FORMATIONS OF VIOLENCE IN POST-DICTATORIAL CONTEXTS: LOGICS OF CONFRONTATION BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE YOUNG URBAN POOR IN CONTEMPORARY ARGENTINA

Formations of Violence in Post-Dictatorial Contexts: Logics of Confrontation between the Police and the Young Urban Poor in Contemporary Argentina

The increase in juvenile violence in Argentina since the 1990s results from a combination of economic and socio-structural change and the reinstatement of repressive traditions that became particularly engrained in the armed and security forces during the 1976–1983 dictatorship.Growing unemployment and poverty led to the emergence of loose webs o

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Evaluating the relationship between smartphone addiction/overuse and musculoskeletal pain among medical students at Qassim University

Background: Smartphone use has greatly increased in recent days, and most of the daily tasks are done through these devices.As a result, long time use may involve bad posture that may result in musculoskeletal pain.Therefore, it is important to evaluate the association between addiction/overuse of smartphones and musculoskeletal pain.Aim: To determ

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A vaccination model for COVID-19 in Gauteng, South Africa

The COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to explore the impact of government mandates on movement restrictions and non-pharmaceutical interventions on a novel infection, and we investigate these strategies in early-stage outbreak Gift Card dynamics.The rate of disease spread in South Africa varied over time as individuals changed behavior in r

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