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Review of: Health and Disease in Human History (Robert I. Rotberg ed.) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Review of the book: Health and Disease in Human History: A Journal of Interdisciplinary History Reader (Robert I. Rotberg ed., MIT Press 2000). ISBN 0- 262-18207-6 [345 pp. $25.00 Paper, 5 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02142]
Cromwell, Terry
core   +1 more source

EPISTEMIC EXTRACTIVISM IN ENGAGED URBAN AND HOUSING RESEARCH: Implications and Counter‐measures

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract What is ‘epistemic extractivism’, and how does it affect researchers who are engaged in urban and housing movements? This essay first explores the contexts of both engaged research and epistemic extractivism, clarifying their meanings and implications. It also disentangles the ethical and methodological risks posed by epistemic extractivism in
Miguel A. Martínez
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic engineering for SIT application: a fruit fly‐focused review

open access: yesInsect Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Sterile insect technique (SIT) has become a key component of efficient pest control. Fruit fly pests from the Drosophilidae and Tephritidae families pose a substantial and overwhelmingly increasing threat to the agricultural industry, aggravated by climate change and globalization among other contributors.
Serafima Davydova   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Technology for Whom and for What? A Global South View of Tech Diplomacy

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT International politics is linked to its technical‐social character. Also, technology is socially constructed and thereby not entirely neutral or impartial. A tech‐driven geopolitical landscape has been a defining feature of contemporary world politics.
Eugenio V. Garcia
wiley   +1 more source

Fossils: Digging Into the Past

open access: yes, 2017
Fossils collected in Renaissance collection cabinets were items of wonder and curiosity. Although sometimes mistaken for other pieces of naturalia, they were widely collected by owners of princely cabinets and scholarly collections.Though naturalists and
Caccioppoli, Sidney N.
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National study on the adequacy of antidotes stocking in Lebanese hospitals providing emergency care

open access: yesBMC Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2016
BackgroundAntidotes stocking is a critical component of hospital care for poisoned patients in emergency. Antidote stocking represents a major health challenge worldwide and in Lebanon.
A. Mansour   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Collision, Competition or Cooperation? China's BRI and the EU's Development Policies Towards Eastern Europe

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Against the backdrop of China's growing engagement in Eastern Europe, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) appears to challenge the European Union (EU) approach to promoting development in the region. We take issue with this claim by making three interrelated arguments.
Tanja A. Börzel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical Patterns and Outcome of Acute Poisoning Cases at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Eastern Nepal

open access: yesJournal of Nobel Medical College
Background: Acute Poisoning is a major health problem with significant morbidity and mortality affecting people of all age groups. The objective of the present study was to find out the clinical features, epidemiological profile, pre-hospital treatment ...
Madan Krishna Mandal   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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