scholarly journals Modeling the Factors Affecting Gun Related Homicide Rates (Research Charter)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel S Goldman
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Educational Achievement ◽  
Gun Violence ◽  
Gun Control ◽  
Homicide Rates ◽  
Control Laws ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Epidemiological Approach

This document is a research charter describing the intent to engage in research into the causes of gun related homicides, including the efficacy of gun control laws, income, and educational achievement. The study plans to take an epidemiological approach to answering the question of how we can reduce gun violence while preventing or reducing side effects.

scholarly journals The Genetic Research in Alzheimer Disease (GERALD) Initiative Finds rs9320913 as a Neural eQTL of lincRNA AL589740.1

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Lidia Lopez-Gutierrez ◽  
José María García-Alberca ◽  
Silvia Mendoza ◽  
Esther Gris ◽  
María Paz De la Guía ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Alzheimer Disease ◽  
Mental State ◽  
Fluid Intelligence ◽  
Educational Achievement ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Genetic Research ◽  
Gene Desert ◽  
Factors Affecting

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia worldwide, and longitudinal studies are crucial to find the factors affecting disease development. Here, we describe a novel initiative from southern Spain designed to contribute in the identification of the genetic component of the cognitive decline of Alzheimer’s disease patients. The germline variant rs9320913 is a C>A substitution mapping within a gene desert. Although it has been previously associated to a higher educational achievement and increased fluid intelligence, its role on Alzheimer’s disease risk and progression remains elusive. A total of 407 subjects were included in the study, comprising 153 Alzheimer disease patients and 254 healthy controls. We have explored the rs9320913 contribution to both Alzheimer disease risk and progression according to the Mini-Mental State Exams. We found that rs9320913 maps within a central nervous system lincRNA AL589740.1. eQTL results show that rs9320913 correlated with the brain-frontal cortex ( beta = − 0.15 , p value = 0.057) and brain-spinal cord (beta of -0.23, p value = 0.037). We did not find rs9320913 to be associated to AD risk, although AA patients seemed to exhibit a less pronounced Mini-Mental State Exam score decline.

Gun Control Laws

2013 ◽  
pp. 117-132
Author(s):  
M. Dyan McGuire
Keyword(s):  
Gun Control ◽  
Control Laws

Firearm Instrumentality: Do Guns Make Violent Situations More Lethal?

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony A. Braga ◽  
Elizabeth Griffiths ◽  
Keller Sheppard ◽  
Stephen Douglas
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Online Publication ◽  
Gun Violence ◽  
Gun Control ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Considerable Evidence ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
Firearm Availability ◽  
Do So

One of the central debates animating the interpretation of gun research for public policy is the question of whether the presence of firearms independently makes violent situations more lethal, known as an instrumentality effect, or whether determined offenders will simply substitute other weapons to affect fatalities in the absence of guns. The latter position assumes sufficient intentionality among homicide assailants to kill their victims, irrespective of the tools available to do so. Studies on the lethality of guns, the likelihood of injury by weapon type, offender intent, and firearm availability provide considerable evidence that guns contribute to fatalities that would otherwise have been nonfatal assaults. The increasing lethality of guns, based on size and technology, and identifiable gaps in existing gun control policies mean that new and innovative policy interventions are required to reduce firearm fatalities and to alleviate the substantial economic and social costs associated with gun violence. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Criminology, Volume 4 is January 13, 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

Suicide Rates in Canada before and after Tightening Firearm Control Laws

1993 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 787-790 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Lester ◽  
Antoon Leenaars
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Rate ◽  
Gun Control ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Control Laws ◽  
Good Opportunity ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Firearm Suicide ◽  
Firearm Control ◽  
Methods Of Suicide

In Canada, Bill C-51 was implemented in 1977 to restrict the use of firearms, providing a good opportunity to study the effects of gun control laws in the use of firearms for suicide. The present study examined the use of guns for suicide during the period prior to the bill and during the period after the passing of Bill C-51 to assess the association of the bill with suicide rates. Analysis showed a significant decreasing trend after passage of Bill C-51 on the firearm suicide rate in Canada and the percentage of suicides using firearms. The analysis supports the position that restricting easy access to lethal methods of suicide may assist in reducing suicide.

Factors Affecting the School Achievements of Asthmatic Children: A Review

1988 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-19
Author(s):  
Chiara Zincone ◽  
Heather Mohay
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
School Children ◽  
Chronic Respiratory Disease ◽  
Neurological Damage ◽  
Australian School ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Asthmatic Children ◽  
Educational Achievements ◽  
Control Asthma ◽  
Frequent Absence

ABSTRACTAsthma is a chronic respiratory disease which is experienced by a large number of Australian school children. Although these children are of comparable intelligence to their non-asthmatic peers, they generally achieve less well at school. In the paper we review the literature on the following factors in an attempt to explain the depressed educational achievements: 1) neurological damage resulting from anoxia during asthma attacks; 2) side effects of medication used to control asthma; 3) frequent absence from school, and 4) attitudes and expectations of teachers, parents and peers. Clearly more research is required to investigate the interaction between these factors.

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