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Defending Empire at the United Nations: The Politics of International Colonial Oversight in the Era of Decolonisation [PDF]
, 2017 This article argues that, although anti-colonial delegations to the 1945 San Francisco Conference did not succeed in bringing all colonial territories under the umbrella of international trusteeship, the threat of expanding international oversight shaped
Pearson, Jessica Lynne
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The Process of Decolonization from the Perspective of International Law [PDF]
دولتپژوهی, 2021 Decolonization, as a form of establishing sovereign states, is one of the important phenomena of the twentieth century, although its roots can be traced back to the nineteenth century. The increase in the number of UN member states from 51 in 1945 to 149
Sattar Azizi
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Britain’s decision to withdraw from the Persian Gulf: a pattern not a puzzle [PDF]
, 2015 The reasons for the British decision to withdraw from the Gulf are highly contentious. While some scholars have focused on short-term considerations, especially the devaluation of sterling towards the end of 1967, in the British determination to quit the
Smith, Simon C.
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Topical decolonization does not eradicate the skin microbiota of community-dwelling or hospitalized adults [PDF]
, 2016 Topical antimicrobials are often employed for decolonization and infection prevention and may alter the endogenous microbiota of the skin. The objective of this study was to compare the microbial communities and levels of richness and diversity in ...
Burnham, Carey-Ann D +6 more
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Cost-effectiveness of Preoperative Screening and Decolonization in Cochlear Implantation
OTO Open, 2019 Objective Infection following cochlear implantation is medically and economically devastating. The cost-effectiveness (CE) of colonization screening and decolonization for infection prophylaxis in cochlear implantation has not been examined. Study Design
Gregory J. Kirchner MPH +4 more
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Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023 Background: Multimodal approaches are often used to prevent transmission of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens among patients in healthcare settings; understanding the effect of individual interventions is challenging.
Brajendra K. Singh +4 more
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Dancing the Pluriverse: Indigenous Performance as Ontological Praxis [PDF]
, 2016 This article discusses ways that Indigenous dance is an ontological praxis that is embodied and telluric, meaning “of the earth.” It looks at how dancing bodies perform in relationship to ecosystems and entities within them, producing ontological ...
Archibald +32 more
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Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures
Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2020 In this article we review learnings from our collaborative efforts to engage with the complexities and challenges of decolonization across varied educational contexts.
Sharon Stein +15 more
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On Decolonizing US Education: Lessons from the Caribbean and South Africa
The Professional Educator, 2022 US education is hardly divorced from systemic societal inequalities. Utilizing the cases of the Englishspeaking Caribbean and post-apartheid South Africa decolonization efforts, we engage the settler coin concept to interrogate the popular notion that we
Shan Sappleton , Doug Adams
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Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare EpidemiologyBackground: Staphylococcus aureus (SA) is the most common pathogen causing surgical site infections (SSIs). In the past decade, strategies incorporating new SA decolonization products have been implemented to prevent SSIs in surgical patients.
Sarah Bennis +3 more
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