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Views of prison staff in Scotland on the potential benefits and risks of e-cigarettes in smoke-free prisons: a qualitative focus group study

BMJ Open, 2019
ObjectiveElectronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) were introduced into all Scottish prisons in February 2018, some months after prisons began preparing in 2017 for a smoking ban implemented in November 2018.
Helen Sweeting, Kate Hunt, Sean Semple, Ashley Brown, Greig Logan   +4 more
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Antecedents and Moderators for Creating Shared Value in Startups

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the factors determining Creating Shared Value (CSV), validating a conceptual model that integrates external and internal antecedents, moderating variables, and outcomes. Based on a sample of 236 startups operating in the Spanish market, a scale was developed and validated to measure CSV and test the proposed model.
Jonathan Cuevas‐Lizama, Marcelo Royo‐Vela   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Venture Funding: Signals of Environmental Orientation and Their Interplay With Investor‐ and Country‐Level Characteristics

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmentally oriented ventures pursue a dual mission: to create both environmental and financial value. This dual mission adds complexity and can influence ventures' funding prospects, as investors mostly pursue financial motivations.
David Flore, Corinna Vera Hedwig Schmidt, Steffen Strese   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization of Lactic Acid Bacterium Exopolysaccharide, Biological, and Nutritional Evaluation of Probiotic Formulated Fermented Coconut Beverage

International Journal of Food Science
Exopolysaccharides (EPSs), produced by lactic acid bacteria (LAB), play a crucial role in enhancing the texture and stability of yoghurt by forming a protective matrix that helps to maintain its rheological and sensory characteristics.
Bukola Christianah Adebayo-Tayo, Bukola Rachael Ogundele, Oladeji Aderibigbe Ajani, Olusola Ademola Olaniyi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of Bed Bug Infestation (Cimex lectularius) in Prisons in Mazandaran Province, 2015-2017

Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2022
Background and purpose: Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) are major human ectoparasites. Before planning and implementation of any control measures against bed bugs in prisons, it is essential to determine the infestation rate.
Seyed Hassan Nikookar, Ali Jafari, Mahmoud Fazeli-Dinan, Farzane Sahraee, Jamshid Yazdani-Charati, Ahmadali Enayati   +5 more
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Tuberculosis incidence in prisons: a systematic review.

PLoS Medicine, 2010
BackgroundTransmission of tuberculosis (TB) in prisons has been reported worldwide to be much higher than that reported for the corresponding general population.Methods and findingsA systematic review has been performed to assess the risk of incident ...
Iacopo Baussano, Brian G Williams, Paul Nunn, Marta Beggiato, Ugo Fedeli, Fabio Scano   +5 more
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Sex Work and Sexual Victimization: A Comparative Study of Students’ and Police Officers’ Perceptions of Sex‐Working Rape Victims

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Attitudes toward sexual violence and victim‐blaming are culturally dependent and should be examined within specific social and legal contexts. The present study sought to compare Israeli police officers' (N = 220) and students' (N = 230) perceptions toward sex working rape victims. Participants were presented with a vignette describing a rape,
Liza Zvi, Mally Shechory Bitton
wiley   +1 more source

Vaccine Effectiveness during Outbreak of COVID-19 Alpha (B.1.1.7) Variant in Men’s Correctional Facility, United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
In April 2021, a COVID-19 outbreak occurred at a correctional facility in rural Virginia, USA. Eighty-four infections were identified among 854 incarcerated persons by facilitywide testing with reverse transcription quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR).
Rachel A. Silverman, Alessandro Ceci, Alasdair Cohen, Meagan Helmick, Erica Short, Paige Bordwine, Michael J. Friedlander, Carla V. Finkielstein   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Religions and religious freedom in Portuguese prison: notes from the ethnographic fieldwork [PDF]

, 2023
Francesca Cerbini
openalex   +1 more source

Large Language Model (LLM) and Human Performance in Child Investigative Interviewing Question Formulation Tasks

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We compared the performance of large language models (LLMs) and humans with various levels of expertise in child investigative interviewing on tasks related to question formulation. Two tasks were employed: a static Interview Excerpt Task where participants (60 psychologists, 60 naive participants, GPT‐4, and Llama‐2) formulated follow‐up ...
Liisa Järvilehto, Yongjie Sun, Nami Aiba, Shumpei Haginoya, Hasse Hallström, Julia Korkman, Pekka Santtila   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source