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Attack Assignments in Terror Organizations and The Productivity of Suicide Bombers [PDF]
This paper studies the relation between human capital of suicide bombers and outcomes of their suicide attacks. We argue that human capital is an important factor in the production of terrorism, and that if terrorists behave rationally we should observe ...
Claude Berrebi, Efraim Benmelech
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European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT National identity is widely assumed to be an important basis for individuals’ willingness to fight for their country; yet, most previous research has focused on individual‐level identity, with limited attention to collective‐level processes.
Kengo Nawata
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Effective Counterterrorism: What Have We Learned so Far? [PDF]
The fight against terrorism, in particular of Islamist nature, has become a focus area of foreign and security policies in Western countries and around the world. This substantial effort is however only to a limited extent matched by adequate evaluations
Daniela Pisoiu, Eric van Um
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Epilepsia, EarlyView.Abstract Objective This study was undertaken to evaluate whether synaptic vesicle protein 2A (SV2A) expression on peripheral immune cells predicts treatment response to levetiracetam in epilepsy. Methods High‐dimensional flow cytometry was used to prospectively assess SV2A expression on immune cells from levetiracetam responders, nonresponders, and ...
Johannes Lang +4 more
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Perspectives on Terrorism, 2011 When it comes to explaining, predicting, and preventing suicide terrorism, there is a lot more important work to be done. This paper draws on the most recent evidence about where suicide terrorism occurs and why to propose a basic explanatory ...
Adam Lankford
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Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP): Risk management of pediatric patients with epilepsy
Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.Abstract Objective Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is the leading cause of death in people with epilepsy with an incidence of 1:1000. The primary risk factors for SUDEP are generalized or focal to bilateral tonic–clonic seizures. Preventive measures like nighttime monitoring devices and resuscitation training address modifiable risk factors.
Laura Lutz +3 more
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“Smashing Into Crowds” -- An Analysis of Vehicle Ramming Attacks [PDF]
, 2019 Vehicle ramming attacks are not new. But since 2010 Jihadists have urged their use. Is this the wave of the future, or a terrorist fad? To answer this and other questions the authors expanded and updated the database used in their May 2018 MTI Security ...
Butterworth, Bruce R. +1 more
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European Eating Disorders Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Disturbances of glucose homoeostasis are claimed to act as both a consequence and maintaining factor in eating disorders (EDs). This study explored glucose trends and their association with real‐time food intake and self‐report eating psychopathology in a sample of patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) and binge‐eating disorder (BED ...
Marianna Rania +8 more
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Minimum Wages, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and Mental Health Around Pregnancy
Health Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study estimates the effects on perinatal mental health of the state's minimum wage and earned income tax credit (EITC), controlling for other policies and state‐level factors. Using data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System for 2012–2018 births we find robust evidence that minimum wages and EITC levels reduce depression ...
Bryce J. Stanley, Karen Smith Conway
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Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Workplace bullying (WB) remains a pervasive concern across all sectors, including higher education institutions (HEIs), where shifting power dynamics, performance pressures, and transformation mandates often create fertile ground for systemic abuse.
Helen Meyer
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