Results 21 to 30 of about 40,286 (344)
Veterinarians’ experiences of treating cases of animal abuse: An online questionnaire study
Veterinary Record, Volume 191, Issue 11, 3/10 December 2022., 2022 Abstract Background This study aimed to examine veterinarians’ experiences of treating cases of nonaccidental injury and other forms of animal abuse and to assess their support needs and barriers to reporting cases. Methods An online questionnaire was completed by 215 veterinarians.
Joanne M. Williams +3 more
wiley +1 more source
The relevance of gunshot residues in forensic science
WIREs Forensic Science, Volume 5, Issue 1, January/February 2023., 2023 Gunshot residue is a relevant trace in the investigation of firearm related events. While much research has been carried out to develop detection and analysis methods, the focus needs now to shift from means to purposes. More knowledge on the trace characteristics, how it transfers, persists and the prevalence in the environment, will lead to a more ...
Virginie Redouté Minzière +4 more
wiley +1 more source
Firearm Suicides And Availability Of Firearms: The Swiss Experience
European Psychiatry, 2010 AbstractThis study aimed to examine the association between the availability of firearms at home, and the proportion of firearm suicides in Switzerland in an ecological analysis. The data series were analysed by canton and yielded a fairly high correlation (Spearman's rho = 0.60). Thus, the association holds also at a sub-national level.
Ajdacic-Gross, Vladeta +6 more
openaire +3 more sources
Global Mortality From Firearms, 1990-2016
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2018 Importance Understanding global variation in firearm mortality rates could guide prevention policies and interventions. Objective To estimate mortality due to firearm injury deaths from 1990 to 2016 in 195 countries and territories.
M. Naghavi +167 more
semanticscholar +1 more source
Acoustic detection of gunshots to improve measurement and mapping of hunting activity
Wildlife Society Bulletin, Volume 46, Issue 5, December 2022., 2022 This study explores the use of passive acoustic monitoring to detect gunshots and map spatial and temporal patterns of hunting activity. Across a three‐month deployment period in a protected area, we detected hundreds of gunshots which revealed distinct hunting rates in different parts of the park and pronounced differences across days of the week. The
Richard W. Hedley +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Emergency Physicians’ Familiarity with the Safe Handling of Firearms
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2019 Introduction: Emergency physicians (EP) experience high rates of workplace violence, the risks of which increase with the presence of weapons. Up to 25% of trauma patients brought to the emergency department (ED) have been found to carry weapons.
Kaitlin Ray +4 more
doaj +1 more source
Self-supervised visual learning for analyzing firearms trafficking activities on the Web [PDF]
, 2023 Automated visual firearms classification from RGB images is an important real-world task with applications in public space security, intelligence gathering and law enforcement investigations. When applied to images massively crawled from the World Wide Web (including social media and dark Web sites), it can serve as an important component of systems ...
arxiv +1 more source
Modern Geográfia, 2022 The theory of the military revolution was initiated by Michael Roberts in his writing on the state of the Swedish army in the 17th century. The advent of firearms fundamentally changed warfare, although the bow and cold weapons remained dominant on the ...
Kiss, Márton
doaj +1 more source
The Intersection of Firearms and Intimate Partner Homicide in 15 Nations
Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 2020 Intimate partners commit approximately one in three homicides against women worldwide. Little is known about situational factors that contribute to intimate partner homicides (IPH) and how they may differ across nations.
A. Zeoli +2 more
semanticscholar +1 more source
Збірник наукових праць Національної академії Державної прикордонної служби України. Серія: педагогічні науки, 2022 The article reveals the features of the firearms training of future officers at the higher military education institutions of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
Сергій Заболотний +1 more
doaj +1 more source