“These things are dangerous”: Understanding induced abortion trajectories in urban Zambia

"These things are dangerous": Understanding induced abortion trajectories in urban Zambia.

Unsafe abortion is a significant but preventable cause of global maternal mortality and morbidity. Zambia has among the most liberal abortion laws in sub-Saharan Africa, however this alone does not guarantee access to safe abortion, and 30% of maternal mortality is attributable to unsafe procedures. Too little is known about the pathways women take to reach abortion services in such resource-po...

Pds Watches : How Dangerous Are These “ Particularly Dangerous Situations ? ”

Such watches are known as “PDS” watches. PDS tornado (TOR) watches are issued when the forecaster has high confidence that multiple strong (F2-F3 on the Fujita Scale) or violent tornadoes (F4-F5 on the Fujita Scale) will occur in the watch area, while PDS severe thunderstorm (SEV) watches are issued when there is a threat of a high end “derecho” (e.g. Johns and Hirt 1987, Coniglio et al. 2004) ...

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Are Radiation Exposure Levels Used in Cardiology Dangerous?

Background: The number of interventional cardiology procedures performed has increased rapidly over the past years. While these procedures help physicians avoid using highly complicated invasive methods, it usually leads to high levels of exposure to ionizing radiation of both patients and cardiologist. The dose received by the cardiologist during interventional cardiology procedures is determi...

George Lakoff, Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things

Cognitive science is a new field that brings together what is known about the mind from many academic disciplines: psychology, linguistics, anthropology , philosophy, and computer science. It seeks detailed answers to such questions as: What is reason? How do we make sense of our experi-ence? What is a conceptual system and how is it organized? Do all people use the same conceptual system? If s...