COVID-19: ban ‘orientalism’ by critics of wildlife trade
Published in Nature
Mercury stable isotopes for monitoring the effectiveness of the Minamata Convention on Mercury
The Minamata Convention on Mercury (MC) includes provisions for a global monitoring program (GMP) and effectiveness evaluation (EE) to provide information on changes in mercury sources in various environmental media. While conventional measurement and modeling techniques have limitations in explaining the changes in mercury concentrations, the meas...
Russia aims to revive science after era of stagnation
Published in Nature
Some researchers see promise in planned reforms. Credit: Alexei Druzhinin\TASS via GettyRussia's president Vladimir Putin shakes hands with a robot during an exhibition by Russian businesses
Improving the quality of cause of death data for public health policy: are all ‘garbage’ codes equally problematic?
...Published in BMC Medicine
ANACONDA: a new tool to improve mortality and cause of death data
Published in BMC Medicine
BackgroundThe need to monitor the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to have access to reliable and timely mortality data has created a strong demand in countries for tools that can assist them in this. ANACONDA (Analysis of National Causes of Death for Action) is a new tool developed for this purpose which allows countries to assess how accu...
The relationship of nursing practice laws to suicide and homicide rates: a longitudinal analysis of US states from 2012 ...
BACKGROUND:Nursing resources can have a protective effect on patient outcomes, but nurses and nursing scope of practice have not been studied in relation to injury outcomes. The purpose of this study was to examine whether scope of practice and ease of practice laws for nurse practitioners and registered nurses are associated with suicide and homic...
The relationship of nursing practice laws to suicide and homicide rates: a longitudinal analysis of US states from 2012 ...
Published in BMC Health Services Research
BackgroundNursing resources can have a protective effect on patient outcomes, but nurses and nursing scope of practice have not been studied in relation to injury outcomes. The purpose of this study was to examine whether scope of practice and ease of practice laws for nurse practitioners and registered nurses are associated with suicide and homici...
Emissions: world has four times the work or one-third of the time
...Published in Nature
New synthesis shows what a wasted decade means for the climate pact made in Paris.
Antecedents of use of e-health services in Central Eastern Europe: a qualitative comparative analysis
Published in BMC Health Services Research
BackgroundThe objective of this paper is to identify the key conditions that positively affect the use of e-health services in Central Eastern Europe (CEE) countries. CEE countries after the political and economic transformation in 1989/90 implemented slightly different national health care models. The research question of the study is: how do the ...
Extended US travel ban harms global science
Published in Nature
From preparing for pandemics to boosting crop yields, Nigerian scientists who work and train abroad are making the world safer. Now that’s under threat.
