundaries. In order to integrate these diverse perspectives and advance knowledge, we adapted a published system dynamics model based on the COPEWELL (Composite of Post Event Well-Being) framework, intended to predict community functioning and resilience after disasters over time and identify opportunities for enhancing community resilience [44–46]. The conceptual definition of community functioning is “the ability and capacity of a community to provide a range of essential services to its inhabitants” .
The explicit and transparent nature of system dynamics modeling allowed us to integrate our scoping review findings and gain additional insights into the dynamics of and between disasters, food insecurity, and GBV. The spatial scale for the model is equivalent to a US county , of which there are currently 3,006 . For a non-US example, the Republic of Kenya has 47 counties of various size , and research has documented how low-income households in rural Kenyan counties managed to maintain food expenditures post COVID-19 by reducing education expenditures —which might be assumed, based on our scoping review findings, to disproportionately affect young girls (a form of domestic economic abuse). A key model assumption is that these geographic units (or communities) have the goal of maintaining their ability to provide a range of services to residents .
We document a relatively small but growing body of published evidence regarding the complex interrelationships between disasters (e.g. climate stressors), food insecurity, and gender-based violence (e.g. sex trafficking). Both food security and safety from gender-based violence can be conceptualized as subdomains of community functioning, and preliminary results from the conceptual system dynamics model illustrate the time course of community functioning in response to disasters.
Table 1 provides a charting of record details and characteristics from our scoping review of the interrelationship between food security, climate change, and gender-based violence. Given the paucity of published evidence regarding the interrelationship between these phenomena, publications from as early as 1982 were included. The focus of published literature varied widely—from the needs and struggles of urban poor during floods (i.e., climate shocks)  to women’s input into household decision making and their nutritional status in drought-prone countries (i.e., climate stressors) . The empirical basis for most published literature was diverse (e.g., qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods). Eleven of 20 publications in Table 1 included empirical evidence but all were lacking in terms of strong causal study designs. The scales and levels of published literature were also diverse—from cities to slums (spatial scale), individual- to community- food security (social scale), and Latin America to South Asia (ecological scale). Almost every conceivable type of GBV has been associated with the relationship between climate shocks or stressors and food security—from domestic abuse (e.g., beatings, verbal abuse, economic coercion) to non-domestic abuse (e.g., harassment, trafficking, withholding entitlements). The specific forms of GBV in the final column of Table 1 (listed within parentheses) are for illustration purposes and not necessarily inclusive of all forms reported in the literature.
S1 Fig provides a ranked concept list (i.e., conceptual analysis ) of the top-ranking concepts from most to least frequent. “Concepts” are not simply words, but collections of related ideas that generally travel together throughout the text.
S2 Fig provides a concept cloud to plot the key concepts underpinning this area of scholarship as well as to clarify the conceptual boundaries of the topic (i.e., relational analysis ). Concepts are clustered into higher-level themes that are heat-mapped (e.g., red clusters ranked higher than orange clusters and so on). Perhaps not surprisingly given our scoping review protocol, the highest-ranking theme (red concepts cluster) was inclusive of concepts such as “women,” “food,” and “security.” The second highest-ranking theme (orange concepts cluster), which settled in the nearby map-space, was inclusive of concepts such as “disaster,” “resources,” and “risk.” The third highest-ranking theme (yellow-green concepts cluster) was inclusive of concepts such as “development,” “management,” and “adaptation”.
Based on our system dynamics model, the main outcome of interest is community functioning, or the ability and capacity of a community to provide a range of essential services to its inhabitants, and how it varies over time . Fig 2 displays the hypothesized model behavior to describe a community’s level of functioning, also referred to as a “reference mode”. Pre-event conditions are influenced by community functioning domains—e.g., community food and water, government (e.g., citizen safety), among others . At some point in time, a disaster event occurs (e.g., climate shock, pandemic event) and community functioning plummets. Community functioning recovery after an event is determined by a set of system structures, multiple feedback loops in the system, and their reactions to and modification of the disaster event’s effects. It can be replenished over time from three sources: social cohesion; preparedness and response; and external resources. Resilience, a latent construct that cannot be measured ahead of a disaster event, is dynamic and comprised of two components: resistance and recovery . A model demonstrating this dynamic hypothesis is shown in Fig 3.
The model output seen in Fig 4 demonstrates the time course of community functioning (CF) after an event, which then can be used to calculate resistance, recovery, and resilience for the geographic unit of interest . In this conceptual model, a major disaster event at Week 1 reduces community functioning by approximately 50% very quickly but rebounds over time based on the contributions of preparedness and response (PR), social cohesion (SC), and external resources (ER). With further refinement, validation, and application, such a model “could improve decision-making by revealing ‘plausible futures’ after disasters”  and allow testing the sensitivity of the model to different policy solutions, such as those designed to prevent GBV in the face of increased food insecurity post-disaster events.
Based on the collection of texts reviewed here, the associations between climate shocks, food insecurity, and GBV have been explored, piecemeal, in many arenas over the past few decades. The complete picture of how each independently relates to the other and how all three intersect on a global scale, however, has not been fully described with empiric evidence. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, provides a real time and evolving global challenge that reinforces the interconnectedness of the three concepts presented here. The pandemic has illustrated how disasters can cause food insecurity, which can lead to more GBV. This scoping review aimed to identify and examine existing data on the topic, with a primary focus on the impact on gender-based violence.
We identified 20 scholarly references that discussed gender-based violence and either climate shocks or food insecurity. As expected, based on our search strategy, all articles included in this analysis described the interplay between all three concepts. The ranked concept list (S1 Fig) confirmed that appropriate articles were identified, as 75% or more of the context blocks were coded with “health”, “climate”, “women”, “food”, and “security”. The main concepts contained within the text, along with their associated themes, demonstrate the delineation of the conceptual boundaries of the topic (S2 Fig). This validates that the three main concepts identified above—climate change, food insecurity, and gender-based violence—are interconnected. We were able to address each of the stated objectives through this scoping review.
Objective 1: Examine the extent, range, and nature of scholarly activity regarding the interrelationship between food security, climate change, and gender-based violence. Several of the identified publications describe the interrelatedness of the three identified concepts in specific case studies. Qualitative studies of the impact of the 1998 floods in Dhaka City, Bangladesh [50,54] described how severe flooding (i.e. a climate shock) impacted basic infrastructure and livelihoods causing an increase in food prices and lack of safe drinking water (i.e. food insecurity). The resultant unemployment caused by the stressors of the flood led to increased tension within families and a rise in domestic violence. Haley  describes a 1997 drought that affected the Hawa people, an agrarian population in Papua New Guinea, leading to food insecurity and an increased incidence of “witch killings”, or violence predominantly targeted at women. A report by Dankelman et al  shows a similar phenomenon in response to disasters triggered by natural hazards in Senegal and Ghana, leading to sexual violence including rape, forced prostitution, early marriage of girls, and other forms of violence. These case studies are important contributions to the knowledge base and reveal not only the interconnectedness but causality between climate change, food insecurity, and GBV. Future research could strengthen our understanding by specifically incorporating causal methods such as process tracing and causal loop diagramming .
Objective 2: Summarize and disseminate scholarly findings to policy makers, funders, and researchers. While a data-driven definitive statement is premature, the judgment of these researchers is that climate shocks, a result of climate change, are associated with food insecurity. Of the twenty articles found to specifically address the interrelatedness between food security, climate change and GBV, the eleven empirical studies noted the same associations and trends. As climate change worsens, it leads to more variability and unpredictability in regional climates, resulting in more severe disruptions in the ability for populations to compensate. The stress of food insecurity may lead to higher levels of violence directed towards women, both within and outside of individual households. Psychological distress, financial dependence or fear of retribution towards themselves of their children may motivate women to stay with abusive partners . Food insecurity can cause women and children to engage in unsafe or risky behaviors, increasing their risk for sexual violence and harassment while obtaining basic home goods such as food, water and firewood. All of these pressures are exacerbated by pandemics [20,26]. The timeliness of this potentially extensive crisis against women will hopefully compel policy makers, funders, and researchers to pay more attention to this interaction.
Objective 3: Identify research gaps in the existing literature. More targeted research is needed to generate direct evidence on the linkages between climate shocks (disasters), food insecurity, and the resultant impact on gender-based violence. The limited and heterogeneous literature we found discussing the interconnectedness of our identified concepts demonstrates that a full systematic review as well as a meta-analysis would have been premature. Each of the articles mentioned above highlights specific situations in a regional context and the direct impact on that particular affected population. In order to slow this trend or even reverse the effects at each phase of this three-pronged problem, and ultimately describe this in the global context, more attention, research, and resources are imperative. The topics and interactions examined here cut across politics, ethics, and science, which might partly explain a lack of studies of public health interventions that select climate action as their entry point. Primary research will likely allow for more-definitive conclusions based on evidence, to determine whether climate shocks leading to food insecurity and a subsequent increase in gender-based violence is a global phenomenon, as these authors postulate.
Our search strategy was comprehensive and involved a manual search through the reference lists of all included articles. However, given that our scope was global, there may have been articles that our search did not identify. The term gender-based violence typically refers to violence against women and girls, but few articles included men and boys as targets of attacks due to their gender and associated roles within a community. While we did not catalog the information retrieval strategies that were initially considered but rejected, a document that details our comprehensive search strategy is available from the corresponding author upon request. Additionally, one of our 20 sources was a hardcover book (Ariyabandu et al, 2005), which could not be uploaded into Leximancer for text analysis. Finally, given the recent impact of COVID-19, we replicated our initial search strategy within PubMed and located only five papers that would have been included had our initial search been performed now (July 24, 2021), none of which looked at the intersection of all three concepts or are in disagreement with our overall findings [72–76]. We created an analogous version of Table 1 that reflects a recent review of the interrelationship between pandemics, violence against women and children, and livelihoods (including food security) (Table 2) .
A small but growing body of global public health literature reveals simple and dyadic connections between climate shocks, food insecurity, and gender-based violence. The interconnectedness of all three concepts, however, begins to paint a more complete picture. Better insight into the causal mechanisms and related concepts, such as community functioning, resilience, and recovery can further our understanding into these nuanced interactions. More causal research and focused interventions can help curb the tide of the potentially devastating and synergistic phenomenon of climate shocks leading to food insecurity and a subsequent increase in gender-based violence. As researchers achieve a deeper understanding of the multifaceted impact of COVID-19, a global stressor that interacts with each of the three concepts, it will likely prove demonstrative in its permeation through all aspects of global vulnerabilities.
S1 Fig. Ranked concept list regarding the interrelationship between food security, climate change, and gender-based violence.
S2 Fig. Concept cloud to map the interrelationship between food security, climate change, and gender-based violence.
S1 File. Database search strategies investigating the interrelationship between food security, climate change, and gender-based violence.
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Security: Cameroon is going to establish a vocational training centre in the Far North region of the country to rehabilitate ex-fighters from the Boko Haram group, the country’s Territorial Administration Minister, Paul Atanga Nji said.
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The training centre will provide them with better means of livelihood, he said. President Paul Biya has provided facilities that the younger ones can go to a training centre where they can learn something.
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The screen on your next iPhone could look a lot crisper, if a new report turns out to be accurate.
Apple is reportedly ordering OLED screens from Samsung and LG for its upcoming iPhones, which would be a departure from the LCD displays it currently uses. The two companies, which make smartphone components in addition to their handset businesses, are close to reaching a final agreement with Apple, according to a report from Korea’s Electronic Times picked up by Reuters.
The report comes after Nikkei wrote in November that Apple plans to bring OLED displays to the iPhone in 2018.
OLED (organic light-emitting diode) screens offer better contrast than their LCD counterparts, translating into crisper-looking images. OLED screens differ from LCD screens in that the pixels in an OLED screen produce their own light. LCD displays, by comparison, use a backlight to illuminate their pixels, as Trusted Reviews explains. This means that blacks and dark colors look deeper when viewed on an OLED display, particularly when the same image is viewed side-by-side on displays using the two different technologies.
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Twins are 2 offspring born from the same pregnancy. It is estimated that twins make up about 2% of the world’s population. In recent times, however, there has been an increase in the incidence of twins in many countries. This has been attributed to an increase in the use of fertility treatments including in vitro fertilisation (IVF).
Twins can be categorised as monozygotic or dizygotic depending on whether they stem from a single zygote (1 zygote = monozygotic) or are the result of 2 separate eggs fertilised by 2 separate sperm (2 zygotes = dizygotic). Dizygotic (non-identical) twins are much more common than monozygotic (identical) twins.
Twins have captured the imagination of different cultures around the world for centuries. As well as fascinating the general public, they provide a unique opportunity for researching how environment shapes our phenotype.
Monozygotic twins are also known as identical, monozygous or uniovular. This type of twinning occurs when a single fertilised egg (zygote) splits and forms 2 separate embryos within 14 days of fertilisation. The 2 embryos share identical DNA as they are the result of a single egg and sperm combination. If the split occurs after 14 days, the twins are conjoined (also known as ‘Siamese twins’). Monozygotic twins almost always share the same placenta.
Why the embryo spontaneously splits in some pregnancies is not well understood. Scientists agree it is a random event and is not hereditary. The rates of monozygotic twins are fairly constant worldwide. As part of the in vitro fertilisation (IVF) process, it is possible to artificially split embryos, and as a result, the incidence of twins increases with medically assisted pregnancies.
Despite sharing identical DNA, monozygotic twins always have some variation in the way they look and act. This uniqueness is a result of the interaction between their genetic make-up and environmental influences from the moment they are conceived.
Dizygotic twins are also known as non-identical, dizygous, binovular or fraternal. This type of twinning is more common than monozygotic and occurs when the mother’s ovaries release 2 eggs (instead of the usual 1) that are then fertilised by 2 different sperm. As a result, there are 2 zygotes that are no more genetically similar than their other siblings.
The incidence of dizygotic twins varies widely worldwide. A number of African cultures have particularly high rates of dizygotic twins. The likelihood of having dizygotic twins has a genetic component – hyper-ovulation (releasing 2 or more eggs at one time) is a trait that can be inherited, and it is not uncommon for some families to have a number of sets of twins across a few generations.
Twin studies: genes or environment?
Many scientists around the world are involved in ‘twin studies’ in order to learn more about the interactions between genetic and environmental factors. Monozygotic twins, with their identical DNA, are particularly important for this work.
In these studies, scientists collect information about similarities and differences between twins (including those raised together and separately) to try and determine whether particular traits are influenced more strongly by genetic or environmental factors.
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The scientific study of twins has changed considerably with advances in our understanding of genetics. Historically, twin studies were largely based on observable characteristics. Current twin studies now include DNA profiling, which enables scientists to better understand the genetic component of particular traits.
Twin studies have shown that, in the majority of cases, ‘nature’ (genes) and ‘nurture’ (environment) both have a role to play in determining an individual’s phenotype. The amount of influence varies depending on the trait. For example, height, reading disability and autism seem to have a strong genetic component, whereas Crohn’s disease and rheumatoid arthritis are probably more strongly influenced by environmental factors.
Developments in the field of genetics, including the mapping of the human genome, have added a new dimension to twin studies. For example, scientists are now able to collaborate in order to map detailed information from individual DNA profiles against the particular environmental conditions experienced by each twin. The primary goal of modern research into twins is to prevent and treat complex diseases.
The Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research is one of the largest twin study programmes in the world. Their research aims to identify genetic and environmental influences on development and psychological traits.
Visit the Learn Genetics website to find out more about environmental influences on the epigenome of identical twins.
While identical twins are seen more as an accidental splitting of a single egg, there could be a good reason mothers produce non-identical twins from two separate eggs, this article from The Conversation investigates.

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