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Lessons on touch: Caring for pesticide exposure in toxic geographies
Geographical Research, EarlyView.This article studies touch as a tool to sense and care for chronic pesticide exposure. It uncovers how agricultural communities come in contact with toxic chemicals and learn to live within toxic geographies as well as possible. Such understandings can cultivate more compassionate and liveable worlds.
Mayra Sánchez Barba
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Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Social scientists have long been interested in understanding how age, period, and cohort effects shape long‐term homicide trends. Yet fundamental measurement challenges remain pervasive in estimating age‐specific homicide rates for birth cohorts.
Jason Robey, Matt Vogel
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Market orientation and national homicide rates
Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract We studied the influence of market orientation on national homicide rates. Multiple theoretical traditions equate the development and dominance of markets with higher crime rates. Some traditional sociological theoretical claims, however, suggest market expansion should reduce violence.
William Alex Pridemore, Meghan L. Rogers
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Widespread depolarization during expiration: A source of respiratory drive? [PDF]
, 2014 Respiration influences various pacemakers and rhythms of the body during inspiration and expiration but the underlying mechanisms are relatively unknown.
Barnes, Vernon A. +3 more
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Interventional oncology in children: Where are we now?
Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, EarlyView.Abstract Paediatric Interventional Oncology (IO) lags behind adult IO due to a scarcity of specific outcome data. The suboptimal way to evolve this field is relying heavily on adult experiences. The distinct tumour types prevalent in children, such as extracranial germ cell tumours, sarcomas, and neuroblastoma, differ strongly from those found in ...
Premal Amrishkumar Patel +1 more
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Six months exclusive breastfeeding : a relational behaviour influenced by actual and virtual social networks : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of philosophy in Midwifery, Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand [PDF]
, 2017 Six months exclusive breastfeeding:|ba relational behaviour influenced by actual and virtual social networks : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of philosophy in Midwifery, Massey University, Manawatu, New ...
Alianmoghaddam, Narges
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Animal Conservation, EarlyView.We developed a population viability analysis to inform reintroduction strategies for the endangered Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus), incorporating age‐specific vital rates, release costs on survival and reproduction, environmental and demographic stochasticity, and catastrophic events.
Elisa Neves +8 more
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Deciphering infant mortality. Part 1: empirical evidence
, 2016 This paper is not (or at least not only) about human infant mortality. In line with reliability theory, "infant" will refer here to the time interval following birth during which the mortality (or failure) rate decreases.
Berrut, Sylvie +3 more
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Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Background and aims Alcohol consumption is a key preventable cause of disease and injury worldwide. Recent evidence suggests that younger generations may be consuming less alcohol. However, it is still uncertain whether this trend is temporary or indicative of an enduring generational shift.
Gianluca Di Censo +3 more
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