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Forces of Terror: Armed Banditry and Insecurity in North-west Nigeria

Democracy and Security, 2023
Nigeria has confronted several security conundrums in recent years, including armed banditry, which poses a severe threat to the north-west and the entire nation. North-west Nigeria has been hit by an unprecedented wave of kidnappings, maiming, killings,
J. Ojo, S. Oyewole, Folahanmi Aina
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Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Armed Forces Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Systematic Review and Focus Group

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
Virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) is an emerging treatment for people diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) due to the limited accessibility of psychotherapies.
Ana Vianez, António Marques, Raquel Simões de Almeida   +2 more
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Resilience as a Protective Factor in Basic Military Training, a Longitudinal Study of the Swiss Armed Forces

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
For recruits, basic military training (BMT) can be experienced as a stressful episode in which relevant protective factors such as resilience might be essential for successful completion of the training.
S. Sefidan, Maria Pramstaller, R. La Marca, T. Wyss, Dena Sadeghi-Bahmani, H. Annen, S. Brand   +6 more
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Systematic review of gender differences in the epidemiology and risk factors of exertional heat illness and heat tolerance in the armed forces

BMJ Open, 2020
Objectives This review aimed to describe the epidemiology of all heat-related illnesses in women compared with men in the armed forces and to identify gender-specific risk factors and differences in heat tolerance.
F. Alele, B. Malau-Aduli, Aduli E. O. Malau-Aduli, M. Crowe   +3 more
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Psychological Health Among Armed Forces Doctors During COVID-19 Pandemic in India

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2020
Background: A pandemic poses a significant challenge to the healthcare staff and infrastructure. We studied the prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms among armed forces doctors in India during the COVID-19 pandemic and the factors that contribute
Simmi Gupta, K. Kohli, P. Padmakumari, P. Dixit, A. Prasad, B. Chakravarthy, R. Shukla, P. Ghana, D. Mahapatra, G. Varadaraj   +9 more
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Correlates of perceived military to civilian transition challenges among Canadian Armed Forces Veterans

, 2020
Introduction: Analyses of the Canadian Armed Forces Transition and Well-Being Survey (CAFTWS) were conducted to identify the most prominent challenges faced by Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Veterans ...
Jennifer E. C. Lee, Sanela Dursun, A. Skomorovsky, James M. Thompson   +3 more
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‘Climatizing’ military strategy? A case study of the Indian armed forces

International Politics, 2020
Climate change is increasingly shaping security narratives, including military strategy. While considering climate change a security issue, the military’s role in this discourse and praxis becomes critical as a security actor.
Dhanasree Jayaram
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An Evaluation of Quality of Life after Ventral Hernia Repair Using the EuraHS-QoL Score: a Cross-Sectional Survey

Lietuvos Chirurgija
Introduction. Recurrence rates for ventral hernia repairs are practically negligible because of advancements in surgical procedures. Pain and suffering, which significantly lowers patients’ quality of life, are currently the main concerns with ventral ...
Harshit Kumar Prabhakar, Vipin V Nair, Pranay Pratap, Sarath Kumar, Brig Alok Bhalla   +4 more
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Molecular and serological evidence of flea-associated typhus group and spotted fever group rickettsial infections in Madagascar [PDF]

, 2017
This research was supported by the Wellcome Trust (RCDF and Senior Fellowship to ST, #081705 and #095171), the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, and the Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System, a Division of the Armed Forces Health ...
Harrison, Thomas Alan, Jiang, Ju, Maina, Alice N, Rajerison, Minoarisoa, Rakotonanahary, Rado J L, Richards, Allen L, Telfer, Sandra   +6 more
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Do serving and ex-serving personnel of the UK armed forces seek help for perceived stress, emotional or mental health problems?

European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2019
Background: UK armed forces personnel are at risk of occupational psychological injury; they are often reluctant to seek help for such problems. Objective: We aimed to examine and describe sources of support, prevalence and associates of help-seeking ...
S. Stevelink, N. Jones, Margaret Jones, D. Dyball, Charandeep K. Khera, D. Pernet, Shirlee MacCrimmon, D. Murphy, L. Hull, N. Greenberg, D. MacManus, L. Goodwin, Marie-Louise Sharp, S. Wessely, R. Rona, N. Fear   +15 more
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