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Associations among aerobic physical activity, mild traumatic brain injury history, and health‐related quality of life in military service members and Veterans: A LIMBIC‐CENC study

open access: yesPM&R, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is common among military service members. Moderate‐to‐vigorous aerobic exercise (MVAE) is a modifiable behavior with potential benefits for individuals following mTBI but is poorly understood for long‐term mTBI health.
Brendan E. Casola   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of military service on earnings in Britain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
I found no effect of military service on earnings in Britain using OLS. Using the abolition of conscription as an IV, I found that ex-military personnel earn about 20% less than comparable non-veterans.
O'Sullivan, Vincent Aidan
core  

How digitisation of herbaria reveals the botanical legacy of the First World War

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Digitisation of herbarium collections is bringing greater understanding to bear on the complexity of narratives relating to the First World War and its aftermath – scientific and societal. Plant collecting during the First World War was more widespread than previously understood, contributed to the psychological well‐being of those involved and ...
Christopher Kreuzer, James A. Wearn
wiley   +1 more source

Age-period-cohort analysis of smoking prevalence trends among career military personnel in South Korea

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases
Introduction This study evaluated smoking trends among career military personnel in South Korea. After a tobacco tax increase in 2015, the tobacco control program for career military personnel expanded significantly.
Sunju Jung, Heewon Kang, Sung-il Cho
doaj   +1 more source

Shake & Bake: Dual-Use Chemicals, Contexts, and the Illegality of American White Phosphorus Attacks in Iraq [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
[Excerpt] “On November 29, 2005, in a Department of Defense press conference with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Gen. Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Pace stated that white phosphorus “is a legitimate tool of the ...
Tessier, Joseph D.
core   +1 more source

Hearing in military personnel.

open access: yesAnnals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 1980
Impaired hearing is an occupational hazard prevalent not only in industry but also in the armed forces. A survey to establish its prevalence in the SAF land forces was conducted. A sample of 2,564 subjects obtained through multistage proportional sampling was studied of whom 1,521 "normal" subjects were finally analysed. 403 subjects i.e. 26.5%, showed
D R, Paul, S L, Chai, M, Thomas
openaire   +1 more source

Landless peasants, soilless cultivation: British agricultural experimentation and intervention in post‐independence Iraq (1932–1958)

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
‘Greening’ is often depicted as an inherently benevolent practice, turning arid stretches of land into arable and fertile plots. However, by considering a longer history of place and taking archival records into account, such transformations are rendered more complex and, often, more fraught.
Zsuzsanna Ihar
wiley   +1 more source

FY2018 National Defense Authorization Act: Selected Military Personnel Issues [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
[Excerpt] Military personnel issues typically generate significant interest from many Members of Congress and their staffs. This report provides a brief synopsis of selected sections in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2018 (H.R.
Kamarck, Kristy N   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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