scholarly journals Battered woman syndrome: updating the expert checklist

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham Glancy ◽  
Marissa Heintzman ◽  
Adam Wheeler
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Battered Woman ◽  
Critical Question ◽  
Battered Woman Syndrome ◽  
Current State ◽  
Subsequent Section ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Contrary Evidence

The aim of this article is to examine the current state of the battered woman syndrome (BWS) defence in Canada and propose an update to the list of factors considered by experts evaluating the applicability of the defence to individual cases. The history and current legal definition of the defence are presented, and theories relating to BWS are summarized. Factors required of expert testimony in BWS cases are presented; cases relevant to the development of the defence that highlight these assessment factors are discussed. In a subsequent section, limitations of the defence and the role of the expert are explored. The PTSD Checklist (used in clinician diagnosis) is summarized before an updated, BWS-specific expert checklist is proposed. The updated checklist proposes six elements to be considered by an expert assessing a BWS case: 1. environmental factors, 2. attempts to leave or alter the situation, 3. risk factors of the abuser, 4. risk factors of the victim, 5. triggers for violence, and 6. contrary evidence. It is hoped that using this checklist will help experts to cover all the essential elements they must consider in order to conclude that a woman satisfies the criteria for BWS. In particular, this updated checklist will help experts to prepare comprehensive testimony that addresses the five issues defined by Justice Wilson as the expert’s duty to assess. In addition, this checklist will help experts present a firm foundation for a defence regarding the critical question of why the night of the offence was different from all other nights.

scholarly journals The Role of P-Selectin in COVID-19 Coagulopathy: An Updated Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (15) ◽  
pp. 7942
Author(s):  
Chiara Agrati ◽  
Alessandra Sacchi ◽  
Eleonora Tartaglia ◽  
Alessandra Vergori ◽  
Roberta Gagliardini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endothelial Activation ◽  
Cardiovascular Complications ◽  
Current State ◽  
Activated Platelets ◽  
Blood Clots ◽  
Severe Infections ◽  
Platelet Aggregates ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Leucocyte Recruitment

In severe COVID-19, which is characterized by blood clots and neutrophil-platelet aggregates in the circulating blood and different tissues, an increased incidence of cardiovascular complications and venous thrombotic events has been reported. The inflammatory storm that characterizes severe infections may act as a driver capable of profoundly disrupting the complex interplay between platelets, endothelium, and leukocytes, thus contributing to the definition of COVID-19-associated coagulopathy. In this frame, P-selectin represents a key molecule expressed on endothelial cells and on activated platelets, and contributes to endothelial activation, leucocyte recruitment, rolling, and tissue migration. Briefly, we describe the current state of knowledge about P-selectin involvement in COVID-19 pathogenesis, its possible use as a severity marker and as a target for host-directed therapeutic intervention.

EXAMINING STATE-BUILDING OF THE SYRIAN REPUBLIC AND THE LEGACY OF ITS COLONIAL PAST

2021 ◽  
pp. 5-20
Author(s):  
Ani MATEVOSYAN
Keyword(s):  
Structural Analysis ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
State Building ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Military Interventions ◽  
Current State ◽  
Building Process ◽  
Political Consolidation ◽  
Historical Past

Abstract: This research tackles essential elements of Syrian state-building processes through a structural analysis incorporating several theories and concepts including but not limited to colonialism, nationalism, military interventions, institutional development, minority rule, and eventually neocolonialism. The article reveals how minority rule and different implications of military interventions shaped today’s Syria, as well as addresses some of the current issues such as the absence of domestic political consolidation. The primary aim of this research is to contextualize the role of France—as a former colonizer, within the state-building process of Syria by examining different phases of Syria’s historical past. An examination of Syria’s political developments proved that having inherited a colonial past, the current state of Syria has also inherited an unavoidable legacy of political instability from its colonial past. Keywords: Syria, Middle East, State-Building, Colonialism, Military Interventions.

scholarly journals Diagnostics and monitoring of economic entities security

2019 ◽  
Vol 91 ◽  
pp. 08002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena V. Karanina ◽  
Olesya A. Ryazanova ◽  
Alexander N. Timin ◽  
Larisa P. Domracheva
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Final Stage ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Integrated Model ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Management Decisions ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Definition Of

The article shows the place and role of economic entities in the system of economic security of territories. Various approaches to the definition of the term “economic security of small businesses” are considered. The main factors and threats to the economic security of economic entities of the territories are presented. Presents the author’s system of basic indicators of estimation of economic safety of economic entities of the territory. Offers on carrying out diagnostics and monitoring of risks are given. Recommendations as a rating of economic security of economic entities of territories are given. The procedure for monitoring the economic security of economic entities of the territories based on a risk-based approach can be represented in the form of five interrelated stages. This is the stage of collecting data on enterprises and the calculation of the necessary indicators. The stage of formation of the system of indicators, they are risk factors. Stage of processing indicators. The stage of building an integrated model of potential and risk assessment. In addition, the final stage of assessment of the complex level of economic security of economic entities of the territories. This will allow making management decisions in the field of development and support of small businesses at the territorial level.

Genetic Risk Factors for Arterial Thrombosis and Inflammation

Hematology ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 2005 (1) ◽  
pp. 442-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Ginsburg
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Genetic Risk ◽  
Arterial Thrombosis ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Genetic Risk Factors ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Inflammatory Factor ◽  
Current State ◽  
Molecular Pathophysiology

Abstract Arterial thrombosis is a central pathologic mechanism contributing to myocardial infarction and stroke, together the leading causes of death in developed countries. This article reviews the current state of knowledge concerning the role of inherited variation in hemostatic and inflammatory factor genes in determining the risk of arterial thrombosis/ischemic heart disease. Despite considerable progress in identifying important genetic risk factors underlying predisposition to venous thrombosis, the genetic factors contributing to the risk for arterial thrombosis remain largely unknown. However, the rapid development of powerful new genomic resources should facilitate considerably more sophisticated analyses, leading to novel insight into the molecular pathophysiology of this important set of human diseases.

scholarly journals The work of Boris Martos “Theory of Cooperation” and the modern coopera-tive movement

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (94) ◽  
pp. 9-16
Author(s):  
M. Shulskyi
Keyword(s):  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Cooperative Movement ◽  
Current State ◽  
Accurate Definition ◽  
Economic Work ◽  
Modern Economic ◽  
Main Components ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Basic Features

The article examines the main components of the work of Boris Martos “Theory of Cooperation” and compares the results of research with the current state of development of the cooperative movement. The main attention was focused on the main material of the study on: the general foundations of the formation of cooperatives, the need, purpose and role of capital in their activities; basic features and principles of functioning of cooperatives; mechanism for meeting the needs of members of the cooperative; some secondary or derivative features of the cooperative. According to B. Martos, “Cooperation is one of the ways to improve the welfare of the lower strata of society by freeing them from exploitation by the capitalists. Almost every theorist of cooperation gives his more or less accurate definition of this concept. However, in order to give an accurate scientific definition of this phenomenon in society, we must first establish the basic features that characterize the cooperative, distinguishing it from other social phenomena. This spatial quote from the work of B. Martos permeates all components of his economic work, the essence and content of which was at the center of our research. Each statement and statement of B. Martos was compared with the current realities of the cooperative movement and on the basis of which it was proposed to use the work of a scientist to improve the efficiency of cooperative relations in modern economic conditions.

scholarly journals Project Financing per il recupero funzionale ad uso ricettivo del “Forte dei Pianelloni” di Lerici

X ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norbert Frroku ◽  
Massimo Rovai ◽  
Caterina Calvani
Keyword(s):  
Feasibility Study ◽  
The Other ◽  
Project Financing ◽  
Maintenance Costs ◽  
The Public ◽  
Current State ◽  
Financial Feasibility ◽  
Private Entity ◽  
Definition Of

Project Financing for functional recovery of the “Forte dei Pianelloni” in LericiThe central theme is the Project Financing, a complex financial instrument that can potentially be used to give a new life to a state property with a strong historical and architectural value and in a state of neglect, through the use of public-private partnerships. This evaluation technique makes it possible to understand the economic and financial feasibility of an intervention both for the owner of the asset (the public) and for the private entity that puts the resources for the requalification / restructuring and will own the profits from the management of the asset. Therefore, assuming the role of a Private Financial Promoter, I developed the Preliminary Project and the Feasibility Study with reference to two possible uses. The work was divided in two parts: in the first part the Preliminary Project was a reworking of an architectural relief kindly lent by the municipality of Lerici to expose the current state of the structure adding also hints of history. Then I made two proposals: one hypothesis is a fancy project with Resorts & Suites and the other is a more affordable one with Hostel & Camping; I considered also the differences between the two proposals. To develop the work, the use of a drone for inspections and a 3D printing to create the plastics were also experimented. In the second part that consists in the Feasibility Study was developed through an analysis of the possible positioning on the market with respect to the project hypotheses, the definition of the restructuring, management and maintenance costs. There were also analyzed other fortifications in the Gulf of Spezia, that were already reconverted in other uses. This study highlights the economic and financial feasibility of both design assumptions.

scholarly journals FINANCIAL PROVISION OFHOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY

2017 ◽  
pp. 35-45
Author(s):  
Oksana KVASNYTSIA
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Financing System ◽  
Agricultural Producers ◽  
Current State ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Global Problems ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
High Level

Introduction. The issue of providing humanity with food rightly holds one of the leading places in the hierarchy of global problems. Food safety of a country is an indispensable condition and guarantees its sovereignty and independence, ensuring its sustainable social and economic development, population’s high level and quality oflife and reproduction ofhuman capital. The purpose of the article is to assess the state of food security of Ukraine, the definition of the role of households in ensuring food security and the justification of directions for improving financial leverage in the context of the implementation of Ukraine’s agricultural and food potential. Main results of the study. For Ukraine, the problem of ensuring food security is of particular importance, which is conditioned by the current state of development of the domestic agricultural and industrial complex, the increase of production in which is carried out mainly by an extensive way. The most important conditions for achieving food security are: the potential physical availability of food for every person; economic opportunity of purchasing food by all social groups of the population, including disadvantaged ones, which is achieved by raising the standard of living or implementing the necessary measures of social security; consumption of high quality products in quantities sufficient forrational nutrition. In order to increase the food security financial support, it is necessary to improve the financial component of the comprehensive food security mechanism, which aims at ensuring the application of economic instruments and creating conditions for attracting monetary resources for the functioning ofthe food security system through the creation of amulti-channel financing system. Conclusions. Therefore, the main directions of improving the financial system for the purpose of ensuring food security ofthe country are: availability of financial and credit support to agricultural producers; introduction of innovations in agricultural production; regulation of conditions for foreign and domestic food trade through a system of tariff and non-tariff instruments; systemic measures to strengthen and extend the life expectancyofthe population, wages and salaryincrease.

scholarly journals TUG OF WAR: EVALUATIVE VERSUS FACILITATIVE MEDIATOR

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diksha Munjal
Keyword(s):  
Dispute Settlement ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Facilitative Role ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Third Party Facilitation

Mediation can be defined as a process where a neutral third party seeks to facilitate communication between the disputing parties to help them arrive at an amicable solution of their disputes culminating in a win-win situation for the parties. Though ‘... there is no single limiting definition of mediation, in part because mediators function in accordance with different philosophies and in statistically different ways’, the most commonly accepted definitions of mediation incorporate two essential elements: ‘(1) third-party facilitation of dispute settlement, and (2) lack of third-party power to determine the resolution of the dispute.’ The central focus of mediation is based on the principle of parties’ self-determination. To further this basic principle, the role of a mediator must be well defined. Looking at mediation from a historical perspective, mediation was confined to the facilitative role of a neutral third party. Gradually, however, there came a sharp divide amongst the existing mediators as regards the scope of intervention by a mediator in the mediation proceedings. At one end of the broad spectrum of a mediator’s role, lies his or her active role as an evaluator and at the other, that as a facilitator of communication between the parties. These two positions are, however, in contrast with each other and hence, the debate as to the most suitable role of a mediator’s intervention in the process. In part II(a) of the present paper I attempt to portray the distinction between mediators and decision-makers. Because of the emergence of evaluative forms in mediation. In part II(b) I sketch the differences between the approaches taken by the facilitative and the evaluative mediators. In part III I try to indicate the dangers posed when mediators strive to put on the evaluative cloak and finally and in part IV I sum up the paper with an appropriate conclusion.

Nanoionics - the Developing Informative System. Part. 2. From the First Works to the Current State of Nanoionics Abroad

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (9) ◽  
pp. 463-484
Author(s):  
A.L. Despotuli ◽  
◽  
A.V. Andreeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Innovation Management ◽  
Memory Function ◽  
Dynamic Information ◽  
Strategic Innovation ◽  
Current State ◽  
System Part ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
With Memory

A critical review presents the stages of formation, development, and current state of nanoionics in Russia and the world. Nanoionics is considered as a developing information system; its history is analyzed in terms of dynamic information theory and in the frame of strategic innovation management. The second part of the review presents in the brief form a panoramic view of nanoionics development abroad. An extended definition of the scientific direction of "nanoionics" is given. Since the foreign literature on the subject of the review is extensive, the results of works in which the term "nanoionics" appears in the title, annotations, and keywords are mainly considered. More detailed analysis is given of the works that have seriously influenced the development of nanoionics and will determine its future. The development of nanoionic devices with memory function, Li-ion batteries, and fuel cells is considered. The important role of the creation of stable interface boundaries in nanoionic devices (on which electrochemical reactions take place) is emphasized. New areas of research such as nanoarchitectonics and iontronics are critically analyzed. On a comparative basis, a scheme for the correct introduction of the new scientific term is proposed.

The Role of the WMO in Enviromental Issues

1972 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 327-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Arthur Davies
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
World Meteorological Organization ◽  
Human Environment ◽  
Atmospheric Processes ◽  
The World ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Definition Of

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. By definition it is concerned with the atmosphere and atmospheric processes and, hence, with the human environment, for whatever definition of the human environment may be adopted, the atmosphere is clearly one of its essential elements. Many atmospheric processes are intimately, indeed inextricably, related to processes and phenomena the study of which falls within the compass of other geophysical disciplines — notably hydrology and oceanography. The WMO has therefore certain responsibilities in these fields also, and as a result its interest in the human environment is somewhat wider than its title may suggest.

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