Suicidal behavior in emergency care: 10 tips for an active, empathetic and preventative approach - Lommerse KM, M érelle SYM, De Beurs D, Fuchs M, Baden DN.
Patients with suicidal behaviour are frequently seen in A&E departments. Providing care for this patient group can be challenging and medical staff have often not received specialized training to improve their knowledge and skills. An empathetic approach c...
Source: SafetyLit - August 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news

A dataset on social media users' engagement with religious misinformation - Al-Zaman MS, Noman MMS.
This dataset comprises Facebook data on five cases of religious misinformation in Bangladesh. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first publicly accessible dataset on Facebook-based religious misinformation in the country, featuring 7350 comments contr...
Source: SafetyLit - August 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Media, Marketing, and Internet Issues Source Type: news

Ethically driven and methodologically tailored: setting the agenda for systematic reviews in domestic violence and abuse - Schucan Bird K, Stokes N, Tomlinson M, Rivas C.
Systematic reviews have an important, and growing, role to play in the global evidence eco-system of domestic violence and abuse. Alongside substantive contributions to knowledge, such reviews stimulate debates about ethical reviewing practices and the imp...
Source: SafetyLit - August 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news

Language Models Can Gain Impressive Knowledge From Surface-Form Text
Yoon Kim is an assistant professor at MIT. He obtained his PhD in computer science from Harvard University, where he was ...#yoonkim #mit #phd #harvarduniversity
Source: Reuters: Health - August 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Immutable zkEVM begins testnet phase with 12 Web3 games in development
Web3 gaming platform Immutable has commenced public testing of its Immutable zkEVM in collaboration with Polygon Labs. Work on the zero-knowledge Ethereum virtual machine (zkEVM) network began in March after Immutable announced a partnership with Polygon Labs. Polygon's own 'holy grail'…#polygonlabs #polygon #ethereum #robbieferguson #gamestop #tokentrove #ilogos #immutable #coinarcade #galaxycommanders
Source: Reuters: Health - August 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Immutable, Web3 Gaming Platform, Launches zkEVM Testnet in Bid to Diversify Infrastructure
Immutable, a web3 gaming platform, announced today that it is commencing public testing of a new layer-2 blockchain, Immutable zkEVM, in a bid to reduce dependence on a single network infrastructure. The zkEVM is a zero-knowledge (ZK) rollup, a scaling feature aimed at reducing gas fees and…#ethereumtoimmutable #polygon #supernets #immutablex #starknet #coindesk #polygonlabsteamup
Source: Reuters: Health - August 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New Lawsuit Filed by Family of Henrietta Lacks Over Unauthorized Use of Her Cells
MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 -- The family of Henrietta Lacks has filed another in a series of planned lawsuits over the use of Lacks ' cells without her knowledge or consent. Known as the HeLa cell line, it has changed modern medicine because of the cells ' ...
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 14, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

New study identifies genes linked to high production of key antibody
Key takeawaysResearchers studying white blood cells identified an atlas of genes linked to high production and release of the most common type of antibody found in the human body, known as immunoglobulin G.The finding could be a step toward new antibody-based treatments and improvements in the effectiveness of cell therapies.The researchers used microscopic containers called nanovials, which were developed at UCLA, to capture the individual cells they studied.A collaboration led by UCLA and the Seattle Children ’s Research Institute has yielded new knowledge about the genes responsible for the production and release of i...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - August 14, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

New Lawsuit Filed by Family of Henrietta Lacks Over Unauthorized Use of Her Cells
MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 – The family of Henrietta Lacks has filed another in a series of planned lawsuits over the use of Lacks’ cells without her knowledge or consent. Known as the HeLa cell line, it has changed modern medicine because of the...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 14, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Victimization in juvenile sexual assault legislation: a critical content analysis of state laws in the United States of America - Osuna AI, Garcia K, Fallik SW, Markevitch T.
Although research has been conducted on the risks and effects of juvenile sexual assault, there is a gap in our knowledge surrounding juvenile sexual assault and how the law discusses victims. The goal of this endeavor is to provide a systematic summary of...
Source: SafetyLit - August 14, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Parental knowledge attitude and practices about chemical and medicinal poisons: a hospital based study from Karachi, Pakistan - Perveen F, Ahmed N, Masud S, Ihsan MU, Khan UR, Khan NU.
BACKGROUND: Unintentional poisoning is among the leading cause of death in children less than 20 years age. The incidence of unintentional poisoning in Low-income countries LMICs is four times higher compared to high-income countries (HICs). In Pakistan a ...
Source: SafetyLit - August 14, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

Knowledge, attitude, and sources of information towards burn first aid among people referred to a burn centre in the north of Iran - Tolouei M, Pirooz A, Ashoobi MT, Davoudpour R, Zarei R, Sadeghi M, Mehdipour F, Bagheri Toolaroud P.
Optimal management of burns begins with first aid from the first hours of injury. Adequate knowledge of how to perform first aid for burns can reduce the consequences of injury. Therefore, this study aims to determine the knowledge, attitude, and sources o...
Source: SafetyLit - August 14, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

The Dream Was Universal Access to Knowledge. The Result Was a Fiasco
The Internet Archive’s lending program has long involved scanning books and offering them to readers under a practice called controlled digital lending. In the pandemic emergency, Brewster Kahle’s Internet Archive freely lent out digital scans of its library. Publishers sued. Owning a book means…#internetarchive #brewsterkahle #mariapallante #siliconvalley #christianscience #librarians #johngkoeltl #manhattan #warnerbrosdiscovery #classicmovies
Source: Reuters: Health - August 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Just how bad is alcohol? Eight experts weigh in on the risks and supposed benefits of drinking
Although it’s common knowledge that drinking too much is unhealthy, research sometimes conflicts about where the dividing line is between permissible and risky alcohol consumption — and whether drinking a small amount could come with any health benefits. In the last few months alone, two large…#timstockwell #krishnaaragam #mit #aragam #zhaopingli #uclahealth #katherinekeyes #keyes #emmalaing #laing
Source: Reuters: Health - August 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Sources: Modular, which offers AI development tools and a programming language, is discussing a Series A at a ~$600M valuation, after a $30M seed in June 2022
Modular, a startup whose software aims to loosen Nvidia’s chokehold over in-demand artificial intelligence chips, has been in talks with investors including General Catalyst to raise Series A funding that would value it at roughly $600 million, according to two people with knowledge of the deal…#nvidia #generalcatalyst #google #apple #cuda #modular #amd #intel #chrislattner
Source: Reuters: Health - August 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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