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Invisible Labor and the “Ghost Particle”: Underground Physics at the Kolar Gold Fields**
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.Abstract When cosmic rays—high‐energy particles from outer space—encounter the Earth's atmosphere, they produce particles called neutrinos. To detect them, physicists go underground inside deep mines where the overlying rock can filter out the cosmic‐ray background radiation.
Nithyanand Rao
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Nanomaterials for enhanced X‐ray‐triggered cancer therapy: Progress and prospects
BMEMat, EarlyView.This review summarizes the latest progress in nanomaterials for X‐ray‐triggered cancer therapy, highlighting their various advantages such as targeted delivery, reduced side effects, and enhanced therapeutic efficacy. Abstract X‐rays, a form of ionizing radiation with high energy and significant penetration capability, are commonly used in clinical ...
Yuanchun Chen +6 more
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Suicide: the key role of short range ties
, 2005 The paper explores the connection between short-range social ties (i.e. links with close relatives) and the occurrence of suicide. The objective is to discriminate between a model based on social ties and a model based on psychological traumas.
Roehner, Bertrand M.
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, 2018 From 2013-2018, we taught a collection of interrelated law and social work clinical courses, which we call “the Unger clinic.” This clinic was part of a major, multi-year criminal justice project, led by the Maryland Office of the Public Defender.
Bowman Rivas, Rebecca +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examined how Bitcoin, energy prices, and geopolitical risk interact by examining the first four moments (mean, variance, skewness, and kurtosis) of their return distributions by using wavelet analysis. The findings reveal that the co‐movement patterns of energy index, geopolitical risk index, and Bitcoin prices are time and ...
Pooja Kumari +4 more
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Regulation of Sexual Behavior and Health in German Prisons and Forensic Psychiatric Hospitals
Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Individuals housed in prisons or forensic hospitals experience significant restrictions on their sexual rights. There is a lack of data on how sexual behavior and sexual health of institutionalized persons are managed and to what extent they are based on shared guidelines or decisions of the individual staff.
Hanna H. Hanss +3 more
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Segregated prisoners: nature imagery project in prisons as a program option [PDF]
, 2018 Master's Project (M.A.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2018Solitary confinement can be summarized as the state of being alone in a prison cell for 22 to 24 hours a day with minimal human interaction, little to no natural light, property restrictions ...
Schwankl, Kristine
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Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Pareto principle is based on the concept that roughly 80% of outcomes are generated by 20% of inputs, efforts, or contributors within a group. Using a national sample of U.S. prison inmates, we examined various percentile rankings of self‐reported institutional misconduct to determine how much disorder is created behind bars by the most ...
Mark A. Morgan +3 more
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Engaging prisoners in education: Reducing risk and recidivism [PDF]
, 2015 Engaging prisoners in education is one of a range of measures that could alleviate security risk in prisons. For prisoners, one of the main challenges with incarceration is monotony, often leading to frustration, raising the risk of injury for staff and ...
Farley, Helen, Pike, Anne
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Digital Sentience? Evaluating the Integration of AI‐Driven Tools in Animal Welfare Assessment
Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Sara Platto
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