News at a glance: A particle ’s weighty measurement, Marburg in Africa, and a fossil called “the blob”
PARTICLE PHYSICS
Particle mass dispels hint of new physics
A fleeting, weighty elementary particle called the W boson has just the mass predicted by theory, physicists working with Europe’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) reported this week at a conference in Italy. The finding comes from ATLAS, one of four large particle detectors fed by the LHC, and it contradicts
the eyebrow-raising measurement
reported last year in
Science
that suggested
the W was heavier than predicted by physicists’ prevailing standard model
. That discrepancy could have signaled that massive ne...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 30, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Assessing impact of health education in improving knowledge of children on child sexual abuse - Bansal P, Shrestha A, Upadhyay HP, Khadka K, Koirala P.
This study aims to assess the impact of health education ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Categorizing complainant-accused relationships in cases of child sexual abuse: the distinctive nature of community connections - Berens KA, Anderson SF, Harvey MB, Coburn PI, Price HL, Chong K, Connolly DA.
We examined the categorization of relationships between child complainants and accused perpetrators in cases of child sexual abuse (CSA). Researchers that have focused on complainant-accused relationships and other case variables, often combining two extra... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
From crime scene to courtroom: a review of the current bioanalytical evidence workflows used in rape and sexual assault investigations in the United Kingdom - Dawnay N, Sheppard K.
Sexual assault casework requires the collaboration of multiple agency staff to formalise an investigative pipeline running from crime scene to court. While the same could be said of many other forensic investigations, few require the additional support of ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Congo-Kinshasa: Why Ebola Sex Abuse Victims May Never Find Justice
[The New Humanitarian] London -- 'The UN has essentially created a two-tier system for survivors of sexual abuse.' (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 30, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Some Russians can't agree if they should honor convict soldiers who died in Ukraine after trading prison for war:'They killed, stole, stabbed, raped... What …
Graves of Wagner group mercenaries killed in the Russian invasion war in Ukraine are being buried in the Mavrino village cemetery in the outskirts of Moscow. Celestino Arce/NurPhoto/Getty Images The Wagner Group recruited thousands of Russian prisoners to fight in Ukraine in exchange for freedom.…#wagner #russian #ukraine #mavrino #moscow #wagnergroup #alleyofheroes #yevgenyprigozhin #ministryofdefence #romanlazaruk (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Jehovah's witnesses response to child sexual abuse: a critique of organisational behaviour and management policies (1989-2020) - Rashid F, Barron I.
Because of limited academic literature, this study aims to encourage research into child sexual abuse (CSA) in the worldwide Christian Congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses (JW). A hermeneutic analysis of literature in the public domain is conducted to eval... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Commentary Source Type: news
Mayorkas Denounces ‘Revolting’ Attack From Ted Cruz, Who Accused Him Of Being ‘Willing to Let Children Be Raped’
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) claimed Homeland Security Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas should resign from his position if he has any integrity during a fiery hearing exchange on Capitol Hill, in which the secretary denounced Cruz’s line of questioning as “revolting.” Cruz brought up an increase in…#tedcruz #alejandromayorkas #capitolhill #mayorkas #borderpatrol #newsmax #mediaite (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
"I was the only one talking about the abuse": experiences and perceptions of survivors who underwent child sexual abuse as boys - Attrash-Najjar A, Cohen N, Glucklich T, Katz C.
OBJECTIVE: Empirical literature on child sexual abuse (CSA) has traditionally focused on the CSA of girls. Much less is known about the CSA of boys, specifically about the survivors' experiences. The current study was designed to examine the experiences an... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Developing a trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy application for adolescents with problematic sexual behaviors: a conceptual framework - Grady MD, Yoder J, Deblinger E, Mannarino AP.
Sexual abuse (SA) perpetration is a significant public health problem; SA perpetration is most likely to emerge during adolescence and youth ages 13 to 17 account for a significant portion of all child sexual abuse. While research shows that these youth ha... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Development and evaluation of the Teacher Reporting Questionnaire for South African Foundation Phase Educators (TRQ-SA) in measuring teachers' intentions to report child sexual abuse suspicions - Rule DM.
Globally teachers are mandated by law to report suspected child sexual abuse (CSA). The Teachers' Reporting Questionnaire (TRQ) was constructed to assess teachers' intentions to report CSA suspicions in Australia. The current research examines the developm... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
From myth to reality: sexual image abuse myth acceptance, the Dark Tetrad, and non-consensual intimate image dissemination proclivity - Karasavva V, Swanek J, Smodis A, Forth A.
Despite media attention on non-consensual intimate image dissemination (NCII), the literature on the personality traits, attitudes, and beliefs that predict NCII approval, enjoyment, and perpetration is limited. With a sample of 810 undergraduate students,... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Hindsight bias in assessing child sexual abuse - Scurich N, G üney, Dietz P.
Two studies using large samples of jury-eligible adults tested whether hindsight influences perceptions of potential grooming behaviours. In study 1, participants (n = 371) were presented with vignettes describing five different interactions between an adu... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Personality features of sexual offenders who committed offences against children - Dillien T, Brazil IA, Sabbe B, Goethals K.
While attention has been given to maladaptive personality traits in the sexual offending literature, little is known about how individuals who engage in child sexual abuse (CSOs) score on general personality traits, and how subgroups of CSOs vary in these ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Preventing child sexual abuse before it occurs: examining the scale and nature of secondary public health prevention approaches - Kewley S, Mhlanga-Gunda R, Van Hout MC.
Preventing child sexual abuse (CSA) requires comprehensive multi-agency criminal justice and public health approaches. Yet, marginal attention has been given to secondary prevention strategies that target "at risk" populations. Thus, we carried out a scopi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
