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The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
wiley   +1 more source

‘Archetypal Load of Tension’: Idiosyncratic Idioms of Surrealism Created by Aleksander Krzywobłocki and Margit Reich-Sielska in the 1930s in Lviv

open access: yesArts
This article examines the artistic contributions of two members of the ‘artes’ group, active in Lviv (Lwów during the interwar period) from 1929 to 1935: Aleksander Krzywobłocki (1901–1979) and Margit Reich-Sielska (1900–1980). Situated within the ‘artes’
Irena Kossowska
doaj   +1 more source

Business and Politics in Early 20th Century Japan [PDF]

open access: yes
The paper by Masato Kimura seeks to clarify the contributions and limitations of Japanese business diplomacy by looking at the business mission to Britain and the US in 1921-22, and the Japanese Economic Mission to Europe and the United States of 1937 ...
Masato Kimura, Peter von Staden
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Ceramic resource disc: later pottery & porcelain from Ronaldson Wharf Leith [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The Leith Ronaldson’s Wharf excavations carried out by the City of Edinburgh Archaeological Servicein 1997. This large urban excavation covered two large areas either side of the medieval main street Sandport Street laid out formally in the 12th ...
Haggarty, George
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‘I Don't Babysit’: Stay‐at‐Home Dads' Perspectives and Experiences Within Australian Society

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Stay‐at‐home‐dads are an emerging group in Australia, impacted by societal assumptions and expectations. However, there is a scarcity of research on the perspectives and experiences of fathers assuming stay‐at‐home dad roles within Australian society.
Elyse Manie   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Immigration and Crime in Early 20th Century America [PDF]

open access: yes
Research on crime in the late 20th century has consistently shown that immigrants have lower rates of involvement in criminal activity than natives. We find that a century ago immigrants may have been slightly more likely than natives to be involved in ...
Anne Morrison Piehl, Carolyn Moehling
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Vitamin D‐induced mechanisms in cancer prevention and therapy: Recent advances and future opportunities

open access: yesAnimal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
Vitamin D, traditionally known to promote calcium and bone health, is being explored for its role in cancer prevention and treatment through its influence on cell proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, and immune response. The vitamin D receptor (VDR) regulates gene expression and interacts with key signaling pathways such as Wnt/β‐catenin, MAPK ...
D. Prasanth   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Financial Market Discipline in Early 20th Century Mexico [PDF]

open access: yes
We test for the presence of market discipline in the banking sector in early 20th century Mexico. Using a panel of financial data from note-issuing banks between 1905 and 1910, we examine whether bank fundamentals influenced the pattern of withdrawals ...
Astrid Luce   +2 more
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Challenges for reducing inequities in health and healthcare for the 21st Century [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Human life expectancy during the time of the Roman Empire was approximately 28 years. In 1990, global life expectancy had increased to 65 years. The advances in life expectancy in the 20th century were remarkable by any standard.
De Vogli, R, Galal, O
core   +1 more source

Finite element analysis of feeding in red and gray squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris and Sciurus carolinensis)

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Invasive gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) have replaced the native red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) across much of Great Britain over the last century. Several factors have been proposed to underlie this replacement, but here we investigated the potential for dietary competition in which gray squirrels have better feeding performance than ...
Philip G. Cox, Peter J. Watson
wiley   +1 more source

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