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On the Destruction and Humanitarianisation of the Health System in Gaza and the Need for a Biopolitical Bioethics

Bioethics, Volume 40, Issue 8, Page 793-807, October 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper examines Israel's destruction and ‘humanitarianisation’ of Palestinian health systems, arguing that this should be understood as an instance of ‘necropolitics,’ as conceived by Achille Mbembe. We review the extensive, long‐term destruction of health systems in Palestine before 7 October 2023 and the catastrophic acceleration of that
Mohammad Salaymeh, Arianne Shahvisi, Sohail Jannesari   +2 more
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Civic ecosystem responses to compound crises: evidence from Syria

Disasters, Volume 50, Issue 4, October 2026.
Abstract Compound crises have attracted growing interest from scholars and policymakers in recent years. Little attention, however, has been directed to the social relations that emerge from and respond to such phenomena. This paper closes the gap by investigating the emergence, impact, and limitations of the civic ecosystem that responded to the ...
Munzer Alkhalil, Zedoun Alzoubi, Mazen Gharibah, Zaki Mehchy, Iavor Rangelov, Marika Theros, Rim Turkmani   +6 more
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Navigating Emergency Care After Injury: A Qualitative Study of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in England and Wales Using the Candidacy Framework (BE SURE Study)

Health Expectations, Volume 29, Issue 5, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Asylum seekers and refugees (ASRs) face significant challenges when accessing emergency and pre‐hospital care following injury. Language barriers, unfamiliarity with service pathways and limited trust in authorities hinder access to emergency services.
Ashrafunnesa Khanom, Lydia Jones, Hanifah M. Khanom, Fadi Baghdadi, Ann John, Alison Porter, Helen Snooks, Niroshan Siriwardena, Julia Williams, Thanuja Hettiarachchi, Solmaz Safari   +10 more
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The Kurdish Liberation Movement in Iraq: From Insurgency to Statehood

, 2014
Investigating the transformation of the Kurdish liberation movement in Iraq this book explores its development from an armed guerrilla movement, engaged in a war for liberation with the government in Baghdad, into the government of a de facto Kurdish ...
Voller, Yaniv
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Long‐Range Spatial Modeling for Handwritten Urdu Character Recognition Using a CNN–Feature Shift Attention (FSA) Network

Engineering Reports, Volume 8, Issue 9, September 2026.
Study addresses a critical gap in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for cursive scripts by proposing a novel hybrid architecture that integrates convolutional neural networks with a Feature Shift Attention mechanism to jointly model fine‐grained diacritical features and long‐range ligature dependencies.
Shahzad Ashraf, Ephrance‐Eunice Namugenyi, Muhammad Ahsan Javaid, Furqan Memon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Kurdish Politics in the Middle East: Actors, Ideas, and Interests

, 2017
This edited volume introduces the political, social and economic intra-Kurdish dynamics in the Middle East by comparatively analyzing the main actors, their ideas, and political interests.
Tugdar E.E., Al, Serhun
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A Standardized Perioperative Care Program and Postoperative Pain, Disability, and Knowledge Among Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spine Surgery in Erbil, Iraq: A Non‐Randomized Controlled Study

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 9, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Aim Patients recovering from lumbar spine surgery frequently report persistent pain, functional limitation, and limited understanding of postoperative self‐care. This study examined whether participation in a standardized perioperative care program was associated with differences in pain, functional disability, and patient ...
Vian Afan Naqshbandi, Sideeq Sadir Ali, Nuraddin Hamad Mhammad, Abdulmalik Fareeq Saber   +3 more
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Association Between Interleukin‐6 Promoter Polymorphisms and Disease Susceptibility: A Review of Current Evidence

iLABMED, Volume 4, Issue 3, Page 149-157, September 2026.
IL‐6 SNPs contribute to the pathogenesis of diverse diseases by altering gene expression, and hold potential as biomarkers for disease risk assessment. ABSTRACT Interleukin 6 (IL‐6), a type of cytokine, plays a role in the onset, progression, and prognosis of various diseases.
Junyi Li, Yiling Xv, Qingfeng Ma, Wei Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nation and Narration: The Representation of Kurdish identity in Contemporary Media

reservedAbstract The purpose of the thesis is to examine how Kurdish identity is portrayed across various media platforms and the artists representing Kurdish identity in the context of national identity and narrative. By analyzing these representations,
SAVLI, NURULLAH NAKI
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Identical Platform, Divergent Publics: Sweden and Finland During the 2022 NATO Crisis

Policy &Internet, Volume 18, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Digital platforms are often theorized as universal drivers of political polarization, yet empirical patterns remain inconsistent across countries. Leveraging the natural‐experiment logic of Sweden's and Finland's simultaneous 2022 NATO applications and the NATO–Turkey diplomatic crisis, this study examines how national political cultures ...
Selcen Ozturkcan
wiley   +1 more source