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The Effect of Electoral Violence on Electoral Participation in Africa

open access: yesCadernos de Estudos Africanos, 2019
Systematic African studies have revealed that electoral violence tends to have a negative impact driving Africans away from participating in elections.
Carlos Shenga, Amílcar Pereira
doaj   +1 more source

Eight Forms of Abuse: The Validation and Reliability of Two Multidimensional Instruments of Intimate Partner Violence

open access: yesPsichologija, 2021
Many researchers are still relying on older and more rigid instruments focusing mostly on the physical aspect of intimate partner violence (IPV). This way multidimensionality of IPV and complex experiences of IPV survivors’ are overlooked by many researchers, practitioners and decision-makers.
Zuzana Vasiliauskaitė, Robert Geffner
openaire   +3 more sources

Filio-parental violence analyzed through the Spanish press (2010–2020). Child-to-parent violence: A case of family violence

open access: yesFrontiers in Sociology, 2023
Violence exercised by children against their parents has increased significantly, affecting society both directly and indirectly. This type of violence is one of the least investigated and least exposed by the media.
Juan Martínez Torvisco   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Life loaded with threat and vulnerability: a qualitative inquiry into the experiences of HIV negative married women in serodiscordant heterosexual relationships

open access: yesBMC Women's Health, 2021
Background Violence against women is a major, complex, multidimensional and widespread public health concern worldwide. The current qualitative study was conducted to understand the experience of violence among HIV negative married women in heterosexual ...
Mona Larki   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

RADICAL CARE AND DECOLONIAL FUTURES: CONVERSATIONS ON IDENTITY, HEALTH, AND SPIRITUALITY WITH INDIGENOUS QUEER, TRANS, AND TWO-SPIRIT YOUTH

open access: yesInternational Journal of Child, Youth & Family Studies, 2021
The spirituality and health of Indigenous queer, trans, and two-spirit people occurs within and responds to contexts of extreme colonial violence. However, few studies have examined the relationships among the identity, health, and spirituality of ...
Jeffrey Ansloos   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Entangled Bystanders: Multidimensional Trauma of Ethnic Cleansing and Mass Violence in Eastern Galicia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
AbstractThis chapter focuses on the multidimensional trauma of witnesses to mass ethnic violence. The author analyzes the personal experiences of civilians during World War II in Eastern Galicia (once a multi-ethnic borderland region: before 1939 in Poland, now in Ukraine). What makes Galicia an exceptional case study is the continuity of mass violence
openaire   +1 more source

Multimodal Engagement Assessment in Children During Invented Story Paradigm With a Social Robot

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A multimodal framework is proposed to assess children's engagement during storytelling interactions with a social robot. Gaze, physiological, and behavioral data are combined and validated against observer ratings. An automated gaze‐labeling strategy is introduced, and supervised classifiers achieve high accuracy. The study supports scalable engagement
Laura Fiorini   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring domestic violence against Egyptian women and its consequent cost using a latent variable model

open access: yesBMC Women's Health
Background Domestic Violence is a threatening worldwide problem. Its consequences against women can be dramatic, as it negatively affects women’s quality of life reflected in their general wellbeing including physical, mental, emotional and sexual health,
Mai Sherif Hafez   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gender in Multidimensional Peacekeeping Operations: Sexual Violence in Conflict

open access: yesMediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2014
© 2014, Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research. All rights reserved. Sexual violence, abuse and mass rapes became a method of warfare long ago. Women and children are the most vulnerable category of the population becoming victims of crimes of all parties to the armed conflict.
openaire   +4 more sources

Smart Nanotechnologies for Multimodal Neuromodulation and Brain Interfacing

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Recent advances in smart nanotechnologies are expanding the toolbox for brain interfacing, from wireless neuromodulation and high‐resolution sensing to targeted delivery within the central nervous system. By combining responsive nanomaterials with bioinspired design, these platforms enable multimodal interactions with neurons and glia, while also ...
Tommaso Curiale   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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