OBJECTIVE Denial of handgun purchases by prohibited people and knowledge of the structure of gun commerce have helped to deter and prevent firearm violence. The authors hypothesize that handguns involved in a denied purchase would more closely resemble those used in crime compared with handguns sold. DESIGN Cross sectional. SETTING Denied and completed handgun sales in California, 1998-2000...

in this research, my problem is what the major criteria of supremebliss in al-ghazali's thought are. the methodology in thisinvestigation is analytic-descriptive. in his works, al-ghazali offersdifferent criteria, such as knowing god, proximity to him, meetinghim, to love him and so on. to actualize the last one, al-ghazalisuggests two methods: one: interruption of concern with mundaneworl...

Police investigations involve determining whether a crime has been committed, and if so what type of crime, who has committed it and whether there is the evidence to charge the perpetrators. Drawing on fieldwork in Delhi and Mumbai, this paper explores how police investigations unfolded in the specific context of women's deaths by burning in India. In particular, it focuses on the use of discre...

THE effect of alimentary lipemia on coagulation has been a matter of controversy for most of the past decade. Reports have confirmed and denied an acceleration of whole blood coagulation.'-'0 A considerable amount of evidence is growing that purports to show lipemia as a factor in the pathogenesis of thrombotic disease, and perhaps even a factor in the genesis of atheroselerosis.1' These specul...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Aluminium (Al) toxicity and phosphorus (P) deficiency often co-exist in acidic soils and limit crop production worldwide. Lespedeza bicolor is a leguminous forage species that grows very well in infertile, acidic soils. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of Al and P interactions on growth of Lespedeza and the distributions of Al and P in two different...

THE effect of alimentary lipemia on coagulation has been a matter of controversy for most of the past decade. Reports have confirmed and denied an acceleration of whole blood coagulation.'-'0 A considerable amount of evidence is growing that purports to show lipemia as a factor in the pathogenesis of thrombotic disease, and perhaps even a factor in the genesis of atheroselerosis.1' These specul...

in recent decades, empowerment as delegation of power to someone has been used a mechanism to increase personal and work life quality of women. higher education and occupation are effective instruments for empowering women but the role of culture can't be denied in this relation. social norms can directly or indirectly limit women's empowerment. in this article the role of higher educ...

In English, the word ’animal’ applies to both humans and non-human animals; in Indonesian, the word (’hewan’) does not apply to humans. In this study, English and Indonesian speakers made yes/no class-inclusion judgments for statements about animals. An interesting pattern was found among Indonesian (but not English) speakers: 9-year-olds agreed that mammals are animals and denied that humans a...

A 38-year-old African American woman sought medical care because of a 1-month history of painful, swollen hands. The patient, a hospital nurse, thought at first that her symptoms might be job-related, but she became concerned when the pain persisted and was frequently accompanied by morning stiffness that lasted some mornings for about half an hour. She tried acetaminophen and ibuprofen, which ...