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Power Transition and Pragmatic Adaptation: Iran's Strategic Approach to China, Russia and the GCC

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how Iranian strategic thinkers conceptualise the country's ‘Look East’ policy (i.e., relations with China and Russia) and the GCC states. Using thematic qualitative content analysis of approximately 70 documents from Iranian state official, advisory and academic institutions (2015–2025), it reveals that Iran's eastward ...
Sara Bazoobandi
wiley   +1 more source

Addiction‐related problems in Japan: A regional perspective

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Japan's addiction landscape appears paradoxical. The lifetime use of illicit drugs is among the lowest in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries, but harm from alcohol, tobacco, and gambling ranks among the world's highest.
Soichiro Ide, Yoko Nishitani, Masahiko Sumitani, Masabumi Minami, Tadashi Isa, Masako Iseki, Michiko Ohkura, Hitoshi Okamoto, Tetsuro Kikuchi, Yuko Sekino, Hidehiko Takahashi, Kenji Takeuchi, Atsumi Nitta, Takeshi Honjo, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Tsuyoshi Miyakawa, Toshiya Murai, Toshihiko Matsumoto, Kazuyuki Nakagome, Kazutaka Ikeda   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Individualized T3‐4N+ Rectal Cancer Treatment Strategies: Exploring the Efficacy of Preoperative Synchronized Lateral Lymph Node Simultaneous Integrated Boost Radiation Therapy

Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, EarlyView.
Anatomical Diagram: It shows a cross‐section of the pelvic area highlighting the rectum and lateral lymph nodes, which are the focal points of the treatment strategy discussed in the paper. Flowchart: It outlines the treatment process from preoperative synchronized radiation therapy to the subsequent surgical procedures, illustrating the sequence of ...
Xinjue Shi, Siyao Zhong, Xianbin Zheng, Xianxiu Nan, Xuan Liu, Qiteng Liu, Jing Yuan, Yuyan Gao   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The logic of secret alliances

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Alliances are typically understood as agreements intended to deter aggression from enemy states. By signaling an ally's commitment to a protégé state, a shared enemy may be deterred from attacking. In light of this signaling logic, secret alliances are puzzling.
Peter Bils, Bradley C. Smith
wiley   +1 more source

Corruption Detection Through Textual Analysis: Evidence From Eurozone Banks

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research investigates the disclosure of banking institutions by analyzing their annual reports to identify the determinants capable of signaling possible corruption scandals. A textual analysis was conducted on the financial reports of 42 Eurozone banks from the period 2013 to 2022.
Rodolfo Damiano, Salvatore Polizzi, Enzo Scannella, Giuseppe Valenza   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing the Ethical Culture of Organizations: A Longitudinal Study Using a Comprehensive Ethics Training

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A supportive ethical culture (EC) can encourage moral behavior among employees and help them avoid wrongdoing. One option for fostering EC is ethics training; its longer‐term effectiveness, however, has rarely been examined, especially in countries lacking strong regulatory environments.
Pablo Ruiz‐Palomino, Juliana Toro‐Arias, María del Pilar Rodríguez‐Córdoba, Jorge Linuesa‐Langreo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Countermeasures to oppose Alberta's use of the notwithstanding clause to exclude transgender athletes from women's sport. [PDF]

Front Sports Act Living
Mazzucco M.
europepmc   +1 more source

What Is Space Bioethics?

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Classical bioethics examines moral issues in terrestrial medicine and the life sciences. According to Konrad Szocik, space bioethics merely relocates those questions to harsher environments. We argue that this view is incomplete: space bioethics is a genuinely original domain.
Maurizio Balistreri
wiley   +1 more source

The range of countermeasures to reduce inequalities in mental health care for socially marginalized or medically vulnerable adults: a PRISMA systematic review. [PDF]

BMC Health Serv Res
Zupančič V, Erjavec K.
europepmc   +1 more source

Alzheimer's disease and mixed pathologies as a hidden contributor to fatal hypothermia: A large‐scale forensic autopsy‐based study

Brain Pathology, EarlyView.
We investigated neuropathological manifestations of hypothermia in 168 cases. Patients aged 65 years or more constituted 80% of the total cohort. Alzheimer's disease was the most common comorbidity, affecting 40% of all patients. Abstract There is a paucity of autopsy‐based studies providing detailed neuropathological characteristics of fatal ...
Shojiro Ichimata, Koji Yoshida, Ryo Tanaka   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source