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“We must move towards a conference of national reconciliation …” – Professor Boubacar Barry on the Guinean crisis “Wir brauchen eine nationale Versöhnungskonferenz …” – Professor Boubacar Barry zur Krise in Guinea

open access: yesAfrica Spectrum, 2009
This text is a combination of an authorised interview with and text fragments by historian Boubacar Barry on the roots of the Guinean crisis. Barry traces the origins of the crisis back to the Sékou Touré dictatorship and even beyond. He considers ECOWAS
Boubacar Barry
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Enhancing Sustainability Label Effectiveness Through Logo Design Modification: An Analysis of the EU Green Leaf Logo

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability labels can help support consumers select more socially and environmentally friendly options, thereby enhancing returns for conscientious producers and promoting the transition to a more sustainable food system. However, consumer confusion regarding labels' meaning undermines their effectiveness.
Monika Hartmann   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

NGOs, International Donors, and the Postmaterial Disjuncture in Latin America

open access: yesJournal of Politics in Latin America, 2015
NGOs have proliferated in the developing world, assuming key political roles as intermediary organizations representing public interests. Yet at least in the three Latin American countries examined here, the proportion of the NGO sector focused on ...
Samuel Handlin
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Increase in Pancreatoduodenectomy Volume at Mid‐Volume Facilities in the United States: A National Cancer Database Analysis

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The annual number of pancreatoduodenectomies (PDs) in the United States has increased over the past decade, but the facility types driving this growth and whether outcomes have improved remain unclear. We aimed to identify characteristics of facilities with increasing PD volumes and assess national trends in centralization ...
Koichi Tomita, Naruhiko Ikoma
wiley   +1 more source

Bullets and Votes: Violence and Electoral Participation in Mexico Balas y votos: Violencia y participación electoral en México

open access: yesJournal of Politics in Latin America, 2012
In this paper we analyze the effect of criminal violence on electoral participation in Mexico. Many scholars have studied the origins of criminal violence, as well as the success or failure of contemporary regimes in dealing with it.
Alejandro Trelles, Miguel Carreras
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Enhancing Surgical Efficiency and Cost‐Effectiveness With TaTME‐Combined Robot‐Assisted Surgery for Lower Rectal Cancer

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Robot‐assisted rectal surgery (RAS) offers improved dexterity and visualization; however, the high cost of equipment and consumables remains a major challenge for hospital management. At our institution, we have adopted a combined approach using transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) for lower rectal cancers, aiming to shorten ...
Takeru Matsuda   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

No Country for Leftists? Clientelist Continuity and the 2006 Vote in the Brazilian Northeast Nenhum País de Esquerdistas? Continuidade Clientelista e as Eleições de 2006 no Nordeste Brasileiro

open access: yesJournal of Politics in Latin America, 2010
Building upon recent studies of the electoral effects of social policyand President Lula da Silva’s coattails in the 2006 Brazilian elections, thisarticle explains the performance of leftist and conservative candidates inelections for governor during ...
Alfred P. Montero
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