A5101890186- Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture
- Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies
- Military History and Strategy
- Anthropological Studies and Insights
- Culinary Culture and Tourism
- Criminal Justice and Penology
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcare
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Public Health in Brazil
- Agriculture and Farm Safety
- Gender, Security, and Conflict
- Digital Games and Media
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
- Latin American history and culture
- Intelligence, Security, War Strategy
- Comparative International Legal Studies
- Esophageal and GI Pathology
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- European history and politics
- Legal processes and jurisprudence
- Latin American Legal and Economic Studies
- Global Security and Public Health
San Jose State University
2009-2024
Toronto General Hospital
2024
University Health Network
2024
University of Toronto
2024
University of the Coast
2010-2020
Oxford University Press (United Kingdom)
2020
Duke University
2020
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
2019
Doctors Hospital at Renaissance
2019
Cooper University Hospital
2018-2019
This article examines the reported use of 'big data' analysis by Cambridge Analytica in support Donald Trump's presidential campaign. It investigates transformations enveloping overlapping worlds politics, technology and social science. In particular, it critically reviews new developments field psychometrics that have enabled researchers to harvest vast quantities data accessing media platforms such as Facebook. The also assesses claims predictive analytics 'psychographics' led unexpected...
Between July 2005 and August 2006, the US Army put together an experimental counterinsurgency programme called‘Human Terrain System’(HTS). The programme's building blocks are five‐person teams (‘Human Teams’ or HTTs) assigned to brigade combat team headquarters in Iraq Afghanistan, comprising regional studies experts social scientists, some of whom armed. This article looks at roots human terrain concept, which appears have originated domestic efforts connected with government suppress...
Building on Part 1, 2 of this article extends the analysis algorithmic policing to include acoustic gunshot detection systems and explores broader political economy in America. It examines development deployment ShotSpotter technology, its effectiveness, controversies surrounding use. The then synthesizes insights from various tools discussed across both parts analyze how imperatives Silicon Valley venture capital startup culture are reshaping law enforcement. historical context American new...
Intraoperative hypotension is associated with acute kidney injury after surgery. However, the definition (duration and magnitude) of during transplantation (KT) surgery on early graft function remains unclear.
In this second of his two-part article, the author analyzes rise 'predictive policing' and its Pentagon connections, reviews two programmes, poses these in context scientists' concerns over artificial intelligence long-term human survival.
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Few anthropologists today would consider using the term ‘tribe’ as an analytical category, yet it has become a focal point for military commanders and other leaders prosecuting wars in Iraq Afghanistan. Specifically, US‐led occupation forces both countries have begun pursuing ‘tribal’ strategies which they attempted to forge alliances with ‘sheiks’ local power brokers. This article examines reasons rapid rise of discourses, role social scientists their propagation possible consequences...
This article reflects upon the methodological challenges posed by study of secretive organizations and programmes. In particular, it examines question: when participant‐observation is not a feasible option, what techniques can anthropologists use to shed light covert military intelligence agencies corporations that they contract? After reviewing anthropological research on secret societies from late 18th early 19th century, author turns contemporary work bureaucratic institutions initiatives...
En este trabajo se presenta información arqueológica sobre cinco perros domésticos ( Canis lupus familiaris ) recuperados en sitios prehistóricos de las tierras bajas del sudeste uruguayo. La presencia perro el registro arqueológico está asociada a la actividad grupos cazadores-recolectores especializados, con horticultura, adaptados condiciones cambiantes los ecosistemas inundables durante Holoceno tardío (ca. 3000 años aP). Tres ejemplares reportados aquí recuperaron montículos...
This article provides a brief critical history of the Human Terrain System (HTS), US Army counterinsurgency programme designed to embed anthropologists and other social scientists with combat brigades in Iraq Afghanistan. It lasted from 2007 2015 at its peak employed more than 500 people. The programme, which was among most expensive science programs history, controversial for many reasons. Among anthropologists, HTS sparked heated debates about ethics professional science. Soon after...
Tailgut cyst (TGC) is an uncommon congenital lesion, located in the retrorectal/presacral space. We report a 12-year-old girl with lumbar pain and retrorectal mass. She had mental retardation, hypothyroidism, didelphus uterus, sacrum vertebrae, coccyx agenesis, without chromosomic anomalies. Three surgeries were performed for complete excision of tumor. Microscopically, mass consisted cystic spaces lined by wide variety epithelia stroma composed fibrous tissue containing bundles smooth...
This paper reviews the close relationship between theory and practice in Mexican anthropology, comparing contrasting it to U.S. anthropology. The discipline Mexico has successfully engaged public policy politics different ways, ranging from participation construction of nationalist ideologies development anthropology cooperation with popular movements. experience might provide anthropologists creative ideas for connecting future projects.
This article is a preliminary exploration of the effects Covid-19 in Silicon Valley, one three pandemic 'hotspots' on America's west coast. In particular, it describes how crisis has deepened and magnified social economic inequalities region where poverty, homelessness gentrification are rife. Despite fact that many technology firms reaping massive profits wake 'shelter place' orders, Valley workers have lost their jobs struggling to cope with consequences Covid-19. The also analyzes...