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Accountability and Intervening Agency: An Asymmetry between Upstream and Downstream Actors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Suppose someone (P1) does something that is wrongful only in virtue of the risk that it will enable another person (P2) to commit a wrongdoing. Suppose further that P1’s conduct does indeed turn out to enable P2’s wrongdoing.
Bazargan-Forward, Saba
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Borders in a Borderland: The Buryat‐Cossacks and the Buryat National Movement, 1917–21

open access: yesThe Russian Review, Volume 84, Issue 3, Page 403-421, July 2025.
Abstract Between the February revolution and the 1921 end of the Russian Civil War, Buryat nationalists built a nation around Lake Baikal. Leaders sought Buryat autonomy within a postrevolutionary Russian polity. A lengthy border with Mongolia framed the region’s political geography and state‐builders competed for Buryat allegiances, compelling Buryat ...
Griffin B. Creech
wiley   +1 more source

SOME FORENSIC ASPECTS OF BALLISTIC IMAGING [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Analysis of ballistics evidence (spent cartridge casings and bullets) has been a staple of forensic criminal investigation for almost a century. Computer-assisted databases of images of ballistics evidence have been used since the mid-1980s to help ...
Cork, Daniel L.   +2 more
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What's in a Shame? Rethinking School Safety in the Face of Disruptive Threats

open access: yesJournal of School Health, Volume 95, Issue 6, Page 471-474, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Background Following school shootings, threats of violence often surge, straining law enforcement and disrupting school operations. Some agencies respond with “shaming” tactics, such as publicizing arrests, but research shows these methods can worsen outcomes by increasing fear and alienation among students.
Sarah M. Stilwell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Firearm Curriculum for Pediatric Residents Improves Safe Storage Counseling [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Objectives Firearms are the leading cause of death among children and adolescents. Despite evidence to support physician training in firearm safety counseling, formal curricula are limited in pediatric residency programs.
Dinov, Darina, DO   +8 more
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Note on a 'Dag' or Pistol with Snaphaunce Lock and Pear-shaped Butt

open access: yesProceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1915
The lock is on the snaphaunce principle, that is, the nose of the sear projects through the lock plate and catches over a spur on the back of the doghead; the friction plate and pan-cover are independent pieces, the latter being slid off on the fall of ...
C. Whitelaw
semanticscholar   +1 more source

No thanks: How an ideology of sharing, not reciprocating, ensures abundance in the forests of south‐eastern Cameroon

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 5, Page 1041-1055, May 2025.
Abstract Reciprocity and relationality are themes which frequently emerge with respect to human–nature associations in Indigenous groups around the world. But many hunter‐gatherers have been shown to reject systems of reciprocity, instead favouring unconditional sharing both between each other and their environment through egalitarian social structures.
Simon Hoyte, Felix Mangombe
wiley   +1 more source

Tranexamic acid is associated with post‐injury mortality in a resource‐limited trauma system: Findings from the epidemiology and outcomes of prolonged trauma care cohort study

open access: yesTransfusion, Volume 65, Issue S1, Page S276-S287, May 2025.
Abstract Background Injury‐related deaths claim millions of lives annually, with severe hemorrhage a leading cause. This study assesses tranexamic acid (TXA) administered within 3 h post‐injury on mortality in trauma patients. Study Design And Methods We conducted secondary database analysis of EpiC, a multicenter, prospective cohort of trauma patients
Adane F. Wogu   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gun Safety & Public Health: Policy Recommendations for a More Secure America [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This reportr describes the public health approach to reducing gun violence, including policy ...

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