The insurance effect: How the possession of gas masks reduces the likelihood of a missile attack [PDF]
Judgment and Decision Making, 2013 When a threat looms large in people's minds, they may seek protective measures that could mitigate the negative outcomes associated with this threat. Paradoxically, the possession of such protective measures may, in turn, inspire a sense of safety and ...
Orit E. Tykocinski
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Risk and resilience:Crime and violence prevention in Aboriginal communities [PDF]
, 1999 Developmental prevention involves the manipulation of multiple risk and protective factors early in developmental pathways that lead to offending, often at transition points between life phases.
Herd, Bruce +2 more
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Research Advances of Soil Corrosion of Grounding Grids
Micromachines, 2021 A grounding grid plays the role of discharging current and balancing voltage to ensure the safety of the power system. However, soil corrosion can damage the grounding grid, which then can endanger the safe operation of power system.
Cheng Zhang +5 more
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Cost analysis of artificial and natural oak regeneration in selected forest districts
Leśne Prace Badawcze, 2017 The aim of the paper is to present the results of a cost analysis for artificial and natural oak regeneration in selected forest districts in Poland.
Kaliszewski Adam
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A Wounded Soldier Fighting on two Fronts
International Journal of Engineering and Management Sciences, 2021 Given the fact that the covid-19 pandemic virus has had a pervasive impact on almost every sphere of life globally, it is noteworthy to highlight the role and position of the civil society sector, and this paper intends to do so by striking at two ...
Kushtrim Vllasaj
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Interventions to Control Virus Transmission During an Outbreak of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Experience from Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995. [PDF]
, 1999 On 6 May 1995, the Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) coordinator in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), received a request for assistance for what was believed to be a concurrent outbreak of bacillary dysentery and viral hemorrhagic fever ...
Kerstiëns, B, Matthys, F
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Prevalence of Sharps Injuries among Nursing Staff at hospitals in Kirkuk city
Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences, 2020 Background: infectious disease can transmitted indirectly to the health care worker especially nursing staff through multiple or misuse of needles and sharp instruments.
Waleed Ibrahim Saad +1 more
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Breastfeeding shows a protective trend toward adolescents with higher abdominal adiposity [PDF]
, 2014 Objective: The question of whether breastfeeding has a protective effect against the development of overweight or obesity later in life remains controversial, especially during adolescence.
De Henauw, Stefaan +12 more
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Measures for prevention of domestic violence and for protection of victims in Serbia's legal system with special reference to emergency measures [PDF]
NBP: Nauka, bezbednost, policija, 2019 Over the last two decades, combating domestic violence has been one of our country's main goals. Serbia is one of the 12 countries that have ratified the Council of Europe Convention on Prevention and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic ...
Marković Saša M.
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Technological aspects of technogenic disturbance liquidation in the areas of coal-gas deposits development [PDF]
, 2018 The objective of this work is to develop the technological measures for liquidation of technogenic disturbances that have arisen within the residential areas.
Cherniaiev, Oleksii +4 more
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