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First birth trends in developed countries [PDF]

Levels and trends of various facets concerning first births are continuously changing. The evidence confirms that the postponement of first births is an ongoing and persisting process which started in western countries among cohorts of the 1940s, but ...
Jean-Paul Sardon, Tomas Frejka
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The Political Significance of the Gulf Cooperation Countries’ Sovereign Wealth Funds’ Investments in Central and Eastern Europe [PDF]

, 2017
Although there has been vivid academic debate as to what extent Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) are motivated by political reasons, it is rather clear that countries can use state-owned investment funds as a tool of their foreign policy. Even Barack Obama,
Obroniecki, Marcin
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The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
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Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in 1990s

Theory, Methodology, Practice, 2004
One of the major accomplishments of the socialist systems of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) was the relatively equal distribution of income they attained. The social policy was characterized by “cradle-to-grave” state paternalism.
János Hoós
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‘We Are Australia’: Unpacking Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People's Understandings and Experiences of Australian Identity

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the oldest living custodians in the world. However, Australian identity has been purposefully established to exclude Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, contributing to systemic oppression and harmful consequences. Understanding the perspectives and experiences of Aboriginal and Torres
Jack Farrugia, Jonathan Bullen
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National Development Plans and Pre-accession Structural Funds: Learning from the Experiences of Ireland [PDF]

Romanian Journal of European Affairs, 2002
As it moves towards the new millennium, the Irish economy is impressive not only because of the extent/speed of the transformation and of its growth performance but also due to the fascinating effectiveness in implementing the Structural Funds programmes.
John Bradley
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Exchange Rate Regimes and Macroeconomic Stability in Central and Eastern Europe [PDF]

The IMF classifications of the Central and Eastern European exchange rate arrangements are heterogeneous. While one group of countries reports tight pegs to the euro, a second group seems to have moved toward (more) exchange rate flexibility.
Gunther Schnabl, Paul De Grauwe
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Early and Sustained Improvements in Sense of Smell With Tezepelumab Treatment in Patients With Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps (WAYPOINT)

International Forum of Allergy &Rhinology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loss of smell is a principal symptom of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP), affecting health‐related quality of life and posing a safety hazard. Methods WAYPOINT (NCT04851964), a phase 3, multicenter trial in adults with uncontrolled CRSwNP, randomized patients 1:1 to receive tezepelumab 210 mg or placebo ...
Joaquim Mullol, Joseph K. Han, Tanya M. Laidlaw, Claire Hopkins, Anju T. Peters, Oliver Pfaar, Martin Desrosiers, Stella E. Lee, Andrew P. Lane, Claudia Chen, Yun Chon, Sandhia S. Ponnarambil, Andrew Foster, Andrew W. Lindsley, Christopher S. Ambrose   +14 more
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Perceived Power Resources in Situations of Collective Action

Water Alternatives, 2011
This paper discusses various concepts of power. Its goal is to shed light on a better method for implementing the power concept. The case of Bulgaria’s water user associations’ failure shows the abuse of power by local actors who fear they will lose ...
Insa Theesfeld
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Fibroblast Transcriptomics in Molecular Diagnostics of a Comprehensive Dystonia Cohort

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective Genomic sequencing leaves >50% of dystonia‐affected individuals without a diagnosis. Where DNA‐oriented approaches remain insufficient, integrating multiomics is essential to advance genome interpretation. Herein, we incorporated RNA sequencing (RNA‐seq) data from 167 patients with dystonia across a range of ages and presentations. Methods We
Alice Saparov, Ivana Dzinovic, Theresa Brunet, Vicente A. Yépez, Florian Hölzlwimmer, Elisabetta Indelicato, Birgit Assmann, Susann Badmann, Diana Ballhausen, Steffen Berweck, Felix Brechtmann, Melanie Brugger, Kevork Derderian, Felix Distelmaier, Philip Harrer, Denisa Harvanova, Petra Havrankova, Ann‐Kathrin Jaroszynski, Miriam Kolnikova, Robert Kopajtich, Anne Koy, Magdalena Krygier, Lukas Kunc, Katarina Kusikova, Oliver Maier, Maria Mazurkiewicz‐Bełdzińska, Christian Mertes, Ava Oberlack, Timo Roser, Alexandra Sitzberger, Ugo Sorrentino, Antonia M. Stehr, Katharina Vill, Matias Wagner, Holger Prokisch, Sylvia Boesch, Jan Necpal, Robert Jech, Juliane Winkelmann, Elisabeth Graf, Julien Gagneur, Matej Skorvanek, Michael Zech   +42 more
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