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Glare from strong laser pointers pose danger

, 2010
Strong laser pointers have become readily available at low cost during the last years. Predominantly, young men use these pointers for different purposes, from simply playing with it as an advanced torch to disturbing or trying to injure e.g. police men.
Nylén, Per, Thaung, Jörgen,
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Promoting smoking cessation and preventing relapse to tobacco use following a smokefree mental health in‐patient stay: A multi‐centre randomised controlled feasibility study

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims This study assessed the feasibility and acceptability of a new theory‐ and evidence‐based intervention designed to prevent return to pre‐admission smoking behaviours after discharge from a smokefree mental health in‐patient setting in the United Kingdom (UK).
Petal Petersen Williams, Lisa Huddlestone, Emily Shoesmith, Jennifer Sweetman, Heidi Stevens, Alex Mitchell, Fraser Wiggins, Lesley Sinclair, Victoria Exley, Catherine Hewitt, Judith Watson, Qi Wu, Jodi Pervin, Moira Leahy, Claire Paul, Lion Shahab, Michelle Horspool, Tim Coleman, Simon Hough, Elena Ratschen, the SCEPTRE Collaboration team, Lesley Colley, Samantha Brady, John Britton, Simon Gilbody, Steve Parrott, Peter Coventry, Gregor Russell, Paul Galdas   +28 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reducing Glare Effects of Camera Lenses [PDF]

, 2008
Glare arises due to multiple scattering of light inside the camera’s body and lens optics and reduces image contrast. While previous approaches have analyzed glare in 2D image space, we show that glare is inherently a 4D ray-space phenomenon.
C. Veeraraghavan, A. Wilson, Ramesh Raskar, Cyrus A. Wilson, Amit Agrawal, R. Agrawal   +5 more
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Psychological change processes in alcohol use disorder: A qualitative study of 5‐methoxy‐N,N‐dimethyltryptamine (5‐MeO‐DMT) with cognitive behavioural therapy

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims This study qualitatively explored psychological change processes as described by participants and therapists within a phase 2a clinical trial evaluating the safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy of a single dose of intranasal 5‐methoxy‐N,N‐dimethyltryptamine (5‐MeO‐DMT; BPL‐003) administered alongside psychological
Mathieu Seynaeve, Fiona Dunbar, Anna O. Ermakova, Luke Mitcheson, James J. Rucker, Anthony Cleare, John Marsden   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Imagination Will Not Be Automized: On AI Image Generators and Epistemic Oppression

Constellations, EarlyView.
Sarah Abel
wiley   +1 more source

Surface Rights: Sovereignty, Citizenship and the Question of Mineral Rights in the Woodward Commission

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article retraces the Woodward Commission on Aboriginal Land Rights in the Northern Territory, focusing on the question of mineral rights. Mineral rights were assumed in the Commission's terms of reference and expected by many Aboriginal people. Why, then, were they not recommended by the Commission?
Laura Rademaker
wiley   +1 more source

Four Questions for Ethnographers Under Trumpian Authoritarianism

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines evolving challenges and ethical dilemmas facing ethnographers working under intensifying authoritarianism in the United States. Because very little of what the United States is experiencing is new, my work here is primarily curatorial in nature, drawing upon the lessons offered by scholars across disciplines in the United
Elizabeth Hanna Rubio
wiley   +1 more source

Male Mice Heterozygous for Protamine 1 and Protamine 2 Are Infertile, Displaying Sperm Damage and Retention of Protamine 2 Precursors, Transition Proteins, and Histones

Andrology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background During spermiogenesis, protamines (PRMs) replace histones to hypercondense and protect sperm DNA. Rodents and primates express two PRMs (PRM1 and PRM2). Alterations of species‐specific PRM ratios are associated with sub‐ or infertility in mice and humans.
Gina Esther Merges, Christoph Wiesejahn, Mar Domingo‐Lopez, Simon Schneider, Andjela Kovacevic, Lena Arévalo, Hubert Schorle   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Premium Intraocular Lens Selection in Patients With Glaucoma: A Clinical Review

Clinical &Experimental Ophthalmology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Glaucoma frequently coexists with cataract, but glaucomatous functional loss, ocular‐surface disease, anatomical abnormalities, and treatment‐related refractive variability may reduce tolerance of premium intraocular lenses. This narrative review critically appraises evidence relevant to lens selection in glaucoma. Central visual‐field status,
Zhihao Liu, Yajuan Zheng, Mingxuan Wang, Jing Zhao   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Family‐Led Decision‐Making Meetings as an Alternative to Initial Child Protection Conferences: Findings From a Realist Evaluation of the Safeguarding Family Group Conferencing Pilot in England

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Safeguarding Family Group Conferencing (FGC) is a family‐led decision‐making process offered to some families in England as an alternative to an Initial Child Protection Conference when Children's Services have safeguarding concerns. A realist evaluation was conducted within three local authorities piloting this approach to build understanding
Bekkah Bernheim, Jennie Hayes, Alankrita Singh, Katrina Wyatt, Donald Forrester, Lorna Stabler   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source