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Proceedings of the Lifesaving Foundation’s 2010 Research Conference & Ireland Medal Ceremony [PDF]
, 2010 The Lifesaving Foundation Ltd (2010) These Proceedings are freely available in the public domain for distribution to anyone involved and interested in decreasing drowning deaths around the world.
Avramidis, S, Stallman, RK
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A Cost Analysis of All‐Staff Emails in an Australian Hospital Network (CASH Study)
ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Written communication has changed dramatically in the computer era. Email use has exploded in the last three decades, from the inter‐individual level through to mass dissemination. In the workplace, it has become the default mode of communication despite very limited critical appraisal.
Arthur Samoylovich, Adam J. Frankel
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“Flames Over Persepolis”: New Scientific Evidence Supporting Historical Perspectives
Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the burning of Persepolis Terrace, historically attributed to Alexander III in 330 bce. A review of classical accounts and excavation reports, combined with diagnostic surveys, confirms the fire's historicity and provides novel insights.
Maria Letizia Amadori +10 more
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Health, Environment and the Burden of Disease: A Guidance Note [PDF]
, 2003 This guidance note examines the conditions which determine whether an environmental hazard is responsible for a substantial amount of disease and whether feasible measures are available to prevent it.
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How investors account for the quick and the dead
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Frederick F. Wherry
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Mediating atmospheric bordering: Migratory journeys in hostile environments
Area, EarlyView.Short Abstract The main claim of the paper is that displaced people mediate affective processes that aim to shape their movements, and that such mediations are critical for understanding: the importance of sensory relations and spaces of movement that might otherwise remain obscure; the ways to challenge affective politics; and the relationship among ...
SUZAN ILCAN
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, 2016 This piece is a side-by-side review of two books: Strangers Drowning, by Larissa MacFarquhar, and Doing Good Better, by William MacAskill. Both books are concerned with the question of whether we should try to live as morally good a life as possible ...
Simpson, Robert Mark
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Fifty years of killing and letting die: On the limits of philosophical bioethics
Bioethics, EarlyView.Abstract In 1975, The New England Journal of Medicine published James Rachels' article ‘Active and Passive Euthanasia’. The argumentative method that Rachels introduced, the Bare Difference Argument (also known as the Contrast Strategy), became one of the most widely used tools in ethical reasoning.
Joona Räsänen, Matti Häyry
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Boreas, EarlyView.Palaeoenvironmental records along the eastern coast of Thailand remain sparse, with only a few studies attempting to reconstruct past climatic and environmental conditions. However, additional palaeoenvironmental, palaeoclimatic and sea‐level records are needed to improve our understanding of coastal evolution and local environmental changes.
Sakonvan Chawchai +7 more
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