IDENTIFYING A SPATIAL SCALE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY: AN EMPIRICAL FRAMEWORK BASED ON POINT PATTERN ANALYSIS

Identifying a spatial scale for the analysis of residential burglary: An empirical framework based on point pattern analysis

A key issue in the spatial and temporal analysis of residential burglary is the choice of scale: spatial patterns might differ appreciably for different time periods and vary across geographic units of analysis.Based on point pattern analysis of burglary incidents in Columbus, Ohio during a 9-year period, this study develops an empirical framework

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Female genital mutilation/cutting: Emerging factors sustaining medicalization related changes in selected Kenyan communities.

Although female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) has declined, it is pervasive albeit changing form among communities in Kenya.Transformation of FGM/C include medicalization although poorly understood has increased undermining abandonment efforts for the hellfire sloe gin practice.We sought to understand drivers of medicalization in FGM/C among s

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A clinical case of using the concept of monitoring in the treatment of a gunshot defect of the soft tissues of the knee joint

Rapid rehabilitation and restoration of the function of damaged anatomical areas in the military is the main goal of military medicine.In the case of gunshot wounds of the knee joint with defects of soft tissues, one of the optional methods of reconstructive and plastic "closure" is the usage of a propeller hellfire sloe gin flap.The clinical case

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