Cannabis Use and Abuse in Nepal: A Review of Studies

Nepal is a geographically, ecologically, bio-culturally and ethnically diverse country. Cannabis has been a flora, used in various forms and ways and its effect has been variably a matter of concern in Nepal. Perception to its use has also been changing with time with the dynamics of various factors and trends around and in the world. The views of its proponents at times appear with relatively more powerful influence among people though the views of the opponents seem less, and relatively less influential. Proponents advocate for its legalization with highlights of its different uses and benefits whereas opponents, mainly mental health professionals point out sporadically its adverse consequences, mainly in psychological health. The purpose of this review is to explore the existing literature regarding cannabis use and abuse in Nepal. Search for articles for this review was performed in PubMed, Google Scholar, and Nepal Journal Online. We summarize and discuss about cannabis in various aspects in the Nepalese context. The overarching objective is to reflect upon the ongoing debate regarding its harm and benefits, thereby upon the issue of its legalization in Nepal.

Retractions in academic publishing - Wikipedia

In academic publishing, a retraction is the action by which a published paper in an academic journal is removed from the journal. Online journals typically remove the retracted article from online access. ***** For archiving purpose only *****

OJS Security Analysis Issues, Reasons, and Possible Solutions

Open Journal Systems (OJS), a modern era Publishing tool for authors, reviewers and editors have gained a lot of popularity in the recent times as this software is available free for use on web and publishes journal online. While this tool empowers its user to validate, support, control, track publications, etc, at the same time its wide user base has raised few concerns about data security. This article deals with security issues that may arise from the use of this web-based journal management and publishing software by the author and also suggests measures/precautions on how to minimise the possible risk related to data security based on author experience in certain situations. For this, the author has adopted a methodology that synchronises reviewed research papers with thoughts gained by reading various blogs and documentation and doing analysis of same. With this contribution from the author, the user is expected to benefit from the implementation of suggestive guidance/approach as prescribed in this article to overcome similar issues, which may be faced by some users. The author has endeavored to express the associated security issues, recommend solutions and security steps to be followed while using the OJS in certain situations.

Erratum to Saunders, Skyler. "Unlocked Minds: August Wilson’s Suspects, Ex-Cons, or Soon-to-Be Convicted Characters in his American Century Cycle." August Wilson Journal [Online], 2(2020): doi https://doi.org/10.5195/awj.2020.55

The article Saunders, Skyler. "Unlocked Minds: August Wilson’s Suspects, Ex-Cons, or Soon-to-Be Convicted Characters in his American Century Cycle." August Wilson Journal [Online], 2 (2020): https://doi.org.10.5195/awj.2020.55 contained several errors in the original publication. The original version has been updated to reflect the following changes: On page 1, the following sentence has been removed: “Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.” The Black Lives Matter group is not about individual rights but is run by Marxists. The error was introduced by the editorial board. On page 3, the following section has been removed: “As of this writing, Blacks make up about 2.3 million of the 6.8 million or about 34% of incarcerated individuals, according to the NAACP. Former president of this organization Benjamin Jealous said, “Our country has five percent of the world's people and 25 percent of the world's prisoners. Now, you can flip that a different way, a Black person today in this country is more likely to be incarcerated than a Black person in South Africa at the height of apartheid” (NAACP)”. There are in fact not 6.8 million incarcerated people in the US. There are actually 2.3 million people behind bars. The error was introduced by the author.

PEMANFAATAN JURNAL ONLINE PERPUSTAKAAN BPTP YOGYAKARTA

<p>The online journal is one of the sources of information from various sources of information availability, available good from the hearts and abroad to get literature review. It is influenced by the development of technology and information wichis increasingly advanced so that information can be obtained easily.Along with advances in information technology (ICT), efforts in obtaining and providing information is not limited to the distance, space, and time. The use of the online journal by researchers and extension workers are rarely used. The use of the online journal by researchersand extension workers are rarely used. Effort to examine the use of online journals was conducted to determine show far the use of the online journal by researchers, extension workers, and other library user in IAIT Yogyakarta. The studies was conducted in September 2015 and arranged in randomized design with 30 respondents. The result of this studies showed that (1) frequency of using journal online are more dominant in one to two times a week wich is done by 22 library user (73,34%), (2) the length of time utilization for accessing online journals most are one to two hours wich is done by 13 library user (43,34%), (3) the level of ability of library user wich using Boolean operator AND, OR, NOT evidently 11 library user does not understand (36,67%), (4) the action to download from the search result conducted by is library user (50%), (5) The access point information in the most preferred search by keyword is done by 21 library user (70%), (6) the purpose of utilizing the online journal access research were 12 library user (40%), (7) completeness of information required by library user perceived by 23 library user (76,66%), (8) accesing online journal wich are mostly done at the work space is as much as 20 library user (66,67%), (9) the domestic online journals are more affractive was choosen by 17 library user (56,66%).</p><p>Keywords: benefit of journal, journal online, library user</p>

Identitarian Violence and Identitarian Politics: Elections and Governance in Iraq

51 Harvard International Law Journal (Online) 82 (2010)This Essay, originally published in a 2010 issue of the Harvard International Law Journal (Online), maintains that it is a mistake to ask whether or not the United States was wise to have "allowed" elections in Iraq as early as it did following its overthrow of the Saddam Hussein regime in 2003. Such a question presumes an absence of domestic agency that was certainly not the case in Iraq, and is probably not the case in any modern society under occupation. Domestic demands coming from domestic forces seeking to shore up their own power base almost necessitated the outcome of relatively early elections in Iraq, irrespective of what any occupying power would have wanted. Put more directly, Shi'i religious elites aware of their demographic advantage were far more concerned about a Sunni dominated Ba'ath resurgence during an initial period of uncertainty and instability than they were about complying with the wishes of a foreign occupying power whose time in Iraq was destined to be relatively short. Elections were a convenient, and normatively appealing, means for the Shi'a to assume political power in a decisive and legitimating fashion. This in the end proved irresistible once the Shi'i clerical classes began calling for immediate transition to democratic rule. The Essay thus seeks to answer a different question; namely, whether, given domestic pressures, there is any way to limit civil conflict arising from locally demanded near term elections that are likely to prove destabilizing, as indeed they were in Iraq.