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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 Background: Kratom or Mitragyna speciosa (Korth.) has received overwhelming attention recently due to its alleged pain-relieving effects. Despite its potential therapeutic value, kratom use has been linked to many occurrences of multiorgan toxicity and ...
Mohammad Farris Iman Leong Bin Abdullah +1 more
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Responding to unexpected infant deaths : experience in one English region [PDF]
, 2010 New national procedures for responding to the unexpected death of a child in England require a joint agency approach to investigate each death and support the bereaved family.
Blair, Peter S. +5 more
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Public health reforms and the mortality decline in nineteenth‐century Italy
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines the impact of Italy's 1887–8 health reforms on mortality, contributing to the historical debate on the state's role in Europe's health transition. Leveraging event‐study‐style difference‐in‐differences approach, we assess the effectiveness of the Crispi–Pagliani reforms, which strengthened public health governance and ...
Francesco Maria Salvatore Fiore Melacrinis +1 more
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Suicide and the Therapeutic Coroner: Inquests, Governance and the Grieving Family
International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2013 This study of English Coronial practice raises a number of questions about the role played by the Coroner within contemporary governance. Following observations at over 20 inquests into possible suicides and in-depth interviews with six Coroners, three ...
Gordon Tait, Belinda Carpenter
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Felons’ chattels and English living standards in the later fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract The later fourteenth and fifteenth centuries have long occupied an intriguing and contested place in discussions of England's long‐run economic development. One key issue around which debate has coalesced is the living standards of the population as a whole and of different groups within it. We contribute to this debate by bringing forward new
Chris Briggs +4 more
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The Role of Transportation in Campus Emergency Planning, MTI Report 08-06 [PDF]
, 2009 In 2005, Hurricane Katrina created the greatest natural disaster in American history. The states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama sustained significant damage, including 31 colleges and universities.
Edwards, Frances, Goodrich, Daniel C.
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Do Politically Connected Board Members Influence Firms' Debt Choices? Public Debt Versus Bank Debt
European Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using a unique hand‐collected data set on the political connections of board members of S&P 1500 companies, we find that board members with stronger government ties are positively associated with firms' preference for public debt over bank debt.
Mustapha Douch +2 more
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Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in CanadaIntroductionLimited research exists on substance-related acute toxicity deaths (ATDs) in older adults (≥60 years) in Canada.
Amanda VanSteelandt +3 more
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Post-mortem toxicology: A pilot study to evaluate the use of a Bayesian network to assess the likelihood of fatality [PDF]
, 2015 The challenge of interpreting post-mortem drug concentrations is well documented and relies on appropriate sample collection, knowledge of case circumstances as well as reference to published tables of data, whilst taking into account the known issues of
Bolton, Jennifer +3 more
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Do Human Rights Work? Evidence From Prison Death Investigations in Scotland
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT It seems self‐evident that countries which have embraced human rights would have better human rights compliance. This article examines this assumption in prison death investigations in Scotland (called fatal accident inquiries or FAIs). The right to life (Article 2 ECHR) includes a procedural right to an effective investigation of deaths ...
Sarah Armstrong +3 more
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