Saelens, Martijn Hoebeke, Jeroen Shahid, Adnan Poorter, Eli De
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EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
Long-range sub-GHz technologies such as LoRaWAN, SigFox, IEEE 802.15.4, and DASH7 are increasingly popular for academic research and daily life applications. However, especially in the European Union (EU), the use of their corresponding frequency bands are tightly regulated, since they must confirm to the short-range device (SRD) regulations. Regul...
Willmott, Lindy White, Benjamin P. Ko, Danielle Downar, James Deliens, Luc
Objectives From 19 June 2019, assisted dying became lawful in Victoria, the second most populous state in Australia. Section 8 of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act is a legislative safeguard that is designed to ensure a patient’s request for assistance to die is voluntary. This section prohibits health practitioners from initiating a conversation ab...
Bressers, S. van den Elzen, H. Gräwe, C. van den Oetelaar, D. Postma, P. H. A. Schoustra, S. K.
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Research Integrity and Peer Review
BackgroundReducing the number of animals used in experiments has become a priority for the governments of many countries. For these reductions to occur, animal-free alternatives must be made more available and, crucially, must be embraced by researchers.MethodsWe conducted an international online survey for academics in the field of animal science ...
Evenblij, Kirsten Pasman, H. Roeline W. van der Heide, Agnes Hoekstra, Trynke Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje D.
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BMC Medicine
BackgroundRecently, euthanasia and assisted suicide (EAS) in patients with psychiatric disorders, dementia, or an accumulation of health problems has taken a prominent place in the public debate. However, limited is known about this practice. The purpose of this study was threefold: to estimate the frequency of requesting and receiving EAS among pe...
O'Brien, Thomas Jaishankar, Sneha
In California, Senate Bill 375 (SB 375, 2008) required each Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) to develop a Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS). This mandate required MPOs to set targets and develop strategies to reduce transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions within their region. To deliver effectively on this policy, there has bee...
Tadesse, Tamiru Zawdie, Belay
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundIn 2014, the Ethiopian government passed a new smoking legislation that banned smoking in public and workplaces including health care facilities. However, data’s on level of non-compliance and associated factors with non-compliance towards smoke-free legislation in hospital settings of the country has not been studied yet.MethodsHospital-...
Kaye, Sherrie-Anne Fleiter, Judy J. Haque, Md. Mazharul
Serious injuries and fatalities resulting from road traffic crashes are a major global public health issue. It has been estimated that worldwide road crashes result in 1.35 million fatalities each year, with millions more seriously injured, and further that the global road trauma burden is disproportionately spread across national income groupings....
De Mello, Fernando Machado Bilal, Essaïd Neves, Gustavo Teodoro, Maria Eduarda L.R. De Araujo, Thiago Peixoto
The complexity of the assessment process of variations in contamination levels of soils is in part due to distinct sources, natural or by some anthropic activities. Compare these different substances sources, backgrounds and guiding values is very important to introduce directions and contributions for regulations or environmental protection legisl...
Lessard, Claude
Ce texte analyse la mission du Conseil supérieur de l’éducation du Québec, conçu par le rapport Parent qui l’a mis au monde en 1964 comme une « commission permanente d’enquête sur l’éducation », cela devant se traduire d’une part, dans un rôle de « go-between » entre la société civile, les acteurs de l’éducation et les instances politiques, et d’au...
Lessard, Claude
Ce texte analyse la mission du Conseil supérieur de l’éducation du Québec, conçu par le rapport Parent qui l’a mis au monde en 1964 comme une « commission permanente d’enquête sur l’éducation », cela devant se traduire d’une part, dans un rôle de « go-between » entre la société civile, les acteurs de l’éducation et les instances politiques, et d’au...
