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Confronting uncertainty: Anthropology and zones of the extraordinary [PDF]
, 2013 This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below, copyright @ 2013 the American Anthropological Association.Anthropological theory has privileged consideration of the regularities of everyday life and
Niehaus, I
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Estimating crippling loss from hunting with multistate models: a case study on northern bobwhites
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Hunting as a recreational pursuit provides an important ecosystem service worldwide. Harvest management plays a vital role in regulating wildlife take to ensure long‐term population sustainability and meet value‐based objectives (e.g. hunter satisfaction). However, managers rarely have complete control or observability of harvest mortality.
Amanda S. Cramer +10 more
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Analysis of School Shootings: December 15, 2012 - December 9, 2014 [PDF]
, 2015 Regardless of the individuals involved in a shooting or the circumstances that gave rise to it, gunfire in our schools shatters the sense of security that these institutions are meant to foster.
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Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Little is known about what happens to juvenile birds after one or both of their parents are harvested by hunters during the post‐fledging dependency period. Here, we compare the fate of juvenile Canada geese Branta canadensis that lost ≥ 1 parent to hunters (orphans) during this period to other juveniles that retained both parents (non‐orphans). For 25
Michael R. Conover, Lauren J. Head
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Chronic Wasting Disease management responses in North America: A public policy analysis
Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.In this study we use the Multiple Streams Framework from public policy theory to assess the responses of wildlife management agencies in states and provinces with CWD‐positive cases in the United States and Canada to alleviate public concerns and manage the spread of this disease.
Kelly H. Dunning +12 more
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Fatal Gaps: How Missing Records in the Federal Background Check System Put Guns in the Hands of Killers [PDF]
, 2011 This report analyzes newly released FBI data showing millions of records identifying seriously mentally ill people and drug abusers are missing from the NICS database because of lax state reporting.
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.In June 2023, the Laje River, located in the traditional territory of the Wari’ Indigenous people in Rondônia, Brazil, was declared a legal entity, an earth being, with rights, following the co‐ordinated action of an indigenous councillor and non‐indigenous activists.
Aparecida Vilaça
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US State Policy Contexts and Mental Health Among Working‐Age Adults
The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.Policy Points States’ overarching policy contexts are a meaningful yet overlooked predictor of adults’ mental health, with more conservative contexts associated with worse mental health outcomes over a 30‐year period. Counterfactual analyses suggest that widespread policy shifts could meaningfully alter the national prevalence of mental distress ...
ILIYA GUTIN +4 more
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Secure & Prepared, October 4, 2006, Vol.2, no.19 [PDF]
, 2006 Secure & Prepared is a bi-weekly publication of the Iowa Homeland Security & Emergency Management Division for those involved in the homeland security system in the state of ...
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US State Policy Index for Population Health Analyses
The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.Policy Points Changes in states’ policy contexts since the 1980s may help explain why mortality rates among working‐age adults have risen and become more unequal across geographic areas. Investigating this pressing issue requires a new, industry‐standard measure of those contexts.
JENNIFER KARAS MONTEZ +2 more
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