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Electrocution-related mortality in northern India – A 5-year retrospective study
Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2014 Background and aim: Electrical burns are associated with significant morbidity and mortality, which are usually preventable with simple safety measures. Methods: An observational retrospective study of non-lightening electrocution deaths was conducted in
Sachil Kumar +2 more
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Drivers of power line collisions and electrocutions of birds in Nepal
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Among the several anthropogenic factors, power lines are increasingly regarded as one of the most significant hazards to bird species, primarily owing to collisions and electrocutions.
Suman Hamal +3 more
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European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Stanley Milgram's ‘Obedience to Authority’ study demonstrated that an experimenter can lead participants to obey orders that seemingly causes others harm. To examine the nature of the experimenter's influence, we analysed the experimenter's non‐procedural interventions in 136 sessions, across four experimental conditions.
David Kaposi +2 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Understanding the frequency and socio‐ecological drivers of contacts between humans and non‐human primates (NHPs) is crucial for enhancing coexistence that favours NHP conservation, while limiting negative consequences such as aggressions and cross‐species disease transmission.
Cristina Caparrós‐Vallcorba +3 more
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Violence, Volition, and Volatility: The Embodied Subjectivity of Women in Cults
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.This paper explores the embodied experience of 25 women who are former cult members. By delving into the stories of three protagonists, we examine how these women engaged with and possibly redefined the cult's socially constructed notion of womanhood.
Shirly Bar‐Lev, Michal Morag
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Effects of organized guarding on mortality from human–elephant conflict in northeast India
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Human–elephant conflict (HEC) frequently results in human and elephant mortality, posing major social justice and conservation concerns across Asia and Africa. Although a variety of interventions have been introduced to mitigate HEC, rigorous evaluations of how they affect mortality are practically nonexistent.
Nitin Sekar +6 more
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The Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Tim Burton's Christmas trilogy, Batman Returns, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Edward Scissorhands are all characterized by his trademark features. These include characters with ambiguous identities, apparently “normal” worlds adjacent to spaces associated with difference and exclusion, and the inevitable intrusion of the latter into the ...
Fran Pheasant‐Kelly
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Solving man-induced large-scale conservation problems: the Spanish imperial eagle and power lines. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 BACKGROUND: Man-induced mortality of birds caused by electrocution with poorly-designed pylons and power lines has been reported to be an important mortality factor that could become a major cause of population decline of one of the world rarest raptors,
Pascual López-López +4 more
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Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Asian hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) poses a significant threat to the beekeeping industry. Using an experimental apiary of 36 hives, we simultaneously evaluated the effectiveness of two mitigation measures—muzzles and electric harps—in reducing the impact of Asian hornets on honey bee colonies.
Núria Roura‐Pascual +9 more
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Death of a farm worker in a paddy field: A rare suspicious death investigation report [PDF]
Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University, 2022 The examination of crime scenes, in particular, death scenes requires knowledge, keen observation, aptitude and presence of mind to find out the truth. There are incidences wherein a death scene appeared homicide, but in reality, it may be suicide since ...
Nataraja Moorthy T +2 more
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