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Assault Weapons Revisited: Policy Options for Regulating Rifles, Shotguns, and Other Firearms 20 Years After the Passage of the Assault Weapons Ban [PDF]

, 2014
20 years after President Bill Clinton signed the federal assault weapons ban into law in September 1994 and a decade after Congress allowed that law to lapse -- the question of whether and how to regulate particularly lethal firearms is no longer the ...
Arkadi Gerney, Chelsea Parsons
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A Farewell to Arms… Manufacturing: Learning From a Landmine Producer Who Became a Deminer

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certain industries—labeled “dirty,” “sinful,” “stigmatized,” or “controversial”—are under public scrutiny because of the ethical, social, and environmental concerns that they raise. Previous research has typically focused on the industry or organizational level of analysis, examining how companies in controversial industries can enhance their ...
Marco Guerci, Luca Carollo
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Species composition and distribution of gallinaceous birds (Aves, Galliformes) in the south of eastern Europe during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene—a review

Boreas, EarlyView.
This study investigates the species composition and distribution of gallinaceous birds (Galliformes) in the south of eastern Europe, specifically within the territory of present‐day Ukraine, during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. The research is based on the comprehensive revision of skeletal remains found at archaeological sites.
Leonid Gorobets, Tyt Volynskyi, Mykola Knysh, Oleksandr Kovalchuk   +3 more
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Equity considerations in the proposed wildlife protocol to the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Wildlife trafficking poses a critical threat to global biodiversity, contributes to organized crime, and has disproportionate impacts on underserved and Indigenous communities. Although international legal instruments, such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and institutional collaborations,
Chad Patrick Osorio
wiley   +1 more source

Socio‐psychological determinants of beekeeper conflict with bee‐eaters

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
This study investigates factors influencing beekeepers’ use of lethal control against native bee‐eaters in Iran using the theory of planned behavior. Experience, social norms, intentions, and economic dependence significantly predicted using lethal control methods.
Danial Nayeri, Logan Hysen, Daniel Pilgreen, Reyhane Rastgoo, Pourya Sardari, Alireza Mohammadi, Seyed Mohammadreza Kashfi, Ashley Dayer, Gerard Kyle   +8 more
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Strategic materials and state capacity in Renaissance Italy. The economic policies of ‘Roman saltpetre’ procurement

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Demonstrating the existence of a soaring demand for strategic materials in fifteenth‐century Rome, the article pioneers research in the late medieval trade in saltpetre, the irreplaceable, rare component of gunpowder, indispensable for waging war following the diffusion of artillery technology.
Fabrizio Antonio Ansani
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Competition and payments to African chiefs on the Gold Coast during the slave trade, 1679‒1704

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The manuscript records of the Royal African Company show that the Company paid African chiefs for access to trade along the caravan routes on the Gold Coast in the seventeenth century. This paper documents and examines these payments. Using an event study, I establish that after the Glorious Revolution in 1688 when the Company's monopoly in ...
Jose Rowell Corpuz
wiley   +1 more source

Developing implementation strategies for firearm safety promotion in paediatric primary care for suicide prevention in two large US health systems: a study protocol for a mixed-methods implementation study [PDF]

, 2017
Courtney Benjamin Wolk, Shari Jager‐Hyman, Steven C. Marcus, Brian K. Ahmedani, John E. Zeber, Joel A. Fein, Gregory K. Brown, Adina Lieberman, Rinad S. Beidas   +8 more
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A global perspective on transitioning from pediatric to adult care in epilepsy

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Transition planning in epilepsy is crucial to ensure continuity of care, particularly for adolescents with complex needs, yet global practices remain undefined. The International League Against Epilepsy Transition Task Force (ILAE TTF) aimed to evaluate worldwide practices, barriers, and provider perspectives on transitioning ...
Danielle M. Andrade, Nathalie Jetté, Ilakkiah Chandran, Puja Patel, Guido Rubboli, J. Helen Cross, Dana Craiu, Chong Tin Tan, Edward Kija, Eva Fung, Tiziana Granata, Hassan Hosny, Marco Mula, Kate Riney, Renée A. Shellhaas, Maria Siddiqui, Quratulain Zulfiqar Ali, Julien Hébert, Paula Marques, Bronte Kerrigan, Caihong Ji, Kette Valente, Jaime Carrizosa, Rima Nabbout   +23 more
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Commonsense Solutions: State Gun Laws to Protect Kids from Unintended Shootings [PDF]

, 2015
This report provides a series of proposals that state legislators should enact in their states to help protect children from improperly stored firearms.

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