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Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Editors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Epidemiology of Suicide and Data Quality in Bangladesh -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Epidemiology of Suicide in Bangladesh -- 2.1 Suicide Rate -- 2.2 Gender Distribution -- 2.3 Age Distribution -- 2.4 Risk Factors for Suicide -- 2.5 Methods of Suicide -- 2.6 Rare Suicide Events in Bangladesh -- 2.6.1 Protest Suicide -- 2.6.2 Group Suicide -- 3 Quality Suicide Data Concern in Bangladesh -- 4 Current Challenges and Way Forward -- 4.1 Current Challenges -- 4.2 Way Forward -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 2 Forensic and Legal Aspects of Suicide in Bangladesh -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Process of Suicide Declaration in Bangladesh -- 3 Current Status of Postmortem Facilities in Bangladesh -- 4 Current Legal Structure and Decriminalization -- 5 Current Challenges and Way Forward -- 5.1 Criminal Status of Suicide -- 5.2 Modernization of Medicolegal Autopsy Facilities -- 5.3 Human Resource in Forensic Medicine -- 5.4 Proper Training and Benefits of Morgue Staff -- 5.5 Well-Documented Liaison -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Mental Health and Suicide in Bangladesh -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Epidemiology of Suicide in Bangladesh -- 3 Psychiatric Disorders in Suicide and Self-Harm in Bangladesh -- 3.1 Psychiatric Disorder in Suicide in Bangladesh -- 3.2 Psychiatric Disorder in Self-Harm/Non-Fatal Attempt in Bangladesh -- 4 Psychiatric Services for Suicide and Self-Harm -- 5 Current Challenges and Way Forward for Suicide Prevention -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- 4 Cultural Perspectives of Suicide in Bangladesh -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Meaning of Culture -- 3 The Cultural Elements in Suicide: An Overview -- 4 The Cultural Elements in Suicide: Bangladesh Context -- 4.1 Case: Male Suicide and the Cultural Context -- 4.2 Culture of Taboo -- 4.3 Culture of Poverty.

AbstractThe determinants of banks' cost of equity are not well understood. We depart from prior work assuming rational expectations and instead explore the impact of Knightian uncertainty or ambiguity on bank stocks. We test a large set of asset pricing models and find that investors' lack of confidence in both the drift and correlation structure driving bank stock returns affects banks' cost of capital. We also investigate the economic relation among ambiguity, market liquidity, and banks' capital shortfall, which reveals the transmission channels through which ambiguity may increase the probability of a systemic crisis. Our findings have implications for macroprudential policy.

Predation has always been an important problem in extensive sheep farms, causing serious economic losses to the farmers. Official predation reports have recently been decreasing in the District of Pisa, in spite of the presence of two wolf packs in the area. The aim of the present research was to obtain reliable information on the characteristics of predation and to estimate the effectiveness of existing prevention methods in sheep farms of the southern District of Pisa, in order to set up predictive models for an improved and more focused prevention plan and support interventions by public authorities. On-farm surveys were carried out in 73 semi-extensive sheep farms. Predation events were reported by 75.3% of the farmers. Wolves seemed to be responsible for most of those events, although their actual role could be confirmed only in 34% of cases. Most of the events occurred in spring and 85.1% of them were concentrated during night time. The average number of sheep killed during each attack was 7.05. In 22.3% of cases, the number of sheep killed was ≥ 10. Proximity to protected areas and the presence of thick vegetation cover significantly affected the probability of a farm being subjected to chronic predation. Farm size was significantly higher in those cases. No clear indication about the effectiveness of prevention methods could be obtained from our survey. The results of this investigation highlighted the impact of predation in the Southern District of Pisa and emphasized the need for finding technical and political solutions to this problem. Attention should be focused on large farms, with thick vegetation cover and located close to protected areas. Further investigations should be carried out in order to test the effectiveness of suitable prevention methods in these farms.