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Political animals in the Modern World: An Investigation of the National Animal Symbol

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 195-215, September 2023., 2023
Abstract National symbols play a significant role in contemporary politics by shaping national identities. However, national animals receive little attention in the scholarship. This paper analysed the national animal’s history, strengths, formation and implications as a political symbol.
Jintao Zhu, Gregor Ilsinger
wiley   +1 more source

Type 2 polysaccharide storage myopathy in Quarter Horses is a novel glycogen storage disease causing exertional rhabdomyolysis

open access: yesEquine Veterinary Journal, Volume 55, Issue 4, Page 618-631, July 2023., 2023
Abstract Background Both type 1 (PSSM1) and type 2 polysaccharide storage myopathy (PSSM2) are characterised by aggregates of abnormal polysaccharide in skeletal muscle. Whereas the genetic basis for PSSM1 is known (R309H GYS1), the cause of PSSM2 in Quarter Horses (PSSM2‐QH) is unknown and glycogen concentrations not defined.
Stephanie J. Valberg   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of glycaemic technologies on quality of life and related outcomes in adults with type 1 diabetes: A narrative review

open access: yesDiabetic Medicine, Volume 40, Issue 1, January 2023., 2023
Abstract Aims To explore the association between the use of glycaemic technologies and person‐reported outcomes (PROs) in adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D). Methods We included T1D and technology publications reporting on PROs since 2014. Only randomised controlled trials and cohort studies that used validated PRO measures (PROMs) were considered ...
Jane Speight   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Special pension schemes for workers in arduous and hazardous jobs: Functions and conditions to ensure equal treatment

open access: yesInternational Social Security Review, Volume 76, Issue 1, Page 109-126, January/March 2023., 2023
Abstract Most jurisdictions grant differentiated and more beneficial treatment – usually in the form of early retirement, and commonly under special pension schemes – to workers in arduous or hazardous jobs. Several justifications for such treatment have been advanced, including i) compensating the worker for the hardship, ii) protecting the worker ...
Sergio Mittlaender
wiley   +1 more source

Weight Loss App Descriptors in App Stores: A Qualitative Analysis of the Spanish Market

open access: yesHuman Behavior and Emerging Technologies, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023
Mobile applications for weight loss have arisen the interest of private companies and developers, who have put great efforts on the development of this kind of apps. This topic has attracted the interest of the scientific community, both in terms of usability and design.
Lara Martin-Vicario   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Real‐world glycaemic outcomes in adult persons with type 1 diabetes using a real‐time continuous glucose monitor compared to an intermittently scanned glucose monitor: A retrospective observational study from the Canadian LMC diabetes registry (REAL‐CGM‐T1D)

open access: yesDiabetic Medicine, Volume 39, Issue 11, November 2022., 2022
Abstract Real‐time continuous glucose monitoring (rtCGM) and intermittently scanned CGM (isCGM) have both been shown to improve glycaemic outcomes in people with T1D. The aim of this study was to compare real‐world glycaemic outcomes at 6–12 months in a propensity score matched cohort of CGM naïve adults with T1D who initiated a rtCGM or an isCGM ...
Ruth E. Brown   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Zła tradycja. Delegalizacja corridy de toros w Katalonii

open access: yesSprawy Narodowościowe. Seria nowa, 2016
Bad tradition. Bullfight's prohibition in Catalonia This article presents the process of banning bullfighting in Catalonia, which led ultimately to cease its organization in 2012.
Magdalena Ziółkowska-Kuflińska
doaj   +1 more source

Our Man in Madrid: Bullfighting Enters the Political Arena

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 93, Issue 2, Page 326-335, April–June 2022., 2022
Abstract Four bullfighters stood as MPs in the April 2019 Spanish general elections: Miguel Abellán and Salvador Vega for the PP; and Serafín Martín and Pablo Ciprés for Vox. None was elected, although Abellán and Martín came close. The former's allegiance was rewarded with his political appointment by the PP's Isabel Díaz Ayuso as Director‐General of ...
Duncan Wheeler
wiley   +1 more source

Short communication: In vitro oocyte maturation and fertilization rates in the Spanish Lidia bovine breed

open access: yesSpanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 2013
The Lidia bovine breed is the most successful cattle breed on the Iberian Peninsula, also considered a hallmark of Spanish tradition and image around the world.
S. Demyda-Peyrás   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Supreme Court stop bullfight in Brasil

open access: yesDerecho Animal, 2016
La Corte Suprema de Brasil declaró inconstitucional el acto administrativo Nº15.299/2013 emanado del estado de Ceará, que regula un tipo de corrida de toros denominada "vaquejada", considerándola como un deporte y una práctica cultural.
Heron Gordilho
doaj   +1 more source

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