Escalation dynamics and the severity of wars [PDF]
arXivAlthough very large wars remain an enduring threat in global politics, we lack a clear understanding of how some wars become large and costly, while most do not. There are three possibilities: large conflicts start with and maintain intense fighting, they persist over a long duration, or they escalate in intensity over time.
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Network Analysis of the Viking Age in Ireland as portrayed in Cogadh Gaedhel re Gallaibh [PDF]
arXiv, 2017 Cogadh Gaedhel re Gallaibh ("The War of the Gaedhil with the Gail") is a medieval Irish text, telling how an army under the leadership of Brian Boru challenged Viking invaders and their allies in Ireland, culminating with the Battle of Clontarf in 1014.
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Spirometry in Mixed-Race Civil War Veterans. [PDF]
Ann Am Thorac Soc, 2023 Baugh AD +5 more
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Malaria Paradoxes of the U.S. Civil War. [PDF]
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2023 Shanks GD.
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The Republic of Fear: Mental Illness in the Finnish Civil War of 1918. [PDF]
Soc Hist Med, 2023 Pietikainen P.
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Ethnic Conflicts, Civil War and Economic Growth: Region-Level Evidence from former Yugoslavia [PDF]
arXivWe investigate the long-term impact of civil war on subnational economic growth across 78 regions in five former Yugoslav republics from 1950 to 2015. Leveraging the outbreak of ethnic tensions and the onset of conflict, we construct counterfactual growth trajectories using a robust region-level donor pool from 28 conflict-free countries.
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Correction: Civil war and death in Yemen: Analysis of SMART survey and ACLED data, 2012-2019. [PDF]
PLOS Glob Public Health, 2023 Sapir DG +9 more
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Structure and Dynamics of Information Pathways in Online Media [PDF]
arXiv, 2012 Diffusion of information, spread of rumors and infectious diseases are all instances of stochastic processes that occur over the edges of an underlying network. Many times networks over which contagions spread are unobserved, and such networks are often dynamic and change over time.
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Enduring association between irritable bowel syndrome and war trauma during the Nicaragua civil war period: A population-based study. [PDF]
World J Gastroenterol, 2023 Peña-Galo EM +5 more
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Spatio-Temporal SIR Model of Pandemic Spread During Warfare with Optimal Dual-use Healthcare System Administration using Deep Reinforcement Learning [PDF]
arXivLarge-scale crises, including wars and pandemics, have repeatedly shaped human history, and their simultaneous occurrence presents profound challenges to societies. Understanding the dynamics of epidemic spread during warfare is essential for developing effective containment strategies in complex conflict zones.
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