Externalizing disorders in Albanian adolescents: age and gender differences in a large sample of secondary school pupils - Cara M.
Externalizing disorders (ED) refer to behaviours of a child/adolescent that negatively affect persons external to them. So far, no large-scale study on ED in adolescents attending secondary schools has been carried out in Albania. The current study explore... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 11, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Impact analysis of the change in personal injury regulation in Albania - Muja A.
The regulation, no. 53, setting the compensation for motor third party bodily injuries in Albania is amended and has changed on July 1st, 2018. A significant increase in claims cost is expected, with direct consequences for insurers and policyholders. In o... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 11, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Forbidden insanity: the systematic denial of mental health issues from a state-run psychiatry - Vyshka G, Kazaferi A, Kapo I, Mana T.
The authors discuss the issue of psychiatric care and patients during the second half of XX century in Albania, when the country was under an absolute regime of communism. Completely isolated from the rest of the world, the territory remained a prohibited ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 17, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
'Left like stones in the middle of the road': narratives of aging alone and coping strategies in rural Albania and Bulgaria - Conkova N, Vullnetari J, King R, Fokkema T.
OBJECTIVES: We explore and compare older adults' lived experiences and coping strategies in two post-communist countries - Albania and Bulgaria. Wholesale youth outmigration and economic and institutional regional decline have led to decaying rural areas w... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 24, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Cars as a status symbol: youth attitudes toward sustainable transport in a post-socialist city - Pojani E, Van Acker V, Pojani D.
This article discusses the mobility intentions of adolescents in Tirana, Albania - one of the least studied areas of Central and Eastern Europe. The main research question - explored through Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) - is whether now, nearly thre... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 8, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
The use of psychoactive substances and illegal drugs in the Albanian society
(Bentham Science Publishers) The aim of the research is to create a representative picture of the prevalence and the total number of drug users in Albania from 2012 to 2016, and compare those numbers to previous years with other available data. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 30, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Epidemiology of hand burn in Albania 2011-2016 - Zikaj G, Belba G, Xhepa G.
This study was performed at... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 11, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Urban planning terminology in Albanian and foreign languages - Papamihali E.
The following article aims to introduce a scientific work undertaken with the aim of producing an Urban Planning terminology Dictionary in Albanian, accompanied by French and English. The study and exposure of urban planning terminology will be treated in ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 19, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Community-Based Prevention Source Type: news
Develop calibration factors for crash prediction models for rural two-lane roadways in Albania - Zeqo M.
This paper documents the development of calibration factors for crash prediction models for rural two-lane roadways in Albania. The crash prediction modes in the Interactive Highway Safety Design Model were developed using data from multiple states, theref... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 7, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Nations without Nationality – An ‘Unseen’ Stark Reality
This report explains the circumstances that have led to them not being recognised as citizens, drawing on discussions with four stateless or formerly stateless minority groups. The findings in this report underscore the critical need for minorities to enjoy the right to nationality.“Imagine being told you don’t belong because of the language you speak, the faith you follow, the customs you practice or the colour of your skin. This is the stark reality for many of the world’s stateless. Discrimination, which can be the root cause of their lack of nationality, pervades their everyday lives – often with crippling effe...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 10, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Baher Kamal Tags: Crime & Justice Editors' Choice Education Featured Global Headlines Health Human Rights Migration & Refugees Population Poverty & SDGs Regional Categories TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Do northwestern and southeastern Europe share a common "cycling mindset"? Comparative analysis of beliefs toward cycling in the Netherlands and the Balkans - Pojani D, Bakija D, Shkreli E, Corcoran J, Mateo-babiano I.
Employing the theory of planned behavior for guidance, this study explores the similarities and differences in beliefs about the decisions to commute by bicycle to work in three small, cycling-oriented cities: Gouda (The Netherlands), Shkodra (Albania), an... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 15, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Pedestrians and Bicycles Source Type: news
Antibe signs distribution agreement with Acbel for ATB-346 drug
Antibe Therapeutics has signed a licensing and distribution agreement with Laboratoires Acbel for the drug ATB-346 in Greece, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Albania, Algeria and Jordan. (Source: Pharmaceutical Technology)
Source: Pharmaceutical Technology - February 27, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
State of Emergency Declared as Death Toll in European Cold Snap Rises to 61
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Officials suspended shipping along Europe's second-longest waterway on Tuesday as a polar spell gripped a large swathe of the continent, causing hardship especially among migrants, the homeless and the elderly. The deep freeze has caused at least 61 deaths since it began last week, a third of those in Poland.
Romanian police halted shipping at midday for an undetermined period along a 900-kilometer (565-mile) stretch of the Danube River, which crosses Romania. Croatian and Serbian authorities also stopped river traffic on the Danube.
In Serbia, shipping was banned on the River Sava becaus...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - January 10, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ALISON MUTLER, Associated Press Tags: News Major Incidents Source Type: news
Altercation between Pilot and Instructor Led to Connecticut Plane Crash
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A plane crash that killed a student pilot and left his flight instructor with serious burns appears to have been a suicide attempt, a U.S. official familiar with the investigation said.
The two men had an altercation inside the cockpit of the small plane and the instructor was unable to regain control from the trainee before it crashed near the Connecticut headquarters of a military jet engine manufacturer, according to the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke Wednesday on the condition of anonymity.
The Piper PA-34 Seneca crashed with the two men aboard during a traini...
Source: JEMS Operations - October 13, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: DAVE COLLINS, Associated Press Tags: News Rescue & Vehicle Extrication Source Type: news
Altercation between Pilot and Instructor Led to Connecticut Plane Crash
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A plane crash that killed a student pilot and left his flight instructor with serious burns appears to have been a suicide attempt, a U.S. official familiar with the investigation said.
The two men had an altercation inside the cockpit of the small plane and the instructor was unable to regain control from the trainee before it crashed near the Connecticut headquarters of a military jet engine manufacturer, according to the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke Wednesday on the condition of anonymity.
The Piper PA-34 Seneca crashed with the two men aboard during a traini...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - October 13, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: DAVE COLLINS, Associated Press Tags: News Rescue & Vehicle Extrication Source Type: news
