QUANTIFYING INEQUITIES IN US FEDERAL RESPONSE TO HURRICANE DISASTER IN TEXAS AND FLORIDA COMPARED WITH PUERTO RICO

Quantifying inequities in US federal response to hurricane disaster in Texas and Florida compared with Puerto Rico

If disaster responses vary in their effectiveness across communities, health equity is affected.This paper aims to evaluate and describe variation in the federal disaster responses to 2017 Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, compared with the need and severity of storm damage through a retrospective analysis.Our analysis spans from landfall to 6 mon

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New records and geographical distribution of Alburnus hohenackeri Kessler, 1870 (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Iran

The distribution of the Persian bleak, Alburnus hohenackeri Kessler, 1870 in Iran is described.During a survey from 2009 to 2012, we captured Bookcase 30 specimens of A.hohenackeri from Choghakhor Wetland in Tigris River basin and Kardeh Dam in Harirud River basin of Iran.This is the first report of the occurrence of this species in these localitie

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From Physical Puberty to Intellectual Maturity: Comparative Analysis of Maturity Presumption in Iranian, French and Islamic Law

In Iranian Mounting Plate Civil Law.like in Islamic Jurisprudence, in addition to puberty, the maturity is necessary in order to have capacity for carrying out transaction.The age of puberty is defined in jurisprudence; however, there is no specific age of maturity.Before the revolution in Iran , Article 1210 of the Civil Code determined the age of

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Waterhouse Friderichsen Syndrome: Medico-legal issues

The Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome (WFS) is a pediatric emergency characterized by high mortality due to the combination of bilateral adrenal haemorrhage, meningococcal infection and cutaneous purpura.WFS often raises medico-legal problems related to missed or delayed diagnosis mainly related to the short TV Main PCB clinical course, the sudden o

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Facing COVID-19: Forensic doctors of public security departments should improve infected cadaver identification and personal protection procedures

Because of the nature of the human identification system, forensic doctors working in public security departments are responsible for cadaver examination and conducting crime scene investigations.These processes contain inherent risks, which often include Mounting Plate various injury, poisoning hazards, and probable exposure risks with virus such

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