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X-Ray Spectrometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The present study is a report of the real forensic analysis of characters written by fountain pen(s) on two sheets of paper. One sheet is the calligraphy written by the victim of the Sayama incident. The other is number characters written with a fountain pen found on the lintel of the suspect's house.
Jun Kawai +2 more
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Effects of banditry on primary health care delivery in north-western Nigeria
Global BiosecurityThis study investigated the effects of banditry on primary health care delivery in north-western Nigeria. Banditry has emerged as a critical concern in recent years in the region, affecting many sectors including healthcare systems.
Nasiru Sani +3 more
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Slaving in Australian courts: blackbirding cases, 1869-1871 [PDF]
, 2000 This article examines major prosecutions in New South Wales and Queensland for blackbirding practices in Melanesian waters, and early regulation under the Imperial Kidnapping Act that was meant to correct problems those prosecutions raised.
Mortensen, Reid
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Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Resilience is still conceptualised as gender‐neutral in research and policy discussions. However, a gendered resilience framework suggests that gender roles and intra‐household dynamics are intricately linked with household resilience. This manuscript aims to analyse the effect of gender role attitudes on climate change resilience.
Bekhzod Egamberdiev +3 more
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Kear v. Hilton: Enforcing the Treaty On Extradition Between the United States and Canada [PDF]
, 1984 This Note examines the justness of the Kear decision. The current provisions of the Extradition Treaty, the powers of bounty hunters, and the role of the courts in regulating extradition are discussed.
Hyland, John A.
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.This article analyses a new wealth tax (the IGF) in Bolivia against the backdrop of the 2019 ousting of former president Evo Morales. In doing so, it engages calls for ‘a return to politics’ in anthropology by proposing the notion of a ‘fiscal grievance politics’ as animating elite opposition to the tax in lowland Santa Cruz department. I show that the
Charles Dolph
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Mapping Sex Offender Addresses: The Utility of the Alaska Sex Offender Registry as a Research Data Base [PDF]
, 2001 The registration of sex offenders was part of a national effort to enhance public safety by permitting law enforcement officials to track the location of convicted sex offenders after their release.
Curtis, Richard W. +3 more
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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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The Increase on Nonconsensual Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan [PDF]
, 2015 Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the country of Kyrgyzstan has had an unprecedented jump in bride kidnapping. The number of occurrences has skyrocketed and with that so has the severity of the violence.
Nawaz, Amna
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History, EarlyView.Abstract In the summer of 1919, W. T. Goode, the Manchester Guardian’s special correspondent in Russia and the Baltic, was arrested in the Estonian capital Tallinn and briefly detained aboard a British warship. Goode's detention caused a furore, leading to accusations of kidnap, heated commentary in the press and questions in parliament.
Colin Storer
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