ELECTORAL VIOLENCE IN KADUNA STATE: THE IMPLICATION FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT by Abdullahi Umar, Abubakar Abdullahi Muhammad, Awwal Muhammad Shafiu, Abdulrahim Mahmud Dogara, Amina Lawal

“…The paper suggests that the government should focus on the prevention in order to solve election violence in Kaduna State by reducing the number of firearms in the hands of unlicensed people and giving job chances to young people who are unemployed. …”
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Simultaneous Health Risk Behaviors in Adolescents Associated with Higher Economic Class in the Northeast of Brazil by Arley Santos Leão, Nara Michelle Moura Soares, Eliane Cristina de Andrade Gonçalves, Diego Augusto Santos Silva, Roberto Jerônimo dos Santos Silva, Sara Maria Thomazzi

“…The risk behaviors measured were “low levels of physical activity,” “excessive daily TV time,” “high consumption of alcoholic beverages on a single occasion,” “involvement in fights,” “smoking cigarettes,” “carrying firearms,” and “marijuana consumption.” Information was obtained through self-administered questionnaire. …”
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Holder Norsk politiutdanning mål (slik politiet selv vurderer den)? by Geir Aas, Gunnar Thomassen, Annette Sund

“…Moreover, when looking into specific areas of competences we find that both groups tend to give the lowest scores on physical and operational qualifications such as use of firearms. A discussion of possible causes and implications of the findings is included in the article.…”
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Welfare of horses at slaughter by EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW), Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Julio Alvarez, Anette Boklund, Sabine Dippel, Fernanda Dorea, Jordi Figuerola, Mette Herskin, Miguel Angel Miranda Chueca, Eleonora Nannoni, Romolo Nonno, Anja Riber, Karl Stahl, Jan Arend Stegeman, Hans‐Hermann Thulke, Frank Tuyttens, Christoph Winckler, Mohan Raj, Antonio Velarde, Denise Candiani, Yves Van der Stede, Virginie Michel

“…Stunning methods for horses include penetrative captive bolt and firearms. Welfare consequences that horses may experience (such as handling stress, restriction of movement and injuries) and potential hazards were identified for all the phases along with preventive and corrective measures. …”
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Counteraction to sabotage measures on ammunition depots in the context of hybrid warfare by Ye. V. Karmannyi, M. V. Lys

“…In our study, particular attention is paid to such objects as stockpiles of ammunition, where weapons, missiles, ammunition, explosives, firearms, special means are stored. The authors of the article offer the main ways of improving and reforming the security system of these objects. …”
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Moral and Psychological Stability of Police Officers in the System of Their Professionally Important Qualities by I. V. Klymenko

“…The author has singled out psychological structure of this characteristic, namely: motivational component, the indicators of which are a positive attitude to service, awareness of the importance of conscientious performance of official tasks and conscious desire to perform professional duties, belief in the value of moral norms and the need to subordinate own behavior; cognitive component, which includes knowledge of the legal basis of professional activity, ethical requirements of police officers’ behavior, the rules of use of physical force, special means and firearms; professional-personal component, which contains such professional moral and psychological qualities as professional honor, justice, decency, honesty, compassion and empathy, attitude to the rule of law, discipline, humanity, responsibility and a reflective component that characterizes the ability of a police officer to analyze phenomena of own consciousness and activity and assess the level of formation of moral and psychological stability, ability to effectively solve job problems. …”
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Administrative Supervision of the National Police of Ukraine by I. M. Kovalov, V. A. Yevtushok

“…Administrative supervision over the compliance with the law is carried out in the areas of public order and public safety, public administration, business, drug trafficking, firearms and ammunition, road safety, and other sectors of the economy and public administration. …”
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Penetrating liver injury caused by a metal fragment from a blast accident in a factory: a case report by Chan Hee Park, Jeong Woo Lee

“…Penetrating abdominal injuries are rare in countries that do not allow legal possession of firearms by the public. We report a case of a 27-year-old male patient with a penetrating liver injury caused by metal fragments released in a blast accident. …”
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National, International and Legal Mechanisms of Control over the Activity of Non-Government Security Entities by M. V. Zavalnyi

“…Private security companies in the course of their activities can apply physical force, special means (in some countries even firearms) to citizens, carry out their detention, which in turn can cause degrading treatment and physical suffering. …”
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Suicides of famous chefs of today: stories and reasons by Oksana Nykyha, Olha Romanchuk, Rostyslav Koval, Myroslava Danylevych, Yuliia Kalymon

“…It was found that among the methods of suicide, it is, in particular, hanging, use of firearms, drowning and suffocation, medicine and drug overdose. …”
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Association Between Adolescent Violence Exposure and the Risk of Suicide: A 15-Year Study in Taiwan by Chieh Sung, Chi-Hsiang Chung, Chien-An Sun, Chang-Huei Tsao, Daphne Yih Ng, Tsu-Hsuan Weng, Li-Yun Fann, Fu-Huang Lin, Wu-Chien Chien

“…Among adolescents who had experienced violence, the methods of suicide included poisoning (solid and liquid) (53.6% vs. 43.2%), hanging (1.2% vs. 0.6%), firearms (2.4% vs. 0%), and cutting instruments (27.4% vs. 22.8%), all of which were significantly higher than in the control group. …”
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Behaviour of a speargun with a novel muzzle by V. Nigrelli, M. Mucera, T. Ingrassia

“…Because of the low velocity of the spear (if compared with the firearms), in fact, the accuracy of the shoot if strongly influenced by the barrel bending due to the forces applied by means of the elastic bands. …”
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