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Burden of Suicidal Ideation and Attempt among Persons Living with HIV and AIDS in Semiurban Uganda
Although the impact of HIV/AIDS has changed globally, it still causes considerable morbidity and mortality, including suicidality, in countries like Uganda. This paper describes the burden and risk factors for suicidal ideation and attempt among 543 HIV-positive attending two HIV specialized clinics in Mbarara municipality, Uganda. The rate of suicidal ideation was 8.8% (n=48; 95% CI: 6.70–11.50) and suicidal attempt was 3.1% (17, 95% CI 2.00–5.00). The factors associated with increased risk for suicidal ideation and attempts were state anger (OR = 1.06, 95% CI: 1.03–1.09; p=0.001); trait anger (OR 1.10, 95% CI 1.04–1.16, p=0.002); depression (OR 1.13, 95% CI 1.07–1.20, p=0.001); hopelessness (OR 1.12, 95% CI 1.02–1.23, p=0.024); anxiety (OR 1.06, 95% CI 1.03–1.09); low social support (OR 0.19, 95% CI 0.07–0.47, p=0.001); inability to provide for others (OR 0.19, 95% CI 0.07–0.47, p=0.001); and stigma (OR 2.48, 95% CI 1.11–5.54, p=0.027). At multivariate analysis, only state anger remained statistically significant. HIV/AIDS is associated with several clinical, psychological, and social factors which increase vulnerability to suicidal ideation and attempts. Making suicide risk assessment and management an integral part of HIV care is warranted.
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Observations and Preliminary Vulnerability Assessment of a Hybrid Dune-Based Living Shoreline
A novel hybrid (e.g., vegetation, sand, cobble, rip-rap) nature-based dune structure was constructed at Cardiff State Beach in Encinitas, California, to protect a critical transportation artery from undermining and frequent flooding. A collaboration between regulators, funders, state agencies, professional practice and academia developed a high resolution robust unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based monitoring strategy to observe dune construction and evolution. Fifteen construction surveys were conducted to observe each substrate element for future morphodynamic modeling efforts. Six post-construction surveys were conducted to observe seasonal and storm-by-storm dune evolution. Backshore vulnerability was assessed using a sixty-one year time series of tides and hindcast wave forcing fit to a general extreme value distribution. The dune crest is above calculated 100-year water levels; however, the dune remains vulnerable to mass wasting caused by swash interaction at the toe of the dune. Sea-level rise will substantially increase the probability of dune erosion, breaching, and overtopping.
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الحب هو الحقيقة الوحيدة : دراسات باراسيكولوجية
يتناول الكتاب رجل وامرأة كانا ينشدان المعونة من الطبيب النفسي برايان ويس لمساعدتهما على حل مشاكل حياتهما. بيدرو وإليزابيث لم يكونا يعرفان بعضهما. وقد كانا يقصدان عيادة الطبيب، في أيام مختلفة. بالتدريج ؛ اكتشف الطبيب ويس أنهما تحت التنويم المغناطيسي يسردان نفس التفاصيل عن حياة سابقة قبل ألفي عام. الجنود الرومان أساءوا معاملة رجل حتى الموت فيفلسطين آنذاك- بيدرو كان ذلك الرجل المقتول، وإليزابيث كانت ابنته. لاحظ ويس أن بعض الاسترجاعات السابقة للحيوات الماضية تتطابق بالنسبة لكليهما.
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Planning and Managing Scientific Research
Although there are many books on project management, few address the issues associated with scientific research. This work is based on extensive scientific research and management experiences and is designed to provide an introduction to planning and managing scientific research for the beginning researcher. The aim is to build an understanding of the nature of scientific research, and the way in which research projects can be developed, planned and managed to a successful outcome. The book is designed to help the transition from being a member of a research team to developing a project and making them work, and to provide a framework for future work. The emphasis of the book is on broadly applicable principles that can be of value irrespective of discipline. It should be of value to researchers in the later stages of Ph.D. work and Postdoctoral workers, and also for independent researchers.
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The bling ring : living the dream, one heist at a time
Inspired by actual events, The Bling Ring tells the story of a group of fame-obsessed teenagers living in the suburbs of Los Angeles who use the internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their empty homes. Ringleader Rebecca leads the group of misfits including Marc, Nicki, Sam and Chloe on the ultimate heist for designer clothes and jewelry; and what starts out as teenage fun quickly spins out of control.
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Parental Participation in Statutory Child Protection Intervention in Scotland
In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in understanding parental participation in the processes that characterise statutory child protection intervention. In part, this reflects a shift in thinking across Western child protection systems, which has recognised that active parental involvement in intervention is more likely to lead to better outcomes for children at risk of abuse and/or neglect and a repositioning of child protection practices within broader discourses of service user participation. In this paper, we present the findings of a small-scale qualitative study which explored the experiences of twelve parents who were, at the time of the study, subject to statutory child protection intervention measures in Scotland. Parents reported intervention experiences as simultaneously negative and positive. The early stages of intervention and child protection case conferences were experienced as particularly distressing and confusing. The importance of the client–worker relationship emerged as central to meaningful participation and positive outcomes.
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The words : there's more than one way to take a life
\"Struggling writer Rory Jansen (Bradley Cooper) rockets to fame after passing off a brilliant found manuscript as his own, but experiences an acute crisis of conscience after his stint in the spotlight changes him in ways he never expected\"--Allmovie.com, January 26, 2018.
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Marine cloud brightening
The idea behind the marine cloud-brightening (MCB) geoengineering technique is that seeding marine stratocumulus clouds with copious quantities of roughly monodisperse sub-micrometre sea water particles might significantly enhance the cloud droplet number concentration, and thereby the cloud albedo and possibly longevity. This would produce a cooling, which general circulation model (GCM) computations suggest could-subject to satisfactory resolution of technical and scientific problems identified herein-have the capacity to balance global warming up to the carbon dioxide-doubling point. We describe herein an account of our recent research on a number of critical issues associated with MCB. This involves (i) GCM studies, which are our primary tools for evaluating globally the effectiveness of MCB, and assessing its climate impacts on rainfall amounts and distribution, and also polar sea-ice cover and thickness; (ii) high-resolution modelling of the effects of seeding on marine stratocumulus, which are required to understand the complex array of interacting processes involved in cloud brightening; (iii) microphysical modelling sensitivity studies, examining the influence of seeding amount, seed-particle salt-mass, air-mass characteristics, updraught speed and other parameters on cloud-albedo change; (iv) sea water spray-production techniques; (v) computational fluid dynamics studies of possible large-scale periodicities in Flettner rotors; and (vi) the planning of a three-stage limited-area field research experiment, with the primary objectives of technology testing and determining to what extent, if any, cloud albedo might be enhanced by seeding marine stratocumulus clouds on a spatial scale of around 100×100 km. We stress that there would be no justification for deployment of MCB unless it was clearly established that no significant adverse consequences would result. There would also need to be an international agreement firmly in favour of such action.
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