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Competing Metaphors for International Relations [PDF]

open access: yes
This book examines how the thinking towards international relations of political leaders, researchers, the media and the public is fundamentally metaphorical in nature: the abstract and far away constantly made concrete and familiar through the ...
Kuusisto, Riikka
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“I Self‐Protect to Avoid Child Protection”: Transgender Parents' Fears of Help‐Seeking and Social Service Systems

open access: yesFamily Relations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This mixed‐methods study examined transgender (trans) parents' concerns about being targeted and reported to child protective services by schools, health care providers, neighbors, and family members. Background Trans people and parents specifically may be experiencing heightened fears about interfacing with sources of potential ...
Abbie E. Goldberg   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Melatonin seed priming: A climate‐smart, green strategy to enhance abiotic stress tolerance in plants

open access: yesJournal of Integrative Plant Biology, Volume 68, Issue 8, Page 2942-2975, August 2026.
This review synthesizes how melatonin seed priming preconditions seeds to enhance tolerance against diverse abiotic stresses. It highlights the underlying mechanisms and proposes an integrative roadmap of advanced molecular and breeding tools to design next‐generation, stress‐smart plants.
Ali Raza   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scientific opinion on animal exposure to zearalenone in feed materials and compound feed in the Republic of Croatia

open access: yesFood Risk Assess Europe, Volume 4, Issue 3, July 2026.
ABSTRACT The Croatian Agency for Agriculture and Food (HAPIH), through the work of the Centre for Food Safety in preparing scientific opinions on risks in food and feed, provides scientific and technical support to the authorities responsible for food and feed safety in making informed risk‐management decisions.
Brigita Hengl   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

IR, area studies and IPE: rethinking the study of China's international relations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
This paper attempts to provide a new framework of analysis for understanding China’s international relations. It argues that “traditional” conceptions of international relations, based on “statist” and “realist” methodology, do not capture the dynamics ...
Breslin, Shaun
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International Relations Perspectives on Interstate (Ethnic) Conflicts [PDF]

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While the period following World War II initially saw a focus on interstate wars, conflicts occurring within the borders of a single state have become increasingly prevalent and devastating.
Trailović, Dragan
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Perspectives of Disaster Resilience in Africa: Towards a Participatory Framework for Conceptualising and Measuring Resilience in Malawi

open access: yesClimate Resilience and Sustainability, Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the concept of resilience as understood and operationalised by various humanitarian and climate resilience actors in Malawi. Findings revealed a fragmented understanding of resilience among stakeholders and highlight the need for participatory approaches, localised resilience assessments and context‐specific interventions ...
Zondiwe Mabilabo Jere   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOS) — New World Actors of Contemporary International Relations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
The paper examines the status and influence of NGOs on international relations. It analyses major dilemmas regarding the position of NGOs. It examines their historical development, consultative status within the United Nations and possibilities of ...
Gordanić, Jelica
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The Application Value of Transvaginal Three‐Dimensional Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis of Adenomyosis of the Uterus

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Ultrasound, Volume 54, Issue 5, Page 1113-1121, June 2026.
In this study, 3D‐TVS measurements of the uterine junction zone (JZ) in 120 patients showed that a JZmax threshold of ≥ 0.45 cm yielded 77% sensitivity and 89% specificity for adenomyosis diagnosis. Notably, JZ thickness varies minimally with age, demonstrating its stability and excellent diagnostic performance.
Mengyu Li   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE AESTHETICS OF URBAN METABOLISM: Landscape, Design and the Politics of In/Visibility

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 50, Issue 3, Page 644-666, May 2026.
Abstract In this article, we chart the evolving aesthetic contours of urban metabolism across London, focusing on the River Lea and Thamesmead to the north and south of the River Thames, respectively. We begin in the nineteenth century, when these two sites formed critical nodes within a new sewerage system that relegated the city's circulatory flows ...
Ben Platt, Zuhri James
wiley   +1 more source

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