BACKGROUND Contemporary warfare involving civilian populations is a growing public health concern. In addition to the psychological impact, war-related trauma may result in physiological alterations and even broader health effects. Associations were examined between war-related stressors and incident asthma in elderly Kuwaiti civilians following the Iraqi invasion. METHODS A random sample of ...

Whilst the effects of exposure to trauma in the military and emergency services are now being more widely researched, recognised and understood, there is little research that looks at the impacts of bravery undertaken by civilians, which may include exposure to life threatening events. This is an area which we believe requires more research.

The Patrolman (P.D.) examination has been reopened by the NYC Civil Service Commission on orders from Mayor Will iam O'Dwyer, Application blanks may be obtained at offices of the City Collector in the 5 boroughs and filled-in forms may be filed until 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 29 by veterans and non-veterans. The Commission's official amended notice of examination retained the provision limiting t...

The management of 131 civilians with war injuries, treated at the Department of Surgery, Pozega County Hospital, during the 1991-1995 period is presented. The majority of 55 (42%) of patients were injured at the front line. There were 75 (57.3%) of patients with explosive injuries 67 (51.2%) involved the extremities, while 29 (22.1%) involved the head. Seven (5.3%) patients died. Amputation of ...

OBJECTIVE About 45% of civilians who died by suicide had contact with a doctor within 1 month of death. Thus, educating primary care physicians (PCP) to detect and mitigate depression is an important suicide-prevention strategy. However, the PCP consulting rate before suicide has not been examined in a military population. We investigated the utilization of primary health care and mental health...

A geographically-resolved, multi-level Bayesian model is used to analyze the data presented in the U.S. Police-Shooting Database (USPSD) in order to investigate the extent of racial bias in the shooting of American civilians by police officers in recent years. In contrast to previous work that relied on the FBI's Supplemental Homicide Reports that were constructed from self-reported cases of po...

Despite the opportunities afforded by growing use of drones, their civilian causes concern as they can capture, share and store images events people following a set norms still in development. The main challenges risen drone usage relates mainly to existing gaps regulation difficulty enforce approved guidelines. Further changes implementation legislation will broadly affect current applications...

This article investigates two registers of dehumanization in the Brereton Report. It begins with Afghan civilians that is reflected Report, which alleges SOTG personnel adopted a liberal interpretation rules engagement to justify using lethal force against civilians. Drawing on work Judith Butler and Sara Ahmed, we draw attention gendered racialized assumptions constituted people as potential t...