Association of violence with urban points of interest.

The association between alcohol outlets and violence has long been recognised, and is commonly used to inform policing and licensing policies (such as staggered closing times and zoning). Less investigated, however, is the association between violent crime and other urban points of interest, which while associated with the city centre alcohol consumption economy, are not explicitly alcohol outlets. Here, machine learning (specifically, LASSO regression) is used to model the distribution of violent crime for the central 9 km2 of ten large UK cities.

[90th anniversary of national hygienic regulation of chemicals in workplace air].

The authors followed occurrence and formation of the national hygienic regulation of chemicals in workplace air, since 1920s in historical aspect. Now there is 90th anniversary of the regulation.

[ASLE for chemicals in the air of workplace. History, contemporary state, prospects].

The authors followed historical background of occurrence, development, transformation and contemporary state of topic concerning ASLE for chemicals in the air of workplace over 1977-2010 in USSR and Russian Federation. The article covers prospects to improve regulation and methodic aspects of prompt regulation for industrial chemicals in the air of workplace.

[History and contemporary state of hygienic regulation for chemicals in air of workplace in Russian Federation].

The article covers state of hygienic regulation of chemicals in air of workplace in Russian Federation from 1991 to date.

History and current state of toxicology in Russia.

This paper provides a brief history of toxicology and an overview of current research activities and education in toxicology in Russia. It includes a list of national bodies and research institutes, as well as laws, regulatory documents, and databases in toxicology.