Abstract
This paper provides a critical assessment of the 1999 article by Jalaludin, et al., which was published in the Australian and New Zealand Journals of Public Health, entitled "Risk Factors For Asthma Deaths: A Population-Based Case-Control Study". It looks at how the objectives of the paper by Jalaludin, et al. were to investigate risk factors for deaths from asthma, using a case-control study design with two control groups and how the study was prompted by a bout of deaths from asthma in New Zealand in 1970 for which the cause was unknown, but suspected to be fenoterol.

From the Paper
"The Mitchell et al. (2002) questionnaire requested information on demographics, age at first diagnosis of asthma, duration of symptoms before diagnosis, self-assessment of severity, symptom frequency, medication use (by broad category and specific names), history of allergy, exposure to asthma triggers, the asthma trigger for the index episode, and feelings of vulnerability (Mitchell et al., 2002). The article under discussion was, again, not so thorough in terms of the rigor of the questionnaire used, and again, any conclusions drawn from such a questionnaire need to be looked at from the point of view of this caveat."

Tags:fenoterol, respiratory, infection

Abstract
This paper analyzes percentage increases or decreases in American troop deaths against movement in petroleum oil prices during the same months. It then introduces a one- and two-month lag to allow petroleum markets to react to troop deaths. The paper concludes that increases or decreases in troop deaths typically do not have the same effect on oil prices, and may even have a reverse effect. The paper contains tables and graphs.

Table of Contents:
Abstract
Introduction
The Immediate Effect
One- and Two-Month Lags
Conclusion

From the Paper
"By analyzing a two-month lag, we are left with 15 data points. In only six of the 15 months did refined petroleum prices move, two months later, in the same direction as troop casualty figures (See Table 1 and Graph 1). The three months with the largest increases in troop casualties (145.2 percent in April 2006; 60 percent in December 2006; and 51.2 percent in August 2006), were only followed two months later by an increase in refined petroleum prices once -- in February 2007. Of the nine months analyzed where at least a 20 percent change in troop deaths occurred, only four times was there similar movement in refined petroleum prices two months later. Interesting enough, in three of the five months where at least a 30 percent change in troop deaths occurred, refined petroleum prices moved in the same direction two months later. While this allows for an argument that refined petroleum prices, with a two month lag, can be influenced by movements in troop deaths that exceed a certain trigger point, the argument is far from convincing. After all, the overall correlation between troop deaths and refined petroleum prices after a two month lag is weak, and at the 20 percent trigger mark, refined petroleum prices moved in sync less than half the time."

Tags:petroleum, war, market

Abstract
The paper discusses the large number of deaths associated with the blood thinner known as Heparin and attributes this to the drug source being one of Chinese origin. The paper places the blame on the FDA on their shortcomings of not efficiently testing drug sources.

Outline:
Summary of issues presented
Description of parties involved
Potential resolutions
Open questions

From the Paper
"One of the most significant issues with regards to deaths and injuries associated with Heparin is one which involves a blatant oversight on the part of the FDA. The FDA is duty bound to inspect any plant providing ingredients or product that are approved by the FDA. The FDA has admitted that its officials have neglected to inspect, Changzhou SPL, the Chinese plant which provided the heparin utilized by Baxter International, the maker of the heparin in question. The implications of this are such that the failure on the part of the FDA to do its job can be cited for the resulting deaths of what is now estimated to be approximately seventeen ."

Tags:FDA, heparin, blood, thinner

Abstract
This paper takes a look at three major police commissions of inquiry into the New South Wales police service during the 20th century: the commission into aboriginal deaths in custody, the Commission into the Inquiry of the NSW police administration, also known as the Fitzgerald report, and the Wood Royal commission. The recommendations of these reports are discussed, including whether or not these recommendations were implemented.

From the Paper
"Three major commissions of the twentieth century have been the commission into aboriginal deaths in custody, the Commission into the Inquiry of the NSW police administration, also known as the Fitzgerald report, and the Wood Royal commission. These commissions have made many different recommendations pertaining to particular matters. These recommendations are implemented in order to reform existing practices and to transform them into practices that are to be acceptable to both government, community and all other parties involved. Various recommendations that have been made regarding these issues have had a central focus and common ground. Although these recommendations are issued, there is no guarantee that government will implement these recommendations and other recommendations that have been implemented are often not sustained in both legislature and other bodies. Some recommendations require legislative change and some can be applied very quickly while others require more time in order to change laws and acts. It is the government's onus to implement these recommendations. Numerous recommendations arising from these commissions are undesirable to the government, so the adoption of these recommendations is often slow or they are not adopted at all."

Tags:comparison, implementation, recommendations

Abstract
In this article, the writer outlines why it may be said that in both 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare and 'Death of a Salesman' by Arthur Miller, the families of Hamlet and of Willy Loman drove them to their deaths. The writer concludes that
in the end, the plays both reveal how the environmental stimuli provided by those around us are often the very stimuli which push us into the abyss.

From the Paper
"In the first instance, the faithlessness of Queen Gertrude, the stern injunction of the vengeful ghost of Hamlet's father and the evil-doing of Claudius push Hamlet towards the commission of a terrible crime that ultimately costs him his own life.In the latter case, Willy's pain at seeing his son Biff fall short of his full potential drives the elder Loman to first melancholic madness and thence to death."

Tags:hamlet, death

Abstract
This paper describes the electronic defense weapon known as the Taser and how it works. The writer explains the guidelines prepared by the International Association of Police for recommended Taser use, which also include recommendations for educating the community about Taser technology and its use as an alternative to deadly force. The paper relates that, in the absence of specific legislation on Taser policy, Taser use currently depends on the individual agency. The paper then discusses a case where use of the Taser was abused. The author concludes that Taser death is, in the majority of cases, not the cause of death, but instead may be blamed upon the officer with the Taser or the department that has failed to train its police force in the proper use of the Taser. This paper includes a figure.

Outline:
Background
Departmental Safety Precautions
Appropriate and Inappropriate Use of Tasers
Operational Procedures for Taser Use
Education of Public About Taser Deaths
Safety of Taser Use in Case Study Reports
Summary and Conclusion

From the Paper
"The OLR Research Report relates operational procedures to include that officers should: (1) Issue warnings before activating an electronic defense weapon (unless doing so would endanger another person); (2) When applicable, alert other officers at an incident scene of their intent to activate a weapon; (3) Use brightly colored weapons (e. g. , yellow) thereby reducing the risk of escalating force and decreasing the possibility that a secondary unit mistakes the weapon for a firearm; (4) Carry the weapon on their weak support side to avoid accidentally drawing or firing their sidearm; (5) Set their weapons in the "probe mode" as the primary option, and use "stun mode" as a secondary option; and (6) Use the weapon for one standard cycle and stop to evaluate the situation."

Tags:non-compliance, aggression, use-of-force, strategy, barbs, accountability, neuromuscular, emergency

Abstract
In this essay, the writer discusses the issues of guilt and blame in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet in Shakespeare's tragic romance. Further, the writer examines how Friar Laurence's actions helped cause the tragedy.

From the Paper
"William Shakespeare's tragic romance 'Romeo and Juliet' tells the story of two young lovers who take their own lives and whose deaths are the final act in the feuding between the families of Montague and Capulet. Any number of individuals in this play could be considered responsible or blameworthy with regard to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Certainly the young couple must accept responsibility for their own deaths. The parents who fight for honor and power are responsible as ... "

Tags:Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare, drama

Abstract
The analysis focuses on the deaths John Grady experiences in the novel and what their significance is to his maturation and worldviews as he journeys from innocence into manhood.

From the Paper
"The theme of death or passing is prevalent in Cormac McCarthy's novel "All The Pretty Horses", a Bildungsroman that chronicles the journey from innocence to experience of a sixteen-year-old John Grady Cole. We are told early in the novel; "John Grady is a man come to the end of something." The novel begins and ends with the deaths of John's Grandfather and a servant known as Abuela, grandmother respectively. The first death leads John on his adventure in Mexico as his mother..."

Tags:Texas, Mexico, farming, murder, existentialism, permanence, meaning

Abstract
Facing death is perhaps one of the most difficult tasks an individual can ever do. This paper shows how Ivan Ilych and Gregor Samsa both experience radical transformations in their lives that ultimately bring them to their deaths. Similarities between these two men and their circumstances include regret for living inadequate lives and the fact that their deaths lead them to a spiritual awakening. It explains that, while both stories emphasize personal revelation, they also focus on the lifestyles of these men as being major contributors to their deaths. This paper examines the cause of and the resulting revelation of death (and life) for Ivan Ilych and Gregor Samsa.

From the Paper
"This thought plaques his entire being and Ivan cannot escape the idea that everything he pursued while he was living was not the "real thing" 1412). He even tries to defend himself and his actions but realizes that "there was nothing to defend" (1413). Thinking of his family only makes matters worse for Ivan because when he looks at them, he sees himself and "all that for which he lived" (1413). He also realizes that that what he believed all of his life was a "terrible and huge deception which had hidden both life and death" (1413). It is interesting to note how Ivan cannot stop asking the question, "What is the right thing?" (1414). We are told that this revelation increased Ivan's suffering tenfold."

Tags:samsa, gregor, revelation, life

Abstract
In this article, the writer examines that within Lev Tolstoy's short story "The Death of Ivan Ilych", the title character, a materialistic and shallow member of the 19th century Russian bourgeoisie named Ivan Ilych, actually experiences two separate deaths: a physical death and a spiritual death. In this essay, the writer discusses the process of Ivan Ilych's spiritual death and rebirth within the story. The writer looks at the way in which Tolstoy foreshadows both Ivan's death and spiritual rebirth throughout the story. Further, the writer discusses ways that these two deaths that Ivan Ilych experiences are interconnected.

From the Paper
"This is the first foreshadowing Tolstoy provides the reader of Ivan Ilych's later death from complications due to this injury.
Undaunted for now, however, Ivan soon begins his new job, and a day to day existence that is comfortable but middling, unremarkable, and in fact quite bereft on any meaningfulness, emotional engagement, of deep (or even varied) feelings. In fact, as Tolstoy implies, Ivan's job and life are a sort of living death."

Tags:pain, life, dying, reborn