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  1. Jan 2025
    1. study by the US Marine Corps,

      There was a study by the U.S. Marine Corps comparing all-male units vs. mixed units(including one or two women) in marksanship, loading artillery shells, and similar. In 93 out of 134 tests, the all-male units won-In 2 o f the tests, the women won.

  2. Dec 2023
    1. Using publicly available information,3United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsHostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel: flash update #26.http://www.ochaopt.org/content/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-26Date: Nov 1, 2023Date accessed: November 3, 2023Google Scholar,  4United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near EastUNRWA Situation Report #19 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank (including East Jerusalem).https://www.unrwa.org/resources/reports/unrwa-situation-report-19-situation-gaza-strip-and-west-bank-including-east-JerusalemDate: Nov 1, 2023Date accessed: November 3, 2023Google Scholar we compared the Gaza MoH's mortality reports with a separate source of mortality reporting and found no evidence of inflated rates.

      1) This supposes that the other sources of "mortality reporting" are accurate. What is the evidence that these sources are not inflated/inaccurate? 2) No evidence of inflated numbers is not the same as accurate reporting(Note to all readers). Supposing that the other mortality sources are accurate, inflation of numbers is not only way that the numbers can be inaccurate.

  3. Oct 2023
    1. Dry drunk syndrome is a term that Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) originally developed. AA used the term to describe a person who has stopped drinking alcohol but still experiences the issues or behaviors that contributed to their alcohol use disorder (AUD). However, many people now consider the term to be stigmatizing and discourage its use.

      Dry Drunk, a term originally developed by AA, is a term used to describe people who stopped drinking alcohol, but still have exhibit the behaviors that led them to abuse alcohol. For instance, a person who is isolated, drank because of their isolation, went to AA, but is still isolated.