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Physician documentation of access to firearms in suicidal patients in the emergency department [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Introduction: Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. An estimated 50% of these deaths are due to firearms. Suicidal ideation (SI) is a common complaint presenting to the emergency department (ED).
Mueller, Kristen L, Naganathan, Sonya
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Seasonality of fruiting phenology, hunting behaviour and taste preferences in Madagascar's Makira Protected Area

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract For many people around the world, especially in Indigenous communities, seasonal changes affect the availability and desirability of different types of food. Assessing the relationship between seasonality, sociocultural preferences and hunting patterns is vital for understanding how these populations harness seasonal food production dynamics ...
Emerson Arehart   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Africa's Leadership in Global Development Debates: Contribution of the Common African Position to the Post‐2015 Development Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The adoption of the Common African Position (CAP) by the African Union in 2014 marked a transformative shift in Africa's engagement with global development, shaping the post‐2015 development agenda and sustainable development goals (SDGs). Despite its significance, the CAP's contributions remain underacknowledged in mainstream narratives. This
Hafte Gebreselassie Gebrihet   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Right to Bear Arms: A Uniquely American Entitlement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In District of Columbia v. Heller the Supreme Court held that individuals have a constitutional right to own firearms, notably to keep a loaded handgun at home for self-protection.
Gostin, Lawrence O.
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Criminal Justice and Suicide Outcomes with Indiana's Risk-Based Gun Seizure Law [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This article examines the application and effectiveness of a 2006 Indiana law designed to prevent gun violence by authorizing police officers to separate firearms from persons who present imminent or future risk of injury to self or others, or display a ...
Alanis-Hirsch, Kelly   +9 more
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Values and visibility: How CEO activism influences private and public consumer choices

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Firms' and executives' stances on controversial issues affect consumer behavior. This “political consumerism” might be motivated by ideology and a desire to signal to peers, and thus vary for private and public purchases. We conduct an experiment with 1198 consumers to study how purchase visibility affects responses to CEO ...
Young Hou, Christopher Poliquin
wiley   +1 more source

Collective Efficacy and Firearms Violence in Anchorage, Alaska: Preliminary Findings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Paper also presented at the 2007 annual meeting of the Western Society of Criminology, Scottsdale, Arizona.This paper seeks to advance the discussion of the utility of collective efficacy, as captured by Sampson, Raudenbush and Earls, in understanding ...
Evans, Shel Llee, Langworthy, Robert H.
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The Interactional Pathways of Mass Killings: Toward a Novel Understanding of Rampage School Shootings

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Rampage school shootings, where students go to their own school to randomly kill classmates, teachers, friends, and strangers, are among the most drastic types of human behavior. While research increasingly points to interaction dynamics as being key for the emergence of crime and violence, scholars have not yet systematically studied interaction ...
Anne Nassauer
wiley   +1 more source

A Firearms in Military Activities in the Borderland of Bohemia, Silesia and Lesser Poland in the Times of Matthias Corvinuses

open access: yesFasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae, 2017
Matthias Corvinus, the Hungarian ruler who was also called the „Warrior King”, was carrying out very intensive policy in Central Europe. Having come to the throne of Hungary in 1458, he soon also seized Moravia, Silesia and Vienna.
Piotr Strzyż
doaj   +1 more source

Debunking a Myth: The Gun Lobby's Claim That Less Than 1% of Crime Guns Come from Gun Shows [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
A loophole in federal law and the law of 33 states, commonly referred to as the "Gun Show Loophole," allows unlicensed vendors at these events to sell firearms without conducting background checks on purchasers.

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