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Between two stools? the government's 'Preventing Violent Extremism' agenda [PDF]
, 2009 The 7/7 London suicide bombings of July 2005 and numerous subsequent Islamist terror plots have highlighted the reality of an 'internal' threat to Britain. One governmental response has been the 'Preventing Violent Extremism' (PVE) programme.
PAUL THOMAS, Thomas, Paul
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THE EXTREME HOSTS OF EXTREME SUPERNOVAE [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2010 We use GALEX ultraviolet (UV) and optical integrated photometry of the hosts of seventeen luminous supernovae (LSNe, having peak M_V < -21) and compare them to a sample of 26,000 galaxies from a cross-match between the SDSS DR4 spectral catalog and GALEX interim release 1.1.
Neill, James D. +24 more
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Extremism and the Extreme Personality
, 2023 Abstract Behavioral extremism takes different forms and shapes, including violent extremism, extreme dieting, extreme passion, and extreme infatuations. The authors look at these various behaviors through the lens of the goal systems theory and argue that all cases of extremism stem from motivational imbalance whereby a given need (or a ...
Szumowska, Ewa +2 more
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Rethinking Social Media and Extremism [PDF]
, 2022 Terrorism, global pandemics, climate change, wars and all the major threats of our age have been targets of online extremism. The same social media occupying the heartland of our social world leaves us vulnerable to cybercrime, electoral fraud and the ...
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On the Existence of an Extremal Function in the Delsarte Extremal Problem [PDF]
Mediterranean Journal of Mathematics, 2020 AbstractThis paper is concerned with a Delsarte-type extremal problem. Denote by$${\mathcal {P}}(G)$$P(G)the set of positive definite continuous functions on a locally compact abelian groupG. We consider the function class, which was originally introduced by Gorbachev,$$\begin{aligned}&{\mathcal {G}}(W, Q)_G = \left\{ f \in {\mathcal {P}}(G) \cap L^
Marcell Gaál, Zsuzsanna Nagy-Csiha
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Preventing violent extremism : a delicate balance [PDF]
, 2021 Violent extremism poses a serious challenge for many countries. In Europe, two types of violent extremism dominate policy discussions: right-wing and jihadist.
ZELLER, Michael, VIDRA, Zsuzsanna
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IEEE Access, 2021 Social media platforms are popular for expressing personal views, emotions and beliefs. Social media platforms are influential for propagating extremist ideologies for group-building, fund-raising, and recruitment.
Mayur Gaikwad +3 more
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21st birthday drinking: Extremely extreme. [PDF]
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008 Despite public recognition of the hazards of 21st birthday drinking, there is little empirical information concerning its prevalence, severity, and risk factors. Data from a sample of 2,518 college students suggest that 21st birthday drinking poses an extreme danger: (a) 4 of every 5 participants (83%) reported drinking to celebrate, (b) birthday ...
Patricia C. Rutledge +2 more
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Engaging English Speaking Facebook Users in an Anti-ISIS Awareness Campaign
Journal of Strategic Security, 2018 This article reports on The International Center for Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE’s) small-scale Facebook ad awareness campaigns ran between December 7, 2017 and December 31, 2017 in the United States, UK, Canada, and Australia.
Anne Speckhard +3 more
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