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Spectacle and Spy Stories: The 1954 Royal Commission on Espionage

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Menzies government's 1954 royal commission, established to investigate Soviet espionage in Australia, is well known as the backdrop to the Labor Party split. It saw opposition leader H.V. Evatt's demise and ushered in an almost 20‐year period of Liberal Party governance.
Ebony Nilsson
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Initial case of spontaneous gastrocutaneous fistula following nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug treatment: a case report. [PDF]

J Med Case Rep
Saïdou A, Tounga YB, Abani ABML, Oudou AZ, Idé K, Sani R.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Why did Putin invade Ukraine? A theory of degenerate autocracy

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Many dictatorships end up with a series of disastrous decisions such as Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union or Saddam Hussein's aggression against Kuwait. Even if a certain policy choice is not ultimately fatal for the regime, such as Mao's Big Leap Forward or the Pol Pot's collectivization drive, they typically involve both a miscalculation ...
Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin
wiley   +1 more source

Perversity, futility, complicity: Should democrats participate in autocratic elections?

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Electoral authoritarianism is receiving increasing attention from political scientists, yet it has been mostly ignored by political philosophers. This paper aims to fill some of this gap by considering whether it is morally permissibly for democrats to participate in autocratic elections as candidates or voters.
Zoltan Miklosi
wiley   +1 more source

The Vicissitudes of the Nafs: Madness, Paralysis, and the Work of Transgression in Sufi Ethics

Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How should we theorize Sufi ethics when the practice of zikr (remembrance) that leads to spiritual enlightenment (tazkiyya) might also bring one to the brink of majzubiyat (madness)? What forms of regulation or restraint are imagined or enacted by practitioners to prevent spiritual boundlessness from perverting into its underside of paralysis (
Muhammad Osama Imran
wiley   +1 more source

Reduction in Gonad Development and Sperm Motility in Male Brown Planthopper <i>Nilaparvata lugens</i> via RNAi-Mediated Knockdown of <i>tramtrack</i>. [PDF]

Int J Mol Sci
Feng B, Hu Y, Wang F.
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Potentially‐Preventable Deaths Following Colorectal Surgery: A National Retrospective Cohort Study of Surgical Mortality

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Many deaths after colorectal resection may be preventable, but administrative datasets provide limited insights into the clinical processes leading to mortality. We used the Australian and New Zealand Audit of Surgical Mortality (ANZASM) to quantify potentially preventable deaths after colorectal surgery and describe modifiable ...
Cameron I. Wells, Scott J. P. McLaughlin, Matthew J. McGuiness, Maximillian O. Joret, Wasilwa Baraza, Greg O'Grady, Ian P. Bissett   +6 more
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Sexual dimorphism in the complete connectome of the Drosophila male central nervous system

Berg S, Beckett IR, Costa M, Schlegel P, Januszewski M, Marin EC, Nern A, Preibisch S, Qiu W, Takemura S, Fragniere AMC, Champion AS, Adjavon D, Cook M, Gkantia M, Hayworth KJ, Huang GB, Kampf F, Katz WT, Lu Z, Ordish C, Paterson T, Stuerner T, Trautman ET, Whittle CR, Burnett LE, Hoeller J, Li F, Loesche F, Morris BJ, Pietzsch T, Pleijzier MW, Silva V, Yin Y, Ali I, Bates AS, Beresford RJ, Bogovic J, Brooks P, Cachero S, Canino BS, Chaisrisawatsuk B, Clements J, Crowe A, de Haan Vicente I, Dempsey G, Dona E, dos Santos M, Dreher M, Dunne CR, Eichler K, Finley-May S, Flynn MA, Hameed I, Hopkins GP, Hubbard PM, Kiassat L, Kovalyak J, Lauchie SA, Leonard M, Lohff A, Longden KD, Maldonado CA, Moitra I, Moon SS, Mooney C, Munnelly EJ, Okeoma N, Olbris DJ, Pai A, Patel B, Phillips EM, Plaza SM, Richards A, Rivas Salinas J, Roberts RJV, Rogers EM, Scott AL, Scuderi LA, Seenivasan P, Serratosa Capdevila L, Smith C, Svirskas R, Takemura S, Tastekin I, Thomson A, Umayam L, Walsh JJ, Whittome H, Xu CS, Yakal EA, Yang T, Zhao A, George R, Jain V, Jayaraman V, Korff W, Meissner GW, Romani S, Funke J, Knecht C, Saalfeld S, Scheffer LK, Waddell S, Card GM, Ribeiro C, Reiser MB, Hess HF, Rubin GM, Jefferis GSXE.   +109 more
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Neuronal Circuit Evolution: From Development to Structure and Adaptive Significance. [PDF]

Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol
Konstantinides N, Desplan C.
europepmc   +1 more source

Staff Preferences for Operating Theatre Scrub Attire

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
A Children's Hospital operating theatre staff survey showed preferences for dark blue over light blue scrubs, and those with an elastic waistband and trouser style pockets. Thematic reasons include: comfort/fit/availability, professionalism, functionality/practicality, dignity/self‐esteem, modesty/privacy, stains/sweat/dirt and safety.
Rachel Kelly, Samantha Watson, Kai Qi Gina Goh, Bianca Byfield, Bhaveshkumar Patel, Craig A. McBride   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source