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Information, Candidate Selection, and the Quality of Representation: Evidence from Nepal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
How do we improve the quality of representation in new democracies? This paper studies candidate selection by party leaders and asks whether poor information about public preferences can lead elite choices to diverge from mass opinion.
Gulzar, Saad   +2 more
core  

Diasporas and secessionist conflicts : the mobilization of the Armenian, Albanian and Chechen diasporas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This article examines the impact of diasporas on secessionist conflicts, focusing on the Albanian, Armenian and Chechen diasporas and the conflicts in Kosovo, Karabakh and Chechnya during the 1990s. How do diasporas radicalize these conflicts?
Anderson Benedict   +32 more
core   +5 more sources

Colorectal cancer‐derived FGF19 is a metabolically active serum biomarker that exerts enteroendocrine effects on mouse liver

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Meta‐transcriptome analysis identified FGF19 as a peptide enteroendocrine hormone associated with colorectal cancer prognosis. In vivo xenograft models showed release of FGF19 into the blood at levels that correlated with tumor volumes. Tumoral‐FGF19 altered murine liver metabolism through FGFR4, thereby reducing bile acid synthesis and increasing ...
Jordan M. Beardsley   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of xylanase and vitamin A in wheat-based diet on performance, nutrients digestibility, small intestinal morphology and digesta viscosity in broiler chickens

open access: yesActa Scientiarum: Animal Sciences, 2014
The effect of wheat-based diet (WBD), supplemented with xylanase and surplus vitamin A, on performance, nutrient digestibility, intestinal morphology and digesta viscosity of broiler chickens was investigated. Based on a completely randomized design, 240-
Vahid Khoramabadi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Targeted modulation of IGFL2‐AS1 reveals its translational potential in cervical adenocarcinoma

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Cervical adenocarcinoma patients face worse outcomes than squamous cell carcinoma counterparts despite similar treatment. The identification of IGFL2‐AS1's differential expression provides a molecular basis for distinguishing these histotypes, paving the way for personalized therapies and improved survival in vulnerable populations globally.
Ricardo Cesar Cintra   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Böhmen und die Eigenkirchen. Zu den Eliten des frühen Mittelalters bis die Mitte des 12. Jahrhunderts

open access: yesActa Universitatis Carolinae: Philosophica et Historica, 2020
The phenomena of the proprietary churches is connected with the very beginnings of the Christianity in Moravia and later in Bohemia, too. The founders of the churches of the period of the 9th and 10th century were – as attested by the sources – only the ...
Tomáš Velímský
doaj   +1 more source

Elite Youth Sports

open access: yesPediatric Exercise Science, 2015
Youth sport participation offers many benefits including the development of self-esteem, peer socialization, and general fitness. However, an emphasis on competitive success—often driven by goals of elite-level travel team selection, collegiate scholarships, Olympic and National team membership, and even professional contracts—has seemingly become ...
openaire   +5 more sources

Anti-Elites as New Elites: Complexities of Elite Performance in Baffled Bolivia [PDF]

open access: yesComparative Sociology, 2011
AbstractThis article argues that recent political changes in Bolivia, leading to the first indigenous president in the country’s history being inaugurated in 2006, unsettled the traditional schemes of societal stratification, as well as the traditionally accepted markers of elite-hood.
Salman, A.J., Soruco Sologuren, X
openaire   +2 more sources

Interrogating the immune landscape of microsatellite stable RAS‐mutated colon cancer

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
COLOSSUS project RAS‐mutated MSS colon cancer study explored transcriptomics and immune cell density by immunohistochemistry (IHC), Immunoscore (IS), ISIC/TuLIS scores, mutation counts, and detected different prevalences but similar microenvironment composition across immune markers with clinical relevance for future immunotherapy combination ...
Rodrigo Dienstmann   +61 more
wiley   +1 more source

Elitism and elite culture

open access: yesВестник Майкопского государственного технологического университета, 2023
The results of the investigation of the phenomenon of elite culture in the process of transition to information civilization are presented. The aim of the research is to identify the characteristics of elite culture as the antipode of mass culture.
openaire   +1 more source

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