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The political science of risk perception

Sheila Jasanoff • Reliability Engineering & System Safety (1998)

Psychometric research on risk perception has frequently been invoked as evidence for a distinction between ‘actual’ risk as measured by experts and ‘perceived’ risk as experienced by laypersons. According to this view, perceived risk repres...

OPENALEX cc-by-nc-nd DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0951-8320(97)00129-4

Risks and Benefits of Clinical Diagnosis Around the Time of Dementia Onset

Melinda C. Power ScD, Victoria Willens MPH, Christina Prather MD, Ali Moghtaderi PhD et al. • Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine (2023)

Diagnostic delay in dementia is common in the U.S. Drivers of diagnostic delay are poorly understood, but appear related to misconceptions about dementia, stigma, concerns about autonomy, the nature of the diagnostic process, and provider-r...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/23337214231213185

Handbook of Social Gerontology.

W. F. Ossenfort • Archives of Internal Medicine (1965)

Social gerontology is concerned with the phenomena of aging which are related to man as a member of the social group. This handbook is addressed to research workers, teachers, and graduate students as a text and as a guide. Over 50 colleges...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1965.03870050158041

Educational Gerontology

• Routledge eBooks (2018)

The term "educational gerontology" was first used in a 1970 doctoral program at the University of Michigan to denote those "activities and study that occur at the interface of education and gerontology" (Peterson 1980: 68).It achieved acade...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429457784

The Archaeology of Personhood

Chris Fowler • Routledge eBooks (2004)

Bringing together a wealth of research in social and cultural anthropology, philosophy and related fields, this is the first book to address the contribution that an understanding of personhood can make to our interpretations of the past Ap...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203583210

Forestry at the EU’s Doorstep – How Much are We Ready in the Area of Occupational Safety in Forestry?

Matija Landekić, Mario Šporčić, Marko Lovrić, Ivan Martinić • Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering (2011)

According to the classification of business activities in the National Classification of Activities, agriculture, forestry and fishery together account for 3.43% of all injuries recorded in 2009, which places them in the lower part of the a...

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Transportation Engineering

Relly Victoria Petrescu, Raffaella mname Aversa, Antonio mname Apicella, Florian Ion Tiberiu Petrescu • American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences (2017)

The shipments were absolutely necessary at all times, but still have polluted and damaged the environment. The technique of transport or the engineering of transport is the application of the principles of technology and scientific findings...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajeassp.2017.685.702

POLICE SURVEILLANCE OR METHODS OF WORKING WITH «POLITICALLY UNRELIABLE PERSONS» IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE XIX- EARLY XX CENTURIES (ON THE EXAMPLE OF KURSK PROVINCE)

Zarubina K.A. • Вестник Брянского государственного университета (2022)

Using the example of the Kursk province, the article examines the main methods of government work with persons with dubious «political reliability», «potential» and «real» political criminals in the second half of the XIX - early XX centuri...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22281/2413-9912-2022-06-02-57-62

Changes in the geographical distribution of youth poverty and social exclusion in EU member countries between 2008 and 2017

Šoltés Erik, Vojtková Mária, Šoltésová Tatiana • Moravian Geographical Reports (2020)

With respect to the fulfillment of the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy, the threat of poverty and social exclusion has not been sufficiently reduced in the European Union (EU) over the past decade, and large regional disparities pers...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2478/mgr-2020-0001

Motivation and context of concurrent stimulant and opioid use among persons who use drugs in the rural United States: a multi-site qualitative inquiry

R. J. Fredericksen, R. Baker, A. Sibley, A. T. Estadt et al. • Harm Reduction Journal (2024)

Abstract Background In recent years, stimulant use has increased among persons who use opioids in the rural U.S., leading to high rates of overdose and death. We sought to understand motivations and contexts for stimulant use among persons ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12954-024-00986-z

Disability-inclusive community development: A case of a community garden in Limpopo province in South Africa

Brian Tigere, Theresa Moyo • African Journal of Disability (2022)

Background: Persons with disabilities living in rural areas are marginalised and excluded in most developmental initiatives in South Africa. They face many economic, political and social problems; hence, improving their quality of life is a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v11i0.850

TATA RUANG IBUKOTA TERAKHIR KERAJAAN GALUH (1371 - 1475 M)

Budimansyah Budimansyah, Nina Herlina Lubis, Miftahul Falah • Patanjala: Jurnal Penelitian Sejarah dan Budaya (2020)

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguak tata ruang Galuh Pakwan sebagai ibukota terakhir Kerajaan Galuh, sejauhmana pola ruang kota tersebut berkaitan dengan nilai-nilai kelokalan sebagaimana tergambar dalam historiografi tradisional. Dalam ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.30959/patanjala.v12i2.596

VEJEZ EN EDAD EXTREMA. UN ESTUDIO DE ETNOGERONTOLOGÍA SOCIAL

Laureano Reyes Gómez, Susana Villasana Benítez • Revista Pueblos y Fronteras Digital (2010)

El trabajo busca ejemplificar, a través de seis estudios de caso, cómo viven la vejez los adultos mayores indígenas zoques cuando, producto de la edad avanzada, la enfermedad se convierte en insidiosa, multifactorial, su salud se diezma y e...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22201/cimsur.18704115e.2010.10.151

Trait impulsivity prospectively predicts lower methadone treatment retention: moderation by pain catastrophizing

Annabelle M. Belcher, Kristen R. Hamilton-Moseley, Ebonie Massey, Mark Yoon et al. • Addiction Science & Clinical Practice (2026)

Abstract Background Empirical evidence supports the use of methadone as the standard of care for opioid use disorder. However, low retention in methadone treatment is one of the largest impediments to treatment success. Although several psy...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13722-026-00699-7

Efficacy, safety, and quality of life 4 years after valoctocogene roxaparvovec gene transfer for severe hemophilia A in the phase 3 GENEr8-1 trial

Andrew D. Leavitt, Johnny Mahlangu, Priyanka Raheja, Emily Symington et al. • Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis (2024)

Background: Valoctocogene roxaparvovec, an adeno-associated virus-mediated gene therapy for severe hemophilia A, enables endogenous factor (F)VIII expression and provides bleed protection. Objectives: Determine valoctocogene roxaparvovec du...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.rpth.2024.102615

Relationship between atherosclerosis and occlusal support of natural teeth with mediating effect of atheroprotective nutrients: From the SONIC study.

Sayaka Tada, Kazunori Ikebe, Kei Kamide, Yasuyuki Gondo et al. • PLoS ONE (2017)

Whereas most of studies investigating relationship between oral health and atherosclerosis have focused on periodontitis, very few of them were examined about occlusal status of natural teeth which possibly influence dietary habit. The prim...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182563