Peri-urban schools of Kinshasa before and during COVID-19: an evaluation of water, handwashing facilities, and girl students’ hand hygiene practices by Jean-Marie Mukiese Nlunda, Tatiana Ndungidi Matumona, Joël Konde Nkiama Numbi, Marc Yamba Yamba Kapenga, Guillaume Kiyombo Mbela

“…The results indicate significant increases in the prevalence of water points in schools from 10.9 to 22.5%, of handwashing facilities from 43 to 60.1% of schools with an average number of handwashing facilities from one to two, and the prevalence of school WASH brigades from 4.8 to 11.8% of schools. There was also a significant increase in schools receiving funds, and other support for WASH, respectively, from 24.9 to 70.3%, and from 17 to 45.9%, while the proportion of adolescent girl students washing their hands after using the toilet and before eating significantly increased from 6 to 28.4%. …”
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Measuring Gross Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Forest Fires in the Abrace o Pantanal Project Area by Miguel Zobaran Figueiredo, Osmar Rossetto Bambini Filho

“…The project consists of early detection and monitoring of wildfires using high-resolution cameras and satellite data, aided by the Pantera platform, which facilitates communication and the mobilization of firefighting brigades. The project covers 2.5 million hectares of the Pantanal biome, with five cameras installed in the Serra do Amolar region, an area severely affected by wildfires in 2020. …”
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Rebuilding the US Health Left by Matthew Anderson, Lanny Smith, Victor W. Sidel

“…They advocated for a national health program (Committee on the Costs of Medical Care, Physicians Forum, Medical Care Section/APHA, HealthPAC, Physicians for a National Health Program, National Physicians Alliance), provided international solidarity (American Soviet Medical Society, international brigades during the Spanish Civil War, Central American Solidarity Movement, Committee to Help Chilean Health Workers, Doctors for Global Health), traced the connections between disease and social class (Sigerist Circle, Spirit of 1848, APHA), fought for workers’ health (Councils for Occupational Safety and Health; Occupational Health and Safety Section, APHA) participated in anti-war movements (Medical Committee for Human Rights, Physicians for Social Responsibility, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War), created new models of health care delivery (Health Cooperatives, Prepaid Health Maintenance Organizations, Community Health Centers, National Health Service Corps, Free Clinics), were central to the struggle for women’s rights (Planned Parenthood, Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health), supported the civil rights movement both in medicine and in the broader society (National Medical Association, Medical Committee for Human Rights), played key roles in the movement for gay rights (ACT-UP, Gay & Lesbian Medical Association, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Caucus of the APHA), challenged traditional models of medical education (Student Health Organizations, AMSA, Residency Program in Social Medicine), and worked in many, many other fields.…”
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Special Aspects of Rehabilitation Programs Organization of Locomotive Crews Employees with Occupational Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: a Review by Ekaterina M. Gutor, Elena A. Zhidkova, Maria V. Ivkina, Konstantin G. Gurevich

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Current problems of regulating civic participation in ensuring public safety by Aleksey M. Voronov, Artem V. Mazein

“…The fragmentary nature of legal regulation is determined by the fact that the mechanisms for the participation of people's squads and public associations of law enforcement orientation in the protection of public order, the participation of volunteer fire brigades and teams in the prevention and extinguishing of fires and emergency rescue operations are separately defined. …”
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Urban distance, civic virtues, and bottom-up solidarity in Milan: the case of Brigate Volontarie per l'Emergenza by Monica Bernardi, Chiara Caterina Razzano

“…As the activity of the brigades spread, a multiplication of collection, sorting and distribution spots occur. …”
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The elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in Mexico: From national health priority to national success story. by Víctor Quesada-Cubo, Dey Carol Damián-González, Francisco Gibert Prado-Velasco, Nadia Angélica Fernández-Santos, Gustavo Sánchez-Tejeda, Fabián Correa-Morales, Hermilo Domínguez-Zárate, Abel García-Orozco, Martha Idalí Saboyá-Díaz, María Jesús Sánchez-Martín

“…The key to the success of this elimination process was primarily the local leadership of health authorities with sustained funding for brigades, increased access to potable water and sanitation, and key alliances with indigenous authorities, health authorities, and government institutions that contributed to the achievement of the goal. …”
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Integrated Air Quality Monitoring and Alert System Based on Two Image Analysis Techniques for Reportable Fire Events by Chen-Jui Liang, Sheng-Hua Lu, Jeng-Jong Liang, Feng-Cheng Lin, Pei-Rong Yu

“…It is recommended that this system be connected to the fire brigades in order to obtain early fire information.…”
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Servir en la marina de Aranjuez en el Siglo XVIII: un destino deseado = Serving in the Navy in Aranjuez in the 18th Century: A Desirable Destination by José Manuel Vázquez Lijó

“…They would sent fixtures and fittings, and assign a number of seamen and skilled workers (carpenters and specialists in caulking), and a few personnel from the artillery brigades; the number of staff would vary accordingly. …”
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A self-sustaining serpentinization mega-engine feeds the fougerite nanoengines implicated in the emergence of guided metabolism by Michael J. Russell

“…Fougerite is a 2D-layered mineral in which the hydrous interlayers themselves harbor 2D solutions, in effect constricted to ~ 1D by preferentially directed electron hopping/tunneling, and proton Gröthuss ‘bucket-brigading’ when subject to charge. As a redox-driven nanoengine or peristaltic pump, fougerite forces the ordered reduction of nitrate to ammonium, the amination of pyruvate and oxalate to alanine and glycine, and their condensation to short peptides. …”
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Legal foundations of the organization and activities of the Ukrainian SSR police in 1949–1950s by О. V. Brusakova, V. A. Hrechenko

“…The practical activity of police bodies for the protection of public order was determined by the following directions: 1) administrative activity (patrol in populated areas, compliance with the rules of the passport and permit system, regulation of street traffic); 2) involvement of state institutions, public organizations and citizens in cooperation; 3) creation of voluntary formations - police assistance brigades and public order protection groups.…”
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PREVENTION OF WAR AND ECONOMIC CRIMES UNDER MARTIAL LAW IN UKRAINE by Dmytro Shvets, Maksym Korniienko, Ruslan Karagioz

“…Within the framework of special criminological prevention of military-economic crime, the study substantiates and proves the need to create mental health units at the level of divisions and brigades, which should be headed by psychiatrists and include mental health officers (licensed psychologists and/or social workers with specialised education who have at least one year of experience in relevant medical institutions). …”
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Visitor safety and security compliance as a key component of event planning and implementation? Findings from a German research project on COVID-19 by Patricia M. Schütte, Yannic Schulte, Alexandra Schmitt, Malte Schönefeld, Vivien Barber, Frank Fiedrich

“…Introduction: Event Safety and Security Production (ESSP) typically involves event organizers, private security firms, authorities, police, fire brigades, and others. Their joint responsibility is to ensure safety, decide on measures, communicate them, and enforce them when necessary. …”
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INFLUENCE RESEARCH OF CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF HIGH-VOLTAGE CIRCUIT DESIGNS ON THE FIRE BREAK-OUT AT THE LOCOMOTIVES by V. V. Kovalenko

“…The proposed additional signaling will contribute not only to the preservation of the locomotive fleet of Ukrzaliznytsia OJSC, but also to the rescue of locomotive brigades.…”
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Impact and Sustainability of Foreign Medical Aid: A Qualitative Study with Honduran Healthcare Providers by Kara L. Faktor, Denise D. Payán, Alejandro J. Ramirez, Folasade P. May

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Using a Cultural Keystone Species in Participatory Monitoring of Fire Management in Indigenous Lands in the Brazilian Savanna by Rodrigo de Moraes Falleiro, Lívia Carvalho Moura, Pedro Paulo Xerente, Charles Pereira Pinto, Marcelo Trindade Santana, Maristella Aparecida Corrêa, Isabel Belloni Schmidt

“…With the support of diverse multiethnic groups of local fire brigades, we sampled <i>Hancornia speciosa</i> (Apocynaceae) populations across a vast regional range of 18 traditional territories (Indigenous Lands and Quilombola Territories) as well as four restricted Protected Areas. …”
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French Documents on the Beginning of the World War II by A. N. Artizov, S. V. Kudryashov

“…Military districts, fortified areas, army, corps, divisions, regiments, brigades, military educational institutions and other military organizations» (RGVA. …”
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Structure and organisation of palliative care for children in Krasnodar Krai by A. V. Burlutskaya, A. V. Statova, E. V. Mamyan

“…The number of visiting nurse brigades comprised 13. An analysis of the provision of palliative care in accordance with No. 985 form “Data on patients receiving palliative care” and the report of the palliative care structure as of September 1, 2018 showed that 193 children needed round-the-clock inpatient care. …”
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The challenges of military operations in urban areas by Jurišić Dragiša

“…Special emphasis should be placed on the need to study more the topic of combat in urban areas in operations of battalions and brigades and to be as much as possible an integral part of the training process of these units.…”
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Warriors versus experts : managing conflict between professional groups for US Army mental healthcare by DiBenigno, Julia Marie

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