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Words After the Storm: Elite Rhetoric and the Limits of De‐Escalation in Postreferendum Catalonia

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT When does a secessionist crisis end? What drives political elites to shift from hostility to moderation? This article examines the prospects of rhetorical de‐escalation in the aftermath of a secessionist dispute through the paradigmatic case of Catalonia.
Daniel Cetrà, Diego Muro, Mariola Tàrrega, Harrison Parpillon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Porphyromonas gingivalis GroEL accelerates abdominal aortic aneurysm formation by matrix metalloproteinase‐2 SUMOylation in vascular smooth muscle cells: A novel finding for the activation of MMP‐2

Molecular Oral Microbiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Infection is a known cause of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), and matrix metalloproteases‐2 (MMP‐2) secreted by vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) plays a key role in the structural disruption of the middle layer of the arteries during AAA progression.
Yi‐Wen Lin, Feng‐Yen Lin, Ze‐Hao Lai, Chien‐Sung Tsai, Yi‐Ting Tsai, Yen‐Sung Huang, Chen‐Wei Liu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coordination in Catalan Sign Language: a syntactic account for conjunction

FEAST. Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign language Theory, 2018
This research has been funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness “ClauseCombi2" FFI2012-36238, BES2013062848, “GramRefLSC FFI2015-68594-P, Govern de la Generalitat de Catalunya (2014 SGR 698) and SIGN-HUB project, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant ...
openaire   +4 more sources

Engineered surface strategies to manage dental implant‐related infections

Periodontology 2000, EarlyView.
Abstract When exposed to the oral environment, dental implants, like natural surfaces, become substrates for microbial adhesion and accumulation, often leading to implant‐related infections—one of the main causes of implant failure. These failures impose significant costs on patients, clinicians, and healthcare systems.
João Gabriel S. Souza, Bruna E. Nagay, Rodrigo Martins, Martinna Bertolini, Jamil A. Shibli, Conrado Aparicio, Magda Feres, Valentim A. R. Barão   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tightening the Regulatory Grip: Local Regulatory Stringency and Sectoral Platform Regulation in EU Cities

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Platform companies like Uber and Airbnb are depicted as agile policy entrepreneurs who can navigate the boundaries of regulatory frameworks and manipulate regulations to their advantage; however, recent empirical studies suggest that their capacity to influence policy depends on the particular political and institutional context.
Eliska Drapalova, Kai Wegrich
wiley   +1 more source

Identity and language policies [PDF]

The process of individual identity formation is still an enigma, as it is the capacity of public bodies to intervene on it. In 1983 the Catalan education system became bilingual, and Catalan, together with Spanish, was taught in schools.
Irma Clots-Figueras, Oriol Aspachs-Bracons, Paolo Masella   +2 more
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Tudor England and Stewart Scotland Through Spanish Eyes: A Complete Transcription and Translation of Pedro de Ayala's Letter of 1498 to King Ferdinand of Castile and Queen Isabella of Aragon

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Pedro de Ayala served as a diplomat for King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile at the courts of Henry VII, King of England, and James IV, King of Scots. In July 1498, he wrote a letter, partly in cipher, to report to his king and queen on such matters as Spain's interests in international diplomacy; the characters and ...
Adrian William Jaime, Valeria Tapia Cruz, Mairi Cowan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

GAP WORK project report: training for youth practitioners on tackling gender-related violence [PDF]

, 2014
This project sought to challenge gender-related violence against (and by) children and young people by developing training for practitioners who have everyday contact with general populations of children and young people (‘youth practitioners’).
Alldred, P, Azpiazu, J, Biglia, B, Cagliero, S, Cullen, F, David, M, Folgueiras, P, Guizzo, G, Inaudi, CM, Jiménez, E, Levitan, N, McArdle, O, McMahon, B, Olivella, M, Rivers, I, Stenstrom, M, Velasco, A   +16 more
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Bots increase exposure to negative and inflammatory content in online social systems

, 2019
Societies are complex systems which tend to polarize into sub-groups of individuals with dramatically opposite perspectives. This phenomenon is reflected -- and often amplified -- in online social networks where, however, humans are no more the only ...
De Domenico, Manlio, Ferrara, Emilio, Stella, Massimo   +2 more
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Independent Effects of Age, Education, Verbal Working Memory, Motor Speed of Processing, Locality, and Morphosyntactic Category on Verb‐Related Morphosyntactic Production: Evidence From Healthy Aging

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates the role of locality (a task/material‐related variable), demographic factors (age, education, and sex), cognitive capacities (verbal working memory [WM], verbal short‐term memory [STM], speed of processing [SOP], and inhibition), and morphosyntactic category (time reference and grammatical aspect) in verb‐related ...
Marielena Soilemezidi, Maki Kubota, Marina Chrisikopoulou, Valantis Fyndanis   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source