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Addiction‐related problems in Japan: A regional perspective

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Japan's addiction landscape appears paradoxical. The lifetime use of illicit drugs is among the lowest in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries, but harm from alcohol, tobacco, and gambling ranks among the world's highest.
Soichiro Ide, Yoko Nishitani, Masahiko Sumitani, Masabumi Minami, Tadashi Isa, Masako Iseki, Michiko Ohkura, Hitoshi Okamoto, Tetsuro Kikuchi, Yuko Sekino, Hidehiko Takahashi, Kenji Takeuchi, Atsumi Nitta, Takeshi Honjo, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Tsuyoshi Miyakawa, Toshiya Murai, Toshihiko Matsumoto, Kazuyuki Nakagome, Kazutaka Ikeda   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

The logic of secret alliances

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Alliances are typically understood as agreements intended to deter aggression from enemy states. By signaling an ally's commitment to a protégé state, a shared enemy may be deterred from attacking. In light of this signaling logic, secret alliances are puzzling.
Peter Bils, Bradley C. Smith
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing the Ethical Culture of Organizations: A Longitudinal Study Using a Comprehensive Ethics Training

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A supportive ethical culture (EC) can encourage moral behavior among employees and help them avoid wrongdoing. One option for fostering EC is ethics training; its longer‐term effectiveness, however, has rarely been examined, especially in countries lacking strong regulatory environments.
Pablo Ruiz‐Palomino, Juliana Toro‐Arias, María del Pilar Rodríguez‐Córdoba, Jorge Linuesa‐Langreo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Is Space Bioethics?

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Classical bioethics examines moral issues in terrestrial medicine and the life sciences. According to Konrad Szocik, space bioethics merely relocates those questions to harsher environments. We argue that this view is incomplete: space bioethics is a genuinely original domain.
Maurizio Balistreri
wiley   +1 more source

Alzheimer's disease and mixed pathologies as a hidden contributor to fatal hypothermia: A large‐scale forensic autopsy‐based study

Brain Pathology, EarlyView.
We investigated neuropathological manifestations of hypothermia in 168 cases. Patients aged 65 years or more constituted 80% of the total cohort. Alzheimer's disease was the most common comorbidity, affecting 40% of all patients. Abstract There is a paucity of autopsy‐based studies providing detailed neuropathological characteristics of fatal ...
Shojiro Ichimata, Koji Yoshida, Ryo Tanaka   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Technical Specification for Hemocompatibility Assessment of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Cell Proliferation, EarlyView.
A comprehensive evaluation of MSC haemocompatibility is a critical prerequisite for ensuring the safety of systemic delivery. A haemocompatibility level of ‘poor’ indicates a high probability of adverse blood reactions when MSCs contact with blood. ABSTRACT ‘Technical specification for haemocompatibility assessment of human mesenchymal stem cells’ is ...
Jialing Liu, Weiyang Liang, Wenjie Xia, Ping Wang, Jie Hao, Tao Na, Sunxing Yan, Yu Zhang, Ka Li, Qiyuan Li, Guangjin Pan, Jun Wei, Qubo Chen, Jiani Cao, Peijun Zhai, Boqiang Fu, Hengjun Gao, Yong Zhang, Lei Wang, Meimei Guo, Shijun Hu, Lijun Zhu, Yang Zhao, Weiqi Zhang, Zhihong Wu, Yifang Ping, Hongling Zhao, Shuaishuai Niu, Tongbiao Zhao, Aijin Ma, Andy Peng Xiang, Xiaoyong Chen   +31 more
wiley   +1 more source

“I Stayed, Because… I Needed to Have a Plan”: Nigerian Migrant Women's Experiences of Gender‐Based Violence, Resilience and Resistance

The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article critiques gendered, cultural and racial stereotypes of Nigerian migrant women as passive victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the United Kingdom. Based on 14 semi‐structured interviews, it reveals how spouse visa restrictions limit access to welfare and constrain women's ability to escape abuse.
Yemisi L. Sloane, Aisha K. Gill
wiley   +1 more source

The Roles of Vocabulary Size, Word Part Knowledge, and Semantic Transparency in Vocabulary Learning Through the Word Part Technique

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigated the influence of learner‐ and word‐related variables on L2 vocabulary learning through the word part technique (WPT), a morphological mnemonic designed to strengthen form–meaning associations through knowledge of affixes and stems.
Gaia Oikawa, Masato Sugawara, Takumi Uchihara   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Invoking Security to Bypass Procedure: The European Union's Critical Medicines Act

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The European Union's recently proposed Critical Medicines Act (CMA) was published without recourse to standard democratic policy‐making procedures. Framed by the European Commission as an urgent response to a pressing security threat, the CMA was not subject to an impact assessment, and the stakeholder consultation designed to inform its ...
Eleanor Brooks, Charlotte Godziewski
wiley   +1 more source

Variability in individual musculoskeletal response is not increased by countermeasures during bed rest. [PDF]

Front Physiol
Böcker J, Schmitz MT, Hoffmann L, Bloch W, Rittweger J.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source