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Fear and Firearms [PDF]

, 2017
Reviewing: MICHAEL WALDMAN, THE SECOND AMENDMENT: A BIOGRAPHY (SIMON & SCHUSTER 2014); FIRMIN DEBRABANDER, DO GUNS MAKE US FREE? DEMOCRACY AND THE ARMED SOCIETY (YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS 2015)
Miller, Darrell A. H.
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Attitudes & Roles Regarding Firearm Access and Suicide Prevention in Vermont Middle & High Schools [PDF]

, 2020
Adolescent suicide is a serious public health concern in Vermont, and the presence of firearms in the home is a known risk factor. Suicide attempts with firearms are more likely to be completed than attempts with other means, with an 85% mortality rate ...
Carpenter, Cari, Chan, Kelly, Davis, Wendy, Fontaine, Kristin, Greenberg, Jeremy, Heiser, Alyssa, Peterson, Ashleigh, Twining, Peter, Wheeler, Emerson   +8 more
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Agricultural Injuries With Dementia: Double Whammy?

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nearly 40% of US farmers are over 65 years old. Some emerging evidence links agricultural occupational exposure to increased dementia risk. However, little is known about dementia and injury outcomes in agricultural settings. Methods We employed data from the American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Programs Participant Use File (
Kanika Arora, Jonathan Davis, Lila B. Basnet, Julie Bobitt   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Connection Between Legal and Illegal Firearms Markets: How the Change in Gun Control Policy in Brazil Intensified This Link

Journal of Illicit Economies and Development
In recent decades, the global debate on gun control has been prominent, with many countries adopting more restrictive policies. Brazil followed this trend by implementing stringent measures in 2003; however, the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro in 2019 ...
Roberto Uchôa de Oliveira Santos
doaj   +1 more source

Access to Firearms as an Element of Political Positioning of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party during the 2016 US Presidential Elections

Historia i Polityka, 2019
The aim of the paper is to identify and describe the policy positioningof the Democratic Party and the Republican Party as concerns access to firearms duringthe 2016 presidential election in the USA.
Aleksy Borówka
doaj   +1 more source

Factors associated with interpersonal firearm violence in men in the municipalities of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2009-2019

Revista de Geografia (Recife), 2022
A problem observed in Brazil throughout the rest of Latin America, violence is a consequence of an imbalance in socioeconomic, political and cultural conditions, resulting from the abuse of economic and political powers and a policy of equitable ...
Mario Ribeiro Alves
doaj   +1 more source

Sudan at War With Itself: Civilian Devastation in the Civil War

Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A civil war is raging in Sudan between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) along with militia groups. Beginning on April 15, 2023, and continuing at least to this writing (October 15, 2025), civilian noncombatants have been subjected to bombings, beatings, torture, shootings, rape, and murder on a large scale. Since
Daniel Rothbart, Bayan Abubakr, Beltina Gjeloshi, Dieter Pfoser   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Demographical and Epidemiological Aspects of Firearms Injuries and the Medical Care of Emergency in Emergency Clinic

Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2020
Firearms injuries are a major public health problem in Kosovo. Injuries from firearms injuries are those caused by any firearm (cartridge, Cannonball) and from the special properties war, mine explosive grenades, and other subjects.
Basri LENJANI, Blerim KRASNIQI, Premtim RASHITI, Ilaz BUNJAKU, Nuhi ARSLANI, Elfije KRASNIQI, Shpresa MAKOLLI, Fllanza HALITI, Dardan LENJANI, Kenan LJUHAR, Adem ZALIHIĆ, Aida GAVRANOVIĆ, Arban DEMI   +12 more
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Review of millimeter‐wave and terahertz near‐field synthetic aperture radar imaging technology

InfoScience, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper comprehensively reviews the development of millimeter‐wave (MMW) and terahertz (THz) near‐field imaging technologies, with an emphasis on the state of synthetic aperture radar (SAR)‐based imaging technologies. Near‐field imaging technologies are categorized into passive and active imaging modes, among which active imaging is favored
Qi Yang, Hongqiang Wang, Xu Chen, Xin Peng   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical and demographic characteristics of adolescents, emerging adults, and young adults presenting to an emergency department following a suicide attempt

JCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Suicide is a significant public health concern and the second leading cause of death in adolescents and young adults. This study sought to better understand differences in demographic and clinical characteristics of young people who attempted suicide during three phases of this developmental period: late adolescence (14–17 years),
Nicholas M. Brdar, Natasha K. Matta, Chloe A. Miner, Mubashshir R. Bhuiyan, Irmgard G. Pallas, Anna L. Bickersteth, Hailey G. Prokop, Lindsay A. Bornheimer   +7 more
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