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The European Union’s Myanmar Policy: Focused or Directionless?

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2015
What is the European Union (EU) trying to achieve in Myanmar? Is the EU speaking with one voice and acting collectively (and does it really matter)? Were the sanctions lifted too early?
Jörn Dosch, Jatswan S. Sidhu
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Phase Engineering of Atomically Precise Nanoclusters (APNCs) of Gold and Beyond

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Engineering the structural phase of materials is of paramount importance for both fundamental research and practical applications. In this Review, we summarize the recent progress in controlling the phases of atomically precise nanoclusters (APNCs) of gold, silver and copper, as well as bimetallic systems. The phase‐enabled material properties of APNCs
Yitong Wang, Avirup Sardar, Weijie Ji, Zhongyu Liu, Rongchao Jin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Betwixt Droughts and Floods: Flood Management Politics in Thailand

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2015
Attempting to create greater understanding of the political dynamics that influence domestic disaster relief and management (DRM) in Thailand, this article takes a closer look at these dynamics by outlining the main actors involved in flood-related DRM ...
Naila Maier-Knapp
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Advanced Materials for Biologics Delivery to Brain Tumors

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Material innovation is central to unlocking the therapeutic potential of biologics against many central nervous system diseases, including brain cancer. By engineering carriers with controlled transport, targeting, and release properties, advanced materials can overcome the blood–brain barrier and tumor microenvironment, improving the delivery of ...
Yuran Feng, Yuxue Cao, Maria Kavallaris, Taskeen Janjua, Amirali Popat   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Incumbents without a Campaign Finance Advantage: Competition and Money in Chile’s Congressional Elections Sin una ventaja financiera: Incumbentes y el gasto electoral en las elecciones parlamentarias de Chile

Journal of Politics in Latin America, 2011
Research from various countries has shown that incumbents in legislative elections raise and spend more money when they face a tougher contest. A statistical analysis of Chilean candidates’ campaign finance disclosures shows the opposite: an inverse ...
Joel W. Johnson
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Radiative Thermal Management for Extreme Environments: Mechanisms and Design Strategies

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
In this review, we discuss the fundamental mechanisms of radiative cooling and solar heating, material and structural design strategies, hybrid approaches integrating additional heat transfer pathways, and durability‐oriented designs addressing environmental stresses.
Hyung Rae Kim, Haeseong Kim, Joo Hwan Ko, Gil Ju Lee, Dae‐Hyeong Kim, Young Min Song   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Political Parties and Popular Representation in Myanmar’s Democratisation Process

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2015
The article examines the role of political parties in Myanmar’s democratisation process. We argue that the substance of democratisation depends on popular representation through political parties but question their capacity to provide such ...
Kristian Stokke, Khine Win, Soe Myint Aung   +2 more
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Giant Anisotropic Spin Absorption in Chiral Hybrid Semiconductors

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Researchers uncover that chiral hybrid organic–inorganic semiconductors absorb spin differently depending on its polarization direction. This anisotropic spin absorption is primarily driven by the local symmetry breaking within the layered structure.
Cong Yang, Rui Sun, Mingwei Ge, Shehzad Khan, Subhrangsu Mukherjee, Matthew P. Hautzinger, Tianyou Lu, Harald Ade, Pius M. Theiler, Matthew C. Beard, Dali Sun, Mengxia Liu, Jun Liu   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Censoring the Press: A Barometer of Government Tolerance for Anti-regime Dissent under Authoritarian Rule

Journal of Politics in Latin America, 2016
This paper proposes that dissident leaders aiming to build mass opposition movements follow the mainstream press to help them gauge government tolerance for anti-government mass actions in repressive authoritarian regimes. Under conditions of censorship,
Elizabeth Ann Stein
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Czesław Miłosz’s Translations as “Re-Visioning” of the Psalms: Poetry and Eschatology

, 2023
This article focuses on Czesław Miłosz’s translations of parts of the Psalms and their influence on his poetry. For Miłosz, poetry had an eschatological dimension, a view deeply influenced by his distant cousin, the Lithuanian poet ...
Ewa Chrusciel
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