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The American Civil War as a social revolution: the Enlightenment, providential consciousness and changes in moral perception [PDF]

open access: yesEnglish Studies at NBU, 2015
This article analyses Enlightenment ideas and nation-making practices in the American Civil War and pre-War civil societies. It analyses African American mobilization and the abolitionist movement, and Lincoln's role in war, reconciliation and ...
Tadd Graham Fernée
doaj   +1 more source

Is a Greek Economic Miracle in the Making in the 21st Century? [PDF]

open access: yesAthens Journal of Business & Economics
In the 1950s, many economists were discussing a Greek economic miracle, second only to Japan. The 1950s followed a catastrophic decade (the 1940s) with four years of the Second World War (1940-1944) and another five of civil war (1944-1949).
Gregory T. Papanikos
doaj   +1 more source

Climate change and the Syrian civil war revisited

open access: yes, 2017
For proponents of the view that anthropogenic climate change will become a ‘threat multiplier’ for instability in the decades ahead, the Syrian civil war has become a recurring reference point, providing apparently compelling evidence that such conflict ...
Jan Selby   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Diversity, Conflict and Growth: Theory and Evidence

open access: yesDiversity, 2010
This article re-examines recent studies that link different forms of social diversity—ethnic polarization and fractionalization—to underdevelopment and an increased risk of civil war.
Nina Wiesehomeier, Gerald Schneider
doaj   +1 more source

Hezbollah’s Diversionary War in Lebanon: Continuity and Change in the Threat Perception

open access: yesİnsan & Toplum, 2023
Hezbollah intervened in the civil war in Syria when the Assad regime was under threat of overthrow. Its intervention caused criticism from Lebanese actors and therefore required the organization to find legitimate foundations upon which to base its ...
Nail Elhan
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of the Irish Civil War 1922-1923 on suicide rates in Ireland: a retrospective investigation of the archives of the registrar-general for Saorstát Éireann

open access: yesEpidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health, 2018
Introduction: Emile Durkheim differentiated between two types of wars: National and Civil Wars in terms of effect on suicide mortality. This study investigates Durkheim’s assertion by examining the effect of Irish Civil War on the 1882-1928 suicide rates
Mugtaba Osman   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Borgerkrigen i Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum

open access: yesCollegium Medievale, 2020
This article investigates the Danish civil war, 1131-1157, as it is presented by Saxo Grammaticus in the chronicle Gesta Danorum. In the article I argue that the civil war resembles the feud in practical concerns.
Thomas Kristian Heebøll-Holm
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Struggling to Perform the State: The Politics of Bread in the Syrian Civil War

open access: yesInternational political sociology : IPS, 2017
Recent studies of civil war have problematized frameworks that rely on a strict binary between state-sanctioned order and anarchy. This paper extends these insights and combines them with theories of performativity to examine welfare practices during the
MartÍnez Ciro JosÉ, B. Eng
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sertraline Treatment Can Mimic Niemann‐Pick Type C Biomarker Profile: A Diagnostic Pitfall

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Oxysterols (cholestane‐3β,5α,6β‐triol and 7‐ketocholesterol) and N‐palmitoyl‐O‐phosphocholineserine (PPCS) are sensitive biomarkers for Niemann‐Pick disease type C (NPC) screening. However, false‐positive results occur, with a biomarker profile suggestive of NPC despite the absence of pathogenic variants in genes involved in NPC or ...
Maria Makrygianni   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differential Item Functioning on the Patient Health Questionnaire 8 by Disease Subtype, Language, Sex, and Age Among People With Systemic Sclerosis: A Scleroderma Patient‐Centered Intervention Network Cohort Study

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Somatic items used in depression assessments can potentially overlap with symptoms related to physical illness, including systemic sclerosis (SSc). No studies have looked at whether somatic depression items may be influenced by diffuse versus limited SSc disease subtypes, which are associated with varying degrees of symptom presentation.
Sophie Hu   +110 more
wiley   +1 more source

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