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The Erosion of Rights: Declining Civil Rights Enforcement Under the Bush Administration [PDF]

, 2007
The erosion of civil rights across our nation over the past six years is the result of willful neglect and calculated design. The Bush administration continues to use the courts and the judicial appointment process to narrow civil rights protections and ...
Dianne M. Piche, William L. Taylor
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Associations between Nugent‐bacterial vaginosis and preterm birth and other adverse pregnancy outcomes in rural northwestern Bangladesh

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Bacterial vaginosis, defined by Nugent score (Nugent‐BV), has been associated with preterm birth and other adverse pregnancy outcomes. However, few studies have longitudinally described the associations between Nugent‐BV and adverse pregnancy outcomes at varying times in pregnancy.
Daniel J. Erchick, Susan Tuddenham, Lena Kan, Lee S. F. Wu, Alain B. Labrique, Hasmot Ali, Ethan K. Gough, Mahbubur Rashid, Towfida J. Siddiqua, Subhra Chakraborty, Pawel Gajer, Michael France, Jacques Ravel, Golsa M. Yazdy, Keith P. West, Parul Christian   +15 more
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As Opções do Império

Meridiano 47, 2017
A presente análise busca delinear os possíveis rumos a serem tomados pelas políticas interna e externa dos Estados Unidos, sob a administração Bush.
Cristina Soreanu Pecequilo
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Stochastic Modelling of Daily Precipitation in Semi‐Arid Regions Using Markov Chains and Parametric Distributions

International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
This study applies stochastic rainfall models combining Markov Chains with gamma and mixed exponential distributions to a semi‐arid climate in Northeast Brazil. Model structures were evaluated using Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC), with maximum likelihood (MLM) for parameter estimation and cumulative distribution functions (CDFs) for validation ...
Gabriel Magno Cavalcante Calado, Mayke Feitosa Progênio, José Adalberto da Silva Filho, Ialy Rayane de Aguiar Costa, Severino Martins Neto, Artur Paiva Coutinho   +5 more
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O sim de Bush e o não de Doha

Meridiano 47, 2017
O presente artigo tem como foco a recente divergência entre a administração Bush e a Rodada Doha no que se refere à abertura comercial dos EUA.
Rodrigo Cintra
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Rationalizing Air Pollution Regulation [PDF]

On Valentine's Day, President Bush proposed new air pollution standards that would cut sulfur dioxide emissions from their the current level of 11 million tons per year to three million, nitrogen oxide emissions from five million tons to 1.7 million, and
Lutter, Randall
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Democracy Promotion in the Obama Administration: An Opportunity to Match Action to Rhetoric [PDF]

, 2011
This article addresses whether and to what extent the Obama administration should continue the Bush administration policies relating to democracy promotion.
Glen, Patrick J.
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Comparing the Last Interglacial (MIS 5e) with the present interglacial period (MIS 1) using a multidimensional functional diversity analysis: The marine molluscs from Santa Maria Island (Azores Archipelago, central Atlantic) as a case study

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Marine fossil records hold outstanding importance for ecological, evolutionary and biogeographical studies. Santa Maria Island in the Azores Archipelago (central Atlantic) features a remarkable marine fossil record spanning from the Pliocene to recent times.
Sérgio P. Ávila, Samuel Arruda, Luís Silva, Ana Hipólito, Rui Quartau, Ricardo S. Ramalho, Patrícia Madeira, Carlos S. Melo, Lara Baptista, Ana Cristina Rebelo, Gustavo M. Martins, Gonçalo Castela Ávila, Mohamed Amine Doukani, Esther Martín‐González, Daniele Scarponi, Alfred Uchman, Markes Johnson   +16 more
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As Viagens de Rice

Meridiano 47, 2017
O presente estudo tem como tema realizar um balanço dos efeitos das recentes viagens da Secretária de Estado dos EUA Condoleezza Rice.
Cristina Soreanu Pecequilo
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Transatlantic Politics After the 2008 Election [PDF]

, 2008
The fundamental realities on which the Atlantic relationship rests remain in place and are highly unlikely to disappear at any time in the foreseeable future.
Lieber, Robert J.
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