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tamar.rogoszinski

Chief Bruce Shisheesh - chief of the Aboriginal people mentioned. Announced that the community was in a state of emergency.

House of Commons 

Dr. Caroline Tait - Psychiatry professor in the COllege of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. She helped start the First Peoples-First Person Indigenous Hub, a research initiative meant to examine mental health issues among Aboriginal People. She received her PhD from Departments of Anthropology and Social Studies of Medicine at McGill University. 

Nunavut Premier Peter Taptuna - declared suicide a crisis in the territory in order to avoid the temporary concern that a public health emergency would grant.

Manitoba Assembly Chiefs Grand Chief Derek Nepinak - pointed out the importance of preservation of culture on the mental wellness of these people.

Inuit people - have the highest suicide rate in the world

Bob Merasty - Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nation Vice Chief. 

Georgina Jolibois - member of parliament for the region. Stood in the House of Commons and voiced concerns about mental health issues in the area and lack of resources or attention.

National Aboriginal Health Organization - non-profit organization meant to help the community. 

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The World Trade Center collapse was a unique disaster for American organizations to deal with, the aftermath and subsequent investigation into the collapse shows a need for a unified system of authority between investigative organizations. The paper shows the development of his system using several other disasters throughout American history.

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The triages are shown in a flow-chart type of visualization. The rest are on a selection basis. For example, for management algorithms, we are first given the option of: Incident Orientation, Contamination: Diagnose/Manage, Exposure: Diagnose/Manage Acute Radiation Syndrome, and Exposure & Contamination. Clicking one leads you to further flow charts describing the actions that should be taken place. Within those exists more information in order to help healthcare providers make correct, educated decisions on treatment. 

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The argument is supported through a combination of personal stories, historical changes in protocol, and analysis of the reasons why applicants resort to a medical argument for residence permits. The use of personal stories of applicants highlights the inconsistencies in the process largely due to compassionate bias on the part of officials reading the applications, as well as the resources available in different cities. As the protocols were changed the article shows that while some of the inconsistencies were resolved, the process of determining who can and cannot receive medical treatment necessitates personal judgment which inevitably affects the outcome.

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erin_tuttle

The study aimed to discover new or more effective methods of studying long term effects of exposure to toxic agents. It describes the new insights including the effectiveness of simple studies, ensuring control groups, and methods to do research by using ecological aspects or involving the community in places where medical researchers are not entirely trusted.

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tamar.rogoszinski

They calculated the observed/expected (O/E) ratio of thyroid cancer prevalence for residents in Fukushima Prefecture that were below the age of 20. Observed prevalence was calculated by the number of thyroid cancer cases detected by the end of April 2015. The number of detected cases was corrected for screening rate by multiplying the inverse of the age-specific screening rate. The expected prevalence was obtained from another report, which was calulated using a life-table method using national estimates from 2001-10. Age-specific prevalence of thyroid cancer was estimated using the cumulative risk from 2010. The annual percent change of increasing cases of thyroid cancer was taken into account as well. 

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tamar.rogoszinski

The author's name is Miriam Ticktin. She is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Co-Director of Zolberg Institute for Migration and Mobility. Her PhD from Anthropology is from Stanford. Miriam works at the intersections of the anthropology of medicine and science, law, and transnational and postcolonial feminist theory. She has published many papers and a few books, some of which discuss borders as new forms of political inclusion and exclusion.

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tamar.rogoszinski

Emergency response is not directly addressed in this article, but humanitarian aid is. Through the analysis of this aid, we can see which areas are in need of help and responders. Because humanitarian aid is a form of responders as well, it is important to understand their function in the context of emergencies and crises. It can also be implied that those receiving aid did at one point need emergency response teams.