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A major stakeholder in the lobbying efforts: the role of people who use drugs in the past and the current opioid crisis

BMC Public Health
Background Mass media campaigns have been effectively used in the past to shape public opinion on health. As the synthetic opioid epidemic sadly continues to take the lives of people across the globe, there is little information available on the power of
Ehsan Jozaghi, Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users   +1 more
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A community-based systematic review of economic evaluations of overdose prevention sites for people who use drugs: a study protocol

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Background Over 100 overdose prevention sites (OPS) operate in various jurisdictions, including Australia, Canada, the United States, and several European countries.
Ehsan Jozaghi, Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users   +1 more
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Transformation in the Role of University Libraries Following the Outbreak of the COVID-19 Epidemic [PDF]

علوم و فنون مدیریت اطلاعات
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the measures, strategies, and tools for providing services at Iran's top university libraries during the Covid-19 outbreak and the evolution of the role of university libraries.
Azam Najafqolinejad, Sedighe Shakerei
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Discussing the Need to Manage Uncertainty Relating to Users in Road Tunnel Fire Risk Assessment

Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response (JRACR), 2020
Although tunnels provide roads with numerous advantages, they also include significant risks. Especially, fire accidents are the biggest threats. Nowadays, risk assessment has the predominant role for managing tunnel fire safety and users are in the ...
Panagiotis Ntzeremes, Konstantinos Kirytopoulos, Vrassidas Leopoulos   +2 more
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The power of people who use drugs as mass media influencers in changing public opinion during the global overdose epidemic

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Background Thousands of people have lost their lives due to overdose-related fatalities linked to the potent synthetic opioid epidemic, as mortalities increase annually.
Ehsan Jozaghi, Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users is a consortium/not-for-profit)   +1 more
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Territorialities in social housing. An approach through the users’ perception

ARQUISUR Revista, 2019
In social interest housing, expressions of deterritorialization can be manifested through modifications made by users in their housing units. Such modifications may occur based on users' cultural and subjective values.
Mg. Arq. Deyvid Aléx Bitencourt Monteiro, Dra. Arq. Luciana Inês Gomes Miron, Mg.. Socióloga Michelle Nascimento da Silva   +2 more
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INNOVATION AND DIGITALIZATION IN TOURISM - RESTRICTION OR DEVELOPMENT FOR BUSINESS IN BULGARIA [PDF]

Trakia Journal of Sciences, 2019
The purpose of this publication is to explore the opportunities that innovation and digitization provide in tourism. Although digitization is not a new direction in tourism, its understanding and use in a number of cases is hampered by the lack of ...
E. Velikova
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A Comprehensive Exploration of Fidelity Quantification in Computer-Generated Images

Sensors
Generating realistic road scenes is crucial for advanced driving systems, particularly for training deep learning methods and validation. Numerous efforts aim to create larger and more realistic synthetic datasets using graphics engines or synthetic-to ...
Alexandra Duminil, Sio-Song Ieng, Dominique Gruyer   +2 more
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Deinstitutionalization as Reparative Justice: A Commentary on the Guidelines on Deinstitutionalization, including in Emergencies

Laws
In this paper, I argue that the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Guidelines on Deinstitutionalization, Including in Emergencies function as an instrument and template for reparative justice towards persons still in institutions and ...
Tina Minkowitz
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Structural and content attributes in designing Iranian university libraries’ websites from the perspective of Website users and developers [PDF]

تحقیقات اطلاع‌رسانی و کتابخانه‌های عمومی, 2008
This article aims to investigate structural and content attributes of university websites from the perspective of website users and developers. The study had two phases.
Abdolhossein Farajpahlou, Maryam Saberi
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